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POIiTLAND, OICO!I. MONDAY EVENING, ; APKIL 17, ' FOUUTSSN vPAGSS.
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LcDt cl Get Rich Quick
Frcny in Syndicate Is
In 5:!;ty Vcdt " .
r Money located after :
A SIX YEARS' SEARCH
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
Discovered Hidden Away by
Swindlers . for Their
T Use In Futures T'
s..', s. ' (Joaraal Special nervtea.1
: New York. April XT. Three hundred
thoueand dollere of - the notorioue
Franklin yndleate'r-.oot. baa been Jo
ciM In -a eafe deposit vault la New
York city after a la yeera' eeareh. '
- Five persons knew , the exact where
aboute of -the treasure. One la John
B. Lord, th truatee in -bankruptcy ;f or
th creditor of William, F. MUlefe
"get-rlch-qulck" con earn, anothar -la .the
i manager of thvdepoaed company and
tha thraa othereare detectives whom
Mr. Lord . haa emraged tot guard .tha
Vaults, ao that ,the; money would not
' disappear. - : , . - - .
Mrs. Bather I Blake.- tha mother. of
Edward BchlaaalBKar, who waa In the
rraat awlndla -with MlUer and Robert
A. Amnion, haa tha key to tha vault,
but doea not kaow xatly where tha
.vault, la altuatad. i : r ' 'J:
Tha flfht to i poaeaaaion ot ma
treasure wUl come up In " the United
- SUtea ' dlatriofr-oourt - thla waak.-and
.thouaanda tot tha dupea of the Miller
bubble may coma Into their own afc-aln.
Tha franklin ayndloata failed In Nov-
- amber. 18. after a earaar ft about
elht montha. r- The police ' raided the
quartern of the ayaateate-arreeted a i
brother of the Dromoter. - William 9. J
i Miller, and eecured about $.0 caah
' taken ' In durn tha day. and' which
waa found aeoreted . under the apart-
menta of Hlaa Oorley. l4 Fiord atreet
. ' The plan on which the conoern worked
; waa the promlaa of , 10 per cent week
. dtvldenda to invaatora. . Miller, the pro
: moter. waa but I SI years of ace. He
'. began In a email tray locating hla of
. flees among the poorer claaaea In Bropk
' lm making a feature of the acceptance
of email Bums of money for Investmenta
from poor people. ) HU adrertlaeipente
'claimed that by Inelde tips on the'atock
market he waa ible to reap large and
quick proflta, of which he waa, willing
tn n a lure-a nercentaca to hla clients.
He paid the Interest on the principal
each week ana Ma Business incram
' to great proportion!. By extensive ad
vertlslng he managed to attract dally to
hla office hundreds of people who
gathered In a long line, or fought with
- each other for the opportunity to band
, f out their saving. Durlng the.week pro
ceeding the raid Miller received dally
. deposits aggregating from $10,000 to
140.000. . , v . ' . ' ",,'!'
1 .- WnllaM eheim Kla Idea.
! . The orlnclnal of the endlaaa Chain da-
r veloped by Miller depended upon the fact
that old customers were given a commis
sion of I par cant upon newdepoalta
' which they aacured. Those who were
' drawing this Income of S per cent be
came walking advertlsementa of tha
Franklin Syndicate. The amount of in
tercet, I0 per cent a year, promised haa
never been exceeded In. the hlatorjr of
get-rlch-qulck concerna.-1 v' '.
The booka of the syndicate ahow that
between October 14, and November If.
. MlUer ' received 180.000, and '.from
August 1 to tha time the syndicate was
; closed,- leaa than four montha, the re
celpta exceeded (1,000,000. "She police
said that they found drafts which led
them to believe that $3,400,000 had been
collected i from Miller by hie dupes,
which would indicate that MlUer had
kept and made way with about $1,700,
000. , ., -.-.
. - - ' Froflta Baoratona.
Miller reported at the, time that he
had started In bualneaa with a capital
of $60: Within two weeks preceding the
raid he aent $4S,000,to relatives In Ger
many and a day or two before he with
drew $180,000 . from the Wella-Fargo
bank,' which he had on deposit
. February -t, 1(00, Miller surrendered
to .the . police and was locked up, and
.May $0 he waa given a sentence of 10
years In Blng Blng prison, but was par
doned a few months ago by Governor
'lilgglna on account of hla health.
The real man behind the- Franklin
syndicate Is said to be William E. De
laney, king of awlndlera, who originated
and engineered the Fund W. fraud In
Chicago, the Stock and Grain exchanao
tn Flttaburg, tha Dean swindle, which
v wae the Fund W. over again In New
York, -.y ,." s -t -i
VANDERBILT PERFECTS
, r A NEW INVENTION
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' IJoaretl Special am ilct.)
. New York. April IT. Following the line
of hla former lnventlona rand uaeful
improvemente for locomotive, CoroHlmi
Vanderbllt baa juat received from the
patent office at Waahlngtoti .1 patent
en a ateam generating appllanca which
; .a aaeerte will in ES particular waya work
to advantage In boiler eonet ruction. The
device haa for Ita general obiect tha eon
atructlon to Increase the efficiency of lo
comotive ateam enainae.
' All the claims advanced bv Vomler
tilt were allowed by the patent orflcaT
Mechanics are at work In th"ltorcrs
locomotive worka turning out loco
motlvee with tha Vanderbllt ateam gen
erating appliance. According ' to teats
' It la aald tha new generator will affect
t m great eavlng ot fuel. ' ,. - .. ., . - J
Ften i Pctterscn Agein Pro-
v clcias Iler Innocence
; cf Kurder; ' ;
YIFLTOF CAESAR TOUNGi
? DROPS HER PROSECUTION
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Letter Received by Portland
Woman. From , Wlfe,6f a Dead I
Bookmaker' Announces '
( Withdrawal FromrCase;-
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f New York. April . 17. The third trial
of Nan Patteraon, the former Florodora
girl, on the charge of murdering Caeaar
loung. the bookmaker, opened this
morning t la f Recorder' Gofra . court.
xoung waa murdered laat June. Mlaa
Patterson waa Immediately arreated ana
haa atnee : been- held - prisoner at- the
Tombs. Har first trial last autumn waa
brought abruptly to a cloae by the 111
neaa of t iurer.'- On tier second trial
laat December the jury ' disagreed. '
- Nan . Patterson, 'accompanied by her
father, arrived early. . She looka prettier
wen over anoj- aeoiarea ana la In excel
lent apliita. She was brought over from
the Tombe to the prisoner's pen -la the
courc Duuaiug at i o'clock. , She re
fused to be .Interviewed excent tn uv
that aha waa Innocent, and expected to
be acquitted. . ..-
' A special panel of 110 talesmen waa
aummoned : from whlbh to . aelect ; the
jury.' The cotirtroom waa 'crowded with
spectators, and many were turned away.
It la expected that aeveral daya wUl be
occupied and aeveral venirea exaauated
before the Jury la completed '' . ;
' The oaae waa. adjourned until tomor
row, pending 'certain Injunction prooeed
Inga brought by counsel for J. Morgan
Smith' to securs the return of Bmlth's
lettera seised by Assistant District At
torney Uarvaa.at Clnclnnatt- .
. It- la aald . that .Uyman Stern, the
pawnbroker from whom It la aUegad tha
pistol .with which Young waa killed waa
bought., haa s been Unable to, Identify
Smith.. .The proeeeutlon -la much cha-
giined over the developmenta regarding
the Smiths, and It la not expected that
either of them will be called as wit
nesses." , '
v Counsel for ' Mlaa 1 Patterson opposed
the motion for an adjournment, but' Re
corder Goff granted the postponement on
the statement of the prosecution that
the lettera In queatlon were valuable as
evidence In tlfe case agalnat Miss ' Pat
terson. -.'V 1 '.' : - '
While these proceedings were going
cm. counsel for i. Morman Smith ap
peared - before J uat Ice - Footer of the
court of general aesslona to argue a mo
tion to Inspect - the mlnutea of . tha
grand Jury... Couneel . for Smith J an-
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BOARD
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Board of Oovtrnora of tbe Portland
Otorf t W. Haxen. Second row
;.;..' -IIarl( L; W, JJclmSn. Tom
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I J vv- "Sff,., M,ti UWr a, SJMMWHAa-
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j ' ' "7 Cottcrtaunan "Blnfer Hermann.
ROOSEVEl
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1 Olenwood Springs. CoL, April 17j Seo-
retary Loeb haa not communicated with
the president . alncek Saturday morning,
when the etart waa made. The report
that the president killed a large brown
bear on Saturday., afternoon , naa - not
been -erlfled here. ? -, ;
A fierce bllasard la reported to hav
raged-at Camp Roosevelt yesterday,
preventing any one from ' venturing out
of doors. Tha greater part of the day
waa apent by the president and party
around camp-Area telling hunting yarns.
Henry Doepler, a ranchman who Uvea
eight mllea from - Roosevelta camp,, ar
rived In town this morning and reports
OF GOV&RNORS
Commercial Club: ; Retdinf from left to right Top row- L.' R. Fields,
Edward Ehrman, treagurer j R. L. Steven. W. K aeland, ecretur; H. If.
Rkhardsea. nutnuiit VbatMhrEkm ti,-:A;. V-j J-X
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- T MOVES ;
a heavy enow. haa fallen that' la
deep. The prealdent'a camp la being
moved eouthward to get away from the
snow. The chances are 'that the next
fortnight will , be devoted to Hon and
bob eat hunting. It waa announced that
In addition to a vlalt to . Denver . the
president haa accepted ' Invitation to
three functions In Chicago. Theae will
be only formal affaire on the homeward
trlp.v. i s .: ;;V-,r-; f--'T tM-rv-
Ranchmen report' that' the' aupply of
game thla year la uncommonly largo and
the extreme cold weather In the. moun
tains haa driven the panthers and bob
eats Into the valley ranches, ao that the
president la really helping the farm era
OF THE PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB
Ccrressno Accused in
Lend FrcudCesesPre-;
;sents .a Decrrer."
HENEY. AND BENNETT
r - CLASH OVER THE LAW
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Argument; Continued This After
nopjv Edwin MaysJohn Hall,
T. 1 8. J Potter, 1 W. N. Jones
and Others Are Arraigned -t
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' Opposing couneel'1' tn the land ' fraud
eases - crossed swords this morning be
fore a throng which filled Judge Bellin
ger's court room to overflowing. Among
thoee present were many of tha defend
ants, .Including Senator Mitchell, . Con
gressmen Hermann and Wllllamaon and
former United States Diatrlot Attorney
John Hall. - The bar . waa represented
by a number of the-leading attorneys
of thla city and of the stats, and the
court room waa well filled long before
the hour' for the proceedings to begin, h
' It waa the first appearance of Con
gressman ' Blnger Hermann In court
elnce he was thrloe indicted by -.the
federal 'grand Jury. ' Mr, Hermann was
arraigned, and through 'hie - attorneya.
Senator Simon' and John M- Oearin, he
filed demurrers to the lndlotmenta. It
waa further atipnlated that If Senator
Mitchell should be successful in his
effort to Invalidate the 'prooeedlngs' of
the grand . Jury, Mr. Hermann, shall
benefit tharebyaa-he, would it h H had
tiled pleaa la abatement.
.;.. - Othara JLiMlfmed. 1 .
A At number of other'1 defendant were
also arraigned.' Edwin- Mays, Indicted
for complicity In the operation of tha
Butte Creek Land A Lumber company,
pleaded not guilty. The same plea was
entered by John Hall a to the Indict
ment, charging htm with illegally feno-
Ing government land, and to tha Indict
ment charging him with eon spiring to
obatruot ' Justice - and to 'Intimidate
Heney while- the -latter, was conducting
the grand Jury Investigation. Hall Wed
a plea in' abatement. Pleas in abatement
were filed In behalf of Wlllard N., Jones
and Thaddeua B. Potter by their attor
ney,' S. B. Huston, and- the aame action
was taken by Elmer K. Brown. , Daniel
Clark, - Indicted with Jones and Potter
for alleged frauds la the fllletg Indian
reserve, pleaded not guilty. ... . . (.
i, Interest at the morning eesalon. en
tered largely In the expected argument
of counsel upon the . objection raised
by Senator iMttchell'a attorneya to the
validity of the grand Jury's proecedlnga
and to the right of Francla J. Heney to
act In - the capacity ot . United States
district attorney. If the contention of
the defence - should - be auatalned, the
(Continued on Page Two.) - s
R. B. Miller, Robert Ctiutij, A.
Cake, preeident; J. II. Tkttctef,
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UnreIstcrcdCen't Pertlc
ipate InriasrieVlln--der
Certificate Act S
EMINENT, ATTORNEY -7, ?
r. ,SAYS LAW'IS'SOUND
Declares It Impossible to Dodge
New ; Primary.! Act's , Pc-.',;-txi
Visions and Gives , -
His -Reasons. .
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' "N01 court of standing . would s hold
that, under the' direct primary nomina
tion law elector not registered prior
to April 1 1 as to . party affiliations
could legally vote by certificate la the
primaries f or the nomination of candl
dataa," aald an eminent Jurist today. . 1
believe that the intent, of the direct
nominations law la so plain, and the
understating of It by the court, the
people and . tha men who drafted It ao
dear,' that, were a queatlon raised a to
the ; right of eleotoro ' to i vote la the
prlmariee by certificate ot ala free
holders according to the old. lav, the
decision, must be that they have no auch
right."; '.'',.'! - ''V-- 'V. i.
This Is In ana war to the contention
that one provision ot the new law gives
voter the right to take part in the
primaries, even though not registered
aa to party afflltatlona, and this clause
la cited in support of their contention- -.
"Provided, that nothing In thla law
shall ha conatrued to deprive any elector
of the right to register ana vote at any
primary nominating election required by
thla law on hla complying with the spe
cial provisions ot thla law in the aame
manner that be la permitted by the gen
eral lawa to regtater and vote at a gen
eral election." --f- - : '-. ' "'
- The quoted clause la the closing lan
guage of section (I, which aaya:
"No-elector shall be oualifled to vote
nor permuted to .vote at any auch pri
mary nominating election, and It ahall
bs unlawful for htm to orxer to oo so,
unless, he ahall be registered a above
required a a member of one ot the po
litical parties choosing and nominating
it Candida tea for pub Ho office under the
provlalona of this law at auoa primary
nominating election." '
"Registered aa required above" refers
to the plain provision that the elector
who votes In a primary ahall nave been
restate red by the county clerk as to
party affiliation within 10 day preced-
ina tba aleotton. ... ' r. ---..
"Were such a question to be raised."
aald the Jurist already quoted, "the
court would turn to the title of the law,
which reads: 'Applying to aald primary
nominating electlona ao far aa the earn
are not In conflict with the provlalona
of this law, and a cn aame may be
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viae-pretlJtnt; 2 Ci.r. Lower row
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Japanese Are Reported to
Have Seized Rcsslin
; , Supply Ships.
TO STORM VLADIVOSTOK
BEFORE FLEETS ARRIVAL!
Oyama Rushing Armies to Cap
ture Northern Fortress Ere
' Rojestvensky Can Reach ;
Port Jews. Fleeing
" (Jeeraal apadal lerviea)
London, April 17. A dispatch to Reu. :
tor from Saigon aaya that the Japanese
hav captured a large number of col
lier along the coast . .,;,-'"".:;. ..:;-
- A dispatch from Hongkong say that ,
a portion of the Russian squadron waa'
acq Sunday in Turan bay. ISO mUea
north of Kamranh bay.
- A measage to Lloyds from Slngaor
aaya that the German steamer Devowon
ge report, paaalng the Russian fleet'
on the morning of April 14 about lati
tude It degree north. The vessel were
lying to at tha time. - r
A Hongkong dispatch states that the
steamer BrynbUde. which haa arrived
there from Bangkok, report that three
Russian cruisers stopped her oa Friday.
mile south of Cape Padaraa, and
after searching the vessel allowed her to
proceed .The captain counted II Rua
slan warships, which appeared to be in
good condition, ateamlng northeast at
the rate of 10 knots. Cape Padaraa 1
11 : mile northeast of Saigon.. The
course indicates that the fleet to headed
for Formosa strait., v y-
? It la calculated at Tokto that -' the '
Ruaalaa equadron arrived at Kamranh
bay at noon, April It, and therefore had
been occupying the port for 41 hour
whoa asea at nooa April 14. by the Ger
man liner Prince Halnrioh. ...
It la reported from Hongkong that a
fight took place yesterday between the
Japaneee and Ruesiaa scout cruiser di
vision ' with considerable damage ' to
both combataatav There 1 ao confirma
tion of the rumor. - "
A Toklo dispatch sUtea that the wa
ter around the Pescadores where the
Japanese have established a naval base,
have been strewn with mines and ship
ping la warned to keep away from the
locality; It la aald that thousands of
mines are being placed la the path ot
Rojestvensky's fleet.
According to the British admiralty'
Information the 'Japanese have had aa
observation equadron off Labuan. Brit
ish Borneo, where they took the aame
advantage of Brltlah . neutrality aa
Rojeatvenaky -aid ot French neutrality
at Madagascar. Thla equadron la be
lieved to have been ordered to remain
in touch with the Ruealane until they
reach the strait of Formosa, where it
1 believed the battle will occur.
It la not thought that Admiral Togo
will dare to eend ships to Vladivostok,
or leave vessels behind him to light the
Russlana at that port. Japanese coaata
and transports will have to shift for
themselves until the naval battle 1
fought, aa Togo la reported to be con
centrating all - hla atrongUt against
Rojeetvenek-ra equadron. The principal
coast cities of Japan are well protected
by - forttncatlona and - the Ruaalaa
cruisers at Vladivostok could not at
tack them, but could - work havoc la
Japanese chipping. - -
The Russian . ships i have on board
patent appllancea consisting of steel
brushe attached to a sort of belly band
which are uaed , very . effectively, la
cleaning bottoma.' . ?.. .
AGAINST VLADIVOSTOK.
Oyama Beadta very Bffort t Take
Fortress Before Fleet AZTivee.
'. . ' ' (Jearaal SpeeUI gervlce.1 ' - '
London, April 11. Reporta from the
front received, from Chines source lo
usy confirm the Japanese movement
now being made' agalnat Vladivostok.
There la little doubt that Oyama plana
to capture the tortreaa before the Kus
alan fleet or any part of It can reach
the port- .
Military official are watching with
keen Intereat the greatest strategy game
Oft the war, which la now being played.
The capture of Vladivostok would be tbo
trump-card for Japan. Their, movement
against tha plaoo la handicapped by the
thawing of the soil and th muddtnese
of the roads, but If they euceeed they
will hav rendered uaeleea the Bait la
equadron'a Journey and practically have
that fleet at their mercy. If the land
forces can capture Vladivostok before
the aurvtvora of Rojestvensky's f.set
get there, a great point will nave been
scored. :."'". fv i !
New I expected at any time of tire
arrival of Kamamura'a army before t
city. , With Kamamura la Nogt, with hi i
veterans of Port Arthur. En route t
join them la a fresh army from Japan cf .
to, 000, which haa been landed at Dainy
within the laat weak.. .
The Russlana have not a large garri
son tn Vladivostok, most of tha tror- i
having been aent to reinforce the m i
army lit Manchuria, nor la tr r i
strongly defended en the land St.. , i
fortress 'having been planned ae v
algh Impregnable against naval at:.
. js ws Fxxa tiT
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Vienna. April IT. Ls '
smlgranta en routs to a
rived at Oalats. All
from central 1 f
are flee"t '
which t
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