THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3Q, 191S-
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COMPENSATION ACT
FEATURES
STUDIED
I. N. Day Points Out Objections
to Measure Proposed by
Special Commission.
LAW DEEMED NECESSARY
Fund From Which Benefits Are to
Be Paid Should Be Given, With
out State or Laborers' Aid,
by Employers, Is Belief.
Several objections to the compensa
tion act proposed by the special com
mission appointed by Governor West
are offered by I. N. Day. State Senator
elect from Multnomah County, who for
several months has made a study of
this subject. Responsive to requests
to the proper officials, Mr. Day has
received copies of compensation laws
In effect in nearly every other state
in the Union and from these measures
be expects to draft a bill of his own.
There are two features of the Com
mission's bill to which Mr. Dsy ob
jects. In the first place, he is against
a commission of three members at an
annual salary of $3600. He is. also
opposed to that feature of the bill
that has been drafted under which the
fund from which injured workmen are
to be compensated shall be contributed
to by the state, the workingman and
the employer.
One Man Deemed Enough.
It is the belief of Mr. Day that the
work to be performed by a commission
of three members can be discharged
by one man at a salary of not to ex
ceed $3600, the salary of the other two
commissioners. If necessary, to be used
In the employment of expert assistants.
'He is also inclined to the opinion that
the entire fund from which the bene
fits shall be paid should ba contributed
by the employers without state as
sistance and certainly without asses
sing laborers who are the eventual
beneficiaries of that fund.
"What the State of Oregon needs Is
a compensation law and there is no
use splitting hairs on the subject,"
said Mr. Day yesterday. "But we do
not need three high-salaried commis
sioners. One commissioner at $3600 a
year would answer the purpose and
the combined salaries of the other two
could be used, if required, to employ
necessary competent assistants.
"Whether the' employe should be
taxed at all Is another question. To
assess the employe and collect his small
part of the fund would devolve on
the employer an additional charge for
bookkeeping that would In most cases
equal the amount of the contribution.
For instance, a man earning 118 weekly
at one-tialf of 1 per cent of his earn
ings proposed in the Commission's bill
would contribute only nine cents week
ly to the fund. The work of keeping
the books and forwarding this money
by the employer would double the
amount of the employer's bookkeeping.
State's Part Dlitcassed.
"Whether the state should contribute
to the fund is still another question.
In fact, it Is largely a question of
opinion. My Judgment is that labor
that enters into the production of an
article properly Is a cost against the
production of that article. Primarily
the production of wealth is defined to
be the adaptation of natural objects to
human requirements. The other ele
ment entering into production is labor.
As society Decomes more complex and
industry more extensive, another ele
ment enters which represents the sav
ing of the people, that part of which
devoted to production is known as cap
ital. "Any injury to the workman is as
much an element in the cost of pro
duction as is the wear and tear of ma
chinery and production should pay the
compensation to labor resulting from
Injury. When a workman is incapaci
tated, society loses the benefit of his
earning capacity and the wear and tear
of humanity is as much an element in
the cost of production as the wear and
tear of machinery.
"I do not wish to be understood as
comparing a man to a piece of ma
chinery, but this is an elementary ques
tion. Leaving out the humanitarian
standpoint, society Is charged with the
support of the injured workman and
his family and It would be better that
he should be taken care of in the man
ner I have suggested than that be
should become the object of charity.
Lack of Law Felt.
"The want of a compensation law
also keeps the employe and the em
ployer apart, the family of the injured
man is kept awaiting the adjudica
tion of his rights in the court and they
both suffer from general results. The
lack of a law limiting the employers'
liability also prevents capital from en
gaging in new industries and Its ef
fects are well understood in this com
munity. For this reason, capital hesi
tates Investing in this state because of
the unlimited liability hanging over its
head. ,
"Nearly all employers now carry lia
bility insurance. With a proper com
pensf tion act, the necessity for this in
ruraiice would be removed. The sav
ing to the employers that would follow
wouM practically provide the necessary
funds required for the operation of the
compensation act.
"The proposed rule of comparative
negligence is wholly unscientific and
Impossible of reduction by mathemat
ical calculation and the determining
factor in reaching verdicts must be the
sympathy of the Jury.
"The aid of the state properly might
be Invoked in getting the law into
working order, but eventually the fund
from which compensation shall be
made must come from the employer
and be charged to the cost of produc
tion." PERS0NALMENTI0N.
Walter A. Wilson, of Newberg, is at
the Cornelius.
F. B. Carter, a pork packer of Seattle,
Is at the Portland.
F. L. Bean, a lumberman of Norway,
Or- Is at the Perkins.
Dr. D. M. Ogden, of Hoquiam, Is reg
istered at the Imperial.
John Fisher, a Gaston merchant. Is
registered at the Perkins.
Charles S. Salisbury, of New York, Is
registered at the Bowers.
Dr. E. H. White and J. S. Airheart, of
Eugene, are at the Imperial.
Leslie Butler, a Hood River banker,
is registered at the Perkins.
W. H. Bottorff. a real estate operator
of Dallas, is at the Perkins.
J. S. Cooper, a bopgrower of Inde
pendence, is at the Imperial.
Colonel J. HT Raley, an attorney of
Pendleton, is at the Perkins.
M. L. Pollock and wife, of Tacoma,
are registered at the Cornelius.
C. G. Sutherland, a St. Louis shoe
manufacturer. Is at the Oregon.
William G. Northrup. a Seattle auto
mobile agent. Is at the Bowers.
J. K. Simpson, a lumberman of
Stevenson, Is at the Portland, accom
panied by Mrs. Simpson.
L. I. Jackson, a merchant of Junction
City, is registered at the Perkins.
H. C. Coffman. a railroad man of Che
halis, is registered at the Imperial.
S. Schmidt, a salmon packer of As
toria, is registered at the Portland.
John W. Parker, a real estate oper
ator of Roseburg, is at the Oregon.
Dr. Frank E. Brown, of Council,
Idaho, is registered at the Oregon.
Dr. and Mrs. August Kinney, of As
toria, are registered at the Portland.
Dr. H. M. Crooks, president of Albany
College, is registered at the Cornelius.
George Ferris, an Insurance adjuster
of Burlington, Iowa, Is at the Bowers.
George Stoddard, a lawyer of La
Grande, is registered at the Multnomah.
John Hartman, an attorney of Ta
coma. is registered at the Multnomah.
J. R. Molera, a San Francisco wine
merchant. Is registered at the Multno
mah. E. Robblns. a Molalla merchant. Is at
the Oregon, accompanied by Mrs. Rob
bins. C. D. Gabrielson, an insurance ad
juster of Salem, is registered at the
Oregon.
E. B. WIckershon, a. schoolbook pub
lisher of Chicago, is registered at the
Bowers.
Ray Nye, a Fremont, Nebraska,
OREGON' RESIDENT FOR 35
YEARS PASSES AWAY
AT AGE OF 78.
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fount r itrt'" g'
Marlon Beamer.
Marion Beamer, who died at his
home, 897 East Burnside street,
Thursday at the age of 73 years
and seven months, had been
resident of Oregon for nearly 35
years, and was a veteran of the
Civil War. He was born In New
Philadelphia, Ohio, and July 10,
1861, enlisted in the Forty-first
Regiment, Illinois Volunteers,
serving for three years, when he
was honorably discharged at
Spring field, 111. His regiment
was part of General Grant's army
at Fort Donaldson, at the siege of
Vlcksburg, and was in other Im
portant battles. On arriving in
Oregon he went into business at
Independence, where he remained
for several years. He was also
in business at Sumpter, Or. Since
his retirement from active busi
ness life he had lived In Port
land. He was a member of Gen
eral Compson Post and Porter
Circle of the Ladies of the G. A.
R. of St. Johns.
A widow, Mrs. Jennie Beamer,
and the following children sur
vive him: Mrs. D. L. Swain, of
Los Angeles, Cal.; Peter W.
Beamer. of San Diego, Cal.; Allen
J. Beamer, of Alberta, Canada;
Mrs. Carrie Young, of Nebraska.
The funeral will be held Sunday
under the auspices of General
Compson Post of St. Johns.
banker, is at the Portland, accompanied
by Mrs. Nye.
A. N. Lindsay and I E, Beebe, Insur
ance agents of Seattle, are registered
at the Oregon.
George B. McLeod and wife, manager
of the Hammond Lumber Company, of
Astoria, are at the Imperial.
J. G. Woodworth, general traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific at St.
Paul, is registered at the Portland.
H. A. Scandrett. R. H. Countiss and T.
J. Norton, prominent railroad men of
Chicago, are registered at the Multno
mah.
G. H. Prouty. former Governor of
Vermont and now connected with the
Interstate Commerce Commission, is at
the Portland.
MUSICIAN LOSES IN SUIT
Court Rules in Favor of Elks' Con
vention Committee.
Circuit Judge McGinn yesterday de
cided In favor of the defendants In a
suit brought by Carl Stoll for himself
and as assignee for several others
against the 1912 Elks' convention com
mittee and Harry C. McAllister, its sec
retary, and George H. Parsons, a mu
slc'an who contracts to furnish orches
tras. Stoll, for himself and a number
of other union musicians who hud ob
tained Judgment against Parsons for
$270 because of his failure to pay them
for playing in his orchestra some years
ago, garnisheed what was coming to
Parsons and his orchestra for playing
during the Elks' convention.
At the time the garnishee was served
Mr. McAllister had Issued a check in
full to Parsons, but it had not yet
reached the latter's hands. On instruc
tions from the committee he recalled
the check and paid the men who
played for Parsons individually. This
left only $20.60 In his hands due Par
sons, out of a total of $255 due the en
tire orchestra, and he made a return
to this effect. The union men brought
suit against the committee. Judge Mc
Ginn declared that it was the duty of
the Elks' committee to see that the
musicians who worked for the commit
tee under Parsons' leadership were paid.
No other honorable course was open to
them, the Judge held. He ruled that
Parsons was merely the agent of the
committee in hiring musicians.
J. N. TEAL OFF FOR EAST
Portland Man Delegate to Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
J. N. Teal left last night for Wash
ington. D. Cm to attend, as a delegate,
the annual meeting of the Rivers and
Harbors Congress which begins on De
cember. Mr. Teal will represent both
the Portland and the Marshfield Cham
bers of Commerce.
In addition to his work at the con
gress on rivers and harbors. Mr. Teal
will have conferences with Secretary of
the Interior Fisher concerning the de
velopment of the Deschutes irrigation
and power projects, and with the Na
tional Chamber of Commerce on other
things of Importance dealing with the
development of the West.
Mr. Teal will be absent for about two
weeks.
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SENATE
Impeachment Proceedings to
Have Right of Way Over
. Legislative Subjects.
"ONE-TERM ISSUE IS NEXT
Proposal to Prohibit Interstate Fhlp
ment of. Liquor Into "Dry"
Territory Another Leading
Question for Debate.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU .Wash
ington. Nov. 24, The United States
Senate will be unusually busy during
the short session that opens next Mon
day and ends March 4. and, contrary to
custom, will get down to hard work the
day after convening. Ordinarily the
Senate takes things easy until after
the holiday recess, but this year there
will be no dallying. The opening day
will see a short session, for early ad
journment will be taken out of respect
to Vice-President Sherman, Senator
Heyburn and others who have died
since adjournment last August, but
promptly on Tuesday morning the Sen
ate, under an old agreement, will take
up the trial of the Archbald case, and
will devote itself to the impeachment
proceedings until the case is disposed
of.
It Is doubtful if a verdict can, be
reached in the case of Judge Archbald
until after the holidays, for there are
more than 100 witnesses to be sum
moned before the Senate and there
will be only about 15 working days
before the Christmas adjournment.
Bacon Likely to Be Re-elected.
The Vice-Presidency being vacant. It
is more than likely that Senator Bacon,
of Georgia. Democrat, will preside dur
ing the Archbald trial. The Senate last
session was unable to elect a presldent
protem because the "progressive" Sen
ators, holding the balance of power,
would not vote for Senator Gallinger,
of New Hampshire, the Republican can
didate. As a compromise, Senator Ba
con was elected temporarily to serve
through the recess, and in view of the
Republican deadlock it is thought
probable that he will be re-elected, as
the Senate must have a president pro
tein during the short session, it having
no other presiding officer.
Both sides are ready in the Archbald
case to proceed at once to the trial.
The House managers will submit a fur
ther replication to Judge Archbald's
answer to the charges, and then the
House managers, led by Representative
Clayton, of Alabama, will be ready to
outline their case and the attorneys
for Judge Archbald will be prepared
with their witnesses. When the evi
dence is all in, there will be a sum
ming up and argumentby the attor
neys, and the Senate will proceed to
vote.
When the Archbald case is out of the
way, the Senate will have several spe
cial orders of business to dispose of
before it gets down to the regular work
of the session, the passing of appro
priation bills. One bit of unfinished
business is Senate resolution 38, pro
posing a Constitutional amendment,
limiting the term of the President to
six years and making the Incumbent
Ineligible for a second term. This is
a subject prominent In the public
eye. and one on which there is great
difference of opinion among Senators.
The outcome Is doubtful, but It is cer
tain the subject will be discussed in
great detail before a vote is taken.
Since that resolution was introduced,
William J. Bryan and President Taft
have both declared for a single term.
and the fact that the adoption of such
a constitutional amendment would kill
the Roosevelt Progressive party has
added new importance. But even if the
resolution passes the Senate and then
the House, it will have to be ratified
by three-fourths of the states before it
becomes a Dart ol the constitution.
There seems to be no doubt that the
House will pass this resolution if it
can get through the Senate.
Liquor BUI to Be Debated.
Another special order of the Senate
is the bill which proposes to prohibit
the Rhlnment of liquor Into "dry" ter-
ritory. This is another subjedt that
will provoke debate, aast uession,
when this bill was being pressed, it
appeared that a majority of the Sen
ate favored its passage, and If that is
the situation this Winter, the bill will
go to the House, where it is believed
to face a hostile majority.
In addition to these measures, the
Senate vet has to consider Senator
Borah's bill creating a Department of
Labor, the Page bill providing for a
new system of agricultural eaucation.
and the Owen bill proposing a new
DeDartment of Health. Wltk'all this
tjut of the way, the Senate will have
five or six weeks to consider ana pass
all the regular appropriation bills, a
river and harbor bill and an omnibus
public building MIL
The House, having laid out Its pro
gramme in advance, probably will be
busy before the holiday recess this
year, for it has been decided to report
early and pass an omnibus (public
building bill which will provide for
public buildings in most every Con
gressional district in the United States.
The House being Democratic and the
Senate Republican, the public building
bill will be a nonpartisan measure and
will care for Republican and Demo
cratic states alike. Republican states
or districts slighted by the House will
be cared for by the Senate. The public
building bill may pass before Christ
mas. FLAX MYSTERY IS SOLVED
A. W. Miller Finds Fine Exhibit Un
guarded and Takes It for Safety
The mystery of the missing flax ex
hibit from the .Commercial Club to the
Land Show was solved yesterday. It
was clearly proved that the loss was
not due to any of the machinations of
the flax trust.
The exhibit was originally Installed
In the Chamber of Commerce and was
borrowed for the Land Show by the
Commercial Club. After the close of
the show, when displays were being
returned, the Commercial Club offieilas
were horrified to discover that their
fine flax exhibit had disappeared.
High and low they searched, and
many quiet inquiries were started, but
to no avail. The loss was reported to
the newspapers, and stories appeared
telling of the mysterious disappear
ance of the flax exhibit and the spec
ulations of the Commercial Club rep
resentatives as to whether it was due
to the "Jinx" that had rested upon flax
culture up to recent times, or perhaps
some deep-laid move on the part of
the flax and linen trust (if there be
such a trust) to head off possible com
petition from Oregon.
A. W. Miller, curator of the land
products- displays in the Chamber of
Commerce, happened to notice yester
day that story of the mysterious dis
appearance and noted the worried man
euvers of anxious Commercial Club rep
resentatives. "Why, I went over there the day
BALD
CAS
after the show closed," he announced
to Mr. Giltner, secretary of the Cham
ber, "and saw our exhibit of flax there
in the booth. There wasn't anyone
around and I didn't want anything to
happen to It and thought it might
have been left behind. It's In sacks in
the basement now and I'll put it back
in the exhibits here as soon as I get
time."
EXHIBIT PRIZES AWARDED
Winners at Land Products Show Re
ceive Cash This Week.
Auditing of the accounts and reports
of the Pacific Northwest Land Prod
uctsShow has been under way all this
week"; and Manager G. E. Bond says
that he expects to have a statement of
the outcome of the show from a finan
cial point of view by Monday or Tues
day. He says that he thinks the show
ing for this first show will be quite
satisfactory when all of the final re
ports are in. Three thousand dollars
have been paid out of his office this
week in prizes. The prize-winners are
calling dally for their awards and Mr.
Bond expects to have the distribution
of the prizes off his hands by the end
of next week.
The dry farming exhibit, with which
Tillman Reuter of Maeras, won the
majority of prizes at the land show
I SURVIVOR OF MASSACRE IS FIRST
WOMAN VOTER AT WARREN-
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Mrs. 8. 8. Man son.
ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 29. (Special.)
The first woman voter at the War
ren ton municipal election on Monday
was Mrs. S. 5. Munson, and she was
the first woman to cast a ballot In
the State of Oregon at a municipal
election In which there was any con
test. Mrs. Munson is a survivor of
the Whitman massacre, in 1847. and
the widow of the. late J. W. Munson.
who, for SO yeara, was keeper of the
lighthouse at Point Adams, near the
mouth of the Columbia River. She
waa accompanied to the polls by Dr.
B. A. Owens Adair, a life-long ad
vocate of equal suffrage, who stands
beside her in the above picture.
in Lethbridge and In Portland this year,
has been donated by him to the ex
hibits on continual display at the Port
land Chamber of Commerce. With this
exhibit Mr. Reuter will also allow to
be displayed the six silver cups and
other trophies that he has won with
dry farming exhibits at land shows and
dry farming congresses in - the United
States and Canada in tha past three
years.
"This exhibit will do more good in
the Chamber of Commerce. I believe,"
says Mr. Reuter "than at nf ranch
near Madras, simply because more peo
ple will see It and will be given an
ocular proof of the success that may be
achieved in agriculture by the dry
farming methods."
CHANGES ARE PROPOSED
Law Governing State Tuberculosis
Sanitarium Is Discussed.
Several recommendations were made
at the meeting f members of the State
Tuberculosis Commission, which met
yesterday In the Selling building. Ow
ing to the absence of the Governor and
the fact that there was no quorum, the
recommendations did not become reso
lutions, although it Is understood that
they meet with the approval of the
other members. There were present
A. L. Mills, Leslie Butler, of Hood
River, Dr. E, A. Pierce and Dr. Calvin
S. White.
One of the most important sugges
tions was to ask the Legislature to
amend the law In such a way that those
who go to state sanitaria for the cure
of tuberculosis be kept there until
benefited. "This is necessary," said Dr.
White, "because now people are in the
habit of going to some institution only
for a few days, thus spreading the dis
ease.
"We have now one case, that of a
man, in the last stages of the disease,
who went to the State Sanitarium for
a short while.
'"He then returned home, and the re
sult is that in all probability his wife
and two children are infected. In an
other case a woman, with three chil
dren, was there for a week and then
went back to. nurse the children."
Another recommendation was for a
law forcing all land owners or land
lords to renovate and disinfect all prop
erty which has been occupied by a
known consumptive.
The third suggestion had reference
to the conveyance of persons to sani
taria at -the expense of the state in
those cases where no sanitarium was at
hand or where the persons were too
poor to pay their own transportation.
The Commission believes that this
should be done In the case of tubercular
persons, just as In the case of the In
sane, because in many cases the former
are more of a menace than those men
tally afflicted.
ROSE PRUNING IS TOPIC
V. L. Sibson Tells no erg rowers
How to Care for Bushes.
Methods of pruning of rose Wishes
was expounded before the members of
tho Portland Rose Society by W. L.
Sibson last night in Ellens hall, this
lecture being one of the series of edu
cational addresses by authorities on
rose culture which will be held this
Winter.
Mr. Sibson classified the types of
pruning as five hard pruning, close
pruning, moderate pruning, half prun
ing and light pruning. The first
named method he advised when de
sirous of producing fine flowers in a
limited quantity for exhibition pur
poses, and the lighter methods in cases
where quantity of blooms Is the prin
cipal object.
He illustrated the different methods
with stereopticon diagrams, and at the
close of his lecture gave a practical
demonstration of methods of pruning.
L. A. Brown! chairman of the lecture
committee of the Rose Society, an
nounced that the next lecture, the date
for which is to be set this month, will
be given by Professor H. D. Scudder,
of the Oregon Agricultural College, on
the subject of soils and fertilizers.
Ay e Yon A SUFFRAGETTE ?
SUPPOSE you are Suppose
you are a woman, and you
believe in woman' rights,
and you think you ought to have
a vote and a share in running the
government as well as a share in
paying the expenses. And sup
pose some brute of a man says to
' you that you don't know enough
about government to talk politics,
much less to vote. And, still sup
posing, wouldn't you just dearly
love to rise up and tell that male
.brute all about the government
and how it works and what it
does ? Now wouldn't you ?
There is just one way that
you can prepare yourself to do
just that without spending a great
deal of both time and money and
that is to get a copy of "The
American Government" by
Frederic J. Haskin. It will appeal
to your womanly taste by its
beauty as a book, it will satisfy
your suffragette longings by tell
ing you just what you have wanted
to know about the government.
(Note to the Brutes: There is
only one way to prepare for the
suffragette that knows all about
it. Buy the book yourself.)
If you are neither a suffra
gette nor a male brute, you will
want the book anyhow. See
coupon elsewhere in this issue.
iOOSEITE' IS
MRS. M. Ii. T. HIDDEX NAMED TO
ATTEND CHICAGO MEETING.
Dr. Coe Appoints Oregon Women to
Represent State at Progressive
Conference, December 10.
Mrs. M. Ij. T. Hidden, of this city,
nrhn ia iris!tinr In the East, has been
appointed by Dr. H. W. Coe, National
committeeman of the Oregon Progress
ive party, to attend a conference of the
National Progressive party leaders at
Chicago, December 10-11.
"In naming Mrs. Hidden as a dele
gate from this state." said Dr. Coe yes
terday, "it was the desire of the new
party to give to' enfranchised woman
recognition at the approaching confer
ence. Mrs. Hidden is now in the East
and we have the assurance that she
will be glad to attena me uneuus
Progressives at Chicago. Mrs. Hidden
is an active member of the Progressive
forces and in the recent campaign ear
nestly supported Theodore Roosevlt's
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Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, Who Will
J Progreaaive Party.
candidacy although she was not permit
ted to indicate ner cnoice ior me rrei
dency by marking a ballot on Novem
ber 6. She will exrclse that privilege
four years hence." '
Although Dr. Coe, as National com
mitteeman, has been authorized to des
ignate five delegates from this state
to attend the Chicago conference, he
has made only two appointments Mrs.
Hidden and C. W. Ackerson. He has
deferred announcing others for the rea
son that he is waiting until he can
ascertain that those he has in mind will
attend. Mr. Ackerson said yesterday
that he probably would attend. Dr. Coe
may go himself. V
Another appointment was offered
Bruce Dennis, of La Grande, but the
Eastern Oregon man has advised Dr.
Coe that It will be Impossible for him
to attend. Dr. Coe has also written. J.
rHnir tj,,o-ia nf Salem, tendering him
one of the available appointments. The
Salem man has not responaea w me in
fer. Mr. Hughes was one of the five
rmm nrocrnn to thn first Na
tional convention of the Bull Moose
party at Chicago last aummer.
Man's Head in Shaft Bumped.
Peering through a small aperture
down an elevator shaft in a building
in course of erection at Fifteenth and
Hoyt streets, Charles Welnk was
struck on the head as the elevator
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passed downward. The Injured man
was conveyed by the Redd Cross am
bulance to the Good Samaritan hos
pital, where last night he was re
ported to be resting eaBy.
GILBERT'S SANITY DOUBTED
Man Arrested for Drawing $10,000
May Be Examined by Court.
Despite the demands of his attorney
for an Immediate hearing, W. E. Gilbert,
arrested last week after the alleged
making of a worthless check for jno,
000, was remanded to the grand Jury
yesterday by the Municipal Court, the
inquisitors already having some of his
alleged offenses under consideration.
"Although the Constitution gives
this prisoner a right to an immediate
hearing," said the court, "the grand
Jury already has heard witnesses
against him and I see no reason why
the time of this'court should be wasted
in going over the same ground."
Before this action was taken. Deputy
District Attorney Hennessy asked the
court to send Gilbert to the County
Court for examination as to his sanity,
holding that the acts charged against
him were such as to indicate an un
balanced mind. Gilbert has made
frequent appearances here on similar
charges, being ready to draw his check
in any amount. Once he was accused
of buying an automobile with a worth
less check for $1000, but he did not
retain possession of the car and the
charge was dropped. His most recent
arrest came when he bought stock in a
real estate company and wrote his
check on a Woodland, Wash, bank for
J10.000.
GIRL WANTS NO MARRIAGE
Sleeps In Scow With Sister to Escape
Parents Urging.
Driven from home because she re
fused to marry a man named Davis,
whom her parents are alleged to have
selected as her mate, a girl 17 years
of age, with her sister, 14 years old,
have been taken in charge by the har
bor police on complaint of their parents,
named Leadbetter, dwellers in a scow
on the east side of Ross Island. The
.two-sided story is being Investigated
by Juvenile Court officers following the
first step by Patrolman Grlsim, of the
harbor police force, and Harbormaster
Speler has interested himself In the
case following Grislm's report.
The parents reported that the girls
had disappeared, and It was hinted that
they were in Improper company. Patrol
man Grislm found them Bleeping in a
houseboat, which had been vacated for
their convenience by the owner, and
says that, so far as he learned, there
was nothing Improper in their conduct
at the time, and the girls explained
their absence from the parental roof
through the story of the proposed mar
riage of the eldest.
YOU CAN
-CURE AN HiiJ
BUT NOT WITH SALVES
Every old sore can be cured unless it be of a malignant cancerous nature.
But no chronic nicer can be cured by the application of salves or other ex
ternal treatment. You must get down to the origin and cause before you
can produce curative effects. Bad blood is responsible for old sores and the
one certain cure therefore is a thorough purification and upbuilding of the
circulation. As long as impurities are left in the blood they will be depos
ited into the ulcer to keep up the inflammation and irritation and nature
can make no progress toward healing the place. Noth-
tS'F IJItrw-1 3 80 sure t produce a cure of old sores as S. S. S.
VU" K"fTThls is nature's perfect blood remedy, composed of the
most neaiing ana at me same nine me most, penetrating
and blood-purifying properties. It removes every par
ticle of morbid matter from the circulation and assists
nature to increase the healthful, nutritious corpuscles of
the blood. S. S. S. makes pure blood and pure blood
REMEDY
is nature's unfailing cure for old sores.
any medical advice free. THE SWIFT
TRUSTED CLERK IS THIEF
BANK EMPLOYE, NOT SUSPECT
ED, CONFESSES CRIME.
Youth, In Presence of Officials,
Takes Package With $55,000.
Conscience Bothers Him.
PENSACOLA, Fla., Nov. 29. -William
Bell aged IS, until a few weeks ago
a trusted clerk in the First National
Bank of Pensacola, pleaded guilty to
day to the theft of 55,000 from the
bank on September 18. He was sen
tenced to two years in the Federal Re
form School at Washington.
Bell engineered one of the shrewdest
robberies in recent bank history and
was not under suspicion when, conscience-stricken,
he returned the mon
ey. In the presence of a score of other
employes in the bank, young Bell ex
changed a bogus package for one con
taining $55,000. which had been pre
pared for express shipment. He hid the
package in the bank, then removed it
to his home.
Nearly a week later Bell placed the
money at a rear door of the bank
building, where it was found by a Jan
itor. Bell confessed the next day.
0'NEIL'S FATE UP TO JURY
Former Idaho Banker's Case Closes
In Afternoon.
COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho. Nov. 29
The case against B. F. O'Neil. former
president of the defunct State Bank of
Commerce at Wallace, who is charged
with violating the banking laws in
that he Issued a false bank report In
May, 1909, went to the Jury at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon.
The court's instructions were in the
main that the Jurors must find that
the defendant had made the false re
port as charged and knew it to be
false before a verdict of guilty could
be brought. Whether O'Neil wrote the
report or had a subordinate write It
was immaterial.
In dwelling on the fact that there
could be no conviction upon the testi
mony of accomplices unless the testi
mony duly was corroborated, the court
said Former Cashier Wyman was not
an accomplice and that it devolved
on the Jury to determine whether Wy
man's predecessor, Garry Burke, was.
Extradited Man Out on Bond.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 29. (Spe
cial.) Arnold Habich, the young man
brought back from Logan, Iowa, by
Sheriff Cresap, was given a hearing
before Justice of the Peace G. L. Ravis
today and bound over to appear in the
Superior Court on a statutory charge.
He was released on a bond of $3000.
Book on Sores and Ulcers and
SPECIFIC C0m ATLANTA. CA.