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THE MORXTXO OREGOXIAX. MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1912. WHOLESALE FRAUD PLANS DEFEATED Perpetrators of $77,000,000 Swindles Prosecuted by Postal Officials. PRISON SENTENCES DETER Yfar's Work Show That Many Ma nipulators Move In High Social and Bustne Circle, but Work Behind Scenes. WASHINGTON'. Jan. Jl. Promoter of fraudulent schemes who had on tallied $77,000,000 from tba public were put out of business during the fiscal year ending June SO last, according- to the annual report Of Robert H. Sharp. chief Inspector of tba Fostonico ie-urtmuL During- the fiscal year SH lndltduala were Indicted on tba charge or using the malla tn furtherance of acnemea to defraud. Of tbla number 1J4 persona were tried and 1S eonrloted. The srhemes lnrestlgated were of endless artety. varying-, aa the report Indi cates, "from the simplest business transaction to a gigantic project In volving the sal of worthless stock In fake mining companies and Imaginary and fictitious Institutions existing only on paper." Ceerrletloai Real Deterreaf. In discussing the mntlpllclty of schemes to defraud the people. Chief Inspector Sharp says: The determination to bring the pro moters into court and obtain prison sentencea against them haa proved ex ceedingly successful. In no instance, so far aa known to this office, baa a per son convicted of a criminal charge of this character attempted to reorganise his scheme under a new name, aa was often the case when the fraud ordera alone were resorted to. "The result, of the year's work has developed the fact that these fraud manipulators are a distinct class of criminals, soma of them moving In the highest social and buslneaa circles, but nearly all having mora or less affili ation with devisors of schemes or en terprises of Illegitimate character. In which they are not known aa pro moters." Swindles Arc Astaaadlag. In view of the heavy cost to the rostofflce Department In prosecuting the cases. Mr. Sharp recommends this work be taken over by the Department of Justice, lie adds that "the work of the past year baa uncovered a condi tion among the swindling class which hows the astounding extent of their operations and the extent of their Ill gotten gains. "The policy of tba department," Mr. Sharp points out. baa been to crush out the strong and powerful criminals who have grown rich at the game." This plan baa served to eliminate the smaller operators. Inspector Sharp suggests: "It Is es sential for the protection of the public that additional legislation be enacted which will prevent swindlers from carrying on their operations In the borderland between legitimate under takings and criminal schemers." the names of many prominent rail road officials and proved a sensation of many months In financial circles. Frank Otis Melcher entered railway service In the engineering corpa of the Pittsburg Railroad aa an Instrument man and rose to be general superin tendent of this line. He entered tba service of the Rock Island system In MOO, first as superintendent of the Illinois: division and waa made vice president several years ago. E. B. Pierce was general solicitor of the Rock Island, with of.lces in the Rock Island station In this city. His borne was la Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. MEMPHIS. TenivTjan. 21. Eldredge K. Wright, killed In the Kinmundy wreck, was a son of General Luke E. Wright, ex-Secretary of War and made his home in this city. He was about 30 years old and unmarried. He waa a stockholder in the Memphis Commer- FRANC DEMANDS E RELEASE OF TURKS Seizure of Liner by Italian De stroyers Causes Inter national Fuss. STAIN ON FLAG ALLEGED f r -. -3 3, ... : si n ii . ii ft-1 ii m a nil ii r i1 J. T. Harahaa. 8r, Ex-Prealdeat f Illlaola CeatraW lulled ta Wl clal Appeal and connected with many other local business enterprises. Y WILL BE HA AKKAXSAS ITAS AWAKENING IN JIRY BOXES. 3019 MURDERS IN 1910 HatlMician Says Sis of Every I 00, 000 Persons Are Slain. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Approxi mately alx persons In every 100.000 in the United States were murdered In 1310. This statement Is made by Dr. r. M. Wllkburn. atatlaticlan of vital statistics of the Census Bureau. He at tribute to homicidal causes 1010 of the .0 deaths from violence that year This Is at tba rate of per 100.000 as against i.f In l03; . In 1901 and 1.1 In 1307. Violent deaths were met by 15 1 per sons out of every 100,000 tn 1(10 and In 13o only ts In the aame number met death In the same manner. Railroads killed the greatest num ber and 7877 deaths are reported from that source. This Is an Increase of 14. In every 100.000 population over 13.1 In 1903. Accidental drownings' took the next number. 4I1S having met death In this manner. Flunti brought death to 4113 and X4S4 were sacrificed In the mines end quarries. The street, car system claimed ISO victims and deleterious gases 137. the smallest rate since 10. Automobiles killed M9 persons, l.t to every 100.000 inhabitants. Thirty-eight persona starved to death during the year; excessive cold killed 25. and the beat 12. Pennsylvania had the largest num ber of violent deaths in 1910 and Colo rado the highest rate. New York waa second. In cities of 100.000 population, the number of violent deatha In part fol low: Los Angeles :10. Oakland 1J5, Ban Francisco 339. Denver 17. Washing ton. D. C Jl. Chicago 104. Kansas t'ity. Mo- 30: St. Louis (04, New York 17i$ in I10. and 1410 In 1909: Port land. cr.. 17: Philadelphia 1JJ, Se attle 227. Fpokane lit. Three) to Meet Death on January 26. Nine) Murder Conviction!) Had In Tear Six Now Sentenced. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 21. (Spe cial.) Hangman's day for Arkansas will be on January 2. Then tbe gal lows will reap a rich harvest In expia tion of the many homicides committed In llll. In the criminal annals of the state there have been few years when the proportion of convictions to homicides was greater. There haa been an awakening among the people, reflected from the bench and Jury box. because human life here haa been held so cheap and law so little regarded. Three negroes were hanged on De cember IS from the same scaffold at Marianne. Prosecuting Attorney R. J. Wllllama, of Forrest City, prosecuted nine mur der casea in 1S11 which resulted In sen. tences to the gallows The three who will be hanged on January J. their casea having passed through all the stages of appeal to the Supreme Court and the Governor, are: Henry Coates and John Mrllvalne. of Mississippi County, and Sylvester Thomas, of Phillips County. There are six men In tbe State Peni tentiary at Little Rock, sentenced to death, held there for safekeeping. EX-PRESIDENT IS SILENT 4'olonel Saj Ho Will Not Dlneas Politics on Sunday. OVfTER RAT. N. T, Jan. 21. Ex I'resident Roosevelt was asked today If there were any truth In the rumor that Posthmaster-General Hitchcock, who waa In New York yesterday, had a -conference with blm. Mr. Roose velt's reply was a wave of his hand 'and "not one word to say." He told the newspaper men he would not answer political questions on Sunday. UNEMPLOYED TO FORM Socialists to Organize League to Gain Relief for Idle Thousands. Growing out of an Impromptu open air meeting held In the park streets yesterday afternoon, tha Hoclaltits rf the city have prepared to organixo the League of the Unemployed to make an appeal to the authorities of the city for relief. Allan McDonald, of the Social lute, presided over the meeting and Tom and Ed Lewie, membera of the came or ganisation, were the speakers. When one of the speakers called for all men tn the audience who were un employed to raise their hands, nearly 1000 of the crowd of 5000 responded. Money to the amount of 123.40 was sub scribed to defray the expenses of the new league which la to be organised and the following committee was appointed to wait upon officers of the county, city, the Commercial Club and Employ ers' Association, aeking assistance and relief: Tom Lewie. Ed Lewis. Allan McDonald. C. R. Kills. George Neff. George Watts, Julius Knlspel and Joe Foley. The Socialist organlxatlon Intends to bold next Sunday a silent demonstra tion In tbe form of a parade of the un. employed through tha streets of the rlty, followed by a second meeting In the park atreeta. The committee ap pointed yesterday will watt upon au thorities of the city and county this week. RAIN ON COAST PREDICTED iHmnponr to Continue Several Day. , Weather Bureau Believes. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. There is nothing at present to IndUate that the general cold wave will cross the coun try this week. . The bulletin Issued by t.'i Weather Bureau tonight says that Jmperarurea will average near or above the normal throughout the country. RAIL CHIEFS ARE KILLED t' -nt'nq-4 rrm Ftrt Pil' ' on tbe records of the Illinois Central. Tr.e scandal that followed brought la CUPID OUTWITS CHURCH Cilrl Moves West, Secretly Weds, Despite Religious Differences. SPOKANE. Wash., Jan. Jl. (Spe cial.) After overcoming parental ob Jerttons by removing to Spokane from Chicago, Miss Elizabeth Eddlns. tele graph operator at the Spokane Hotel, became the bride of W. H. New pro. of lmluth, Minn., son of the manager of the Herptclde Manufacturing Company of Detroit, la a secret marriage Thurs day. Tha wedding ceremony was per formed Thursday afternoon by Justice S. C. Hyde, and letters are now on their way to tbe parents In the East telling of the venture. The bride came to Spokane a year ago, when her parents, who are Catholics, objected to her wedding a Protestant. A sister of the bride. Mrs. G. R. Oren, on Eighth ave nue, was the only member of the fam ily that was let In en the secret. The friends at tha hotel were Informed to. day. The young couple will go to their new home In Dulutn In a few days. GERMAN VISITS VATICAN Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs Confers With Merry Pel Val. ROME. Jan. II. Tha German Secre tary of State tor Foreign Affairs, Ilerr von Kiderlla-Waechter. today visited Cardinal Merry Del Val. the Papal Secretary, with whom be had a cordial conversation on the different questions between Germany and tha Holy Sea, Captain of Steamer Gave Cp Pas sengers to Roman Warships After Instruction From Em bassy Since Repudiated. LONDON, Jaa. 21. Italy's aaval ac tivity seems likely to lead to serious International complications, according; to m Parte dlspatcb to tha Chronicle. Taleaa Italy trtvea Franca eatiafadory explanation for the eelsnre of French steamers. Franco will aead a naval Semen tratloa against Italy. PARIS, Jan. SI. The gravity of tha situation arising through tha selsura of the French steamer Manouba Jan uary 11 py Italian destroyers while on a voyage from Marseilles to Tunis, haa been Increased by facta which came to light today. It now appears that the captain of the Manouba, which included among Its passengers 29 Turkish nurses of the Red Crescent Society, surrendered the Turks only on orders from the French embassy at Rome. It had pre viously been reported that the captain had disembarked tba Turks on hla own Initiative at Cagllari, In Sardinia, and was then permitted to leave the port. The French Foreign Oftlce declares that no auch orders emanated from Paris, but that, on the contrary, the Consuls have been Instructed through the embassy to oppose all surrender. It is said further that the question of the Turkish nurses on board the Man ouba was discussed by Premier Poln calre and the Italian Ambassador, Slg nor Tlttonl. on Wednesday, the Am bassador declaring that he was fully satisfied with the Premier's premise that they had been subjected to rigid scrutiny at Tunis. Tha action of the French govern ment in demanding the release of the Turks Is approved throughout France as the only meana of removing what otherwise would be an Indelible stain on the French flag. SYRIAN TOWN IS BOMBARDED Funeral of First Dragoman at American Embassy Is Held. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. II. The town of Khan Yunus, .on tha Syrian Coast, haa been bombarded by an Ital ian warship, according to advices reaching here. There la considerable talk of col lective Intervention by the powers to end the wax, but it meets with noth ing but derision in Constantinople. The government organ. Tan In, avers that no Ottoman or Ottoman Cabinet would ever agree to abandon Tripoli and Cyrenalca in return for the pay ment of Indemnity. The funeral today of the late Alex andra Gargiulo, who for 20 years oc cupied the post of first dragoman at the American Embassy, was attended by Ambassador R,ockhlll and other members of the American Embassy, representatives of the porta and of the foreign diplomatics missions. The coffin waa covered with the American flag. Turkish Coart Blockaded. ROME. Jan. 21. A blockade of the Turkish coast on the Red 8. a from Ras of Tsa. near Hodelda. to Ras of Cinulal. has been officially declared. the son, shall go back to England to I assume the title which the father j would not accept. When tbe Indian wife sees how matters stand, she obliging ly goea off Into the bills and kills her self. George V. Dill as Captain Wynnegate. "the sq-uaw man." Is equal to all the requirements of the role. He succeeds In portraying many fine traits of tha man without bringing out some rather overdrawn characteristics. Mr. Dill's voice, personality and methods ensble him to dominate tbe scenes aa tbe play wright intended. Edna Marshall, as Lady Diana, Is satisfactory In a rather conventional role. Allen Longstreet, as "Cash" Haw kins, looks and acts the part of that bad citizen In a way to suit the tough est cowboy In Coyote County. Glen Porter made a plausible Indian woman as Nat-U-Rltch. Al Smith portrayed successfully the rough virtues of Big Bill, the ranch foreman. Master Leo Karnonac, as Little Hal, the son, made it perfectly clear to the audience what a sacrifice it was for the father to give him up. "The Squaw Man" will remain all week at the Baker. There will be the uxual matinees. REBATE INQUIRY IS ON DEPARTJrKXT OF jr STICK EYES PACIFIC LINES. Special Agent Investigate Condi tlons) in San ' Francisco After Similar Stay In Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. That tha Department of Justice contemplates the prosecution of certain trans-Paclfio steamship companies for having given rebates to favored shippers was the In timation of A. R. Dickinson, special agent of the Department who made his presence known here today after bar ing spent a week in quiet study of shipping conditions on tbe waterfront. Dickinson came hers from Seattle. Wash., where, he said, he had looked Into the reports that American firms shipping goods to the Orient over the Northern Pacific Railroad, owned by J. J. Hill, and the Hill steamship line, had received rebatea from the steamship company. The Department of Justice holds that it is enabled to proceed against tha steamship oompanles under the Inter state commerce laws, as the railroads' clientele la the recipient of the rebates. "It is a known fact." said Dickinson today, "that the Atlantic steamship companies are In a combination where by the European shippers of goods and merchandise get a rebate of 4 per cent from the scheduled traffic rates. This practice has been one of the great fac tors In keeping American goods out of South America. "While in Seattle, I found that steel could be shipped more cheaply from Pittsburg; to Manila than from Pitts burg to San Francisco, and that freight could be shipped from Germany to Salt Lake City more cheaply than from Cincinnati to the aame destination." The investigation. Dickinson said, was begun at the request of the rules committee of the House, after Repre sentative Humphrey, of Washington. had introduced a resolution asking for the Investigation of the shipping trust alleged to be in operation on both oceans. Dickinson declined to say how long he would remain here, but said that he would go aa far East aa tha Rocky Mountains tn search of evidence. Glide in and attend our Sweater Sale Note these reduced prices: $6.60 Sweaters at...S4.65 $5.00 Sweaters at...S3.75 $3.50 Sweaters at...S2.35 $2.50 Sweaters at... 1.35 Every Man's or Boy's Sweater in the store will be sold at cut price until Feb ruary 1 our inventory time. Included in the lot are Ruff Necks, High Necks, Fold-in Necks, Jerseys, Cardigans and Coats. Come today and see them. UiXJilGusJdjhnProb. 166-170 THIRD ST.- talk of it In some olrcles of tba club, Tha list of nominees, to be valid, must be filed at least five days prior to tbe election, and the insurgent party In tha club will be obliged to make pub lic its nominees tomorrow if it Intends doing ao at all. Tbe ten men named by tbe official nominating committee, from which five members are to be voted upon for the board of governors, are: J. H. Bur gard, F. A. Freeman, G. W. Klelser, C 8. Jackson, Elwood Wiles, F. B. Riley, A. M. Smith, Sol Blumauer, J. S. Beals and W. H. Fear. The retiring officers are H. Beck with. W. J. Hofmann, George Law rence, Colonel James Jackson and Rog er B. Sinnott. A buffet luncheon Is to be served to the club members at the meeting. WILDE CASE TO RESUME AT THE THEATERS THE SQUAW MAS," By Edwta Milton Beyle,' at the Baker Theater. CAPT. The Right Rev., tha Bishop of Kxeter Charles Stewart Sir John AppUsat, Diana's eousla Roy Von Fossen Mrs. Chichester Chichester Janes.. Ellen Jans Brown Henry Wynnesate. Bart of Kerhlll - Frank Seay Udy Mable Oertrude Vaurhitn Lady Kllsabeth Wynnetat. his mother Capliola Marshall Lady Diana, his wife.. Edna Marshall Captain James Wynnesate, after wards "Jim Carston". .Oeo. V. Dill Bud Hardy; Eherlff of Coyote County Thomas Carlton Bis BUI. foreman of Canton's ranch AL Smith "Cash" Hawkins, rustler and bad man Allen Loncitreet Tabywaana. peace chief of the Vies Mr. Bennett N'at-U Rich, his daughter Glen Porter Little Hal, ber son ... Master Leo Karnonao Jndf Havana ugh Better, Jnry Se lect Ion to Continue Today. With Judge Kavanaugh sufficiently recovered from the sickness which kept him at his homo Saturday and delayed the work of selecting a Jury In the case of Louis J. Wilde, Jointly Indicted with W. Cooper Morris for the larceny by embeszlement of 190,000 of the funds of the Oregon Trust A. Savings Bank, the case will be resumed in the Circuit Court this morning. Judge Kavanaugh reported last night that be had recov ered from his illness and hoped to be able to continue through the trial with out further trouble. Hix days have bern consumed In tha examination of witnesses and a jury has not been impaneled. The work at the opening of the session today will be the examination of C. O. Paine, of 1641 O'.ln street, as to his qualifications as a Juror. If he ts selected there will be 12 veniremen In the box who have been passed for cause by both sides and are subject to peremptory challenge. Tba state ao far has used one of Its three peremptory challenges and the defense has used three out of a possible six. Attorney A. E. Clark for the state said yesterday that he believes the work of selecting a Jury will be com pleted by tomorrow nlrht and that the trial -will be begun Wednesday. He says he expects the hearing to continue about one week. MAULED PARSON PREACHES Muskogee Pastor's Eyes Blacked, ' Idps Cut in Fieht Over Church. MUSKOGEE, Okla-, Jan. 21. With both eyes blackened and swollen, his face and lips cut, his clothing torn and disheveled and with a policeman on guard at the pulpit. Rev. D. Noland Smith preached the dedicatory sermon in tha First Methodist Episcopal Church hero today. A two-weeks' legal battle for the possession of the new edifice culminat ed this morning in an assault on tha preacher as he waa going to church. The assailant waa C. F. McKee, a con tractor, who bad been locked in Jail for threo hours to compel him to turn over the keys to the building to. the church officials. Don't make it any harder on the poor horses than is necessary help provide them with a good foothold through boosting for bitulithic pavement , AN ALTOGETHER satisfactory pro duction of "Tha Squaw Man" Is that which opened a week's engage ment at the Baker Theater yesterday afternoon. Its former visits hero seem not to have diminished the Interest of tha theater-goers In Edwin Milton Royle's melodrama of tha cattle coun try. As an example of Idealised hu man nature and the plcturesqueness of the West, with the cowboy and the unfenced prairie that la passing. It suc ceeds admirably. The play tells the story of how Cap tain James Wynnegate. member of the British nobility, for love of his broth er's wife, assumed the guilt of the brother, the Earl of Kerhlll. The self sacrificing man comes to America and settles on a cattle ranch In tha Green River country in Wyoming. Afterwards, of course, the real criminal, confesses on his death bed that the brother, whom all believed bad fled to America to escape Justice, waa Innocent. This opens the way for brother Jim (now known to the cowboya of tha cattle country as. "Jim Carston") to return to England and marry Lady Diana But In the years aince his coming to Amer ica he haa married Nat-C-Rltch, an Indian girl, daughter of a chief, and they have a son. Nat-U-Rltch had saved the Englishman's life on two oc casions, so, as he explained to the fam ily solicitor, who came to apprise him of the F.arl's death, the "inevitable" bad happened. It Is arranged that iial. ROOSEVELT MADE CHOICE Illinois Distrit-t Committeemen De clare for Colonel. CHICAGO. Jan. SI. Political leaders here express belief today that by ao tlon late last night Theodore Roose velt will have two delegates to tha Chicago convention. The move was mads In the first Congressional district, which in 1908 waa the initial one in the state to take the open stand for the nomination of President Taft and which formally In structed delegates on his behalf, des pite the strong movement for Cannon. Last night's action came at a meet ing of the precinct captains of the district. which comprises various South Side wards of the city. By bal lot the meeting declared that the dis trict's two delegates to the National convention be instructed for Roose velt. Voting resulted as follows: Roosevelt 119. Taft . La Follette 1, Foraker 3. At least 90 per cent of the commit teemen. It is said, will be re-elected at the April primaries and will repeat last night's action officially when they meet to choose Congressional delegates who will designate the party's candidate. C. J. WILSON & CO. STOCKS. BOXDS. GRArv AJfD COTTOJI MEMBERS -KW TORK STOCK EXCHANGE, ' KfcW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE, CHICAGO nOAKO OF THADE. THK bTOCK AM) BOND EXCHANGE. SAN FRANCISCO. Main Office Mills Bid.. 8an Franclaeo. Branch Offices Vancouver, Seattle, l'ortland, Los Angeles. Haa Dlcgo. Cor ouulo tseach. PORTI.AND OmCE: Mala Floor Lumbermen Hank Building, Ath and Stark. Phones MaraluUl 4120. A -4 187. THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY Constructs Asphalt and Other Bitu minous Pavements. S0S-60H Klectrlo Bids-., Portland, Or. Oskar Huber, Manager. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. CLUB CANDIDATES NAMED Klection of Governors of Commercial Body to Be Held Saturday. The annual meeting for election of offlcera In the Portland Commercial Club will be beld In the clubrooms next Saturday nlgbt. Five members -will be elected to succeed the five members of tha board of governors, whose terms expire. Another Important subject which will be decided at the meeting Is the offer of quarters tn the new market building, which wss made aome time ago by the company which la to erect the building. The club Is in need of more room, and the decision that will be made at the annual meeting la re garded of vital importance. No Insurgent ticket has yet been named, although there lias been much HONOLULU $110 FIRST CLASS ROUND TRIP. The most delightful spot on entire world tour for your vacations. Dellshtful ea bath Ins at the famous beach of Wsiklkl. The splendid 8. 8. Sierra (10,000 tons displace ment) makes the round trip in 1 days. One can visit on a side trip the living volcano of KUauea. which is tremendously active, and sae for himself the Dronass of world crsation. No other trip compares with this for the marvelous and wonderful In nature. Visit the Islands now, while you can do it so easily and quickly, and while tba vol cano Is active. Prompt attention to tele rams for bsrths. Ballings: January 27, February 19. March 9. etc OCEANIC 8. H. CO., TS Market Street, Ban Franeisee. D0RSEYB. SMITH General teamshla Agent. ALL LINES ALL COUNTRIES. 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