rtn? urnnicnro ortjgoxtan. Saturday, pecembeb 20, wis.
GEORGE SAYS FOES
: SEEK DESTRUCTION
Founder Tf Junior Republic
1 "Maddened" by Accusation
of Misconduct.
TWO CAMPS ARE HOSTILE
bclf-Go eminent vs. Paternalism In
1 Training ISoj and Girls Said
J to Be Iteul Basis of Iisa
g greemcut in Kanks.
' KEW YORK. Dc To radical
4ifferenccs of oplnloa between two
fcostlla factions William R- George at
tributed his attitude to the recent rec
ommendation of tho State Board of
Charities that he be removed from all
active participation In the affairs of
the George Junior Republic At Free
ville. N. Y founded by him more than
ten years ago. Mr. George asserted
fcis innocence of all charges against
tin?.
"It is maddening." he said, "after
having established in the world a rep
utation for good character and service,
to have my name dragged In the mire
as a debaucher. of womanhood. Those
Who know me need no reassurance
Irom me that I am perfectly Innocent,
tut my tortures begin In earnest when
I think of the tens of thousands of
people to whom I have spoken on pub
lio platforms and that they may be
aaying, 'It is true after all that laddy
George la a lying hypocrite and villain
la disguise.'
' Twa Faetloma Disagree.
r 1 The seat of the whole trouble la a
'radical difference of opinion between
tha two hostile camps those who be
lieve In the self-governing principles
ot tha Junior Republic as the best
Cleans for training boys and girls for
good citizenship and those who believe
In paternalism and discipline from
above and Institutional methods.
I "Now, what about this miserable
stuff T A six-year-old charge long ago
Investigated and discredited, even re
pudiated at one tlm by tho one mak
ing It. has been dragged out with the
Idea of discrediting me.
"Finally in 1902. at my insistence,
t'ne National Association of Junior Re
publics appointed a Joint committee to
Investigate everything about mo from
my birth. My entire life has been one
f sexual purity, as certain detectives
rave found to their chagrin. All my
31fe has been spent In FTeevlllo and
5Cew York City, and every little nook
and cranny of my existence has been
combed. In vain. This committee, in
order to settle this thing once for all,
secured as judges Joseph H. Choate,
Pamuel Seabury and Miss Lillian Wald
to read all the testimony and give a
verdict. The committee has spent
months in going over my entire life.
..' laaaeade Desla-ae4 tm Discredit.
. "We were all led to believe that the
Ftate Board would take no action un
VI the committee headed by Mr. Choate
reported. Then suddenly. without
warning, the State Board gives out a
report carefully convicting me by innu
endo, though not In so many words.
This seems to me to have been done In
an effort to discredit me and my asso
ciates In the work for fear I shall be
vindicated by the official investigating
committee which has gone so intimate
ly into my whole life and my whole
work.
"I want to' say right Jiere to my
friends and supporters that the repub
lic cause will continue Just as it has In
tne past. It will weather this effort
to ruin it. Just as it has weathered
ether though lesa spectacular efforts
In the past. Its cause is a just and
righteous one. and around it Is a group
ot earnest souls who are ready to live
tor it and die for It."
LOST PAINTING IS FOUND
.sunlit Woods" of George Inness
Recovered Painted Over.
NEW YORK. Dec 1. Artists were
Stirred today by news of the discovery
f a lost painting by George Inness.
vne of the greatest of American land
scape artists. The canvass was smeared
with thick white paint and Mrs. Jona
than Scott Hartley, the painter's
augbter. kept it for mvly Si) years
after he died without learning its
Value.
. Remembering her father's habit or
painting over unfnished pictures when
a new Idea seised him and no other
canvass was at hand, she had the outer
covering of paint removed and there
m a picture of "Sunlit Woods." -said
to rank with Inness best work. The
estored picture has been valued by
critics as high as $25,000.
WEDDINGS FOLLOW FAST
$IcLachlans See All Three) or Daugh
ters Married In ST Days.
LOS ANGELES, Deo. 19. (Special.)
When Miss Marjorie McLachlan became
Mrs. Harvey S. Bissell. and Miss Gladys
McLachlan became Mrs. Gardner Bow
era last night at a double wed
ding at the McLachlan home in Pasa
dena. ex-Representative McLachlan and
Mra McLachlan saw the last of their
daughters married.
- The double ceremony marked the
third wedding In the McLachlan home
within the past 37 days. Miss Anita Mc
I.achlan having been married Novem
ber 1J to Ralph Reynolds. Young Bis
sell Is a son of the late carpet-weeper
millionaire of Grand Rapids. Mich and
Mr. Towne is a Stanford graduate.
"MONA LISA" TRAVELING
Carbineers to Guard Stations Alone
Koad to Rome.
FLORENCE. Dec 1. Dr. Rlccl. director-general
of fine arts, personally
supervised today the packing of the
painting. "Mona Lisa," which will be
forwarded to Rome tomorrow. The pic
ture will be guarded by police and
museum officials, while carbineers will
be on hand at all stations along the
railroad line. The school children ac
companied by their tacners will be
cllowed to view the "Mona Lisa" today.
An unknown man visited Perugia's
lawyer today and offered to advance
$1000 for Perugia's bail.
CUSTOMS WEIGHTS SHORT
Covernment Answers Allegations of
' Defense in Fuel Cases.
SAX FRANCISCO. Dec 19. Customs
house welphts of coal lmrorted and for
eign coal bought and delivered at this
port by the Western Fuel Company be
tween April 1. 1?9. and December IL
191J. show that the company received
20,720 tons less than the Invoices called
for, according to a statement prepared
by W. K. Tidwell, special agent of the
United States Treasury Department.
Tidwell testified for the Government In
the trial of the eight otliclals. directors
and employes of the company, who are
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
Government.
This evidence was introduced after
the defense had brought out that In
coming coal Is, weighed on a rising
beam scale, which gives the importer
the advantage, while the coal they sold
was weighed on an even beam. The de
fense has contended that the over
charges in the coal accounts which the
prosecution has shown were ordinary
overruns, due to the difference in the
systems of weighing mentioned.
Tidwell testified to the investigation
he had carried on for the Government
prior to the indictments. He said that
the invoices of the company showed
that since the fire of 190 the Western
Fuel Company'had received at this port
2,159,651 tons of foreign coal.
BOGUS $10 BILLS ISSUED
COISTERFF.it LEWIS-CLARK FAIR
CIRREXCV IS ABROAD.
Secret Service Mts at St. Loais Find
City Flooded la Few Hoars With
Soiled, Defective Paper.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 1. St. Louis has
been flooded In the last few hours with
bogus $10 notes which counterfeit the
recent Lewis and Clarke issue, com
memorative of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition at Portland, Or., was dis
covered Monday by Federal secret serv
ice men after the first notice they re
ceived of the new counterfeit given by
3. C. Brasch, receiving teller of the
American Trust Company.
Mr. Brasch received a counterfeit
note from a small business house, which
took In the bill Saturday during the
course of the day's business. The im
position was not noticed until it
reached the trained eyes of the re
ceiving teller. Secret service men said
the counterfeit Is one of the photo
etched variety, has a "raggy" feel and a
scratchy appearance. They said the
counterfeit is not especially clever and
had passed ordinary Inspection because
It imitates a new issue which has not
become generally familiar.
After the report made by Mr. Brasch
many other complaints were received
by the Federal secret service man at
the Federal building. . All victims of
the passers of the counterfeits were
persons of small shops, such as cigar
stands, candy stores and drug stores. It
is thought by secret service men that
the new counterfeit must have been put
nttt fintnrdav bv those guilty, so that
discovery of the fraud would not be
made until Monday with the deposit oi
the bills.
A particularly noticeable feature of
the bad bills Is the red color around the
figure In the center of the bill on the
side with the pictures of Lewis and
Clark. This red Is of too deep a color
to have come from a Government press,
and was Inked In with pens. The coun
terfeit bills are all of the same serial
number. D 12449671. The sBk fibers of
the genuine issue are Imitated by fine
red and blue ink lines. The bogua bills,
are soiled to conceal defects.
BUTTER WEIGHT DOUBTED
Dairy Board Holds Few Squares on
Market Will Tip Scale Beam.
cAvrpivnerfi tw Is fSnecial.)
The State Dairy Board has inaugu
rated a crusade against snorr-weigui
butter dealing and as a result of the
investigation, which has been in the
hands of Inspector James Smith, the
District Attorney will secure three
warrants tomorrow for three of the
whnUiaU htitter dealers In the
city. The work is in the bands of
Assistant District Attorney rerun,
who says Smith has put Information in
his hands on which he based warrants
r t, Af thA Kheer-Grando Com
pany, the Sherry-Freitas Company and
Lebarron iJrotnera c jeisou.
yt.w1 h law th anuares of butter
delivered by the wholesale commission
men bear the stamp -two pounos neu
rt is the contention of the State Dairy
Board that there is hardly a square of
butter In the open market that will
raise the beam at the two-pound mark.
HINDU TO BE DEPORTED
Hernau Singh, Despite Plot, Loses
Fight to Stay in Canada.
'vvrAiipn T? c ree. 19. Hernan
Singh, the Hindu who has been the sub
ject of strenuous litigation by his
j .h.i vvtB tn nreveut his
XI 1CIIUO ill Li i v . . r . .
deportation, has lost in his tight with
the immigration sumgnu, uu
be deported on tne steamer chii cn
India and taken to Hongkong.
A sensational turn was given to the
proceedings today by the disclosure
that a plot existea wnereoy mo !"
ture and official stamp of Immigration
Inspector Reed had been attached to
. v. HkAA-MnH nf TTernan Slnsrh and
others long before the men ever visited
this country. . .
. ti -1 i;..h nf VmrflnTir. is Said to
have procured the stamping and sign
ing of the pictures as those of Hindus
returning to India with the intention
later of coming Dack to v ancourcr.
WIFE REFUSES ALIMONY
Ruth Goodrich Grant Wants Xone of
Millionaire Spouse's Coin.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19. A decree
of absolute divorce was granted to
day to Ruth Goodrich Grant, from
Douglas Grant, a millionaire and son
of J. D. Grant, alfeo a millionaire.
Desertion and failure to provide were
the grounds.
At the time an interlocutory decree
was granted. one year ago, Mrs.
Grant obtained an award of $S00 a
month temporary alimony. In waiving
all alimony today she said she never
had received a cent of this money
and wanted none. There are no chil
dren. Douglas Grant was at one time
amateur golf champion of the Pacific
Coast. " '
First Snow Falls at Union.
UNION. Or, Dec 19. (Special.) A
slight snow fell here yesterday and
about two Inches of the white mantle
covers Catherine Creek district. Log
gers have been waiting for snow to
convey their cut from the woods to the
mills, but there is not sufficient as yet.
This Is the first snow of the season to
make the ground white. Horses and
stock cattle still are thriving on the
bunchgrass hills.
Garfield Shoppers Busy.
GARFIELD. Wash, Dec 19. (Spe
cial.) The merchants of this city re
port a satisfactory holiday trade, which
I - k trartl fmm t h A SUITOUnd-
tnr country by an alluring line of
Christmas goods. Shopping -is being
done early.
Take home a box of Thomson's choc
olates, Tour dealer sells them. AdT,
"Sweeties to Bestow on Lassies.''
Ramsey.
The Christmas Spirit
a
t the
Cat 9n Fiddle
Hearty cheer is in these Gifts of Delicious Candies .
The essential non-essential of a Merry Xmas
The One Always Appropriate Gift
Bonbons Glace Fruits
Chocolates
Special Xmas Baskets, Boxes and French
Bonbonnieres Plain or trimmed any
size. ,
Assorted Chocolates Bitter Sweets,
- Dipped Fruit and Nuts and Milk Coat-
ings
Assorted Bonbons All flavors with
chopped Nuts and Fresh Fruit Centers.
Also
DllSky DreamS, the Candy Supreme
Victoria Chocolates
and
Gift Boxes From 50c to $1 0
Beady for Delivery .
On Broadway 145 -.- Near Alder Theater Row
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LIQUOR MEN HELP
Prohibition Petitions Are Cir-
culated in Saloons.
CRUSHING DEFEAT DESIRED
Dealers Share) Views of Prohibition
ists in Northern and Central
. . California That Measure
Cannot Pass.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. Petitions
for an amendment to the state consti
tution which would suppress the man-
Ml. Imnnrtation Or iCift Of
liquor in California made their appear
ance here today. Aitnougn iuco
rM nf th Detitlon to
UULUlUfi w . "
-i v.-- i. nriirlnat.!l saloonkeep
ers are soliciting- signatures among:
their customers, as several icmpm.o
wnrkora. who had already signed later,
learned to their chagrin.
A state-wide proniDUion campaign
for 1814 was recently Indorsed by pro
kju.i snuthiirn California In
Los Angeles, but was repudiated by
their allies In Northern and Central
California on the around that to force
the Issue now wouia do io coun m.
feat so crushing- that It would be years
before a similar campaign could be got
under way.
l.lnuor dealers nrg-ins; the petition
argue the same way
Ali XOT XEEDED, SATS "DRY"
Campaign Manager Expects Petition
to Be Filed by January 1.
r nr l x-j TT-Y TT Q TSm 19 Y A aDDre-
clate the generosity of the liquor men
who are reported 10 pd gircuiuuB .w
hlbltlon petitions In San Francisco, but
- na.H tHAir assistance." said
Fred F. Wheeler, manager of the "Cali
fornia Dry in 1314- campaign, wucu
jitnK tjuliv lntinr to the
activities of saloonkeepers in the north
ern city.
"We do not need their assistance.
Wheeler continued, "because we have
now 60,000 signatures for our initiative
petitions and we need only about 32,
000." Wheeler said that the dry campaign-
i,i fll their netitions with
County Clerks within a few days and
have thera checked in time to enable
the Secretary of State to announce ior
mally January I that the liquor ques
tlon would go on the ballot in Novem
ber, 191.
"WOMAN ISJI0T 'PERSON'"
London High Court Bars Girl From
Practice of taw, Pays Compliment.
LONDON. Dec 10. The appeal of
Miss Gwyneth Marjorie Bebb from the
j i.i -r h. 1r.rnrnnratd Law SO-
ucu a. w ti " ,
ciety. denying her admission to the bar
because of her sex was rejeciea muaj
bv the High Court.
The court adhered to the view that a
woman Is not a "person within the
k ulkltnn' i-r of 1843.
gracefully adding the words: "Doubt
less the applicant is oi luptimt cuu--tion
and intelligence to many males,
but the court has nothing to do with
that." . . . . . .
Misa Bebb is a graduate of Glrton
College, Cambridge.
"SAFETY FIRST" IS MOTTO
Union Pacific's Treatment of Subsid
iary Is Defended.
OMAHA, Dec 19. The defense had
Its Inning today, in the arguments tn
the suit brought by minority stock
holders of the St. Joseph & Grand
Island Railroad against the Union Fa
clflc Railroad Company to prevent a
further appropriation of the former's
earnings to betterments and improve
ments. Nelson H. Loomls, general solicitor
of the Union Pacific, opened his argu
ment with tho declaration that "safety
first" was the motto of his company
and that the same policy was being
pursued on the St. Joseph line, in which
the Union Pacific holds 70 per cent of
the capital stock. He admitted that
no dividends had been paid since the
road was taken over by his company,
but declared the intrinsic value of tha
property had Increased three-fold and
that, like the Union Pacific after its re
organization 19 years ago. It was des
tined to be a large dividend-payer.
"The Union Pacific Is more greatly
Interested In the success of this road
than are the minority stockholders."
Mr. Loomls contended. "The road Is
actually making 11000 a day on the
business thrown to it by the Union
Pacific Railroad."
MS PUN IS UPHELD
CHINESE PROVINCES AGREE TO
ABOLISHING, PARLIAMENT.
RESIGNATIONS HELD VOID
MRS. YOUNG'S OPPONENTS REFUSE
TO QUIT SCHOOL BOARD.
Setkaess, Harding and Dlbelka Declare
Reelsraatlona" Were Made Before
Tkey Qualified for Office.
CHICAGO. Dec 19. Charles O. Seth
nees, John C. Harding and James B.
Dlbelka. former members of the Board
of Education, whose resignations were
accepted by Mayor Harrison because
they voted against Mrs. Ella Flagg
Toung for superintendent, refused to
recognize their resignations today and
took part in a meeting of the board.
The three took charge of the com
mittee on buildings and grounds, of
which Sethness was chairman, and,
although they were warned by Peter
RVlnberg, president of the board, that
they were no longer members, passed
numerous appropriations and conduct
ed other business. The secretary of the
board refused to record the action of
the committee.
"Do you still consider yourself a
member of this board?" Mr. Reinberg
asked Sethness. -
"On the advice of counsel we take
the view that the resignation was
made before he qualified as a member
and that It was Illegal therefore," an
swered John C Stonesby, for Sethness.
A legal test is expected when the
three new members appointed by
Mayor Harrison attempt to appear on
the board.
EPIDEMIC'S CAUSE FOUND
Hundred Typhoid Cases Traced to
"Water on Lake Steamer.
PROVIDENCE, R. I, Dec. 19. The
epidemic of typhoid fever among the
Rhode Island delegation to the Perry
celebration at Put-in Bay, O., has been
traced by the Government health serv
ice to the drinking water on board a
Lake Erie steamer, the cook of which
was suffering from the disease three
days before he was taken to a hospital.
Dr. Hugh Valla, the Government physi
cian who made the investigation, for
warded his report here today.
More than 100 members of the Rhode
Island party were stricken with typhoid
after returning from Put-in Bay and
five of them died.
Postmasterships Are Wanted. .
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Dec. 19. Senator Chamberlain
has filed with the Postmaster-General
applications for the appointment to
Oregon postmasterships as follows: Ar
lington. Mrs. G. B. Clough. Miss Laura
Irbv, H. W. Lang, Charles H. Morris
and M. E. Shurte: Dallas. Frank H.
Fawk, V. P. Flak, Eugene Hayter, J. E.
Richter, R. R. VanOrsdel; Tillamook,
W. F. Baker. J. A. Dallgren. B. D. La
mar, J. M. Meyer, P. W. Tood.-F. J.
Welsh.
Harris Trunk Co. for leather novel
ties. Adv.
Military and Civil Authorities of All
Districts Strengthen President's
Autoeratle Laws Scheme.
PEKIN, Dec 19. President Yuan Shi
Kai's plans for permanently doing away
with the Chinese Parliament received
the unqualified lnaorsement of the mili
tary and civil Governors or an tne prov
inces todhy. The President's design In
obtaining this round-robin Indorsement
was evidently to strengthen his hands
for the autocratic measures now being
Instituted.
. U fln.flKl.l fY1nUr,8
A Ul IIIQ 111U 111 1 I'll "
J I i .A at,i t )i n Vn f tnnal treasury
UGO,s1'f i-" win '
are occupying Yuan's attention. As a
result of pressure, large sums oi mune?
are coming from the salt tax, . other
. V. I 1 w rr .dm. A1l,nt f VflTTl
ViVJt. 3 Ml o uCBHiiin'h . .
the people and remittances are being
received irom tne rrovmues.
Since the antl-Manchu rebellion, the
i.. i 1 ...,hntlaa anH nf f iM : H
have been appropriating the revenues
while the central government uaa ue
pended on foreign loans.
The foreign bankers recently gave
President Tuan Shi Kal to understand
that bankruptcy was ahead of the Chl-
TAnnKit. nnlM, fmHftlnns were
UOOO jiujiuuii ,
altered Immediately. The government s
. . . . m i thrall
orastia meuures uran '
months ago and Included the disbanding
ui acvou n i - .. .
tlrement of army commanders without
pay and the Olsmissai oi provincial
governors, while several rebellious
Colonels and many others were exe
cuted. '
Chinese May Labor In Congo.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 Statements
made recently by the Belgian premier,
Charles de Broqueville, indicate that
the government Intends to make every
possible effort to end the labor crisis
In the Congo colony, which greatly
disturbs the plantation and mining so-
cletles. It Is believed that the gov
ernment will make such modification as
will permit the immigration or uninese.
Banks Burglar Sentenced.
HILLS BORO, Or, Dec 19. (Special.)
Charles McGrow, who was caught last
July trying to burglarize the general
merchandise store at Banks, was sen
tenced today to an Indeterminate term
of from two to five years in the State
Penitentiary. McGrew's partner cs
caped.
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