TTTR MORNTXO ORFGOXTAN. TITtTRSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Warfield, walnut, for 8185
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Waltham, oak S250
Waltham, mahogany, S265
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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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the Importation of American and Canadian
apples.
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Always a full quart of
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