THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 1, 1906.
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PROFITS OUT OF
JOHNSON ESTATE
How Ladd & Tilton's Bank
Made Ten Thousand
Dollars.
HIGH FINANCE METHODS
in Administering the Property It
Seems That the Heirs Lost
While the Administrator's
Bank Gained.
William If. Ladd yesterday explained
further in the County Court how Ladd
6 Tilton, the bank of which he is at
the head, made about $10,000 on the
purchase and sale of the property at
the southeast corner of First and Tay
lor streets, belonging to the estate of
A. H'. Johnson. Mr. Ladd is now and
was at the time administrator of the
estate of A. H. Johnson, and was u di
rector in the Occident Investment Com
pany. The principal shareholder in the
company was Ladd & Tilton, owning
about nine-tenths of the stock. Mr.
Ladd always rinds it convenient to
place his banking firm in the position
of having handled such transactions
instead of himself as an individual,
but his evidence in the case has always
tieen that he personally acted in all
these matters, but always, of course,
for his banking hrm of Ladd & Tilton.
The reason for this probably is that
Ladd & Tilton held the claim against
the Johnson estate, while Mr. Ladd
holds the Johnson property as trusteo
for the lirm, and he also is the admin
istrator. Consequently in the transac
tion of the business of the estate and
as trustee Mr. Ladd and his firm are
more or less one.
Isam White's Claim.
Isam White held a claim against the
Johnson estate for $17,000, which after
litigation of several years on techni
calities, grew to about double that
sum. Richard Williams, attorney for
the Johnson estate, fought a hard legal
battle to defeat Mr. White's attachment
but finally lost.
White attached the home property
in Johnson's Addition, which he bid in
on execution sale for J16.00J. This was
subsequently redeemed by Charles E.
1.., und turned back to the Johnson
estate and the estate was charged with
having borrowed $16,000 to redeem the
property which was proper.
Isam White to recover the balance
of $18,000 on his Judgment which had
grown from $17,000 to $34,000 during
the course of litigation, also attached
lots 7 and S. block 5, at the southeast
corner of First and Taylor streets.
When the date of sale arrived the
property was purchased by the Occi
dent Investment Compnny for $1S,000.
This paid Mr. White. The Occident In
vestment Company sold the property
to A. L. Lambert soon afterward for
$30,00u, making a profit of $12,030.
Proms of the Bank.
Mr. Ladd testified for the second time
yesterday, that the shares of stock
were held proportionate to the claim of
three creditors of the Johnson estate,
as follows: Ladd & Tilton, $189,129.84;
L'nited States National Bank, $10,000;
London & San Francisco Bank, $95.0.
Tills would give Lidd & Tilton about a
nine-tenths interest. The profits on the
deal were distributed proportionately
according to interests held. m
Mr. Ladd testified "the purpose of the
organization was to see that Isam
White did not get the property for
n..:hlng practically, to make him pay
"as high as we could for It."
Mr. Ladd, in his report to the County
Court as administrator, filed in 1900.
does not relate these facts, yet he tells
all about the Isam White claim and
sale of the property, etc., In full. Mr.
Ladd. in his report to the court, says
it would require $21,000 to redeem lots
7 and 8. block J, corner of First and
Taylor streets, which in his judgment
could not be borrowed, yet the com
pany he was instrumental in forming
purchased the property for $18,000 and
sold It soon afterward for $30,000, and
he testified that the purpose was not
to permit Isam White to get it unless
White paid what it was worth.
Ladd's Beport to County Court.
Mr. Ladd's report to the County
Court is an interesting document at
this time. It states:
On the 16th day of April. 1S94. Isam
White, as plaintiff, commenced suit
gainst A. H. Johnson to recover on two
promissory notes one for $5000. dated Jan
uarv 1, 1804. bearing interest at the rate
of 10 per cent per annum, and the other
for $12,000. of the same date, bearing in
terest at the same rate and for $1500 at
torneys' fees and caused certain proper
ties of the said A. H. Johnson to be at
tached, among others, lot 7 and 8, block 5,
Cltv of Portland.
That subsequent to the Meath of A. H.
Johnson. said action was continued
against his executrix, Cordelia Johnson,
and subsequent to her death against W.
M Ladd. her successor as administrator
of said rs-tate. That judgment was finally
recovered in said action and execution
was Issued and said, lots 7 and 8. in block
5, were sold to satisfy said Judgment,
leaving a balance on said judgment un
satisfied, and proceedings are being had
now In the interest of said plaintiff
against said estate to subject the remain
der of the attached property to the pay
ment of said Judgment.
(This last evidently refers to the sale
of the home property).
That said lots 7 and 8. In said block 5.
were appraised at the sum of $35,000. and
said sum charged against the administra
tor in his account. That the said sum of
$35,000 charged against him upon the in
ventory as the appraised value of the
property should be credited to him in his
account in order to balance the same.
Could Not Borrow.
T desire also to call the attention of the
court at this time to the fact that though
the time for redemption of satd property
has not yet expired. I am wholly without
means belonging to said estate with which
to redeem said property. If the adminis
trator had the money belonging to the
estate with which to redeem said prop
ery It might be for the best interest of
the estate to do so. As it is. it seems
impracticable to do so for the reason
there are taxes and street improvements
against the property, with the expense of
redemption, which would require, to clear
the property, about $21,000. This sum could
not. In my Judgment, at this time be bor
rowed upon this property, although the
property now yields a rental of about $205
per month, and 1 do not believe the cred
itors of the estate would be willing to
mortgage other property of the estate to
raise the necessary money with which to
redeem. With the restraints the law im
poses upon the administrator in selling
real property. I do not believe the re
demption and resale could be so managed
as to realize anything for the estate over
the necessary amount for redemption, in
terest, taxes and street Improvements for
which said property is now bonded, and
expense of resale.
Detectives Baid Poker Game.
Sixteen poker players, surprised by four
detectives In a room In the Neppach
lodging-house at Third and Burnside
streets, were raided and taken to police
headquarters at 11 o'clock last night in
the patrol wagon. Detectives Bill, Kay,
Smith and Burke pounded on the doors
for admittance, and when it was opened
enough for the lookout to take a peek ne
was shoved to one side, and the detectives
gained an entrance.
Surrounding two tables were 16 players,
who were compelled to quit the game,
hand their table stakes and cards over to
the detectives and follow them to the
patrol wagon. All the gambling para
phernalia was seized. Those arrested
are: E. Cavanaugh, the proprietor; V.
Jensen, G. Edger. P. Carey, E. Mawell.
D. Anderson, H. J. McDonald, H. Rand.
H. H. Gregory, H. Cooper. H. Williams.
C. McKee, E. Paulson. Sam Rostall. C.
Mitchell and Wee Johnson.
Preceding the poker raid, Detectives
Smith and Burke raided a Chinese lot
tery layout at 91 Second street. Seven
Chinese were arrested, and the lottery
tickets were seized.
CAPTAIN WILLIS TO RETURN
He Will Command Thirty-Fourth
Artillery at Fort Stevens.
The many friends of Captain Percy Wil
lis, U. S. A., are much pleased over the
announcement that he is to return to
the Northwest. Notification has been re
ceived from the War Department that
Captain Willis, who is now at Fortress
Monroe, where he has been attending a
school of higher training conducted by
the Government, is to be transferred to
Fort Stevens, where he will assume com
mand of the Thirty-fourth Company,
Coast Artillery. He has been at Fortress
Monroe for about a year, having been
sent there from Fort Casey at Puget
Sound.
Captain Willis is an Oregon boy, and
has many friends in Portland and all
through the Northwest. He has seen
active service both with the Second Ore
gon Volunteer Infantry, of which he was
Major, and the United States Forty
lifth Volunteer Infantry. When the Sec
ond Oregon returned from the Philippines
and was mustered out. Captain Willis
re-enlisted in the United States Forty
fifth Volunteer Infantry, of which he
was made Captain, and which he also ac
companied to the Philippines.
Upon returning to this country and
being mustered out. he was appointed by
the President First Lieutenant of the
Artillery Corps of the regular Army. He
received his commission in 1901, and, be
cause of marked ability and a splendid
record a year later, he was promoted to
the Captaincy. Captain Willis is expect
ed to arrive at Fort Stevens about Au
gust 15.
J0HNC. O'CONNOR'S ARREST
Jealousy of His Divorced Wife Gets
Him Into Trouble.
Jealousy for a divorced wife led to the
arrest of John C. O'Connor, formerly a
member of the Fire Department, and now
In the employ of the Portland Gas Com
pany, iday night, and his case was to
be heard yesterday in the Municipal Court
before Judge Cameron. The case, how
ever, was postponed till Tuesday, but the
facts which were learned puoved highly
interesting. It seems that Schultz, a
friend of O'Connor's, went to the Oaks
several days ago and there saw the
former Mrs. O'Connor in company of J.
L. Bauer, a saloonman of 149 Fourth
street. He communicated this to O'Con
nor, who telephoned to Mrs. Bauer and
told her that her husband was running
around with another woman. Mrs. Bauer
hung up the receiver, but O'Connor did
not give the fight up. He called at the
residence of Mrs. Bauer Friday night in
company with Schultz and there he told
about Mrs. Bauer's husband. Pretending
that she believed what the men told her,
she asked them to wait a minute and
went upstairs.
Procuring the revolver of Mr. Bauer,
she covered the two men with it while
another woman telephoned to the police
station for help. Schultz. who was stand
ing near the door, made a dive for it and
escaped, but O'Connor was arrested on
the charge of threatening to kill.
DAILY CITYSTATISTICS.
Marriage Licenses.
CIARDULLE-LEONETTE Frank Ciar
dulle, 46, Second and Market streets; Ca
terolna Leonette, 21.
LArDERBACK-KAWORTH Forest B.
Lauderback. 22: Katie H. Haworth. 19.
FLOOD-TRAfiK Philip Flood. 31; Myrtle
Trut. 24.
. BOTLES-ORAVUS Harry Boylea, 27; Ivy
Graves, 21.
CHAMBERLrN-WESTFAHi Frank C
Chamberlln. 28, Seattle; Josepltl&e B. West
fall. 25.
JOHNSON- ANDERSON Lewis Johnson.
26, 442 Jefferson street; Anna Anderson, 23.
ORDWAT-Rf SSEL.L William G. Ordway.
531 Armstrong street; Abbie L. Russell, 31.
Births.
ANGEL At Fifteenth and Skidmore
streets, June 21, to the wife of Joseph
Angel, a daughter.
DEKl'M At 415 Twenty-first street, June
22. to the wife of Adolph a Dekum, a
daughter.
NELSON At 266 Alberta street, June 25.
to the wife of Nels Nelson, a son.
I'RSO At St. Vincent's Hospital, June 5.
to the wife of Joseph t'rso, a son.
Death.
GRAVES At Hotel Portland. June 29,
William M. Graves, a native of Massachus
etts, aged 53 years. 1 month and 3 days.
Remains taken to Chico. Cal., for interment.
Building Permit.
FELIX MAGVJ1RE Two-story frame
dwelling. Halsey street, between Benton ana
Ross. $1500.
BUY Y0URMILLINERY
At Le Palais Royal and save money. 370
Washington street.
RARE CHANCE TO TRAVEL.
Very Low. Long-Time. Round-Trip Tickets
East Via O. R. N.
Summer excursion rates sale dates June
23, 25; July 2, 3; August 7, S, 9: September
8. 10. Rate from Portland to Chicago,
$71.50: to St. Louis, 167.50: Kansas City,
Omaha and St. Paul. (80: Denver. 155.
FCr information in reference to rates
and particulars, ask W. Stinger. City
'ticket Agent. Third and Washington
streets, Portland.
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Captain Percy WHUs, U. S. A. t
TRUCE FOR ft TIME
Mayor and Relief Committee
Will Confer.
LANE STATES POSITION
He Has Postponed Calling a 3Iass
Meeting in the Plaza Until He
Learns Intentions of the
Committee.
sEM) THE MONEY. SATS MAYOR
SCHMITZ.
In answer to the following tele
gram from The Oregonian: "B. E.
Schmitz, Mayor San Francisco
Mayor Lane directs Portland relief
committee to turn over balance re
lief fund to San Francisco commit
tee Immediately. Committee de
clines. Do you want or need this
money?" Mayor Schmitx answered
as follows:
"San Francisco, Cal., June 80.
Oregonian, Portland: Notices have
been sent out to all those wishing to
assist tho destitute in San Francisco
to end preferably money. Favor,
therefore, Mayor Lane's recommenda
tion. E. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor."
A truce has been declared between
Mayor Lmc and the members of the pro
rogued finance committee of the San
Francisco fund until Monday, when it is
probable that a conference will be held
which will end either Jn an agreement to
send the money on hand to California im
mediately or the calling of a mass meet
ing by the Mayor, who declares that he is
still determined to carry out his policy
as first outlined. The Mayor stated yes
terday that his intention had been to issue
a call for the mass meeting to take place
on the Plaza blocks today, but that at the
request of the old committee he had post
poned all action until tomorrow.
Mayor Lane's Statement.
"The committee gave me to understand
last night that they would communicate
with me today," he said yesterday, "but
they have not done so, except to let me
know they desire the matter to go over
until Monday, when there will probably be
a conference and I shall learn their de
cision. I dislike to postpone action at all,
but I wish to be entirely reasonable and
will wait to see what decision the mem
bers of the old committee have reached
by Monday. If the committee does not
agree at that time to turn the money over
to Mr. Fleischner, as chairman of the
new committee, or take other action to
see that it is sent to San Francisco at
once, I shall call a meeting of the con
tributors, as I at first said I would do."
The only development in the situation
yesterday was the resignation of W. W.
Cotton from the new finance committee.
Mr. Cotton tendered his declination to
serve to the Mayor, saying that it would
be impossible, for him to take up the du
ties of the committee because of press of
business. The Mayor has not yet filled his
place on the committee, and will not do so
until he finds out what may be done at
the conference tomorrow.
Members of Xew Committee.
The members of the new committee who
have agreed to serve are: I. N. Fleisch
ner, chairman; Father Black and Rufus
Mallory. If the old committee does not
agree tomorrow to forward the $49,000 on
hand, it Is probable that the Mayor will
appoint a successor to Mr. Cotton and will
also name a fifth member of the commit
tee. Members of the former finance com
mittee said yesterday that there was
nothing new in their standpoint on the
matter of the funds, and that they would
not care to say anything further until
they had communicated with the Mayor
tomorrow.
HEAD SEVERED FROM BODY
FLAGMAN LAWTON MEETS FRIGHT
FUL DEATH.
Struck by Freight Cars In Terminal
Yards and Thrown Across
the Tracks.
Samuel'l-awton, a flagman employed
In the yards of the Northern Pacific
Terminal Company, met a horrible
death near the "West Side landing of
the Albina ferry yesterday afternoon.
He was struck by some freight cars
which were being switched, knocked
to the track and his head severed from
his body and badly mangled.
Lawton had just given a signal for
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f Seven hundred Suit Pat
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elegance attained by no
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the Pacific Coast.
Order "ne of our coats
with a "shape-retaining"
front and you will be given
Jredit for always wearing a
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they look.
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Trousers to Measure
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Elks' Bldg. Seventh and Stark Su
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the cars to come forward and walked
down the track In front of them. As
they approached he stepped to the side
of the track and evidently thought that
he was out of the way. He had miscal
culated the distance however, and was
knocked down with his head across the
rail.
The victim of the accident was about
52 years of age and had been employed
as flagman by the terminal company
for the past year. Because of his expe
rience and usual carefulness, those
who know him are at a loss to account
for the accident. He had been living
with his son-in-law, J. S. Fewster, at 51
East Sixth street-
Negroes Will Play Ball.
The Keystone colored team which
claims the negro amateur championship
of the Pacific Coast, and the undefeated
victors of Woodlawn will cross bats in
an exciting game at Wilhelm's Park
July 4. The contest will be called at 2:30.
The line up:
Keystones. Position. Victors.
Vernon C McHolland
E. Hubbard P Merth
Bailey 1 B Lancaster
Bryant 2 B T. Thompson
I-k Hubbard 3 B E. Thompson
St. Clair (capt.)...S. S Van Ardon
Strode I. F Lanfert
Fields C. F Hume
Reese K. F Clayton
Go Between Gets Decision.
NEW YORK, June 30. The claim of
Frank Hitchcock that the horse Go Be
tween was not entitled to the Suburban
Handicap won by him on account of the
fact that he ran as a gelding when In
reality he Is either a ridgeling or a stal
lion, was settled by the stewards of the
Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead
Bay this afternoon. They decided in
favor of Go Beween and his owner,
Alexander Shields.
The stewards decided that as there was
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Prsoents Office.
July 25th, 1905.
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Messrs. W". If. Kimball Co., -v
Chicago, 111.
Gentleman
Since the Chicago Musical College was founded in 1867 thousands
of pupils from every part of the United States and a number, from Europe,
have been "graduated from this institution.
One of the principal factors" in a thorouglTmusical education is
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The Kimball pianos to the -number of one hundred used in our
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filled the highest ideals of both artists and pupils.
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no mention of sex In the original entry
of Go Between, he was entitled to the
money.
Buy Iiots on Hill View.
Edgar J. Daly purchased yesterday
three lots at Hill View on Portland
Heights from George B. Waggoner for
$350. The property is north of the
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