THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4, 190C GAMBLERS BLAMING THE PORTLAND CLUB They Say the Men Who Conducted that Illegal Institution Sought to Run the Town and Its Politics and that the Hon est People Objected. LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WERE PUSHED TO ONE SIDE Declare that the Ambition of the Grants, Soloman and Sullivan Hat Caused a Revulsion of Sentiment that Has Made Portland a Permanently Closed Town. It' this way." Mid a gambler yester day who knows Portland like a book he learned In childhood and Is personally acquainted with every gumblcr of any consequence' on the coast. "'Public Kambling la sure dead In this village. I was like the rest of the bunch and It took me some time to 'tumble.' But It Is It's plain as Mount Hood on a bright day. Blame the Portland Club. "The cause of public gambling bring closed for food In this town la the Port land club. That sounds queer, but every gambler In town will admit It and Insist upon It. except, of course, those who were dlrectely interested In the club. - "It wasn't these 'reformers' that threw the caff Into us. They never accomplish much without assistance. And the as sistance came from us. Crusaders and reformers rant and rave and raise all kinds of noise, but usually when the wind has died down and the thins is over you'll find things about as they were before the stampede. It takes something stronger, more powerful and deeper than the ravings of professional reformers to stop gambling In a city like Portland, which half been a wide-open town since the first sailor landed here. "Sheriff Ward didn't do It. JPAjtPJsX bf a sheriff Isn't great enough to ac complish that, even if the man who holds the office Is as determined as death to stop It. One man couldn't stop gambling In Portland, nor could two. District At torney Manning didn't, for It has been repeatedly charged, and with good reason, that he and the sheriff did not work In harmony to stop It. Fnbllo Sentiment Bid It. "Newspapers did not do It. So there must have been some other cause. Tou -must go deeper than tb.e superficial rea sons that have been assigned. Any on who knows will admit that the combined and co-operated efforts of the reformers, the sheriff, district attorney and news papers and all thaother Influences that have figured In the case could not have stopped gambling as effectually as It has been done. "It was public resentment at the tyran nical policy of the Portland club. Every aamtaier In Portland, except the Port land club people, will tell you the same thing. If Pete and Jack Grant. Nate Solo mon and I.arry Sullivan had contented themselves with runnlngagambllng-house and had not tried to run the city of Port land, gambling would be open today In this city. It was that open policy of theirs to butt In and try to dictate to respectable people how their city should be run that made the respectable people "-They had a' big gambllng-houss the tnggest In the city. They had every CHARGES AGAINST ACTING DETECTIVE Hellyer Accused of Maltreating Member of Chief Hunt's Army of Vagrants. MAN REFUSED TO MOVE AS OFFICER DIRECTED Searching Investigation Will Be Made Into Affair by Head of Department. Tn a complaint lodged with the police yesterday afternoon Acting Detective Hellyer Is accused of maltreating a mem ber of the "vag" army of Chief Hunt, a battalion of which Is sent out from the police station every morning. It Is said that Hellyer became Incensed at the man because he did not move In the direction Indicated after they had reached the oar tracks, a block and a half the other stde of the Burnslde-street bridge, and after striking the man a number of times kicked him while he was picking up his hat The assault Is said to have occurred yesterday morning shortly after the "vag" brigade had reached the point where its members separate, to take auch The arts and crafts in jewelry were never before so generous as to styles and designing as at this season. Linked to gether with the highest quality of gold, you are sure of selecting worthy Holiday Gifts, As much as you desire to spend, it is very easy for you to choose, being that the varieties are large and well selected. Brooches. Scarf Pins, Link Buttons. Lockets, Bracelets, Lorgnette Chains, Hat Pins. Rings,, Fobs, Necklaces, Studs, Ear Screws. Mail Orders Attended to promptly and carefully. Write for catalogue. game that has been devised to separ ate people from their money. They had the audacity to overlook or rather Ig nore the fact that they existed merely by sufferance. They were tolerated rather than countenanced, and might have gone on Indefinitely had not their braseh nerve asserted Itself too dar ingly. Meddled la Politics. "They meddled In politics. They didn't stop at meddling, but even tam pered with the rights of law-abiding citizens. They succeeded st first. They became a power. Politicians roust con sult with them if hope of success were entertained. And a despot never wield ed his power more tyrannically than did that bunch. They said what must be dons In municipal affairs, and straight way it was dons. Likewise they said whnt must not be done, and. In truth. It never happened. 'Colonel Applegats, than whom a truer, more gentlemanly sport never lived, desired to enter Portland. He operates poolrooms throughout the coun try. He Is ;i follower of the turf him self, and not a mere wire-trailer. He has money and owns farms and race horses. The Portland duo promptly an nounced that he should not open. They would have uo, competition, tliey said. And the mayor said so, too. It Is cer tainly to In ugh. and laugh we all did when we read his announcement, " There Is already dne poolroom In this city,' said our venerable pilot at the ctly's wheel, "and I say there will be no more. No outsiders shall corn In here and start In opposition to our good old home-grown Oregonlsns, who hsve been the bone and sinew of this grand old state and redeemed It from the foresta" People Would Wot Stand It. " "Bravo! Bravo!' we all shouted that la. ws gamblers. 'There Is a man! No upstarts, shall tell our mayor how to run this town' Then we laughed to our selves. "Finally the people took a tumbla People as a rule are tolerant; they don't butt In much, and you have to bump 'em good and hard and often before they raise a roar. They tolerated the Port land club' bunch for a long time, then began to get tired of It. They would stsnd for msny of the iniquities of Portland and say never a word, but when that bunch of audacloua 'sports'. as sumed to tell them law-ibidlng, httd worktng cltlsens what to do in the way of running their own city. It was going lust a little too strong. The worm turned. . "Every gambler In Portland Is of the same opinion now. For a long time we didn't tumble, but don't ever think we don't know now where to place the responsibility." directions as they desirs In leaving the city. It was witnessed by a number of persons who were attracted to the spot by what they thought a street fight. i,.i,.h, .. v.u.hn unit Warrant Officer Oolts were with Hellyer at the time. For the last week Chler Hunt s "Kan garoo court" has had all the business U ......M ha alLnftMl M Th HHmW of hoboes and petty troublers taken out of the city prison eacn morning ana nnea up at the desk to be surveyed by the chief has averaged JO men. There were 17 In the battalion which was sent out yesterday morning in charge of Ooltx, Hellyer and Vaughn. Acting Detective Hellyer has done ef ficient work with Detective Vaughn In gathering In hoboes and persons guilty of misdemeanors. This Is the first tiros that an accusation has been made against him. Detective Vaughn says Hellyer did not kick the man. The prisoner applied epithets to Hellyer and waa Intractable, which led to the trouble between them. Warrant Officer Oolts was a witness of the affair, but says that he cannot make any statement relative to what oc irrd unless he Is called upon to do so by the chief of police. tam: (Special Dispatch to The Journal I Eugene. Or., Dec. J. John Maxwell, a prominent farmer of Irving precinct, was todny arrested for having sheep In his possession afnicted with scabies without notifying the county stock Inspector, which Is In violation bf the law. Mux well appeared before Justice of the Pence Wlntermeler and waa fined $25 and costs The arrest wss made at the lnstnnce of County Stock Inspector A. O. Mathews, who Is now making an active crusade against violators of the law In this re spect. He promises further arrests soon Diamonds Open Evenings During entire month of December. HARRIMAN DOESN'T FEAR THE HILL LINE Believes Size of New Oriental Liners Will Prove Draw back to Speed. (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire to The Jornl) San Francisco, Dec. . Pacific Mall and Occidental & Oriental steamship of ficials are not at all disturbed over the faot that both of James J. Hill's two mammoth steamships, the Minnesota ami Dakota, will soon be saUtng regularly between Seattle and the orient In con nection with his Oreat Northern railway. The Minnesota IS to make her first trip from Seattle December 28 next The Dakota la about .completed at the New London, Conn., shipyards, and ere long will be sent around 8outh America to this coast. Both of these steamers are CSS feet long, 73 feet 8 inches on the beam, and B( feet 1 Inch deep from deck to keel, and have a displacement of 31. 000 tons, a cargo capacity of 30,000 tons, and a passenger capacity of - firet class passengers, 68lnterraedlate end 2,400 In the steerage. Each .vessel car ries an elaborate refrigerator plant which Is capable of keeping cool 1,853 tons at perishable freight. The Hsrrlman steamship combine at this port, with modern vessels like the Korea; Siberia, Mongolia and Manchuria, Is considered' by Harrlman and his asso ciates as strong enough to hold for Sain Francisco the lion's share of the freight and passenger traffic between this coast Lnd all oriental ports against Hill's new steamers and their ally, the Japanese line, Nippon Yusen Kalsha. The Harrlman people think the great slse of the Minnesota and Dakota will prove a drawback to them in the long run In the way of quick, efficient serv ice. LOVE FOR A WOMAN CAUSES BLOODY DUEL (Special rcspstch by Leased Wire to The Joornsl) Bedding, Cat, Dec. 3. Because he I ... i h nam w,,man T.miifl Rath, an f employe at Ore Mountain copper com- pany'.i smelter at ksswick, ana wsanssj Eberhardt, cook at the company's mill, engaged in a bloody duel last night at 11 O'clock. As a result of the duel Bber hardt is lying at the point of death in the copper company's hospital at Kes wick, and Bath Ras been arrested on a charge of attempted murder. , T a V. u,i Vh.rhorilt ar.ra both Infatu ated with a Spanish woman called Itosa. She favored fcibernarai, out nua quicwy hinted that the men should decide by their prowess as fighters who should win her. Last night the men met at Dalghlsch's saloon, on the main street In Keswick. Bath was armed with a lara-e dlrk-knlfe. Eberhardt was -un armed, but later he secured a heavy stick of stovewood, snd the comoatams entered the fray. Eberhardt knocked Rath down, but they were separated. Later. Bath felled his opponent and stabbed him six tlmea Twice he sent the knife into the back of the prostrate -.w twlx. into his bark, once Into ths forehead and once Into his ab domen. Bath would have finished nis victim had nnt aid come to Eberhardt Rath fled, but was caught today. BRAKEMAN'S ILL-TIMED SIGNAL KILLS TWO MEN (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Drummond. Mont., Dec. 3. When ex- tra train 1320. west, in charge of Con ductor Frank Zlerbel pulled Into Drum mond today about 13 o clock, he ana tne head brakeman. R. R. Chesbrough, cut off four car and started to do some switching In the yard here. They backed In on the house track, where they round a bad car. wnicn iney prooeeaea ia chain UP. While they were working un der 'the car the rear brakeman came up, and not knowing anything of the bad order of the car, gave the signal to the engineer to "back up," which he did, catching Conductor Zlerbel and Brake man Chesbrough between the cars and crushing them so that Chesbrough died In about IS minutes snd ziernei lu min utes later. CLUB CHARGES GRAFT, . COUNCIL STRIKES BACK (Rpeclal DUpstch to The Jourail.) Seattle. Wash., Dec. 3. At a meeting of the Renton Hill Improvement club for the purpose of discussing a pro posed city hall bond issue, chsrges were made by several speakers that some of the councllmen were grafters, others In competent and the whole body unbusi nesslike snd unsafe to entrust with IfiBO.noo for city hall purposes when the expenditure of the money lay wholly within the control of the members. Late this afternoon the street com mittee of the council held a special meeting to consider the paving of a large district, on Renton hill. In which the 'city is ssked to contfibute 346.J00 toward street Intersections. The com mittee was outspoken In view of the fact that the club had charged the coun cllmen with being grafters; that Renton hill could not have any support from the council In Improvement work. Without the city's contribution the work can not be done, A. C& C. FELDENHEIMERo Corner Third and Washington Streets YOUNG WEBER IS STILL A MYSTERY All Evidence Tends to Show That He Is the Man Who Robbed Placer Bank. FORCES NAME TO LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION Grand Jury Adjourns Until Mon day Without Completing Its Investigation. (Special Dispatch tr Leased wire to The Journal) Auburn. Cal., Deo. I. The authorities here are now confident that they will be able to connect Adolph Weber with the Placer County bank robbery through the testimony of Mrs. E. C Snowden. It wss reliably learned this morning that Mrs. Snowden had seen Julius Weber with a pair of gingham overalls similar to the ones whtoh the bank robber wore. In fact, Mrs. Snowden has In the lining of her skirt a portion of a pair worn by Julius Weber some time ago. The color had faded from the cloth, but It can readily be seen that it was of the same material as the trousers thrown awav by the bank robber. Mrs. Snowden said this morning that the cloth In her skirt was formerly blue end white check overalls. She had not seen the overalls In the custody of the sheriff, but from a description furnished her, she says that they are of the same color. Mrs. Snowden will probably not see the costume until she la called upon to Identify It before the grand Jury. Sheriff Keena believes that Mrs. Snowden's tes timony would be stronger If she were first called upon' to Identify ,the clothing when she appears before the Jury. i 01011 aa Important Point It Mrs, Snowden reeugnl.es any of the clothing thrown away by the bank rob ber as having belonged to Adolpb Weber or Julius Weber, this will be taken as evidence that the boy Is guilty. The sheriff's men exhausted every ef fort to prove that the garments belonged to Adolph Weber without success, until they, questioned Mrs. Snowden. The piece of cloth In Mra Snowden's dress will prove the strongest evidence that Adolph robbed the bank and may con vict him of the crime. The boy's aunt Is not willing to.say that Julius WebeT d,ld or did not wear overalls similar to those now In the custody of the sheriff. She wants to see the garments first "I want to see the clothes before I make any statement," said Mrs. Snow den, "then I will know If I ever saw any of them before. It la barely possible that I may recognise some article as having belonger to the Webers. I wanted to sea the bask robber's things the lsst time I was In the court house, but some how the thought slipped my mind at the time. -Now I think that perhaps it would be wiser to wait untn I am sent for. That "Dolphy could have robbed the bank never entered our minds before, and we were as surprised as anyone when we heard that he was suspected. I don't think that the Webers ever sus pected their boy any more than I did. I don't believe that was the cause of the murders. Practically Confesses. Adolph Weber, In a statement which he attempted to give to the public ss coming from Lincoln Merrow, making practically an admission that be robbed the Placer County bank on May 26. Weber requested Merrow to make a statement expressing his confidence In the accused murderer, but the latter re fused to do so. Thereupon Weber took upon himself the task of making a state ment for Merrow. Accordingly he wrote out a long state ment, signed Merrow's name .to It, and intended to pass It to a newspaper man. Unfortunately the paper fell Into the hands of the sheriff, and It Is now In the possession of the officer. The state ment signed with Lincoln's name by Adolph, covers msny sheets of psper. and an attempt was evidently made to conceal the handwriting. Lincoln Merrow was Immediately fur nished with a typewritten copy of the document and dlsclslmed being Its au thor. Merrow was Indignant at the prisoner, and then told Kenna that the boy had once asked him to make a state ment, but he did not care to be quoted as saying that he believed that the boy was lnocent when he thought that he was guilty. Adolph wrote a long letter to his former friend, hoping to excuse himself snd explain his duplicity. The letter wss an eloquent appeal to the companion of his schoolboy dsys to bo his friend in adversity as he wss In ths good dsys gone by. Merrow gave Weber a piece of his mind when the latter asked Mer row if be believed him guilty. Sheriff Keena refuses to allow anyone to see the statement written try Adolph and signed with the name of his friend. He hopes to use it as evidence against Weber if the suspect Is ever tried for the bank robbery, end he will not divulge Its exact contents. 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"I hope he will be cleared of both crimes, though I must confess thst the bank robbery esse looks pretty strong against him. Adolph Weber seems to realise now how serious are the charges against him. This faot becomes more evident each day and the prisoner makes new breaks whenever he Is Interviewed by the sheriff or sny of his men. Yes terday a prisoner was heard to complain of ths hard sentence he had received for a small offense. Adolph turned quickly to him and said: "I'll serve your sentence for you and take two years to boot If you will exchange places with me." The prisoner then remarked that he guessed that he would prefer to serve his time, but Weber did not reply. The grand Jury has adjourned until Monday without finishing the Investiga tion In the Weber murder case. The Inquisition Is very searching, and It Is expected that the grand Jury will finish the murder case on Mondsy snd st ones take up the bank robbery charge against Weber. BATTnT (Special Dtasatrb to Ths Journal.) Washington. Dec. 3., General Chaffee today Issued orders for the Eighth bat tery of artillery stationed at Vancouver barracks to take a station by January 1 at Fort Russell, Wyo., where new quarters have recently been completed. Ven a man aln'd making a lot of money he aln'd slso making a lot of enemies. TP 1 1 sE GRAND PRIZE BY THE SUFFERS A COLLAPSE (Continued from Page One.) the Chadwlck case of a document attest ing to Mrs, Chadwlck's securities which are supposed to be in the hands of Treasurer Ira Reynolds of the Wade Park bank. It has been ssld that it was largely upon the strength of this attest of securities that Mra. Chadwlck has beep enabled to borrow millions of dol lars. This Is a copy of It: "Cleveland. Ohio. -May 23. 1M1. To whom it may concern: I hereby certify that I have in my possession five mil lion dollars (35.009,000) In securities be longing to Cassia L. 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Carnegie refused to ssy anything about ths reason of his appearance at the Holland house, even after It had been pointed out to him that the visit, coming after Andrew Carnegie's repudiation of any connection with the esse; would In evitably cause renewed speculation. It is now known that Mrs. Chad wlck's two-visits to the office of Butler, Jollne & Wynders were not voluntary, but were In response to an imperative request from that firm and It Is declared that the two conferences of three hours each took the shspe of a long cross examination of Mrs. Chadwlck as to the Jewelry Let us sell you a diamond for a Christmas gift. We feel that we can do so conscientiously to your entire satisfaction. Your patronage, we value as a sacred trust, and to warrant it, we can sell you one of these precious gems, on its merits that is, absolutely dependable and reliable. Our favorable buying facilities from first hand the cutters, will afford you the lowest prices. 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Carpenter, Mrs. Chadwlck's attorney, aid hs did not aspect Mrs. Chadwlck would leave New Tork tomorrow to go to Cleveland and she will likely remain here for several days yet. He laughed at the proposition that she had any In tention of going to Europe. With her world of hypothetical millions appar ently falling about her ears, with a federal officer enthroned amid the golden splendor of her drawing room In her mansion In Cleveland, with a sheriff s officer knocking at the door of her hotel room and Informing her that her trunk had been attached and that she must hot attempt to remove even the least of her personal possessions, Mra Chad wlck Is still appsrently undaunted and Insists that she wlu pay her debts and be vindicated. COLUMBIA THEATRE LEASE TALK OF TOWN President Jofin Cort of the North western Theatrical association did not arrive from Seattle yesterday afternoon as was expected, and Manager Helllg does not look for htm before Monday. The talk of the town, theatrically, yesterday was the lease of the Columbia theatre. The lease Is made out In the name of A. H. Ballard, the new mana ger, and he will, so far as the business management la concerned, direct the destinies of the theatre and the stock company. Hie backer, who was named yesterday as Morris Wells, does not ap pear In the document which changed ths control of the house. Our Optical Dept. Is in charge of our expert Consult him for a perfect correction.