TITE -MORNING OKEGOXTAy. THURSDAY. SEPTE3IBEB 21, 1911.- 12 - I. i WHITESLAVE RING HERE LAID BARE Girls Involve Hotels, Traveling Men and Portland Women Not Suspected. MERCHANT ALSO EXPOSED Plan Embracing All Northwest to Knsnare Maidens Centers la Portland, Victim Telia Federal Agents Drummer Held. Channels of ths whits slsrs trafflo Involving directly and Indirectly a number of traveling- salesmen, local hotels and womsn of repute, and even persons hlher up. have been opened throu:i tie arrest br ths Federal au thorities of Troy McDavld. a traveling salesman, now held to answer to ths deral grind Jury. Revelations of an niuapwixl underground system, reaching lla tentacles oer" all ths Northwest and btinln to Portland for "duration" many young women, have been apposed directly and point to an organisation whose branchea reach every stratum of society. Turous! weeks of labor on ths part of Infectives Lytls and Swennees. of the city police, working unner ths or ders of ths fnlted ftstes District At torney, ths so r J 1.1 story hss been brouaht to light. Ths disclosures broucht abont by ths detectives show how ths scents, men whose business requires them to travel, pick up gtrls In ths outlying towns and bring them to Portland, whsrs ths unsophlstlcatsj Clrls are placed In ths hands of ad venturesses to bo Initiated. Krom ths time ths Initiate carries a tray of breakfast to ths agent's tabls In a rursl hotel, shs Is In ths grasp of ths organisation, being first brought to a tolerant contemplation of ths prim rose life by her relations with ths meet other men. and when ahs Is thor- ouahly broken to tne trarnc. snips r to Portland. Her hotel accommodations hsrs ars arranged for. and soon after arrival shs Is met by a sessoned wo man, under wboss tutelsgs shs Is smugslsd Into resorts at the very top of ti.a ladder, her Introduction. It la alleaed. being attended to by a man prominent In business. Lewlatea Ctrl TV lie How tho systsm worked In tha case of McPavld's alleved victims, wss rs latsd by Otlvo Dick, a 1H from lw lston. Itlaho. who want through tha ex perience. Ths llrst action of tha police was taken several weeks ago when they obtained poseesston of a mysterious telegram, telllna of ths Dick girls arrival In Portland. Ths msssags said tiiat her "man" had given her 1150 to coma to Portland and begin a Ufa of aharoa and that shs wss to arrlvs at room 291 Clark Hotel, at Tenth and Stark streets- "sthe Is nsw and green." said tha tslecram. Lytls and Swenness proceeded at once to ths Clark Hotel, where they found ths girl realstered In tha room Indi cated, but sho waa out. They picked her up on ths street, and tha country girl, finding bsrsslf In ths hsnds or ths police, mads little difficulty about telling tho whole story through which ths expose has coma. Ol Its. Dick. JJ years old and di vorced, waa a waitress In a hotel at Lewlaton. Idaho, and In that capacity mads ths acquaintance of McDavld. a traveling man. She went with nlm to Orangevllle. Idaho. July 30 and thenoa to varioua other towns, traveling, she says, as his sister. Before many days, shs declared, ha had Induced her to meet other men and all tha money ahs obtained from them. $30 sho turned over to him. Ons of ths men. a County Asssssor. as ths girl believes, paid her with a check, and this raper. Indorsed by McDavld. Is In evidence against him. rw rnMala Jalae. En route to Spokane ths pair fell In with J. D. Summers, traveling for a house dealing In asbestos goods. Hs asked her to go to Seattle with him. and McDavld consented, telling her. ahs says, to get Summers" money and then meet him In Portland. McDavld told her that ha would writs to Manager Clark, of ths Clark Hotel, preparing accommodatlona for ner and asking him to "treat her nice." L'pon her arrival In Portland shs found that thla Isttsr bad been received at tha hotel. McDavld also gava ths girl tho ad dress and tslephon number of Miss Allcs Sinner, of S Failing street, who. ha said, fjwould "wits her up how to make money." The gtrl set out with Summers, who Introduced her to another salesman named Larkm. Larkln waa drunk, and after offerlnc her money, accused her of stealing $300 from his pocket. Shs vu srrestsd and esarched In the Spo kane Hotel, but, not having ths money, waa released. Whan aha told McDavld of tha episode, ahs says hs told bar that 11 ha blamed bar for was not getting tho money. Upon her arrival la Portland ths In tsndsd meeting with Allcs Sinner did not take placs. on account of a mis take In tha number of tha room given i t-. unM errlwd a few d aye attar bar and asked oar If aha had anads any money. Tie," aha replied. "I didn't know bow - -Well, tf yon cant I tnaa tret ons who can." aha quotea htm as saying and adding that ha knew a girl In Maud Morrison's place In Astoria who wks what ha wanted. Hs went at ones to the t-lephone and called tha girl In Astoria, telling her to coma at ones. Shs arrtvsd that nlaht and want to McDavld a room. Ha waa called down stairs by tha management to fix ths register as to ahow that tha woman was hta wife. rails t'aaet Plaa. With ths woman from Aatorla. known as Ullan. McDavld set out toward San Francisco, and a few daya later tha Pick girl got a letter from him, 'blam ing her for hlo failure to get money out of Lilian, who left htm. Ha aald that a soon sha could gst money ha would aead for Oilve. Her detention by tha police brought an and to that plan. With tha Dick glrla etory to work from, tha offlcero became active In a dosen directions. McDavld waa ar rests.! In San Francisco and was brought back hsra. Tlie Idaho end of tha caas was reduced to evidence, Alice Sinner waa looked up and waa found to bo living; with hsr parents. Shs made s free confession of her part In tha eoneptraoy. Sha waa at ona time secretary for Isrnata Low en art. man ufacturer of millinery. According to vr statement, which la under lnves tlgatlon. soms of tha beet hotela In the CUT are tha points from which tha women start. They are Introduced In these hotels by -a prominent business man. who rsmuneratea himself by tak ing his pick of the arrivals. Ths ev ident aim la to start tha women In elaaa above tha common women of tha streets, rather ss adventuresses, play ing for big stakes. "McDavld wanted me to show ths girl how to make an Illegitimate liv ing." aald Miss Sinner. I waa to do this by introducing her to frlnds of mine where she could get monry. I could take her to a certain hotel and Introduce her to a certain busineaa man and shs would stay there until the man asement "got wise and ordered her to lease. Tha Joy-ride class Is lows tha other class gets ths money, not by robbing tha man. but Just by getting It. Wising a girl up simply means to teach hsr to get ths money. Silk hosa and fancy hats cost money. Ara you on?" Weaaaa Wltaeaa Old-Timer. Tha Sinner woman has been follow ing a wayward path for soma time. For a period she ran ths notorioue house of Mabel Spear, on upper Alder street, ons of the glided resorts of tha city, where an outside watchman waa maintained to Inspect tha callers before admitting them. While no case except that of McDavld la formally before the Federal author ities at this time, and the offlclala re fuse to discuss any phase of the general transaction, probability is seen that tha Inquiry will take many directions. Much of the traffic that haa been go ing on la outside tha purview of tho Federal Government- which can take Jurisdiction only when tha "alavaa" have crossed state lines. Conjointly with tbe McDavld case, tha , e Jee Keller. W1MS Raahllaht Admlalatratlaa M Prostata la Pslleo laptalaey. Federal Jury probably will hear tha testimony scalnst Itobert Ollverex and his wife. who. although working on a a wrll-orxanlx-d system of decoying youns- frina. inrj " w . der tha hand of the law by Detectives Taft and Ackerman. working on tha Information furnlsned them by Myrtle vr. n - rcnutahie sir!. It rears old. who submitted herself to ostensible ab- durtlon to estooiisa a caeo as"t aileced slavers. Reports made to tha police of miss ing glrla atlll In their minority, av- - ) - n thrr, a week, and nearly everyone of thera is directly or indirectly ins wora - -- lsbor for tho white slave market. WHITE SLAVER IS GOITY Robinson Convicted on Three Counts, Girl Then Confesses. Frank Itoblnson -wss convicted on three counts yesterday of violating tha white slave law. The verdict waa re turned at 1:50 o'clock. Nine Jurora had been selected to try Mabel Henderson, alias Robinson, on a similar charge, and when the verdict waa returned In the Frank Robinson case her attor- - i . i .4 . -1- to ntearf s-ulltV. Which she did. Federal Judge Bean will pasa sentence in ootn c The pair made tha acquaintance of U-year-old Lulu Turner and took her to Seattle. Tha Indictments charge each of tha guilty peraona with hav ing assisted In obtaining transportation for her. with having aided in obtain ing tha ticket, and with having enticed the girl to go. The Jurymen who had been selected as a part of the Jury to try me siaoei Henderson case were: E. F. Cannon. Arthur Kindorf. John Carlaon. Henry J. Jackson. W. II. Glsfk. C. W. Hodson. Frsd A. Ballln. O. E. Caukln and Wai ter F. Burrell. . TECHNICAL ROBBER FREED Judge McGinn Release Man as Jury Is Forming. Nela 'Nelson, tinder Indictment for alleged daylight burglary, promised Judge McGinn yesterday morning that he will hereafter ba good, signed bis name to a piece of paper containing the promts In writing, and' waa al lowed to go. After learning tha details of tha case the Judge made his de-cl.-lon and dismissed a partially-drawn 'Uir i get good reports from Nelson, and I am aura that I shall, X will cauas tha Indictment against him to ba dla mlsaetl In a few months, probably at tha next term of court. aald tha Judge. "Thla whole trouble waa simply a family row and should not havs been dragged In here aa a crimi nal ease." A few montha ago Nelson, who was separated from bis wife, aa a reault of Intrusion by her nnola. he aayn. broke Into a house at Latoarell Faila. Ha broke tha door down with an ax and It la chanted that ha deatroyed considerable furniture. He alao nred several shots from a ravolvsr. but de clares that ha did ao only aftsr he had become a tareret. Hs stole noth ing but technically his offenss con tained the el-ments permitting Indict ment for burglary In day-time. i FRUIT STATIONS PLANNED Railroad lo " Storage Depot for Fruit Shipped. In consequence of tha decision of tha transcontinental railroads to grant a "Storage In transit" rate for apples moving from tha Paciric Coast east ward, the varioua line ar arranging for warehouse and refrigerator serv ice In cltlea from which tha fruit may be distributed. The Greet Northern .announce yes terday that effective October 15 fruit may be stored at Duluth. St. Paul and Minneapolis. Minn and Superior. Wis subject to tha rulea applying to thla ,AaCthe new transcontinental tariff will b issusd at that time, the atorags rata will ba carried with tha new rates that will have to ba drawn a a result of the Spokane decision. It will pro vide for a charge vf 10 centa for 100 pound, for storage In addition to tha regular rail rate. . , ... This will rermlt Northwestern fruit shipper, to send their product, to tha storage and hold them thera for quick action an a favorable market. POWERS BENT BOOSTING KELLER Acting Police Captain, Eighth on List, Is Foremost in Administration' Favor. OTHERS ARE SHOVED ASIDE Eligible Templed by Tiny Promo tion to Make Hooirt for "Pet," " Who Is to Be Rewarded Mayor Extols Sergeant Best. "Joe" Keller "delivered the goods" to tha Rushlight forces before tha munici pal election and tha Ruahlght torcea are going to "deliver the goods" to -Joe" Keller now, or know tha rea son why. Keller Is an acting captain, com manding the first night relief at head quarters, alnce Chief Slover was pro moted. In a recent examination. Keller passed eighth In line, but that fact Is not going to keep him from holding his place, unless public opinion becomes too strong. And It will have to be pretty itrotir. at that. If present plans of the administration ara Jarred any. Whether with the knowledge and consent of any one actually In author ity. It la not known, but it Is a fact that tactics such ss have never before been heard of In Portland have been employed within the last few duya by those representing themselves to be bearers of official proposals to some of the successful applicants in the recent examination for captaincies. Maay Shoved Aside. Offers of promotions to sergesnrles. placed on the detective staff and prom ises of good berths In case of the re organisation of the present force have been held out as Inducements, and some of tha men. who. In good faith, went to the trouble of tsklng the ex amination, have "lain down." because they aee that ltals useless to stand on their rights supposedly gusrsnteed by tha civil service provisions of the char ter. . Some 6f the men. however, are "standing pat." refusing to he bluffed out. but these admit that they expert to "get thelr'a" for not being good and stepping aside that Keller shall be en sbled to hold his present Job and drag down tha full salary of the rank of Captain 117s a month Instead of ba Inr forced to accept something less. Mayor Rushlight, after the marking In the recent examination were mad public, showing Keller to stand eighth, rsised the cry of unfairness and rec ommended a new test, but the mem ber, of the Civil Service Commission declined to reopen the case. This was believed to have aettled the affair; It was thought that tha administration would proceed In the routine fashion and get a Captain from the list of eligible to b certified by tha Commis sion. Riley Heads Mst. Tha llrst three on the list are Harry Riley, a Sergeant, and Patrolmen Cir cle and Inskeep. So far as could bo learned yesterday, these shree have not stepped aside, although It was ru mored that they might do ao. Owing to tha nature of the affair, none of them would discuss tha case; they are simply waiting to sea what happens, aa they are under orders and It might be construed a a breaoh of discipline, should they talk about It. Patrolmen Pechln and Sherwood have withdrawn and It Is nnderstood that Detective-Sergeant Casey Is will ing to stand aside. If the powers that bo o desire. He has been given a promotion anyway, and la well pleased A peculiar feature of the case which has come to light Is a voluntary (? 7 Absolutely Pure HAKES II0F.1E BAKIHG EASY Light Biscuit Delicious Cake Dainty Pastries Fine Puddings Haley Crusts The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar list of recommendstlons for promo tions, by Captain of Detectives Baty, to Chief of Police Slover. This found Its way Innocently Into tho last ses sion of the police committee of the Ex ecutive Board, but It was passed over hurriedly and without comment. It contained the names of C. A- Inskeep. B. A. Sherwood. Petrolman Pechln and others, but the first three named hap pen to be "in the way." as they passed for Captalna In tho recent examination. It would be a convenient and In some respects pleaslns; way of side-tracking them and placing them where they will be harmless and would give them a slight promotion. It Is now be lieved that the administration had this In view and may yet act on It, If neces aary. Mayor Extols Keller. Mayor Rushlight admits that he re gards Keller as the proper man for the promotion. He declares he Is the best man In sight and goes so far as to say that he favors leaving him there, even If Keller has to remain with the rank of Sergeant. "We don't need to have a Captain." said the Mayor, when asked Just what he Intended to do about this affair. "We can leave Keller In charge as Serseant. on a sergeant's pay. If neces sary. I say frankly, for I don't care who knows It. that he Is the best man for the place. Ho Is brave, energetlo and painstaking; ha haa a great rec ord for catching thieves, and I want the -thieves caught. Therefore, I per aonally favor keeping Keller in, but tha whole subject has been left with the police committee." John B. Coffey, chairman of the po lice committee, said that he did not know what disposition will be made of tho case. He said the three mem bers will probably take action when they meet next week, but at present he had not made up hla own mind what to do. Sharp Loses by Bank's Failure. Judge Kavanaugh yesterday granted a non-suit In the case of J. W. Sharp, of Corvallls, against Warren KUbourn, an action for a cancellation of a deed. Sharp owned a couple of lot In Lents and negotiated through an agent for their sale to Kllbourn. He eent the deed to the Mount Scott bank of Lents, now defunct, with Instructions to furn It over to Kllbourn when he had paid 1625. the purchase price. Kll bourn. who had an account at the bank, came In and drew a check for the amount and was given the deed. The bank failed to forward the check and a few daya later waa closed by State Bank Examiner Wright. Judge -r - . . v. that fCllhoiirn had AITBuauHU acted in good faith and performed his part or tne coniraut "ntvu ... curuuin tm should not be held accountable for the bank a deficiency. TALE OF TIRE TO BE TOLD Manufacture of Automobile Acces- . sory Will Bo Shown- on Film. Considerable Interest has been manl-f-.t.H hv automobile enthusiasts In the free lecture and moving pictures concerning tho tire industry to be given at the Helllg Theater tomorrow night. Indications point to an overflowing crowd, such as ha greeted tne eauca tlonal campaign In all Western cities. The lecture will be given by b- M. t" llsch. of the B. F. Goodrich Company. Tim. motion nlcturea depict the mak lng of an automobile tire from the time the raw material is gatnerea m . i ... ...tit thA flnlKhed nro- DOUin jiiimiii, mv.. - - - duct Is turned out. Mr. Tlllisch. one of the foremost tire experts oi in coun try takes the rubber Industry from .. . . i anl 0-ivj- a thorough I r f: o lli o explanation of "the methods employed In making tne moot "'f' " cessory to an automobile. Springfield Schools Crowded. r-nnTx-cTTTirr Or. ReDt. 20. (Spe olal.) Nearly 700 pupils are in attend ance at the Springfield public school, which opened for Fall classes Monday. The buildings are all nearly full and t t D...kmati an ner I n tenden t. de clares that another building will be a necessity In two or three years taore if the city grows as n nas onuus mo -five years. 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