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FREDERICK COOPER, OF M'MINNVILLE, ONE OF WORLD'S BEST CARTOONISTS Lad, Who in Earliest 'Teens Drew Hia First Pictures for Oregonian, Is Now Commanding Princely Income Prom Leading Magazines of United States-Art Attained Without Technical Education Worthless Life Predicted. BY HENRT O. MTtXEH. M1IINNVILLB, Or.. May 2. (Spe cial.) Frederick Goss Cooper, one of the best caricature artists In the country, now staff cartoonist for several leading National magazines, among which are "Collier's," "Life" and "Bdleon's Monthly," and recently tour ing Europe, was born, reared and schooled in McMlnnville, stated his father. J. C. Cooper, today. In the quaint old house at what Is now known as No. 610 Grant street, lives Cooper's parents, and In this same house he was born, December 29, 1883. He therefore is less than 81 years of age. It was here that he brought bis talents to his parents' attention by drawing- a train of cars crossing a bridge. He was then only three years of age and sitting in his little high chair. Today, though only 80, he is commanding a very handsome salary. As a boy he attended the publia schools here and many of his class mates are residents here. One of them is now working as a carpenter on the new house being erected by Cooper's father. Many of them recall how Fred erick, at school or at home, pursuing his daily studies, would suddenly find himself "drawing" the curves of a graceful swan or a stately ship. Fre quently his mother would plead with him to attend to his school work, but he always drifted back to his draw ings. He eventually succeeded In com pleting his eighth grade work. He did not enter college, but at 17 attended Mark Hopkins Institute two nights a week for bIx weeks. When Frederick was in his earliest teens some of his drawings were pub lished In The Oregonian. He was very proud of this achievement. The files of The Oregonian will bear out this fact. Go to New York la Advice. When he was about 16 years old he offered to work for The Oregonian as tneir cartoonist for 810 per week. The Sunday editor, N. J. Levinson, told him: "Young man, you Bhould go to New I Tork and get on the staff of the big1 magazines. Your work is worth 850 per week." Instead. Frederick went to San Fran cisco, securing employment running an ' elevator In a hotel. He made sketches of its patrons as a pastime. He stood second 'In the contest for the designs for the Lewis & Clark Ex position. This was In 1903. In fact he was the only real contender the win ner had. He also prepared a 1800-page catalogue for the Pacific Hardware Company, of San Francisco. The well known "Stiletto" design, used by 'the hardware people. Is a sample of his work as an advertiser. His father visited him recently in his study In New Tork and saw him prepare the eover design for the "Sat urday Evening Post." showing Benja min Franklin, Its founder, standing with his cane, and gaslng at the great building occupied by the Post. This piece of work brought him 3S0 and It took about three hours to make it. His present salary is not known, but before he obtained a position with Col t- f lier's he informed his parents that Col- ner-s paid from 825.000 annually and Upwards. What he had riHV. r.f! tn Ai for 850 a week three years later he refused to do for 890. Frederick's father was a Government surveyor in this part of the' state In 1882 and 1883, and is now the head of the Government's walnut experiment station, to which he devotes most of his time. Cooper has a brother in Yakima, Paul B. Cooper, a well-known physician, and Arthur Cooper, a den tist, living In Los Angeles. Another brother. Wells C. Cooper,- Is president of a Seattle commercial agency. One sister is the wife of Professor Doane. of Leland Stanford University, Cali fornia. Mrs. B. O. Loverman and Miss Nellie Cooper, both of San Francisco, are also his sisters. Cooper married Miss Josephine Nor mand, of Ban Francisco, February VI, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have a girl years oia ana a Doy z years old. i-roiessor w. J. Spillman. an uncle, is in charge of the bureau of farm management in the United States De partment of Agriculture. Professor Spillman Is a relative on the mother's siae. Artist Linked With Best. Here is what the Curtis Publishing Company says: "Mr. F. G. Cooper is unquestionably one of the three or four best caricature artists In the country. In fact, in his particular style of work, he is the best. Readers of Life and Collier's Weekly feel that the Cooper pictures are the strongest features of those publica tions. "For about 60 pictures drawn by Cooper for the Curtis Publishing Com pany's book, How to. Sell 100 Copies Weekly.' we paid him 81000. Why the pictures and why such a big price? you ask: Well, having prepared the text foj the best book that could be writ ten and put together for our agents, wo wanted the best artist we could get to Illustrate that book. Hence we engaged Cooper and consequently we are paylnir 81000 for the oieturea" This was the boy of whom his grand mother said: "If you don't break that boy of his constantly drawing pictures he will never amount to anything." and a few months ago he declined an offer of 813,000 per year. He has at all times kept clear of any contracts that tie him to any company or magazine for a long term. J. P. Morgan Sketched. Some of his original drawings were niuiin nere at me county school fair. An interesting "sketch from life" of J. P. Morgan, drawn while Mr. Mor gan was before the Senate committee In the money trust investigation.' -ptr wm tne only cartoonist ad mitted, and although- Mr. Morgan did not look with favor upon the prospect of being reproduced in a sketch. Cooper secured it. This he sent to his mother, who showed It to the writer. It has not been published. Some time ago the largest electric company in Germany sought the ex clusive privilege of usinof Coon.r's drawings, which had been used by the .-cuiauu uompanj xor aaverusing pur i ri -i i-i i V- - w::::irxx . . ,jr- , . poses. So far as known, the request was not granted. The range of his work is considered lairiy broad for a man so young. It Includes posters, magazine covers, full- page cartoons and thumbnail carica tures and good lettering. His lettering "M met tne approval of many critics. Though he does all these things, and otners not mentioned, he is, above all. me cartoonist and caricaturist. SHYSTER LAWYER VULTURE (Continued From First Page. ) scored the attorney for demanding so large a fee and scored the court offi cial for "steering" hie legal brother to the case. But it did not rap the procedure of scaring a client to extract his money from him. or the implied necessity or "fixing" public officials wnicn -anorty" thought was the occa sion for part of the large fee. "llxlng" is the largest part of the bluff with which the shyster inveigles hU client. If there la a protest at the sise of the fee, the plea is made that Judge, Jury, public prosecutor' and the newspapers .must be "ilxed." Deputy District Attorney Delch. who handles the Police Court business on th more serious charges, has this to say of the snyster ana nis methods In "fixing": Shyster Demand "Kliinsr" Money. "It often happens that some unfortu nate Is arrested over night and booked on a more serious charge than the facts warrant. Pending investigation by the proper officers, some shyster puts him self in the way of meeting the victim, tells him of the seriousness of the charge against him, and how the Judge, officers, prosecutors and the newspa pers are prejudiced against him. But it is an easy thing, he says, with a lit tle money to fix things. So he induces the victim to raise &m much money as he can. pretending that. If a good round sum i8 secured, he will undoubtedly be able to escape lightly and with little publicity. Especially Is this true in eases of degenerate crimes of which from motives of public policy, no news paper will print the details, a fact the lawyer well knows. "In the meantime the prosecuting of ficer have made a fuller investigation and the charge Is reduced somewhat or it. is discovered that the facts will not warrant the charge. Then the vic tim is discharged, or is allowed to go wtih a warning from the court Per haps a light fine or punishment ts im posed. All of these situation the shyster takes to his own credit, and leads his client to believe' that it cost ft-reat part of the fee to fix the offi cials to return such a decision. Thus it reflects upon honest and conscien tious officials." Police, "trustv" prisoners In the Jails, and hangers-on about the police station are the principal "tipsters" to these shyster lawyers, when an arrest is made of- a prisoner who has money in his possession or is able to get some to put up a defense. Instances have been proved and policemen punished in which the officer who arrested a vlo- lator was the on who called a lawyer and even gave the vlotlm a card with the attorney's name. The fee paid to the attorney was split with the police man. One lawyer, who has since by re quest ceased to practice tn Judge Stevenson's court, wae so unfortunate as to have a client who received a 60 day sentence in JalL The prisoner was made a -trusty." It's an 111 wind that blows nnbodv g-ood." should have been the motto of the lawyer,' for he took full advantage of the situation. He pave his unlucky client a sheaf of his business . cards, and at Intervals thereafter kept him supplied with the little pasteboards. Trade flourished for the shyster, until the jailer's suspicions were aroused, and the prisoner was sent to the Linn ton rookpile for the rest of hi torm The police have a full knowledge ofl pric ana many a Joke Is jllayed on the shyster. One notorious attor ney, whose Police Court cases have been of o shady character, was sum moned out of bed Bhortlv after mid night- by a telephone call. A whisper ing, mysterious .voice came over the wire to him. ' . This is a friend -of yours. There's a man Just come Into the pofioe station and he wants to get oJt as fast as he can. ties got $300 on him and you might as well get it as anyone. He's charged with larceny, and he's too swell to sleep in Jail.'' ' Shyster A Breed to "Oat." "Now I want my share of this," "the voice continued, "but I'm a copper and don t want to get in bad. I won't say anything to you when you come into the station, but -when you're go ing out ril follow you, and I want some of the Coin." The lawyer assented, hired a taxt- oab and hurried to the police station. He asked by name for his prospective client. : The station crew were all "wise" to the affair, and they gathered around when the lawyer made his in quiry. . No man by that name booked." answered a laconlb desk sergeant. "But I tell you he's my client. He just called me up and said he was un der arrest." protested the shyster. No' such person here." retorted the officer, beginning to smile. The 'at torney frothed and stammered, but failed to raise his imaginary client. After he went home disgusted, an other telephone call came, and a voice inquired about "cut In that money." 'Bang" : went the telephone, and the attorney stepped into bed. indulging,' no doubt, in some profanity. Legal ethics are not the only boun daries trespassed upon by the shyster lawyer In many cases the law is vio lated when' the client is willing and able to pay. well for the "extra-legal" service. The most glaring instance of Fuch an aion came two years ago, when John Doe, alias Charles F. Ad ams, escaped from the city jail by a subterfuge arranged by his lawyer. After his escape the detectives learned why his absence from the jail was so much desired. They found in his room a number' of circulars which proved him to be a fake oculist who had woaked in Spokane, Wash. They also found evidence that led them to believe he was the advance agent of a mob of clever yeggmen. Adams was selling pencils at Sixth and Washington streets when Patrol man Helms noticed that his apparent Minaness was only a sham. He spoke to him, and Adams, realiz ing that his bluff was "called." sprang to his feet and began to fight the of ficer to get away. Helms Is about as small as the police regulations allow, and Adams is a six foot, 230 pound man, but the little officer put up a winning fight, and, assisted by a by stander, took his prisoner to the no- lice station. Adams refused to give his name and insisted that he was "John Doe." He was sentenced for vagrancy, so that tne detectives could get more infor mation regarding him. Because he was a strong, able man, he was made "trusty." Adams was anxious to get out of town, and money was necessary. He told his lawyer where 8300 could be got from some' of his friends, who were probably equally as anxious for him to get away before his past was uncovered. The lawyer got the money. Hollowing out the bottom of a pie. It is said, he sent the money to his client in the crust. A hasty inspection of the pie by a jailer did not reveal the cache, and the money . and pie were passed in to Adams. Anotner prisoner saw Adame diu the pie, but as proof that "there Is nonor among thieves, ' he did not re port to the police. When Adams went out to sweep the sidewalk in front ot the police station, at Second and Oak ireeis. next morning, ne ran on up tne street ana disappeared. Is o one connected with the police has seen or heard of him since. The next day the other prisoner told of seeing the pie and its contents, but the lawyer's aliened connection with the affair was too difficult to trace for action to be taken. An. outside party was used to hand in the pie. Later, in a confidential moment, he Is said to have boasted of the affair, but by that time the only corroborator had served bis time and had been dis charged, bo nothing further was done. There Is a remedy for the shyster, in the opinion of Judge Stevenson and Mr. Delch. It is nothing less than a sal aried Public Defender, whose business It would be to defend the poor in court, and to protect the rights of per sons who have no money to hire an at torney. ' There has been a Public Defender In the Municipal Court for the past month. The last one, Elmon Geneste, was rep rimanded by the Bar Association In vestigating corrAiittee for "steering" a case to his law partner. But this af fair, while it throws some discredit on the man. is not a slap at the institu tion, says Judge Stevenson. It merely points out that the Public Defender should be a hired public official, with no attachment to a law firm. The shyster lives off the misfortunes of the poor. The Municipal (police) Court la the poor man's tribunal of Justice. It costs too much money for a poor man to take his case to the high er courts, so what Justice he gets must be dealt out to hfro in police court. Judge Stevenson, who Is he father or the "Public Defender" system in Portland, a new departure which has met with widespread comment and bids fair to give a new interpretation of the legal saw of "every man has his day in court." believes that the establish ment of the office of a salaried Public Defender is one method of solving the shyster problem. "The law gives every man his day In court." said" Judge Stevenson. "But let us see what a day in court Means to the man who has no money. He Is one of 75 to 100 defendants who come up before a Municipal Judge in a seven hour session. At best he has but a few minutes to present his Bide of the case. He knows nothing of the law; he has no money to hire a lawyer. The result many times is that much less than justice Is giveln him. and thnt of fenses, which might be palliated, if all the facts were known, wax black be cause only the prosecution, represent ed by attorneys, is adequately heard." "I would not have the Publio De fender In any way responsible to the police department or to the District or City Attorney's office. His only su perior, I should think, would be the Judge. In this way the Public De fender, a salaried official of the court would be able to represent fully the defense of the poor and needy. Those who have money to hire attorneys would not expect or receive any aid from the Public Defender, because 1 believe an attorney ts entitled to a fair deal In such cases and his ability to make a living should not be cur tailed by a philanthropy. Only those who otherwise would have no counsel would be allowed to consult the Public Defender." CORBETT, RING PROGRESSIVE, FIRST rrO USE SHADOW BOXING IN TRAINING Sparring Partners, Wrestlers and Specialists Hired by Scientific Tighter, Who Wanted to Know AH Tricks of the Trade, so He Could Defeat John L. Su'liyan All "Hot Air" Boys Barred Prom Camp, Says Brady. CHAPTER VIII. j (Copyright. 181. by William A. Brady.) N our trip through the country pre vious to the meeting with John L. Sullivan in September. 1893, Corbett and I realized about 135,000. The train ing for the big Sullivan event cost us 810.000 of It. The rest of it went in different ways. As Corbett was quite certain that be was going td beat John L. money did not count. That kind of money never sticks to your fingers; there are so many ways to spend It. You have to keep up your end, .live at the best hotels buy everything! None of the hangers-on must be allowed to spend a cent. Sullivan had set a so called scale of liberality that the other fellow had to live up to. The Olympic Athletic Club, of New Orleans had been the highest bidder for the fight 828,000 and the match (had bean arranged -to take place in tnat city on . September the 825,000 to go to the winner. At the same time tha had arranged a pugilistic carnival for three days. On the firsl nlgnt George Dixon was to fight Jack Skelly for the bantam cham pionship and on the second night Jack McAuliffe was to fight Billy Myer, who was known as the Streator Cyclone, for the lightweight championship. On the final night of the contest Corbett was to fight- Sullivan. The largest -purse offered up to that time was for the third bout. McAuliffe, who had never been beaten by any lightweight, was almost as popular, in his: way as Sulli van. We started to train about the middle of May at Lock Arbor! N. J just on the edge of Asbury Park. Corbett had new Ideas about training, as well as about other things pertaining to pugilism. The usual custom had been for the pugilist to go out somewhere to a roadhouse with a convenient bar and innumerable spongers and hangers-on. But our man took a cottage and asso ciated with none but decent people. William Delaney was principal trainer. Also there were sparring nartners. wrestling partners men with special ties for Corbett had determined to learn every trick of the trade. He wanted these specialists by their un usual work to- bring out everything tnat was in him, prepare him for every emergency. You see. you never can tell exactly how your opponent is -training. He may have something up his sleeve with which to surprise you. ine training quarters of the pubilist are managed diplomatically managed so as to throw the other fellow off his guard, if possible. Everything is done to give him the idea that you are train ing along simple, accepted lines. When big event Is to be pulled off, each camp has trusted scouts hanging around the headquarters of the enemy, frequenting the bars of the neighbor hood, picking- up bits of gossip that may prove available. The lightest word dropped by a half drunken trainer Is carefully reported and weighed in the councils of the camp tor wnat it is worth. Needless to say, money is freely paid for reliable in formation, but this practice is apt to prove a boomerang in Instigating hangers-on to add to or change what they hear before reporting it All this comes under what might be called the diplomacy of the ring and is quite as ethical as the methods used in Wall street or in the cabinets of nations. t We did thinsrs decentlv In mir mmn We discouraged the presence of thugs wno usually infest the training guar ters of prize fighters on Sunday the "Jimmies" and the "Mickies" and the Billies the blatant, hot-air boys. This is the same class of men that Infest the racing stables. They are al- Iways looking for points and never get ting tne real thing in Inside lnforma tion, since only the pugilists most loyal adherents are permitted to know wnat is going on. The hanger-on is the foolish Johnnv. He may be very rich or very poor, but ne s always a nuisance. The pathetic thing about him Is that he doesn't as. pire to be known as the friend of Cor bett or of Sullivan, but is amply satis fied with being pointed out as a friend or Jeffries' trainer and the like. - The very poor hanger-on is not so much of a nuisance as the very rich one. You can makeuse of him, possi- oiy as a -messenger or a helper or dls miss him with a few drinks. But th other fellow always wants to treat you or do you favors. We were guyed for our swell way of doing things, but we didn't mind. We were, determined to treat the whole thing as a business proposition, and we did It. Corbett was a true progressive. He Introduced numerous things that had never been heard of before. Shadow boxing or boxing with your shadow was his invention, and he used it 'now. All the old fighters used to do was to pnnch the bag and walk. Corbett in troduced pulley weights, the medicine ball, and all the things we are having now. He was not a strong man. In fact, his strength was all manufac tured. Nor was ha a hard hitter. But he was scientific, nd as quick as a cat. He always tripped about on his toes ready to get away. The other fellow used to fight with all the strength he could get, but Corbett Introduced Jab bing. He used his left hand. Up to that time no pugilist ever had the free Jill ? 'f timwv sj iricry pito.TW refcebWnlorroatoet nse of his left arm that Corbett had. This ot Itself was of immense value. Corbett s backers freauentlv visited his training quarters. Phil Dwyer. the famous horseman, was one of these, and he seemed to be worried that the fighter was reducing his weight too much. As a matter of fact he was. but we had to reassure Dwyer. So we put some bits of railroad Iron In Corbett's pockets Just before he was welshed. which brought his avoirdupois up to the required mark. A few pounds one way or the other really didn't matter. out we naa to keep up Dwyer s courage. xne Detter class or people took gerat interest in Corbett because he brought a certain spirit, a cleanness into the whole game that they had never seen before. They say he was like John C. Heenan in this respect. He even carried his new methods into the transportation end of it. Instead of the usual tralaload of brawling row dies and cringing sycophants we had a train of our own with a special bag gage car for the whole distance from Asbury Park to New Orleans. Corbett refused to make the trip at one continuous run. He claimed that besides practicing In his car It was necessary to get out once In a . while and stretch his legs and limber up. So we stopped two or three times en route and he indulged in a cross-country run. When we reached New Orleans they were betting 6 to 1 against Corbett. In fact, some persons were wagering that Sullivan would make our man Jump out of the ring. I had 83000 which I had brought down to bet on Sullivan. You see, if Corbett won we would have everything. But there was always the gambler's chance of his not winning, which was why I sought to hedge on Sullivan. I hung around the town for 24 hours trying to land a bet at more favorable odds. I didn't feel like put ting up 83000 in order to win 8600 or 8700. But Corbett's confidence inspiredme. I never saw a man who was so sure of himself. He knew his man, morally, mentally, physically, and psychologic ally. He literally astounded me with his talk about Sullivan, and I found out afterward that he was eorrect in every detaL In fact, I was so braced up by this that I walked into the 8t Charles hotel and placed my money at 4 to 1 on Corbett. That waa about two hours before the fight. There never was such an audieyce assembled. New Orleans was packed with famous politicians, actors and business men. Priests and other clergy men were there, disguised as laymen, to see the match. Corbett spent the day before the great fight in the gymnasium- of the Young Men's Christian Association, while Sullivan went to the Athletio club. (To be continued.) Zeppelins to Be Noiseless. BERU.i. May z. it is announced that Count Zeppelin's engineers have now solved the problem of making his .l..l.lni Sinlul,U ' Tbi- in. ti0.'v . - w uwn lujuiary Zeppelin Z5 cruised over Berlin this week. It was not entirely noiseless, but the noise was less than usual. Hitherto a Zeppelin could be heard miles away. SAR'tJINE FIGHT HEATED Preservers Threat-en to Abandon French Plants on Coast. - PARIS, April 28. (Special.) The discussion as to "what la a sardine" has revealed the extent to which the French sardine preservers have suf fered from the competition of the larg er Spanish and Portuguese fish and tbe small smoked Norwegian variety of sardine. Last year it became evi dent that the French Industry along the north and northwest coast was threatened with extinction. The fish ermen, under the influence of syndi calist agitators, have refused to adopt modern methods of catching sardines on the ground that increased catches would result in their -obtaining a much lower price than now for their day's work. " Throughout the past year the French government has endeavored to patch up the differences between the fishermen and the preservers, but with out , success. Arbitration committees were Instituted to settle any disputes, but their action has been completely without result. The sardine preservers have now decided that unless they are authorized to use more efficient nets, to fit the fishing smacks with motors, and to use improved ground bait they will close their factories and abandon the industry. Already several import ant fi'ms have started establishments in Spain and Portugal. "TA-TA0" NEWEST DANCE Successor to Tango Is Officially Ap proved by Masters. PARIS, April SO. (Special.) The real successor to the tango has at last been found and officially approved. It halls from the most unexpected quar ter. The Paris Academy of Dancing Mas ters announce that the new dance is already being taught. - They prophesy for it a great success, for it is stated to be everything that the tango was not The new dance is the ta-tao, which has been popular in China since the year 24S0 B. C. "It is essentially a harmonious and dignified measure,' M. Lefort, of the Paris Academy of Dancing Masters, said. "The feet move in a one-two measure and many of the graceful steps seen in the tango the balancing on one foot, the slide and dip. with one knee almost touching the ground are Included in this old Chinese measure." NEW MUSHROOM EVOLVED French Botanist Produces Delicious Viand From Wild Fungi. PARIS. May 8. Professor Matruchot. the eminent French botanist, has suc ceeded in evolving a new and delicious edible mushroom. It has been culti vated from the wild fungi which grow In the woods and only appear tn the late Autumn months. A number were planted in the vast cellars of the Parts observatory and by careful treatment a mushroom was cre ated which grows all the year round. The stem is eight Inches high and the head four to six Inches in diameter. The new variety has been given the name of "trlcholoma nudum." Its fla vor is most delicate and captivating, and the color of the stems of the first specimens obtained was a purplish blue, but this is gradually disappearing un der extended cultivation. The head is of a silky white, the inside a delicate cream. COWARDICE CHARGE DENIED South Germany Is Indignant Over Attack on Bavarian Troops. BERLIN, April 80 (Special.) A storm of indignation has been aroused In South Germany, and. Indeed, throughout the empire by the foolish attack on Bavarian courage made at the meeting of the Prussian League. t The indignation will, of course, react strongly on the Zabern debate in the Reichstag because tbe Indiscretion comes from the very party which by its extreme attitude over the Zabern in cidents bas already excited the wrath of the majority of Germans. It was a certain retired General von Kracht who accused the Bavarian troops of cowardice in the Franco-German War. comparing them very much to their disadvantage to the Prussians. The newspapers hotly resented the charge.