TITE 3IOKXTXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910. PLOT ALLEGED, TO COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL HONOR FAMOUS NAVAL HERO AT BANQUET. THE STORE FOR THE MASSES WHERE POPULAR PRICES PREVAIL DROP 'SMALL FRY' PORTLAND'S Eastern Bondholders of Des chutes Irrigation & Power Company Blamed. 126 Sixth Street, Near Washington V Five .Rousm. FORECLOSURE IS VACATED For FRIDAY and SATURDAY in Our Cloak and Suit Section Second Floor 14 EMPORIUM g s Order Secured In United State JU- trlct Court hf R- S. Howard, Jr. Methods of Finances May Be Exposed. Anvertln that Etflrrn bondholders it the Deschutes Irrigation A Power Company, of Crook County, have plan ned a conspiracy with tne old manage ment of the company with the Intent of -freeslna;- the smaller intercut! out of tha concern. R. fi. Howard. Jr., yes terdar appeared In tha t'nlted States District Court and secured an order arat1n; the foreclosure of the assets -f the irrigation company. The pur pose of the suit is to expose all tha inner workings of the financiers who have had control of the company, and a save the investments of the ") amaJl fry-' who hold the stock of tha Mr Howard is the owner of I.""" in bonds of. the Desohutea company, and Is emphatic lights statements that there had been no predion made for the r.H.mntinn of his bonds. 1111am ' Bristol and C E. S. Wood appeared the attorneys for Mr. Howard. Stay Is Granted. t .. j Ti-n i .-.n witnted the stay o n ..H the order of Interven . i AM ka v.rhi I aesurance of Mr. Wood that Mr. Howard had never con seated to the plan of closlnjr out in old company and oraranlrlna; a nej . -iih th ohlrrl of completing th . i umurr to Irrigate the CI 4. ii .mi of lsnd. Attorney Wood in k. hi. ntnuk.i to the court that tha Mmnromlsr scheme had been h.th. jn to admit a large amount of fictitious indebtedness, to the detrl ment of tha bondholders who had In rtri real monev In the enterprise 1 have never been a party to th litln-lnn - aald R. S. Howard. Jr.. le .irhi "Mi Investment In the bond - legitimate, and I only applied to Intervene In the litigation when It be came apparent that something was con templated which would wipe out in sum cf money. Relationship Is IHx-lnlnicd. "Among the debts of the company which were Incorporated in tha decree greed upon by the attorneys for the Eastern, bondholders and the attorneys .'or the old managers of the company s an alleged account of one Roscoe Howard, who la no relation of mine, This Howard waa given a selling con tract on tha lands, by which he would realise the larger portlcn of any prof its from their sale. The lan. Is are situ there, but I understand that he has been allowed $131,000 In the com- sromlse decree. 1 Intend to find out hy Howard has been allowed such an imouDt of money and to whom It will re. "There Is another matter of SJ.V -hl-h will have to be accounted for tefore this matter Is definitely settled. Under the provisions of the first mort gage, bonds of the company could be turned In aa payment for lands, but ainklng fund of S3 per acre In cash was to be deposited for the redemption of our bomls. In the statement of tha company it appears that ISS.OOO of can relied bonds were transferred to the sinking fund In lieu of that amount of rash. In other word, the bonds were redeemed by the sale of lands, and the bonds received In payment, which were then worthless, were carried In the sinking fund In lieu of rash. It looks to me as If somebody had appropriated money from that fund, or had failed to make good what belonged to It. Attorney Bristol was adorned with Ma legal war paint when consulted about the litigation. "We are going to the bottom of this thing now." said Mr. Bristol. "I am not yet ready to announce my charge". The papers are being prepared and will be filed in the I'nlted States Court without delay." Prior to the alleged agreement, look ing to the foreclosure of the first mort- gsge. the Eastern bondholders, most of whom are located In the vicinity of Columbus. Ohio, appeared In court with charges against the company of the grossest mismanagement. Being the chief owners of the Crook County Carey a-t rerlamatton project, the bondhold ers asserted that they had been denied any voire in the management and that Portland stockholders refused to at tend meetings of the directors at whlrh changes of management were to be proposed. The complaint In the case averred that Roscoe Howrd had been given a selling contract on the lands which netted him a commission of from 110 to $17.50 per acre, half of their valus In many Instances, and charged that F. S. Stanley waa Interested In that contract. Accounting Will Be .kcl. Tha bonds held In the redemption fund were charged to tiave been re ceived from A- J. Bulkley as considera tion for the purchase of 13.000 acres of land. An accounting for that amount of money will be asked. Upon those allegations a receiver for the company was appointed In the per son of C M. Redflrld. former engineer for the company. As the story has been related in rourt. It Is charged that the Deschutes Irrigation A Power Company was or gsnlzed for the purpose of taking over certain lands under the Carey act. and by which the State of Oregon Is tha trustee for the lands. The company filed on 74.19S acres on Its own ac count and the holdings of the Pilot Hntte and Oregon Irrigation companies. In February, 1J04. the company mort gaged all Ita holdings In security of a bond issue, and Is charged with later placing a second mortgage, which It proposed to pay off In June last, and for arhtch $147. "on In cash had been accumulated. The bondholders assert this entire amount Is their property. Idaho Land Fraud Cases I'p. Taking of testimony for the trial of Idaho land fraud cases will begin at o'clock this morning In the Federal Court building before A. M. Wing, spe cial examiner. Peyton Gordon, special assistant to the Attorney-General, ar rived In the city last night and will i-on-luct the case. Mr. 1'iordon has handled several rases prosecuted in 'Boise In tha past few years. The particular case in which Oregon HnrM' are concerned Is that to re rover certain lands from W. F. Ketten bach. a prominent tlmherland owner of Idaho. He Is alleged to have pbtained them through conspiracies to defraud tne I'nlted t-tales. " Jt" HtSa""'""" ? y . . " . . " - . sSi ' a y- ? '- - . . ' f , ' N'W .. - . t. I 11 f - . . v i .... . lf .:,' ;.:- - ' . ''". f '. " . : - . I - i ' k . -JL. - I . ... . a . , -i ; ; ' -i ; . i , s , ',jli i f iiinitiiimrii ill a '"' '-'-'-h-Turn inisii wn aiiiiirn iianiri REAR-ADMIRAL. EVANS. "Fighting Rob" Evans, known the world over as the man who commanded the Fnlted States fleet of warships on the famous cruise to the Pacific around Cape Horn, will be entertained at a for mal banquet Saturday night, given In his honor by the Portland Com mercial Club. On learning that Admiral Evans wss en route East from Paso Renins, where he has been receiving treatment at the hot springs. President Beckwlth, of the Commercial Club, conceived the Idea of having the famous aea-flghter aa a guest. Accordingly, a telegram, asking if he could be present, was sent to the Admiral Thursday at San Francisco, and he at once wired his acceptance. Robert Evans, accompanied by Robert Iee Dunn, a noted newspa per photographer and correspondent, will arrive In Portland Saturday morning, and the two men will be the guest of the club during their stay In the city. The banquet will be held at :30 P. M. at the club. Preparations are being made to entertain a large number of Ore gon's leading citizens, as a number of out-of-town men have ex pressed their intention of being present at tha reception. PERJURY IS CHARGE Prosecutor Page Asks Dismis sal of Porter Loomis Case. WILLIAMS GIRL ACCUSED Child's Confuslnjr TftinionT ItitoIt-I Inn Itrlallvr. Juvrnllo Officials and Police Proves Kxa.. peratinfr to Court. Tour Monor. I don't propon to arsuft brforr a Jury about the trutl- inonjr In a rase whrn I don't beltevd In my own mind that the testimony warrants a ronvlrtlon. I admit that this (rlrl has lied about thla case right down the line, and for that reason I ask Tour Honor to Instruct this Jury to return a reTdlct for the defendant. Porter Loorals. So spoke Deputy District Attorney race to Circuit Judge Gatens yester day afternoon, after llallie tlllamn. a 15-year-old Rlrl. related to Lonmla, had Id on the witness-stand that Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, of the Women's Aux iliary to the Police Department, had threatened to send her to the House of the Good Sheperd until ahe was 21 years old If she did not testify that Loomis contributed to hT delinquency Later, however, she modified this, and said Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. L. 11. Baker of the Boys and Girls' Aid So ciety had threatened to send her to he Home If she did not tell the whole truth. Woman Denies t'linrjje. Mrs. Baldwin, when placed on the stand, flatly denied that she ever told he a-lrl anythlnar of the kind, and In an Interview said later that she could not send the Rlrl to the Home even If she wished to. We have been unable to place any dependence whatever upon the child's word." she said. In talking of the case At one time she has flatly denied that Loomis conducted himself improp erly, and at another time she has ad mitted that he has." Tne Klrl admitted on the witness- stand that she swore falsely when she testified In the lower court that Loomis never made indecent proposals to her. She said she dla not then understand he nature of the witness' oath. Mr. Gardner, she said, explained the mat ter to her last Saturday. While she was undera-oinir re-direct examination by Deputy Pagce. whe vu seeking the names of persons whom she said had threatened her. Attorney Bert Haner. Loomis counsel, arose and asked Judge Gatens to instruct the plrl that she was under the protection of the court, and that the court would see that no harm came to her If she told the whole truth. This tha Judge did. Olrl Changes Testimony. It was then that the arirl mentioned he names of Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Baker. She had previously testified nder rross-cxamlnatlon by Mr. Haney. hat officers of the Juvenile Court told er if she testified that Loomis had contributed to her delinquency she would b released from the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, and that If she testified otherwise, she would be held ntil she was 18 years old. Later he said Porter Loomis also threatened her If she did not testify In his favor. Loomis Is a. fireman, employed at nptne No. 9, in Sunnyside. CASK WILL COME TO ISbtK Court !uiKCsts Proceedings to End POilock Suit. That Raphael Citron, arting as attor- ey for Albert Crowe, did not take the proper method for attarkins; the answer of the Port of Portland in the drydock rase, was the dn-lslon of Presldlna- Cir cuit JtidKe Cleland yesterday morning;. Attorney Citron filed a motion to i strike the answer from the files, on the ground that the Port of Portland has no power to lease the drydock to private parties, and has only Incorporated In Ita answer the same contentions made In Its demurrer to Crowe's complaint, which was overruled by Circuit Judge Bronangh when he was on the bench. Judge Cleland suggested that Attorney Citron either demur on behalf of Crowe to the answer of the Port of Portland or file a motion for judgment on thf plead ings. This, said the court, would brinp- the case to an issue. In the case of It. Blnfield against Mrs. C. R. Keller, In which the attorney for the plaintiff attempted to argue points in a demurrer to the answer vHhout having given defendant's attorney no tice of the pointa to be taken up. Judge Cleland overruled the demurrer. The court. In passing upon the matter, re-. ferred to a recent decision of the State I rTuoreme Supreme Court in which it is Intimated that the court may not burden litlKants with rules in addition to the law. but the Judge said the rule that attorneys for one aide must give notice to the other side of papers filed or points to be argued on demurrer until the Supreme Court positively decides otherwise. Change of venue In the suit of Peter Mcintosh against Alexander McNaJr was denied. McNalr wished It tried In Tilla mook County. In the divorce suit of S. E. Hallal against Rose Hallal. the husband muat make his charge of Immoral conduct on the wife's part more specific. Other derisions were as follows: Krau.se Brothers against George L. Greenfield and others, demurrer to com plaint overruled. Mrs. Charles Bernard against C. W. Mower and others, demurrer of bonds men to complaint sustained, motion to answer allowed. J. B. Lcwton against Clarkle A. Wells, motion to strike out complaint denied. P. K. Harth against" H. M. Geren and others, demurrer of defendant overruled. Ward C. Wetmore against Dorothea wetmore, demurrer to second amended complaint sustained. Davenport Brothers against Karl J. Stackland, motion to quash service and discharge attachment allowed. J. F. Broadstreet against Martin Ver non and others, motion to amend reply denied. Wlllard Case against Mountain Timber Company, motion to make complaint more aennite denied. R. A. Anechuts against IL D. Wil liams and E. F. McDonald, motion to strike from answer allowed In part, de nied In part. J. F. Booths against Daisy M. Flfppen and others, motion to strike out amended complaint denied. Helen J. Miller and others agalnRt E. P. Preble and others, application for In junction denied. Orris If. Fisher against Augusta R. Johnson, demurrer to answer overruled. HUSBAND DISLIKES COOKING Wife Made Him Get Own Meals, He Says, and A as Divorce. Alice Blettvenu went Joy riding, leav ing her house untidy and her husband to prepare hla own meals, according to the pharges of Leon Blenvenu, In a divorce complaint filed in the Cir cuit Court yesterday. He declared that hla wife returned home in the small hours, once as late ail A. M. When he remonstrated with her a year ago last month, she left him. re turning the following December, how ever, ne said. Their second attempt at happiness lasted only three weeks, ac cording to the husband, who asks cus tody of the children. ACCUSED MAX IS ARRAIGNED Harvey Lambert to Enter Plea Next Tuesday No Attorney Secured. Harvey Lambert, accused of murder tn the first degree, for. the alleged shooting of his wife. Margaret Grace Lambert, was arraigned In the Cir cuit Court yesterday afternoon before Presiding Judge Cleland. He will en ter his plea at 3 P. M. next Tuesday. The court asked him If he had made arrangements to secure an attorney, to hlch he replied he had not. The rourt advised him to secure one at once, saying that If he waa not finan cially able to do so, the court would appoint one. Alleged Thief Is Indicted. George Griffith was Indicted by tha I Marked Them for Fri day and Saturday at ... . SEE OUR Grand Jury yesterday, on two counts. for alleged larceny In a dwelling;. In one case he Is alleged to have entered the dwelling of A. W. Williams, at night, and to have stolen a gold watch worth S65. a bracelet worth 1 10. and a gun worth 5. Four days later. It is charged, he entered the dwelling of Anne Shogren and stole four ostrich plumes worth $54. a medicine case, electric flat iron, and two opera glasses. His ball on one charge was fixed at $1500 and on the other 11000. CIVIIv CASES WILL BE SET Docket In Circuit Court Will B Called Monday Morning. Presiding Judge Cleland, of the Circuit Court, will call the civil docket Monday morning at 930 o'clock and set cases In November, and to December 2. Not withstanding the absence from the city of Circuit Judge Morrow and that Cir cuit Judge Kavanaugh has not yet suf ficiently recovered from an attack of ty phoid fever to be able to try cases, judge Cleland has been able to clear away to date all cases so far set this term. Judge Morrow telegraphed Judge Cle land he was on his way to Portland and word was received here that he was In Denver Monday, but so far as Is known he has not yet reached Portland. Damages of $1500 Awarded. By verdict of a Jury In Judge Gatens' Department of the Circuit Court yesterday John Dean is to re ceive $1600 from the Portland Railway, Light & Power company oecause one one of his limbs was sprainea wnue he was riding on a Twenty-third street car. He said the car gave I sorles of sudden Jerks while he was attempting to get a seat. Dean sued for $16,075 damages. Horse Insurance Ordered Paid. The National Livestock Insurance As sociatlon must- pay $200 Insurance on horse, asked by Joplln A Meeks, by a decision by circuit Juage patens yesterday morning. The horse waa shot upon the order of a veterinary surgeon because It had the glanders. The Insurance company refused to pay the Insurance, because the animal did WATSON'S NO. 10 Scotch Whisky Distilled in tie Highland of Scotland from pur Scotch Barley Malt. Guaraateva Orcr Tea Years Old. Ceo. $. Clark 4 Co., Agents Sll .Board of Trad Bid. Portland, Or. $17.50 Raincoats at $9.85 Fifty Slip-Ons, made of good quality rainpropfd cloth with plaid back; storm ' collar, coat sleeve, -with pro tection button, warranted -absolutely rainproof; pretty shade of tan; sold every where at $17.50. Friday and $9.85 Saturday Mannish Tailored Suits at $18.95 JCew styles, new fabrics and de sijrned for practical wear. These Suits are not merely good, nor better, but tbey are positively the best tai lored Suits you ever had an oppor tunity to buy at $18.'95. AH the newest fabrics are shown in this col lection. They are actually- $30 val nes, but to demonstrate what we can produce have $18.95 SPECIALS IN THE not die a natural death, and the lawsuit resulted. Mountain Water Wanted. GRANTS PASS. Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) At a meeting of the. Commercial Club Tuesday night tin agitation was started to secure mountain water for the city. This matter has several times been con sidered by the Council, .but nothing defi nite, has been done. The Commercial Club decided that a committee commis sioned by the Council should examine The Earnest Saver k Nevrr gets tired of putting his surplus cash" in the bank regularly. That is why he is so suc cessful in a c c nm u 1 a t i n g money. You are cordially in vited to open an account with us. 4 per cent Interest Paid On Savings Accounts. 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OPPOSITE SKIDMORE'S. OPEN DAILY 8 ON SATURDAY 8 Sixth. Floor Oreffonian Bldg. ;take elevator, . $13.95 m $3,35 $2.65 Bank the abstract for the $250,000 boml issue for the beginning of the con struction of the Broadway bridge. As soon as the abstract is accepted, the money it represents will be turned over to the city, and work on the new bridge will be bevun Immediately. NOTICE! Our upstairs rent is one-seventh of the rent paid by ground floor stores. No fancy fixtures, no heavy ex penses, but just perfect -fitting:, stylish $4 to $6 shoes for men. Pair , $2.50 New Shipments Weekly A. M. TO 6 P. M. A. M. TO 10 P. M. Rooms 600-601-602-603-60314. f