Morning Oregonian., March 03, 1908, Page 7, Image 7

THE HORSING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, MARCH 3. 1908.
BANK
WRECKERS
GUSE UP TODAY
Demurrers of Ross, Burkhart
et a!. Will Be Passed
Upon in Court.
ISSUE ONLY TECHNICAL
District Attorney Manning Has
Chance to Hold Title Guarantee
Officials Even if Present In
dictments Found Defective.
Mrs. Genini were arrested in a rooming
house at First and Jefferson streets.
Judge O'Day will pronounce -sentence
later.
MANY
WLL
COM
E
Sues Standard Oil Again.
Ernest Peterson, who recently recovered
damages from the Standard Oil Com
pany on account of the death of his
uauKhtor. Victoria Beatrice futerson. by
burning1, has brought another suit against
the company, this time to recover $63.
The complaint was filed in the Circuit
Court yesterday. The lo-y ear-old girl was
employed at Troutdale as a domestic for
Mrs. Mary Rowley. She purchased a
quantity of what was supposed to be coal
oil. from Fox, a Troutdale grocer, on
March 19. 1305.
The liquid proved to be distillate, which
exploded when the girl was about to light
a fire. Peterson says the girl could have
earned $15 a month, and therefore, sues
to recover $830. which he says she would
have earned before she became of age.
Los Angeles Interested in the
June Rose Festival.
TOM RICHARDSON WRITES
J. Thorburn Ross. John K. Aitchison.
T. T. burkhart and QeorBe H. Hill, the
indlrted officials of thn Title Guarantee
& Trust Company, will know today
whether three of the informations filed
against them by District Attorney Man
ning are free from legal technicalities.
If eo, the cases will go to trial, after
the tank officials have entered their
pleas. But should JudKe Cleland, of the
Circuit Court, decide that the demurrers
filed by their attorneys are sustained,
nothing will prevent the District Attor
ney from filing other informations,
after eliminating the legal errors.
Judge Cleland is to pass upon three of
the demurrers this morning.
Upon the 'question raised by the de
murrer to the fourth indictment Judges
liantenbeln, O'Day and Bronoush will
confer at 1 o'clock thl afternoon, and
will probably decide the question the
last of the week. In this information
the four men are charged with receiv
ing money after the bank -became in
solvent, and knowing it to be in that
condition. The charge against them is
founded on an act passed at the last
session of the Legislature, making such
an act unlawful. .ie law, however,
carried a rider, which provides that IS
months after the law goes Into effect
any banker found violating its pro
visions may be punished.
Delicate Matter to Decide.
It is not explicitly provided that
bankers who receive the people's money
after a bank is insolvent shall be ex
empted from punishment during the 18
months, but it is implied by the lan
guage of the new statute, and it is
upon this delicate question that the
three Circuit Judges must pass.
In rase it is decided that the law
was not in effect at the time the Title
Bank failed, it will mean that when
these officials received deposits with
the knowledge of the bank's unstable
condition, they did so lawfully. This
decision will necessitate a dismissal of
this charge, and the District Attorney
cannot bring a similar one which will
stand.
The motion of John E. Aitchison and
T. T. Burkhart to dismiss this informa
tion because it was not filed in the
Circuit Court on or before the first day
of the next regular term of Tourt after
the filing of the charge in the Municipal
Court is also to be passed upon" today
by Judge Cleland.' '
. The Other Informations.
The three other informations allege
that the bank officials received J626,
278.07 from State Treasurer Steel, be
longing to the school fund. Agricultural
College fund and. University fund. Of
this sum, they are charged with appro
priating $327. 362. 10 for their own use,
with willfully, ' unlawfully and feloni
ously loaning f 10.500 to M. B. Rankin
and with refusing to pay State Treas
urer Steel J28S.42S.S7. when he demand
ed it. and they had it in the bank.
Ross haa demurred to the indictments
separately from Aitchison and Burk
hart, and Hill has filed no demurrer.
All the demurrers urge that the Infor
mations do not conform to chapter 8,
title IS, of the Oregon Code:
That the alleged crimes were not
committed in Multnomah County;
That they were not committed within
three years prior to the filing of the
informations, and hence were out
lawed; That the informations do not ex
plicitly state the crimes, and
That the facts stated do not consti
tute crimes.
Wallace McCamant appear as attor
ney for Ross, -while Carey & Kerr are
the attorneys for Aitchison and Burkhart.
Lawyers Sue Joint Conrad.
The name of John Conrad is again be
fore the Circuit Court. John Logan and
W. J. Makelim. the attorneys who de
fended him. have turned their accounts
over to the Merchants Loan & Trust
Company, which has brought suit against
the saloonkeeper to recover $260. The
complaint states that the attorneys were
employed from June 1 to October 1, last
year, and charged Conrad $300. Of this
amount he had paid but $40.
Wants Her Money Back.
Ed De Divers, who was recently in
court seeking a divorce from his wife.
PRESIDENT OF OREGON BOYS'
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Francis oran, of Eugene.
EUGENE, Or., March 2. (Spe
cial.) Francis Toran, recently
elected president of the Boys'
Conference at Corvallls, is a son
of Colonel and Mrs. George O.
Toran, of Eugene. This choice,
made from 138 boys from differ
ent sections of Oregon, is a
tangible expression of their ap
preciation of the -character and
ability of Francis. He was born
December 25. 1892. in Eugene.
For the two last terms he has
been president of the local boys'
organization, formerly known as
the Sigma Beta Mu. but recently
changed in name to Phi Alpha Pi.
STREETCAR COMPANY IS SUED
Pannage Action Reg-tin. in Circuit
and County Courts
Two damage suits have been brought
ncainst the Portland Railway Company,
one in the Circuit Court for J"224. and one
1n the County Court for tioo. The first
was brought ty M. M. Donohoe, who says
he was driving along Seventh street on
February 7, when he was run into by a
car at the corner of Rurnside street. He
savs the motorman failed to ring the
gong, and that the car was running more
than 13 miles an hour.
Lena Plant has brought the suit in the
County Court. She says she boarded a
Twenty-third-street car at 11 o'clock on
the night of December 17. last. She sig
nalled for the car to atop at Eighteenth
and Washington streets. When she had
one foot on the ground, she alleges, the
carfcave sudden jerk, throwing her on
her face.
S"tTBS FOR DEATH OF CHILD
Mother Asks $5000 for Son Who
IVll Through Roadway.
Barbara Greene is seeking to recover
rti0 damages for the death of little
Harry A. Greene. Joseph Paquet, James
H. Tillotson and the Pacific Bridge Com
pany are named as defendants in the suit,
which Is being tried before Judge Ganten
bein in the Circuit Court. It is alleged
that the planking had been removed from
the elevated roadway over the gulch on
Kest Stark street, and that no barricade
had been placed across the road to pre
vent school children and others from fall
ing 30 feet, to the stagnant water below.
Harry slipped from one of the stringers
and fell Into the water, striking on some
braces as he fell. The truck from the
nearest nre company was called out. and
the body recovered In about half an hour.
The .veldtnt occurred on New Tear's
day. 1S07.
must appear again, this time to defend a
nun 10 recover tmw. Me and his wife.
Nellie De Divers, had been made defend
ants in nn niltnn Aln.4 I K j-i
Court by Annie Moses. She says she
loanea ue uivers me money April 7,
lSKM, but that he has not returned it.
Court Notes.
R. A. Proudfoot has brought suit in the
Circut Court againsth E. A. Rankin, Jack
Rankin and Erv Rankin to recover $1422.
He alleges that the defendants contracted
to build a dwelling house, that it took
them 43 days longer to do the work than
the contract called for and that the plas
tering was poorly done.
Marguerite Riddle has filed suit in the
Circuit Court against the Order of Wash
ington to recover $750. She aliases that
Mary Simmons, of the Grants Pass
Union, was insured for $2000 in Mrs. Rid
dle's favor. A compromise with the or
der was effected upon the death of Mary
Simmons, oy which it was to pay the
plaintiff $1600. $150 down and the balance
in installments. Only $S50 of this, it is
alleged, has been paid.
Declares That Orange-Pickers Are
Optimistic and Are Rapidly Get
ting Rid of Emergency Cur
rency Advertise Portland.
' That there will be a large delegation
from Los Angeles during the Rose
Festival next June is the announcement
made by Tom Richardson in a letter to
the Commercial Club yesterday. Mr.
Richardson went to Los Angeles ten days
ago to attend the banquet of the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
The value of the advertising bureau
maintained by various commercial bodies
of the Northwest is also referred to by
Mr. Richardson. Lectures on Portland
and Oregon are given daily in the Cham
ber of Commerce by Mrs. Frances K.
Headlee, in charge of the bureau. Large
crowds are always in attendance and
numerous enquiries regarding the state
are made. .
Mr. Richardson also reports that this
section stands well with both local peo
ple and travelers, favorable comments
being made in all quarters. Mr. Richard
son's letter is as follows:
"Yesterday I addressed both the Cham
ber of Commerce and Ad Club upon the
importance of an excursion to Portland in
June upon the occasidn of the -Rose Show.
There will be an excursion depend upon
that. ' ,
"Here is where optimism abounds.
Every item in every paper takes the
optimistic aide. For instance they de
stroyed $1,000,000 in clearing-house certifi
cates yesterday and there are still out
standing $300,000 of the $3,000,000 issued last
Fall. The occasion was treated in spec
tacular style.
"There are 44 banks here, and the
clearing-house has declared that all must
go by September, 1908, that have less than
$200,000 paid up unimpaired capital, or in
other words 24 must go or consolidate, as
they have less than the required amount.
Of the 20 remaining banks five have just
$200,000 capital.' The authorities have
voted $26,000,000 for good water. The
bonds bear 4 per cent. The bond market
is hardly favorable but the local banks
have taken eome of them.
"At the Chamber of Commerce banquet
there was no reference made to any de
pression. They want good water and a
harbor, and they shouted themselves
hoarse. They want what Portland already
has. They did not mention any other city.
New York, Chicago, San B"raneisco are
not on the Los Angeles map. They know
only Los Angeles and talk only Los
Angeles. Neither newspapers nor speakers
have any discouraging 'words to say.
"Portland and Oregon stand well with
both local papers and travelers. One of
the best-informed men in the country
told me yesterday that he believes Port
land could float bonds to better advantage
than any other Western city. This Is
also true of other Oregon cities and towns.
He thought the present year would be the
best for disposing of municipal bonds
during the past decade even better than
1909, and insisted that Portland should
put forward her improvements now, as
the most solid and substantial of the
Pacific Coast cities."
Says "Common People"
Are Dishonest
Convicted of Statutory Offense.
Andy Jeffery and Kim a Genini were de
etared guilty of a statutory offense yes
terday by a jury in Judge O Day's depart
ment of the Circuit Court. Mrs. Genini s
husband was the complaining witness. He
nsserted that Joffery had broken up his
home, although he had moved his family
frr.m place to place to avoid the man. He
iwtid that it would be only a short time
after he had settled in a new town until
Jeffrey would show up. He told of hav
ing been shot at by Jeffery when he was
living In a Washington town, and dis
covered Jeffry at his home. Jeffery and
DO you know that every tenth man you
meet on the street is dishonest? And
not only that, but every tenth Ionian Is
guilty of moral turpitude as well. This is
said to be true right here In Portland.
At least these are the figures accepted
by the street railway company and this
percentage of dishonest people is not con
fined to Portland, either, for all cities
of the United States are said to have this
number of goats mixed with the. sheep.
These are figures compiled in the street
railway business and refer to the number
of passengers who do not pay their fare
and to conductors who steal from the
company.
The experience of all street railway
companies in this country is that 10 per
cent of all their legitimate earnings never
reach the coffers of the corporations. This
is due to the positive dishonesty of
passengers and conductors. Passengers
avoid iaying their fare and conductors
"knock down" some of the fares that are
paid.
Out of every 10 passengers who ride on
the streetcars, one man's fare is never
received by the company. In the eyes bf
the company, a passenger who does not
pay his fare is just as guilty of dishonesty
as the conductor who does not turn in his
receipts to the company. Both are class
ified as dishonest, despite the belief of
many people that it is no crime to cheat
a corporation.
Street railway companies do not be
lieve, quite naturally, in the much-vaunted
honesty of the plain people. The simple
virtues of the working man. In the. opinion
of traction corporation managers, have
been overrated, for it is the plain peo
ple who ride in . streetcars. The rich
seldom enter one. Therefore, the 10 dis
honest men in every 100 belong to the com
mon people who are usually credited with
being more honest than any other class.
No l e to Die.
"I have found out that there is no
use to die of lung trouble as long as
you tan get Or. King's New discovery."
say A!rs. J. P. White, of Kushboro, Pa.
"I .would not be alive today only for
that wonderful medicine. It loosens up
a cough quicker than anything else,
and cures lung disease even after the
case is pronounced hopeless." This most
reliable remedy for coughs and colds,
la grippe, asthma, bronchitis and
hoarseness. s sold under guarantee at
Woixiard. Clarke & Co.'r drug store.
oOc. and Sl.v. Trial bottle free.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth
F tun and ue that old well-tried remedy.
Mrs. Wtoslow's Soothing- Syrup, for children
teething- 11 soothes the child, softens the
gum. allay pain, colic and diarrhoea.
Eye Glasses $1.00 at jftetzger's.
PLOW MANUFACTURER DEAD
James Oliver Passes Away at South
Bend, Ind.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 2. James
Oliver, millionaire plow manufacturer,
died here this morning.
Mr. Oliver was born in Scotland, August
SS, 1833. His father was a shepherd and
a man of great physical power. James
Oliver was 12 years of age when his father
and mother determined on their adven
turous trip across the Atlantic. The
household goods were sold and the family
embarked on a sailing vessel. It took
two months to reach New York.
Approaching manhood. Mr. Oliver en
tered the employ of the St. Joseph Iron
Company. He remained with this com
pany until it was dissolved. One day Mr.
Oliver visited Goshen, Ind., and called
upon a man who owned a small blast
furnace. A deal was finally effected by
which he purchased a fourth of the busi
ness. Later he was enabled to buy out
his partner and became sole proprietor.
In 1859 Mr. Oliver began the manufacture
of chilled plows. In 1877 Mr. Oliver pur
chased 32 acres of farm lands near South
Bend, which is at present the site of the
Oliver Chilled Plow Works. His friends
told him that he had purchased too much
property, but today the factory buildings
occupy many more acres than those in
cluded in the original purchase.
Mr. Oliver always took a loyal and de
voted interest, in the advancement of the
city which he was proud to call his home,
and which his great plow establishment
potently helped to give worldwide fame.
His first notable work of semi-public
character for the benefit of the city was
the erection of the Oliver Opera-House.
Mr. Oliver's next notable work of a
semi-public character was the erection of
the magnificent Oliver Hotel. The first
stone for the foundation of the structure
was laid in July. 1898, and the hotel was
opened to the public on the morning of
December 21. 1889.
Mr. Oliver's interest in South Bend was
also shown by his creating means by
which the city could be supplied with a
greatly needed city hall. He made the
city a proposition in which he expressed
a willingness to erect a city hall and
await the payment of the expenditure by
the taxpayers of the city on terms satis
factory to the officers -who arranged the
transaction. As a result. South Bend
has a large and attractive city hall, which
it probably would not have had for many
years but for Mr. Oliver's generous prop
osition. Mr. Oliver was married in 1844 to Miss
Susan Doty, of Mishawaka, and the
couple lived happily together 38 years.
Mrs. Oliver died in 190:.
Two children survive him Joseph D.
Oliver, who will succeed his father as
president of the company, and Mrs.
George Ford, wife of ex-Congressman
Ford. Mr. Ford is secretary of the com
pany and is a lawyer in South Bend.
Thomas YVananiaker, Philadelphia.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 2. Thomas B.
Wanamaker. of Philadelphia, son of
ex-Postmaster-General John Wanamaker.
died suddenly at the Hotel Liverpool here
today.
Mr. Wanamaker arrived here on Thurs
day from Esypt. where he haa been trav
eling with his mother in search of health.
PHILADELPHIA. March 2. Thomas B.
Wanamaker had long been a sufferer
from rheumatic gout, complicated with
other ailments, and about the first of the
year sailed for Egypt. On February 1,
public announcement was made that Mr.
Here is the correct cut for
a business suit for Spring
cuffs, lapels, the front curve
and dip all carried to just the
right point of style and good
taste.
Our other new models have
from two to four buttons and
every variety new points
made for Spring.
of' LION ft
Clothing Co
GmKuhnPfop'
166-168 Third Street.
Wanamaker had retired from the firm of
John Wanamaker.
While it was known that Mr. Wana
maker was quite ill, it was not believed
that his condition was dangerous until
yesterday, when the family received a
cablegram stating that he was dying.
'His mother, his sister. Mrs. Barclay H.
Warburton, and his neice, Mrs. Ferdi
nand Wanamaker, the daughter of his
brother, Rodman Wanamaker, were with
him when he died. Thomas B. Wana
maker was born in this city, and was in
his 48th year. He graduated from
Princeton, and soon afterward became
a member of the firm of John Wana
maker, and was the executive head In
the absence of his father. He was inter
ested In many enterprises, and was the
proprietor of the Philadelphia North
Amensan, having purchased the new
paper from Clayton McMichacl in 1S99.
Mr. Wanamaker leaves a widow and
two young sons. Mrs. Wanamaker did
not go abroad with her -husband, because
one of the children had been operated
upon for appendicitis and It was deemed
Inadvisable to take the boy across the
ocean at that time.
Louis Taliaferro, Newspaper Man.
COLORADO SPRINGS. March 2.
Louis Taliaferro, for many years city
editor of the Evening Telegraph, died
at his home in this city yesterday after
a long illness. He had come here for
his health from Louisville, Ky., nine
years ago. Taliaferro was once politi
cal writer of the Louisville Courier
Journal, and afterward city editor of
the Louisville Post. He was regarded
as one of the ablest newspaper men
in Colorado. Taliaferro was 36 years
old. He is survived by his mother and
two brothers.
Capl. J. H. Cosgrove, Engineer.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2-Captaln
John H. Cosgrove. a pioneer marine en
gineer of the Pacific Coast, and for 25
years superintending engineer of Broad
way wharf, for the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company, died at his home in this
city. He was in charge of the engine
room of the old Mail liner Japan when
that vessel caught fire off .the China coast
and went down with 400 people, Cosgrove
was the last one of five survivors to
leave the decks. He was 76 years old.
Multnomah Handball Tournament.
Eight of the crack handball players of
the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club
participated in a tournament at the club
court yesterday, and the winning quartet
will be the guests of the losers at a box
Constipation
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proper eff oris, and right living generally.
(functions, which must depend utti
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rODer efforts. and riht living $erumllu.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine
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California-
Pig Syrup Co. only
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one size only, regular price 50f Bottla
KIDNEY -CURE TEA
W. J. VAN DAMME.
185 Morrison street, near bridge, next to
Pap'e Coffee House.
NEW TESTIMONIAL:
To Whom It May Concern
After suffering for the past 25 years with
kidney trouble, and spending more than
SIOOQ on doctors and medicine, I got no
better. These different doctors that have
been treat ing me have railed my disease
Rheumatism, CTironlc Appendicitis, Fibrous
Tumors and Heart Trouble. I called on
Van Damme and obtained from him a. bot
tle of his "Kidney Cure Tea" about six
weeks ago. and have since used four other
bottles, making- five in all. and today I
consider myself a new person. For any
further testimonials call at my home and
I wlil gladly furnish them.
MRS. E. L. F1TZGERAI-D,
8S5 Sandy Road.
Portland, Oregon, February 20, 1908
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SALE OF
TEN
WIRE
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TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS
RUGS
9x12 SIZES FOR $19.25
Ending today, in the Carpet Department Sixth Floor A season-end offering
of some of the best patterns in our stock of Tapestry Brussels, the very best
grade in floor-coverings of this particular weave rich Oriental designs and
colorings for living-room, dining-room, library and den. Also in conventional
designs and neutral colorings for general use, and some especially adapted for
offices. Today these regular .$27.50 room sizes at the- above special.
BASEMENT SPECIALS ENDING TODAY
TOOLS FOR THE LAWN AND GARDEN
Steel Trowels; special, " each .'.$
7-in. and 8-in. Hoes; special, each 25
12-tootli Malleable Rakes; special 25
14-tootli Malleable Rakes; special 30
14-tooth Lawn Rakes; special, ea. 40
13-tooth Bow Rakes; special, each 60
4-prong Spading lorks, short handles;
special, each ..65
GREAT
SALE
OF
OFFICE
FURNITURE
THIS
WEEK
raC0MPLETE-H0U5E-FURni5HER5
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SALE
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party at the Heilig Theater tomorrow Cleland and Ben Holladay, while George j game was for 61 points. The losing team
nljrht. The winning team consisted of i McMillan. A. B. McAlpin, Sam Holbrook i scored 54 points, which indicates the close-
Art nur o. jonoft l. .Morris uunne. Tom I and . (". Moore were the loners. The I ness of the content.
CONCRETE
RING
It reigns, with royal power and imperial sway,
over the magnificent empire of building mater
ial of every kind and description. Tracing its
lineage from the days before history was written,
down through the ages of the progress of man,
occupying its throne with dignity, firm integrity and
universal satisfaction, emerging victorious from
every fray with competition, flaying cheap, tem
porary and weak material, decrying extravagance,
costly manipulation and danger, in every respect
the perpetual friend of staunch construction.
CONCRETE
KING
Not only has concrete proven itself vastly superior to every
other known building material, but it follows, as the day does the
night, Jthat an investment in a concrete manufacturing plant is
the KING OF ALL INVESTMENTS. The application of oil
to the uses of commerce was hailed as a money-saving, energy
increasing innovation. It was not long after that, that oil invest
ments were pronounced the best in the land. And, they were.
Thus, with Concrete. Once let the people completely under
stand the tremendous efficiency of Concrete construction and
investments will follow logically and quickly.
C0NC
RETE
KING
Because conditions have made it king; because the people who
know have proclaimed it king; because other aspirants iof the
honor have been woefully incapable. When this great people,
stretching itself, awakens to the inspiring facts about Concrete,
those who have pioneered in the establishment of Concrete
manufacturing industries will have the "bull by the horns;" will
have gone forth into the field of competition, cleared it for action,
intrenched themselves behind public opinion, impregnable fact
and conquered the great bulk of. the coming demand. Hence,
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of orders on hand ; of our inability, with present machinery, to
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