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TERRIBLE REVENGE
by iurks is fee
Italians in Tripoli Are
Losing Ground.
PROSPECT HORRIFIES EUROPE
Holy War Proclaimed; Bedou
ins and Arabs Join.
OASIS IS MADE DESOLATE
(holrra Ka(rn Anion Soldier and
PrtipTr. Agsratalrd bjr Pre-M-nce
of llodlr of Mnrdereil Onw.
I.illrrlnc llir Desert.
LONDON. N"v. . (Special.) Dl-pate!-
from Malta y that It l re
ported that the Turk and Arab hava
atta-tt-d and re-entered . Trlrtl. In
f'.lcllna; tremendou Irsa upon tha Ital
tana. irhn for everal dafa have hern
confined to the Inner fortification,
wtikrnrd and disheartened by disease
and tea fearful m.ni-h arlsins; from
thntiaands of i:nburte rori.l.
It la reported bv wlreles direct from
Trfr.ll that the ihreM.-nrn' attack of
th Turk an I Aiabi on that plat 1
Vk1y 1 1 oi-rur at any Moment and that
t ie Italians, who hold only tha Inner
f '-'. wltiln i:.a cliy Itself, no loacer
rr eooiiiirnt of tha reaull of an al
I j k by Ihelr foea. who are In poese
eton of the outer t-trcie of fortreaaea.
OreranH Briasx ftataxtdera.
Europe ahiMilara at the thought of
what may occur at Tripoli If the TurUa
!iould reconquer tha city and vomaill
tir.a the Italian tha atrocltie irhl.'h
the Italian ara proved to have com
mitted uix.n the Turka and Arab. Tha
earlier reorta of the criieitle of the
It,. lues loaard Caslr North Afriran
fi e are confirmed today by th arrival
h.ra and at Herlln. Party. Vienna and
Frar.aft.rl uf a.!.!! tlonat uni'rnaored de
layed dl.pati hta rum English. German
and French corrci-nilnla at t! frwnt.
A hot ir haa been au-ceaf ully
'proclaimed. lte,louln (rem i-ifvpt and
Aral from Soudan are Joining tha
Trtr-ol tana. Only an aitvant-e guard of
Ut0 Aral I att.irLlit tie Italian,
despite tha atatementa Iti the Italian
papra that tha enemy'a lusse run
no the thousands.
Treea la Oasla Tat Dana.
The Itallana ara rutting all the treea
In the oaata 10 aa not to afford abet
ter to t enemy. Thua !: Invaders
are rrductr the acarfiy oaais In a
deaert. Ir.et,-ad of reclaiming the deaert
aa tjey proTraacd they Would dj when
fVey occupied Tripoli. Lou'i! exiloalon
every day Indicate the Mostlna: up of
l'ouri outaMe tna walla wherein the
cneniy might take cover.
Meanwhile cholera la raglns; among
the troop and the people. Tha d:
. puaa haa attacked the .ras for the
flrat time. Whole a:?ecta ara closed to
traffic by the troop on account of
cholera. Twenty-aerea aubliera died
from cholera yeaienlay. llundreOa ara
l. k. Thirty-three civilian are dead.
The aoldicra refuse to bury tha mur
dered A rib who litter the oadl. Our-1-jC
lo Ilia alen . tha Ara ha alao re
fuae. utt at tha bayonet- point. Con
a.'siuently. the contagioa la threading
faat.
Itallaaa laareal Leuea.
Tha Itillan battle luaaca of 1500 In
clude dead and Soo wounded left
on a hospital ahlp a fw day ago. At
tempts have been made to conceal
tbeae fltfurea.
Publication of dipatcha connrmlna;
early at.vrlea of atrocltlea haa arouaed
a cry from Ih Brltlaii public and the
Liberal newapaper ara cenauring the
government for having rcfjaed to let
Ih aubject ba d:acuaaed la 1'arliament.
Mora than Jooo Inatances of Italian
trvcltlea are reptrted by the cor
respondent of the Krankfurter Zeltung.
who aaya that priaonera of war are
being butchered by the hundreda by
Iba Italians wttnout even a pretense
of court-martial. I'ndcr data of Tuea
day. he write:
ln retaliation a wild manhunt wa
begun by the Italian Iroopa. They
even were ordered to fire on women and
children. Thua far several thousand
native hav been ahot down or-exe-cuted.
Hundreds of Arab corpsea and
carvaase of animals are lying about
in the oasis"
EATIN ATltOl ITIES DEsi HlflKD
Italians tinllty uf I'nnarrantcd
MauRlitcr. Sajs t'tirrrpuntlrul.
1jSIHS. Nov. "Ananlaa In his
palmiest daya never' wrote half a
many , falsehoods and misrepresenta
tions as hae appeared in te Italian 1
pros and In the ofrtclal state-nenta
Issued by tha Italian government,"
telegrapa the correspondent of Ren
ter Telegram Company. Ltd.. at Trtjo".
who arrived at Malta today.
r'rooi Malta he was able to send an
unsigned message whlc-h contains
peseVnlstlc description of tba situation ,
terms the beat.-ged city of Tripoli. II
svy:
"To aurn up tha results of tha cam
paign: "Tha Iialiaoa hold, with nearly
tsrlr. aa many men half the grcund
Coteiuled ea fas
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STOLEN ART GEMS
HELD FOR BOARD
UOMAX'S PAWNSHOP PVKCIIASE
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REVEALS Ml?tl. i-wwi.
Pin Bour.li! Was Giirn lo Girl bj
Thief and Father Keeps Admirer's
Grip Heirlooms Valnable.
After lying In tha storage room of
hotel urety for a board bill,
serving aa the means of raising money
In pawn shop, and being seised aa pay
ment for debt, old mosaics and medal
lions, pins and cuff link, presented to
tho Art Mueum by prominent Portland
resident, and stolen tha night of Sep
tember . 110. were recovered yeater
day In a hotel at Sixth and Davis
street by Infective Day and Superin
tendent Holmes, of tha Portland brancli
of tha Ptnkerton detective agency.
Mrs. John Binfham. a prominent
member of Portland's society circles,
and a patron or the Art Mueeum. pass
ing a pawnshop on Sixth street, saw
.one of the stolen articles of Jeerrlry
In a window where It had been placed
a few days before, rec-ognixed It a ore
of the stolen pieces, and bought It Im
mediately, ottering four times It
pawned value to get it Into the hinds
of the pallce. The trail of the piece
was taken up. by the city detective bu
reau and the Plnkertona and tha rest
of the J.'weiry wa found In the pos
session of a hotel-keeper In the North
End.
The hotel-keeper says Ihe csrreo
stickpin found In the pawnshop ws
given to his daughter by William Aus
tin, a transient, who skipped his h .i d
bill, for which his suitcase was se ad.
In the suitcase, which the hotel run.
A. 11. Agnew, had not opened, tha re
maining Jewelry was found.
Tli? plunder comprises a Itoman
necklace, a medallion pin. a cameo
breastpin, a stickpin, a pair of gold
culf links, and two oilier small pins,
of considerable value a gold and gem,
but priceless as heirlooms of some of
Portland'- oldest famlllea. A 500 re
ward rial been posted by tl.e I'orllanl
Art Aaaoclatlon .for recovery of tha
arttclea.
RADIUM WIDOW SENSATION
.Madjme t'nrle and Professor IXsap.
pear; Elopement Sujcrted.
PAItlS. Nov. i. i?peclal.) Tha
greatest acnratlon In Pari since the
tl.eft of Maria Lisa is the atory of the
romance, of Madame Curie, widow of
the late Professor Curie, and with him
tie discoverer of radium, and Profes
sor l.angevln. of the College of Prance,
which Is prlntel by many of the news
papers today.
The Journal thia morning said that
the profersor. who Is at the head of
the Ierartmer.t vf P"-ytic In the Col
lege uf France, had ieft hla borne aom
dme ago. taking hi two children with
Mm. and that Madame Curie, with
whom he had been on most friendly
terms since the death of her husband,
also had disappeared.
Mrs. l-angetln l as brought su'.t for
separation against the professor.
Madame Curie Is In Brussels with
Professor Henri Pol n care. Perrln.
Hrjllouln and Langevln. representing
French science at the Conference on
Modern Phslc. Madame Curie and
I'rofessor L.tnKevln both deny the
story printed In the Journal and other
papers. Professor Langevln ajmttted
that he had left Ms wife but added:
My relatione with Madame Curie have
he.-n strictly limited to scientific
work."
SPAN DROPS. ONE KILLED
Euro Men Thrown In Water When
Section of Hifch Bridge Tumbles.
ACni'lIN. Cal.. Nov. 4. One man was
killed anj five Injured late tonight by
the collapse of a span of the Mountain
Quarries Companya railway bridge
across tt American Hlver. four miles
from tills place.
About 40 men were working on the
portion of the bridge that went down,
but most of them escaped unhurt,
falling Into the river. The company
haa been working a night shift on the
bridge In order to ruab It to com
pletion. Physicians and nurses have been
unmiitned from Auburn to the scene
of the accident!
The bridge at the scene of tonight'
catastrophe Is one of the largest In
the state. It Is Inte-.ded to span the
river many feet above the water.
LAKE SUPERIOR IN STORM
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Steamers Overdue Carry Long t.t !
of CaMn Passengers. J
FOT.T WILLIAM. Ontario. Nov. 4 j
K-merkM- for Its suddenness, the I
wont storm of the year ha raged oo I
upper Lake Superior for approximately
Among the steamers overdue is the
Alberta, of the Canadian Pacific fleet,
carrying a large list of passenger,
which was scheduled to arrive at 10
o'clock yesterday morning.
BEATTIE MAKES APPEAL
Virginian. I'nder Sentence of Death.
Seek Writ of Error."" "
RICHMOND. Va.. Nov. 4. Lawyer
for Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. under'
death sentence for the murder of hi j
wife. f.;l with tr-e Supreme Court of j
Appeal icua a pcnuim iui a writ
of error.
Vnlesa te court glvea a ieclsloa
before November 24. the day et for
Btattle'e execution, this move will act
as a stay.
tDiicmcee Micicn
UUUIIILUU IIIIULLU
By EARLY RULINGS
New Tendency Confus
ing, Says Shonts.
OLD WORLD WAY CONTRASTED
New 'Community Requires
More Resources in Making.'
EARLY MONOPOLY BLAMED
I nforiannte Phase of Sherman Env
e
Is Impression Ohlnlncd by Pub-
lie Eront Pioneer Dcolnlrr.t '
of Supreme Court.
BY THEODORE P. SHONTS.
rPresld-nt of the Inlerboroash Rapid Tran
sit Company.!
tPubltahed bsf arrangement with the Chi
cago Tribune.l
Criticism of tie Interpretation of a
pulllc statute by the highest court
probably would he out of place from any.
quarter, hut of course would have no
value when proceeding, from, a layman.
Nevertheless, surveying the situation
with tespect to the Sherman law. In
the light of the recent decisions cf the
Supreme Court, I am much impressed
with tw-o considerations:
First, the atatute as now construed
opvoaee a nntlnn-wlde principle of eco
nomic development: that Is to say, the
principle of combination, deliberately
adopted and acted upon by the people
of the United Statea throughout a gen
eration. Second. It Is extremely unfortunate
that, the business public of the United
State should have been misled by the
trend of the earlier decision of the
courts Into the belief that this principle
would be allowed to stand.
There Is a great fundamental ques
tion, cf course, whether, upon the wole
the soundest, national progress in com
mercial affairs will be promoted by a
consolidation of reaourcrs t id facili
ties or by their widespread distribution
among the Individuals composing the
nation.
Great national wealth and-power have
been developed by oth processes. In
France, to Illustrate, where there are
many employers compared to the otal
number of er-ployes. and many small
but few large fortunes, we have a
striking example of the accumulation
of national wealth and power through
the process of distribution.
In .the fnlted Statea. however, the
opposite theory, that combinations are
essential to a maximum commercial de
velopment, has always obtained. This
Is doubtless becsuse our clttsens are
less tied dowi. to fnmlly traditions of
SOME OF REJECTED TALESMEN
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trade and employment, are endowed
with an ambition which dlssatls'lea
thein with a moderate competence, the
ordinary lot of Individual success, and
are fired with an Imagination which
hurries them on to the taccompllsh
incnt of those great results possible
only through extensive combinations.
( omblaatloaa Are Xatloaal Panaloau
Our comparatively new community,
reiulrlnr greater resources for Its de
velopment than the Individual usually
commands, and the absence of state
control and monopoly, tha I'uropean
method of supplementing Individual ef
fort, have had much to do with this
tendency to combination.
There is no doubt, moreover, that in
many cases as, for example. In that of
street rnways.telephor,e companies,
and railway consolidation creating
tnrough lines public convenience, has
been larg serv. 1 through the policy
of combination.
The eerlt-r combinations, however,
too frankly aimed at actual monopoly
and the methods by wVh their ends
were attained were. not always orer
scrupulou. A vague feeling cf danger
was thus spread . among the people,
wMch in time ted to the enactment of
the Sherman law.
As to the good effect of that law. In
so fa.' a It served to check monopo
llaiic tendencies. I think there can be
(CoucludeJ1 oo !! Fllt.1
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INDEX'TO TODAY'S NEWS
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YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 5
ds?rs; minimum, 44 de rs. . .
TODAY'S Fair; weatt;!y winds.
' f-'orrlf n.
Turk expertM to take terrible vengeance on
recapturing Tripoli. Section 1. p 1-
Chlnete nil, cowed by rebels, give, way
to tbreata. Section I. page
National.
Preldrit comidertn score of nam fn"
Justice Harlan's place. . Sectipn I. paKt2.
Oregon must Impress Taft to sain . recogni
tion .lor Irrigation purposes, taction 1.
page 4.
DomestM.
Arlator Rodgr blocked by engine troubla
81 miles from goaL Section 1. pace 2.
Tiod"bre p. Shonts says business was mls-
ed by early decisions " on b Herman law.
Section I. page 1.
Sole talesman conceded acceptable to both
sides In JicNamara case too ill to serve.
Section 1. page 2- t
TrarHtng men serve notice on hotel men
that Upplaig sj stem must be abolished.
Section 1. page 4.
Mrs. Vermllya attempts suicide; symptoms
are like those of supposed victim. Sec
tion 1. page 2.
Mother of 31 children glad to spare time
for Jury .duty and voting. Section 1.
page 1.
Svorta.
Prlncton defeats Harvard. I to & Section
2. page 3.
Washington High, of Portland, defeats Sa
lem High. IS to v Section -. page 3.
Christmas swlrn across Willamette brings
soviinrters from all along the Coast. Sec-
. t!oo -j. page 5.
Minnesota "l" defeats Chicago by 30-to-0
score. . Section 2. pdge S. ' . "
MuUnomtmh hs hard time beating Van
couver soldiers 11 to 0. Section 2, page S.
Lucky flMd -goal gives Oregon S-to-5 victory
over Whitman. ' Section 2. page X
1'nlverslty of Washington beats O. A. C by
34-to-U score. Section 2. pa.g &.
raciilc North weet. ' y .
Governor Hay springs many surprises - on
state appointments. Section 1. page 6. .
Idaho anxious over state of affairs In Wal
lace bank scandal. Section , page 7.
Idaho law hits social club dispensaries. Sec
tlon 1. pare 6. ,
Mis-Inn; bills, link man to robbery .of New
Westminster -bank. .Section 1. page 0.
John F. Spray, of Cottaire Grove, makes re
ply to paiklson. Section ii. page 12. ,
-Olcott-Iunlway controversy clearing through
Judge's ruling. Section 1. page 7. y
Cashier. Cvars. of. Philomath Unk, held to
grand Jury. Section I. page 1.
' " Real Lit ate nnd B allying.
Several big. realty deals are, pending. Sec
tion 4. page b. -
SU Johns does much paving. Section 4,
page 9.
East hide branch lH.rary. costing S.S.OOO.
ready soon. Section 4. page V. .
Sell wood makes rapid progress. Section 4
pg 10.
Final arrangements made for f.no.OCO ma
. china works. . Section 4. page IK . . .
- . , 'Commercial and Marine.
Hop market advances to 42 -i cents and
50OO tales are .sold. Section 2. page 1ft
Chtraico wheat traders no Ipnger fr Fed
eral Inquiry. Section 2. page 10.
Reading stron-feaurw of New York stock
market. Section 2. page IV.
Surplus reserve of .New York banks, de
creases. Section 2. page 11.
8tea'mer Beaver makes" AstorfS-Portland run
in ft hours. 15 minutes. Section 2. pftge 13.
ronlaael and Vicinity.
Coroner's Jury finds that Wort man. etrlker,
met death at fiands of Burt Hicks. Sec
tion ' page B.
Fire "hlef Dowell to reorganize fira-aiarra
a'stem. 'Section 1. pie 13.
Mayor to ask Council to .spprove plan to
purchase Ross Island and submit It to
voters at next election. Section I, page
12. ' ' ' ' - - '
Big crowd will go on I-ewiston excursion
Section 2. page 20.
Mayor declared by Napier, .ex-superintendent
of rarbage crematory, to have done him
injustice...- Str.tioit J. page 15.,
First aid for injured la main theme at child
welfare exhibit. Section 1. page 14.
Portland business men" visit brick plant at
Newbrg. Section 1. page 13.
Funeral of Mrs. Sadie Wolfe to ba held
from Temple Beth -Israel this afternoon.
Serf on 1. page 12. "
Attorney Max Q. Cohen Is . indicted on
charge -of offering to quash case from
bench for bribe. Section 1, page 18.
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ISO site, FROM LEFT TO RIGHTt EDWARD UPTIIX. FRANK COCH
RA' JACK IIKSKV, DKPITV SHERIFFS. JIHORS AT TABLE ARE:
J F FOLEY.' W. COWARD, F D. GSirEN, G. W. Ji'XZE, ROBERT
It A IV, S H. MA.VM.VG, A. 14. DMLAP AD A. C. WINTER. BELOV.'j
' M'.VAM RA OOINO FROM J AIL TO COVRTHOVSB ODER GI ARD.
NO TALESMAN NOW
LIKELY TO REMAIN
Only Man Acceptable to
" Both Sides III.
M'NAMARA CASE IS, DRAGGING
Work of Four; Weeks to Pick
L' Jury Goes for Naught.
THREE BARE POSSIBILITIES
6on-ln-Un of Otis, Tliongh Atuonc
'Wltricsses Strairhotied, Mnst'Vn-
dergo Formal Examination
. . . v to i Be , Excused.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 1 4. ThJ only
talesman who had; been considered as
sured of acceptance by both sides In
the McNainara murder trial . virtually
xrus removed from consideration in it
today, and at the end of four court
sreeks It could, not be learned that any
Jaror was even fairly certain to remain
in the box ' .
Seaborn Msjinlngr, 5S years o'.d. r
bachelor, a farmer and the talesman
who seemed agreeable both to the state
aad to the defense. Is physically un-saited-for
Jury service In a long trial,
aa indicated by a report made today to
Judge Bordwell by both sides. Keports
showed that Talesman Manning was
nt well. It Is eald that whtTe he man
ated to endure the long day In the Jury
box, he sleeps badly at nightand-some-tltnes'
keeps the other talesmen awake
The protest was . therefore two-edged.
Three Talen:eai "Possible."
Judge Bordwell took1 the subject un
der ' advisement. Attorney Darrow,
chief of. counsel for' the defense, said
tonight that he feared that it would
be impossible to retain Manning.
Other possibilities as permanent Jur
ora are Talesmen Bain. Green and Sam
Mendenhall. Of these. Green appeared
t4 have the best chance, although on
the stand be admitted having an ac
quaintance with District Attorney
Fredericks. ' Bain, who formed the
first labor union In Los Angeles, Is con
sidered a possible candidate for chal
lenge by the. state, and MendenhalU
who has given evidence of being tender-hearted,
may be challenged by one
aide or the other. :
v There Is thought to be little chance
for A. C. Winter, Walter N. Frampton.
George W. Johnson or Frank F. or A. T.
Heeley. but Byron Lisk, a Pasadena
flour miller, may get in. Talesman Mc
Kee's status Is considered and W. H.
(Concluded on Page Five.)
OF PRISONER AND HIS ESCOET
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MOTHER OF 21 IS
GLAD TO BE JUROR
LARGE FAMILY STILL LEAVES
TIME FOR CIVIC DUTY.
Care of 20 Sons and- One Daughter
Sot Onerous Enough to Keep
Mrs. Burster From Polls.
SAX FRANCISCO. Nov. 4. (Special.)'
From the obscurity of simply being
the mother of 21 children to the promi
nence of participating as a member of
the first Jury, composed entirely of
women, that ever tried a criminal case
In the State of California, is the fame
that has come to Mrs. Rebecca Barskey,
of Daly City, a suburb of San Fran
cisco, in the past 48 hours.
Mrs. Barskey. who sat on a Jury
Thursday, shows keen Interest in her
duties of citizenship and said today
thaj she was a Arm believer in the
franchise for women and would gladly
spend the time necessary to exercise
her political rights.
"The time taken up In. casting a
ballot or sitting on a Jury. said Mrs.
Barskey. "is 'Infinitesimal compared
with what the right to vote means to
woman.
"Of course, with my large family I
am necessarily a busy womali. but I
will gladly give the time whenever
called upon to act In the capacity o,f
elector or juror."
Of her family of 21. all but one are
boys. The oldest Is 28. while the baby
of the family has recently turned five,
having been born in a refuge tent In
Golden Gate Park shortly after the
earthquake and Are of 1906. ;
Besides 'attending to her household
duties, the ballot and the Jury-box,
Mrs. Barskey says that she will ' en
deavor to influence the political be
liefs of the numerous future voters of
her family.- 1 '
PORTLAND GIRL HEROINE
Miss Gesner Saves 35 Lives In Bos
'ton Clubhouse Fire.
BOSTON. Nov. . .(Special.) Shortly
after 4 o'clock' this morning Miss Maud
Gesner. of Portland. Or., who is a atu
dent at the New England Conservatory
of Music, saved the lives of 35 girls at
the-Boston Students" Union clubhouse.
In St. Stephen street. She was aroused
by a choking sensation. Her eyes
were smarting from smoke in her room.
Miss Gesner donned a bath robe and
hastened to the doors of the other
rooms and aroused the inmates. Mrs.
Osborn. the director, was one of the
first awakened. She and Miss Gesner
found the kitchen burning fiercely and
the room filled with smoke, which was
filling the main clubnouse also.
All the girls were quietly but hastily
summoned into: ;he parlors on-the
street floor and then an effort was
made to get to the 12 maids sleeping
in the rear above the flame-filled
kitchen. The maids became hysterical
when awakened but were led out of
the building safely.
GLACIAL ICE UNCOVERED
Man Digging n Gravel Bed Near
Merrill Strikes Old Slide.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Nov. 4.
(Special.) While William McCully was
digging gravel In Bullard's Canyon re
;.niitm was surprised to encounter a
Marge body of glacial Ice several feet
I below the surface of the gravel bed.
He took some of the canes imo mo
town of Merrill, where it was adjudged
to" be Ice of good enough quality, sav
for the presence of small stones and
pebbles in the body of It. Thirteen
years ago what Is supposed to be the
same body of ice was. uncovered, but
it became covered and not until the
late discovery was It supposed to be
still in existence.
; RAIN, SOAKS GRAIN FIELDS
Showers Begin Falling After Farm
ers Finish Sowing.
PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 4. (Special.)
Rain for which the gralngrowers of
Dmatllla County have been praying for
the past few weeks started falling this
afternoon, and is still coming down lata
tonight. .
Fall seeding operations were prac
tically brought to a close this week,
and thousands of acres are now green
with the growing grain. A good rain
now will mean much to every Interest
In the county.-
PORTLAND BOYJS HONORED
Chairman of Prom Committee
Chosen atWisconsin LTnlverslty.
MADISON, Wis.. Nov. 4. Manville F.
Hendrickson. of Portland, Or., has the
distinction of being the first non-fraternity
man to be elected chairman of
the Junior prom at the" University of
Wisconsin.
He defeated Noyes Bright, left half
back on the university football team,
and was the only man on his ticket to
be elected.
ESCAPED CONVICT KILLED
Train Robber Resists Officers ' and
Is Shot In Barricade.
WATNESBORO. Ga., Nov. 4. "Old
Bill" Miner, a notorious-train robber,
who. with Tom Moore, escaped from a
Georgia convict camp several days ago,
waJ captured in a boxeer in St. Clair,
early today.
..- Miner, who resisted arrest, was
killed.
TO
FACE GRAND JURY
Jugglingof Bank Books
.. -Told at. Hearing.
WIFE IN TEARS BESIDE MATE
Charges Against Directors of
State Depository Fail.
SCHEMER, SAYS ATTORNEY
Patrons of Closed Institution "Bitter
Against Defendant. Who. They
' Declare.' Hoodwinked 'Them..;
. Examiner Exposes Methods. .
. CORVALLIS. Or., Nov. 4. (Special.)
Refusing to make any defense and
denounced by W. S. McFadden. of coun
sel for the state, as a "designing villain
whose operations seethed with corrup
tion." James Evars. cashier of the sus
pended First State Bank of Philomath,
was today held 'by Justice Lane to the
grand Jury for two alleged violations
of the state banking law.
In default of ball aggregating Jlo.
000 on the two charges Evars was re
manded to Jail pending the convening
of the grand jury November 24.
Other Officer Accused. ' . .
In the preliminary examination of
Evars. 'W. H. Fowler, of Portland, who
with Charles 11. Glos, of this city, ap
peared for the bank cashier, made a
formal demand on Justice Lane that
warrants of arrest be issued for A.
J. Williams, and S. T. Wyatt. president
and director, respectively, of the. em
barrassed, bank, alleging that these of
ficers were equally guilty with Evars
for the suspension of the bank.
.The request was referred to Arthur
Clarke, Deputy District Attorney, who
replied that the desired warrants would
not. be. issued for the. present.
Attorney Fowler also insisted . that
the District Attorney's office be re
quired to announce whether or not wit-
nesses for the state, particularly R. O.
Arpke. assistant cashier of the bank,
had been assured immunity from prose
cution in return " for ' their testimony
for' the prosecution. '
.. Inmanlty Charged Ignored
This demand likewise was -ignored by
Justice Lane and the Deputy District
Attorney, who took the position that
the question raised was one that prop
erly should be presented when the
actual trial of the defendant was held.
Principal of the witnesses for the
state at today's examination of Evars
was Will Wright, superintendent of
banks, who testified that the Philo
math bank,' judging from an Investiga
tion., he : had made . of the books, has
been .Insolvent .since June 7, 1911. when
Evars, as cashier, filed with' the State
Banking Department one of his falsi
fied statements purporting to show the
true condition o' the bank. The bank,
was last examined ln'October, W10.
In support of the charge that Evars
made and published false sworn state
ment. iegardlng the financial condition
of the bank. .. Bank Superintendent
Wright testified that in the report of
September 1 last, amounts aggregating
$1900 were transferred by Evars from
th'i accounts known as checks and cash
Items and. from cash due frcti reserve
banks as shown by the books of tha
bank and credited to the reserve fund.
Big Discrepancy Sworn.
He said this was done in order to
make the report show a reserve fund
for the bank of about $9900 or the 13
per cent reserve required to be carried
by all state banks under the Orcsua
banking law.
Witnesses testified that in the sworn
statement of Evars checks and cash
Items were listed In the report at
$32.54 when the bank books on the
date of the report showed an actual
balance to the credit of this fund of
$1182.54. A ' similar discrepancy was
pointed out by Mr. Wright in the item
of cash due from reserve banks.
The sworn statement of Evars
credited this account with $5290.20.
while the books of the bank on the
same date show only $4290 to the credit
of this account. The : actual reserve
fund as shown by the bank's books on
the date of the report was increased In
an amount equal to the sum the differ
ences In these two items. Other dis
crepancies . were pointed out by Mr.
Wright, leaving no,, doubt but that
Evars had Juggled with the figures
In compiling his report.
Shriner Depolt Expected.
Equally Incriminating was the testi
mony offered In support of the charge
that Evars accepted deposits when ha
knew the bank was insolvent. The
state offered evidence of several
witnesses showing that at :30 o'clock
In the afternoon of October 17, the last
day the bank was. open for business
Albert" Shrlber- deposited a check
drawn bV Tllison & Co., of Salem, on
the Ladd & Bujh bank of that c(ty in
Shrlber's favor for $7021.42.
Although Shrlber testified that
Evars was not present when he de
posited the check Just SO minutes be
fore the bank closed Its doors for the
day. other witnesses testified to a
knowledge by Evars that such a de
posit was expected by him on that day.
At the time Shriber deposited the
(Concluded oo Tag 2..'
CASHIER
EVARS