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THE MORNING OREQONTIAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1008.
ELICIT ALL FACTS
Corporations Must Answer
Fully, Says Auditor. '
DRAFTS FORM OF REPORT
It It Is Adopted, City Otficials Will
Secpre Information of Real
Value From Companlesi
Holding Franchises.
"Inside" information with , respect to
the statue of every public peryiee cor
poration holding a franchise from the
City of Portland will be made known to
the people, if City Attorney Kavanaugh
holds that the form of report compiled
by City Auditor A. L. Barbur ia legal.
It is now in the hands of the city's legal
adviser, and he is expected to announce
his opinion soon. It will revolutionize the
manner in which Information has been
plven the Auditor heretofore, if it is ap
proved. VI propose to secure for the city all
proper information from all holders of
franchises." said Auditor Barbur yester
day. "To this end, I have prepared a
report blank, which Is now up to the
City Attorney for apprpval. If he holds
it to be all right, I will secure the desired
information, if it lies within my power.
Wiat I want to see is a quarterly re
port from corporations holding franchises
that will show the gross and net earn
ings, who the directors and stock-holders
are, how many shares of stock there are,
and how held: all about the officers, who
they are and how they stand; how much,
if any, stock they own and all the de
tails, of the conduct of the business.
"I have prepared a blank that calls for
such Information as I have mentioned,
and as soon as It is approved bjf the
City Attorney, I will take up the matter
in a systematic manner, so as to secure
for the public Information all the facts
about the franchise-holders in Portland.
The charter provision which calls for a
quarterly report from franchise-holders
has never been complied with, and when
I came into this office, I had in mmd
the enforcement of this provision above
many other tilings, and at once set about
to secure facts from all over the country
about the beat report blank for securing
Just sucli facts from corporations as will
post the public on the standing and
manner In which all corporations coming
under thi law are conducted.
"I am not seeking to do anything spec
tacular, but am simply preparing to en
force this particular charter provision In
an Intelligent way. If the law is a good
one and I feel that it is then we should
have reports that tell something. In
stead of a lot of figures complied to
suit the officials of the corporations re
porting to us. In ether words, I want
to see. a uniformity of -reports, so that
each concern operating under a franchise
must give the same facts concerning its
business."
Mayor I.ne. in his annual message,
now on file, calls the attention of the
llty Council to the neglect or refusal of
a large number of franchise-holders to
report, as required by the charter, afid
declares that he proposes to ask for the
revocation of these franchises unless this
Ihw Is observed. In this, he is to have
the hearty co-operation of Auditor
Harbur. who believes, however, that with
the new report blanks, the corporations
will make the proper reports.
The North Pacific Terminal Company
has tiled a brief report of Its financial
standing up to September 39, 1907, but
the Information, most sought by the pub
lic Is not given, It being merely a tabu
lated statement ns to liabilities and as
sets. At the City Council meeting this after
noon. Mayor Lane's annual message will
be read, and some action may be taken
relative to -franchises, although this is
Improbable, as City Attorney Kavanaugh
has not reported to City Auditor Barbur
is to the legality of the blank now
under consideration.
ELMER JOHNSON CAUGHT
Alleged Highwayman Found In Hid
ing Near Gaston.
Detective Sergeant Jones, assisted by
Detective TIchenor, yesterday rah
down and arrested Elmer Johnson,
alias Wills, wanted in this city on the
charge of highway robbery. The ar
rest was made on the farm of James
Lee, six miles west of Gaston, Or.,
where Johnson was working as a farm
hand. Johnson says that he is a dis
tant relative of Lee. The detectives
arrived iu this city - last night and
placed their prisoner. in the City Jail
to await his arraignment.
The arrest o Johnson was effected
by - the detectives who posed as land
buyers. They drove out to the farm in
a buggy from Gaston. . After the rural
mall carrier had passed they engaged
one of the men on the place who had
come down to the gateway for the
mail in conversation. They said they
wanted to buy the farm and ap
proached the house without arousing
suspicion. They had been warned that
Johnson was armed. When at the
house one of them dodged to the rear
door and one of them to the front door
and Johnson, who was Inside, finding
no avenue of escape, surrendered with
out ofTerlng resistance. In the room
where he was there were found three
rifles and several shotguns. Johnson
said that these were owned by the
people on the farm.
The crime with which Johnson Is
Charged was committed about a year
ago. E. L. Maxwell, Deputy City En
gineer, was held up toy two men at the
inuzxle of a pistol on East Water
street, near the Southern Pacific tracks
and robbed of $123. One of these men,
George Frazier, was captured, con
victed and given an Indeterminate sen
lence by the Circuit Court. Frailer
marie a confession implicating John
son, who disappeared. A few days ago
his -whereabouts was definitely learned.
Johnson first asserted that he had
been In British waters for the past
year fishing, but later acknowledged
that he was here at the. time of the
robbery and that he had received some
of the money taken from Maxwell, but
denied having participated in the
hold-up." 'Johnson says he is but 18
years of age, though he Is over six
feet tall and strongly built.
TAX ONLY HIRED VEHICLES
More Moderate License Ordinance
Favored by Committee.
Strong representations from many of
the leading mercantile firms of the- clty
at the special session of the Council
license committee yesterday afternoon,
resulted in a vote to make a new draft
of the proposed vehicle tax measure and
to tax all rips that are operated for hire.
The matter, will not come up for consid
eration t the Council meeting this aft
ernoon, but will again be discussed at
the next regular meeting of the gen
eral license committee.
With the exception of Councilman Con
cannon, who is a grocer, not a merchant
present favored th proposed ordinance
that calls for a tax upon every vehicle
In Portland. It was opposed . on . the
ground that it would add an extra burden
to their already heavy taxation.
Dan Kellaher. himself a grocer; and
also chairman of the general license com
mittee, fought the proposed tax on all
vehicles from the moment it appeared in
the committee. The defeat of the meas
ure is regarded as a distinct victory for
him. His principal opponent was Coun
cilman Driscoll, a drayman, whose license
will be cut 50 per cent if the ordinance
now proposed becomes a law. While Mr.
Driscoll and other draymen will benefit,
they will not secure the reduction sought,
which Was one of 7 per cent.
A long session of the committee was
held yesterday afternoon, at which all
s'ldes of the controversy were heard, and
at which- there was a large representa
tion of local firms. They showed to the
satisfaction of the committee that to tax
every vehicle, whether used for hire or
free delivery, would- work an injustice.
GETTING READY TO BUILD
MEIKLE IS PERFECTING LOCAL
TRUSTEE COMPANY. .
Indication That Work Will Soon Be
Under Way on Plttock and
Pennoyer Blocks.
When the Pennoyer and Pittock blocks
were, taken over by a syndicate known as
the Trust Company, the Information was
given out by persons not conversant with
the facts that what they called a "syn
dicate" was composed of Seattle capital
ists who intended to proceed at once to
improve the property. As the two blocks
have remained unimproved ' for several
months, all manner of rumors have ob
tained circulation, one being that the deal
for the property had fallen through and
would be turned back to the original
owners.
James B. Meikle Is vice-president of
tlje Trustee Securities Company, . with
offices at 1 Wall street, New York. This
company represents trustee companies in
Seattle, Los Angeles, Spokane and Port
land. The local company was incorpor
ated about a year ago but has not been
organized for proceeding with the busi
ness intended in its incorporation, and
Mr. Meikle is In Portland for1 the purpose
of putting affairs of the new' company
into working shape. He intends to re
main In this city and will be the head of
the local companyT
The plans under which these' local trus
tee companies operate provide for what
is known as owning reality In "units."
Briefly stated, the "unit" means what In
other companies is called a share, except
that In this plan owners of "units" have
direct ownership in the holdings of the
company and the bond certifying to that
ownership is transferable- at will, or be
comes an asset of the estate of the owner
in the event of his death, which may be
passed on to the heirs without sale of the
real estate Involved. The real estate
and Improvements thereon are helu in
the hands of a trust company for the
benefit of owners of "units."
The trustee companies of Seattle, Spo
kane and Los Angeles have been in oper
ation for several years and in the Sound
city own six valuable pieces of Improved
realty, one of which was bought with
improvements and buildings erected on the
others. It Is the purpose of the Portland
company to Improve the two blocks al
ready secured here, which are at present
awaiting the organization of the local
company before building operations are
undertaken.-
A. L. Hawley, president of the Trustee
Securities Company of New York, is in
Los Angeles and is expected to be in
Portland in a few days, when he will
confer with Mr. Meikle concerning the
Improvement of' the two blocks here,
which the latter says is a matter of al
most certain consummation directly the
local company Is in position to go through
with the undertaking oh Its own respon
sibility. Mr. Meikle said last night he' preferred
not to discuss, at this time, the nature
of the. improvements, but that they would
be on the same scale as those com
pleted and under way In the other cities
where the plan had been adopted, he had
no doubt.
ALL NOW FEEL' CONFIDENT
Rapid Progress Toward Reopening
of Oregon Trust.
"We expect to have a bank in here
doing business before February 1," was
the statement of President Moore, of the
closed Oregon Trust & Savings Bank,
yesterday. "Everything essential to the
success of the reorganization of the bank
and its merging with the German-American
Bank is going ahead satisfactorily,
and there seems to be nothing in the way
of the movement."
"We are making as good progress as
could be expected." said Receiver Devlin,
"and are now preparing a complete and
itemized statement showing every trans
action In which the people who take
stock in the new bank will be interested.
We have a large force of clerks at work
on this statement, but It is a lg task,
and Expert Phaler, who is at the head
of the accounting work, tells me it will
require from 10 days to two weeks to
complete the report. Not only will these
figures be given to the court in asking
for time to meet all liabilities, but they
will be given to the public as well.
"This statement will -be very complete
Indeed, and will satisfy any one who Is
at all Interested in the bank. As soon as
It is ready, it will be submitted to the
court and will be made public I expect
It to show a satisfactory condition all
around. Everything will be shown up to
January 15. Every depositor of the bank
will be listed separately, so that a glance
at the statement will show the extent
of -his claim and how much of the balance
is taken care of by subscriptions to tele
phone bonds, bank stock or time certl.l
cates. "Much of this : work has been accom
plished already by my force of clerks,
but the finishing touches are now being
performed. Alt possible speed is being
made by Mr. Phaler and his assistants.
We are not trying to enlist additional di
rectors until we Can submit this state
ment to them and show just how the
bank stands before asking them to take
stock."
Lower Rate on Oats.
To provide for. the movement of oata
from Eastern Oregon to the Eastern
markets, the 0 R. & X. has agreed to
publish a rate of 50 cents per 100 pounds,
in carload lots, to Colorado points and
the Missouri. River. - A rate of 57 cents
in carloads is provided for shipments to
Chicago and St. Louis from the same ter
ritory. These rates are over the O. R.
& N. in connection with the Union Pa
cific. A 60-cent rate is also provided
for shipment to St. Paul in' connection
with the Northern lines. The new rates
are a reduction of 10 cents per 100 pounds
and will result in the general marketing
of Oregon oats in the East, where there
Is a big demand and small local supply;
The crop tn this state was large and of
excellent quality. '
To Cnre si Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BHOMO Quinine Tablets.
Prucgtrts refund money If It falls to cure.
E. W. GROVE'S signature U on eeh box. 25c
SHIP STRIKES ROCK
Port Patrick in More Trouble
at Grays Harbor.
REACHES ROYAL ROADS
Crippled Condition of the Vessel
and Heavy Weather Puts Her in
Bad Shape on the "Washington
Coast Cargo- Also Damaged.
VICTORIA, B. C.V. Jan. 7. (Special.) .
The British ship Port Patrick, Captain
Sainty, which collided with the Columbia
River lightship . last . Friday, has
arrived in Royal Roads in a badly crip
pled condition, .leaking; her bottom and
rudder badly damaged "When off orays
Harbor the vessel stranded, severely in
juring her bottom and rudder. She lay
helpless in a heavy seaway and the car
penter ' was washed overboard and
drowned.
Captain Samty says that he stood by,
flying- signals that the lightship needed
8TEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Due to Arrive.
Same. " From. Date.
Breakwater. .Coos Bay. In port
Geo. "W. Eldcr.San Pedro In port
Alliance. 1 ... Coos Bay Jan. 9
Arabta Hongkong- Jan.
Senator San Francisco. Jan.
JohanPoulsenSan Frr.nclsco. Jan.
Northland. . . .San Francisco. Jan.
Rose City.., .San Francisco. Jan.
Roanoke Lob AngeV.es.-.. Jan.
Costa Rica... San Francisco. Jan.
Alesia ...Hongkong .Feb.
NIcomedla. .. Hongkong Feb.
Numantia. . . .Hongkong .Mar.
10
10
12
12.
13
14
1.1
1
4
2
Scheduled to. Depart.
Name. For. bats. '
Arabia Hongkong. ...... IndTt
Breakwater, . Coos Bay.- Jan.
Geo. w. Elder san pedro Jan.
Alliance Coos Bay Jan.
Senator. J3an Francisco. .Jan.
JohanPoulsenSan Francisco. Jan.
Northland. ...San Francisco. Jan.
Rose City. ...San Francisco." Jan.
Roanoke Los Angeles. .. Jan.
Costa Rica... San Francisco. Jan.
Alesia Hongkong .Feb.
NIcomedla... Hongkong Feb.
Numantia-.. .Hongkong. . . .. .liar.
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assistance.' During the entire day he
was off the Columbia, flying signals for a
tug and pilot. A heavy gale sprung up
during the night, nd Satrday morning
he was off Giajiys Harbor. The storm
drove .him into the 'breakers. The ship
was washed fore and . aft and the car
penter carried overboard and drowned.
Soon after she struck a rock and every
man on board was knocked from his feet.
The vessel failed to hang , on the rock
and she fell off.
Captain Sainty gradually worked her
off shore, and Sunday morning was 14
miles outside the Grays Harbor buoy.
The master reports another ship as 'be
ing too close inshore near 'the same
place where he; struck. " He fears for her
safety.
Distress signals and rocket were freely
used hy the Port Patrick, -but no answer
received. . After working off shore at
Grays Harbor, Captain Sainty tried fo
run' again for -the Columbia, but could
make no headway against the seas. - He
decided to make for Royal Roads, but
was compelled to heave to. Monday
morning he was picked up toy a tug and
headed for the straits. The Port Pat
rick is in bad shape and much of her
cargo Is damaged. She will have to dis
charge and go on dock.
REPORT OF CUSTOMS BUSINESS
Receipts Little Less Than Average
for One Month. .
Customs business for the month of De
cember was a trifle 'below the average.
Receipts from all sources amounted to
$81,558.65. Expenses for the month totaled
$5144.84. One reason for the short re
ceipts was the absence of any of the
PortlaitQ and Asiatic steamships in port
during the month and the heavy receipts
of holiday goods during October arid No
vember. The expense account was on an
average. A detailed statement follows:
Number of vessels entered from foreign
. porta 6
.Number of vessels entered from domestic
ports 55
Number of' vessels . cleared for domestic
ports . .- 38
Number of entries of merchandise for duty. 177
Number of entries of merchandise free -of
duty 21
Number of entries for warehouse 10
Number of entries for export to adjacent
British provinces -. 11
Number of entries for rewarehouse. -. 1
Number of entries for immediate trans
portation without appraisement 41
Number of entries for consumption Haul-
dated' -196
N umber of entries for warehouse I iqui-
dated . i
Number of certificates of registry granted. 1
Number of certificates of- enrollment
granted ' 2
Number of licenses for coasting trade
granted 9
Total number, of documents to vessels
issued ' 12
Receipts from All Sources
Duties on Imports . '.$81,019.90
Fines, penalties and forfeitures." 43.15
Miscellaneous custom receipts . 2S2.O0
Storage, labor and cartage 111.00
Official fees 101.60
Total $81,558.65
Amount of refunds and drawbacks
paid 2.215.87
Expenses of Collection
Feets retained by Collector or Sur
veyor $ 116.6.
Salaries of collectors. deputies,
clerks. Inspectors, weighers, store- '
keepers, etc 4.8S8.39
Rents 119,78
Total expenses for the month $ 5,144.84
BREAKWATER REACHES PORT
Passengers Have. Exciting Time
Crossing. Coos Bay Bar.
The steamship Breakwater, from Coos
Bay, arrived up yesterday at noon, when
twos sing the bar at Coos,' outbound, last
Saturday, the Breakwater was boarded
by a heavy sea which caved in the wood
work on the port bow, flooded the fore
castle and carried away .two bulkheads.
Three men were badly injured and the
mess boy. A. Mollavia, died from the ef
fects of his injuries in the Mercy Hos
pital In North Bend.
K. Flem. seaman, is the worst injured
of the sailors. His collar-hone is broken
a portion of his jaw carried away, and
he is suffering from internal Injuries,
from the effects of -hich it is feared that
he wilL die. A. Simpson and J. Abber
sette, seamen, suffered severe contusions
of the head and face and - were bruised
from head to foot.
The damage to the vessel was repaired
In Coos Bay. A large force of carpen
ters were put to work and labored all
night. The woodwork, with the exception-
of painting, was finished by noon
Sunday. The Breakwater brought 40 pas
sengers and about 400 "tons of coal. She
had a small amount of general freight:
Passengers of the Breakwater speak in
high praise of the actions of. the crfew
under .trying circumstances. They also
praise the stewardess. Mrs. Fifher. who
did good work in resuscitating a woman
who fell overboard from the steamer
while at the Marshfield dock,
woman was rescued by sailors.
STORMS . RAISE MUCH HAVOC
liiner Loses Steering Geer and Fuel.
Captain Is Injured.
SEATTLE, Jan. 7. A letter received
from Captain J. U Hall, of the Weir Line
steamship Gymeric, from "Vancouver, B.
C, for Hongkong, November 5, tells of
that vessel's adventures in two hurt
canes, November 18 and November 22,
which left her almost helpless and with
out fuel.
The first blow, struck the steamship
in about 175 degrees west longitude and
the' steering gear at once broke, leaving
the vessel at the mercy of the waves,
which the master states rolled from
three directions. A large part of the bul
warks were carIed away, a Iffeboat
smashed, part of t.ie deck cargo went
adrift, and the captain, first and second
mate and two sailors were injured.
The second storm again broke trie
steering gear and a deck cargo of three
tons of timbers hroke loose,, carrying de
struction as they swept about the decks.
The second hurricane carried away a
deckload of 130 tons of coal and the cap
tain was obliged to saw up two of the
big timbers, which nearly extinguished
his fires, they were so water-soaked. Tne
Gymeric limped into Muroran December
5, and secured coal to proceed o Hong
kong. It is ' feared the hold cargo Is
badly damaged beside the damage to the
ihip.
Complaint Against Henry Villard.
Complaint has been made to Harbor
master Speier by Captain Robinson,' of
the ferryboat Lionel R. Webster, to the
effect that the American ship Henry Vil
lard, at anchor in the lower harbor, did
not display lights or sound a fog bell
early yesterday morning when the fog
was heavy over the river. Captain
Speier has referred the matter to Cap
tain K. S. Edwards; United States In
spector of Hulls. The Henry Villard is
In command of Captain Anderson and ar
rived in Portland December 6 from New
castle, N. S.- W.t with coal.
Makes Honolulu in Distress.
HONOLULU. Jan. 7. The German
steamer Tolosan, bound from Tacoma to
Vladivostok, arrived here today in dis
tress. She . encountered severe storms
continuing for five days between Christ
mas and New Tears. Her steam and
hand-steering gear was placed out of
commission and her cargo so-badly shift
ed that it was necessary to trim the ship
by moving her coal. , The engine - room
was flooded to a depth of seven feet and
the lifeboats were destroyed. - One sea
man was swept overboard and lost.
Ship Nereus Chartered for Grain.
The Portland flouring Mills" Company
has chartered the German ship Nereus
to load wheat at Portland for the United
Kingdom. The rate -has not been made
public. The Nerius is a vessel of 1715
tons register and is now in the harbor at
Valparaiso, he wilt sail north, immedi
ately and will reach Portland in March.
The charter of the Nereus is the first
fixture for Portland loading to be an
nounced for several weeks.
. Argyll Arrives With Gasoline.
The Union Oil Company's tank steam
ship Argyll arrived, at Portsmouth yes
terday with a part cargo of coal oil and
gasoline for the new refined oil station
of the Union Oil Company at Portland.
The tanks have recently been completed
and the cargo of the Argyll is the first
to be received. A new schedule has been
arranged ,for the Argyll and hereafter
she will make three trips a nrontn to
Portland with crude and refined oil.
Concert at Seamen's Institute.
The regular weekly concert at the Sea
men's Institute, Front and Flanders
streets, will he given this evening at 8
o'clock, under the direction of Miss Eva
Wells. All are welcome.
Notice to Mariners.
Columbia River, page 04 Mount . Coffin
Channel buoy, 2. and Cottonwood Island
Shoal buoy. 1. each a first-class spar, re
ported adrift January 6, will be replaced as
soon as practicable. .
"Willamette River, page &8 Nigger Tom
Island buoy, 1, a first-class spar, reported
adrift January 6, will be replaced as soon
as practicable.
jianne ioies.
.The French bark Ville de Mulhouse has
berthed at the coal hunkers.
The' steamship St. Helens sailed for
San Francisco with a cargo of lumber.
The French bark Thiers has shifted
from the Mersey to the Oceanic dock.
The American bark Acme has been
shifted from Martin's dock to the 'Eastern
& Western Mills.
The British hark Walden Abbsy has
gone into berth at the Mersey dock. She
will discharge cargo at that place.
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND. Jan. 7. Arrived Steamship
Argyll from Port Harford: steamship Tallac
from San Francisco ; steamship Geo. W.
Elder from San Pedro and way ports. Sailed
Steamship St. Helens for San Francisco;
French bark Crlllon for the United Kingdom
for orders.
Astoria, January 7. Condition of bar at
5 P M. 'Moderate southeast wind. 36 miles;
weather cloudy. Arrived down at 11 A. M.
and sailed at 4 P. M. Steamer Costa Rico
for San Francisco.' Arrived down at 12
noon Steamer Strathord. Left up at 2:30.
P. M.: French bark Guethary.
' fean Francisco, Jan. 7. Sailed at 1 P. M.
Steamer Senator for Portland.
Talcahuano, Jan. 7- In port December 17
British ship River Falloch for Portland.
Santa Rosalia, Jan. 7. In port December
24 British ship Clan Buchanan for Port
land. Perim, Jan. 8. Passed Titan, Tacoma
and Seattle via Yokohama, etc., for Liver
pool. Yokohama, Jan. 7- Arrived Empress of
Japan, Vancouver and Victoria. B. C.
San Francisco. Jan. 7. Arrived British
ship Tweeddale, from Newport News. Sailed
Steamer Manchuria, from Hongkong, etc.;
German steamer Neko, for Hamburg ; ship
Wm. H. Macey. for Sidney.
Seattle, Jan. 7. Sailed Japanese steam
er Tanco Maru. for Yokohama.
Astoria, Jan. 7. Sailed Steamer Shaw
mut, for Yokohama. -
Victoria, Jan. 7. Arrived British "ship
Port Patrick, from Astoria fpr " United
Kingdom, in distress;, steamer Tremant,
for Manila, '
San Francisco, J arte 7. Arrived Steamer
Watson. from Seattle. Sailed Steamer
Senator, for. Portland; steamer Raymond,
for Grays Harbor; steamer Redondo, for
Coos Bay. -towing schooner Omega..
Muroran, Jan. 8. Arrived- Tiberius, from
Portland, Or.
Tenerifre, Dec. 27. Sailed Abyssinia,
from London for Seattle.
Raymond. "Wash., Jan. 7. f Sp'ecial.)
Steamer Tiverton sailed today, lumber laden,,
for San Francisco. Steamer Chehal Is ar
rived today from San Francisco to load
lumber.
Tides at Astoria Wednesday.
High. Low.
4:8 A. M 8.4 feet10:50 A. M 2.3 feet
4:23 P. M.,..7-7 feet;il:00 P. M....0.3 feet
Oregon Pensions.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 7. Representative W- R.
Ellis received notice today from the
Bureau of Pensions that the following
persons would be beneficiaries under the
act of February 6, 1907: - John Groch.
Pendleton; Samuel Russell, Portland and
Robert L. Oliver, Day ville.
PHOTO CAI.J5NDAR8 HALF PRICE.
10c up. Kiser. 248 Alder St. ,
BOLD THU G
SITl
Woman Beaten and Robbed
in Broad Daylight.
ON EAST SIDE-, BRIDGE
Mrs. H. B. Stafford Attacked In
Afternoon by Ruffian Made
Bold by Helplessness of Lo
cal Police Department.
. Held up. knocked down In the mud.
beaten, and robbed by a thug in broad
daylight, on the new steel bridge over
Sullivan's Guleh at Grand avenue, and
in plain sight of men who were work
ing on the structure, was the unfortu
nate experience of Mrs. H. B. Stafford,
a young woman, yesterday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
Emboldened, apparently, by their im-.
munity from punishment by the police,
inasmuch as no highwayman ha been
apprehended for a long time, this latest
exploit stands as the most alarming
violation of public safety and brazen
display of contempt of capture by the
police recorded for many months.
Mrs. Stafford, who resides at 180
Union avenue north, had been doing
some shopping on Grand avenue and
was returning to "her home. Her arms
were full of small bundles, and her
purse dangled by leather strips from
her left arm. On the north end of
the bridge she passed several work
men, and when she had almost reached
the south end a man who had been
loitering on the opposite side crossed
over and waited until she had passed.
He then followed and grabbed her
purse.
Although no one came to her assist-,
ance in answer to her' cries for help,
Mrs. Stafford proved herself to be a
brave woman, and fought the thug
with a her woman's strength. .The
man felled her with a brutal blow In
the face and struck her again to force
her release of the purse. This accom-p-.shed,
he jumped into the gulch and
ran away down the railroad track.
Running to the nearest telephone,
Mrs. Stafford notified the police. Offi
cers were ' sent to the scene, but 'no
trace of the man was discovered.
A short time after the robbery Mrs.
Stafford was seen at her' residence
where, with- one side of -her face
swollen and discolored, her lip cut and
bleeding, a sprained ankle, and her
clothing bepsattered with mud, she
bore evidence of her-struggle with the
ruffian.'
"I don't care anything about the
money,"' she said, "for there was only
$3, a receipt for water rent, a hand
kerchief, and my door key In the purse:
but I think it a shame that an unpro
tected woman cannot walk the streets
of this city in broad daylight, without
being molested. I should like to see
the man apprehended."
Mrs. Stafford described her assail
ant as being of dark complexion, ap
parently 30 years old, with a heavy
dark mustache, wearing a soft black
hat and a black coat. He had. on a
white collar with a necktie, and dark
overalls with a bib.
ADOPT ROESSLER'S VIEW
Chamber of Commerce Trustees Fa
vor Regulating. Bridge Draws.
In the matter of the closing of the
draws in the bridges across the Willam
ette, the trustees of -the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce at their meeting yes
terday recommended - that the draws re
main closed for an hour in the morning
and an hour In the evening, when the
travel across the bridges is heaviest. This
-recommendation was made in compli
ance with the request of Colonel Roes
sler, U. S. A., in charge of the United
States Engineers office, who is engaged
In making an arrangement by which resi
dents of East Portland will be able to
cross the bridges .without being obliged to
wait for the draws to open for passing
ships as at present.
The trustees also, discussed the matter
of a general congress of commercial or
ganizations of the United States to be
held in Portland during the Rose Festival
next June, and recommended that the
question be taken up with the other com
mercial bodies of the city with a view to
securing such a congress at that time.
The roll- of the Chamber was' increased
by the addition of 30 new members at
yesterday's meeting. ,
MERCILESS WITH WOMEN
Jay Ham Lewis Says They Are All
Perjurers as WHuesses.
CHICAGO, Jan. 7. "Remeber, gentle
men of the. bar, an' oath'means nothing
to a woman, and as Horace so truth
fully expressed it, "when a woman starts
out to perjure herself, all hell can't keep
her record.' "
With these words and more like them,
Colonel James Ham Lewis took the
breath away from 200 students of the
Northwestern University Law School last
night.
"A woman always comes to testify as
a witness for one of two reasons," he
continued, "either through a sense of
affection or duty to those whom she
loves, or she comes to satisfy what she
regards as a perfectly legitimate feeling
of resentment.
"If it is the first of these, she will
come through fire and water to testify
and she will add her friends' views too.
Sincerely and earnestly she will testify
that things are as she thinks they ought
to be, and you may cross-examine until
you have exhausted the vocabulary and
you will get nothing, from her but her
ideas of what they ought to be.
"A woman has no idea of the sanctity
of an oath, and a woman will repeat
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"If she comes as your witness, impelled
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your main point out of flier as expedit
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or she will take the first opportunity to
vindicate herself for appearing by telling
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"On the other hand, if you are cross-examining
the lady, be extremely careful
not to let her state the grievance that
has brought her In as a witness against
your client, unless you are sure of what
it is, for no matter what a woman does,
if it be an act Impelled by natural and
legitimate affection, she will never for
give her."
Warrens Air Their Troubles.
Charged with refusing ito support his
wife, notwithstanding that he was
earning $150 a month in locating
mines, Fred Warren appeared before
the County Court yesterday td testify
in his own behalf. Mrs. Emma Warren,
his wife, was also present, charged
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told to do so by her husband, at one
time making a transfer to her of a
50"th interest in a mine in which War
ren was a part owner. Judge .Webster
will render judgment in the case today.
Hill Set Calhoun Case Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. When tho
Calhoun bribery case came up for trial
before Judge Lawlor this morning the
defendant was not present, being still
on the trip East which tho court allowed
him t take, with the consent of tha
attorneys for both sides. Th whole
matter, together with the rest of the
trolley bribery ,cases, went over until
Friday, when a date will probably be
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