THE MORNING- OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, 3IARCH 15, 1910.
VICTIMS ARE OUT
FOR "EASY MONEY"
Forsythe
Waists
MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY
Forsythe
Waists
SPEAKING OF MARATHONS
Witnesses Against Maybray
Admit They Expected to
Gain by Game.
LETTERS ARE INTRODUCED
St. Louis Man Who Bet $5000 on
Prizefight Says It Looked
Crooked, but He Went Home
Without Malting Any Fuss.
COUNCIt, BLUFFS. Ia.. March 14.
Emmet Tinley, general counsel for J. C.
Maybray and bis associates In the United
States Court, where they are charged
with wholesale swindling through unlaw
ful use of the malls, today put Govern
ment witnesses through the most severe
gruelling they have had. In the face of
every victim who testified to his losses,
he secured an admission that the witness
expected to gain by his operations, and
that he sought the "millionaires' club"
to make "easy money."
Incidentally the Government today lo
cated another "store" of the defendants
"W'ilkesbarre, Pa. where at least one
victim lost $13,000 on wrestling matches.
Victims from Terre Haute. Ind.; Aurora,
111.; Argyle, la.; Polk City, la.; and St.
Ixmis, told of losses that totalled about
IJO.000. .
Maybray Letters as Evidence.
Fred S. Mull and James R. Morrison
were dismissed because, as District At
torney Temple later stated, the Govern
ment was unable to secure the' attend
ance of witnesses who are in Canada.
A final ruling letting in the 2600 let
ters and other documentary evidence
taken from Maybray's effects when he
was arrested at Little Rock was con
sidered by Government counsel as a vic
tory and the prosecution throughout the
day placed many of these letters in the
record.
A. S. Brande, a lumber merchant, of
Grinnell. Ia., identified several letters
exchanged with the defendants when they
solicited his presence at a sporting event
In Wllkesbarre, Pa. Mr. Brande, how
ever, declined to be victimized, although
he admitted that they had asked .him
to furnish $1:0, 000 for the proposed match.
Attorney Tinley, for the defense, did not
cross-examine Brande, but remarked: "I
em glad to meet you sir; you are the
first man here who has not testified to
tiaving lost his money."
Newberry Is Game Loser.
This pleasantry Was follewed by the
testimony of O. O. Newberry, of Argyle,
la., who testified to losing $13,000 on two
horse races at Wilkesbarrei. He told a
etory which, in many respects, was sim
ilar to those recited by other victims,
but closed with the statement that "he
thought they were such fine fellows and
showed- me such a good time that de
cided to pay my own expenses of $75 and
did not ask them to reimburse me.
"They all belonged to church and said
they liked me. But these boys actually
fooled me, although I never made a
holler.' "
E. C. Allspaugh, a clothing merchant,
of Terre Haute, lnd.. lost $1600, accord
ing to his testimony but he admitted
on cross-examination that he came to
Council Bluffs expecting to make $10,
000 on a "sure thing."
Prizefight Backer Stung."
'William Burke, a St. Louis plumbing
contractor, recited the loss of $5000 on a
prizefight in New Orleans, in which
Harry Forbes, who lost to Attell at Troy,
N. Y.. ten days ago, was his fighter.
Forbes was in the courtroom. i.urke
wore a large diamond stud in his cravat
and several diamond rings. He Identi
fied Maybray as one of the "millionaires"
and Identified letters that passed between
himself and some of the defendants.
On cross-examination. Burke said:
"I went down there to spend my money
end to make myself agreeable. Wo all
bought a round of drinks and there was
plenty of good feeling.
"It looked crooked to me. but I have
been taking chances all my life and I
thought I could take another. I bet my
JoOOO and Forbes was hurt in the second
round. The 'millionaires' secretary, who
was stakeholder, started for a doctor and
I never saw the secretary nor my money
again. I packed my grip and returned
to St. Louis."
GRANT SUIT PLAN. MADE
Method of Prosecution Adopted,
Discussion Inadvisable.
WASHINGTON, March 14. The de
partment of Justice today sent to the Sen
ate a report concerning the suits against
tha land-grant railroads, In response to
the Chamberlain resolution of January
'24. The report recites that the lands' In
volved aggregated under the acts of July
25. 1S66, and May 4. 1S70. 3,137,000 acres
granted, of which 820,000 acres have been
sold, the remaining 2,317,000 acres being
claimed by the Oregon & California Rail
road Company as1 successors to the orig
inal grants, the report etates that a suit
was instituted September 24, 1908, against
the Oregon & California Company, the is
sues In the case being complicated by a
large number of Interventions, and that
the case is now pending on demurrers. In
terposed by principal defendants. In ad
dition to the main suit 45 other suits. In
stituted against large purchasers of tha
rights of the United States to the forfeit
ure of lands In regard to suits to set aside
the Coos Bay & Roseburg Wagon Road
grant, made under the act of March 3,
1S69. The report says the results of an in
vestigation on the condition of the lands
tinder this grant have recently been pre
sented to the Attorney-General, the sub
ject considered, and a plan of procedure
adopted, and a discussion of the future
plans of the Government at this time
would be Inadvisable.
EX-OFFICIAL'S INQUIRY ON
Probing of Spokane Man's Deals
May Xteveal Irregularities. .
SPOKANE, Wash., March 14.
Charges against C. O. Worley, alleg
ing Irregularities while in office as
superintendent of the Couer d'Alene In
dian' Reservation, are being investi
gated by Russell Ratliff, who succeeded
Mr. Worley as superintendent of the
reservation last year.
Affidavits from persons on and oft
the reservation who have a knowledge
of such irregularities are being sent
to the Department of the Interior.
The Investigation is stated to Involve,
among other things, the application
of the Washington Water Power Com
pany for the right to overflow 6250
acres of land on the St. Joe River.
Mr. Worley left the Government serv
ice last year and since that time has
been In the employ of the Washington
i-SVa4 .Power Company,
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PRICES' RISE TOLD
Baltimore Grocer Recounts
Story to Committee.
HE GOES
BACK
12 YEARS
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Flour, Beans,
Rice Soar, Flour Increasing I5
Per Cent in Five YearsTarifr
Blamed, . Smoot Objects.
WASHINGTON, March 14. H. Sonne
hlll, a grocer of Baltimore, this after
noon read to the Senate committee on the
cost of living a statement giving a num
ber of comparisons of the cost of com
modities for several years back.
Among the articles mentioned as hav
ing increased in price were butter, eggs,
cheese, flour, beans and rice. He de
clared that during the last ten years the
price of potatoes .had decreased 15 per
cent and chocolate and cocoa 10 per cent.
The witness estimates that the price
of flour had increased 12 per cent dur
ing the last 12 years, but his figures for
five years back showed it had increased
about 25 per cent.
When the witness declared the prloe of
lemons had Increased $1 a case in, the
last year and attributed the advance to
the increase in the tariff. Senator Smoot
took him to task, and asked him If he
did not know that in July, 190, before
the new tariff law went into effect,
lemons sold for $8 a case whereas now
they could be bought for $3.50 a case.
The witness replied that he did recall
that lemons were pretty high at the time
to which the Senator referred.
4 Mr. Sonnehill also attributed the in
crease in the price of brooms of 60 cents
a dozen since 1908 to the tariff, and the
shortage in broom corn.
Independent meat packers have been
subpenaed to appear before the commit
tee Thursday and Friday.
James F. Oyster, a Washington butter
dealer, testified today before the Select
Senate Committee that he figured on a
gross profit on butter of from 12V4 to
15 per cent, half of which went to ex
penses, and he explained at great length
how the Elgin Board fixed the price of
butter every Monday.
William Poulton, a Baltimore retail
grocer and meat dealer, told the commit
tee he had been able to make only a
bare living out of his business during the
last two years and that he believed one
half of the retailers .jn his lino of business
in Baltimore were nearly "broke." and
would be glad to get out of business.
('Are tha working people eating as
much as they did five years ago?" asked
Senator Smoot.
"I dotn't think so. They ' are. eating
more fish, largely . salt mackerel," an
swered the witness. -
PROSECUTION IS DEMANDED
Liquor Association Wants License
Collected From All Members.
OLTMPIA. Wash., March 14. (Special.)
The Royal Arch Association of liauor
dealers of the state has written, to Tax
Commissioner T. A. Parish, requesting
that he prosecute promptly all .their
members who have failed to take out the
required $25 Btate liquor license.
Commissioner Parish has special charge
of collecting this delinquent license
money. He says that druggists are
holding off payments awaiting the out
come of a test case pending in the Su
perior Court of Seattle.
SEATTLE STUDENT CHOSEN
Joseph Harrison Wins Rhodes Schol
arship at Oxford.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 14.
Joseph Harrison, of the University of
Washington, Seattle, today- was chosen
as this state's representative to receive
the Cecil Rhodes scholarship "at Oxford
University, England. Samuel Neterer, of
Whitman College. Walla Walle, was se
lected as alternate.
The selection was made by a commit
tee of five college presidents of the state.
There were six candidates for the scholar
ship. BURNED TIMBER LOSS LESS
American Forests Suffer Only -$300,-000
Fire Damage In 1909.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Fire, the
bane- of the forest, played less havoc
In the woodlands of the National re
serves last year than in 1908, although
the number of blazes was 410 greater,
according to statistics which have
just been, compiled by the Department
of Agriculture. By reason of the pro
tective measures adopted by the de
partment almost 80 per cent of the
fires were extinguished before as much
as five acres had been damaged: the
fires covered less than one and
one-half acres to the square mile of
National forest lands, and the damage
done to the burned area averaged $1.26
per acre.
For the year ending December 31,
last, there were 3.138 fires In the for
ests, burning over, in round figures
360,000 acres, of which about 62,000
were private lands In National forests,
as against 400.000 acres in 1908. Some
170.000,000 board feet of timber was
consumed, of whioh 33,000,000 feet was
privately "owned, against 230.000,000 In
the previous year. The loss In value of
timber destroyed was less than $300-,
000, of which close tq $50,000 belonged
to private parties. The loss of the year
before was about $450,000. Damage to
reproduction and forage showed a re
markable decrease, less than $160,000
being the record for 1909 and over
$700,000 for 1908.' Locomotive sparks
were accountable for more blazes than
any other cause.
fill' STOPS $30,000,000
REP. , MOXDELL ALOXE BLOCKS
IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Western Members of Congress Find
Inability to Legislate Without -Aid
of President.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 14. Without active co
operation of the President, the Western
members of the House will not be able
to Bccnm the passage of a bill making
available $30,000,000 to hasten the com
pletion of Government . irrigation
projects.
That fact is now fully appreciated,
and the President has been importuned
to help the bill to final passage. Presi
dent Taft. however, while strongly
favoring this bill, does not feel dis
posed to make further effort In Its be
half as loag as-Congress refuses to
act upon any other bills included In
his conservation programme. All these
bills have been pigeonholed by Chair
man Mondell, of the House public lands
committee, because he personally does
not favor them, therefore he jlone is
standing In the way of the $30,000,000
bill. When the President's situation is
more fully appreciated, it Is believed
Western men will force Mondell to act.
If actual progress Is made with the
President's programme it is believed
the Influence of the Administration will
put the $30,000,000 bill through, other
wise it is lost.
$800,000 FIRE KILLS ONE
Jamestown, N. Y., Suffers Blaze,
Twice Thought Extinguished.
JAMESTOWN, N. T., March 14. Begin
ning Saturday night and ending this
morning, Jamestown was visited by a
series of the most costly fires it has ever
had, resulting in a total loss of $300,000,
the death of one man and the serious in
jury of three others.
The fire first broke out Saturday night
In the Gokey .fadtory and-was thought
to have been extinguished. At 2 o'clock
this morning the flames broke out afresh
and communicated with the Gokey busi
ness block, the largest business block in
the city. The flames spread so rapidly
that they were soon beyond the control
of the local department. Buffalo was ap
pealed to for aid.
While there was ample time for the
guests of the Sherman House, also de
stroyed, to leave the building, there was
no time for saving any property.
John Hanson, captain of the fire police,
was instantly killed by a falling wall.
Alfred Shoesmlth sniftered a fractured
skull. The falling of, telegraph poles
caught a number of persons in a network
of wires. Both legs of George King, a
fireman, were broken.
DR. COOK RETURNING HOME
Explorer Orders Suite at Waldorf
Astoria for Self and Wife.
NEW YORK. March 14. Dr. Frederick
A. Cook is on his way back to New York
from South America, according to a
statement made yesterday. It is said he
has already ordered the clerk of the
Waldorf-Astoria to reserve a suite for
himself and wife. He stayed at the
Waldorf when he first arrived with the
Polar records. According to the plans
made known, Dr. Cook will sail from Rio
de Janeiro on March 18. and will land
at Colon. There he Intends to take the
steamer for Mobile, Alabama.
Yankee Slayer Gets. Nine Years.
EL PASO, Tex., March 14. Charles A:
Rebstock, an American railroad man,
was sentenced today to nine years In
prison at San Ygnacio, State of Sinaloa.
Mexico, for manslaughter. Rebstock was
accused of firing his revolver into a
crowd, killing one native and wounding
another. He was held In jail for more
than a year before his case came to trial
PEARY MAN ACTIVE
Representative Englebright
.Wants Vote on Reward.
SPEED RECORDS LOOKED UP
Comparison of Explorer's Time In
Dash to Pole Is Made With Rec
ord of Dog Teams and Mail
carriers in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Represen
tative EnglebrlghJ:. Republican, of Cal
ifornia, tne only member of the House
committee who favored bestowing Con
gressional honors upon Commander
Peary without an inspection of the ex
plorer's proofs, does not intend to let
the matter rest.
He says he will force the committee
to vote definitely for or against a Peary
award if he can. The various bills for
the Peary award are still before the
committee.
.Mr. Englebright has, by a thorough
search of the records, dug up interest
ing data concerning the speed that can
be made in Arctic travel. The princi
pal point made against Peary in the
committee is that he could not 'have
made the speed which he claimed In
his final dash for the Pole. This speed
was 30 miles a day In the journey to
the Pole, and 50 miles a day. on his
return.
A. D. Nash, a former Government
mail carrier In Alaska, is quoted by
Mr. Englebright as- making a 1400-mile
trip from Dawson to Nome with dogs
and sledges In 26 days, or 64 miles a
day. In a single trip by Mr. Nash from
Candle Creek- to Neukluk, a distance
of 102 miles is said to have been made
in 17 hours, with mail and a woman
passenger on the sledge.
An average of 121 miles a day Is said
to have been made by the winning
dog team in the race of the Nome Ken
nel Club, of Alaska.
LABOR FOR IDLE SUNDAYS
John Mitchell Would Give Day of
Rest to All Workmen.
NEW VORK, March 14. John Mitchell
former president of the United Minework
ers of America, is one of the leaders In a
crusade for the stricter observance of the
Sabbath which has just been started here.
Mr Mitchell and his fellow crusaders aim
to obtain for every worklngman no mat
ter what his trade or business, one day
of rest in seven.
"Corporations," said Mr. Mitchell, "are
great believers in the saying that the
devil finds some work for idle hands.
They try to keep the worklngman at his
bench on the theory that the more work
he does the notler he gets. But work In
excess is debasing and the world over it
has been found that one day of rest ele
vates the moral tone of the men who
toil."
It is estimated that more than 300.000
worklngmen in New York alone are com
pelled to labor on the Sabbath. Mr.
Mitchell and his coworkers propose
amendments to the state law which will
remedy this condition.
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HOGS- QUOTED AT $11.05
Cleveland and- Other Markets Show
Decided Advance.
CLEVELAND. March 12. Hogs were
quoted at $11.05 per 100 pounds at the
stockyards today. This makes a rise
of $1 per hundred within a week. The
price is the highest on record here.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., March 14. The
top price for hogs at the St. Joseph
market today was $10.65 per hundred,
which is 10 cents higher than the rec
ord price made last week.
KANSAS CITY. March 14. Five
price records on the Kansas City live
stock exchange were broken today.
Hogs reached $10.60, lambs' $9.65, year
ling sheep $9 and ewes $7.60. Steers
from the other side of the quarantine,
line reached $7.75.
ROOSEVELT AT KHARTOUM
(Continued From First Page.)
greater pleasure at securing them than
any other trophies.
Colonel Roosevelt was much interested
In the Uganda missions and spoke in
high terms of the lado enclave, which
he visited. A trip to the Soudan mines,
planned for today, was postponed.
.Macadam Road Assured.
EUGENE, Or., March 14. (Special.)
Practically all doubt as to the con-
A VERITABLE
For Our Millinery
Is the Verdict of the Public
Instead of delegating one
designer to studtSpring mil
linery fashions this season
We sent three.
Nor did we confine'
their field of observation
to New York City. Our
head designer visited all
the show places in Flor
ida and the South.
4
The product of this
extraordinary effort to
secure all that was
newest and latest in
m illinery was shown
Saturday and yesterday by the immense
throngs of people that crowded our mil
linery section during the opening days.
On these show days the most that We expect
is a transient sale. Women usually accept open
ing days as a sort of artistic inspection, a study
of symphony of color, of style in an exhibition
of millinery art.
Contrary to all rules our opening fashioned
itself early in the day into one vast sale.
Completely swamped with customers we were compelled
to impress into service saleswomen from a dozen different
departments, even package wrappers became millinery
saleswomen for the day.
Women are prepared to find at all openings hats trim
med in the most extreme styles, at prices calculated to
draw forth expressions of awe. SUCH HATS WERE
NOTABLE BY THEIR ABSENCE HERE.
Our unceasing energy is concentrated to the production of hats of
taste and refinement at moderate prices. Herein lies the secret of our
wonderful millinery achievement. Hats fashioned after the most
exclusive Parisian models, displaying the same exquisite taste- in the
same desirable shapes, yet at prices Within easy reach of all.
All stores have openings this week. We ask you to visit
them, noting carefully their best styles and prices, then
come to us and you will more than ever appreciate the
values we offer in return for your patronage.
Will
Find
struction of a macadam road from the
Southern Pacific Railroad trek here to
Santa Clara, a distance of three miles,
was dispelled today when a delegation
of property owners along the road
waited upon the County Court and
assured them that ' they had raised
$3252 toward defraying the expense
of the road and asked the court to
contribute a like amount on the basis
that the aggregate amount would com
plete the much-needed improvement.
PELLAGRA TO BE STUDIED
Government Sends Expert to Italy
to Discover Remedy.
WASHINGTON. March 14. Passed As
sistant Surgeon C. H. Lavinder, of the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service, was today designated to ge to
Milan and other places in Italy for the
purpose of making an investigation into
the origin and prevalence of pellagra and
Into the measures being tejeen to combat
the disease.
Surgeon Lavinder also will Inspect es
tablishments In Germany which make
viruses and analogous products for sale
in America.
Kenton After Cement Walks.
A petition for cement sidewalks
along the streets in Kenton was framed
last night In a meeting of the Ken
ton Push. Club. A committee waa ap
You
LANDSLIDE OF APPROVAL
Everything Required in
BANDEAUX in fancy cut designs, assorted pat-'
terns, shell color. Each 75c.
PLAIN HAIR BANDS made from choice shell.
Comes in two-band effect. Each 50c.
EXTRA QUALITY HORN BACK COMBS neatly
mounted in gold with deep set Rhinestones. Very
choice patterns. Each $2.50.
EXTRA LONG WAVY SWITCHES made from
very choice German hair. Come in all shades. 28
inches long, and extra heavy. Each $10.
TURBAN CAPS made from choice French floss
over a net-covered frame. We carry an'assortment
in all sizes. Medium size, each 35c.
NEW STRAND BARRETTE come in all sizes.
Either shell or amber. In the new large shape. 35c.
NEW BUCKLE BARRETTES, all sizes, either
shell or amber. Price according to size, 20c to 50c.
CORONET BRAID PINS in the strand design,
either shell or amber. Each 35c.
WE MAKE SWITCHES from combings. Our
work is guaranteed the best and our prices are the
lowest in the city.
pointed to circulate the petition and
many signatures were obtained at the
meeting. The light question was also
discussed, and a resolution was adopt
ed thanking The Oregonian for its
service In getting better lights in Ken
ton. ALLEGED REBATERS PLEAD
"Not Guilty," Say Trio, Charged
With Violating Elklns Law.
NEW TORK. March 14. Pleas of not
guilty were entered before Judge Holt In
the United States District Court tolay by
F. C. Frieser. William C. Maxwell and
David O. Ives, indicted November 22 last,
charged with violation of the Elkins re
bate law. The case was continued for
two weeks, the defendants being held un
der $5000 bail each.
Frieser and Maxwell were indicted
Jointly charged with having granted re
bates to the Holland -American Steamship
Company. Maxwell is general traffic
manager and Frieser, foreign ageVit of
the Wabash Railroad.
Chinese Coming to Study U. S. A.
NEW YORK, March 14. A cablegram
received by a banker in the Wall-Btreet
district from Pekin anounces that the
military expedition headed toy Prince
Tsai Tao, which is to visit the United
States, will leava China early thip week.
Hair Goods Here
The expedition was planned by the
Prince, who- is a brother of the Regent, for
the purpose of studying military meth
ods and organization in the United States,
with the view to utilizing the information
thus gained in the rehabilitation of tha
Chinese army. The commission will prob
ably reach San Francisco early next
month and proceed at once to Washing
ton and New York. The party will In
clude about 20 Chinese notables.
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