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... POTtTT.AXD. PRECOX. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RESULT OF TAR'S
VISIT IS CHEERING
All New York Leaders
But One in Line.
SPEECH HAS HELPED CHANCES
New Jersey Organizes to Com
bat Roosevelt Movement.
BARNES IS FOR PRESIDENT
Perry Heath. Homo From Extended
Journey. Says Success Will Be
More Sore When Fale
Idea Are Dissipated.
TVASHTNTTOV. Feb. 1 (Special.)
President Taft returned to Washington
today from hla speeehmaklng trtp to
Nw Tork enthusiastic over bis recep
tion. His political advisers character
lard the trip as the most successful
from the etandpolnt of party politics
yet made by the President Into New
Tork City, and they predict that ef
fect of the Presidents speech would be
brneflclal to hla personal interests
throughout the country.
Mom significant Immediate result of
the trip, as they saw It. waa the or
cnlsllon of the Business Mens" Taft
flub In New Jersey, which will begin
at once to combat the Roosevelt force.
Mew Tr It Lea-era for Taft.
In New Tork all the big party lead
ers except National Committeeman
Ward, are for the President, it Is said,
and friends of Mr. Taft are authority
for the statement that Ward Is the
only leader hanging back from the Taft
hoonv. They assert that William Barnes.
Jr. chairman of the state committee,
tlthough not publicly committed to the
r-esldent. Is In reality favorable to bis
nomination.
An Influential Senator who la sup
porting Roosevelt for the Republican
nomination said that If Taft sot the
delegates from New Tork State, Colonel
Roosevelt might not be heard from la
the convention next June.
Heath Reports oa Baalaeas.
Some Interesting Information as to
political and business conditions
throughout the country waa presented
to President Taft by Perry Heath, ex
Assistant Postmaster-General, who has
Just returned to Washington from an
Investigating trip that took him Into
to states. Business, ho told President
Taft. waa baiting because of a feeling
of uncertainty as to what Congress or
the President might do. He added that
he found much misunderstanding of
the Administration and soma misrep
resentations of Its attitude, but be
lieved that. if Republican leaders would
make a campaign to dissipate these
false Ideas the chances of success would
be Increased.
RUSSIAN QUITS IN HUFF
"Bah!" Says SmlroTf as Liner Bears
Him St. Petersborgward.
NBTW TORK. Feb? 1 J. (Special.)
Plmltrl Smirnoff, former Russian tenor
of the Metropolitan, sailed for home
on the liner Kronprlns Wllhelm today
after breaking his f 1200-a-performance
contract with the Metropolitan Opera
Company.
He said he bad been forced to break
the contract because of annoyances and
petty persecutions to which he was
subjected by the Italian element In
fhe management of the Metropolitan.
Not only has he not been permitted
to appear In his favorite roles. In
"Faust" and "The Barber of Seville.
but the management refused to pro
duce "Boris Godoaoff." the Russian
opera, in which he attained fame.
"It Is the land of Italians." he said,
looking back at the roofs of Manhat
tan. "It Is the land of the square
deal nut at all. Farrar can tell you.
So can Dsstlon. but the climax came
when Mrs. Wbltelaw Reld selected me
to sing before the Duka of Connsught,
Instead of Caruso. Gadskl sang there,
too. and that Increased hard feeling,
tor Gadskl Is not an Italian."
ANTARCTIC TO BE PROBED
Americans Wonld Ascertain Whether
Crocker Land Really Exists.
NKW YORK. Feb. II. (Special.)
I nJrr the auspices of the American
Museum of Natural History and the,
American Geographical Society and
with the backing of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt. Admiral Robert 11 Peary
end many other prominent persons.
Oenrge Borup and D. B. MacMlllan
will start In July on a polar expedi
tion for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not Crocker land really
exists.
Eminent geographers declare that
this question Is the greatest geo
graphical Issue yet remaining to be
solvxi. The object of the tour Is to
reach and map Crocker Land, la the
South Polar seas, northwest of Grant
Itnl. and to make such scientific stud
ies on the wsy and in other por
tions of the Antarctic aa the attending
circumstances will permit. The psrty
Is to leavo Fydney. N. 8. W, by spe
cial steamer about July 10.
WHAT'S INSIDE TOY
DOLLS? 2 MEN CRY
THEY'RE GLAD WHKN THEt
FIVD BULLET OF LEAD.
Alaska lawyer's Tiny Daughter
Eat. Plathing'i "Innards."
Father and Doctor in Panic.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. II (Special.)
U P. Shackelford, a dignified attor
ney of Juneau. Alaska, and Dr. J. I
Waller, the equally dignified house
physician of the Falace Hotel, clamored
frantically at the doors of a Sutter
street department store tonight for per
mission to go inside and see what some
little mechanical dolls were stuffed
with.
Their desire for such knowledge was
the result of a similar desire on the
part of tha Infant daughter of Attor
ney Shackelford, after her mother had
bought for her one of the dolls In the
afternoon. Tha baby's curiosity im
pelled her to investigate for the pur
pose of finding out what caused the
manikin to stand always upright. Hav
ing found the cause, she swallowed It
and promptly went Into convulsions.
Then arose the eagerness of father
and physician to learn what had been
In the doll, knowing that It had gone
Into baby Margaret. A night watch
man at tha store was made to see the
urgency of the case and opened the
door. A frantic rush was made for
the toy department, another of the lit
tle dolls ripped open and a round,
lead bullet revealed.
The seekers afterward returned to
the little patient, their anxiety al
layed. They feared the child had
swallowed quicksilver and might suf
fer mercurial poisoning. It Is not be
lieved Margaret will suffer any serious
effects from her experiment.
MORSE OFF FOR EUROPE
Bank wrecker and Wife Co Aboard
steamer Secret Ij.
NEW YORK. Feb. II. Charles W.
Morse, the bank wrecker, whoaa 15
years- sentence In the Federal peniten
tiary at Atlanta waa commuted recent
ly on account. of Illness, boarded the
Hamburg-American liner steamer Kal
serin Augusta Victoria tonight to sail
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for
Europe.
He win take the bath treatment at
Bad Nauheim. In Germany.
After spending less than a week In
New York. Morse outwitted newspa
permen for several hours tonight. Ha
and his wife, son and physician left
the Morse apartments In a taxtcab,
taking four large trunks with them.
It waa aald at the apartments that Mr.
Morse bad Intimated that he waa going
to Atlantic City, but later It waa
learned that Mr. and Mrs. Morse were
aboard tha Kalserln Augusts Victoria,
at Hoboken. N. J, pier.
Dr. A, W. Fowler, who accompanied
Mr. Morse from Atlanta. Ga last week
and who placed Mr. and Mrs. Morse
aboard the steamer tonight, said that
ha did not plan to accompany the
banker and his wife to Europe. Dr.
Fowler said that Charles W. Morse, Jr,
would not accompany his father.
FARMERS FIGHT FOR CARS
One Man's SknII Broken in Battle
Over Grain Blockade.
REG IN A. Sa.sk.. Feb. II. In a
pitched battle among 100 Gallclan
Krencb and Doukhobor farmers at
Blaine Lake, one Doukhobor suffered
a broken skull and It Is said he will
die.
Stones, clubs, bottles and whips were
used by the combantants In the fight,
which waa over the posseaalon of grain
cara.
Two hundred cars are needed at
Blaine Lake to carry off the surplus
grain and only a scattering few ar
rived there yesterday. As the first
man reaching the car fis entitled to
have his grain carried away In it,
there waa a general ruah of farmers
when the cars pulled In.
MAN BLIND; PONT KNOW IT
Youth Who Shot Out Both Eyes Be
lieves He Will Recover Sight.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. II. (Special.)
J. Robert Atkinson, the Helena,
Mont, young man who shot out both
eyes about three weeks ago. when he
attempted to commit suicide, has so
far recovered at the County Hospital
that he will bo able to leavo that Insti
tution this week.
Atkinson does not know that he has
bean blinded for life. He falls to re
member the shooting. Mrs. Atkinson,
the mother, will arrive In Los Angeles
this week and take her son home.
Atkinson said today: "I'm going to
leave heret then, and employ a special
ist. My, but wouldn't it be awful to
bo blind all your life?"
WASTE IS LOST TO ROADS
Tar Worth Twelve Millions .Not
Saved by Coke Oven.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. As sn. evi
dence of waste In this country. Provost
Hubbard, chemist of the United States
Bureau of Good Roads, today pointed
to the fact that more than S00.000.000
gallons of tar, which could be used In
road building, la being lost yearly In
tha roke ovens of the country. Valued
at 2.4 rents a gallon, this Is a monetary
loss of $12,000,000.
Germany Is far in advance of this
country, he said. In the use of by
products of roke ovens, and exports to
tha United States alone tar products to
tha value of several mlllon dollars a
year.
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MRSL SCHIff NAMED
IN EX-VALET CASE
Brandt May Be Tried as
Burglar Again.
BREATH OF SCANDAL HEARD
New Yorker Courts Investiga
tion of Circumstances.
JUDGE R0SALSKY SCORED
Supreme Court Jnstice Reserves De
cision on Convict's Pica for
Freedom, but- Doubts Trial
Court's Jurisdiction.
NEW YORK. Feb. II. After serving
nearly Ave years In prison for burglary
a: the home of Mortimer L. Schlff.
where he formerly was employed as a
valet. Foulke E. Brandt may be tried
again to determine If he la guilty of
the crime to which he confesaed and
for which he ia under , sentence to
serve 10 years In prison.
Judge Rosalsky of the court of gen
eral sessions, who sentenced Brandt,
ordered today the withdrawal of
Biandt's plea of guilty and the sub
stitution of a plea of not guilty for
a new trial. This action was taken
two hours after Justice Glrard of the
Supreme Court bench had reserved de
cision on an application for Brandt's
release on a writ of habeas corpus
with the comment that he was "almost
convinced" that the trial court had
not had jurisdiction in sentencing
Brandt on his plea, unsupported by
evidence.
A feature of today's developments
was the appearance of Judge Alton
B. Parker in behalf of Mortimer I
Schlff, who, he declared. Is anxious to
have the case sifted to tha bottom In
order that "false and Infamous scan
dals" might be proved untrue.
Governor Dlx. who previously re
fused to interfere In Brandt's behalf,
today appointed Justice Gerard as a
commissioner to hear Brandt's applica
tion for clemency, which waa regarded
as a move to take the case out of
Judge Rosalskys-hands.
Altsa B. Parker Speaks.
According to Judge Parker, Mr.
Schlff always has stood ready to "In
ject himself Into an application for
clemency, based on grounds of con
trition and reformation. Instead.
Brandt attempted to gain sympathy
by posing as a martyr under the in
famous suggestion that Brandt's pres
ence In my client's house waa to keep
an appointment with one dearer than
life itself."
Judge Parker added that while- his
client had sought to prevent "exposure
of charges so vile and outrageous, but
thst be now hopes for a trial that will
enable the public to Judge the
prisoner's crime and vindicate his
honor and that of his wife."
Judge Parker read a long; letter from
Mr. Schlff In which Mr. Schlff said:
"The facts are simple. Brandt wrote
(Concluded on Pace 8.)
I'LL BE
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RDAY'S Maximum temperature. So
decrees; minimum. 45 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds.
Foreiga.
French deputies vote to curb naval con
struction. Page 4.
Chinese people pay little attention to change
of Government. Page 4.
Foreign Consuls In Durangn, Mex., appeal
for protection. Page. 3.
Asqulth about to retire from Premiership,
Britain believes. Page 12.
National.
Jamta J. Hill tells steel committee era of
competition will outlast present laws.
Page 1.
Sweeping changes made In reniocratlo chem
ical tariff bill. Page 2.
Aiisona to be made state today. Page 2.
. Domestic
Thirty hurt In Great Northern train wreck
in South Dakota. Page 5.
Dynamite arreata acheduled for today; de
fendants number 64, Page 6.
Urn Schlff named In case of ex-valet of
Brandt. Page 1.
Politic.
MaeVeagh says Roosevelt cannot and will
not run against Taft. Page 2.
luffs advisers much encouraged by result
of New Tork visit. Pag 1.
Pdflo Northwest.
Tax commission finishes labors at Salem.
Page .
Sport.
Irvlngton Club to build II 00.000 clubhouse.
Page T.
Oak's Infield Is worry to new Manager
Sharps. Page 7.
Mike Gibbons has better of ten-round go
with Freddy Hicks. Page 7.
Team owners to meet In Chicago today to
discuss trades. Page 7.
Referee declarea Holland-Berg fight draw,
but crowd Insists Astoria lad won. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Portland grain receipts pass 10,000-car mark.
Page 1.
Wheat drops sharply at Chicago on large
receipts and bearish cables. Page 19.
Stock market tradera turn to bull aide.
Page 10.
Portland flrma hope to obtain contracts to
repair and overhaul steamers Beaver and
Bear. Page IS.
Portland and Wlnity.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Poorman le made
Colonel of Third Oregon regiment.
Page IX
Four firemen burned In testing wall made
of fire-proofing material. Page 1.
Oregon Irrigation Congress next week to
attract delegates from all parts of state.
Page 10.
Library Association decides to retain new
library site at Tenth and Yamhill.
Pag 14.
Republican state central committee plans
friendly suit to test National convention
law. Page 9.
United States Senator C. E. Townsend. of
Michigan, and Representative David J.
Foster, of Vermont, to stump Oregon
for Taft. Page 14.
Elks name 17 committees to plan for deco
ration of city for convention. Page 18.
Water Board turns down Robert Wakefield
A Company's 4 14,000 reservoir claim.
Pag 10.
Defunct Orchard Company secretary and
director In truse firm arrested here.
Page 1.
Vast plan of settlement started by De
velopment Leagues. - Page 11.
Vancouver couple celebratea golden wedding
anniversary. Page A.
Four Columbia Rlvsr Orchard Company pro
moters arrested on Federal warrants.
Page 1.
Government may aend farm expert. Investi
gator and educator to Instruct Oregon
farmers. Page 18.
GRAND JURY PROBES CLASH
Evidence Favors Railway Employes
Rather Than Strikers.
ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.)
With over 30 witnesses thus far ex
amined. District Attorney Brown said
tonight that ha expected to conclude tha
examination of' witnesses before the
grand Jury in the several cases result
ing from Sunday night's clash between
Southern Pacific employes and striking
shopmen late tomorrow.
Most of the 20 witnesses examined
today were disinterested parties who
chanced to be In the vicinity of the
trouble at the time it occurred. In a
majority of Instances. It Is said, those
witnesses gave evidence favorable to
the accused railway employes. Intense
Interest Is manifest in the outcome of
the investigation, and the evidence ad
duced is said to be somewhat conflict
ing. .
YOUR VALENTINE, IF YOU "WILL
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HILL SEES i END
OF COMPETITION
Railway Man Says Fit
test Will Survive.'
HUMAN NATURE NOT CHANGED
Cancellation of Ore Lease
Causing No Mourning.
LIFE WORK NEARLY DONE
Witness Says He Will Be Angel With
Red and White Feathers in His
Wings Before He .Goes
' Into Steel Business.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. James J.
Hill told the Stanley Investigating
committee today that he would be a
"first-class angel with red and white
wings" before he would go in the steel
business, and predicted that competition
would be the rule long after the pres
ent laws were wiped off the statute
books.
Mr. Hill's last day of testimony was
replete with the sage expressions for
which he is noted.
He said that the stockholders of the
Great Northern Railroad were not
"wearing any crepe" because the
United States Steel Corporation in its
fright had cancelled the Great North
ern ore lease.
Day of Hard Work Over.
"You will be in a comfortable po
sition, no matter whether the lease Is
cancelled or not, won't you?" Chair
man Stanley suggested. "You could
start a steel company of your own with
400.000,000 tons of ore in the ground."
"I will be a first-class angel with
red and white feathers in my wings
lony before I ever consider going into
the steel business," Mr. Hill replied.
"I'll be 74 years old my next birthday
and I don't mind telling you that I've
done about all the bard work I Intend
to do In this life."
Just before the railroad builder was
excused. Representative Beall, of Texas,
called his attention to the assertion of
E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of
the Steel Corporation, and other busi
ness men, to the effect that the day of
competition was passed, and that the
time was at hand when the Government
must regulate maximum and minimum
prices of commodities.
Human Nature Not Changed.
"I think you will have to tame hu
man nature and eliminate all selfish
motives that rule human beings and
every other form of life, before you
will eliminate competition," Mr. Hill
remarked. "There will be competition
Just as long as the doctrine of the sur
vival of the fittest lasts, and that will
be operating Ions after all our pres
ent statutes have been wiped off the
books."
"Do you think, then, it would be un
wise for the Federal Government to
assume control of business?" Mr. Beall
asked.
"I think when the Federal Govern-
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BE MINE
4 FIREMEN BURNED
IN TESTING WALL
FLAMES CATCH THEM WHEX
DOOR IS OPEXED.
Taddy" Byrd, Hoscman, May lose
Eye All Victims Belong to En
gine Company No. 13.
Four firemen were severly burned,
one of whom may lose an eye, as the
result of an explosion in a firewall
test yesterday afternoon. Two were
so severely injured by the backdraft
of flame that they were taken to St.
Vincent's Hospital. The others being
taken care of at the house of Engine
Company 13. of which they are mem
bers. The Injured are:
C. F. Neale, captain of Engine Com
pany 13.
Otto Wesel, lieutenant of the com
pany. J. T. Dolphy, hose man.
M. ("Faddy") Byrd, hoseman.
Dolphy and Byrd were rushed to the
hospital immediately after the accident-
One of Byrd's eyes is so severe
ly injured that it is thought he will
lose it. Dolphy is badly burned about
the face and hands. Lieutenant Wesel
and Captain Neale are badly burned
about the face and head, and their
hands are injured. Dr. John W. Slfton
attended the injured.
Members of the company were en
gaged in testing a system of firewalls
at Alblna avenue and River street,
when the backdraft from burning ma
terial inside the testing building blew
through the door at which they were
standing playing a ' hose upon the
flames. All were knocked backward
and the flames seized .upon their hair
and clothes.
A building, of flreproofing material
had been built on the vacant lot at the
corner to test the quality of the ma
terial. A fire to reach the highest
heat had been built in it, in accord
ance with the requirements of the fire
wall ordinance and was allowed to
burn two hours to test the quality of
the firewall material.
When the two-hour test was com
pleted, the place was opened, and a
stream of water, of 30 pounds pressure,
was turned upon the flames.
When the steam, arising from the
Inside of the almost alrproof building,
acquired strength, it burst out in an
explosion which blew flame and hot
water over the four firefighters about
the door.
$1675 LOOT IS RECOVERED
Pnrse and Keys Found In Room
Three Blocks From Theft Scene.
Stolen on the 7th of the month and
recovered on the 13th, with 13 cents
still left in a leather purse which was
taken with them, bonds, receipts and
notes valued at SI 675 were recovered
by Detectives Litherland and Van
Ovexn last night in a hotel at Sixth
and Taylor streets. The money, S31,
taken with the papers, was gone, but
the keys by which the thief had en
tered the room of Mrs. M. M. Root,
landlady of the Rowland Hotel, at
Fourth and Salmon streets, and un
locked the bureau drawer in which she
kept the valuables, were laid beside
the papers.
The papers, money and stamps were
taken from the room of Mrs. Root Feb
ruary 7, while she was absent. The
thief had keys both to her room and
the bureau, entering while she was ab
sent for five minutes. The spoil in
cluded a note for $300. $900 in receipts,
$475 In bonds of the Oregon Trust Com
pany, $31 in cash and $2 in stamps.
The. stamps and money had disap
peared. COUNTY 'WET'; BANK FAILS
Sudden Withdrawal of Funds to Buy
Licenses Too Heavy Strain.
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 13. Liquor is
held responsible for th closing of the
state bank at Elk City, Idaho County,
on February 8. The sudden withdrawal
of funds to purchase saloon licenses
following an election in which the
county went "wet" crippled the bank,
it Is said.
State Bank Examiner Piatt ordered
the suspension of the Kendrlck State
Bank of Kendrlck. Idaho, last week.
It was carrying personal notes of the
officers and directors to the amount of
$25,000. Both institutions may be able
to resume business, it is said, when tlte
examiner finishes his Investigation.
WIRE SAVES
MAN'S LIFE
Bridgeworker's Fall
Cable.
Stopped, by
Death seemed the assured portion ot
Karl H. Boeckel yesterday morning
when he started to fall from the new
Oregon-Washington railroad bridge
with a sheer drop of 130 feet beneath
him. Whirling end over end through
space, Boeckel dropped 25 feet, when
he was stopped by a steel cable to
which he managed to cling. Finding
himself almost unhurt he crawled to
a safe place and asked for his hat. ,
Boeckel is a steelworker on the
bridge and he resumed his work soon
after' his fall but later he felt badly
and quit t9 the day.
BANKER MAKES GRAINBAGS
Welty, in Walla Walla Prison, Will
Learn Use of Hands.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. 13. A.
J. Welty, the Bellingham ex-banker,
was' put to work in the Jute mill at the
prison today.
For a few days he will learn the use
of the machines and later may be as
signed to one. All the men possible
are being worked in the mill now.
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ORCHARD
FAILURE SEIZED
Government Arrests
Biehl and Others.
BAD USE OF MAIL CHARGED
Federal Warrants Also Issued
for Three More.
BIG CRUSADE PROMISED
United States District Attorney Mc
Court Says Action Is Only Be
ginning of "Housecleaning."
$3,000,000 Steal Alleged.
Eradication of snide real estate com
panies and unscrupulous promotion
schemes and the appropriate punish
ment of the guilty are the purposes
of a crusade inaugurated by United
States District Attorney McCourt and
which resulted yesterday In the arrest
of two officers each of the Columbia
River Orchard Company and the Ore
gon Inland Development Company. Ar
rests were made on warrants issued by
the United States Commissioner, al
leging the fraudulent use of the United
States mails.
A. J. Biehl and H. H. Humphrey, of
the Columbia River Orchard Company;
J. T. Conway and H. H. Riddell, presi
dent and general manager and secre
tary respectively of the Oregon In
land Development Company were
placed under arrest yesterday by
United States Marshall Scott and re
leased under bonds.
Biehl and Humphrey will appear be
fore United States Commissioner Can
non at 2 o'clock this afternoon for a
preliminary hearing. A definite time
has not been fixed for the appearance
of Conway and Riddell. In the opinion
of the Federal authorities there is lit
tle doubt but that the accused will be
held to report to the Federal grand
Jury, which is now in session.
Warrants Out for DeLarm.
Unserved warrants have been issued
for the arrest of W. E. DeLarm, presi
dent, and G. C. Hodges, another officer
of the orchard company, and Frank
Richert, president and treasurer of the
development company. DeLarm Is sup
posed to be in Canada and Hodges is
suspected by Mr. McCourt to have
crossed the boundary about three weeKs
ago. Richert Is supposed to be in Wash
ington, D. C, or some other Eastern
city.
The arrests yesterday were but the
beginning of a general "housecleaning"
of real estate and general promotion
companies promised by Mr. McCourt,
who is being loyally assisted in his
investigations by Postal Inspectors
Clement and Durand. The possibilities
of the crusade started by the Federal
prosecutor can only be surmised. Its
extent depends entirely on how much
the malls have been used in exploiting
the crooked schemes.
"So many complaints have reached
my office of tho operations of crooked
real estate and promotion companies
that I have resolved to make a
thorough investigation," said Mr. Mc
Court yesterday. "I shall continue the
work already started and wherever I
find that tho postal laws have been
violated in the promotion of these
'get-rlch-qulck' schemes It may be de
pended upon that vigorous prosecution
of the offenders will follow. I am de
termined that the good name of tho
state shall not be further besmirched
by the questionable operations of these
unscrupulous money-getting concerns."
Crooked Work Alleged.
Mr. McCourt said yesterday that his
investigation of the records of the Col
umbia River Orchard Company had
satisfied himself of the crooked work
of the corporation, which manifestly
had succeeded in floating bonds to the
amount of about $3,000,000 and had
assets to the amount of not exceeding
$250,000.
Tho operations of the orchard com
pany, according to Mr. McCourt, were
conducted through a three-cornered
organization. In each spoke of the
money-getting combination the officers
of one alleged corporation also had an
official relation to one or both of the
others, so that all the bondbuyer had
to do was to "dig" and his contribu
tion went to the group that really man
aged the three companies.
According to the records seized by
the Federal District Attorney's office,
the Washington Orchard Irrigation Sc
Fruit Company was first of three com
panies to assume corporate shape. It
was organized under the laws of South
Dakota, with its principal office at Se
attle. Then followed the organization
of the Columbia River Orchard Com
pany, under the laws of Washington,
with offices also at Seattle. When
these two companies had been formed,
the third spoke in the wheel was fur5
nlshed through the formation of the
Oregon & Washington Trust Company,
which was organized under the laws of
Oregon with headquarters at Portland.
Blehl Had High Offices.
Biehl is secretary of the Columbia
River Orchard Company and was for
merly secretary of the Washington Or
chard Irrigation & Fruit Company.
(Concluded on Face 13.)