THE 3I0RNIXG OREGOMAN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 190S.
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Tillman Starts Postal Inquiry
Into Coos Bay Land
Grant Dealers.
SAYS HIS NAME MISUSED
Portland Firm Ipcating Settlers on
Timber Iand Attacked at Wash
ington Contest
Road Grant
of
Wagon-
Proposed.
OREGOXIAN" NEWS BUREAU. Wash
lnpton, Feb. 20. The St. Paul & Pacific
Timber Syndicate, having? an of flee at
525 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Is
to be investigated by the Postofflce De
partment to ascertain whether or not it
Is using the mails for fraudulent pur
poses. Senator Tillman yesterday
char-Red in the Senate that this company
Is flooding the country with circulars. In
which his name is used without authority
and in which the company offers to
"make $5000 out of $200" Invested with
It, to be In turn Invested in timber land
in Coos and Douglas Counties as soon as
the Government recovers title to the un
patented portion of the grant to the Coos
Bay Wagon Road Company.
Tillman Calls It Swindle.
Tillman charged that this company, of
which Bryan R. Dorr is president, is
engaged in a "scheme of swindling," and
said he proposed "to stop the rascals
from getting any more money." He ac
cordingly laid the circular before the
l'OBtnffice Department today, and by his
request the concern will be Investigated.
If it is found that Its circulars misrepresent
facts, and if, as charged by Mr. TUlman.
tills company is swindling those who
suhscrtbe to Jts scheme, it will be denied
further use of the malls.
Mr. Dorr's company would probably
not have been attacked, had It not In Its
circular stated that Mr. TUlman had In
vested on his own behalf and for 10
close relatives. Persdns who had re
ceived the circular and who looked with
suspicion on any scheme which can make
out of an investment of $200, wrote
to Mr. Tillman for advice, and in that
way the matter found Its way to the
Department.-
Chance Remote, Says Fulton.
Senator Fulton, who is unacquainted
with Dorr and knows nothing of the St.
Paul & Pacific Timber Syndicate, says
the chance Is very remote of private in
dividuals being able to acquire land in
the manner suggested by the circular.
It is his opinion that any suits brought
by private individuals will fail, that the
Government alone can compel the en
forcement of the law under which the
land grant was made. ,
SAYS IT IS LEGITIMATE DEAL
Porr Tells About Scheme to Get the
Coos Bay Land Grant.
Bryan R. Dorr, who is the president of
am St. Paul & Pacific Timber Syndicate,
vith offices In 525 Chamber of Commerce,
made the following statement In regard
to the proposition of his company last
night:
"I have in my possession information
which I consider authoritative, showing
that Senator Tillman made application
during October, 1907, te purchase from the
Southern Oregon Company under the
Coos Bay Wagon Road grant 10 quarter
sections of timber land for himself and
other -members of his family. This in
formation shows that he sent In his ap
plication to the attorneys, Reeder & Wat
kins, of Marshfield, Or., in good faith,
as any other citizen has a right to do.
In this matter I and the corporation I
represent are acting solely as sub-agents
for the above mentioned attorneys and
for a prominent real estate man of Port
land who is operating at Coos Bay. Sen
ator Tillman's application to purchase
land, as provided for by the terms of the
grant, was generally understood among
various well known citizens of Portland
and elsewhere who had applied for land
during October, November, December and
January, whereas I made no attempt to
obtain applications until early In Feb
ruary. "The sum of $300, which I request my
clients to advance, covers the legal re
tainer fee, cruising and locating fees and
the commission to which my corporation
Is entitled. In case the suit is won, each
applicant will obtain title to one-quarter
section of some of the most valuable
timber on the Coast upon payment of the
sum of $2.d0 per acre, as provided for by
the terms of the grant, plus a commission
of 35 rents per 1000 feet for us, out of
which we agree to pay the above attor
neys a contingent fee of $100. If there is
anything questionable or fraudulent about
this matter. I wish to know it at once, in
order that I may protect my clients. Per
sonally I have absolute confidence In our
attorneys, in the Justice of our position
and in the successful outcome of the
suit."
The circular issued by the syndicate is
in part as follows:
How to Make $5000 Out of $200.
T have Just unearthed an opportunity
u-hcreby each of my correspondents can ob
tain a quarter section of the most valuable
timber on the Pacific Coast with an Initial
expenditure of $200. This timber Is located in
Coos and Douglas Counties, Oregon, close to
tidewater and each quarter section of 160
acres Is valued at from $3000 to $15,000 on
a very conservative basis. The particulars.
Including a tale of gigantic greed on the
part of the notorious timber thieves, graft
ers and landgTabbora of Oregon are familiar
to all In this state.
Continuing, the circular Bays:
The Prosecution of the Grafters.
But the day when this sort of knavery
gns unpunished Is at an end. No longer are
Ftate and Nation sitting Idly by while the
people are being robbed of their birthright
by the rapacity of corporations too large to
t e attacked by. any single Individual. Francis
J Heney, the great United States District
Attorney, has been sent out to prosecute
the grafters and land thieves of California
and Oneg-on on their own ground, and after
having run Ruef and Bchmltx to earth In
San Francisco. and . uncovered gigantic
deals In Oregon, securing wholesale ronvin
tions reaching even as high up as that of
Vnlted States Senator Mitchell, Is here In
Tnrtland now. prosecuting a Government
official for conspiracy with the land thieves
to defraud the Government.
Realizing that the time to act has come,
and that only by concerted action can any
thing" be accomplished, representative busi
ness men of Coos Bay. Portland and else
where, including myself, have employed
Tteeder & Watklns, tha leading attorneys of
Marshfield. Coos County, .Oregon, to make a
legal tender for us of $2.50 per acre, or $400
per quarter section of 160 . acres, to the
Southern Oregon Company, and to take care
of our interests there.
With each application they are offering
to the duly authorised officials of the South
ern Oregon Company In the presence of wit
nesses the sum of $-Mm for a certain speci
fied quarter section. The corporation re
fuses this tender, thereby violating the
terms. of tha grant and laying Itself open to
suit. There is no doubt in the minds of,
yuin. Reeder & Watklns or ourselves as
to the outcome) of the suit, for the law Is
plain and has no mercy for grafters and
land thieves nowadays. ,
Tillman Takes Eleven Quarters.
The Illegal and outrageous robbery on the
part ..of the Southern Oregon Company Is
notorious In this state, but until now It has
been Impossible to secure the necessary con
certed action. That the right men are behind
this movement will be appreciated at once
when I state that among those who have
spoken through our attorneys for a part of
this land is Senator Tillman, of North Caro
lina, the leader of the Democratic party in
the United States Senate, a man who usually
rets what he gees after. So sure Is Senator
Tillman of our success that he has sub
scribed and paid the necessary feea for a
quarter section for himself and ten other
quarter sections for ten of his nearest rela
tives. The Oregonian Is quoted in reviewing
the history of the Coos Bay wagon grant
land in the circular, the facts of which
are already familiar to the people of this
state. The circular then says:
You May Join Us. '
Now. we will allow you to Join us In this
proposition if you care to do so. and- If you
have read this circular carefully you surely
will. You must act at once, as only about
60 quarters are left.
The circular continues and gives the
terms whereby the land in the Coos Bay
wagon road grants can be secured by
investors in the St. Paul syndicate. It
points out that claimants need never see
the land they desire to file upon and the
only delay Incident to the successful
prosecution of the suit Is the-uncertainty
of the date of decision of the suit against
the Southern Oregon Company.
The syndicate Is composed of prom!-
SHIPPING BCKNK IN THE HARBOR
lient men of St. Paul, Minn., and is &
corporation, for which Reeder & "Wat
klns, of Marshfield, Or., are attorneys.
SENATOR LATIMER IS DEAD
Passes Away at His South Carolina
Homo After Operation,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-enator As
bury B. Latimer of South Carolina died at
Providence Hospital at 8:15 A. M. today,
of peritonitis. Ho had been at the hospi
tal since Sunday last, when he underwent
an operation for appendicitis. It was
then discovered that the bowels had be
come twisted and his condition was found
to (be such that surgeons held out little
hope for his recovery. He rallied, how
ever, and his progress was satisfactory
until last evening, when he steadily be
came worse. The members of the Sena
tor's family were with him when Tie' died.
Senator Latimer, who was a Democrat,
was born July 31, 1851. near Lownsdes
vllle, S. C, and spent his early life on his
father's farm, first taking an active part
in politics in 1S76. He served two terms
as Democratic chairman .of Abbeville
County, beginning in 1890, and in that
same .year was urged to make the race
for the Lieutenant-Governorship of his
state but declined. He was a member of
the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth,
Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses
and was elected to the United States Sen
ate in 1903, receiving a majority of 17.700
on the popular vote. His term in the
Senate would have expired March 3, 1909.
CONGRESS MOURNS LATIMER
Both Houses Adjourn. After Adopt
ing Resolutions of Regret.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Because of the
death in this city today of Senator Lati
mer, of South Carolina, both branches of
Congress adjourned, the Senate almost
Immediately after convening and tha
House an hour afterward upon receiving
official notice of the Senator's death. In
each chamber resolutions of regret were
adopted and a committee appointed to ac
company the body home.
Alost of the time the House was In ses
sion was consumed in the reading of im
peachment charges offered by Mr. Waldo,
of New York, against Federal Judge Leb
beus R. Wilfley of the United States
Court at Shanghai. China, which were re
ferred to the committee on Judiciary.
Chaplain Hale In his prayer opening the
Senate referred feelingly to the death of
Senator Latimer.
The immigration committee, of which
Mr. Latimer was a member, also adopted
resolutions of regret.
Brigadier-General Dodge.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Brigadier
General Francis S. Dodge,- U. S. A., re
tired. 66 years old, who was awarded a
medal of honor by Congress for distin
guished gallantry at the battle of White
River, in Colorado, In the Indian cam
paign in the '60s, died at his residence
here yesterday. General Dodge served
with the Twenty-third Massachusetts Vol-
f-untcer Regiment during the Civil War.
General Dodge w-as born at Danvers,
Mass.. September 11, 1S42, and was edu
cated at that place and at a private mili
tary academy. After entering the Army
as a private in Company F, Twenty-third
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, he
rose rapidly in rank and was In many ac
tive engagements during the Civil War.
Widow of Veteran of 1812.
EAST ORANGEi N. J., Feb. 20. Mrs.
Elizabeth Barnum, one of the few surviv
ing widows of the War of 1812. died yes
terday at the age of 96. She was born in
Vermont. Her husband, Enoch Barnum,
of Franklin, Vt., was a cousin of. P. T.
Barnum, the famous circus man. He was
a mere boy when the second war with
England broke out, but ran away from
home and joined the Vermont regiment.
He died several years ago. Mrs. Barnum
Is survived by three sons, a daughter, 16
grandchildren and 14 greM-grandchrldren.
Explains Delay or Payment.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20. M. C. Markham.
assistant to the vice-president of the
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain sys
tem, and who has supervision over
the auditing department, stated today
that the delay In the payment of the
25,000 employes of the system, the
first instance of the kind In a number
of years. Is due to a reduction In the
force In the auditor's office.
Kentucky Still Deadlocked.
FRANKFORT, Ky Feb. 20. The bal
lot for United States Senator, in the joint
session of the Ledlature today, resulted
as follows: Beckham, 57: Bradlev, 66;
Allen. 1: Blackburn, 1; Campbell. 4." Nec
essary to a choice, 65.
Spectacles $1.00 at Metzgej-s,
HIS IMMUNITY PLEA
Ruef's Claim Backed Up by
Affidavit of Kaplan.
JUDGE READY TO TESTIFY
Heney and Other Prosecutors May
Be Questioned Rabbi Maintains
Ruef Acted In Good Faith
With Langdon.
8AN FTtANCISCO, Feb. 20. Judge Law
lor today admitted into evidence the af
fidavits filed by the defense In the case
of Abraham Ruef and overruled the ob
jections of the prosecution to them. In
addition to the affidavits filed last week,
Henrj Ach, leading counsel for ,Ruef.
filed and read with great dramatic effect
the affidavit of Dr. Bernard M. Kaplan,
OF CALL, AO. WHERE THE UNITED STATES FLEET JlBEITID 1TESTERDAT.
a Jewish rabbi, which shed more light on
the immunity contract given to Ruef.
It developed that Rabbi Jacob Nieto,
after preparing an affidavit last night,
declined to sign it and swear to it. He
appeared in court this morning, repre
sented by an attorney,, who stated that
Dr. Nieto was unwilling to make an affi
davit and did not wish to be a voluntary
witness for either side, but if ordered by
the court, would make a deposition or
give oral testimony. Judge Lawlor de
clared that the court would not order Dr.
Nieto to make an affidavit, but that It
was the rabbi's duty to do so.
Will Not Examine Prosecutors Yet.
For the first time for about a week.
District Attorney Langdon, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney F. J. Heney and Special
Agent W. J. Burns were in court, having
been brought there by subpenas issued
at the instance of Ruef last night, the
Intention of the defense being to question
them with reference to the Immunity
contract. Judge Lawlor said he would
take up the question of testimony after
both sides had finished their showing by
affidavits.
Judge Lawlor announced to Mr. Ach
that the court was prepared to make an
affidavit as to his knowledge of the im
munity contract and any conferences
with him by the prosecution In reference
thereto. .
Making' Ruef Come Through.
Dr. Kaplan, in his affidavit, went into
the detailed history of the now famous
Immunity contract. He related how he,
with Dr. Nieto, had been induced by the
prosecution to prevail upon" Ruef to
"come through," their many conferences
with both Ruef and the prosecution,
Ruef's distrust of the prosecution's good
faith .and promises, his long standing op
position to pleading guilty to extortion,
of "which he declared himself to be in
nocent," the assertions of Elisor Biggy
and Special Agent Burns "that they
would kill any one who failed to keep
the agreement with Ruef and the re
peated assurances of various members of
the prosecution; "even up to January 18
of this year," that their agreement with
Ruef would be kept.
Dr. Kaplan confirms In detail the re
cently published statement of Df. Nieto
relating to the midnight conferences be
tween the two rabbis, the prosecution
and Judges Lawlor and Dunne, in which
the two judges promised favorable action
on the request of the prosecuting attor
ney that they allow Ruef to change h
former plea of guilty on the charge of
extortion to one of not guilty and to dis
miss the indictment.
What Heney Said or Ruef.
When he asked Mr. Heney at the time
of the first Ford trial why he did not
call Ruef to the stand. Dr. Kaplan says
the Assistant District Attorney replied
that he had his reasons for not calling
Ruef as a witness in the Ford trial, but
that he would put him on the stand in
the Calhoun case, which was shortly to
be tried, and said in substance that "Ruef
is no fool and that he would say all that
Is expected of him in the Calhoun case."
"At that time Mr. Heney said Ruef
was withholding some testimony and
asked me to get him to furnish it," says
Dr. Kaplan.
Referring to a number of interviews
with .Mr. Langdon and Mr. Burns, In
which they assured him repeatedly that
the contract would be kept, the rabbi
averred: "Langdon stated to me at one
time at his house .that, even if others
connected with the prosecution should
want to go back on the agreements, no
one could make him do wrong and that
he would keep the agreements."
Langdon's Recent Promises.
Speaking of an alleged meeting with
Mr. Langdon shortly before the repudia
tion of the contract, the rabbi stated in
his affidavit that he was "Informed by
Langdon that he had great hopes of in
ducing the two judges to act in Accord
ance with said agreement. He also in
formed me that during said time Ru
dolph Spreckels would se Judge Dunne
in order to induce him to live up to the
terms of the agreement and that Fremont
Older, who had influence with Judge
Dunne, was In consultation with Judge
Dunne with a view to inducing him to
carry out his agreement," and had re
ported to Mr. Burns that he had great
hopes of being able to make the neces
sary arrangements with Judge Dunne.
Dr. Kaplan said he had called the at
tention of Mr. Langdon and Mr. Burns
to some remarks made by Mr. Heney
during his campaign speeches and before
the Ford jury that the prosecution would
not grant Ruef immunity.
And Mr. Burns Informed him that these
statements were made In excitement and
that they meant no harm. Mr. Langdon in
formed me at the same time that he did
not approve of Mr. Heney's language and
that he had called nts attention to it and
both Ianffdon and Burns said to me that
the statements of Mr. Heney did not repra-
sent Mr. La. n don's position and that the
out.
NEW YORK GLAD OF FROST
Hardens Slush Produced by Rain,
Which Saved City Money.
NEW TOBJC, Feb. 20. Lower tempera
ture this morning has brought measur
able relief to New Yorkers from a spell
of about as disagreeable weather as has
fallen to their lot In years. The trouble !
started with yesterday's early snowfall,
and became decidedly accentuated when
a rise in temperature of 10 degrees about
noon brought on a rain that of Itself was
sufficient to flood streets, and on top of
the snowfall produced conditions that
made the city's streets for several hours
resemble a network of canals. Cellars
were flooded by hundreds, and water kept
out of the sewers by dams of combined
snow and mud, overflowed the sidewalks
in innumerable places and made thera im
passable. At most points it was impos
sible even to board a trolley car without
a thorough wetting, and carriages were
at a premium. By midnight conditions
were considerably relieved, the rain hav
ing ceased early in the evening, after
having washed away a goodly proportion
of the snowfall. According to Commis
sioner Crowell, of the Street-Cleaning De
partment, the rain has probably saved
the city a bill of about $300,000 for snow
removal, as the contractors were not
called out.
WOMAN IS SENTENCED
Ex-Society Leader Goes to Peni
tentiary for Forgery.
. WINONA, Minn., Feb. 20. Mrs.
Amiel Sickle Lloyd, aged 24, formerly
one of Winona's society leaders and
prominent in church circles, was today
sentenced to an Indeterminate term In
the St. Cloud,' Minn., reformatory In the
District Court at Rochester, Minn.,
when she pleaded guilty to having:
passed worthless checks on merchants
at that place. After leaving Winona
Miss Sickle was married to A. B.
Lloyd at San Francisco.
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RECEIVES JAPAN'S REPLY
Ambassador O'Brien Reports Its Re
ceipt to Secretnry; Root.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Ambassador
O'Brien, at Tokio, cabled Secretary Root
today that he was in " possession of
Japan's latest reply on the emigration
question, that the statement was long
and that he would forward it in sub
stance. Pending Its receipt, which Is ex
pected shortly, nothing authentic is
known here as to the exact terms of
Japan's proposal.
BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
Ocean Park, Cal. Dr. Madge, a Civil War
veteran, . was burned to death, with hut house,
Thursday morning.
Boston General Nelson A. Miles left Bos
ton for Washington, r. C. where he will
make his home.
New York. Whitela-w Reid. American
Ambassador to Great Britain, sailed for
Europe Thursday on the steamer Baltic.
Wobura. Mass. Damages estimated at $100.
000 were caused Thursday by a Are which
destroyed the large department store of James
McGrath.
New York Tfr. Adolph Clues, a German
scientist, has come here to study American
beer-making methods for the Austrian gov
ernment. Albany, N. Y. Chester Gillette, convicted
of the murder of .his sweetheart. Is to die
In the electric chair during the week be
glnlng Match 30.
Manila Hen or Gomes has resigned as a
member of the Philippine Assembly, the ac
tion of the Assembly in ousting him having
destroyed his Influence with the people.
San Francisco. The Church of St. Vin
cent de Paul was entered by robbers, and.
as In the case of the Church of the Ad
vent, nothing of value was obtained.
Oakland, Cal. George F McCune Is undsr
arrest here on a charge of marrying Miss
Hazel R. Lewis, of 6S90 8an Pablo avenue,
Oakland, while he had a wife living In St.
Louis.
Milwaukee, Wis. Charles J. Romadka
has Instituted suit for divorce from Evelyn
Kaln Romadka. whose sensational escapades
In Chicago resulted In her Imprisonment for
burglary.
North Woodstock, N. H. Three business
blocks, a hotel and a livery stable, which
comprised the larger part of the business sec
tion of this town, were destroyed by nre
Thursday; loss JlOO.,000.
Chicago The Federal grand jury has dis
covered that hundreds of matrimonial bureaus
are controlled by a few men In New York
and Chicago, the arrest of whom .will break
up the whole combination.
Provo, Wash. Mrs. Robert Conover has
charged her husband with polygamy because,
believing her killed In the San Fraaclsco
earthquake, h married Mlns Anna Richmond,
of this city. In August. 1807.
Los Angeles Richard S. Rskrldge, of Seat
tle, was fined 120 for speeding his automobile
Wednesday. In payment he gave a 50 bill
and among the change received a $10 Callfor
nl gold piece which is worth $S0.
New York. Colonel 'Eugene W. Gulndon.
president oX the Pullers Express Company,
today fired a bullet Into his brain while
seated at bis desk and died shortly after
ward. His friend believe Ill-health caused
the act.
New York That Americans are really noth
ing more tha children In things that pertain
to art la the proposition of Theodore Challa
pine, the Russian basso, who left for home
Wednesday, after sieging In New York for
several months. .
Pettlbone to Go 'Under Knife.
BOISB, Idaho. Feb. 20 George A.
Pettibone, recently acquitted of the
charge of complicity in the murder of
ex-Governor Steunenberg, will submit
to a serious operation at San Diego,
Cal.. according; to information received
today by his former attorneys here. It
has been decided that In order to save,
his life It will be necessary to remove
one of his kidneys.
Pat Bequest to Harvard.
NEWPORT. R. I., Feb. 20 By the will
of the late Mrs. Amelia Sheldon, filed
here today, a bequest of $300,000 to Har
vard University Is made.
Spectacles $1.00 at ktoUfsfi,
HINTS AT GRAFT
If! NAVAL BILL
War Vessel Estimates Said to
Have Favored Holland
Boat Company.
INVESTIGATION IS ASKED
Lllley Declares House Committee
Wrould Throw Contracts to One
Firm Modeling: Submarines
After Old-Type Ships.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. A resolution
was introduced in the House today by
Lilley of Connecticut, providing for the
appointment by the Speaker of a spe
cial committee of seven members to in
vestlgate the conduct of the Electric
Boat Company, of New Jersey, and its
predecefisor, the Holland Boat Company,
respecting the methods employed by the
said companies in regard to the past and
proposed legislation of Congress.
Change President's Plans.
4,
The proposal of a Congressional In
vestigation is an outgrowth of the
failure of the committee on naval
affairs to support President Roosevelt's
naval construction programme. The
President personally backed the Navy
Department in its request for the au
thorization of the four battleships, ten
destroyers, four submarines, etc. The
committee cut the battleships to two
and raised the submarines to eight
.and In connection with the latter
craft adopted the Loudenslager amend
ment providing that they should be of
the type of the Octopus, unless a
superior type should be offered and
demonstrated by October 1, 1908.
Confers With Roosevelt.
It was pointed out by the friends of the
President's programme, among them
Representative Hobson, of Alabama, that
this provision practically delivered the
contract into the hands of the Electrio
Boat Company, builders of the Octopus,
because eight months Is the time required
to build a submarine and the time limit
of October 1 gave a period of only eight
months In which to build a. competitor
crafl.
The President sent for Lilley today and
conferred with him about Naval con
struction matters and the action of the
House committee on Naval affairs. Im
mediately after coming from the White
House, Lilley introduced his resolution
of Investigation, but when asked whether
it had the President's support or had' been
a subject of discussion at , the White
House conference, he refused to reply.
"Enough has come under my personal
observation," he said, ' "to convince me
that a thorough and searching investlva
tlon should be adopted of methods that
have been employed to gain committee
support of the Octopus type of submarine.
The democratic programme has been Ig
nored and in its place they have succeed
ed In Inaugurating a programme of their
own. '
Idlley Supports Resolution.
"The four battleships recommended
by the President were cut down to
two by the committee. The ammuni
tion ship and the mine-laying1 vessels
asked for by the Department were cut
out of the bill entirely. The four fleet
colliers were left for embodiment In
a special bill which has not yet been
drawn. The plans of Secretary Met
calf for improved submarines were
voted down, and lh their place the
committee voted double the number
asked for and practically stipulated
that they shall be as the Octopus
type. The Octopus was finished some
months prior to the battleship Ver
mont, which was completed a' year
ago, and Is now admitted to be obso
lete passing; into desuetude as a
fighting machine, resultant on vast
improvement which has been perfected
since her , launching. A thorough in
vestigation after the manner of Insur
ance Investigations of the Hughes
type In New York would pile up a big
benefit to the country."
FIRST UMPIRE IS SELECTED
Jack O'Connell to Face Kickers In
Pacific Coast League.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. Jack
O'Connell, who umpired in both the
Pacific Coast and Pacific Northwest
Leagues several years ago, Is the first
man named by President J. C. Swing
as one of his staff for the 1908 season.
The other umpire will be selected from
among three men, "Bull" Perrlne, who
acted In a like capacity last year. Jack
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PADEREWSKTS CHOICE
OF PIANOS IS
"THE WEBER"
No piano has of late received iroch a notable succession of
emphatic indorsements as has the Weber. Artists of world-wide
renown have stamped it with the seal of their approval, and the
entire musical world has definitely recognized the premier position
among pianos which the Weber now occupies.
The fact that Paderewskd has decided to use the Weber Piano
exclusively on his present concert tour is conclusive. It is the final
word for who is there better qualified to judge than Paderewski
the world's greatest tone artist today?
The Webex Piano and the Weber Pianola Piano are sold exclu
sively by .
The House
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353 Washington St, Cor. Park
Paderewski will give a Recital at The Heilig Theater Next
Monday Evening. Arrange to get your tickets at once
McCarthy and Jimmy Toman, the ex
Los Angeles shortstop.
The appointment of Jack O'Connell
as umpire In the Pacific Coast League
Is welcome news to the fans o Port
land, who remember the bis; jovial
knight of the Indicator who has
officiated here during: several past sea
sons. During tbe past three years he has
been In the Government service at San
Francisco, but has always been In de
mand as an umpire. With four men
under consideration for the two posi
tions. President Ewlng- has used ex
cellent judgment In the selection of
O'Connell.
CATCH ARMED TERRORISTS
Russian Police Thwart Plans ' of
Would-Bo Assassins.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20. Attempts
that have been planned against lives of
exalted personages were frustrated by the
police tonight by a succession of arrests
In various parts of the city, aggregating
60 men and women. This Is the greatest
number of terrorists ever taken by the
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Busiest and
Best
police In the capital. The majority of
them were heavily armod, some with
bombs, and they made desperate resist
ance against the police. IMirlng the
course of the arrests three policemen were
wounded and one was killed.
A fashionably dressed woman was ar
rested on the street. She carried a muff
In which was concealed a quantity of dy
namite and was escorted by a man who
wore flat under his belt an Infernal ma
chine of a new type. Both opened fire
when the police approached them, wound
ing three of the officers.
lire Drives Out Factory Girls.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20. Several hun
dred girls, employea In the large hosiery
mlU of Thomas Henri & Sons in the
northeastern section of the city, . were
driven from their work today by a fire
which destroyed the mill. Twenty girls
were overcome by smoke, but soon re
vived. Loss J150.000.
Back to Hampton Roads.
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 20. After two
days' battling with the heavy seas off the
Virginia. Coast, the five torpedo boats
which passed out Tuesday night bound for
points on the aulf of Mexico returned to
Hampton Roads thin afternoon.
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