TTTR MORNTXO ORFGOXTAN. TITtTRSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912. y CANADIAN DENIES LORIMER PERJURY McGowan Repudiates Conver sation Said to Have Been Reported by Phone. THREAT LETTER IS JOKE Yoonff Man. Prfwd by Senator, Accepts Snretlon of FTrtcbcr. Detective's Ileal Character Xevcr Suspected. WASHINGTON', reb. 7. Charles Me Oowan. tH young Canadian witness, denied before the Senate Lorlraer com mittee of Investigation todar that he had ttcr admitted receiving; money for rerjurlnc himself before the committee laat July. Inatead of receiving $1500 for -perjuring"' hirnaelf. aa private de- teetlvea swore he told them. McOowaa testified, he received only $100. by a check signed -Edward illnea Lumber L'oioiiinr. br F. C. Wlehe. secretary to reimburse him for unexpected loss Incident to his presence In Washington ta teetlfr for Wlehe. McGowan admitted that he waa In hotel room In Toronto January with Detective Bailey, of whom he said he "never had a suspicion that ne waa anrthtna but what he pretended to oe. a claims agent. It waa then that Bailey swore the $1600 statement was made and J. K. SherMan awore he recorded inrh 3 tiirmnt as comlna oyer telephone apparatus from the room In which McGowan was aliened to bavs been speaking. Coaveraatloa Tople Dealed. Coder cross examination. McGowan swore that no talk occurred In the room about the Lorlmer Investigation or anything connected with It. "Nothing- said about It either by you or Bailey?" Inquired Senator Gamble. "No. sir." responded McGowan. -One of the last things you had talked about to Bailey was netting money from Wlehe and you had written Bailey you had had a settlement with Wlehe and yet Bailey never asked you how much .vou gotT" Inquired Senator Lea. "No. sir." McGowan'a accounts of the time he was In the room varied from that given by the detectives. Fasaeaa Letter Called Joke. Members of the committee subjected McGowan to prolonged examination as to a letter he wrote to Bailey after having his settlement with Wlehe. It was In this letter. McGowan said, la speaking of the Hlnes people's coming to McGowan'a home In Toronto, that i he had written: "By gee. they would have been shown what forced hospital ity was. The old shotgun would have been loaded with a couple of Peters No. 2; I made them ro'me across at that not all I expected, though and I had a bell of a time getting It. too. Had to threaten him with all kinds of. ex posure." i McGowan finally said the suggestion of Senator Fletcher that the letter waa a Joke was correct. McGowan said the threat of exposure was not made to Wlehe, but to M. J. Shields. ABERDEEN TO HAVE FETE Union Depot's Completion and Se curing; of Steamer Lino Cause. ABERDEEN. Wash- Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) To mark the completion of the new union depot here and the assur ance of the Installation of a packet steamship line by the American-Hawaiian Company, business jnen of Aberdeen are planning the largest cele bration In the history of the city. The celebration la expected to attract the attention of the entire Paclflo North west. The plan conceived some time ago that the city "trade" a few young women with Aberdeen, S. D. and ar range for the visitors to be her during the Jubilee. Is expected to be carried out. Invltatlona to be present win be extended to railroad officials at Port land, Seattle and Tacoma. FEDERAL PHONES FAVORED Head of Independent Association Impressed by Proposal. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. President Man ford Savage, of the National Indepen dent Telephone Association, declared today In an address before that body that the proposal of Postmaster-General Hitchcock to make the telegraph companies part of the I'nlted States postal service would be of great bene fit both to the public and the telephone com pan lea "The Importance of trying to secure this link that shall bind us together to the uttermost part of ths Nation and still reserve the principle of home rule for local telephone companies deserves rur most careful attention." said Presi dent Savage. "It would enable ua to transmit telephone message to any part of the Nation at fair rates by re laying the messages by telegraph when necessary." Its unexpended appropriation and En gineer Elliott discovered soon after ward that he was some $900 short for completion of work. "Rather than have the work stop, citizens In these states. Interested In the rnmoletlon of the project, ad- vanced the money and later were car ried on the payroll as employes unaer the appropriation for the next year. With the money thus secured, the men who advanced the money were reim bursed." uprrloa mt Reports Charged. The charges made by Clark and Rep resentative Borthwlek were that de partment officials had suppressed re ports on the drainage situation be cause they did not need the approval of land promoters. Thousands of acres of Everglade lands, priced at millions of dollars, have been sold all over the United States b promotion syndicates. So widespread was the selling campaign that the Department of Agriculture re ceived thousands of Inquiries for an of ficial opinion on the value of the lands, and aent engineers to the Everglades to make reports. The proposed Investigation and the charges of suppression of reports and undue Influence of land promoters grow out of their work, although De partment of Agriculture officials main tain that Elliott and Morehouse were dismissed and F. K. Singleton, an ao countant. was suspended on a technical charge of transference of public funds. The men say that a few hundred PQINDEXTEH AGAIN SUFFERS SETBACK Reappointment of Cole to Spo kane Land Office Direct Slap at Senator. FISHER REJECTS RANCK Vancouver Editor Declared Objec tionable Because lie Has Criti cised Administration's Mo tives In Ills Paper. A. Linn i in "liiaiii X Charles Xagek Secretary ef Cns- T aaerca aad Labor, A horn Prest ! aVat rrobably Will ame to X Saereed J astir Harlaa. : i dollars were transferred from one fund to another to carry on work for which money was running short, and there Is no charge that any of them profited by the transfer. Secretary Wtlsea Waraa Investors, At the Department of Agriculture to day attention waa directed to a printed circular which It Is said Secretary Wil son bad sent out to all who wrote to the department for Information as to the agricultural value of the Everglades land. "The, department believes that the drainage of the Everglades Is feasible from an engineering standpoint." the circular letter read, "but has no opin ion to offer as to the value of the lands for agriculture when drained. "The department has never investi gated advertising land companies and Is unable to furnish Information as to the reliability of many of them. No one should ii.veat money In land anwhere without seeing It first and studying all ths surrounding conditions." INQUIRY IS TO BE MADE Cwtlnqgd From First Pago ther Investigation, radically changed his position, and the experts of the bu reau of plant Industry familiar with Florida conditions disagreed with both Mr. Wright and Mr. Elliott. "Elliott and Moorehouse were dis missed by the Secretary of Agriculture because they had certified and pre sented false accounts, knowing them to be false, on which the Government had paid out moneys. Not only did they know the accounts were false, bnt they procured the persons to make the false accounts, telling these persons that they would receive money for their trouble. They admit they did this: they concealed their unlawful acta from their chief. Dr. A. C. True, and when Dr. True discovered the facts, he recommended their dismissal. "The Secretary dismissed them and ss there was a violation of the law In volved, sent all the facts and papers In his possession to the Attorney-General for certification to the District Attorney to prosecute and for such other action as the District Attorney might deem proper. "The charge against the dismissed men Is that they misapplied an appro priation. In 190$ the drainage division lent to ths Irrigation division soma of LOfJG SEARCH FOR 2EfJDS MEN- WANTED IX OKLAIIOMA CAIHJHT NEAR CIIE1IALIS. Sheriff Crqubart and Depnty Make Clever Catch One Arrested at Home of Sweetheart. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) After a search extending over the Western Coast and lasting for nearly three years. Sheriff H. W. Ur quhart and Deputy Sheriff Tom Foster tonight arrested William and Jesse Holcomb. who are wanted In Cherokee County. Oklahoma, charged with as sault, with Intent to kill, on the person of Silas D. Meigs, The crime was com mitted February li. 10. The arrest of the brothers followed the swearing out of a search warrant by Carl Schwartz, who lives on a farm about four miles north of Centralla. in Thurston County. Schwarts bad reason to believe that goods which had been stolen, amounting to over $125. wers hidden on the farm of John Collins, about two miles north of Centralis. In his conversation with Sheriff Urquhart he stated that A. W. Cells waa staying at the Collins place, who bad two brothers-in-law there also, by the name of William and Jesse Holcomb and that they were from Oklahoma. When the name of Holcomb was mentioned. Sheriff Urquhart grabbed his hat and gun and. taking along a deputy, visited ths farm In question as soon as the fastest automobile in the county could c-arrv hlra there. Neither one of the brothers was there at the time, but Jesse Holcomb was found and arrested at his father's place up ths Hannaford alley. By some mesns telephone communi cation was suddenly cut off from ths father's place with Centralla and at the home of his sweetheart, a Miss Miller, living on King street. In the southern part of the city. William Holcomb was found and arrested. There are two warrants for the arrest of Wil liam Holcomb, one for bis arrest, charged Jointly with his brother with assault with Intent to kill, and the other with the selling of mortgaged property, both Issued from Cherokee County. Oklahoma. The Holcomb brothers are now con fined In Ja.ll here. .They admit they are the men wanted In Oklahoma, but say the charge there doea not amount to much. The goods for which Schwarts was hunting were not found. Early t'matllla Settler Honored. TENDLETON. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) "Goodwin" Is to be the name of the new station on the O.-W. R. & N. at the site of the Eastern Oregon branch asylum. Such waa the announcement made here tonight by Jack O'Neill, traveling passenger agent. The sta tion Is being named In honor of Moses Goodwin, one of the earliest Umatilla County settlers. The tract of land to be used by the branch asylum Is bis old homestead. Volunteers Hold Reunion. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) The annual reunion of a dosen members of Company G, First Wash ington Volunteers of the Spanish American War, was held last night at the home of Arthur H. Fletcher. At the supper J. J. Cairns presided aa toast mas tar. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 7. Senator Polndexter bumped the patronage bumps again today. He received notification from Secretary Fisher this morning that the Secretary Intended advising against the sppolntment of Glen M. Ranck aa re ceiver of the Vancouver Land Office, and when he got to the capltol found that the President had renominated Hal J. Cole aa register of the Spokane land office. Several weeks ago Polndexter, with the concurrence of Senator Jones, rec ommended the appointment of Ranck, but soon after the recommendation waa made protests were filed with ths President and clippings from Ranck'a newspaper criticising and attacking the Taft Administration were sent to the White House. These were turned over to Secretary Fisher, who con cluded that on account of those publi cations Ranck should not be appointed. He told Polndexter today that he ob jected to Ranck, not because he had criticised the Administration, but be cause he had questioned Its motives. What Senator Polndexter Intends to do about Ranck he will not say. but be la disposed to fight. Jones ta Make Personal Appeal. Senator Jones, who Joined In recom mending Ranck. Intends to urge Ranck's appointment notwithstanding Fisher's objection. He will carry the matter personally to the President. Ths reappointment of Cole was a bitter pill to Polndexter, especially aa Senator Jones several weeks ago told the President that be did not care to make any recommendations for that land office, but would give way to Senator Polndexter, that being Poln- dexters home town. Neither Jones nor Polndexter was consulted about cole and ths first Intimation they had that be was to be retained come when his nomination was laid before the benate this afternoon. It was explained that Cole was reappointed solely on the rec ommendation of Secretary fisner ana Land Commissioner Bennett. Cole, It Is known. Is objectionable to Polndex ter, as he has been Identified with an ODDOslna Dolitlcal Taction. no waa aDDOlnted originally on recommenda tion of Senator Ankeny and prior to that had been one of Ankenys cam paign managers. Attack oa Taft Is Plaanad. Senator Polndexter declines to dis cuss these matters for publication, but In a few daya he la to make a speecn In Ohio and at that time tntenda to attack the Admlnlatratlon and charge that It Is withholding patronage from Insurgent Republicans, notwithstand ing the famous letter or rnvaie sec retary Norton. He will cite these, among other cases, as proof of his charge. It Is also reported mat unless me Administration changes Its attitude. Polndexter may bold up the nomination of Representative Humphrey as Fed eral Judge for Western Washington. If that nomination Is sent in. Up to the present time there Is nothing to Indi cate that the President has changed his mind in regard to Humphrey and Hum phrey's appointment Is expected soon. - , FRUIT TREES ARE TAXABLE Washington Commission Roles Ex emption Not Valid. OLTMPIA. Feb. 7. (Special.) Fruit trees In Washington are not to be ex empt from assessment for taxation pur poses. The state tax commission so ruled In a formal opinion to the As sessor of Chelan County. It has been the custom In many sections of the state to exempt fruit trees, but there Is no suthorlty for this under ths constitution snd Supreme Court de cisions, holds the state tax commission, although the Legislature did pass a law exempting them. The tax commission cites a decision of the Supreme Court to show that tha Legislature has no power to exempt any property from taxation. It Is an nounced by ths commission that some counties havs exempted fruit trees, while In other counties the trees are, taxed. LINE EXTENSION PLANNED Electric Road From Boise to Walla Walla Believed Move. BAKER, Or, Feb. 7. (Special.) That the Kuhn Brothers, of Pittsburg, are planning to extend their electric, line from Boise to Walla Walla Is said to be the reason why Major Fred K. Reed, their Western business representative, visited Baker yesterday. It la known that In the fight with the Mainlands, the Kuhns wish to push a road down the Snake and Powder rivers from Huntington to Baker, and then on to La Grande and later through to Spokane. While Reed refused to give out any Information, he passed much time whlls hers gathering Information. NAGEL TO BE NOMINATED (Continued From First Page.) state had withdrawn their protests against Judge Hook. Attorney-General Wlckersham and Postmaater-Oeneral Hitchcock have urged tha appointment of Mr. Nagel. Mr. Taft's only objection to the ap pointment haa been that Mr. Nagel Is 63 years old and although a lawyer of wide practice, has had no Judicial ex perience. Mr. Nagel's residence is Missouri. Hs was born In Texas In 149, but on ac count of the War spent his early youth In Mexico. He was admitted to tha j bar In 1373 and practiced in si. Louis. Except for terms In the Missouri Leg islature from 1831 to 1383 and member ship In the St. Louis City Council from 1893 to 187. he held no public offices, but was active in politics for many years. He entered President Taft's Cabinet March, i, 1909. Multnomah Hote Company Recognizes Quality and Service By using the celebrated King(fi Chairs and Furniture line of O All Oak used in KingQ&ff line grows inNorrhern Japan where winters are cold which is necessary to highest class OzJc. Cinq (?a is branded into the wood of this line and is a Guarantee of the OdJ;, Superiorityof Quat lty, Workmanship and absolute Satisfaction. from tha shops of OregonChair Co. a C H A I R S ff Zfl If i H SSI A J R . L o The Oregon Chair Co. wants every guest at the Multnomah Ho tel to see the excellent Chairs and Furniture manufactured by us. On account of high -class chairs, the demand for our KingG; ft line is beyond our greatest anticipation. The consumer surely recognizes Home Industry when accom panied by Quality. Ask for and insist on the JCingQaJft line from your dealer. Our line of Hotel and Apartment House Chairs is the best. Remember, the line that the manufacturer guarantees. OREGON CHAIR CO. 1190 Macadam Street, Portland, Oregon LIGHT SHED BY GERMANY EAGER TO CONCLUDE TREATY, SAYS SECRETARY. Had Not Arbitration Measures Been Halted In Senate, Agreement With Teutons Might Hare Been Made. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. "But for ths fact that the arbitration treaties wers halted in ths Senate, my friend, the German Ambassador, and myself would have concluded a similar treaty with Germany." Such was the emphatic declaration of Secretary of State Knox on Hobby Night at the National Press Club. The Secretary of State was making an im passioned appeal for peace and vigor ously defending; the arbitration treaties. What added to the Interest of the assertion of the Secretary of Stats was ths fact that Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, sat a few feet from him and nodded his head In acqui escence, and when the German Ambas sador was Introduced to make his speech, he departed from his prepared remarks long: enough to arlve his hearty assent to what Secretary Knox had said In regard to the proposed arbi tration treaty with Germany. While It has been known that such an agreement was under consideration by the Secretary of State and the Ger man Ambassador, this was the first time that declaration was made In such a positive manner, and its Blgnlfl- cance was more apparent because both men were present before all of the newspaper correspondents of Washing ton, and the Secretary of State was emphasizing his great Interest in be half of universal peace. When It Is recalled that the riot at the peace meeting iu New xork, wnicn IlliCIl U1LCV tion of the programme arranged, was led by a man of German birth, who gave as nis reason umi li c. v.o were Inimical to Germany, the state ment made by Secretary Knox and publicly Indorsed by the German Am bassador, becomes of greater moment. It refutes the Idea which became pre valent that the arbitration treaties were adverse to German Interests, and shows the false position in which many American citizens of German birth have been placed by the Idea that the peace treaties with England and France were antagonistic to the great German Empire. Secretary Knox and Count von Bern storff accomplished much more than they anticipated in the direction of universal peace by their appearance and words on Hobby Night at the Na tional rress Club. League May Reorganize. CHEHALIS. Wash., Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) N. B. Coffman. of thia city, chair man of the executive committee of the Southwest Washington Development Association, has appointed a committee to prepare a plan of reorganization of the association. This committee will meet at Vancouver at a date to be an nounced later, when a constitution and by-laws to meet growing conditions will probably be submitted and consid ered. W. J. Patterson, of Aberdeen; Lloyd DuBois. of Vancouver; C. J. Lord, of Olympla, and J. H. IriBler. of South Bend, are the members of the commit tee of which Mr. Coffman is chairman. Pianos! Pianos! Warf id mahogany , S 1 65 Warfield, fumed oak, S175 Warfield, walnut, for 8185 Waltham, walnut, for S250 Waltham, oak S250 Waltham, mahogany, S265 WALTHAM, 88-NOTE PLAYER, MAHOGANY, FOR S350 These are all new goods, just from factory, and are the same grade as are sold by other dealers from $265 to $650. Come in and examine them. Seeing is believing. These Prices for February Only. Seiberling - Lucas Music Co. 134 SECOND STREET THE PLACE WHERE YOUR MONEY GETS RESULTS Pianos! Pianos! Booth-Kelly Meeting Postponed. EUGENE, Or, Feb. 7. (Special.) The annual meeting of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, scheduled for yester day, was not held, the stockholders having agreed Informally to put off tha meeting until something definite Is known as to the Government's position In the railroad land grant case. Inter- estlng to the company because it hold large areas of timber lands purchased from the Oregon & California Railroad Company. Rebuilding of the Spring field mill is one of the principal Items to come before the stockholders, and this cannot be decided until It Is known definitely how much timber the company is going to have available. 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