THE MORNING OBEGOSIAy. WEDNESDAY. MAY 24. 1911.
14
IMflUOTH EACH
CASE OP MO. LIGHT!
Man Accused of Fraud in
Three States Released at
Last From Prison.
INDORSER SAVES HOTEL
Ionian Visitor In Portland Tells
ProMcator or Like Orcnrwnc
la Sn Diego Ann Ioc
ot Corn to Rescue.
With new charges of fraud pouring
In against him. Uoyd Light, alleged by
himself to ba the autlior of "The Blue
Enrclope.- and by others to ba ona
of the cleverest of hotel beau.
released from tha City Jail yesterday
beoiuH three states had confessed their
Inability to prov. their charge against
Mm. "I am a dirty beast." said Light
as ha received 7i cent. hl totml vial
tl capital, from tw.sk Officer Flack
and with hla attorney et forth, to find
a bath tub.
A rew transaction In which Light
was accused, came to light sesterda.
Jt Is alleged that he secured U0 on a
check Indorsed by a patron of the Port
land Uotel and cashed by the manage
ment of the hotel. The protested check,
leturned from the Knickerbocker Trust
I'omNnr of New York, has been on file
In the District Attorney office a
week, awaiting- the result of pending
proceedings. It Is aald that Urnt ma.ie
the acquaintance of K. W. Kennedy.
a reprrsenianvo pi . m.- .
and Induced blra to put his Indorse
mpnt on tba check. Kennedy la aald
v be able to bear the responsibility
and tha hotel company will lose noth
ing. Woman .lc Information.
Word waa received from 1-os Angele
py Actinic Chief of I'ollce Moore yea
leniav that the authorltlea there would
tint send for IJgMt because they could
not summon the bank cashier from New
York to prove the worthleasncss of the
check. A similar action had been
taken previously by the Seattle au
thorities, and Mr. Cameron reluciantty
followed suit with the Portland Hotel
rase, though be had mails an ensare
ment with tha hotel cashier to present
the charge to tha grand Jury today.
Ught la still held on a charge of de
frauding; the Oregon Hotel, but Judge
Taxweil had ordered hl release on
Ma recognisance aa to that chsrge. and
H other complaint falling, the order
of tha court waa put In affect ester
car While these aventa were happening,
a worrran. a transient visitor to the
clfv. went to the offlca of the IMstrlct
.Attorney and related that ahe knew
Light when aha waa cashier of a New
TTora hotel and ha was traveling for a
Tfllllnerv company. Ijkter ahe went to
t-an liego, Cai.. to take a almllar posi
tion, and be appeared there, offered
one of hla atereotyped check for li"
en tha Knickerbocker Trust and re
ferred to her as his guarantor. She re
fused to aland behind hla credit and tha
r'leck waa rejected. Tha informant did
tot siva her name.
A ant Dora 'oC Koapond.
Uihl la undismayed by the flood of
charge acaJnat him. and upon emerg
ing from ate cell yesterday adhered to
til claim of authorship and hla atate
ment that he had an account In the
.w Tork Inatltutlon. "All this could
t. explained." he aald. "but It involve
too many reputatlona, '
"My aunt In Jacksonville did not re.
aoond to my appeals." he explained,
"because. a I have learned sine, she
wa cruising In her yacht off the Baha
ma islands when my message wa sent.
I do not know where I shall go from
here. I shall remain here few davs
until the charge at 1 1 1 pending agalnat
trie la cleared up. I certainly shall In
corporate la a atory my experience In
this place. I bad no Ides, that such,
place existed. My II day Imprison
ment has been a great experience."
Ught repudiates likeness of himself,
printed n a bankera' magazine, as a
badly-wanted check forger. "I admit
that It looks, like me." he said, "but I
never bad such a picture taken In my
life." 1
FISH WARDEN IS ACCUSED
J. amber Company Manager Hints lie
Procured Man' Dimi -al.
Chargea of "graft" were made bv E.
Lt. Thompson, manager of the Bridal
Veil Lumber Company, against a fish
warden named llubbler. in the course
ef his testimony aa tb defendant In
charge of dumping sawdust Into
Xrldal Veil Creek. Thompson said that
Jlubhler notified him last year that If
be did not pay f loo he would be prose
cuted, lie said that be went to Acting
livcrnor Bowerman about tha caso.
"llubbler la not working aa nsh
warden any mora." he said, signifi
cant) v.
-What did Ttubbler want the money
f rT" asked lputy District Attorney
iiennessy.
"Why. far 'graft.' replied the
witness.
"Te. bat what wa he doing up
thereT
" nj rafting." replied Thompson,
grimly. Tha answer caused the Jury.
shtch waa bearing tha case, to explode
with laughter.
Thompson told the Jury of the pre
caution hla company had taken to
keep the aawdust out of the stream. He
xld that wind might bave carried
small quantities from tha burning pit.
Tb Jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
PERS0I.ALME1.TI0N.
W. P. CTark. a buslnes man of As
toria. I at tha Perkins.
K. Jacobsen, orrhardlst. rf The Dalles.
1 registered at the Lenox.
C y. Owen, a real estate man of
Sla.l-as. Is at the Perkins.
fr Lr W. Paul and wife, cf Pwaco.
.Wash., are at tha Cornelius.
w. If. Blodg.tt. a real estate man of
Naa. Or. la at the Imperial.
t'r. J. tV. Ramsey, of MetoMns. Or,
registered at tha Bowera yesterday.
Wrtiam Oerla. a business man of
ale.iford. Is staying at the Cornelius.
r. A. I4ve:y. a hop dealer of Salem,
j-eg'.stered yesterday at the Portland.
M II Kelly, lumberman and capital
ist, of Duluth." Minn, Is at t!.e Bowera
W. If. oodenouch. a rancher of
tiood Klver. la talng at t?:e Cornelius.
A. N". ol'ss and w. H. Brooke, at
ternei of Ontario. Or. are at the Ira-Ve-!al.
1 J. Lendaucr, a prominent race
horse man of Louisville, Ky U- at the
Bowera.
TV r, Gordon, a real estate man of
Goldendale. registered yeaterday at tha
Cornelius.
William Osborne and H- J. Klein,
building contractor, of McMinnvtlle.
are at tha Lenox.
Lea B. Tuttle. a newspaper pub
Ilher of Elgin. Or, registered yester
day at the Imperial,
'r'red Russell, a lumber manufacturer
ef Carlton. Or, wa among yesterday
arrival at the Oregon.
S. A. Parrlsb, a lumberman of Castla
Rock. Wash, wa among thoe who
registered yesterdsy at the Oregon.
John I. O'Fhelan. of South Bend.
Wh. a prominent attorney, wa
registered yesterday at the imperial.
John Twohy, president of tha Old
National Bank, of Spokane, and a di
rector of the Portland Trust Company,
la at tha Bowers.
E. E. Calvin, of Pan Francisco. vlce
preaMent and general manager of tha
Southern raclnc Railroad Company, la
registered at the Tjrtland.
August Herrmann, grand exalted
ruler of the Elks, will arrive In Port
land Thursday from San Francisco. Ha
ha reserved rooms at tha Portland for
a party of four.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ehrman and
Joseph Ehrman. Jr, of San Francisco,
have arrived in Portland and have
taken up their residence at the Port
land. Mr. Ehrman Is head of the San
Francisco branch of Mason. Ehrman
Co.
SILENCE IS SUSPICIOUS
VOTEHS ENTITLED TO KNOW
rOSITIOX OP CANDIDATES.
Major Sltnona Candor Contrasted
W ith Evelon and Past Perform
ance of Hoshllglit.
roRTUXD, May 2L (To the Edi
tor) Definite announcement by Mayor
Simon of hla position on the. coromls
alon form of city government and on
all public queatlon Is In marked colli
traat with the remarkable ailcnee main
tained by Mr. Rushlight on every ques
tion In which the public la eot.oemed.
If anybody will point out any definite
position Mr. Rushlight baa ever taken
on any Important ubject In which tba
public la tntereated It would be well
to let tha public know what It la. Per
hapa Mr. Ruahltght does not know
where be stand on any of these great
public questions. On tha contrary there
Is no doubt where Mr. Simon standa
on every public question. No man baa
the power of dear, direct etateroent
better than Mr. 81m on. and when he
says anything there 1 no mistaking hi
meaning. There la no waste of word
In his public utterances on any subject.
In conversation a Republican thla
morning aald." Mr. Rushlight certainly
lost his opportunity when he pet
mltted Mr. Hlmon to make bis definite
announcement first In The Oregonlan
this morning that he stands for the
commission form of government. Mr.
Kusblight's statement on the same sub
ject Is uncertain, evasive and elusive,
and It may mean several things or
nothing at all. I had Intended to vote
for Mr. Rushlight, but I cannot sea
how he can expect the votes of the
people Interested In the progress and
welfare of Portland when he absolute
ly refuses to take the public Into hla
confidence and tell what he atands
for. This la an age of publicity, and
a man who entera a campaign for a
high office and endeavora to conceal
hla position on all public questions
carinot expect to serurt the confidence
of the public. I'nder Mr. Hlmon we
shall get the commission form of sov
ernment. for Mr. Simon says so Oils
morning In The Oregonlan. What does
Ma Rushlight ay on the subject?
Practically what he aa) on all public
questions absolutely nothing definite.
The City of Portland cannot afford
at this ttma to elect a man aa chief
executive orho refuses to take the
public Into his confidence. tuch a man
Is dangerous to public progress. The
best that Mr. Rusbllitht can do la to
copy Mr. Mimon and make his an
nouncements, but that will b attended
with suspicion of his motives.
There are several things which the
public, know about Mr. Rushlight as
Councilman from the Seventh Ward.
He fought to prevent tha Introduction
of the compeung ewer company'
cement product. The property owner
of the Brooklyn sewer district paid a
tribute a premium of not less than
ooO or liOO.OuO to the sewer trust,
w hich wsa tinder the protection of Mr.
Rushlight. They paid the top prlra
for every foot of ewer laid In thla
great district, and It remained for an
other Councilman. J. T. Kills, to break
the grip of tha eewer trust, but after
all the great aewer contracts had
been let In the Brooklyn aewer dis
trict. These contracta aggregate about
l.'.OOO.eo". without a single competing
bid until the Holgate - Kenllworth
sewer was let for nesrty liil.ono lea
than the first bid of fUO.OoO. for the
sole reason than the cement aewer
people were allowed to enter Into com
petition against Councilman Rush
light's protest and opposition. On thl
single contract the property owisr
made a big saving, but no thanks to
Mr. Rushlight. Had there been the
same competition In all the aewer con
tract In the Brooklyn ewer district,
where the cost run up Into the mil
linns, the savin can ba estimated at
from IS to :S per cent. The price of
sewer pipe was considered In the early
history of the Brooklyn sewer district
nil property owners were assured that
the prlcea would be reasonable and
that there would be no advance. What
was the result? Not a single estimate
given of the probable cost of the
sewer to the individual property owner
but was Increased from 10 to Z per
rent. The sewer trust literally skinned
the property owners all along the line.
Jn Feurer'a Addition the cost ran
above fioo. whereas they were told It
would coet ISO and fi) a let, but that
I tbe same story all along tha line.
The property owner In the Brooklyn
district had absolutely no protection
from the prices of the ewer trust,
and the only reduction la cost made
In any of tt? great contracts In this
district waa the 1:0.000 made on the
Holgate-Kenllworth contract, after the
cement people bad been allowed to bid
against Mr. Rushlight's opposition. He
was profoundly silent while these con
tracta were being let without competi
tion, and on the appearance of a com
peting company In the Held Mr. Rush
light got busy In his opposition.
As soon aa Mr. Simon got Into offlca
be laid hi hand on tbe paving com
panies and tha sewer trust a welL
W hat waa the result. Cost of paving
streets went down IS. -5 and even 40
per rent, and It stays there. And Mayor
Simon did thla for the property owner.
He baa saved In the single Item of
pavement not less than Ijoo.OOO to the
property owners of this city. He has
held down the prlcea of paving. He
favored the competing aewer company
and said let It In. It would be well
for the property owner of the Brook
Ivn sewer district to bunt up their
sewer assessment notice before they
vole for Mr. Rushlight. There Is one
sublect on which they need not be
In doubt, and that la Mr. Rushlight
position on the sewer trust question.
BROOKLYN HOME OWNER.
ee.tM-4 ef Britain's telegraph operators
are eemeo.
5 LI Q 0 ARE COMING
Christian Church Convention
Rates Help Travel.
EXCURSIONS ARE FORMED
Western Delegates to Jonrney From
Chicago on Special Train.
Choice of Routes) for Return
Trip Is Added Attraction.
Eastern delegate to the annual con
vention of Christian Churches, to ba held
In Portland from July 4 to 11. will travel
to Portland on a special train, leaving
Chicago Tuesday. June 27.
The Itinerary provides for a acenle and
Instructive trip through tha most Inter
esting part of the territory between the
two cities, allowing stopovers at several
places to permit the traveler to view
the sights. From Chicago to Omaha the
train will operate over the Chicago A
North 'Weatern, to Denver over the Union
Pacific, to Ogden over the Denver A Rio
Grande, to Huntington over the Oregon
Short Line, and to Portland over the
O.-W. R. at N. tracka. The train is due
to arrive In Portland at 10 o'clock the
morning of July 4. One day will be spent
In Denver, a day In Colorado Springs
and Manltou. and a day In Salt Lake
City. Side trips from each of these
plscee are now being arranged.
Diverse routings over any of the north
ern lines will be allowed the passenger
after leaving Portland. A round trip
fare of from Chicago ha been
provided, with correspondingly low rates
from ail Eastern points.
Thl excursion la being organlied by
Ihe publisher of the Christian Standard.
f Cincinnati, and will carry many of
the church dignitaries as well as a large
number of the leading delegatea from
the Eastern states.
Retween The Dalles and Po-tland the
option of '.raveling on a Columbia River
steamer Is offered.
While thla train will be the principal
special that will run Into the city for
the church convention, other trains on
other line will carry hundreds of dele
gates. It la likely that the Chicago spe
cial will bring most of the delegate from
point east of that city. Those from the
Mississippi- River state, the Rocky
Mountain regions and the South, as well
as those from the Coast states, probably
will organise Independent excuralon par
ties. The very low rate offered by the ra'l
roada for this convention are Induce
ments to bring delegatea to Portland.
"A convention like this Is one of the
best advertisements thst the state can
have " aald John M. Scott, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Harrlman
lines, yesterday. "We shall endeavor to
take the visitors to the' farming districts
and the small towns of the state-and
Interest tbem. If possible. In Oregon In
dustries. While we do not expect any
of the delegates to remain permanently
when they come here In July, it ha
been the rule that many of them be
come determined to locate In Oregon and
eventually come here to live.
The railroads expect to handle more
than Si" visitor Into Portland for the
Christian Church convention.
LAND ON R1VER FRONT
Writer Favors Independent Charter
Traffic Entering; This Port-
PORTUXD, May 23. f To the Edi
tor.) In the "Election Task for City
Voters" In The Oregonlan ox yesterday,
this advice la given:
Ordinance proposed by Initiative pe
tition divesting the city of power to
dispose f waterfront property within
ooo feet of navigable water or other
city property within 1000 feet of any
terminal yard or depot. This messure
would prevent the city not only from
giving away but from ellln any city
property that might be more valuable
to the community at large as well as
to the company desiring It if used for
railway Instead of municipal purposes.
It would effectually stop Portland's
growth as a railway terminal.
3 Yes.
117 No."
Portland' growth a railroad
terminal will be determined by the
amount of traffic to be obtained here,
and tha degree of It availability and
freedom of movement. And the object
of the amendment referred to Is to In
crease the amount of traffic by remov
ing any existing discrimination against
any Independent charter traffic enter
ing the port, and lessen the possibili
ties of such being created in the future.
It will do this by Increasing the avail
ability of cargo for any line. Inasmuch
as It forbid tha further transference
of municipal property on the water
front to monopolistic ownership.
This proces ha proceeded much too
far already. The railroad companies
have half the waterfront In the city,
much of which I not used. The city
has but the end of a few. a very, few
streets, and the possession of even
these Is disputed. It has rights to
lands between the meander and harbor
lines, also claimed hy railroad com-
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"and when women learn to know the
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this will be prevented.
"Nothing equals a lmple. Inexpen
sive lotion made by dissolving a email
original package of mayatone In eight
ounces of wltch-haxeU Thla should be
freely rubbed Into the skin every day.
"After a short time using the maya
tone lotion the skin grow clear and
velvety and blackheads, pimples and
other blemishes are permanently re
moved, and the complexion takea on
that rich embellishment which Is the
hallmark of true beauty. Many women
use this lotion to prevent tan. sunburn
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panle and other private owners, and
yet to be decided by the courts.
The harbor'a. development as a water
terminal. Is of as much consequence
as the development of railroad ter
minals. The water routes are common,
and admit Independent or "charter"
traffic; consequently, the municipality
should provide a common water ter
minal. To do this, the city will need
all It has and more.
The railroad companies will secure
all the terminal facilities they need.
The city does not have to give them
anything, and shonld retain title to all
It has left. Where It is necessary for
railroad companies to use streets, fran
chises can ba given, as this amendment
defines.
Such property Is better owned by the
city than by private owners, since mu
nicipal ownership renders It available
to all shipper on equal terms, while
private ownership means monopolistic
ownership. J. B. ZIEGLER.
GROCERS NAME DELEGATES
Portland Party Will Iieave for Den.
vex in Its Special Car.
James Roberts, F. W". Funk. Dan Kel-
laher. J. E. Malley and E. C. Gunther
were selected last night at a meeting of
the Portland Retail Grocers' Associa
tion to attend tha National convention
of retail grocers of the United States,
to be held at Denver. June 13 to 1.
They will leave Portland on a special
car and will be Joined at Spokane by
the delegatea from that city and from
Seattle and Tacoma.
Alternates elected were J. C. Mann,
Arnold Keller, S. Laws. B. Dresser and
Ed Lowell.
A committee consisting of F. TV.
Funk. Arnold Keller. A. Butt, C. D. Ott
and H. v Mathlson was appointed to
arrange for the annual picnic of the
grocers of the state to be held In July.
Salem has already applied for the
picnic and Bonneville Is also under dis
cussion. IRRIGATION KILLING FISH
Reclamation Service Asked fo In
stall Screens at Intakes.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Waah
lngton. May 23. Senator Dickson, of
Montana, today Introduced a bill re
quiring the Reclamation Service to In
stall screens at the Intakea of all
Government Irrigation canals, to pre
vent fish getting Into the canals and
a
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Don't sscy
"Bet?r"!
Say
w a r a a
beer filtered through white wood pulp, but
even the air in which it is cooled is filtered.
It is aged for months in glass enameled
tanks. It cannot cause biliousness. It will not
ferment in your stomach.
If you knew what we know about beer,
you would say, "Schlitz Schlitz in Brown
Bottles."
(Main IIS.
Phones aiii5
Henry Fleckenstein & Co.,
204-206 Second St.,
Portland, Ore.
laterals, where they perish. The bill
also requires the Government to In
stall fish ladders at all Irrigation dams,
so that flsh may ascend streams, thus
blockaded. Reports from representa
tives of flsh wardens of several Western
states show that streams are rapidly
being depleted of fish by reason of
these Irrigation systems, over which
state authorities have no control.
Springfield Asparagus In Demand.
PPRTN'tFTEIiP. nr.. May 53 (Ppe.
That Mad
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e
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tects Schlitz purity from
the brewery to your glass.
Our barley is selected by one
of the partners in our business.
We go to Bohemia for hops.
The water is brought from rock
1,400 feet underground.
Not only is
The Bfc'tr.
e Milwaukee famous
ciaL) An asparagus farm near this city
Is supplying over a ton of green as
paragus a day to the markets of Ore
gon and Washington. This asparagus
farm, which Is one of 'the largest in
the state and which sends the name of
Springfield op the canned product to
all parts of 2he United States, is now
one of the principal factors in the as
paragus supply in the Northwest. For
the last month from 1500 to 2200
pounds of the fresh product have been
expressed from Springfield to Portland
Brown Bottle
Light starts de
cay even in pure
beer.
Dark glass gives
protection against
light.
The brown bottle pro-"
Schlitz
and Seattle, where It commands a price
above the average as a fancy product.
The demand for fresh asparagus is so
great that the farm owner has been un
able to operate his cannery up to this
time. The cannery waa enlarged re
cently. That It Is never too late to work ha
been proved by Louis Carpenter, age 10J
years, who has applied to the Saskatoon
land office for a homestead. Mr. Carpenter
Is strong, vigorous and active and Is sirslous
to precure a pre-emption In addition.
is