HE 3IORXING OREGONIAX. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.
SLEUTH DAY SAYS
JUDGE LET HER GO
Quaker City Magistrate Could
Find No Evidence Against
Minnie Kesten.
FUGITIVE WRIT IS DENIED
District Attorney Cameron Will In
vestigate Charges Which Detec
tives Make Against . Phila
delphia Authorities.
Whether Magistrate David S. Scott,
of Philadelphia, exceeded his authority
when he released Minnie Kesten from
custody on January 11 will be investi
gated by District Attorney Cameron.
The woman had been Jointly indicted
with Samuel Levine by the Multnomah
County grand jury on the charge of
stealing $1200 worth of diamonds and
Jewelry from the dwelling of Meyer
Hlmmelfarb, a tailor, living at 680
Kirst street. She had been arrested by
the Philadelphia police, with Levine,
upon requisition papers honored by the
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Detectives Joe Day and W. H. Hyde,
who had been sent East to bring the
indicted couple to this city for trial, ar
rived in Portland yesterday morning
with Levine. Detective Day brought
a written statement from Magistrate
Scott, addressed to District Attorney
Cameron, which says:
"In the case of Minnie Kesten the evi
dence before me was not sufficient for
me to hold her."
Chief of Police Cox, who had insti
tuted an investigation to ascertain
whether the Portland officers had failed
to do their duty, received the follow
ing telegram from Tim O'Leary, As
sistant Superintendent of Police, yes
terday morning: .
"Relative to releasing Minnie Kesten,
your officers were not implicated. She
was discharged by Magistrate Scott."
Late yesterday afternoon, in reply
to a message sent to Magistrate Scott,
Chief Cox received this answer: "The
statement furnished your detectives
fully covers the case."
Chief Exonerates Day.
"In view of ail these facts." said
Chief Cox, "I cannot but regard De
tectives Day and Hyde blameless and
refer the matter to the office of the
District Attorney. We do not know
what evidence was produced before the
grand jury regarding the guilt of this
woman. It is insisted by. the Philadel
phia officers that the evidence shown
was insufficient to connect her with
the crime in the mind of Magistrate
Scott. Under the Oregon law the mag
istrate would have no other course
open to him than to surrender the
prisoner after a warrant had been is
sued by the Governor, and would not
presume to pass upon the merits of
the case."
The history of the crime, as fas as
known to the local police, and the story
ui wnai. transpirea in i"nnaaelphla, as
told by the detectives, is as follows:
Samuel Levine, who is an ex-convict,
having served three years in the Pen
itentiary in Pennsylvania for larceny,
and Minnie Kesten, a woman with
whom Levine lived, were indicted by
the Philadelphia grand Jury more than
three years ago for maintaining a dis
reputable house in that city. Levine,
to escape the law, brought the Kesten
woman to Portland with him. They
opened a resort at 90 North Fourth
Btreet, where the ' woman was well
known to the police for several years.
Levine, who dressed in expensive style,
went Into Himmelfarb's tailorshop, 66
North Sixth street, one day, and soon
became a frequent caller.
He learned that the Himmelfarbs
possessed Jewelry, and where in the
house it was concealed. On November
24 Hlmmelfarb and his wife returned
home to find their jewel-box had been
ransacked and its contents stolen. In
quiry developed the fact that Levine
had been seen to enter and leave the
Hlmmelfarb house that afternoon, and
that he had left for Philadelphia in
company with the woman the next day.
With this information in hand, Chief
of Police Cox wrote a letter to Phila
delphia, reciting the circumstances of
the case and communicating his suspi
cions regarding Levine.
Jewelry Konnct on Prisoners.
On December 29 Levine and the woman
were arrested in Philadelphia, Assistant
Superintendent of Police O'Leary tele
graphing that eome of the articles of
jewelry had been found In possession of
the prisoners. The Multnomah grand
Jury indicted them and the two Portland
officers were sent for their return on
January 1.
When the Portland officers arrived in
Philadelphia they were tuken to the of
fice of Assistant Superintendent O'Leary.
Here the jewelry was listed and the
money, which was not considered as evi
dence in the case, was returned to the
prisoners. The woman -received J1235
and the man J1500.
Detective Day's statement follows:
The prisoners, in charge of Detectives
Welch and Garr. who had made the ar
rest, were then taken into the court
room before Magistrate Scott. The Jew
elry had been given to me, for which 1
signed a receipt. The case woe called
and Detectives Welch and Garr were
placed upon the stand. They testified as
to the facts which led up to the aretts
and as to the jewelry found on them. 1
. was then placed upon the stand."
Detective Day says he then gave the
evidence against the prisoners, but be
cause he could not produce positive evi
dence that the woman was connected
with the robbery, Magistrate Scott or
dered the woman discharged for insuffi
cient evidence and Samuel Levine was
held.
Fugitive Warrant Refused.
"Immediately after she was discharged
Levine was taken to the Sheriff's office,
In" the same building. Detective Hyde
accompanied them.
Detective Hyde here took up the narra
tive: "The chief deputy In charge of the
Sheriff's office waa surprised when De
tectives Welch and Garr came in with
out the woman. "Where is the woman?'
he demanded. "Scott discharged her," re
plied the officers. 'Well, you get right
out of here and arrest her again and
bring her back. The warrant Issued by
the Governor of this state is above the
Judgment of any Magistrate in this state
and you fellows get busy.' With that
Welch and Garr rushed out into the
hallway and overtook the woman, who
had not left the building. They brought
her back to the Sheriffs office.
"They had no sooner brought her back
than Attorney Salus came in and said
that he wanted to talk to her in the
hallway. He returned Immediately and
held a whispered conversation with the
Chief Deputy Sheriff, after which the
latter official told Detectives Welch and
Garrl 'Well, I giies if she has gone,
she'svgone, and It ain't none of my fu
neral." A look into the hallway showed
that the. woman was not to be seen. I
returned at once to the courtroom and
told Day. We demanded that the woman
be rearrested as a fugitive from Justice,
but they refused to issue a warrant .upon
the ground that we had not sufficient
evidence.
"While we were arguing the matter,"
resumed Detective Day, 'Attorney Salus
came to us and said: 'If you take this
woman there is an old indictment lying
against both of them in Philadelphia of
four years' standing for keeping a dis
orderly house, and we will bring that up
against them and hold both of them.
You'd better get half a loaf than get
nothing at all.'
Hlmmelfarb and his wife identified part
of the Jewelry brought back with Levine
yesterday afternoon at the police station.
The case will probably not toe brought up
for a preliminary hearing in the Munici
pal Court, as Levine has already been in
dicted, andi his case will go directly before
the Circuit Court for trial.
Hlmmelfarb Is Approached.
A man named Cutler, who came from
Philadelphia one day in advance of Levine
and the detectives, visited Hlmmelfarb
the day before yesterday and tried to ef
fect a compromise in the case. . Levine
also got into trouble last July. At that
time he was accused by Minnie Kesten of
having robbed her safe deposit vault of
$2650 in money. A warrant was sent to
Spokane for Levine. but the detectives:
there failed to apprehend him. An inves
tigation started by the Chief of Police of
Spokane at the time resulted! in the Cap
tain of detectives being retired from the
PRISONER DETECTIVES BROUGHT FROM PHILADELPHIA AND
WOMAN QUAKER CITY AUTHORITIES RELEASED
DESPITE REQUISITION ORDER.
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force and two of his subordinate detec
tives reduced to the uniformed ranks. Le
vine, it is said, returned the money to the
woman, who withdrew the prosecution,
and Levine returned to this city.
Detectives Must Stay at Home.
District Attorney Cameron said last night
he was not prepared to announce just
what steps he would take In the case of
the Kesten woman, but that he would file
official complaint of the disposition of the
case by Magistrate Scott, if he found that
he was warranted in doing so.
ayor Simon has ' instructed Chief of
Police Cox not to send any members of
the police force away after any more pris
oners, owing to the demand for their serv
ices in this city, and because they are em
ployed at the expense of the municipality,
and he believes they should not be per
mitted to leave on these errands for the
state. '
"I had mv attention called to this sub
ject by Chief Cox." said the Mayor. "He
repeatedly asked for more men, and I de
cided that, as he said he needed additional
detectives, it would be wise to keep those
already employed in Portland. It is the
business of the state to send some one for
fugitives, not the function of the city."
PORTSMOUTH LAD IN TOILS
G. W. Bibblns Arrested Pending
Hold-Up Investigation.
G. W. Blbbins, a Portsmouth youth,
was arrested last night. He is being
held awaiting an investigation.
The arrest of the young man is. an up
shot of the hold-up and robbery reported
by Gates Hawes to the police Tuesday
night. Hawes averred that a lone high-
SEATTLEITB WILL, OFFICIATE
AT KORTHWESTRRN Y. M.
C. A. SWIMMING MEET.
A. G. Doulfaltl, Secretary of the
A. L. -N. A. In Northwest. '
A. G. Douthitt, of Seattle, sec
retary in the Northwest for the
Athletic League of North
America, is to be one of the offi
cials In the Northwestern Y. M.
C. A. championship swimming
matches in the Portland Associa
tion's tank next Saturday night.
Mr. Douthitt is coming to Ore
gon, not only to officiate at this
meet, but also to attend the Oregon-Idaho
Y. M. C. A. conven
tion at Corvallis. While in Port
land he will also confer with
Secretary Dunne, of the A. A. U.
in regard to certain matters of
mutual interest to the two or
ganizations. wayman approached him after he had
closed his pool hall in Portsmouth Tues
day night. He was compelled to give
$40 to the robber at the muzzle of a re
volver. Making Life Safer.
Everywhere life is being made more
safe through the work of Dr. King's
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MAYOR MAY VETO
Ax Is Suspended Over Ordi
nance Raising Wages.
COUNCIL RATES DISLIKED
Simon Has Not Yet Decided' Whether
He Will Sign, but Prefers Rates
Proposed by Executive Board
for Police and Firemen.
Mayor Simon has not signed the ' or
dinance, passed by the last session of
the City Council, fixing the rate of pay
for municipal employes for the present
year and making a graded scale - for
new policemen and firemen. Inasmuch
as the Mayor usually is very prompt
In - affixing his signature to ordinances
which he approves, it is beginning to
be feared' in official circles that he will
furnish another veto for consideration
of the Council, which will meet next
Wednesday. .
"Have you signed the appropriation
ordinance?" the Mayor was asked yes
terday afternoon, as he sat at his desk.
"There It is, unsigned," he replied,
pointing to the ordinance. "No, I have
not yet decided to sign it."
"Have you decided- not to sign it?" he
was asked. '
"I don't like the graded scale of wages
for firemen and policemen," was the
reply. "I favor paying the new men,
soon to be added to both departments,
the salaries recommended by the Execu
tive Board $80 a month for the first
year, $90 for the second and thereafter
J100. I don't like the action of the
Council, which makes it S90, $95 and
$100. But as yet I have not decided what
I will do." - ' .
Under the terms of the arnirnnrintlnn
ordinance, there is allowance for 28 new
firemen and 20 new policemen. ' These
! and those following them in appoint
! ments are alone affected, as the scale
i does not apply to those now in the serv
ice, it being an innovation. There are,
however, some increases contained in
the ordinance for employes in other
branches, which may or may not be
vetoed. The Mayor can veto .any item
of which he does not approve. He can
approve those he favors and reject the
others item by item.
NEW FENDERS DUE HERE
MAYOR. SIMOX DETERMINES OX
IMMEDIATE CAR ACTIOX.
Test of Typ of Life-Savers Manu
factured by Local Concern Will
Be Made Shortly. .
Mayor Simon Is determined that the
streetcars In Portland shall be equipped
with the best fenders obtainable, as
recommended to the City Council in his
annual message recently; A test of the
type manufactured by the Standard
Fender Company, of Portland, is to
be made next week.
"The so-called fenders now used on
the streetcars here are worthless," said
Mayor Simon yesterday in discussing
the subject. "They are no gQod at all.
I do not know that any fender has
been manufactured that is absolutely
proof against all kinds of mishaps to
pedestrians, but I do know that the
ones that are In use here are not at
all safeguards. I will call a meeting
of the Councilmen as soon as President
Baker returns from San Francisco, and
we will go out to the Washington
building on the old fair grounds and
see what the Standard fenders will
do."
The type of fender to be used will
probably have to be decided by the of
ficials of the streetcar companies ope
rating in the city, as it is believed the
Council would, in a sense, be held re
sponsible for injuries to persons hurt
should a certain style be ordered by
the Councilmen. It is the province of
the Council, however, to demand that
the cars shall be equipped with first
class fenders, but this has never been
done here because of the differences of
opinion as to what constitutes the best
make and as to which one is best for
the purpose.
It Is probable the fender question
will become one of the chief Issues
in the investigation of the Council spe
cial committee. Just appointed by the
Mayor for the purpose of probing the
streetcar service. It will have Its first
meeting at the City Hall next Tuesday,
but it will hear and consider only
such complaints against the service as
are sent in writing, and these must be
filed with City Auditor Barbur for the
committee.
CHARTER MAY BE AMENDED
Waverly - Richmond Improvement
Club Start Big Movement.
The Waverly-Rlohmond Improvement
Club considered the water situation at
the meeting Tuesday night, and it was
the sense of the members that the pres
ent situation should not continue, but
that the charter should be amended rb
permit the laying of water mains.
It was decided to call a convention of
delegates from ail civic organizations of
the city, Portland Commercial Club,
(Board of Trade, the Realty Association
and all push clubs, to devise amendments
that will meet the situation. The follow
ing resolution was adopted: v
Whereas, The Mayor and Council have
rescinded the ordinance for a special elec
tion called for February 15, at which time
the question of how shall water mains be
paid for was to be submitted to the elec
tors; and
Whereas, The present law is Inoperative
or will entail expensive and- lonir-extended
litigation to enforce and will delay the im
provement of our streets and the upbuild
ing of a greater Portland, for which we are
all working; ; and
Whereas, This club was the . initial club
to take action to prevent -the enactment of
the present law; and '
Whereas, We stilt believe that said law
works a hardship on the property owner
and prospective homebuilder; and
Whereas, A great injustice is done to
the property-owner who has paid & water
tax to pay for all mains laid up to the
present time and will now have to pay
for the mains abutting his property; there
fore. b it
Resolved. That this club invite all the
improvement clubs of Portland to appoint
a committee of one to work with a com
mute from this club to prepare an amend
ment to the charter on the water question
which will be satisfactory to a majority
of the electors of Portland and have the
same submitted to a .vote at the next No
vember election.
ADVENTISTS ARE COMING
FOUR STATES TO BE REPRE
SENTED IX CONFERENCE.
Prominent Elders to Be Present.
Local Church Shows Gain
In Membership.
The North Pacific Conference of Sev
enth Day Adventists will meet in Port
land from February 10 to 20, inclusive.
The sessions will be held daily at the
East Portland Seventh Day Adventist
Church, East Eleventh and Everett
streets. A large number of delegates
from all the Adventist churches in
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana will attend. Elder George A. Ir
win, vice-president pf the general con
ference,' which includes all the churches
of this denomination In the world, will
be in attendance, as will I. H. Evans,
the treasurer of the general confer
ence. Besides these, there will be in attend
ance Elder- C. W. Tlaiz, president of
the North Pacific Union Conference;
Elder George E. Langdon, vice-president;
Professor M. E. Cady, president
of Walla Walla College and educational
secretary of tins union conference; El
der A. J. Breed, in charge of the re
ligious liberty work of the union con
fence; and Elders K. C. Russell, presi
dent of Montana Conference; J. M. Wll
loughby, of Idaho; F. W. Mellis, of
Washington; F. S. Bunch, of Oregon,
and Elder Langdon, of the Upper Co
lumbia Conference.
This is the most Important gather
ing of the Adventists in the Northwest
until two years hence. The general
conference meets once in ,four years.
The plans for the entertainment of the
delegates are in charge of Elder F. W.
Martin, superintendent of the Portland
district. In which there are six
churches.
In the last year there have been 4 9
additions to the East Portland Church,
which now has a membership of 200.
This church has given during the past
year 3300 In tithe, besides J1300 In
Sabbath school offerings to foreign
missions. The total contributions of
the church for the year, including the
tithe and that expended for local church
expenses, were between-$5500 and $6000.
CITY LURES T. B. POTTER
Bayocean Organizer Drops Kansas
City and San Francisco for Portland.
To center his attention upon his inter
ests in Oregon, T. B. Potter, president of
the Potter-Chapin Realty Company, has
established his permanent residence in
Portland, after disposing of his holdings
in Kansas City, Mo., and San Francisco.
He reached the city yesterday and, with
his family, is at Hotel Portland until the
James MoCraken residence on Johnson
street, is ready for his occupancy.
Mr. Potter is already wsll acquainted
with Portland and, being convinced that
it holds opportunities of the class he
seeks, is bringing to the city the staffs
of assistants identified with him in San
Francisco and Kansas City. One of his
first moves will be to rush the develop
ment of Bayocean, the beach resort at
Tillamook Bay, of which Mr. Potter Is
one of the originators.
Just prior to Mr. Potter's departure
from San Francisco, he sold to the city
the water system he had put in for the
Reis tract, the Spring Valley Water Com
pany refusing to serve the people in that
part of the city.
- Marlborough Heights, the mile-square
property opened by Mr. Potter at Kansas
City, has recently been taken into the
city proper. The new boundaries of
Kansas City deviate one mile from a.
straight line to Include this districts
"I am so entirely convinced that Port
land and Oregon constitute a field for
large enterprises that the prospects of
neither San Francisco nor Kansas City
could prevent my moving to Portland
with my family," eaid Mr. Potter last
evening. "I believe the outlook for
business here to be better than anywhere
else on the Pacific Coast or even in the
Middle West."
M0SESS0HN QUITS JOB
Deputy District Attorneyship Goes to
C. YV. Garland, at Portland.
David N. Mosessohn has handed in his
resignation as Deputy District Attorney
and will devote his time in the future
entirely to private law practice. He will
be succeeded by C. W. Garland. District
Attorney Cameron announced the appoint
ment yesterday.
Mr Garland has been In Portland for
the paet two years. He Is a native o!
K'.ino'b. ic a graduate of the University
of ".!i;ncis Law School. Before coming to
Portland be was in the office of F. P.
Bamill. a well-known attorney of Chi
cago, with offices in the Second National
Bak building.
A True Subsidy Man.
PORTLAND, Jan. 19. (To the Editor.)
The comment In yesterday's Oregonian on
the "arguments" of Mr. Wtlllam P. Hack
ney, of Kansas, in favor of the ship subsidy
waa especially Interesting to me from the
fact tbet I have several times met Mr.
Hackney and know something of his history
In both a bueiness and political way.
In the boom times, Mr. Hackney erect
ed In Winfield. Kan., at that time and
new one of the Important cities of South
eastern Kansas, a rather imposing stone
business structure. In the cornice of which
Mr. Hackney's Initials were prominently dis
played. The "boom" broke In Wlnfleld.
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at about that rfme, and the building was
for a long period practically unoccupied.
The story goes that a stranger in the
city one day accosted Mr. Hackney, who
chanced to be passing, and inquired the
meaning of the letters w. P. H.. to which
Mr. Hackney replied that they meant that
"Wllllam-v Played H 1." He now doubt
less wants to do the same with the ship
subsidy. . F. H. a.
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SEE
Fire Insurance Meeting Full of
Sensations.
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
Convention Here Ends In Uproar on
Floor When Mismanagement and
Misappropriation of Funds la
Alleged by Secretary Kern.
Appointment of an auditing commit
tee to look into the accounts of Secre
tary J. J. Kern and the sensational
charges of the secretary that the board
of directors had mismanaged and mis
appropriated funds made the sessions of
the . Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Association the warmest in Its history.
The hall was filled with members of
the association from all portions of
Oregon, and proxies were held from
others who could not attend, and the
convention represented 3500 members
scattered over the state.
President H. W. Snashall presided at
the meeting, which adjourned late in
the day till Tuesday, February 15, to
complete the business of the annual
meeting by electing directors and hear
ing the report of the auditing commit
tee of the accounts of Secretary J. J.
Kern.
Serious Charges Made.
After the meeting had been called to
order Secretary Kern cead his annual
financial report, showing that the as
sociation had $2,400,000 in Insurance
policies In the state and that the
financial condition and standing of the
association are gilt edge, but he
charged that the board of directors had
misappropriated about $600 of the funds
of the association, -not to their own
use, but in the payment of certain fire
losses not authorized and in the use
of money for entertainment not author
ized. The directors under fire by the
secretary r are H. W. Snashall, A. P.
Christensen, J. E. Slefert, Fred Groner
and J. Deininger.
Following the reading of the secre
tary's report It was decided that a spe
cial committee be appointed to audit
the books of the secretary, and after
much discussion oharles Hunter, G. H.
Blanchard and A. J. Krebs were ap
pointed.. It was decided, after extended
discussion, that the new directors could
not be elected at the present meeting
or other officers chosen until the audit
ing committee had reported, and it was
finally decided to postpone the elec
tion until the adjourned meeting. ,
H. W. Snashall, member of the board
of directors and president, took the
floor during yesterday's session and for
nearly two hours answered the charges
of Secretary Kern that money had been
misappropriated. Each charge was an
swered so clearly that the association
exonerated the directors and officers
of all charges.
President Snashall, on the other hand,
charged that Secretary Kern had not
only refused to obey the orders of di
rectors, the governors of the associa
tion, but that the secretary had actu
ally blocked the directors in the trans
action of the business of the association
In refusing to send out notices of as
sessments and the annual meeting and
by undertaking to prevent the direc
tors' themselves from sending out these
notices by refusing the directors ac
cess to the books containing the names
of the members of the association.
Sensational Feature Revealed.
Perhaps the most sensational feature
of President Snashall's address
was his reading of a circular letter
sent out by Secretary Kern to his
friends. In this letter Secretary Kern
charged the board of directors with
being a "ring" and with having per
petuated themselves in power in the
association. He also charged Henry
Roth, who had been a member of
fhe board, with having resigned so Mr.
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AHMERS
ONE baby born every three and
one-half minutes every day in
the year is the way New York
City did her share in 1907 toward the
propagation of the human species.
Deaths occurred only at the rate of
one in five and one-third minutes, and
from that it will be seen that the big
city would be abfe to grow with con
siderable rapidity, even if Immigration
ceased. Accidents last year resulted in
3919 deaths; there were 284 murders
and 711 suicides. There was a mar
riage every eight and one-third min
utes. The largest single cause of death
was consumption, which had 8999 vic
tims. Organic heart diseases caused
7237 deaths. Human Life.
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Snashall could be elected a member of
the board. . .
: The letter appealed to all the friends
of Secretary Kern to be sure to be
present at the annual meeting to pre
vent the members of the- board of di
rectors from re-electing themselves,
and further that the present directors
ought to . be ejected from office and
prevented from -carrying out their
policy of "running things in their own
interest."
The reading of the letter caused
amazement in the meeting, as only a
portion of the members of the asso
ciation had received it from Secretary
Kern, and he evidently had not ex
pected It to come to light In the meet
ing at all. Mr. Snashall handled Sec
retary Kern severely. All the members
of the' board of directors expressed
great indignation over the letter.
President Snashall said Secretary
Kern had attended a meeting of the
Federation of Mutual Fire Insurance
Associations at Salem, and had there
made the public announcement that he
(Kern) was not satisfied with the work
of President Snashall, as Snashall
would not do as Secretary Kern wanted
him. to do, and that Secretary Kern
would have President Snashall dis
charged from the presidency of the
association. At this point Secretary
Kern, who had been sitting quietly
through the terrible arraignment,
sprang to his feet and. facing Presi
dent. Snashall, exclaimed:
Speaker's Words Cause Trouble.
"That, sir, is false. I made no such
statement at Salem or anywhere else!"
President Snashall then produced a
letter written by the Butteville Fire
Insurance Association, declaring Sec
retary J. J. Kern had declared he would
have President Snashall discharged for
the reason that Snashall had refused
to take orders from Secretary Kern.
The secretary again sprang to his feet
and declared that the statement was
false.
President Snashall then concluded his
statement, and the general consensus
of opinion was that the officers and
board of directors wero entitled to the
confidence of the association. It was
then late in the afternoon, and on
motion it was decided to hold an ad
journed meeting February 15. for elec
tion of directors and to ascertain the
condition of the books (Pf the secretary
The directors allege that Secretary
Kern had not worked under their in
structions, although he was an officer
of the board, and that the records were
not the records of the board. The ad
journed meeting will probably be a
warm one.
Secretary Kern has many friends,
who will probably support him at the
adjourned meeting. He was one of
the organizers of the association and
its principal agent since It was start
ed, about five years ago, but those who
may oppose his re-election say that
he is too old to transact the business
of the association further, -is it has
grown too large. The association has
extended its business rapidly in the
rural districts of the state It is a
mutual fire insurance association and
pays Its losses through assessment. It
does not take risks on city property
and was organized by farmers for
tnelr own protection against fire
losses.
:The fact that It has nearly 4000 mem
bers Indicates something of Its strength.
It is claimed that Secretary Kern
Is not a member of the association and
nas no property Insured in the associa
tion.
FATHER OF 11 WOULD DIE
Man, Accused by Wife Takes Painful
Poison, Then Repents.
Albert J. Locke, a plasterer whose wife
in a divorce suit accused him of desert
ing her for Ethel Snyder, tried to kill
himself yesterday in a rooming-house, at
224 Third street, by taking bichloride of
mercury tablets. Bl-chloride being a
painful poison. Locke's anxiety to die
was followed subsequently at Good Sa
maritan Hospital by an equally strong
desire to live.
Locke and his wife were married 29
years ago and they have 11 children. In
the divorce suit, the wife complained that
he was devoting too much of his time to
the other woman. She said that he was
a plasterer and earned $5.60 a day. It is
believed that Locke cannot live.
pruts rrRED in to u days.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
caae of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles In 6 to 14 4&y or money refunded- SOc
FACTS OF NEW YORK CITY
So it seems that organic heart trouble
is next to "consumption" in the cause of
deaths and yet people will continue to
drink coffee when the ablest men in the
medical profession have time and again
stated that "caffeine in coffee is fre
quently the direct cause' of organic heart
trouble."
TUH
OECABIE TYPE WINS
Board of Health Decides ori
Garbage Crematory.
PLANT TO COST $119,500
Capacity of 150 Tons Dally Will R
store Healthful ConditionsCoun
cilman Lombard Holds Out for
Heenan-Frude Consumer.
The Board of Health yesterday morn
ing adopted the modified Decarle type
of garbage crematory as the. one to
be built on city property at Guild's
Lake and will award a contract for
the plant to the Willamette Iron &
Steel Works, of Portland, as soon aa
the City Council, next Wednesday,
makes the appropriation for the funds.
The bid is for $119,500. and the plaul
will completed in about six months.
Mayor Simon, the members of the
Board of Health, City Engineer Morris
and Superintendent Napier are pleased.
Courifflman Lombard, chairman of the
committee on health and police, is the
only one who is disappointed. He held
out to the last for the Heenan-Frude
crematory plant, which was the high
est in cost of any of the plants sub
mitted, being rated at $137,000.
After many special sessions, all ol
which were attended by Mr. Lombard,
the Mayor and members of the Board
decided to use their own judgment.
This they did yesterday morning, th
modified Decarle type being chosen.
The plant will consume 150 tons ol
garbage dally, and will be guaranteed
by the Willamette Iron & Steel nv'orks.
It will put an end to unhealthy con
ditions in the vicinity of the present
worn-out crematory on Guild's Lake,
where hundreds of tons of refuse ol
all sorts are dumped, the old plant be
ing unable to destroy all of the garbage
that is hauled to the place.
Mayor Simon has been anxious evei
since taking office last July to build
a crematory.
CR0NIN EXPLAINS STAND
Defendant in Suit Denies Insurance
Company's Allegations. T;
Cronin & Company, of Portland, hav
ing been made defendants in a suit fof
an accounting filed in the United Statei
Court by the Queen City Flro Insurance
Company, a member of the firm yester
day gave out the following interview:
The suit Is merely a matter of adjusting
the books and records of the local concern
and the Queen city Klre Insurance Company
to determine the amount of money due th
Queen City by our agency. The period In.
volved covers several years. In which tim
many changes were made In the company
and during that period several contracU
made by the Queen City with our firm wer(
violated by the Queen City Fire Insurants
Company In such a. manner as to leave th
Portland agency In doubt as to the amouni
due them under these contracts.
We did render to the Queen City Insur
ance Company, in June, 199. a statement
accounting for all our transactions with th
Queen City Fire Insurance Company and ar
ready at any time that these accounts mas
be adjusted and settled to pay whatevel
money is due the Queen City.
In March, 1009. the Queen City lire In
surance Company reinsured their PacifU
Coast business with the Ulobe & Rutgert
Fire Insurance Company and retired from
the state. The Portland agency immediate
ly returned to the Pacific Coast department
of the Queen City all the blank policies i
their possession, and since the date - of th
agency's termination we have not signed ol
caused to be issued a single policy of th
Queen City Fire Insurance Company, and
there is not In the State of Oregon one pol
icy bearing our signature, and dated aftel
March. 1909. Therefore, we absolutely deny
that the Queen City Fire Insurance Com
pany has any liability under policies issued
by ua and dated after March. 1909.
Today Is positively last day for dis
count on- East Side (tas hille
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Get Rid of "Coffee Heart."
The Injurious action of coffee on the
heart of many persons Is well known
by physicians to be caused by caffeine,
This is the drug found by chemists in
coffee and tea.
A woman .suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up coffee,
as that was the principal cause of the
trouble. She writes:
"My heart was so weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband
wouhi sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
I would never breathe again.
"Tht doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said I must stop It. but it seemed I
could not give it up until I was down
in bed with nervous prostration.
"Kor eleven weeks I lay there and
suffered. Finally husband brought
home some Postum and I quit coffee
and started new and right. , Slowly I
got well. Now I do not have any head
aches, nor those spells with weak heart.
We know it is Postum that helped me.
The Dr. said the other day, 'I never
thought you would be what you are.' I
used to weigh 92 pounds and now I
weigh 158.
' "Postum has done much for me and I
would not go back to coffee again for
any money, for I believe it would kill
me if I kept at it. Postum must be
well boiled like directions on pkg. say,
then it has a rich flavor and with
cream is fine." Read "The Road to
Wellville," found in pkgs. "There's a
Reason." ,