TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, APEU 12, 191Q.
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Washington State Official Is
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False Entries.
South Dakotan Ekes Out Liv
ing Here With Cash and
Farm Gone.
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HAY HAS INQUIRY REPORT
instances Said to Show Where
Books Have Been Ioctored" to
Cover Alleged Wrongdoing,
tl Clark in Olympla Today.
OL.TMPIA, Wash., April 11. (Special.)
Oil Inspector f A. Clark, of Everett,
yil! either resign or be dismissed from
office for incompetency within 24 hours,
"according to reports here tonight. Mr.
i Clark was expected here today, but did
tiot arrive at the Capitol during: office
, hours.
'When test here, before the investigating
I board, his apparent frankness and his
earnestness in asserting that he could
1 produce cancelled checks, stubs and
liooka to absolutely account for every
"fenny he had drawn from the state for
expenses, convinced Governor Hay that
J the Inspector, in his vouchers, had been
jSiply careess aad that the Inspector was
not guilty of any intentional wrongdo
ing. Report Makes Charges.
1 Following that Investigation, F. H.
nJjleben, of the State Bureau of In
spection and Supervision of Public Of
Jiices, has been checking up Mr. Clark's
'tank account, check stubs and the like,
lieben's report was turned over to
i Governor Hay today. It is said to show
Jthat Clark's statements to the Gov
ernor and investigators were fale in a
number of instances, and to. In effect,
i reiterate the charges first made by
i Fred Leghorn, of the Bureau, that
'plark had drawn more money from the
.state on vcuchers for expenses than
'he had actually expended.
. ..This report Is said to show, for In-
stance, with respect to the "Seattle
ptamp Works bills, that Clark drew
from the state $10 more on raised
vpuchers of this company than he paid
ihe company. The report charges that
4 ft few weeks ago the books of the com
'pany showed Clark had paid at one
time $4.50 for which he had put In a
"voucher for 914.50 and had been paid
the latter sum by the state.
J;1 Books "Doctored," Maybe.
The report says Clark submitted his
i check which now shows It is drawn for
; $14.50 and that the company's books
Ishow $14.50 payment, but that the bank
records show this check was drawn for
but $4.50 and paid in that sum, leaving
the inference that since the investigation
started both canceled checks and the
; stamp company's books have been raised.
;or "doctored."-
. This is one of the matters Clark will be
called upon to explain as soon as he
reaches Olympia, and unless an absolutely
.satisfactory explanation is made, it is
i predicted his services with the state will
"bo peremptorily terminated.
JJAPS RECALL GOOD TIMES
.
llonornry Commissioners Discredit
i Talk of III-Trcatmcnt Here.
J: SEATTLE. Wash., April 11. While
. newspaper controversy is in progress
Jin the United States as to whether the
Japanese Commercial Commissioners
J were well entertained during their
visit last hall, the commissioners them
selves have been holding- a reunion in
.Nagoya to review their delightful ex
periences in America. The commission-
ers today sent the following cable
dispatch to J. r. Lowman. of Seattle,
x-president of the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast:
. . "Honorary Commercial Commlssion
'ers, holding first annual reunion, re
peal! many pleasant memories of visit
to America and send warmest greet
lings."
I Mr. Lowman cabled in reply to Baron
frhthusawa:
i ; "Cablegram recalls flood of pleasant
-memories. Express to commissioners
;ur Coast greetings."
NO FISHING UNTIL MAY 1
Willamette and Clackamas Territory
Tabooed by Order.
SALEM, Or.. April It. (Special.)
Master Fish Warden U. c. McAllister
today emphatically denied the report
that fishing will be allowed on the
-V lllamette and Clackamas Rivers be
fore May 1, when the season on the
Columbia opens.
llscussing the matter today. Mr. Mc
Allister said: "The Circuit Court has
upheld the State Board in its order
extending the closed season on the Wil
lamette and Clackamas Rivers to .May
1, and there will be no fishing on these
rivers until that time, unless the Su
preme Court should decide against the
Board. And it makes no difference
what the court decides in regard to the
Willamette and Clackamas, fishing will
not commence on the Columbia until
May 1, as the law provides."
NEW $75,000 HOTEL IS DUE
VliU ip Gevurtz to Construct Four
Story Building on West Side.
Announcement of the proposed con
struction of a four-story, modern, press-ed-briok
hotel at the northwest corner
of Kleventh and Stark streets, diagonal
ly across the street from the Norton t a
Hotel, was made last night by Philip
Uevurtx. T. Kissinger, owner of the prop
erty, will erect the building. A lease for
ten years was closed by him with I.
Gevurta & Sons, who will conduct the
new hostelry.
The property is now valued at $150.
000. The building will cost $75,000. It
will have 100 rooms and a basement.
The present tenants of the property were
notified to vacate May 1, when active
work of construction will begin.
Two Companies Incorporate.
SALEM. Or.. April 11. (Special.)
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the office of the Secretary of
State, as follows:
L.ewisburg Mutual Telephone Com
pany, principal office Macleay, capital
stock $1173. Incorporators, Ernest
Bowen. O. 1L Thompson and W. J.
Haberly.
The lion Alvar Cigar Company, prin
cipal office Astoria, capital stock j000.
Incorporators. J. Straus, F. Ai. Hanlin
L ud Airs, R. Strauss,
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Cabin. 4. Cabin of Hedberg-, Second Man Stain, at
ALBANY TO BE HOST
Open River Convention Will
Convene Thursday.
RECEPTION PLANS READY
Large Delegations Are Expected
From All Towns In Willamette
Valley Regular Organiza
tion Will Be Effected.
ALBANY. Or., April 11. (Special.)
Plans are now practically complete for
the programme of the Open River and
Freight Rate Convention to be held here
Thursday afternoon and evening.
P. D. Gilbert, president of -the Albany
Business Men's Association, will call the
convention to order at 2:30 in the AIco
Club gymnasium and will introduce Dr.
W. IT. Davis, president- of the Albany
Commercial Club, who will make the in
troductory address, setting forth the pur
pose of the convention and welcoming
the visiting delegates. Dr. Davis will
pres ide at the afternoon session and
Wallace R. Struble, manager of the Al
bany Commercial Club, will act as secre
tary of the afternoon session.
The afternoon session will be devoted
to addresses only, and will be participat
ed in by all visitors. At the evening ses
sion the delegates appointed by the vari
ous Commercial Clubs will organize the
convention, elect officers and transact
the business of the meeting. There will
be no programme for the evening session
and it will be left, entirely in the hands
of the delegates from the' Commercial
Clubs of the W illamette Valley.
Following Dr. Davis' introductory ad
dress at the afternoon session. Judge W.
S. McFadden. of Corvallis. will speak on
"Free Locks at Oregon City." A speaker
to be selected by the Eugene delegation
will talk on "An Open River From the
Mouth of the Clackamas South. and a
Salem speaker, to be chosen by the dele
gation from the Capital City, will speak
on the subject, "Restoration of the Old
Freight Rate on Eastern Shipments."
Attorney Harold M. Sawyer, of Portland,
will deliver the last address of the after
noon. All of these addresses are to be
twenty-minute talks, and following each
there will be a. five-minute talk on each
subject by one member of each delega
tion. Each delegation will choose its
own speakers.
That the convention will be a Wg gath
ering, is assured. The local committees
are receiving reports daily from various
clubs that big delegations will come,
i Salens Eugene, Cottage Grove, Corvallis
and Lebanon will all send monster dele
gations and every city in the Willamette
Valley will be fully represented.
The AIco Club will be thrown open to
the visiting delegates for the day and
they will be received in the club rooms
there and at the rooms of the Albany
Commercial Club. Automobiles will meet
all trains and convey the visiting dele
grates to the club rooms. A committee
consisting of F. J. Fletcher, William
Fortmiller and W. H. Marvin, has been
named to prepare the Alco Club gym
nasium for the session, and space will be
reserved for each delegation. Placards
are being prepared for each city so that
delegates can find their reservations as
soon as they enter the halL
Lebanon Favors Open River Meet.
LEBANON, " Or., April 1L (Special. )
The Lebanon Business Men's League has
been Invited to participate in the Open
River Congress to be held in Albany on
April 14. The following delegates have
been named to attend: B. A. Millsap. M.
A. Miller, A. M. Reeves. N. M. Newport,
Geo. IL Buhl, H. Y. Kirkpatrlck, S. M.
Garland, Dr. L. M. Jones, Dr. W. W.
Kimmel, T C. D. Steen, J. J. Swan. E.
Keebler, C. H. Vehrs, Frank Lutz, J. C.
Perin, F- H- Sixer, J. C. Mayer, J. L. Un
derwood. P. M. Scroggin. L. P. Hubbs,
Earl B. Day, C. H. R alp ton, James Ben
ner. H. G. Everett. R W. Green, N. D.
Keef haver, W. M. Brown, Geo. A. Wag
goner Ed. Kellenberger and Ralph Mc
Timmonds. PORTLAND VICTIM DIES
ED TYNAN SUCCUMBS TO IN
JURIES IN SPOKANE WRECK,
Two Fatalities Follow Collision
North Bank Passenger Trains
In Falls City.
of
SPOKANE, Wash.. April 11. (Spe
cial.) Death claimed its second victim
as the result of the wreck ot the Spo
kane. Portland & Seattle trains on the
Seventh avenue trestle Saturday night.
when E. Tynan, a mailweigher, who
was hurt while riding in the ill-fated
mail car, died at the Sacred Heart Hos
pital from a fracture of the skull
shortly after noon today.
'The other wreck victim, Paul Chico
lotto, an Italian, who was crushed by
the terrrfic impact, died yesterday a
ternoon.
Tynan never regained consciousness
after receiving the injury In the col
lision that hurled the mail car off the
trestle to the street 30 feet below.
Ed Tynan was the only Portland man
who died, of injuries received in the
wreck. Tynan and his family resided
with his father-in-law. Dr. Will Jack
son, the dentist, at 640 East Ash street.
He leaves a wife and three children,
the youngest only 3 years of age. Mrs.
Tynan and Mr. Tynan's brother went
to Spokane Sunday night.
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Alleicd Scene of Murder.
Indian Creek.
3. Gobi's
DIVERS SEEK BODY
Gohl Mystery Solution Yet to
Be Reached.
MUDDY CHEHALIS RETARDS
Effort9 of Workers, Now Dragging
River, Hindered Owing to Im-
mense Roots and Water-Soaked
Ixgs Which Cover Bottom.
ABERDEEN, Wash, April 11. (Spe
cial.) Divers began search yesterday
for the body of John Hoffman, slain
last December, according to the con
fession of J. Kllngen-berg, a sailor on
the schooner A. J. West, by William
Gohl, agent for the Sailors' Union, who
Is now confined in the County Jail
at Montesano on the charge of mur
dering Charles Hedberg, killed the
same night that Hoffman met death.
Efforts so far have been fruitless.
the work being difficult, the divers
reporting that they are unable to see
to any depth. They are guided In
traversing the Chehalis River bottom
solely through the sense of touch, the
work being greatly hampered by im
mense roots and water-soaked logs
resting on the bottom of the river.
MOTHER-IN-LAW TO BOSS
If Man and Wife Live With batter's
Mother, Problem Solved.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 11. iSpe-
vlal.) Guy E. Kelly, of Tacoma, Super
visor of the census for this district,
was met here today by the 27 enumera
tors who will start on their work Fri
day morning.
The enumerators desired enlighten'
ment and here are some of the ques
tions fired at Mr. Kelly:
Q. If a man and his wife are living
with the wife's mother, who is head of
the household? A. The mother-in-law.
Q. If a man is one-sixteenth Indian
where is he to be classified? A. If he
admit
: it, put mm in me inaian
sched
Q. What shall we do with the lrri
cation schedules A. Do as you please
with them. If the Government knew
no. more about our country than to
think we need irrigation it does not
deserve to get the schedules back,
'B00ZE-CURE' WORKS WELL
With 6 1 -Tear-Old "Steerer" Con
fessing "Deal" to Authorities,
Aged Gnstave Schaney Is Un
able to Get Back Property.
Cominir to Portland February 1 with
JS00 in cash, buncoed out of the money
through making a payment on the pur
chase of a fake Jag cure preparation and
induced to mortgage his South Dakota
farm for the balance of the purchase-
price, Gustave Schaney, or Schaeffer, is
eking out a precarious living as a waiter
at 'Bowie's Five-Cent Coffee House," 3
North Third street.
chaney. or Schaeffer, as he is known
at hl lodgings at the New Grand Cen
tral Hotel, Is not a skilled waiter, his
hands being more used to the plow and
the ax than handling delicate crockery,
but during the noonday rush and eu;per
hours ne is aiiowea to aon ine wniw
apron and hang a towel over his arm.
He brushes the crumbs clear across the
room when his muscular arm sweeps his
towel across the lunch counter, but he
is anxlou3 to learn because the position
appeared to be the only one available
with his life's earnings all gone.
At the same hotel resides Edward
Keys, the 61-year-old "steerer." who con
fessed to the city detectives that he had
received a portion of the $S0O from which
Schaney had been separated by the
"flim-flam" game and that George Shur-
man was the principal schemer. Keys
wa3 arrested by Detectives Hellyer and
Maloney, but no charge other than vag
rancy having been made against him, he
was released. He is not working any
where, but sits in one of the comfortable
chairs in the lobby of the New Grand
Central offering his condolences to
Schaney.
Scheme On to Cure "Drunks."
Shurman and Keys pretended to have
-patented formula for the cure of the
liquor habit, and Shurtnan is charged
with having -fitted up a dummy sanitari
um at Vancouver, Wash, where a num
ber of men were employed to pose ai
liaving been cured of the whisky appe
tite by the process. They refused to ex
periment on victims furnished from the
6treets of Portland, but tendered testi
monials of the unfailing qualities of the
Tnedicine, or escorted their proposed vic
tims to the "Vancouver resort to look over
the patients then under treatment.
Shurman proposed to sell territory
wherein his agents could ODerate and
painted the profits to be gleaned by
the enterprise in most alluring terms.
Keys resembles an innocent old fanner
in appearance, and It was his part of the
plan to locate himself in the hotels
where unsuspecting investors might stbp
when coming to Portland.
Schaney arrived at the New Grand
Central in February and Keys and 9hur.
man registered two days later. SShurman
kept in the background but as soon as
Keys could scrape acquaintance with the
guests he began to confide confidential
Information of the money to be made
by operating "booze-cure" institutes.
Keys attempted to sell territory to
the clerk and proprietor of the hotel, as
well as a number of the guests. Schaney
was the only one to lend a willing ear.
He became enthused over the opportunity
to acquire two counties among his old
friends back in Gann Valley, South Da
kota, where he personally knew of the
crying need of the antidote. After some
Investigation Schaney agreed to pur
chase the right for $2000, paying $SO0
cash and giving a mortgage on his
ranch for $2100. .
Dakotan, Buncoed, Hurries Back
"Within a few weeks after returning
to South Dakota 'Schaney realized that
the secret formula for which he had
given over his hard-earned money was
valueless and returning to Portland
sought the arrest of Shurman and Keys.
Shurman had closed -his demonstration
sanitarium at Vancouver and left for
parts unknown. Keys was aprahended.
but is again at liberty. He is taking
charge of the mail which comes to the
'hotel fr Shurman and says that he
promised to forward it.
Schaney has not secured a warrant for
the arrest of Shurman, and as a conse
quence Portland detectives are not hunt
ing for the man. Detectives Hellyer and
Maloney sent a telegram to prevent re
cording of the mortgage in South Da
kota if possible, but the result has not
been learned. It is believed by officers
that Shurman caused the document to be
immediately recorded and then sold it
to an innocent purchaser.
In that case Schaney will be completely
stripped of finances but may be able
to qualify as a member of the waiters'
union.
HOTEL FIRE; PANIC ENSUES
Blaze Drives Occupants Out of Win
dows, Others Fall From Escapes.
DUBUQUE, la.. April 11. Fire broke
out In the Julian Hotel today while 200
guests were asleep. A. panic followed
and a number of persons were injured.
Guesrts in the windows of the upper
A Pleasing Sense of Health and
Strength Renewed and of .
Ease and Comfort
follows the use of Syrup of Fig3 and
Elixir of benna, aa it acts gently on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans-
ins the system effectually, when con-
etipated, or bilious, and. dispels colas
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine, manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co.
Irvington
Advantages
These advantages apply to all of Irvington in
general and of the section blocked off on the
map, in particular.
Close in 12-minute car ride.
Restricted Residences only ,
Restricted. .. .$2500 minimum price dwelling'.
Restricted .Houses set at least 25 feet bacR
from the property line.
Improved. . . ..Wide asphalt-paved streets.
Improved Cement gutters and curbs.
Improved ..Cement sidewalks, 6 feet wide.
Improved. .. ..Parkings iy2 feet outside, 2 feet
inside of the sidewalks.
Improved. ... . Sewers, 8-inch to 24-inch.
Improved Water mains, 6-inch and 8-inch.
Improved 4-inch gas mains.
Improved. . . . .All service connections are made,
carried inside the curb at every lot,
ready to connect up.
Improved. ....Telephone and electric light.
Schools Irvington school, one of the city's
best and largest.
View High elevation. High as Orego-
nian building tower.
Car Service . . Every three to five minutes. .
Car Service. . Fifteenth-Bt. extension of Irvington
line finished this Summer.
Car Service.. Choice of lines to take.
Values Highest of any residence property
in Irvington.
Values ...Will double with the coming of the
Fifteenth-st. extension.
Values i. In the section blocked off are high
the prices low.
Values.. Prices to be raised May 1. $200 per
lot on all unsold in the blocked-off
section.
Values.. The future will see prices doubled
and redoubled in this section. .
Prices.. .Today, corners $3000.
' Prices May 1, corners $3400.
Prices Today, inside lots $1250.
Prices May 1, inside lots $1450.
Mr. Mumford is at the Irvington office all day
every day. Come out and pick your lot before
the prices advance.
Come to the Irvington office. Take Woodlawn,
Alberta, or any other car running out Union
avenue. Get off at Knott Walk one block east.
Rountree & Diamond
Downtown Office, 241 Stark
stories were rescued in many Instances
by firemen. Other guests dashed down
the Are ecapes and stumbled to the
pavement.
Mm, Edward Engler, of Dubuque, was
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THE GOOD NAME OP
HUTJTER BALTIMORE RYE
IS WORLD WIDE, ITS REPUTATION UNSURPASSED
Sold At mil flnt-elus
WM. LAS A HAS A
Piece of Earth -
INVEST
A few dollars now In fX"HO. tMATILLA COUNTY, IRRIGATED
FRUIT AND ALFALFA LANDS.
WHERE
There is the finest soil, best transportation, adequate water supply,
longest growing season, etc
IT'S
The favored spot of all this grand Northwest and vou should los
no time in Investigating the WESTERN LAND & IRRIGATION COM.
PASiY'S project at ECHO. Remember here Is the
BEST
Soli under the best project. The price Is right. If yon are possessed
with energy and little money this Is YOUR OPPORTUNITY. -We
have gotten out a beautifully illustrated booklet with map, which
we shall be glad to hand to you when you call. If you can't call,
write today.
It's an absolute certainty that you can't lose by investigating:,
you might save thousands In the long run.
TEEPE & SMITH SSSfg
414 Henry Building, Portland, Oregon
descending a burning stairway when it
gave way and she fell and was badly
hurt. Charles Glaeser, of Dea Moines,
leaped from the balcony and suffered
peveral broken bones.
ares and hr jobbra.
SON. Baltimore. Md.
Peace on Earth