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T1IK MUIOTXCr OREGON AX, FRIDAY, DECE3IBER 11, 1908
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NO DEIAY ALLOWED
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Ifj FINCH
'S TRIAL
Man Who Shot Attorney R. B.
Fisher Must Make Plea
This Week.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Jndcp Gantonboin Icnics Applica
tion or Accused Man's Counsel
for Week Stay in Proceedings.
Orders Immediate Answer.
His tall frame shaking -frith emotion.
4-aused by the shadow of the gallows
which lies across his. pathway, James
A. Finch stood before Presiding Judge
Gantenbeln. in the Circuit Court yes
terday afternoon for arraignment. He
was indicted in the morning by the
prand Jury of murder in the first de
cree, for the shooting of Kalph B.
Fteher.
Immediately following the reading
of the indictment by Deputy District
r V, lltnrnn- C. H. PlCROtt.
formerly Finch's partner, addressed the
court:
"If it please your Honor, we would
like one week's time In which to plead
to this Indictment. We would not a.sk
for a continuance except for the fact
that the business of my office has been
'left in chaotic state."
Extra Time Denied.
Judge Gantenbeln replied that -the
law allows an - accused criminal one
dsy In which to plead, and that Finch
must enter his plea before 9:30, Sat
urday morning.
During the reading of the Indictment
the acused -man stood silent, except to
answer when the deputy asked hlra
If James A. Finch was his true name.
Because the arraignment came so soon
after the returning of the indictment
there were comparatively few specta
tors in the courtroom.
The Indictment charges Finch with
having shot Fisher with a pistol load
ed with gunpowder and leaden bullets
on November 28. The witnesses ex
amined by the grand Jury were Verna
Burkhart. James J. Dunning, S. M.
Gellert and W. A. Roberts.
Other Cases Vp.
Harry Daley was also arraigned
yesterday afternoon, and allowed until
Saturday morning to enter his plea.
He is accused of murder in the first
degree for the shooting of Harry Ken
ny in the latter"s saloon, on November
1$. The witnesses called before the
grand jury were: James Lyons. John
A. Erickson. E. Burke. C. R. Hellyer,
John A. Golts and Christ Miller.
Lo Furlong was arraigned on a
rharge of having stolen 15 from E.
JL Hansen on November 15. Through
his attorney, J. A. Jeffrey, he pleaded
not guilty.
Jake Horn, charged with assault on
Chris Nelson on November 26. with In
tent to rob. was arraigned, and plead
ed not guilty. Richard Christopher
and M. F. Copley were also arraigned.
The first Is charged with having bro
ken into the dwelling of "SV. J. Mallory
on November 23. Copley is charged
with having contributed to the delin
quency of Meta Nonkcn on September
6. The two men will plead Saturday
morning.
Indictments Returned.
Other indictments returned by the
grand Jury yesterday morning were
those against D. F. Taylor and C. J.
Johnson. Taylor Is charged with the
forgery of a check for $14.95 on No
vember 6. The check was drawn on
the I.umberroens National Bank, pay
able to John I Klder. and signed J.
I. Eastham. It was passed on John
P.ometsch. Johnson Is charged with
the theft of Elmer M. Downinga suit
case and wearing apparel on November
22. A not true bill was returned
against George De Morris.
RAPID PROGESS IX TRIAL
Johnson 31 order ITearinjf Carried
On 'With Good Speed.
The murder trial in which Matt and
John Johnson, father and son. are ac
cused of shooting Fred J. Holock is
progressing rapidly. The jury was
drawn Wednesday morning, the open
ing statements of the attorneys for the
state and defense made early In the af
ternoon, and at 4 o'clock yesterday the
ptate had rested Its case. The defense
put on one witness last night, whose
testimony did not differ materially from
that of the witnesses for the state.
Two of the state's witnesses, who
have been in custody since the mur
der wss committed. September 11 last,
were released yesterday, after they had
given their testimony. They were
Victor Hill and Andrew Hendrickson.
They are the two Finns who made up
the quartet which was playing cards in
the Nicolai Exchange, at the corner of
Twenty-fourth and Nicolai streets, the
two Johnsons making up the four.
A. A. Anderson acted yesterday as in
terpreter for the Finns. Hendrickson
said that Matt Johnson was somewhat
Intoxicated when they started home.
Just before they left he said that Ho
lock put his head out the saloon door
and said something In English which
Hendrickson could not understand. As
they were going home they saw some
of the other party, which had been
playing pool in the saloon, following.
It is the contention of the state that It
was necessary for the pool players to
go past the Johnson house In going
home.
Hendrickson said that young Johnson
took Hendrlckson's pistol from his bu
reau drawer and brought with it 11
cartridges.
Victor Hill said he did not hear Matt
Johnson, the father, call to his son to
"till It up with cartridges." But before
he left the witness-stand he said that
the younger Johnson suggested when
he returned that the four go hack to
the saloon, get a beer and "see what
those fellows want, anyway."
Patrick Devlne said he tripped Matt
Johnson after the shooting, but re
leased him when some one said only
blank cartridges had been fired. Joe
Cole and Thomas Holtz caught him the
second time, and turned him over to the
police. Policeman D. Endlcott told of
arresting all four of the Finns.
Other witnesses were Chris Felske.
Oscar Hokum and Victor Olsen. The
case will probably go to the Jury to
night or tomorrow.
TOO 31 A XT JOHXSOXS IX COfUT
Three Effort to Get Right Man Fail
and Session Adjourns.
After three efforts to arraign C. J.
Johnson before Judge Gantenbeln in
th Circuit Court yesterday afternoon
Jiad failed. Deputy District Attorneys
Vreeland and Mosessohn. with the
deputy sheriffs present, concluded H
was a case of "too much Johnson."
There are no less than five Johnsons
In the County Jail charged with crim
inal offenses.
When Deputy Mosessohn called C
J. Johnson's name, the Johnson who
hait hA.n hi-Atio-ht In. a negro, arose.
and a soon as the deputy had finished.
reading the indictment, spoxe up w inn
Judge:
"Your Honor, that's not for me. I
didn't commit no such crime as that.
I gave a minor whisky, that's the
charge against me."
"What is your name?"
".Take Johnson."
With that Jake was hustled back
to Jail, and another Johnson brought
in.
"Mr. Johnson, stand up." said Deputy
Mosessohn.
"la C. J. Johnson your true name?"
"No sir. my name's C. A. Johnson.
Then the Jail was searched for C
J. Johnson, but by the time he had
been brought ' Into court. It had ad
journed, and the right Johnson will
h. prafrnAi) Satiirdav mornlnE.
Matt Johnson and John Johnson are
on trial before a Jury In Judge Lie
land's department on a charge of mur
der in the first degree.
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County Court Xotes.
N. R. Kesselof f " was yesterday ap
pointed administrator of the eatate
of N. Goncheruka. The only property
la a claim azalnst the Chapman Lum
ber Company for $7500, on account of
Goncheruka's death. He waa 30 years
old.
The will of John H. Willdee, waa
filed for Drobate yesterday In the
County Court and provides that all his
nrooertr shall go to Elixabetn tJ. iioi
comb. In order to provide for any
contingency, Willdee says that "If any
person other than Elizabeth C Hoi
comb claims relationship to me within
six months after the probate of this
my last will and testament, I will to
them the sum of $1.
School Board Objects to Building.
The School Board of District No. S,
consisting of M. H. Henderson. J. H.
Morrissey and Thomas Talbot, has
brought suit in the Circuit Court
against the American Surety Company
of New York, Charles M. Robinson
and F. W. Benson. Secretary of State,
for the recovery of $2850. It is al
leged that on June 29 Robinson en
tered Into a contract with the board
for the erection of a building in ash
lngton County. It is charged that It
was not constructed according to the
plans and specifications, and that Rob
inson ha tailed to pay for all the lum
ber and other material used.
Appraisers for Fisher's Estate.
Judge Webster has appointed nine ap
praisers to inventory the Ralph B. Fisher
estate. Three of these will estimate the
value of the property In Hood RJver
County, three that In Douglas county,
and three in Multnomah County.
The Hood River County appraisers are
C. T. Roberts. R. H. Coshow. and George
Culbertson. Those of Douglas are J. W.
Beckley. V. O. Durland. and John Gross,
while those in Multnomah are Joseph
Evans, Ralph A. Coan and G. Everett
Baker.
Salt to Recover on Xote.
Suit to recover 00 on a promissory
note has been filed in Circuit Court by B.
B. Hinshaw against it. Taylor Hill. It
is alleged that Hill signed the note on
January 13 as gurantor for J. Ney Hill.
The complaint aska that payment be
made through the Petaluma National
Bank, of Petaluma. Cal.
REWARD OF SBCQ OFFERED
SURETY COMPANY WILTi PAY
FOR ROBBERS' ARREST.
In Addition, Looted Bank Will Pay
10 Per Cent for Return of
Money Stolen.
Six hundred dollars is the reward of
fered for the arrest and conviction of the
three holdups who sacked the East Side
Bank of nearly $16,000 at dusk Monday.
This reward waa posted yesterday by the
Empire State Surety Company, which
held burglar Insurance on the bank
and which is loser to the extent
of $10,000. Id addition, ten per cent will
be given on any and all of the stolen
money which may be recovered. The fol
lowing circular wag Issued yesterday by
the Chief of Police:
Six husdred dollars reward will be paid
by th Kmplre state Surety Company for the
arrest and conviction of the three men (or
U0 for each) who oa the evening of De
cember T lOS, held up md robbed the East
Side Bank of this city of some 113.000. The
additional reward of lo per cent for all
moneys recovered will be paid by the owner
of the bank. H. H. Kawhs.ll, who reports
the following money stolen: ajwoo in 120
cold pieces wrapped In $&0O rolls; $1200 In
U gold piece wrapped in 4O0 rolls: S1WX
in S5 gold pieces wrapped in $200 rolls; $1U00
fabout) in $20 mostly, annse $10 and $5 loose;
2 $Ao0 bills, one a gold certificate and one
lecKl tender: 10 $100 bills, mostly gold cer
tificates, band around them; 10 $50 bills;
mostly gold certificates, one package $3000:
70 $20 bills, mostly gold certificates, 4 pack
age $"00: 00 $10 bills, mostly gold cer
tificates; about $3O0 in $20. $10 and $5 and
five $1 and one $2 loose; about $200 In stiver
$1 and halves In $20 rolls In a sack; about
$40 In nickels and dimes In a sack.
The description of the three men is as
follows:
No. 1 Age 38 years, height 6 feet T or 8,
weight ITS or ISO. heavy build, dark com
plexion, full square- face, determined loose
smooth shaven, wore dark clothing and light
colored cowboy hat. This man was the
Itader and was the one that Jumped through
the teller's window in the bank.
No. 2 Age 30 years, height 5 feet 5 inches,
weight 150. light brown hair and mustache,
medium build, wore dark clothing, light
colored trousers and black derby.
Xo. 3 Age .IS years, height 6 feet 7 or 8.
weight 170, light brown hair and mustache,
wore long black overcoat and black soft hat.
If found arrest and hold and charge rob
bery and looting the bank as above stated.
Acdren all communications to C. Gtitx
macher. Chief of Police.
Many of the police detectives have
given the case up and are returning to
their other duties. Private detectives are
actively at work on the case, howe'er,
and have not lost all hope of getting the
men. although it Is admitted there is no
live trail at this time.
MEN'S W00LC0ATS, $1.00
If you are at all Interested In buy
ing your clothing at half price, don't
delay in visiting the closing-out sale
of the wholesale clothing stock at
Front and Oak streets. Men's wool ooats,
$1.00: men's wool vests, 50c; men's good
pants, $1.00; boys' knee pants. 25c; men's
wool suits, $5.00. On sale at northwest
corner Front and Oak streets. In the cen
ter of the wholesale district, where rents
are low.
Tenth of Acre Productive.
ir-Mrvvvtr .T .V. nr.. Dec. 10. (Snecial.)
The banner cabbage patch of old Tarn-
hill lies within a miie oi mis city, un
July 21 of this year Henry Fletcher set
a.., .vm t.1 a nt on one-tenth of an
acre of ground that had been thoroughly
cultivated. ISO runner attention was
given them, not even a hoeing. Recently
ka in th, lfifol market from the
patch, cabbage to the value of $44. The
famllv used liberally or mi product aur
ina. f,j maamnn onH there arfl vet 400 or
600 pounds of cabbage not yet harvested.
PAY, OR LOSE CHILD
Mother Declares Baby Was
Held for Ransom.
CASH DEMANDED FOR CAflE
District Attorneys Office and Be
nevolent Friend Come to Rescue
and Difficulty Is Solved to
Satisfaction of All.
"Holding a 3-year-old girl baby from its
own mother because she . hadn't the
money to pay for its care during six
weeks past, TJ. Hoffman and wife, of
' Arleta, had to be visited by an officer
ent out by the District Attorney yester
day afternoon, before they would sur
render the child to ita mother, Mrs. Mar
garet Brombaugh.
Not only did Mrs. Brombaugh have to
CHILD WITHHELD FROM ITS
MOTHER.
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Three-Year-old Mamie Bronaugh. J
appeal to Deputy District Attorney Hen
nessy to help her get the child, but she
was forced to borrow $20 from friends In
order to pay the ransom. Unable to care
for the child personally because of hav
ing to work for both her support and
that of the child, Mrs. Brombaugh, a wo
man of 26 and decidedly good looking,
has arranged to have the child cared for
by Mrs. A. K. Lewis, one of her friends.
Mrs. Brombaugh complained to the Dis
trict Attorney's office that the Hoffmans
declined to give her the child even when
she told them she had raised the money
to pay for Its board, telling her that she
was not fit to have the custody and care
of her own offspring. When elie went to
Arleta she was allowed to see the child
up to yesterday, when she was told that
Its whereabouts was something "she
would have to find out for herself," so
she said.
The mother was distracted when she
reached the District Attorney's office,
and after stating her case exclaimed:
"But they'll not keep her. There's no
way they can keep her. I'm willing to
pay twice the amount of the board even
If I have to sell my own clothes. I will
not let those people keep my little girl
away from me. I know I am poor and
can't give ber the kind of a home I
would like. But it is my right to say
who shall keep her and I do not Intend
to leave her with them.
"They like the girl and have been try
ing to adopt her," Bhe continued. "I
have not been willing for them to adopt
her and now they are trying to force me
to terms. But I shall not give irly own
child away so long as I am able to work."
Constable Lou Wagner was detailed to
visit Arleta and demand surrender of the
child to its mother on payment of the
claim for board. At Arleta an arrange
ment was effected whereby Mrs. Lewis
is to have charge of the child, as Mrs.
Brombaugh is going to Idaho to work,
saying she Is not able to support herself
and child here. She said she would ar
range as soon as she could afford (t to
have her baby sent after her.
ALL IN THE APPLE LINE
An Oregon Display That Makes New
York Take Xotice.
New York Frnltman's Guide.
The finest and most complete, exhibi
tion of apples by all odds ever seen in
the East is that viewed in the main
showroom of the Fruit Auction building.
Possibly it Is underestimating it to say
merely that the exhibition was the finest
ever seen In the Kast, because one gen
tleman, not a member of the trade, who
visited the display on the first day, said
that in the course of an experience that
had encompassed such displays in all
parts of America and Europe, he had
never sten the parallel of the one which
caused such a furore among the local
trade this week.
The exhibition consisted exclusively
of Hood River, Or., apples, and was made
on behalf of the Hood River Applegrow
ers' Union. The whole of the eastern
side of the Fruit Auction Company's
main showroom was taken up by the dis
play. A lavish arrangement of bunting
and flags with potted palms and plants
afforded a most excellent and picturesque
background for the apples ' themselves,
and the fragrant bouquet of the fruit
filled the room. In all there were 44
varieties of Hood River apples, repre
sented In the 2d0-odd boxes displayed at
the exhibition..
The admiring crowds which filled the
Auction Company's showroom all day
through the three days of the exhibit In
cluded a great many men who do not
make a trip to this part of the world
once in a blue moon, as well as a great
many modlshly dressed women. Xo jew
eler's or florist's show window ever af
forded a finer feast to the artistic eye
of In some cases delicate. In others of
vivid coloring, and no perfumery store
ever greeted the nostrils so dellciously.
The experts and the men whose life
business it Is to know all about apples
were at one in their opinion of this ex
traordinary exhibit with those whose
knowledge of the apple is confined to
seeing- it In the stores and on their
tables. The constant crowds who in
spected the double rows of fruit every
apple as perfect In conformation and
coloring as though of tinted wax de
clared ft to be an exhibit past beating,
and the show took on an added interest
to the real apple men who knew that
every box thus opened on parade, so
to sneak, was representative of the entire
car from which the box came. In other
words, the Hood River pack Is of such
uniform excellence that any box taken
out of the cars would have attracted. in
s-tructed and amazed the trade and the
You can hunt the
world over and not find
a better Suit or Over
coat for $25 than we are
now selling at $14.85.
They are the kind of
clothes to give you that
"prosperous look."
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public at large equally as well as those
which were actually opened up for In
spection. A more Inspiring exhibition to the apple
man could not be Imagined, and the peo
ple at Spokane, who are preparing for a
National apple show, will hav their work
cut out to beat the display made by an
Individual New York firm In the inter
ests of the Hood River Applegrowers'
Union. As an example of the possibili
ties of the applegrowing In Oregon, noth
ing finer could have been conceived.
Every dally paper of account In New
York City sent a special reporter to write
up the show, with the result that the
Hood River section got an amount of ad
vertising In the way of pure reading mat
ter that would warm the heart cockles
of the most aspiring and ambitious press
agent.
Among such lavish perfection It would
seem almost Invidious to pick out any
of the varieties for special mention. At
the same time It cannot be dented that
the trade, who naturally judge the apple
as to Its variety from its comparative
commercial importance, had a particular
word of praise for the perfect Spltzen
bergs, Newtowns, Baldwins and Jona
thans, worthy in size, conformation and
color of a "blue ribbon" In any apple
show In the world. Magnificent speci
mens of the Ortley a yellow apple with
a glossy pink cheek and of the Winter
Banana, than which earth does not grow
a more beautiful appearance or frag
rantly scented apple, and the well-named
Gloria Mundi Glory of the World) a
whitish-yellowish apple that from a little
distance looks just like a grape fruit
evoked "ohs" and "ahs" of pleasure and
admiration from the visitors.
There were also some Seek-No-Fur-thers.
worthy, from every point of view
of their suggestive name; some Red
Cheeked Pippins perfect poems In tint;
Vandeveres a superb, red apple; some
wonderful specimens of the Northern
Spy that, to quote one of the trade who
was inspecting them made anything
grown in Western New York "look sick."
and a box of Lady apples that in the
regularity of their size, color and con
formation reminded one to a dot of the
counting machines used by the Chinese.
Then, too, there were the Mammoth Wolf
Rivers. It would take a man about a
day to tackle one of these gigantic ap
ples, and possibly another day to recover
from the effects of having tackled it.
The full list of the varieties displayed at
the show was as follows: Newtown Pip
pins, Spitzenbergs. Winter Bananas,
Twentv-Ounce Pippins. Jonathans, Seek-No-Further,
Bailey Sweet, Lawrence,
Black Twig. Wine Sap, Baldwins. Spring
dale, York Imperial, Russian Red, Hydes
King, Nero, Bryant, Aiken Red. Ben
Davis, Snow, Gano. Wagner, Del Red,
Red Cheek, Ortley, Delicious, Swaar,
Rox, Russet, Kay, Yakima, Stark, Ark,
Black, Lady Apple. Wolf River.
NEW STYLE CARS OPERATED
PAY-AS-YOU-EXTER TYPE OX
IXITIAIi TRIP.
Except for SliEht Accident, Xo Ex
citement Follows Innovation
In Street Traffic.
Pyrotechnic display marked the ad
vent of the pay-as-you-enter cars in
Portland yesterday. Through defective
wiring, car No. 1016, on the Hawthorne
avenue line, gave a little Fourth of July
all of Its own at East Twenty-third
street. Green flames and sparks filled
the air, much bad smell and smoke arose,
and an Incipient panic developed among
the passengers. This was quelled by
Policeman Harry Parker and the car
crew, and the passengers all got safely
out through the many doors. But little
damage resulted to the car.
Otherwise the appearance of the new
fangled cars did not attract very much
attention from travelers or pedestrians.
Some folks who entered the cars with
out previous knowledge of the plan were
surprised at the eagle-eyed conductor
stationed to see that proper fare is de
posited in a glass fare-box, but that
was all.
Officials of the -company announced to
the public that the installation of these
cars was made to expedite movements
of the cars and to avoid discomfort to
passengers by having the conductor go
through the cars to collect fares.
As to faster movement of cars, yes
terday's experience is said not to be a
fair test, for the reason that the public
had not familiarized itself with the new
scheme, but that as further use of this
type of cars is had the public will agree
with the company officials that an im
provement has been inaugurated. Sev
eral passengers boarding a car at the
corner of Third and Alder during the
afternoon, took about as long a time to
get to their seats Inside as Is usual, and
for a block or two all had not passed
the ticket-taker, for most had neglected
to have their nickels ready and were de
layed In getting change.
City Buys McGeeban Farm.
OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 10. (Special.)
The city will purchase for $6000 the 15-
acre borne of AI. M. McG-eehan adjoining
the grounds of Mountain View Cemetery.
This price includes the buildings and im-
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A Christmas Present
AMERICAN
GENTLEMAN
TAILORS
Bought out for spot cash, and in order to introduce our great hit,
the famous concave shoulder, close-fitting collar and never-break
front system, which is all the rage in the East, we are going to
make each purchaser a CHRISTMAS PRESENT. We will sell
Fifty of Our $40 Suits at $2S.OO Each
Fifty of Our $30 Suits at $20.00 Each
Fifty of Our $45 O' coats $30.00 Each
Only on Friday and Saturday
The concave shoulder, close-fitting collar
and never-break .front are the vital essentials
of a properly-made, stylish and long-wearing
Coat.
These Suits will include our new importa
tions of Scotch Tweeds, Fancy Worsteds, Blue
and Black Serges, Thibets and Broadcloths.
Open evenings.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded
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BUSINESS MEN S EXCURSION
Via "The NORTH BANK ROAD"
TO
NATIONAL APPLE SHOW
SPOKANE
Friday, Dec. 1 1 th Round Trip $ 1 4.95
Daylight Ride Down Columbia River on Return Trip
For sleeping-car reservations, tickets and full information, apply to City
Ticket Offices, 255 -Morrison, corner Third; 122 Third street, near Washington,
or at Depot, corner Eleventh and Hoyt streets.
provementa. Additional ground has been
nppded by the rity for some time.
r To clean the skin, you
must use soap; pure
soap; Ivory soap. -
Never mind if it does
cost only a few cents a
cake. It is infinitely
purer than most soaps
that sell for five times
its price.
There is no "free" alkali in
Ivory Soap. That ia why it
will not injure the finest fabric
or the most delicate ikin.
Ivory Soap
994loo Per Cent, r'ure.
COFFEE
If poor coffee is so good,
how good do you think
good coffee is?
Jomr grocer retorna yesr nonT if n 4cm t
like ScMHtar's Best: wcss bam.
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There may be those who think
they have a peculiar foot
demanding a custom-made shoe. The illu
sion is banished by the HANAN SHOE,
which is so constructed and in such variation
of size that any foot can be fitted.
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Sole Agents
For Portland
Cor. 7th and Washington sts.