TEETH MARKS MAY
BETRAY DYNAMITER
Conncrs Prosecutor Dramatic
ally Compels Prisoner to
Open Lips to Jury.
IMPRESS IS SEEN ON CAPS
Man Accuvcil or Hall of Ite-cords Job
In I,o Angrlr Shrink lYotn
Ordral Ce to Be Submit
ted to Jury Today.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. L A flruratlve
bombshell wii hurled at the defens
of Bert H. Conners. alleged dynamite
plmter. at the clone of the ariruroenta
of the state to the Jury late today,
when O. Ray Horton. Deputy District
Attorney, dramatically declared that
the Imprint of the defendant's teeth
was upon the capa attached to the fuse
leading; to the dynamite found In the
alley adjoining the County Hall of
Records, ' which Conners was charged
with havina- conspired to blow up Sep
tember . 110.
The declaration of Horton came after
the defendant s attorneys had finished
their tlnal arguments and Just before
the state's side of the case was con
cluded. Horton suddenly called for the
dynamite caps which were exhibits In
the case. Then he recalled to the
Jurors minds the testimony srlven by
Karl Rogers, the attorney who ques
tioned Conners at the police station
the morning after his arrest.
Priaoirr Cleaea Lis TUbtly.
According to Rogers" statements, the
defendant, who once was a soft coal
miner, had told him that such workmen
In nsinfc dynamite clinched the caps
upon the fuse with their teeth.
When Horton reached that point In
bis argument Conners was seen to close
bis lips flrmly and the prosecutor, not
ing the action, called out loudly: Look
at him! Look at Mm! He doesn't dare
to open his mouth! He dues not dare
to show his teeth!
Conners sat still, bis lipa tightly
compressed, his eyes upon the floor.
Finally, his attorney. Lecompte Davis,
seised him. raised him from hla seat
and forced him to take a position be
fore the Jury box.
Marks There. aya Herts.
Then Horton went up to the de
fendant and ordered him to open his
mouth. Conners parted his Hps slight
ly and the prosecutor, dissatisfied,
etx1 the defendant's mouth as he
would that of a horse, pulling the lower
Hps away from the teeth and forcing
blra to parade back and forth ao that
each Juror could hare a good view.
Then, finally releasing; the man. Hor
ton passed among the Jurors the dyna
mite caps In question and declared that
they bore the marks of Conners teeth,
lie asserted that the marks on the caps
were made by teeth wide apart, as was
aid to be the condition of those la
Conners lower Jaw.
When the arguments were concluded
the court ordered a recess until tomor
row morning. At that time the Jury
will be Instructed and Conners fate
glren Into Its hands.
M'XAMARA PATMEXTS STCDIED
Grand J err Prepares for Examina
tion of Labor Official.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. II. In prepara
tion for the examination tomorrow of
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, the Federal
grand Jury today questioned Mrs. L. K.
Wallace, formerly a bookkeeper for the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers, concerning J. J.
JJeNajnara financial affairs.
As Mr. Morrison la to testify In the
dynamite conspiracy Inquiry about the
Federation's money dealings after Mc
Kamara's arrest last April, It Is sup
posed the Jury today went Into trans
actions leading up to that time.
JANUARY ARRESTS FEW
Records Show Lull In Tsnal Activ
ity of lawbreakers.
Lull in police activity Is shown by
the figures of the January report, com
pleted by Record Clerk Circle yester
day. In every line there was a falling
off. most notable, In respect to arrests
of dissolute characters. Only two
keepers of disorderly houses and nine
women soliciting on the streets are re
corded as having been arrested. Five
conductors of gambling games and 41
players and visitors were arrested, be
ing a larg reduction from the pre
ceding months.
The total arrests were 1507. of whom
72 were women and St minors. Cop
mon drunkards held their ratio at al
most an even third of the aggregates
there being SJ4 such offenders and f9
who were disorderly in addition. Vio
lations of the liquor regulations were
17 In number. The patrol wagon an
swered an average of S3 calls every
day.
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TEA SHIPMENTS RELEASED
Artificial Coloring Found Not to
Violate Pure Food Law.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. Sixty
thousand pounds of Chinese green tea.
which was seized by customs officials
hers December 15. on orders from
United States Federal Commissioners
st Washington, was ordered released
by Frederick S. Stratton. Collector of
the Fort of San Francisco, today.
While the tea had been artificially
colored, which caused the Federal or
der. It wss found to conform to the
pure food law and was released for
that reason. It was consigned to
wholeaale merchants In St. Louis. Chi
cago and New Tork.
Leather Manufactory Incorporates.
VAXCOl'VER. Wash, Feb. 1. Spe--1.1.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Washougal Mercantile Manufacturing
Company have been Bled with the
bounty Auditor by three Incorporators.
W. 8. Phelps, O. W. Brock and Oeorge T.
Moody, all of Washougal. The com
any is to have a capital stock of f 1.-
sad will enrage In the leather busl
sess. maatif acturlng harness and other
.rather goods in Wsshougal.
laLa tiovrrnor to lie Heard.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The House
committee on territories next Tuesday
will h-tr Governor Clark, of Alaska,
n lelatlnn for that territory. The
committee favors a territorial Legisla
ture and the Governor la opposed to It. ,
MO-OANATIC WIDOW OF KINO LEOPOLD. WHO MARRIED
AGAIN AND NOW WANTS DIVORCE.'
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BARONESS' CASE UP
Mme. Vaughan Awaits Verdict
for Divorce in Paris.
COURT WITHHOLDS DECREE
In Meantime, M. Dnrrleu, Who
Married Morganatic Widow of
King Leopold, of Belgium,
Most Pay ft 000 Monthly.
PARIS. Feb. 1. (Special.) The di
vorce suit of the Baroness Vaughan
waa called in court today. Paris Is
greatly Interested In the case, and the
verdict, which was postponed. Is eager
ly awaited.
The Baroness waa the morganatic
wife of the late King of Belgium. Leo
pold II. and according to tbe accepted
version" of reports of their relations,
waa married to the King on his death
bed. Shortly after the King's death
the Baroness married M. Durrleux. who
waa represented to have been her form
er suitor and a reckless gambler.
When the case came up today coun
sel for M. Durrleux raised an objection
to further proceedings on tbe ground
that the Baroness had nullified the
case by leaving the court's Jurisdiction,
and therefore was no longer qualified
to demand a divorce from that court.
The court, after hearing the argu
meots. overruled the objection of M
Durrleux lawyer.
The court did not give a verdict, but
directed that evidence be taken in re
gard to the assertions made by both
sides. In the meanwhile. Durrleux will
have to pay an allowance to his wife
every month of $1000, and has per
mission to see his children twice a
week.
MEAT PROFITS LARGE
FIGURES snOW BEEF PRICES
MORE THAN" LITE COST.
Government Counsel In Packers'
Trial Would Show Inadequate
Allowances for By-Producta.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. F. M. Fleming,
consignment clerk for the G. H. Ham
mond Co. plant of the National Pack
ing Company In Chicago, told the Jury
In the packers' trial today that cars of
beef shipped to the Kastern territory
were always billed to the branch
houses at a price which the branch
bouse managers were expected to get
for the product. If possible, but In many
instances the prices obtained were less.
Figures on four lots of beef shipped
East n March. 10. were read. They
showed that the price in this instance
was mere than tbe live cost of the ani
mals. The selling prices on these lots
were less than the test cost and Gov
ernment Counsel Sheean attempted to
show that this meant an exorbitant
profit to the packer because the allow
ance for by-products, figured in the
test cost, was Inadequate.
Figures were read on 10 lots of cat
tle shipped In May of the same year,
which showed tlist the live cost was
more than the billing price and that
the selling price was even less than
that ngure.
Attorney Pheean attempted to show
by a comparison of these figures that
the method of figuring the test cost
wss changed between March and May,
ItOS.
AUTO TRUCK BIDS OPENED
Prices of Horseless Carriage to City
Ranee From $1150 to S3700.
Bids for the purchase by the water
department of the city of three one
ton auto trucks, one three-ton auto
truck, and a roadster were opened by
the Water Board at its meeting at the
City Hall yesterday. The prices lor
the automobile ranged from $1 150, the
lowest priced roadster, to 13700. the
blahest priced three-ton truca. ine
lowest prloe bid for the one-ton truck
waa tllli. and for the three-ton truck
I11S0.
A petition from a property-owner
living outside the city limits who de-
aired to connect bis one-inch pipe to
the one-Inch service pipe of a neigh
bor who lived within the city limits
was turned down yesterday, the board
believing that It established a bad
precedent. f'
"I do not elleTe the property-owner
living wltliia the city limits and pay
ing the city taxes ought to be com
pelled to suffer from water shortage
In order that a property-owner liv
ing outside the city limits may have
the benefit of Bull Run water without
bearing hta part of the burden," Mild
Mr. Wilcox, the acting chairman of tbe
board.
The board was asked to give the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany a right of way over a corner of
the block at Fast Seventy-sixth and
Taylor streets, for the proposed Mount
Tabor extension of the streetcar line.
The board decided to have the street
widened at this point but declined to
take action granting the right of way
until it Is determined whether or not
the streetcar can make this curve with
out cutting off the block corner.
A new ten-Inch main to serve the
Willamette Heights district waa authorised.
EAST SIDE ABANDONED
GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE EX
ISTING CAXAL.
Condemnation Proceeding to Fol
low If Power Company Does
Not Reduce Price.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 1. From a recent confer
ence he has had with the Army en
gineers. Representative Hawley feela
confident that the Government will
soon acquire title to the West Side
canal at Oregon City and begin prompt
ly the reconstruction contemplated and
authorized by Congress.
Ever since his return to Washington
In December Mr. Hawley has been urg
ing the department to "do something"
and to take up that project which will
be tbe cheapest and most efficient and
whlcb can be completed in the shortest
time. The engineers, after considera
ble dickering, have concluded that the
construction of a new canal on the East
Bide of the river would be too expen
sive and that project la practically
abandoned. Therefore, it has been de
termined to acquire the old West Side
canal by condemnation. unless the
Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company will make a further reduc
tion In Its price.
The latest figure quoted by this com
pany was $450,000. but engineers be
lieve this price exorbitant and they
have recommended condemnation un
less the company will submit-a lower
offer. Mr. Hawley Is advised that the
matter Is now approaching a critical
stage and that final adjustment will be
reached In the near future, with a
proapect that construction work will
begin early In the coming season.
BRANDEIS SEES CRISIS
LA FOLLETTE INDORSED BV
MEETING IN NEBRASKA.
Same Gathering Approves Roosevelt
Polices and Agrees to Abide by
Result of Primary.
FREMONT. Neb.. Feb. J. Louis D.
Brandels. the Boston attorney, launched
his speechmaklng In Nebraska here
today, when he advocated the policies
of Senator La Follette before a large
crowd. Mr. Brandels devoted his speech
mostly to decrying the trusts. He de
clared that the country faces a crisis
equalled In seriousness only twice In
its history, once in 177 and again In
186U
"I know little of the political game.
said Mr. Brandels. "for I am not a poli
tician, but 1 do know that the time la
come when our country must be run by
business men. It Is more Important
than private business, and the people
must take hold of It.
"Little has been accomplished against
the trusts. The tobacco and oil suits
amounted to actions at law to quiet
title. When they were finished trust
stock went higher than ever. The La
Follette method of Investigating big
queatlons Is a good plan. It puts the
burden of proof on the trusts, where
It belongs."
After the speech a meeting was held
and resolutions were adopted Indorsing
La Follette for President. Represen
tative Norrls. of the Fifth District, was
Indorsed tor Senator and recognised
as the "Ideal 'progressive- legislator."
The policies of Roosevelt were ap-
Droved. The delegates were pledged to
abide by primary preferences.
TO BE PROSECUTED
Three Thousand Overcharges
in One Day's Business Stir
Commission.
LAW VIOLATIONS CLEAR
Companies Defend Rates Hlghe;
Tlnan Those in Europe by Say
ing More Speedy Deliver
ies Are Made.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Prosecution
of express eompenies for overcharging
shippers on the transportation of their
goods was Indicated by Commlssl6ner
Lane at the express rate bearing today
to be the intention of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
W. A. Ryan, one of the investigators
for the commission, presented In tabu
lated form the examination of one
month's business of the Adams Express
Company, showing that $67,000 In over
charges had been turned Into the com
pany's treasury.
T. B. Harrison, counsel of the com
pany, explained what are known as
"over-prepayments" and asserted he
would be able to show that no more
than 20 per cent of the $67,000 actually
remained In the company's treasury.
He added that positive instructions
were given by the company to all Its
representatives to make refunds on all
discoverable overcharges.
Day's Overcharges Number 3000.
"Well.' said Commissioner Lane, "It
Is conclusively established that the
agents of the companies themselves do
not understand the tariffs and regula
tions of the companies. By an exam
ination of the business of the compa
nies for one day we find more than 3000
overcharges. Now, then, we propose to
prosecute the companies for making
these overcharges. They are clearly
violations of the law."
Mr. Ryan presented comparative
tables of the operations of express
companies In Great Britain, France and
Germany and those of the United
States. They showed . generally that
for similar service, weights and dis
tance the foreign rates were consider
ably lower than the domestic rates.
Speed Is Dominating Factor.
Representatives of the companies
pointed out that the exprets business
of the United States waa carried either
on fast passenger trains or on special
express trains, the matter of speed re
ceiving greater consideration in Amer
ica than In Europe.
The testimony and figures thus far
presented by the Commission's Investi
gators tended to Indicate a belief on
their part that the companies should
adopt m flat rate, nppllcable to various
cones to be established either volun
tarily by the companies or by order of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
POLICE CHANGES IN WIND
A Glimpse
of -Sprin
Yesterday the express brought to us a few of
Spring's first offerings of ladies' tailored suits and
coats. We're glad they came in with these sun
shiny days; you'll be glad, too, when you see them;
they give visible assurance that Spring her way.
The buying began before we could get them fairly opened.
Gome in today and see them. We will be delighted to
show them to you.
Ladies' Man-Tailored Spring Suits
$30 to $50
Handsome blue serges both in plain and fancy effects;
charming tailored models in fancy weaves, among which
there are a number of artistic color combinations.
Ladies' Man -Tailored Spring Goats
$15, $18, $20
New light-weight tweeds in both plain and fancy effects;
cream serges in plain effects and with hairline stripes;
tailored coats in navy and in black.
AH are shown on the Third Floor elevator service.
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Morrison at Fourth Street
Chicago Commission Would Take
Department Oat oj Politics.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1. The City Clvll
Rervlce Commission, -which for weeks
has been Investigating; the Police De-
partment, i preparing; to submit to
Mayor Harrison a plan for the admlnla
tratlon of police affairs through a
Board of Commissioners.
The removal of the department from
politics Is one of the objects aimed at.
A feature of the project Is the reduc
tion of the present power of the C.hlel
of Folic, making him more a disci
plinarian than Its director of ways and
means.
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Arcs inUse Jannary3 1, 19 12 8541
Installed January 31, 1912 27
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