THE MORXIXG OKEGONIAX, SATURDAY, JAXUARY J, 1V09.
TILLMAN IS HEADY
TO MAKE REPLY
Southern Senator Has Answer
Ready to Refute President's
Land-Grabbing Charges.
ACCUSATION IS DETAILED
topic of Letters and Tolcprnnis
Sent by Tillman lo S-nulticrn Ore
gon Land Operators Figure
In Executive's Mess-age.
(Continued From First Pace.)
Oregon land! and the report of the Post
office inspectors who Investigated tha
transaction of the land agents. It was
through this Investigation that the al
leged Interest of Senator Tillman was
brought to light and. fatefully. it appear
that it was at his Instigation the In
quiry was begun.
President' Side of Case.
The substance of the President's com
munication to Senator Hale follows:
"I have requested the different de
partments of the Government to give me
ail the Information about the use of spe
cial agents, special attorneys. Inspectors,
etc.. In their d-partnients which will en
able me to put before you all the farts'
which, as 1 tu.ke it. your committee de
sires to have.
"Let me at the outset express my cor
dial agreement with the view that It is
not only the right, but the duty of Con
gress to Investigate the workings of the
"Secret Service, or detective agents, by
which alone the Government can effect
ually safeguard itself acalnst wrong
doing. punLsh crimo and bring to justice
criminals.
I am well aware of the liability to
abuse inherent in any effective de
tective system or secret service sys
tem. "It nevertheless remains true that
this system Is absolutely Indispensable
If the popular Interest is to be ade
quately safeguarded and wrongdoers
continuing to fear the law.
Complaint From Congressmen.
"I would like to state here that very
frequently accusations have been made
to me privately by members of the two
houses to the effect that the Secret
Service has been used as a 'police of
morals.' or to shadow Senators. Con
gressmen and otiier public officials.
Hitherto the effort to discover the
basis for such allegations has always
been fruitless. 1 should be greatly
obliged if any Information could be
furnished me tending to show any In
stance where this has been done In
times past.
"Of course, in the Investigation of spe
cific frauds we sometimes come across
wholly unexpected cases of misconduct.
The frauds in the 1'ostal Department
which were unearthed some six years
ago. for Instance, offer a case In point.
My suspicions were first aroused by a
report made as to the very extravagant
and debauched manner of life of a cer
tain postal employe, the report being
made by an official of the Secret Serv
ice In connection with another transac
tion at which he was at work. So It
was with vases of the abuse of the
franking privileges.
Accidents Sometimes Occur.
"The Postofflce never of set purpose
inspects any printing ent through the
mails by a Senator or Congressman,
but sometimes through the accidental
breaking of such package the contents
are exposed, and If they are of a char
acter which makes their transmission
by franking privilege Illegal, steps are
taken by the Postofflce authorities to
collect the full postage. Some of these
Instances are due to carelessness or
igmtf-ance. and very often doubtless are
entirely unknown to the Congressmen
themselves, and no good purpose would
be served by any publicity in the mat
ter. "But a case has just arisen of a different
kind, which It seems to me I should put
before you as illustrating In striking fash
ion the way in which Investigations begun
1'V any of thee agents in the line of their
duty may develop facts of high import
ance which the Investigators would not
in the first Instance have sought to dis
cover, which, when discovered, ought not
to be hidden or suppressed, but the de
velopment of which may tend to create
an erroneous ImpresMon that the agent
In question were being used for purposes
rot within the line of their lnwf-.il duty.
Tillman's Complaint Cited.
"On the l"th of February. l!s. (see ex
hibit A). Senator Tillman called the at
tention of the Senate to a circular of a
syndicate firm for the sale of lands In
Oregon, particularly in Coos and Douglas
Counties, which had been granted to cor
porarlonM by the Government, the clrcu
lar'stating that the company In possession
of ti'ie lands was bound to cll them for
an m-re or on their refusal would be
prosecuted by the Government, and that
atnorij those who have spoken for a
part of this land Id S-nator Tillman, ot
So'.:th Carolina, the leader of the Demo
cratic party In the Senate, a man who
usually gets what lie goes after.'
. "Senator Tillman denied the statements
of this circular and expressed a wish fo
an investigation, and upon his request
the Postofflce Department, through its
Inspectors, made such an investigation.
He stated In reference to this circular:
" "I have not bought any land anywhere
In the West, nor undertaken to buy any.
I have made some Inquiries, as one na
turally would In roaming through the
West. I simply want the people of, the
country to be put on notice that this
swindler at Portland has ro warrant
whatever for endeavoring to inveigle
others Into his game.' .
"I enclose the circular referred to as
exhibit B: the report of the Potofllee
Inspectors under date of July Zi, r."S, as
exhibit C.
PliotojtrsiplK of Letters.
"F enclose you also pnotographlc fac
simile of letters and envelopes and tele
grams from Senator Tillman and hts
agent. W. E. Lee. It appear that on
October 19. 1T. Senator Tillma'n wrot
n letter (exhibit D) to Messrs. Keeder
& Watklns. of Marshfield, Or., who were
attorneys representing people who were
applicants for the purpose of obtaining
certain wagon roai land grunt; Dorr
wss a land agent making his filings
through Keeder & Watkins. Senator
Tillman's letter runs In part as follows:
I wired you from Wausau. Wis., aa
follows, and writes to conilrm it.'
" 'William A. Lee. my agent, will see
you about the land. I want nine quar
ters reserved. Will forward signed appli
cations and money at once. Members of
my family ara entry-men. Letter follows.
" 'idigned.) K. F. T.'
" 'I write now to say I wired Mr. I-e.
who resides at Moscow. Idaho, to go at
once to Marshfield and see you about the
land to locate quarters for tha seven
members of my family who aro of age.
and on for my private secretary. J. B.
Kniut.t. -whom I desire to It into the
i deal, and. of course, he wants a quarter
i-tr riimseir.
-The letter continued, stating In detail
what was to be done in order to enable
the Senator to pet the land. The Mr.
I, to whom Senator Tillman thus re-f-rr.-d
as Ms afnt wrote to Reder &
Wtknv under date of December 7, a let
ter, photographic cop of which is here
with subn-Uted.
'In this letter Mr. Isr explains that he
hud written S r.alor Tillman fully n to
the status of the land matter. advi.in
him that It was "A good Ramble." but
that the Senator was lectuririR so that
h did not get Lee's letter until a week
and a half previously. The letter con
tinues: "Will Set lp Howl."
" 'In case Senator Tillman (toes In on
th deal with some sood land In the
eight quarters we want. I am satisfied
that he can be of great help In getting
matters started from Washington, and
cause the Government to get busy and do
something along the line you desire.,. Ho
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Kusteae I.ortou. of Walla Walla.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. S.
(Special.) The appointment of .
Eugene Lorton, editor of the
Walla Walla Bulletin, at Walla
Walla, to the Board of Control
will take effect next Monday
under the terms of an under
standing reached with J. It Da
vis tonight, whom Mr. Lorton
will succeed. Mr. Davis Is going
into business In Tacoma and de- v
sires to be relieved at once.
will set up such a howl that It will be
Impossible to do otherwise. This will be
very important for your whole scheme
to have a man of his Influence here to
aid you at thle end of tlio line. By all
means save a lot of good land for us. as
we intend to be of mora va'ie than any
one of the others in this matter.'
On the 31st of January. Senator
Tillman Introduced In the Senate the
following resolution:
Whereas, st divers times, various rail
roads snd other corporations have receded
lrEe grants of public lands of the United
Mates under and by virtue of acts of the
Congress, containing conditions to the ef
fect tliat such lands should be "Old to
artual settlers enly or in quantities not
exceeding for any one purchaser a limit
fixed bv the set relating thereto, or at a
price per acre not greater than the amount
mentioned In the act authorizing such
grant, to the end that such lands might
promptly become the homes of the cltlxens
of the United States ,
Seeks Immediate Action.
Resolved. That the President be request
ed. If not Incompatible with the public In
terest, to Inform the Fenale what Informa
tion. If any. has been received and what
action, if any. has been take by the De
partment of Justice with reaped to the
m.-itters and thlnxs In the prea.mble to the
resolution set forth and jrcssed vigorously
lor immediate action.
The resolution being laid over. Sena
tor Tillman Introduced the same day a
further and Joint resolution containing
the same recitals, but concluding as
follows:
Resolved, that the Attorney-General be
and la hereby declared, authorized aud em
powered to take such proceedings or Insti
tute such ault or suits on behalf of the
United States as may.be necessary, appro
priate or expedient. io-lnure a compliance
with the above-mentioned conditions or to
report to the Congress why such action as
af. repaid haa not been or should not be
'"onVebruary 15 Senator Tillman wrote
to Messrs. Keeder & Watklns. (A pho
tograph of his letter U attached as ex
hibit Do) In It I call your attention to
the fact that he speaks again of Mr.
Ie as his agent and of the correspond
ence carried on through Mr. Iee. Ho
states that what he has done In st rrlng
up the question of the Oregon land
grants to railroads has been done en
tirely apart from any personal interest
he has in the matter, and adds:
If I ran succeed In causing the Cevern
ment to institute suit for the recovery of
the lard snd make It easier for others as
well as myself. I shall do It without re
curd to the deallraa with your firm. I
,,,11 want to net some of the timber land
lr it is possible, urn! as it Is probable t.at
M- 1 ee or some other representative of
mine T1 be in your country In the nest
tw. " months. t e leave the matter of
pavment for the Inttlatorv steps and lul)
ieiiuent proceedings In abeyance for the
present Anv contract we might make will
be mtirelv erart from and Independent of
my work here In the Senate. I will be glad
for vo,i to hold In reserve elcht of the best
quarter s.-ctiona of which you have definite
Information ard I will in the meantime press
the Investigation and oilier work here,
which will facilitate the (Inn! purchase and
Iti efTe'-t obviate the necessltj- of your mak
ing any case in the court at all.
L,ctler Contradicts Statement.
"This letter In which Senator Tillman
requested that eight of the best quarter
sections he held In reserve for him. was
written Just four days before he an
nounced to the Senate that he had not
undertaken to buy any land In the West.
It let unnecessary to comment upon his
proposal, made in this letter, to use his
intluenco as a Senator to force the Gov
ernment to Institute a suit which would
make It easv for him personally to ob
tain some of the land. This letter, purely
pertaining to Mr. Tillman's personal and
private business, was snt in a franked
envelope, of which I attach a photo
graphic copy.
"The assault by Senator Tillman upon
Mr. Dorr was, according to the report of-j
tho Inspectors, a wanton assault made to
cover up Senator Tillman's own transac
tions." At the request of Senator Tillman the
Postofflce IVpartment withheld mail ad
dressed to Bryan R. Dorr and to the tim
ber syndicate, pending an investigation
of their business by Postofflce Inspectors
O. C Riches and Fl C. Clement. In
their report to the inspectors in charge
at Spokane, ltiches and Clement found
that there was no evidence that Rceder
& Watklns were not acting in pood faith
In receiving applications for the land.
As to the action of Dorr, against whom
the case was more specifically directed.
It was found that he was unwarrantably
extravagant, both In hie statement of
conditions and his terms. This was at
tributed to Ills Inexperience In business,
his energv and enthusiasm and desire to
make good In the West. The Inspector,
however, was convinced that Dorr had no
criminal motive In hl actions and sin
cerely believed he would be able to make
good hie promises. The action of the
Postofflce Department In withholding
from delivery mall addressed to Dorr was
recommended to be rescinded.
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German soldiers.
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HOUSE REJECTS
BOTH' MESSAGES
Resents Roosevelt's Attacks
on Honor and Denies Fear
of Investigation.
PERKINS LEADS DEBATE
l'our Members AVhom President
Quoted In Support of Statements
t'nlte In Hot Kcsenjmeiit
Against Ilim.
(Continued From First Page.)
ment of tho Secret Service, recognizing
the President's right to express disap
proval of legislation and to ask that de
fects be remedied. But If. as stated by
the President, the chief argument was in
favor of restriction on the use of the
Secret Service, then that argument must
have led the majority of members to vote
In favor of the offending provision. He
proceeded to review tho debate at the
time the offending provision was adopted
to show that this was not true, saying:
"We do not think that even the most
timorous of Congressmen could have
been induced by these arguments to vote
in fuvor of the amendment from fear
that if he voted 'no' the Secret Service
might ferret ot!t his secret sins."
Xo 1-Var of Investigation.
Nor were statements made by a news
paper reporter in 19U4 evidence of the
motive of Congressmen In voting In 1908.
Newspaper statements were sometimes
questioned, even at the White House.
The statement that the chief argument
for the provision was that Congressmen
did not wish to be investigated could only
mean that Congrea voted from an Im
proper motlve that Congressmen were in
fear of the law. If it were believed that
the majority was actuated by this mo
tive, the respect of the people would be
Impaired. If not destroyed. No legisla
tive body would be respected by the peo
ple unless it respected Itself. With few
exceptions Congress was composed of
men of Integrity. Jf the time should
come when the votes of a majority were
controlled by fear of detection of crime,
then the failure of popular government
will be demonstrated.
In reply to the President's suggestion
that. If It be not considered desirable
that' criminals In Congress be punished,
a special exception be made against In
vestigation of members. Perkins said the
majority is not prepared to vote for such
a law and protests against the sugges
tion. If Congress listened tamely and
timidly to such reflections It would de
serve and receive public contempt. Ow
ing to the suggestions it contains. Con
gress should refuse meekly to receive and
consider it. After alluding to the long
struggle which culminated In the estab
lishment of representative government,
Perkins said amid applause:
"Let every man who is a member of It
vote on this question n' the manner
which seems to him most worthy of the
traditions of which we are the heirs,
of the Institutions of which we are the
protectors, and of the people of whom
we aro the representatives."
Roosevelt's Words Unjustified.
Mr. Perkins, who w,as frequently ap
plauded, then presented the report of the
committee. This, after briefly reviewing
the controversy, says:
Whether the House. In Its resolution of
December IT, 1008, correctly Interpreted the
meaning of the words used by the President
In his annual message or whether it mis
understood that lanftuagc, as the President
Implies, will be Judged now and In the
future according to the accepted Interpre
tations of the English- language. Tha
House must Insist on Its own capacity to
understand the Import of the President's
language. We consider the language of
the President In his message of December
s. llios. unjustified and without basils of
fact and that It constitutes a breach of
the privileges of the House; therefore,
be It ,
Resolved. That the House, In the exer
cise of Ita constitutional prerogatives, de
clines to consider any communication from
any source which Is not In Its own Judg
ment respectful; and be It further
Resolved. That the special committee and
the committee of the whole House on the
state of the Union be discharged from any
consideration of so much of the President's
annual message as relates to the Secret
Service as above aet forth' and that the
said portion of the message be laid on the
table: and be It further
Resolved. That the message of the Presi
dent, sent to the House on January . be
ing unresponsive to the Inquiry of the
House and constituting an lnvaslonof tha
privileges of thla House by questioning the
motives and intelligence of members In
the exercise of their constitutional rights
and functions, be laid on the table.
Laugh at More Messages.
Perkins gave way to Denby, who said
that the President "had veered from the
path of recommendation and Just criti
cism Into the realm of personal abuse,
peculutlon and Innuendo."
During the discussion Secretary Latta
appeared with three, messages from the,
White House, and his appearance was
greeted with roars of laughter The
messages proved to be of a routine char
acter and were not allowed to Interrupt
the proceedings for any length of time.
Bennett of New York opposed the
adoption of the Perkins resolution and
declared that. If the Hotiso should ac
cept It, Its action would have no more
effect on the character which history
would give to President Roosevelt than
the action of the Senate on President
Tyler's record in connection with hi at
tltudc towards Andrew Jackson.
Bennett pointed out that no longer than
two years ago a committee of the House
had Inserted a clause In the Burleson bill,
to punish the giving away prematurely of
Information concerning crop statistics, a
clause making it applicable to Congress
men, and yet the House had taken no
ofTense at the suggestion that there might
be criminals among Congressmen.
In further defense of the Secret Service
Bennett declared that the President's rec
ommendations should be carefully con
sidered before the portion criticised was
wiped out. He recalled some of the re
marks directed at tlfe. President by the
members of the House at Its session and
said this should be taken Into considera
tion before administering the rebuke.
Denies Klght to Scold.
VAre we not declining to receive a re
buke from the President?" asked Wil
liams with emphasis, "and are we not
denying his official right to scold the
representatives of the people?"
Bennett's only retort was that his In
quisitor could find his answer In the
newspapers tomorrow.
Weeks, a member of the Perkins com
mittee, agreed with what his colleague
said.
Townsend (Mich.) declared that, if the
members were seektnc to preserve their
reputations before the country, it could
not be accomplished by the resolution,
which he opposed.
The House was moved to great laughter
when Williams (Miss.) got the floor and
proposed a humorous amendment tu the
law authorising the Secret Service.
Tawney was recognized and as he arose
he was greeted with vociferous applause.
Tawney said nothing could contribute
so much to the destruction of the Re
public as an attempt upon the part of
one branch of It to impeach the honor
and integrity of another branch. Arbi
trary and unauthorized use of the power
of any one branch of government, if al
lowed to pass unchallenged, would go
further to undermine the confidence of
the people In their government than all
other agencies combined. The President's
charge 'that the restriction on the use of
the Secret Service, "if deliberately intro
duced for tho purpose of diminishing the
effectiveness of war against crime, it
could not have been better devised to
that end," clearly Implied that Congress
Intended to benefit and protect from
punishment those guilty of committing
fraud and other violations of the public
law. No disclaimer could modify the
meaning of this language or its interpre
tation, "under which interpretation the
honor and Integrity of Congres.-has been
assailed and stands Impeached."
He said the President's charge that
members of Congress feared Investiga
tion Impugned their motives, violated
their constitutional privileges and was
SHtRHTARV OF MKTnOPOLI-
TAN OI'tltA nuts"-.
Ralph Edmund.
-Photo Copyright, 1908, by'Geo. O. Baln.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. (Special.)
In all the stress of battle at
the Metropolitan, one man re
mains calm. He is Ralph Ed
munds, who bears the modest
title of secretary and who aays i
that his duties have not been "de-
fined." Mr. Edmunds was secre-
tary under Conrled some years t
ao; then he took out "Madame I
Butterfly" for' Savage and made I
a great success of it. Today he
is modestly performing; the Joint j
duties of Goerlitx and Otto Weil t
and several others of the unla- I
mented Conrled's forces, running I
the "front" of the house, keeping J
the opera singers In a good
humor In six languages, and In a t
greater measure than is under- ?
stood by most of the subscribers I
he Is to he credited with the sue- i
cess of the present season under
Gattl and Dlppel. All of which
Mr. Edmunds would deny If he
were questioned.
calculated to arouse popular prejudice
against all branches of the Government.
He would prove the President's utter
ances to be unfounded, but there would
still linger In many minds suspicion that
Congressmen wero not faithful to duty
and unselfish.
Sherley of Kentucky characterized
the President's action as a grave breach
of privilege and said the House could not
accept any response to its former reso
lution which did not contain a with
drawal of the offensive language and an
apology. Instead of this the President
said his language did not mean what It
plainly said and made no effort to change
the issue. This issue was whether the
Executive was warranted In impugnins
the motives of the House. "To attempt
to answer such an Isssue by a disclaimer
of any Intention to offend while repeating
the offensive language Is to add addi
tional Insult"," added Sherley. He quoted
the President's words about Congress
men not wishing to be investigated and
said the President "deliberately libeled"
the House.
Smith of Iowa, another of the mem
bers mentioned individually by the Presi
dent, said he yielded to no one In the
heartiness with which he favored the
rigid enforcement of ail laws alike
against the rich and the poor, and he
was well aware that It was sometimes
necessary to resort to the use of de
tectives. Smith then sailed into the Secret Serv
ice In vigorous fashion. "The question
now is not," he said, "should a legal de
tective force bo created in the Depart
ment of Justice, but was Consjress sub
ject' to Juet criticism for destroying at
Its last session the system which has
grown up of using the counterfeiting force
In the Treasury Department for mis
chievous purposes."
Large Fund to Detect Crime.
Fitzgerald declared his opposition to
repeal of the Secret Service restrictions,
but would not quarrel with the Presi
dent nor permit his Judgment to be Im
properly swayed by that official. He de
clined to be an echo. He denied that any
language used by him Justified the Presi
dent's assertion that "the chief argu
ment used In favor of the provision was
that the Congressmen did not themselves
wish to be investigated."
Following a speech by Driscoll of New
York, defending the President. Gardner
of Massachusetts sprung a surprise by
offering an amendment striking out the
whole text of the report and setCln
forth that the House has the utmost
confidence In every member of tha com
mittee on appropriations.
The roll, by unanimous consent then
was called fSr the adoption of the teso-lt-tion.
which was carried by a vote of
Z12 to 35. Those voting against tho reso
lution were: Bennett of New York,
Campbell of Kansas. Chapman of Illi
nois, Cooper of Wisconsin, Cox of
Indiana. Crumpacker of Indiana. Davis
of Minnesota, Douglas of Ohio, Driscoll
of New York. Foelker of New York.
French of Idaho, Guernsey of Maine,
Hayes of California, Henry of Connecti
cut. Howland of Ohio, Jenkins of Wis
consin, Kinkald of Kentucky. Kusterman
of Wisconsin, Landls of Indiana. Iangley
of Kentucky. Laning of Ohio. Vcl.augh
Hn of Michigan. Madison of Kansis,
Nelson of Wisconsin. Norris of Nebras
ka. Parsons of New York. Pollard of
Nebraska. Pray of Montana. Prince of
Illinois. Reeder of Kansas, Reynolds Jt
Pennsylvania. Demp of Virginia, Town
send of Michigan. Washburn of Massa
chusetts and Wilson of Illinois.
The House then adjourned.
Landlady Gets Scared.
The report that a man had committed
suicide lapt night In the rooming-house
of Mrs. M. Parsley. 125H Sixth street,
caused Detectives Prfce and Tennant to
investigate. The officers discovered that
the alarm had been given by a very
timid landlady, who, because she could
not open the door and hadn't seen her
lodger during the day. thought he had
killed himself. The ollcers had to break
open the door to get entrance. The man
they sought was comfortably enjoying
himself In one of the theaters. He with
held his name from the police.
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SEiTE DIGS T. R.
Adopts Resolution Inquiring
Into His Course.
STEEL TRUST DEAL JARS
After Test Vote to Slrow Sentiment,
Solons Vote to Look Into Execu
tive Action Eegardlng- Absorp
tion of Tennessee Company.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. By viva voce
vote, the Senate today adopted Culber
son's resolution Instructing the commit
tee on Judiciary to report to the 8enate
whether the President was authorized to
permit the absorption of th Tennessee
Coal & Iron Company by the United
States Steel Corporation.
Preceding that action. Hopkins, renew
ing his objection to the resolution on the
ground that the President did not ap
prove the act of the steel corporation In
absorbing the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company, moved to lay Culberson's reso
lution on the table as soon as It waa
called up by the Texas Senator today.
On that motion the vote was 14 yeas
and 47 noes, the yea vote being as fol
lows: Burke, Carter, Cummins. Curtis, Dix
on, Dupont, Depew, Hopkins, Kean, Mc
Cumber. Piatt, Penrose, Richardson and
Warner. 1
All of the Senators voting to lay the
resolution on the table were Republicans,
and of the 47 votes against that motion
21 were cast by Democrats and 26 by Re
publicans. As soon as this test vote was
announced, Culberson moved the adop
tion of his resolution and by a viva voce
vote it was adopted, no division being
called for.
INVESTIGATE RATES AGAIN
Congress Gets TJneasy About Freight
f
Tariffs and Starts Inquiry.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Representative
Madden, of Illinois, today introduced a
resolution calling upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission to Inform the
House what advances have occurred In
freight rates In different parts of the
United States since the passage of he
Hepburn rate law. and whether such ad
vances have been occasioned by an ad
vance In the tariff rate or by a change in
classification or by charging for some
privilege which was formerly accorded
free.
Retire on Full Salary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The House
committee on the Judiciary agreed today
to report favorably the Senate bill pro
viding that Federal Judges having reached
the age of 70 years, may retire after ten
years on the bench at full salary.
DETECTIVE BILL ALLOWED
Lively Tilt Over Its , Payment by
Umatilla Court.
PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 8. After one
of the liveliest tilts ever witnessed In
the Umatilla County Court, the bill In
curred by District Attorney G. W. Phelps
for the services of a Thlel detective last
September In securing evidence against
the violators of the local option law, by
means of which over 20 saloonkeepers
and bartenders were convicted and $7000
In fines were collected. was finally
signed by Commlsssloner M. E. Lee, but
failed absolutely to carry It with tho sig
nature of Commissioner Horace Walker,
who maintained to the last that tho Dis
trict Attorney had no legal right to em
ploy the detective at tho expense of the
county.
Judge T. P. Gilllland signed tho bill a
month ago.
MONEY STILL POURS IN
Italian Relief Fund Grows In Spite
of Weather.
The committee in charge of the funds
for the Italian sufferers has met with
continued generous response from the
Portland people. Yesterday J3000 was
cabled to Rome, and the committee has
solicited as much territory as was possi
ble considering the weather. Yesterday
nearly 500 additional was secured. As
soon as enough Is paid Into the fund.
Colonel David M. Dunne, treasurer, will
cable it to Italy, that Portland's contribu
tions, may relieve all the distress pos
sible. The principal Interest of the relief
movement centers now In the benefit
concert to be given at the Bungalow
Theater next Monday night. This is as
sured of being a success, for In addition
to the artists who will contribute their
services, the young ladies who sell flowers
at the performance will attract many to
the benefit.
$20 BOUNTY ON COUGARS
Clatsop County Will Demand Affi
davits With Each Scalp.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 8. (Special.) Clat
sop County will, during the year 1909. pay
a bounty of tM each on cougar scalps,
t3 each on bear scalps and Jl each on
bob and wildcat scalps. This action was
taken by the County Court today on ac
count of numerous reports being pres
ent that during the past year these ani
mals had done great damage in eertain
sections of the county by killing do
mestic animals as well as a large amount
of small game.
A provision was ma'de in the order to
guard against the bringing of scalps from
other counties, where the bounty is not
so high, and every one presenting a scalp
for bounty must file an affidavit that the
animal was killed in Clatsop County.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Title Guarantee & Trust Company to
M. A. Zollinger, lots 3, 4, block 23.
Rossmere $ t
M M. Spauldlng and wife to L. W.
Pltton. lots 5. rt, 7, 8. block lO.
Blaekistones Addition 12.500
Robert W. Wilson et al to James G.
Wilson, commencing at southwest
corner of lot 21. block 31, Willam
ette Heights Addition, thence east
erly 100 feet, thence northerly "
41. lis fet. thence westerly 100.2.
feet, thence southerly along .west
line of lot 21. to beginning 1
William T. Kearns and wife to
Oeorpe S. Breitllng, undivided Vi
of lots 3, 4. 0, 0. block 8, Morgans
Addition 200
William T. Kearns and wife to
Emma Breltling, undivided of
lots s, 4, 5. 6, block l, Morgans
Addition 200
H. A. Iavldson, trustee, to Florence
A. Converse, undivided of block
Sil. Woodstock 1
H. A. Davidson, trustee, to Estelle
J.McIntyre. undivided 4 of block
s:i. Woodstock 1
Portland Realty & Trut Company to
Calif orola
Mid -Winter Excursion
Portland
to
Los Angeles
and Return
84.
Including-
Berth in Pullman sleeper and all meals
on going trip; side trips in and around
San FranciscoPalo Alto, San Jose, Del
Monte, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara,
and numerous entertainments by en
thusiastic Calif ornians. .
Southern Pacific
Special Train'
Special excursion train leaves Portland
at 10:30 A. M. Saturday, January 16th,
arriving Los Angeles Friday, January
22d, at 5:45 P. M. Tickets provide for
stopover on return trip which may be
"made at pleasure within 90 days.
Call at City Ticket Office, corner Third and
Washington streets, for itinerary of excur
sion, sleeping car reservations and tickets.
Wm. McMurray
General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
Otto Kruger. lots 1. 2, block 8,
Lnurelwood i'Vr
T. w White and wife to Jessie R.
Andrews, lot 18. block 40. Irylng- j()
Rc-'nTan' Catholic " Archbishop of Dio
cese Of Oregon to Gustave Jhnke
et al. lot 3. block 1. Meadowland. 1.000
L. w. Bonser and wife to J. h.
Crumbly, lot 11. block 1. East
Portland Heights suo
Kenwood Land Company to J. H
Thatcher, lots 20, 21, block 5,
Kenton ,,;;'''-
Hiram Rhodes and wife to J. c.
Mltcheltree, south holf of north
west quarter and the north halt o.
southwest quarter of section 2i, T.
S N., R- 2 W l"3
Security Abstract & Trust Company
to Emma Bracher, lot , block -S.
Rose City Park 0O
Fred Rtstman and wife to Charles
and Bertha Killles, lots 2T, 2S.
block 12. Tremont Place.......... I
W. Keeler to A. C. Meyer, lots 1. 2,
block 3. Kenton 'V"V '
H. Hamblot, trustee, to A. C. Meyer,
lots 1. 2, S. 4. block 13, Falrport
Addition
Bessie W. Paxton to Elsa Ann
Schnabel. lot 47. Cedar Hill....... T.500
Swlnton Land Company to J. H.
Uaarlnen, lots 0. 10. 11. block 40.
Swlnton 8 7
Swlnton Land Company to W 1111am
Hartlll. lots 7, 8, block 88, Swln
ton '41
Swlnton Land Company to George
E Hartlll, lots 3. 8, block 38,
Swlnton 51 s
Rose City Park Association to E. L.
McCabe. lot 10, block 2. Rose City
Park I
Total S4.S0l
UWTERS1 ABSTRACT ft TRUST CO.
Room 6. Board of Trade bldg
Abstracts a specialty.
Bare your abstracts made by the Title
Trust Co.. 7 Chamber of Commerce.
Breaks Vp Jap House.
George Jefferson, a young laborer, was
arrested at a late hour last night for
raising "rough house" in the Japanese
lodging-house at 26ihi Everett street,
jpffprson. aeeordlng to th complainant.
ARE YOU
TOO THIN?
Would a little more flesh make you more stylish
and attractive?
Would io or so pounds more make you better
sattsticd with your personal appearance?
Would your gowns look better and please you
and others more if you were a little stouter?
If so, do you btlieve anyone can give you the
additional flesh that you desire?
I PROVE IT FREE
If you write me todav I will send you promptly
sufficient Dr. Whitney's Nerve and Hesh Builder
to prove that it will give you a superb nfrure with
beautiful arms, shapely neck and shoulders, fiill
round bust, and well developed limbs; not for the
time being;, but permanently.
There will not be a penny of charge for tbis;
my experience proves that I can well afford to ; take
ail the risk in proving what this Treatment will do.
This is a purely vegetable compound and cannot
possibly do you any harm but is always of great
benefit to the general health. ,
It will positively enUtce the bust from i to
Inches and eiie a healthy tint to the complexion;
tiie Free Trial Treatment proves this.
Don't delav, write todav to The C. L. JONES
CO. t(t Friend Bldg.. Elaura, .V Y-. because :l
this generous offer overcrowds us it will have to
he withdrawn.
H. Heyano, the proprietor, was Intoxi
cated and broke up all the furniture in
one of the rooms.
Whooping-Coughf Croup,
Coughs, Colds, Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Diphtheria.
Cresolane l Boon to Asthmatioe.
remedy lor aiscseo ui m -
to Uia ths remedy into ths tomcUJ
t'-resolene cures because the sir, rendered
rtror"-ptlc. i. carried over tta. torn
surface with every oroam, k"'"k ; "7 ""-,,
constant treatment. It is Invaluable to mother.
wita small cnuaron.
there is noinmu lieiter
than CreRoleneAntuteiilio
ILroatTablels.
Send Be In poitago
for sample bottle.
ALL DRUGGISTS.
L . A H
oriptive Booklet
Vapo-Cresolene VOa
laO Kulton Street,
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IF YOU ARE A TRIFLE SENSITIVE.
About th size of your shoes. It's loroe sat
lhfactton to know that many people c:n
wear sTios a fiz amaller by ajtrinklinK
AU-n'n Foot-Ease into thfm. Juet tho thin
for D.'incins Parties, pa lent Leath-r Phoes.
and for breaking In Nw shoes. When rub
bers or overshoes bimne neesary nnrt
vour shoes pinch, Allen's Foot-Rase give
instant relief. Sold Everywhere
Sample FREE. A 'Irtres.i. - A Uen P. Olmsterl.
T-e Hoy, N. Y. Don't accept any Bubstttute.
Rheumatic
Pai
ams
"My mother is a great suf
ferer from rheumatism, and Dr.
Miles' Anti-Pain Pills is the only
remedy that relieves her."
MRS. G. DAVENPORT,
Roycefield, N. J.
The pains of rheumatism are
almost invariably relieved with
Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. They
also overcome that nervous irri
tation which prevents sleep be
cause they soothe the nerves. To
chronic suffers they are invalu
able. When taken as directed,
they relieve the distress and
save the weakening influence of
pain, which so frequently pros
trates. Many sufferers use them
whenever occasion requires with
the greatest satisfaction, why
not you? They do not derange
the stomach nor create a habit.
Why not try them ? Get a pack
age from your druggist. Take it
according to directions, and if
it does not benefit he will return
your money..
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