THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. JULY 14, 1907.
HIS APPEAL A SHAM
provincial Parliament, only to be vetoed
by the Federal Government. The Legis
lature of the Coast province also has
passed bills based on what is known as the
Natal act. whereby all immigrants are
compelled to undergo examinations in the
elements of English, and are subject to
deportation should they fall to pass.
These have been disallowed twice by the
Dominion Government, but have been re
passed and are now In force in the prov
ince. This year's British Columbia exclusion
law, compelling Japanese to subject
themselves to the educational test, has
not been vetoed. Consequently it pre
vents the landing of any Japanese, unless
a head tax of $45 is paid.
m m city
Higher Court Turns Down
Schmitz' Last Plea.
Voliva Threatens to Build a
Rival Plant.
o i r r . r iV r r - .1 .
amiies or oatisraction wrmen on uie race or everyone mat
has taken advantage of the greatly reduced prices at
ATTACK ON DUNNE FAILS
HE DENOUNCES OPPONENTS
in
St
Request lor Mandate Based on Mis
representation and Felon Major's
Lawyers Are Snubbed Why
the " Appeal Is Delayed.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.-Mayor
Schmitz suffered another defeat this
morning when bis application to the
District Court of Appeals to compel
Judge Dunne to set a date for settling
the bills of exceptions in the case in
which he was convicted of extortion was
not granted. C. W. Cobb, representing
the prosecution, declared that the peti
tion was a sham aad a pretense
laid upon a foundation of mis
statements and deception. The petition
charges that Judge Dunne was biased:
alleges that he has refused to settle the
bill of exceptions and that he is pur
posely hindering the perfection of the
appeal In order to keep Schmitz in the
County Jail.
In his answer to the petition. Mr. Cobb
denied these accusations, narrated the
circumstances causing the delay, and de
clared that Judge Dunne hns been will
ing to expedite the settlement as the
statute directs.
After hearing this, Presiding Judge
Cooper said that, as a' question of fact
was involved, the court would not at
tempt to i.sue a peremptory writ until
the issue had been settled. The hearing
was thereupon indefinitely continued,
the court expressing a belief that Judge
Dunne vill do his duty. '
The attorneys for Schmitz sought to
have the hearing postponed to Tuesday,
but Judge Cooper disposed o it by say
ing: 'When tliis alternate writ was issued,
it was on a verified complaint charging
that the Judge had refused three times
to settle the bill of exceptions. The an
swer raises a distinct issue, and It will
. be necessary to take testimony before it
, Is determined. The answer further re
cites that the Judge is willing to per-
form his duty. 1 don't think the time of
I this court should be taken up with such
a hearing. We will allow the matter
to stand, and if the Judge does not do
his duty wc will see that ho does."
TROSECUTOIt ACCEPTS DUTY
Langtlon Says lie and Assistants
Will Xante "ev Mayor.
RAN FRANCISCO. July 13. A confer
ence was held today by District-Attorney
Iangdon, his assistant, F. J. Heney, and
Rudolph Spreckels on the question of se
lecting a new Mayor. After the meeting
Mr. Langrion said:
"The prosecution realizes that the re
sponsibility of naming the Mayor has
been forced upon us and we have decided
.to accept such responsibility. While we
may not be ready to name the man at
.Monday's meeting of the Board of Super
visors, we will Bo so within the next few
days."
Following the Intimation of Mr. Lang
lon that no arrangement had been made
. or a successor to Schmitz and Boxton.
It was rumored tonight that ex-Mayor
James D. Phelan is the man. but that It
Is uncertain whether he will accept the
. office In its present tangled condition.
JAPANESE READY TO FIGHT
(Continued from First Page.)
apposite sides of the globe arouses at
Srst a sense of the differences between
them. Each matches his superiority
Bgainst the other. Each Indulges in
contempt of the features in which he
pervelves the other Is Inferior. That'
Is the first stage. But presently each
begins to discover that they have more
In common than they had supposed,
ind then soon one becomes willing to
tdmit that he can learn something
from the other.
"There will never be lost the pecu
liar genius of each race, but binding
ill together will be the essential char
acter common to all men.
The Ambassador is happily married to
a German lady of high station. Speaking
f the talk of war, the Ambassador said:
"I am tired, very tired of protesting
lha friendliness of my country for yours
not that that friendship will ever tire
or waver, but that it could be necessary
to protest It eternally, when not an act,
not a gesture, not a word, not a passing
thought gives reason for a suspicion of It.
I am tired of answering questions, for
X have freely admitted1 and answered
them all, as to what we think of the
San Francisco Incidents, how many coun
tries would regard the sending of your
treat fleet into the Pacific, whether I
am on good terms with the German Am
bassador, whether I am to.be recalled,
and all the rest.
Protests Friendliness.
"I thank you, but beg you do not repeat
hese questions. You know how an In
telligent government would regard a local
affair such as that at San Francisco.
Tou remember with .what contempt for
Its Insignificance General Kuroki spoke to
you of It. Tou know without asking me,
that my government is not so idiotic as
to be offended at any movement of the
ships of a friendly power, and certainly
not so paralytic as to fancy an aggres
sion intended, when that movement is
from port to port of your own.
"Could anything be more preposterous
than to attempt to kindle a war out of
most incendiary materials than Inven
tion can manufacture out of what your
jingoes call 'the situation.'
"The situation indeed! There is no
Japanese situation."
JAPANESE STIR" CANADIANS
Possibility or Trouble Over Exclu
sion Law Grows Greater.
OTTAWA. July 13. (Special.) The re
ports of strained relations between the
United States and Japan interest. Cana
dians intensely, not only because of the
prospect of war and of the possibility
that Canada may be drawn Into the
struggle by the operation of the Anglo
Japanese treaty, but also because Canada
has a Japanese problem of her own that
probably will lead to a controversy, if not
a direct struggle between the Dominion
and tho Province of British Columbia.
That province has been engaging for
some years in vain attempts to subject
Japanese, and even the East Indian sub
jects of the British crown, to the opera
tion of exclusion laws. Time after time
audi statutes have been enacted by. the
JAPANESE JINGOES FURIOUS
Talk About Mustering Fleet- and
Using Stern Measures. .
VICTORIA, B. C. July 13. Officers of
the steamer Tartar, which arrived today
from Japan, reported that much excite-'
ment prevailed when the steamer left
Yokohama in consequence of the situation
that had arisen regarding the United
States. Many interviews were published
in the Japanese press, many of them, ex
tremely jingoistic.
Count Itagakl. ex-Home Minister and
a prominent Japanese statesman, in an
Interview published at Toklo, said:
"Warships should be mustered In Toklo
3ay and Japan should confront America
In solving this question by presenting
an attitude to meet Americans with fire
forthwith if they reject the just and le
gitimate demands of Japan."
Count Okuma, with whom Count Itagaki
formed a coalition government years ago,
also advocates stern measures in an in
terview published by the Jiji Shimpo.
He says Japan has become a power, and
relations with America are on a footing
befitting her new position, and the tend
ency to treat Japanese as an inferior peo
ple must not be tolerated.
PANIC THREATENS ALL JAPAN
Financial Depression Causes Ex
treme Measures by Banks.
VICTORIA, B. C, July .13. A financial
depression was being severely felt when
the steamer Tartar, which arrived today,
left Yokohama on June 29. A meeting
of the managers of eight of the most
prominent banks of Japan was held short
ly before the Tartar sailed, for th pur
pose of devising means to check the -depression.
The government had redeemed
treasury bills, recognized nationalized
railway shares as negotiable securities
and paid proximate interest on these,
but the banks considered a more drastic
course, which was adopted. Organization
of the banks is being made to guarantee
each other against the result of "runs"
inspired by the panic resultant from the
financial depression.
Inquiry About Japanese Spies.
WASHINGTON, July 13. The War De
partment today took steps to ascertain
the facts in regard to the reported arrest
of a Japanese at Fort Rosecrans, Cal.,
for making a drawing and blue 'prints
of the fort. Major Getchell. in command
at that point, has up to this time failed
to notify the department of what had
taken place.
DEO OF KILLING WIFE
ILLINOIS BANKER IS HELD IN
CALIFORNIA.
Alleged That He Murdered Spouse to
Wed Stenographer, Whom He
Married After the Tragedy.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 11 Fred H.
Magill and wife, of Clinton. 111., were
arrested here tonight by Chief of Police
Moulton pn a charge of murder, alleged
to have been committed in the Illinois
town. The report here Is that Magill is
a banker and that the murder of which
he Is accused was that of his first wife.
CLINTON". Ill . July 13. Fred A. Magill
was formerly cashier of the Warner Na
tional Bank of this place. May 31 last
his wife was found dead in bed with a
note pinned to her nightgown saying that
she had taken her own life by strychnine
and chloroform, and that no one was to
blame but herself.
For some time prior to Mrs. Magill's
death. Miss Fay Graham, a stenographer,
had lived with the Megills, and on July
5 Magill and Miss Graham were married
in Denver. Colo. Shortly after the State's
Attorney began an investigation into Mrs.
Magill's death. The Coroner's inquest
which was held over the dead woman was
secret.
Magill's family was prominent in Cen
tral Illinois. The Warner National Bank,
of which he was cashier, was owned prin
cipally by Vespasian Warner, Commis
sioner of Pensions and for several terms
a member of Congress.
OPERATOR IS MURDERED
Montana Man Killed Under Mysteri
ous Circumstances, at Billings.
BUTTE. Mont.. July 13. -A Miner spe
cial from Billings states that an
autopsy upon the remains of G. H. Cran
dall, telegraph operator, disclosed that the
man was foully murdered.
Crandall was brought in a dying con
dition to a hotel conducted by Chinese by
two unknown men, a room was engaged,
and the unconscious form of Crandall
thrust into it on the floor, the. perpetra
tors of the crime then fleeing.
Crandall had his head crushed in by
some blunt instrument.
Mrs. Duniway Becomes a Granger.
Mrs. A. S. Dunlway, of Portland, yester
day took the third and fourth degrees of
the Patrons of Husbandry, at the Lents
Grange, and thus became a full fledged
member of the farmers' order. She 'was
heartily welcomed into the Grange. In
the afternoon, during the hour devoted
to educational work. Mrs. Duniway fol
lowed George H. Himes. who spoke of
the early schools, delivering a stirring ad
cress. Among other things Mrs. Duni
way said her title to be a Granger was
undisputed from the fact that she had
handled enough milk in her time to float
the Great Eastern and made enough but
ter to grease the axles of the universe.
Mrs. Duniway told of her personal expe
riences on the frontier and pointed out
that she had been a pioneer school teach
er In Oregon. In speaking of the work
of the Grange Mrs. Duniway said it was
a noble order and one in which there was
absolute equality of husband and wife,
brother and sister and that it had done
much and was doing more to change the
conditions of the country for the better.
Medford Man Takes Bride. .
Miss Nellie Mclntyre, of Michigan,
and Thomas H. Moore, of Medford,
Or., -were married last night In the
parlors of the Hotel Oregon. Thet cere
mony was performed by Rev. W. F.
Shields, of Medford, and among those
present were Mrs. R. M. Whiteside and
Fred Weeks, of the same place. After
a trip to Puget Sound, Mr. and Mrs.
Moore will go to reside at Medford,
where ho is proprietor of the Moore
Hot-eL
Threatens to Erect Competitive Col
ony Within Zlon City Itself.
"Dowie's Usurper" Will Appeal
to Law for Protection.
CHICAGO. July 13. (Special.) Threats
to build a rival Zlon City around a new,
magnificent temple, and to enjoin Gen
eral John J. Lewis, John Alexander
Dowle's successor, from interfering with
his plans, were, made today by Wilbur
Glen Vollva, who has reopened the bit
ter war in Zion City. .Before a meeting
of his followers in his home. Voliva.
"usurper of Dowie'a throne." denounced
his opponents as a crowd of scoundrels
and declared that the war would be one
of extermination.
Voliva said he would gather his fol
lowers about htm and build the rival
colony within Zion itself. He announced
that he would at once begin the erection
of a new brick temple, to be even more
imposing than the present Zlon taber
nacle. "I will go into court and will get an
injunctioTi restraining General Lewis or
any of his aides from interfering with
me," Voliva thundered excitedly, waving
his arms. "If any one interferes with
my rights I will put him In jail. The
committee of investors which has been
appointed to act with Receiver John C.
Hately is a crowd of scoundrels. They
want "to sell the lace factories for $250,000.
If they do, It will be one of the greatest
steals ever perpetrated. Zion City will
be doomed if the lace factory is sold."
Voliva declared that he will earry the
fight now in the United States Court to
the Federal Supreme Court if necessary.
PROBE LAND MONOPOLY
(Continued from First Page.)
throughout the West perhaps who are
not what they should be. We have men
in all branches who should be dis
missed, perhaps, but it is up to you
you should make recommendations, not
because you want to get rid of these
men, but because of their poor quali
fications. ,
"When I wanted a man who had the
interests of the West at heart, I was
fortunate in finding an old college mate
of mine, Judge Ballinger. But if you
think he will disregard the public weal
in deciding In favor of his friends, you
are mistaken.
"We know that the frauds perpetrated
against the land laws have been smal.1
in percentage, although it has been
large in some localities. But because
it has been small in percentage, wc do
not expect to let up in our prosecution
of frauds. Y'ou are mistaken if you
think we are.
"The reclamation w-ork has passed
the experimental stage. We are spend
ing toO.uuO.OOO in this work, to facili
tate the settlement of our public lands
by the honest entryman.
. "Your water powers, if properly con
served, will run every railroad and will
operate your manufacturing plants and
your fuel and forests, if properly con
served, will not cause your grandchil
dren to suffer as our grandchildren in
the Middle West have suffered.
"You have just scratched the surface
of the mines and agricultural lands of
this great section. You are just on the
threshold of development, out here.
The policy of this administration is to
give the equality of opportunity to the
small shipper as well as the large ship
per. When I speak of the administra
tion, I do not mean the President alone,
for his policy is effective because he is
backed up by every officer of state and
nation.
"I ask- you not to think that Wash
ington is many miles away, for the In
terior Department is open always to
every Oregonian whenever he wants to
present his cause. You have your rep
resentatives there, who are always wel
oome to our department."
Judge Williams then introduced Sena
tor Charles W. Fulton, who told
a number of good stories. He said he
did' not recall that Oregon has ever had
during the past 30 years a visit from the
Secretary of the Interior. Most of the
Secretaries of the Interior have believed
they. could administer the affairs of the
West without consulting the West. It
was not a matter of what the
West wanted so much as what the East
thought best. As Secretary- Garfield had
said, there is no question but the Fast
is making common cause with the West
and has the interests of the whole coun
try at heart,, but the East has assumed
that It knows what the West wants with
out consulting the West.
Congratulates the Secretary.
"I want to congratulate Secretary Gar
field," he continued, "that he has taken
pains to come out here to learn first hand
the needs and wishes' of the West. I was
very much pleased when I learned that
the present Secretary was to be advanced
to this -responsible position."
Senator Fulton very highly compliment
ed Commissioner Ballinger of the General
Land Office and said that while some
have had hazy ideas of the construction
of the land laws, it must be said that the
great body of the people of the West
Is Just as strongly in favor of the land
laws as the masses of the East. Senator
Fulton said men have been seriously
handicapped by the way the affairs of the
land office have been administered in
the past.
. The speaker said that while Oregon has
contributed more to the cause of irriga
tion than any other state, she has secured
less. He said he hoped to see soon the
active beginning of work on the Malheur
project.
Judge Ballinger, Commissioner of the
General Land Office, was next introduced.
He said he expected to remain In Ore
gon several days to aid in every way to
encourage the honest entryman to secure
his land, but to discourage the dishonest
entryman from stealing the public do
main. The speaker said Oie honest entry
man should feel encouraged and should
go ahead and improve his property, but
every entry must be in good faith. Com
missioner Ballinger said he felt confi
dent that Secretary Garfield will prove
the beet Secretary of the Interior that
has ever held the office.
Judge Lowell's Speech.
Judge Williams then Introduced Judge
Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendleton, who told
a number of witty anecdotes and warmly
indorsed the policy of the Administra
tion. He commended especially the pub
lic land policy of Secretary Garfield.
F. H. Newell, director of the reclama
tion service, spoke briefly of the work of
his department and of the great value
of Irrigation projects to the Pacific North
west. C. B. S. Wood made a notable address,
which he opened with a number of witty
stories and followed with a serious talk
in which he contended that all hope of
reformation of the Government depart
ments Is vain until all possibility of graft
is removed. He said there la a law of
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This sale is a grand success and we intend to make it the greatest we have ever
known, so we have made still de.eper cuts in our prices and intend to close out ev
ery article that in any way conflicts with the new stock just purchased by our Mr.
Powers now in the market. This does not cover, any one line in particular, but in
cludes every line we carry, and a glance at the prices and reductions below cannot
but interest the thrifty shopper.
FOR THE DINING-ROOM.
$25.00 6-foot oak Extension Ta
ble, 45inch top, pedestal base,
weathered or golden finish,
round top, reduced toijJIT.OO
$17.50 6-foot Extension Tabic.
6-inch legs, 45-inch top. finished
golden, reduced to.... $12. 50
$29.00 Extension Table, in quarter-sawed
golden oak, top ex
tends to 6 feet, hand polished.1
reduced to $21.50
$26.00 pedestal Extension Table, square top, 6-foot ex
tension, quarter-sawed oak aid polished, reduced
t ..$19.00
$58.50 quartered oak combination Buffet and China
Cabinet, weathered or -golden, reduced to.!.. $44.00
$35.00 weathered oak Buffet, 18x40 oval French bevel
mirror, reduced to $23.50
$37.50 Buffet in quarter-sawed oak, finished weathered
or golden, reduced to $25.50
$48.00 weathered oak Buffet, 12x40 French bevel mirror
find glass front, reduced to $31.75
DEN FITTINGS.
$17.50 combination Cellaretta
and Magazine Cabinet, dull
brass- trimming, finished in
weathered oak, and reduced
to $10.5O
.36.50 Smoker's Table, with pipe
'rack, made in quarter-sawed
oak, iimslied weathered, re
duced to $4.25
$32.50 combined Card Table and
Cellarette, dull brass trimmed,
reduced to $16.50
$30. 0C Den or Library Safe, made of steel with weath
eied oak case, combination lock, reduced to $16.50
$33.50 weathered onk Den Table, round top, 3i-ineh in
diameter, genuine leather top, reduced to.... $19.75
$10.00 Desk, made of quarter-sawed oak, finished
weathered, reduced to $6.50
$7.00 Pedestal in quarter-sawed weathered oak, re
duced to $4.25
$7.00 Magazine Rack, two shelves and book rack top,
made in quarter-sawed oak, finished weathered, re
duced to $3.95
Porch Furniture
$5.00 Porch Chair, made of Adlrondnojc sil
ver birch, rattan seat and back, roducd
to S4.00
t.50 Rocker, full comfort seat, rattan seat
and back, finished in whle maple or paint
ed green, reduced to $2.85
$8.00 rattan seat and back Morris Porch
Chair, finished in white maple, redu-d
to S5.75
J3.53 Chair or Rocker, finished in white
maple 'or painted green, rattan sent, re
duced to 2.50
$13 50 Mammoth Pon-h Chair -or Rocker,
double cane seat and back, Adirondack sil
ver birch frame, reduced to. . . . , -S8.50
$3.50 maple Settee in natural ftnish or
painted Kreen. rattan seat and ba-k re
duced to. 96.75
Refrigerators, Stoves and Ranges
$10.00 Refrigerators, zinc lined, hardwood case, with
mineral wool insulation to keep ice, reduced to. $7.95
$16.50 Refrigerators, same description as aboye. onlv
larger in size, reduced to $12.7
$20.50 "Wisconsin Peerless Refrigerator, lined through
out with finest grade white enamel, reduced to $16.75
$25.00 A Refrigerator with ice capacity of 75 pounds;
the Peerless, white enamel upon galvanized steel re
duced to $19.50
$30.00 No. 6 "Wisconsin Peerless Refrigerator, ice ca
pacity 90 lbs., white enamel lined, reduced to.$24.00
$12.00 No. 8 Cook Stove, large oven, reduced to. $9.65
$36.00 Ajax Range, double body, with asbestos lining,
full nickel trimmed, reduced to $29.75
$1.50 single burner 6 as Tlate, reduced to 95
$2.50 two-burner Gas Plate, reduced to $1.75
$11.01) No. 7 cast iron Cook Stove, reduced to. .588.25
$6.00 50-piece wkife Dinner Set, reduced to $4.25
Bedroom Pieces
$40.00 Dresser, in genuine mahogany, 24x30 French
bevel mirror, full serpentine front, reduced to.$28.00
$38.50 birdseye maple Dresser, 24x30 French bevel
minor and full swell front, reduced to $27.50
$23.50 ladj-'s Dressing Table, in golden oak, birdseye
maple and genuine mahogany, 16x26 oval French bevel
mirror, reduced to $14.75
$30.00 birdseye maple Dressing Table, full French leg.
16x36 French bevel mirror, reduced to $19.00
$35.00 Empire Beds, made in quartered golden oak,
birdseve maple and genuine mahogauv, reduced
to . .." "..$24.00
$52.50 full Napoleon Bod, quarter-sawed oak and genu-
ine mahogany, reduced to $46.50
$4.50 Iron Bed, single iron head and foot, all colors;
reduced to $3.00
$7.50 white enamel Iron Bed, scroll pattern, angle iron
head and foot, reduced to $4.25
POWERS
The Home of
Dignified
Credit
We Are Head
quarters for Office
Furniture
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graft just as certain as the law of
gravity. As long- as there is land to
steal, people -will steal it.
"How often," said he, "has New York
been purged and - how often San Fran
cisco? It is a vain hope for a few honest
men to purge the whole department of
the interior. We remember the rank
graft of the desert and the swamp land
acts. They were all graft. I am at
torney for one of these grafting wagon
land grant companies. Who did the
graft? Your representatives in Congress.
Who turned over the graft? Your state
Legislature. The timber-land act is a
graft and it originated in Congress.
Work ot Land Thieves.
"I say the wrong Is not altogether on
the part of the land thieves for the land
offices in this state have been parties
to it. Swedes who could not speak Eng
lish have been allowed to take up public
lands when the officials knew they were
acting for others.
"The remedy is not in seeking personal
honesty. You will never get honesty in
land administration while there is prop
erty left to graft. The only real title
to land is in the use and occupation of
land, and when this ceases, title should
cease."
Clifford Pinchot. Chief Forester, spoke
briefly of the benefits to accrue to the
people of the country from the forest
policy of the Administration. He said:
"Oregon has been the battleground for
years in the establishment of the Presi
dent's forest reserve policy. The Denver
convention showed that the fight for the
forestry policy is won. Every other in
dication of the year shows also that it
is won. The general forestry policy is
established and the details alone remain
to be worked out. The forestry policy Is a
wise one, it is along the lines of the con
servation of natural resources, and is the
longest look ahead the United States has
ever taken along this line."
Those- attending the banquet besides
Secretary of the Interior, James R. Gar
field; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, R. A. Ballinger; director of the
reclamation bureau, F. H. Newell; chief
forester, Gilford Pinchot; secretary of the
Inland Waterways. Commission, W. J.
McGee, were:
John H. Albert, Everett Ames. H.
Beckwith, Whitney L. Boise, G. G. Bing
hun. W. C. Bristol. Walter F. Burrel'.
George W. Bibee, Philip BuehnervB. M.
Brannick, R. M. Brereton. C. P. TJishop,
John K. Bays, L. E. Bean, John 8.
Braduur. Joan . i-axrou. j-r. jienry
Waldo Coe. H. M. Cake, A. J. Capron,
Henry Ij. Corbett, W. W. Cotton, Henry
F. Conner. H. C Campbell, C. C. Chap
man, Governor Chamberlain. F. R. Cham
bers. Jr., R. L. Durham, A. H. Devers.
A. S. Dresser, James K. Davis,' William
H. Dodge, H. C. Bckenberger, C. W.
Fulton, O. S. Fulton. F. H. Fogarty,
Leo Friede. Charles M. Gunn, S. H.
Gruber. J. W. Ganong. W. B. Gilbert,
J. K. Gill, Ralph W. Hoyt, G. B. Hegardt.
K. W. Haines. C. K. Henry. C. W. Helser,
John H. Hall, William Harder, D. C.
Henny, E. G. Hopson. Louis W. Hall.
Frederick V. Holman, M. G. Hall. R. V.
Holder, T. W. Harris, C. M. Idleman, C.
S. Jackson, C. H. Jackson, W. H. Jenkins,
A. C. Jackson, Benage S. Josselyn,
Charles H. Jones, Thomas B. Kay, A.
D. Katz. F. W. Leadbetter, R. IJving
stone. Stephen A. Lowell, J. D. Lee, G.
L. MacGibbon, W. H. Moore, W. C.
Morris, P. J. Mann, Malcolm A. Moody,
P. S. Malcolm, F. W. Mulkey. R. B.
Miller. George G. Malr. L. B. Menefee.
( K. Moulton. C. L. Morgan, J. H. Mc
Nary. C. Moreland. Robert A. Miller,
Thomas B. Neuhausen, Thoma." O'Day,
S. R. Oldaker, Lute Pease. J. Thorburn
Ro3S, E. F. Riley, J. W. Rowland, John
M. Scott. J. O'B. Scobey. D.
Or Scobey, A. M. Smith. Harvev
W. -ott. Colonel Standifer. John
H. Scott, Charles K. Spanieling. J. N.
Smith, J. L. Stockton. F. S. Stanley, H.
B. Thielsen, Victor Thrane, Dr. J. P.
Tamleaie. R. Ml Tuttle. B. D Townsend.
F. A. Turner. W. A. WillianSs. A. King
Wilson. Charles E. Wolverton. G. A.
Westgate. C. B. S. AVood, William D.
Wheelwright. Georee H. Williams. Dr.
J. R. Wetherbee, R. R. Wood, John C.
Young.
ROOT INSISJS0N CLAIMS
Demands Answer From Castro to
Arbitration Offer.
CARACAS, Vza.. via Wlllemstad. Island
of Curacoa. July 13. The American Min
ister, Mr. Russell, on July 2 handed Presi
dent Castro Secretary Root's reply to the
Venezuelan president as to the American
demands of February 20 and February 28,
for the arbitration . of the five American
claims against Venezuela.
Mr. Root said the department could
not accept President Castro's answer,
which refused to grant the American de
mands on the ground that the claims
were not matters for diplomatic inter
vention, and he again requested the Presi
dent to consider immediately the advis
ability of giving a satisfactory reply to
the claims presented.
MAKES MONEY IN PRISON
STENSLAXD CLEARS $20,000 OFF
VICTIMS OF CRIME.
Charges Fee for Releasing Mort
gages Movement to Pardon
Chicago Bank-Wrecker.
CHICAGO, July 13. (Special.) Paul O.
Stensland. wrecker of. the Milwaukee
Avenue Bank, ruining thousands of de
positors, who was captured In Algeria
after an exciting chase, will clear t20.000
within a year by signing mortgages which
his victims are giving on the remnants
of their property.
Powerful Influences are at work to
secure his release from the Jollet peniten
tiary. A petition hns been started among
the 20.000, depositors In the failed bank in
an effort to -secure their .signatures to an
appeal, which will be made within a few
weeks to the State Board of Pardons to
parole the imprisoned banker. Stenpland's
cause will have plenty of financial back
ing other than that contributed by his
family and friends.
Stensland is making money, even while
a prisoner. When his bank closed, there
were 400 mortgages held in the institu
tion as collateral. In straightening out
the affairs of the bank, it is necessary for
Stensland to sign a release for each one
of these mortgages. Under the law he
is entitled to a fee of from 13 to J5 for
signing the release. Stensland nas not
overlooked this opportunity. He Is charg
ing one and all the fee. A depositor who
lost money in the bank is charged Just
the same as anybody else. Stensland will
secure about J20.000 in this way.
When asked why he charged this, fee,
he Is said to have replied:
"Well. I have no money. I will need
this money when I am released from
prison."
Tornado Wrecks Houses.
MITCHELL. S. D., July 13. A cyclone
swept over the Northwestern part of this
city this evening at 6 o'clock. The storm
came up from the west, and In the vicin
ity of Mount Vernon a number of houst-a
were swept away. The storm gathered
greater velocity by the time it reached
this section, and it was seen coming with
a large drop, sweeping the ground. The
Cassem Addition, in the northwestern
part o fthe city, was considerably dam
aged. Two houses were completely swept
away. The families took refuge in the
cellars and the houses were taken off
clean, leaving the bare floors. No one
was injured. One barn was blown down.
TIRED OF BEING GOVERNOR
Judge Wlcker-sham Creates Sensation
by Speech on luska.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 13. (Specials
Federal Judge James Wickersham, of
Alaska, speaking before the State Bar
Association tonight, created a sensation
by declaring that he was tired of acting;
as the government of Alaska, and that
the bar of this state must whip the Con
gressional delegation Into line to grant
some power to the people pf Alaska.
His speech overshadowed that of Vice
President Fairbanks in Importance, or
he insisted that the only authority of
any kind in Alaska is that of the
Judiciary and the Governor Is a mere
figurehead with only authority to ap
point a private secretary and notaries
public.
He denounced Seattle for (fuietly en
joying a $20,000,000 annual trade with
Alaska and refusal to aid Alaskans in
getting a system of government.
The Bar Assocation Banquet lasted
until 1 A. M., Mr. Fairbanks, Governor
Mead, Congressman Humphreys, Senator
Piles and others speaking in response to
toasts.
Many Fall in Examinations.
The examination of a class of appli
cants for appointment to positions on the
Portland police force was concluded be
fore the Civil Service Commission yester
day. Originally the class consisted of 41
members, but the physical test was too
much for 20 of the would-be bluecoats
and they dropped out of the contest. Th
written examination yesterday was
taken by only 21 members of the class.
The result will not be announced by th
Commission for several days.
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