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MEN FLOCK TO JOIN
ANOTHER REGIMENT
With Arrangements Not Far
Along for Organization,
98 Applications In.
OFFICERS ARE ANNOUNCED
Tlimt Club Members Anxious to Get
Jnto Mounted Organization One
Company of Firemen Desirous
of Going Policemen Join.
Men from all walks of life, firemen,
policemen, ministers, laborers, lawyers,
bankers, mechanics and business men
called upon Colonel C. XJ. Gantenbein
and his assistants yesterday to apply
for admission to the proposed Oregon
volunteer regiment which is to be or
ganized ir case President. Wilson calls
for volunteers.
By 6 o'clock last night 98 signed ap
plications were on file in room 565,
Courthouse, and these did not include
a large number that had been gathered
at other sources in Portland.
Roy W. Kesl, secretary to City Com
missioner Baker, said last night that
almost a full company of Portland fire
men desire to join the volunteer regi
ment and a large number from the
Portland police force were also anx
ious to join.
B. R. Crehbs. of the Portland Hunt
Club, advised Colonel Gantenbein last
night that many members of that club
are anxious to join the volunteer regi
ment, but would prefer, if possible, to
go into a mounted organization. Mr.
Crebbs had a conference with Colonel
Gantenbein last night on the subject.
Recruiting; Is General.
Volunteer recruits are being enlisted
in various cities and towns of the state
outside of Portland and tentative ap
pointment has already been made of
several captains to take charge of the
organization in the respective com
munities. "It is my purpose to have five or six
companies organized In Portland and
eix or seven outside of Portland," said
Colonel Gantenbein last night. "Sev
eral men of excellent military record
have already been advised that they
will be recommended for appointment
as officers as soon as the occasion may
require. These men are being desig
nated according to their known fitness.
Judged by their records as soldiers.
"The new military act, approved by
the President on June 3, provides that
the normal strength of a company shall
be 100 and the maximum 150. In each
company there are to be a Captain,
First and Second Lieutenants and 100
enlisted men, as follows, one first ser
geant, one mess sergeant, one supply
sergeant, six sergeants, 11 corporals,
two cooks, two buglers, one mechanic,
19 privates of the first class and 56
privates."
Jiew Appointments Made.
In addition to Colonel Gantenbein.
Lieutenant-Colonel Finzer and Major
Charles E. McConnell, the personnel
of the field and staff .officers, as pro
posed, was annonuced by Colonel Gan
tenbein yesterday as follows:
J. Francis Drake, the newly elected
School Director, is to be Captain of
one of the Portland companies. Dr.
Drake served in the Spanish-American
Aar and was an officer in various
companies of the First Regiment, Ore
gon National Guard.
A. W. Orton. State Senator-elect, is to
command another company with Will
iam E. Kinney and H. M. Dukes, both
Spanish War veterans, as First and
Second Lieutenants, respectively. Cap
tain Orton commanded Troop A until
a few months ago, and served as First
Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant dur
ing the war.
Richard Deich, Deputy District At
torney, who is a veteran of the Phil
ippine insurrection and a former mem
ber of the regular Army, is to lead an
other Portland company. He opened
enlistment headquarters at his office
at the Municipal building, Second and
Oak streets, yesterday for the signing
up of a company of volunteers as a
section of the regiment to be raised
by Colonel Gantenbein. He is being
assisted in the work by Police Captain
Inskeep and City Detective Royle.
Newspaper Men Are Slsned.
Fourteen men were signed up yester
day while the plans for the new organi
zation were being outlined, and it is ex
pected that names will begin coming
in in large numbers when the work f
forming the company is generally
known.
Harry B. Critchlow, newspaper man,
was the first to sign up with Mr.
Deich for the new company. Two other
newspaper men followed shortly after,
Clifford C. Harrison and Paul Ryan.
Others who signed up yesterday were.
If. F. Griffith, patrolman: E. A. Dueber,
Harry Stanton, J. J. Saul, J. F. Hilton,
B. Hunt, P. W. Evans. L. G. Duff, It. W.
Belding, Andy Vaughn and Ellsworth
Adams.
Captain Inskeep will be First Lieu
tenant and Detective Royle Second
Lieutenant of Captain Deich's company.
All are men of considerable experience
in military affairs.
Mr. Deich served in the Fourteenth
United States Infantry for a number of
years and at the time of the trouble in
the Philippines served through that
campaign as a member of the Second
Oregon Volunteers.
Captain Inskeep saw considerable ser
vice in the California Naval Militia.
Detective Royle saw several years
service in the Colonial Guard of Can
ada and later in the National Guard in
Portland.
Mr. Deich said last night that he ex-
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without being able to profit by it.
The doctor who could meet this ner
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But he cannot do it because the form
of nervous exhaustion known as neuras
thenia, of which worry is a characteristic
eymptom, must be cured by the patient
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Kervous System" and read the chapter
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these books printed and will send you
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Dr. AVilliams' Pink Pills are a non
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pected no difficulty in rcruiting a
company up to full war strength. Re
cruits can sign up at this office, on the
second floor of the Municipal building,
at all hours of the day and at Police
Headquarters at night.
F. W. Haynes, who saw service as
Lieutenant in Company C, Second Regi
ment, has been designated as Captain
of the proposed Roseburg company.
F. C. Stellmacher, a former Guard
Captain and a Spanish war veteran, will
command the Albany company.
G. W. Martin, formerly Second Lieu
tenant of Company I, Second Regiment,
will command the Oregon City com
pany. H. E. Williams and H. L. Kelly,
who are also veterans, are to be his
First and Second Lieutenants, respec
tively. A former Portland attorney. Jay H.
Upton, has been recommended as Cap
tain of the proposed Prineville com
pany. He served as Lieutenant and
Battalion Adjutant in the war. Roy W.
Kesl and Thomas Sharpe, Jr., will be
his Lieutenants.
Charles H. Abercrombie, who is em
ployed in a Portland bank, will prob
ably be in command of the proposed
Astoria company. Applications have
come also from Hood River, The Dalles,
Marshfield. Dallas, Ashland, Sheridan,
and Milwaukie.
Machine gun and supply companies
will also be organized. Physical exam
inations of the applicants are to be
held later.
The following had enlisted last night:
Charles H. Abercrombie, James F. Beach,
R. C. Blrhop, J. W. Brewer, C. W. Clark.
G. E. Collins, A. E. Cooper, V. A. Davis,
Henry M. Dukes, Seneca Fouts, T. C. Frei
burg. Lawrence P. O'Halloran, Clifford C.
Harrison, Theodore J. Hewitt, William A.
Kinney. E. M. Lance. Clyde X. Lundy, Frank
M. Compton, Hector McKenzie. John A. Ner
man, Arthur W. Orton, George F. H. Murray,
H. H. Rasch, Frank S. Sever, Edwin L.
Shaffer, 1. E. Van Housen. Oscar S. Wells,
George P. A. Walker, Chester C. Kllngel,
Chester Buchtel, Edgar J. Chamberlln, Will
iam G. Harrington, Charles H. Pearsall.
James D. Carlton, Edmund Myers, F. E.
Franklin, Milton R. Klepper, Daniel J Co
man, Cyrus E. Finch, Thomas E. Mackay.
Jay H. Upton, Phil Gevurtz, Arthur D.
Montelth, Wallace D. Downing, A. W. Wor
then, G. J. Hassan, W. N. Barret, W. E.
Potter. Henry Akin, William M. Coplan, .
P. Fieke. G. G. Rohrer. Arthur R. Blaek
stone. F. W. Haynes, W. C. Hinman. Waller
L. Tooze, Jr.. Edwin Hooker, Gus E. Lead
better. Emmet D. Casper, G. C. von Eglofr
stein, J. T. Jeffries, R. H. Watson, Frederick
W. Rase, Frank Van Doren. George W. Top
ping. E. W. Moore. J. P. Lucas, E. A.
Hofprg. Owen Summers, E. H. Crandall, F.
A. Mead, W. R. Schoel. T. W. Swartz, Frank
L. Coon, Marcellus I. Wagner, E. P. Mahaf
fey, James C. Salsh, Walter B." Gleaeon,
Charles Witt. Forest Hobert Smith. Ada W.
Anderson. Walter B. O'Dale. William C.
Reeves, Paul Ryan, Durham D. Hale, Lewis
S. Stejer, Christopher Llcsum, R. F. Beatty.
William W. Stilson, Eugene A. Dueber, Oarl
H. Delfs. H. C. Stellmacher, J. D. Ellig.
John A. Lee Mont W. Akeyson, George W.
Royal, R. E. Bower, Eugene J. Solomon,
John Vogel and Frank E. Wheeler.
CLERGY OPEN SESSION
EPISCOPALIANS HERE TO ATTESD
SUMMER SCHOOL.
Dr. Hail, of Kew York, and Dr. Gowen,
of Seattle, Are First Speakers.
Session Ends Tomorrow.
The first Summer school for the
Episcopal clergy that has' ever been
held, on the Pacific Coast opened, a
three-day session last night at St. Hel
en's Hall. Similar schools have been
held for several years throughout the
East, but none heretofore in Portland.
The sessions are held under the aus
pices of the Episcopal diocese of Ore
gon, and at the opening session last
night approximately 30 members of the
Episcopal clergy from the- Oregon and
Olympia dioceses attended.
Rt. Rev. W. T. Sumner, bishop of
Oregon, opened the meeting last night
with an address of welcome. He em
phasized the importance of clergymen
meeting on common ground, for the
discussion of theological questions.
Dr. II. H. Gowen, a member of the
faculty of the University of Washing
ton, followed the opening address with
an address on "The Psalter."
Twice today, in the morning and to
night, will Dr. F. J. Hall, of the Gen
eral Theological Seminary, of New
York, be a speaker. "The Incarnation
and Sacramental Principle" will be the
topic of the morning address, and "Re
demption" will be the evening topic.
Dr. Hall is one of the best-loved as
well as best-known theologians in the
Episcopal church work and his ad
dresses are being anticipated with
pleasure by the attending clergymen.
Dr. Hall will lecture Thursday night at
the Central Library, in the Library
Hall. The meeting will be open to the
public and will be the last address of
the Summer school.
Dr. Gowen will be the other principal
speaker at today's session.
The visiting clergymen are being en
tertained at the hall, an impromptu
dormitory being made out of the class
rooms. RIVER'S GAIN SLIGHT
STAGE RECORDED AS 21.8 PEET AT
S O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.
Highest Water of Season Is Expected
on Friday, When It Probably 'Will
Reach 22.5 Feet.
Only a trace of a gain was notice
able here at o'clock last night on
the oflicial river gauge as compared
with the reading at 8 o'clock in the
morning, so the stage was recorded as
21.8 feet, the same as the earlier re
port. ' Higher water on the Snake and Co
lumbia, coupled with the influence of
rains here, is to increase the stage to
22.1 feet here today, 22.3 feet tomor
row and 22.5 feet Friday, according to
the Weather Bureau forecast. The
depth expected Friday will be the
highest reached this season. Except at
Oregon City, the Willamette Riyer rose
Monday and Monday night, Salem re
porting seven-tenths of a foot gain,
Eugene six-tenths anil Albany five
tenths. At Wenatchee there was an increase
of half a foot, Lewiston three-tenths,
Umatilla four-tenths and The Dalles
five-tenths, based on readings at S
o'clock yesterday morning.
River Readings Yentrrday,
STATIONS.
Wenatchee
Lewiston . .
I'matilla . . .
The Dalles
Eusene
Albany
Salem
OreKon city
Portland . .
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1T-J.3 l-k0.4
0.47
0.30
0.13
0.21
0.16
0.16
0.0S
0.17
0.45
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Readings at o P. M.
Lincoln 1 1 ifrli Alumni to Meet.
The Association of Lincoln High
School Alumni will meet tonight at 8
o'clock in room G of the Central Li
brary. All Lincoln High Sschool grad
uates are requested to attend. There
will be an interesting programme, after
which important business will be dis
cussed. Massachusetts Sends 4 Regiments
FRAMIXGHAM. -Mass., June 27.
Massachusetts before noon today had
started toward the Mexican border
four regiments of infantry, a hospital
company and an ambulance corps.
PASSENGERS JEST
AS DEATH HOVERS
Portland Man, Last to Leave
Bear, Declares That All
Were Calm.
R0WB0ATS WANDER IN FOG
Melville AV. Brown A"ivldly Nar
rates Scenes Occurring After
Steamer Struck Memlers of
Crew Receiv Praise.
The last passenger to leave the
steamer Bear after she struck, on the
beach two miles north of Cape Mendo
cino a. fortnight ago was Melville W.
Brown, of Portland. He did not con
tinue his voyage on to Los Angeles,
but after a. short visit In San Fran
cisco he has returned to Portland. His
story of the wreck and putting off of
passengers in lifeboats is a strange in
termingling of pathos and grim humor.
"A sense of humor is & great asset
in a wreck," said Mr. Brown. "It may
seem surprising, but a. great many of
the men. and women chatted uncon
cernedly, and one little girl, as she
went over the ship's side into the wait
ing boat, cried, 'This is a great life,
if you don't weaken and, honestly, we
actually laughed. Maybe our laughter
was the weak sort that emanates from
hysteria, but if. was infectious laugh
ter, anyway. And after we were all
rescued you should have heard the
woman talk whose dog was reported
to have overturned the boat from- which
two men were drowned. She handed
us all a lot of comedy. She was the
first actress I've ever seen who re
sented publicity. She was quite furious
about the story, and would talk of it,
with her dog, a poodle, tucked under
her arm to whoever would listen."
Whistle 1 Sounded.
Mr. Brown, was standing aft talking
with the second steward when the
steamer grounded.
"It was the expression on his face
that first warned me that something
was wrong," said young Brown- "To
gether we started forward. Repeated
blasts of the whistle sounded and then
I realized that something serious had
happened. Passengers and crew mem
bers immediately began buckling on
life preservers, and I hastened to out
fit myself with one. It took a nearby
steward to tell me that I had it on
hack ward, and with his help I re
versed, it. Boats were lowered from
the upper deck and with other men
I helped in loading them with women
and children. At no time did a man
climb over the ship's side' into a boat
until ordered to do so by an officer.
Ne one appeared frightened, and the
greatest calmness and quiet obeyance
of orders prevailed. Boat after boat
was lowered until only a few male pas
sengers and members of the crew re
mained on board.
"I had spent some time in getting
blankets from the staterooms to throw
into the boats as they were lowered,
and a friend of mine, a chap named
Parker, I had met on the boat, had
saved a seat for me in one of the last
boats to leave. Someone mentioned
jewelry, and I rememoered my watch
and money in my stateroom. Without
stopping to see, if there were any more
boats left, ,1 da.shed down the deck,
climbed a flight of stairs and hurried
back to get in my reserved seat. But
the boat was lowering away, and in the
seat Parker had reserved for me sat
the boat's cook, who was killed when
the boat capsized.
Brown Leaps In Boat.
"By a strange coincidence, Parker
and the dead cook were thrown up on
the sands at Capetown Eide by side.
. . . After the boat with Parker in
it had lowered away, I started to get
in another one, when an officer told
me it already held the passenger limit!
I remembered there were boats on the
other side and dashed over In time to
find the last crew member entering it.
I gave one leap and Jumped in it, be
fore anyone could stop me. We lowered
away, and when the first spray struck
me I realized I was in a workboat,
which is much smaller than the others.
We headed- for sea and the lights of
the Bear soon disappeared.
"We all rowed our best, with noth
ing but dense black fog enveloping us
and the bitter cold increasing. Far
away we could hear the dreary boom
of a siren foghorn, which sounded
somewhere this side the equator. The
more we rowed the more it seemed Xo
give us chase. Five long hours elapsed
before any signs of Blunts Reef light
house appeared, and when we saw their
dim twinkle I began to realize that
no light I had ever seen was so wel
come. We had rowed out of our course
once or twice, circling now to the left,
now to the right, with the tide. And
how that Swedish ship's carpenter in
charge did make us row. I got closer
to human nature in the open than ever
before in my life during that night's
ride on the sea.
Passengers Well Cared For.
"When we landed at the lighthouse
I was almost paralyzed from my waist
down but the good care we were given
there straightened me out. The ship's
company were princely to us. We had
the best of everything at no price
wherever we were and excellent care
taken of us. I got enough ideas from
scenes aboard ship and after the res
cue to provide plots for a dozen sce
narios." Mr. Brown is devoting-his time to
writing. He has had several sketches
produced in vaudeville and articles
printed in magazines. He is the son
of the late Captain J. A. Brown and
Mrs. Brown, and resides with his moth
er at the Hotel Nortonia.
VISITOR SCORES WILSON
Political Carpetbaggers Sent to Fill
Offices In Honolulu.
"No man can make the average resi
dent of Honolulu believe that Presi
dent Wilson is the man of high prin
ciples and integrity that he is said to
be, after his deliberate turning over
of the Hawaiian Islands to a crowd of
unscrupulous carpetbaggers, solely for
political reasons.
This was the expression of Judge W.
B. Lymer, of Honolulu, for seven years
a resident of the islands, where he has
served as deputy attorney-general and
judge, besides being in private practice
for teome time. Judge Lymer is in
Portland on his way back to Honolulu
after a trip to Washington.
"No other President -in history has
made the Hawaiian Islands the baga
telle ot . political expediency as has
President Wilson. The majority of
people in the islands are Republicans
and naturally the majority of able men
from whom appoinments could be made
for positions of public service were
Republicans.
"Politics has not figured in appoint
ments in previous years and it re
mained iur Wilson to turn out all of
the experienced men nd replace then
with men of his own party, regardless
of their service and efficiency,
"Thi bench is the part I was in the
best position to observe in the changes
made by President Wilson.
"Here Wilson made a complete clean
out of the Republican incumbents, re
gardless of everything, and, there not
being Democrats enough in the islands
to fill the places, he filled the bench
with carpetbaggers from Tennessee and
Georgia, men who know little about
the law in general and less about the
law as applied to the islands, and who
have neither character nor ability.
"It is natural that the people in the
Hawaiian Islands are eager to see
Hughes elected, and that many of our
strong men are now in the States as
sisting in the Hughes campaign.
"Wilson's narrow political dealings
with regard to appointments and dis
missals of officials and the La Follette
seamen's bill, which has wiped the Pa
cific Mail off the ocean, have been the
two worst blows that we have suffered
in many a year. We hope to see the
seamen's act repealed."
Judge Lymer said that the residents
of the Hawaiian Islands are almost
wholly of the opinion that the United
States Is faced by no Japanese menace.
He expressed his belief in the loyalty
of the Japanese citizens of the islands
and said that he believed that Japan's
ambitions lay in the Orient and not on
the Pacific Coast.
Judge Lymer while here visited Dr.
and Mrs. F. E. Moore, who are his
close personal friends. Mrs. Lymer ac
companied him on his trip to the
States. They will leave today for San
Francisco.
OFFICIALS BRING SUIT
LI DEL, PROCEEDINGS FOLLOW RE
CALL ATTEMPT.
Skamania County Commissioners) Ac
cused of Malfeasance In Office
Ask f20,000 Balm.
STEVENSON. Wash.. June 27. (Spe
cial.) With the filing of libel suits
for $20,000 damages against V. H. Ro
minger and W. F. Cash, Underwood
County orchardists, by J. M. Boyd and
J. W. Shipley, Skamania County Com
missioners, the recall proceedings in
stituted against the two county offi
cials reached a climax. Mr. Rominger
and Mr. Cash signed the recall charges
against the County commissioners, act
ing in behalf of the Taxpayers' League.
The Commissioners are accused of mal
feasance in office.
Mr. Rominger and Mr. Cash will file
their answers in the libel case tomor
row, that being the time set for hear
ing before William T. Darch, Superior
Judge.
The commissioners allege the charges
in the recall petitions are untrue, and
they never were guilty of extrava
gance in the expenditure of county
funds, that they did not receive any of
the $300 paid to T. M. Howiand for
a copy of the timber cruise introduced
in the Kribbs case. They also say that
$2100 paid to Keeler Brothers in con
nection with the bond election held
last July was not excessive, and that
the $200 advanced to Charles H. Nel
lor. County Auditor, on April 1 was
to be used as an emergency fund in
case the break in his health required
an immediate operation. At the time
this latter sum was advanced, it is
declared, the county was indebted to
Mr. Nellor for salary and expenses, to
fully two-thirds of this amount.
.TfNKETS PAID roil IS CLAIM
Casli Alleged Paid to Officials for
Time Spent in Pleasure.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 26. (Spe
cial.) Efforts are being made by citi
zens of the Underwood orchard district
of Skamania County, Washington, to
oust by the recall J. W.' Shipley and J.
M. Boyd, County Commissioners. A re
call petition containing charges of mal
feasance in office has, been filed with
County Auditor C. H.. Nellor by H. V.
Rominger and W. F. Cash. Underwood
orchardists.
The specific charges allege collusion
on the part of the two Commissioners
in securing what is declared an un
reasonable change in surveys of Ska
mania County highways. In one in
stance, according to the charges, the
the road was changed for the private
convenience of Commissioner Shipley.
The petitioners further declare that
unnecessary and incompetent engineer
ing help was employed between Octo
ber. 1915. and February. 1916; that while
the amount, appropriated under the
terms of the $210,000 bond issue voted
by Skamania County citizens last year
for engineering expenses, was placed
at a maximum of 3 per cent, the actual
expenses will exceed 10 per cent: that
$2100 in attorney's fees was wrongfully
paid to Keeler Brothers for an exami
nation of the bond issue and prepara
tion of papers, and finally that the
sum of $500 was wrongfully paid to
J. F, Atwell for a right of way.
It is recited in the charges against
Mr. Boyd that he never took the oath
of office. -
Both officials are accused of allow
ing wages to be paid county officials
for time spent in hunting, fishing and
pleasure trips.
12 CORPS POUND VERDUN
FRENCH RECAPTURE ANOTHER
GROUP OF TRENCHES.
Allied Airmen Bombard Warships Of
BelKlan Coast British Cains
Gas Asralast Germans.
PARIS, June 27. Nine German divi
slons concentrated in the recent attack
on Thiaumont, nortn of Verdun-, have
been definitely identified, according to
a statement by a semi-official source
today. Between Avocourt, on the ex
treme left of the French front at
Verdun, and St. Mihiel, on the extreme
right, a total of 23 divisions (about 12
corps), including Bavarian divisions,
have been identified, the statement
adds.
The French have recaptured another
section of the trenches at Thiaumont
in the Verdun sector, according to an
official statement issued by the Wa"r
Office today. The struggle for the
position of the village of Fleury is still
progressing.
Three allied aeroplanes dropped 65
shells on German ships near the Bel
gian Coast.
BERLIN, via London, June 27.
Marked activity continued in evidence
along the Franco-Belgian front, held
by the British and the northern wing
of the French line. Numerous gas
clouds are being employed by the
entente forces in the operations, the
War Office announced today. The ar
tillery fire on the German lines was
especially intense in the vicinity of
Somme.
Mr. Adair Not Told Son Is Dead.
Samuel D. Adair, father of Lieuten
ant Henry R. A-lair, reported killed
last week at the battle of Carrizal,
in Mexico, is still so ill at the Good
Samaritan Hospital that he has- not
been informed of his son's death. Mr.
Adair is 70 years old. " He has been a
resident of Portland for 15 years and
formerly lived at Astoria. His home is
at 48S East Eleventh street.
Vermont Regiment on Way.
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt., June 27.
The first regiment of Vermont militia
entrained today for the border, with
Eagle Pass. Tex., probably its destination.
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FIFTH AND ALDER
JURY HAS LAND CASE
Trial of Oregon-California Lo-
caters Terminated.
SIX ACCUSED OF FRAUD
Several Men Involved In Alleged
Misrepresentation as to Status
of Railway Grant Previously
Convicted In Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 27. The
case against the six defendants in the
so-called Oregon-California land fraud
trial was given to the Jury late today
in the United States District Court.
The defendants, including three ban
Francisco attorneys ana tnree real es
tate operators of Los Angeles, were in
dicted last year, with a number of
others, on a charge of conspiring to use
the mails to defraud.
Several of those indicted had been
previously convicted in Portland, two
Pleaded guilty and one, Elmer Patten,
failed to appear when the case was
brought to trial last May.
The six who stood trial are Norman
D. Cook, W. A. S. Nlchoteon and Frank
lin P. Bull, of San Francisco, and A. J.
Reetz, W. B. DeOarmo and Sidney L.
Sperry, of -Los Angeles.
The defendants were charged with
making fraudulent misrepresentations,
through the mails, in order to obtain
applicants for quarter sections of land
in the Oregon & California Railroad
land grant, which runs through the
state of Oregon, including odd-numbered
sections for 30 miles on either
side of the. Southern Pacific right of
way. The land, now belonging to the
Southern Pacific, was granted by Con
gress with the provision that it be sold
to actual settlers in 160-acre lots for
$2.50 an acre. As a result of violations
of the grant terms by the railroad the
Government brought euit for confisca
tion of the grant. This was denied by
the United States. While the case was
in litigation thousands of persons in
all parts of the country made applica
tion to the railroad to purchase urnler
the grant.
The defendants in the trial which
terminated today were charged with
having secured thousands of dollars
as locating fees from applicants
through misrepresentations as to the
status of the lands.
CHAUTAUQUA GETS SINGERS
Cliorus or 10O to Apear In Sacred
Concerts on Snndnjs.
OREGON CITY. Or.. June 27. (Sne
clal.) A trained chorus of 100 voices,
under the direction' of- Professor J. H.
Cowen. of Portland, is to be one of
tire many musical features of the 1916
THE
will reign supreme in July 4 celebrations in many towns and cities in Oregon and
Washington on the lines of the
REDUCED ROUND-TRIP FARES JULY 1, 2, 3, 4, WITH FINAL RETURN
LIMIT JULY 5
Basis of one and one-half first-class fare for the round trip between all points where
the one-way fare is $6 or less.
Portland "An Old-Fashioned Fourth," Parades and Patriotic Exercises.
Multnomah Station, on Oregon Electric Ry. Civic and Fraternal Celebration, Boy Scout
Encampment, Exercises, Dancing-, Sports.
Salem All-Oregon Celebration, Cherry Fair, Flower Pageants, Encampment, Sports,
Music, etc., on State Fair Grounds.
Eugene Parades, Exercises and Evening Features.
Astoria Historical and Preparedness Parade, Ft. Stevens Troops Maneuvers and Other
Events. Night Features.
Clatskanie Sports, Exercises, Dancing, etc.
On the North Bank Road Patriotic Demonstrations at Vancouver, Camas, Goldendala
and Near White Salmon.
For particulars apply to local agents.
NORTH BANK TICKET OFFICE, Fifth and Stark Sts. Station, Tenth and Hoyt Sts.
Oregon Electric Ry. Ticket Offices: Fifth and Stark Sts.; Tenth and Stark; Tenth and Mor
rison; Seward Hotel, Tenth and Alder, and Jefferson Street Station.
Chautauqua which convenes at Glad
stone Park July 7 for a 13-day session.
Sacred concerts will be given on each
Sunday of the Chautauqua, July 9 and
16. Many of Portland's best-known
soloists will participate.
Other musical features of the Chau
tauqua will include the New York City
Marine band. Witepskie's Hungarian
orchestra and Kekuku's Hawaiians.
CRATER LAKE ROADS LOSE
Xew Coast Survey Vessel Included in
Senate Bill.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. June 27. Senator Lane tonisrht
tried to amend the cundry civil bill
by adding $50,000 to the appropriation
for roads in Crater Lake park, but his
amendment was rejected, as was a sim
ilar amendment by Senators Jones and
Poindexter appropriating- $40,000 for
roads in Mount Rainier park.
Senator Poindexter, however, suc
ceeded in securing- the adoption of an
amendment appropriating $3 20,000 for
constructing a . new coast survey
vessel for use in Alaska and along the
Pacific Coast.
RED OF ROYAL BLOOD DIES
William Craig, Prominent Cayuse
Indian, Succumbs at 50.
PENDLETON, Or.. June 27. (Spe
cial.) William (Billy) Craig. well-
known Cayuse Indian, died yesterday
on the Umatilla reservation after an
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the daughter of a Cayuse chief, whila
his father was Joseph William Craig,
son of Colonel William Craig, a Vir
ginian who settled down on the Nes
Perce reservation many years ago.
The father was so highly respected
in that community that in their treaty
they insisted that a donation claim set
tled upon him within the reservation
should be confirmed to him by the Gov
ernment. Mr. Craig was 53 years old
and leaves four children.
DEVONSHIRE TO BE RULER
Duke of Connauglit to Leave Canada
for Irish Home Rule Sector.
LONIX5N, June 27. Oflicial announce-,
mcnt was made today that the Duke
of Connaught win oe succeeded as
Governor-General of Canada by the
Duke of Devonsuire.
It was said at Ottawa yesterday that
confidential advices had been received
from England intimating that the
proclamation of home rule for Ireland,
with the exception of Ulster counties,
would be accomplished by the an- -nouncement
that the Duke of Con
naught would be the representative of
royal authority in the self-governing
territory.
Attempted Burglary Charge.
VANCOUVER. Wash June :7. (Spe
cial.) Guss Bapp, 31 years old. today
pleaded guilty to attempted burglary
in the second degree, and was sen
tenced to from six months to seven and
a half years at the state penitentiary
at Walla Walla.
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