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11 THE SUNDAY OR EG OX IAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 14, 1912. CANAL TOLLS HELD TO BE TRADE FOE J. N. Teal, Back From Panama, Says Exaction of Fees Would Be Mercenary. MILITARY VALUE FIRST Portland Praised for Ita Preparation for Big" Ditch Due to Bo Ready In September, 118 En rope Mor Alert. If the Government seeks to exact a. toll on commerce morlng- through the Panama Canal, the purpose of tha great channel aa a naval ana military advantage will become secondary to tha mercenary motive and the development of trade between tha eaet coaat and the west coaat of tha united oiaiea will be greatly limited, aaya Joseph N. Teal, traffic attorney for tha Portland Chamber of Commerce, who returned home yesterday from a trip to Panama, Washing-ton and New fork. Mr. Teal predlcta that tha canal will be ..completed and ready for tha move ment of merchant vessela not later than September 1. 11J. "Tha revenue that may be derived from tolls really Is or sucn nine con nnnr- mnared to the prime ob Ject of tha Government In building tha canal, that It should not be taken Into consideration. The canal waa nvaae .ri in nfrmli the aulrk and easy movement of troops and naval vessela from one of our coasta to tna oiner. and from which, I understand, that a the real reason for Its construction. Tolls Are Prableaa. "From a commercial standpoint It should ba handled so aa to. produce ihm .ruicit sood for tha areatest num ber of people. If the collection of tolla will produce this result, men i J . lect them, but tha problem of how and to what extent they are to be collected um.fl arave oroblem. "If tha military and naval situation required the construction of the canal, then commerce should not be charged with the malntenunca of a military ne ,...itr. Rrrause tha United States will be In a position enabling It to collect tolls should ba no reason for ita col lrtln them." Mr. Teal likened tha proposal to exact tolls to a department store that wouio. tri-mr.t to make Ita proflta on the de livery of goods Instead of through tha aale of them. He pointed out that at a recent meet Ins; the Rivera and Harbora Congress, the question of tolls came np and that a resolution opposing; tolls on any Gov ernment waterway was adopted unani mously. The resolution waa aimed par tlcularly at the Panama CanaL Pertlaad Prepare Well. Repreaentatlvea of tha Atlantic and Gulf Coaat commercial bodlea recently adopted similar resolutions. Free tolls, ha said, conflict with no treaty. 'velopment of a merchant marina, both commercially and aa an auxiliary to our Army and Navy, also Is to ba considered. To set a precedent at Pan ama of charging tolls on Government waterways la to ba thought of seri ously. "All tha Coaat country, and by that I mean the territory aa far east aa tha Rocky Mount-Ins. should ba given a great Impetus. Lumber, iruit. wooi. hops, fish and all other industries pe culiar to this section should benefit. "Portland. I believe, la more alive to the necessities of tha situation than any city In tha Union. We started none too soon in constructing our public docks. It would have been better to start two or three years earlier. Prompt action now la demanded. Law Ratea Rrajalred. Lov rates from tha Coaat to tha In terior and from the Interior to tha Coast are of vital consequence. All shipping men say that opening the Columbia and Snake Itlvera to navtga llon will aolve tha question for us. I am saying nothing; of the mouth of tha Columbia and tha channel from Portland to the sea, aa everyone ought to know the absolute necessity of such improvements. Tha completion of tha canal will bring large vessels Into this port and wa will need large accommodations-" Mr. Teal declarea that Europe la more alert on the canal situation than New Tork. Illustrative of this. Claude Caslmer Perler. son of tha lata presi dent of Franca, now la In the .United plates and soon will visit Portland to study the altuatlon here. . NEW BOOK S DISPUTED Veteran Who Waa Tltero Telia of Battle of thlckamanga. ASTORIA. Or, Jan. 12. (Tp the Edi tor.) My attention has been called to te new book by Archibald Grade, "The Truth About Ciilckamauga." re cently published by the Houghton Mifflln Compsny. Boton. through tha review published In The Oregonlan, De cember 11. From the ahort extract furnished by the reviewer, all I have yet aeen of the work of this author, I Judge the writer knows but little of the subject about which ha writes. Aa It fell to my lot to command a com pany throughout that campaign. In cluding the battle and the retreat Into Chattanooga, with the subsequent oper ations about and In Chattanooga which finally terminated In tha battle of Mis sion Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and t.ie utter route of Bragg's army, and aa I was never absent from my command for a single day. during the battle of CM.-kamauga. nor In the earlier cam paign leading up to It. and as I have carefully studied In our llbrarlea tha published hl-torlr and various mem oirs, and official reports of both sides of this controversy, and since for years 1 have had In my possession tha offi cial reports of the various Union com manders who commanded tha Union forces, also the official topographical maps of the battlefield made on tha ground by accredited engineers at tached to the Union Army, and having written the history of this conflict and repeatedly lectured on "The Rock of Chic kamauga." probably some time be fore Mr Grade ever heard of It. I do claim to know some little about it. If the extract from this author's book Is a fair sample of his work, to say the least. It la certainly In a claaa alone: and must ba a most labored tlsua of heroic misstatement, from cover to cover. The first sentence In this ex tract contains fourteen lines, made up chiefly of misstatements of facta. This writer has not been able t,n to cor rectly state his own aid of tha case. He saya: First "Every division of tha Army of tha Cumberland waa engaged and every one had been In turn beaten." Here are two misstatements Every division of the Army of tha Cumberland waa not engaged In this battle, and the command under George H. Thomas never wa beaten, not even shaken. Second "The whole Federal Army abandoned the field In a general rout." Hera we have two more misstatements. The whole Army did not .abandon the field In general rout: nor was there any rout on any part of the field at any time. Third Again, no "Confederate di vision stormed the precipitate heights," because there w-aa none to storm; and no part of the Union Army was driven from Its "stronghold." for It had none. Fourth "Four thousand five hun dred (arms) were never "thrown away by the fleeing enemy: "and the ground over the march to the rear was never "strewn with accoutrements and imple ments of their flight." This author must have been born a twin; aince he haa such a penchant for twin misstate ments They come In couplets. Fifth The statement. "The next morning 15.000 stands of arms were collected by the Confederates. Including 4S00 thrown away by the fleeing ene my." is amusing: but here the author li evidently In error on the other side. Unfortunately, he has a single truth In this tissue of error, that goes far to discredit him. He says the dead and wounded of the Union Army were left In tha hands of the Confederates. This Is true: and since the official flgurea show that the loss In killed. TRAIL LEADS HERE Suspected Bank Robbers May Hove "Worked" in Portland. DETECTIVES GET EVIDENCE Charles Dean Cnder Arrest In Los Angeles for Xew Westminster "Job," In City When Heilis; Theater Was Robbed. Plnkerton operatives have secured evidence which convinces them that Charles Dean, under arrest at Los Angeles as a suspect in the $368,000 robbery of tha branch Bank of Montreal THREE SUSPECTS IN NEW WESTMINSTER BANK ROBBERY CASE, TWO OF WHOM, IT IS THOUGHT, LIVED IN PORTLAND. ; If. a .mi i a sSSI ll : -,.?i',.-M.-.:' a V wounded and missing in the Union Army waa K.336. thla author la minus several thousand stands of arms ha should have '"picked up." And how did he ascertain that Just 4S00 of what he did "pick up" had been thrown away In that desperate "rout"? This Is too silly to merit comment. Sixth The last sentence of thla most remarkable extract la also a blank misstatement of facta. Ho aaya: "Tha battle of chlckamauga waa not neces sary for the possesion of Chattanooga." Chattanooga was the sole prise at Issue in this battle, by both armies. When the Union campaign againat It began It was held by the Confederate army. The topography of the country about tha city prevented a direct attack. Mla alon Kldge above the city, with artil lery could successfully command the river and road approachea from that direction. Lookout Mountain likewise commanded tha river and approaches below the city. There were no bridges. To lay pontoona under these conditions for any direct approach was Impossible. For these reasons Kosecrans crossed his force at different points on tha Tennessee miles below the city, made his way aouthward through the gaps of the mountains. Intending to accom pllsh one of two things. If Bragg chose to remain In the city. Kosecrans would reach the roads south of him and approach Chattanooga from that direction. If Bragg chose to leave tne city and move southward. Rosecrana would follow If he retreated, or fight him where he stopped. The last la that which occurred. Had Bragg re malned In Chattanooga Rosecrana would have cut his communications to tha south. JOHN A. ACTON. TWO PICKETS ARRESTED Police Say I'nlon Sentinels at Rail Shops Are Militant. Increased activity of strike pickets around the railroad shops ia reported by tha policemen controlling tha altuatlon, and tha first arrests In many daya were made yesterday. When the workmen In tha shops went to work yesterday morning, strik ers essayed to form a double line for them to pass through. This waa a practice that had been broken up by the police previously, tha pickets being required to keep to one side of the walk. George Evans refused to line up with his fellows yesterday when com- anded br Patrolman Sherwood and waa arrested for refusing to move on. Sergeant Oelsner and Patrolman Croxford arrested Henry Kahlln for using abusive language to the work men. Oelsner reports that after a lull tha plcketa are again becoming; militant. OREGON AMIiri'LTI'RAL COl LKIiR KR.IDt.tTK T.'.KKS UP WORK AT INDEPENDENCE. s . . s, . t r I f St I "i " , ... - ' a" .v. ... ! . Mlaa Mary Tate. OREGON- AGRICULTURAL COL LKGE. Corvallla. Or, Jan. 11. (Special.) Miss Mary Cate. a graduate of the domestic sclenca department at the Oregon Agri cultural College In IS10. haa taken charge of the domestic sci ence department at Independence, vacated hr the resignation of Miss Carrie .Pimm. O. A. C. "It. who haa been Induced by Super intendent Stockton, of Eugene, to establish a domestic science de partment In tha Eugene High School. t New Westminster. September 15, lived In Portland with a woman named Vina Griffin for about six months, Just before the robbery of the Canadian bank. A couple, answering the descrip tions of Dean and the Griffin woman, lived at 810 Clinton street from Janu ary 1 until about August 1, last year. Members of the Plnkerton Detective Agency have been working on the bank robbery case incessantly and have as sembled considerable Important evi dence against John McXamara, another auspect. who was arrested in New York, simultaneously with the arrest of Dean In Loa Angeles. Clews Point ta Portland. In following; the different clews, strong evidence waa found that Dean for about alx months had a residence In this city. Investigation by tha local operatlvea of this detective agency haa aubstantlated that suspicion. It haa been ascertained'that a woman, tallying with the description of Mrs. Griffin, on December SI, 1910, rented tha house at S40 Clinton street, giving the name of Mrs. Charles Dean. Mrs. Griffith Is known by the Plnkertons to have a husband In San Diego, whom she Is reported to havt Joined since Dean's arrest in Los Angeles. January 3. The family that occupied the Clinton street residence for six months pre ceding last August, consisted of Dean, Mrs. Griffin and her two children. The family was mora or less secluslve and tha neighbors were unable to learn much of the newcomers. Dean waa sup posed to be the uncle of Mrs. Griffin's youngsters. ' The detectives have learned that tha Dean house waa the rendezvous in the day of many visitors, always men carrying either a handbag or suitcase. The family left suddenly about Aug ust 1. Dean and the woman are pre sumed by detectives to have gone to Taooma, where they met McXamara and other of their confederates, planned and executed the New Westminster Job the following month. When arrested In Los Angeles Dean was living with the Griffin woman under the name of Charles Walter Howard In one of the fashionable resi dence districts of the Southern Cali fornia metropolis. Dean also has an other alias, F. H. Hoffman. Among the men calling at the Deans when they lived In Clinton street In this city Is believed to be McXamara, since a photo of McXamara has been Identified as that of one of tha visitors. 'Dean and some of his associates are strongly suspected by Portland detect ives of having robbed the safe at the Helllg Theater. December 23, 1910. when 12300 was stolen, and also the safe in Mace's Market, April 10. last year, when another $1400 was taken. Both "Jobs" were the work of experts. Although Dean did not rent a residence here un til about ten days following the burg lary of the Heilig Theater, the Plnker tona have proof that he and the Grif fin woman lived at a lodging-house here at the time of that robbery and before they rented the Clinton-street property. ORDERS TAFT'S DISCHARGE "Dictator of West" Writes to Con gressmen from Vancouver, Wash. OREGONIAN" XEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. IS. Senators and Repre aentatlvea received In today's mall a letter dated and postmarked Van- , couver, W asn.. wmcn reaus u xuijowe: "Stand by your colors and discharge President Taft In interest of Coxey'a army." The letter waa signed "John Wueh ter. Dictator of tha West" WE WEAVE ELASTIC HOSIERY TO YOUR MEASURE Reception Cards, Wedding Stationery and Monograms Beginning Monday and Jtor three days we will do engraving as you want it at one-fourth reduction. $1.00 100 Cards from plate. . .$ .75 $2.00 100 Cards and plate, Script $1.50 $3.50 100 Cards and plate, shad ed old English ,...$2.65 $3.25 100 Cards and plate, solid old English $2.45 $3.00 100 Cards and plate, Ro man $2.25 $2.50 100 Cards and plate, Block .$1.90 $4.00 100 Cards and plate, shad ed French Script $3.00 $3.00 100 Cards and plate, solid French Script $2.25 Leather Stat'nery Goods Reduced V4 $1.50 Line-A-Day Books . . .$1.15 $2.00 Line-A-Day Books. . . $1-50 $3.00 Line-A-Day Books. $2.25 $ .50 Address and Engagement Books 35c $ .80 Address and Engagement Books 60c $1.00 Address and Engagement . Books 75c $1.25 Address and Engagement Books 95c Calling Lists, Automobile Registers and Guest Books at V4 off. Art and Craft Brass at !4 Off $ .75 Telephone Pads and Desk Trays $ -60 $1.50 Stamp Boxes, Pen Racks, Book Racks $1.15 $4.00 Ink Wells, Bridge Scores, Envelope Racks $3.00 $ .35 Memo Pads $ .25 Something New Twelve new perfume odors made in Paris by the celebrated A. Pi card. AH beautiful flower odors in handsome cut glass stopper bot tles. Priced at from $1.00 to $3.00 per ounce. Picard's "Violette," a decidedly exquisite new odor, at ounce $3.00 EARRINGS GROW IN FAVOR. Ve are showing the finest and largest line of beautiful novelty Earrings in Portland, at prices ranging from 50c to. $15.00 Toothpick Sale Beginning Monday we will sell Tooth Picks at clearance prices. Three days in which you can sup ply your needs at low prices. Aro matic antiseptic wood tooth picks, one of the best, and a popular seller. Former price 10c per pack age; this sale 7c each or 4 pack ages -or 25c Imported Portuguese orange wood Tooth Picks hand cut; former price 10c per package; this sale 7c each or 4 packages for . 25c All of our 5c packages Tooth Picks, such brands as Saginaw, Worlds Fair, Champion and Ideal, this sale 6 packages for. . 19c Clearance Sale Ladies' Hand Bags Beginning Mon day and for three days we will place on sale our large line of ladies' hand bags at one half price. AH bags are new and fashionable blacks, tans, grays and browns :n sal, walrus, alligator and pig skin; also a select lot of exclusive hand bags in Persian velvet tapestry and mesh bags. None reserved former prices range $1.00 to $50.00, all reduced V2. $3.00 SHOPPING BAGS 79c. One lot of smart-looking Shopping Bags in seal and walrus with double and single strap handles; former prices to $3. While they last, your choice, only 79c $8.00 HAND BAGS $3.98. One lot of new tailored Hand Bags in seal and walrus, in all shades of leather leather linedall fashionable shapes. Former prices to $8.00. While they last, your choice, only $3.98 Cut Glass Sale Beginning Monaay we will sell beautiful Cut Glass at a reduction of vie-rourth and more. All the cele brated Empire line. $4.00 8-inch Cut Glass Bowls. Wheel cut $2.48 $8.00 8-inch Cut Glass Fern Dish with heavy silver-plated filler $4.69 $7.0U 8-inch Cut Glass Fern Dish with heavy silver-plated filler. . $4.29 $2.50 Cut Glass Spoon Trays. . .$1.89 $2.00 6-inch Cut Glass Nappies. $1.29 a.C0 8-inch Cut Glass Vases. Star cut $3.59 $7.00 10-inch Cut Glass Vases. Star rnrt $4.59 Parisian Ivory Special Cut Glass Bottles set in Parisian ivory stand. $4.00 Dresser Bottle $2.29 $4.00 Traveling Bottle, screw cap and ivory top $2.59 Clearance Sale Folding Alcohol Stoves A three-day sale of new and hand some Alcohol Stoves. No work no bother cost is but a trifle, can be used in many ways ready in an instant. Use it to warm baby's food. Use it to heat curling irons. Use it to heat water for hot drinks and for shaving, also for travel ers' use. $ .15 Alcohol Stove '. $ .09 $ .25 Alcohol Stove . .$ .16 $ .35 Alcohol Stove .$ .19 $ .45 Alcohol Stove $ .29 $ .50 Alcohol Stove $ .33 $ .75 Alcohol Stove. $ .48 $1.00 Alcohol Stove $ .67 $1.25 Alcohol Stove $ .89 $2.75 Alcohol Stove $1.89 $3.00 Alcohol Stove $1.98 $3.75 Alcohol Stove $2.98 $1.25 -small nickel-plated Tea Ket tles for travelers' use 98c $4.00 Alcohol Flat Iron $2.98 Derby Silver Soap Boxes Various shapes and styles in new Soap Boxes, formerly priced at $2.75, while they last, only. $1.69 Whisk Brooms , Here you will find Whisk Brooms of fine quality broom corn, sewed with double strand thread, very strong and durable, all greatly reduced m price, "l 1 lV' 'I !" VI a mi iitit mam 50c Whisk Brooms, fancy celluloid handles, now 37c 25c Whisk Brooms, plain or nic keled handles, with ring to hang up by, now only 19c Peerless Trouser Rack One of the most useful devices yet made for the care of trousers, keeps the trousers smooth and free from wrinkles, cares for eight pairs on one rack. Former Price $2.25, this sale at only $1.48 Umbrella Sale Just received another lot of new and up-to-the-minute anti-rust frame Umbrellas; latest styles and shapes of handles. Former price to $3.00. Your choice for three days $1.49 Open a Monthly Account With Us Woodari 0 arae LIBRARY BRANCH ACTIVE PATRONAGE FIRST MOX'TH NE CESSITATES STAFF ADDITIOX. Lecture Conrses Outlined, and Public Meetings Will Be Held In East Side Auditorium. Th. flt-Kt month of the existence of the East Portland Branch Library. Eaat Alder and Eaat Eleventh atreeta. naa ki - mmt eneouraalnir one. Tha Li brary waa visited by 11,248 persons. There was a total circulation of 6135 k.nhi n1 4 50 Dersona registered for library cards. Increase of attendance haa made It necessary to aao. to mo working- force of the Library, and to meet this condition there have been added to the present Library staff a . .KiM..n librarian. Miss permanent 1 " . . Helen M. Davis, who will devote all her time to that department. - - school librarian. Miss Florence L. O 1 . in wni-ir with the pupils Deri, www - of the Washington High School. - . . . -J Aa-f4 anll'rn The liberal policy - . .MrHtrirliim for lec tures and meetings of public interest has met with approval on c.cj - and the lectures thus far have been rewarded with large attendance, at mes almost taxing tne P-'y he hall. Attendance at the Wednea lay night lectures in the Reed College has ranrM from ZOO extension cuunc - . and S10. made up of teachers. P"- . i- tudenta. and for the opening lecture Tuesday night In the course, "Critical t-enou ----tory." the attendance was 161. The at tendance on this course is expected to ;row. . . The lectures definitely piannea lor mo iture are as follow. Tuesday nights at S o clock from nuary to r'eDroary ... lectures on "The Critical nnra Roman History." by Rev. Father '""edesday nights at S o'clock De ember to February 21. MerJ? Foster, of Reed College. It being a part the Reed college ti' . Friday night beginning January 19. i m.A Mitnrleal Characters." by Rev William Parsons, D. D., of the Third Presbyterian Church. Datea and ubjects decided on are January i. rt KIllllV for hOVI Of J no dvj. ' j . over 12 years of age, and at a date to be announced. "Niagara Falls." Other subjects and dates of further lectures by xT. Paraons will be announced. Tha week from January 21 to Jan- i vary It there will bo a series of leo- ! fut 1 Jar of tures by Mlas Edna Lyman, professional storyteller and lecturer on children s literature. These lectures will be given at S o'clock in the evening with tn exception of tha one on "Bible 8torlea. which will bo given January 24 at P. M. There Is also now under considera tion a series of lectures on civic ques tions to be held Monday nights. Plans for this course are being made by the United Improvement Clubs' Association, and the first lecture of this course is announced for January 29 and will be given by Dr. Foster on the subject of "Reed College and Its Plans for the Future." Dr. Foster is having made 60 stereoptiqon slides showing the buildings and grounds or tne college as they will appear when completed, which will be a lecture of rare In terest. The Library announces a story hour to be held every Saturday afternoon from 3 to 4 o'clock, in the story hour room for the children. The story for Saturday. Janjiary 20, will be on the life of Louisa M. Alcott, and beginning February 3, the children's librarian will conduct a series of stories on the myths and legends of the Pacific North west. Besides the regular lectures the audi torium Is occupied the first and third Thursday nights of each month by the East Portland Business Men's Club and the first Monday night by the United Improvement Clubs' Association. The committee room Is occupied every Tues day night by the "Boys' Scientific Club," the first Wednesday night by the Port land Teachers' Manual Training Asso ciation and the Sumner Post. Grand Army, has applied for the use of the auditorium for its Saturday night meetings. "Real People's Club" for girls is being organized. The general arrangements at the Library are con sidered admirable. Miss loa E. Bailey haa charge of the branch. Ashland to Be Host to JLa Grande. ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) A committee of the Asland Commercial Club has been appointed to entertain a party of 30' La Grande buainesa and professional men who are to visit Ash land In a special car on January 17. The object of the visit, aa stated in a letter received nere rrom ine tasiern Oregonlans, Is to become better ac quainted with the cltizena of Southern Oregon and. if possible, discover the cause of the evident prosperity of the towns south of Portland. LAST CHAXCB FOR FREE LAND.' I ITBCI IOL1..1I . . . . . now open In Mexico. Homesteads Free. Only requirement is to have five acres In bananaa planted within five years. An authorized Improvement Co. will Dlant the bananas and market them on hares. Your share should bring 1200 Eer acre. Address The Rio Tonto Land o.. Block 306. Greensburg, Pa- They are distributors for the U. S. You need not go to Mexico. 12S SHOWN OVER HOTEL AD CLUB AND OTHERS SEE NEW MTJIiTXOMAH. C K. Henry Is Cicerone of Big Party. Company to Take Over Struc ture February 1. Members of the Portland Ad Club and others to the number of 125 were In vited to inspect the Multnomah Hotel yesterday afternoon through the cour tesy of C. K. Henry. The guests gath ered in the lobby shortly before 2 o'clock. Before escorting the visitors through the hotel Mr. Henry announced that the building would be turned over to the leasing company February 1. While much work remains still to be done the contractors are confident the hotel will be ready by the date fixed. Mr. Henry referred to the fact that the building of the Immense structure had taken Just a little less than a year, while the Courthouse had been under construction for a much longer time and was now only partially completed. Mr. Henry also took occasion to reply to numerous criticisms that have been made of his Judgment in advising the Thompson estate to undertake the building of socostly a hotel. "I wanted to speak to you ydung men, for It is the young men who are doing things. The 'old fossils' don't concern me. The people who built this hotel did not come here with money to In vest; they owned this piece of ground for 50 years; it was once the home of R. R. Thompson. They were convinced that a building of this character would not only make Its own location but would benefit the surrounding property. I ask you: Who built this city who i. h,.iMin.r It? 'nt the men who are carping at the Improvement of this property. Tne new men in run'"" have done these things. Portland haa long needed just such a building as this." . . n-i ..t.itn-a v,r then aacorted by Mr. Henry through the grill, kitchens, engine and power-room and the suites on the third floor. Upon returning to the lobby Mr. Henry Ceclared that the hotel ought to be a success and would be a success. He said no subscriptions had been solicited for it or sales of stock and that it would prove a credit to the city and state. "I leave It with you If any mistake has been made In building it," said Mr. Henry. ' Punch and ' cigars were served the guests. UghtKer Announces Candidacy. W. L. Lightner yesterday filed with County Clerk Fields official notice that he will fie a candidate for a Repub lican nomination for County Commis sioner at the primary on April 19. "Devote my entire time to the interests of the taxpayers" is the phraseology which he asks to have printed opposite his name on the ballot. "If I am nom inated and "elected," says County Com missioner Lightner in his statement, "I will, during my term of office, aim to conduct the affairs of the county, as in the past, in the Interests of the taxpayers." Noted Painter Dies In Poverty. BERKELEY. Cal., Jan. 13. Byak Kooreman. who had a reputation as a portrait painter In Europe and who was for years ttfe director of the Royal ' Academy at Leyden, Netherlends, died today In poverty. In a hospital follow ing an illness which began when he suffered an accident in San Francisco before the disaster of 1906. 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