PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY.- JANUARY 19, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XLIX. XO. 15,334,
UNIONISTS
GAINING
MORE THAN HOPED'
Asquith May Be in Grip
of Irish Members;
LABOR PARTYLOSES STRENGTH
Britain Shows Strong Trend
Toward Protection.
NAVY .IMPORTANT ISSUE
Liberal Coalition May Have 90 Ma
jority SuTragcttes Cut No Figure
in the . Campaign - Ivondon
Adds to Unloni&t Hanks.
HOW BRITISH PARTIES ARE OI
IDKD. The present alignment of British
parties dates from the revolution of
1688. Soon after that date support
ers of absolute rule became, known
as Torlea, w.hlle supporters of jonstt
jutional monarchy, as then estab
lished, were called Whigs.' ''"
These names were icenerallyused
until after the adoption of free trade
In '3R40.V when the Tories adopted the
name "Conservative" and the, Whigs
called themselves "liberals.''
When Gladstone as the liberal
leader Introduced the home rule bill
In Parliament In 19S.. a large sec
tion of his followers necedrd and
fused with he Conservatives under
the name Liberal Unionists. The
double-headed party has . since be
come known as Unionist, the ..words
'Conservative' and L.iberal" being: '
dropped. A further division of the
Liberal ranks has come with the
formation of the Labor party, which
generally supports the Liberal lead
ers, but only on condition that, cer
tain labor measures are passed by
the 'combined strength of the two
parties.. The Irish Nationalists, "who
number four-flfths of the, Irish mem
bers, also usually support the Liber
als. ,t although they condemn the
Lloyd-George budget as . unjust to
Ireland, and favor protection, while
the Liberals almost to a man are free
traders. .
In estimating the strength of the
present cabinet, the combined total
of Liberals. Labor! tea and National
ists Is counted, while the Conserva
tives and Liberal Unionists are both
classed aa Unionists.
. IiOKDON. Jan. 18. The elections to
day resulted in the return of the follow
ing: Unlinists 21. Liberals 19,' Iaborites 3,
Nationalists 1; Unionist gains 12; Liber
al gains 1. "
The standing of the parties at the con
clusion of today's polling was:
I'nlonista 120. Liberals 98, Laborites
-0. Nationalists US; total gains: Unionists
61. Liberals 9, Laborites 1.
The Unionists had decidedly the bettor
. of. the elections today.- Of 44 seats con
tested, they wefh 21, 'of which 13 were
represented by Ministerialists in the last
Parliament. '
Trend Is Toward Protection.
With the exception of North England
Scotland and the big manufacturing
towns, the result of the polls shows
.steady trend toward the fiscal policy of
, the Unionists, but. calculating returns
thus far announced, the political oracles
maintain that this will not be sufficient
to overcome tlie big Liberal majority ob
tained In 1906.
There are . many side issues, such as
the cry of a weakened navy, which have
influenced the voters. particularly.- at
naval ports, and in countries where land
loras wieia a great influence more
Unionist gains may be expected.
There will have to be a big turn
over, however, before the government
Is put out. A conservative estimate
now places the Liberal-Labor majority
r over the Unionists at between 80 and
90... This, with a compact party, would
be a working imajority, bub with the
unreliable Laborites, backed up by the
Irish when It suited them, the govern
ment would have to go warily to avoid
pitfalls. '
Labor Party Loses Ground.
The Laborites. it is true, are not like
ly to be so Btrong In the new Parliaa
ment as In the last. Tlley have al
ready lost several seats, and several
of thfir members have won by nar
row margins. ,
This loss of ground .by the work
. men's party has ben one of the sur
prises of the election. After the suc
cesses of 1906 they thought they had.
formed the nucleus of what promised to
he a powerful group. Suspicion . that
they opposed a larger navy doubtless
had Its effects, for a number 'of other
oponents of the government's belated
action In meeting Germany's building
.programme also suffered defeat.
The only consolation today for the
Liberals was In their success In- the
where the government candidate. H. J.
Olanvllle, recaptured the seat, whifh
went over to the Unionjsts in the bye-
... election last November. J. Humphrey",
who , was elected tonight, had but one
. opportunity to pass the "bar of the House,
that being on the day of his introductjon.
(Concluded An Far
UNMASKED THUGS
BIND, THEN' ROB
9
DRUGGIST " IS . ATTACKED KN'
. STORE OX EAST SIDE.
Fifty-five Dollars In Gold and Jew
elry Valued at $2 75 Taken
From Victim.
Bound and gagged by two thugs, W.
C. Witzel, proprletdr of the Hawthorne
Pharmacy, 1054 Hawthorne avenue, was
dragged into the rear room of his drug
store at 9:45 o'clock last - nigit and
robbed of his wallet, containing $60 In
gold, a $125 diamond stickpin and a dia
mond ring valued at $150. 1 The thieves
then rifled the cash ' register and se
cured about $5 in small coins."
Witael squirmed loose from his bonds
soon after the robbers departed. He
notified the police, giving a minute de
scription of his assailants.
The robbers selected for their attack
a moment when the drugstore was de
serted except for Witzel,' who was about
to lock up for the night. He had made
up his cash a moment before he thusg
unmasked entered. Both walked
toward the counter, ostensibly to make
a purchase. 'When Witzel'stood before
them, - both outlaws confronted him
guns ' ,
The druggist failed to comply with
their demand to hold up his hands.
The shorter -of the two robbers .then
welked behind the counted. He forced
Witael toward the rear of the shop,
where he wsa joined by his companion.
Taking several strands of fish cord
from his pocket, .th etallest of the pair,
with the assistance of his confederate,
bound Witzel's hands behind him. ilhey
pushed him into the rear room, where
they tied his feet and forced a hand
kerchief into his mouth.
' After securing their loot, the rjobbers
coolly left the place and mingled with
tHe people on the street, y ...
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SHERIFFS ARE' IN SESSION
State Association Opens Convention
at North Yakima.
NORTH YAKIMA, ,Wah., Jan. ,.18.
(Special.) The annual session of' the
Washington State Sheriffs' Association
opened here this afternoon with the fol
lowing present: Sheriff Daring, of Sno
homish; Stevenson of Skagit, Morris1 of
Pierce, Gilson of Adams, Logan of Doug
las, Langnos9 of Island, Warner of
Klickitat. Vanseand of Whatcom, Lovell
of Lincoln. Lovall o Pierce, MoCool of
Kerry,' Lancaster of Uakima, McNeil of
Benton, Thorpe of Okanogan, Pugh of
Spokane, President Sappington, of Clarke,'
and Secretary J. B. Ferguson, of Chelan.
Tile opening of the convention uas de
layed because the officers were unable to
get here until late this afternoon. Tlie
only business transacted today was the
appointment of committees. Wednesday
will be devoted to entertainment in addi
tion to business. In . the morning the
County Commissioners wil give the
visitors a -ride, around the city and sur
rounding country and In the evening
there will be a reception in the rooms of
the Commercial Club.
BOY SHOT, "COP" ACCUSED
Italian Consul at Seattle Gets War
rant for Policeman.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. Is. On com
plaint of the Italian Consul, the Prose
cuting Attorney's office today tissued t
warrant for the arrest of Policeman
Thomas Walsh, who Is alleged to have
shot and killed Antonio Portopilo, a 16-year-old
boy. The policeman denies the
charge, but two eye witnesses swear they
saw the policeman shoot the boy.
Portopilo's- funeral last Sunday was
made tlie occasion of a demonstration by
me .Italian cuiiiinumiy against me puiice.
A long procession of carriages, led by
a band and followed by hundreds of men
on foot, escorted'the foody and handbills
printed in -Italian, attacking the police,
were distributed. Fearing violence, 30
policemen mingled with the crowd iat the
undertaker's chapel, i .
PINCHOT
MAY TAKE
JOB
Rumor
He Is to Be President of
Michigan Is Revised.
DETROIT, Jan. 18. The rumor that
GttTond Pinchot, United "states ex
Forester, was likely to be named as
president of the University "'Of Michigan
to succeed Dr. James B,. Angell, who be
came, president emeritus last Summer,
was revived here today. u
Dean Horry B. ilutchlns, of the law de
partment of tlffe university, was appointed
acting president on President AngeJl's
withdrawal from the office;
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. G-ifford Pin-choc-
today when told about the revived
rumor, said he had heard nothing of the
desire of the authorities of the University
of Michigan to ha-e him become presi
dent of that institution. ' .
TALL AND SHORT ORGANIZE
O :a. C.s Have Unique Clubs Big
gest and Smallest, Presidents.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis. Or.. Jan. 18. (Special.) A tall
man's club and a short man's club were
formed here last week and are now flour
ishing organizations with a full cotejle of
members. (
The tallest tall man and the shortest
short man are the presidents -of. their
respective clubs.. The difference in the
heights of these two executives is two
feet and three Inches, the tall man being
six feet and six inches in height and the
short man four feet ad three inches.
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TRAIN TOPPLES, 17 HURT
X. P. Xo. 7 Derailed Near New
Salem, X. 1. Every Car Vpturs. :
MANDAN. N. D.. Jan. IS. Word has
been received here that Northern Pa
cific train No'. 7 was 'wrecked near
new Salem and 14 people Injured.
The wreck occurred a mile and a
half from New Salem. Every car -In
the train left the track and turned
completely over.
The injured will be brought to this
city and to Bismarck.
PAULHAfi MAKES
ANOTHER RECORD
Cross -Country .Flight
Is 47 1-2 Miles:
TIME MADE IS 1;02:42 4-5
Frenchman Flies to Baldwin
Ranch and Back Again.
BREEZE BAFFLES OTHERS
Aviator's Daring Feat Heralded as
Most Wonderful Yet Accomplished.
Prize of $10,000 Is Reward.
Curtls.s Files , Little.
AVIATION FIELD, Los Angeles-, Jan.
IS. Louis . Paulhan, in his Farman bi
plane, made" today what aviation experts
here consider the most remarkable .cross
country flight In history.
On the wings of a wind that the other
ravlators hesitated to face. the little
Frenchman rode from Aviation Field to
"Lucky" Baldwin's ranch, 23 miles .away.
circled the old Santa Anita racetrack and
bucked his way back to hi tent.
jn all he covered an estimated distance
of 4VA miles in one hour, 2 minutes, 43 2-5
seconds. He went down with the wind
in 30 minutes and came back against !t
in S3 minutes, leaVing oft the Odd seconds.
'Flight Rivals Any. "Ever MadV.
The country over which he traveled
was the valley lands of the San Gabriel
River and the : plateau leading to the
ocean. ' He could have landed at almost
any place, but "he did not. When he
climbed out of his car he said his motor
was as cool as when he started and that
he could do the trip over again at once.
In sheer beauty and contempt of dan
ger the flight rivals that seen on any of
the aviation fields of fhe old world. The
only test approach ipg it in this cointry
was that made by Wilbur Wright last
Fall, flying with an Army officer from
Washington to Alexandria and return, a
distance of ten miles.-' -
"
Flight Longest Without Landing.
Bierlot, Latham, Farman a-nd Cody have
made flights nearly as long, perhaps,, but
they have not come back. ' Cody flew 40
miles at Aldershot in 62 minutes Jast
Fall. Farman, took a 20-mile fun to spend
a. day shooting with a friend but he-
landed at one end of his Journey.
Cortlandt F". Bishop, president of the
Aerb Club of America, said tonight that
he did not know of any flight equal to
Paulhan's. It is probable that the prize
of $10,000 will go to the' Frenchman. '
There" will be a good deal of official
pondering and cabling.' however, before
a new world record is added to. the glory
that already belongs to France.
Highest Point is 2130 Feet.'
Paulhan maintained an- attitude of
from 1000 to 4000 feet on h's way -over the
valley. His .highest point was 2130 feet
as Irfdicated by the instrument In his
car. . Under him, speeding . ovefr the
country roads, scattering .chickens and
domestic animals, were motors trying to
keep in touch with him in case he should
fall or have to descend. 1 Mme. Paulhan
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INdEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
. - The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature.
47 degrees: minimum temperature, 42.K de
grees.
TODAY'S Occasional rains: southwesterly
winds. ,
, I-ore Urn -
Unionists ' sain more esats than they ex
pected In British election, rage l.
Halley's comet gas to come In contact with
earth atmospnere on May i. rage x. .
National.
President's ambition Is to fulfill party
pledges without loss of titular party
leadership. Page 3.
House agree without debate to Balllnger-
Plnchot probe. Page z.
Insurgent" Republicans see plan of Demo
crats to secure their votes for partisan
investigators Into Balllnger-Pinchot con
troversy. Page 2.
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Domestic
John R. Walsh leaves Chicago in custody.
to begin five years sentence in eaerai
prison. Page 1. '
Louis Paulhan makes world reoord for
cross-country night;. miles in
1:02:42 4-5. Page 1.
United Mlneworkers of North America be
gin convention in Indianapolis. Page 2.
Soort. . .
Oregon Athletic Club holds 86-round boxing
smoker .-tonight. Page 18. -
Jeffries here January 28; Jack Curley says
ngnv will Ke in - i. . i. a .(s - -
. Pacific StortUweet.
Oregon Supreme Court decision decides
constitutional question in local option
case. Page 8.
C . T. Delosh. lumberman of Aberdeen
drowns himself 1n slough. Page o.
rAmnutrrlal m n rl Marine.
All grains decline in local market. Page 19.
navy selling orn.Ks wuwi . . v. - -cago.
' Page 19.
Break in Hill securities weakens entire stocK
market. Page lfl-
Portland and Vicinity.
Convicted conspirators, witnesses in Her
mann trial. Intimate that "fellows at
Washington" were in plot. Page 1.
Untnasked thugs bind Portland, drugglatand
rob him In store. Page 1.
WMt-bound excursion rates will attract
heavy travel. . Page 18.
Portland enjoys visit from Inland Empire
excursionists. Page V.
Divorce granted to Mrs. Luella C. Parrish
Paec 10.
Hardware men expected to select Portland
as riexir meeting place. Page 6.
Manufacturers' association proposes to revive
mechanics' rair. ' rage
City Health Board expects to select type of
garbage Incinerator today. Page 18-
Tralns stalled on North Bank and O. K.
N. Railroads by cloudbursts and heavy
nnw Tftsr IS. .
A. S. Ellis for third time buys corner of
King and Washington lor apartment-
house. Kage l. .
Linnton residents in statement tell why they
are bitter at United Railways, rage ii
Curtlris may make flight here during Rose
festival, rage i
WHAT ATJTOISTS ARE
- DOING.
The annual automobile .show,
to be givn ' by " the Portland
Auotmobile Club January 24-29,
in the Armory, will have more
than, double the number of ex-
" hibitors that participated last
year and will be a milepost in
the progress of motoring in
Oregon. The latest models of
all leading American. carswill
be on- display, and the attend
ance will include hundreds of.
people from outside Portland, as
well as all local citizens who are
interested motoring. '
' This show wilP.be the - occa
sion for issuing next Sunday a'
special automobile section of
The Oregonian. This number
will tell just what autbists are
doing in Oregon, and review the
progress of- the motor vehicle
industry for the past year. No
one who 'drives a car or who in
tends to buy one can afford
to miss , this edition. The
pictorial features -will be very
attractive.
JOHN R.WALSH OFF
TO FEDERAL PRISON
Last Appeal Denied to
Aged Banker. N .
FINAL GOOD BYES HURRIED
Commitment Issued Just Two
Years After Conviction.
FURTHER ACTION RUMORED
Relatives and Attorney Accompany
Prisoner on Train Toward Ieav-
enworth. Sentence of Five
Vears to Be Served.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. John R. -Walsh. 72
year sold, who began his business career
as .a newsboy and later controlled mil
lions in banks, railroads, newspapers and
coal fields, left for the Federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kan., at 6 o'clock to
night ,to begin a five-year, sentence for
misapplying funds of the Chicago Na
tional Bank, of. which he. had been presi
dent. . . '
His journey followed a denial by the
United Stafes Circuit Court of Appeals
of his petition for ' a new trial on the
ground of alleged misconduct of the
Jurors" who found him guilty.
Day Begun in Business.
The final chapter in the financier's Ions
fight1 against a prison term Is summar
lzed as follows:
10 A. M. Appeared at hiB office in the
Grand Central Station and conducted
business as if nothing of unusual import
ance were pending.
11:15 A. M. Summoned to a downtown
hotel, where he heard over the telephone
that his petition" for a now trial ( was
denied.
4 P. M. Heard read the mittimus com
mlttinj; him to prison. J
4:15 P. M. 'Bid his wife, daughter and
intimate, friends good-bye at his Calumet
avenue residence and started for the -sta
tion In an automobile.
' 6 P. M. I-ieft on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul road for Leavenworth, where
he is due at 10 o'clock" tomorrow morn
lng. . - I -
Relatives Travel, on Train.
On his1 trip to Leavenworth Walsh is
accompanied by John W. Walsh, his son,
by Lee- BabSck and Dr. ,L- Blake Bald
win, his sons-in-law, ani by Attorney E.
-C. Rltzher, his financial counsel. He is
In charge o.f United States Harshal L. T,
Hoy,and of Deputy Marshal Thomas Mid
dleton, a lifelong friend.
- After Walsh was on his way to Leav
enworth a rumor was started that a des
perate effort would be made to get . the
prisoner off the train by a habeas corpus
proceeding. v It was reported first that
Judge A. ,L. Sanborn, of the. United
States Distrit Court had been sum
moned from Madisonr Wis., and 'that
James- Hamilton Lewis would endeavor
to obtain a writ from him.
Jury Misconduct Mentioned.
Tlie ground on which the writ'might
be asked was not revealed, but it was
reported that the allegation would be
made that other than members, of the
(Concluded on Pagrw. 8.)
HALLEY'S COMET TO
MAKE STARS FALL
FRENCH ASTRONOMERS LOOK
. FOR PHENOMENA MAY. 19.
Intense Interest Manifested in Calcu
lation When Comet's Gas
t 1 Reaches Earth's Air.
PARIS, Jan. 18. (Special.) French
savants, while denying that there i
any danger of the world's extinction.
view with intense interest the ap
proach of Halley's come.t, which, after
75 years' absence, Is coming toward the
earth at the rate of 96,000 miles an
hour.
According to calculations, gases of
the comet's' tail will reach the earthy
atmosphere May 19, next.
Benjamin Balllaud, director of. the
Paris Observatory, takes an optimistic
vlew of ,the conditions Jikely to arise.
no says:
"We shall now endeavor to explain
certain electric and magnetic condi
tions which will undoubtedly be pro
duced in the terrestial atmosphere. We
shall probably see showers of falling
stars In our heavens and other meteoric
phenomena."
' When asked if these would include
dangrer to life on earth, the professor
smiled and replied:
"Hardly. It is quite ' true that the
gas of a comet, now known to be cyan
ogen, "If mixed with our air, would
produce a most dangerous poison, but
In a, comet's tall the gras Is so ex
tremely rarlfie.d that no danger is possl
bK."
BIG ICE GORGE GIVES WAY
Flood Starts in Ohio, but Small Dam
age Results.
LOUISVILLE, Ivy., Jan. 18. Tlie
great Ice gorge that for the last two
weeks has held solid in the -Ohio River
from Wolf Creek almost to Louisville
broke today and it is moving tonight
without doing- any damage other than
carrying away shanty boats and small
craft and causing a cave-in of banks.
The flood is expected to reach Evans
vllle, Ind., tomorrow morning.
Despite the breaking up of the gorge,
the- expedition -with dynamite sent out
by the War Department left Louisville
this afternoon for down-river points, to
be ready for emergencies.
Theie was a rise of over two feet in
the Ohio at Cincinnati during the night,
and it has been rainin gin Louisville
for 12 hours. With the quickest work
possible by the "dynamite squad," re
.suits at the gorge are not' expected
for at least 36 hours.
ST. JOH NIS WITHOUT GAS
Bridge Settles, Causing Break in
, Suply Main.
Hundreds of St. John families' went
supperlSss las niglit and for two hours
after darknesn many homes w-ere un
lighte(J, because of a br-eak in the main
of the Portland Gas Company supplying
the suburb with gas.
The break "becured yesterday shortly
after noon at the point where the main
crosses the Portland Railway? Light &
Power Company's bridge acroxs the
North Bank Railroad cut at Daweon
street, St. John. It was caused by the
settling of the bridge, which is a 4em
poragy structure in the sand in which it
is built. .It took more' than ten hours to
mend the brak. .
NEZ PERCE FIGHTS SALOON
Special Election on Local Option
Question Called for March.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. -18. (Special.)
The County Commissioners today
granted the petition for a local option
election In Nez Perce County and set
March 9 as the date. .
It Is believed Lewiston will escape the
election, owing to a provision of its spe
cial charter which provides that the city
shall have Jurisdiction over the liquor
question within its limits. -
This right cannot be taken away by any
future' act of the Legislature, unless such
act specifically provides for including the
City of Lewiston.
SALEM TO GETFINE HOTEL?
Options Secured on Valuable Prop
erty Lead to Rumor.
- SALEM, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Lo
cal capitalists, who have so far suc
ceeded in concealing their identity,
have secured options on most of the
residence property on the corner of
High and Court streets, in the heart
of the city, for the avowed purpose
of erecting a 100-room hotel on the
site.
It is said the plans for the hotel
drawn by a well-known Salem archi
tect, are complete.
TWOy SAILORS EXECUTED
Dock Goods Missing, Sailors Shot at
Port au Prince Official Arrested.
PORT AU PRINCE. Hayti. . Jan. -18.
The public has been aroused by the sum
mary execution of two sailors accused of
having stolen merchandise from the
wharves. ITpon deteoWon, General Ferdi
nand, captain of the port, arrested -the
sailors, who were immediately shot.
It is" said the- prisoners were given op
portunity neither to- explain nor confess.
General Ferdinand was arrested .today.
STRIFE ' MAY BE ADJUSTED
Switchmen and Railroads to Con
clude Proceedings Soort'.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. A conclusion
of the mediation proceedings . between
Western railway officials and their
switchmen is likely to be reached within
the next 24. hours. JtVhat that conclusion
may be is yet problematical.
WASHINGTON GANG
IN PLQT,TESTIFIED
McKinley and Tarpley
Say Mays Told Them.
"FELLOWS" GOT COINUS SAID
Identity of Alleged Capital
Grafters Unknown.
HERMANN DOESN'T FIGURE
Convicted ' Conspirators Tell Bluo
Mountain Reserve Scheme From
Beginning "Fake" Entry
men Gleaned in Saloons.
Although Horace G. McKinley and
Dan W. Tarpley. yesterday, testified in
the Hermann conspiracy trial that
Franklin Pierce Mays had told them
the advocates of tlie proposed Blue
Mountain forest reserve had to pay
certain "fellows at Washington," the
identity of the National capital con- m
spirators haa not yet been disclosed by
the prosecution. , McKinley and Ta'rp
ley admitted that Mays did not reft't
specifically to any man or men, and
said they did not know to whom Mail
alluded. McKinley also "said he had
tried to find out from Sorenson whe
the men at Washington were, but that
Sorenson had said he did not know.
McKinley was on the stand th
greater part of the afternoon. He told
of having railed on Mays early in
1902 on the suggestion of Tarpley. At
that time Mays demanded that McKin
ley surrender to Mays and his asso
ciates one-half of the school lands lm
had acquired within the reserve. Mc
Kinley demurred, to this proposal, in
sisting, that Mays was asking too much.
At a subsequent time McKinley visited
Mays and agreed to pay Mays and
Jones 60 cents an acre for all school
lands within the reserve owned by Mc
Kinley and Tarpley. This payment,
explained the witness, was to be made
after the reserve had been created and
he and Tarpley had an opportunity to
dispose of their holdings. It was on
this occasion that Mays told McKinley
that the payment of 50 cents an acre
would amount to only about $8000,
which would not be sufficient to - pa
the "fellows' we -have at Washington."
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Land Owners" Mixed.
McKinley said that between the time
of hie first interview with Mays a.nd tne
second visit, when he made the offer 'of
BO cents an acre as a compromise, he had
Inquired' Into the location of the suhoo!
lands held by him and Tarpley and had
found that Mays could not f have the
boundaries of the proposed reserve es
tablished so as to exclude, many of their
lands without at tlie same time leaving
out several thousand acres held by Mays
and his associates. In explaining this
condition, the witnesw testified that lie
discovered that there were many in
stances in which Mays end Jones owned
one-half of a section, while McKinley and
Tarpley owned t the other half. He also
said, that much of the land owned by the
rival landgrabbers was scattered all
through the area of the reservation aa
proposed. '
Rather than run the risk of getting Into
any unnecessary trouble or . controversy
with Mays and Jones, however, McKin
ley said that he and Tarpley concluded
they had better make the offer of 50
cents an acre. They were desirous, ha
said, of contributing their share to the
general expense met by Mays and Jones
in having maps made of the reserve and
circulating petitions- asking the Interior
Department to make the reservation. '
In cross-examining McKinley, Attorney
Worthington gained the admissison that
Mays did not explain to McKinley who
the men were in Washington it had been
found necessary to pay to insure the crea- .
tion of the reserve.
"Did Mays in any way indicate - thai
these men were land agents, clerks In the
different departments or heads of the do
partments?'1 asked Mr. Worthington.
"No, he did .not say who they were,"
replied McKinley. "Later, however, 1
met Sorensdti at Minneapolis, during the
year 1902. and asked him what men In
Washington were being paid by Mays and
Jones in conneotion with the Bluo Moun
tain forest. reserve. 'He told me that ha
did not know." '
McKinley further said on cross-exam-
' ination that he at no time ever had any
communication with Binger Hermann, di
rectly or indirectly, in relation to the
proposed reserve or on any other sub
ject, and that he had never been intro
duced to Hermann. McKinley admitted
that a conspiracy indictment, returned
six years ago, was still pending against
him in the Federal Court. In answer to
a further question from Mr.. Heney. how
ever, McKinley said he had the assur
ance of the Government officials, at th
time' the indictment was returned, that
he would not be prosecuted on the
charge, on condition that he tell all ha
knew as a witness concerning the Blue
Mountain school lands and the part thes
had to do In the creation of the. proposed
reserve. McKinley said he had already
been convicted on one conspiracy indict
ment, for whicli he served the maximum
sentence.
Tarpley Corroborates McKinley.
The testimony of Tarpley was substan
tially the same as that of McKinley, bul
- (Concluded (in Pag 12.).
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