THE MORNING OREGON! AX, THURSDAY. MARCII 12, 19Q3.
RUEF'S RELEASE .
MAY BE AT HAND
the Bay Cities .property. Manson was
still on the stand when court adjourned
until tomorrow morning.
En
NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY
Mrs. Duniway Comforted About As
pect of Woman Suffrage.
ALTO
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Bail to Be Reduced. One-Half
Because of Double In- -'
dictments.
MORE AFFIDAVITS FILED
SprerkeU Joins In Denial of Immu
nity Contract Rucf Mora to
Have His Prosecutors- Cross-
Examined In the Court.
SAN FRAXCISCO, March 11. The re
lease from Jail of ex-Mayor Eugene E.
Schmitz was followed, today by the first
top to the release of Abe Ruef by the
reduction of his bail. Taking advantage
of the admission of F. J. Heney-in hii
affidavit filed yesterday that Ruef had
been twice Indicted on each offense, ex
cept about half a doxen cases, Ruef's
attorneys moved in Judge Lawlor's court
that Ruef either have his bail reduced
to a nominal amount on the duplicate in
dictments or be released on hia own rec
ognizance a to them.
Judge Lawlor held that the motion was
proper, and Mr. Heney said he would
tomorrow designate on which indictments
Ruef's ball should be reduced. Ruef'a
bail aggregates about $lP250,O0O and the
proposed action would reduce it to little
over JtfOO.OU). which Ruef says he can
furnish the moment he is allowed to with
draw hia plea of guilty on the extortion
charge.
Blocks Move to Force Trial.
By moving to make all the affidavits
and proceedings in regard to one of the
trolley indictments be made to apply to
the 13 others of that series, Henry Ach
blocked the attempt to bring Ruef to
trial today, for Judge Lawlor took until
Monday to deliberate.
An affidavit made by Ruef last night
wae filed today as the basis for a motion
to require Mr. Heney, District Attorney
Irngd on and W. J. Burns to' testify re-!
jrardinff the statements in their affidavits. !
Ruef states that upon cross-examination ;
he can establish that Heney made delib
erate statements of falsehood; that he
expects to show thereby that Heney was
employed for political purposes to involve
B. II. Ifarriman, W. F. Herrin and Gov
ernor James N. Gillett; that he expects
to force Heney to admit that many of
the statements in his affidavit are. "de
liberate and willful perjuries," and at
tacks his credibility as a witness, charg
ing that Heney is guilty of homicide.
Judge I -aw lor will decide this question :
tomorrow. '
More Affidavits Filed.
An affidavit by Rudolph Spreckels was
added today to thotte tiled by tile prosecu
tion. He says that he always understood,
believed and imdHted that Ruef wVild
bt givon substantial punishment, and that
Mr. Heney always agreed with him in
this respeet and always declared his In
tention of sending Ruef to prison. Mr.
Spreckels further ays that he never saw
the partial immunity contract or knew
Its contents until after it was made pub
lic on January 19 last. The bulk of- the
affidavit is given to explicit denials of
the affidavit of Ruef and Rabbis Kaplan
and Nieto.
I. ate this afternoon another batch of
affidavits was filed by the prosecution In
Judge Ijawlor's. court. These consist of
statements by John Fl McCarthy, who
was a guard during the time Ruef was
confined in the Killmore-street house;
George. Y; Burnell, who was formerly
Ruef's teacher, and Mr. Heney. Mr.
McCarthy's affidavit details some of the
scenes that took place Ht the .Killmore
street place and denies statements made
by the former landlord and a servant In
the pluee.
Mr. Burnett's- affidavit allegps that
Ra hhl Nieto told him on one occa sion
that he would not believe statements
made by Ruef.
Mr. Heney's affidavit is a brief and spe
cific dental of every allegation made In
Ruef's first affidavit.
Should Judge Lawlor decide the immu
nity question against Ruef. bis counsel
will probably apply to a higher court for
a writ of prohibition. Should he decide
in Ruef's favor, the validity of the in
dicftnents will be attacked on the ground
that Ruef was Induced to testify against
lilmwelf.
FAIL To LOCATE W. S. TEVIS
Court Overrules Iefcnse and Im
portant Witnesses Testify.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 11. Carroll
f. BeaT. general manager of the Bay
Cities Water Company, who has been on
the stand for three days In the libel trial
of R. A. Croihers and Fremont Older,
finished his testimony this morning and
was followed this afternoon by Marsdon
Mantton, whom the attorneys for the de
fense declared to have more experience
as an expert on water supplies than any
other engineer, hut whop Assistant Dis
trict Attorney William H off Cook con
tended was "merely a surveyor."
The attempt on the part of the defense
to ascertain the whereabouts of William
S. Tevis. president of the Bay Cities
"Water Company, whose presence is
wanted by both sides, by subpenainff the
telegraph and telephone companies to
produce all messages and records of com
munications sent from this city by speci
Jied. persons within the past 15 da-ys.
failed because of the refusal of Judge
lMoling to make such an order.
Heal tcstJried that the water rights of
the Sierra Water .Supply Company, a
minsidiury organization of the Bay Cities
Water Company, was estimated by en
gineers to have a value of about SUXXbtOO
and that the directors valued the rights,
including all necessAry Improvements, at
fcVOOo.Ouo. The sum actually paid for the
rights was SiiR.Ort).
Manson testified that he was appointed
on the Board of Public Works of in
Francisco in January, 1hi. and after
wards was one of the engineers sent by
the city to examine into the Hetch.
Hetchy water scheme. He said he made
a thorough examination and investigation
of the source, declared the supply to be
large and adequate and the quality good.
Its distance from Sin Francisco is H2
miles, the area of Hetch Hetchy and)
lakc Elinore watersheds square miles
and the reservoir capacity with a 150
foot dam he estimated at 35.I.U,0tKWi
gallon, and with a :X-foot dam at &4.
JMt.0UOi. The supply of water, he stated,
was sufficient for a city having a popula
tion of 2.0.onp.
Manson considered the Hetch Hetchy
water supply in quality and quantity su
perior to that of any of the many cities
that he had examined in this country,
with the exception of that of Portland,
Or., and declared it to be equal to the
water supply of that city.
He told of W. P. Tevis coming to him
in (.krtoher. 1!K," and endeavoring to en
gage him to examine and report upon
PORTLAND. March 11. (To the Editor.)
How I wish the few remaining men of
Oregon who expect to violate the women's
(13k of 'truce at the forthcoming June elec
tion, on the specious plea, that "women do
not want to vote," could have been present
and answer my doorbell and telephone yes
terday! All day. beginning In the morning
before I was out of bed, these calls came
until at 5 P. M., In sheer exhaustion. I
sought the home of a friend, for a little
change.
These calls were from women all over the
city, who bad read the evening and morning
newspapers and were excited over the report
of lawsuits brought in resistance to-a tax
levy by Attorney-General Crawford, to com
pel obedience to the law.
To reassure my anxious women constitu
ents, and at the same time reach thousands'
of others, equally solicitous, who search The I
Oregon Win's columns dally for information.
pleae allow me to say that I have consulted
several lawyers, including Attorney Ralph
R. Duniway. whose brief in the Kadderly
case covers the entire constitutional ques
tions involved, concerning both state and
Nation. All answer me that we-have no
cause for anxiety. The State Supreme Court
cannot be expected, under the evidence be
i fore H, to reverse Its rulings,
i . And with the memory of Chief Justice
Taney's infamous decision In the Dread-Scott
case in mind, I confess I do not feel quite
eo confident as to the final outcome before
the United States Supreme Court. Although
as I recall a recent decision of 'bis modern
i successors, in which they agree with Mr.
I Roosevelt that women should have all the
; rights of men. plua the right of -protection,
; I point with pride to the initiative petition
under which the progressive men of Oregon
have created our present equal suffrage
campaign, and feel comforted.
ABIGAIL, SCOTT DUNIWAY.
THROW OUT SCOTCH- BILL
House of Lords Braves Threats of
the Government.
LONDON, March 11. Undismayed by
threats of penalties to follow the second
rejection of the government's Scottish
small holdings bill, the House of Lords
this evening, after a debate which has
lasted for two days, refused! to give the
measure a second reading by a vote of 153
to 33.
The Scottish clans have not risen in sup.
port of the bill since it was rejected by
the House of lords at the last session.
During the recess the Ministerial spokes
men threatened freely that if the Upper
House again threw out the measure the
government would restrict the powers
of the hereditary chamber. Since these
threats were made, however, considerable
difference of opinion, has developed. The
silence of the Ministers today leads to
the belief that the Cabinet is not yet
prepared to inaugurate its campaign
against the House of Lords.
BRIEF NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
Corona, Cal. The safe deposit here was.
blown Tuesday, the'robbers securing $250.
New Tork George Crocker, son of the
late Cbarles Crocker of San Francisco, is
seriously ill of stomach trouble..
Los Angeles William Wagner, the fifth
defendant charged with Illegal registration
in Ocean park election cases, was found not
guilty.
New Tnrk At a banquet Tuesday night
Nikola Tesla predicted that development of
water power would simplify warfare and
that aerial war-vessels would displace ships, j
New York Countantlne Pelisrino. 17
years old, who killed his father, Anselmo
retlgrino, while defending his mother from
his father's drunken fury, was discharged
Tuesday. '
Trenton.- Tenn. Night , riders on Tuesday
night fired Hhois Into the house of a negro
tenant In Gibson County and pushed warn
ings to leave under the doors of other ne
groes. ;
Ts Angeles A Jury awarded Anna M.
Hooper $.04M damages against the Los An
geles Gas & Electric Company for Injuries
sustained by an explosion of gas In a res
taurant a year ago.
-Chlcago&A band of armed farmers is Da
trolling the 'lake shore near Kenosha, Wis.,
in search of Christian Rasmussen, a drunk
en farmer, who poured boiling water over
his two children Tuesday.
Chicago William Miller, -of Ravina, Mass.,
a college graduate, who was arrested here
Saturday, cnnfessen that he haa been steal
ing for more than three years In many
cities.
New York Helen Margaret Beatrice
Sacher, the 7-year-old claimant to one-half
of the $1,000.00 Colton estate, arrived here
Tuesday to testify In the contest at Wash
ington. . . "
Manila Fire destroyed 2000 native hacks
in the Samplouc district of Manila, on the
evening of March 11, doing $100,M0 dam
age and rendering 15,000 natives homeless.
There is no danger of starvation of suffer
ing. . " .
Chicago Fire following an ' explosion In
a building at IStt Fifth avenue Tuesday
night, threatened neighboring buildings and
tied up several streetcar lines for two
hours. Several firemen were injured. .Loss,
$M),000.
Philadelphia An automobile in which
were riding A. J. Drexel, Jr., II. Newell
Guernsell. Benjamin Parker, all of this city,
and three other men, was struck by a trol
ley car Wednesday. The three young men
named were injured.
Los Angeles H. H. Hitt, local representa
tive of N. W. Halsey & Co.. Now York
bankers." accidentally shot himself In the
left groin in his apartments at the Hotel
Pepper. Wednesday. His recovery is prob
able If bloodpoisonlna does not set in.
Chicago The question of Sunday saloons
will not be on the ballot at the Chicago
Aldrmanic election. April 7. The Klectlon
commissioners hold that the question of en
forcing a law Is not proper for submission
under the public policy act.
CalHo. Egypt During the second race of
the first automobile meet ever held In .
Egypt, one of the cars left the course and
killed a policeman and two spectators and
injured 14 persons. The races, which were
witnessed by the Khedive and the Duke and
Duchess of Con naught, were then called off.
Chicago Railroad presidents and vice
presidents, officials in charge of operation
and construction engineers, representing ap
proximately $1SO,000,000 of a total of 220. 000
I miles of railroad in th United States, will
meet with instructors and engineer experts
i of Cornell T'nlversity and the University of
Wisconstn next week in Chicago.
San Francisco Though a reduction of
$70,000 was ordered by the trial Judge In
the case of William R. Zibbell. who -won a
damage suit against the Southern Pacific,
the motion for a new trial was denied and
the remaining award of $30,000 damages
stands. Zibbell was run down by a train and
lost both arms, one leg and part of the
other. The Jury awarded him $100,000.
PERSONALMENTION. .
Judge T. G. Hailey was reported last
night to be no worse, although he was
not up during the day. He is constantly
attended by his wife.
C M- Secrist. general manager of the
Pacific Fruit Express Company. with
headquarters in Chicago, and J. W. Mc
Clymonds, general agent of the company,
located at San Francisco, are on a reg
ular tour to this territory on business
connected with their company. Mr. Se
crist sail yesterday that their visit had
no special siglnirtcance, but that the out
look was extremely favorable for a large
amount of refrigerator traffic for the
year. No change, he announced, 'in rates
or otherwise is contemplated. This com
pany is known as the Harrtman refriger
ating line and is in close touch with the
general agents in this city, having their
offices In Wells-Fargo building.
CHICAGO, March 11. J. C. Morrison, of
Portland, is registered at the Auditorium.
Income-Bearing Properties.
We have for sale a $12,000 investment
bringing 14 per cent: one for $12,500 bring
ing 11 per cent, and a JU. 000 investment
bringing 9 per cent net. Charles K. Henry
& Son. 2,0 Stark street, Portland. Oregon.
Give Dry Officers Preference.
WASHINGTON. March 11. Repre
sentative Acheson. of Pennsylvania, to
day Introduced a bill to promote effi
ciency among military officers, by pro
viding that total abstainers be given
preference in promotions.
In
and strictly proKibhs
the sale or alum
baking powder
So does France
So does Germany
- The sale of alum foods
has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum
bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as
injurious. jq profeci yourself against alum,
when ordering baking powder,'
Sap plainly
and be very sure you get RoyaL
Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole
t -i t i '
someness or the loo a.
DEATH OF PIONEER
R. R. Thompson Made Fortune
on Columbia. ,
STARTED IN EARLY. 50'S
Stcamboatiuan Who Founded Oregon
Steam Navigation Company With
K. F. Coc Passes. Away
at San Francisco.
SAX FRANCISCO. March U.--Captain
R. R." Thompson, founder of the Oregon
Steam Navigation Company, and one of
the prominent capitalists in the city,
died here yesterday at the age of 88
years.
R. R. Thompson was numbered among
the pioneer steamboat mn on the Upper
Columbia. Early In the 50's he associated
himself with E. F. Coe and accumulated
a fortune by operating a line of steamers
on the Columbia and its branches. Start
ing with a single boat, the partnership
soon built up a small fleet which was sub
sequently purchased by the Oregon Steam
Navigation Company, the property after
wards being absorbed by the Oregon Rail
road & Navigation Company.
The early experiences of Mr. Thompson
on the Columbia Kiver seem Incredible
at this time and serve only to show the
remarkable Ingenuity and business en
terprise of the- man. "With his partner,
Mr. Coe, he first secured a Government
contract for carrying freight to Fort
'Walla Walla, their charges from Celilo
to the Government post being as high
as $100 a ton. -. Later another vessel was
built, the business offered for the first
boat, the Colonel Wright, being more than
could be handled. After the firm disposed
of its interests, having acquired consid
erable wealth, Mr. Thompson located In
Portland, where he resided until a few
years ago, when he went to California,
where he remained almost continuously
until his death.
REACHES MAGDALENA BAY
(Continued From First Pace.)
received by him on board the Torktown. On
the day of the review all vessels will be
fully dressed and at night the ships will be
illuminated.
Admiral Elvans has been instructed in
connection with the movement of the
fleets up the coast to inform the Mayor
of Los Angeles of the date of arrival at
San Pedro.
CHAMPIONS OF PACIFIC FLEET
Maryland Leads Battleships and Al
bany Leads Cruisers.
MARE ISLAND, Cal..' March 11. It is
learned here that the cruiser Maryland,
Captain Chauncey Thomas, will bo
awarded the trophy for the best show
ing made by battleship class vessels dur
ing the recent practice at Magdalena
Buy. All ships of this class made a
better showing at Magdalena Bay than
at target practice on the Eastern Coast,
the Maryland far distancing all others.
The order of record is as follows: Mary
land, Tennessee. Pennsylvania, West Vir
ginia and Washington.
In practice with six-inch guns the St.
Louis made the highest average, with
the Maryland and Charleston snaking a
second record with a tie. In the cruiser
class a wonderful record was made by
the Albany, Commander Henry T. Mayo.
The Albany made a score of 93 per cent
with the five-inch guns and it is ex
pected that she will be rewarded by a
trophy. The St. Lonis took second place,
beating the Charleston.. The Yorktown
was next, defeating the Milwaukee, al
though the former had no preliminary
praatice with the guns.
The Yorktown, now at San Francisco,
is expected to come to Mare Island for
the installation of wireless telegraphy. It
is reported that she will be used as a
review ship by Secretary Metcalf upon
the arrival of the battleship fleet at San
Francisco.
WTord has just reached Mare Island
from Washington that all marines will
be granted & 40 per cent Increase of pay.
This action has been taken in order to
secure additional men.
WILL DAXCE WITH JACKIES
San Francisco Society Matrons to
Entertain Sailors.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 11. Society
women will dance with the jackies of the
fleet. The ladies of the California Club
have accepted the invitation of the com
mittee for the entertainment of enlisted
men of the fleet to attend to all the details
of the reception and ball to the men.
There mill be no distinction as to class in
this social demonstatlun in honor of the
-
,
blue-jackets of the United States Navy,
except that the women attending the ball
will be there on invitations sent through
the California Club.
At a meeting of a large committee
Which represented the club before Jhe
fleet entertainment commute 'today, Mrs.
Cornwall said she had spoken to several
society matrons about the ball and all
had expressed their desire to dance with
the American sailors. Mrs. Coffin sug
gested that Invitations be sent to mem
bers of the Garment Workers, the Wait
resses, tne Laundry Wrorkers and other
unions, and the suggestion met with
unanimous approval.
PREBLE ARRIVES AT VEXICE
On Way to San Francisco From
Magdalena. v ;
SANTA MONICA, March 11. The
United States torpedo-boat destroyer
Preble, Captain Freeman, arrived at
Venice at 6:30 o'clock this afternoon,
direct from Magdalena Bay, where she
had been a week. The vessel will go
to Port Los Angeles in the morning and
take on coal enough to enable her to
continue her voyage to San Francisco.
When the Preble left Magdalena Bay
on Sunday morning, there were in the
harbor there four colliers, with coal for
Admiral Evans1 battleship fleet, and
the cruisers California, Buffalo and
South' Dakota.
WIRELESS FROM THE FLEET
Aerograms at San Diego Indicate
Progress Up Coast.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 11. The
Navy wireless station at San Diego was
in direct communication with the bat
tleship Connecticut, ,off the Mexican
Coast, early today, ' and received and
trajismitted 26 official dispatches to Wash
ington. The first signals were exchanged
before mkrnlght. A total of several
hundred words was received in cipher
and a large number . of messages were
transmitted to the Connecticut.
-A wireless message received here today
states that the new armored cruiser
South Dakota sailed north from Magda
lena last night. This cruiser arrived at
Magdalena only Saturday night, and ex
pected to remain a week or ten days at
the targets.
' All the wireless stations along the Pa
cific Coast have been competing for the
honor of the first direct communication
with the coming fleet, and the residents
of San Diego are much elated over the
success of the Point Loma operators. The
Georgia was also In communication with
Point Loma early today, and transmitted
many . brief cipher messages.
. -
Fails to Find Modern Crnsoe.
WASHINGTON. March 11. The cruiser
Yankton reported her arrival at Acapulco
today. She also reported that her expe
dition to Indefatigable Island to find Fred
Jeffs, an American seaman, who was
abandoned there, 4iad been futile. Jeffs
was jiot found.
Torktown at Golden Gate.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 11. The gun
boat Yorktown has arrived here from La
Union. Salvador, putting In at Magdalena
Bay for target practice on her way up.'
The Yorktown will stay here several
weeks.
STEVENS GOES UP IN AIR
Balloonist and Passenger Travel
Over 43. Miles an Hour.
HAMPTON. FALLS, N. H., March 11.
After making an average speed of more
than 43 miles an hour for a little more
than three hours, the balloon Stevens No.
21, which ascended from Pittsneld. Mass.
at 11:09 A. M. today, landed in this town
at 2:15 P. M. The landing was made
A. sense of relief occurs
after coffee has been discon
tinued, if Postum is used in
its place as the hot beverage
at meal-time.
The caffeine, in coffee, is a
drug and does more or less
harm to all coffee drinkers,
although some may not real
ize it.
Postum contains no coffee
or other harmful 'substance,
but has all the nourishment
of clean, hard wheat, includ
ing the bran-coat of the
wheat berry in which is
stored by Nature the phos
phates for rebuilding brain
and nerve tissue. There's
real comfort from using
P os turn, and
"There's a Reason.1"
A vr WILL BUY a frit "WILL BUT fl f f f WILL BUY
UK 42x42-inch top I I i a heary 6- I XS 6-foot Ex-
J)UJ 6 -fool Exten- J)l 1 J inch leg Ex- JXwU(mI tension Ta-
gion Table. ' tension Ta- ble in round
made of thoroughly, seasoned ble. Top is 44x44 inch and ex- top and pedestal base; golden
hard wood ; golden, finish. Reg- tends to 6 feet. Regular value, or weathered finish. Regular
nlar value $11.00. ' " $17.50. . value $21.00.
J)6JUU ter - sawed J)1JJU Pedes- J)U lVU HnslonaTa;
oak Pedes- w ble in finest
tal Extension Table, 6 feet long tal Tabie quarter - sawed oak; finished
and round top; finished golden with select quarter-sawed oak golden or weathered; round pil-
or weathered. Regular value top and claw feet. Regular val- lar pedestal base. Regular val-
$35.00. ' . ne $26.50. ue $42.50.
WILL BUY ffQO An WILLBte (r9 Cll M
PXvJlvJ leK Exten- J)J JsUU sawed oak JUwvJJ Extension
sion Table, Ext ension T a b 1 e, in
with quarter-sawed golden oak Table; finished weathered or quarter-sawed golden oak; has
ip - and legs. Regular value golden; heavy claw feet; pedes- 60-inch top and plain pedestal
$29.00. tal base. Regular value $55.00. base. Regular value $125.00.
coo en rss:s ni 5fl rzsz tfi7 ifl
SCjUmsJXJ toP and d)sJ IJU Extension dJUlJl tnP 10-toot
square ' Table, with Ext eneion
pedestal 6-foot Extension Table; 48-in. top and 8Tfoot extension; Table, with heavy pedestal base;
made of select quartered oak has heavily carved claw feet; made of select quartered oak;
and finished golden or weath- golden or weathered oak. Reg- finished early English or golden,
ered. Regular value $41.60. ular value $56.50. Regular value $115.00.
safely and easily near this village, the
spot being less than a mile from the At
lantic Ocean.
The occupants of the carv were Leo
Stevens, of New Yrk, who acted as
pilot, and William M. Whitehouse, of
New York, as passenger. The entire dis
tance covered by the balloon in three
hours and six minutes was about 130
miles. The trip did not establish a new
record for speed.
TRYING TO GET TOGETHER
Britain Proposes to Russia Settle-
- nient In Macedonia.
VIENNA. March 11. It is stated here,
but not authoritatively, that the Russian
government has received Great Britain's
proposal for appointment of a governor
foe Macedon. for a term of years,
the governor to be either a Christian or
Mohammedan.
Mlsche Reaches City.
Kmil T. Mische, recentry employed by
the Park Board at a salary of 208 a
month, has reached the city and will to
day be present at a special meeting of
the Board, to be held at 10 A. M. He will
supercede Arthur D. Monteith as park
keeper. What position Mr. Monteith will
fill hereafter has beaa Ucided.
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dinned it vMC tabte Setter to you
ftmddr and you&el ij you it
on a bvwCl new toMe.
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Mthe to Suy one. vH- faave too many
dinintfoom taller and vtidA to tell
them- that & all.
FIRST AND TAYLOR
CHECKS SIGNEDBYGQDDWIN
LAXD-FRALD DEFENDANT IS
CAUGHT IN TRAP.
Shown Nearly 1000 Checks Atyer
He Has Sworn Only a Few
Were Issued by Him.
LOS ANGELES, March 11. Dr. David
M. Goodwin, on cross-examination be
fore Commissioner Van Dyke today in
the Oregon land-fraud cases, stated he
had signed only a few checks while
acting as president of the Pacific Fur
niture & Lumber Company. Bundle
after bundle of checks were then pro
duced and shown Dr. Goodwin, and he
acknowledged they bore his signature.
The Government. In Its seizure of the
company's records, obtained possession
of nearly 1000 of uch checks.
Dr. Goodwin Identified scores of these
checks as bearing his signature, but
said he did not know specifically
what they were issued for. except that
he was told they were for labor and
materials. Dr. Hedderly, he said, was
finPial xnanaxer of the company, and
had authority to say how money
should be paid and to whom, although
Dr. Hedderly had no money invested
in the company. As financial manager.
Dr. Hedderly attended to the checks,
the witness stated.
HAFID IS LOSING POWER
Forces Said to Be Deserting Snltan
of the South.
PARIS, March 11. Government advices
received from Morocco indicate that thf
star of Mulai Hafid, the so-called Sultar
of the South, Is waning fast. The re
peated victories of the French forces,
coupled with the indifferent attitude dis
played by Hafid, have created disaffection
and resentment among his followers.
Amends Vehicle Tax Law.
Councilman tteiaing, i me i-rant
meeting yesterday afternoon, introduced
an ordinance amending the present ordi
nance fixing a tax on vehicles. This
measure is lniemiea to amenu ins ex
isting law; so as to tax pleasure vehi
cles as well as all others. It was re
ferred to the general license committee
for action.