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f VOL. XLIX.-NO. 15,2G3. ' t "" w ' ARRESTS FOLLOW Oregon Trust Officers to Face Trial. GRAND JURY'S ACTION SUDDEN Cashier Morris Seized as He Concludes Testimony. FOUR OTHERS ARE TAKEN Officials Accused or Accepting De posit When Institution Was In solventOther Indictments Are Expected Soon. Walter H. Moore, president. W. Cooper Morris, cashier, and B. E. Lytle. Henry A. Moore and Leo Friede. directors, of the defunct Oregon Trust & Savings Bank, which two years ago closed Its doors, a wreck, were all arrested and taken to Jail yesterday afternoon. The arrests were the result of an un expected and sudden recommendation by the grand Jury, which Is now conducting an Investigation into the questionable dealings charged against President Moore and Cashier Morris, individually, and against the directorate collectively. All were later released on bonds of cflO0 each. Felony Charge Is Made. The former officials of the wrecked In stitution are charged with having un lawfully received deposits in a bank knowing the Institution to be insolvent, the complaint being brought against them by Abe Henkle, a retired farmer, formerly living in Corvallis, who had deposited VXtto In the bank on August IT, 1907, three days before payment was suspended. The information of felony against the bank officials Is drawn up under the provisions of section 18. chapter 138 of the Oregon Statutes, passed by the Legislature of 1907, defining what shall constitute a bank and banking business and regulat ing the business of banking tn the 9tate of Oregon. Morris Hurts Own Case. The sudden determination by the Jurors to take these men Into custody was reached during the afternoon while Mr. Morris waa testifying, and was done to prevent his leaving the state, his own statements having convinced the inquisi torial body that many, if not all. of the allegations against him were true. It was feared some difficulty and delay might be involved in bringing him back into Oregon if he should once depart. While Mr. Morris was telling his story of stock manipulations, bad loans and questionable transactions, the information and warrant for his arrest were made out In the next room. It was after a secret consultation among themselves that the Jurors inter rupted Morris" testimony and quietly rec ommended to Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald that the witness be seized be fore he had an opportunity to return to Tacoroa. Little Time Is Taken. Leaving Mr. Morris to tell of some minor details which had been asked for by the Jury. Mr. Fitzgerald left the Jury room, where he had been conducting the examination of three witnesses, and hur riedly summoning Mr. Henkle because ho waa present and therefore more easily reached than any other of the depositors, the information was drawn up. signed, filed with Clerk Beutgen of the Municipal Court, and a warrant was Issued by Judge Bennett, the names of! the directors being included. The details of the mat ter had taken but a few moments. This was at 3:50 o'clock. Within an hour all of the accused bank wreckers had been arrested and escorted to the City JaJL It had been the Intention of the Jury to return an indictment against the ac cused men on Saturday, but action was hastened by the convincing manner in which Morris, while attempting to defend himself, showed that he was a financial Juggler without a peer. The arrest of Mr. Morris and his associates, it is said, is merely the first shot to be fired by the grand Jury. Judging from the prompt ness with which they acted upon Mr. Morris' etory yesterday it Is believed that by Saturday a string of Indictments will be prepared charging embezzlement In the various deals now under the probe. Detective Walts Outside. Mr. Morris' arrest was made by De tective Day, who was waiting outside the grand Jury room. When the information and warrant had been prepared. District Attorney Cameron telephoned, requesting Chief Cox to visit his office. Immediate ly after the Chiefs return. Detective Day was sent out to receive his instructions from the District Attorney. The greatest secrecy was observed by all concerned to prevent news of the contemplated "round up" of the bank officials getting out for fear that the accused men might hear of it and place themselves where it would ba difficult for the officers to locate .them. Deputy Sheriff Jones was also in wait ing for Mr. Morris at the grand Jury chamber. ' As soon as Mr. Morris stepped outside the officer served papers upon him in the civil suits being brought against the various bank officials by Re ceiver Devlin to recover assets not turned over to him at the time of the failure. Mr. Morris' face was flushed, showing the ordeal he had undergone in the juryroom and he waa greatly surprised when the BANK DISCLOSURES (Concluded on Pas 12.J THROUGH TRAINS RUN TO PORTLAND PURLI-VGTOX WILIi EXPAND ITS 7 2-HOVR SERVICE. Two Trains Daily Over North Bunk Road From Chicago to Ore gon Metropolis. CHICAGO, Oct. 27. (Special.) The Bur lington management has Just decided upon a new schedule which will extend the 72-hour sen-ice, now in effect to the Puget Sound cities, to take in Portland as well. The new schedule Is to go Into efTect next Sunday. , The Burlington now runs through trains every day from Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma via St. Paul. Both are solid through trainsto Puget Sound, but here after they will also be solid . through trains to Portland. They will run over the North Bank Road from Spokane to Portland, so-called because for fully half the distance it follows the north bank of the Columbia River. This is the most recently com pleted line in the West, and has a max imum curvature of three degrees and a maximum grade of two-fifths of I per cent. The Oriental limited will continue to leave Chicago at 10:15 P. M. as at present, but the Northern Pacific express will leave at 10 A. M. instead of 9:20 as here tofore, arriving at Portland at 8 A. M. the third morning. LAD NEARLY STARVES SELF Lives Five Days on Pickle to Avoid Whipping. Weak, emaciated and unable longer to remain In hiding because of gnawing hunger. 10-year-old Philip Gebhardt. whose parents live at 930 East Twelfth street North, last night crawled out of his father's woodshed, where he had been in hiding for five days and four nights, without anything to eat save a pickle, which he carried In his coat when he left home last Saturday morning. Pulling himself to the doorway, he called his mother and supplicated her not to whip him for running away. The lad's parents had notified the police and when Patrolman Croxford went to the Gebhardt home last night he found the boy In a delirium from the effects of eat ing. Upon investigation among neiglrbors Croxford reported to Captain Moore that It has been the custom of young Geb hardt's parents to beat him unmercifully at times. When he ran away Saturday for a few hours he became scared and went into the woodshed and covered him self with a piece of old carpet. There he remained until last night, without food or water. The case will probably be Investi gated further. v . FINOS WIFE IS ANOTHER'S i Husband Returns to Learti Love Has Played Him Trick. CHICAGO, Oct. 27. (Special. ) "I am married and happy, as is everybody else but Mr. Fulton. Why should he inter fere now with my happiness? He is no longer my husband. He has come back on a fruitless mission." In those words Mrs. J. William Killlan, wife of a retired and wealth,- business man living at 2924 Evanston avenue, to day indicated that her former husband, Robert Fulton, who came back to claim his wife and home, after making his for tune in California, has gone out of her life forever. In answer to his wife's declaration Ful ton today asserted that he was a victim of a conspiracy. "I am the victim of a conspiracy." eaid Fuljon. "I will de mand a thorough legal Investigation. When I wenuwest in July, 190S. she loved me. I sent her money every month. Now I come home and find that she has secured a divorce from me and has mar ried again." MARRIES ITALIAN COUNT Daughter of Rich Tennesseean Fol lows Sister's Example. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Oct. 27. At noon today was celebrated the mar riage, of Miss Carolyn Montague, of this city, to Count Netino Rasponl, of Ravenna. Italy. Miss Montague is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Preston Mon tague, her father being a wealthy man ufacturer of Chattanooga. She Is the second daughter of the family to wed an Italian nobleman, her sister. Miss Mildred, having married Count Passo linl Pasolino, a cousin of Count Ras ponl, two years ago. FRENCH FIGHT FARCE DUEL Dramatist and Critic Satisfy Honor, but One Forgets to Fire. PARIS, Oct. 27. Henri Bernstein, the mmafist utiH Francis Chevassu. a dram atic critic, fought a duel with pistols at Prinro Tnrk todav. M.. Chevassu urea and missed, while Bernstein did not dis charge his weapon. When he was asked later why he had not fired the dramatist replied: T fnrtrnt to." The duel grew out of the publication of an article written by Bernstein in whlcn he attacked the critic. ' , DIAZ SUES HIS TRADUCER Charges Author of Book Calling Him Czar With Libel. NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Action for libel on behalf of President Diaz, of Mexico, against Carlo de Fornalro, author of a book entitled "Diaz, the Czar of Mexico,' was begun In the Court of General Ses sions today. ..r-r . T, r-nzrrx-v rrinincTl -V AHTnT?T7Tf 98 10) " " " PRICE FIVE CENTS. " . . i i LOCAL EYES MAY PROVE COOK RIGHT Way to McKinley Peak Seen by Portlanders. MR. AND MRS. W.T. VADE SPEAK Prospectors View Trail to Top From Southeast. SUTER'S STORY ASSAILED Explorer Said to Have Taken Easy Path Discerned hy Mining Party. Couple Convinced Physician Reached Summit in 190 6. Portland may have a voice In the con troversy surrounding Dr. Cook's asserted ascent of Mount McKinley In 1906. The minror hai two loyal supporters In Mr. and Mrs. Waltman T. Wade, of 447 Sixth street. They, with two others, formed a rwu-tv nf nrosDectors who were among me last to- converse with Dr. Cook prior to bin attemDted ascent of the peaK on ma southwestern side. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wade are firm in their conviction that Dr. Cook and his party made the ascent on the southeastern-slope of Mount McKin ley, after a futile attempt to reach the summit oh the west. Mr. mid Mrs. Wade spent the enure Rummer of 1906 Drospecting along the southern base of Mount McKinley. While searching for "pay dirt" about the loot of th mountain they came upon Dr. Cook and his party camped at Dutch Creek, a branch of the Kaniitna, wmcu drains the southwestern side of the moun tain. This was on the afternoon of July 14, 1908, according to entries in a diary kept by Mrs. Wade of her sojourn in the wilds near the base of the mountain. Conk and his Dartv were then camped about 20 miles from Mount McKinley and tn tho xniithwe.it. After a few hours" visit in the Cook Camp, during which Dr. Cook expressed his determination to reacn the summit of the mountain, tne wane party pressed on eastward. West Side Too Steep. NTir.. Avm later thev slsrhted Cook's party camped on the Tokashltna Glacier at the base of Mount McKinley ana eix miles north of their camp on the banks of iTokashitna River. From observations made through their glasses Wade and Mo nartv wen convinced, owing to the steepness of Mount McKinley near the noint where Dr. Cook had campea on the west side, that the ascent would be Impossible. Fulfilling their convictions, the Cook party, composed of nine men and 11 horses, was subsequently compelled to abandon the ascent from the west side of the mountain. According to statements of Mr. and Mrs. Wade, verified by maps and diary notes, the Wade party continued east ward, along the foot ol tne mountain. tnr four weeks and eventlally reached the southeastern base of the mountain after crossing the Chulitna and Shushltna RK-ers. From their camD at the foot of the mountain they saw the possibility of reaching tne summit or Mount iviciviniey along its gradual incline, Afar- ahanHnninr It tTl n on the Tok- kashltna River the Wade party neither (Concluded on Page 3.) . . m m SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSI ItTT ... . f THOSE NEW SKYSCRAPERS. j a a BB DO d.d nDtWJJ! VXC a a aajao do a;an vVmu j oa.pl ao-aa!a2 Si? aa 3 aii n Iln ilnl 3 PWma0 DSlna oaflfl-00 noohlfflTDOl RAILROAD TO MEET BUSINESS GROWTH NEW YORK CENTRAL MUST BC1L.D MORE CARS. Contracts for New Equipment and Improved Roadbed Call for Expenditure $85,000,000. NEW YORK, Oct. 2?. W. C. Brown, president of the New York Central & Hudson River Railway, announced today that the management had entered upon a campaign of extraordinary expendi tures to meet extraordinary traffic de mands. The comoanr had placed contracts in the last few days, he said, for $25,000,000 worth of new locomotives, passenger and freight cars, and intends to spend J60,- 000,000 more S5,000,000 in all in reducing . ct-mlehtprJnir curves and laying new rails, exclusive of $30,000,000 terminal improvements in New York. r, traffic, records for the month of September and October up to date have exceeded anything in the company s His tory." he said. "The previous hlgh watei1 mark was for the first three quarters of 1907, Just before the panic "Every available car and engine on , vtom la in service. My latest re port shows that 94 per cent of our freight cars are In use." HUNTER FIGHTS BOBCAT Beast, Wounded, Springs at Man, Tearing Clothing to Bits. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 27.-(Spectal.) Crus Kleza, night clerk at the Sprague Hotel, fought a large bobcat In the rocks south of Sprague this afternoon. Armed with a single-barreled shotgun, he started out to hunt ducks and had gone five miles from town when he came upon the cat lying at the foot of a large tree. He opened fire, wounding the cat slightly, when the maddened animal came "bounding toward him and sprang before he could reload his gun, clawing and scratching madly, trying to reach his throat. Kleza shook off the cat and. using his gun as a club, soon dispatched it, but not before It had torn his trousers into strips and scratched him badly. FERRER'S WILL PUBLISHED Urges Executor to Continue Work of Modern School. PARIS. Oct. 27. The will of Fran cisco Ferrer, shot at Barcelona for al-len-erf nlots aeainst the Spanish gov ernment. Is published here today. It charges -the executor to continue the publication of Ferrer's works on mod ern schools and education. The testator stated that history would vindicate his innocence, but he adjured his friends not to bother about his memory, as "in this life only acts count." He added the regret that his body could not be cremated. REJECT ALL LORDS' WORK A.equith Will Move Commons Fight for Irish Land Bill. LONDON, Oct. Ti. Premier Asqulth an nounced in the House of Commons today that on November 6 he would move for the rejection of the House of Lords' amendments to the Irish land bill. The Premier also stated that the House of Commons would adjourn on November 5 until November 23. This precludes the possibility of a general election before the new year. During the adjournment of theMower house the budget will be In the hands of the Lords. BALL1NGER CIS REVIEW OF POLICY Favors Rapid Work on Reclamation. ISSUE BONDS AGAINST FUND Has Allowed No Waterpower Sites to Be Grabbed. WOULD GUARD RESOURCES Secretary's Policy Is to Let Govern ment Execute Big Reclamation Works Indian Schools Are Condemned. WASHINGTON, Oct. ' 27. Secretary of the Interior Bollinger, who returned to Washington last night, after an extensive tour of Inspection of the . public domain and interests in the Far West under the Jurisdiction of his department, gve out today a statement which is regarded as a declaration of his policy as to these mat ters. The statement is written in the third person and ' takes up the various features of the department's work, de voting particular attention to the vari ous reclamation enterprises and especially to water-power sites on the public do main. No Waterpower Grabbed. , The Secretary reiterates "without fear of contradiction" the statement hitherto made in his behalf, that since his incum bency no waterpower. sites on the public domain tlteretofore withdrawn have been secured by private parties and that he has energetically made every effort, by temporary, withdrawals, to segregate ex isting power sites on the public domain. In order to enable the Congress to legis late for their more prudent disposition. Mr. Ballinger states that during his trip "most of the principal Government reclamation projects have been visited, ' gome of them with the Senate committee on Irrigation. The water-users and set tlers upon the reclamation projects have been conferred with, as well as the Gov ernment officials in the' field, respecting existing projects .and questions which may involve the improvement of the serv ice and the advancement of the interests of the settlers." Issue Reclamation Bonds. Respecting reclamation work. the studies made by the Secretary have in spired him, the statement says, "with an ambition to complete existing projects as rapidly as business prudence and moneys available will permit, and he is earnestly In favor of securing authority from Congress for the issuance of bonds against the reclamation funds to give the service the means whereby all existing projects can be speedily completed and necessary extensions undertaken." The Secretary declined to discuss any phase of the controversy regarding con servation policies which has been de scribed as existing between himself and Gtfford Pinchot. the Government Forester. He made it plain that he will 1 deal With conservation in his annual report, to which he soon will give at tention. He declared himself in hearty accord (Concluded on Pace 2.) PARTNERS RUNNING FROM WORK MEET EACH WIRES TO KEEP OTHER MAN ON JOB. Richardson Telegraphs From South, Swetland From North, Both Go to. Vanderbilt Race. CHICAGO. Oct. 27. fSpeclal.) F. J. BIchardson. president of the Perkins Ho tel Company, of Portland. Or., and L. Q. Swetland, secretary and general manager of the same company, are both enthu siastic automobilists. Thereby hangs this tale, which is of their meeting In Chicago today when each supposed the other was back in Portland attending to business. A week ago they both left Portland, Richardson going to San Francisco for the Portola celebration, and Swetland to Seattle on business. In those cities each of the hotel men met friends who were going to the Vanderbilt cup races on Long Island, New York. "Come on; go with us," was the Invita tion each received. "All right; I'll do It," was the answer each made. Richardson telegraphed his manager at Portland to have Swetland look after his business until he got back. Swetland telegraphed the manager to have Rich ardson do the same thing. Before tho manager could reach either of them, by wire they had started on their 2000-mile Journeys to Chicago. Today they telegraphed orders back to Portland, and both will leave on the Twentieth Century Limited tomorrow with their friends for the races. CHILBERG FINDS DIAMONDS Seattle Man Recovers Wife's Gems Thrown From Car. . SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. J7. (Special.) Diamonds to the value of $18,000, which J. E. Chlloerg threw out of a car window in the Mount Shasta region,' have been found, according to Information received by Mr. Chilberg at the Fairmont Hotel today. Imme diately upon receipt of the news Mr. Chilberg left the hotel, but ndT before announcing that the prospective recov-. ery of the losC gems would result In his remaining at the Fairmont some days longer. Mr. Chilberg, who was president of the A-T-P Exposition, supposed he was throwing out nothing but a glass of water when he tossed away the dia monds! and learned what really had happened when his wife returned to the car and told him she had placed the sparklers In the water, where they were practically invisible. From tne first station beyond the point where the , stones were lost Mr. Chilberg returned on a special train to search for them, but failed ,to find them. It is supposed they were dis covered by detectives sent to continue the search. RANCHES. LAID IN WASTE Houses and Barns Destroyed as Re sult of Range Trouble. PRAIRIE CITY, Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) Houses, barne and fences have been burned In the vicinity of Dale, In North ern Grant County, because of range dis putes. Last week, when "Walter Jones and family returned from a trip to Pendleton, they found their house and barn had been burned and the homestead laid In waste. This Is the third crime of this kind In the past month. , The station at Dale and the residence of Barney Shiltz was first burned, to gether with the barn. A few days later the big barn of Thompson brothers on upper Meadow Creek was burned and a mile of wire fence cut to pieces. The people of the North Fork country are Incensed at these outrages, but are unable to find the perpetrator of the crimes. One man who was accused of burning the building has filed suit In the Circuit Court for $10,000 damages to his character. JUDGE INDICTED FOR GRAFT Brooklyn Magistrate Accused of Ac cepting Bribe. NEW YORK, Oct. 27. It was re ported today that an indictment against Magistrate J. Furlong, of Brooklyn, on the charge of accepting a bribe, had been returned by the King County grand Jury. When a document or paper of some kind was handed to the magistrate in his room as he was about to go on the bench of the Gates Avenue Police Court, he collapsed and had to be taken to his home. Magistrate Furlong was recently held to the grand Jury following an Investi gation by the District Attorney for al leged irregularities in the magistrate's office. CITY SLIPPING INTO CANYON Nevada Mining Camp in Danger of Immediate Disaster. RENO, Nev., Oct. 27. That the old mining camp of Virginia City is sink ing into the deep canyon on the side of which it is located, and that it has al ready ' slipped 11 feet within the last few years, was the announcement made by Professor George P. Young, of the University of Nevada, today. Professor Young states that the steady sinking is 'due to the crumbling of the- old underground timbering in the Comstock mines, placed there BO years ago. He predicts a catastrophe at any moment unless star.. iJ.n to prevent It, TAMMANY KNIFED , SAYS HEARST Because He Would Not Obey Murphy. FOOLISH TO TAKE NOMINATION Independent Tells Secrets of 1906 Campaign. SILENT STABS IN BACK Tammany Told Voters How to Cut Hearst and Vote f or Hughes. - Odds on Gaynor in Betting, Some Money Bet Even. NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Despite a rain tonight, the three Mayoralty candidates delivered collectively 16 speeches. Otto T. Bannard, the Republican candidate, led with nine in Harlem and the Bronx, W. R. Hearst spoke three times and W. J. Gaynor, Democrat, s spoke four times. At a meeting at Carnegie Hall Hearst disclosed some Interesting facts concern ing his acceptance of the Democratic nomination against Governor Hughes in 1906. "Three -years ago I ran for Governor upon the Independence party ticket," he said, "and the Democratic party Indorsed me, seeming to see a true Democrat in the candidate and platform of the Inde pendence party. I hesitated 16 days be fore accepting the Democratic indorse ment, but finally and foolishly accepted It." Knifed by Tammany. This was the beginning of the' end,, the speaker continued. In effect, as he out lined what purported to be his clashes with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam many Hall, disagreements which he said resulted in hie refusal to tie dictated to by the leader, and his ultimate defeat because Tammany scratched him. "I was slaughtered and sacrificed in New York City," he said. "On every dead wall flamed a giant poster, 'How to cut Hearst and vote for Hughes.' To every Tammany voter was sent Bample ballot, 'How to cut Hearst ajid vote for Hughes.' For all this adver tisement and information Tammany paid the bills." Odds Are on Gaynor.' Although there has. been less betting on the result of the campaign than on any election in many years, the wagers have been generally with odds favor ing Gaynor. Ten thousand dollars was left with the proprietor of an uptown hotel today to be wagered at even that (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERDAY'S-r-Maxlmum temperaturs, 41 degrees; minimum, 42 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. Foreign. Japan will pay royal honors to Ito and Is nuntlng down Corean conspirators. Page 5. National. President Taft apeaks at Memphis in favor of deep waterways. Page 1 Collector Loeb defends action In glvlnff grafters Immunity for turning Informer. Page 3. Attorney-Qeneral denies Sugar Trust can escape under statute of limitations. Page 6. Secretary Ballinger declares policy on recla mation and conservation. Hags 1. Active propaganda for conservation starts with Taffs aid. Page 2. Domestic. Oil companies fined and ousted from Texas. Page 6. Indianapolis raising fund to pay reward for arrest of dynamiters. Page S. Mrs. Van Deman goes up In Wright airship, first woman In America to fly. Page 3. Burlington road to run 72-hour trains from Chicago to Portland. Page 1. Only six men survive from wrack of steamer Hestla. Page 1. After year's absence man returns to find wife has divorced him and remarried. Page 1. ' Two Portland hotelmen surprised at meet- ing in Chicago. Page 1. Belmore Brown, companion of Coo on Alaska trip, says he did not cumb- Mount McKinley. Page 3. New York Central to spend vast sums on improvements. Page 1. Louis Hill condemns Government policy la ; opening reservations. Page 5. Sport. Coast League scores: Portland 1. Loi An geles 2; Sacramento 2, Oakland 11 Vernon J, San Francisco 0. Page 10. Nelson says he will fight -VVolgast, but will soon retsre from ring. Page 10. Johnson and Jeffries to meet In Hew York today. Page 10. Commercial and Marine. First car of new California walnuts due. Page 17. Wheat prlcea in East show little change. Page IT. Easier money market helps prices of stocks. rage 17. Arrival of steamship Invertay brings steam tonnage In port up to 20,850 net tons. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Officials of defunct Oregon Trust A Sav- . Ings Bank are arrested. Page 1. Storm predicted for today by Weather Bureau. Page 9. County Board of Equalisation holds opening session. Page 11. ' Portland couple. In prospecting, saw easy trail to Mt. McKlnley's peak, later fol lowed by Cook. Page 1. Bank of Drain sues officers of Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. Page 12. H. C. Bowers tells of plans for big hotel. Page 0. United Railways pays bank 17.1,000 debt! may be Hill project. Page 12. Mayor Slinon refuses to reconsider agree ment reached with Municipal Association. Page IS. Council votes to keep City Hall opP Sat urday afternoons. Pas 11. 1