THE MORNING OREGONTAy. FRIDAY, 3IAKCII 10. 1911.
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TUFT COMMUTES
JONES' SENTENCE
Portland Man to Serve Only
Four Months Instead of
Year in Jail.
FINE OF $12,000 IS ADDED
IIras of Judge, Prosecutors, Sena
torn, Representatives That Jail
Sentence Re Remitted fail.
Henry's Ad rice Taken.
OnZUOXIAN NEWS BURKAC. Wash
Inrton. Msrrh . Bfor leaving
Washington thl afternoon President
Taft commuted tho sentence of Wlllard
N. Jones, of Portland, to a term of
f-ror months In the Multnomah County
.'all. In addition to which Jonea will
pay a nne of 112.000.
Jones, who has been in Washington
fur some time, was strongly hopeful
that all Imprisonment might be waived.
In view of the heavy line Imposed upon
Mm. especially aa such action was
recommended by Judse Hunt and
ethers who have reviewed the rasa,
but the President followed the recom
mendation of Francis J. Heney and dl
reeled that Jones serve brief Imprison
ment.
Specifically, the President commuted
the sentence of eight months In the
Blue Mountain case to Imprisonment
for four months, to run concurrently
with the sentence of four months In
the Slletx case, so that Jones will serve
only four months altogether. Jonea
Is now on his way to Portland to be
gin serving his sentence.
Officials All Ask Mercy.
Inltf.l States J u. tire V. H. Hunt, who
presided at both Junes' trials and Im
posed both sentences, made a strong
report to the President, recommending
a pardon for Jones as to the imprison
ment part of the sentence. Assistant
Attorney-General Lawler, who Investi
gated the facts of the rase last year
fr the Attorney-General, also recom
mended that pns n sentence be com
muted to a fine. Kx-Vnlted State At
torney Bristol ma.de like recommen
dations, as did United States Attorney
McCourt, who suggested, however, that
Jones be required to pay for the Sllets
land. Special Attorney-General Town-
send also made a recommendation of
pardon, as did Representative LalTerty,
who. as a special agent of the I'niteU
States Land Office, had become familiar
with the facts In the cases. ,
The Attorney-General himself re
viewed the entire record and recom
mended remission of the prison sen
tences. Among others who wrote per
sonal letters to tne President petition
ing for pardon for Jonea were Senators
hamlerlnln and Boi.rie. Representa
tives Kills and llawlov. Governor West
nd ex-Governor Benson. ex-Senators
Mmon and Fulton, leading newspaper
men li Oregon and a dozen F-imtern
Kenresentatlves who have known Jonea
personally and In business life for
years. '
lienor's Advice Followed.
Kvery GoTernment official ever con
nected with either case recommended
that the prison sentences be com
muted, with the single exception of
ileney. who recommended originally
that the two sentences be reduced to
one sentence of four months In the
Multnomah County Jail. lie was sub
sequently called upon for a further re
port upon Jones' petition, but made no
reply thereto. It Is understood he
verbally expressed willingness that the
President remit the Imprisonments.
I'KOCEEDIXGS IX CASES SHOWN
Action In Jones and Other Salts
Long Hangs Fire.
February 1J. 1905 Wlllard N. Jones.
John II. Mitchell. Blnger Hermann.
John N. Williamson, Franklin P. Maya
and George Sorenson Indicted on charge
of conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment of valuable land In the Blue
Mountain Forest Reserve. Ball Oxed
at ftooo each.
April IT. 10S Jones arraigned;
tiled plea In abatement.
April IT. 1vS lnlted States restrict
Attorney objected and plea was dis
missed. September 3. 1905 Jones. Thaddeua
Potter and Ida Wade Indicted for al
IfKetl conspiracy to defraud the Gov
ernment of valuable land In the Sllets
region.
September I. 1S05 Jones Bled plea
In abatement of Sllets case.
September 30. ! Plea In abate
ment In SHetx esse overruled.
October -. 10J Trial of Sllets case
begins.
October 14. 1945 Jones and Potter
convicted In Sllets case. Wade found
not guilty.
August 4. 10 Jones sentenced to
one jrsr In the County Jail, and to
pay a fine of S300O In the Sllets case.
His bond fixed at tono.
August :o. 190S Trial In Blue Moun.
tain rase commenced.
September 13. 1S0 Jones found
guilty In Blue Mountain case. Ball
fixed at I Si00. Sentenced to eight
months In County Jail and to pay a
nne of 12000. Order signed allowing
90 days In which to prepare a bill of
exceptions.
May 1. 1910 United States Circuit
Court of Appeala confirmed Judgment
cf lower court In Sllets case.
Iiecember SI. 1910 Frar.cts J. Hene'y
fled mandate In United States District
'onrt.
Iecember Z3. 1910 Jones fined I0.
ei0 and sentenced to four months In
the County Jail by United States Dis
trict Court. Prosecutor Ileney recom
mends that Jail sentence be commuted.
March -9. 1911 President Taft com
mutes Jones sentence to four months,
and makes flee tll.ooo.
3 SAILORS KILLED BY GAS
Icn From Cruiser Tennessee Found
Dead In Hotel Itoom.'
NEW TORK. March 9. three aallors
from the United States armored cruiser
Tennessee were found dead from gas in
a room In the Hotel Washington. In Ho
boken. today. The Jet In tiie room wss
turced on and tl.e s wsa pouring
frm It.
The men registered as J. C. Walln. J.
W. Wadstrorth and fl B. Bradley.
Two lame Ducks Secure Jobs.
WASHINGTON". March . The Inter
national Joint Commission to designate
and regulate the line wafers between
the United States and Canada. It was
' announced informally at the White
House todav. will be made up of -i
.Representative James A. Tawney of
l&Ancsuu. ax-Saoator Thomas li. Car-
1 ter and Frank Sweeter. Republican Na
tional committeeman from Nw Hamp
shire. The commission Is to exist un
der a treaty of May 6. 1910. The Cana
dian members have not been named.
WHEAT ON FARMS SMALLER
Agricultural Department Shows
I'armcrs nave Reduced Stocks.
ORDGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March 9.-A Katement Issued by
the Department of Agriculture today
hows that on Msrcn 1 the quantity of
wheat on farms In Oregon wss approxi
mately 1KO.000 bushel". 13 Pr cent of
the 1S!0 crop. This Is Sw0 bushels less
than on March 3. 1510.
In Washington there was on hand 3.
MCsOfO bushel or 16 per cent of last
season s crop, and In Idaho J-SaxOCO
busMrls. or SI per cent of tl.e crop.
On March 1. 1:. trere wss on band In
Wnshlngton 4.400.W bushels and In Idaho
JM bushels.
Statistics show that on March 1.-1911.
Oregon farmers had on hand
2 MILLIONS ARE
IN NEED OF F
Missionaries Tell of. Natives
Eating Leaves, Stems and
Even Bark of Trees.
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Wlllard N. Joaea. Convicted of
I.aad Fraad, Whose Seateaee
Has Keen Commuted by
rrealdeat Taft.
bushels of oats; Washington. 2.300,000 and
Idaho X.10.X0HO.
DR. BURKE SEEKS LIBERTY
rhjsiclaa 'Would Get Oat on Ball
Fending Decision on Appeal.
SANTA ROSA. Cat- March . Dr.
Wlllard F. Burke, under sentence of 10
years Imprisonment In San Quentln
for dynamiting; the tent houso of Lu
Etta Smith, on the grour. 's of his san
itarium, appeared before Superior
Judge Seawell today and. through his
attorneys, made application to be ad
mltted to ball pending a decision In
his case by tha Appellate Court, to
which the case lias been taken.
The request for admission to ball
la based on tha ground that tirke's
health Is being seriously Impaired by
confinement In tr-e County Jail.
DEAD SEEN BY ROADSIDE
MAN BRANDED NIGHT RIDER
"Witness Says Amos V"as "General"
of Nocturnal Clan In Kentucky.
HOPKINSVILLK. Ky- March .-San-
ford Hall, the second of the confessed
night riders to take the stand Id the
trials here of men alleged to have been
leaders In the raid on thla city In 1307,
testified today that he knew David
A. Amos, defendant In the current case.
to have been "general" of the night rider
clan.
Thomas Cooper, a brother of Maxlom
Cooper, who was killed by night riders
last Summer, swore tint he waa em
ployed by Amoa and Guy Munnlng to
organise nlgbt ridersr looges.
Clark Names Crisp Parliamentarian.
AMERICUS. Ga, March 9. Charles
Crisp, son of former Speaker Crisp of
the National House of Representatives,
received a telegram from Champ Clark.
Speaker-to-be of the House, today of
fering the place of House parliamen
tarian and clerk to the Speaker. Mr.
Crisp Immediately accepted the appoint
ment and was Instructed to report In
Washington. March SI. for duty.
PIONEER WOMAN OF 1S43 DIES
AT BROTHER'S HOME
IN 8.UEM.
' I-
Mrs. Mux Porter Legs.
ALM. Or., starch. . (Special.)
la the death of Mrs. Mary Porter
Logan, daughter of the late Daniel
Waldo. Oregon loees another pioneer
ef ltx. Mr. Logaa was t years
old when she came across the plains.
Except for a few years at the Wll.
lamette University la Salem she
passed her girlhood en the old home
stead la the WaJdo Hills.
She was married to David Logan,
soa of the late Judge Stephen Lo
gan, of Springfield. IIL. February .
1M:. Mr. Logan ranked as a bril
liant criminal lawyer In Oregon's
early history. He died 'at his coun
try place near McMInnvllle early la
It's, leaving no children. .
Of late years Mrs. Loga made
bar home la Seattle. Wash., where
she had considerable property. For
the last two years she wss the guest
of her brother. Judge WUllam Waldo,
la Salem. She died at the home of
h.r brother In this city at 1 o'clock
yeatertiay morning. The funeral was
held today at 3:30 o'clock from tbe
home f her nephew. a. O.
Trowa.
State Department Receives More
Stories of Horrors of Famine ia
China Cincinnati Sends
$1000 by Cable.
WASHINGTON. March 9. More grue
some stories of the horrors of the
Chinese famine reached the State De-
nartmont today from the Conaul-Uen-
eral at Shanghai, who sums up condi
tions at the beginning of February
One traveler reported passing 13 dead
bodies In 13 miles on the road.
The missionaries tell of the natives
eating cakes made of leaves and stems,
mixed with millet chaff, which they
buv with the allowance from the gov
ernment of three cents apiece. Trees
had b!en stripped of bark, which had
been eaten.
C, 000, 000 Starving;, Rumor.
Dr. Cochrane, an American Tresby
terlan missionary, said that in the
whole afflicted region there were i.
000 000 starving Deonle. In one village
of 100 families, one-third were dead of
hunger and pestilence. Snow wa tail
Ing and many were without proper
shelter or clothing.
The missionaries have attacked the
work of relief with the greatest sys
tem and directness. The families in
the provinces of i'uehow, for Instance,
were divided Into four classes and
enumerated with this result:
Situation Is Reviewed.
"Those who had plenty numbered
17.995; those who could exist till har
vest on what grain they had, 209.937;
those who had a little grain, but would
be In need before the end of February,
150. SOI. and those really destitute in
need of Immediate relief. li.68l.
One thousand dollars raised by the
Chinese relief commission or tne
Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati
was cabled to Shanghai today by the
American Ked Cross. The Cincinnati
relief commission previously collected
a large supply of provisions, now en
route to China on the Army transport
Buford.
SECOND FIND IS GROWING
Additional $1250 Subscribed for Ke
ller of Chinese Sufferers.
Ben 8elling reported last night that
he had received $1250 upon the second
JoOOO fund for the relief of the sufferers
of the famine district In North "China.
The day was productive of many contri
butions. The First Church of Christ.
Scientist, sent In a check of $105. All
told during the day there was about $500
received. In small checks there was re
ceived about $350.
"I look forward," said Mr.'Selllng. "to
having the second $5000 by the end of
the week or the first of next. The con
tributions today were satisfactory. It Is
certainly refreshing to think that Post
land has so many generous people."
Reports from the famine district are to
the effect that the situation Is growinc
worse.
B:G SWINDLE ALLEGED
$500,000 TAKES FOR STOCK
NEVER DELIVERED, CHARGE.
Government Examines Munroe'i
Books In Trobe of Wireless
Telegrapb Stock Case.
NEW YORK. March . Hundreds of
bookkeeping entries were Inquired In
to today at the trial of George H.
Munroe. alleged to have received
something like $500,000 from Investors
for wireless telegrapb stock, which It
Is alleged was never, delivered.
Munroe, who Is on trial for alleged
misuse of the malls In selling stock,
represented his firm as ' American
agents for the Marconi Wireless Tele
phone Company of England, accord
ing to testimony.. Walter V. Watson.
Munroe'a former stock transfer clerk,
toilay testified that at no time did the
Munroes have more than 1000 shares
of English Marconi, though It Is al
leged by Government officials that the
firm received money for upwards of
0.000 shares.
After Munroe had fled to Canada, on
December SI. 1907. the cash found on
hand. Including bank accounts, amount
ed to $8.6
COURT CONSIDERS LEMONS
New Commerce Tribunal to Decide
If Rate Confiscatory.
LOS ANGELES. March . Tha first
case to bo heard by the recently creat
ed United States Commerce Court
opened here today, when Judge Julian
W. Mack' heard evidence bearing on the
$1 per 100 pounda rate on lemon ship
ments from this state to the East.
The railroads had established a rate of
$1.15 per hundred, but after considering;
certain evidence, the Interstate Com
merce Commission fixed the $1 rate.
The railroads maintain the new rate
is confiscatory and have appealed to
the Commerce Court.
As this Is the first case to be heard
by tbe court. Judge Mack stated today
that. In view of the fact that the work
Is new. he would show a wide latitude
In the Introduction of evidence, but that
this action would not necessarily es
tablish a precedent.
Whether the rate Is confiscatory is ,
the meat of the whole controversy tfnl
whether a given rate Is reasonable or
no will not be considered by the court.
An announcement to this effect was
made today by Judge Mack.
This Is Important as showing the
policy adopted by the new court, which
was created by Congress a year i(to
to consider transportation litigation
and which has Just been organised for
lta work.
Clay SI. Greene Takes Bride.
NEW TORK. March 9. Clay M.
Greene, the author and playwright, to
day obtained a license to wed Mrs.
Laura G. Robinson, a writer, of thU
city. Mr. Greene, who is shepherd of
the Lambs' Club, gave his age as (1
years.
RHEUMATISM
A DISEASE OF
THE BLOOD
The Treatment Which Is Most
Successful Is Directed To
ward Building Up and
Purifying the Vital
I Fluid.
Thai rheumatism is a disease of the
blood is shown by the fact that it is
hereditary in certain families, and that
there is a marked thinning of the blood
immediately following its attack.
In the following brief statement are
described symptoms which every patient
will recognize and the means by which
a cure was effected in this case is des
cribed with equal fidelity.
If you are suffering from any form of
rheumatism with loss of flesh and
strength, and thinning of the blood, the
remedy that was so effective here de
serves a thorough trial.
"About fifteen years ago," says Mrs.
Rhoda Pettit, of Louisville, Neb., "after
exposure to dampness and wet and being
in a run-down condition from overwork,
I began to suffer from inflammatory
rheumatism. Both my father and
mother were sufferers from the same
disease. My right side was afflicted and
bad I no ue of my right limb. The
cords of the Umb seemed to be drawn up.
Often the pains would shift from one
part of the Dody to another and, while
they were worse in my right limb, they
were very severe through the small of my
back. There was a sensation as though
I was being cut with a knife. My limbs
and feet were swollen so that I could
not put on my shoes. I suffered in
tense agony all of the time and when
the attacks were severe I was confined
to bed for weeks. My stomach was in
had shape. I was troubled with heart
burn and gas. I lost weight and my
strength was all gone.
"I took medicine from a doctor and
tried several other remedies and lini
ments but nothing helped me until I
tried Dr. AVilliams Pink Pills. I had
taken them only a short time before I
could feel the new blood and after a
fuir trial I was able to walk. The pills
made me a strong, healthy woman and
I am entirely cured of the rheumatism.
I know I would not be living today if I
had not tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on re
ceipt of price, 50 cents per box; six
boxes for $2.60, by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The genuine are sold only in package"
bearine the full trfiHe-riark.
fund of the order, amounting at the
present time to between $500,000 and
$00,000, be reserved for distribution
among those who were members of the
order prior to the year 1902. The Su
preme Court In lta findings says that
the corporation does not hold the funds
In the suit upon a trust other than a
trust In favor of all Insured members
and their beneficiaries.
SWINDLERS ROB AMERICAN
Three Italians In Paris Accused of
Getting Hart's $52,000.
PARIS. March 8. Three men describ
ing themselves as Italian noblemen
were arrested today charged with hav
ing swindled Llevln Hart, a young
American, out of $53,000. The prison
ers gave the names of Borelll. Carml-
natti and Bordeni and are alleged to oe
wanted by the police of Italy.
. According to the story told by Hart,
he met the strangers at his hotel In
the Place de 1 Etoile and was intro
duced fcv them at various gamMljig
clubs. During the visit to these places.
ha savs. the men. by the use of marKed
cards and other devices, robbed him of
his entire fortune.
Pierce Will Follow Ballingcr.
wiouTvn'Pftw March o irirst As
sistant Secretary of the Interior Frank
Pierce announced today that as a matter
of courtesy to Walter L. Fisher, emc
cessor to Secretary Balllnger, he would
hl Mnitrnfltlnn Rflon After the
new appointee takes charge of the af-
Bill Would Forbid Harem Skirt.
eomvn bt tut .TV 111 March 9. Hobble
and harem skirts were made the sub
ject of legislation In a bill presented In
tho riniiiai todav bv ReDresentatlve
Murphy of Cook County. "Hobbles"
measuring less than one ana one-nair
yards and not more than three yards at
the bottom are prohibited. An absolute
A.pp&ir!
The s&innis difffforemc'
Qiuur Suite are
dlediginiedl foir
a
people of onSfamire
A ju are
a geimifcleinniajni
dlress the part
n
0 c.l
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LEADING CLOTHIER
,innisoim9 aft Founriblhi
ban Is placed upon the harem skirt by
the bill, which prohibits any woman
appearing In public In the garb.
China Will Respect Treaty.
PKKIN. March 9. The Foreign Board
today handed to M. Korostovitz. the
Russian Minister, China's reply to the
Russian request for a more explicit
statement on several disputed points
than was contained In the original an
swer to the demand for closer adher
ence to the provisions of the treaty af-
fecttng Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan.
It Is stated that the present note gives
assurance that the Chinese government
purposes to abide by the treaty of 1SS1,
and expresses the hope that Russia will
appreciate this country's repeated at
tempts at friendliness.
Facts
About
Motherhood
The experience of Motherhood is a
trying one to most women and marks
distinctly an epoch In their lives. Not
.one woman in a nun.
Jdred is prepared or
understands how to
properly care forher
sell, vi course near
1 v every woman now
adays has medical
treatment at tha
time ef child-birth.
but many approach
the experience with
an orcranism unfitted for the trial of
Btrength, and when the strain is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Follow
ing right upon this comes the nervous
strain of caring for the child, and a
distinct change m the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
a happy and healthy mother of chil
dren, and indeed child-birth under right
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that; with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting
from an unprepared condition, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
It isn't as though the experience
came upon them unawares. They have
ample time in which to prepare, but
they, for the most part, trust to chance
and pay the penalty.
In many homes once childless, there)
are now children because of the fact
that Lydia E. Pinkham's yegetabla
Compound makes women norma,
healthy, and strong.
'Any woman, who would Jilre
special advice in rejrard to this
mntter is cordially invited to
write to Mr. Pinklmm at Lynn
Mas. Her letter will be licit! in.
Strict confidence. 'v
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We refund 40c tne dozen for the
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