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in-V.. BUYERSAMUST-; BE PROTECTED FROM TRICKS OF FAKE STORE -Vol. ni ko: 73, , . ' Portland, Oregon. vrEpy es pay evento - june 3, 1903. price five CEfrTs- WMSSMARIEWARB ARRESTED r,-r- ; : , . 1 ' 1 - - ; CLAIM FIRST NATIONAL IS TO BE HELD ANSWERABLE EFFORT MADE TO SAVE HERMANN United States Attorney Edwin Mays Says that He Was Not Ready to Act a Week Ago, Other- Special Agents for Government $ay Under Recent A dmlnlstratlon In Land Office Perjury Was r Common and Frauds Honeycombed System, I 2her tall me I am to be arrested. I yjru here I. am!" . fCrDressei in the height of fashion, with XTier beautiful auburn locks artfully r soiled shout her hanalv hnnri .nil with a smile upon her dainty, rosebud lips, Mis Marie Ware entered the office of ' Deputy United States Marshal Pres Worthlnrton exactly at noon today. .With the above remark the handsome -young woman- greeted the officer as he advanced to meet her with the warrant In his hand. Forgery and conspiracy is the charge. Within 10 minutes from the time . the entered the Federal Building Miss .Ware had been formally taken into custody, had listened to the charges against her, had 'heard the date of her - hearing, had given bonds and gone , forth again free. Her brief stay with the authorities was more in the nature of a society call than an arrest. Miss Ware is charged with forgery and fraud in connection with land swindles, alleged - to have - been- perpe trated by Horace O. MKlnley, B. A. D. Puter and others during the time that ahe was an Incumbent of the office of United States Land Commissioner at Eugene. .Hermann Her Superior. The fact that Mlas Ware was dis missed from; office and that her al leged ; lrrgw;Jtles are said to have occurred w she was subject to the authority 'i"nited States Land Commissioner-Btnger Hermann, who was aid forcibly removed, combined with '"the fact" 'that She was' not taken into euiody antll after the Votes for Mr. Hermann habeen counted in the race just concluded which resulted in the election of Miss Ware's former su perior to a. seat in the Congress of the I United States to represent the First District of Oregon," is causing con siderable comment. .... . United States District Attorney Hall. In whose hands the prosecution of the land fraud cases rests, admits he has held authority for the arrest of Miss Ware and, three, others. for., some time. Although It has been known for months that arrests were likely to fol io the dismissal of Miss Ware from the office of Commissioner, and al though Deputy District Attorney Mays toittvely -stated tor The Jtrarnal - more than a week ago that a warrant for Miss. Ware's arrest would be issued the following day. the first actual step toward bringing the alleged culprits to Justice was taken late yesterday after noon,, when Horace G. McKlnley was arrested in this city. Mr. McKlnley hod been absent from Portland for some time and aa soon as news of his return reached District Attorney Hall the latter caused information against mm 10 p luugeu mm me papers were I B.rvaiL At la uii.iri is i. i. iiiai 1 1, wan ytiot the original Intention of Mr. Hall . wi nring aooui ine arrests so soon, uui m rumor that McKlnley was contem pitting an Eastern trip precipitated his action. . He willingly accompanied the officers before the United States Court Commissioner and furnished bonds In the .sum of $2,000, Flnley Morrison and Dan W. . Tarpley pledging themselves In his favor to the court. Puter to.be Arrested. A warrant is also out for the arrest Of S. A. D. Puter, who is charged lolntlv with McKlnley and Miss Ware, and for one "John Doe," whose real Identity 1 at present unknown. Puter Is now on. his way home to Portland after a business trip to Chicago, and no steps will be taken to apprehend him en route. No fear Is entertained t the office of the United 8t"t Marshal that he will attempt to evade 'rrest. as he owns extensive property Interests which, it Is . claimed, would prevent his leaving the country perma nently. The mysterious "John Doe" Is under- stood :?.iut v-: be- positively -known -as "yet even8 those who are prosecuting Ihe vct. There are admitted to Be ieJ?al besides McKlnley, Miss Ware Puter who are under suspicion, and e authorltlo are not yet certain who f these -will be arrested on the "John Doe" Warrant, which is known to bo limply "reserve ammunition" to be osed in - an emergency. District At torney Hall today said It was possible that more 'than four arrests, would be made as a. result of the investigation Df frauds . perpetrated at the Eugene land office. , -. - Hearing Jons 19. Friday. June 19, is the date set for ate preliminary" hearing of McKlnley ind Miss Ware, at which time O' Day & farpley will -Appear as counsel for the lefense. The line of evidence to bo followed by defendants has - not yet been made known.' "L have nothing to say further than that: I am entirely innocent of any wrong-doing," said Miss Ware, sweetly, when seen after having been arrested and released. "I do not care to make any statement to the press. I have no fear of the outcome." Her debonair appearance seemed to bear out the truthfulness of her asser tion. "You will excuse me," she urged, "but I have not yet had luncheon." She tripped down the street chatting with a young lady companion, seeming to have not a care In the world. Mr. -McKlnley, although pleasant and cheerful, looked worried and seemed to feel deeply the disgrace attached to be ing brought before the public In the guise of an alleged criminal. His reti cence, however, corresponded with that of Miss Ware, with whom he is very friendly. McKlnley Xetioent. . - I thank The Journal for offering me space In its columns to make explana tion, but I have nothing further to siy than that T have been conspired against, as has Miss Ware." When urged to ex press himself further, Mr. Kinley cour teously refused. Miss Marie Ware, whose home is at Eugene, came to Portland on the Cali fornia Express this morning, in re spdnse to a telephone message sent her by Horace McKlnley late last night. McKlnley had promised ahe would come and give herself up. Upon arriving In thIS OltV'She irttnt at nnrs n tho Vlntni imperial, wnere sne engaged a room without registering, and rave nosltlve Instructions at the desk that she must not be disturbed. ' She1 did not appear in -public until 11:46 when she saw her attorneys .nil then went direct to the office of. the United State Marthar. "'Where shft nv herself Into custody. She will remain in Portland for the present. Ilnnn. McKlnley met her at the Federal Build ..a, mirre Hue was accompanied Dy a young woman of her acaualntance. Miss Ware's bonds were furnished by O. F. McClintock and Flnley Morrison, who -pledged themselves in the sum of i.mou each ror her appearance on the date set for trial. She Most Face Charge. Authorities interested In bringing to Justice -those -who have figured in the land frauds of Oregon said today that the statement made in a morning paper " ni;i uui miss ware would not be prosecuted providing she would give testimony against others, was without truth. aThey urge that Information has been filed against her the same as against others and that she will be pmcea on trial in the same way and IV: . Wlln Blrlc"y ?n accordance with the law. A. R. Greene, special inspector In the ..ipiuy or me uepartment of the In terior, and the man who has collected much of the evidence said to have been accumulated by the prosecution, today said that It was impossible to estimate .i munejr me extent of land frauds that iin.o ueen KOinjr on a moat unlniir,mt edly for years. Further than to sav tht nuless it had been felt that sufficient evidence had been secured to make the prosecution reasonably certain nf tu grounds upon which it stood there would have been no arrests. Mr. Greene de clined to oe interviewed. The Information Is General The complaint, aa-ainst Hnm n t Kinley sets - forth that he "fli Vi. affidavits" In the office of the register of the United States land office at Eu gene, and the chara-ea anlnat sin Puter and "John Doe" are similar. Spec ific citations are made of the hnm.tH entries of James E. Warwick, Samuel L. Corson, F. H. Heme, R. a. Tupman. Robert Simpson ' and W. H. Watklns. It is claimed that these air lected at random from an almost In numerable list and that Othftra ran Ka 6btalrid At will ty th nt-nAnnf inn ' There is almost no- limit to the term of service in prison that iium convictions on each of the sev eral counts. it was rumored In Portland tmi.v that Mr. McKlnley had accused fivH Lloyd, a former partner and later an opposite in litigation, of having con spired to cause his arrest. He maH no statement or mis Rind to The Journal. When seen this morning Mr. Lloyd said he, would like to tli a great deal, but mat nis lips were sealed. He Intimated that he possessed knowledge that would be of great value in the McKlnley and Ware cases, but declined todiscuss It. i nave in no way conspired to lniure but. MCKiniey, was all he said. It Is admitted by the authorities that th possibilities of the prosecution growing out of the recent arrests are vast and that manyjnore warrants mav be- issued before all have been brought to justice. A NOW FAMOUS PICTURE. :: jl :v-: ;f ii1 --y .. f w r v w ' ?x t y jp-yyfk WHITE'S LAWYERS FILE A DEMURRER Within a Few Days Suit Will be Commenced Against the Dekum Estate to Recover Money Lost for ; Taxes to the County. Marquam Settlement Is Also Listed ior Legahln, vestlgatlon and the Litigations Will Deter mine Who Were Responsible Parties. The attorneys representing Mult nomab County In the suit Instituted against Ihe First National Bank and W. F. White, to recover the value of tax sale certificates surrendered to the defendants two years ago In exchange for worthless warrants, do not regard the answer filed by the bank aa a sufficient defense. They point to the fact that In all the proceedings which culminated in that exchange, the county was supposed to be dealing with the bank alone, that the bank repre sented Itself as the real party in Inter est, ai.d that White appeared only as the bank's agent., and from these premises they draw the conclusion that the bank cannot now escape re sponsibility for the transaction by set ting up Its private agreement with White. Judge C. II. Carey, who has been re tained as special counsel for the county, made the following statement this morning to The Journal, though not Inclined to discuss the Issues of the suit at any length: The fact that te bank had sold the warrants to White is no excuse if the county was prevailed on to make the exchange by the circumstance that It was the bank that made the petition. This petition presented by the bank was all that the County Court had be fore it. The court did not know that Ihe county had been enjoined from pay ing the warrants and the bank from iLinandlng payment, for an allusion to this injunction was made in the peti tion. "At the same time that the petition was filed the hank presented a request L that the tax sale certificates be tie' livered to W. F. White, agent' The County Court acted solely upon the bank's petition, not knowing any otherj party in the transaction and, not know ing anything of the contract between' the bank and White, whereby the latter, became the owner of the warrant. It was on the bank's request that the tax sale certificates were turned 'over to White. So far aa the , county la con-, cerned. it makes no . difference what! ecret agreement had been entered Into! between the bank and .White. The' bank cannot now shirk ' Its 'responst-J blllty by setting up that agreement" W. F. White, who is a co-defendant with the bank, has filed a demurrer tot the county's complaint. His attorneys decline to state the ground on which they propose to assail the complaint,! but H is supposed that they will con-! ' tend that the action taken two years' ago by the County Board, in granting the bank's petition, 'was flnal and can not now be attacked. Within a few days the county will commence suits to recover the sums lost by the tax settlements with the Dekum estate and the owners of the Marauam property. The county's claim against the Dekum estate amounted to IS.216.SS. and was set tled for 1976. despite the fact that the county held a Judgment for over 13,000 of the total amount which it claimed. In the Marquam case . the ; county's claim was 141. IH. which was com- ' promised for $16. 774. 8S.. although -the- ' county had a judgment for ia4.S14.34. In both of these case the county had been put to heavy expense for at torneys'' fees and costs, amounting altogether to nearly $3,000. LOST IN SOUTHERN WATERS Here is the picture of President Roosevelt and Binger Hermann that may cause our president some inconvenience when he looks for a second term. It is said that Mr. Hermann was railroaded onto his platform by friends of the corporations. PEOPLE OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI TERRORIZED WHILE THE DANGER GROWS LESS ATKANSAS CITY Steamship Aroquiah Goes Down in Terrific Gale in Val paraiso Harbor and All on Board. Suffer Death. CONVICTS ESCAPE . (Journal Special Service.) WHEIJXINO. W. Va., June 3. Four trlsonjrrs, "including , two murderers, rokout of the penitentiary at Mounds rillf last night. A posse using blood toKnria la search Ina for them tnriav. (Journal Special Set vice.) : v. . REDWOOD FALLS, Minn.. June 3. The GoId-8tabeck Bank at Vesta was iroken Into with dynamite last night tad 11.500 in currency and 120,000 in totaa wert taken. . CONTRACT AWARDED Portland Company W1U Construct the akar City. Sawsr System (Journal Special 8eryico.) BAKERvCITT. "June t Tb Baker GltyojincU inet this morning and awarded.tKe contract for building; the new sewer system ta; the Jacobson-Bade Company of Portland for a lump sum of 34l.S42.33. Th contractors will be- J rin work at once. . v k . i ' . THE JOURNAL GETS FIRST NEWS The first report of the death-dealing floods of Kansas City from an eye witness, was received by .The Journal this morning from Chicago, the central office of the Scripps McRae 'News Association, The correspondent of this association is the firft newspaper man to get into Kan sas City and out again since -the destructive waters overflooded the valley, and his descrip tion of the' horrors are fearful to contemplate, The following are the details of the re port, and graphically depict, the terrors of the situation, (Journal Special Service. CHICAGO, N June 3. James Thomas, the first newspaper man to get into and out of Kansas City since the floods, who was representing the Scrlpps-Mc-Rae News Association,, returned to tjjia city yesterday afternoon, and says the situation there Is black- Fifteen thous and destitutes are being cared for in churches, halls and municipal buildings. Mr. - Thomas reports that the relief work is not well handled, and that be tween Ave and six hundred refugees are seriously ill. ' The , porrespondent talked with fifty men who had only one meal in twenty-four hours. All hotels and restaurants are closed and grocery tores are cleaned out. ' r-- - One' thousand -rations were brought in with great '.difficulty from Leaven worth yesterday and disappeared In ten minutes.' Medicines are exhausted. Mr. Thomas says that thieves overrun the police and that outrageous loottbg pro ceeds day and bight. , A cradle contain ing a drowned1 baby was picked up in the streets by a relief party working with a boat.1.' The party i also- picked uo a woman with a child in her arms. The mother, was' ezhauated arid dropped .the' Infant; which: was swept away by ... 1 line wrrcnis. uusens 01 persons were still on house roofs, last night shut off by the swift currant -- Many supposed to "be d ad or absolutely exhausted by exposure can be seen lying motionless on roofs out of the. reach, of aid. Twelve thousand dollars' worth ' 'of horses stand foodless In the upper story of Swift's packing plant last night. ST. LOt'IS, Juno 3. Great fear Is expressed here that the floods of the Missouri will overflow the Mississippi and cause even more damage to life and property than has been done In Kansas dlty or Topeka. In East St. Louis this tow districts are at present under water, and as the river Is constantly ' oi .the rise, hundreds are deserting tnelr..nomes. Destitution is already reported from this district and relief parties are. on thi grounds giving aid to all, who apply far It. Points on the Mississippi below this city have been wsrned of being vin danger, and it is believed that they will avoM danger by moving to places where an abnormally high river cannot reach them. The river was two feet above .the danger point at 10 o'clock this morn ing,, having reached the 32-foot' mark. ,As the crest of the Hood Is still two days distant, it 1 iiow certain that vast damage will be done. ..The town of 'Oarondolet la - already suffering, and many families were re moved from their homes this ihorning In boats. The 'great . cradle used In j transferrlng ?ars to ferry boats was swept away this morning. Kansas City Situation. KANSAS CITY. June 8. The "situa tion is much brighter this morning and the great suffering of the last three days Is being alleviated. The sun came out brightly for a few minutes thta afternoon and a feeling oc actual Joy filled the hearts of citizens. The sun shine was followed by a light rain. The 30,000 destitute people who are be ing cared for In, police stations, halls, and municipal buildings are suffering principally for the lack., of food, but even that aspect of the situation is clearing .up. Meat and vegetables are coming into the city in large quantities, and the packing .houses of large con cerns are supplying many thousands of cans, of meats of all descriptions. Women and children are suffering most severely and hundreds of the lat ter, are "sick from exposure. .The great est fear is from the ravages which a well-established epidemic may. occasion. A dtspafch' from ' Kansas- City, Kan., intimates that the ibr.dge ...of the Mis souri .Pacific has gone-down. 'Nothing can be gained as to the authenticity of the report- except' that, cries, for . help were heard long before- daybreak this , (Journal Special Service.) LONDON. June 3. A dispatch to the Lloyds today from Valparaiso reports the loss of the Pacific Navigation Com pany's steamship Aroquhth .last night with 80 people on boara. Including pas sengers and crew. The dispatch adds that several largo and scores of small boats were wrecked In the harbor dur ing the gale of the last two days, and that the City of Valparaiso suffered con siderable damage. With the brief report received today It Is stated that the crew of tije Aro quiah hastily manned the boats when It became known that the vessel would go down, and many passengers were put Into the boats. So soon as a boat would leave the side of the sinking ship it be came impossible for it to stem the gale, and quickly became wrecked and the persons endeavoring to Bave their lives we're lost.-- - -- - 5tT Continued,, on Second Page.). SALT LAKE DRYING UP Government Inspection Show Zt Over Two rest Below Hormal Despite Heavy Bains. (Journal Special Service.) SALT LAKtf, June 3. The Great Salt Lake Is doomed. Readings taken by United States Section Director Hyatt show, despite the unprecedented rainfall of the laat tnree weens, tne lake level Is 2 feet 6 Inches below normal, The readings amazed ,Dr, Hyatt, who expected, in view of the heavy precipitation, a rise would be shown. Pclentista are puzzled by '-the drvina ud of the lake. Some' attribute It to a subterranean outlet, others to evaporation. IN POLITICS? The following telegram was this morning sent to Congressman-elect Binger Hermann by the lofcal Chamber of Commerce: Portland, Oregon. Hen.. Binger Hermann, Roseburg, Oregon: - t f a The Portland Chamber of Com merce heartily congratulates you. on ?your elation aa representative and hopes yourmay be-spared fbr' many years in -your., work:-for" Oregon, w ' :.-.' . .' - . ROBERT ; LIVINGSTONE?, . v, 1. ' - President. Hordes Overrunning Province -of Yunan One City Taken: and it is Feared Many Atroci-, ties Occurred. , -. -,. " "2f . (Journal Special Servlca.) PEKIN. June 3. Reports wera ra,' celved here today that the rebellion in the Province of Tunan Is' spreading tn i ... alarming proportions, and It la believed! that an uprising will be nutde that for : atrocities has not been equaled sine, the Boxer massacres. ' Yunanfu, one of the principal cities . In this provlce, has been taken by the j revolutionists and It is reported that the r lives of many foreigners have been sacrl-'f flced, especially the lives of Russians. , who are known to have lived there. Tha , . city Is considered a grfeat and valuable, strategical point. . Herds of frantic Mongolians are flock- , lng to the banners of the leaders of the revolutionists, and an army of ; 50,000, mare or less, of armed men ara overrunning the district. The most serious complications ara expected within the next 48 hours. . mmWT OVER PRECIPICE1 (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK. June J. Two California girls. Miss Belle Robertson and Miss Alice Chase, were hurled from a 100-foot cliff in a runaway last night and mlrae- j ulously escaped death. The young ladles I were visiting their uncle. Colonel Oreen- . ough. commanding th' garrison at Fort Hamilton, and desiring to visit Bay j Ridge, Colonel Greenough gava them the use of the post surrey cart and two horses owned by the Government i Michael Cannon, a private of tn rirta 1 Artillery, drove. On their way. back to the fort the horses broke Into a furious .. aalloD and soon came to tha top of a I steep embankment not guarded By a ' fence. One hundred feet below were , the rocks. and waters of the narrows. .' But nroJectlnx from the hillside, at the exact point whara.they went, five, and some 40 feet below, was a covered sewer s three feet wide. - Upon this the car. , riags felt bottom up. with .the young j women and the soldier, beneath. ' ' Ona .of the horses was- eruna t death on tha rocks at the foot fif v--n ellvlty, and the other -anln al i paled .upon a picket fence. ? 1 . standing the awful ocrurrr; .. t were rescued with no i , . i tew cuts and brut: " - A i.r.-