VOL. LV.-NO. 16,981.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALLIES ARE ON BOTH
SHORES OF STRAITS
Footing Is Gained After
Hard Fighting.
DISEMBARKATION IS CONTINUED
Both Sides Report Capture of
Hundreds of Prisoners.
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYED
Army and Fleet Both Forced to Re
treat by Turks In Earlier Opera
tion and Many Are Lost, Says
Constantinople Dispatch.
LONDON, April 27. A joint war of
fice and Admiralty 'statement issued
tonight on the Dardanelles operations
cays: '
"After days of hard fighting in a dir.
f Icult country the troops landed on
Gallipoli Peninsula are thoroughly
making: good their tooting with the
effective help of tne navy. The French
have taken 500 prisoners." v
Many Turka Are Captured.
The statement appends the follow
ing, which, it says, is officially pub
lished at Cairo:
"Allied forces under General Sir Ian
Hamilton have effected a landing on
both sides of the Dardanelles under
excellent conditions. Many prisoners
have been taken and our forces are
continuing their advance."-
A" Paris dispatch says French troops
have occupied Kum Kale, the Turkish
village on the Asiatla side of the en
trance to the Dardanelles.
"During the disembarkation Sunday
of the allied forces at the Dardanelles."
the French official communication
'says, "French troops, comprising in
fantry and artillery, had been designated
particularly for operations at Kum
Kale, on the Asiatic side.
Seven Counter Attack VnlU
"This mission was completely and
successfully fulfilled.
"Aided by fue cannon of the French
fleet and under the fire of the enemy,
our troops succeeded in occupying the
: village and have continued its occu
pation, despite seven counter attacks
t night, supported by heavy artillery.
'We took 600 prisoners and the
losses to the enemy appear to have
been considerable.
"The general disembarkation of the
allied forces continues under good con
ditions." Turka Report Ilepulae Sunday.
A Constantinople dispatch received
early today via Amsterdam carried the
following official statement:
"Under the protection of warships
the enemy attempted to land troops
Sunday at four points on the coast of
Gallipoli. namely, at the mouth of
Sighinders, on the coast, in the district
of Avlburn, to the west of Kabalepeh,
on the coast of Tekeburun and in the
neighborhood of Kum Kale.
"The troops of the enemy which land
ed at Tekeburun were forced to re
treat at the point of the bayonet and
were pushed back to the coast. Part of
these forces on Moflday night were
obliged hastily to return to their ships.
.Fleet Said to Have Retreated.
"The Turkish attacks at all points
are progressing satisfactorily.
"Simultaneously a fleet approached
the Dardanelles in order to force the
straits from the sea, but it was obliged
to retreat before our fire.
"The forces of the enemy which
landed at Kum Kale advanced under
the protection of warships, but despite
a heavy bombardment from all sides,
our troops drove them back to the
coast.
"The enemy lost 400 men killed and
200 taken prisoners. Our losses were
insignificant.
"A party of Moslem soldiers who
landed with the French troops on this
point of the coast deserted the French
and joined our forces.
Torpedo Boat Is Sunk.
"Before Kabalepeh we captured sev
eral English and Australian soldiers,
among them a captain and a lieuten
ant. "When the enemy's fleet approached
the straits our fire sank one of their
torpedo boats and damaged anotherso
severely that it had to be towed to Te
nedos. The enemy did not undertake
any operations from the sea against
the Dardanelles today.
TRADE BALANCE MOUNTING
Iast -Week. Shows $20,611,584 In
Favor of United States.
WASHINGTON. April 27 Reports
placed before - President Wilson by
Secretary Redfield at today's Cabinet
meeting show the balance of trade In
Javor of th& United States last week
was $20,611,684, an Increase of almost
.JS, 000,000 over the previous week. Cot
ton exports for the week total 139.053
hales, making 7.140,810 bales since
August 1 last.
Foreign trade figures just compiled
by the Department of Commerce show
that for the months of December. Jan
uary. February and March a favorable
balance of J593.358.S34 was made. Im
ports for the period totaled $519,968,489
snd exports $1,112,327,801. Duties col
lected on these transactions aggregated
$65,128,835. ,
PANICS DECLARED
IMPOSSIBLE NOW
HAMLIN SAYS RESERVING AL
WAYS CAX GET CREDIT
Country Pictured as "Smiling, With
Prosperity," and Prediction Made
Smile Will Grow to Laugh.
MUSKOGEE, Okla., April 27. : The
country is smiling with prosperity as a
result of the Federal Reserve Bank act
and as the system grows older the
smile will grow into a laugh, accord
ing to Charles S. Hamlin, governor of
the Federal Reserve Bank Board, who
spoke before the Southern Commercial
Congress here today.
"In time of financial stringency, a
farmer deserving of credit can get it,"
Mr. Hamlin said. "We have a real
elastic, liquid currency. The Federal
Reserve Board is empowered at such
times to put out enormous sums, suffi
cient to dispute any idea of panic, and
a panic such as that of 1907 could not
take place."
The Texan and the Oklahoman is
getting to a point where he will not
ship his cattle to Kansas City and
Chicago and then buy his meat back. Dr.
Charles J. Brand, chief of thfe United
States division of markets and rural
organization, told the members of the
congress.
Co-operative societies throughout the
South are being organized to utilize
home products," lie said. "As the re
sult, the farm promises to hold the
young people by offering a broader
life," he said.
UNIVERSITY GETS BIG FARM
Property Worth $8000 Is Given to
Eugene Bible Institution.
EUGENE, Or., April 27. (Special.)
Miss Maria Porter, of Eugene, has
deeded to the Eugene Bible University
a ISO-acre farm in Linn County be
tween Coburg and Harrisburg, valued
at JS000, reports G. S. O. Humbert, Held
secretary of the school. The gift car
ries with it the rental value of the farm,
which is all in cultivation.
Miss Porter Is a. member of a pio
neer family that has been active in the
affairs of the Christian Church, of which
the Eugene Bible University is the de
nominational theological institution of
the PaciBc Northwest. G. S. O. Hum
bert is working for a $200,000 endow
ment fund, to which, when raised, James
J. Hill has offered $50,000.
VILLA CHIEF JOINS BRITONS
Major Do Bequer Obeys Mother's
Request to Return to Colors.- -
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 27. Re
sponding to a message from his mother
in England announcing the killing of
his two brothers in the British army in
the taking of Hill No. 60 and begging
him to return home and fight for
England, Major Eduardo De Bequer to.
day telegraphed his resignation to
Villa, in whose army he has fought
for two years.
Bequer, whose mother is English, was
recently made active head of the avia
tion corps in Villa's army and was sent
to. San Antonio on a special mission.
He telegraphed to New York to ship
his aeroplane to Canada, from where
he will sail to join the British colors.
BRITAIN NEEDS AMERICANS
Free Trips Foreshadowed to Fill
Munitions Labor Shortage.
LONDON, April 27. Free trips to
England and return are foreshadowed
for skilled . workmen in the United
States and the colonies of Great Brit
ain who are willing to fill the short
age among the armament firms in the
British Isles.
Francis D. Acland, Financial Secre
tary of the Treasury, announced in
the House of Commons today that the
government was taking steps to ob
tain such help in the production of
munitions of war. Free transportation'
would be arranged, he said, if suitable
labor were discovered without displac
ing the men already effectively en
gaged in thosey countries.
COYOTE PUP BOTTLE-FED
linker Telephone Girl Will Muzzle
Pet If It Grows Snappish.
BAKER, Or.. April 27. (Special.)
Tretty BUlle Bolton is going to raise
a baby coyote on a bottle. The little
brown ball of fur and fat was captured
in the hills, with its six brothers and
sisters, near Durkee by H. H. Lemons,
who brought them in today and pre
sented one to the dainty - telephone
girl.
When asked if she were not afraid
her pet would become snappish as lie
grows older. Miss Bolton looked
troubled. "Well, if he does I suppose
I'll have to muzzle him." she said. "I
guess you can muzzle coyotes as well
as dogs, can't you?"
FRANK KNOX PASSES AWAY
Death of Forest Grove Land Buyer
Halts Big Deal in Montana.
LEWISTON, Mont., April' 27. (Spe
cial.) The body of Frank Knox, a
wealthy land buyer from Forest Grove,
Or., was sent today from this city to
his old home. Mr. Knox had been in
this part of the state two weeks and
had ju.it . concluded all details for a
$50,000 land deal which was to have
been closed up with Frank Strouf yes
terday morning.
Few hours earlier, however. Mr. Knox
suddenly was stricken with heart fail
ure. His son, who accompanied him
hero, went home with the body. Mr,
Knox wad 57 years old. .
ROOSEVELT ON EASY
TE1SWITH BOSSES
Friendly Letters Are
Read in Court.
INSIDE POLITICS" RELATED
Hostilities Between Lawyers
Enliven Trial of Libel Suit.
COLONEL SHOWS FATIGUE
Appointments to Office and Vari
ous Affairs of State Discussed in
Missives Exchanged With
Piatt and Barnes.
SYRACUSE. N. T., April 27 More
hitherto unknown chapters in po
litical history were revealed in the Su
preme Court here- today, when confi
dential correspondence that passed be
tween Theodore Roosevelt on one hand
and William Barnes and ex-United
States Senator Piatt "the boss" on the
other, was read to tne Jury.
It was the ex-President's sixth day
on the witness stand in the $50,000
suit for alleged libel brought against
him by Mr. Barnes. Colonel Roosevelt
identified the letters and answered
questions about "them and some more
about campaign contributions and. big
business.
Words About "Bosses" Admitted.
He wound up the-day by claiming as
his own the speeches and interviews
published in New Tork newspapers, in
which he said- some things about the
men 'he called "the bosses." The names
of Barnes, Murphy, Guggenheim, Cox,
Lorlmer, Penrose and others were scat
tered through these articles.
The letters that passed between Colo
nel Roosevelt and Senator Piatt showed
that the two continued to consult on
friendly terms while the former waa
Governor, Vice-President and then Pres
ident. In a telegram sent to Colonel
Roosevelt while he was still Governor,
the Senator urged the signing; of a bill
for- exempting from the franchise tax
grade crossings of steam railroads, and
said that "our friends of the New Tork
Central" and Senator Depew were
"anxious."
Piatt Not "Easy Boas."
Colonel Roosevelt replied that he had
received the telegram "too late," and
that, anyway, he considered the matter
was one upon which he should take the
"advice of the tax commission, unless
it could be shown that they were
wrong.
In another telegram, when Senator
Flatt insisted that Colonel Roosevelt,
then Governor, attend the meeting
of n. commission, the Colonel, after
protesting, agreed to do so and added
"but you are not an easy boss."
The Colonel, when Vice-President,
asked that his friends he "taken care
of" by the Senator. In other letters
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INDEX OF TOWS NEWS
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70.8
degrees; - minimum, 46.2 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds.
War.
Lord Kitchener - says' -Germans maltreat
British prisoner. Page 2.
Frenchman says gas bombs do not kill, but
only put soldiers to sleep. Page 2.
British press criticises cabinet for not
making; Joint attack on Dardanelles in
beginning. Page 2.
Alllees advance on each side of Dardanelles.
Page 1.
German attacks on western front apparently
brought to atendstill. Page 3.
... National.
Sales from land grant at more than stipu
, lated price admitted by Oregon & Cali
fornia Railway attorney. . Page 1,
Domestic.
Roosevelt's friendship with political
"bosses' subject of- cross-examination
in trial ot libel suit. Page 1.
Higher freight rates on meats protested at
Federal hearing. Pace 5.
Double-dealing on both sides of Colorado
strike brought out in testimony. Page 6.
Governor' of Federal - Reserve Board says
country already is '"smiling with pros
perity." Page 1.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results Los Angeles
3, Portland O; San Francisco 7, Salt
Lake 3; Venice 4. Oakland 8. Fags 12.
ZlcCredle releases Callahan. Martlnonl and
Byler. Page 12.
Braves drub Giants with Rudolph starring.
Page 13.
New York Americans blank Red Sox.
Page 12.
L. Rayburn wins chief honors aV Oregon
state trapshoot. Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.
Blame for lack of bridge bonds' Interest
money Is cast to and fro. Pbge 7.
All T res well attends funeral of accident vie
time. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Quartermaster' opens bids for oats for Phil
ippines. Page H.
Lebanon mohair pool brings highest price of
season. Page 17.
Wheat slumps at Chicago on fine crop out
look. Page 17,
f Early gains in stocks wiped ont by later
selling, page IT.
Bids on repairing dry dock opened by Port
Commission. Page 14. .
T. Scott Brooke plunges to death from second-story
window. Page 1.
President Wilson, writing of The Dalles
Celllo celebration, expresses wish to see
work. Page 6.
Rotarlans name . Miss Marian Spoeri. daugh
ter of club president, for Queen. Page 11.
Council to pass on police pension system in.
stead of question being, submitted to
voters. Page 11.
Dr. Coe declares Progressive party yet big
factor. Page IS.
KAISER COLLECTING FOOD
Four-Xear Supplies Gathered to Be
Prepared for Long "War.
LONDON, April 27. A telegram to
the Evening News from Copenhagen
quotes the German counselor of state,
Herr Gottschalk, as saying that system
atic efforts were being inaugurated
in Germany for the purchase, of suffi
cient foodstuffs for a four-year supply.
This is being done, it is said, on in
structions to German Chambers of
Commerce ' from Dr. Von Bethmann
Hollwegr, . the Imperial Chaneeli tv on
the ground that Germany must be pre
pared for at least this length.
KIPLING SUMMONS FAILS
;
Author Does Xot Appear as Ordered
by British Columbia Council.
VANCOUVER. B. C, April .27. Not
withstanding a notice summoning him,
Rudyard Kipling failed to appear be
fore the City Council meeting to ex
plain why he had not cleared his lots
in Grand View. '
A chance was given him to explain
whether he was ignorant of the law or
was financially embarrassed, but even
though lie refused "to appear or to give
any reason for his non-appearance the
Aldermen decided to give him one last
opportunity.
LAND PRICE ABOVE
TERMS NOT DENIED
Railroad Argues Gov
ernment Acquiesced.
SUIT IS LAID TO SPECULATORS
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Profit on Oregon-CalifoL..
Timber Declared Their Hope.
SALES ALWAYS REPORTED
Washington Special Counsel Con
tendsDifrerently, Holding $2.50
an Acre Was Stipulation
by the Government.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 2". Argument of the
Oregon & California land grant case
before the Supreme Court was con
cluded today. C. J. Smyth, special
counsel for the Government, occupied
the morning, following generally the
lfne f his brief.
He denied the contention of the rail
road company that the Government haf
acquiesced in the sales of land contrary
to the provisions of the actual settlers
clause, and said that only Congress
could take cognizance of the violation
of the terms of the grant and that Con
gress was not advised of these viola
tions when they were made.
He cited a letter, written by Secre
tary of the Interior Delano, in 1852,
In which he interpreted the settlers
clause to require the railroad company
to sell its granted lands to settlers in
not more than quarter section tracts,
and for not more than $2.50 an acre.
Interpretation Mot Reversed.
He said that this Interpretation had
never been reversed by any succeed
ing Secretary, and therefore is to be
regarded as the Government's inter
pretation of the grant.
He declared the Union Trust Com
pany had no equities superior to those
of the railroad company, as it had
knowledge of the granting acts when it
gave mortgages on the land and be
cause it has signed every deed given
after mortgage. He further contended
that' the railroad company, to date, has
received from the lands sold almost as
much as it was lawfully entitled to
receive from the entire grant, if dis
posed of as required by law.
Mr. Smyth maintained that a decree
of forfeiture would not injure the
Union Trust Company, as its mortgages
cover rights of way, trackage, rolling
stock and other property and that its
mortgages are amply secured to guard
it against any loss.
Some Land Uninhabitable.
He made no mention of a decree of
specific performance, in the event the
court does not affirm a decree of for
feiture. Ex-Senator Spooner closed for Union
Trust Company. He laid much stress
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Tuesdays War Moves
ON THE narrow, rocky Gallipoli
Peninsula in Turkey and on a re
stricted front stretching northward
from Tpres in Belgium, two of the most
vital struggles of the war are now in
progress. Neither struggle has yet
reached a stage which would permit of
a prediction of the ultimate result.
In the Gallipoli Peninsula fighting a
picturesque assortment of troops land
ed Sunday, supported by the fire of the
warships, and are trying to batter their
way through thousands of German-officered
Turks in an effort to force the
Dardanelles v5in gateway of the
Ottoma- . .nd reach Constantl-
O Wording to the British assertions
the attack is progressing, but a Turk
ish communication received in London
yesterday declares that, although the
allies landed forces at four points,
these forces are being beaten back to
the coast, while the Moslems in the
French ranks are deserting the Tri
color and casting their lot with their
co-religionists.
Equally contradictory are the official
statements concerning the fighting in
the vicinity of Tpres. It would appear
that the German offensive north of that
city, which resulted in the recent gain
of nearly three miles, has reached its
limit, and that, although the Germans
hold most of the ground they gained,
the question now is whether they have
sufficiently consolidated the new line
to retain it.
The rush over, the British troops
are now said to have taken the of
fensive and are striking toward St.
Julien, which the Germans captured,
while the French on the British left
not only have pushed the Germans
from Lizerne, their new lodgment on
the west bank of the canal nearest
Calais, but have crossed the canal and
hold Het Sas on the east bank.
The German official communication
of yesterday, which records no prog
ress for the German troops, admits
that the British took the offensive to
ward St. Julien. but insists that the
successive attacks broke down.
Some sections of the British press
profess the belief that the crisis in the
new battle, or series of battles, for the
French coast has passed, but others
are of the opinion that the end is not
yet.
"Fate of Calais still hangs in the
balance." says the Evening News. "The
Germans are not disheartened. They
are not starving and they are capable
of a great sustained offensive In Flan
ders." CITY LIGHT PLANT BLOCKED
Baker Commissioners Find Petitions
Calling for Election Faulty.
BAKER, Or., April 27. (Special.)
The City Commissioners blocked the
movement for a municipal light and
power plant today, when they declared
illegal the petition filed by M. F. New
ton calling for a special election July
14 for an ordinance authorizing an ap
praisement of the work necessary in
extending the present plant.
According to statute 15 per cent of
the taxpayers at the last election must
sign such a petition, and examination
of the S18 signatures appended to Mr.
Newton's document revealed that in
place of the number required there were
but 177 genuine. Robert Service, who
is back of the movement, is expected
to continue his efforts.
ROLE PLAYED 1400 TIMES
David Warfield In "The Auctioneer"
necclves Congratulations.
NEW YORK. April 27. (Special.)
David Warfield appeared tonight In
"The Auctioneer" for the 1400th time
at the Manhattan Opera-House. He re
ceived telegrams and messages of con
gratulations. Among them was one
from David Belasco, from Hartford, un
der whose direction "Warfield is ap
pearing. It 'read:
"Fourteen hundred nights of 'The
Auctioneer' and It years' life associa
tion has only increased the friendship,
ambitious for you than I am for my
you. dear David. All my heart and
soul Is in our new play. I am more
self. I am so proud. God bless you.
"DAVID."
SWEDISH STEAMERS SEIZED
German Submarines Guard Two. An
other Taken to Svrlnemtinde.
LONDON. April 28. "The Swedish
steamers Hanua and Viking, from
Blythe and New Castle with coal for
Sweden, have- been stopped and are
lying guarded by German submarines
outside Skander, in the Baltic." says
the Exchange Teleg-.aph's Copenhagen
correspondent.
MALMO, Sweden, via London, April
27. The Swedish steamer Louise,
bound from England for Sweden with
coal, has been stopped off Falsterbo
by German torpedo-boats and taken
into Swinemunde.
NAPOLEON J0AID ITALY
Prince Louis Will Offer Services In
. Event of War.
GENEVA, Switzerland, via Paris, April
27. Prince Louis Napoleon, brother of
Prince Victor, head of the house of
Bonaparte, after a long residence near
Geneva, left here yesterday for Rome.
It is declared that the Prince intends
to offer his services to Italy in the
event of war.
Prince Louis Napoleon is a grand
nephew of Napoleon I. He has served
as a Major-General in the Russian array
and at one time was Governor of the
Caucasus. His mother as Marie Clo
tllde. a Princess of Savoy.
T. SCOTT BROOKE
PLUNGES TO DEATH
Leap From Window at
Home Fatal.
HEAD STRIKES ON PAVEMENT
Capitalist Either Walks or
Jumps From Second Story.
ACT IS CLIMAX OF WORRY
Xcrvous Breakdown of Itcccnt Ori
gin Said to Have Been Caused
by Inability U Adjust His
Business Affairs.
Thomas Scott Brooke, of the firm of
Brooke & Kiernan. one of the foremost
realty dealers, capitalists and clubmen
of Portland, fell or Jumped to death
from the second-story window at his
home. 722 Flanders street. last night
at 5:30 o'clock. He died at Good
Samaritan Hospital at 8:15 o'clock.
The fatal plunge was the culmina
tion of a nervous breakdown which be
gan less than a week ago and which,.
It Is said, was attributed to business
worries. Ho had made threats of sui
cide. He was worth approximately
$1,000,000, nearly all of which was in.
real estate.
Head Strikes Pavement.
Mr. Brooke hit head down on a pave
ment 12 feet below his bathroom win
dow. He was rushed to Good Samari
tan Hospital by the Ambulance Serv
ice Company, accompanied In thu am
bulance by Mrs. Brooke.
Mrs. Brooke, who was Miss Christine
Pomeroy, a member of a prominent Sun
Francisco family until her mitrrlagu
four years ago next November, was in
the house at the time. Mr. Brooke hail
had a nerve-wracking day. He sought
rest In his own room first, and later
went to the bathroom on the trcr.nd
floor. The length of time that ho was
locked in the bathroom had begun to
worry his family. Mrs. Brooke had Just
started to investigate when be plunged
to the pavement 12 feet below. The act
or accident occurred apparently while
he was in a fit of extreme nervousness.
Lighting squarely on his head, he
was unconscious when he was picked
up a few minutes Inter by attendants
at the house and by Mrs. Brooke.
Death Cones la Three Hours.
Dr. A. J. Giesy, an old friend and as
sociate, and Dr. J. O. C. Wiley were
called. . and from the first pronounced
Mr. Brooke fatally Injured. He did not
regain consciousness before his death,
less than three hours later.
For four or five days Mr. Brooke had
not been to his office. For two weeks,
however, he had been suffering from
nervous perturbation which. It Is said,
developed rapidly with his inability to
adjust his affairs. He had several Dig
deals under way, but was temporarily
short of cash, according to his friends .
Mr. Brooke had been a resident of
Portland practically all of his life. Ho
was about 48 years old and waa recog
nized wealthy in his own name and
exceedingly prominent socially and in
club affairs. His wedding to Mlks
Pomtroy five years ago waa of social
Importance. They have two children,
Christina, three years old and Llody. a
baby, only 2 months old.
Really Holdings Valuable.
Mr Brooke owned, personally or in
conjunction with several different busi
ness associates and the Brooke estate,
several parcels of downtown real
estate, among which were several
valued sites in the heart of the business
section. One of these properties, owned
by the Brooke "state. Is the half block
between Broadway and Park streets,
on Washington street opposite the Mor
gan building, and the southeast corner
of Fourth and Yamhill streets on which
the Central Market building has re
cently been erected and which lie owned
personally. He also had a half In
terest In thee Lumber Ixchange
building on Second and Stark streets
and valuable Kast Side parcels. He also
owned four acres along the Northern
Pacific Railroad, near the Portland Lin
seed Oil "Works, and timber tracts In
Tillamook (unty. Of the Brooke es
tate property Mr. Brooke owned seven
twentieths. Mr. Brooke was 48 years old last
August. He was the son ofMr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Brooke, prominent ploneere.
Mr. Brooke formerly having been in
the quartermaster's department at
Vancouver, Wash., some years ago.
Their old home estate was the prop
erty now occupied by the Orpheum
Theater at Stark and Broadway and
Park streets.
County Office Held Once.
Thomas Scott Brooke was christened
after Bishop Scott, for whom Mishop
Scott Academy was named. Mr. Brook
attended this school as a boy in Port
land prior to going to Lawrencevl He.
N. J., where he attended the Princeton
Preparatory School. He never entered
college. Instead returning to Portland
and taking up work with Corbett. Fail
ing & Co., and eventually going into
the Security Savings & Trust Company.
From July, 1900. to 1902. he was County
Treasurer, having been elected on the
Republican ticket, defeating Ralph W.
Hoyt.
Mr. Brooke was a brother-in-law of
Colonel John Parke, of the i'nlted Stales
Army, now at Mexican border duty, and
formerly military attache of the Amen
canembay at "Tirussels. Mrs. Parke
is now in Portland on a visit. A brothir,
now dead, was Captain L'dward Bro' k".
Two other brothers, now dead, were
Hamilton Brooke and Dr. John M.
Brooke.-