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.0 I BOISE GRAND JURY ! FILES 28 PLUS ! State Investigation and Probe of County Affairs Seems to Be Near Their End. ! SOME TRIAL DATES SET Praise and Blame Are Handed Oat to ex-Members of Board of Equal .iiation and Capitol Commis sion "Winds Tp Work. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 6. (Special.) With 28 indictment filed, the special errand jury in session in this oitjr has finished a month of continuous work and. it is understood, has about com pleted -its labors. Many of . the true bills found Involve state officials, in other cases county charges are taken up. A number of charges were Ignored and some under investigation were exonerated. In the wake of the grand Jury's work are left a number of trials, dates lor wnun set by the Judges of the Third Judicial District as follows: James H. Wallls, February 23; Claude H. Roberta. March 1; State Auditor Fred 1 Huston and hi brother. Robert C. Huston. .March 3: George Ellison. February -lb. Judge McCarthy overruled the demurrer to the complaint against H. F. Allen, of Twin Falls charged with embezzlement of sta.e funds. Tha tlates for the trial of either Allen. Attorney-General J. H. Peterson or others In the state employ, aside from tnose mentioned, have not as yet been fixed. Theft at Icebox Charred. The rrand Jury opened lta session January in turn It Indicted as follows: Mickey Morton, of Boise, charged with maintaining common nuisance; two Indict ments. . , James H. Wallls, ex-Pure Food Commis sioner charged with making false certifi cates on a claim against the state and em beslement of an Icebox refrigerator; six in dictments. . Fred Ll Huston. State Auditor, ehftrged with appropriating public money without authority of law; two Irdictments. separate ly and Jointly with James H. Wallla. William Howell, Commissioner of Ada County, charged with criminal conduct as a public officer In using his office for gain en county contracts; one indictment. Joseph H. Peterson, Attorney-General, charged with embezzlement of public funds, one indictment. Fred L. Huston, Etate Auditor, charged with the embezlement of public funds; one Indictment. D. W. Robb, ex-clerk in the State Audit or's office, charged with the indictment of public funds; one Indictment. R w. Wark, ex-deputy in the State Au ditor's office, charged with the embezzle ment of public funds; one indictment. F. L. Huston, State Auditor, and brother. R. C. Huston, charged with embezzlement of railroad transportation; Joint indictment. Examiner Faces Perjury Charxe. A R. Van Nuys, state examiner, charged with perjury before the grand Jury; one Indictment. Cla'Jde H. Roberts, of Boise, real estate dealer, charged with embazzloment and ob taining money under false pretenses in con nection wilh the sale of stock In the Boise Loan ft Home Building Association; three indictments. H. F. Allen, of Twin Falls, charged with embezzlement of public money; one indict ment. George Ellison and Gurley Shaul, of Boise, charged with grand larceny; jointly in dicted. J. I. Goldstein, of Boise, and L. G. Brad lev, general manager and secretary respect fullv of the defunct Central Auto Company, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses in connection with the affairs of that company; Jointly Indicted. Bookkeeper Is Indicted. Abe Martin, of Boise, bookkeeper of the Central Auto company, charged with em bezzlement; one indictment. The srrand Jury filed a s-pecial report exonerating members of the former State Board of Equalization in tne matter of assessing corporation prop erty, but censured them for failing to follow the recommendations of the State Tax Commission relative to as sessing certain railroad properties. The Board of Kqualization was composed of ex-Governor John SI. Haines, Attorney-General Peterson. State Auditor Huston. Secretary of State Gifford and ex-State Treasurer Allen. The grand Jury also recommended that tha old State Capitol Commission meet and settle up its affairs, which suggestion was met. One of its last indictments was re turned against O. V. Allen and Fred I. Coleman, self-confessed embezzler, ex State Treasurer and ex-Deputy State Treasurer, respectively, and George W. Green, who succeeded Coleman as Deputy State Treasurer, Jointly charg ing thera with conspiracy in hiding the true conditions of the books ot the Treasury Department from the state examiner. ORE LAND BEING TAKEN UP Development of Coal Deposits in Coos and Curry Also Urged. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Feb. 6. (Spe cial.) Fred 1 Wilson, a mining en gineer, who has become a temporary resident of Marshfield, it is understood. Is the representative of a large syndi cate which bas located 45 claims in the southern part of Coos County and the northern part of Curry, where iron ore is abundant. The deposits are between 20 and 25 miles from the terminus of the Smith Powers logging railroad, which, it is aid. will become a unit of the Willamette-Pacific which will be extended from Wsgner through Curry County and down the coast to complete the coast Southern Pacific route between Portland and San Francisco. Mr. Wilson is urging the develop ment of the Coos County coal field and says it is a bigger asset than the lum ber. BRIDEGR00M0F 60 SUICIDE Bishop Graham, Said to Have Had Trouble In Home, llanos Self. WEXATCTrEE. Wash.. Feb. 6. (Spe cial.) Bishop Graham, aged 60. a resi dent of Douglas County for 24 years, committed suicide at his home in Doug las last nicht by hanging himself with a rope. The body was found hanging on the back stairway of the hotel. Last Fall he married Mrs. Marshall Garrett, who only a short time before had been granted a divorce from her former husband, an, early settler of Douglas County. It is said that domes tic troubles prompted the suicide. His sister lives in Bellingham and a brother in Colorado. Convicts Studying Physics. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.) Professor Brown is giving a lecture course In elementary physics to convicts at the state penitentiary here and has about 60 convicts In his class. The course consists of a lecture once each week with demonstrations with the simple pieces of apparatus from the physics department at Whitman, which he is able to carry to the penitentiary build ing. He says the convicts seem in tensely interested in the course and expect to derive great benefit from it. ft - l.r ' -- 1 1 'CLk, 4 -r s . -i.i r MINORITY'S State Institutions' Improvements Provided For in Jlensure With Slight Shaving of Hequests. Senate Bill Postponed. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 6. (Special.) The 1S115-1918 budget for the states educational institutions. House bill Io. 69, was passed by the House of Rep resentatives this mornlns, despite the last effort of the minority to effect an economy by reducing the appropria tion. Approximately S80,000 is carried by the bill for salaries, current expenses, maintenance and improvements at the university. Normal School, Industrial School, Pocatello Academy and Deaf and Blind School. The bill is approxi mately the same as Introduced by the House committee on educational Insti tutions with the exception of an amend ment to include an appropriation for the Normal. Some of the requests made bv the separate institutions were scaled down by the Board of Education or by the appropriations committee. Representative. Anderson, of Canyon, led the final aUampt to defeat the bill on the minority side, on the argument that the state Is not in position to af ford so large a support for its schools. He urged no cuts in salaries, but wanted a recommitment of the bill to take out some of the provisions for improvements in buildings and enlarge ments. Mr. McGowan gave the strong est speech in favor of the bill, quoting statistics to show the relative school expenditures of Montana, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, California and Idaho, which placed tnis state in mo lowest per capita appropriations. An attempt to pass the Senate local option bill ahead of the House prohU bltion measure failed by a vote of 29 to 27 on an issue to suspend the rules. The motion was not subject to de bate, but the rollcall indicated opposi tion by practically the same members who are sponsors for House bill No. 142, which is now in. committee of the whole House. The House passed 12 bills, all of minor importance. The most important was No. 44. giving a J3750 homestead exemption from execution or levy. The Senate was not in session. Store Changes Twice In Week. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) About a week ago J. H Everett, of this city, traded his Square Deal store to W. H. Locke for a farm in Missouri, giving possession at once and leaving for his new home imme diately. Mr. Locke moved the goods the next day to a better location on Main street, and since then has dis posed of the business to J. M. Evans and his two sons, Sydney B. Evans and P. M. Evans. Mr. Lock received a ranch in Kansas in exchange for the store, and will leave tomorrow for his new home. 74,279 Rabbits Killed In Month. BURNS, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Dur ing the month of January 7S.279 Jack rnbbit scalps were taken in at ,the Clerk's office in Burns, for which $3 71S 95 was paid In bounty at 6 cents a scalp. Of J31.000 placed in the budget at the November term of court it is predicted that there will be several thousand dollars remaining at the end of the year. Halfway Rancher's Daughter Weds. BAKER, Or.. Feb. . (Special.) Katie Motley, daughter of a prominent rancher of Halfway, became the bride here Thursday of Martin Schaefer, a prominent young mining man of Cor nucopia. They will make their home at Cornucopia, where Mr. Schaefer has large interests. Gold Dredge Reaches Malheur. MALHEUR. Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) A gold dredse has arrived from Kansas City for J. W. O'Neil. It will be placed on the Lynn placer property for oper ation, . 4 "r-r-"?': -z-y V12 SCHOOL BILL PASSES V,. (iSSa ' Idaho House Would Give v. " ' I i? I5 $800,000 to Education. ; , if - THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 7, 1915. FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING DAMAGE W " s'te" "- - - xAAm-'X " V " V A vv! FIGHT LOST I KX JJ - -4. r ' K W Photos Copy right by Underwood & Underwood . o . -l v t timwivr. U Rprmr.E (IK IKH SIiS. BELOW LEFT, AV I XEXPLODED ItOMB DROPPED FROM ZEPPELIN) RIGHT, EDWARD ELLIS, ZEPPELIN. 4 GflS PLANTS PROPOSED EXPENDITURE OF $250,000 PROM ISED IX CHEHALIS fOUNTV. Waste Wood and Sawdust to Be Uti lised and Maximum Rate of $1 Guaranteed In Franchise. ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 6. (Spe cial.) Preliminary plans for the build ing of four gas factories in Chehalls County towns at a cost of approxi mately (250,000 were announced today by W. W. Boner, attorney for the Gas Service Corporation of America, which now has a factory in operation in Au burn. The first of the new factories will be built at Montesano at a cost of approximately $40,000, and work on this Mr. Boner says, will begin soon. Construction of a second plant in Aberdeen will start this Spring. Other plants in Hoquiam and Elma will fol low. The Aberdeen plant will cost about $30,000, the Hoquiam one $60,000 and the Elma one $40,000. The gas will be manufactured from wood and if present experiments prove as successful as anticipated waste wood and sawdust will be used. Under the franchise all the factories must be in the course of construction before January 1, 1916. All towns are guaranteed gas at a maximum rate; of $1 for each 1000 cubic feet. BAKER WANTS CONVENTION Horse and Cattle Raisers Send Strong Delegation to Prineville. BAKER, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) A delegation of six prominent stockmen of Baker will go to Prineville Sunday night to attend the annual meeting of the Oregon Horse & Cattle Raisers' Association which will meet there Feb ruary 9 and 10. Those who will go from Baker are: William Pollman, S. O. Correll, William Duby, Fred A. Phillips. Thomas Mack and P. J. Brown: The Baker delegation will make a strenuous effort to bring the conven tion to Baker in 1916. Last year Pendle ton had the meeting and this year Prineville. Ways and means' of preventing thefts of cattle and plans for prosecuting stock thieves will be the principal topics of discussion. POTTER MILL TO REOPEN Plant at Ridgefield Being Put Shape for Long Run. in RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Feb. f. (Spe cial.) The H. J. Potter sawmill here, which has been closed down since last Fall, is undergoing extensive repairs and improvements and it is thought that it will commence operations about the middle of February, providing the repairing and other work is completed. A large new boiler has been installed DONE BY ZEPPELIN RAID IN ' t 85?' WHO and other machinery also has been placed in the mill and when the over hauling Is finished the plant will be in shape for a long run. The new boiler is of 100-horsepower capacity and will supply steam to the whole mill. The mill now has three hollars with a total capacity ot 220 horseDower. The mill soon will be wired for electricity. 'The slab conveyor has been rebuilt and new furnaces of cement and con crete made for the boilers. When run ning full blast the mill will give en ployment to about 35 men. PRfSONWORKDISCOSSED WASHINGTON PRISON WABDEN BACK FROM INVESTIGATIONS. Secondary Industries Are Considered After Eastern Tour of Inspection and Scope Is Explained. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.) After outlining his recent trip East, during which he inspected the larger penitentiaries to determine the best industry or industries to be established here. Warden Henry Drum, of the Washington penitentiary, in his report to the Board of Control, sug gests some secondary industries for the present and also suggests the ap pointment of a commission to inves tigate the others. Mr. Drum urges that the board ask for a moderate appropriattion to in stall, in a small way, one or more sec ondary industries. Those suggested are: Brooms Only a small equipment would be necessary to supply brooms, fiber brushes and doormats to the state institutions. Furniture Making of seats, desks and other furniture for public schools and churches is perhaps feasible, with the addition to present equipment of foundry facilities. Buttons Musselshells possibly could be secured cheaply. ' Tannery Leather output can be utilized in making shoes, saddles, har ness and upholstery. Installation of any of these, as well as others. Warden Drum says, implies legislative permission to sell the product. 1 As jute bags cannot be made at a profit, Mr Drum goes exhaustively into the matter "f utilizing the machinery. He offers two possibilities substitut ing "stranda" or straw fiber for Jute, if the stranda will work satisfactorily: or making woolen fabrics for state in stitutions anu for sale. These, how ever, he says, are uggestions, not rec ommendations. He also suggests that it might be feasible to use the men to clear the state's logged-off lands or the reforest ing of these lands under the honor camp plan. This work would render marketable land not otherwise sale able, secure settlers and provide work and pay to the honor camp man, ac cording io but tiieorXs . . ENGLAND. 111 iiwe-ri.J65' a Jlta WAS WOUNDED BV IIOMIi FROM OREGON HENS IH LEAD PLYMOUTH ROCK HONORS HELD BY CORVALLIS PEN AT BIG FAIR. ( ' Leghorns Are Hishest of American En tries In Egg Laying; Contest Eng lish Birds Stand First. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 6. A report from the International Egg Laying Contest at the Panama-Pacific Exposition for the second month shows that a pen of hens from the Oregon Agricultural Col lege is tied for first place among the thirty-three pens of Leghorns. There are ten hens in each pen. There are pens entered from England, British Co lumbia. Ontario, and states east and west, including a pen from the famous breeder, Tom Barron, of England. Among other breeds, the Oregon Ag ricultural College has a pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks. There are only three entries in this breed and the college pen has laid more than double the num ber of eggs of the next pen. The pen of crosses sent by the col lege is seventh on the list. Among all breeds, the college Leg horns are third, the Wyandottes of Tom Barron, of England, and Adams, of British Columbia, standing first and second. The fowls sent from the college are from a strain of heavy producers that have been developed here during the last six years. The hen's In the Leg horn pen are all related to the greatest Leghorn layer produced at the college, a hen that has laid 819 eggs in four years. The other pens are all descend ants of remarkable hens. Wilbur Pioneer of 1853 Passes. ROSE BURG, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Mrs. Rachel Grubbe, a pioneer resi dent of Douglas County, died at Wil bur yesterday at the age of 78 years. Mrs. Grubbe was a native of Indiana and' came to Oregon in 1853. She had lived at Wilbur most of the time since coming to Oregon. She is-survived by a son and three daughters: Frank Grubbe, of Alaska: Mrs. Ella Strange. Ceres, W'ash.; Mrs. William Loo mis, Melba, la.; Mrs. C. T. Grubbe, of Wil bur, and a step-son, George Grubbe, of Wilbur. Baker and Prairie to Debate. BAKER, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Ar rangements have been made for an in terschrlastic debate to be held later in the season between the teams of the Baker High School and Prairie City High School. Several debating soci eties among the boys of Baker High School are being organized to carry on preparatory work. Roseburg Wants Library Grant. ROSE BURG, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) The County Court was asked today to make an appropriation with whicn to maintain a public library in Rose burc. The matter has- been taken un- er advisement by. ma court, Miss Margaret Vale, President Wilson's favorite niece, appearing with William Farnum in "The Gilded Fool" at the Ma jestic Theater, entire week beginning today. W.W.PUT ON 3IEN OUSTED FROM CEXTB.ALIA ARE HEADED FOR PORTLAND. Food Supplied Men, Who Seemed Quite Willing to Move on After Warm ing Up at Jail. CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 6. The 60 Industrial Workers ot the World mem. bers who were hustled through town yesterday were loaded into a boxcar late last night and sent on to Portland, where, it is presumed, they arrived to day. After herding the gang through town arrangements were made to supply the men with food. Later, the men were brought to the county Jail, where they were allowed to warm up and, when the train was announced, they seemed quite willing to accept the rail transportation to the Oregon metropolis. Car Wheels Made at Klamath. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Car wheels constitute tne latest "made-ln-Klamath" product. For several weeks the Klamath iron worKS, of this city, has been wornlng on an order for 400 flanged car wheels with the necessary hx1p. and journals, "nd SURGICAL MAGNETS. 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