REPORTER RUNS
DOWN
LAND
FRAUD
New York Times Man Claims
Credit Fcr Arrest of
Henry E. G. Cooke.
TOLD STORY TO OFFICIALS
Xewspaper Man Pretended to Be
Interested in Plan to Grab Ore
gon Timber' and Learned
Inside of Scheme.
Credit for the arrest of Henry E. G.
Cooke, of New York City, at Baker City
several days ago and the breaking up
of what Is said to be one of the most
extensive public land frauds ever called
to the attention of the Federal authori
ties is claimed by a reporter on the New
York Times. It was he who presented
to the New York Federal grand jury the
Information which resulted in the indict
ment of Cooke and his associates who
were operating through the Oregon
Ranching & Timber Company which was
said tu have for its object the unlawful
acquisition of several thousand acres of
land in Burns County, Oregon. Cooke
is now in the Multnonyih County Jail in
default of $,"i000 bonds pending arrange
ments for lis delivery to the Federal
authorities in New York state.
The following account of the alleged
iwindl.j and the methods by which it
as detected and submitted to the Fed
ral grand jury was published in the
Sew York Times, July 15:
t'ooke's scheme for he was the head and
front of tlie concern ran to the acquisition
by the Oregon Ranching and Timber Com
pany of many thousand acres of valuable
timl-er lands by having dun.my entrants,
under contract with himself, go out to
Burns County. Or., and take out the papers
necessary to obtain lt0 aures each at $iM
n acre. Already a party of 38 men and
women have been taken from a dozen
points In this state and Pennsylvania to
Baker city and were in process of being
distributed, or 'located." a it Is in the
official parlance, when the arrest of Cooke
put an end to the enterprise.
Planned to (iet Others.
Cooke w as planning to come back here
for more. How many more depended only
upon the extent to which the huge tract
of timber land which the Government is
about to open up was taken by other en
trants before the second of Cooke's squads
could get out to Oregon. The New York
office of the Oregon Ranching and Timber
Company was in constant communication
with applicants right up to the time that
the action of the Federal authorities ended
the game and the force of canvassers
Cooke employed out of town on a commis
sion basis was busy rounding up still others.
I'nlted States District Attorney Stlmson
and Assistant t'ntted States Attorneys
Moore and Dorr are tracing carefully the
scope of the undertaking with the result
that Its ramifications appear more and more
extensive as the investigation proceeds.
The arrangement between Cooke and the
entrants was simplicity itself. The entrant
paid Cooke $100 and his own car fare to
Bnker City. Cooke underti.uk to transport
him to the scene of the timber fraud and
to board him at a ranch during the three
months necessary to take out the papers.
A t the end of this time the entrant got
his land and Cooke guaranteed that t
would be worth fOOO to him. Meantime
the entrant was obliged to commit perjury
In making oath that no one other than him
aelf was interested, directly or indirect. y.
In taking out the land. So Cooke lias been
indicted tor conspiracy to defraud the Gov
ernment, conspiracy, to violate the Timber
Lands Act. and fo'r subornation of per
jury. It was on June 153 that the attention of
the Times was drawn to a report that a
land fraud gang was operating, with head
quarters at l."4 Nassau street. Communica
tion was had with Mr. tfllmson. who said
that he was ready to act upon the presen
tation of any adequate evidence. Accord
ingly a reporter went to the offices of the
Oregon Ranching & Timber Company, on
the eighth floor of 15 Nassau street, where
also two Insurance societies run by Cooke
and a man named A. Gero Marshall, are op
erated, and asked for Cooke. The reporter
was told that Cooke was away. Then a
man ho posed as the office manager ap
peared. reporter said that he had been em
ployed at the race tracks and was out of
employment by reason of the anti-gambling
law and wanted a change of scene. He had
heard of a man named Miller of Scranton
who had gone out to Oregon on some sort
of land development deal and wanted to
find out about it. The manager hesitated
a moment and then said:
"You've got to have some money first.'
'How much ?" queried the reporter.
"About $175.' ald the manager.
The reporter ssid he thoucht he could
ra isa XI 2.1 t hron erh some frtenrii hut t Ka
man a ire r Insisted that St ."SO was th m 11 - '
est amount within the range of possibility.
"You have to pay $100 to the company,
and your carfare out there will be about
$MV he said "All you have to do," the
manager continued, "is to take out some
land, timber land, that the Government is
going to sell, and we'll give you S'JOOO for
it It w ill cost you about 40o for the
land, but our people have arranged with a
trust company out there to advance that
money, so that ail you will need to get
your $2000 is the $'.00 that you pay orig
inally and your carfare."
The manager said the company would
have a place for the entrants to live
while in Oregon at a cost of (l a day. the
amount of the board being deducted from
the f20tM at the conclusion of the negotia
tions. "You'll get the 2H)0 the minute you
give us the title to the land," he added.
The Flrat Purch users. m
Then the manager said that oS men had
already gone out on June 11. including
Miller of Scranton. and that some mote
w ere going In the near future. Ho sug
gested that the reporter should get some
one to go with him. The reporter replied
that he knew a good many young men
who had been working at the tracks and
w ere out of Jobs w ho would like to go,
whereupon the manager said:
"You'd better not talk about It too much.
You know we have to do this on the quiet,
for whlTe It's fixed so we have a dead sure
thing and perfectly safe, the Government is
mighty particular, and it won't do to let
It get around. '
The reporter said he understood that, but
wanted to know what he got for his $100
from the company.
"You get a contract." aald the manager,
nd he went into the other room, return
ing with an em elope of papers In dupli
cate, which, he said, were the contracts of
the as persons ho ent out with Cooke
on June 19.
"Here's Miller a." said the manager, turn
ing to the top one. "And here's the con
tract of Peter Fair of Elmira. He's a man
who broke his leg and we transferred ht
contract."
The manager ran over a lot of the folded
contracts showing that the party of June
19 bad gone out largely from Elmira and
Corning, in this state, and from Scranton.
Penn.. with a sprinkling of folk from New
York City. Then the manager, upon re
quest, opened one of the contracts and
read It over.
It provided in substance that an agree
ment should be made between Henrv fl
G. Cooke and the applicant to the effect
that Cooke undertook to loce for the
applicant lrtrt acres of timber land in the
State of Oregon. Cooke agreed, according
to the- contract, to transport the entrant
from Faker City. Or., to the place where
the land was situated, and further agreed
to attend to all the details and formalities
connected with the matter.
Form of the Contract.
Cooke Indeed was even generous enough
to agree to heard the entrant during his
residence for $1 a day. Then the contract
provided that the entrant should pay $100
to Cooke and receive therefor one share of
the stock of the Oregon Ranching A Tim
ber Company, on which Cooke proposed to
lend the entrant $400 to buy his 160 acres
of land.
All this done. Cooke agreed that the land
should return to the entrant $2000. less the
$400 loan and the entrant' living expenses
on Cooke's ranch. The entrant's monev.
pending the delivery of the stock, w as to
remain on deposit in Clarke Brothers' bank,
at 1A4 Nassau street, where the concern
tiAM been doing II banking. Having read
oy er the contract, the reporter asked for
a further explanation of the financial part
of it.
"You know." said the manager of the
office, "that if we lent you the money on
which to take up this land, both yt-u and
we would be liable, for you have to make
an oath that you are not actlnr for any
body else. But we have a sure way to
beat that provision, for nobody can atop
us from lending you money on a share of
stock of the Oregon lianchfng Timber
Company, and when you have That money
its yours to buy anything you please with."
The manager then unfolded a plan
whereby the applicant, upen obtaining the
execution of contracts by ten other ceoDle.
could get his own payment remitted. An
' appointment was made for the next day.
I and the interview ended.
t niiea states Attorney btimson ana nis
assistant. Mr. Moore, who was on the case
from the start, did not hesitate on hear
ing a report of this Interview in declaring
i the scheme a clear conspiracy to violate
tne Federal statutes. Hut w ith Cooke in
the West, there seemed small chance of
getting a case against him for som time
to come.
Meantime, on June 26, tha Times r e
porter again visited the offices at 154 Nas
sau street, told the manager he would be
able to raise the money jf he got a little,
time, and wanted to know more about the
security behind the contract. The manager
said there was a syndicate of capitalists in
Oregon backing the game, but that nothing
could be said about them tecause the Gov
ernment was "raising hell" and matters had
to be kept quiet.
This second call was on Friday, and the
reporter suggested that he ccme in the fol
lowing Monday to sign the contract. The
manager said he wouli be away, but took
the visitor out to the desk of Mrs. E. B.
GatMn. carhter of the Standard Protective
Society, who also appeared to act in a
similar capacity in the Oregon Ranching At
Timber Company. Having filled out the
blank spaces in a contract and Inserted the
name employed by 'lie reporter, the man
ager Instructed Mrs. Gatlln to receive a
payment on account.
The Contract Signed.
On Monday following the reporter called
aain, found Mrs. Gatlln In charge of the
offices, and paid $10 down to bind a con
tract. The contract which the manager
had filled in. signed by the nrme cf Cooke,
was produced, and. then tha cashier filled
in another of corresponding papar which the
reported signed In his assumed n;ime. Mrs.
Gatlln witnessing the signature. She ac
cepted payment of the money and gave a
receipt reading. "The Oregon Ranching &
Timber Company. E. B. Gatlln. Cashier.;'
Investigation of the Oregon Ranchlng
Standard Protective combination reveals an
interesting history Cooke, the dominating
spirit, is an Englishman, who has been in
this country for only a few years after a
rather turbulent tuslness career on the
other side. He came originally, it appears,
from a good family, but en this side has
been connected w ith one scheme after
another, and incidentally has been active
in the sporting life of the Tenderloin.
There is reason to believe from the state
ments of several individuals who knew
Cooke a year or so ago, that he had the
matter of land frauds under consideration
for some time, and during the year 1907
made several ineffectual beginnings toward
the same end as that to which the Oregon
Ranching & Timber Company was di
rected. For a year or so he had his of
fice in the St. Paul building, where was
located also one George B. Sldener, gen
erally known as "Judge." a Texas land
scheme promoter, who was also a well
known figure along Broadway In the White
iixnt district.
It was Sidener who apparently brought
Cooke and the Standard ProtectU e Society
together, for Sldener had at one time been
president of an insurance ccncTn named
the Bankers' Protective Society, a sort of
half-brother of the Standard. Beth are five-year-term
insurance companies, offering
sick benefits for the steted period, and at
the end a certain maney settlement. They
do most of their business in Pennsylvania,
where Cooke recruited a good many of hia
men for the Oregon expedition.
The Oregon Ranching & Timber Com
pany came into existence last January in an
incorporated form, Cooke having associated
with him Lillian. Ida and Julia Mayer, of
Jamaica. L. I., who put. up $100 for some
of the preliminary expenses. The Mayer
sisters got suspicious after a short time and
demanded their money back, at last reports
being in negotiation with Cooke to get It.
Then Cooke found new prey in the person
of Mrs. Annette Ehrgood. of this city, whom
he persuaded to advance $500. Mrs. Ehr
good stayed by to the end. and was one of
the party of 38 that Cooke led forth to
Baker City in June. The others were re
cruited by interesting method?.
T
INDIANS SAY MFATRIDGE RE
TAINS MONEV DUE THEM.
Vniaplne, Head of Tribe, WilV Go to
Washington to Lay Cae Before
Secretary Garfield.
PENDLETON. Or.. July 20. Declaring
that Indian Agent McFatrldge Is
withholding a part of the moneys due
the Indians for the rent of their lands to
white men, Umapine, head man of the
Umatillas. expects to leave In a few days
for Washington to carry the grievances
of the members of his tribe direct to the
Secretary of the Interior.
When told that the agent was probably
merely obeying orders and paying out a
little money at a time so the Indians
would not spend all their substance at
once and then be broke for the remainder
of the year, a smile of sarcasm curled
on the old red man's face, and through
the interpreter he declared that the agent
was only keeping the money of the old
and ignorant Indians who had no way of
telling how much they had coming to
them, and that he was holding It back
so he could collect the Interest which it
draws from the banks.
Umapine came to town today to find
out where the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior
are at present. Why he did not present
his grievances when these officials were
here last week the Indian did not say.
Since the entrance of McFatrldge about
a year ago. after the storming exit of
Major Edwards, the Umatilla reserva
tions seems to have been particularly free
from those petty bickerings between the
agent, renters and Indians which mark
every reservation but which seem to have
particularly characterized the Umatilla
reservation. That there has been trouble
brewing for some time has been known to
many, and It now seems that it is to
break out afresh with as much fury as
ever.
Past rumors, however, have confined
the disaffection to the white renters, it
being generally supposed that the Mc
Fatrldge administration has been satisfac
tory to the reds.
PEARY MAKING GOOD TIME
Arctic .Explorer Entering Strait of
Belle Isle, Labrador.
NEW YORK. July 20. The Arctic
bound steamer Roosevelt has crossed the
Gulf of St. Iwrence and entered the
Straits of Belle Isle at 6 o'clock last night.
This report was contained in a message
to the Associated Press from Commander
Peary, which read:
Point Amour, via Cape Race. N. F July
19. Arrived. Point Amour Light at 6 Sun
day night. Fine weather. Good run across
gulf. ITospects of a clear night through
the straits. All well. Peary.
Point Amour, upon which Is located the
lighthouse to which Commander Peary re
fers, is a headland on the southeast side
of Forteau Bay. Labrador.
MISTAKEN' F0R A DEER
Marshfield Business Man Killed by
Hunting Companion.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 10. Xewa
reached here today that August Helm
ing, a furrier and dealer in hides and
a prominent business man of Marsh
field, was shot and killed near Corbin.
Curry County, while hunting. Helm
ing, his wife and four friends left
here last week for an outing In th
mountains.
While stalking a deer one of the
party mistook Helming for the deer
and fired. Helming was killed instantly.
BEATEN 8Y NURSES
Masculine Intruder Is Roughly
' Handled in Hospital.
BREAKS INTO DORMITORY
Thirty Indignant Young Women At
tack Man VJth Pillows in San
Francisco Hospital and Force
Him Through Window
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. July 20. For
a space of about 15 minutes, shortly
after 9 o'clock on Saturday night, there
were lively doings In the nurses' dormi
tory in the rear of St. Luke's Hospital.
A man climbed over the fence surround
ing the dormitory in the rear of the hos
pital and entered by one of the windows.
He got into the apartment of Miss Ethel
Gurr, one of the nurses. Miss Gurr
emitted a piercing scream and grabbed a
pillow. At the same time the intruder
caught her by the hair.
A tussle ensued, with Miss Gurr scream
lng and beating her assailant with the
pillow. He tried to reach her throat for
the purpose of stopping her screams.
but she managed to keep him at bay
wnne sne grasped nis coat.
The screams of the frightened girl soon
aroused the other nurses, and in a few
minutes there was a party of 30 rescuers
on the spot, armed with pillows and
whatever other weapons the nurses had
Deen able to pick up in their way to the
scene. The beating of the intruder fol
lowed to the accompaniment of shrill
feminine exclamations. In the melee
several of the pillows parted at the
Beams and with feathers flying in clouds
the scene resembled the busy center of a
stage snow storm.
Round and round the room the con
flict was waged, with the intruder vainly
trying to dodge the blows aimed at him.
Some of the girls cried loudly for Dr.
Allen of the hospital to come to the front
and take the man into custody. One of
them went in search of Dr. Allen, but
before he arrived there was a sudden
finish.
In the tussle the intruder was pushed
up against one of the' windows. There
was the crash of broken glass and out
into the nignt he toppled followed by a
cloud of feathers.
TAFT A
ELECTED MEMBER OF STEAM
SHOVEL MEN'S UNION".
Friendship for Members of Organi
zation ' He Met In Panama
Brings Him Honor.
HOT SPRINGS. ... July 20. When
Judge Taft goes to Cincinnati to be noti
fied of his nomination for the Presidency
by the party, he will receive notice of
his election as a member of a labor or
ganization. He has been elected a mem
ber of the International Society of Steam
Shovel Men, of which T. J. Donlan. of
Chicago, is president. Mr. Taft has a
good deal to do with the steam shovel
men at Panama. His notification of his
membership in the union will be made
on July 29. ,
He will probably leave here next Satur
day for Cincinnati and may not return
until the following Saturday. Judge Taft
has concluded that it will not be possible
for hli to attend any state fair before
the election. After September 1 he ex
pects to remain In Cincinnati until the
election is over.
Willis Moore, chief of the Weather
Bureau, will be here tomorrow. Mr.
Moore has some ideas concerning the
treatment of the labor problem which he
desires to talk over with Mr. Taft. Judge
Taft will attend the opening of court at
Germantown. five miles from Hot
Springs, tomorrow and will deliver an ad
dress on administration of justice.
PRINCE GREETS TURNERS
Oscar of Prussia Salutes Flags
Carried by Americans.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MA1N, July
20. The most interesting feature of
the festivities in connection with the
international gymnastic tournament,
before the real tournament begins, was
reached yesterday. Prince Oscar of Prus
sia, in behalf of the Emperor and the
Crown Prince, who are In Austria,
traveled from Bonn to greet the mem
bers of the Turners' Union, who gath
ered in unprecedented numbers. The
Turners wore costumes of various
kinds, representing sports from the
time of the Olympic games until the
present day. Tms was followed by a
parade of allthe clubs having dele
gates here.
The Prince gave a marked salute to
each of the five American flags car
ried by the visitors. Afterward he
made a speech, in which he extended a
warm welcome to all the Turners.
Massed exercises by 15,000 Turners fol
lowed, this being a most remarkable
spectacle.
SAY PROWE TOLD TRUTH
"Eraigrados" and Political Exiles
Confirm His Story.
MEXICO CITY. July 20. "Emigra
dos" and political exiles from the Re
public of Guatemala and Salvador who
for some time have taken up an en
forced residence in this capital are a
unit in declaring that Dr. Herman
Prowe told the truth regarding Presi
dent Estrada Cabrera's contribution to
the Republican campaign fund of 1904.
More than a dozen of them have been
interviewed, and most of them expressed
surprise when it was said that Dr.
Prowe's statement was doubted. They
declare that the payment of tha money
to the American Minister was an open
secret, and whetlier the Republican
campa gu manager or the officers of
the present Administration know any
thing of the matter or not. Estrada
Cabrera does not forget, for the prom
ised support from the United States
did not come. This, they claim, was
demonstrated within the last fortnight
by the presence of the cruiser Albany
at the Pacific Honduran port of
Amapala and of the gunboat Marietta
at the Atlantic port of Puerto Cortex.
The emigrados, who meet here at
frequent intervals, claim to have re
ceived advices from what they char
acterise as an authoritative source to
the effect that Cabrera. after invei
gling to his support President Flgueroa,
started the revolution at Honduras for
the purpose of drawing President Ze-
laya into the conflict and then over
throwing both him and Davila.
Cabrera was to name their success
ors and thus become master of Central
America In fact. As an argument to
win over President Figueroa it is
claimed that Cabrera pointed out that
he had the United States assured as
his friend. He referred to the stand
taken by the former United States Min-.
lsters at Guatemala, naming Messrs.
Hunter and Lee. He concluded, it is al
leged, by saying that Minister Hunter
was his iriend. According to the emi
grados. this argument completely won
over Figueroa. When Figueroa asked
what part the Republic of Mexico
would play in the matter, it is de
clared that Cabrera answered that an
agreement between that country and
the United States existed by the terms
of which Mexico agreed to follow the
lead of the United States in matters
pertaining to Central America in gen
eral and Guatemala In particular. The
only discrepancies in the stories told
by the emigrados were regarding the
amount of the alleged contribution to
the Roosevelt campaign fund. Some of
them maintained that the donation was
$5000, instead of $10,000, as reported
by Dr. Prowe.
Ministers Deny Charge.
LEXINGTON, Ky., July 20. Leslie
Combs, United States Minister to Peru,
who was Minister to 'Guatemala during
the time when President Cabrera was al
leged to have contributed Jl 0.000 to the
Roosevelt campaign and who is now here
with relatives, this afternoon said he had
never heard of the matter. Ex-Minister
W. Guffey Hunter also entered an em
phatic denial of the story, saying that
at the time he was in Kentucky.
TURKISH TROOPS REVOLT
SEVEN THOUSAND MEN TURN
AGAINST THE SULTAN.
Officers Third Army Corps Threaten
Massacre Unless Assured Men
Are Released.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20. It is
rumored that 70)0 Turkish soldiers in
the Monastir district are in open re
volt and that 32,000 troops have been
ordered to the scene of the outbreak.
It is also reported that a number
of officers of the Third Army Corps
have threatened that unless their offi
cers now awaiting court-martial on
the charge of assisting the "Young
Turkey" agitation are Immediately
liberated all the generals in Macedonia
will be killed and the army will then
march to Constantinople and demand
the re-establishment of the constitu
tion. LOSE UNDER 3-CENT FARE
Cleveland Traction Company's Re
ports Show Big Monthly Deficits.
CLEVELAND Ct..- Tulv on mrainj
has had nearly three months of three-
i-ciii larea. aim two 01 ine monthly
report is predicted for July. The operat
ing e.r;iises ana nxea (marges nave been
ce9S of the pnrnlnirv Tho A .,, Ji 1
Traction Company, which is operating
iu-tti mica uuutir a. lease, also is
July 28. The revenue from transfers has
lmsch auuui ajw a rnonm, a cent each
having been charged.
ThA Off) r in Is nf t ho rnmr,o n.. still
press their belief that three-cent fares
will pay in time. An important meeting
uuctiuiB win De neia next xues
day to consider the inauguration of free
transfers and other vital points.
Transfers may be made free for a time
as an experiment to see if it win i
the patronage.
The property will not go back to the
old company, if we have to charge the
highest rate of fare allnweH hv mif fran
chise," President Dupont has said.
ine irancmse permits a rate of six
cents. ThA nnprnHntr nmno
chlse has been attacked in court and also
win oe votea on unaer tne state initiative
and referendum laws.
PURE MILK IS DEMANDED
Pendleton Council Will Strictly Reg
ulate Dairy Industry.
PENDLETON'. Or., July 20. (Spe
cial.) When Dr. W. G. Cole, City Phy
sician, declared recently that in his
opinion a large percentage of the dairy
cows which contribute to Pendleton's
milk supply are affected with tubercu
losis he started a crusade which is go
ing to reach proportions of which he
little dreamed and which will proba
bly result in giving Pendleton the
purest miik it has ever had.
When the Council meets in regular
session Wednesday evening the mem
bers will be asked to pass an ordi
nance which will not only provide for
a complete and thorough examination
and test for tuberculosis among all
dairy herds and the killing of animals
found to be Infected, but it will also
prescribe certain strict regulations
which the dairy men will be expected
to observe.
PERSIAN NEWS CONFLICTS
Reports Are, However, That Rachin
Khan Has Vpper Hand in Tabriz.
LONDON". July 20. The news from Per
sia coming from different routes is of a
rather confusing and conflicting nature,
except as indicating that Rachin Khaii
still has the upper hand In Tabriz.
According to the Daily Mail special dis
patch from Teheran, the political side
of the revolt in Tabriz for the moment Is
ended, but danger still threatens through
the possibility that the Shah's troops be
ing overpowered and expelled from Tabrla
by the revolutionists.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Teheran says that perfect peace reigns
there and Europeans may safely venture
in any part of the city. For the time be
ing, the dispatch adds, the parliamentary
pa iily has fully accepted the turning again
to ancient customs and standards, and
Teheran's old life moves as of old.
Fatally Burned by Powder.
JERSEY CITY. N. J., July 30. Mrs.
Josephine Faho was fatally burned in
the powder and fireworks factory of
John Flppo, owing to a nail in her shoe
striking a spark, which ignited some
powder. Her husband is employed in the
place, and after taking him his luncheon
she was walking about the building. The
burning powder set fire to her dress, and
before Faho could put out the flames she
became unconscious. She died in a few
minutes.
Valuable Package Lost.
DES MOINES, July 20. A package
containing- $1000 has disappeared from
the Des Moines office of the Adams
Express Company. It was one of three
identical packages, and while the other
two readied their destination without
mishap, this one has completely vanished.
TUFTS MOVE INTERESTS
BRYAN STtJDIES, THEN GIVES
OrT STATEMENT.
Wants Contributions Published.
Frank Monnett, of Ohio, Frorn.-
ises to Support Nebraskan.
FAIRVIEW, Lincoln. "Neb.. July 30.
The statement of Judge William H.
Taft at Hot Springs. Va., yesterday
that the Republican Xational commit
tee would not accept any contributions
from corporations in his campaign
was viewed here with more than ordi
nary interest. Mr. Bryan gave it espe
cial attention. In fact, so impressed
w-as he with the announcement that
he broke his usual silence and dictated
the following statement:
'"We welcome him to this advanced
ground and bid him to go further and
announce that all individual contribu
tions above a reasonable minimum will
be made known before "the election."
Late tonight Frank S. Monnett, for
mer Republican Attorney-General of
Ohio, who conducted the prosecutions
in that state against the Standard Oil
Company, and later was employed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to gather material upon which to base
the Government suits, arrived here and
held a lengthy conference with Mr.
Bryan. Mr. Monnett announced that
it is his purpose to actively support
Mr. Bryan In Ohio in the campaign
and that he will make numerous
speeches In honor of the Democratic
ticket.
Mr. Monnett said he was authorized
by Mr. Bryan to state that because of
the Government's dereliction in prose
cuting the alleged wool combine, whose
headquarters he claims are in Ohio.
Mr. Bryan had announced that if
elected to the Presidency he woull at
once put all the machinery of the Gov
ernment at work to destroy any com
bination that may exist.
Mr. Monnett returned to Lincoln at
a late hour and will depart fcr his
home early tumoirow morning.
SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONS
China Will Cultl-vato Friendship of
United States.
PEKIX, July 20. The Chinese Govern
ment has oecided to appoint Tang Shoy
Yi, Governor of Mukden province and
former president of the board of foreign
affairs, as high commissioner to visit
Washington for the purpose of thanking
the United States Government for remit
ting a portion of what is known as the
Chinese "Boxer" indemnity.
The decision to send a representative
educated in America and conversant with
American affairs, especially America's
international relations, instead of a prince.
as was originally intended, is due to the
recognition 'by the conservatives, as well
as progressives like Yuan Shi Kai, grand
councillor, of the necessity for closer re
lations with America. The necessity is
therefore marked in view of the state of
alliance and the increasing Jealously
among the European and Asiatic powers
within China.
China's declaration of her intention to
send 100 students to the United States an
nually for four years and after that 50
students annually until the entire award
shall be paid is only part of the present
design to allay American Influence in
China's affairs. The design contemplates
a benefit amounting to the whole can
celled indemnity.
Fatally Hart In Brawl.
SAN JOSE. Cal.. July 20. Frank Ce
sana. a candymaker, was found with a
fractured skull and a wound in the inside
of the mouth evidently made by a sharp
stick or parasol, at the corner of First
and San Fernando streets, at an early
hour this morning, by two friends, whom
he had left but a moment before. His com
panions say he was attacked by some
member or members of a party of three
men and three women, whom they pur
sued several blocks, finally giving up the
chase to return to the wounded man's
assistance. Cesana will die.
Judge Roger A. Pryor Is 80.
NEW YORK, July 20. Ex-Justice
Roger A. Pryor, of the Supreme Court,
member of the Confederate States Con
gress. Confederate General and a lifelong
Democrat, celebrated his 80th birthday
yesterday. A few friends called to see
him and the large desk in the library of
his home In West Sixty-ninth street, held
two huge bunches of beautiful flowers.
But he spent the day as he spends most
of his time now with his books and
flowers. Mrs. Pryor Is his constant com-
Statement of Condition of
Ladd & Tilton Bank
July 15, 1908
RESOURCES
Loans and DlNcounts 9 4.404.304.03
Overdrafts 4.2-4r,.H."
Bonds and Stocks 5,40.-.,87fl.!
Bank Premlxes , 7S.JmO.00
Cash on Hand and Due front Banks...., 8,674. 61,",. 79
Total. . . .: (13,564,042.83
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock FuHy Paid 9 l.non.OOO.OO
Surplus and Undivided Profits A21,31M1.00
Demand Deposits 6.2I.74B.83
Time and Savings Deposits 519.6!M).HO
Letters of Credit 6.200.00
12,042,646.63
f-0"1 13.r,64,042.63
OFFICERS.
W. M. LADD. President H. S. HOWARD. Jr., Atst. Cashier
EDWARD COOKINOHAM. Vlce-Pres. J. W. LADD. As faahier-
W. H. DUNCKLEY, Cashier WALTER M. COOK, Asst. Cashier
. DIRECTORS.
EDWARD COOKINOHAM J. WESLEY LADD
HENRY L. CORBKTT
WILLIAM M. LADD
CHARLES E. LADD
AMERICAN TEAM WON THE
INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH
At Olympic Games, England, July
9th, 10th, 11th; 1908 -
WITH UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO. JMPNITION.
Selected after four days' tests, in competition with that
made by the WINCHESTER and U. M. G. Co.'s
"U. S. AMMUNITION has proven SUPERIORITY in every
official test reported. RECORDS SHOW THAT FACT
Use "U. in WINCHESTER rifles to get best results
Is your moath similar in anv m-av m th
above? if so, no ned to wear a wobblv.
unusable partial plate or ill-nttlnR ordinary
bridge work. The Dr. Wise system of
"Teeth Without Plates"
The result of 21
way of replacing
in fact, teeth in
years' experience, the new
teeth In the mouth tseth
appearance, teeth to chew
your food upon.
bi you did upon your nat-
ural ones. Our
rorce is so oi anuea we
Ire crown, bridge or plate
necessary, positively pain
Only high-class, scientific
can do your ent
work In a day if
less extracting,
work.
Wise Dental Co.
Inc.
Dr. W. A. Wise Manager
21 years in Portland.
8cona floor Failing bldg.. Third and
Washington streets. Office hours, 8 A. M
to 8 P. M. Sundays. 9 to 1 P. M. Painless
extracting. 50c; plates, 5 up. Phonea A
and Main 229.
panion. Ex-Justice Fryor was the young
est member of the convention which
nominated Frankln Pierce at Baltimore
in 1852.
WHY WE GO TO EUROPE
It's to Find Freedom We Can't Get
at Home.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A new theory, and an Interesting one,
has been advanced to explain the Ameri
can exodus to Europe. It is said that
Americans go abroad in an instinctive
quest for freedom that they cannot find
at home. Personal freedom is what is
meant. Americans in the mass, beyond
doubt, are free. They can vote as they
please, elect what rulers they please, gen
erally speaking. But as individuals tlv.-y
cannot act. speak and write as they
please. The United States has less of the
vital, personal form of liberty than almost
any European country. For America is
governed by the tyranny of public opinion,
and this tyranny is almost absolute in
matters of conduct and even in the ex
pression of opinion on moral questions.
And so, the theory is, Americans go to
Europe to take a full breath, kick up
their heels and, feel free in a way that
the atmosohere of restraint at home
makes Impossible. It is certainly true
that in America a man Is bound to the
will of his neighbors in a far greater
extent that In Europe. The community
may dictate that he shall not smoke
cigarettes. And there is the vast, un
escapable body of moral and social con
vention, the dogmatic agreement of one's
neighbors as to what one shall wear and
eat and how one shall spend his time:
there are the tyrannical standards of
esthetic taste, of religious and economic
thought and the automatic regulation, by
public opinion, of nearly all the niceties
of life. Americans who bo gadding to
Europe may never have formulated this
difference in personal freedom; but they
feel It.
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DON'T RUB AND SCRATCH
CURE THE SUMMER ITCHES
All Forma of Ilih (aunrd by Warm
Weather and Perspiration Can
Quickly Be Cored.
Mosquito bites nettle rash prickly
iieat-r-hlves and all forms of Itch can
be Instantly relieved and quickly cured ,
by a simple wash of oil of wlntergreen
and other purely vegetable compounds.
If you are troubled with prickly heat,
hives, rash or any form of itch common'
to .hot weather, do not rub and scratch,
thereby Increasing the itch and irrita
tion, and many times resulting In a'
poisonous sore. Apply a few drops of
this liquid and instantly the Itch is
gone an! you feel soothed, calmed and
relieved. Mosquito bites. Summer
rashes, poison ivy and the like will no
longer trouble; in fact, the second and
third applications will begin to allay
i.he eruption.
This lljjuid is known as D. D. D. Pre
scription. It is .the standard reliable
eczema remedy and we positively vouch
for its sffeotlveness in ull Summer
rashes, mosquito bites, poison ivy, etc.
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DAY and EVENING
Phone Main 590, A 1593.
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of the
University of Oregon
Twenty-second annual sepilon hgtna 8V
tember 14. 1.08. Address S. E. Joseph!.
M Dean. 610 Dekim bids;., Portland.
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Thorough preparation of boys for eollega
or business. One mile from Stanford. Ex
ceptional advantages. Ideal dormitory sys
tem. Ample grounds for athletics. 16th
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