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SURGEON'S KNIFE
"Don't Make Me Laugh," Says
Witness to Prosecutor as
Girl Tells Story.
GIRL UPHOLDS HER CHUM
Millionaire Hotel Man, Wb Cndcr
goee Operation While Assailant
Testifies la Court. Hu Taken
Serious Tarn.
NEW TORK. Dee. II. While W. E.
I. Stokes wii under i arf toii'i knife.
I-year-old Ethel Conrad, charged with
l.llilan Graham with an attempt to
murder him last June, was on the. wit
ness stand thla afternoon, corroborat
ing every feature of the testimony of
her chura that ther had "hot the mil
lionaire In self-defense.
Mr. Stokes' operation waa for an ab
scess on the kldnsys. It waa announced
lata tonight that Mr. Bloke condi
tion alnce the operation had become
serious.
Mm Conrad, well potsed In manner,
and clear of mice, made a striking con
tract to the older, but weak-voiced and
less self-contained Miss Graham.
aeetatera Are eesvslaed.
Mlsa Conrad waa smiling much of the
time, and convulsed the spectatora by
several of her sharp replies.
"I wish." she said, when her cross
examination waa reached, "that Prose
cutor Buckner would stop making me
laugh. 1 don't want to laugh."
Miss Conrad told of Miss Graham's
attempt at suicide.
"Mtsa Conrad, ahe la a dangerous
woman." the witness testified Stokes
m!A whan ha beard the news. Tou
are a beautiful girl and you must get
away from her influence. Now, Mlsa
Conrad, you go borne and nurse her."
I suggested that he send ber to a
sanitarium."" the witness went on. "but
tie said. Oh. no; I cant be mixed op
In thla thing.'
Trie te Eeroee I'rged.
"The Baltic be eald. 'sails tomor
row. Ehe must be sent away on that
boat. I'll give yon 1209 for ber ex
penses. I'd give you more, only she
might commit suicide on the way over
and the money would be lost.'"
Then she said Stokes spoke of bis
boy and bow proud he waa of him.
" Do you know. Miss Conrad. I'd glee
lioo.oo to a young girl like you to
have a son like that for me.' Stokes
said," the girl testified.
"I thought It pretty queer of hlra to
talk like that." she remarked.
Stery ef boalBg Tel.
The next day. Miss Conrad aald. aba
railed up Stokes.
"He asked If I had letters he had
asked me to get from Miss Graham,
and when I told him I had, he aald he
waa coming for them next evening."
she testified.
Miss Conrad then gave her story of
the shooting. She corroborated Miss
Graham's version of Stokes alleged at
tack, the struggle for the weapon and
the wounding of Stokes.
Cross-examination of Miss Graham
by Assistant District Attorney Buck
ner ended early thla afternoon, .when
Miss Conrad takes the stand.
PENDLETON MEETING HOT
-rntinoed from THrrt Pit')
Journal; Oliver 1". Morton, attorney for
the Reclamation Service, and Engineer
K. I. Davis, formerly of the Reclama
tion Service, were present from Port
land. Before any speeches were made. Sec
retary Keefe. of the local Commercial
Club, read a communication from the
Portland Chamber of Commerce, urg
ing the adoption of the project.
A letter was also read Irom the State
Engineer, John 1C Lewis, In which fig
urea were presented showing that only
the flood watera of the river would be
used by the extension or that there
waa more than enough for this purpoae
going to waste every year and that the
rights of the aettlers along the upper
river and Its tributary streams would
not be affected In the lease
He therefore strongly urged the
adoption of a resolution favoring the
project.
More Water Wanted.
State Senator J. K. Burgha. repre
senting too users of water along Birch
and McKay Creeks, declared the build
ing of the proposed extension would
mean, the retardation forever of a vast
territory which Is now being dry
frmed. but which Is subject to irriga
tion and which would be reclaimed by
the settlers If permitted to do so by
the Government. He Insisted that
whereas the Government's theoretical
experts were contending that only two
one-half acre feet waa " necessary to
produce alfalfa, that the experience of
years demonstrated nine feet to be
the necessary amount.
W. J. Marrtner, of Blalork. urged the
adoption of the John Day River aa the
source of water supply of the west
extension, declaring more water waa
available, that It could be placed on
the land at cheaper cost per acre and
that In addition to the present pro
poned extension, fully 10,000 acrea In
Gilliam County would be reclaimed.
CMt Held Tee Great,
Engineer E. I. Davis, formerly of the
Reclamation Service, who followed
Marrtner, declared the tatter's propo
sition waa entirely out of the question
because of the great cost- He aald the
proposed canal from the John Day
River would traverse a country which
Is simply a chaos of cliffs, making the
cost of construction prohibitive. Davis
rorroborsted the statements In the let
ter of the State Engineer to the ef
fect that the 2.000.000 acre-feet of wa
ter going to waste annually In the
Umatilla River was more than suffi
cient to reclaim the (0.000 acrea under
the project and that the using of this
water would In no way Interfere with
the rights of the urper river settlers.
He carefully reviewed the other res
ervoir sites along the river and Ita
tributary streams, pointing out why
each of them had been condemned by
engineers outside of the Reclamation
Service as well as by those within. He
. railed attention to the fact that the
building of the proposed extension bad
nothing to do with the water-right
adjudication suits which have been
started and which are being used as
the basis of the objection on the part
of the Birch and McKay Creek water
users. ' patare Hope" Held Ost.
"Some day." declared Mr. Davis, "the
John Day project will be constructed,
but at present Its rreat cost puts It
out of the question. When that day
arrives the West I'matllla extension
will be known as the first unit of the
John Day project, which will Include
more than 200.000 acrea of land."
Referring to the damage which the
town of Stanfleld would suffer by rea-
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on of being compelled to build dykes
to protect It from the water reservoir,
he declared that the advantages which
would accrue would far more than off
aet the damage. He denied that Echo
would be damaged by the back flow
and gave figures to bear out bis asser
tions. D. C BrownelL of Umatilla, cham
pioning the oauae of the extension,
questioned the good faith of the Stan
fleld objectors, declaring that had they
been In possession of a real grievance,
they would have spoken when the move
for the project waa first started. He
declared there were especially Inter
ested parties who had worked on the
minds of the people who really thought
they would be Injured, organized the
people and magnified their grievances.
Hisses Creet Dr. Cee.
Hisses were heard from the gallery,
occupied for the most part by the Her
mlston delegation, as Dr. H. W. Coe
walked forward to present the Stan
field cause. He said the reason the
Stanfleld people had not objected more
strenuously to the project In the first
place was because they had thought
that a proposition containing so little
real merit would never go through. Af
ter charging those who were favoring
the project with acting from selfish
motives, he declared he bad aacrlflced
more than any other man in the coun
try for the cause. His declaration tbat
there was not enough water In the
Umatilla River to reclaim the land In
the proposed extension waa greeted
with hoots and Jeers from the Hermls
ton section.
A few minutes later, after he had
been charged with having Dr. Andrew
C. Smith make a flllng on the Tory land
Included with the Umatilla extension,
so that they would have the first right
to the project In case It waa dropped
by the Government, be arose and de
clared the flllng waa made by blm at
the suggestion of Engineer Hopoon. of
the Reclamation Service, on the repre
sentation that there waa merit In the
project. Boon thereafter he sought to
interest Chicago capitalists In the
proposition, who made an Investigation
and declared it to be impracticable,
since which time the matter had paseed
completely from his mind until a few
days ago.
Water Held Ssffleteat.
In presenting Hermlston's esse, Dodd
quoted statistics for a period of 1
years, showing the minimum annual
flow to be more than sufficient for all
present rights, aa well as those of the
west extension.
Mayor Louis Scholl, of Echo. In ex
plaining the so-called llth-hour oppo
sition, declared the people of Echo
were beginning to realise that all they
would get In return for seeing their
water carried off some 10 or IS miles
to the sand dunes along the Columbia
River would be many acres of water
logged land In their own vicinity. He
declared that Echo's faith In the rec
lamation aervlce was at low ebb.
With 75 per cent of her voting popu
lation present. Irrlgon went on record
aa favoring the extenalon without so
much as a murmur of protest.
Last CTkaace Saya Johasosu
Attorney R. R. Johnson, of Pendleton,
while stating that he did not alto
gether agree with the theory of the rec
lamation Idea. Insisted that this waa a
matter of fact, not of theory. Calling
attention to the vast sum which Ore
gon has contributed to the reclama
tion fund, he pointed out the smi.ll
percentage which abe had received In
return, and declared that Oregon'a only
hope In getting anything like ber share
would be In the adoption of the pro
posed extension. He besought the op
postlon not to deceive themselves, but
to face the proposition fairly. He In
sisted that Oregon would etther get
00.000 acrea of the roost fertile land in
the United 6tatea reclaimed, or that it
would get nothing from the reclama
tion fund for from five to 10 years.
-The Indian righta wil. not be af
fected." declared the speaker, "by the
building of the proposed extension,
nor will those of the settlers along
the upper river and Its tributaries."
Ckaeasaa II axis Bombshell.
C. C Chapman, speaking for the
Portland Commercial Club and urging
the adoption of the proposition, threw
a bombshell Into the camp of the oppo
sition when be made the announcement
that the Northern Paclflo Railroad and
the La (Jd Interests had practically
closed a deal with the Government
whereby the latter would be given title
to all their lands for the nominal price
of 12. SO per acre.
One of the strongest arguments of
the opposition wss that more than (0
per cent of the land to be reclaimed
wa owned by these Interests and that
they, not the people, the county or the
state would be the most benefited.
Admitting that the people of Stanfleld
were Justified In making the fight of
their life, and praising the fight which
Dr. Coe and his assistants were mak
ing, he called upon the Pendleton Com
mercial Association not to lose sight
of the fact that the greater matter of
public policy should overshadow pri
vate Interests.
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Mississippian Attacks, Varda
man and Hearst.
EDITOR CALLED ASSASSIN
'Statesman Without Record, Muck
raker Without Peer" Scored on
Senate Floor Investigation
Is Welcomed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Senator
Perry, of Mississippi, rose to a question
of personsl pri,..ege In the Senate and
delivered a scathing denunciation of
an article relating to his election, pub
lished In the November number of a
magazine.
He also bitterly attacked William R.
Hearst, who, he said, owned the maga
slne and Inspired the article, and Ex
Governor Vardaman. nominated by
the Mississippi Democratic primary to
succeed Percy.
The Senator said he would not ask
for an Investigation of bis election,
but challenged his prospective succes
sor to make such a demand, saying:
"If he will by letter -advise me tbat
any one of those fc votes cast for me
waa Improperly Influenced In my be
half and he desires an Investigation
by the United States Senate. L In bis
behalf, will introduce a resolution re
questing such an Investigation and
urge Its favorable consideration."
Senator Percy declared that Varda
man was defendant In a suit filed by
the Attorney-General of Mississippi
charging embexxlement of trust funds.
Hearst was characterised as a
"statesman without a record, a menda
cious muckraker without a peer,"
whose "bitter, malignant and Incend
iary utterances caused htm to be held
by the country morally responsible for
the shots fired Into the body of Wil
liam McKlnley."
VARTAMAV ASKS IJfJUXCTlOX
Vardaman 8a ys Trial Would Inter
fere With Lecture Tour.
JACKSON. Miss.. Dec 12. United
States Senator-elect James K. Varda
man today filed a petition for an In
junction to prevent the hearing of a
ult filed against him and asking for
an accounting of about 110.000 of the
state's funds alleged to have been used
Irregularly during his term as Gover
nor. The case has been set for trial
for January here.
Vardaman says he would have to
cancel lecture engagements to be pres
ent at the trial.
TURKISH ATTACK REPULSED
Attempt to Penetrate Italian 1. 1 hps
at Benghazi Falls.
BENGHAZI. Tripoli. Dec. 12. An
other attack was made by Turkish
troops last night. They attempted to
break through the advance lines of
the Italians, but were unsuccessful,
retreating with a loss of 63 dead.
The Italian authorities say that the
Italians lost three dead and 1 1
wounded.
MARSEILLES. France. Dec. 12. The
British steamer Baron Polwarth, which
sailed from Manila on November 8 for
this port, arrived today and reported
that she had been fired upon by an
Italian cruiser while passing through
the Red Sea on November 30. Her bows
were badly damaged when she came
Into port. The captain says the com
mander of the Italian cruiser apolo
gised for the occurrence.
Arizona Is Democratic.
PHOENIX. Ariz., Dec. 12. The ter
ritory will go Democratic, according
to some leaders here, but statements
from committee chairmen could not be
obtained. Reports to midnight Indi
cate that Cameron. Republican, for
Senator, lias probably carried Coconino.
Apache and Navajo Counties, with
Hoval Smith, fur Senator, and Wells,
for Governor, also possible victors.
iRIOTERS DISTURB
PEACE MEETING
Floor and Gallery Engage in
Noisy Demonstration Over
Treaties.
CARNEGIE IS SPEECHLESS
Effort to Substitute Senate KetMlu
tlon for Demand for . Ratifica
tion Result in Calling or
Police Reserves-.
NEW TORK. Dec 12. A riotous out
break Interrupted a large mass meet
ing held at Carnegie Hall tonight In
support of the arbitration treaties
which President Taft has proposed
with England and France.
Twenty-eight reserve police were
! hurried to the hall.
The outbreak occurred after Nicholas.
I Murray Butler, president of Columbia
I University, had read resolutions urging
the Senate to ratify the treaties, and
! Alfonso O. Koelble of the German-
American Citizens' League of the State
of New York, moved that the majority
resolution of the United States Eenate
Committee on Foreign Relations be
adopted as a substitute for the Butler
resolution.
"This declaration Is Dot a promoter
of peace, but a breeder of war," he
exclaimed. . '
Hlgaal Gtvea from Stage.
The words were scarcely out of his
mouth when men Jumped to each side
of the stage and raised their hands In
an apparent signal, whereupon pande
monium was let loose In the upper
galleries.
Catcalls, yells, groans and biases
made It Impossible for Joseph H.
Clioate, the chairman, to proceed with
the meeting. One man on the platform
Jumped up and shouted:
"That gallery Is composed of lot of
cowards."
At this the shouts became louder and
megaphones were brought Into use. In
the midst of the noise Chairman Choate
announced that the Butler resolution
bad been unanimously adopted.
Persons on the main floor took this
as a signal for a 'counter demonstra
tion. Jumped to their feet, shouted ap
proval and waved their handkerchiefs
and hats.
Rabbi Wise Hooted.
Andrew Carnegie waa down on the
programme as the next speaker, but
he sat In apparent amazement at the
demonstration, and. In his place Rabbl
Wise asked for a hearing. He was met
with such cries as "Shut up" and
"Throw him out" from the galleries.
Above all he shouted:
"T warn you that no people in the
world will feel so badly at the result
of this meeting tonight as the Irish
leaders In the British Parliament."
His reference brought forth an even
greater combination of groans and
howls.
Koelble, whose resolution had pre
cipitated the outbreak, called In vain
to the people In the gallery to show a
spirit; of fair play. Finally police re
serves reached the gallery and ejected
the leaders, but no arrests were made.
Chief Speakers ?fot Heard.
Chairman Choate. In announcing ad
journment of tha meeting, said:
"The action here tonight has done
more to cause the ratification of the
peace treaty than all the peace speeches
that could be made during the evening.
As chairman I declare the meeting ad
journed without the audience having
listened to the speeches of the other
two gentlemen."
These were Andrew Carnegie and
Frederick R. Coudert. Among the men
on the platform were Chauncey M. De
pew, Elbert H. Gary. Major General
Frederick D. Grant. Bishop H. Greer,
Franklin Fort. John Hays Hammond,
Dr. John B. Jewett, Henry W. Taft and
Jacob H. Bchlff.
MINERS SCRAWL MESSAGES
Hope of Finding More Men Alive at
Cross Mountain Abandoned.
BRICK VI LLE, Tenn., Dec. 12. Mes
sages scrawled on the walls of com
partments of the Cross Mountain mine,
where Saturday an explosion entombed
more than 100 men, encouraged res
cuers today to renewed efforts in tha
hope of finding more men alive.
The messages evidently were written
by a party of men. When driven out
of one place by gas. they would write
Indicating where they were going. Af
ter the trail waa followed througn
several entries It was lost and hope of
finding more men alive again was
abandoned. Up to midnight 88 bodies
had been found, but five of these still
are In the mine.
The position of the seven bodies dis
covered today showed they died from
black damp.
Fire broke out anew late tonight in
cross entry No. 17.- about 1500 feet
fTom the main entry. It was In the
coal this time and was extinguished.
Baker Bests Patsy McKenna.
LEADVILLE, Colo., Dec. 12. How
ard Baker, of Boulder, Colo., was given
the decision over Patsy McKenna, Cal
ifornia, after 10 rounds of a scheduled
20-round contest had been fought here
tonight- McKenna's seconds threw up
the sponge when It was discovered the
Californian had three ribs broken. The
men are welterweights.
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Every practical residence builder in Portland, who is known to put. up only
first-class houses, is now operating in Laurelhurst. Why are these practical,
hard-headed business men investing their money to such a large extent in build
ing homes in Laurelhurst? Because there is a constant demand for them by dis
criminating home-buyers.
People with money, who are looking for ready -built homes are attracted
naturally to Laurelhurst. These practical residence - builders know this, and,
being good business men, they are putting forth all their energies in the effort
to supply the demand for Laurelhurst homes.
We will help you to build your own home in Laurelhurst. We have a plan that
has already appealed to hundreds and will appeal just as strongly to you. Our
plan is this: You come to our office and we will take you to Laurelhurst, where
you select the lot you want then we will procure you a building loan; you select
your own architect and contractor, and build the house in your own way. In a
short time you will be living beneath your own roof. In order to take advan
tage of our plan you will be required to have about as much ready money as you
ordinarily pay for a year's rent for the house you now live in.
The opportunity to get a home in Laurelhurst on such favorable terms will
not be open much longer. Don't overlook the fact that the choice building sites
in Laurelhurst are going fast. More than 125 lots have been sold since October 1.
MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents
Phones: Main 1503, A 1515 Office 522-526 Corbett Building
Office at Tract, Phone East 989. Ask for Salesman.
JUNK INQUIRY ON
Water Board Orders Strict
Search for Graft.
ONE IS TO BE SUSPENDED
Mayor Declares City Property Has
Been Sold to Junkmen by Em
ployesDetectives on Trail.
Supplies to Be Checked.
An Investigation of the affairs of the !
city Water Department which may ,
result In graft charges being prepared,
against a number of employes and lead .
to wholesale discharges of men In the
meter department, was ordered yester- ,
day by the Water Board, when accu- j
satlons of dishonesty In selling city
Junk were made to the board against .
Cornelius Murphy, head of the meter .
division.
The board voted to suspend Murphy
from the service until a complete in- ,
vestlgatlon is made. This Investiga
tion will be conducted by the Auditor
and Superintendent Dodge, and will
cover the workings of the meter de- !
partment for the last year. While this
work progresses detectives will visit
a number oMJunk shops to get descrip
tions and names of men who have
been selling old pipe and brass be
longing to the city.
The graft, it Is said, has been car
ried on by the sale of stopcocks and
quantities of pig lead which have been
purchased by the city and given the
meter department for use In the in
stallation of meters and In making
repairs. The Auditor's reports oh
watercocks and supplies purchased In
the last year for the meter department
will be used In checking. In this way
Mayor Rushlight, who has taken a
hand in the investigation, says the
Water Board may learn Just how much
property has disappeared.
Mayor Rushlight informed the Board
that he has evidence showing that
brass watercocks were sold at small
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prices to plumbing establishments In
the city and it is the belief that these
sales have been made by employes of
the water department. The amount of
brass disposed of in this and other
fraudulent ways cannot be ascertained,
the Mayor declares, until the purchases
of the city in the last year have been
checked with the supplies- used.
Superintendent Dodge made the di
rect charges against Murphy. He said
Murphy had sold the Junk, but that
there was some Juestlon as to whether
the property belonged to the city.
"I have known Mr. Murphy for a
good many years." said Mr. Dodge.
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"and I have always known him to be
honest. He first started to work for
this department as trench men and has
since advanced to the head of the me
ter department."
Murphy to Be Suspended.
The Board In taking up the discus
sion of the situation was of the unanT
imoua opinion that a clean-up is nec
essary. "It Is too rotten to Investigate," de
clared F. "W. Winn.
The number of sheep In Europesn and
Asiatic Russia Is estimated at 60,000,000
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