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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRU1AT. JAMJART 3, 1913.
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CLASH IN COURT
OVER FIELDS CASE
Fight Is Precipitated by Re
quest of Prosecutor for
Postponement of Trial.
PAYMENT TO STATE SHOWN
Time Finally Granted to Plaintiff on
Plea That It Desires to Verify
Records and Permit Hon
orable Acquittal.
With an eye solely to the effect up
on damage proceedings, to be Institut
ed by County Cleric Fields against
State Game Warden Flnley, bitter fight
was made in Justice Bell's court yester
day over an application of the state
for the continuance of the trial of Mr.
Fields on a charge of failing to turn
over game funds, preferred by Mr.
Finley. '
After an hour of wrangling, the re
quest was granted, on the novel plea
of Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald,
ostensibly prosecuting the County
Clerk, that he wanted more time to
gather evidence to show Mr. Fields'
innocence.
Showing by Attorney Logan, repre
senting the defendant, that remittance
had been made to State Treasurer ot
every cent which had been at issue in
the controversy, with no deduction for
the funds lost in the American Bank
& Trust Company failure, was con
firmed by communication with the
- State Treasurer, by Mr. Flnley last
night and thus a new face is put upon
the case. The hearing of County
Clerk Fields was postponed until Mon
day at 2 P. M.. and at that time it is
possible a voluntary dismissal will be
taken by the state.
Prosecutor la Attacked.
As soon as Deputy Fitzgerald moved
for a continuance yesterday, the fire
works began. Attorney Logan immedi
ately Interposed a hot objection, point
ing out that his client had been irre
parably damaged at the moment of
leaving office at the end of 10 years
of unquestioned service, being now
charged substantially with embezzle
ment, and not charged hastily, but de
liberately. "To dismiss this case loses the state
nothing," said the attorney, "for it can
be revived at any time. It may rebound
on the head of the special prosecutor,
I grant. I stake my reputation at the
bar that ' not only is Mr. Fields not
guilty, but that at the present moment
the state owes him $1042. It Is a
shame for this prosecutor to come into
court and say 'I shot off my mouth
and accused an honest man of a grave
crime, now I. find out that I didn't
know what I was talking about and
would like more time to work up a
case against him. "
"Mr. Finley feels that if the money
has been remitted he has no desire to
pursue the prosecution," said Attorney
Farrell, appearing privately on behalf
of the game warden.
Flnley Given 'Shot.'
"Mr. Finley Is looking for a soft place
to light," rejoined Mr. Logan.
"I should like to make a statement,"
said the Game Warden.
"We warn this prosecutor that It will
be used against him," said Mr. Logan.
"Use It! Use It!" chorused Mr. Fin
lev and Farrell, "we want you to use
it"
Up to this time Deputy Fitzgerald
had taken little part. He now said:
"Your honor, I am in a peculiar po
sition. It now appears that Mr. Fields
has paid everything he owes the state,
ar.d if that is the case. I should like
time to verify it, and give him an hon
orable acquittal. Instead of a dismissal
on technical grounds. I frankly con
fess that the case as it now stands is
not at all what it should be."
"On that showing," said the court, "I
shall continue the case until Monday,
at which time it will be finally disposed
of."
Y. W. C. A. MEETING TONIGHT
Interesting Programme to Bo Given
and Annual Report Presented.
The annual meeting of the member
ship of the Young Women's Christian
Association will he held tonight at 6
o'clock and will take the form of a ban
quet. An interesting programme of
toasts will be given and the reports of
the officers of various departments will
be presented. A large attendance is as
sured. The officers of the association
are: President, Miss Carrie A. Hol
brook; first vice-president, business de
partment, Mrs. Charles Basey; second
vice-president, travelers' aid and em
ployment departments, Mrs. Frances D.
Chamberlain; third vice-president, edu
cational department. Miss Harriet A.
Wood; fourth vice-president, religious
work department, Mrs. Joseph T. An
drus; fifth vice-president, social depart
ment. Mrs. Frank N. Clarke; treasurer.
Miss Harriet E. Moorehouse; recording
secretary, Mrs. James F. Failing; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Edwin P.
North rup. Other members of the board
of directors are: Mrs. Isaiah H. Amos,
Mrs. John A. Bell, Mrs. William H. Be
harrell, Mrs. Homer C Campbell, Mrs.
James T. Gray, Mrs. Bela S. Huntington,
Mrs. Charles T. Kamm, Mrs. Robert Liv
ingston, Mrs. Robert W. Lewis, Mrs.
William H. Lewis, Mrs. Wallace Mc
Camant, Mrs. Amadee M. Smith, Mrs.
Albert Tanner and Mrs. Frank M. War
ren. SHERIFF GIVEN CHARGE
COUNTY COURT OFFERS COS
TROIi OF PRISONERS.
Mr. Wood Says Disposition Not Defl.
nitely Settled, but That There
Will Be No Conflict.
Backed by legal opinions to the ef
fect that the Initiative measure relating
to the employment of county convicts
on the roads, passed at the general
election of November 6, gives the
County Court absolute control, includ
ing the feeding of prisoners and the
convicts at Kelly Butte and such other
road camps as may be established, the
County Court has made an offer of
compromise to Tom Word, who succeeds
R. L. Stevens as Sheriff on January 6.
The proposition is that the county will
permit Mr. Word to appoint the guards
for and to feed the prisoners outside
the County Jail on condition that he
feeds them at actual cost.
"It isn't Bettled yet," said Sheriff
elect Word, "but you can depend upon
one thing and that is that there Is not
going to be any fight between the
County Court and me on any propor
sition."
Should M. Word refuse to accept the
offer of the County Court, which was
made on the theory that the Sheriff
is the natural custodian of prisoners,
it will be necessary for the County
Court to appoint the guard and make
Independent arrangements for feeding
the prisoners.
According to District Attorney Cam
eron and District Attorney-elect Evans,
both of whom have submitted written
opinions on the subject, the Sheriff re
mains legally in control of only such
prisoners as may be confined In the
County Jail proper in the Courthouse
building. The County Court, they say,
may take as many prisoners, as can be
used to advantage, from the jail to
Kelly Butte, which they hold is a road
camp, and such other camps may be
established, merely giving the Sheriff
a receipt for them, whereupon the lia
bility of the Sheriff ceases.
BUILDING GROWTH SHOWN
City Plumbing Report Tells of Many
Inspections Made.
Remarkable growth of the city from
a building standpoint la shown in the
annual report of Inspections of plumb
ing work in new buildings made dur
ing 1912 by the City Plumbing Inspec
tion Department. During the year
plumbing was Inspected in 2816 new
buildings and in 1514 old ones.
The report shows much betterment
In the sanitary conditions of the city
by reason of the extension of the sewer
and drainage system. During the year
2343 sewers were connected, 1983 cess
pools built, four spectic tanks built and
the plumbing in 313 buildings remod
elled. The report shows that the department
inspectors made 14,192 visits during
the year and Inspected 27,434 plumbing
fixtures.
ALL CITY LICENSES PAID
C F. Wiegand, Deputy Auditor,
Placed in Another Department.
Out of 4000 persons who pay semi
annual licenses to the city of Portland,
there was not a delinquent at tlfe beginning-
of the year, according to a
report made yesterday by the city
license department. The licenses are
for saloonB, restaurants, pool halls,
grocery stores and merchants of other
kinds.
C. F. Wiegand, Deputy City Auditor,
was yesterday transferred to the
license department where he will serve
as chief clerk. It is not probable that
the license office will be moved from
the City Hall despite the fact that it
is now a part of the Police Department.
IN 'BLUE BIRD' ACTRESS
'DIVINE SARAH RIVALED
Ethel Brandon,- Who Played With Booth and Barrett, at 60, Is as Fresh
as Maid of 20 Pope Leo Once Her Host.
BY 1JSONE CASS BA.ER.
THAT perennial and eternally youth
ful paragon of stage virtues,
Surah Bernhardt, hasn't anything
on" the remarkable Ethel Brandon,
who is 60 years young and still the
loveliest and most ambitious of char
acter actresses. Oh, of course Miss
Brandon wouldn't put on trunks and
frolic about as L'Aiglon, for she's sorter
settling nicely into what novelists call
a comfortable figure. But all the same
she is as nimble on her little twinkling
toes, her skin is as fresh and unlined
as a girl of 20. and her laugh the
cheeriest, most Infectious thing imag
inable outside a girls' seminary.
She was making up for her role as
the old grandmother in the Kingdom
of the Past scene in Maeterlinck's
"Blue Bird." Tou see she really doubles
in roles. . First she is Mummy Tyl,
the quiet little old-fashioned mother
of tle two young Tyls who set out to
tind the blue bird. Then she makes a
quick change between the first and
second acts and is the dear old granny
who receives the little searchers for
happiness.
1'taangea Awe-Compelllna?.
The changes Miss Brandon made in
herself were awe-compelling. First she
lined her soft pink skin with gray
lines and her own smooth, unruffed
brow gradually grew like corrugated
paper in effect About the smiling
lips she penciled sharp lines, the lips
themselves were made gray and color
less. Soft, shadowy lines emphasized
the veins on her hands. Her great,
big, brown eyes, twinkling and bright
as a naughty boy's, she hid behind
huge silver-bowed glasses. Then she
put on a snowy white wig over her own
curly locks that are beginning to be
streaked a bit 'with gray, tlonned a
ruffled mob cap and, tying it under her
chin, announced the transformation
completed.
"Do you like to be grandmas and
make yourself old?" I asked.
"I do not care at all. I'm so glad
to have congenial work. I'm not a
young actress any more and I cannot
pick and choose. I created this role
in the original cast and I love It very
much. I do- not get tired of portray-
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Etnel Brandon.
ing it and this Is the third season I
have" been playing in it. I really feel
younger every day and maybe 1 11 come
out bere next season as the proverbial
'youngest Juliet.' I haven't seen any
recent accounting of the yearly croD
of youngest Juliets, and I ought to have
a fling at It."
Actress Well Known.
Miss Brandon's name as an artist is
known from one side of this continent
to the otner, out particularly so is it
familiar to Pacific Coast devotees of
the theater. She is the widow of the
late I R. Stockwell, comedian, who
was for 40 years identified with Pa
cific Coast theatricals, and in the days
of the old Baldwin Hotel in San Fran
cisco the theater on Powell street bore
hia same. Mr. Stockwell'a death, oo-
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curred, following several years of to
tal blindness, about a year ago In San
Francisco.
To return to his widow: She is the
most optimistic of women, and, as she
puts it, the thankfullest. "Every morn
ing I line up a few of the things I am
grateful for. It Is surprising how
many blessings 'you can find In a min
ute's still hunt."
She wasn't sayinp this because it was
New Tear's day, and because on New
Year's day one is expected to count
blessings and breathe a happy, opti
mistic spirit, even if one feels dis
tinctly different Inside. She Is always
celebrating New Tear's, if a real sun
shine and graciousness of presence
count, or an ability always to be look
ing forward. She only looks backward
for reminiscences of wonder days in
her life a life chock-full of rare ex
periences, v.
Pope Receives Her.
One of these she tells most enter
tainingly Is of a private audience with
Pope Leo XIII, an audience he ac
corded hr -on October 4, 1896. "I am
the- only actress in the world who was
ever given a private audience with
Pope Leo," she relates happily. "T was
of noimportance In my profession at
the time (I mean I had done nothing
to make me distinctive enough for his
notice), but I had a few letters from
important dignitaries in California
churches. To my everlasting joy and
surprise I was given an entire 16 min
utes alone with this wonderful Pope."
"How did you know It was Just 16
minutes?" I asked.
"Well, you may be sure I did not
-.ount them it was all too brief to me
but a friend waiting outside told me
I had had 16 minutes of the Pope's val
uable time. He was so like some big,
splendid friend; asked me all about my
husband and my children and was so
interested in America. He spoke so
little English that our conversation was
carried on in French."
Scrapbook la Relegated. .
Miss Brandon ' is unlike any other
actress on the American stage, in that
she doesn't travel with excess baggage
in the form of scrapbooks and long
columns of nice things the papers have
said about her. "I used to have a book
made up of notices of me when I was
a very young girl, and especially did
I prise my notices received when I
played with Booth Barrett These
I kept for my daughter. Then, last
year, after my husband's death down
in San Francisco, I found it had been
stolen and with It a valuable collection
ot autographs. I could understand the
motive that would prompt the theft of
autographs, but just why anyone
should steal my clippings from news
papers concerning . my own work I've
never been able to discover. Since
then I Just don't collec. notices. And
I haven't any scrapbook."
For which virtue she is alone In the
great sisterhood of actresses.
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