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THE MOBXIXG OREGOX1AS, SATLKDAY, 31AKUH 7, 1UOS.
RUEF TURNS OH
THE PROSECUTION
Makes 'Serious Charges
Subornation of Perjury
.Against Heney.
ALLEGES UNDUE INFLUENCE
Declares hi Testimony Was Ob
tained Thronsh Mlsroprcscnta
lion Tells of Efforts to Get
Jlarrlman and S. I. Officials.
' KAN" FRANCISCO. March . Tomor
row morning: at 10 o'clock Abraham
(turf. will. Uirousli Ills attorney.
Henry Ach, Frank .1. Murphy and M. C.
Chapman, present to Judge Dunne a
motion to allow him to withdraw li Is
plea of guilty entered on May 15, and
ubstitute a plea of not fruilty in the
case brousrlit on indictment No. 305,
one of the French restaurant extortion
cases. To support his motion Ruef
will file affidavits of a sensational na
ture, the substance of which was given
out tonight.
In filing the motion Ruef slates that
the plea of guilty was improperly and
InarivLsedly tendered and that the de
fendant is not guilty of the offense
charged, and that Ire was induced to
enter the plea of gTillty by virtue of
an agreement and understanding with
the District Attorney, William H.
Langdon. the Assistant District At
torney, Francis J. Heney. the special
agnt of the District Attorney. William
J. Burns, and the financial backer of
the. District Attorney in this prosecu
tion, Rudolph Spreckels. and because of
the agreement and understanding of
the judge presiding in this department
nf the Superior Court. Judge Frank IT.
Dunne, that the plea of guilty should
subsequently he withdrawn and the
plea of not guilty substituted, and the
cause dismissed against the defendant.
Plea Obtained by Fraud.
'The motion also will state that the
District Attorney has heretofore con
sented lo the withdrawal of the pica
nf guilty, and that tills plea was ob
tained from the defendant by fraud,
coercion, duress and false pretenses.
The motion will be presented to the
court on Msrcli 12. '
Ruef states that his reason for -filing
the motion at this time is that he may
not seem to be taking advantage of
the technical victory he gained by the
decision of the Appellate Court, and in
order that the stigma of the plea may
be removed in a manner which will
leave no doubt of his Innocence. In
the affidavits to be presented In con
nection with the motion he states that
he received nothing from the French
restaurant keepers except some legal
fees. The affidavit repeatedly accuses
.Special Agent Burns. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Heney and District At
torney Utngdon with subornation of
perjury in tliejr attempts to make Ruef
swear falsely In the case against
Tatrick Calhoun for bribing super
visor. His whole pica for the grant
ing of the motion is based on the
statement that the immunity contract
was abrogated by the prosecutors when
theyfoynd that he would tell the truth
on tl'e witness stand, and when he re
fused to sign false affidavits and
swear falsely. In court.
Aoeiii-es Wililam .1. Burns.
Vmlng down to the case broucht by
Wid'ani J. Tevis against R. A. Crothcrs
am Fremont Older, owner and editor of
Hie bulletin, respectively, for criminal li
bel. Ruef slates that Special Agent
Hums attempted to force him to ign af
fidavits that were false and in the at
tempt told him I hat Judge Dunne and
Older were friends and that Older and
the Bulletin had stood by him and there
fore lie should- stand by the Bulletin and
Its editor and proprietor and make the
false affidavits. I
In various vlaccs in the affidavit Ruef
slates that l.angdou. Ileney and Burns
repeatedly said to him that what they
wanted was testimony that would con
vict Patrick Calhoun and that they were
willing to give him full immunity it he
would give such testimony. n
In the Schmlti ease, the affidavit states,
the prosecution urged him to give false
testimony, and attempted to get him to
testify that he had a previous arrange
ment In regard to what testimony he
should give. After the Ford -case had
been tried the affidavit asserts Honey
sent word to Ruef that he could aid
thorn In the prosecution and that what
they wanted of him was testimony that
would convict Calhoun.
Attempt to HrliiK In tlarriman.
In his ntTldavit Ruef sas that Burns
attempted on behalf of the prosecution
to secure from him statements in regard
to the political matters which related to
Wllllnni F. llerrin and K. H. Harriraan.
of the Southern Pacific Company, to the
effect that they had entered into a cor
rupt bargain with him regarding money
to be paid to him for and concerning the
nomination of James X. Gillett as a can
didate for Governor of California by the
Republican slate convention at Santa
Crua. in 19oS. Ruef states that the prose
cutors claimed that Herrin. Harriman
and Oillett had committed crimes against
the laws of the state, for which they
could be indicted, and that Burns stated
to him that they had positive informa
tion and knowledge that Herrin had paid
him (UucO n large sum of money to
purchase the votes of the delegates rep
resenting the city and coxinty of San
Frsncisco in the convention.
Burns st;rted to Ruef. according to the
affidavit, that the prosecution was iar
ticularl anxious to incriminate llerrin.
Harrinian and Gillett. and that Heney
had the support of President Roosevelt
in this connection and the prosecution
desired the overthrow of llerrin and
Harriman in California. Ruef says in
Ms affidavit that be stated to Burns that
he could not truthfully say anything
concerning Herrin, Harriman or Gillett
that would incriminate them and not a
dol'.ar had been paid to him for his work
at the Santa Crua convention.
The affidavit says that on his informa
tion and belief the grand jury which in
dicted him was at all times under the
complete control and domination of the
prosecution.
KIEF DOMINATED THE BOARD
Testimony or Supervisor Regarding
Bay Cities Water Scheme.
SAN" FRANCISCO, March 6. When the
trial of R. A. Crothers and Fremont
older, accused of having libeled W. S.
Tevis In connection with his project for J
a water supply tor mis cuy. was resuniea
before Judge Dooling today. James 1
Gallagher, chairman of the finance com
mittee of "the former Board of Super
visors, resumed his testimony, which in
general showed tJiat Abe Ruef dominated
the board and had dictated its polk'V.
I". N. Beale, manager of the Bay Cities
Water Company, was then called. He
could not jrive the present whereabouts
of W. S. Tevis. It was agreed that he
should produce any relevant books of
the corporation.
Daniel D. Coleman, another member of
the Schniitz Board of Supervisors, told
of the partiality of Ruef to the "Bay
Cities srjirme. and said ho had met Tevis
at RiWs house. He ?aid he had inferred
that thre -would be "money in it" If he
favored that" project.
0fISIOGY RKFLES TO APPEAR
W ill Not Give Deposit ion in Suit In
stituted by Jluef.
SAN' FRANCISCO. March 6. Chief of
Police William J. Biggy refused today to
?pp."ar before Notary Piiblie Hartman in
Henry Ach'X law office to give his depo
sition in the suit instituted by Abraham
Ruef to recover over $45:"' alleged to have
been unjustly extracted from him by the
graft prosecution for the maintenance of
his Fillmore street prison home. Follow
ing the advice of his counsel, the chief
of police, who is .one of the six de
fendants in the suit in tiuestion. ignored
the subpoena which was served on him
this week on Superior Judge Buck's
order.
E
DECLARED THAT TRIAL MADE
HIM BAXKRCPT.
Basis of Objection by Mann or Illi
nois A pa f n Taking, Cout
- Cases to Washington.
ORKGOXIAN NEWS BL'RfiiAC, Wash
ington, March 6. An echo of the Bingcr
Hermann case was heard in the Hooiee of
Representatives last week, when the ex
Congressman and Land Commissioner
was painted in his favorite poee as a
martyr. Hermann lias lone been on the
martyr stunt, and he has always played
it successfully. As a martyr he has won
hi greatest vk-tories, which leads to the
conclusion that it is well to play on the
pympathies of the dear people. However,
Hermann was not instrumental in hav
ing his name brought before the Kouse.
Tt was Injected by one of his old friends,
and. as is customary with friends be
moaning the fate of martyrs, the picture
was a much more pathetic one than the
facts jusiilied. Nevertheless, the artiet
was sufficiently skillful to gain his point.
The House was discussing the proposed
appropriation of JtiO.000 to pay the ex
penses of the Bensun-Hyde-Diniond land
fraud case in the courus of this District.
Representative Mann, of Illinois, objected
on the ground that must of the money
was to be ueed in bringing witnesses from
Oregon ahd California to testify against
residents of those states wlio are under
Indictment here. He contended that the
trial should be held on the Pacific Coast.
Mann argued that the defendants would be
put to enormous expense In bringing -their
witnesses across the continent, a pro
cedure which he declared was unjust.
"It were better,"' said he, "that these
men, who may be guilty, should go free
than that the doctrine should b'e estab
lished that the great Government of the
United States should have the opportu
nity to convict a man because he was too
poor to brinc his witnessse to court."
At this point Mr. Mann recalled the re
cent trial of Blnger Hermann, which re
sulted in his acquittal on the charge of
destroying public record?. That trial cost
Hermann J1S.0U0. which, as court records
go. is a pretty high price to pay for ac
quittal. However. Mr. Mann was misin
formed as to the actual damage sus
tained by Mr. Hermann. Kut his words
speak for .themselves. He said:
I know next to nothing: about these cases,
and I know no thins .-vbout the defendants
or their lawyers, but I have called to my
mind very vividly a year or two ago what
could be done ii a r-o like this. A for
mer Member of ihls House, who had been
CoTnmi.-liiier o! the Lsnd Office after It:
had served a prptou term tn Conrress, ai
indicted for thepe land fraud?. After a Ions
trinl in the District here, where he wrb com
pelled to i.ay the expenses of his witness
acrr5J" the continent, he har R'ne back homi
afO,uttt"d. bankrupt, hi property all cone,
h1 million sonc. and everythinc taken
away from him by the Government which
he had served ; and, having been ruined
financially on the trial of the ca?e here in
this District, he In to be tried at home upon
some case of the ame sort. His property
and means were all taken away from him
In obtaining an acquittal In the District
here.
Nobody pretended, after the evidence was
in. that there was any ease aeainst Hineer
Hermani in the District of Columbia, but
he has gne home, ruined financially, to
endeavor to defend himself at borne against
new Indictments, with the whole Bower of
the National Treasury against him, and be
cause of his rase, so far as 1 am concerned.
I never will knowingly vote to drag a man
from California to be tried In the District
of Columbia when the offense Is such that
It could be tried In California, xvhere he
lives, as well as In the District of Columbia.
Perhaps the venue might He In both places.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Dr. O. 1. J. Hushes.
NEW YORK, March 6. After an ill
ness of 10 days. Dr. O. I. J. Hughes died
at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y., yes
terday. Dr. Hughes was born In Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, where his
father. John H. Hughes, was representing
the United States as Resident Minister.
Finishing his medical education in . Ger
many. Dr. Htighes practiced for a time
at Meriden. Conn., returning to Germany
at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian
War and serving . in the field medical
corpse At the close of the war he en
t erd the V n i ted St a te. con s u 1 a r se r vice
In Mexico, China and Cuba, and was for
12 years Consul-General at Coburg. Ger
many. In "WW he returned to the United
States.
Third Sec ret ary M x lea n Km bass y .
WASHINGTON. March 6. Senor Don
Kiiuardo do Keistegui, third secretary of
the Mexican Kmbassy, died late last night
f pneumonia, after an illness of only
three days.
Senor Beistcgui was only 27 years old
and was appointed to his position In the
Embassy six months ago. His brother.
M&uet. is the Mexican Minister to Chile.
Senor Beistcgui was born in Paris, where
hiq parents are now visiting.
Man Who ided Custer.
YONKERS. N. Y., March 6. Thomas
J. Callan. the man whom General Cus
ter sent for reinforcements when his
command was entrapped by Indians on
the Little Big Horn River- in Mon
tana, and who led a relief force back
to the place where Custer and his men
had been slaughtered, died at his home
here today. Cailan left the Army lS
years ago and sii:t.- that time has
been engaged in business here.
l ined for Illicit Liquor Sales.
Kl'GEXE. Or.. March . (Special.)
Tred Lemley. found guilty of selling
liquor at SpringTleld. was sentenced
by Judge Harris this morning, to pay
a fine of $.100.
Aged 116 Year.
MOUNT STERLING. Ky. March 6.
Joseph Fletcher, the oldoet man In
Eastern Kentucky, died here, today,
aged 116 years.
Read Sharkey's Sunday ad.
PREPARE TO OBJECT
Opposition t& Belgium's New J
Congo Treaty..
CONCESSIONS ARE BUGBEAR
Kegflrded as IJmit to Kxerce of
Sovereignty Ring Leopold' NVould
Derive Immense Revenue by
Privileges Thus Conferred.'
BRUSSELS. March Although a
rough canvass of the Chamber of Depu
ties by friends of King Leopold indi
cates that the body is .in- favor of the
nei Congo annexation treaty by a ma
jority of the members of the opposi
tion, encouraged by the partial surren
der of his majesty, already are preparing
for a desperate fight against any re
striction upon Belgium's control of the
Congo and liberty to eradicate the abuses
of the existing -regime. .
The new treaty was submitted to Par
liament yesterday by Premier Schollaeft
- J
Lord Tweed month, Britten Lord of
tlie Admiralty, Whose Correspond
ence With Emperor W illiam
Caused Antl-trerman Fnrore tn
Kn gland.
and was sent to committee without de
bate. The opposition regards the recog
nition of private concessions as a limit
upon the exercise of the sovereignty of
Belgium and consequently as absolutely
inadmissible. King Leopold, members of
the opposition say. would retain an im
mense indirect revenue from these pri
vate concessions. The financial side of
the transaction also is most unsatisfac
tory to the opposition.
The text of the treaty was given out
at midnight tonight.
DISPOSE OF POWER SITES
G ATI tl KIP A D VI STOS SKId;I XG
THOSE OX RESERVATIONS.
Only in That Way, He Says, Can
Indians Be Benefited and
Resource Utilized.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
in gton, M a rch 6. Secretary Garfield is
anxious -that Congress shall authorize the
disposal of water powers and reservoir
sites on Indian reservations in a way
that wltl permit of the development of
the country, and at the same time give
the Indians a fair compensation for
rights which they surrender. These re
sources, under Indian control, are riot de
veloped, and under existing law must lie
dormant. In a report to Congress the
Secretary discusses this question, saying:
The constantly Increasing importance at
water and water power In the arid Regions
makes the few remaining reservoir aid
power sites on Indian reservations of far
g-reater value than they were formerly con
sidered. t'nder existing law. such sites, when the
Indian lands are opened to settlement and
entry, ran be protected only by proceeding,
under the recjanration act. Conditions as
they now exist make It Impracticable for
that service vo take advantage of every
possibi lit y that Is a f forded, simply because
It fa engaged In mo many and euch varied
projects that it can not . attempt many
that would be feasible were it in a posi
tion to carry on the needed work. Then
too, the Indiana themselves are entitled to
some consideration, and the lands should
not become the property of the fort una t
entrymen who may obtain lands when th
reservations are opened to settlement and
entry. It seems likely that the progress and
development of the community, as well as of
ths particular project, would be delayed be
cause of the inability of the owner to
finance It, to ths extent necemary to a
speedy development of the possibilities which
he may control by reason of his fortunate
entry.
I believe that such sites should be dis
posed of for the benefit of the Indians, thus
making- possible their utmost and most
speedy development, and at the same time
giving the Indian a reasonable compensa
tion for that which he claims. To do this
Congress should authorize the reservation
of the lands and their sale, either by sealed
bids or by pub'ic auction, to the highest bid
der on such terms aa may seem proper to
impost in the discretion of the Secretary of
the interior.
The Secretary accompanied his rec
ommendation with the draft of a pro
posed bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to reserve for power sites
all lands adjacent to falls and rapids
in any stream on any Indian reserva
tion, before the surplus lands of such
reservation are opened to settlement,
and authorizing him to dispose of such
lands as outlined in his letter. The
same authority is given to reserve and
dispose of reservoir sites on Indian
reservations, whether such reservoirs
are for use in reclaiming Indian lands
or lands owned by white settlers: It
is provided that such reservoir sites,
when reserved solely for the benefit of
Indian lands, shall be held in trust
until the Indian landowners can take
absolute charge of their irrigation sys
tem, when the reservoir site hall be
conveyed to the company or corpora
tion representing the landowners under
that system.
Suspicion of Poisoning.
NEW YORK. March fi- An autopsy on
the body of Walter F. Baker, a wealthy
Boston man. who died October 27, 1!)7.
within an hour aftr he had been taken
ill in a New York restauraut. has shown
arsenic in the viscera. Iuring his visits
to Xew York he made his home with !
Frank Hurd. at Bogata, X. J., and died j
at Hurd's hous. His will bequeathed j
S2QO.0QO of his JfiOO.Ono fortune to Hurd's (
little daughter, Natalie: but she died on ;
February 21-, while the relatives were ;
contesting: -the will. A coroner's inquest I
is to he held. - r
SINGLE TAX PROPOSITION
Writer Sbjs Oregon Farmers Only J
Own One-Tenth Land Values.
PORTLAND. March 7. (To the Editor.)
In . last Sunday's Oregon ian. George W.
Dixon appeals to the ne- sm papers oi Ore
gon against the .proposed amendment pr-pard-
by the Oregon Tax Reform .seoci
ation. and declares that he Is the first one
to discover the "plot" to put all the taxes
on the farmer, which it would surely do.
so he declares.
Xow-. declarations don't go much with
editors. The writer for several times has
b?rn an editor, and may be on again at
any time. For Mr. Dixon to declare that
the proposed amendment would double the
taxes of tha farmers of this state and for
the association farthering the proposition
to declare that It wouUl reduce them,
counts for little either way. wlt.t an
open mind. The question is hat class of
property will bear the greater portion of the
taxes taken from dwellings, household fur
niture, livestock, agricultural implements,
manufacturing plants, fruit trees, etc.. and
who owns the greater values of that prop
erty which w ill be thus saddled wit ii the
extra burden? Mr. Olxon declares off-hand
tnat it will be the land, and that the far
mers own tlie land. Does he know what he
Ls talking about? Every editor In thte state
should look up for himself the following
data and publish the facts:
First The assessed values of the lands of
Oregon and what proportion are Inside the
corporate limits of c't'es and towns. Sec
ond The assessed- values of the lands in
his county and what proportion is used as
farming lands; also what proportion are
town, mineral, timber." or Idle1 land held for
speculation. -
Should it be found that the farmers of
Oregon own half, or more, of the alue of
the lands of Oreaon. then it Is certain that
the farmers pb a clas vNuld have their
taxes doubled if all taxes were placed on
land value?. This is what AT:-. Dixon mvist
first be able to prove to a reasonable prob
ability, before his contentions based on
t hi; assumption can be anything more than
bald guess work, lie pays that the manu
factures establishments of Clarkamas
County own one-third of the assessed
property of that subdivision of Oregon.
Maybe ?o. But, in ascertaining that fact,
we are not, told what proportion of the land,
values of Clackamas County they own
The said land would still he tayed under
the proposed amendment, and we all know
that manufacturing ites are valuable. th
most valuable of all the lands of that
coitnty.
Kvpii if the value of the manufacturing
establishments of Clackamas County, ex
(h:ding their site values. Is one-third of the
whole, so much the worse for Mr. Tlxons
contentions. . The farmers of that county
do not own all the remainder of the land,
surely, ome of the land values of Clack
amas County consist of valuable town and
suburban lots. . arid some of factory sites
held out o'f use by ri-eculatorn. Some of
thee sites ave of creaf. value, and would
actually be w orth more without any iin-r-rovemeht3
on them than the "ramshackles"
now dipgraoin th-ir sui-faee. Then there
are vast- tracts of timber landa beld in
Clackamas County. Who owns them. Mr.
Dixon; There are romc of the most fer
tile tracts of land in the state in Clackamas
County, held out of use. Hundreds and
thousands of acres of this land. Who owns
these idl eacresai Some of them by
farmers, no doubt, but to what proportion
and extent ?
When Mr. Dixon has looked into this
"plot," he may claim to be the first man in
the state to discover that the proposed
amendment would reduce the taxes on the
farmers of Clackamas County. He wilt find
if he searches honestly and with reasonable
diligence that the actual farmers of Clack
amas do not own one-third of the land
values of that county. That would put his
contention in a hole. For. If the farmers
own but one-third of the class of property
bearing the taxes thus increased on it. what
can be more within reason than to figure
that they would pay but one-third the
taxes? Do they pay more or less than one
third now? If they own one-third the land
values of Clackamas County, they should
pay one-third the public levies, be that
more or less than the present payments.
Mr. Dixon's statements as to the manu
facturers of CItickamas owning one-third of
the property is unfortunate for his conten
tion?, for if so. then the farmers do not
own more than two-thirds. As part of this
two-thirds conrtsts of the classes of property
which it is proposed to exempt, and as the
average throughout the United Ktates Is
that the land owned by the farmer is
about eaual to the value of his stock, ma
chinery and improvements. I again come to
the conclusion that the land owned by the
farmers of Clackamas do not exceed in
value, in all probability, the one-third of
the total. Wherefore. -the farmer would not
have hi? taxes doubled without the sum of
the taxes was increased, so that $4 were
collected wh-re $3 ase now. Unless the
farmers of Pregon own the greater portion
of the lands of Oregon measured in dol
lars, not square rcd? then to exemp manu
facturing plants, dwellings, livestock, house
hold furniture, fruit trees, etc.. would not
and could not double their taxes.
For this amendment to double the taxes
of the farmer, it ls necessary for its oppo
nents to prove that the farmers own most
of the land and that the classes of prop
erty it proposes to exempt are not owned
by the farmers to any great er.tent. As an
actual fact, it will be found, and the Ore
gon Tax Reform Association hopes shortly
to put the concrete figures before every
farmer in every county in the state, that
the farmers of Oregon do not own but about
one-tenth or less of the land values of the
state, and that even in the strictly agri
cultural counties, they do not own one-third
of the land valuen. The editors of Oregon,
to whom Mr. Dixon appeals, can verify
these approximations at their county peats
and thereby speed along the good cause of
the truth which shall make us free.
The contention of Mr. Dixon that the
public gives value to a street-car as well a&
a piece of land, is honestly made: by many,
but is shallow in its reasoning, because the
greater the population around a parcel of
land lot. acre or section the more valuable
it becomes by reason of the labors, indus
try, frugality and ambitions of that popu
lation. The streetcar, on the contrary, does
not so increase, but decreases the more and
the longer it Is used, and can be depuli
cated at any time for approximately th
same cost. The franchise on which the
streetcar runs, aud without" which it would
be worthless except for other purposes, is
a land value and increases the more It Is
used or the more it Is desired.
vH KlFoCnhoD;pFgyitapso-psns d d dd
Like many who believe In justice to all,
yet leap to unwarranted conclusions in con
sidering economic problems. Mr. Dixon be
lieves that all should be- taxed alike in pro
portion to their possessions. If he can de
vise any law or system of laws which will
approximate such a condition, he will have
becrme the greatest and wisest law-giver
the world ever saw. When he has done so,
he will, with vast machinery and numer
ous assessors, have accomplished no more
than what a simple, easily applied tax on
land values would accomplish, as has been
demonstrated in New Zealand.
r.et us have some figures and facts, not
mere asertion. as to what the effect would
be on the proposed exemptions, especially
a to the farmers of Clackamas County. Mr.
Dixon ran ascertain those fats easily. Who
owns Clackamas County? How much would
Clackamas County be injured, if the manu
facturing capital invested there should dou
ble by reason of the proposed exemption?
How much easier would ths Assessor of
that county find his sworn duties, if he
had nothing but land values to assess?
How much easier would H be for the farm
ers of that county to know whether he was
doing his full duties. If hs had nothing but
land values :to consider? How much less
would- it cost to assess that county with
nothing else but land values to - value ?
What would be the effect on other land
monopolists than the one Mr. Dixon men
tions as having let go because of his taxes
being increased. If taxe on land values were
doubled, as he declares they would be. under
th proposed change?
Before the editor aud would-be law
maker of Canby write any more aaint
this amendment, had be not in Justice to.
his reputation and ambitions read up and
studv up a little more?
A. D. CRIDGE.
Car Plant Clones Down.
ST. LOUTS. March 6. it was announced
tonight by officers of the American Car
& Factory Company that its plant in
South St. Louis will be closed down
March 10. throwing 1200 men out of em
ployment. In normal times the plant
employs 3000 men. but 17) were laid off
several weeks ago. .........
. There are $4.V Ano.v rn German sv-.
in its banka and $1, 000,000,000 in British sav-t
Inns kkA-ZLk &.
FLOODS Hi
STORM
Michigan Experiences Very
Bad Weather Conditions.
TRACK IS WASHED AWAY
Electric IJgnt Plants Out or Com
mission and 4nd Readies llipli
Velocity. Vnroofinar .Buildings.
General in Middle AYest.
DETROIT. Mirli.. March fi. Flood
conditions are reported tonight from
many points in Michigan. The Kala
mazoo. Lake Shore & Chicago Railroad
tonigi't announced the abandonment of
ail trains until Monday, and other
roads, and intorurban electric lines
especially, are greatly hindered.
Near Krie, on the Lake Shore A
Michigan Southern Railroad, 1000 feet
of track was undermined and washed
away. Brooklyn. Mich., is in darkness
tonight, the electric light plant there
being flooded.
At Ionia the wind unroofed a -factory
John Mt'ourf. f Fcndleton. R.om
mended for I'nlted Statr District
. Attorney.
huiUlinp 0. feet long, and at Bay City
r wind velocity of 40 .miles an hour
was reported. -
WIND SWOOPS OX CHICAGO
Blows . Down Chimneys and liaises
Ilavlc Down Town.
CHICAGO. March 6. The highest
JIarch wind which had struck Chicago In
20 years commenced early today from
the southwest and wrought much havoc
in the downtown district.
The gale, whk-h at times reached a
velocity of 5r miles an hour, blew down
chimneys and smashed in several store
fronts in the business section, tn the
suburb of Gage. Park, which is flooded
with water, the result of the rapid thaw
of the last few days, the wind drove
the water into waves which rolled into
the first floors of residences,, driving the
tenants to second stories.
The heavy iron smokestack of the
Grand Pacific I-!oto1 was blown over,
the heavy plates crashing down into an
alley between that building;' and the Illi
nois Trust & Savings' Bank. One. man
was seriously injured. '
Maumcc Hasr'ng Torrent.
TOL.KDO. O.. March 6. The Maumee
River has become a raging torrent. This
afternoon the ice caught a steel boat
and jammed it intp .tlie bridge connecting
the two sections of the city, moving the
bridge out of position arid stepping all
traffic. Streets and cellars in streets
near the river are flooded and the water
continues to rise. a -
A span went out of the bridge across
the Maumee as a result of the jam. The
men on the big steel boat were saved
after a heroic struggle.
Springfield Again Damaged.
SPRINGFIELD, O.. March 6. For the
third time in as many weeks walla were
washed out and great damage has been
done to the Big Four Railway yards by
the washing out of tracks. A number of
factories were unable to open because of
the flooded conditions and damage to
plants.
Wabash Out of Hounds.
PERU, .Ind-, March 6. One thousand
men have been rendered idle and 75 homes
have been damaged by the high waters of
the Wabash River, which is out of its
banks. This river is rising one inch an
hour, and it is expected that South Peru
will be submerged before night.
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Snow in Wisconsin.
NEW RICHMOND, Wis., March S.
The worst snowstorm of the season is
raging here.
DECLARES SHE WILL SPEAK
Km ma Goldman Having Difficulty,
. ' Tiiongli, in Securing Hail.
CHICAGO, March 6. The Tribune today
says:
Emma Goldman, the so-called priestess of
.narchy, spent yesterday in Chicago
keeping clear of the police and resting
with friends at 970 North Winchester ave
nue. She has been here since late Wed
nesday night. Miss Goldman was in good
humor when she was discovered by a re
porter. The police had not seen her, but
Assistant Chief Schuettler had said he
was not seeking her.
"Of course, I did not expect to be
found." she said. "I am too- well ac
quainted with .police stupidity to expect
such a thing as that. I expect to go out
tomorrow and go about my business, as
usual, and if the' police want me, of
course, they will arrest me. But I can't
see what charge they can make against
me."
"How about the report that you are li
able to be deported by the Government
under the law forbidding' the admission
of foreign anarchists to this country?
"There's nothing to it. It was talked
of when I returned from Europe last
Fail, but the Government - authorities
could find no law for it."
: "Are you a naturalized American citi
zen ?"
"I am an American citizen. My father
was naturalized wlien I was 17 years old.
That made me an American when I be
came of ape."
Miss Goldnian said she would go right
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M, , J 1
on with her plans for meetings, and 1
u.m,1.4 .Item unices stnnnl hu the 1
police. However, she found her way
blocked last night by inability to secure
a hall. The owners of all public halls
in the city have been notified that the
license will be revoked in the case of
any one who allows Miss Goldman to j
speak. vt
Meeting to Be Stopped.
CHICAGO. March . Assistant Chief
of Police 3chu-ttler asserted today that
he is now watching Kmina Goldman, the
anarchist who is pcheduled to deliver
several -addresses in this city. She can
speak, the Assistant Chief declared, a'l
that she wishes in private. In relation,
however, to a report that she intended to
make an address in Metropolotan Hall,
he said:
"If she talks there, we will clean out
the hall. A permit was granted for the
meeting on the explicit understanding
that Emma Goldman was not to make an
address. If the owners of the hell violate
their agreement, we will stop the thing
entirely."
Closer Scrutiny of Immigrants.
PHILADELPHIA, March 6. lu ac
cordance with the recent order issued
by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
with regard to a closer scrutiny of aliens
arriving in this country, the 330 foreigners
who landed here today from the British
steamer Merion, were subjected lo the
elosest possible inspection. Fifty steer
age paasengers were detained pending
further investigation. Nine passengers
who could not pass the physical examina
tion will be deported.
WINEGROWERS FIGHT BILL
Argument Against Llttleficld Bill
Before Committee on Judiciary.
WASHINGTON". March 6. Arguments
were continued today, before the Mouse
committee on judiciary ascainpt the
Ijittlefield bill, providing that liquors
shipped in interstate transit shall be
subject to police powers of a state. A
delegation from the California Wine
Growers' Association was present, as
was also a delegation Tronic the W. C
T. U. The argument was made by
Andrea - Sharbaro, of San Francisco,
president of the California jwiss
Colony, who represented the California
Wine Growers, and L. J. Vance, of "Sw
York, secretary of the American Wine
-Growers' Association.. Both opposed
the bill.
OPKV
AMI-DRY
CAMPAIGN
Krewers Plan Country-Wide Fight
on Prohibition.
CHICAGO, March 6. A campaign of
publicity to counteract the effect of the
present prohibition wave was decided
upon by the board of trustees of the
United States Brewers' Association at a
The meeting was attended by Colonel
Gustave Pabst. of Milwaukee. Edward A.
Faust, of St. Louis. William Hann, of St.
Paul, and other leading brewers from all
parts of the country. The object of the
gathering was to extend the work of the
organization committee, gping'on' all over
the country tinder the auspices- of the as
sociation. Many of the brewers'had Juet returned
from a big brewers'- meeting in' New Or
leans and reports " were received from
many Southern communities to the effect
that prohibition in towns that have gone
''dry' in those states has been a failure.
The board decided to investigate condi
tions all over the country with reference
to the liquor business, both in "open" and
in "dry" communities, and "to publish the
results for the benefit of the country. Lit
erature on the economic aspects of the
business and other phases of the traffic
will be prepared by the organization com
mittee and distributed in every city and
community in the Nation.
Prohibition Agitation in Louisiana. 1
XBW ORLEANS, March 6. A campaign
to bring about prohibition in Louisiana,
when the Legislature, meets, next May,
will be made by the Louisiana Anti-Saloon
league, it was announced todayT The
league expects the backing of the forces
which have carried three other Southern
States for prohibition within a year. The
saloon Interests have organized in oppo
sition to the Prohibitionists.
The Anti-Saloon League will stump the
state with speakers from various sections
of the country beginning March 9.
SHIRT SALE.
The great Mount Hood brand in fancy
percales at 47 cents: soft golf. 67c, $1.23
and $1.5 values: French ribbed shirts
and drawers, blue only, regular 50c
grade, today 2&c. McAHen & McDonnell,
corner Third and Morrison streets.
Coffee was first produced In Arabia -early
In the 15th century. Tt- was first Imported
Into England abftut 160O.
Baby Laugh
It belongs to health for
a baby to eat and sleep,
to laugh and grow fat. -
But fat comes first;
don't ask a scrawny
baby to laugh; why,
even his smile is pitiful !
Fat comes first.
The way to be fat is the
way to be healthy.
Scott's Emulsion
is the proper food,
but only a little at first.
All Drug cU: 50c. uj 1 1 .00.
Established 1879.)
" Cum Wbllt I'm SJp. "
Whooping-Cough, Croup,
Bronchitis, Coughs,
Diphtheria, Catarrh.
Confidence can be placed in a rem
edy, which for a quarter of a century
nas earned unqumunea praise, jiesuui
nights are assured at once.
Creuolene It m Boon to AstbmmtJca
All Druggists
Send ostI for de
scriptive boeklet.
Cresolene Anttsratic
Throat Tablets for toe
irrif-ated throat, of
your druggist or from
ni. 10c in stamp.
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VTRAGOOn
CLOTHES FOR BOYS
Edcrheiincr, Stein & Co. - Makers
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TN a few plain
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what you get in
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A heaping meas-
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every dollar you
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satisfaction of
seeing your boy
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lad more expen
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Brautiful styles for
boys 3 tt 10, finished
in a most attractivi
nay.
Suits for toys, 7 to
17, tmartly tailored lo
give utmost wear and
style.
Sam'l Rosen
blatt & Co.
Corner Third arid Morrison
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