Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 13, 1909, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textists' tools were stolen from the Alaska CHI TRY LIBEL J HEAD OF 'NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY SUSPENDS i JUDGMENT ON PEARY-COOK CONTROVERSY. BUV NOW to ti CUPID PLAYS HOB WITH BURNET GIRLS AS HNGTON mm (FL Judge Anderson Says Govern - ment Can't Remove Men to Washington. PRESS SHOULD CRITICISE Court Holds Attack on Canal leal Was. Not Libel, and, if It Were, Trial Should Be Wiere Paper Is Published. INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 1?. -Judge A. B. Anderson, of the United States Court, to day dismissed tbe proceedings against Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, proprietors of the Indianapolis News, who were resisting removal to the District of Columbia for trjal under a grand Jury Indictment charging them with criminal libel In publishing articles alleging that there was a corrupt profit of I2S.0OO.OOO In the sale of the Panama Canal to the United States. Duty to Tell Truth. "That man has read the history of our institutions to little purpose." said Judgo Anderson, "who does not view with ap prehension the success of - such a pro ceeding as this, to the end that citizens could be dragged from their homes to the District of Columbia, the seat of Gov ernment, for trial under the -circumstances of this case. The defendants are discharged. "I believe the fact that certain per sons were called 'thieves' and 'swind lers dues not constitute libel per se. A newspaper has a certain duty to per form. As a former President had said, It is the duty of a newspaper to print the news and to tell the truth about It.' It is the duty of a newspaper to draw inferences for the people. Peculiar Facts About Canal. "Now, there were many peculfar cir cumstances about the whole Panama Canal business. The revolution in Panama, the circumstances concerning it, were unusual. The people were in terested in the construction of the canal. It was a matter of great pub lic concern; a portion of the people favored the Nlcaraguan route; anotsr portlon, those who were Interested n It. officially and personally Just inter ested preferred the Panama route. A committee was appointed to investigate and report tne relative merits of the two routes. They investigated and re ported in favor of the Nicaraguan. Shortly afterwards they changed to Panama. "Up to the time of that change, as I gather from the evidence, the' lowest of fer that had been suggested as the one at which the Panama property the prop erty of the Panama Canal Company could be procured was something over $109,000,000. Then rather suddenly it be came known that it could be procured for no.ouo.ooo. Just Ground for Suspicion, "Now. there were a number of people who thought there was something wrong. A committee of the United States Senate was appointed to Investigate these mat- ters. The committee .met, as stated in the article. thS men 'who knew all about It.' William Nelson Cromwell, upon having certain questions put to him. stood upon his privilege as an attorney and refused to answer. To my mind that was juet ground for suspicion. I am suspicious about it now. "Here wai a newspaper printing the news, or trying to. ' Here was this mat ter up for discussion, and I am not will ing to say that the inferences were too strongly drawn. Slight Ground for llemoval. "This indictment charges the defend ants with commission of a crime In the District of Columbia. Now, the Con stitution of the United States, in one of the amendments, provides that the ac cused shall be tried In the state or dis trict where the offense is committed. "The Indianapolis News Is owned by these defendants, conducted and pub lished bv them, printed by them, in In dlanopolis. At the time covered by this indictment it had a daily circulation of about 90.000 copies. All but 2000 were circulated and disposed of in the State of Indiana, some four or five hun dred more in one or two of the ad joining states, and to the District of Columbia there were sent by mail about 60 copies to subscribers or persons who ordered them sent. The defendants have no agent or bureau or office and maintain no agent or bureau or office in Washington. Crime Wherever Paper Sent. "So the question Is. do the defend ants, when they prepare and publish 60 copies in the city of Indianapolis and deposit them In the United States mall to be transmitted by mall to B0 sub scribers in Washington, do they pub lish those 60 copies in Washington? If they do. if they did, the court has jur isdiction of the offense. But if they did not. then the court has. neither Jurisdiction of the offense nor over the defendants. "Everything that the evidence ahows that the defendants do or did. they do and did In the State of Indiana. City of Indianapolis. I have thought about this thing a good deal and it seems to me I am compelled to take one of two views, and there ls nothing between them. Either when a newspaper owner or pro prietor does what the evidence in this cas- shows those defendants did. 'Com posed, printed and deposited in the mails for circulation" these papers containing, for the purpose of this statement, libel ous articles, either they are guilty here and in every county, district or Jurisdic tion into which these papers go, or they are only guilty here. There Is no mid din ground to take. "When the defendants put these papers containing those libelous articles Into the Postofnce here in Indianapolis and they went through the mails throughout the country Into the various stateev counties and districts of the United States, either it became a crime, a separate and Inde pendent crime. In every one of the coun ties, districts or states into which the papers went, or there was but one crime and that was here. "The counsel for the Government sup posed a case where a paper Is deposited in Indianapolis and circulated throughout the $2 counties of Indiana. I asked whether they could be prosecuted in every county, and the counsel thought they could and in the absence of this statute they could. Then, suppose there was an indictment in "Posey County. Would they have the trial and prosecution in Marion County? The counsel for the Government thought they could. I do not think so at all. I am so certain of it, I feel like saving I know it." The trial of the p'101'5" of th New Tork World on a similar charge, but in the defendant's own district court of New York, is to be called within a month. It is expected. There is. however, also an indictment "c.y the grand Jury of the Dis trict of Columbia acainst the New York World- , . fc. - v V iJ r - ! I-- 4 1 -i '." t H ! NEW YORK, Oct. 12. (Special of the National Geographical Socle on the subject of Dr. Cook, and claims .to the Pole until a thoroug he made. It had been Intended to Moore has been chief of the Unit and was born in Scranton, Pa., in 1 Meteorological Almanac and Weath to scientific and other publication WILLIS LCTHER MOORE. ) Willis Luther Moore is tbe head i One Daughter of Portlander Weds Secretly, Other Elopes . but fiepents. . ' ty, which has suspended Judgment Commandr Peary and their joint h investigation of the matter can present Dr. Cook with a medal. Mr. ed States eather Bureau since io, 856. He is the author of Moore's er Guide and has been a contributor s on meteorological subjects. SNOW COVERS EAST Dig Up Furs in Middle and Mid Western States. BLIZZARD SWEEPS LAKES Michigan and Superior Lashed Into Mad Fury by Piercing Northern. Gale Colorado Hurrying to Harvest Apples. CHICAGO. Oct. 12. While the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts are basking in sun shine, the Middles and Middle Western States find comfort In furs. The first chilly blasts of Winter have swept a section from Manitoba to Kansas and from West Virginia to Colorado. Most of the states within this radius are covered with the first snowfall of the Winter, and accompanying the white flakes was a piercing north wind that cut to the'bone. From Manitoba comes the report that the mercury has fallen to near xero; that snow covers a large portion of the prov ince to the depth of three inches. The blizzard has raged in Duluth for two days. A cutting wind Is driving in from Lake Superior and the constant flurries of mixed snow and rain have covered, the streets and sidewalks with a thin coating of ice. giving the city a Decem ber appearance. In Detroit the tempera ture hovered between-30 and 40 degrees above zero. - A 30-mile wind prevailed. Points In Ohio. Indiana and Illinois re port a drop in temperature to from 40 to 20 above zero. Everywhere there is snow. At Omaha. Lincoln and Norfolk, Neb., the mercury stands at 22 above. Des Moines and other places in Iowa are cov ered with snow and the northern gale has sent the thermometer down to be tween 30 and 22 above the zero mark. ' In Kansas City, Mo., It stood at 28 above. Other places in Missouri report the ar rival, of Winter. Kansas prairies have taken on a robe of white and the Sunflower State has put op Its storm shutters. Ok lahoma and the Texas Panhandle are shivering. All of Wisconsin awoka this morning to sweep paths through a six Inch snow. .The temperature throughout the Badger State ranges from 10 to 30 above. A howling north wind raged all night. The gale lashed Lakes Superior and Michigan into a fury. The mad waters washed the decks of the larger steamers, and anxiety was felt for smaller craft, but aside from a few tug and tow boats dragging their anchor until they reached the beach no damage Is reported. Throughout the fruit district of Colo rado business in the towns Is suspended to allow the clerks and other employes to help put the $1,000,000 apple crop out of frost's way. Last night an overcast sky saved the fruit, and by tomorrow the largest part of- the crop will be safely stored. PERSONAL MENTION. . Sol Durbln and wife, of Salem, are at the Perkins Hotel. W. B. Ewing. of Dallas, is registered at the Hotel Portland. T. R. Jones, of Denver, is registered at the Portland Hotel. F. H. Dean, of Baker City, is regis tered at the Hotel Oregon. F. Q. Youle, a merchant of Spokane, is a guest at the Seward Hotel. ' Attorney H. M. Stephens, of Spokane, Is a guest at the Seward Hotel. V. T. McGillyenddy, of San Francisco, Is registered at the Lenox Hotel. E. F. Schuyler and wife, of Pendle ton, are guests at the Perkins Hotel. M. A. Baker, a walnut grower of McMinnvllle, is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. ' C. P. Richards and wife, of Berke ley, Cal., are guests at the Lenox Hotel. vRolla C. Ralston, of Albany, is vis iting Portland and stayingat the Cor nelius Hotel. G. W. Phelps, of Umatilla, prosecut ing attorney of Morrow County, is vis iting Portland with quarters at the Imperial Hotel. A. L. Darrow, a prominent business man tf Sacramento, Is a guest at the Nortonla Hotel. R. T. Daniel, a prominent real estate operator of Spokane, is registered at the Cornelius Hotel. Thomas R. Jackson and Albert J. Edwards are Philadelphia tourists reg istered at the Lenox Hotel. Fred H. Taft, a prominent business man of Santa Monica, Cal.', Is regis tered at tne Nortonla Hotel.' C. J. Cornelius, a merchant of Cas cade Locks, is visiting Portland and is staying at the Imperial Hotel. Ed J. Shaw, a prominent business man of Spokane, is visiting Portland with quarters at the Hotel Oregon. Mrs, O. F. Stafford, -..-Ife of Profes sor Stafford of the University of Ore gon, is a guest at the Oregon Hotel. C, J. Butsch. a business man of Ta coma, is visiting Portland this week and has taken quarters at the Nortonla Hotel. Sam E. Mitchell, manager, of the Peck-Judah Advertising Company, of San Francisco, is registered at the Nortonla Hotel. FULL VALUES ARE TAXED HARNEY COUNTY ASSESSOR SO INTERPRETS STATE LAW. Property Values Boosted From $2, 500,428 to $8,707,665, but Taxes Are to Be Lower. BURNS, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) The listing Of property for assessment pitr poses ln Harney County has undergone a radical change this year In comparison with the past few years. . County Asses sor Donegan interpreted the law to mean Just what it says, and realized it as his duty to list property as nearly as pos sible at its actual value. To this end he asked and received aid from the County Court to enable him to go over the county, make a personal ex amination, classify the property and list it in accordance with Its quality and value. Mr. Donegan, assisted by J. W. Buchanan. a former Assessor, and Charles W. Loggan, spent about four months in the field, made plats of every township, segregated the land as to Its tillable and non-tillable character and valued it accordingly. The change made will appear in the summary of the tax roll, which is now ready for the County Board of Equalization. This summary is appended for the year 1906 and for this year as a means of comparison: 1909. 190S. Acres tillable land $ 245.94s $ 71.580 Value tillable land 1.267.960 330,664 Acres non-tillable land. 691,574 755.677 Value non-tillable land. 1.214,450 1,086,430 Improvements deeded land 287.2:0 113.215 Town and city lots.... 80.245 x32.235 Improvements, city lots ; 195,210 76.640 Improvements, on un-f deeded land 1 1 28.875 9.995 'Eight miles Tel. and Tel. line..- 3.946 1.81S Steamboats, engines, etc 33.454 13.760 Merchandise and stock. 136.425 44,400 Farming imDl'm'nts, etc 64.975 82.636 Noi.'i and accounts.... 32.950 21,850 Monev 3.250 .. Shares of stock 57,000 15.875 Household furniture, etc. 59.780 23.570 Horses and mules 6.4SS 5.254 Value 227.080 131.2.10 Cattle 48.418 44.443 Value 725.970 444.430 Sheep and goats 95.810 59.963 Value 287,430 119.966 Swine 645 639 Value 1.S85 1,912 Dogs 85 . 41 Value 470 186 Total .....$6,708,665 $2,600,428 In addition to the sheep assessed on the roll belonging to resident owners of other property the tax has been col lected on non-resident owners and roving bands to the number of 56,000 head, which have paid over $2900 in taxes. The assessment of the largest prop erty owners is as'follows for the two years: . . 1909. r 1908. The Wm. Hsnley Cos.. .$1,150,265 $ 436.060 Paclflc Livestock Co... 940.060 357.690 Wll. Val. & Cas. R'd Co. 72,130 335.145 Cal. & Or. Land Co... 122.050 31.325 The Increase in the assessed valua tion will make little difference in the actual taxes of the individual. A total levy of 26 mills on the dollar raised about $65,000 In taxes last year, and a totallevy of 10 mills will raise $67, 000 this year, which illustrates the ef fect to the individual. A few will con,, tribute a larger proportionate share than heretofore, but tly sranaral mass has been benefited. OLD LOVES ARE FORGOTTEN XancjT Smtten With Long Beach Youth at First Sight, Elopes . but Backs Out and Sur prises Sister's Secret. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12. (Special.) Surprises are in store for Portland young men. according to the story told today by Miss Nancy K. Burney, and her sifrter, who was Miss Alladlne until her secret marriage last Thursday to Arthur Way land Wright, a young business ma.n of Los Angeles. The mother of the young women, Mrs. IV. T. Burney, of Portland, who is here with Mr. Burney on their wa to New York, ' corroborates a large part of the story. Elopes, Then Backs Out. Miss Nancy, . according to her own story. Is engaged to young men of Port land and Seattle. When she reached here a short time ago, she met a youth of Long Beach and it was a case of love at first sight. They became engaged and the chances of the fiances In the north dwindled. An elopement was proposed and the couple started for Santa Ana, the Gretna Green of Los Angeles. With her mother and sister present today she con fessed the rest as follows: "I backed out before we reached Santa Ana. Then, when I saw sister. I told her about it. confessed the whole thing about the Portland and Seattle boys and allt The reason I stopped was becausa we had no witnesses. When I told sister that, she said, 'you don't have to have witnesses." "How do you know?' I asked. Then she had to tell me that Thursday she married Mr. Wright. What do you think of that?" Sister Had Eloped Also. Mrs. Wright said: "We Intended keeping our wedding a secret for two years until I finished my education, but I let Nancy know It with out meaning to ami now It is all out. I have tried to write to my fiance in Port land about it. but I can't get beyond: Hw are you?' I guess I'll have to let mv husband write him." Mrs. Wright admitted that she did not know Mr. Wright until she met him a week ago on her arrival here. Mrs. Burney, mother of the girls, said: "This is an awful mlxup, but I guess It will be straightened out all right. Mr. Burney and I are going to take the girls and our new son-in-law to New York with us for a few months and let it blow over." , Wr. T. Burney Is a lawyer of Portland, with' offices In the Washington building. Hia residence is at the corner of Sixth avenue and Keeley street. s Caught With Stolen Goods. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 12. (Speclal.)J-At an early hour' this morning a set of dies valued at 350 and a number of machln- Fishermen's Packing Company s steamer North Star, which is moored Inside the railway company's wharf. A few hours later John Neilsen and Hugh McMillan were arrested by Sheriff Pomeroy as they were attempting to sell the stolen articles. Neilsen was formerly a fireman oi the North Star. McMillan Is a stranger, here. BOND IDEA GAINS FAVOR Senator Jones Will Vrge Action on Plan tor 'Reclamation Fund. NORTH .'YAKIMA. Wash., Oct. 12l (Special.) Through ' Senator Wesley L. Jones it became known today that the Congressional delegations of all North west states are going to band together at the coming session and pull for a bond issue to provide funds for the completion of reclamation work, as suggested by President Taft on his recent visit. The Washington delegation is taking the lead in this, and, through Governor Hay, is bringing the matter before the other state delegations. The idea has been well received so, far and promises success. Converts to the bond issue idea are alsp being made among Eastern solons. Sen ator Bob Taylor, of Tennessee, here on a visit, declares himself in favor of the idea, and Senator Painter., of Kentucky, has purchased a ranch under the Trejon project for his sons, insuring his Interest in the completion of the work. HAY W0ULDKEEP EXHIBIT Proposes That State's Display Be Saved for Other Fairs. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 12. (Specials Washington State will take the lead In planning to be represented in the next three great world's expositions, and the first move toward perfecting an organi zation for that purpose will be made at a meeting of the state commission of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition tomor row. ' Governor Hay will be present and outline his views. Several weeks ago Representative Slayden, of Pierce County, a member of the commission, outlined a plan to make permanent the Washington State exhibit at the Exposition. Governor Hay said today he proposes to go a few steps fur ther. He not only favors the perpetua tion of the present exhibit, 'but the ap pointment of a custodian with power to begin the work of extending the exhibit. SOUTH BEND BANKER DIES Death Claims S. H. Elchner, Promi nent Business Man. SOUTH BEND, Wash.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) S. H. Elchner, one of the ablest and most prominent business men of this section, died at his home in this city this afternoon of peritonitis. Samuel H. Elchner was born In Penn sylvania 49 years ago. He came to this city in 1891 and engaged in the grocery business. In 1896 he was elected County Treas urer. For the past, ten years he has been in the banking business, and was cashier of the Pacific State Bank at the time of his death. -f- Astoria Man Gets Contract. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) C. G. Palmberg. of this city, received a tele gram today from the Welnhard estate in Portland stating that he had been award ed the contract for constructing the new Welnhard-Astorla hotel In this city. Winnipeg. 'Man. Frank Sherman, for a number of years president of the Lnlted Mine Workers of Western Canada, died Tuesday nlghtsat Fernie. B. C. He engin eered the great coal strike In the Crow. Nest Pans district last Spring. PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO v SEATTLE I FOR GLOVES AND UMBRELLAS SPECIALS IN G LOVES UMBRELLAS and HOSIERY ITALIAN SILK HOSIERY The Newest Innovation in Silk Hosiery We show here, for the first time, stockings that axe made of fine Italian silk fabric. $1.50 A PAIR. fl They are cut perfectly, shaped and sewed to gether. The toes and heels are two separate thicknesses, like the double-tipped silk glove, insuring additional service, no seams on the bottom of sole to hurt the feet. Q Made several inches longer than ordinary hose. Positively will not rip orTun and cannot be torn by garter. 9 Italian silk hosiery is both rich in appear ance and economical. Will wash like a pocket handkerchief and always maintain a new and fresh appearance. . ' Come in plain black, Vhite and all colors: g Italian silk hosiery is shown here for the first time. i . A 9 1'lFOR 6L0VESAND UMBRELLAS 309 MORRISON ST., OPP. POSTOFFICE wmm $l Down, $l a Week a: 100 Trimmed Hats Not One Shown Beore Today Wednesday SPECIAL $4.95 Values to $ 1 0.00 Each In this display is an entirely new line of Continental, Mar quise and Broad-Brimmed Sailor styles in velvet, scratch felt, bengaline and silk shapes. The trimmings are the very latest styles of imported feath ers, novelties and ribbons. They are particularly pretty and are bound to find a ready sale when placed on sale at C4.95. " A Commanding Sale "NaSia" Fall Style CORSETS at 98c We doubt if there ever was a corset at this price that embodied so many qualities confined usually to very high priced corsets. We will grant that the' finishing and trimming of $4 and $5 corsets are of a finer grade of material. At the same time the quality of ma terial put into this corset is durable, serviceable and strong. The model is an exact reproduction of the latest Fall lines demanded by dressmakers. At 98c we believe this to be the "peer" of any corset ever offered in the City of Portland, not at 98c, but at $1.50 and $1.75, as the regular price of this model is $1.75. Mm m ? EXTRA stitchers . 100 "No Piece". Cur tain Stretchers made of selected quality of basswood, with non - detachable center brace and with'embossed ruling. Stationary Pins of best qual ity. A reg. $i.75 val., sp'l. 98c ams $4.59 EXTRA Axminster Rugs tAlKA Curt Regular $7.00 Value, Special 3000 pairs of Lace Curtains in Cluny, Renaissance, Irish Point, Battenberg and Marie Antoinette, white or Arabian color, 2lz and 3 yards long. All are made on good qual ity of Imported Bobbinets in this season's best patterns. A large variety to select from. Values to $7.50 pair, SPECIAL $4.59 $4.75 300 Axminster Rugs of se lected quality in pretty Ori ental patterns, with soft rich colorings, size 27 by 54. Spe cial 98c. Enameled Iron Beds 100 White Enameled Beds, or superior quaiiiy; juaue iu i fmif liffprpnr naltprns to se- JI leet from, plain enameled' or, brass-trimmed beds. ihe:l: are all regular $7.o0 sellers and are great values for $4.75.' Can be had in white, cream, blue or pink enameled finish. $15.00 BftASS-TRIMMED BED SPECIAL $9.85. This is a very neat bed of simple lines, displaying refined tastes, made with continuous post and seven spindles. 100 45-lb FLOSS MATTRESSES of extra good quality. This 'mattress is built, not stuffed, full weight and size, fancy art tick. Regular $12.00 value, special $9.95. 35-lb. COTTON COMBINATION MATTRESS of select ed quality. Come in good quality of striped ticking and is the best value in the city for $6.00, special $3.95. rr 'I r Trescot Weave at -C T r e s c o t Weave Wool Waistings, solid colors of brbwn, blue, black, navy, tan, green and red. $1.75 Table, JJamask t-loths These cloths are mill ends, 2l2 yards long, 66 inches wide. A big assortment of choice patterns. $ 1 .29 $1.75 Full Size 1 Bedspreads at ' -'-' Full Size Bedspreads. These spreads are hemmed, closely woven, prominent Marseilles patterns, medium weight. ' $1.65 Red Rub-d 1 OQ berF 'tn Syringe P ' L s Rec Rubber Fountain Syringe, 2-quart, best quality tubing and hard rubber pipes. ' CLEANLINESS" Is the watchword for health and vigor, comfort and beauty. Mankind Is learn ing not only the necessity but the lux ury of cleanliness. SAPOI.IO, which has wrought such changes in the home, announces her sister triumph HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH. A special soap, which energises the whole body, starts the circulation and leaves an exhilarating glow. All gro cers and druggists. RHEUMATISM "Call for Free Uricsol Booklet on Treatment and Diet, at Woodard, Clarke & Co., Portland, or write to Uricsol Chemical Co., Los An geles, Cal.