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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1914)
THE 3IORXIXG OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1914. LORIMER, WITH 12 OTHERS, INDICTED Ex-Senator's Son Among Num ber Accused, of Conspiracy, Fraud and Deceit. BANKING DEALS RECITED Defendants Charged Among Other Things With Mulcting La Salle Street Bank of $2,000,000 in Money and Securities. CHICAGO, Oct. 22. William Lorimer, former occupant of a seat in the United States Senate, John K. Segrave, chief clerk in the office of the State Audi tor, and 12 officers and -employes of the Lorimer-Munday chain of banks, of which the La Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank was the head, were in dicted in the state courts today. Thir teen true bills charcins conspiracy to ruin the various banks, operating- a confidence game, embezzlement and larceny were returned. Lorimer, Munday, Fox, McDonald and J. P. Gallagher, of the Lorimer & Gal lagher Construction Company, are al ready under indictment in the United States courts charged with misappli cation of runds in the La Salle Street Bank while it was a National bank, prior" to its incorporation as a state Institution. Other Bankers Indicted. Besides Lorimer. the others indicted today are' Charles B. Munday, vice president of the La Salle Street Bank; Thomas McDonald, cashier; Charles G. Fox Junior vice-president; Abraham Levin, cashier of the Ashland Twelfth State Bank; Edward J. Potts, vice president of the same institution; Paul Hazard, president of the Broadway State Bank, and member of the Drain age Board; John F. liife, vice-president of the same bank; Frank H. Novak, attorney and president of the State Bank of Calumet; Charles W. Novak, secretary of the same bank; John B. Deveny, former president of the Inter national Trust & Savings Bank; Harry W. Huttig, manager and director of the Rosehill Cemetery Company, for mer director of the La Salle Street Bank: and William Lorimer, Jr., son of William Lorimer and head of the firm of William Lorimer, Jr., & Co. The La Salle-Street Trust & Savings Bank, the Broadway State Bank, the Ashland Twelfth State Bank and the Illinois State Bank were closed June 12 by order of the State Auditor. On June 13 the Stftte Bank of Cal umet, one of the chain, closed Its doora voluntarily. 3,Ot0,000 Conspiracy Charged. The chief indictment alleged today the mulcting of the La Salle-street bank of $2, 000,000 of money and secur ities. Lorimer, Sr., Huttig, McDonald, Fox and Segrave were defendants, and were charged with conspiring by false pretenses to appropriate to their own use property of the public and de positors and creditors of the bank, and of the Broadway State Bank, the Ash land Twelfth State Bank, the Illinois State Bank, the State Bank of Calumet, the Farmers' Bank, of Bethalto, 111.; the Citizens Bank of Alhambra. 111.; the State Bank, of Marine, 111.; the State Bank of Oconee, 111., and the Kosehill Cemetery Company. The first count alleges that the de fendants conspired to possess $1,000, 000 in money and $1,000,000 in col lateral in the La Salle bank by trans ferring it to themselves in exchange for securities of little, uncertain or no value. The second count charges the defendants with conspiring to cheat the subsidiary banks and defraud the Rosehill Cemetery Company of large sums of money and securities of value unknown. Confidence Game Described. Other counts charged conspiracy to operate a confidence game, to cheat the bank by agreement, to deceive the State Auditor, to lend money to offi cers of the bank, to lend money to ir responsible persons and to violate the banking laws of the state. Segrave, Munday, Levin and Potts were charged with conspiracy to ruin the Ashland Twelfth State Bank. Haz ard, Segrave, Munday and Rice were charged with conspiring to ruin the Broadway State: Frank and Charles Novak and Munday, conspiring to ruin the State Bank of Calumet; Deveney and Munday, conspiracy to ruin the In ternational Trust & Savings Bank, and Huttig. Munday. Segrave and Lorimer. Jr., with conspiring to ruin the Rose hill Cemetery Company by substitut ing security of little or no value for good security. Lorimer. Sr.. Munday, Fox. Levin and Potts were charged with receiving de posits at the La Salle-Street and the Ashland Twelfth State banks when they were insolvent. Other counts charged Munday with a confidence game to defraud the La Salle Bank of stock valued at $108,750 in the firm of A. H. Hill & Co., bankers, and the operation of a confluence game and larceny on the Auburn State Bank by means of kited checks involving $40,000. Huttig, Muday and Lorimer. Jr., were charged with the embezzlement of se curities of the Rosehill Company. The indictments contained from one to 12 counts each. Capiases for the arrest of the de fendants will be issued tomorrow. , SUEZ NOT TO BE REFUGE Britain Explains Why Ships of Ene ' inies Were Seized. LONDON. Oct. 22. Through the offi cial press bureau, the government sets forth its attitude towards the ships of an enemy in the Suez canal. Some ves sels, it says, were detained by the Kgyptian government because of hos tile acts committed in the canal and some because it was believed that they contemplated hostile acts. In a third class are placed the ships which re fused to leave, though free passage was offered, "thus disclosing an intention to use the ports of the canal as a ref uge a measure not contemplated by the Suez canal convention." As such action might block the use of the canal by other ships it is con tended that "the Kgyptian government is fully justified in removing all the enemy s ships which have been long enough at canal ports to show clearly that they have no intention of depart ing in the ordinary way." COAST DEFENSES WEAK Vnited States Urged to Provide More Men and Guns. LONDON. Oct. 22. (Special.) Ger man vigilance and exactions press over hard on correspondents and it is im possible by ordinary means to get any thing out of Antwerp except by mes senger since the invading force has fastened its settled rule ujjon the town. One exception I might make. News sub-edited by the German military gov ernor would stand a good show of see ing the light in foreign countries. I do not find that the German sol diers are savages. On the contrary I have seen them searching the fields be fore Antwerp for Belgian wounded who had lain out all day and night. I have seen them gathering up these victims of war and transporting them to hos pitals with all tenderness and sympa thy. It seemed to me that they dealt more tenderly with wounded Belgians than with their own wounded. I found only one German who had done an act that he deeply deplored. He was a young fellow who had been employed in a Berlin drapery shop. At Vise, immediately after he had en tered Belgium and before he had had an opportunity to kill anyone in bat tle, a beautiful girl rushed into the streets and began to fire into the Ger man ranks from an automatic pistol. An officer detached a squad to deal with the girl, ordering that she be killed. The Berlin man, followed by his comrades, chased the girl into a house, thrust his bayonet through her body and pinned her against a wall. "God. how I shivered when I did it," he said, "but I am a soldier and I could do nothing but obey." PRGSSER IN FETE DRESS CITV CELEBRATES ITS FIRST HOG AND CORN SHOW. Golden Kara and Shocks Decorate Streets and Display of Products Is Notable Contests Are On. PROSSER, Wash.. Oct. 22. (Special.) Prosser is today in holiday attire for the celebration of ner firBt corn and hog show. The city has the appearance of a corn field in me ancwie West. The streets are lined with huge shocks of corn, with the golden ears exposed. The window decorations in the various business houses are unique and inter esting as well as beautiful. Corn of all varieties and color is in evidence every where. Some say there is more corn on the streets of Prosser today than was raised in all Benton County a few years ago. In many store windows pairs of red Berkshires are dozing in the sun; in other places stuffed pigs are displayed. The carnival hall is a place of beauty. The corn arch, conceived and built by E. E. Starky, is decorated with kernels and ears cut in every conceivable shape, with the words "Corn and Hog" over the arch. The pyramid built by J. J. Kowalski is unique with a hog's head, beef head and sheep's head at the top and the American eagle over all. A beautiful corn booth was made by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harris, with the words "Corn Is King" in the back ground. William Saar has a corn ex hibit of 10 varieties, using broom corn Tor decorations. There are 18 contest ants in the boys' corn and hog contest. A girls' contest booth is filled with only products of corn and hogs, includ ing head cheese, hominy, sausage, corn bread and the like. More than 525 hogs are entered in the contest, several weighing 800 pounds, some litters comprising 10 and 11 pigs. The Ladies' Guild in serving cafeteria supper uses only corn an4 hog products, coffee being the only exception. AMERICA STOPS BRITISHER Steamer Ordered Back to Harbor on Failing to Observe Rule. NEW TORK, Oct. 22. The British steamer River Delaware was ordered by the United States revenue cutter Seneca today to return to the harbor. The steamer had started for Smyrna and other Mediterranean ports by way of Philadelphia. The Seneca was on duty at quarantine, and, according to her captain, the steamer tried to pass out without first receiving permission by signal. It was assumed at quarantine that the River Delaware had, in the opinion of the Seneca's captain, failed to com ply with the customs regulations. Ac cording to Custom-house officials on shore the River Delaware received her clearance papers Wednesday. RATE FIGHT WILL BE ENDED TODAY Shippers' Association to Pre sent Little Evidence Oppos ing Railroad Plea. RADICAL REVISION IS URGED W. C. Maxwell, of Wabash Company, Tells Commission Lines Are Us ing Old Equipment, Making Maintenance Cost Higher. WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. The Eastern railroads' battle for a 5 per cent ad vance in freight rates will be completed tomorrow before the Interstate Com merce Commission. The attorneys rep resenting shippers' associations will have few witnesses and it is believed that arguments will be presented soon. The hearing turned today from con ditions arising out of the war to con sideration of rates themselves. W.. C. Maxwell, general traffic manager of the Wabash system, and appearing in the interest of the Central Freight As sociation, presented figures to show that even with the partial relief granted under the Commission's pre vious decision, the lines of that terri tory are in urgent need of greater rev enues. State Commissions Unfriendly. Mr. Maxwell estimated that increased revenues to the Wabash, by carrying out suggestions made in the Commis sion decision, would amount to $550,000 annually if figured on the basis of traf fic in 1913, and allowing that intra state rates could be increased also. He said this last was not to be expected in Indiana and Illinois, where State Commissions had show-ad little inclin ation to co-operate in relieving the sit uation. Louis Brandeis suggested that noth ing short of radical revision of all the rates, such as was undertaken recently in New England, would aid the rail roads. The witness promptly agreed. "Anything else is just playing with the situation." he said. "The condition of bankruptcy is there." Mr. Maxwell said tariffs were now on file with the Commission increasing rates which its previous decision had indicated "were too low." These in cluded grain and grain products beef packing-house products and livestock,' sugar and copper and smelter prod ucts from Chicago to the Atlantic board. He included estimates on these increases witn tne elimination of spe cial privileges and exceotions to i-i.i fications, the revision of systems of estimating weights and the placing of poaacngcr ruiea on a uniiorm 2-cents-a-mile basis, both interstate and intra state, in his figuring on increased rev enues for the Wabash. Credits Admittedly Low. Attention was called to Mr. Maxwell's figures for maintenance of way and equipment for 1914 on the various roans, in some instances these showed a decided increase over similar statis tics for 1913. Commissioner Clark sought an explanation, and the witness agreed to supply it. He hazarded an opinion as to equipment. "We are using a lot of old shoes and patching them up," he -. said. "With new equipment that expense would be cut." He added, however, that roads needed new credits before new equip ment could be bought. Clifford Thorne, representing sev eral state railway commissions of Western and intermountain states, as sured the Commission the state bodies would- not oppose increases in any in adequate intrastate rates. Outdoor Fall Apparel For Women and Misses The Woman's Shop is showing the latest arrivals in Tailored Suits, Coats and Balmacaans. You are courteously invited to call today and inspect many models of unusual style and beauty This is a daylight store, the entire third floor being lighted by great windows and skylights.- Fabrics show here in their true colors. Suits $19.50 to $69.50 Balmacaans $10 to $50 No Charge for Alterations BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth A Shop for Gentlewomen BELGIANS ON STRIKE Postal Clerks Refuse to Work Longer for Germans. LONDON RAID DISCUSSED Mails r.re not used In constructing- Japan ese houses. The parts are .lomed by an in genious system of mortisinp. Teuton Aviators Study Map Showing Location of Bank of Ijondon, War Orflce and Parliament. Machine Digs Graves. LONDON, Oct. 22. "A fortnight ago hundreds of Belgian postal clerks struck, declining; to work longer with the Germans," says the Daily Mall's correspondent, who has returned from Brussels. "On the same day all the -post boxes were placarded with a German poster, telling the people to call for their let ters. Hundreds of Germans have been imported to take the places of strikers. "All the grounds at the Palace of Laeken, one of King Albert's Summer residences, are occupied by troops, but the palace itself was occupied only for three .days by the officers. During their occupancy, however, much dam age was done to the pictures in the palace. The officers had dinners brought in from the hotel and paid for them with bills that were signed with a rubber stamp belonging to King Al bert, which was taken from the King's desk. "The restaurants of the hotels are being used for the distribution of the iron crosses. The correspondent was present at the banquet to army airmen given in one hotel by the general staff on October 15. They spread out a large map of London and remarked on the location of the Bank of England, the War Office -and Parliament. The of ficers now speak of attacking London before taking Paris. "The correspondent while in Brus sels saw a traction "trench digger' for the first time. It is a kind of motor plow and digs a trench four feet deep and four feet wide. It is also used for gra ved 1 ggi n g." HOUSE LIVED IN 50 YEARS Long Island Couple Occupy Home Where They Married in 1864. NEW YORK, Oct. 11. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend Baldwin, of Totten street. Hempstead. L. I., celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage yester day. They were wed In the house where the celebration took place. During their half century of mar ried life they have never been sepa rated for a day or night and have never written each other a letter. The cou ple have six children, born to them, living. Burlington Bank Chartered. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Oct. 22. The Treasury De partment today issued a charter to the Burlington National Bank, of Burling ton, Wash., formerly operated as the Skagit State Bank. The Institution has a capital of 25,000. " Santlseptlc Lotion relieves chafing Aflv Wonderful Hat Snap Come Early FRIDAY and SATURDAY Any Trimmed Hat in the Store $3.85 Great Values $7.00 to $15.00 HAT AND HATE. STORE. 120 Cth st., near Washing-ton. H. B. Oaf lin Co., New York We have just received another shipment from headquarters of the BANKRUPT STOCK of the H. B. CLAFLIN COMPANY, NEW YORK, with instructions to dispose of same no later than Saturday night, regardless of cost. In addition to these garments we will include several hundred of our own high-grade stock of GABARDINES, BALMACAANS, CRAVENETTES and ENGLISH SLIP-ONS for MEN, WOMEN, BOYS and GIRLS. TODAY AND SATURDAY POSITIVELY THE LAST DAYS OF THIS GREAT BAN HRUPT . SALE Men's and women's Double Texture Slip-on, plaid interlined, sewed Jj Cf and cemented seams, formerly $12.50, now . . pDOvl Men's and women's Balmacaans, rainproof, no rubber, raglan shoul- q d.f ders,, formerly $16.50, now . pt.OU Men's and women's Gabardines, Cashmere Slip-ons, Cravenettes J- f Qf and Tweeds, formerly $20, now 1 U.OU Men's and women's Gabardines, Balmacaans, Scotch Mixtures and fljl O CA Homespuns, formerly $22.50, now P &0 vl SPECIAL Just a few very high grade imported Rainproof Balmacaans, Eng- i lish Slip-ons and Gabardines, formerly $45, $37.50 and $30, now J 1 C if $22.50, $18.50 and ' iplO.UU 343 Washington Street Near Broadway 1 IT? 343 BAINCOrXT STORE OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL 10:30. i ii If j . Washington XJ- Sfrr 3tcar Broadway o time IPBopl May jKbslow The Committee of One Hundred, following- its usual meth ods of coercion, threats or pressure,, is endeavoring to dis credit many of the names printed by the Oregon Brewers' As sociation as signers of a "Declaration of Principles," opposed to state-wide prohibition. It is possible, even probable, that one member of a firm, speaking for a firm or a corporation, may attempt to discredit the signature of another member of such firm or corpora tion, or the signature of some competent managerial head. It is equally possible, and even probable, that an occa sional signer of such "Declaration of Principles," feeling the pressure brought to bear on him, may go so far as to say that he "did not know what he was signing." . This organization, therefore, desires to make this public offer: For the name of EVERY MAN OR CONCERN whom the Committee of One Hundred succeeds in coercing or forcing to discredit his signature to the said "Declaration of Principles" against state-wide prohibition this organization promises to print the names of FIVE OTHER MEN OR CONCERNS, taken from its list of SIXTY THOUSAND signers of said "Declaration of Principles." Attacking the signatures of a few men or concerns, how ever, does not relieve the Committee of One Hundred from the duty of making good its original challenge by publishing the names of those several hundred men or concerns who stand by their signatures to the anti-prohibition "Declara tion of Principles." Are not these names of leaders in finance, commerce, trade, transportation, manufacturing, labor and the profes sions that were published in answer ' to the "dry" challenge worthy of more than ordinary consideration? Will the voters cast such names as these aside when they consider the futile evasions of the Committee of One Hun dred's answer to our challenge, in answer to their original challenge, to print the "names of one hundred men," or con cerns opposed to state-wide prohibition? Let tlie Cooiimittee of One Moodred Its Word K (Paid Advertisement Oregon State Brewers' Association, by K. G. Deckeebach, President, Portland, Oregon.) c?