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GHAND JURY WILL
REPORT ON BANK
Indictment of Oregon Trust Of
ficials Is Expected Be
fore Tonight.
INQUIRY IS NOW AT EiyD
Evidence Offered That Frlede
Warned Relatives to Withdraw
Funds Before Crash Came.
Several Counts Considered.
Work of the grand Jury in Investi
gating the Oregon Trust & Savings
Bank virtually ended yesterday after
noon and all that remains now is tbe
filing- of the Jury's report and the in
dictments. The preparation of these
papers will probably occupy the Jury
and the District Attorney's office a
greater part of today.
Until the Jury officially hands in Its
report today In the Circuit Court noth
ing will be positively known as to how
many Indictments will be drawn and
gain st whom they will be directed.
The facts, however, which have been
broupht to light are considered grounds
for indictments on several different
counts.
It is regarded as certain that Walter
H. Moore. E. E. Lvtle, W. Cooper Mor
ris. Henry A. Moore, and Ieo Frlede
will, as directors, be Indicted for re
ceiving funds on deposit in the bank
when It was known to have been In an
Insolvent condition. It Is also regarded
as certain that W. H. Moore and Mr.
Morris will be indicted on eight counts.
These will Involve the Board of Trade
Building deal, funds sunk In the Order
of Washington, funds sunk In the Gol
den Eagle, the abstraction of $76,000 of
personal notes of Mr. Moore and Mr.
Morris, the mysterious disappearance
of $50,000 In either cash or securities,
the tearing off of the names of the
makers of the notes for the Golden
Eagle, and the crediting to the account
of the. Golden Eagle stock owned by
the bank.
AM Evidence Is Reviewed".
All day yesterday the Jury was bus
, lly engaged In going over carefully the
evidence which had been laid before
it during the past month of Investiga
tion. No other matters have been al
lowed to take up any of the Jury's
time, and virtually all of the prelimi
nary work In preparing Its report has
been finished. Some of the evidence,
it is said, has been of a character to
warrant the expectation that Indict
ments would be found against othen
connected with the illicit transactions
besides the bank officials, but up to
the present no Intimation that such
will really be the case has gained cre
dence. In the abseno of more pointed evi
dence than has so far been brought out.
It is regarded as likely that the In
dictments against the directors will be
confined to the one charging them with
receiving deposits In an Insolvent bank.
In this connection, however, the final
witnesses of the day yesterday brought
out evidence tending to show that Mr.
Frlede was aware of the Impending
crash several days before the end came
and advised some of his relatives who
were depositors to withdraw their
money before It became too late.
. An investigation into the bank's ac
counts showed that Mrs. Hannah F.
Baruh. Mr. Frlede's sister, and another
relative were depositors there. On
August 19. the day before the bank
closed. Mrs. Baruh gave Mr. Frlede a
check for $1250 and drew out the bal
ance of her account, which amounted
to $34.50. The account of the other
relative was also closed out by a check
to Mr. Frlede.
Friede Owed Bank $4500.
Further investigation had shown that
Mr. Frlede owed the bank $4500 on a'
note and that the checks given him
by his relatives were given the bank
to apply on payment of the note. Mrs.
Baruh and M. Baruh. one of Mr. Frlede's
bondsmen, were before the Jury to tell
how this transaction had occurred.
From admissions made by Mrs. Baruh
the Jury came to the conclusion that
Mr. Friede had advised his relatives to
take their money out In time.
H. A. Graves, formerly the assistant
cashier, who has been a much wanted
witness, arrived from California yes
terday morning and spent some time
In the Jury room trying to explain away
the disappearance of the $50,000 which
was lost on the night of December 16.
1906. Apparently, so far as Mr. Graves
knew, the $50,000. might never have
existed and was merely carried in the
books. All that he knew was that a
yellow envelope which was sealed and
the contents of which were unknown
to htm was supposed to contain securi
ties or something worth $50,000 and
that it was carried at that valuation
on the books.
Receiver Devlin. President Reed, of
the German-American Bank, John T.
Richardson, the chief of the experts,
who had made the report on the bank's
books, were called several times during
the day to verify records and furnlsn
data from the records in the receiver's
hands.
A meeting of the attorneys repre
senting the five directors was held yes
terday to outline a plan of defense and
consider a statement for publication,
but nothing was made public after the
meeting. Some definite statement may
be made. It is said, after the report of
the Jury Is rendered. .
OWNERS TO PROTECT BOXDS
Men Holding Telephone Securities
Are Banding- Together. '
There la every prospect of concerted
action by Portland people holding Omaha
independent Telephone bonds In response
to the proposal that persona owning
these securities stand together for the
protection of their interests. Yesterday
a large number of these bondholders com
municated with the members of the com
mittee that was named Thursday and
gave assurance that they will gladly co
operate in any movement which may be
deemed best by the holdera of this Omaha
telephone paper. Every person holding
any of these bonds, either In large or
small amounts. Is urged to notify C. E.
Rumelin. a member of the committee,
which is desirous of ascertaining the
address of every such bondholder.
It is estimated that there are between
1STO and 20u0 persona in Portland and
vicinity who hold these telephone bonds
in denominations ranging from $100 to
$1000. Most of these bonds were accepted
in lieu of cash by depositors in the de
funct Oregon Trust & Savings Bank
when the affairs oi mat institution were
assumed by the German-American Bank
under the scheme of reorganization. Aa
nearly as can be estimated there are
about $750,000 of these bonds in the pos
session of people in the Pacific North
west. This represents nearly SO per cent
of the total issue of bonds by the Omaha
Company which had issued about $1,600.
000 of this paper. when it first defaulted
In the payment of interest.
"EvVry man, woman and child who has
an Omaha telephone bond to Interested
In the situation." said a member of the
bondholders' committee yesterday. "From
the Information we have, nearly 60 per
cent of the bond Issue of $1,600,000 sold
by the Omaha company is owned by peo
ple living In Portland and vicinity. That
being the case. If all persons holding
these securities will stand together there
is no reason why a satisfactory settle
ment cannot be forced.
"It Is for this reason that the com
mittee Is desirous of getting the name
and address of every such bondholder.
When that has been done arrangements
will be made for a general meeting of
bondholders, at which the situation will
be discussed and some plan devised
whereby the Interest of every bondholder,
large or small, will be protected. There
will not be permitted any advantage in
favor of the man who holds any con
siderable amount of these bonds to the
end that the smaller bondholder can
possibly be frozen out. Everybody, Is to
have an equal chance and the holder
of these securities will share In the pro
tection that Is proponed only In pro
portion as he has Invested In these
bonds."
COURT ACTIVE SOON
Over 30 Criminal Cases Await
Federal Grand Jury.
VENIRE OF 45 IS DRAWN
SOCIETY HAS NEW tt
WOMAN'S CLCB WIUj STUDY
CIVIC PROBLEMS.
Delegates Are to Be Sent to Each
Meeting of "Know Your City"
Institute.
That the Civic Institute to be held hers
In November can' be made exceedingly
useful by organizations which desire to
take up some civic work, is the opinion
of Mrs. Grace Watt Ross, chairman of
the newly organized civic committee of
the Portland Woman's Club. While the
Woman's Club has been generally inter
ested in all movements affecting the city.
It has confined Its direct attention almost
solely to educational and literary projects
affecting Its members. At Its last meet
ing, however, a new civic committee was
appointed, from which great results may
be expected. It Is the plan of the com
mittee to appoint representatives to at
tend each one of the sessions of the
"Know Your City" Institute, with the
end in view of finally deciding, after this
general survey of the city's activities,
upon the field best suited to the Woman's
Club.
"We want to know our city before en
tering upon any specific work," said Mrs.
Grace Watt Ross, chairman of this com
mittee, "and we think It especially for
tunate that there should be Just at this
time such a good opportunity for civic
study as that offered by the Civic Insti
tute. At our next meeting we shall
definitely appoint members from our com
mittee to visit each day of the Institute,
and make reports to us. They will be
instructed to ask questions on any matter
which seems to promise an Interesting
field of work for us. and to ascertain the
needs of the city in every direction pos
sible. We do not want so much to orig
inate new work as to co-operate along
lines which appeal to us and which seem
to need co-oparatlon. From the reports
made by the members of our committee
we shall finally decide upon our line of
work for this Winter, and we hope to
gain the efficiency which comes from
knowledge through following the course
at the Institute."
Miss Anna Louise Strong, the organizer
of the "Kriow Your City" movement, ex
presses herself as intensely interested in
the proposed plans or the oman s Hub.
"It is the one thing I desire most as a
result of this Institute," she said, "that'
different organizations shall make the
use of It which the Portland Woman's
Club proposes to make. I do not care to
found another organization, unless It
should seem to be necessary. I feel that
each new organization takes strength
away from those already existing. Bait
to add strength to the organizations al
ready existing,, by giving them new lines
along which to work and a better idea
of the forces with which they may co
operate. Is an object worth the expendi
ture of a great deal of time.
"Some of the benefit of the Institute
will, of course, come to individuals who
attend with the end In view of ultimately
doing some civic work as individuals.
But I should be especially pleased to see
strong organizations, like the Woman's
Club, take up some form of civic work,
making use of the Institute to assist
them in their choice. In addresses be
fore different organizations I have been
advocating Just this thing. I am hoping
for a similar movement from many of the
Christian Endeavor Societies In different
churches, and from some of the women's
societies In the churches. If movements
of this kind can start In several different
organizations, I shall feel that tbe Civic
Institute has been of permanent value to
Portland."
The members of the civic committee of
the Woman's Club are: Mrs. Grace Watt
Ross, Mrs. A. Stalger, Mrs. Julia Mar
quam. Mrs. Ellen Rawson Miller, Mrs.
Newell, Mrs. Cleveland Rockwell and
Mrs. E. A. Jobes. Among the other
women's organizations which Miss Strong
is to address during the next week, and
from which she expects interest and sup
port, are the Portland Women's Union,
on Monday afternoon, the Council of
Jewish Women on Wednesday, and the
Association of Collegiate Alumnae on
Saturday.
BIG CROWD AT BANQUET
Knights Templars Entertain More
Than 250 Guests at Reception.
Mora than 250 guests attended the ban
quet and reception tendered by the
Knights Templars to the Royal Arch Ma
sons in Masonic Temple Thursday night.
A diversified programme of vaudeville and
vocal numbers preceded the banquet. The
event marked the first of a series of sim
ilar social gatherings to be held by the
Knights Templars during the coming
Winter.
The diverting programme consisted of
an address of welcome by Robert A.
Miller, prelate of Oregon Commandery;
vocal selection by the Oregon Quartet;
sleight of hand performance by Mr. Meta
yer; baritone solo by Sir Knight George
W. Morgan; monologue by Frederick
Jones; address, "Covenants Without the
Sword," William C. Bristol, and a vocal
selection by the Oregon Quartet. H. J.
Boyd, chairman of the social committee,
presided-
ROYAL PUMPKIN PIES
Rich Juicy rounds of toothsome good
ness. A wholesome dessert for children
and big folks. Two for 25c Royal Bakery
& Conf., Inc.
Ho, for free excursion Rain or shine.
Everyone wants to see Alameda Park,
the "Tuxedo" of Portland, Sunday. Octo
ber SI. and many have already announced
that they will take Broadway cars to
Twenty-second and Thompson streets,
where free autos will meet them between
the hours of 1 P. M. and P. M. You'll
sure Join them.
"Can be depended upon" Is an expres
sion we all like to hear, and when It Is
used in connection with Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy it
means that It never falls to cure diar
rhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints.
It Is pleasant to take and equally valu
able for children and adults. "
From These - 3 Will Be Chosen for
Duty Next Thursday Oregon
Land & Water Co., Subsidiary
of Title Bank, to Be Probed.
" Between 0 and 40 pending criminal
cases in the United States Oourt will
be investigated by the grand Jury
which will be drawn next Thursday.
United States District Attorney McCourt
and Anderson M. Cannon, clerk of the
United States District Court yesterday
selected a venire of 45 from which a
erand lurv of 23 members will be.
chosen Thursday afternoon. The con
vening of a grand Jury. will mark the
beginning of activities In the Federal
Court following an unusual period of
quiet during the last montu, resulting
from the absentee from the city of both
Judges. Judge Wolverton. who is con
ducting a special term of court at Med
ford. and-Judge Bean, who Is In Mon
tana, are both expected to return to
Portland early next week.
United States Attorney McCourt will
not discuss the cases that probably will
come before the grand Jury for Inquiry.
One of the matters that will be Investi
gated, however, undoubtedly will be
the manner in which the Oregon Land
& Water Company, a subsidiary cor
poration of the suspended Title Guar
antee & Trust Company, acquired about
15,000 acres of public land In Umatilla
County In the vicinity of Irrlgon. It
is known that a special agent con
nected with the Interior Department,
has been making an investigation ot
the operations of that company and it
is rumored sufficient facts have been
discovered to warrant bringing the
matter to the attention of the grand
Jury.
This company was organized by J.
Thorburn Ross, F- B. Holbrook, C C
Hutchinson (now deceased) and J. W.
Cook. The management of the com
pany's affairs, it is understood, was
left largely to Ross and John E. Aitch
Ison. The list of Jurors selected yesterday
and from which a grand Jury will be
drawn, follows:
L. J. Adams, capitalist, Silverton, Marion
County.
William Ameler, dairymaa. Salem. R. F. I.,
Marlon County.
William Anderson, farmr, Bcappoose,
Columbia County.
W. P. Babcock. accountant, Salem, Marlon
CZT'T. Bocr4. capitalist, Woodburn. Marlon
County BonJr merchant, Gates, Marion
County. . " ,
W. H. Boring, farmer. Boring, Clackamas
County.
William Brown, capitalist. 8alem. Marion
County.
A. W. Cook, farmer. Clackamas. R. F. D.
No. 1. Clackamas County.
Austin N. Corey. Cornelrae, Washington
CE.ntC. Davidson, farmer, Woodburn, Marlon
County. .....
James Dickey, farmer, Molalla, Claokamas
County. . . .
O. R. Dlmlck. farmer. Hubbard, Marlon
"""o. Ponelson, Hlllsboro, Washington
County. .
Thomas Duffy, farmer. Oregon City. R. F.
D. No. , l.lacKasiBs wunix.
Benton
r B.
BU Fellows, farmer. Oregon City, R. F. D.
No. 4, Clackamas County.
Theodore Forcler,' farmer, Woodbum. K. F.
D-. Marion County.
Levi GMr, farmer. Londoa. Lane County.
Arthur H. George, carpenter, St. Helens.
Columbia County.
B. W. Harris, farmer. Wells. Bentoa
County.
B. Kauke. merchant, Astoria, Clatsop
County.
H. R. Hastings, farmer, Gee-hen. Lane
County.
H. C. Holoomb. farmer. Wendling, Lane
County.
H. O. Howard, farmer. Tankton, Colombia
County.
J. F. Kamph, Yamhill. Yamhill County.
Rex Lamaon. Wlllamlna, Yamhill County.
John FL Lanson. farmer. Junction. Lane
County.
h" vv. ijSanoeiter, capitalist, rfnjwiu.
Hugh McCormlok. farmer. Seaside. Clatsop
County.
Victor Mlohalson, farmer, Albert, Clatsop
County.
Mr. Newell, farmer. Clackamaa, R. F. T.
No. 1, Clackamaa County.
B. L. Olson, farmer. Deer Island, Columbia.
Countv.
Robert B. Phillips. Portland.
William W. Peaslee. printer, Portland.
Mr Potter. farmer. WaltervIHe, Lane
County.
D. C. Powell, rarmer, finiano.
t. T rt.vmnM. farmr. Ralem. R F. D. No.
8, Marion County.
H. M. Kioe, larmer, nainiw, wtiumui
County.
Jimo Rivera, farmer. Eagle Creek. Clacka
maa County.
A. H. Baylor. snerwooa, wasmnston
County.
John H. Scott, printer. Portland.
nfr-, w.hatAr farmer. Clnckamaa R F.
D. No. 3. Clackamas County.
Judaon weed, rarmer. veraoiiia, vuumu.a.
County.
W. A. Yorum. Ballaton. TamMII County.
SMUGGLING PLOT TOLD
CHIJfAMAX SAID REGULARLY TO
STOW AWAY COUNTRYMEN'.
Oriental Member of Crew Gives All
Details of Business, Which Nets
$350 for Each Man Brought.
As a result of an Investigation di
rected by Assistant United States At.
torney Evans yesterday. Chow Bat,
ship's carpenter on the Norwegian
steamship Henrlk Ibsen, operated by
the Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com
pany, will be prosecuted by the Fed
eral authorities for smuggling China
men Into the United States. At the
same 'time two of the five Orientals
alleged to have been brought Into this
country Illegally by Chow on the last
voyage of the Henrlk Ibsen will be de
ported. The other three Chinamen have
not been apprehended by the Immigra
tion authorities, for they were success
fully smuggled ashore on the arrival
of the vessel.
The Information on which Chow Is
held was obtained from Yip Fong, an
other member of the Chinese crew on
the Henrik Ibsen, who was taken into
custody Wednesday when incriminating
documentary evidence was found on his
person. Yip made a complete admis
sion to the officers yesterday, declar
ing the proofs of the smuggling busi
ness had been entrusted to him for
safe-keeping by Chow only the day be
fore. Yip told such a straightforward
narrative that In view of the fact Chow
Is an old offender, his story was ac
cepted and the ship's carpenter was
arrested. There was found in the pos
session of Chow a letter he had written
to a Chinese merchant in Hongkong
in which he said that "everything was
going lovely" and for the merchant to
procure five or six more Chinamen to
be smuggled aboard the Henrlk Ibsen
on its next trip. This was accepted as
convincing proof of Chow's guilt.
According to Yip's story to Assistant
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District Attorney Evans, Chow is an
old offender against the Immigration
laws of the United States. While em
ployed on the steamship Minnesota he
is said to have smuggled between 25
and 30 Chinamen into this country.
landing them at Seattle. Yip declares
Chow hag been regularly engaged in
the business of bringing Chinamen into
this country, with a Chinese merchant
at Hongkong for his confederate and
business partner. For every Chinaman
landed in this country. Chow received
a fee of $360.
Yip further told the officers that the
five Chinamen brought over on the
Henrlk Ibsen by Chow on its last trip
were brought to Yokohama from Hong
kong In another vessel and transferred
during the night to the American-bound
vessel. Just before leaving Yokohama,
Yip said an officer at that point came
aboard the steamship and notified Chow
that he knew of the illegal business in
which the latter was engaging. Threat
ening to expose the scheme. Yip says
Chow paid the officer ten 'pounds and
was not disturbed.
The five Chinamen included in Chow's
latest smuggling transaction were
brought aboard the vessel at Yokohama
and stowed away beneath a cargo of
lumber in the hold. When the vessel
got under way, the stowaways grad
ually tunneled their way out of their
convenient prison far enough so Chow
could reach them daily and provide
them with food.
Alleged Fleecer of Swede Up.
Resisting his extradition to British Co
lumbia. J. H. Conley, arrested last Tues
day under a Federal statute charging
him with defrauding a Swede out of $375
In Vancouver, B. C, last August, will
be given an examination before United
States Commissioner Cannon at 10 o'clock
this morning. It Is the contention of
John F. Logan, counsel for Conleys that
the offense with which his tlient is
charged is not covered In the provisions
of the treaty between the United States
and Great Britain, under which the ar
rest was made.
Counterfeiters to Be Examined.
Preliminary examination of Frank
and George Watson, amateur counter
feiters, will be held before United States
Commissioner Cannon at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning. These are the two men
arrested Tuesday by Police Sergeant
Parker for manufacturing spurious 25 and
BO-cent and $1 silver coins. Their prod
ucts were the poorest imitation of silver
coins ever passed in this city and made
easy the apprehension of the counter
feiters. Near Linnton was found their
outfit, which was confiscated.
EAST SIDE SALES MADE
C. H. Harris Pays $3 1,000 for
Rushlight Building.
A- G. Rushlight has sold to Charles H.
Harris the east 50 feet of lot 4 and the
east 25 feet of lot 3. in block 99. Fast
Portland, for 131,000. This property in
cludes the three-story brick building on
East Morrison street. 50 feet east of
Union avenue. It is part of the quarter
block acquired by Mr. Rushlight from
the West estate about three years ago.
He retains the corner and other portions
of the quarter block.
Another important sale Just made was
that of the quarter block on the south
east corner of Holladay avenue and East
Water street by Cora C. Kegler to Susan
A. Hall for J2S.O0O. It Is considered sig
nlftcant. In view of the prohahilltv of the
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railroad bridge being moved from Holla
day avenue to Oregon street. William
Killingsworth has sold to the Portland
Bchool District six lous in Walnut Park
for J9000. and In Alblna Agnes M. Lemke
has sold to J. C. Richter lot 2 and the
north Vl feet of lot 1. block 5. for tlO.OOO.
This property Is on the corner of Union
avenue and Brazee. street.
Frnlt Dryer Is Burned.
WALLOW A, Or., Oct. 29. (Special.)
by fire early Monday morning of the large
fruit dryer owned by I. S. McDonald at
Promise, 25 miles north of this city. At
the time of the fire, the dryer contained
a ton of prunes. The building and con
tents were a total loss and there was
Word has reached here of the destruction no Insurance.
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