Morning Oregonian., February 21, 1908, Page 10, Image 10

TT"? 3I0RXIXG OREG0XIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1903.
STATE'S EVIDENCE
NEARLY COMPLETE
FILL PARKS WITH
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Defense in Waymire Conspir
acy Case Will Have Its
Innings Today.
City Officials, School Children,
Military and Citizens Vtill
All Take Part.
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TESTIMONY IS CONVINCING
MIDWINTER PLANTING DAY
Prosecution Makes Good Showing
Against Alleged Blackmailers of
Mayor I,ane Defense to Sub
mit Its Evidence Today.
Substantially all the. evidence by
which the state hopes to convict
Belle Waymire and E.E. Radding; of
plotting to destroy Mayor Lane's good
name, is now before the State Circuit
Court Jury which is hearing the case.
Possibly another witness or two wall
be called this morning. But the case
will surely be given over to the de
fen.se long before noon, barring some
delay that la now altogether unfore
seen. Reasonably convincing Is the array
of evidence marshalled by the prosecu
tion. Could the trial rest at- this
Juncture there is little room for doubt
that the Jury would return a verdict
in a very few minutes, placing
pullt on Mrs. Waymire and Radding.
Kvidence of a positive character has
been presented in abundance showing
that Mrs. Waymire carefully culti
vated the Mayor's acquaintance and
then Imposed on him to gain the audi
ence which was Intended t ruin his
reputation.
But, equally positive and with an
abundant volume, the contradictory
evidence w'ill be poured into the ears
of the Jurymen, beginning today.- The
defense will attempt to show how the
Mayor took advantage of the woman's
solicitude for her child; how he lured
her to his private office; how he at
tempted to make love to her and was
repulsed, and how ho finally attacked
her In a vicious manner so that she
was compelled to cry for help. Every
little detail presented by the state will
be met with a contradictory detail.
The assumption that Radding was
In the Hamilton building on the night
In question will be met with the asser
tion that Radding was infatuated with
the woman and Jealous of her. Further
than this the defense claims to have
evidence which has not yet been whol
ly disclosed.
Will Not End This Week.
All expectation of completing the
case this week has now been aban
doned. The arguments may be pre
sented Monday afternoon or not until
Tuesday, or even Wednesday. Mrs.
Waymire's testimony alone Is expect
ed to take up a full session, as both
her direct and cross-examination will
be minute. It is believed Mrs. Way
mire will be on the stand during this
afternoon.
Much important testimony was pre
sented yesterday, most of It tending
to corroborate the Mayor's story of the
woman's assault upon him. Nearly all
the witnesses were persons who were
In the Hamilton building on the event
ful night of September 26. Employes
of the owners of the building who
were present when Mayor Lane's door
was smashed In by Radding gave tes
timony of great value to the state and
no part of this evidence was shaken
through cross-examination.
An incident of interest, and which
created much comment, was the re
calling for purpose of cross-examination
of Mayor Lane during the after
noon. Attorney Logan, for the de
fense, asked that this be done. He
had racelved information that on the
afternoon of September 26 the Mayor
excused himself from a most impor
tant meeting of the Fire Board and
hurried down to the Hamilton build
ing to meet Mrs. Waymire. It was
said the Mayor left about 6 o'clock,
telling the members of the Executive
Board present that it would be Im
possible for him to remain any longer.
Mayor Takes Stand.
In response to a telephone sum
mons, the Mayor hurried down to the
courtroom from the executive offices
shortly before 4 o'clock and, after be
ing sworn, took tha stand. As re
gards the Incident In question bis
memory was at fault. He did not be
lieve, however, that any meeting of
the Fire Board was held on the date
in question, although he wasn't sure.
If he excused himself it was because
he was tired out and wanted to get
home as quickly as possible, he said.
Something like an hour of the day
was taken up In arguments over the
right of the state to have a transcript
of Mrs. Waymire's Police Court testi
mony reed. Mr. Logan said the trans
cript could be read after Mrs. Waymire
was on the stand, for the purpose of
impeachment, and backed up his views
with an array of authorities, one of
them five centuries old. He claimed
to see In the state's attitude a cun
ning plan to get before the court an
array of letters bearing on Mrs. Way
mlre'g past These letters, descriptive
of that lady's Missouri career, do not
present her In a very creditable light,
it Is said. They are now in the hands
of Special Prosecutor Malarkey.
Judge Gantenbeln finally ruled In
favor of the state and the testimony
from the lower court was read, Court
Reporter Sholea assuming the role of
Mrs. Waymire and reading her replies
from the witness stand.
Mandelay Is Impeached.
Three witnesses were called during the
forenoon for the purpose of impeaching
the testimony of L. L. Mandelay, the
state's unwilling witness of the day be
fore. It waa made clear that Mandelay
perjured himself, and District Attorney
Manning announced his intention of in
dicting him at the conclusion of the
trial.
Three witnesses referred to Deputy
District Attorney Haney told of sworn
statements Mandelay made which were
contradictory to the testimony given on
Wednesday. Dr. R. W. Anderson, a den
tist, and C. A. Davles, engineer at the
Hamilton block, showed that Mandelay
lied ' about his movements after the
screams In Mayor Lane's office. Man
delay's dilatory conduct and his morose,
efforts to withhold the truth have dam
aged the defense considerably.
Davles proved a valuable witness,' as
he was one of those who saw the
tableau In the doctor's office, and was
quite certain and concise In telling of
what he had seen. He was running the
elevator at the time and had seen both
Mandelay and Radding about the build
ing, but thought nothing of it at the
time. He was attracted to Dr. Lane's
office by screams. - When he reached the
door he said the Janitor was hunting for
a key. Radding took both hands,
smashed the window and drew back the
curtain.
Mayor Lane and Mrs. Waymire were
engaged in a tussle, Davles said. Lane
was holding one of the woman's hands
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SNAPSHOT OF MRS. BELLE WATSIIRE. ONE OF DEFENDANTS IN THE
WAYMIRE-RADDING TRIAL.-
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Archbishop Chrirtie Will Ofrer
Blessing Big Parade Will Form
at Armory and March to
the Park Blocks.
ARCHBISHOP TO BLESS CERE
MONY. Archbishop Christie of OrRon dlo
tH. has rromlsed th Portland
Rose Festival Association that ho
will, as the bMWi of the Catholic
Church of this tat, bless the "rose
planting" event which is to take
placg tomorrow afternoon. This is
a most Impressive ceremony and will
be one of the few occasions of such
a character that have ever been
given this formal and solemn distinction.
above her hear! and pushing her back
with the other. There was considerable
haggling among the lawyers at this point
as to what the Mayor's object was in
thrusting her back and as to what par
ticular piece of furniture their course
was directed. Attorney McGarry inti
mated that he waa forcing her towards
a medicine shelf, where there was a bot
tle of chloroform, even asking Davies if
such were not the case.
Raises Storm of Protest.
A storm of protest at this suggestion
was raised by Manning and Malarkey
and the subject -of chloroform was
dropped, although Mr. McGarry said he
had spoken in all seriousness and that
more would be heard of the subject. It
is hardly believed, however, the defense
will present the theory that the Mayor
intended chloroforming the woman.
Cross-examination occupied the first
half hour of the afternoon session, and
then Clayton Wisdom, an employe of an
agricultural publication, was called to
the stand. He heard Mrs. Waymire's
screams and thought some enterprising
dentist was working overtime until the
crash of glass came. , Then he ran up
stairs. Near the fourth floor he met
Radding coming down. Radding was
getting downstairs as rapidly as possible
until Mr. Wlsdonj came up and Inquired
what was the matter.. Radding did not
tell him, but it seems that Wisdom had a
persistent sort of curiosity, and he told
how he turned and tripped downstairs
with Radding, linking arms with that
worthy and eliciting from him the Infor
mation that a man had tried to assault a
woman in the Mayor's office. Wisdom
said Radding cautioried him to be quiet.
The recalling of Mayor Lane then came
and Attorney Logan opened up on him
in no tender spirit. After the Mayor
had exhibited a lapse of memory con
cerning the Fire Board Incident, Logan
said It was most unreasonable that a
matter so Important should have been
forgotten In such a short period of time.
Mayor Lane lost his patience and . con
tinued commenting in a rapid tone on
the entire probability of his having for
gotten, even after he had been excused
from the witness stand.
Mayor on the Rack.
"Did you have any engagement with
Mrs. Waymire the afternoon you went
to your office and she attacked you?"
inquired Mr. Malarkey by way of redirect
examination.
"No, sir, I did not," was the em
phatic reply.
"It seems to me that next to your mar
riage and one or two other important
events In your life this day should be
stamped on your mind as one' of the
most Important and most eventful in
your life, and that you should remember
everything quite clearly," said Mr.
Logan.
"Now, about my wedding, I was ex
pecting that and knew it was going to
occur, but I didn't know anything about
this until It happened," the Mayor re
plied with a show of feeling. .He gave
the Impression that he was very tired of
the whole affair.
G. T. Drew, janitor, was next called.
He heard the woman's screams on the
night of the "tragedy," ran to the door
and began fumbling with the key. Rad
ding rushed up, the witness said, and
smashed the window, saying, "Let me in
there." Drew corroborated the engineer's
story of the scene that waa presented
inside. He added that the Mayor waa
plainly trying to get away from the
woman and said he heard Lane say,
"D n you, let go of me," this before
the door was broken in.
"As I walked Inside the room," said the
witness, "Mrs. Waymire started walking
away, and I asked her what was the
matter. She said, 'The brute, the brute,
he tried to force me." I walked on in
and said, 'What's the matter, Doc?' He
said the woman had been paid to do it
and that he was ruined."
Postponement for the day was then
taken.
Attendance was not so large as during
the preceding days, although the mob
of scandal-hungry persons was ample tQ
fill every seat and all available standing
room. Several women were among those
present. The proceedings were not suf
ficiently salacious to hold the more vora
cious of the scandal vultures and they
kept filing away, possibly In search of
greener fields, as the afternoon grew on.
An extra force of deputies will be put on
guard when Mrs. Waymire takes the
stand.
FACES FORGERY CHARGE
Dentist Maule Charged With Passing
Bad Checks.
George C. Maule, a dentist, who is
charged with passing fraudulent
checks, and who was arrested at Walla
Walla at the Instance of the Portland
police, was returned to Portland yes
terday by Detective Tom Kay, who
was sent to the Inland Empire city for
the prisoner.
Maule resisted the extradition papers,
but his efforts proved of no avail, and
he was ordered into the custody of the
Portland officer. The specific charge
on which he was arrested was that of
passing a spurious check for $5 on
D. L. Houston, proprietor of the Hous
ton Hotel on North Sixth street. A
number of other complaints of a similar
nature against Maule have been made
to the police since he has been ar
rested. He will have a preliminary
hearing before Judge Cameron this
morning. ,
BAY CITY BLOCK BURNS
loss of $60,000 In Conflagration at
Complete arrangements have been
made bv the rose-planting committee
for the meeting of the school childrfn
automobile loads of citizens and city
officials, the military escort and hand.
I at the Armory, Tentn anu
promptly at 1 o'clock, tomorrow after-
noon, trom wnicn - -
will move In a body to the various
park blocks, where the 5000 rose bushes
are to be planted in the afternoon.
Impressiveness and form will be add
ed to thls novel civic function through
the participation of the Mayor, mem
bers of the City Council, members of
the Park Board and the Board of Edu
cation, while the officers of the Rose
Society and the Rose Festival Associa
tion will also be on hand to take their
part in the event
The automobiles, of which the com
mittee expects there will be close to
100 on hand, will meet either at the
Swetland building, the headquarters of
the Festival, or at the City Hall, where
the administration officials will be
picked up and conveyed to the Armory.
The school children who will play
the part of rose-bearers from the Ar
mory to the Plaza blocks are advised
to be present at the Armory promptly
at 1 o'clock, so that the line of march
through the streets of the business sec
tion of the city may be formed In time
to have the ceremonies start at 2
o'clock, sharp.
Children Out In Force.
Inasmuch as the school children will
have a full holiday on Saturday, In ad
dition to its being Washington's birth
day, it is anticipated that the young
folks will turn out In strength.
The Camera Club will be out in force,
eager for "art studies" of the little
boys and girls with spades, roee bushes
and "jumpers," ready to do their pa
triotic part in the celebration. A large
delegation of newsboys will take part
in the afternoon's programme, and the
moment the parade lines up at the
three blocks set aside by the Park
Board, a corps of gardeners will be ready
to receive the roee bushes and plant as
many of them as they have time during
the remainder of the afternoon. The
remainder will be planted aa fast as the
gardeners can take care of them.
The rose bushes are all what .(s
known as 2-year-olds, and are uniform
and all of them are guaranteed to be In
bloom by the first of June, when the
Festival week opens.
Speakers at the- Schools.
One of the most Impressive functions
in connection with the plans for the
Festival was the campaign of yester
day, where speakers, two by two. vis
ited most of the public schools and the
High Schools and talked to the thou
sands of school children of the city
about the leusons, the value, the scope
and purposes of the Festival, as well
as to urge their participation In the
Washington's Birthday roseplantlng event.
Without exception the many speakers
were greeted with rounds of applause
and unanimous pledge was made by
the boys and girls that they would in
vite their friends and relatives in the
East to visit Portland during the first
week of June.
Some of the schools planned to gather
at some central point-in their district
tomorrow afternoon and go In a body
to the Armory and Plaza blocks. The
little people were thanked for the
splendid showing they made at last
year's carnival, and all of them seemed
eager to take part in the bigger and
grander festival that Is to take place
four months hence.
San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. Fire
tonight in the five-story brick build
ing at 335 Main street caused a loss
of 60,000. The fire was caused by a
defective motor box, and the building
was "completely gutted.
The losses to firms occupying the
building will fall on Thomas J. Davis
& Sons, printers, J5000; Dettner
Travers Company, printers. $20,000.
Frank Peterson, wholesale grocek
$40,000. The American Oil & Paint
Company offices burned out, nominal.
All of these losses are partlallV
covered by Insurance.
Wins Suit Against Brothers.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Case of Mrs. M. A. . Isham, of
Seattle, against the estate of her de
ceased father, John H. Foster, for posses
sion of a J10.000 certificate of deposit on
the First National Bank of Walla Walla
which the plaintiff alleged had been, given
her by her father as compensation for
nursing him in his last illness, was de
cided in her favor by a Jury In the
Superior Court. This afternoon the
brothers of Mrs. Isham made an amicable
settlement, paying her J10.000 and leav
ing the estate free from further litigation.
Foster was a wealthy pioneer of Walla
WTalla County, who had lived here since
the sixties. He died a few months ago.
Propose to Incorporate Yacolt.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Board of County Commission
ers decided today to incorporate the
town of Tacolt, provided a sufficient num
ber of voters favor the incorporation.
The election to decide the question will
be held March 7.
If Baby Is Catting Teeth .
Be sure and use that old well-tried remedy
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syruji, - for children
teething. It soothes the child, 1 softens the
gums, a allays pain, colic and diarrhoea.
HAND-TTNTED SCENIC PHOTOS.
, Riser's Originals. 248 Alder at.
Oregon Chickens In Hawaii.
CORVALLI3, Or., Feb. 20. (Cpeclal.)
Several months ago J. A. Archibald, the
chicken fancier of Philomath, filled an
order from Honolulu for two hens and
one cockerel from his band of select
Hamburgs. Recently he received from
the same quarter an order for 12 hens and
a cockerel. The letter added that the
three birds sent In the first order had
been put on exhibition, In a poultry show
In Honolulu, and had 'been awarded first
place, scoring 93 points.
Can't Sell Booze During Strike.
TACOMA. Wash..- Feb. 20. (Special.)
A delegation of saloonkeepers of Wil
keson appeared before the County Com
missioners today, to protest against the
enforced closing of saloons in the mining
town pending the settlement of the strike
at the Wllkeson coal mines. The saloon
owners asked that an additional officer
be detailed In the town and that the sa-
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any one.
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appear, youH know why.
It's easy to get along with
out coffee if Postum is used
as a regular beverage. It
is a wholesome food drink
made of wheat no coffee or
drugs.
"There's a Reason."
The work accomplished by the Company in 1907, under the new conditions,
in respect of benefits dispensed to policyholders and in the furtherance of their
best interests, has been especially satisfactory.
The Company paid directly to policyholders and their beneficiaries in death
claims, endowments, dividends, annuities and surrender values $43,959,245.40
It added to the net reserves held in trust for policyholders , 16,368,679.39
Total benefits from sources named $60,327,924.79
Total received from policyholders 57,151,041.71
.The total benefits above named exceeded premiums received by $3,176,883.03
The amount paid DIRECTLY TO POLICYHOLDERS during' the year
was 77 per cent of the amounts received from them.
The total amount paid to policyholders, plus the increase in the net re
serve held for them, was over 105 per cent of the amounts received from them.
Increasing Dividends
The amount appropriated for dividends to be paid in 1908 is $8,311,002.02
This sum greatly exceeds the largest amount ever before paid in dividends
in a single year by any company. The annual dividends to be paid in 1908
show a ratio of increase over those of 1907 such as can be approximated by no
other company. The Mutual Life is the only company which has increased its
dividend scale three years in succession 1906, 1907, 1908. Increasing divi
dends are possible because of increasing earnings and decreasing expenses.
In Gains for Policyholders the Company Remains in the Front Rank
Its gross earnings from interest and rentals for 1907 were $23,103,953.59
Its gains from loading, mortality, surrenders and annuities were 8,760,440.79
The total earnings and gains were...... $31,864,394.38
This is over 56 per cent of the entire premium income, a remarkable show
ing rarely, if ever, equaled by any other company.
In Economy of Management the Company Stands Pre-eminent
The total expenses incurred in 1907 were $8,554,375.11
Compared with 1906, this was a decrease of 2,031,618.13
The Financial Condition of the Company Is Superb
Its investments are of the highest class unimpeachad and unimpeachable. In a year of
extraordinary financial depression, not a share of stock owned by the Company failed to pay
its regular dividend, and on $222,927,910.60 of bonds (book value) there was not a dollar of in
terest in default at the close of business on the 31st of last December. With assets exceeding
its legal liabilities by over $57,000,000, even by the abnormally low market quotations of De
cember 31, 1907, an excess greater by many millions than is held by any similar organization
anywhere, the Mutual Life, the Oldest Company in America, i3 also justly designated tha
Strongest in the World.
1 Balance Sheet December 31, 1907
ASSETS
Real tCatnte S 2n.4no.tr.SJW
MortKuar Loans, on real eetate 12ft.741.K38.4a
Loans on Pollrtea tl2.022.021.:t:
Counters! Loans 11,805,000.00
Bonds and Stock, Market Valne Dee.
31, ior 28o,o2Mf:tfu
Caxh 6.4K7,r45.88
Premiums In conns of collection 4,85,47T Jt
Interest and rentals, dne nnd aeenied.... 3,99,47.10
Admitted Assets .404,177,021.03
LIABILITIES
Net Policy Reserves f42A.0n4.742.no
Other liabilities on policies ,5R2.87S.4
Premlnras and Interest paid In advance 1,828,3X0.84
Dividends payable In 1008 8,311,002.03
Miscellaneous liabilities 879,207.58
Held for future dividends 57,530,768.45
Total Liabilities 9484,177,021.03
NOTE The admitted assets would be sjiven greater by JIB. 9S9. 153.97 wtra tha bonds taken on the Com
pany's basis of amortised book value; or $13,211,849.94 were the securities stated by the average market value
(13 month, rule), recommended by many commissioners at the Louisville meeting.
ALMA D. KATZ, Manager
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THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
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loons be allowed to remain open. No but It was Intimated by one of the mem- I pot 'be allowed to reopen until the trouble
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