Morning Oregonian., March 07, 1908, Page 10, Image 10

THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, . SATURDAY, 3IARCH 7, 1908.
ACCUSED
BANKERS
ARE ARRAIGNED
Title Trust Officials Plead to
New Indictments on
Tuesday.
FOURTH BILL HELD GOOD
Urcult C'ourt Judges Overrule lc
murrer to Information, Charging
Receiving of Money After In
solvency New Uw 1'pheld.
The four inflicted officials of the Title
Guarantee & Trust Company, J.
burn Rou. J K. Aitchlson, T. T. Burk
hart and Gporffo H. Hill, were arraigned
before Circuit JudKe Cleland
trday afternoon, and given until 1
next Tuesday to plead. ,
New indictments were filed during the
day against Ross, Aitchison, Burkhart
and Hill; the alleged bank wreckers. The
Indictments were necessary because of
the original informations having been de
clared Irregular. Judge Cleland sus
tained demurrers interposed by the de
fendants Tuesday, tlius throwing the
indictments out of court. J
The new documents are drawn to avoid
the technical imperfections pointed out
'bv Judge Cleland. They are not greatly
different in form from the old indict
ments, except that there is a judicious
"mhereas" here and a couple of "said
defendants" there, and other stock legal
phrases scattered throughout to remove
them from the pale of technical imper
fections. The charges contained are precisely the
same as before. vis., that Ross and the
others feloniously loaned state funds out
at Interest; that they neglected and re
fused to pay over state money on de
mand; that they appropriated state
money to their own use.
Krrors Are Corrected.
Care was taken by the District Attor
ney's office in drawing up the informa
tion not to set out more than one crime
in each information: to allege that the
crime was committed in Multnomah
County; to state that the crime was com
mitted in Multnomah County within
three years prior to the filing of the in
dictments or informations. In its new
form each indictment fairly bulges with
technical phrases.
Prom Just what standpoint the lawyers
for Ross and his fellow officers of the
wrecked bank will attack the new In
dictments is a matter that is being
awaited with considerable interest.
Kach of the new informations alleges
that the a He cod bank wreckers had in
their possession J288.427.S7 of the state's
money, and that in the disposition of it
they violated section 1807 of the code.
The first Information alleges that on
September 9, 1907, they converted the
money of the state to their own use. The
recond information states that $10,500 of
the money of the state was unlawfully
loaned to M. B. Rankin on October 5,
19H7, miiile the other Information says
the defendants refused to pay the state
money to State Treasurer Steel, or to the
state, when demanded on November 2,
JJ07.
Judges Gantrnbein. O'Day and Bro
naugh yesterday overruled the demurrer
to tlm fourth indictment filed against the
defendants. The opinion on this question
was prepared by Judge O'Day, the other
judges concurring. Judge O'Day read it
yesterday morning.
A to Fourth Indictment.
This fourth indictment charged the bank
officials with receiving deposits when the
nank was insolvent and known to them
to be in that condition. Tho indictment
Is under a law passed by the last legis
lature. Section is of this law, which is
to be found in Session Iaws, page 2t2,
tends as follows:
Section ift Th owner or officer of any
hank who ahll receive any depositsknowlng
that such bank is insolvent, shall be deemed
Kullty of a felony and punished, upon con
viction therefor, by a fine not exceeding
$1HH) or Imprisonment in the state peniten
tiary not exceeding two yearn, or by both
u.h fin and Imprisonment, at the discre
tion of the court.
Th decision of the three Circuit Court
Judges upholds the legislative, intent of
the law and makes it apply to such cases
as the crime now charged aguinM. the
Titlo bank officials. The clause in this
statute on which tho attorneys for the
bankers based their demurrer is section
Z4, whir It, after making provision for all
Iwnks In tho state to report their condi
tion to the bank examiner within 12
months after the act goec into effect,
says;
Within IS months after the taking effect
of this act all such bank shall conform to
and in all respects comply with all of the
provisions of till act. and be subject to ex
amination by the examiner and the penal
t lei herein provided.
Substance of Opinion.
In substatu-e the opinion is as follows,
excluding Introductory remarks:
It will he seen thst under this statutn
irli penalty prescribed la for a specflc
thins, and prescribed specifically in a
particular pec t ion of the. act. which either
require ome act to be affirmatively don
or prohibits other acts from being done.
The only general provision in regard to the
application of & penalty is the one referred
to In Section SA, affecting- foreign banks and
bankera. and even that refers to the spe
cific penalties provided, "as to other persons
and baiLks referred to herein.'
It will be noted, therefore, that the legis
lature in dealing- with the ubjct of banks
in the act referred to did not provide a
common penalty for the doing- or the failure
to do the thins commanded to be done or
prohibited from being- done, but on the con
trary specifically fixed. a penalty for each
iwrticuisx thin therein mentioned. It may
be said that there sre other prohibitions
in the acu but no penalties are. prescribed,
but the acts themselves are made unlawful
and leave the person Injured to such civil
liability as the general rule of law would
prose rlbe.
Sect ion 94 re f ers to s nd post ponea the
pcnaltlejt as to tho particular things which
banks In existence, at the time of the taking
effect of this act were not required to do.
and a to those penalties, and. those only,
is months grace was allowed.
Aks Pertinent Questions.
Shall this section by construction be
made to apply to section IS. which refers
to individuals. In contradistinction from the
bank ? thstl the affirmative act of taking
ci.poilts when the bank U known to be in
solvent -an act which by common consent
is Immoral and dishonest be construed as
suspended by section 84. when the plain Im
port is that It refers only to those thing
which the bank as an entity is not required
to do for the period named therein? Is so.
th entire construction of this act, by fix in
different penalties for ths particular thing
therein specified. muS be disregarded.
on provision of this act. and the penal
ties thereunder, have no relation to other
tec t ions of the act and the penalties there
in specified., yet to bold that this provision
In section 34 has reference to the specific
penalties In the other sections in the at.
and each of them, would he to disregwrd the
plan of the lK-tslature In contracting the
statute rofrrA to.
I nder the statute we are required to con
strue this act as though section 193 wers
a part of it, and by that section ths pro
visions are to be construed mccordlng to the
ea.tr Import cf their terms, with a vism to
effect Its object and to promote justice. If
the construction is to be placed upon this
act that section M suspends the penalties
under section IS. and that the provisions
therein made are suspended and not in full
force and effect. It would seem that It would
bf a construction not according; to the fair
Import of the terms of the act, but a con
struction contrary to. and not In accordance
with the intent or language of the Legisla
ture. Let the demurrer be overruled.
SIGNOR DE CAPRIO NAMED
Awarded Contract for Band Concerts
in Parks During Coming Summer.
At a meeting of the Park Board yester
day the members derided to award the
contract for the Summer concerts to Sig
ner A. De Caprto. his bid being the low
est among six. He will receive 4372 for
S2 concerts.
Signor De Oaprlo was the successful
bidder last season, and directed the con
certs throughout most creditably. His
solos on the baritone were among the en
joyable features of the season. Jn 1!06
he organized and conducted the famous
Administration Band, the official band
of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex
position, which made so many friends
during the progress of the fair. '
fiignor De Caprio is a composer of
marked ability and has written a number
of successful marches, intermezzos and
songs. His "Rose Festival" march was
played by Sousa's band here last Win
ter, and Signor De Caprio was honored
with the invitation to direct the rendition
of the number, which he did with credit.
Band concerts in the public parks in
Portland were instituted in 19ms through
the efforts of Charles I Brown, leader,
and the late J. D. Meyer, a former mem-
t
v 3
si
'V
Signor A. De Caprio, Bandmaster.
ber of the Park Board. They have been
continued every Summer since then with
the exception of 1905.
RUNAWAY BOY IS CAUGHT
Lawrio Willis, 11 Years
Gives Himself, Away.
Old,
T.awrle Willis, who ran away from his
home in Seattle, February 30. was taken
Into custody at tho T. M. C. A. yester
day, and will be returned to his parents.
As It was ton late to take him to the ju
venile detention home last night, he was
placed in charge of a relative who lives
here, but who did not know the boy waa
in town.
It fell to the lot of Detective Kay to
make the arrest, although Officer Hawley
was on the boy's trail. He had telephoned
to the Y. M. C. A. earlier in the day, as
Iawrle, who is but H years old, was a
member when his parents lived here. Mr.
Scott, the cook at the T. M. C. A. IJttle
Inn, remembered having served a boy who
had tried to act smart, seating himself at
the table with an air of importance and
ordering a '"cup of Java."
"Reserve one of those billiard tables, in
there for me," continued the 11-year-old.
"Oil, you needn't think I haven't got the
money to pay you." He was told that
he would have to go to the boys' depart
ment downstairs if he wished to piay.
He proved to be the lad for whom Offi
cer Hawley was looking. But when the
officer reached the Y. M. C. A. a few mo
ments later the runaway boy had gone.
He returned in about half an hour, how
ever, and presented his old association
card. The police were notified, and when
arrested the boy was In the swimming
tamt.
BUYS SITE FOR FOUNDRY
A. J. Harper Pays $13,000 for lot
on Park Street.
A. J. Harper has purchased from Henry
"Weninie a lot. 50xl"0 feet, on the west
side of Park street, between Flanders and
tHisan. for $13,000. Tt is Mr. Harper's
intention to erect a brick building for use
as a brags foundry. Mr. Wemme bought
this property a few years ago for J2iK).
The sale was made through K. J. Daly.
W. J. Hawkins, owner of the. quarter
block at tho northeast corner of Second
and Main streets, is having the old frame
buildings removed from the site and will
at once begin the erection of a three
story brick building, to consist of stores
on the first floor and living rooms on the
others. The cost of the improvement
will be about $50,000.
March Educational Entertainment,
A Japanese programme is to .be ren
dered at the Young Women's Christian
Association next Monday night, at S
o'clock. It is the March educational en
tertainment, free to members of the asso
ciation. Stereoptlcon views, the best pri
vate collection of Japanese slides in Port
land, will be shown by one who has given
much attention to photography. ' The
pictures Rre colored and were personally
collected in a visit to Japan. Miss Delta
Watson will sing a Japanese selection.
Miss Kobachi. a Japanese maiden, will
render several numbers. Perhaps no en
tertainment of the year at the Y. W. C.
A. has promised greater delight than this
one.
Northwestern People in Xew York.
NSW YORK, March 6. (Special.)
People from the Northwest registered at
New York hotels today as follows:
From Portland Mrs. K. Mack, at the
Martha Washington; H. 1. Hubbs, at the
Park Avenue; F. R, Chambers, at the
Hermitage.
From Spokane Miss U. Tambson. W.
McClure, at the Park Avemie.
From Seattle C. Howland. at the St.
Charles; Miss H. Wood Nutt. at the Park
Avenue; F. K. Lane, at the Fifth
Avenue. -
From Baker City. Or. C. A. Johns, at
the ?t. Denis.
Rest Heater In the World.
Rev. F. Starhird. of East Raymond.
Maine, says: "I have used Bucklen's
Arnica Salve for several years, on my
old army wound, and other obstinate
sores, and find It the best healer in the
world. I use it. too, with great success
in my veterinary business." Price 25c
at Woodard. Clarke &. Co. "8 drug store.
Read Sharkey's Sunday ad
ELEVEN KNOTS GOT
Judge Bronaugh Grants Di
. vorces to Many Wives.
ONE HUSBAND COMPLAINS
Says Wife In England Refused to
Cross Atlantic, but Court De
mands Further Proof Iese ra
tion Basis of Many Suits.
Kleven wives secured divorces in Judge
Bronaugh's department of the Circuit
Court yesterday. One lone husband ap
peared to demand a decree because his
wife would not come from the Old coun
try to America. He said he had not heard
from her for 15 years. The man was
James J. Hooper, who married Eliza
Hooper In England Jn 1860. He testified
that he had written to his wife to come,
sending her a power of attorney to sell
his property. He said she obtained 12000
for" the land but failed to cross Mhe At
lantic, Judge Bronaugh. continued th it
case, as he wished to look up the question
of who was deserted, the wife or the hus
band, s
Mary A. Carey said her husband, H. TT.
Carey, would have a pouting1 spell about
once a month. Much to her annoyance,
she said, he slammed the doors so often
that none of them would lock. He would
not pay the grocery bills, neither would he
pass the dishes at the table, she said.
But this was not all. Once he kicked
her out of bed. she said, and kept all the
bedclothes himself. This she regarded
as "real spiteful." She tried to "make
up" with him, however, but he would
not nave It. He told her he would "be
good when he got ready.' She married
Carey In 1897, and was granted. a divorce.
Compelled Her to Work.
Myrtle Hunt objected to being com
pelled to work In the hat store of her
husband. George F. Hunt, in Minneapolis.
She said Hunt compelled her to do so
two weeks after they were married, in
1S97. She was frequently abused In the
presence of both customers and clerks,
she said, her husband once attempting
to knock her down with a chair. Her
daughter also had to work in the store,
she said, even when she was ill.
James Fred Mansfield is of an exceed
ingly jealous disposition, according to
the testimony of Maud M. Mansfield, who
obtained a divorce. Siie said she had
never gi-en him any provocation. The
trouble all came about, she said, because
her husband thought the rural mailcarrier
was paying too much attention to her.
At last he told the carrier not to bring the
mall, and compelled his wife to walk two
miles along the railroad track for the
mail; and then suspected her of meeting
the postman on these trips. She also said
her husband thought two young men
riding on bicycles along the country road
were casting amorous glances at her. and
threatened to shoot them If he saw them
again.
Raw alcohol and tea were the customary
beverages of Jacob Heffner, according
to Barbara Heffner, who secured a di
vorce. She is a native of Russia and told
her troubles in a language of her own.
part English and part Russian. She said
the alcohol put her husband on the war
path. They married In Odessa, In 1886,
and have eight children.
Many Allege Desertion.
Mrs. Ida M. Sea ton obtained a divorce
from S. J. Sea ton. asserting that he de
serted her In April, 1906. They were mar
ried at Grants Pass, in May. 1905.
Maud Foulds said her husband drank
heavily and could not be reformed. They
were married in "Westminster B. C. In
1881. She said he commenced a course of
cruelty the next year. '
Katie Reed a Urged that Harry B. Heed
deserted her in Chattanooga, Tenn., in
1903.
Grace McMillan said J. R. McMillan
deserted her in 1906. They were married
here. September 14, 1896.
The Fourth of July wedding of Mary
W. Morgan and Harvey G. Morgan proved
most unhappy, according to the wifes
testimony yesterday. They were married
last year, but she went to the hospital
the same month: then her husband came
there and treated her with such cruelty
that the attendants compelled him to
leave.
Cruelty on the part of Thomas VT. Mor-
BORN IN OREGON IN 1835
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The I Ate Mis. Marian Momll.
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The funeral will take place Honda
Church and lnterm.nt will b, made i
gan. her husband, was also alleged by
Mrs. tlarrle Morgan, who married In
Tacoma in 1881. She also said he failed
to support her.
Alary A. Sheen married John TJ. Sheen
in May. 1905. She testifleJ yesterday that
her hustoand abused her and threatened
her with violence. She was granted a
divorce.
Holly Pleads Guilty.
R. H. Holly, changed his plea of not
guilty to one of guilty yesterday before
Judge Cleland. He is accused of as
saulting John Dcgnor with a revolver
on February 4. Frank Segula was also
brought before Judge Cleland in the
Circuit Court yesterday. He was ar
raigned for a statutory offense, alleged
to have been committed December 14.
He is to plead at 2 P. M. Tuesday.
Argne Waymire Motion Today.
Whether or not Mrs. Belle Waymire
and & E. Radding will have a new
trial will be determined today when
their attorneys appear before Judge
Gantenbein to. argue a motion that
another hearing be granted. The case
will come up at 9:30 this morning. At-
tomeys Seneca Fouts. W. R. . McGery,
and John Logan will be on hand for
the defendants, while District Attorney
Manning and Pan Malar key will repre
sent the side of the state and Mayor
Lane. The defendant were rerentiy
convicted of conspiring to blacken the
Mayors reputation.
Importation Is Resisted.
Xobunboro Hamaguchi. who says he js
a Japanese student, is resisting the efforts
of the United States immigration authori
ties to secure his deportation. Hamaguchi
appeared in the Federal Court yesterday
and by his attorney, .J. C Veasie. con
tended that having entered the United
States by way of Canada, whence he
came from Hawaii, he is not liable to
deportation for the reason that there is
no provision in the ruling of 'the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor which
makes it legal to deport such an
alien. The charge against Hamaguchi is
that he was passed into the United States
without the usual inspection. The case
was argued and submitted before Judge
Wolverton yesterday.
Carine&s Gives Bail.
Frank Caviness was released from
the County Jail yesterday on $1500
bail. He is accused with three others
of using the United States mails to
defraud, and is to appear In the Fed
eral Court. Irving Hutchinson, who
was being held at the County Jail as
a witness against Del Haywood, Earl
Hancke and Ed West, alleged postof
fice robbers, was released on his own
recognisance. Mrs. M. Hugenln, who
was held on a larceny charge, was
also released on her own recognizance.
SALT SAVES THE RANGE
Makes Stock L.sa Restless and Con
serves Forage Crop.
WASHINGTON", March 6.-(Speclal.)
The requirement that all cattle, horses
and shep grazing under permit on the
Xational forests be glven salt at fre
quent Intervals la a rrgrulation that has
been found to go a long way in protect
ing the range and conserving the forage
crop.
Experience has shown that the want of
salt makes stock restless. If cattle and
horses are not supplied as they need it,
they roam and wander, haunting old salt
ing grounds used In previous seasons,
trampling the forage plants instead of
eating them, pawing the ground and in
other ways Injuring the range. - But if
their cravings are supplied, they scatter
peacefully over the pasture .grounds and
feed at their leisure.
Salt is so necessary to the easy and
profitable handling of sheep on the range
that no flockmaster would think of getting
along without It. If sheep do not receive
their usual supply it is only with (treat
difficulty that they can be held in bonds
or kept In camp at night. So far as sheep
are concerned, no regulation by law is
really necessary, because the owners, for
their own convenience, will salt their
flocks. But cattle are not herded and
the owners mierht neglect to salt them If
the regulations were not strictly enforced.
Stock on different ranges require vary
ing quantities of salt. Sheep need less on
dry range than on gTeen. An average
quantity for 1000 head of sheep would be
from 1009 to 1500 pounds each year. For
a like number of cattle from 5000 to 10.000
pounds a year is required. Horses need
less than cattle.
Old hunters, in the days of the pioneers,
knew that deer and buffalo traveled long
distances to lick salt in saline springs.
The Blue Licks, on Lack River, in Ken
tucky, and a similar mineral spring on
Elk River, in West Virginia, were famous
for the herds of deer, buffalo and elk
which frequented them. The adjacent
ground was so deeply tramped that the
marks were to be seen many years after
the places ceased to be visited by those
animals.
FOOTPAD WAS AN ACTOR
Young Highwayman Shot and Killed
by Officer Is Identified.
SAN FRANCISCO. March . The
young footpad who last night held up
and robbed a saioon near Jefferson
Square and who was shot and killed
by Officer Nye .while trying to es
cape, was Identified this afternoon by
his partner, C. L. Creoley. as Lee Dus
tin, a vaudeville actor who came here
two weeks ago from Los Angeles.
Creeley met him first on the training
ship Pensacola, on which they served
as naval apprentices. After leaving
the Navy they established an employment-agency,
but soon failed. Dustin
then drifted into vaudeville and has
GERVAIS. Or.. March s. (Spe
cial.) m. Marian Morrell. wir of
JoTh Morrell, died here this
morning at 12:30 A. M. after a brief
illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Morrell waa a native of Ore
gon, born at Minion landing, this
county.' in January, 1S3S. She was
three time, married. In 1S4S she
wedded Touis B. Vandale. a promi
nent man of those times, who died
in Igr.P; she married M. G. Foiay
In 3SS!. who died in 1S79. Mr.
Foley was the pioneer printer of
those early days and waa a resi
dent of Marlon County until hJ
death.
In 1SS3 she waa united in mar
riage to Joseph Morrell. who sur
vives. She was the mother of JS
children of whom nve survive, as
follow.: Mrs. J. Coutu, of Gervate;
Mrs. Claire Snllins, of San Jose,
Cal.; Mrs. Elenore Glrard, of Salem;
Mrs, Man Turcotte, of Catlln.
Waeh., and Mn. Kulalis Malo, of
Gervais.
Mrs. Morrell was until lately In
excellent health and memory and
conversed freely about the early
days and os9eaed more than an
ordinary recollection. She waa a
pected by all who knew her.
March , from the Gervals Catholic
n the cemetery near b.
been earning a precarious living In
the cheap theaters.
After holding up the saloon of
Tiedemann Bros, at the corner of
Gough and McAllister streets, about
12:30 o'clock this morning, and get
ting a small sum of- money. Dustin
fled, pursued by the saloonkeeper,
who fired a revolver at him. but failed
to hit him. The fleeing robber headed
for Jefferson Square, where he was
finally su-rounded by a cordon of po
lice and refused to surrender. The
police Dred on him and he fell dead,
with a bullet through his head.
Thetis Rescnes Japanese..
PORT TOWNSEXD, Wash., March 6.
Private advices received here from Alas
ka state, that the Japanese Bailors of the
wrecked schooner Satsuma, stranded on
Glacier Bay. near Takutat, since last
November, have been rescued by the rev
enue cutter Thetis, Captain Henderson,
and are on their way south to Port
Townsend.
Free candy with children's shoes at
Rosenthal's. Seventh and Washington.
Read Sharkey's Sunday ad.
I'D.
MEYER
OF- HEART DISEASE
Well-Known Business Man
Passes Away After Illness
of Only a Week.
WAS FORMER COUNCILMAN
Served Two Terras During Adminis
tration of Pennoyer Was Ap
pointed Mora ber of Park
Board by Mayor Williams.
After an illness erf only 10 days, J. D.
Meyer, a well-known Portland business
man, died last night at his residence. 653
Washington street, of heart disease. The
end came quite unexpectedly, as Mr.
Meyers was thought to be improving
up to Thursday. He had a relapse Thurs-
V' " ..
The Late J. D. Meyer.
day night, but was thotight to be again
improving yesterday. Last night, how
ever, he suffered an acute attack from
which he died at 9:30 o'clock.
Mr. Meyer was a resident of Portland
for more than 20 years and during the en
tire time was engaged In the cigar busi
ness, first in the retail, but for many
years in the wholesale trade. He took an
active part in municipal politics, serv
ing as a TJemocrat in the Council and
later as a member of the Park Board.
He had a wide acquaintance throughout
the city and was a member of the local
lodge of Kits.
Mr. Meyer was in good health up to a
week ago last Wednesday. On that day
he went to his place of business. 64 Third
street, as usual but was stricken before
night with angina pectoris, to which he
finally seccombed. He was taken to his
home, where he was confined up to .the
time of his death.
From his early li&me. Selma. Alabama,
where he was born 56 years ago, Mr.
Meyer went in his youth to California,
where he lived for some time. In Cal
ifornia he married Miss Tillle Levy, who.
with their daughter, Selma, and son,
Oscar, both of this city survive him.
Mr. Meyer came to Portland 23 years
ago and opened a retail cigar store in the
old Gilman Hotel. Later the business
was removed to Third street, 'below Mor
rison, and then to the present place where
he engaged in the wholesale cigar trade.
As the representative of the Third ward
Mr. Meyer was elected to the Council
during the administration of Mayor Pen
noyer and served in that body for two
terms. He was appointed to the Park
Board by Mayor Williams and acted with
that department of the city government
up to two years ago. While a member of
the Park Board he took a special Inter
est In arranging for open-air -band con
certs during the Summer months.
Arrangements for the funeral have not
yet been made.
THE CANDIDACY OF U'REN
He 'Alra'Rls."
Baker City Herald.
17'Ren has one advantage over other
candidates for the senatorial toga. His
name will have to be changed but little
to get into the "also ran" class after the
election.
Jnt for the Fun of Kunalnx;.
Junction City Times.
Mr. U'Ren hasn't the faintest hope that
he will be nominated for United States
Senator. Perhaps it is like the hold-up
session of which Mr. U'Ren was chief,
there's something in It.
What Partyf
' Junction City Times.
W. S. U'Ren. the referendum foundry
of Clackamas County, has announced his
candidacy Tor United States Senator. This
is the privilege of any citizen of the
state, btlt to announce himself a candi
date on the Republican ticket, is so dis
gustingly revolting as to become absolute
ly ridiculous. Read his platform. Mr.
Republican, and see if he Is a member of
your party.
In Bourne's Steps.
Eugene Guard.
The candidacy of W. S. U'Ren for
United States Senator will add materially
to the gaiety of the campaign. And it
looks very much as if the champion of
popular legislation might repeat the
achievement of Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
leaving Senator Fulton and Judge Cake
to form the nucleus of a "has been" po
litical club after the votes cast In the
Republican primary are counted.
Why He la In Republican Party.
Lebanon Criterion.
W. S. U'Ren. of Oregon City, father of
defunct populism, socialism, referendlsm
and most of the other political isms of
Oregon, has announced his candidacy for
the seat of Senator Fulton in the United
States Senate. Pie will seek the nomina
tion at the Republican primaries. If the
Republican party had any reason for
coming into existence, it was for a prin
ciple. None of these are represented by
Mr. U'Ren. He is in the Republican
party for office and personal advance
ment. Help for Chamberlain.
Eugene Register.
U'Ren has at last declared his candi
dacy for United States Senator on the
Republican ticket and enters the lists
against Cake, who is for Statement No.
1 and against Fulton, who is not so
pledged. U'Ren Republicanism Is of
highly doubtful character and his ef
fort to sidetrack Cake who has openly
Indorsed U'Ren's pet theory of State
ment No. 1 shows that after all, it is
not so much U'Ren's fight for princi
ple as he sees it as it is for political hon
or and self aggrandizement. Of course
Bourne will support U'Ren, for Bourne's
On Special Sale at
LENNON'S
Today, Saturday
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Ladies' real Kid Gloves,
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"Military style" elbow-length genuiue flJO Cf
Cassar Cape Gloves, $4..")0 value JO.OU
Elbow-length black and
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"Fluffy Ruffles" -washable Chamois,
very latest ; $4.00 value
Elbow -length pure silk Gloves, patent finger tips,
all the latest Spring shades and sizes; dl Ja
$2.25 value pl.OU
Men's genuine Cassar Cape and Mocha Qtl
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Umbrellas Repaired and Recovered
309 Morrison, Opposite Postoffice.
Republicanism is not deep seated, but
It serves the purpose nearest to the heart
of the Clackamas reformer and the Port
land manipulator in the frantic effort to
make Chamberlain United States Senator.
What He Is Really After.
Kugene Register.
U'Ren- has a.t last declared his can
didacy for United States Senator on
the Republican ticket and enters the
list against Cake, who is for State
ment No 1, and against Fulton, who
Is not so pledged. U'Ren Republican
ism is of highly doubtful character
and his effort to sidetrack Cake, who
has openly indorsed U'Ren's pet theory
of Statement No. 1, shows that after all
It is not so much U'Ren's fight for
principle &e he sees It as it is for
political honor and self aggrandize
ment. A Savior of His Country.
Pendleton Tribune.
Brother U'Ren didn't want to run for
Senator. He saye so. He watted until
he was satisfied Fulton was a silent
partner of Rockefeller, and then had
hopes of Cake, but again waited, even
calling him up by phone to ascertain
if he was coming to the rescue of the
people; but discovering a certain dlla
tariness in his reply whicn boded no
good for a threatened Nation, he
promptly threw himself into the
breach with $1100 In his pocket to the
good, and said: "Here goes; give me
the Senatorehip or give me death!"
But U'Ren is justified in entering the
field. He saw that neither Fulton nor
Cake was fitted for the ' Senate; time
was fast going by unimproved, and he
seemed to be the only man in the
state who, seeing the imminent danger
to the republic, had the nerve to de
cide, and, having decided, to act. Any
body can see that Fulton and Cake
are to blame for U'Ren's candidacy.
They failed to fill the bill, the country
was calling, and of course he has done
that which any patriot would do when
witnessing his beloved country on the
brink of inevitable dissolution.
Making Primary System I'npopular.
Western Oregon (Cottage Grove).
And U'Ren is a candidate for United
States Senator on the Republican pri
maries ticket. It is fortunate for his
political aspirations that the conven
tion system is not in use in Oregon
for making nominations. U'Ren could
not put up any convention that could
nominate him, and if by any accident
he should be nominated in the pri
maries he cannot be elected. He is
not politically a pure man; he is a
rank and raw lobbyist at the legisla
ture. Recognized as such. In 190 the
Sergeant at Arms of the Oregon House
of Representatives escorted htm out
side the railing. Senator Kay of
Marion County says he Is not an hon
est man, that he swindled a widow out
of 1100, paying her only $300 when
the sum due is $1400. This he denize,
bt Kay quotes the court records while
U'Ren relies on his own word. No
one else does however. In this candi
dacy U'Ren relies on a plrality vote
for a nomination not a majority. His
opponents are H. M. Cake, who in
dorses Statement No. 1. as heartily as
does this "reformer"' and so does Ful
ton, who in his Corvallis speech last
Fall plainly said that if he shall not
be nominated at the primaries or
elected in June, his name will not be
used in the Legislature. That is the
practical way of recognizing the
privilege of a popular election of a
United States Senator. U'Ren has no
right to claim support beacuse he
stands by Statement No. 1. while hie
competitors do not. The claim is not
truth, but is In keeping with U'Ren's
practices. His candidacy this year will
only emphasize the weakness of our
present direct primaries system of
making nominations and tends to
make the system unpopular.
OUR TAX LAW METHODS
Suggests Collections Be Made in Fall
Instead of Spring.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. March 6. fTothe
Editor.) Is our present tax law a lust law?
For th- convenience of the reader I shall
give a synonsls of the tax law. as follows:
A rebate is allowed on all taxes nafd by
Match 15. If one-half of the taxes is paid
by the first of April, no rebate Is allowed
and the other half can remain unpaid until
the first Monday in October, and is not de
linquent until after this date. Jf taxes aro
not paid by the first of April, a 20 per cent
penalty is added and they draw 12 per cent
Interest to the first Monday in October,
when, if not paid, they become delinquent.
I shall say nothing about the payment' of
delinquent taxes In this communication, but
shall devote the space to the justness or
unjustneM of the method of collecting taxex
up to the time of delinquency. When I
first hesan paylntr taxes under this law I
was rather inclined to praJie it, and to con
sider It a most Snsreninus device.- I still
think, in fact I know, that it is ingenious.
If it does not favor the man with money
as against the man with-little or no money,
we are not able to draw any line of dis
tinction between justness and unjustness.
The man who is not able to pay any part
$i.i9 im
Cape Gloves
,
broken lot and QC
I0(
white Kid Q
$2.75
of h!s taxes before the fir.n Monday 1b
October gets no rebate. He must pay a pen
alty of lo per cent and interest at the rate
of 11! per cent, which would be ti per cent
df the amount of his taxes for the nx
months between the first of April and th '
flrnt Monday in October. Contrast thl '
with what the man pays who has monpy
to pay his taxes by March 15. allowing him .
the ;t per cent rebate. 1 will now do a little'
addition: 3 per cent rebate, plus 30 per cent
penalty, plus 6 per cent of the amount of
taxes equals 10 per cent of the whole amour. t
of taxes the man who In hard-pressed has
to pay. in addition to his orietnal taxes.
If this does not force the man who Is short
of funds during- the Spring and Bummer;
to pay 39 per cent more money In taxes;
than the man who is never short, J do.
not know how to fiaure simple interest.
For example, two men have S10O each to i
pay In taxes. One has the money to pay J
by March 15 and the other cannot pay i
until the first Monday in October. . One
gets the 3 per cent rebate and the other I
a-ets no rebate, but has to pay 10 per centj
penalty and 12 per cent interest. The first;
pays i7 and the second pays (116. which1
makes a difference of S10.
A friend of mine told me the other day
that the banker firures that if a thin,
costs him $1 and he sells It for $2. he does'
not make 10O per cent on bis Investment. ,
He told me that there waa no catch about j
the proposition and that he would show mj
how the thine Is done. I am still waitltiR
to be shown, and I am a native aon of Ore-
gon.' too.
The tax problem 1s like the tariff prob-
leir. It Is still very new. In my opinion. (
some of the candidates for the State Lenri
lature had better be giving- some of their'
time and attention to the matters of im-;
mediate Importance to the citizens of Ore-
gon. rather than to be trying to ride Harry
Murphy's hybrid hobby to a seat among :
the Solons.
It occurs to a man who Is not familiar,
with making assessments that a deficiency ;
must necessarily arise In the estimated '
amount- of money to be raised from taxes if I
all the taxpayers should be able to pay j
their taxes by March 1. thereby receiving,
the benefit of the 3 per cent rebate. On the;
other hand, if none of the taxpayers shouM !
pay their taxes until the first Monday in
October, a surplus of 16 per cent, less the
Interest on the running expenses of th 1
county, would be derived. Would this- not j
cut down the next year's levy. If so, all ;
taxpayers would be called upon to pay less :
taxes the next year as a result of their !
former good fortune. But these two con
ditions are very Improbable, If not impos-1
sible, except for a part of the property
owners of the state. Then do not the more -unfortunate
of our citizens have to pay ;
more than their share of the burdens of
citizenship. In this grand atate of ours?
This Is a subject which will admit of
great expansion, when considered from its
different toints of view, but the right view
is the only one to work from. I shall make
no suggestions as to what method of col
lecting taxes should be adopted, one that
might prove more just and equitable, other
than to suggest that it might bo more con
venient to begin collecting in the Fall than
In the Spring as now.
I shall be pleased If this matter Is con
sidered of enough consequence to Invite at
tention, to hear from some of the taxpayers
of Oregon, who may have a more clear
understanding than I, that I may learn,
more of the opinions of others. Individually..
1 consider ihis a question of much impor-;
tance and hope that serious attention may .
be given it, that we may be able among
ourselves to devis a more allmund Amer
ican tax law. C. K. BRANDENBURG.
MILLINERYOPENING.
Friday and Saturday at Le Palais
Royal. 375 Washington street.
SATURDAY SPECIALS OF
REAL PIANO BARGAINS
Sherirsn. Clay Co. have offered th
plano-buyinsr public the last few days (
some genuine valunn in slightly usedj
pianos and the-way these pianos have'
been sold shows that real bargains in
pianos are quickly recognized. We
offer the following pianos, and an in
spection of these instruments Is in
vited :
Packard. Mahogany, beautiful tone
and case, $367.
Richmond, Walnut, In fine condition,
J210. , .
Richmond, Oak, great bargain, J197.
Hamilton, oak, fine tone and finish,
17.
Hamilton, Mahogany, looks like new,
$3.i.i.
Willard. Oak. a reliable piano. $20.
Fernwood. Oak, a boautiful case, a
bargain. $1S5.
Mendelssohn, Oak, in fine condition,
$100.
Kingsbury, Mahogany, in fine condi
tion and beautiful tone. $195.
Iidwlg, Mahogany, slightly damaged
case. $257.
I,udwlg, Walnut, $375 style, fine con
dition 1-77.
Ludwlji. Mahogany, extraordinary
bargain, $2Hi.
Wing & Sons, Oak, suitable for be
ginner. $123.
Stultz Bauer, Walnut, an old re
liable make, $150.
Kingsbury, Oak. looks like new, only
slightly used. $2,V -
Estey. M.-ihogany, slightly marred
case, big value. $357.
Harrfhgton Autotone Piano Player
with mujlc rolls, a dependable player,
and a big bargain. $450.
Cable. Mahogany, nearly new, fine
tone and ease. $290.
Kimball. Mahogany, i"st taken In ex
change. $165.
!OTKi Remember that at any time
within two years you can exchange
any of the above pianos and have full
amount allowed on the purchase of a
Steinwav. See our windows for display.
SHERMAN. CI. A Y & CO..
Ptelnway Pianos, Victor Talking Ma-
e.binea.