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THE MORMXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1015.
mmM road
BOUGHT SECRETLY
Transaction Connected With
ftew Haven's Policy of
Control Is Revealed. -1
PERSONAL CHECK DRAWN
Letter Indicates Deal Was Clotlied
in 3Iystery Because Trouble Witn
Connecticut Legislature Was
Feared by Directors.
NEW" YORK. Oct. 28. The activities
of Judge A. Heaton Robertson, of New
Haven, one of the 11 ex-directors ot
the- New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad cn trial for alleged violation
of the Sherman anti-trust Jaw, fijrured
Wednesday for the first time in the
presentation of the Government's case.
He was represented as having secretly
purchased for the New Haven, the Merl
ien. Waterbury & Connecticut River
Railroad, a line which John M. Hall,
then vice-president of the New Haven,
thought should be "swept off the face
of the earth."
J ud pre Robertson was said to have
kept it more than two years; turning
its rolling stock over to the New Haven
meanwhile and finally the road itself
under a lease authorized by the New
Haven board of directors. This, it was
said, was after the patrons of the road
had been complaining because it was
not operated, and the New Haven man
agement feared that the real owner
ship would become known and make
political trouble in the Connecticut Leg
islature unless the road was operated.
Gnilty Knowledge Alleged.
The history of the transactions, in
troduced in the foim of letters written
by Hall, was put in by the Government
in its effort to show that even after
the New Haven directors', were ap
prised by the trans-Missouri rate case
decision in 1897 that the Sherman law
was applicable to railroads, they con
tinued in their alleged illesal acts.
Charles 8. Mellen. who occupied the
stand for his sixth day of testimony.
Identified the signature of the letters,
but did little testifying.
Edward D. Robblns, one of the de
fendants, but then attorney for the
Merlden, Waterbury & Connecticut
River, also figured in. the transaction.
That road, one of the lines allied to
the New York & New England Road,
had. along with the New England, gone
into the hands of a receiver, and Judge
Robertson bought it in at the receiv
er's sale In 181)6. Hall wrote to Rob
bins, asking him . In whose name the
check should be made.
Secret Payment Suggested.
"I would like to have it arranged so
that payment of the cheick should not
be disclosed." he wrote; "I don't see
why Judge Robertson can't pay the
check right to you."
On May 5, 1896; Hall wrote to Rob
ertson: "My Dear Judge: I have received
notice from the New England Railroad
that they are prepared to deliver to
the purchaser of the Meriden, Water
bury & Connecticut River stock and
quite a rlarge amount of freight equip-
yient and -desire to do so on May 30.
f you are not intending to deliver a
Memorial Day address anywhere, 1
suggest that you join the president,
myself -and perhups the chief engineer,
in a little expedition which we propose
to take next Saturday over the lines
of your recent acquisition. Of course.
we should simply do so in the advisory
capacity, but we should gladly furnish
you transportation. Please say noth
ing about this, as we do not wish.-to
advertiser' our trip tiny more than is
necessary. If we go with you we can
act as witnesses to the delivery of the
property and you will have an oppor
tunity to get an idea of the value and
ppssibilities of the property which you
would hardly ascertain in any other
way." , , .
HOMEOPATHS IN SESSION
SOCIETV MEETS AND ELECTS DR.
J. U. Dl'.SSOS rRESlDEST,
Headquarters Are at Imperial Hotel
Wkere Programme of Scientific
Work WU1 be Given Today.
The. 39th annual meeting of the
Homeopathic Medical Society of Oregon
opened at the Imperial Hotel Wednes
day night with an informal dinner, fol
lowed by a short -business session and
election of ofticers.
Dr. John II. Besson was elected
president for the coming year, sue
ceeding Dr. David Breuer. Other offi
rers elected were: Dr. Arthur L. Can
field, first ' vice-president: Dr. P. E.
Hale, second vice-president: Dr. David
Breuer, secretary, and Dr. I. N. Palmer
re-elected treasurer.
Dr. P. L. McKenzie. Dr. John
Bishop. Dr. Arthur L. Canfield, Dr. H.
i. Nichols and Dr. I. N. Palmer were
elected to the board of censors of the
society.
The scientific work of the conven
tion will begin today, with the read
ing of papers on variqus topics, fol
lowed by a discussion of each paper.
j ne programme toiiows:
10 A. M. Address of the president,
Dr. David Breuer; " Colic of Argentu
Nit," Dr. Ethel Fellows, of McMinn-
vllle, discussion led by Dr. A. M. Vin
cent; "Report on Seventy-first Annual
Session of the American Institute ot
Homeopathy," Dr. Arthur L. Canfield;
-cones fracture." Dr. H. s. Nichols,
discussion led by Dr. John S. Bishop,
or f orest vfrove.
2 P. M. "Why Pain and Inflamma
tion?" Dr. Frank S. Casseday, discus
sion led by Dr. John F. Besson: "Ecto
pic Gestation," Dr. Byron K. Miller, dis
cussion led by Dr. E. E. Beckett, of Se
attle, Wash., and Dr. P. E. Hale: "ltms
From My Case Book." Dr. Adeline
.Keeney- errls. ot Springfield, discus
sions led by Dr. John F. Wt' cester
i n.K-uia Annlii-.rtnn a t- . . .
- r - " w J .' 1 U ft J3 ,
Dr. A. 8. Nichols, discussion ted by Dr.
Daniel O. Webster; "The Tonsil." Dr.
P. L McKenzie. discussion led by Dr.
I. N. Palmer; "Renal Efficiency." by
J.r. is. d. xesson, discussion led by Dr.
xi. xs. oacneior.
ROBBERS ; SAFE IN WILDS
Gang Who Held Vp "Katy" Thought
in Old Rendezvous.
MUSKOGEE. Okla., Oct. 28. The un
inhabited fastness of the Kiamichl
hills ia the far southeastern corner of
Oklahoma, rendezvous of bandit gangs
since frontier days, was believed to
night to be holding safe from pursuit
five of . eight men who early today
held up and robbed the Missouri, Kan
pas & Texas Railroad, at Onapa, 27
miles south of Muskoree.
Three- of the outlaws were thought
to .be in Texg, after having boldly
ridden into Muskogee to secure medi
cal attention for one of their numoer
and then boarded a southbound train.
Tnree men, apparently ranchers, wear-
ng high-top boots and Droaa-orimmea
felt hats, came to town early today
and had Dr. B. "W. Randel treat the
lacerated ear of one of their number.
Despite the statements of express of
ficials that the booty obtained by the
bandits was small, many rumors were
in circulation today concerning the re
sult of the robbery. One report, from
McAlester. declared the robbers ob
tained 140,000 which was being sent
into the South for the cotton raarket-
ng season.
Railroad officials, however, said the
train had not been carrying large
urn of money for several years, since
it was robbed" once before. Other esti
mates placed the amount stolen by the
robbers at 9000, although from the
general offices of the road in Dallas,
Tex., came a statement that the men
secured only four sacks of cheap
jewelry which had been tied up like
monr bags.
TRUCE IN AFRIGA TOPIC
GERMAN COLONIAL SECRETARY
WOULD STOP HOSTILITIES.
Negotiations Through The Netherlands
Minister to Great Britain Are
Being Carried On. ,
LONDON. Oct. 28. The visit to The
Hague of W. S. Solf, the German Colo
nial Secretary, according to the Dally
Chronicle, is connected with negotia
tions which the newspaper says are
already on foot for the calling of a
truce in Central Africa.
The Netherlands Minister to London,
the Chronicle adds, recently visited The
Hague, where the question was dis
cussed at length with the Dutch Cab
inet. The German government has not
put forward its side of the controversy
as to who started the hostilities. The
German memorandum is entitled "Ne
gotiations Concerning the Neutrality of
the Conventional Basin of the Congo.
It maintains that the British took the
initiative in the hostilities in this re
gion.
Evidence that the British are now
willing to treat this point as at least
a doubtful one is seen by the Daily
Chronicle in an answer given by Lord
Robert Cecil. Under Secretary for the
Colonies, to a question in the House
of Commons:
"I am unable to state what was ac
tually the first act of war within the
conventional basin of the Congo."
The Daily Chronicle says it remains
to be seen whether Germany will be
able to propose the basis for an arm
istice acceptable to Earl Kitchener.
The newspaper adds that the Crerman
memorandum includes a considerable
quantity of year-old German-American
official correspondence on the subject-
ASTORIA HATES TOPIC
CHAMBER - TO DISCUSS PROPOSAL
FOR SAME TARIFF AS PORTLAND.
Meeting Called for Early Next Week by
Governors Who Hear J. N. Teala
s -
Views on Subject.
Opportunity 'to consider the proposal
to recommend that Astoria be granted
common rates witn Portland and Puget
Sound will be presented to the entire
membership of the Portland - Chamber
of Commerce. This was decided upon
yesterday afternoon at a meeting of
the board of governors of the Chamber.
The meeting will be called for some
evening early next - week, probably
Monday or Tuesday, unless there are
found to be other meetings on those
nights that might Interfere, said C. C.
Colt, president of the Chamber, last
night.
The Astoria rate question already
has been discussed by the traffic and
transportation bureau of the Chamber.
J. N. Teal, representing this bureau,
spoke to the governors yesterday. His
address was followed by a discussion of
the different phases that had been pre
sented. The governors decided to ask
Mr. Teal to present his analysis of the
situation to the members of the Cham
ber, and this lie will do at the meeting
next week.
"The Chamber of Commerce realizes
that this is a matter of great impor
tance, said Mr. Colt last night. There
should be no ill-considered or hasty
action, and we want the members to
have the fullest opportunity to study
and understand the situation. It is for
this reason that the meeting is to be
called for next week, and at that time
we hope to have a large attendance
of our membership.
COUNCIL TO DIRECT WAR
British Government to Recognize
Unofficial Body.
LONDON, Oct. 28. No reconstruction
of the Cabinet nor constitution of a
smaller Cabinet is being considered by
the government at the present time,
says the Parliamentary correspondent
of the Dally News, but it has been de
cided, he says, to give official recogni
tion to a hitherto unofficial "inner
war council or committee."
Seven to ten ministers have hereto
fore taken part at various times
the deliberations of this body, which
is now to be officially appointed with
an exact definition of powers and
principles. The committee, the news
paper says, will sit daily and will de
clde on executive acts of war. Such
decisions, moreover, need not in future
be referred for approval to the full
Cabinet.
MOOSE ENJOY PROGRAMME
Instrumental and Vocal Music,
Talks and Boxing Knliven Event.
-Members of the Moose Lodge gath
ered in their clubrooms in the Royal
building Wednesday night and enjoyed
themselves to the utmost. The pro
gramme was excellent. It opened with
Chief "Biddy" Dowell and Jake Em
mert giving a harmonica duet. W. L.
Walker, the mallcarrier-baritone. fol
lowed, contributing several vocal se
lections. Roscoe Hurst then gave
monologue, as also did Barney Gold
stein. Frank Hennessesy, Jack Faul-
coner and Charles Robinson sang.' Sev.-
eral boxing bouts also enlivened the
evening.
The entertainment committee, of
which William Adams was chairman.
was made up as follows: Jack King.
Harry Cohen. George L. Baker, George
Tazweu, Harry Dinger, J. D. M. Crock
well, Harry Anderson and Roscoe
Murst-
FOUR MORE GERMANS SUNK
British Submarines Add to Victims
in Baltic Sea.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 27, via London, Oct.
28 British submarines have sunk four
more German steamers in the Baltic
This announcement is made in the
Russian official statement issued? to
night. , J
COUNTRY FAIR IS FUN
Crowds at B'nai B'rith . Pay
With New Paper Issue.
'MASHERS" HEAVILY FINED
Merrymakers "Try Luck" at Various
Devices AJmed to Take . Money -Away
From .Visitors and Jit
ney Dance Proves Popular.
Paper bills, fashioned after the sort
that flowed from the Southern states
during the Civil War. were sold by the
ream at the first night of the County
Fair that is being held, by the com
bined B'nai B'rith organizations of the
city at the hall near Thirteenth and
Miil streets Wednesday night.
From the time the doors were
opened until the last concession owner
had put up his sign "gone home" the
hall was thronged with the good-natured
crowd that, parted with its paper
money o cents for each piece of
currency freely and for a good cause.
When the doors were closed last
night every concessionaire, had enough
of the paper bills to start fires with
all Winter.
Many "Try tuck" at Store
As soon as the pleasure seeker en
tered and was "cleaned" of his admis
sion tickets by the stern officer of the
law who stood at the door the spirit
of camaraderie was manifested, and
amid the roar of the "barkers' and
the shouts of mendicants, who had
every conceivable staple to sell, was
heard the din of happy voices. - -
The country store and the "jitney"
dance were favorites, and all evening
long a. crowd thronged the entrance to
the store and "took a chance" on the
Innumerable sorts of wares. The
dance also attracted many and the
pockets of the cashiers bulged with
admissions.
In the basement of the building a re
production of a frontier mining town
dazzled with all the devices known for
tempting the passers-by to "try their
luck."
There were diving maids and men
in the tank in the basement and some
of the best fancy divers in the city
gave startling exhibitions.
On the main floor all the four sides
of the building were lined with conces
sions and every attraction that ever
followed a county fair or a circus had
its place Wild men, pretty girls.
thought readers, men of mystery, hula
dancers all drew throngs.
One of the features of the fair was
the kangaroo court Beginning at
9:30 o'clock professional , feminine
mashers" and policemen hunted the
building over for possible offenders of
the many laws that governed the at
tending crowd, and when there were
no violations trumped-up charges were
productive of heavy fines.
Committees Assigned to Tasks.
M. Mosessohn -was the chairman of
the arrangement committee, and B. W.
Rubin was the general manager of the
fair.
Names of the managers of all the
concessions were: Central Bank, Simon
Conn; Kangaroo Court. Judge - D. N.
Mosessohn; prosecuting attorney. Chas.
W. Robinson; Monte Carlo, Marcus
Conn; Country Store, Abe Rosenstein;
Bazoo Band leader, Ben Lerner; "jit
ney- dance, -Louts Gevurtz; refresh
ments, Joe Tonkin, duck pond, Barney
Metzger: ringing the girls. Victor Hoe
flish; . palmist and- fortune teller, Ed.
Coin; postoffice, wireless telegraph
station, fc,dward Weinbaum: "mashers.
Mrs. M. Wax. Mrs. A. L. Goldstein and
Mrs. Eden Savoy: Fiji Islanders, Ben
Fisner, Harry Fisher, Ed. Blumenthal
and Fred Palmer: grapevine, Mrs.
Myer Simon; trained nurse. Mrs. Mar
cusvHochfield; three legged lady, Alfred
tachilt: Oriental dancer, Jimmy Gilbert
incubator, -Louis Margulis; mysteria.
l. uaumgart; Jt-rays, Dr. Tilzer; hit
ting the nigger, Herman Conn; swim
ming pool, Dave Cohn; poultry' raffle,
J. Lauterstein: Stella, Jake Levin;
guess your weignt, Harry Cohn.
In the course of the evening an ex
hibition of the National fox trdt, Na
tional1 one-step and the Montrose waltz
were given by Mr. and Mrs. M. M
Ringler. Miss Leah Cohn and Louis
Kauffman were heard in musical num
bers.
The County Fair closes tonight. The
nroceeds from the fnir will Via neAH
toward the liquidation of the mortgage
on tne a nai t ritn building.
RURAL CREDITS ' GAINING
Several Amendments Promise to
Carry In California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28. Incom
plete returns tonight from yesterday's
general election indicate that several
of the nine constitutional amendments
promised to carry.
Proposition No. 4, stipulating that
Supreme, Appellate and Superior Court
Judges should retain office until their
successors had qualified, was leading
by a majority of 3000 votes on returns
from 3733 of the 4672 precincts of the
state.
Proposition No. 6, proposing rural
credits legislation, and No. 7. reauir
ing a two-thirds majority vote to pass
initiative measures and safeguarding
initiative and referendum petitions,
were gaining rapidly.
16 CHINESE TAKEN IN RAID
Operation of Gambling Game
Charged Against Merchant.
Is
In a raid on a Chinese gambling
game at 84 Second stsreet Wednesday
Sergeant Robson and Officers Miller,
Wellbrook and R. E. Burke arrested
Wong Sing. Chinese merchant, on
charge of conducting a gambling game,
and IS other Chinese charged with
visiting the game. They will appear
in the Municipal Court today. The bail
of Wong Sing was placed at $100 and
that of the other Chinese at $10 each
Those arrested for visiting a gam
bling game are: Ah Tom, Ah Joe, Ah
Sue, Cin On, Ah Bow. Ah Wa. Ah Pat,
Ah Too. bun uoy. Jim Too, Jim Wing,
Ah Dat, Ah Doo, Ah Sam and Ah Tat.
TWO ARE FOUND GUILTY
British Agents Convicted of Aiding
In Recruiting.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 28. Two men,
Ralph K. Blair and Dr. Thomas Addis,
were found guilty Wednesday 'in the
Federal Court of conspiring to recruit
men in the United States for the Brit
ish military service. Counsel for Blair
and Thomas said that an appeal would
be taken. It was reported that the
British consulate, which was repre
sented in court during the trial, urged
such a course.
Clive E. Lawrence and the Blatr
TJmsdock Company were found not
guilty.
The stipulations filed - with Judge
Dooling admitted funds for recruiting
men were furnished by A. Carnegie
Ross, British Consul here; that 155
men were recruited; that headquarters
were maintained, where the men were
housed and fed"; that transportation
and $9.10 each for sustenance on their
ourneys were furnished the men, and
that the men were to be transported to
England.
More than $100,000 was alleged y
the Government to have been spent
the alleged, recruiting of men for
British, military service. - The money
was said to have been traced to Brit
ish sources.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. Convictions
under the old statute making it a
crime of conspiracy to employ men on
American soil for military service
abroad is regarded by the State Depart
ment officials as likely to bring to an
issue the question whether the united
States shall permit to remain in effect
a law based on a policy which might
operate to its own serious disadvantage
in time of war.
The statute under which Biair and
Addis were convicted at San Francisco
does not affect the activities of repre
sentatives of a foreign power, who ar
range for the return of reservists, but
Imposes, heavy penalties on the agents
of a nation undertaking to send back
home for service citizens or subjects
who are not already on military rolls.
Sir Cecil spring Kice, tne rsritisn Am
bassador, who was at the State De
partment today conferring over an ad
justment of the question of facilitating
the release of American-owned goods of
German and Belgian origin now held in
Holland, -expressed surprise when be
learned of the convictions.
Embassy officials have conferred with
the Department of Justice on the sub
ject, and it is understood that at the
embassy's instance the case will be ap
pealed and that if the result is then
unchanged the matter will be taken
up diplomatically.
BRITISH CONSUL IS NAMED
H. Ii. Sherwood Is on Way to Ad
minister Affairs In This District.
John P. Trant the British Vice-Consul
of the district comprising Oregon.
Washington, Idaho, Montana and
Alaska, who has been administering
the affairs of the consular office since
the departure of Thomas Erskine for
New Orleans, has been notified that H.
L. Sherwood, of London, England, has
been named as the Consul to take Mr.
Erskine's place. Mr. Sherwood should
arrive here within a few days.
Mr. Sherwood has been employed in
the London Foreign Office, but so far as
can be ascertained he has never served
his country in the Consular service.
Mr. Sherwood will .be accompanied by
his wife.
BURGLAR SUSPECT IS HELD
Ex-Convict Charged Witli Robbing
Linnton Home.
A burglar was seen early Wednesday
leaving a house in Linnton, from which
clothing and jewelry were stolen. John
Donlln was arrested later in St. John
by Detectives Royle and John Moloney
and Officer O. Aspen, and charged with
the crime. He will be tried in Munic
ipal Court today.
Donlm, according to detectives, has
only been out of Folsom Penitentiary
in California about two months, after
serving a two-year term for burglary.
He is also said to have served two
terms here for larceny and bad check
worn.
GIANTS DUE TO DISEASE
Boston Physician Finds Cause and
Removes It. - - ;
BOSTON. Oct. 28. An operation to
regulate the growth of persons af
flicted with gigantism was demon
strated -before the- Clinical Congress
of Surgeons of North America by Dr.
Harvey Cushing. of this city, today. He
explained that the disease which re
suited in producting the giants similar
to sideshows was caused by a disease
in the condition of a small gland in
the center of the head.
In his operation Dr.' Cushing rolled
back the nose of his patient, removed
a secretion of the gland, and replaced
the nose.
KRUPPS GET DUTCH JOB
German Plant to Build Two Cruis
ers for Holland.
LONDON, Oct. 28. A dispatch tor the
Express from Copenhagen says -that
the Krupps have obtained a contract
to build two cruisers for the Dutch
government.
The vessels will be built at Amster
dam and Rotterdam under immediate
control of German engineers.
A wealthy young Knfrlishm&n before go
ins to tho front, insured his life tor Sl,
OOu.OOCV, ths risk being split among several
ofTlcpw. The first premium was $.".ooo.
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