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.VOL. IV. NO. 222.
Captain' Loses Bearings in Driv
ing Snow Storm and Steam
; ; er Hilda Is Wrecked" ;
r Off French Coast. ,
WATER REACHES BOILERS ;
. CAUSING AN EXPLOSION
Vessel la Torn Jfato ;Thret , Parts
-r and All but Six Aboard Are Loft
-' - Fifty-Seven Bodies Washed Ashore
Amoiii Them the Captain's rJ-
sengers Die in Cabins, .1. - ;, j
, V' (Jest-sal Speclsl Service.)
St Malty Pranc. Nov. ft. Definite
Information regarding th .wreck of the
"turner Hildt Is lacking. Reports
this morning from various points on the
(roast stats that 67 bodies havs been re
covered.' Fifteen havs been washed
aahor at Brest.
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OTHER
- meager details . of the occurrences
board the Hilda. It Is now stated that
Captain Gregory fired rockets, which
.. were answered by keepers at the Jardin
. . lighthouse. Apparently the replies were
-unseen or misinterpreted. .. Amonsr the
. tain Gregory and Chief Of fleet Pearson.
Evidence shows that Captain -Gregory
. lost his bearing In a driving- nowstorm
:' end ran onto the- rock, wlisi a Sam water
-' reached .her boilers and caused an ex
. plosion, tearing the ship . into three
pieces. Passengers drowned In the state
, rooms. The body of the mate was found,
, the dead1 hand rasping' a life belt which
he had no time to put on. A capsized
: lifeboat was , found on the beach near
'. where II bodies were recovered. It, la
presumed the casualties were .
' .- tMtt la a Oal.' - ' - -' '
The steamer Hilda, left Southampton
"'.for St. Malo Saturday with tt passen
gers and a .crew of It aboard.' Of the
105 passengers and crew but alt are
' known tor hav survived. ' . They were
picked up by the Chateubriand.- which
arrived here last night. .;
- The vessel left - Southampton in " a
. blinding snow storm.' The wind was
browing a gale and the waves were
mountain high. When off Pontes rocks
- the vessel was caught by a atrong cur-
rent and driven against the outermost
promontory. ' She broke into pieces" Im
mediately and sank before It waa poa
' elhle to launch lifeboat -
Passengers were ..thrown from their
berths by tha shock and rushed on deck
nan cwa. , i ne weswisr ws siiwi-r
aU-awil III rum tlm fnneii 'vim
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be worked the ahlp had broken to pieces.
'"-Tha survivors report that Captain Alex
ander waa on the bridge at the time and
as the vessel went down his voice could
be heard above the winds,' ordering the
crew to launch tha boats. " ' ,
. All that can be aeen of the veaaei thla
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CHURCH, SAYS PREACHER
Dr. E. L. House Agrees With Rev. H. C. Shaffer Dr. Hill Says
; No H. W. Stone :iDr. Clarence True Wilson Wants
: I T Renegades to Come in Others Hold Various Views.
- "Do you believe In the. total prohlb
; ,. tton of the beverage liquor trafflcT"' "
That sounds Ilka a .harmless ques
tion, enough. but on Its answer will de
pend hereafter -the admission tn or ex
clusion from tha First United Brethren
church. It la not on record that Rev.
; H. C. Shaffer la the advance advertising
. agent for tha W. O. T. 17 or atump
speaker for the Prohibition party, but
he recently haa Inserted thla new test
of membership to hia church-nd ha
i haa a well-trained congregation. , They
tare ready to stand by htm. - - -, v
A week ago, when ha admitted two
- candidates he asked them the question
above and the, new . departure raised
. some comment. The cateohlsed ones
mads no objection and answered satla
" fantorlly.
. But others were not ao easily. eatle-J
ned.
(V o All Wit Shaffer.
''.Home felt that I hey. had been dealt
, with unfairly' because they hsd not hsd
chance to tell the world their- views:
.othera thought perhepe tha newcomera
had been chested because .they paid
more than , the old requirement. The
- mlnlstera xt tha city considered the
. question In relation to their own con-
gregstlons and reeoheti different coni'lu,
' slona,' Mr. HhsfTer gives Ma reasons
.. for asking tha question an follows:
"I-'IretTo emphsalae Ilia fact , that
, the church la oppoaed to the liquor
trafno. , -
"KecondTo emhoily a' prllcal test
fi memberahlp, In connection with the
,' doctrinal l-Kt .wh h dlrnrty have,
j "Tliinl To c" t ,i (,! t r :i mme pitfrtly
British ; Ship Garsdale ' Wrecked
and Abandoned Off Cape Horn
Crew Rescued and ?
Taken to Scotland. '
SHE WAS SUPPOSED r.
; TO BE OFF, THE BAR
Barken tine Katie Flickinger Strikes
5 Off Redondo but' May Be" Saved
Fear for the Eskasoni, From Ant
werp. Which. Has Been" Posted M
- Overdue; " ' -
Finally the mystery surrounding the
nonarrlvst of the British ahlp Garsdale
t thla port "haa "been explained, a 'mes
sage received this morning stating that
she was : abandoned off Cape 'Horn In
September. The officers and crew were
picked tip by a steamship and taken to
Lilreenock. Scotland. On their arrival
there yesterday tuey sent oui xne iirai
word concerning- the fata of tha vea-
sel. . ' - .- ' - . .-, V. '- v- .
The Oardare.-;aptaln. KliitT"al1ed
from Shields. England, on June' IS, for
consequently waa fully due here and
those Interested in the vessel and her
cargo have been expecting her to put
In an appearance-everyday for the past
two weeks. - A ' couple or cargo snipa
-era sighted off the mouth of tha Co
lumbia a week ago waiting an oppor
tunity t 'cross the bar' It was confi
dently believed that the Oarsdale waa
one of them, and arrangementa were be.
tng made to take- care of the freight
as soon, as she arrived. ;; v
Waa etraek hr OtM. . -
No detailed account of the wreck has
been received, but it Ms supposed , that
the v ship waa struck- by a gale and
stripped of her rigging. It la. thought
that aha eleo sprung a leak and the
pumpa could not keep her free of water.
She was 'probably ' sighted ; by the
steamer aa sho waa drifting about help
lessly. It was then decided to abandon
ber. The cargo ts worth in the neigh
borhood of 1100,000. .which will have to
be assumed by tha underwriters. ' '
- The Garsdale was otmT?lh tona net
register, and owned In Liverpool by the
Palace Bhlpplrfg company.. She. waa
built at-Belfaat In lS8ft and ber dtmen
atone were 1(1 .feet length, st.f. feet
across tha beam and XI feet depth of
w.m ch. .i..j TnA- . .
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uei to Portland and ia well X
ges to Portland and ia well known here.
On her last trip ahe was In command of
Captain Workman. " v . ' -.
' . : . rear for - Xakaaioai. , -"Much,
uneaslnesa Is now being' felt
over the propuble fate of the Brltlah
ship Rskssont, which la out mora than
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'T JOIN HIY
that a man or woman who favora . the
liquor traffic la thereby confessing Ma
unregenerate condition In tho body . of
Christ. In other words, I believe that
a person who fsvors the liquor traffic
Is an unsaved person and ahoqld not be
admitted to tha church."
; Sr. Xonse Wit
Dr. R. JL House' of the First Congre
gational church agreea In a general way
with Mr. Shaffer. . Hia View may be
determined by tjje practical experience
he haa had. In Providence, Rhode Is
land, he wsa pastor of a church which
irade belief In the prohibition 'of the
liquor traffic on of the - requirements
ofchurch membership.
"Mr.. Shaffer's , pillion' la all . right
and the church Is consistent In Its stand
aa a church." ha said. "They are mere
ly putting Into practice the feeling of
the evajftgeUcsl church for years. Many
churches do not require candidates to
subscribe to prohibition and I waa pas
tor of snch-a chnrrh In -Providence,
but probably this could not be done with
my church here. It hi a matter that
rests with tha Individual churches. Con
gregational .churches as a rule, do not
do It. after all. the belief la Implied
In practical Christianity whether, it la
expressed' In church doctrine or not"
- 9t mm Opposed. f
Vr. H" P. Hill, of the First Presby
terian church, la emphatic, on the other
hand, that no such requirement should
be made. . "V . i
"No requirement should be Imposed
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PORTLAND, -OREGON. MONDAY -EVENING, NOVEMBER;' 20, 1905. SIXTEEN PAbES.
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v '''"",';' -'V'V ' ' Can Be Erected..'.... . -' ,;,l,
SECOND TRIAL OF
FOR ACCEPTING
Jury; 'Is Speedily Selected ; in
Judge Vandevanter's Court at ).
JCLouTsTTbday.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY DYER
.1
Kansas Statesman Accused of Accept-
- ing a Retaining Fee of Five Hun
' dred Dollars a Month From Kialto
Cet-Rich-Quick Concern p
v .. (Joarsal Special Service.) .- '
- St Louis. Nov. 20.-.The second trial
Of Senator Joseph R'. Burton began this
morning before Judge Vandevanter In
the federal court Among the wltnesaea
who appear against Burton this time la
Colonel D. M. " Ransdell, . aergeant-at-
arms of the United States senate.--Ha
wss not a witness at the first trial.
The Indictment charges that Joseph
R. Burton, while a senator from Kan
sas, received from the Rlalto Grain
Securities company tha sum of $500 la
cash. It waa charged that thla amount
waa paid In St. Louis for work per
formed by Burton before the depart
menta at Washington. , Burton Is not
charged ' with' . having ' . received any
money In Washington but he is charged
with having, agreed In fhla city to
accept 1500 a month. Senator Burton
waa Indicted and convicted on a charge
Grain Securities company for using
pis Influence in behalf of the company
in' matters pending "before tha post-
off lea department at Washington. I
The trial and conviction took place la
November, 190J. The case1' wss hp
pealed to tha supreme' court" snd ' the
rase waa sent bark for retrial.' A- new
Indictment was found by the grand Jury
ln'Marrh, l0t. ' Burton's attorney filed
demurrer to 'thla Indictment' and It
waa sustained. ' s- ; ''';
Judge Tsndeventer Immediately called
another grand Jury In order that the
ease might be considered before tha
statute of limitations became effective,
which waa last Saturday. . Last Wednes
day the demurrers to the Indictment
were overruled and the trial ordered for
today. ...,..,.. ,
A.SDactal venlra of 10 talesmen has
been drawn for tha case and a jury waa
early secured. United States District
Attorney Dyer presented the govern
ment's side to the Jury., .':,,-;., '.i , ...... -
NEARLY MILLION GALLONS
OF WHISKEY DESTROYED
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Connellsvtlla. Pa- Nov. 0. More than
HOO.000 gallons of whiskey furnished, a
destructive fire of a spectacular nature
at Broad ford yesterday causing dsm-
age to the amount of $4,000,000. Blue-
tinged flames from tha burning alcohol
shot high In the air producing a weird
spectacle. The .property destroyed ; be
longed o, the -Over-holt . distillery of
Broadford.'' ,, : ."' ' . ' ' '
PATIPRRS DECLARE WAR
... r' . IJesrssI SWtal Serrtea.) -..
- London, Nov. JO. Another , remark
able demonatratldn by.tha-anemployed
poor showing their -dlssatlsfaetlon with
the attitude assumed by the government
toward "their demands tor ' relief 1 was
made ' today. Thousand of ' men
marched through the atreeta of tha city
to Hyde park, where they, held a meet
ing. 'Violent, epeeohee were, made and
resolutions passed ,dclsrlng "Unending
wsr en-the rapitallatlo system'' and de
manding that. .they be furnished with
employment, as flens of thnosanda and
those dependent upon them are fare to
facowtth starvation.". -There-wa n
disorder. '"...,"
. The region where the paupers' live
mostly Is Poplsr, and the poverty' of
I'oplxr will he one of the, burning sub
jects Of tha coating winter before par
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SENATOR
BRIBE BEGINS
WOMAN GIVES GOLD JJIINE
AS -COURT EKDOrf-'EHT
Mrs. Llda De Mond PoryOr-4
. alls and Locates Claim for
fe -r-Benefit of 'Juveniles. 7-- -
. . . (Jsanial Special Berries.)
, Denver, Col., Nov. to. -Endowing tha
Juvenile Court society with the. proceeds
from the sale of a gold mine is the
latest fad of Mrs. Llda de Mond. ao
(Mety leader . and millionairess of this
olty..- Mrs. da Mond haa been Interested
for a number of years In tha work of
the Juveyile court, conducted by Judge
Benjamin B. Xindsey. She divides her
time ' and attention between Newport,
Bar Harbor and the eastern centera of
society and the serious work. of caring
for the poor and needy at home., ,.
.If we only had an endowment, fund,
sslf Judge . Lindsay to her when dis
cussing the philanthropic; project, "we
would be able to do a great deal more
good." v- . ,-'
Mrs. de Mond decided to give the. boys
of Denver a donation that ahe earned
all by . -krslf. . Putting . aside her
stunning gowns that had been the envy
of the faahlonable women of Capitol
Hill, and arraying herself 1n corduroy,
she hied away to Goldfleld. Nevada,
where tha -gold eacitement waa at Ita
and what she Tat ted In knowledge was
made up In seal for tbe boys' court of
Denver.- ' .-...' - v .
The Monlgbmery-Shoshone .mine 'had
just 'been discovered and tt waa decided
by etperts that the, ledge ran ' north
and south. Mrs. de Mond located ground
West of the discovery ahaft, naming her
clatma after ' two ; burroe-'TCentuckyT
and ."Golden"' rtod" which vcariied her
prospecting outfit , into -the desert ' t
' She :eold .the claims to ' Fred u.
Schafer for ' 1 2G. 000' on condition that
he act aa trustee and pay yearly Into
tha treasury of the Juvenile Court as
sociation fund In Denver one' fifth of
the' amount until the sum received fot
the claims la exhausted. -.' ' (
LEADER OF HOTTENTOT I
REVOLT DIES OF WOUNDS
, ". (Joaraar' Special tVrrlee.) ' -
Berlin. Nov. 20. A-cable received to
day . . from '- . Lleutenant-General , von
Trot ha. commanding tha German forces
In German Southwest Africa, announces
tbe death of Hendrlck Wltbot,- the
leader of the Hottentot revolt. His
death waa the result of wound s ; re
ceived while attacking ; the: 'German
force October tt. , , , He. Is sncceoded by
bie son lsaak- s. j'.,.;, (...-., . .j .. j
.. Btrmlagkasa Blase.
' i - IJoarnal Soseiat Harriet.! -- i
Birmingham. - Ala., . Nov... 10. Fire
starting. at midnight last-night caused
damage to the amount, of lltO.OOO'ln this
City, i ' , . .', ,-... : i
llament,-Th
e great stream- of ptrllan-.
throey 'hla hithnfto gone to Weatham.
to White Chapel and South London, but
will be turned thla year to Poplar.'
Poplar Is a fair type of the London
slums. It has mile after mile of close
strets Inhabited by three or , four families
to esrh four or five-roomed house. In
the district of 170.000 people there are
aurw than 11.010 peupra. Many thou
sirnils are out of work' and many thou
sands ' more are eo casually employed
tltat they are barely kept from etarva
tlon. . Tlis distress is not-temporary but
has continue steadily for a long ttms.
growing worse each year until It has
now apparently, reached .a climax. . .. .
- Scnf-ea of thousHnda of London's poor
are fnclng tbe eomlng winter wllh fear
arjd dread. They sre' the derelicts of
London, whom the change In modern
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STRIKERS RESUHE WORK AND FEELING
OF CALM PERVADES CAPITAL
HOV BOSS MURPHY MAKES
llllllO!IS ERnFIIKGr
Jefome,suestJorrT)fJi1owOtd
You Get ,lt, . Answered . ,
,' From the Tax-Payers
' fYemrest gaeetst SWvlee.1
JJew Tork, Nov. to.Klchard Croker
retired after. many 'years aa leader of
Tammany Hall with a fortune esti
mated at IS.0OO.000. .-r.
' Beginning aa a. poor' man. Boss
Murphy-la believed to have a fortune
that surpasses Croker'a and tha next
four years will make him . the richest
political boss in America, providing
Hearst is not successful In the recount
Murphy's policy is secretive,, yet soma
facta have been secured throwing light
on hia fortune-creating methods. The
contracting company of which ha la be
lieved to hold 8 of Ita 100 aharea haa
enjoyed a monopoly of all the big con
tracting business the last three years
and obtained cotnracts footing up til,
000.000. . ' . ;
. Murphy has Wall street headquarters
and buys stock tlpa front financiers who
need political friendship. AU the minor
Tammany grafts are controlled by him
through hia brother -Jack. Murphy con
trols men who spend f 111,000,000 a year
and an organisation - which can raise
1 1,000.000 by personal assessment on Its
membera. . ; .
No railroad .nnmnany ran gaf s frsa.
chlse or enter a new street without his
friendship. ; No gas or electric lighting
plant, not even thoaa run by .loekefeller.
can 4ut up. a new plant or extend Ita
lines without his. .favor. Nonpublic
enterprise .requiring "the .use , '.of .the
streets can flourish or do business if ,he
should say.no. , ; .,'-,' . j
, . These are. the extraordinary., aourcea
of .wealth which, thla man enjoys, who
seven years ago was 'an , active saloon
keeper and "who" le-now -without any
business and draws no' salary,
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ISTHMIAN COMMISSION
: MAY BE ABOLISHED
1 -,.. i . aroomal Special fterrlee.r !
.Washington. I. C Nov. 40. The pres
ident Is much-disgusted with' the report
of the hoard of. consulting .engineers
on the 'Panama canal -recommending a
aea level canal, as 'It,, will , take much
longer to attain' a practical4 result, tend
he is contemplating a nsw. Panama. deal
entirety. Ha may abolish .the Isthmian
commission. and' place: the entire work
under one man... x . ; '
Congressman Mann of. Illinois, at tbo
esecutlva'a suggestion,- will Introduce a
bill Into tha house which the admlnis''-
tratlon will back; providing for such, a
change as i that- outlined. , - . . -
Secretary Taffwill speak, at Kaaaas
CJty tonight and It la expected will
outline the- gnvemment'a pollcyv -it-Js
known ' that tha canal appropriation Is
exhausted' tan-d" the committee mnch
hampered by the warfare which the
railroads are quietly-waging- . , -
conditions have
left hopelessly behind.
Without ' crafts.
without . knowledge.
many of them with hope tfVSdt they fare
a future that good, trade can do little
to relieve aftd bad trade must greatly
darken, ", r . '. '.
; To these regions have drl.'ted the
ahlfttess and Im-apables. attracted by
low rent.' by chance of casual work anu
by tbe abundance of relief. To them are
added - scores ef .thouasnds of locslly
born people who are- trained In atirh-S
way that they cannot, be anything else
than casuals. . ,
Th atreets 'proclaim the lives , of th
people. . They... are endless rows' o
cheaply built . houses and rrumtllr
walls. . Windows sre stuffed with paper
end houses and. doors have riot aoen
paint for a generation, tftshea with "r
thalmlo eye and llrls dirty beyond r e
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PRICE TWO
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Until a Suitable Permanent Building
l.:v: - ' - - i - . - .'.'.
Premier Witte . Apparently Has
. .Situation in Russia Well -'
" ". '. i IrTHand. ZIli ".'ZZ.ZJ'
RELEASE OK POLIIICAL
? PRISONERS CONTINUES
Preparations Being Made for Exten-
- sions of Csar's Promised Reforms
jand Zemstvas Preparing jfot Their
First Parliament. L: '..'i '-i.'.
Jaamal Special Service.)
St Petersburg, Nov. to With tha re
sumption of work thla morning by the
strikers tha Immediate danger tt an up
rising ' In the capital haa passed and
there seems little doubt that Premlet
Witte- now haa the situation well In
hand, and supported by the oooaen-ailve
and moderate Liberals, whom tha ex
cesses of tha Radicals have driven to
rally about tha premier, the new govern,
ment haa - successfully passed Ita' nrrt
crisis. ' '..;. ? . :
Preparations ' are going on for tha
extension of tha 4 reforms promised by
tha csar. Tha release of political pris
oners continues. The aemstvos are
preparing for the first parliament and
indications point to Ita general accept-
ty f' rr"- ' th ""'y "f w
out of. threatened diaordera. The
tension of tha franchise Is generally ex
pected, i . . ...-.
Reports from different provinces, while
showing-' some 'troubles' of 'an agrarian
order, are? for !th moat part more re
assuring ttoday. t While the situation up
to within thcJast 4S hours had reached
an (exceptionally -acute stage, a -feeling
now pervades the-capital -that If no. un-
roresecn inciaeni -occurs to msr ins pree-
ent .state- of -affairs -Russia, will shortly
be embarksd on.a new era marked with
Increaalng peace and prosperity. ,.,. I
That there - are , good reasons for
H this .feeling is shown by the action
taken by the peasants' . union , todsy.
when . its . members. . numbering many
thousands, unanimously decided to co
operate with , the -workmen ' who are
striving-for reforma t .'. (
" While the reforms asked for will be
urged, the 'Intention Is to cooperate la
such a manner aa to avoid a recurrence
of bloodshed and disorder that has
marked the many struggles for recogni
tion In the past ,
BRITISHERS ALARMED.
..' ,s - . i - r ', ,r.
BewMaate ef OdeeM fee Outbreak and
'." r ' "vTia Seasaad , aai-a, .v . '
.(Joaiaal apedal BurWs.t . - - -.,
Ode sea. Nor. 20. Feartna a. reoccur
renew of - rioting the British- resklerita
met today and arranged to asaemhl at
the eon sulfite at tha first sign of trouble
and, demand a guard of. soldiers, . The
situation la diaquletlng,. Th ,ao-callad
(Continued an Page Fourteen.)
lief play in the gutters tnstda tb
homes are Indescribable, dirt la the Out
standing feature, beds are fclack massea
of nth and the people eeem to be fast
lapsing -Into barbarism.
Most of tha people cannot get m-evk
to do because they know no way of work
worth doing. . Machinery has tnkrn tlit
place of the, crude -work they formerly
did. Ve-y few of the -men who are now
MHng about their homes can do wov.k
of marketable vain.
. An teTnrt" to relieve the poor per
menenlTy mtrt fto three thlnre. Tt must
trive "r-n.-k to work men t-hn tmve ot
l':r- l.iihit of lihor, hr DieMrt of hunger:
in- i j i'ivii!. trrtln'tig f-r tli' yo-i(ia.--r
r n an. I pin-' create new tra-lc
t-ii 1 - ' f Er.'tt th of ni-l I'n o-ii
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CAPITALISM
CENTS.
ow Ttaivs md msu's
aiano. m ci.au.
Mayor Lane Says He Found That
Grapevine Une Was Being
- Operated From Clack-
' am as County. 7 :
POOLROOM A ROBBERS'
NEST, ANYWAY, SAYS HE
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Was Operated to Get Portland Peo
ple's Money Question Now Arises
as to Whether Police Court Has
Jurisdiction Since Raided Milwaukie
Club Waa Outside City Limits. :
1 had good reason to order th ral4
of the Milwaukie club Saturday, night,"
aad Mayor Lane today. . "I discovered
that a grapevine line waa being oper
ated from the poolrooms in Clackamas
county to tha Warwick club In this city
over which they were sending results
of th races.
"In my opinion this ' was nothing
more tha tt"a srflemr to "lend Inaidtoost y
to the reopening of gambling In thla
city. If they aaw that auch operation
yiyldLbe permlMd ihy qmm n,tm.
to encroach little by little nntt! open
gambling houses .would . be maintained
ail over the town.. ' .
-"Thai poolroom In Milwaukie la noth
ing more, than a robbers' roost anyway.
I The gamblers entice men to go from
Portland to their resort where their
money la taken from them. , They do not
bait for men from the other aide of tha
county line. It's the . Portland peopla
they are after. The proprietors of thla
resort knew perfectly 'well that they
were within the four-mile limit of tha
city. Just over the line, and that they
were violating the law. Why didn't
they go beyond the four-mile limit
where they couldn't be disturbed T
" Did OalrBwty.
"After being advtaed by attorneys
that it was within my Jurisdiction to
order the poolrooms closed at MUwaukle.
I decided to act. I waa doing nothing
more than I should. Th fellows who
run this club and who go there to gam
ble are my boys. They llv Irt Portland
and are trespassers In Clackamas coun
ty. I simply ordered my men to go
there and bring thee boys home where
they belong.
"I consider that I have don my doty.
The matter Is now out of my hands, and
it'a up to th court to decide whether
the men who run the club are guilty or
not." - ,. v ,.- ,
Attorney McGinn was tluflrafjs:
toThe mayor's office this morning. in
heretofore haa assisted In the prosecu
tion of all the big poolroom and Sam
sung eases In this city under th Word
regime and la exhibiting unusual Interest
In the raid which wss' made Saturday
night. . '
Mr. McOInn told th mayor that the,
raid was legal, .
- Knotty &gal Qaaatioav
By having th Mllwaukl Country rluh
raided by th police Mayor Lan haa
raised a , knotty legal question, whlclt
will have to be untangled In th courts.
Attorney Dan J. Malarkey. who with.
Senator George C. Brownell. will rep
resent, th defendants, appeared irt th
police court toefor Judge Cameron, this
morning and raised a -enteetkm as to- th
Jurisdiction of that tribunal to sit In
Judgment on th case. Juris Cameron
set Wednesday morning aa lb tlm (or
argument.
Both Judge Cameron and IVputy City '
Attorney Kltigerald. while not fully In
formed on th statua of th affair, say
that they do not believe th law will Jus
tify them In trying th case. , Demit?
City Attorney Fitzgerald asserts- that
a police Judge has ' jurisdiction only
over crimen committed within th city
boundaries.
. '-: -' W Jartskrtloa Kara. '.',
Th asm opinion Is held by Demit
District Attorney Haney. who declare
that tha constitution guarantees a per
son arrested for any crime th right to
a speedy trial In th county In whfrhi
in orrens is alleged to have been committed-
Whether or not the circuit
court haa Jurisdiction ta a proposition -
that Wilt hav to b settled Inter.
In case the defendant can he tried
In thla -county. or must be tried In
Clackamaa county. It la said, th char.
ter provisions sllow th mayor to hav ,
th police mid the club every night If ,
he sees fit and to destroy all gambling
paraphrnallM. This would 'Keep ti e
gamblers from carrying on their bust
weea.' . " - ' ' . ' -'
" Oaat Destroy fmraltura.
' "t have not Inifted'np the;.) w. rlly
enough to entitle me to ei-vuk posi
tively." as id AUorney Malmkey. "hut t
do not believe the polios oi irt of I'.irt
land has Jurisdiction In cams where ar
rests ace inlw arwl rrime nM.-u l t-
have been rommitie.t In itn..''"i (...,fir'-
Nor do I holleve I':'- ". '" ' if
tills count v run
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