THE MORMJiG OREGOMAN, SATURDAY, MATT 8, im
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BROWN TOLO .HOW
TO SERVEWARRANT
Los Angeles Constable Tells of
Going to San Francisco in
Kidnaping Trial.
CHAUFFEUR TELLS STORY
Man AVho Drove Older to Redwood
City Denies Having' Asked $300
for His Testimony Disavows
Knowledge of Ijibel Action.
SAX FPANCISCO. May 7. The trial
of Luther 'Jrown, charged with having
kidnaped Fremont Older, managing ed
itor of the Bulletin, proceeded today be
fore Judge Mahon.
The morning session was occupied
chiefly by the cross-examination of
George A. Wyman. one of the chauffeurs
who drove the party of alleged kidnapers
from this city to Redwood City, where
Older was placed on a Los Angeles train.
He denied saying he had asked t300 for
his testimony. He said he was not aware
that Older had brought action against
Brown for wrongful imprisonment, asking
JIO.OOO damages.
The next witness was Constable Co
hen, of Los Angeles, who told of being
sent to this city to serve warrants charg
ing criminal libel on Fremont Older and
R. A. Crothers. of the Bulletin. Before
leaving Los Angeles he was toid by
Judge Summerfield that he would be
given Instructions by Luther Brown,
whose office he visited on reaching San
Francisco, He then had Judge Cook inT
dorse the warrants.
TRACE MOXEY PAID AT MINT
Prosecution Trles to Show How Su
pervisors Got $200,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. The prose
cution in the case of Patrick Calhoun,
president of the United Railroads, on
trial for offering a bribe, continued to
day Its. painstaking effort to trace the
J200.000 in currency paid to Tirey L.
Ford at the mint on Calhoun's order
in 1906, to the hands of the Supervisors,
or rather to their alleged agent, Abra-.
ham Ruef, from the office of -Ford,
where the last positive evidence on the
subject left it.
The acting treasurer, A. M. Dahler,
of the company, through whose hands
all moneys, either received or paid out.
must pass, was, perhaps, the most im
portant witness of the day, since he
showed that this great sum had not
been handled in the. ordinary course of
business, or, in fact, passed through
his office at all.
From this statement and the previous
testimony of other witnesses as to the
visits of Ruef to Ford's office, some
where around the time the money was
conveyed there by Ford and Abbott, It
is the hope of the prosecution to con
vince the Jury that no other deduction
is possible but that the money was
paid to Ruef and by him disbursed to
the Supervisors. Evidence taken today
was all along the line of elimination of
other possible explanations for the
withdrawal from the mint In cash of
these particular amounts.
The only other feature of . the day
was the testimony of George B. Wilcutt,
secretary and controller of the United
Railroads Company, who brought into
court the minute books of the directors'
meeting for the year 190S. Wilcutt re
lated the election of Mr. Calhoun as
president, and told of the holding of all
but some 25 shares of United Railroads
stock by the United Railroads Invest
ment Company. He was asked to bring
to court such franchises belonging to
the company as were saved from the
tire in 1906, on Monday, when the case
will be resumed.
George H. Myers, a newspaper man
wlio was present at the Board of Super
visors meeting on May 14. 1906. when
the trolley ordinance was passed to
print, told of the reading and passage
of the measure. Questions by the
prosecution laid stress on the fact that
Myers, who was a regular attendant at
the board meetings, had never heard of
the matter until it was read for pass
age. Mrs. Henrietta Sittenfeld. sister of
Abraham Ruef. was the next witness.
She produced a receipt for $3500, paid
to I A. Rea by her on, June 2, on be
half of her brother, in a business trans
action, but could not recall in what
form the money was paid over.
Alexander S. Latham, Ruef's chauf
feur in the Summer of 1906, told of
driving Ruef to the United Railroad of
fices twice. The dates of these visit
he could not recall. He was dismissed
without cross-examination.
BOMB AT BUENOS AYRES
FIRED ON STREETCAR BY SYM
PATHIZER WITH STRIKE.
Policeman and Girl Have Legs Blown
Off and Many Other Per
sons Injured.
BUENOS AYRES, May 7.-A bomb was
exploded today at a street corner, pre
sumably by some persons in sympathy
with the strike of protest against the
action of the police in tiring upon a
crowd of May day demonstrators. The
explosion tore one of a policeman's legs
off and fractured a little girl's legs.
KighToen others were also Injured, some
seriously.
The bomb was" hidden In a basket of
vegetables placed on the platform ot a
tram-car. A passenger heard a noise
like the ticking of a clock coming from
the basket and informed the policeman,
and the explosion followed. One arrest
has been made.
A number of cars and cabs were op
erated today, though there was some dis
order attending ; their progress through
the streets. Business is at a standstill.
FRENCH PEOPLE SWINDLED
American Found Guilty of Working
Mining Shares Game.
PARIS. May 7. Charles Woods Gam
mon, an American, who says he is a
native of Sacramento, Cal., was today
found guilty of swindling the French
public by selling shares in California
mining companies. He was condemned to
two years in prison and to pay a fine
of G0a I
According to the accusation against
Gammon, he obtained something over
$100,000 from French investors. He had
agencies in varlouB French cities and
issued alluring prospectuses promising
colossal returns.
Gammon protested his innocence and
said the money received from- the sale
of shares in his company had been em
ployed In exploration and mining work
In the United States.
GAM3ION IX BIG SCHEMES HERE
Promoted System of Huge Granaries
That Was Failure.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. May 7. Charles
Woods Gammon was formerly a resident
of Sacramento County. His people still
live on the Gammon ranch near Court
land. Tears ago he constructed three
large granaries down the river, borrow
ing many thousands of dollars to com
plete the work. Relatives, neighbors and
prominent residents of Sacramento were
Induced to invest' in the scheme and are
said to have lost small fortunes. A civil
suit was brought by creditors.
Gammon left Sacramento shortly after
these financial troubles.
FAREWELL TO ISLANDS
GOVERXOB SMITH SAILS, LOAD
ED WITH GOOD WISHES.
All Ranks In Philippines Unite in
Praise of Good Work Japan
Expects Visit.
MANILA, May 8. Governor-General
James F. Smith, of the Philippine Islands,
who has been given an indefinite leave
of absence, and who probably will not
return to the Islands, sailed today on the
Nikko Maru.to Kobe, whence he goes by
rail to Yokohama. There he will take
passage on the steamship Minnesota for
America.
There will be a series of farewell ban
quets in his honor, Americans and for
eigners ail joining in the demonstrations.
Governor Smith is exceedingly popular
with all elements, and his resignation
and departure are deeply regretted.
The last formal functions included a
banquet given by Vice-Governor Forbes.
General Carter, Bishop Brett and Speaker
Osmena, of the Philippine Assembly,
spoke, all praising his patience, tact and
accomplishments on behalf of the islands.
After the banquet the Governor went
to a farewell ball given by the Assembly,
and from the ball he was escorted to the
steamer, where the Merchants' Asso
ciation presented him with a large silver
loving cup.
He has been invited to the British government-house
at Hongkong and the
Japanese also have expressed their desire
to entertain him.
FRIEND TO BOTH SIDES
WITNESS TELIiS ABOUT EVAXS
. OSBOURX KISSING.
Osbourn Not to Blame for Kissing
Brother , Officer's AVife
Under xIstletoe.
VAILKJO, Cal., May 7. Assistant
Naval Constructor S. M. Henry concluded
today his testimony before the board of
inquiry in the case of Lieutenant Franklin
Wayne Osbourn. TJ. 3. N., accused of mis
conduct in the kissing of Mrs. Evans,
wife of Naval Constructor Holman A.
Evans, at the latter's home Christmas
day.
Most of the afternoon was occupied with
the testimony of a San Francisco news
paperman who was a boyhood friend of
Lieutenant Osbourn and who has been on
a friendly footing with all the persons
concerned in the affair since it first be
came public. This witness had been pres
ent ' at many conferences held before
Evans brought suit for divorce when
the Christmas day mistletoe incident was
discussed. He was placed on the stand
by Osbourn with a view to showing that
the latter was not responsible for the pub
licity which the matter was given
Anna 9udee. a maid in the Evans1
household, will be placed on the stand
tomorrow by Mr. Evans.
Mrs. Evans, who Is playing a vaude
ville engagement, was allowed to see her
2-year-old daughter; Eleanor, this after
noon for the first time since she ac
cepted service in the divorce proceedings
last January.
FIRE BURNS UNHINDERED
Pioneer, Nev., Has No AVater to
FiSTht Flames.
GOLD FIELD, Nev., May 7. Fire started
by an explosion of gasoline in the Vienna
Cafe at Pioneer, Nev., at 1 o'clock this
afternoon, destroyed The solid lines of
buildings on both sides of Main street
for a distance of a block and a half.
The flames were fanned by a heavy wind
and there was no water with which to
fight the fire, which simply was allowed
to burn itself out. Porter Bros. mer
chandise store is the only building on
Main street that escaped. The Holland
Hotel and the Pioneer Bank were not in
the line of fire. The damage is esti
mated at $50,000. The fire occurred in
what is known as the "upper townsite."
About 25 buildings, all frame, were
burned.
FRENCH VOTE ON STRIKE
(Concluded From First Page.)
government, being turned almost univer
sally in that direction by fast accumulat
ing evidence that the formation of the
union is only the first step in the plan
of the General Federation of Labor to
obtain absolute control of the whole ma
chinery of government. The newspapers
denounce the union without stint as in
augurating a rebellion and urge the gov
ernment to crush the movement before it
spreads throughout the public service.
The only exceptions to this chorus of de
nunciation are the extreme Socialist
papers.
PERILOUS TIME FOR FRANCE
John Bigelow Condemns Weakness
in Yielding to Strikers.
NEW YORK, May 7. John Bipelow, the
veteran author and diplomat who repre
sented the United States in France dur
ing the Civil War. was a passenger to
day from Havre on the steamer La Prov
ence. Mr. Bigelow said he regarded the
labor troubles in France as one of most
perilous situations which that country has
faced in modern times.
"The government's weak position in
the settlement of the postal strike," he
said, "has incited the workers in all other
departments to push outrageous demands
and the whole battle, which might have
been fought out and won at the time of
the postal strike, must be gone over
again."
LIS
All American Property at Kes
sab Destroyed.
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS STILL
People Return to Homes to Find
Them Looted and Wander About
Absolutely Destitute Turkish
Guard Is Not Trusted.
BEIRUT, Asiatic Turkey, May 7
An Investigator who has Just returned
here from a trip to Kessab reports that
all the American property at that place
has been completely destroyed by the
Moslem raiders. The American prop
erty there consisted of a girls' high
school under the direction of Miss
Effle N. Chambers. Three-quarters of
the native houses also have been de
stroyed, but the Armenian Church and
the new Protestant school building are
standing. Almost all of the people who
fled from Kessab have returned to find
their houses looted. They are abso
lutely destitute. Some food and
clothing are being distributed, but
there is no system in the work and
the supplies are Inadequate.
One band of Turkish reserves has
returned to the town, but as they took
part in the rioting and killing there,
the people cannot trust them. The pro
tection afforded is in no sense suffi
cient. The situation at Deurtyul, on
the coast north of Kessab, stlU is crit
ical. CALLS ON TAFT TO INTERVENE
Fresno Meeting Proposes Joint Con
trol of Asiatic Turkey.
FRESNO, Cal., May 7. At a gigantic
mass meeting held in this city tonight
resolutions condemning the recent Turkish
atrocities in Asia Minor and. appealing
to the American Government to stop the
massacres were unanimously passed. In
the portion of the resolution In which an
appeal is made to President Taft he is
requested to take the initiative in check
ing these atrocities, securing the co-operation
of European powers to make their
recurrence impossible, even to the extent,
if necessary, of putting the disturbed prov
inces temporarily under international
control, pending the restoration of order
and the establishment of a government
capable of maintaining it.
Dr. Chester Rowell, Mayor of Fresno,
presided.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FLED
Escaped Massacre While Men Re
mained to Fight.
LATAKIA, Asiatic Turkey, Sunday,
April 25, via Constantinople, May 7.
That the casualties at Kessab were not
greater is due to the fact that many
women and children left town the
night before its destruction, and found
refuge in the surrounding country or in
the Celaduran "Valley. The men of
Kessab remained behind to fight.
At the conclusion of the flcrht Arme
nians drew off to the mountains, leav
ing the old and sick behind them.
ABDUL'S MONEY IN NEW YORK
Made. Deposits Recently and Ha
.$10,000,000 In Germany.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 7. The
parliamentary commission has learned
that -Abdul Hamid recently deposited
considerable sums of money in New
York banks, end it appears thct he has
in the neighborhood of 110,000,000 in
German banks.
BOOST FOR HIGH BRIDGE
Albina Club Indorses Broadway
Street $2,000,000 Project.
The proposed high bridge at Broadway
and the bond issue of J2.000.000 to be
voted for at the June election for its
construction received a big boost at the
meeting held last night in Woodmen
Hall, on Russell street, Albina. It was
the sentiment of the meeting, which was
largely attended and enthusiastic, that
SGHOO
n
THE METZGER & CO. Bankrupt Jewelry Stock
LOCATED AT NO. 342 WASHINGTON ST., Bet. 7th and Park, Has Fallen Into the Hands of FRITZ ABENDROTH
...
THIS SALE WILL COMMENCE TODAY AT 2:30 P. M.
And will continue each day at 2:30 and 7:30 P. M. until all is sold. The ENTIRE y
STOCK and FIXTURES must be sold regardless of cost in order to pay off
the Creditors. Nothing Reserved; All Must Go at This Auction.
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
Of Securing High-Grade Goods at Your Own Price
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FINE WATCHES DIAMONDS CLOCKS CUT GLASS UMBRELLAS
Solid Silver and Silver Plated Ware Solid Gold and Gold Filled Jewelry
THE FINEST AND LARGEST LINE OF BRAUER'S HAND PAINTED CHINA WILL BE CLOSED OUT AT THIS AUCTION
342 Washington Street 5nLer1cssS
DON'T FORGET THE DATE. SALE STARTS TODAY AT 2:30 P. M.
there is immediate necessity for this high
bridge to furnish facilities for crossing
the Willamette River. s
Judge M. J. Munly, who presided, gave
a review of the steps that have been
taken for this bridge, pointing out that
it had been 16 years since Portland had
built a bridge and declaring that the
bonds to be Issued would be no great
burden upon the present increased wealth
of Portland. He declared that the bridge
was as much for the future as for the
present and the future would help to pay
for it.
"We want ' the people." he said, "not
to forget this bridge at the June elec
tion." , "
Dr. J. R. Wetherbee, president of the
Portland Commercial Club, addressed the
meeting, telling of the greatness of Port
land and Indorsing the proposed bridge
at Broadway. Councilman R. E. Mene
f ee was introduced as the man who had
worked untiringly for the bridge, and he
talked briefly, remarking that the' Coun
cil had, generally favored the bridge.
EVANS' POINT IS CLEAR
IDEAS AS TO DISARMAMENT ARE
FORCEFULLY CONVEYED.
Says He Will Oppose Plan "Till Hell
Freezes Over" Army and Navy
Nation's Police Force.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 7.
"I shall oppose disarmament until hell
freezes over and the devil goes a-skat-ing."
Calmly, but with characteristic em
phasis, which left no doubt as to the
meaning to be conveyed, Rear-Admlral
Robley D. Evans, retired. In these words
tonight expressed his conclusions regard
ing a movement to achieve universal
peace through disarmament.
"There can be no peace except with a
strong armament," said the Admiral.
"The proposition is precisely the same as
if a town should dispose of its Marshal
and Constables; a city of its police force;
a county of its Sheriff, and a state of its
militia. How long do you believe "peace
would be preserved under such cond
itions? "Now, the Navy and Army constitute
the police force of the Nation, and we
will have our hands nlled "with trouble
unless they are maintained in full
strength and to a high degree of ef
ficiency. "The United States must not be a lag
gard in naval and 'military preparations
if she .s to maintain her supremacy."
FRICTION INJURES NAVY
CONGRESSMAN SAYS NAVY IS IN
NEED OF ECONOMY.
Dawson Tells Engineers Line and
Staff Must Pull Together,
Stop Waste.
WASHINGTON, May 7. Urging as im
perative for the better interests of both
the country and the Navy the need for
greater economy and less friction among
the line and staff officers. Representa
tive Albert F. Dawson, of Iowa, a mem
ber of the House Naval affairs- commit
tee, delivered the principal speech tonight
at the banquet of the American Society
of Naval Engineers.
A lack of unity of purpose in Naval
administration, asserted Mr. Dawson, is
responsible for the (present unbusiness
like manner in which the Navy-yards are
conducted. If the different branches of
the Naval service would work in har
mony there would be a healthier senti
ment in Congress for larger Naval appro
priations, he said.
He alluded briefly to the trip of a' spe
cial committee among the Navy-yards of
the country- recently and the evidence of
lax methods and apparent extravagance
that were found to exist in many in
stances. He urged that the system of
administration be brought up to date,
with resultant good to the Navy and the
country.
CHILE TO LEARN FROM US
Sends Admiral Gacitua to Investigate
Ship Construction.
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 7. Admiral
Perez Gacitua, of the Chilean navy, will
leave here shortly for the United States,
where he will visit a number of ship
yards and investigate the possible con
struction of Chilean warships.
FIRE LOSS IS Sfi.
Two People Injured in Blaze at
Marshfield.
BUSINESS HOUSE BURNS
Entire Block ot Wooden Structures
Threatened for Time, and Mer
chants Hastily Move Their
Goods -to Places OiSafety.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 7. (Special.)
Fire, from a defective flue, at- 4 o'clock
this afternoon, did $6000 damage, caused
injuries to two people and threatened for
a time to wipe out an entire business
block in Marshfield.
The Sengstacken building, a two-story
frame structure on Broadway, near C
street, was burned, and for a time the
Garfield Hotel, on Front street, and a
whole block on C street, known as the
Donaldson property, were threatened.
It looked impossible for a time to save
the whole row of buildings, and a dozen
of the business houses moved out all
their goods and fixtures. The total loss
by fire, water and damage from moving
will be about $6000. The burned building
was occupied by the Anona Cash Gro
cery, owned by J. W. Umstead, ard the
J. McCutcheon restaurant.
The fire evidently started from a defect
ive flue, and the entire upper story was
in flame before the fire was discovered.
Mrs. M. L. Buckingham, who with her
husband occupied rooms in the second
story, was asleep, and awoke to find the
place in flames. She Jumped out of a
second-story window, but was not seri
ously hurt. She left behind a purse con
taining over $200 in cash.
Attorney Tom Hall received a wound
on the face by dropping from an auto
mobile when hurrying to the Are.
The flames reached the rear of the
Garfield Hotel and the roof of the
Donaldson building. Excellent work
was done by the fire department with
the help of citizens. The Government
dredger Oregon quickly had a stream
of salt water on the burning building,
and after a hard fight the fire was
stopped.
The losses by fire, water and moving
are estimated as follows: Henry Seng
stacken, loss on burned building, J1000,
Adam Donaldson, damage Donaldson
block, J1000; Jj H. Bridges, damage to
Garfield Hotel building,- 1200; J. Mc
Cutcheon, damage fixtures, $200; August
Frazeem, merchant, $250; McCreary, drug
store, $500; Annao grocery, loss of stock,
$1000; George Goodrun, damage to clothing
stock, $500; M. L. Buckenham, money and
household goods, $400; Garfield Hotel, fur
nishings, $200; Otto Sehetter, household
goods, $250. McCutcheon, Frazeem, Mrs.
Owen and Buckenham were uninsured.
All other losses were covered.
SICK MAN RUNS TO WOODS
Escapes in Fit of Delirium and Is
Tracked by Bloodhound.
SEATTLE!, Wash.. May 7. (Special.)
Just before daybreak this morning Burt
Short, 20 years old," who for days had
lain ill with pneumonia in a little room
over a livery stable in Kirkland, be
came delirious and thus with the stealth
of a somnambulist abroad in the night
crewled through a tiny aperture near his
bed and escaped to the woods nearby.
He was barefooted and his clothing con
sisted of naught but an undershirt.
The task of tracing the missing man
was taken up and a bloodhound was pro
cured. Near Redmond they came upon
Short sitting upon a log, emitting shrieks
of laughter. He seemed Immensely
pleased with several bunches of weeds
and shrubs that he had in his hand, and
from which it was apparent he had been
eating. It is believed he will die.
NO ORAL BOOKMAKING
Prosecution Only Possible When
Bets Are in Writing.
NEW YORK, May 7. There can be no
bookmaking without writing or record
ing, according to a decision of the sd-
pellate division of the New York Supreme
Court, which today sustained a writ of
habeas corpus releasing from custody
Orland Jones and Sol Lichtenstein, ar-
AUCTION
500 Trimmed Hats
Go on sale today. Hats in black and
colored, tastefully trimmed in flowers,
ribbons and velvets. In an "immense
variety of selection. Both large and
small shapes. Values up to $6,
Saturday Only $2.48
Children's Hats
An assortment of pretty
New Trimmed Hats for
Children in fancy straw
and body shapes. These
hats are trimmed in flow
ers and ribbons, and come
in an assortment of pretty,
styles.
Regular Price to $3.50
' Friday $1.95
Silk Sale Continues Today
85 c, $1 Satin Foulards 59c
3000 yards high-grade Fancy Silks and Satin
Foulards for Summer suits, shirtwaists and jumper
dresses. The collection embraces all the newest
patterns and the latest Spring shades, and ard
offered at
Special for Saturday 59c
Armenian Hand-Crochet Mats
Never in the history of our Linen Department have we
ever been able to offer such a startling bargain as these
Armenian Hand-Crochet Mats. The assortment is varied
and unique in both designs, patterns, shapes and sizes.
Round and square ranging from a 6-inch Doily to a Large
Bedspread.
Every Piece Offered Friday Half Price and Less
25c pieces for... 10
60c pieces for... 25
65c pieces for... 29
75c pieces for 35
$1.00 pieces for... 42
$1.25 pieces for... 50
$1.50 pieces for. . . 70
reeted at the race tracks last Summer.
The court refused to sustain the conten
tion of the prosecution that bookmaking
could be done orally.
TWO KILLED IN TUNNEL
Explosion Occurs Just Before Work
Is Completed.
W1NXIPEX3, Man., May 7. Just before
work on the spiral tunnel on the Cana
dian Pacific Railway in the Rocky Moun
IE
Ladies Bonnets
An elaborate assortment
of pretty, Stylish Bonnets
in most becoming shapes
and tastefully trimmed in
small flowers, ribbons and
satin. -These bonnets are
shown for the first time
today.
Values up to $7.50
Friday $3.95
$2.00 pieces for... 95
$2.50 pieces for. ..$1.05
$3.75 pieces for... $1.65
$4.50 pieces for...$2.00
$6.50 pieces for. ..5j2.50
$7.00 pieces for...$3.50
$8.00 pieces for... $3.75
$12.00 pieces for. ..$5.00
tains near Field -was finished last night,
a dynamite explosion occurred, resulting
in the death of two workmen and serious
injury to two others. The seriously in
jured were:
P. I. Bonner, of Spokane, aged 40.
M. J. McDougall, of Rossland. ,
Alns-vorth in Capital.
OR EGONI AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 7. John C. Ainsworth and
Samuel Veach, of Portland, are visiting
in the capital. Word has been received
from Senator Bourne that his mother is
recovering, and that he will return, here
Saturday or Sundav.
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