The Sunday Oregonian., July 18, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

THE ST7TOAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 18. 1909.
GORDON BITTERLY
DENOUNCES DELAY
Indicted Jury Declares Pro
ceedings Against Him Are
Unfair and Uujust.
WILL RESUME PRACTICE
Ha Waited .arly Year for Oppor
tunity to Face Accusers and
Promises Sensation at
His Trial.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Juiy 17. (Special.)
Judge M. J. tJord'jn. under Indictment
by Spokane srand jury for alleged con
verting" to his own use money belonging
In the Great Northern Railroad while it
attorney, today at Tacoma made the first
voluntary statement since the Gordon
Root sensation was sprung last Fall. The
statement contains a vigorous protest
against alleged procrastination in the de
lay of his trial.
"I have been waiting trial." he said,
"since January, but upon one pretext or
another it has been deferred. From Jan
n .! to July without trial or preliminary
hrlng surely must appear to lawyer or
layman alike as unreasonable, and mock
ery of that right to 'speedy trial" which
Is guaranteed by tha constitution. I do
tint owe tha company a dollar.
Road Not Complainant.
"This prosecution was commenced with
out any complaining witnesses. The rail
way company did not start it. and. con
trary to some newspaper reports, never
claimed an actual shortage in my ac
counts. Railway offlcials who were
quoted as having vouched for the state
ment hav. repeatedly denied the report
"I have never opposed a public investi
gation of any matter connected with my
employment with the railway company.
I have been reluctant to ensraice In court
with, with charges pending, but. having
waited nearly a year for my accusers to
fome into open court or quit, I shall now
resume the active practice of my pro
fession. I have obligations to meet and
a living to make, and consider that
neither fairness nor professional ethics
require me to longer await the uncertain
course of the prosecution.
Work Done In Secret,
"My enemies are not desirous of a
hearing in open court, but prefer so-called
investigation' behind closed doors, where
only one side is represented, and 'gossip'
and 'hearsay' are Invited. If men can be
ruined In that way. then no man's char
acter is safe or secure. Up to the pres
ent time I have had no opportunity to
confront a single witness nor propound
a single inquiry.
"When, if ever, a trial occurs, the
methods pursued In procuring my indict
ment will be fully exposed and the pub
lic afforded an opportunity to Judge of
the fairness of the tactics that have been
employed against me. I have lived in
tiiis state 2 years1, and I defy any man
to ssy that I have ever wilfully wronged
him."
Asked to lils dealings with Justice
Root, hue of the Supreme bench. Mr.
Gordon replit-d:
"I hsve never hsd any corrupt or dis
honest dealings with him."
STATISTIC WORK IS BEGUN
t'ommi.-slons Appointed to Inquire
Into Young Men'? Life.
Meetings were held yesterday by two
f the commissions appointed by W. M.
1-ad.I to work In connection with the Y.
f. r A. in securing statistics covering
tlie I'lty, of Portland u related to the re
ligion., physical, educational and voca
tional life ot young men. The commis
sions on education and boy life met yes
terday, appointed men to complete the
membership and outlined the work to be
foMowed. I
The five commissions which are to look
Into boy life, religious life, physical life,
education and vocation, desire to open to
the citizens of Portland a field for co
operative investigation, and request that
any information available, affecting in
any way the work undertaken, be prompt
ly forwarded to F. E. Smith, 305 Corbett
building. The commissions will also wel
come any expression of opinion regarding
needed reform and promise careful con
sideration of any proposition presented
for the development of any needed edu
cational interest.
the Government engineers had been re
called from- work on the Malheur
project, is not true. The ensry'eers are
still here, and, according to F. E.
Weymouth, engineer In charge of this
and the Western Idaho projects, they
will remain at least until the visit of
Secretary Balllnger. who will inspect
the work during the present month.
The Secretary has informed the com
mittee, which Is forwarding the Inter
ests of the project here, that he will
be in Ontario within the next week or
two. and at that time will announce
his final decision- regarding the build
ing of the project. The preliminary
work of the engineers is practically
complete, all borings along the lines of
the darn sites and canals have been
finished, and the report compiled by
the engineers for the inspection of the
Secretary lias been completed.
Work has been in progress since the
first of May, and has shown that the
project Is not only thoroughly feasible,
but that the character of the soil will
justify a much greater expense than
will be necessary for the building of
the project. The people of this sec
tion are practically a unit in their de
sire for the work.
QUERIES
PROVOKE
EPIGRAMS 6Y RILL
Empire-Builder Discourses on
Tariff and High Price
of Wheat.
MAX STEALS CASH FROM GIRL'S
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.
Then Runs Away to Spokane With
Another Woman and Warrant Is
Sent After Him.
'Don't worry. Will be back. Answer."
This is the text of a telegram sent
by Samuel LaVlne from Spokane to
Miss Minnie Kesten, of Portland, yes
terday. Behind the terse telegraphic
assurance lies a story of misplaced con
fidence and incidentally the disappear
ance of J.'dOO In greenbacks. LaVine's
thoughfulness in his effort to allay the
fears of Miss Kesten will cost him his
liberty, if the Spokane police are suc
cessful in .complying with the instruc
tions of the local authorities.
The woman is said to have had the
12500 now in Irvine's possession care
fully stowed away in a safety deposit
vault in a downtown office building.
Iast week iJiVine requested Miss Kes
ten to allow hlra to place some of his
valuable papers in the box. She con
sented and gave him a key. Yester
day she learned through the agency
of a friend that IiVine had- left for
Spokane with another woman. An
hour later, upon her arrival at the
safety deposit vaults, she learned, too,
that along with the woman, LaVlne
had taken her 12500 and the entire
contents of the box.
Overcome with disappointment over
the loss of her money, she hastened to
the District Attorney's office, after
learning- her false friend's whereabouts,
and swore to a complaint charging him
with robbery.
The authorities immediately wired
the Spokane police to take the flighty
LaVlne and his companion Into cus
tody. Up to a late hour last night the
pair had not been apprehended.
RIVALS BLOCK TRAILS
Il VItlilMAX EMPLOYES ARE OX
TRIAL AT LEW1STO.V.
TENT MEETINGS NOT OVER
Forest Supervisor Make Arrests on
Complaint of Hill Men Whose
Work Is Delayed.
UEWISTOX. Idaho. July 17. (Special.)
The story of the clash between rival sur
veying crews in the Middle Fork section
of the Clearwatexcountry and details of
the tight between the Hill and Harrlman
forces for possession of the best trail ajd
consequently the best railroad line was
told in United States Commissioner
O' Neil's court today, when J. A. Kinser
and Charles Nash, surveyors in tho em
ploy of the Harrlman system were placed
on trial on the charge of blocking forest
trails. Forest Supervisor Major Frank A.
Fenn caused the arrest of the two sur
veyors on advice of District Forester W.
B. Greely.
Evidence was introduced to show that
the surveyors had blocked the trail in an
effort to harass a rival survey employed
by the Northern Pacific, who filed com
plaint with Major Fenn. After receiving
the complaint. Major Fenn swore that he
notified the Harriman engineer In charge
not to "permit the blocking of trails in
public forests which were public high
ways. Tonight the case was continued until
Monday morning, when several other wit
nesses will be examined.
J. G. W'ilson, of the legal department of
the O. K. & N., will probably make no ef
fort to secure dismissal of the charges,
as it is Intimated that he desires to make
a test case In the Federal courts.
Adventists Will Continue Special
Services This Week.
Special services, which have been
conducted during the last week in a
"cotton tabernacle," a 70-foot tent, at
Kast Morrison and East Eleventh
streets, by Will F. Martin, evangelist
of the Seventh Day Adventlst faith,
will be continued for another week. The
tent is filled every night and consider
able Interest Is being taken in the meet
ings. Music Is furnished by an orches
tra and a chorus of 30 voices. Evan
gellst Martin Is being assisted by
Uders C J. Cole, of St. John, and T. ii
Thuclmler. of Grants Pass.
"The PTophesies of Daniel and the
Revelations." furnished themes for dis
cussion last week. Last night Kvan
gellst Martin spoke on "Institution of
the Sabbath." Tonight his subject will
be "The Sabbath from the New Testa
ment Standpoint." There will also be
a meeting at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
ITALIAN KILLS THREE MEN
Railroad Grader Huns Amuck In a
Colorado Construction Camp.
1KNVKR. July K. Three mn fell
xi.-tims lo the revolver of an enraged
Italian. i;nleppl Fulcrino, tn a grading
ramp t Ololu-vllle. a suburb of Ien-
r. today.
Kulerino was in turn probably fatally
oundeil by friends of the wounded
men who grappled with him. deprived
Mm of his revolver and turned the
weapon on him. All the wounded men
nrr fire.pnrs.
Tli trouble . said to have grown
out of a difficulty Kalerino. who la a
trarkw'Hlker. had with the graders sev
eral days t
COMPLETE ONTARIO WORK
tngineers Ready to Submit Report
tn Interior Department.
ONTAJUO, Or.. July 17 (Special.)
The resort circulated to the effect that
LOVED AMERICAN GIRL
FAMILY'S OPPOSITION MADE
ROTHSCHILD TAKE LIFE.
Baron Oskar Won Olpa Menn's Love
in Chicago, but Father Made
Objection to Match.
CHICAGO. July 1". Dr. Rudorph
Menn, of this city, tonight declared that
Baron Oskar Rothschild, the youngest
child of Baron Albert Rothschild, of
Vienna, haji killed himself because of
his family's opposition to his marriage
with Olga Menn, the physician's young
est daughter.
The doctor told of his daughter's
meeting the Baron when he arrived In
C'hicaifo on his way to Kurope from the
Orient six weeks ago, while a member
of his party was ill in the German Hos
pital. The doctor said Rothschild soon
proposed marriage. He was accepted
and left soon afterwards for Vienna
with the promise that Miss Menn and
her mother would follow. He feared
that his father would not consent to
his marriage with an American girl,
but thought that the young woman's
beauty would win him over.
The Raraon cabled to his father, but
the reply was not encouraging. Young
Rothschild then wanted to marry Miss
Menn at once, but Lr. Menn refused to
allow this and the Baron sailed for
Kurope. to plead with his father.
A short time ago the girl and her
mother sailed. Huron Alhert Roth
schild will meet and take care of them
until Doctor Menn can reach the other
side.
WOULD SEND S0L0NS HOME
Heavy Rains Damage Hay.
KELSO. Wash.. July IT. (Special.)
Heavy rains which fell all over this val
ley this afternoon caught the farmere un
prepared, and ruined many tons of hay. If
the rain continues over night, it will
mean a tremendous loss to the farmers
throughout this vicinity. The day began
clear, so every available machine was in
service to get the bay out ot danger from
rains, but the rain came sooner than ex
pected. -
Fresh From Labrador Vacation,
Great Railroader Preaches Scr
. mon on Common Sen.se to
Newspaper Men.
ST. PACI July 17. Bronzed, and
rugged after a month of outdoor life in
Labrador. James J. Hill arrived home
last night, to plunge once more into the
whirlpool of business life.
"Don't you think the Aldrich bill has
an Important bearing on the future pros
perity of the country?" he was asked.
"I'll tell you what would have an im
portant bearing on the prosperity of tiie
country. If all the members of Con
gress went home right now and slayed
home for three years.'
"People are hanging on the tariff
changes as If their tread and butter
depended on It." lie continued. "The tariff
1 not the most important question today.
The tariff will be adjusted; in the end
these, men will be forced by business
conditions Into the right line of action."
"Why is wheat selling at $1.25?" Mr.
Hill was asked.
"About fi per cent of the population of
thecountry." he replied, "Is living In the
centers of population. The question Is,
tan the 35 per cent feed the rest?"
SERIOUS CRIME CHARGED
Charles Lee. Alias Williams, Taken
Into Custody.
Charles Lee. alias Williams. 23 years
oH. about whom the authorities know but
little, was arrested last night on the
Peninsula by Constable Wagner, charged
with a statutory crime by a 13-year-old
girl, a ward of the Juvenile Court. Lee
was placed in the County Jail, and held
in default of J25O0 bail. The complainant
against him Is Miss Emma L. Butler, an
officer of the Juvenile Court.
Lee is accused of enticing the girl from
the home and hiding her from the au
thorities for the past four days. Con
stable Wagner discovered that Lee and
the girl were to meet by appointment last
night to go to a dance, ana the officers
Interrupted their meeting by taking the
young man Into custody. The girl was
TEMPER WC'K WORKER WILL
M'E.IK l. PORTLAN D TODAY.
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Wayne B. Wheeier.
Wayne B. Wheeler, superintend
ent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon
League, will speak at the morn
ing service today in the C entenary
Methodist Episcopal Church, and
will also speak this afternoon in
the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Wheeler is working with
I)r. P. A. Baker. National super
intendent of the Anti -Saloon
League, in the interests of tem
perance on the Pacific CoastT It
is expected that their Influence
will be a great factor in increas
ing the prohibition vote in this
state in 1910.
taken to the Home of the Good Shep
herd. Lee has no occupation, it Is said.
OLD RESIDENT IS DEAD
John J. D. Edgerton Passes Away
at His Home, Aged 75.
John J. D. Bdgerton. aged 75. died at
his home, KM Rodney avenue, last nlirht
shortly before midnight of a complica
tion of heart and other troubles. Mr.
Edgerton was born in Dublin, Ireland, and
came to this country In 1M6. For the
past 1 years he had lived In Portland,
and before that time was a contractor
for about 18 years In South Bend.
He leaves two daughters and three sons,
as follows: Mrs. J. A. Bilge. Mrs. C M.
Wonacott, J. T. Edgerton, Frank Edger
ton and J. J. Edgerton. The latter is
desk clerk on the second night relief of
the police department. The funeral will
be held Monday from St. Marys Cliurch
and the burial will be in Rose City Cemetery.
KNOWS HE'S ONLY EX-SHAH
Deposed Monarch Refuses to Re
ceive Delegation of Rebels.
TEHERAN", Persia, July 17. Moham
mod All. the dethroned Shall, who Is now
In the Russian Summer Legation, has de
clined to receive a deputation to Inform
him of his deposition.
Sipahdar and Sardarsad. the National
ist leaders, sent a telegram to tho British
and Russian Legations last night request
ing them to fix a time today when His
Majesty may receive a deputation notify
ing him of the change of sovereigns.
The ex-Shah replied this morning that,
having taken refuge tn the Russian Lega
tion, be had abdicated; therefore he did
not wish to receive a deputation to in
form him of the fact.
pbcia:
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$20.00 Suits Reduced to
$25.00 Suits Reduced to
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MINERS IN TANGLE
Controversy Over Brewery
Engineers Unsettled.
FLYNN BLAMED FOR FUSS
Convention Wrangles All Day in
Effort to Agree. but Kven
"Mother Jones" Fails to Bring
About Pcacclnl Conditions.
DENVER, Colo., July 17. After wrang
ling all day over the controversy grow
ing out of the strike of the brewery en
gineers, of Butte. Mont., the conven
tion of tho Western Federation of Miners
is no nearer a settlement tonight than
at any other time since the trouble arose.
President Moyer's supporters charge the
adherents of P. W. Flynn, of Butte, with
Stirring up this strife.
The Flynn supporters are dissatisfied
with the arrangement effected by Presi
dent Moyer and Secretary Proebstel. of
the Brewery Workers, and though clearly
In the minority in the convention were
able today to prevent the indorsement of
the settlement. The controversy will be
taken up again when the convention
meets Monday.
This afternoon "Mother" Jones again
addressed the convention. 8he denounced
the action of the Flynn supporters as an
endeavor to disrupt the federation for
personal advantage, and in her character
istic language pleaded with the members
to cease their strife.
The .Western Federation of Miners has
controiled the engineers of Butte, but
last year the brewery engineers took out
membership In the Brewery Workers'
Union. This caused a disruption which
was settled by President Moyer and Na
tional Secretary Proebstel. of the Brew
ery Workers, but which settlement is un
satisfactory to the membership of both
the Butte unions. The settlement was
tn allow the Western Federation of
Miners to have jurisdiction until the
present contracts expire, to disband the
Brewery Engineers' Union for the present
and to force the Western Federation of
Miners engineers who have taken the
places of the brewery engineers on strike
to vacate the same.
Murder In Saloon.
SAN" FRANCISCO. July 17 Henry Hue-
ber. a jeweler, was shot and instantly
killed tonight by John B. St. Dennis, a
carpenter. The shooting occurred In a
Powell street saloon, and was the result
of a dispute over a bill.
SOLDIER FLIRT PUNISHED
Five Years at Hard Labor and Dis
honorable Discharge Given.
HONOLULU. July 11, via San Fran
cisco. July 17. Five years at hard la
bor with dishonorable discharge from
the Army was the sentence Imposed by
court-martial at Scofield Barracks upon
private R. K. Cunningham, of the Fifth
Calvary, for making Insulting pro
posals to two Hawaiian girls.
Cunningham was on sentry duty at
ihe time. The evidence showed that
the two girls were riding past him
when he accosted them, mounted his
horse and followed them, thus adding
to his first offense, that of deserting
his post.
HOLD-UPS GET NO MONEY
Arthur 3. Ilahn Accosted on East
Sido by Unmasked Robbers.
Two men with guns and without masks
held up Arthur J. Rahn, a clerk for
Blake. Mi-Fall & Co.. at the corner of
East Sixteenth and Ankeny streets, at
an early hour this morning and de
manded his money. Kahn had none to
give them, and they commanded him to
"hike."
Rahn lives at Oi East Sixteenth street
North, and was on his way home when
he fell in with the highwaymen. He was
so badly scared he could give no good
description of the men.
Longshoremen's Convention Ends.
GALVESTON, Tex.. July 17. After
electing officers for the ensuing year and
selecting New York as the place for the
1910 meeting, the International Longshore
men's Association adjourned sine die to
day. T. V. O'Connor was elected president.
M'CRAKEN LOSES EYE
OPERATION IS PERFORMED OX
AGED PIOXEER.
Glaucoma Is Disease That Makes
Heroic Treatment Xecessary,
but Recovery Is Expected.
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Colonel John McCraken, president of the
J. McCraken Company, and one of Port
land's pioneer business men, lost an eye
yesterday by a surgical operation in the
North Pacific Sanatorium. His condition
was reported last night as good, and a
speedy recovery is expected. The extir
pation of the eye was a most successful
operation, performed by Dr. J. F. Dick
son,, who was assisted by Drs. Macrum
and Coughlan. Owing to Colonel Mc
Craken's advanced age. It was feared the
operation might be attended by serious
after effects.
Colonel McCraken has not been in good
health for several months. The eye trou
ble which made the operation a necessity
is known as glaucoma. He was first at
tacked about three months ago and un
derwent a minor operation at St. Vincent's
Hospital. All inflammation left at this
time, and It was thought a permanent
cure had been effected. A few days ago,
however, the eye became greatly In
flamed and grew into such a condition
that its removal was found necessary.
HEART FAILS HER ONCAR
Woman Overcome While Riding
From St. John to Portland.
Mrs. Anna M. Whitcomb, of 141 East
Forty-seventh street, was overcome by
heart trouble yesterday evening at 6
o'clock, while on her way from St. John
to the city. 8he fell from her seat on the
car unconscious. The carmen made her
as comfortable as they could and brought
her to town, where she was met by the
Red Cross ambulance at Second and Alder
streets. A card in her purse gave the ad
dress of her niece at 306 Holladay avenue,
and she was conveyed there. She was re
ported to be in a critical condition late
last night.
Mrs. Whitcomb is the wife of the engl'
neer of the St- John ferry. The Whit,
combs are separated, and Mrs. 'Whltcoml
was returning from a trip to her fonnt
home at St. John when seized with the ,
attack.
INFLATED VALUES.
Portland Real Kstate More Free From '
Them Than Most Any Other City.
It is a fact, whether well known or
not, that real estate values In Portland
are more free from inflation than most
any other large city.
Portland real estate at present prices
means but one thing profit in the
near future. The tendency of values
is upward and the enormous growth
In population is not one of the boom
kind, but a steady, healthy growth.
There is always a good list of prop
erty advertised in The Oregonian each
morning, so if you are looking for a
home or investment go over them
regu larly.
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Clarke & Co., Portland,
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Chemical Co., Los An
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