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TrtE OREGON DAILY, JOUjaftNAU PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER SI, 1904. COULD CONVICT HIM . ONLY BY PERJURY Senator Mitchell, Before He Leave for Washington, Issues a Statement in Which Ha Saya Ha Has No Fear of Prosecution in Land Fraud Cases. TELLS OF EFFORTS TO APPEAR BEFORE GRAND JURY Defies Hie Accusers, Points to Hit Record in Oregon, and Says He Cannot Be Convicted of Complicity in Robbing Gov ernment Except on Perjured Evidence. United State-. Senator John H. Mitch ell departed lata night for Washington to rename his duties In congress. He has been In the city sine Friday even Ins;, December 23, having come In re sponse to telegrams advising him that lie was under investigation by the fed eral grand Jury for alleged complicity In the land frauds. Before going the sen ator gave out this statement: "Under exlattng circumstances I feel that it is my duty to return to my post of duty In Washington at the very earli est possible moment, and as matters now stand. In so far as I am advised, I know nf nn eond reason why I should not leave vl TJII-Jr. t "On Sunday, December 1, while in Washington, on seeing the eastern pa pers' presa dispatches stating that ru. mors were rife In Portland to the effect that I. was implicated In land fraud In Oregon, -which dispatches, or some of them, at least, ptated further that ah effort would be made' to Indict me by the grand' Jury that was to convene In Portland, December 20, I Immediately left for thla eity, supposing, of course. Judging from these dispatches, that tes timony would be, on the convening of the grand Jury on December $0. submit ted to the Jurytendlng to Implicate me. I arrived in this city on Friday evening. December 2$. The grand Jury had then been In session five days. Before leav ing Washington I had wired Hon. Fran cis J. Heney. special aastfctant attorney general, and Hon. John H.Hall. United States district attorney, requesting the privilege of going before the grand Jury to answer under outh any and M charges that might he made against me. Wanted to Tell All He Knew. . I also stated In these dispatches I would be In Portland by Saturday, the 24th Inst. On my arrival here I repeated these requests to these prosecuting offi cers, Mr. Heney sod Mr. Hall, and I also at the same time addressed a letter to W. H. H. Wade, foreman of the fed eral grand Jury, making a similar re quest. I received no anawer whatever from Mr. Wade, but was told by. Mr. Henev that ! could have the privilege of going before the grand Jury on Tues day. December 17. at 10 o'clock. At that hour and day I presented myself at the grand Jury room and was then told by Mr. Hney that the grand Jury was then occupied In hearing other witnesses snd would be occupied all day. and he requested me to come again at 10 o'claek on Wednesday. December $8. I then appeared at that hour and day. but was then advised by Mr Heney that no charges of any kind had' been made sgslnSt me before, the grand Jury. Not withstanding this Statement of Mr. Heney . 1 assured him I was willing to go before the Jury. and. give any testi mony within my knowledge that had any bearing whatever on the land fraud matters, as Y desired to see all guilty persons convicted and punished, and would voluntarily go Into the Juryroom with his permission and submit myself to any examination desired by him or the grand Jury. ' ' TOM Story Under Oath. Mr. Heney said 1 could So- aa I pleased. 1 then visited the .grand Jury room With Mr. Heney. and. submitted myself to a thorough examination under oath. After an examination of some two snd a hslf hours. Mr. Heney said he had no further questions. I then stated to him and the Jury -that I waa willing apd ready to anawer any further ques tions they or any of them might deslrs to put to me In relation to tile fraudK. I waa given to understand that Uey had nothing further, and I left the Jury room. Although several days have elapaed slnoe I was before the Jury I have heard nothing further In regard to the caa NOT A HAPPY 11 YEAR FOR THEM Fifteen Employes of the City Engineering Department Have . Bean Laid Off. -' ELLIOTTS LAST DUTY i WAS TO NOTIFY THE MEN Wholesale Discharge in Pursu ance of Retrenchment Pol ity Advocated by Council. Eighteen employes of tha city engi neering department were notified yes terday afternoon that their services will not be needed after January 1. This wholesale dlacharge of men comes aa the result of the reduction, of the ex penses of the department' by the city council. It devolved upon W. C. Elliott, the Baking Powder NOT maim: By a Trust Tha manufacturers are satisfied with reasonable profit and fir you a perfect baking powder lor a moderate price. 250incetfor25Citt K C from either Mr. Heney or the foreman or any other member of the grand Jury. And I have not up to this moment been advised by any one that any testimony whatever has been brought before the grand Jury, which in anywise Implicates me In land frauds ur any other frauds; and now my presence In Washington is imperatively demanded. Many things in the interest of this city and state are now demanding my presence there. As chairman of the im portant committee of lnteroceanlc canals it la of the utmOBt Importance that I should be there at the earliest possible moment, as several Important measures "In" tho Interest of the speedy construction of the Panama canal air pending before that committee and are awaiting consideration aa soon as con gress reconvenes, which will be on Wednesday, January 4, at noon. Important Work to Do. It la even now impossible for me to reach the city by that hour and day. but by leaving thla evening, and 1 have no detention on the road. I can reacn the city by S o'clock Wednesday. "The river and harbor bill. In which all sections of Oregon are so vitally In terested, Is now under consideration, and Oregon's Interests demand the lmmoai ale and united effort of the whole Ore gon delegation, as our personal and earn est efforts are required in order to sav cure for Oregon the necessary appropria tions. Tho bill already paaaed the sen ate, (providing for an assay office in this city, requires our united effort to se cure Its final passage, aa does also me bill fot the relief of settlers In Sherman county. The various Oregon lrrtgatlori projects and various . other important measures, both in congress and In the several deoartments. make it of the ut most importance that all of Oregon's delegation in congress should now be at their cost of duty, as this is a snort see slon. Congress must, by operation of law, adjourn In Just two months after reconvening on Wednesday next. Innocent of Any Wrongdoing. "I fer. therefore, constrained, under all these circumstances, to leave Immedi ately for my Bt "f duty, and shall do so by starting this evening. It is now about 12 days since my name was pia carded in almost every newspaper In the rutted States by press dispatches from this city as being connected with the land frauds In this state. The federal grand Jury has been in session every day since Monday, December tt, and Is still In session I have been here personally In this city every hour since Friday evening, December 24, and have given every opportunity to the prosecuting of ficers to examine me to the fullest c tent In regard to the land frauds, and I have given the prosecuting officer to understand that I claim to be absolutely Innocent, and I here and now agatnjassert my absolute innocence of any criminal connection with any land frauds or with any person or persons who have been engaged In the land frauds, and now. aa I have stated, I believe it to be my duty after defending my character, to proceed to my post of duty at the earliest pos sible moment. Whsr lmry be done' In my absence, of course, I do ry it know, but if these charges of criminal conduct upon my part continue to be asserted In the newspapers, or should the grand Jury hereafter make an accusation against me, I defy my accusers. I have lived In this state 44 years and over, I have served In the United States senate for nearly 22 years, and I defy any man to charge me successfully with any con duct that is otherwise than honorable. And I am sure I cannot be counected In any manner with any land frauds except by the grossest perjury of self-confessed and convicted thieves and perjurers. retiring city engineer, to notify the men. They were laid off In the inverse order to that In which they were ap pointed In accordance with the civil service regulations in the charter. Those longest In the service are retained. Tha department now has but three crews remaining and four inspectors. Those dismissed are as follows: Sur veyors J. W. Baker, H. U Chandler and Wlnileld Chapman. Transit men H. O, Richardson. O. P. Ramsay and C. E. Bronson. Chain men R. Whiting, P. H. Hackney, F. X Sherlock, C. E. Harding. W. H. Heutla. A C. Oliver and F. S. Walker. Inspectors A. F. Fleming, R. W. Thompson, William Brandes and O. F. Teed. Ouard S. O. Hlrsch (resigned). Thla is the laat day for City Engi neer Elliott and Assistant City Engi neer Oeorge Sooggtn in the office. They have been engaged In cleaning up the work of the year, so aa to leave the office In good condition for their suc cessors. Chsrles Wanxer. who was recently ap pointed by Mayor Williams to succeed Mr. Elliott, will take charge of the of flCO Tuesday morning ' Although It has not bfipn publicly an nounced. It is understood that John R. Hanson, an engineer In the department, will succeed Oeorge Bcogsln as chief Haeslstant. He Is a very capable man. having been head draughtsman for years with the Oregon Railroad Navigation company. Ha was t one time con nected with the city engineering j de partment of Chicago. NEW MISSION SCHOOL OPENED IN MEXICO (Joarnal gpectal ) Monterey. Mexico, Dec. 11. Tha larg est mission school In Mexico will be dedicated here tomorrow by President W. E. Oarrlson of Butler college, In dianapolis. The Christian Woman's Board of Missions, whose national head quarters are In Indianapolis, has erected thenew building at an expense of more tjjfn. 40.oo. ' The building is of yellow pressed brick." It contains 14 large schoolrooms, a commodloua chapel, which Is used by .both Mexican and American congre gations, two offices, a printing office and a large reading room. In the mission printing office Is printed all the Spanish literature used by the Christian church In Mexico. Cub. jPorW RH-o snd the Philippines Of the 800 pupils of the school nearly roe are Mexlrsn. The remaining 100 are Americsns. the children of railroad snd smelter employes nf Monterey and vicin ity There are' four American and 11 Mexican teachers. COAST FREIGHT WAR IMMINENT Shippers Confident That Harris man Has Chartered tha Steam . Schooner Noma City. WILL COMPETE AGAINST INDEPENDENT LINES Effort to Be Made to Drive All Lumbar-Carrying Ships From the Ocean. Shippers and transportation people generally, are confident that the steam schooner Noma City has bean chartered to carry lumber between Portland and San Francisco at $2.60 a thousand feet, which Is 11.50 below the regular tariff. No one appears to know positively who haa chartered her, 1ut it la thought she has been engaged by the Harrlmon In terests. This la said to ba the first step of the San Francisco A Portland Steam ship company, operators of the Colum bia and Elder, to drive the independent steam schooners of tho run. if the Nome City will not suffice for this, it is said the Hsrrlman people will put other vessels on and cut lumber rates so low that competitors will be forced to aban don the ttKht. The Independent fleet la made up of the following steamers: jr. A. aaourn, Aurella, Bee, Acme, Redondo and North land. Some of these have been carry ing lumber for 13.50 a thousand feet, The Harrlman boats ao not nanaie lum ber, and those unfamiliar with the situ ation are wondering why It is thai Messrs. Harrlman and Schwerln are in the least concerned' about the lumber trade. Thla was explained this morn ing by a well-known transportation of ficial, who gave the following state ment: "On evary trip the Independent veaaels hrlna general cargoes. from San Fran cisco to Portland. That is where they are cutting Into the buatness of tha Columbia and Elder, which formerly su- cured all this traffic. If the independent lines confined themselves to the lumber trade the big rate war which now seems Inevitable would not be waged. On the up trip they bring at leaat six general cargoes to Portland every month.'" Bv nutttna- on a fleet of gteam schoon ers the Harrlman people will reduce the rate so low. according to shippers. that they will be assured of all the 'um ber trade. It is then inferred that tha outside boats will be forced to retire, and the San Francisco - Portland Steamship company's vessels will get all the general cargo to carry on the down and uo trips. Coming fast upon the heels of the much-talked- f rate war the announce ment waa made this morning that the following vessels have been chartered to proceed to Portland and load lumber: Barkentlna Chehalls, at Cebu; bar kentlne J. L. Evlston, at San Pedro, and the steamer W. H Kruger. at San Fran cisco. The supposition is that they hava been chartered by the San Francisco Portland Steamship company. EXPORTS INCREASED. flTfirVe; of Arabia and Olauons Bag eased Figures Materially. Grain, flour and lumbar exports from Portland for the year were Increased this morning by the clearance of the oriental liner Arabia for Hongkong and way ports and the' British ahlp Olaucua, ior the I'nlted Kingdom. The total value of the exports for the' past 12 months hi this line la now $6.3S4.Bt.'.. Instead of $6,090,005. aa. published in The Journal yesterday. " .- The. Arabia haa on board S9.6R0 bar rels of flour, valued at $161,640. and a sufficient - amount of miscellaneous freight to make the entire cargo worth $222,202.82. Aside from' flour, aha will carry lumber valued at $$0,000, and a big assortment of sewing 'machines, najls, machinery, apples, cotton, to bacco, etc. The vesset will' sail on Mon day, but cleared today. The Olaucus Is loaded with 117,613 bushels of wheat, valued at $106,000. The cargo Is being dispatched by Olrvln ft Eyre. It la probable that the vessel will leave for the aea this afternoon. LARGE LUMBER CARGO. British Ship Talxport Will Carry a.OOO, 000 reel to south tm erica One of the' largest lumber cargoes aver carried try sailing Vessel from this port'VllI be that of the British ship Falrport, Captain Armstrong, which la receiving 2.000,000 feet of Oregon fir for Iquique, South America. The ahlp Is only 1.800 tons net reg ister, but is of modern construction. A big portion of the cargo will be carried on deck, and many skippers believe this Is a dangerous undertaking. Armstrong says their fears are not wall founded; that properly loaded and lashed, the deckload Will cause no more trouble than if the heavy timbers were in the hold. 'The Falrport," aald the captain, "carried the largeat cargo of coal oil ever taken from New Torn, by a seuare rlgger. In 1898 she took to Yokohama from that port 86,000 cases, equal to 3.209 tons dead weight. Few ships of the Fslrport's register could carry two thirds of that amount." MARINE NOTES. Astoria, Dec. $1. Arrived at 8:40 a. m . steamer Rosecrans. from Monterey. . Arrived at 9 a, m schooner Borealia, from Ban Francisco. Arrived at 9:30 a. ra . Barkentlna Ceo C. Perkins, from San Pedro. Outside at lo a m., barkentlne John Pslmerf from San Pedro. San Francisco. Dec. II. Arrived at 9:30 last night, steamer Columbia, from Portland. Astoria, Dec. SI. Condition of the bar at 8 a. m , rough; wind, southwest; weather, cloudy. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. Captain 'Ferneaux, maater of the Brit ish Ship Dumfriesshire, entertained a large number, of guests on board his vessel last evening. Many ladles were present snd tha evening waa spent In dancing and singing. Steamer Aurella cleared for San Fran cisco this morning with 450.000 feet of lumber and 100 ton's of wheat and will sstl this afternoon. Work of cleaning and painting the hull of the Andy Mahony was com pleted at the dry-dock yesterday after noon She will be brought up to the Inman-Poulsen mill W receive lumber. Owing to the strong current the Basasaitly mattered by . Painkiller ra .4 WOMAN IS SEIZED; STORE IS ROBBED Bookkeeper Working Lata Is Bound 'and Gagged -by Burg lar Who Secures $2,500. IDENTIFIES WATCHMAN " AS THE.HICHWAYMAN Girl Recognizes Man Who Re leases Her as the Man Who Committed Robbery. (Joerasl Special Service.) Elkhart. Ind.. Dec $1. Late laat night Miss Belle Reynolds, bookkeeper of the Warren Hill department atora, while busy balancing her books waa seised from behind by a masked man who threw her to the floor inserted a coarse rag in bar mouth, as a gag; and tied her to the desk, where she remained for four lioura In a moat uncomfortable po sition. The burglar then cracked tha aafe and securing $1,600 made his es cape. X Early this morning, Paul Krohn, the night watchman employed to guard the store, found Miss Reynolds almost Ins in her bondage and Immediately re leased her. He Immediately summoned tho police and a search was begun for the robber. Something In tho movements of Krohn recalled to Miss Reynolds those of the burglar, and she I imparted her suspicions to the police, who gave Krohn a searohlng examination. The fact that he waa several hours late at work, com bined With his conflicting statements, led to his detention by the police. Confronted by Mlaa Reynolds this morning and accused by her of the rob bery, Krohn broke down and confessed. He pleaded as an excuse that aickness In his family had caused him to (get badly In debt and knowing that a large sum of money was kept, In the store, had seined the opportunity to rob It when he found Miss Tatterson alone In It late at night, thinking that the blame would be thrown upon highwaymen. schooner 8. T. Alexander, lumbar laden at the Portland mill, wtll not be moved below the bridge for a few days. OOlUMali SATE AT BAT OTTT. Owing to the storm which was raging off the coast when the steamer Columbia crossed the bar Wednesday afternoon considerably anxiety was felt about the vessel. Word was recelvedthla morn ing that the steamer reachefl San Fran cisco last night at o'clock, not far be hind her regular schedule time. NEW YEAR SIGNALS AROUND THE WORLD (Joerasl gpselsl Herrtea.) Washington. Dec. $1. Following the experiment of last year the naval oh aervatnry wtll tonight send time signals of the new year around the world. Four different dispatches will be sent, one at midnight and others at 1. $ and 8 e'rlork. Laat year the signals traversed about $00,000 miles of wire and we ra heard In Alaska. Panama. Valparaiso, Honolulu, Qunm snd Manila. This year it W the Intention to transmit the signals literal ly around the .world, which win b pos sible by the co-operation of tha tele graph and cafira. companies. Q$UMa6er , II I I Carriaes Wagons I In 1 Hi 1 I Harness Robes J il 11 W I Mi l I Hn the Grand Prize I I Jl I Wl l ull I 1 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION I fi I JUl I ST. LOUIS, 1904 J JM II II 11 1 rAJ! I I They possess all the qualities you desire; II w ( If l HI III nothing in the world can beat them I I j I II III nLlZJtU III I FARM AND BUSINESS WAGONS 1 Vl lulf TlnTkft V I PASSENQER WAOONS AND ROAD WAOONS 1 I M fUCfU I Fl 111 III CARRIAOES OF ALL KINDS 1 l 1 l III IV I I STREET CLEANINO AND SPRINKLING MACHINES 1 I ( VH I til 1 Ivl I CARTS AND TRUCKS I 1 l I InM II II HI I EVERYTHING IN THE VEHICLE LINE I fij V H 111 V I I AND THE BEST I 111 111 11 Gtdeltjfier 11 1 ill M v 330-336 East Morrison Sttcet V III It III Portland, Ore. " BAD CHECK KID IS IN TOILS AT LAST Forger Who Led Detectives Hard Chase Is Son of Ex- Policeman CONFESSES AND SAYS HE NEEDED THE MONEY Known to Have -Uttered Over Thirty Spurious Drafts on Merchants Here. The "bad-check kid." who has passed about 80 spurious checks on merchants of the" city proves to be Samuel Waller, aged 21 years, the aon of former Police man M, F. Waller, a veteran o the war In the Philippines. He wsja arrested last night by Detectives Weiner snd Hart man at hla home, Hawthorne and Union avenues. Waller confesses his guilt, and says he committed the crimes becausa ha was "hard preaaed for money." His father arrived at the police headquarters shortly afte the youth waa arrested, and appeared grieved and humiliated. e rorger s moiner is cruicaiiy ui. Through a misconception District At torney Manning allowed Waller to go on his own recognisance at the solicita tion of the father. It was drawn to Mr. Manning's attention, however, that the Crimea of which the young man is ac cused are grave, and he withdrew his order and compelled Waller to remain at the city prison last night The checks passed by Waller range from $& to $12. The signatures ap pended to them were of l.nng A Co., Allen ft Lewis, Mason, Khrman ft Co., Marshall-Wells Hardware company and tha Honeyman Hardware company. The list of those who have suffered by the operations of the youthful forger, though not complete. Is now on file at police headquarters, snd Is: East Hid' bakery, $:. Orand avenue cigar store, $8; O. Llndon. 342 Front. $10; Conrad Repp. 700 union1 avenue, $12; A. Bingham. 81 Third, $9 80; A. P. Gran. $81 Benton, $12; Mr. Lohr. Clinton and Mllwaukie. $G.8S; Chlndlnn slaters, 111 Orand avenue, $8.48; Mietchlln, 887 East Pine, $; L. fllmona. 40 Williams avenue. $8; Frank Burkhardt. $49 First. $11; F. A. Root. Forty-eighth and Hsw tborne, $. A. Munroe. 420"Washlngtonv $7: B. Dawfawlsh. 103 North Stxttr. $11.60; Merges. Russell street, $7 a sec ond Russell street cigar Store, $6.80., When the first few forgeries were reported Detective Wetner was assigned to the case. He worked hard for two or three weeks, and " by hla request. Detective Hartiman Joined With him In the search for th "bad cheek kid." Posltlvs evidence that Waller waa the forger waa obtained yesterday. The lut of the detectives waa painful aa the hava known Waller alnoa he waa a lad. The forger waa arraigned this morning before Police Judge Hogue. At tha re quest of his father the case waa post poned until next Tuesday. Fat Folks. I hit. rdni'.l mv walvhf RR nAimHa bust nine inches, waist eight Inches and hips nioa Inches In a short time by a guaranteed, harmless remedy without exercise or starving. I want to teU you all about it. Enclose stasap and ad dress. Mrs. Charlotte WoodVard, Ore gon City. Or. WflJrSf. a-I ... iihing ISLAND IS RAVAGED BY DREAD DISEASE Extermination of Porto Ricans Threatened by Anaemia Re- From Parasite. ITIENTS COME FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS Lack of Sanitary Knowledge Is Cause of Malady Known as Uncinarisis. I Joarnal Special serrtee. ) New Tork. Dec. $1. -The Herald has published today tha report of Major L. L. Seaman, special commissioner of san itary affalra at Porto Rico. Seaman i The Truth About Selz Royal We can tell truth .about Selz Royal Blue Shoes, and be sure it is the truth. 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