TIIC BIOBJgyQ OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909.
13
LOTAN TELLS
HOW
ED
Met Reinstein and Breslauer in
Saloon and Took Them
to City Halt.
GRAND JURY WILL PROBE
Backers of Gothenburg Plan Are
Brougrnt Into Case Attorney Mc
Allister Insists His Movement
Would Gain Nothing.
At a conference held yesterday after
noon by City Auditor A. L. Barbur,
Chief of Police Grltzmacher and Sam
Lotan,-Deputy City Auditor, the latter
retold how he admitted Reinstein and
Brealauer, of the Portland Brewing
Company, to the Auditor's office on the
night the excise board petition was
mutilated.
Lotan adhered to the same story as
heretofore, adding- but few details, and
he declared that It was the account
of his part In the occurrence that he
would jrlve in court.
Lotan told yesterday that an appoint
ment was arranged by Reinstein with
him over the telephone Monday morn
ing and that the three men met in a
saloon on Fourth street. They pro
ceeded from there to the City Hall,
where Lotan let them Into the Auditor's
office and secured the petition for them
from the vault.
The Ueputy Auditor says he did not
pull down the blinds in the stenog
rapher's room and docs not know who
did. He Insists that he knew of no
Intended or actual mutilation of the
records. He busied himself at his desk
in the main office during most of the
time the two men were going over the
petition, so he avers.
Grand Jury to Take Case.
No criminal proceedings have been
Instituted against Lotan, but he and the
two brewery men implicated in the
matter will be summoned before the
grand Jury, probably Monday.'
The grand Jury has adjourned for the
balance of the week, but will reconvene
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and Dis
trict Attorney Cameron says that the
City Hall scandal will be taken up that
afternoon. In the meantime the hear
ing In the Municipal Court of the
forgery charge against Reinstein and
Breslauer has been postponed until
April 27, and when called up again, will
likely be postponed Indefinitely, as the
case Is going directly to the grand
Jury.
The defense of Reinstein and Bres
lauer, according to statements made by
men indirectly Interested In the case,
will be that they were the victims of
either a trap or coincidence.
Gothenburg: People Mentioned.
On the former theory an effort to
connect someone interested in the
Gothenburg petition with the affair is
In evidence. The claim' is made that
the elimination of the excise board
petition Is the only hope the Gothen
burg backers have of putting through
their plan, and that they would be the
ones most benefited by the Invalidation
of the excise petition.
In behalf of Reinstein and Breslauer
It is asserted that men of ordinary in
telllgence, engaged in the kind of work
of which they are accused, would not
have left evidence of their presence
in the City Auditor's office, such as the
cigar stubs on the table and the cur
tains drawn. It Is pointed out. too.
mat the petition was mutilated in a
manner almost Inviting detection. Indi
cating that the men who committed
the deed had no fear of discovery.
On the other hand, it Is argued that
If Lotan was in the plot the other two
men would naturally rely on his sense
of self-preservation and would not at
tempt to conceal their work very care
fully.
"Xo Advantage Gained."
H BL J. McAllister, attorney for the
backers of the Gothenburg plan, when
told of the apparent attempt to connect
that issue also with the scandal, declared
It was preposterous.
'What advantage would It be to us If
the Uxclse Board petition were out of
the way?" he inquired. "The persons
who would vote for the excise ordinance
would not vote for our plan anyway.
Mr. McAllister intimated that he had
been looking for something to happen
at the Auditors office, however. He
said that a few weeks ago he received
a telegram from the Eastern men in
terested In the Gothenburg dan stat
ing that they had reliable Information
that an attempt would be made to de
feat the filing of their petition. He had
not talked about the telegram to Mr.
Barbur, as the petition was filed without
Question.
McAllister la Suspicious.
Mr. McAllister said his suspicions had
also been aroused by predictions credited
to a deputy in the Auditor's office to the
effect that the Gothenburg petition would
not stand the test. "I could not conceive
why the petition was not all right,"
said Mr. McAllister, "as we had about
6000 names and only 2500 are required.
It was hot reasonable to suppose that
such a proportion of the names would
prove Incorrect as would defeat the pur
pose of the petition. I was not told
which deputy made the remark, but I re
ported the matter to Mr. Barbur."
Mr. McAllister does not claim any
credit for the discovery of the mutila
tions of the Excise Board petition, con
trary to some reports.
"I knew nothing about it whatever un
til I read of it in the newspapers," he
said.
Reinstein Wants Privacy.
Testerday Reinstein. according to the
statement of Auditor Barbur, attempted
to Interview the Auditor privately. Mr.
Barbur promptly declined to participate
in such an interview and informed Rein
stein that if he had anything to say it
must be said in the presence of a deputy
auditor.
Reinstein called at the City . Hall In
. the morning and on falling to secure
a private interview said he merely wished
to declare his innocence of any intention
of casting odium on the Auditor's office.
He again admitted having been in the
office Monday night in company with
his bookkeeper, going over the excise
petition, but denied that he had erased
or otherwise mutilated any names on
the sheets.
Denies He- Owns Saloons.
Wednesday Reinstein told a representa
tive of The Oregonlan that he did not
own any Interests in retail liquor estab
lishments. The City Auditor's
however, show that the license for the
saloon at 775 Thurman street is held in
his name and that he holds a power of
. attorney from the men to whom three
otner licenses nave been Issued. In addi
nun, mo twu imitT saioon licenses are
( in m6 name oi nis bookkeeper, Breslauer,
GAMEWASWDRK
and the latter holds a power of attorney
from two retailers.
The taking of power of attorney or
having a license issued in the name' of
an employe are methods frequently em
ployed by brewers in maintaining finan
cial control of saloons.
The Thurman street license was form
erly held In the name of Breslauer, but
has been transferred to Reinstein. Dur
ing 1908 a license m favor of Breslauer
was held for 145 Front street, but was
not renewed this year. . The saloona
controlled either by power of attorney
or by direct ownership of the license,
other than the ones mentioned, are at
415 North Nineteenth street, 315 Second
street, 104 North Sixth street, 540 Wash
ington street, 7 North Second street, 54
Dixcn street ana zaz Burnside street.
No further attemot has been made to
check over the names on the mutilated
petition and City Auditor Barbur an
nounces that he will accept the petition
as sufficient and submit the proposed
law in me June election. If the oetl-
tion Is attacked it will have to be in
tne courts in an application for an in
junction restraining the Auditor from
entering the Excise Board amendment
on the ballot.
An Inspection has been made W Mr.
Barbur of the Gothenburcr nla.n neHHnn
but he has been unable to discover that
it has been tampered with.
The Municipal Association has Interested
Itself In the probing of the dot to destrov
the effect of the excise board petition and
yesterday was seeking an attorney to as
sist District Attorney Cameron in the
prosecution of the case. It is within the
possibilities that the association will em
ploy detectives to try to determine the
extent of the conspiracy.
FARMERS NOT GUILTY
CHARGE OP AIDIXG PRISOXER
TO ESCAPE PAIIiS. ;
Grand Jn-ry Returns Ten Indict
ments, Including Two Charges
Against Jesse C. Moore.
Jerome Fay and Allen McLay, farm
ers who were said to have aided AVill-
" ... ... .v. 1 L nmiy HULLO. I
" "'"'B ms escape last week, were
not Indicted by the grand Jury when it
returned Its findings to the Circuit
Court yesterday morning. There were
10 true bills, and five not true bills.
mat relating- to McLay and Fay being
among the latter. ' They were said to
uave iurnisned Squires with a coat
and hat on April 16, so that he could
not be Identified.
Andrew B. Balsrltv was Inflicted rm
a charge of havlna- embezzled turn 87
from the. Foresters of America on No-
vemDer zs, last year. F. R. Peterson,
T I r 111 - .
J J- 1 v uiii n M-iifi . Ktrauer wer
amined by the grand Jury as witnesses.
jesse c Moore was indicted on two
assault and battery . charges Tester.
day, for having beaten his wife, Elsie
L. Moore, and attacked his mother-in-law,
Amelia R, Wood, on April 1. The
mother-in-law shot and wounded him,
and he was taken to the hosnital.
vvimam smit, Tom White and James
.Barrett are accused of having stolen
a diamond ring, a gold-flUed watch,
chain and a gold ring from the store
or 1. lievurn & sons, on March 24.
jeorge Bsn was Indicted on a
charge of having stolen three pairs of
dental forceps from Charles S. Lee, on
March 22.
I. W. Gardner Is accused of Rsnault
ana battery upon his -wife, Annie J.
uaraner, on Jnly 10. last vear.
Albert R. Anderson Is alleged to have
unereq a forged bank check for J20
on November 28. 1908. It was passed
upon Tom A. Hogan. Another forged
check was passed upon II. C. Hander-
son on March 21. J. W. Taylor Is
cnargea witn having passed this. It
called for $7.60. The utterlnsr of a
forged receipt for $150 to A. Schelbe
is laid at the door of Chris Mororan
i no crime is alleged to have been com
mitted April 4.
Nick Matosin Is accused of larceny
by bailee. Sam Lalich complains that
Matosin embezzled $96.50 from him on
April z.
Mabel and Lucy Shoemaker, Howard
Asnton and A. A- Radley were exoner
ated by the grand Jury of a charge that
they committed acts outraging public
uecency ana injurious to public mor
als. The statute under which they
would have been indicted had the evi
dence been sufficient, is the one under
which Belle Waymlre and E. E. Raddlng
were convicted. The Shoemaker e-lrl
were taken In charge by the Portland
police after having left their homes
and . come to the city with the two
young men.
A not true bill was returned In the
case or Earl Rockford, accused of hav
ing stolen three gold rings from
Claudia Clarke. Albert Mclnnis was
also exonerated of a larceny charge.
Complaint was made that he stole $10
from A. W. Crabtree. Fred L Harris
will not be tiled on a charge of em
bezzlement of $40 from the Brown
Springer Company, for the grand Jury
i e milieu not a irue d.ii in his case.
INDICTMENT IS NOT BROUGHT
Grand Jnry Kinds No Proof of Em
bezzlement by F. L. Harris.
Among the cases which the grand Jury
uiycsueaiea mis weeK and found no
cause lor indictment was that of U"rwi
L. Harris, accused by Milo J. Brown of
embezzlement from the Brown, Springer
company, printers. According to previous
accounts, Mr. Harris was released from
a cnarge or forgery In Yakima County
through the efforts of Mr. Brown, who
then employed him in Portland.
Mr. Harris' story Is that while Tmhllah-
mg me vrana view Press he became in
debted to the Brown. Springer Comnanv
iur uuout jmo.- ana owed various other
sums. He says he gave Mr. Brown
mortgage on the plant for $500. the In
debtedness to be deducted and the balance
torwarded to him at a certain time. An
ticipaung tne arrival of the money, he
gave cnecks on the bank to pay other ac
counts, dating the checks ahead. The
money did not come from "Brown and he
was arrested but later released.
Mr. Harris says he paid off all his ac
counts with money received from home
and then came to Portland and engaged
in business with Mr. Brown. After work
ing ja weens ana making only $3 per
weex. ne accepted a position In Centralia.
Air. Marris says the charge of embezzle
ment was due to a misinterpretation of
tne oooks or the flrm, kept by him, and
that! he explained the details satisfactorily
to me grand jury.
KIRMESS FUND IS $27,000 1
Fignres for Recent Society Enter
tainment Continue to Grow.
Thomas Scott Brooke, of the klrmess
committee, yesterday . announced that
the net receipts of the recent charity
benefit amounts to the handsome sum of
$27,000. It Is a' source of satisfaction
to those' whb were Instrumental In the
success of the recent affair that this
sum exceeds all previous records earned
by similar entertainments in the United
States, Including those given at Chi
cago. New York. San Francisco and
other cities of much greater population.
New York's latest novelties In fins
footwear at Rosenthal's.
EXPERT REPORTS
ON COUNTY CLERK
J. W. Ferguson Criticises Man
ner of Accounting for
Fees.
COUNTY SHOULD GET ALL
Retention of Amounts Paid for Cit
izenship and Naturalization Pa
pers Is Bone of Contention Be
tween Expert and Mr. Fields.
Criticism of thm mr. .
I , . .' t ewtuunt
g,J.r fees In County Clerk K. a
Fields office, together with a showing
or slight discrepancies In the pflsh Via 1 -
ances, are embodied In an Initial re
port prepared by J. W. Ferguson, ex
pert acoountant, who is engaged in
auditing Mr. Fields' books. Attention
is called by the accountant to his meth
ods in handling receipts. The law Is
freely quoted in the report.
Although completed a week ago the
report, which covers the County Court
department, was not tiled with the
County Court until late yesterday af-
Lcinoun, wnen it was Immediately
placed on record as a Dublin
by County Judge Webster. Just how
the irregularities will be remedied is a
matter not yet given official considera
tion. But it Is understood that civil
action may be directed n irnlnst Mr
Fields to collect citizenshin fees, which
he has retained under the claim that
they are rightly part of his emolu
ments. Mr. Fields, who disputes no
1 1 ;i I 1 1 1 Ttlfl PPrtflf-r (1 CI . n a n a..
says ne is willing and readv to renav
any money that he has retained, if
shown that he has violated his rights.
Pees Retained by Clerk.
The report shows that In his record
of fees Mr. Fields lacks $79.02 of hav
ing enough to balance his books. He
has received and retained as fees in
declarations of intention for citizen
ship cases $968.50. In fees for certified
copies of declarations of intention he
has received $130. In the library fund
there is a discrepancy of $27. On hunt
ers' licenses he is custodian of $2608.80
not yet turned over to the State Treas
urer. . Added to this list Is an Item of
$1874.77 which he holds In custody,
which the expert reports should be de
posited In the county's trust fund.
Although Mr. Fields insists that the
Federal law permits him to credit to
his personal account all money, save
the Government's share, collected in
citizenship matters, the report quotes
an amendment to the citizenship laws
in opposition to the County Clerk's
view. The amendment Is on rule 17 of
the naturalization regulations. It says
that while County Clerks must submit
only one-half the citizenship fees to
the Government, the remaining half
must be accounted for In accordance
with the state law.
Mr. Fields kept the money under the
original rule 17, and failed to take cog
nizance of the amendment. The orig
inal rule was established June 29, 1906.
The amendment went Into effect Sep
tember 1, 1908, since which time Mr.
Fields has retained the fees.
Expert Gives His Opinion.
But that he had no right to keen the
fees at any time Is the Idea presented
by Mr. Ferguson's report. In this con
nectlon. Mr. Ferguson says: "It ap
pears to me that Inasmuch as this
work Is done by deputies hired and
paid by the County, the fees re
ceived from this source should be ac
counted for the same as the others.
He then quotes the Oregon law on the
subject, which says: "That the Coun
ty Clerk of Multnomah County shall
receive an annual salary of $3000, and
shall receive no other fees or emolu
ments."
If this is established by order of
court, Mr. Fields will be confronted
by the necessity of refunding $968.
50
on first papers, and $180 on certified
copies, besides a large amount that 1
yet to be checked up for final citizen
ship papers. The fee for first papers
and certified copies Is $1, of which
Fields has retained one half. The fee
for final pap"ers is $4, of which he has
taken half. The final papers run well
into the hundreds during the two vears
Mr. Fields has been keeping half, and
the amount involved will reach several
thousand dollars. It is said.
As to the trust funds retained by
Fields, Mr. Ferguson recommends-that
the County Court immediately issue an
order directing this money Into- Its
propeT channel.. In this connection
the report says: "There Is now in the
hands of the County Clerk $1874.77
belonging to legates, heirs of estates
and Insane persons, deposited in trust
and most of it by order of the County
Court. The law provides that all such
funds shall be deposited with the
County Treasurer. I suggest that the
County court Issue an order for this
money to be turned over to the County
Treasurer, to be placed to the credit
of the Multnomah County Trust Fund.'
Hunters Pay In $18,243.
Taking up the subject of hunters
licenses In detail, Mr. Ferguson shows
that Mr. Fields has collected a total
of $18,243. . Up to March 1, when the
experting of the books began, he had
turned In to the State Treasurer $13,073,
leaving - a balance due of $5170. On
March 4 he made a turnover of $2363.20,
thus reducing the amount to $2806.80,
cms money being on deposit in Mr.
Fields' personal account with the re
ceiver of the Title Guarantee & Trust
Company. The law In the matter, as
Mr. Ferguson sets out. says: "....All
money so collected by the County Clerk
snail at least once In every three
months, be forwarded to and deposi
ted with the State Treasurer."
During the early part of his tenure of
office Mr. Fields turned in fees received
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In citizenship matters hut since Septem
ber 26, 1906, not a cent of this money
has gone to the county. It was in June
that the Government made the rule which
was Interpreted by Mr. Fields to mean
that the citizenship money was a personal
perquisite.
The subject of drawing interest on pub
lic money is not directly taken up,
although an order removing the trust
funds and compelling prompt remittance
to the State Treasurer would result in
the Shutting off of considerable Interest
money which Mr. Fields now receives. It
Is said. The subject of Interest money
will likely figure in a second report, which
will be returned as soon as Mr. Ferguson
completes a checking over of court fees.
Mr. Fields admits drawing Interest money
on litigation money given to him as
But .he contends that he Is personally I
responsible for all such money and ac
cordingly should receive, the benefit of
interest.
Cleric Explains. Policy.
Mr. Fields has an explanation for the
failure of his- books to balance, in every
instance. The email discrepancy In the
fee account is attributed to error. His
retention of citizenship fees is assigned to
his belief that the money belongs to him.
As to the library fund he thought all that
had been paid in and is at a loss to un
derstand the deficit, which Is for October
and November of 1907. As to the hunters'
license money, that Is tied up for the time
being In the Title Guarantee & Trust
defunct bank, but will pay out. He has
available cash to meet any emergency
that may arise in the event official ruling
is made against hl method of doing busi
ness.
Minor errors are noted. For lnstancs
there Is a record that three opium licenses
were sold at 60 cents each whereas 1
apiece should have been charged. Ap
provals of plats apparently not in the fee
books should have earned $11 more than
Is shown.
In concluding his report Mr. Ferguson
notes an improvement on the general
system of keeping accounts. But he sets
out that the method of accounting for
certified copies and transoripts of record
is faulty. The report covers the period
from July 7, 1902, to, March 4. 1909.
OFTEN MARRIED; IN JAIL
Bertha Atwood, From North Yaki
ma, Faces Polygamy Charge.
Bertha Atwood, the comely young
woman from North Yakima, who shows
a strange penchant for getting married,
Is in the County Jail, awaiting trial on
a charge of polygamy. She was arrest
ed Wednesday morning by Constable
Lou Wagner, while attempting to elope
with Ray Foote, a mechanic, notwith
standing the fact that she already had
two husbarids. Being unable to fttrnish
bail, she is held.
Jesse Atwood, of North Yakima, and
Garnett Hyde, of Portland, are her re
spective husbands, and she probably
would have added a few names to the
list but for the interference of the Con
stable.
According to information given by the
respective husbands and by her friends.
who wish to stop her matrimonial mania,
she wedded Atwood three years ago at
the Washington town. She remained
with him until several months ago, when
she came to Portland and met Hyde, a
sawmill hand, who lives with his parents
at Woodstock. They went to Vancouver,
Wash., after a brief courtship, and were
married, the luckless groom knowing
nothing of the fact that he was marry
ing another man's wife.
He took his bride home with him. his
mother welcoming her to the family cir
cle. But a few days ago came Atwood
and trouble. The much-wedded girl then
disappeared. It is learned that she went
to 225 North Twenty-fifth street and was
preparing to launch life anew with
Foote.
When taken Into custody Bhe pleaded
that one or the two licenses was not
legal, but this is disputed. She was ar
raigned In the Justice Court on a chargs
of polygamy yesterday and pleaded not
guilty.
DEAD MAN NOT IDENTIFIED
Two Names Found on Laborer Who
Expires Suddenly.
Either J. J. Conner or Louis Rofelnn la
dead at the morgue.-- Just who it is that
is aeaa can t be learned. A man of 46,
evidently a laborer, was found dead in
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Spring models are now on
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you are unable to procure them in
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a rooming-house at Second and Burn
side streets yesterday afternoon. Death
was the result of asthma.
But when Deputy Coroner Dunning
took charge of the case he found it more
baffling than that of a suicide where
no motive is shown, for the dead man
had two names on him, and both were In
the nature of a means of Identification.
The names are in different handwriting,
so that it does not appear probable that
one name is an ailas. Unless the prob
lem is cleared up the man will have to
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F a c t
No. 7
Ecuador (South America)
furnishes nearly one - fifth
of the world's production
of cocoa beans, now esti
mated at 300,000,000
pounds. A world-wide de
mand, exists for Ecuador
cocoa beans, for which that
country enjoys a high rep
utation. We import the
best direct.
What .MRM HARLAND" thinks e
"Nature's
THo K. K. . Fair tank
'Dear Sir a .
Hany years' ago I.lscontlnued theuse-oT lard In-my' -f
Kitchen-end substituted for It as. an experiment. COTTOLESE.
then ; c ompar a t lve ly . a ne wpr oduc t
Since ElV
ren-COSTQ3.St.sl Sfttisfa(t1nn siifliiK 4 4 s
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Shortening . nr in
etc. orln.frylng;ilt.lia8. never-disappointed. me.
m m 1 lBl1 It-wereTrln-my-powerto install thls-pure vegetable
prodncV'ln-the esteem of my fe llowhouse wives ln placeo the exose
and cften-dlseased,fcanlmaifats &
1-rarelyreeoBmend any proprletarjrartlcleln-'nrlnt
however good I may think itr but after many years use has Drove
to my household and myself the excellence "of COTT0LEUE. I feel
JiSi41? Ple the self-imposed rule. I honestly
believe It to be the very best thing of Its' kind ever offered to
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be buried at the county's expense and
will occupy an unnamed grave.
Hunt Club Cbase Tomorrow.
The Portland Hunt Club will hold a
regular paper chase tomorrow, which will
be an open event and will start from
Gravel hill, near the Sandy road, at 2:30
F. M. The hares for the occasion will be
Miss A. Markham and Eugene Oppen-
You cannot make a good
cup of cocoa out of
poor cocoa; a poor cook
couldn't spoil
CCOA
in the making. Fragrant,
delicious, nourishing. Less
than one cent a cup.
Don V ask merely for cocoa
ask for GkirardellPs
Oifi from the Sunnw Sou
New York.
December 15.
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are requested to participate in this ride
as a splendid course has been selected,
and the riders are assured of a most
pleasant afternoon.
The lot and three-story building.
Seventh near Morrison at $115,000, Is a
choice buy with excellent future, fairly
good income and ground alone worth
the money. Jackson & Deering, 248
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