THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 13, 1909.
GUILT ABUTTED
BY FORGER ROSS
Man Who Falsified Excise Pe
tition Confesses His
Wrongdoing.
WILL HEAR FATE TUESDAY
Prisoner Changes Mind Suddenly
Before Judge Brnnaugli and Re
verses Plea Penalty for Per
jury, One to Five Years.
Allen O. Ross, Indicted for perjury
In securing? forced signatures to an
Kxcise Board petition, changed his
mind yesterday, and upon being
brought before Presiding Judge Bron
augh pleaded guilty. When the demur
rer to the indictment was originally
overruled by the court Ross pleaded
not guilty. Sentence will be pronounced
on the confessed perjurer at 2 o'clock
next Tuesday afternoon. The penalty
for perjury is from two to five years
imprisonment.
Ross was one of a number of men
employed to circulate initiative peti
tions for the rec-uired number of sig
natures necessary to insure the sub
mission of measures in the city elec
tion last Monday. "When the deputies
in the Auditor's office began to check
these petitions over it was discovered
that the work of Ross was irregular,
at least. The writing included in the
certificate on the reverse side of each
page of signatures turned in by Ross
was found by comparison to be quite
similar to the signatures. Further in
quiry led to th arrest of Ross, whose
admission of his guilt will dispense
with what probably would have proved
an interesting trial.
Whereas, The change'of policy of Great
Britain toward her great- Canadian col
onies, . almost simultaneously with - the
declaration . of forest reserves in the
states formed since Oregon was won, has
had the manifest effect of giving Western
Canada and . British Columbia fully
1.000.000 of frontier settlers from the
United States adjoining the Canadian
line, reducing the number of land-hungry
people, which increases in proportion aa
the Nation increases, to the necessity of
attending land lotteries for a chance to
obtain land to make a home where a
hundred win and two thousand lose, with
a growing army of foresters obstructing
166,000,000 actes of reserves; therefore be it
Resolved, That the policy of imitating
the German reserve in forests, .claiming
the power of streams, the pasturage and
the selling of mature timber as forest
resources, is not consistent with the
spirit of the Declaration of Independence
nor the Constitution of the United States
nor the policy in regard to the domain
under which Oregon and Florida were
won, nor "is it consistent with the con
ditions unilpr which Oregon was admitted
to the Un'n.
Resolved further. That we understand
that the Union was formed for the com
mon defense and to provide for the peace
and general welfare; to secure sound
titles to private owners for gifts or pur
chases from the public domain, -leaving
the development of resources therefrom
to .the industries of the people. There
fore we regard the sale of stum page,
water power or pasturage as resources
of the forest reserve, either as a direct
. fax illegally levied or an. unconstitutional
competition with private enterprise, to its
injury and discouragement.
CROWDS WERE IMMENSE
STREETCARS CARRIED MIXMOX
DCRIXG FESTIVAL.
TO TRY DAMAGE Sl'IT AGAIN
l'ather of Railway Victim Wins Ap
peal to Reopen Case.
Circuit Judp:e Gatens yesterday granted
Gottlieb Mutti'a motion for a new trial
In his suit against the Multnomah Lum
ber & Box Company for $7500 damapres
for the death of his son. In granting the
motion. Judge Gatens announced that this
was a case In which there evidently had
been a miscarriage of Justice, as was
apparent from the record of the suit since
It was begun. Young Mutti, while in the
employ of the defendant company, was
struck by a blow pipe, which fell upon
him while he was at work, inflicting in
juries from which the lad died in a few
days. The father brought suit against
the company for maximum damages of
J7600. Just before the trial was called,
counsel for the defendant corporation Is
said to have offered to settle the case by
paying $8500. This tender was rejected by
Muttl and his counsel. A trial being held,
the Jury returned a verdict for the de
fendant. It was because of this verdict
counsel for the plaintiff asked for a new
trial.
IIUHL'S SLiAYER GETS 10 YEARS
Negro Sentenced for Manslaughter.
Two Thieves to Serve Time.
Three evil-doers were sentenced yester
day to serve varying terms in the Stata
Penitentiary. Having pleaded guilty to
manslaughter for the killing of Ludwlg
O. Ruhl. In this city December 30. 1907,
Olaud Edmond, a negro, was sentenced
by Presiding Judge Bronaugh to ten years
In the penitentiary. Peter Brozat, who
. confessed the theft of a mortorcycle,
valued at $200. from J. W. Bsslg, was
ftlven an Indeterminate sentence by the
same Jurist.
Judge Gatens Imposed a sentence
three yeari on Oharles Scott, alias Charts
fcott Robinson, convicted of larceny n a
dwelling. Scott demanded a trial a-d was
found guilty by a. Jury after ,r'ef de
liberation. D. EL Wood. Indicted for retributing to
the delinquency of a minor was arraigned
yesterday and entered a "ea f not guilty.
Fully 85,000 Visitors Saw Carnival,
While Local Railways Broke All
Records of Traffic.
Figures prepared by the street railway
company and estimates made by railroad
and hotel men show that no previous week
In Portland's history saw such crowds as
attended the Rose Festival that closed
last night.
The maintenance of the heavy travel on
an railways, mterurban and boat lines
during the last few days confirms the
estimates made earlier in the week that
85,000 out-of-town people would view part
or an of the Rose Festival attractions.
j.ne attendance of visitors reached its
iicisui iiiursaay ana Tiaay when ap
proximately 25,000 transients were in Port
land, ur. the nights of those days the
hotels and lodging-houses were taxed to
the utmost to care for persons seeking
rooms. Hotel men say that many found
oeas at ine rurkish bath houses, nun-
areas or persons who did not care for
tne baths eagerly accepting beds there.
ine employes of the down-town hotels
were kept busy seeking available places
for guests in other parts of the citv.
Yesterday the Incoming visitors fell off
perceptibly at the hotels but rooms were
still in demand as the number of depart
ures had not been sufficient to relieve the
situation.
Most of the through incoming and out
going trains have been running in sec
tions and on all roads the entire available
equipment was In use. Figures on the en
tire number of passengers handled by the
steam roads are not yet available as re
ports to the auditors have not yet been
received for the business of that period
The Oregon Electric reports that It has
handled on an average 3000 passengers
aaiiy. bpecial night trains were put on
the Forest Grove and Salem lines. Last
night the North Bank railroad heJd its
evening train until 11 P. M. to accommo
date Festival visitors from up the river.
The traffic on the city lines of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany aggregated approximately 1,000,000
passengers for the weet. Every car owned
by the company wm put In use and in
creased service . was given on all lines
For three das the travel on the city
electric lln surpassed any day of the
Lewis art Clark Exposition period. The
best dp during the fair provided about
240,00 passengers for the street railway.
record was exceeaea Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, the last proving the
biggest day, with fares and transfers
num Bering 340.000 or 100,000 more than the
Dest aay or tne Jewls and Clark Fair.
Probate trt Xotes.
Judge Web-'r yesterday approved
the final ac,unt of Samuel Beck, ad
ministrate of the estate of William
Beck.
the b
in
-j imrciea a aistrinution amons-
irs of a cash balance of $17,077.10
-ne hands of the administrator. The
jiaie consisted entirely of personal
property.
F. K. Arnold. Dr. A. W. Moore and C.
It. Davis yesterday filed an inventory
and appraisement of the estate of Lil
lian M. Barnes. The value of the estate
Is given as $56S1.43.
Milton W. Smith, administrator of
the estate of Ella M. Smith, yesterday
filed bis final report showing a balance
on hand of $7250.25. The total receipts
under Mr. Smith's administration of the
estate reached $11,467.99. with disburse
ments amounting to $104,217.74.
Attorney Iyoses Own Suit.
After deliberating for 90 minutes yester
day afternoon, the jury in the suit of J.
W. Baker, an attorney of Newherg.
against F. J. Catterlin & Co., of this city!
returned a verdict in favor of the de
fendant. This was a suit for $R99 damages,
arising from the sale by the defendant
company of some shares of tock in the
United Wireless Telegraph Company to
the Xewberg attorney.
FOREST CONSERVATION.
Writer Regards Sal of Reserve
Stumpajre, Etc., as Illegal.
PORTLAND. June 12. (To the Editor.)
I send several resolutions whicli I
should have been glad to lay before the
Tloneers last night, but It would have
been -mpnssible for me to defend objec
tions BKalnst my voice, and I think I can
Co better on paper.
I am for forest conservation, as the new
and dangerous word is. and if The Ore
gonian opens its columns for a more gen
eral discussion of the system than it
has yet done I shall certalnlr t ike -
part, if alive. My plan of forest conser-
imuivra ine proposition
n-gai ac ea to
JIAIIi SLACK DURING FESTIVAL
rostmaster Young Reports Light
Week, Owing to Festivities.
Mail arriving at Portland during Rose
Festival week is reported by Postmaster
Young as unusually light. The cause is
not known, but it is thought that, due to
numerous fairs and festivities held
throughout tne Northwest, people have
disengaged themselves from business
duties, correspondence falling off as a
week excepted, the amount of
mail received and dispatched Is- growing
larger constantly and business in the
money order, registered letter and stamp
rooms, is increasing to such an extent that
extra windows will be required soon
' mining Engineers, assayers and analytical Chemists
Wuhmston Street
rHONI MAIN 7BO
Portland. Oregon. May 8, 1909
COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY,
Board of Trade Building, City
Gentlemen: We have just finished a complete analysis
of the water secured from your new well at Columbia Beach, said
water coming from a depth of 150 feet. We have made all sani
tary and bacteriological tests, and find the water first-class
for drinking or other domestic purposes. Yours very truly,
rVIl imhlP "hV is as famous as its clams and as pure as its sea breezes. Columbia
ommDia oeacn vv dierBeach water comes from a depth of 150 feet .100 feot bclow the
ocean level. It is pure (note the letter above). It is cold. It is as refreshing as any you ever drank. If Columbia Beach
had any less than a thousand virtues, its water would be one of the greatest. The wells at Columbia Beach are being housed
in.typical old Dutch mills; they lend a bit of the artistic to already naturally beautiful surroundings. Every lot at Columbia
Beach will be supplied with water from these mills by a gravity system.
Week-end excursions to Columbia Beach are going to be popular in Portland this Summer. It is easy to reach and
the fare is small, only $3, and if you buy a lot we give you credit for that. Lots as low as $200. Ten per cent down and 2 per
cent per month. Don't the terms suggest an easy way to buy "a lot while you are enjyying your vacation in tent or cottage?
Wanted
A few reputable sales
men to sell COLUM
BIA BE AGH property.
Remember These Dates
June 19th Northwest State Conference Y. M. C. A.
July 3d Annual Reunion Behnke-Walker Business College.
July 5th Oregon Baptist Summer Assembly.
July 6th Columbia Beach Clambake.
Colnimmlbia. Triuist:
84 Fourth Street
1A.
Board of Trade Building
a.imy
SEEKS COURT AGAIN
R- T. Dickerson, Divorced, Re
married, Wants Child..
CALLS WIFE UNFIT GUARD
Husband Bases Answer to Spouse's
Complaint on Agreement He Ac
cuses Her of Breaking.
Opposes Alimony.
Members of the' Dickerson family are
again engaging the attention of the
divorce courts in their efforts to adjust
their domestic differences. R. T. Dicker
son, defendant in a divorce proceeding
instituted by his wife, Martha B. Dicker
son, yesterday filed an amended answer
to the bill of complaint in which he
charges that the wife is not the proper
person to be entrusted with their 6-year-old
daughter, whose custody he petitions
the court to award him.
Thl3 is not the first appearance of the
Dickersons in the divorce court. In his
amended answer, Dickerson incorporates
an agreement, dated February 13, of this
year, to which he alleges he and his wife
subscribed. By the terms of this agree
ment, Dickerson agreed to remarry the
plaintiff who at a previous time had been
divorced from him in th Multnomah
County Courts and at the same time was
awarded the custody of the child. It was
further stipulated in the agreement that
Mrs. . Dickerson should waive the pro
visions of the decree of divorce as to
the custody of the child and in event of
any future separation would surrender
the custody of the daughter to the father.
Dickerson alleges that he remarried the
woman in accordance with the agreement
and provided for her and the daughter
as a husband should. Subsequently and
on May 22, how.-ve.r, Dickerson complains
that his wife abandoned him without
cause, taking with her the daughter in
violation of the remarriage contract. The
father alleges that the child has since
beet, taken out of school, is permitted to
associate with improper companions and
frequently is escorted by grown men to
the theater, unaccompanied by a chap
eron. Dickerson asks for a dismissal of
tha wife's suit, a decree of divorce for
himself and the custody of the daughter.
He also asks to be relieved of the pay
ment of $300 alimony, ordered under the
former divorce decree obtained by the
wife, for the maintenance of the daughter.
Spanish Ministers to Leave.
WASHINGTON, June 12. Senor don
Ramon Pina, Spanish minister at Wash
ington since 1906, has made arrangements
through the State Department to have
a farewell audience with President Taft
Wednesday, June 16, at 2:30 P. M. The
minister has been appointed under secre
tary of foreign affairs of Spain, and will
sail for Europe June 24 to assume his
new duties. His successor here will ar
rive about July 15.
SEVEN BROTHERS HOLD REUNION AT INDEPENDENCE.
or no
of land or more, unless the planting antfl
' -".. i.i luresi is guaranteed. I
shall offer jhortly another paper on thi
Bub5e?t- JOHN MIXTO.
Whereas. The winning of Oregon
proved an instructive lesson not onlv to
American statesmen, but to leading minds
in Canada and Britain's Australasial
colonies: and
. Whereas. History has proved, since Ore
gon was won by landless people, that the
more free new colonies are left to man
age the resources of a new country the
happier life in such communities is- and
it .M.i.-i ,i,.At,..,. .vSt, - .qtl.v.. . ., ,
COOPER BROTHERS.
dependfnENOnEceCaE'year' the TlZ???1 reUni0n ' ,he ,eVen Co" brothers -last Monday in In-
oee, f their experience, to each oter ,
of Starton. Or., and th. reunion ., htIS m T: J 1 J,. honor ... the oldest brother. W. H. Cooper,
brother, are: William H. Cooper. Dan!., lll 'r. L J?' averae ? th. ..vM brother. U 65 year Th.
John Emerson CooDer and Klh. w- : .' v-ooper, Jacob Calvin Cooper. Riley Davis Cooner.
PLOTS MOTHER'S DEATH
STRANGE STORY OF JIURDEH
I) UK TO EXTRAVAGANCE.
Instigated by Creditor, Fair Hunga
rian Iveads Admirer to Com
mit Crime.
VIENNA, June 12.-(Special.)-A mys
terious murder which has been extensive
ly discussed in Hungary for several
weeks, has taken a sensational turn A
month ago. at Szabadka Mme. Marie
Hawerda. a rich widow, was found shot
in her garden, and the police were un
able to prove the guilt of any of the
neruU" persons arrested in connection
with the affair.
Mme. Hawerda left over $500,000 to her
on y daughter, Alexandrine Jermaczy an
extremely beautiful woman who lived in
Buda Pesth In great style, though her
mother, who hated her extravfgan" e.
had long ceased to give her money, it
anr.n" V "W beCme known th Alex
Ti? . 88 uPected by the police, who
prsbv hthat he had been 'hard
pressed by her creditors. Nothing could
BnKa,"" -he -s in
th ",B Ilme of the murder.
however, shadowed all
admirers and circulate
Szabadka and neih-
The DOlfce
Alexandrine's
their portrait.!
borhood. At last they discovered that
two of the men were seen by a railroad
official at the station near Szabadka on
the day of the murder. These two men
were arrested, but declared that their
identification was a mistake. The po
lice, however, kept them in custody,
and yesterday one of them, Aladar Ja
nossy, made the startling confession that
Alexandrine, of whom they were both
passionately fond, had long -besought
them to murder her mother, so that ahe
could get her money.
They drew lots, and it fell to Janossy
to commit the crime. He sneaked into
Mme. Hawerda's garden and shot the
old lady.
When Alexandrine heard of Janossy's
confession, she declared that it was true.
Taking the average for the world, thers
Is cne newspaper for R2.00O Inhabitants.
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