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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1915)
TIIE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, JUXE 23, 1915. TOM TAGGART, 127 OTHERS INDICTED ago this. month, for the murder of Stan ford White, was begun here today with the selection of a Jury to inquire as to his sanity. If the Jurors decide in his favor and Justice Hendrick, presiding, who has the power to reverse their verdict, ac cepts It, Thaw will obtain permanent release from the ilatteawan Insane Asylum, where he was incarcerated after being acquitted of murder at his second trial, and from which he escaped in 1913 John B. Stancbfield. his attorney, will outline his case tomorrow and the taking of testimony will begin. Thaw has about 50 witnesses, including sev eral alieniets. to prove that he is now sane and entitled to his freedom. The state also has a large number to tes tify against him. Among the latter probably will be Williams Travers Jerome. Although Thaw sat at the counsel table, he took small part in picking his jurors. On only one occasion did he overrule the opinion of his counsel and cause the challenge of a talesman. v, . . ti..i-. : I He appeared to be in high spirits and iU..,, iu..uii -""-'"" J frequently Joked with the newspaper Tampering, Importing of Repeat ers Allegations; Several Surrender to Sheriff. Conspiracy to Commit Election Frauds Charged by Grand Jury at Indianapolis. MAYOR IS INVOLVED ALSO IXDIANAPOIJS, June 22. One hun dred and twenty-eight men were in dicted today by the Marion County grand jury on cnarges of conspiracy to commit election frauds. Fewer than half of the indicted men. many of whom are high in political party councils, had surrendered to iiheriff Coffin and given bond tonight. Thomas Taggart, .Democratic Na tional committeeman for Indiana, Jo seph E. Bell, Mayor of Indianapoli6; Samuel V. Ilerrott, Chief of Police, and Robert AV. Metzger, Republican memb r of the Board of Public Safety, were among the first to acknowledc- service in the case and give surety. The bonds of those who surrendered ranged from $2500 to $10,000. Bribery and lllackmuil Charged. Mr. Taggart and Mayor Bell tonight proclaimed their innocence and as serted they had committed no crimes. The indictment, which is in 48 counts, charges that the conspiracy began prior to the primary of May 5, 1914, and ex tended through the election of Novem ber 3, 1914. It charges illegal voting. Intimidation, false registration, padding the tally sheets, stuffing the ballot boxes, illegal manipulation of voting machines, blackmailing of saloonkee; ers and resort owners, bribery and vote-buying. Conviction of the charge of con spiring to commit a felony, or felonies, carries with it a fine of not less than $-5 nor more than $5000 and imprison ment of not less than two years or more than 14 years. All the men Democrats. Republic--s and Progressives are named in a sin gle item. Included among those in dicted are said to be a number of pri mary, registration and election of ficials. The indictment charges certain of these officials with conspiracy to permit persons to register falsely and to vote falsely in the primary and in the election. Another count charges re peating. Repeaters Declared Imported. Repeaters were imported from out side tlie county for use in the election, tt is asserted in the indictment. Several counts charge election offi cials with failing to do their duty in connection with having the voting ma chines in proper uraer and with tam pering with the machines during the day. Many members of Mayor Bell's offi cial famiiy, former city officials, po licemen and ward leaders, are among those indicted. The more prominent are the following: Herman Adam, City Sealer of Weights and Measures; Dennis Bush, SLreet Commissioner; Edward Lyons, Demo cratic candidate for County Treasurer; Dr. John W. Sluss, Republican and ex superintendent of the City Hospital; Donn M. Roberts, ex-Mayor of Terre liaute, who was convicted in the elec tion, fraud trial in Federal Court here recently; Charles' Coval, Mayor Bell's ex-secretary; Jacob H. Hilkene, City Building Inspector; Oscar Merrill, po lice lieutenant. Taggart Bond Ih S5OO0. Roberts' connection with Indianapo lis politics was touched on during the trial in the Federal Court when he was convicted and sentenced to six years in the Federal Prison. Several witnesses mentioned the alleged fact that Rob erts had sent repeaters to Indianapolis from Terre Haute to work during the election. Thomas Taggart and Mayor Bell were released on personal bonds of J50U0 each. Among others indicted were: James S. Rochford, superintendent street cleaning; William Clauer, clerk of Ihe board of safety; Nelson Hyde, ex-member board of safety; William A. McCon- nell. City veterinarian; William T. Brown, clerk of the Board of County Commissioners. Several police sergeants, patrolmen and city detectives were among the in dieted. AVIATION FIELD SOUGHT I'ORTLAXD MAV BE SELECTED WAR DEPARTMENT. ' BY Arm y School to Train Airmen I Be Located on Coast, if Suit able Grounds Are Fonnd. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 22. An Army aviation school and training ground may be established in the environs of Portland, as the result of an investigation to be made next month by Ueutenant-coionei Samuel Reber. assistant chief of the signal corps in charge of aviation work, and Captain Richard Marshall, Jr. of the quartermasters' corps. Con Kress appropriated 11000 to make an investigation and determine the loca tion of a suitable site for an aviation field on the Pacific Coast, and these officers under orders issued today will visit Portland. Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego. If they And a suitable site, the War Department will recommend an ap propriation to establish the training ground. There is now such a field at San Diego on rented ground, but aviation experts report against that locality as being "too ideal." It is deemed ad visable to instruct aviators in some locality where they will encounter greater diversity of weather conditions than exist in Southern California. The Portland Chamber of Commerce can greatly enhance the prospects of locating this training ground near Portland by gathering data to present to Colonel Reber on his arrival in Portland. FIRM WILL REORGANIZE CUMPAM' 'WITH HOISE HERE CH.WGE POLICY. TO LOWEST BIDDERS ARE TWO .Litlicr J. A. Bernardi or Appling Griggs Company Will 'Win. SALEM. Or., June 22. (Special.) Bids for plumbing and heating in the new wing of the Eastern Oregon Insane Asylum, opened by the Slate Board of Control, were as follows: Alaska Plumbing Company. Portland. plumbing $6380. heating $5540; Appling Griggs Company, Portland, plumbing onu, neating $a(;oo; Rushlight & Has torf, Portland, plumbing $6372. heating J5101; J. F. Shea, Portland, plumbing $6548. heating $5583; G. H. Sutherland Company. Walla Walla, plumbing $6345. heating $47S; Sturgis & Sturgis, Port land, plumbing iiOaT, no beating bid, and J. A. Bernardi. Salem, both beat ins and plu:n bmsr for J98U0. Secretary Uoodin. of the board, was instructed to return checks accompany ing all bids but those t; the two low est. J. A. Bernardi and Appling Griggs Company. One of the latter bids will be accepted. CAFE'S LICENSE REVOKED Dancing in Violation of Cily Costly to Katliskellcr. Law SEATTLE, Wash., June 22. Because the management permitted dancing in violation of a city ordinance prohibit ing dancing in places where liquor Is sold, the liquor license held by the Rathskeller, one of the largest cafes in the city, was revoked by the City Council by a vote of 6 to 2. The Council has had the case under consideration more than a week and heard heated arguments by prominent business men who urged that dancing in cafes be permitted, and by leading clergymen, who insisted that the ordi nance be enforced. The Council con tinued until next week consideration of a motion to revoke the license of an other large cafe which permitted dancing. JURY PICKED FOR THAW Prisoner Joyful in Seventh Attempt to Gain l'reedom. NEW TOrtlv. June 22. Harry K. Thaw's seventh attempt to gain his freedom slnfe his arrest, nine years Pacific Hardware Jt Seel Concern of San Francisco to Abandon Some of Its Retail Stores. SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. Reor ganization of the Pacific Hardware & Steel Company of San Francisco and abandonment of some of its retail stores in other cities, were announced today as the result of conferences to rehabilitate the company. W. T. Smith, of San Francisco, was announced as president. A. L. Scott and H. J. Morton retired from the directorate. Whole sale branches are maintained at Los Angeles and Portland, Or. A meeting of the stockholders has been called to ratify changes in policy oix months' time has been granted the company by San Francisco, Los An geles, Portland. Chicago and New York banks, which represent 85 per cent of the company's indebtedness. The balance sheet shows a surplus of $700,000. lie capital stock, now $5,000,000, was reduced from $10,000,000 in 1910. The financial embarrassment of the com pany, however, it was said, was caused largely by the purchase of stock from A. L. Scott, ex-president, by the com pany with borrowed money and by the uiipruiiiaDieness oi retail stores. The company was organized under the laws of California in January. 1910, to succeed the Pacific Hardware & &teei company of New Jersey. FOREST WORK APPROVED SECRETARY OK AGRICULTURE COM PLETES TOUR. TEMPERANCE TALK CHEERED BY ADEN General State of Mind Is Re flected in Applause, Is View of Speaker. TRUTHFUL PRESS PRAISED '. Houston Regards Hla Experience While Vlxlting Ranger and Set tlers as Invaluable. WASHINGTON, June 22. Fresh from an extended tour of the National for ests, during which he studied at close range forestry problems. Secretary Houston, in a letter to Chief Forester Craves, made public today, described his experience as "invaluable." He also expressed approval of the work of the forest service. To familiarize himself with the man agement and development of forest re sources. Secretary Houston visited typi cal forests in eacn of the six great districts of the West and came into personal contact not only with the rangers and guards, but with the hnm. steaders, cattlemen and lumbermen. The Secretary said that he was daily impressed with the intelligent and sympathetic attitude between the iorest service and the users of forest. "The efficient and svnioathetin han dling of forest problems on the part of the service, in the Interest not only of the Nation, but particularly of the sections in which the forests are lo cated." Mr. Houston said, "gives prom ise of the successful solution of any problems that may confront us." the ELCAINE LONGMIRE DEAD Member of Old Pugct Sound Pinnmr Family Passes. TACOMA. Wash, June 22 (Snp. lal i Blcaine Long mi re. aged 74 of rh. famous Longmire Springs and a mem ber of one of the oldest families In Pierce County, is dead at the Snrinir after a year's illness. He was born in Indiana and camp here In 1852 with his parent. Mr. and Mrs. James Longmire, who established their home first at Yelm. He was known to pioneers all over the state A widow and 11 children survive. Honest Statements and Elimination or Praudalent Advertising Are Recognised as Aims of Ma jority of Newspapers. CHICAGO. June 22. An Impromptu discussion of temperance was greeted with cheers by delegates to the 11th annual convention of the Adverlisiu; Clubs of the World here today. "The applause given the idea of tern perance by the country's advertisin men is significant of the National trend of thought," commented H. S. Houston, of New York, whose name has been mentioned as next president of the associated clubs. He said: "These men are in closer touch with public feeling and desires than any other class except newspapermen. They reflect a general state of mind on a grave problem and conclusions may be drawn from their attitude. Henry D. Kstabrook. of New York added to the comment: "If it be true that accredited church organizations are not as careful as the secular press in what they publish," he said, "and that they accept advertising rejected by their worldly contemporaries, then they have much to learn from business in the matter of every-day morals and ethics." .Newspaper Standard Adopted. In the newspaper section, the follow ing standard of practice was adopted. It represents the aims and purpose of most of the newspapers of the United States. The standard binds the mem bers: "To make none but true statements of circulation. "To maintain advertising rates as published. "To reject fraudulent advertising. "To oppose free publicity." Present day newspapers are a better advertising medium than ever because they have a more " gripping National power a power that should be studied by every thinking advertiser. Joseph II. Finn, of Chicago, told the delegates. Mr. Finn spoke of "The Newspaper. the Advertiser and the Advertising Agent." He declared that advertising the news about merchandising and that there was nothing closer to the hearts of the reading public than the "live news concerning buying opportunity." "I believe In the efficiency of news paper advertising because 1 have seen what it can do in such a variety of lines, covering such a divergency of propositions that the possibility of luck or accident must be eliminated from consideration. Truthful Paper Kent Medium. "It is the paper which publishes the true news that pays the advertiser best," the speaker said. "Generally speaking, the best news paper is the one which secures the best advertising," Mr. Finn continued. 'The best advertising is what helps make it the best newspaper. Truth the slogan of this convention. Truth is the slogan of the newspaper that hopes to win the most lasting success the widest influence. "I have seen, almost overnight. newspaper advertising and merchan dising successes that would have been deemed incredible 10 years ago. And these successes were solid they stag ed put. "Undoubtedly the greatest thing that newspapers can do for advertisers for the business world, for humanity is to spread the gospel of optimism, to chart a straight course of confi deuce. A newspaper that deals in un quieting rumors, that dispenses gloom and that Is always on the hair trigger of uncertainty, defeats the advertiser and defeats itself. "It is the truth that good times and bad are each largely a matter of psy chology. In this respect the power of the newspaper is almost beyond reckoning, boost and keep on boost ing." FRENCH LOAN FINANCED i Additional Security Given for Cash to Be Obtained in America. - NEW YORK, June 22. Confirmation of the much-discussed French credit by American bankers was received to day, wnen j. i'. Morgan & Co. an nounced the virtual completion of one-year loan to the Paris branch of the Rothschilds, the latter acting for the r rencli government and the Bank of France, as well as a syndicate of French bankers. The amount of 'the loan and its Interest yield are yet to be determined, but it is intimated that the sum is not likely to exceed too. 000.0 JO. at ap provimately 5 per cent. It will be secured by collateral in the form of high-grade American railway bonds, to be placed with Morgan & Co. These bonds Include some of the senior se curities of America's premier roads, of which many millions of dollars' worth are owned by French investors. The proceeds of the loan will be used by the French government for payment here of its heavy commercial obligations incurred in the purchase of war supplies and foodstuffs. Grand Army Man Dead. SEATTLE. June 22 Edward F. Walker. Adjutant-General of the Grand Army of ,.the Republic. Department of Washington and Alaska, died at his home at Bremerton early today, aged 73 years. rie naa been In ill-health several weeks. DECISION MAY BRING SUIT Attorney-General Sajs Money Paid State Can't Be Koeovered. SALEM. Or.. June 22. (Special.) Foreign corporations . which paid to the state about $100,000 under a graduated tax law passed in 1903 and pronounced by the Supreme Court to be unconstitutional cannot recover the money, according to an opinion of Attorney-General Brown In reply to a query of Corporation Commissioner Schulderman. The Attorney-General held that the payments were voluntar ily made in contemplation of the laws and decisions of Oregon, and conse quently the companies cannot be re imbursed. Prior to the decision of the Supreme Court the 1913 Legislature, being ad vised that the law probably was uncon stitutional, passed an act providing for a flat annual license. Corporations asking for a return of their money say the law was void from the start, and it is believed that suit will be brought by them. Ralph Watson, former corpora tion commissioner, is said to represent a number of these corporations. Koseburg Woman Is Defeated. ROSEBUKG, Or., June 22 (Special.) At the annual school election held here yesterday. A. T. Marshal was elected director by a majority of 55 votes over Mrs. Mary Houck. A heavy vote was cast. 8 Mos. Subscription to the Wonderful PICTORIAL REVIEW MAGAZINE For Only 59c Sold Over Counter Only. Pattern Department, Second Floor Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers uoi ci: cffcl CV9.V- Merchandise Pacific Phone Marshall 5000 O. Merit Only" Home Phone A 6691 WE PAY the Highest Price .for Old Sewing Machines When Exchanged for the New Free Machine $1 Down$l Week Second Flor. uu suit sale A lb. An Extraordinary and Unparalleled Event! Offering Our Finest $25.00 to $37.50 Tailored Suits Which Under Normal Conditions Would Not Be Presented at This Low Figure Until the First of August Eighty Plain and Novelty Trimmed Man-Tailored Suits Of Serge, Gabardine, Poplins and Covert Cloth in Black and Navy Blue, Sand Battleship Gray and Black and White Shepherd Checks We take this radical method of disposing at one stroke this limited assortment of some of our very finest man-tailored suits in this very choice selection are a great many that reached us very lale in the season and reflect styles that will be worn until the late Fall the other models are from our regular stock and are the best examples of the late Spring and mid-Summer modes. In colors you can select from black, navy, putty, sand, battleship gray and black and white checks. Any woman who requires a suit is, indeed, fortunate to have the opportunity for saving such as this exceptional sale offers. Third Floor. Delightful New Styles in These $4.00 and $5.00 Imported Voile Blouses At $2.95 Embroidered Blouses Lace-trimmed Blouses Ruffled Blouses Pleated Blouses in such an array of new styles that it is impossible to attempt to describe them. Novelty and tailored effects, with embroidered organdie collars, and lace-trimmed collais, in the lat est midsummer models made of a very fine quality of imported voile. Blouses the like of vhich we have never before been able jo offer at such an exceptionally low igure. See them today, on sale in the Waist Section. Third Floor Silk Skirts Are More Popular Than Ever And These Handsome Models at $5.45 Will Appeal to the Woman of Fashion - Charming skirts of beautiful, soft-finished black chiffon taffeta silk, fashioned in the very latest full, flaring effect, that brings us back to the days of the hoop-skirt. They are delightfully simple, yet extremely smart, with their deep-shirred yokes, finished with cording, made exactly like the illustration, which was sketched from the models on sale. ' $8.50 would be the regular price of these skirts, and a very ' fair price, too. ' Third Floor. Great Sale Today of Boys' Wash Suits Fourth Floor. To See Our New Sports Hats Is to Realize That They Are the Smartest in the City Never a new model comes out in New York that we do not show within the week. Up-to-the-minute styles that women of discriminating taste always want hats that show the individuality of the cleverest designers. The Sports hat, for instance, is the very latest in Summer millinery. Its many attractive diversions from the original Sports hat make it the most popular and the most becoming millinery for women and girls, for practically every occasion for street wear as well as all kinds of outing wear. 4 Models of fine felts, straws, and felt and straw combinations that match, or contrast with the popular Sports coat and sweater. Trimmed with scarfs and grosgrain ribbon bands. Clever models. Special .... $2.95 Cool-looking linens with colored facings, beautiful straw hats combined with colors, stitched satin models, smartly trimmed in tailored effects, and models for all kinds of street wear. Special $4.95 Black and white checks and combination stripes, in these duck hats make them most attractive. An excep tional collection of all that is new and good-looking will be found here, at only ." 95c Second Floor. MURDER TRIAL IS ON 'Brides in Bath" Case Begun in London Court. 3 DEATHS LAID TO HUSBAND .Prosecution Is Opened With State ment Man Wedded Under, Assumed Names and Hilled Wires for Insurance They Carried. LONDON, June 22. George Joseph Smith was placed on trial for his life in Old Bailey today. He is charged with the murder of three women, with all of whom he went through the mar- riagre ceremony, and all of whom were found dead in bathtubs under almost identical circumstances. The case has come to be known throughout the king dom as "brides in bath" case and prom ises to. be the most noteworthy murder trial here since that of Dr. Crippen. The proceedings today consisted of the selection of a jury and the opening address of the prosecutor, who related the circumstances of the deaths of Smith's wives, Beatrice Mundy, Aline Burnham and Margaret Lofty. The details related by Prosecutor Bodkin were identical with the evi dence given at the preliminary hearing, and disclosed that Smith, under the name of John Lloyd, married Margaret Lofty at a registry office at Bath In November, 1914. The' couple came to London the same day and the next morning the bride was found dead in her bath. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Later it was ascertained that Lloyd was ,not the husband's name, and he was arrested and identified, according to the police, as George Joseph Smith, who in November, 1913. had married at Portsmouth Alice Burnham. She had been found dead in her bath a month after the ceremony. His mar riage to Beatrice Mundy In July. 1912, was also traced. The prosecutor declared that the mo tive for tho alleged murders was the greed for money which Smith would obtain from the insurance on the wom en's lives. In this way, said the prose cutor. Smith had obtained $14,000 and was in a fair way to obtain $3500 more when he was arrested. 3 IN. JITNEY CRASH HURT Kansas City Banker and "Wife Are Injured at Ban Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. Seven persons were injured today, one of them seriously, in a head-on collision . be tween a motor bus and a touring car in a traffic jam before the Ferry building. Both cars were wrecked. Among the injured were George P. Dixon, San Francisco motor bus driver. probable fracture of the skull, and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Roberts. Kansas City, both of whom were bruised. The touring car was being driven at high speed, it was said, to enable Mr. and Mrs. Roberts to catch the north bound steamer Great Northern. Mr. Roberts is a banker. Junction City Woman Buried. JUNCTION CITY. Or.. June 22. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Wil liam Leppert. a native of Indiania. was held yesterday in the Methodist Church. Rev. C. O. Heath officiated. Mrs. Lep- pert was born in Jay County, Indiana, November 26, 1858. She was married in 1874. Interment was in the Oddfellows' cemetery. Mrs. Leppert died from heart disease suddenly Friday nlght. She is survived by a widower, a' daughter. Miss Grace Leppert, two sons. E. D. Leppert, of Junction City, and Harry Leppert, of Marshfield. did not notice the approaching train The locomotive struck him squarely and he was thrown some distance. He will probably recover. Dillard Man Hit by Train. ROSEBURG. Or., June 22 (Special.) James Bagley, of Dillard, was struck by a freight train Sunday night and seriously injured. He had started to walk across the tracks, and apparently Proper Thing Now Is to Peel Off Soiled Skin PALE BEAUTY FADES The girl who conies home from school or shop tired out every day may be beautiful, but she will soon fade. She will be fortunate if she es capes a physical breakdown because the ease with which she tires is prob ably the first warning symptom of a thinning of the blood that cannot be disregarded. Thin blood may give an attractive pallor for a short time, but soon the patient becomes thin, flat-chested haggard ar.d angular. The only beauty that endures is that of rich, red blood shining through a transparent skin. Almost any giri can build up her blood by using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They are useful to growing girls, to pale girls, thin girls and those who get tired or out of breath easily. Moth ers of such girls should see to it that the tendency to anemia is checked by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills before the trouble becomes chronic. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will build up the blood if anything will. They are free from opiates or harmful Jrugs and can De taken witn periect satety by anyone. Your own druggist sells them, so you can begin taking the treatment at once. A helpful booklet. "Building Up the Blood, will be sent you free on request ny tne ur. w imams med icine Co.. Schenectady. N. Y. Those who abhor sticky, greasy, shiny, streaked complexions should religiously avoid creams, powders and rouges during iht heated days. There's no nt-ed for them, any way, since tho virtues of mercollzed v. ax have become known. No amount of perspira tion will produce any evidence that you've been usinu the wax. As it is applied at bed time and washed off in the morning, the complexion never looks like & make-up. Mer collzed wax gradually takes off a bad com plexion. Instead of adding anything to make It worse. It has none of the disadvantages of cosmetics and accomplishes much more In keepinc the complexion beautifully white, satiny and youthful -'Just ftet an ounce oi it at your drugKist's and see what a few days' treatment will do. L'se like cold cream Another effective Summer treatment heat tending to cause wrinkles and flabbi ness is a skin tightener made by dissolv ing l oz. powdered saxolite in pt. witcn hazel. Its use (as a face bath; leaves no trace. Adv. Captivating Lashes and Eyebrows; How Acquired (Woman Beautiful) Cultivating these important features such a simple matter, it's surprising so few women mike any effort in this direction. Ofie need only procure about an ounce of plain pyroxin at any drug store, massage some into the eyebrows once a day and apply a little to the lash roots with thumb and forefinger. It's truly remarkable how this harmless method improves the length, thickness and sllklness of eyebrows and lashes, giving the latter a beautiful curl. Adv.