Morning Oregonian., February 17, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

TIIE 3I0KNIXG OREGONIAN. MONDAY,' FEBRUARY TJ, 1903.
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TO NO OTHER NAVY
Admiral Converse's Report on
Sea-Fighting Strength
Made Public.
ONLY NEED MORE SHIPS
Goes Kxhaustively Into SubjeoiTak
in tp Kccpnt Criticisms, in De
tail and Kcfutes Tliem I.es-
eon lYom the Japanese.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. By di
rection of the President, Sorretary
Metcalf has made public the report of
Admiral Converse on the fighting ships
of the American Navy, called forth by
many criticisms recently published in
magazines and otherwise. This report
was prepared prjmarily to satisfy the
President as to the exact state of our
naval ships, compared with those of
other navies, and its publication is au
thorized with the design to reassure the.
American sailors as to the Quality of
the weapons with which they must go
into battle.
Admiral Converse characterized the
criticisms as "prepared by persons
whose knowledge of the subjects dis
cussed waa limited and incorrect-"
There was. he said, ample justification
for the adoption of the battleship de
signs which have been followed.
"It is not claimed that mistakes have
not been made," he adds, "or that our
ships aro without faults, but in view
of the then state of the art of battleship-building
this fact is not to be
wondered at. Jt is remarkable that the
mistakes were so few and that none
were really serious. In this respect
our record will compare favorably with
that of foreign services. Our ships are
not inferior to those in foreign serv
ices. The quality of the material of
our Navy Is inferior to nbne; in quan
tity of vessels alone aro we lacking.
"With an increase in number of ships
the American Navy will have been sup
plied thv only feature necessary to
make it second to none in all that tends
toward fighting efficiency.
'"It may not be amiss." the report
adds, "wlille dealing with the sub
ject of gun heights and freeboard, to
Hdd that the Japanese in their most
recently designed ships have, notwith
standing an Increase of speed and
length of vessels, not raised their gun
positions nor the freeboard, which is
one of the results gained from their
excerien.-es from their recent t.ar, and
which seems to uphold the good idea
of our system of building ships with
out the excessive heights deemed to be
necessary hy some critics."
THUG GETS GUN AND MONEY
Benjamin Turo Forgets to Use Re
volver When Held Up.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 16. (Special.)
Benjamin Taro, held-up by a lone bandit
early this morning, lost not only about J18
he had in his pockets, but was relieved
also of a revolver i he carried with which
to protect himself against thugs. He for
got all about the revolver when the sharp
Dommand of "hands up" was given. He
bciMn reaching right away, not for his
revolver, but for something high above
his head. He was walking toward his
house when a man stepped in front of
nim. Taro says the bandit had two re
volvers which he leveled at him. When
his hands were in the air, tha thug de
posited one of ills revolvers in his pocket
und searched with one hand while he
kept his victim covered with the other.
First the bandit took Taro's revolver and
ttien proceeded to help himself to the
cash.
JILTED, HE SHOOTS HIMSELF
Voting Hollander Prefers Death to
Unrequited Love.
SEATTLE, Feb. 11.-(SpcCiaI.)-G. Es
jelman. the young man who shot him
self Saturday night because Mary Tim
merman, wiiom he loved, had Jilted him,
died yesterday morning at the Wayside
Kmergeney Hospital. Es.ielman, who
was a young Hollander, had been em
ployed at the shops of the Seattle Elec
tric Company, at Georgetown, as a
pointer.
The young woman boarded at SIS Jcr
ferson. where Esjclman also boarded.
Both were from the same country. Be
fore gelng out Into the back yard to
.shoot himself, the young man mailed a
letter to his relatives In Holland.
SPRAGUE IS UNDER WATER
l ears That Stores. May Be Under
mined and Much Damage Result.
SPRAGUE, Wash.. Feb. 16.-(Special.)
Halns and melting snow have put pari
of Sprague under water. At 8 o'clock
this evening the railroad tracks around
the depot are under water and the stream
is steadily rising. From Railroad avenue
up to First street the streets are all under
water and the business Mocks along C
street up to First are under flood. Some
apprehension is felt that foundations will
be undermined before morning unless the
Hood abates. This is the first time in ten
years that a flood of such magnitude has
recurred in Sprague. The water is mostly,
from the north and before morning the
east section, which drains a big country,
may be heard from. In many places the
water covers the flrinrs and late this eve
ning a boat was doing' business on one of
the main streets. At ! o'clock the North
Creek is subsiding but the Bast Creek
Is rising.
CONNECT MAN WITH CASE
Stranger Thought to Bo Implicated
With Mrs. Martin.
flAKUXD. Feb. IS. Captain W. J.
Peterson, head of the Oakland detective
department, believes he will be able to
connect some unknown maiT with the
startling act of Mrs. Isabelle Martin and
her allesed son. "Baby John." Ho is
now working on the theory that many of
1lie threatening letters to prominetit resi
dents of Oakland aro the work of a third
party, the mysterious man in the case.
The letters are in a man's handwriting,
and experts to whom they have been
submitted are unanimous In saying they
were not written by either Mrs. Martin
or "Baby John." The Oakland detectives
will arrive, here some time tomorrow with
"Baby John" and probably Mrs. Martin,
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and Important revelations are expected
upon their arrival.
Lumber Cargo for Panama.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. Carrying
a large cargo of lumber consigned to
the Government to be used In construc
tion work at the Panama Canal, the
new schooner Olson and Mahoney left
today for Ancon, under command of
Captain Payne.
The United States collier Justin, Cap
tain Merriweather, arrived today from
Magdalena Bay, whither she -went sev
eral'weeks ago with coal and stores for
the fleet. The Justin brought a large
quantity of mail from the crews of the
fleet.
The Sea Foam with' 200.000 feet, the
Brunswick with 408.000 feet, and the
.South Coast with 280,000 feet, and the
Johan Poulsen, with 300.000 feet of lum
ber, arrived in port today.
The Army transport Thomas, which
leaves on Thursday for Manila, will
carry 15.000 new rifles, and two companies
of artillery from Fort Leavenworth will
be among her passengers.
The British steamer Aonawanda, ar
riving today, reported strong south and
southeastern gales. On February 14 a
bark, steering east about 600 miles off
coast, was sighted.
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BANKER MORSE RETURNS TO
FACE CHARGES.
Denies All Hints of Flight Will
Plead Not Guilty to Indictments.
Gives Heavy Bond.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-:harles W.
Morse, financier and promoter of many
large combinations. Including the so
called "Ice Trust" and a merger of
nearly all of the coastwise steamship
lines, returned today from his brief trip
to Europe, was arrested in his stateroom
when the Bteamer Etruria reached Quar
antine in the lower bay, held in . cus
tody until the ship was docked and then
was whirled away in an automobile to
the home of Justice Victor Dowling of
the Supreme Court, where he gave bonds
in the sum of 120,000 to answer to the
Indictments charging grand larceny and
involving the sum of $100,000. Mr. Morse
was released and went Immediately to
his Fifth-avenue home, where he gave,
out a statement asserting his innocence
and asking the public to suspend judg
ment until he has had the opportunity
of facing bis accusers In court.
Tomorrow Mr. Morse will appear be
fore Justice Dowling in open" court and
plead not guilty to the Indictments. He
denied that his trip to Europe was a
"llight.' He said he had gone abroad to
sell stock In a large Interest and to se
cure a fortnight's rest. Both purposes
were spoiled by the publication of re
ports that he was a fugitive from jus
tice, he declared.
Mr. Morso had received word by wire
less telegraphy that two indictments
had been found against him, but he did
not know he was lo suffer physical ar
rest. The appearance of three detectives
from District Attorney Jerome's office
at his stateroom door took him com
pletely by surprise.
The charge against Mr. Morse grows
out of a note given to him by ex-Chief
Justice Morgan J. O'Brien of the Appel
late Division of the Supreme Court. Judge
O'Brien Is said to have deposited three
notes for J100.000 each with Mr. Morse
In payment for a block of 1000 shares of
stock in the National Bank of North
America. The notes were to be held
three years and not discounted, accord
ing to Judge O'Brien, and at the end
of the three-year period he was to have
the privilege of consummating or with
drawing from the bargain for the pur-:
chase of stock. It is charged that Mr.
Morse discounted one of these notes at
the Mercantile National Bank, in which
he was formerly a director and that he
represented to the bank that he was
authorized to receive Its check for the
amount of the loan. It Is further al
leged that the check given to Mr. Morse
was made payable to Judge O'Brien and
was cashed by Mr. Morso at the Na
tional Bank of North America, Morse
signing Judge O'Brien's name per C. W.
Morse. It is the theory of the indict
ment that the check never having passed
into the hands of O'Brien or his author
ized agents, its use by Mr. Morse con
stituted grand larceny frpm the Mer
cantile National Bank.
Judge O'Brien, it is stated, refuscQ to
appear as complainant against Mr.
Morse, and in the grand jury room Is
said to have had a sharp tilt with Dis
trict Attorney Jerome when he told the
latter that an indictment found upon
the transaction related would not hold.
MONTE CARLO ON SIBERIA
LID IS OFF OX HAKRIMAX
LIXER.
A. H. Devers Writes to Friends Tell
ing of Wide-Open Games
for Passengers.
Writing from Honolulu to friends in
this city, under date of the 4th inst.,
A. H. Devers, who Is on his way to the
Orient, gives the following account of
gambling as It is carried on aboard
Harriman's Pacific Coast steamer, the
Mongolia: '
Among- the many and devtou ways In
which wealth ! accumulated none is mo
sure and safe as the business of running a
gambling establishment, although there are
noma people who object to money acquired
in this fashion and would call It "tainted."
Mr. Harriman and Ills accomplished steam
ship manager, Mr. Sctawerin, are evidently
not of this oort. for on the good ship
"Mongolia" there is being run week days
and Sundays a n miniature Monte Carlo.
There is one advantage over the older
Monte Carlo, and that Is that no letter of
Introduction is necessary to obtain admis
sion to the ship's gambling establishment,
no Inquiries are made as to whether one can
afford to lose or not.
There are here no limitations or restric
tions of any sort. the smiling Chinese
gamblers solicit and urge yoti to play and
the nirkels and dimes of the 12-year-old
hoy are just as welcome as the quarters
of the young ladies and the halves and
dollars of the older men and women. It
Is certainly an edifying spectacle to watch
a 12-year-old hoy, as I did. play alongside
of. young ladies and older men, and crowd
ing about and eager for a chance were the
Chinese and Japanese steerage passengers.
One can get any sort of game that Is de
sired. Roulette, chuck-a-luck, fantan and
so that all may have a chance, the stakes
are from a nickel up and practically no
limit, for the Chinese must be given credit
for being game sports. This Is one of the
attractions that the Pacific Mall Steamship
Company neglected to advertise in it s cir
culars. I made Inquiries from different officers as
to whether the Chinese gamblers were part of
int. crew or were paasengeTs and got from
different ones different answers. Rome said
they were passengers, some that they were
the crew, but one thing Is sure, and that is
that gambling Is freely and openlv con
ducted and that everybody is welcome and
without doubt somebody gets a "rake off."
as the purser regularly takes !). monev
from the gamblers when they shut up shop
nit-ni wnen tney open up.
An excuse for the Monte Carlo Is offered
that the Chinese crew will not work unless
gambling were permitted, hut If such be
the. rase, -why Is the gambling not con
ducted In the hold where the opium den is
situated.
EX-
POLICEMAN
SUEO BY WIFE
John A. Mears, Ex-Protege of
Captain Bruin, Defendant
in Divorce Suit.
FOLLOWS VARIED CAREER
By Trade a Plasterer, He Becomes
Converted and Enters Ministry,
rails From Grace and Sinks
Low in the Social Scale.
ALBANY, Or, Feb. 16. (Special.)
John A. Mears, who achieved consider
able notoriety in Portland about two
years ago. as aide-de-camp to Captain
Patrick Bruin, of the Portland Police
Department, Is made defendant In a
suit for divorce filed In the State Cir
cuit Court for Linn County last even
ing. His wife. Rose A. Meare, alleges
cruel and Inhuman treatment and re
cites in her complaint details of alleged
drunken orgies in Portland, asserting
Mears often slapped and berated her
and once knocked her down with his
fist.
Since coming to Oregon about seven
years ago, Mears has had a diversified
career. He has practiced law and also
preached and alternated these profes
sions with employment as a plasterer,
in which occupation lie Is said to have
been proficient. During most of the
time be has attracted considerable no
tice wherever he lived, particularly in
Portland and Buena Vista.
Follows Varied Career.
Mears came to Oregon from Waterloo,
Iowa, in 1902, and located in Albany to
practice law, forming a partnership
with the late D. R. N. Blackburn, when
the latter finished his term as Attorney-General
of Oregon. He remained
here less than a year, when he gave
up the law and went to Portion! to
work as a plasterer. A ' strike threw
him out of employment there, and he
went to Hood Kiver. wher3 he became
converted and showed the diversity of
his talent by taking up the ministry.
Mears joined the Methodist Church,
and after preaching In Southern Oregon
was assigned to the pastorate of the
Methodist Church at Buena Vista, Polk
County. There he became involved in
a scandal, which attracted wide atten
tion because Mears secured the indict
ment of a young man named McClain
for criminal libel in connection with
the affair. The case, was dismissed and
Mears then brought a civil action
against McClain. He lost In this case
als'o. .
Gets in Police Department.
He then went back to Portland,
where he took up his old trade of plas
terer, but drifted into the Police De
partment. Soon after Captain Bruin
secured his place he made Mears a de
tective and his special protege. It was
while Mears was a police officer that
the acta complained of in his wife's
divorce complaint began. She alleges
he frequented evil resorts and was ad
dicted to the use of ardent spirits, very
often coming home In a drunken con
dition. On those occasions, the com
plaint states, he was wont to abuse her,
and on November 28, 1907, she alleges,
he knocked her down and she was com
pelled to leave him and take refuge
at the home of her father in Corvallis.
The two were married in Waterloo,
Iowa, November 26, 1896. and hava two
children, a boy and a girl. The wife
alleges that Mears has taken the boy
and removed from the State of Oregon.
She has the little girl in her custody.
Mrs. Mears asks that Mears be re
quired to pay $30 per month for the
care of herself and the little girl. She
alleges that she is destitute and her
father was compelled even to supply
the money for the necessary fee of-to
to file the divorce complaint. In con
nection with her request for a monthly
allowance from Mears, the pjalntiff al
leges that the defendant is an expert
plasterer and able to make good wages
and that he is also a regularly admit
ted and practicing attorney and com
petent to a reasonable extent to make
a livelihood in that profession.
John A. Mears, the man mentioned
in the foreging dispatch as defend
ant in a divorce suit, has enjoyed a
varied career and was at one time a
respected citizen of the state. Soon
after joining the police department of
this city he came in for considerable
censure on account of his treatment
of his wife. 'He became a member of
the police department in July, 1905. and
acted as secretary to Inspector Bruin.
After serving something over a year
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he was haled before the police com
mission on a charge of accepting money
in violation of the rules of the service:
was found 'guilty, and discharged from
the force. After that episode his
downfall was rapid, and only a few
months ago Captain of Detectives Bruin
placed him-under arrest for frequenting
houses of ill-repute, which action was
taken by the officer on account of the
frequent protests from friends of Mrs.
Mears. Mears was convicted of this
offense and fined before Judge Cam
eron, and shortly after that left Port
land. His present whereabouts is un
known to his former fellow officers.
ROADS COMPLY WITH LAW
Willing to Obey Interstate Commerce
Regulations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Gratifica
tion is expressed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission over two con
ditions that have arisen within a day
or two. In concrete form, they mean
that American railway officials, as a
class, are doing all that lies in their
power to meet situations that have de
veloped under the new laws applying
to interstate traffic.
Information has reached the Commis
sion that the Baltimore Ohio Rail
road proposes to put into effect tomor
row, throughout its. system, the so
called "nine-hour law," which, by Its
terms, does not become operative until
March 4 next. The law limits the hours
of service of all classes of train oper
atives, particularly engineers and fire
men, train-dispatchers, railway teleg
raphers, towermen and signal opera
tors. Already the Commission has set
February 27 as a date on which it will
hear applications for an extension of
the time operation, of the nine-hour
provision. The time may be extended
as to the railroads which are able to
show the Commission good cause for
the extension.
However, the Baltimore & Ohio does
not purpose to await the result of the
hearing. As explained to the Commis
sion, the purpose of the officials of that
system is to put the law into effect
immediately. In order that both the
officials and the operatives may become
familiar with the new conditions before
they are made imperative by. the act
itself.
Another -source of gratification to
the Commission is the very general
compliance of the railroads with that
provision of the Hepburn act which
makes it obligatory upon carriers to
submit to the Commission monthly re
ports covering every phase of the oper
ation of interstate roads. A few weeks
ago it was announced in a tentative
way that several Important systems,
notably the New York Central lines,
had declined to furnish reports to the
Commission in accordance with the law,
and in conformity with the regulations
and forms prescribed by the Commis
sion. It was held by the counsel for
the New York Central lines, for in
stance, that that provision of the law
was unconstitutional, and it w-as under
stood to be the advice of counsel that
the railroads refused to send reports.
Within a day or two, an understand
ing has been reached between the
Commission and the New York Central
by which the road has filed with the
Commission complete reports of Its
operation for the five months ended
November 30 last. The Commission
now has complete reports for five
months ended November 30, or 99 per
cent of the railroad mileage of the
country. Reports for the month of De
cember are coming in elowly, perhaps,
because at this period of the year the
railroad accountants are busy compil
ing the annual statements. It is ex
pected, however, that by the' first of
March substantially .complete reports
from all the railroads of the United
States for the six months ended Janu
ary 1 will be in the hands of the Com
mission. x
TOADSTOOLS CAUSE DEATH
Two Mexican Woodchoppers Eat of
Fungus and Die.
VENTURA, Cal., Feb. 16. Toadstools
have caused the death of two persons in
this city within the last week. Two
Mexican woodchoppers on the Santa
Clara, partook of toadstools and on ac
count of high water could not be reached
by a physician. When they were finally
brought to this city it was too late.
San Pedro Shipping.
SAN PEDRO, Feb. 1. The steamer
Tosemite, Captain Johnson, finished dis
charging her cargo consigned to whole
salers at this port and sailed this morn
ing for Redondo with the balance.
The steamer Helene.' Captain Ander
son, departed last evening for San Diego
to discharge the balance of her cargo.
From there she will go north to Grays
Harbor to load lumber for this port.
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Tliaw Goes to Church.
M ATTEA WAN, N. Y.. Feb. 16,-Mrs.
William Thaw was a visitor at Msrttea
wan State Asylum and attended the
services with her son. Harry K. Thaw.
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TAKEN AT NIGHT,
WHIPPED BYRIDEHS
Mob of 300 Visits Town of Ed
dyville, Ky., at an. Early
, Hodr of Morning.
TEN MEN ARE PUNISHED
Victims Not Connected With To
bacco Troubles and Occasion of
Raid a Mystery One Woman
Gets Stray Bullet In Face.
EDDYVILLB, Ky., Feb. 16. Night
riders, 300 strong, visited Eddyvtlle at
1 o'clock this morning (Sunday) and
whipped ten men, four of them white
and six negroes. The white men who
are today suffering from sore backs
as the result of the severe chastisement
are J. W. Rucker. Lesley Woods, ex
City Marshal; Press Fraltck, who oc
casionally acted as Deputy Marshal,
and Grace Robertson, a saloon porter,
The connection between the whipping
of the white men and the negroes and
the tobacco war In Western Kentucky
Is not apparent, and no one has been
able to offer any explanation. None of
the victims was known as either active
or Influential in opposition to the
farmers' pooling movement. No attempt
was made at destroying stored tobacco.
The raiders were well drilled and well
mounted. About 250 entered the town
from the direction of Trigg County,
and the others entered from the oppo
site direction?.
Over a thousand shots were fired dur
ing the course of their stay, but the
only casualty reported Is that of a
young woman whose face is said to
have been grazed by a stray bullet
The home of Judge Rucker was badly
damaged before the riders were able
to get hold of him, the walls being rid
died with bullets, doors and shutters
torn off, etc. After taking each ol
the men to the edge of the town and
whipping him, he was allowed to return
home.
After the whipping had been adminis
tered the mob wakened County Judge W
K Crumbaugh and warned him that his
Immunity from similar punishment here
after depended entirely upon the friend
ship he was expected to show - the to
bacco growers' organization. He was
told that his gray hairs alone were re
sponsible for his being spared this time
The only tobacco man visited was J. M
Bradshaw. who is a tobacco pricer for
one of the growers' associations. Mr.
Bradshaw was ordered to close up a
Dullard hall, which he owns.
On leaving town the riders announced
that they had not finished their work
and that they would return before many
days.
RECORD AT A HOSPITAL
Not One Case in Eleven Hours Treat
ed at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. An excep
tional record was established at the Cen
tral Emergency hospital for the 24 hours
ending this evening at 6 o'clock. Fro
11 o'clock on Saturday night until 2 o'clock
this afternoon, 11 hours, not a-ingle
emergency case was treated.
Real Estate Man a Suicide.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Feb. 16. Henry D.
Sellers, a leading real estate broker of
this city, committed suicide today. The
death pf Mr. Sellers, who was 55 years
old, was directly attributed to the un
timely end of his 22-year-old son, who
committed suicide last Summer.
Streetcar Kills Preacher.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 16. Rev.. Edwin
Bodie, 78 years old. a retired minister
who came here from Seward, Neb., some
time ago, was almost instantly killed by
a car on the est Temple-street line to
day. Lumber Company Assigns.
MURFRESSBORO. Tenn., Feb. 16. The
firm of W. B. Earthman & Co.. dealers In
lumber, have assigned. The liabilities, it
is said, will approximate J700.000 with as
sets between $500,000 and 1600.000.
Bryan Talks to 4000 Men.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 16. William J.
Bryan addressed more than 4XH men this
afternoon. His subject was the "Prince
of Peace." His address was given under
the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.
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Unadvertised February Trade Sales in every department.
fINew goods in every department Dress Goods, Silks,
-Wash Fabrics, Butterfly Suits, Shirtwaist Dresses,
Silk Tailored Suits, Papillon and Beau Brummel Waists,
New Neckwear and Belts, Laces, etc
flNow as ever Lip man-Wolfe's appeals to women of
-correct taste with goods of simple elegance and
sure appeal.
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forgotten the price.
CHANGES i BEATS
Patrolman Stuart Taken From
"Little Italy."
HAD DETAIL SIX YEARS
Competent Ofricer Shifted by Chief
Gritzmucher, AVhose Explana
tion Is "For the Good
of the Service."
By order of Chief of Police Grltzmacher,
Patrolman Richard Stuart, who has had
the South Portland beat, including what is
known as "little Italy," was last night
transferred from the first night relief to
the second night relief.
For six years Patrolman Stuart has
patrolled this heat between the hours of
3:43 and 11 :4o P. M-., and during that time
he has become so thoroughly familiar
with the habits and haunts of the Italian
colony that whenever a crime was com
mitted in that quarter, he was usually
delegated to plain clothes duty to assist
the detectives assigned to the cases.
Stuart knows every member of the col
ony, and when any particular one is
wanted by the police, he has usually been
able to furnish the information of the
fellow's whereabouts. The members of
the colony know "Meester Dick." as he
was familiarly called, and his sources of
information are numerous as well as au
thentic. Just why, after six years of faithful at
tention to duty on that particular beat,
lie should be changed now is not ex
plained, for Chief Grltzmacher styles all
his changes "for the good of the service."
It is probably In line with his policy, for
there have been numerous changes of
beats as well as reliefs, made in the last
few weeks. Stuart reported to Captain
Bailey at 11:15 last night and was assigned
to a temporary beat.
Patrolman Stuart is the officer who
worked up the preliminary case against
Joe Anderson, the ex-convict who was
convicted of murder In the first degree
last Saturday. Anderson was found guilty
of having murdered Kngineer Harry Ix
gan' on the Fourth Street bridge last No
vember, and It was largely through the
work of Stuart that ho was brought to
justice, although the patrolman was
robbed of the glory of the case because of
the jealousy of the plain clothes men who
made the arrest. Stuart's work during
the past several years has demonstrated
him to he a most efficient ofricer.
Among the other changes recently made
by order of the chief are: Patrolmen
Jefferson Ocg and W. P. Courtney from
the day relief under Captain Moore to
the second night relief under Captain
Bailey: Patrolmen B. Adams and John
Burri from the secmid night relief to the
day relief, and Patrolman James F. An
derson from the day relief to the first
night relief under Captain Slover.
Patrolman Robert I.ee Phillips, who has
acted in the capacity of Jailer on the
second night relief for the past two years.
has tendered bis resignation to Chief of
Foliee Grltzmacher, and will sever his
connection with the Portland police de
partment this morning. Officer Phillips has
been one of the most faithful officers in
the sendee, and Captain Bailey, under
whom he has worked since he joined the
force three years ago. deeply regrets his
resignation. Mr. Phillips leaves the de
partment In order to engage in ranching
in Lincoln County, where he owns a farm.
i Patrolman John E. Abbott, who has
acted as desk sergeant on the second re
lief for several months, has been selected
for the position vacated by Phillips. This
position requires a most efficient officer,
for during the hours that relief is on
duty considerable sums of money are
handled, and at times there are so many
arrests that the position Is most trying
as well as responsible, for every article
taken from each prisoner has to be ac
counted for and segregated In order that
no mistakes may occur. Large sums of
bail money "are also received each night.
and the jailer Is required to assist his
captain in receiving this money, as well
as issuing the receipts. Patrolman James.
E. Hunter haa been appointed desk of
ficer to succeed Patrolman Abbott.
A number of other changes are being
planned and will probably take place
within a few days.
HIGHEST SCORE EVER MADE
Big Marks Made at Bowling Con
gress at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 16. Smith and Dun
bar, of Brooklyn, the two-men team of
the National Association, won the Inter
national match between the 1907 cham
pions of the American Bowling Congress.
National Bowling Association, Western
Bowling Association and the Canadian
Bowling Association.
Following is the position and. total
score of the respective contestants for
the nine games. Score;
National Bowling Association Smith
and Dunbar. Brooklyn, 3574.
Canadian Bowling Association Stoik
and Woodbury, Chicago, 3432.
Western Bowling Association Voght
nd Kverhardt. Kansas City. 3302.
American Bowling Congress Rlchter
and Klgeley. Louisville, 3160.
In the one shift of five-men events
two of the highest scores of the tourna
ment were made, first place being taken
by the lossetl team, ol Chicago, and
second by the Nationals, of Indianap
olis. The Tosseti team hy running the
remarkable score of passed the
highest mark ever rolled at an Aneri-
quality long after you've
can bowling congress tournament. The
Tosseti scores for the three games
were 977. S65, 1040. The team is com
posed of F. H. Brill. J. Burns. IS. S.
Mackey, Phil McGuire and J. Blouin.
The Nationals scored 2798.
The high scores in the three shifts of
the two-men events today are:
William Flanner and Charles Collier,
Chicago, 1188; R. G. Plummer and Arm
strong, Cincinnati, 1167. ,
READY TO WELCOME FLEET
Evans Will Be Received at Callao
With Honors of Vice-Admiral.
LIMA. Peru. Feb. IS. The American
fleet, which is steaming up the west
coast of South America. Is expected to
arrive at Callao next 'Thursday and tils
government has ordered that Rear Ad
miral "Evans be tendered the honors of a
vice-admiral. The cruiser Coronet
Bolognsi left Callao tonight for this port.
Everything is in readiness at Lima
and Callao for a glorious welcome to
the Americans. The official programme
includes a great nanquet which will he
given hy President Pardo to the of
ficers in commemoration of Washing
ton's birthday. On Friday Admiral
Evans, if his health permits, will visit
,the President and the visit will he te
turned on hoard the Connecticut. A
bull fight has been fixed for Monday,
at which It is expected nearly all the
officers and at least 5000 of the sailors
will have an opportunity to see thi
sport of the country. An excursion to
Mount Meiggs has been arranged for
Tuesday and on Wednesday there will
he a reception at the American Lega
tion. The War Minister will give a
dinner to the American officers on
Thursday. February 27, and the follow
ing evening the National Club will give
an officer's ball.
Senator Clay III.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. Senator
Alexander S. Clay, of Georgia, is ill
with an attack of acute indigestion at
his apartments in this city.
Albany. Or. A nuinher of ladinn Al
bany ministers exchanged ptilpitt, t-unday
morning, making an innovation in Incul
religious worship. It is announced that
KUch an exchange will be made once month
ly, civing- all the ministers a chance lo
prea-h occasionally In each other's
chnn-hes
A Word
To Depositors
LAST WEEK we met
personally many of
the small depositors
in the old institution
and made them happy
by paying off hundreds
of claims up to. 925.
Everything is being
pushed as rapidly as
possible, and we will
continue to liquidate
claims against the ab
sorbed bank until every
depositor has been paid
dollar for dollar. In the
meantime call in and
see us and see for your
self that we are doing
all that we claim. Ask
to see our elegant Safe
Deposit Vault, where
boxes may be rented
from ti and up per year.
GERMAN-AMERICAN
BANK
Portland, Or.
Washington St.
AND WEDDING
INVITATIONS
W. G. SMITH & GO.
Washington Building.
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