The Sunday Oregonian., February 09, 1908, Image 1

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VOL. XXVII. NO. G.
rORTLAXD, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING. . FEBRUARY 0, 1008.
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JOHN H. HALL IS
FOUND GUILTY
Jury Returns Verdict in
Conspiracy Case.
SENTENCE NOT PRONOUNCED
Defendant Given Until April 1
to Move for New Trial.
RESULT NOT UNEXPECTED
Ex-Vnltcd States ' Attorney Issues a
"statement Declaring His Inno
cence First Ballot Was 1 1
to I for Conviction.
CHKONOMGY OF
February 30. 1!05
MAIL TRIAL.
InOictment re-
turned.
T April 17. 190j Hall
I pleaded not guilty and
arraigned,
moved for
t separate trial.
t January 13, ?08 Case called
for
T trial.
I January 15. 190S Jury Is com-
J pleted.
7 January 17, 19S Opening ad-
I xlreBses delivered to the Jury.
I January ai 1 OOS Hamilton H.
f HTdrlcks. an alleged co-consplrator,
I pleads KUllty and testifies against
a Hall. Clarence B. Zachary also
i pleads cullty to the Indictment.
T January 23. 10HS W. W. Stelwer.
I another co-conspirator, admits his
4 guilt and testltles against Hall.
January 2S,. 1OS Judge Hunt over
t rules defendant's motion for an In
I atructed verdict of acauittal.
February tl. IDuS Closing' argu
T ments to jury begin.
I February 7. 1008 Ca?e submitted
4 to lury at lOr-.'O P. M.
t February s. Verdict of guilty
I reached at 1:0 A. M. and returned
i into court mulo A. M. Defense given
until Aui'll 1 to fjle motion for new
t trial.
I Penalty for conspiracy Fine not ex-
4 ceding $10. noo and imprisonment not a
exceeding two years. ?
"Guilty as charged in the indict-,
nient," was tin: verdict returned yes
terday morning- in the Federal Court
against John II. Hall, ex-United States
Attorney for Oregon. Sentence was
not pronounced and the defense was
jtiven until April 1 to file a motion
for a new trial. The defendant was
also granted until May 1 to submit a
bill of exceptions. Chronologically,
three significant facts are noted: The
case was begun on the ISth of the
month, went to the jury on Friday and
a verdict was returned on the 23d day
of the trial of the case.
Both the prosecution and the defense
were prepared for the verdict, feeling
that the speedy decision by the jury
Indicated conviction. Knowing that a
verdict had been reached, the court
room was crowded when Judge Hunt
took the bench at 10 o'clock. The for
mality of receiving the verdict, which
was read by Deputy Clerk Marsh, oc
cupied only a few minutes, when th
Jury was excused from further attend
ance. The jurors conducted their delibera
tions with the strictest privacy, and
even after they had been dismissed by
the court declined to discuss the pro
ceedings in the Jury-room. It was
learned that a number of ballots were
taken, the first vote being 11 to 1 for
conviction. F.li Ramer, of Linn Coun
ty, is reported to have been the only
dissenting member, and he joined the
majority within three hours after the
Jury retired. M. S. Barnes, of Wash
ington County, was chosen foreman by
his associates.
After the verdict had been read the
defendant, Mr. Hall, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"I am very much surprised at the
verdict of the Jury, and wholly" unable
to see upon what evidence they could
have predicated it, unless It was upon
matters wholly outside of the case.
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HIM Turn to Smile.
mf-tiL, .v. i m fcs, 'jtik-mm iztzzzsiiMmi b rv- as.
which Mr. TIeney introduced and of
Avhich I had no previous notice and
no opportunity to meet, for there was
no evidence against me of the conspir
acy charged in the indictment, and I
have no consciousness of having done
any thing wrong in the matter. While
the jury found me guilty by its verdict,
there is nothing in my conscience
that -accuses roe of any wrongdoing.
and those of my friends who believe in
me and my Innocence Ishall be pleased
to have greet me as of old. Those
who hold the contrary opinion can
pass on the other side."
The Jury consisted of:
Alfred Kreerksen, farmer, Lebanon.
Linn County. ,
William Fuqua, farmer, Clackamas
County.
Charles J. Sunderland, fruitgrower,
Portland, Multnomah County.
K. W. Fry, farmer, Albany, Linn
County.
Samuel W. Miles, farmer, Rickreall,
Polk County.
Kd Taylor, farmer, Sheridan, Tam
hill County.
Frank Lines, farmer, Albany, Linn
County.
Otto Nelson, streetcar conductor,
Portland, Multnomah County.
Governor Dunsmulr, of Britiah
Columbia, Whose Removal From
Office Ih Desired Beeanse of
Hlit Attitude on Japanese I m
mirratlon. M. S. Barnes, farmer, Beaverton,
Washington Count-.
Frank Van Wassenhove, farmer,
Champoeg, Marion County.
Eli Ramer, farmer, Crabtree, Linn
County.
Henry Freerksen, retired farmer,
Shedds, Linn County. .
CASES SET FOIi APRIL TERM
Heuey May Return to Try Hermann
and Williamson.
All pending Oregon land-fraud cases,
numbering 22, will be taken up at the
April term of the United States Court,
which will be convened on Monday, April
13. Such an order was made yesterday
by Judge Wolverton at the request of
FVancisi J. Heney, who left last night for
San Francisco, where, beginning tomor
row, he' will assist District .. Attorney
Langdon in the prosecution of Abe Ruef.
The first case to be tried in April will
be on the indictment charging Horace Gr.
McKinley with "the forgery of settlers'
names to fraudulent "homestead entries.
McKinley ' was recently apprehended in
Manchuria, and is'bcing returned to Port
land for trial, having left the ' United
States while. under bonds awaiting trial.
The plans of the Government contem
plate that Tracy C. Becker, special as-,
sistant to the United States Attorney
General, shall conduct the McKinley case
and try the minor indictments, while
Mr. Heney may return towards the close
of the term to try Binger Hermann in
the Blue Mountain t-onspiracy case, and
also direct the Government's case in the
retrial of J. N. Williamson, ex-Congressman,
who . was recently granted a new
trial by the United States Supreme Court
on a technicality.
On motion of Mr. .Heney pending in
dictments were dismissed against two in
dividual defendants. The charge against
Charles F. Lord, who had "been indicted
with others for obstructing justice, was
dismissed. The same disposition was
made of the charge against Charles El
Hayes, who was under indictment' with
Thayer, Hadley and others for conspiring
to defraud the Government of certain
public lands in TJUamook County. In dis
missing the charge against Lord, Mr. He
ney explained to the court that he was In
possession of a physician's certificate to
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HAS ITS JUNGLE
Abattoirs Are Worse
Than Chicago's.
FILTH SPREADS THE PLAGUE
Rats Feast on Putrid Meat on
Tide Flats.
RADICAL ACTION , "TAKEN
Federal Health Officers . Discover
Vlieness Fit for Sinclair's Pen.
Itat-Gnawed Iivcr Is Sold
in tho Rcstatiruiits.
SAN .FRANCISCO. Feb. 8. (Special.)
A scandal rivaling that of the packing
houses of Chicago has been revealed in
the San Francisco stockyards by the Fed
eral authorities sent here to fight the
bubonic plague. . Filth such as the fable
of the Augean stables describes has been
unearthed in the "Butchertown" district.
An accumulation of offal and refuse, a
sewer open to the heavens and running
its filthys course through the very midst
of tho abattoirs, putrid meat floating in
the bay. hordes of rats feeding on the
scraps unmolested, and even gnawing at
the products intended for market, are
some of the sensations included In the
disclosures made by Dr. J. C. Hurley, of
the Federal Sanitary Corps, in his report
to Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert
in charge of the situation in San Fran
cisco. . Takes Radical Measnres.
The repoj t has been turned over by Dr.
Blue to the citizens' health committee.
The committee has summoned the whole
sale butchers to meet on Tuesday. At
that timethe butchers will be ordered to
clean uj on the instant, or the Federal
authorities, assisted by the local officers,
will take radical measures.
The Federal experts have been secretly
at work for some days past, and so quiet
ly have their investigations been made
that the stockyards authorities them
selves are in ignorance of the scrutiny to
which the ianes, slaughter-houses and
byways of "Butchertown" have been sub
jected. .
Findings Against Packers.
.The findings are contained in a terse,
searching report of 1500 words. The pagee
boldly state that the safety of San Fran
cisco demands the instant co-operation of
the stockyards interests in correcting the
abuses and assuring to the city a whole
some supply of meat. It makes the fol
lowing general arraignments of "Butch
ertown": Firs't, an inadequate sewerage: second,
neglect of offal and refuse; third, gener
ally unsanitary conditions in the
slaughter-houses and yards; fourth, an
tiquated and inadequate buildings and
mechanical appliances; fifth, failure- to
shut off the food supply of rats by proper
precautions; sixth, failure to use dili
gence in preventing the shipment of rat
infected and otherwise objectionable
meat.
In describing conditions under which
cattle, sheep and swine are slaughtered
for consumption in .the homes and res
taurants of the city. Dr. Hurley reported
to Dr. Blue that "it needs the graphic
pen of an Upton Sinclair to lay bnre the
nauseatingly unsanitary state of the
abattoirs of Butchertown."
Rats Feast on Carrion.
"The report states," says Dr. Blue,
"that quantities of liver have been sent
into this city from Butchertown to which
the rats had had access and had gnawed.
The attention of the health officers was
called to the conditions from the fact
that a large number of plague-infected
rats had been sent in from there. I de
tailed Dr. Hurley to make a report, and
he not only found an unusually large
number of rats there, .but also discovered
the most revolting sanitary conditions."
According to Dr. Hurley's report, large
quantities of the refuse of Butchertown
Sad, Sad, Indeed.
are dumped out on the' irtud ftats to be
carried, away by the tides. Before thp
water "rises, however, a horde of rats
descends upon the carrion and gorges.
BOMBS FOUND IN PALACE
Emperor or Russia Also Received
Letter Threatening Death.
PARIS, Feb. 9. The Memorial. Diplo
matique declares that recent rumors of
the '. assassination of the Emperor of
Russia were the outgrowth of the ac
tual finding by the Emprees upon her
son's bed of a letter announcing that
the Kmperor and Infant were con
demned to death' and of tho discovery
in the imperial palace of 17 bombs con
nected by electric .wires, concealed in
different parts of the building.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
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The Weather. . "
TESTER-DAY'S Maximum temperature, 43
dcRreeB; minimum, -36 degree.
TODAY'S Rain; easterly winds.
Foreign.
German Colonial Governor in disgrace.. Sec
tion 3, page 8. . v -T.
Great scandal grows out of Iofs of Irish
crown Jewels. "Section. 3. pajge S.
Paris loses money on rpnnlcipal undertak
ing business. Section 3. Dage 8.
Cause, of anarchy and intervention in Mo
rocco. Section 4. page 1. .
Irish women rAit process servers to rout.
Sf-ction 4. paee 1. . "
British scientist says he received mssages
from the dead. Section. 4. page 10.
Portuguese Republicans predict success in
few months. SeUon 1, page 2.
King Carlos and Crown Prince buried with
much pomp. Section 3. t page 2.
Rusaia sends army to guard Persia against
Turkey. Section 1. page 1.
National.
Early adjournment of Congress and little
legislation likely. . Section a, page 9.
Great area included in National forests.
Section 1. page 5-
Government lets contract for Army air
ships. Section 1. page 3-
Congressman Jenkins gives Prohibitionists
severe blow. Section 1, page 5.
Fleet rails from Punta Arenas and will soon
enter Pacific. Section 1, page 2.
Politics.
Nebraska thoroughly organized for Taft.
Section 4. page '
Walter Wellman says Wall street is in
terror of hostile legislation. Section 1.
page 1. , v
Chancellor Day again denounces raving
demagogues. Section 1, page 5.
Domestic.
Holy Ghost fanatics expelled from Seattle
recruit girls In Philadelphia. B Section 3,
page 9.' .
Golden rule applied by Cleveland police in
making arrests. Section 4. page 10.
Morgan says panic will be useful to crush
labor unions. Section 1, page 3.
James Hamilton Lewis scored by lawyer tn
Chicago court. Sectional, page 4.
Another railroad to be built across Canada-
Section 1, page 5. -Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt to marry Hun
garian Count. Section 1, page 2.
Sports.
Stars beat Columbia at soccer. 6 to ' 5.
Section 2. page 2.
Autolsts prepare for Summer season. Section
4, page 0. .
Duffey comments on Dan ' Kelley's style.
. Section 4. page 7. "
Patsy Donahue joins hammer, brigade." Sec
tion 4, page 8. -
CoVhett tells secret of Jeffries success. Sec
' lion 4. page J.
Inferest at Multnomah Club centers in an
nual election. Section 4, page 7.
Ski tournament at Duluth this week. Sec
tion 4, page 1. '
Smithson equals record in hurdle race.
Section 1. page 4.
Pacific Coast.
San Francisco Chronicle accused of receiv
ing bribe to aid Home Telephone Com
pany. Section 1, page 4.
Horrible revelation of filth In San Fran
clsco slaughter-houses. Section 1, page 1
Big contract makes oil California's chief
product. Section 1, page 0-
Mayor Taylor of San Francisco married.
Section 1, page 4.
Great terminal scheme at San Francisco.
Section 1, page 4- . . ,
Conrad Krebs deserts th Pacific Coa3t Hop-
growers Association, section l, page u.
President Haines explains financial troubles
of Forest Grove bank. Section' 2, page 6.
Marion County Republicans to hold conven
tion to head off Statement No. 1. Sec
tion 2. page 6.
Cost of initiative petitions to be voted on
Is about $:j6,000. Section 2, page 6.
' Portland and Vicinity.
Jury finds John H. Hall guilty of conspiracy,
Section 1, page 1.
Portland sends Inland Empire excursionists
on their way rejoicing. Section 1,
page 10.
Waltsburg business -man loses big roll at
sneakthief s hands. Section 2, page 10.
City Attorney drafts new saloon ordinance.
Section 1, page 10.
Three callow youths suspected of murdering
August Sen after. Section 2, page 10.
Louis F. Swift, millionaire Chicago packer,
here to look after local interests. Section
1, page 8.
Mayor to stop hypothecating salaries " by
city employes. Section 3, page 10.
Commercial and Marine. .
Resumption of wheat buying will follfw im
provement in foreign markets. Section
4, page 8.
Chicago grain values depressed by lower
cables. Section 4, page 9.
Selling movement continue In stock mar
ket. Section 4, page .
New York trust companies draw on cash
reserves of banks. Section 4, page 9.
Alexander Black reaches port with a,crew
of runners from San Diego; crew Is paid
off. Section 4, page 8.
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RUSSIAN
ARMITO
OVERAWE TURKEY
Douma Votes Money in
Patriotic Fervor.
WILL GUARD PERSIAN FRONTIER
Ottoman Aggression Stirs
Muscovite to "Action..
RAPID AHTinW nPMfliMnCn
..... v.iwi. h.iiir-iiihsiML
Force or 60,000 Picked Troops Will
Check Invasion of Persia Douma
Votes . an- Appropriation
y YYithout'Anj- (jucsllon.
ST. PETERS BCRG. Fob. 8.The Russo
Turkish relations have entered upon a
menacing phase. ' Alarmed at the un
checked Turkish penetration of Persia
and mobilization in Armenia, the Rus
sian government has decided to execute
a formidable military demonstration in
reply on the Turko-Persian frontier, dis
patching there a compact expedition of
60,000 select troops from Central Russia,
with full war equipment, and it is act
ing with uncommon rapidity, with a view
to overawing the Turks by a decisive ex
hibition of force.
The War Office ha"s drawn up plans of
the expedition and submitted them hur
riedly for . legislative enactment to the
Douma Friday, and asked for an open
credit for the maintenance of an army of
60,000 men.'
it. - Guchkoff, leader of the Octobi ist
party, in a speceh sid that the major
ity" of the Douma were Russian patriots
and willing to part with their last shirt
to defend the fatherland. The committee
in a pitch ef patriotism' passed the ap
propriation unanimously. '
GLEETDH SCENTS TROUBLE
HOLDS VERY BRIEF INTERVIEW
- . "AVITII HENEY.
Intimates Tliat Conversation. Was
' Unsatisfactory Christian Schuc
bel Also Talks With Prosecutors
Christian Schuebcl and Thomas J.
Cleeton, both of whom have been
named as candidates for United -States
District Attorney of Oregon, had inter
views with Francis 3. Heney yesterday
afternoon. What the result of these
interviews was is not known. Both
were brief and when Mr. Heney was
asked what was said by the Candidates,
he merely smiled and remarked: "They
just came in to see me and to talk
over the situation," and then Mr.
Heney's face was covered with a jjrin
that spoke volumes.
Schuebel was the first to get to the
ear of the prosecutor. Mr. Schuebel
remained closeted less than five minu
tes and as Mr. Heney dismissed Mr.
Schuebel, he called (n Mr. Cleeton.
From Cleeton's manner it was easy to
discern that he wa$ in a state of mind
over the investigation that the Federal
.officers here were making into his po
litical career .especially. Like Mr.
Schuebel, Mr. Cleeton's interview wfth
Heney was brief. Only this time, Mr.
Heney, instead of seeing Mr. Cleeton
to the door, turned him over to Tracy
C. Becker, who is in charge of affairs
In the United States District Attorney's
office.
Judging from' the interview Mr. Cleeton
had with Mr. Becker, tilings are not run
ning smoothly for Mr. Cleeton. While
nothing definite is known of the in
vestigation that has been made into Mr.
Cleeton's political career, there Is reason
to believe the report that will be sent to
President Roosevelt will not be favorable.
Just what there la against the new ap
pointee is not known, unless it was a
OF THE WEEK'S LEADING EVENTS
Try wm
Troubles Aever Come Singly.
part that he figured in in the legislature
of 1S0S 'and has been politically friendly
with men who have been more or . less
mixed up in the Orcson land frauds.
Mr. Clccton's visit to the third floor of
the- Postcfflce building yesterday was
for the purpose of Renins "'a lino on the
charges that ho has reason to believe
have been brouRiit out against him as a
result of the investigations that have
been made.. lie sald'tn an interview that
In case anything were brought up against
him he", wanted a chance to make an
answer and made this request of both
Heney.and Becker.
The efforts of the Oregon delegation at
Washington to name a. 'successor to Mr.
Bristol have been beset with obstacles.
When Schuebel's name was mentioned
there was a clamor and'with ther naming
of Mr. C'leeton the "noise" has not sub
sided. While there ha not been the public
criticism ot Mr. t'leeton's ' appointment
that there was of Mr. Schuebel's, there is
reason to believe that. Mr. Cleetori will
suffer the same fate as MrSchuebel.
FORGOTTEN CASE CALLED
District Attorney Demands Banker
Be Brought to Trial.
PESDLETON, Or., Feb. 8. (Special.)
Much to the surprise of everyone in
Pnhllc Printer Charles A. Stlll
Iukh. Who lias Been Suspended
by President.
Pendleton, District Attorney Phelps,
in the Circuit Court this morning, de
manded that C. B. Wade, ex-cashier of
the First National Bank, 'be brought
back froin, L6s Angeles for trial on the
charge of embezzlement. Wade's sen
sational financial balloon ascension a
few years ago shook the financial' cen
ters of this city.
He disappeared, but returned alter a
couple of years, and informations were
filed against him, charging him with
forgery and with larceny by. bailee.
When it came time for arraignment his
attorneys pleaded physical and mental
illness and by the affidavits and tes
timony of four physicians his case
was indefinitely postponed.
That was in March, . 1905, and the
calling up of the almost forgotten
case by the District . Attorney this
morning, has caused a sensation here.
Wade's attorneys still inBist that their
client is not able to stand trial, but un
less they can make a showing to that
effect, he will be- compelled to come
back for the April term of court. He
is living in Los Angeles.'
GERMANY REBUFFS SULTAN
Says He Violated Treaty Must Ap
peal to All Powers.
BERLIN', Feb.'. The reply of the German-
Foreign Office to' the appeal mads
by; Alxl-el-Aziz. the Sultan of Morocco,
for help against the, French occupation
of a portion of Moroccan territory, in
cludes two specif ic declarations:
' First That the treatment of Moroccan
questions must be . clearly within the
terms of the Algeciras act: and, second
that the followers of Abd-el-Aziz have
violated this act. Consequently, the Sul
tan must direct his appeal to all the sig
natories of the act, and not to Germany
alone. The text of the German note has
been communicated to France.
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Major A. W. Edwards, Fargo.
. FARGO, N. D., Feb. 8. Major Alanson
W. Edwards, founder of the Fargo Daily
Argus. In 1K79, and later of - the Fargo
Forum, in 1S91, died at his home here
today.
First of New Steamer Line.
VALPARAISO. Feb. - 8. The steamer
Devonshire arrived hero today from New
York. She ie on her way to Guayaquil.
Ecuador, and is tho first vessel of the
Barber line to run. between New York and
Guayaquil to come up the Coast.
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CLOSE THE GAME
IN WALL STREET
Cry Grows Louder
Throughout Country.
TERROR IN GAMBLERS' HEARTS
Fears Congress May Put Ban
on Their Dealings. .
LOSING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
Continued Agitation May Stop Flow
of Gold to Metropolis Stop to
Speculation Would Put a
Bliglft on Many Banks. .
Walter Wellman in the Chicago Record- i
Herald.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 8. (Special.)
Can Wall-street gambling be stopped j
by law? Probably not. But no part ot ,
President Roosevelt's recent message to .
Congress has elicited more approval '
than his suggestion that something be
done, if possible, in that direction.
Wherever I have been I have found :
business men and bankers discussing J
this, question, and nine out of ten of ',
them believe with President Roosevelt,
that, if' a way can be found, the big
betting shop in Wall street should be
wiped out. Few believe It can be done,
but there is no mistaking the earnest
ness of the public opinion roused by
the President's words. This sentiment
I have found in Cincinnati, Columbus,
Detroit and Chicago, and presumably it
exists throughout the country. The
popular voice is so strong that it would
not be. surprising if it found response
in some legislation at Washington mak
ing at least a start toward suppress
ing or minimizing the evil.
. Leaders "Fear Attack.
In New .York, before the appearance
of the President's message. I found
the leaders in-the financial world ap
prehensive ' that an attack on Wall
street was about to be made from
Washington, and they feared that it
would have the support of the coun
try. The really big men in Wall street,
who are now few in number, do not
fear that the Stock Exchange is to be
wiped out. They know too well the le
gal and constitutional difficulties in the
way of such consummation.
One thing they do fear is that Con
gress may outlaw communications by
mail and telephone pointing to purely
speculative transactions gambling
which would seriously hamper the car
rying on of the business and cut down
the profits derived from it. In this way
Congress could, if it chose, administer
a hard blow to Wall street and to all
the interests clustered about it.
May Dam Vp Stream of Gold.
"Another thing the leaders' of finance in
the metropolis feared, and still fear, is
that agitation against the' gambling evil
on the Stock Exchange will still further
lessen public confidence in New York as
the banking, financial and investment
center of the American continent. The
golden strfeam that constantly flows from
all parts of the country into New York
for deposit, loan, investment or specula
tion is the llfeblood of the financial city.
Diminish the volume of that stream
through Impairment of confidence or in
crease of suspicion, and the result is loss,
atrophy, possibly paralysis, in tho me
tropolis. Already they are feeling the re
sult of such impairment of confidence in
New York.
City Would Shrivel lp.
Stock gambling in "Wall street is an
enormous business. It supports scores of
thousands of persons, some of them in
the height of luxury. A dozen of flic big
gest banks and trust companies in tho
metropolis would be compelled to go out
of business or shrink to very small con
cerns if their rake-oft from tho stock
gambling table were taken away from i
them. Hundreds of brokerage houses
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With String: o It, Perhaps.