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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, TTTTTRSDAY, NOYiarBER 2. 1911. 14 GOFFEYTOLAYALL BEF0RE6RANDJURY Woman's Affidavit Accusing Cohen of Corrupt Court Act to Be Presented. STRICT INQUIRY IS SOUGHT I-ollee Commissioner Declares H Will Go After Graftera "Without Gloves" Twell Sars Ro- or-ds Show Hand Clean. Po'lce Commissioner Offer this morning will lay before the County rn4 Jrr the affidavit of Eleanor rareo. which alleaee that M O. Cohen, whll. be was aclinic a. police Judse. attempted to Induce her to employ 'At torney S. J- Silverman, and that Silver, man tried to compel ber to pay him 1169 Mr. Coffey will ask the Brand Jury to subpeaa witnesses. Investigate the cae to t!-.e bottom and return an Indictment aalnst Cohen If the evl oVnre warrant It. .. r...t. r...ril haa thrown dn the rsuntlet. .aid Mr. Coffey. "Ha ! said x. , rnh.i. i an honest man. I shall Mo- the rrand Jury to determine whether be or not. rhere Is lomethtnc behind these at tacks on me. Tandy Msher. ex-county detectlre. told my brother James a week ao laiit Saturday nlaht that I was keeptnr the boys from icettlns; the Tandy. and that I had better re!gn. that if 1 didn't they were B-olns; to frame around me. and set me out of the way that thev could tret the jcraft money anyhow. He said I was crasy and that If he had known what kind of an administration RushllRht was aroint; to slve he would not have been elected. Iy brother told ma this him self. neaa City Dai. "'When I started Into this srirae I started clean, and I am coins; throuah It clean. I will show up trie (Trailers, wherever they ara and whoever they are. 1 am not afraid of any of ?em. No decent or rood cltlien has any cause whatever to complain. If he Is a law-abMlna- cltlsen I shall lv Mm no cause of complaint. -Judas Taswell ha said ha believes Cohen an honest man. From the evi dence I have at hand I do not belleva be Is. Besides the affidavit I shall ask that Attorney John P. Mann be sub penaed. He will testify ss to what Cohen told him the nlrht of the Maceo eUlverman affair. Mann ssys Cohen Jumped out of bis automobile at Sev enth and Alder streets and asked Mann how much his te was In the Maceo case. Mann says he replied that was between him and his client, and that Cohen replied: 'I want her to pay that poor boy. Silverman II SO. and I propose to sea she does pay him that.' Besides Mann I shall ask that one or two more witnesses be subpenaed. Farther ftssnatloa Alasee. "Anythlne; of this kind which comes np In the future will be handled with out cloves rlrht alonr the line. "Personally I haven't a thins aralnst Mux Cohen. At the same time this affair ought to be Investigated. I be lieve It ran be probed In a day. and that the rrand Jury can act In the rase be fore Its term expires Saturday nlrht. "I never talked to the Maceo woman or to Sam Krasner. Krasner did not tell me that Isaac Strassberr had used bad lanruare In spesslnr of me. but another person did. Strassberr called on me and said he had heard someone had been to me and told me this, and he wsnted to assure me there was no truth In It. I tol.l him I would take Ms word for It He did most of the talklnr. I was never In Kessler laxermsn's New Tork Restaurant on Tarr.hlll street In my life." Cokea Aeee-wtable Mavwr. Municipal Judre Taswell referred to ,' attorneys praniclns; In his court foi verification of his statement that he , conduces his office better than Ma predecessors. He said he recommended Cohen for Acting- Municipal Judas dur ing his vacation because Mayor Rush llxht refused to appoint Arthur Lux ruth, whom he first recommended. "It wss because of a controversy over street Improvements In hli-h Lanrruth wss Interested." added Juflre Taxwell. He said It was difficult to find a man tn serve without pay. but that he and the Mayor finally arreed npon Cohen. "Pjhce Commissioner CofTey's attack on me." said JuiUe Taswell. "Is abso lutely uncalled for. 1 have stood by the administration through thick ar.d thin, so far aa rleanlnr up the town Is concerned. The records will show It. If the Circuit Court records are examinee they will show numerous pending appeala of convlctona from my rourt. For instance, there Is a batch of about 10 rases of proprietors of dis reputable houses, who were taken In a raid. I believe convictions were had tn all those cases, with one or two ex ceptions, and wltn the exception of the men charred with vlsltlnr these places. There Is no ordinance to cover that. The majority of those cases were ap pealed ard are pendlnr In the Circuit Court. Pet lawyers , fie Bays. "In the rases of the macquereaux. every eta; except one or two, where the men are servlnr oa the rook pile, bave been appealed to the Circuit Court, "Aa to lawyers. I have no prefer encea. I bave treated all alike. Pur ine the time I have been In office I have never surrestsd to anyone whom be or she should employ. I bave ap pointed lawyers from the bench and I was spoken to In one instance by a de fendant who wanted to know whom to employ. My reply was "there are many good lawyers In town. "As to the trial of cases, policemen rene.ally are not versed tn the law sufficiently to know what Is legal tea tlmony: In other words, they are not lawyers, but they have a general knoo ledre of the ordinances, and after matin.; arrests desire to ret convic tions. They do not wlnh to rive color to charres of falea arrest and lay themselves open to damage suits. That Is one reason 1 have given so many suspended sentences. Jien have been brought In as varranta who were no more varranta than yon or L But a suspended sentence prevents action against the policeman for falsa arrest and tn man Is satisfied, ss there la no fine to pay or terra to serve. Stras;ter. who la acruied by Com missioner Coffey of being a parasite, asserts that the assertion la false, that be to a waiter and has always worked hard for bis llvtnr. Jurisdiction over all railroad equip ment, whether used for state or inter state business, the Washington Publlo Service Commission will have to give up Its plan of investigating the causes of railroad wreck. The theory Is held that many wrecks could bo prevented If train crews obeyed orders. It has been found time and time araln that wrecka have been broucit about through the failure of the crews to read orders: from failure of dlspstchers to keep trains the Tenu is don time apart when following one another: from neglect tn running over swltcnes and Into yards not under con trol and without paying attention to slit rials displayed. The Waahington Commission does not believe that the decision will se riously affect the states. In the past the Washington Commission haa re frained from attempting to enforce penalties when railroads were found to bave defective equipment. In event atate recommendations for better safe ty devices were Ignored, the matter would be reported to the Federal In spectors. In fact It Is not believed thst the Federal Government has taken any more Jurisdiction over vehicle nsed is. Interstate and state business than It baa always exercised over Tea sels operating- on the high seas. The Washington Commission dc not believe tbe recent decision Is a forerunner of a mora sweeping one that will rive the Federal Commission full Jurisdiction over the regulation of rates, which la the primary purpoae for which State Commissions were orran- tsed. If that Is ever done the State r'unmlaalftna will he nut OU t Of DUSl- ness. It la expected, however, that the court all! also Interpret the law to give the Federal Commission Jurisdic tion over tracks and rlrht of way which will put state Inspection out of i the question. Whether demurrers Is not out of the hands of the State Com missions now Is an open question. It Is believed here that It Is. and likewise that electric lines, such as the Puret I Sound Electric operating the lnterur- ban system between Tacoma and Seat tle, are probably Included. The Interurban line does a strictly state business, in thst Its equipment never leaves the state and scarcely ever Its own tracks, but It picks up for In terstate shipments cars from various placea along Its line and also dis tributes shipments from interstate car riers. . Mil ATTACKS AUTOIST 1YEAST SEEKS KEVENGE WHEX DEPRIVED OF RABBIT. C. S. Miller, or Oregon City, Ha Exciting Time When lie Inter feres In Fight Between Animals. OREGON CITT. Or.. Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) The role of bystander at a battle- to a finish between a huge Jackrab blt and a mink nearly ended unhappily for C Q. Miller, of Oregon City, last Monday, when the belligerent mink, after giving the rabbit Its death wound, turned on the man with a snarl and compelled him to beat a haaty retreat. Mr. Miller retired In good order and secured reinforcements for the rescue of the unfortunate rabbit. Mr. Miller was driving In his auto on the way to Portland when, half a mile from Bolton, he saw two animals run ning In the road, one tn hot pursuit of the other. Just aa he caught up with them the rabbit, whloh was In the lead. lee.d tver a bank at the side of the roa 1, with the mink, which was fully two feet long, hot after him. Stopping his car. Mr. Miller picked np some rocks and hurried over to see the fight. The two beasts were In a death grap ple the mink having Its teeth fastened In the throat of the rabbit. Mr. Miller shied a rock at the mink and. grabbing the rabbit by the legs, tried to pull it away. The mink resisted bitterly. with a final wrench, Mr. Miller freed the unhappy beast, which wss sorely wounded, threw another rock to Im press the mink, and started for his auto with the rabbit In his arms. To his surprise, the mink refused to be overawed In the least- It started after Mr. Miller with gusto, growling so savagely that he dropped the rab bit. At this the mink ceased pursuit and returned to its prey, while tbe as tonished autolst ran for cover. Seeing a man coming up the road, he railed him to his aid and returned to the scene of combat. This time Mr. Mil ler was ready for the mink, and gave it such a smart rap on the head with a club th.it it ran Into the brush. Mr. Miller took the half dead rabbit to his auto and carried It a quarter of a mile down the road, where he left It out of reach of Its foe. S2J50 IS LOST IN SATCHEL SWINDLE Oily Strangers Rob Joseph Lautret as He Dines With Them Downtown. SALOON DEAL ARRANGED RANCHER'S WIFE SUICIDE Mrs. Mahal Corey Dies After Prinking Concentrated Ivye. HITLLSnORO. Or Nor. 1. (Special.) Mrs. Mshala Corey, wife of J. C Corey, of Mountaindale. died at I o'clock this morning-, death ensuing from a draught of concentrated lye. taken with sulcidsl Intent, yesterday morning. Melancholia, due to Ill-health and the death of a sister. 10 days ago. Is the only reason assigned for the sui cide. Her domestia relations were Tory happy. Mrs. Corey was tbe daughter of a pioneer by the name of Harms, and she waa about 41 years old. She was mar ried to Mr. -orey October L, list, and they have always resided near Moun taindale. Her husband and four chil dren. George, Frank. Warren and Pearl, all at home, survive. Of her Immediate family the following brothers and sis ters survive: Mrs. Mary a. Shell, for merly of Yamhill County; John. Wil liam and O. K. Harms. Mrs. J. C Crocker and Miss Olive Barms, all of Mountaindale. O. A. C. Gets Plant Cuttings. OREGON AORICILTURAL COL LKOfc", Corvallls. r Nov. L (Special.) The landscape gardening department of the Oregon Agricultural College haa received lvoo cutting of foliage plants sent here by tbe Massachusetts Agri cultural College for experiment pur poses. These plsnts are of varieties common tn Massachusetts but less com mon on the i'aclAo Coast, and were se cured by C 1 F--nt on a visit to his Alma Mater last Summer. The cuttings will be nsed for student work and for experimental propagation. WRECK INQUIRIES STOP Safety Appliance Ruling Takes Jurisdiction From State. OLTMPIA. Wash, Nov. 1. i Special.) As a result of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission Finn Dented Cltlaenahip. Otto Henry Relntkalnen. a native of Finland, appeared before Juris Bean tn the United States district Court yes terday to be examined as to his fitness to become an American cltlsen and at the same time he desired to have his name changed to Rein. He possesssd such a haxy knowledge of the Govern ment of the United States that he was told to study the subject for a year and then apply for cltlsenshls papers. James Benton Grant Dead. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo, Nor. 1 James Benton Grant, Governor of Colo rado from UfS to 1SS and heavily In terested In mines and smelters near Denver and Leadville, Colow died ber today from a complication of heart and kidney trouble. Victim Places Coin In Grip and Companion Ostensibly Put Same Sum With It Wadded . Paper In Baa; Eater. JoseDh Lautret waa robbed of S2150 by a pair of swindlers Tuesday after he had dined with the pair in tne tas tlllian cafe, on Sixth street, near Stark. Inere he placed 12150. half of tbe pur chase price of the Altlnt saloon, at Third and Flanders streets, which the men were to buy. into a rrip. and os tecslbiy his companions placed a like amount there. An hour later, when he examined the grip. In his room at the hotel he found nothing but two Doti.es of beer and wadded paper In It. Until two weeks ago Lautret had "been halt owner of the Winchester House, at Third and Burnslde streets. When he sold his Interest in the place he mentioned to several persons that he Intended to go into the saloon bus: cess, and was looking for a location. An unidentified man. who acted as 'steerer" !n the game, heard Saturday of Lautret' Intentions from a rriena and 'raa introduced to Lautret. ' Friend Telia of Banralm. The stranger spoke to Lautret about the purchase of a saloon, saylnr that he had two friends who also desired to ro Into the saloon business. Later he Introduced his two friends, and they arranged for the purchase of the Altlnt saloon. The men at first appeared skeptical as to whether Lautret bad sufficient money to negotiate his part of the deal, and to satisfy them he arreed to produce the money Tuesday. They were to produce their share also, and the deal was to have been accom plished the ssme day. The following morning Lautret met the men. An elaborate dinner was or dered by the swindlers. In the meal Lautret. as agreed, produced tlie money. which was In bills and tied In a hand kerchief. After being counted It waa placed In the satchel, which the men had brought with them, and they os tensibly put a similar amount into it, their share being in an envelope. Lau tret Is not certain whether It was the amount agreed upon, but says that It was a large sum. Key te Grip Dropped. While closing the grip one of tbe men dropped the key and stooped to pick it up. Lautret noticed that he appeared to be fumbling with the grip. but thought nothing of It at the time. When the men departed they left the grip with Lautret, and cautioned him to be careful with It. aaylng that they would meet him at hi room at 1 o'clock to close the deal. After he had been In his room about an hour be became suspicious and opened the grip. He notified the police Immediately. Detective Mallett and Moloney have , discovered no clew to the swindler. The men spoks French fluently. A similar swindle was worked here a year ago, in which two men fleeced a rooming-house proprietor. THE WISE MAN AND HIS FOOLISH BROTHER j : ! 3 " . i...l -c -i i.A ei f. Tw.fr hnmac Tint in nns case, at the end of the xi ere are iwu men, uum ui wuuiu uoic jjcuu a ---"--' - , - - , . uaying period the landlord still owned the house and all the poor tenant had to show for his money was a bunch of rent receipts which he couldn't- selL The other man paid the same amount of money in the same length of time and in the same manner and now owns his home. , . Which .one of these men would you prefer to be? Would you prefer to buy a home hKe every rent payer does and when you have paid its full value in rent have it still belong to your landlord; or would you prefer to buy on the installment plan and maKeyour monthly rent pay for your home? We Know what you would prefer you would prefer to build your own home, designed as you want it, located where you want it, and pay for it as you would pay rent. We can give you the opportunity of your life to get a home. We can help you build in the choic est and best residence section in Portland. It will not cost you one cent to investigate our bm ding clan and will taKe but little of your time. We have beautiful lots, all improved, in LAURELHURST, ranging' in value from $850 up, that you can buy for 10 per cent cash and 2 per cent a month. Buy one of them and we will help you finance the building of your home. LAURELHURST is just 15 minutes from the shopping' center of the city and is reached by three cars the Laurelhurst car, Montavilla and Rose City ParK cars. . Remember that it costs no more to build in Laurelhurst than it does in less desirable districts. MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents BIJJ Phones: Main 1503; A 1515. ' ' Offices 522-526 Corbett Bldg. Office at Tract Phone East 989 AsK for Salesman. CHAUFFEUR IS EXONERATED Court Deem Auto Horn's Blast Sot of Harmful Character. Roy Gluck, a chauffeur In the em ploy of the Mount Hood Railway A Power Company, yesterday was found not guilty by Judr Oaten of having violated a city ordinance, which pro hibits the use of sirens, when, on May 23. he blew a huge klaxon attached to his automobile, at Third and Oak streeta. He waa arrested by Patrolman Black and convictsd In Municipal Court, but C vV. Fulton, attorney for the oom pany, who defended him, appealed. In order to advise the Judge of jost how the horn had been sounded tbe court adjourned to the Fourth-street side of the Courthouse, where the au tomobile wss standing against the curb. Judge Gatens walked to a position abdut the same distance and direction from the machine as that occupied by the patrolman when the blast caught his attention on the day of the arrest. The chauffeur and patrolman then sounded the horn for the Judge's bene fit aa it waa Bounded on May 11. Judge Gatens held that It Is the in tention of the ordinance to prohibit the promiscuous use of signals, which mske distressing sounds, and not to prevent their use In an emergency such existed when Gluck sounded a short blast on the Instrument. NEWBERG AD CLUB GOAL Saturday Junket Planned Editor! A dress 3Iember. An excursion to Kewbera, where members of the Portland Ad Club will be the guests of the Newberg Com mercial Club and the Wewbsrg Brick A Tile Company, waa announced at the weekly lunoheon of the ad club at the Portland Hotel yesterday. The excursion will leave the Union Depot at 1:10 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the visitors will pass several hours In Newberg visiting the prin cipal points of Interest and forming acquaintances with the business men. The ad club Indorsed the old Ex position building site, at Washington and Chapman streets, for the munic ipal public auditorium. Speakers of tbe day -were Edgar B. Piper, managing editor of The Ore gonlan. who gave an address on the "Duty of the Community to the News paper: John F. Carrol, editor of The Teles-ram, who spoks on "The Respon sibility of the Newspsper to the Com munity," and C S. Jackson, pubrtsber of the Journal, who gave an address on "Publlo Intereeta." The speaker were Introduced by Fred Lockley, of the Psclflc Monthly, chairman of the day. MILKMEN TO BE WATCHED City Health Officer la Authorized to Appoint Inspector. ' At a meeting of the City Board of Health yesterday morning. City Health Officer Wheeler was author ised to select a city milk inspector and will make the appointment in a short time. Ha announces that It is his In tention to make dealers in milk oo sup ply strictly with the law. and to this end reports on the different dairies about Portland and milk depots within the eltv. will be ubmlttea xo me Health Board each month. On the recommendation 01 mayor Rushlight, the Board appointed M. F. Fleming, a plumber, sanitary Inspector. A report from Dr. Wheeler, on health conditions within the city, showed that no cases of contagious disease were re ported in October from the schools. The report showed 2 cases of typhoid, 12 of which were brought from out side the city, six case of smallpox, 10 esses of scarlet fever and 17 caaes of diphtheria. Auditorium Plana to Be Shown. Arrangementa are under way to dis play the 5 sets of plans which "tore entered In the Auditorium competition. The sets have been collected on the second floor of the Selling building-, where they Will be shown as soon aa arrangements can be made for an attendant and for the protection of the drawings. The winning plans and those which won the prize and hon orable mention will be grouped at one end. of the hall with special lighting arrangements. BEQUEST TO SON ALLOWED Will . of Hlllaboro Pioneer Without TTndae Influence, Jndge Decides. HI1.I.RRORO. Or- Nov. 1. (Special.) Pnnntv Judire Stevenson handed down a decision today admitting to probate the will of the late John M- bimpson. tnus settling the contest of several heirs who alleged undue Influence was used upon the pioneer farmer by his son, Frank H. Simpson, who was the chief legatee under the Instrument. Simpson died In May, 1910. The will gave to F. H. Simpson, the son who had remained on the farm with him in his declining years, the farm in South Tualatin and nersonal nroDertv. the total value of which Is now between CURES RHEUM ATISM Rheumatism is one of the oldest of human ailments, and yet the causes which produce it was a question long in doubt It was thought at one time to be a disease of the bones entirely; its origin was also at tributed to some specific affection of the nerves, ana various other theories which proved to be wrong, were put forward In an effort to find a cure for the trouble. Under these conditions the treatment of Rheumatism was very unsatisfactory and only of a temporary nature. When it was .determined beyond doubt that Rheumatism is a blood disease, brought about by an excess of uric acid In the circulation, then its cure became a matter of purifying the blood and thus destroying its source. Because it is the best of all blood purifiers S. S. S. has been the most successful of all treatments for Rheumatism. When this uric acid gets into the circulation it causes a partial fermentation of the blood, which changes it from a thick, rich stream, to a thin, acrid fluid, whose nourishing propertiesre greatly impaired. Through the circulation the uric acid is carried to every muscle, Joint and nerve of the body, and then the pains and aches of Rheuma tism commence. The longer the blood is allowed to remain in this acrid, weakened condition the more severe will the disease become. Gradually the muscles harden and lose their elasticity, the joints begin to stiffen, and frequently calculous deposits collect and form knots at the finger joints. The pains of Rheumatism may often bo temporarily relieved by the application of hot cloths, liniments, plasters, etc, but as such treat ment does not reach the blood, no one should expect permanent benefit from it There is just one way to cure Rheumatism and that is to purify the blood of the uric acid. S. S. S. does this more quickly and cer tainly than any other medicine. S. S. S. eliminates this uric acid because it is the most penetrating of all blood remedies. It is made entirely of roojs, herbs and barks compounded and scientifically blended in such manner as to make it a medicine that acts through the circulation with good effect on every portion of the system. S. S. S. cures Rheumatism permanently because it removes the cause on which the disease thrives. S. S. S. contains no harmful minerals, it is perfectly safe for every one. Write for our specialflook on Rheuma tism and learn of the great success S. S. S. has had in curing it Any medical advice desired will be furnished you. No charge for the book or advice. S. S. S. is sold at drug stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA, GA. 125,000 and $30,000. The remaining heirs were given small sums only. The wlU was executed In 1901. With his wife the son remained with the farm when it was a struggle to keep up the Interest on the mortgage, and the defense was that without his aid the farm would have been lost, and that the legacy was but a Just recog nition of the son's aid and was made without sinister Influence. Ma-vy Record Wins leniency. Roy Brown, recently indicted on a charge of having sold liquor to an In dian on the Klamath reservation, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court yesterday and was sen tenced to serve 60 days In Jail and to pay a fine of $100. This la the minimum penalty and leniency waa granted because Brown had an honor able discharge from the Navy and had nok desired to make profit of ths Illegal transaction. An oll-enrlne-drlven electrle generating plant will be used to Illumine a lightship that- Is belnc built for the harbor of Hamburg. Tobacco tliaf Knows No Equal For years and yearn the finest tobacco in the world has been grown in the Vuelta Ab.ajo district of Cuba. A rare mellowness and fragrance characterizethU'Tthe; most exquisite of all Havana tobacco. Think, then, of what delight roust le found in' the VneltsE Ab.ajo's very choicest prol net. And this is precisely hat vol set the tobacco of royali-vx VAN' DYCK ''Quality" Cigars Our'own" experts travel the Wuelta" district over and select 'only the finest leave of the choic est tobacco plants.' in our extensive Cuban vtere-' nouses, these are matured into full aromatic flavor before shipment to tour factory in Tampa, Kla. . Here, under climatic conditions Tl- mnA alrlll are " le vlaherl nn the making all that would "be po' aible if we manufactured in Cuba," And the duty that" givea high price to the Cuhan-made cigars pro vides the rare euaJiiy of the ''Van! .Dyck." It r. nn4.ti. artlat'a hf irf tobacco and the utmost in eigaf. Here, nnaer curasini kj.-,- , -- ... )i.,,ii with Cub, we employ the. ialue you Will quickly, become rnoft expert Culjan workmen. wedded to Van Pyck euallty.'; 37. Different Shopes'3-for-25c and Upivar4 AT YOUR DEALERS 1- ytT GUNST A. CO. "The House of istaplea" DUtxrbutor ACRE 1 to 5-acre tracts on elec tric line, naax Portland. Terms liberal, with easy payments. Close to new and growing town. Choice locations for small industries of all kinds. Op portunity for sash and door factories, wood-work ing plants and other industries, write INDUSTR Fox detailed information, call or RUTH TRUST CO. 23S Stark Street Portland, Oregon A