THE:; OREGON DAILY 'JOURNAL, TORTLAND; . MONDAY EVENING? DECEMBER 18. I90J.
OREGONIAN HOLDS v FALSE ; FIGURES
FROM PURELY SELFISH MOTIVES
Willing to Damage the Town to
Hold Exclusive New 6erv-
; ice Franchise.
CONSEQUENTLY-IS EAGER
; TO WITHHOLD TRUTH
yrhtn Portland Officially Hat One
; Hundred and Fifty Thousand In
habitant! . Others May Get Bite at
; ' Tall Tower's Apple. ; ' ''"VVJ V
Lest it lose Its exclusive Associated
.Press franchise for Portland and la a
radius of SO miles hi all directions, the
'Oregonlan is upholding the absurdly
Inadequate eensus taken this year under
,the state law, which assigns only 110,
' ,869' population to this city. The Ore
-gortlan vis working under a 'franchise,
secured many years sgo, which gave It
the exclusive privilege of printing Asso
' 'elated Press reports In this' territory
... untl) the city of Portland reached 180,-'
1 .000 Inhabitants. Cnder the terms of
that franchise, so' soon as Portland at
talned that magnitude the Associated
'Press waa to be free to Sell ltstele-
- 'graph report to any qther publication. ..
' The adequacy of Assessor' 8lglers
..figures wss called in question . by The
-Journal several months ago, , when the
assessor, gave out the information that
'the census approximately would show
-about- 110.600, people living here. -- Tests
.were spoiled and : the census proven
to be eS.000 short - of the true figures.
(Business men objected to the publication
of the official enumeration, so obviously
'short of the truth, -but there was no st
fternpt to improve the. situation, beyond
'the work of The Journal to prove that
- .the " assessor had not secured all the
fnames. .. '.....
" - Oreg-oaiaa's Attitude. . .
$ The morning Oregonlan supported the
tiMHori Incomplete returns as correct
tend persisted Tin the contention that
i Portland had only: 1 19,000 people last
'spring when the census 'was taken.
Prominent men of the city wondered at
ithe attitude assumed by the, morning
Fpaper. The explanation of the Oregon
Man's attitude has been discovered to be
tits desire to keep down the official
records of census-taking so ss to delay
?-tha time . when' Portland Is credited
.officially with 150. 004 population. aH
i which time the Oregonlan e contract
Uli SEEMS TO
TAB
I
j Case Against Him Falls Flat and
Probably the Fight Will
- V, ej-Sj " fas. ' '' a '. V' '"t
;. Be Dropped.
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-dUDCTittS-AGATNST-
DEFENSE'S LAW POINTS
And the Facts Are Admitted There
'j.fore Auditor Devlin Will Have to
Give , Up Police Captain's Salary,
1 to All Appearances,
t
An amended answer In the case of
..Captain Patrick Bruin vs. Thomas Dav-
, lln, c,lty auditor, wherein the former de
mands bis November , salary, was not
Bled of ' the city attorney's office this
: morning. R. W. Montague, counsel for
Bruin, agreed fo a further extension of
two days for filing the answer. As
'Judge Fraxer ruled against about all of
the points of lsw brought up by the de
,fense when the case waa argued'on de
murrer, and the facts " were conceded,
"there seems little prospect of the man
damus being defeated In the circuit
court. Judge Fraxer announced from
the bench that be was not disposed to
"Jet a mandamus hearing go into the
-legality of regularly eonstltuted official
bodies, the result of which Is to force
'the city auditor . and the. council, at
(Whose suggestion he Is acting, to some
other "remedy for contesting the regu-
larity of Bruin's appointment. -City
Attorney McNary has returned
home and Is Investigating the case in
-conjunction with Deputy J. P. Kava
naugh. They, did not care to say this
.morning what ultimate course would be
adopted, but the Impression gains that
the mandemug cannot be . opposed fur
ther. '..A kindred case,' In the nature of quo
warranto, wherein Patrolman O. F.
ilsaksoh contests Bruin's appointment,
-was called on the motion calendar this
morning. Arguments "on. a demurrer to
-the complaint of Isakson will be made
tomorrow, probably lrt the . afternoon.
'As quo warranto Is practically the only
procedure open for contesting Bruin's
. title to his .office, the reel force of the
- legal fight against him will probably be
'.concentrated In this case. . '
rrWO INSANE PATIENTS
f ESCAPE FROM ML TABOR
r -
t James Fox and Herman Kaiser. In
; mates of the Mount Tabor sanitarium,
t escaped from that Institution at :
. ! o'cloek last night snd Kaiser has eluded
(Call efforts to capture him. Fox was
i found this morning by Special Officer
, fWsa-non and returned.
I Neither of the men is considered dan
(gerous, though suffering from mental
jj troubles. The police are exerting every i
Leffort to espture Kaiser. ,
r SEN ATE CANAL BILL IS '
; ' TURNED DOWN IN HOUSE
' : ' - -
fjoeraal Sperfil S-rrle.. i
I Wsshlngton, D. Dec It. The
'house disagreed on'the--senate bill sp
preprinting 111,000,000 for the csnsl, the
main disagreement being In regard to
the status of th bonds... . ",
' To-ft' Is im Oestody., v -
- ' " (Spertiil IlMeli e The JoorssLll- ------i-trv4.
"Or.. TJecrir WIllUnTCole.
' who waa arrested' In Elgin for forgery,
was brousht to lm Orande and Is la the
county la II to await the next term of
the circuit court. He Is charged, with
having forged two checka fb BakeivCHy,
- two In La Orande and two. In Elgin, an
la Orande the name of Julius Fisher
-vtaaV forged. - .'"r ' '''""
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with the Associated.. Press for the ex
clusive service here must end.
; In paat years there was only "normal
interest In the subject of population on
the part of the Oregonlan, and the. or
dinary consideration was paid to the
matter with the usual boasts of -rapid
growth 'and bright 'future for r Portland'
ss evidenced by the accretions of popu
lation. .-; .- -
Five years ago. In ) 000,. the federal
census showed -00,000 people,' and was
popularly thought to have been . Inade
quate. The five' years following have
been prosperous and there has been
steady .low - of , people from - eastern
states, which, added to natural Increase,
should have given the city a large addi
tion to the figures of 1000. ' .
- People am Surprised. i :
i The people were .smased, then, when
the -assessor's -figures were published
this year and It was found that only
lio.ooo population waa 'to be credited.
The Polk Directory company, through
the manager, Mrs. R. "U Clinton, took
up ths matter and detailed enumerators
to test a given district The result waa
to prove the assessor's . returns to be
Inadequate. Comparisons were made of
various figures relating to (the general
bualness activities of the ajtyj among
them the number of postal carriers em
ployed by- the poetofflee here and - In
every Instance the result was that at
least 160,000 population was indicated
and soma tests showed as high aa 166,-
000. This wss last spring. Since that
time the people have been coming by
the scores. ..- - - - . . . .
The publication of such an absurdly
Inadequate enumeration Just at this
time is regarded as a serious blow st
the city's prospects during the best
yesr of Its lrf;- 106, for.thst the com
ing It months ire full of wonderful pis-
siDimies is conceded. . 1
The blow strikes In many places: not
the least Important effect wrought Is
that Intending Investors will, estimate
values of realty largely according to
the well-known rules of ths financial
world. Into which population enters as
cne or - tne determining - elements. -
The chamber of commerce, the board
of trade, the Manufacturers' association.
the commercial club and all bodies
that In any way engage In exploitation
work todajr carry "on their printed sta
tionery'' the" "assertion that Portland has
!. 000 to 160,000 people.
It is commonly remarked on , the
atrsets,..aa It has. been -durlag.tbe.pesl
months, that probably there la no prece
dent for. a newspaper In a growing city-
at the halcyon period of Its existence,
deliberately, misrepresenting the popula
tion of ' Its . home place end denying
it Its rightful classification as to sise
among the rivals of Its region.
EXPRESS CAR ROBBERS GOT
OHUOF; $37.37;
Used So Mucnr:Dyh4mite They
Lost Most of What little
Money There Was. -
- It la said the trainrobbers who dyna
mited toe .. 'express-ear of overland
limited train No. 1. wt
iui uiuiu racinc. at Yakima canyon
Saturday evening, - did not get enough
(-money to pay their fare to Tacoma.
The actual loss of the Northern, Paclfio
Express company -la 137,87 In money rta
leaa than WjO 'worth of valuables are
missing. i ' ."jy-
"We have " possession of our , money
waybills and have been able to make
an accurate check 'of the amounts In
the safe," said M. 0.'. Hall, superin
tendent of the express company for ter
ritory west of "ths Rockv mountalna.
f who bas offices In the Worcester build
ing. "It Is practically certain that the
robbers left the scene 'of their crime
without a dollar . of , money .from the
train."
' He said the mistake made by the rob
bers was in" using' too,, much dynamite,
and It happened that there was little
money In 'the csr. -'There were two
safes a heavy through safe, and a
safe for local business. They blew both
ssfes to pieces, both side doors and the
roof out of the car. The money way
bills war' In ---portfolio,- which was
blown to one end of the car, and after
ward1 found ftrtact The small amount
of money that was In the safes was
blown about In ths car and later was
picked up by the messenger.'
"Would-be. train robbers hsve an erro
neous Idea about the amount of money
that Is carried In express cars," said
Mr. Hall. "There is but little cash car
ried. Ninety per cent of the money we
handle is In chocks,, drafts and non
negotiable paper."
UMATILLA WATER-USERS
ORGANIZE CORPORATION
(Sneriil Dispatch to The JearsaL) '
Echo, Or., Iec 18. The- Umatilla
River Water-Users' association, which
was formed here last week for the pur
pose of securing water under the gov
ernment irrigation project,' has formed
set of articles of Incorporation and
by-laws, which have been forwarded to
the secretary of the Interior for ap
proval. The organisation was .'exempt
from any fee, which law was passed by
the legislature when the Malheur Water
Uaers' association was formed. The
capital stock of the association waa
placed at $540,000, which Is one half, of
the amount -required.' It Is necessary
to.sstiscrlbe one half before the organi
sation may be perfected.. . .
Two hundred and fifty subscription
and contract blanks hsve been ordered,
and shares of Stock will Immediately lye
taken at Itto eacn.
BELASCChTHEATRE '
SUIT OVER A PLAY
The Belanco' theatre "company has
brought suit against C. B,' Clement and
V. F. Rogowhy for the payment of
t3K. The petition saya that on May It
contract was made between the com
pany and these men whereby "The Cori-i
quest" should be staged and played at
the Belosoo theatre.
According to the contract, the week
from July 1 to I wn to be devoted to
the plsy and the first, night was to be
authors' night. Ths defendants agreed
to pay the company $1,000 on that night
and I all the proceeds from the house
were to go -to these defendants. hAlL but
$311 wss paid to the company. ,V '
Jndge Sears Is Settee.
" Circuit Judge Alfred T. Sears, Jr,
Is reported to be Improving as rapidly as
coulj be expected. At the present, he
Is forced to tske absolute rest snd Is not.
aj lowed to are hts friends, nor to trans
act any business. H- Is- eupec ted that
he will be able to resume his duties on
the feancb within a fw weeks. 1 .
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SEAkGIIIiJG globe
: FOR KiSER
Sheriff ThinksHe Was Shang;.
haled and Notifies Every
Port on the Map.
AMERICAN CONSULS ARE. ...
SEEKING LOST. MAN
Northwest Has Been Explored With
out Result and Ends of the Earth
' Are Now Being Thoroughly Ex'-.
plored. ' ''".'
Sheriff Word and Deputy Sheriff John
Orussl are now of the opinion that Oaqar
Klser, who so mysteriously disappeared
last October, .was shanghaied and -la
now on some sailing craft upon the high
" Y
Oscar kiier.'
seas. Acting upon this theory. Sheriff
Word ha written to the American con
suls at all the ports a bo at the world
where ships ' have cleared for from the
Ing msnt Photographs of Klser accom
pany the letters. ' -i ' ,
'This morning word wss received from
the consul st Queenstown, Ireland, prom
ising to watch Incoming ships. This Is
tle second letter received by a foreign
hnaul h h hrie . ' -
"We have had the cities of the United
States and Canada, carefully searched.
of Klser, Orussis nd myself, "through
a '"'"rh JnrfTlriitl"r "f -
ut along the Columbia river below
the mouth of the Willamette have aome
cluea that. lead, us to think that Klser
waa shanghaied. If so, we are going
to do - everything ' possible to get hlra
back hpme'j , t ; '
ARRESTED FOR CENTENNIAL
HOTEL HOLDUP . . .
j'. " M I I is ...'"
D. W. Tolck and Herman Broth
ers Suspected, But Tell
Straight Stories. v ...
D. W. Tolck and Herman Brothers
were taken In custody today by Pa
trolman J. F. Anderson on suspicion of
.being tne men who .committed the dar
ing holdup at the Centennial hotel Fri
day night. Both are young men and
answer the descriptions.- of the high
waymen. .... . - ''
Immediately after the arrest of the
two men detectives .were sent to their
rooms at Seventeenth and Thurman
streets to search their . belongings.
Nothing of an incriminating nature was
found and the most rigid examination
by detectives at headquarters failed to
bring out -evidence against. the men.
They likely will be released.
"Their, arrest wss in line with the
search thst we are mnklns," said Chlsf
Orltsmacher. "We are doing our ut
most to apprehend 'the' criminals. We
are taking no chances- and those whom
we have reason - to suspect are taken In
and must be able to Rive good accounts
of themselves. ' I have little doubt of
eventually capturin6the men who are
guilty of the holdup. . .
At Coroner Flnley's undertaking es
tablishment this afternoon an inquest
is In progress concerning ' the death otd
Thomas- Clem ml ns, the aged sailor,
whose bra-very cost him his life. Clem-
mine died at Good. Samaritan hospital
Saturday, afternoon, from a wound he
received In the abdomen.-
Funeral servlces will be held Wednes
day afternoon at Seamen's Institute.
UNITED ARTISANS
, MEET AT HOOD RIVER
(Special tXipatrh to The Journal.) -
Hood. River, )r., Dec. 18. Members
of the Order, of "United Artisans held
high 'carnival here last night In the
wsy of a district meeting, r Members
from The Dallea, White Salmon, Mount
Hood, ' Mosler .and Hood River were
present and a -large olass of candidates
was initiated, i ne aistrict proaucea o
candidates. . Among those initiated were
Editor Mne of the Hood River Glacier,
and Mr. Hall, a' civil engineer. The
worK was exemplified lrt a highly cred
itable manner by the following members
from Montavllla assembly: Raymond
Gill, Ktnll Kllng, Orvllle A. Stevens,
Emmett Huffman, Coral Lambert, Min
nie Butler, Flora Kreglow, etrnc'eT Oil
man, Frank Barrlnger, William !
Reckner; Edward Gill and Nell Taylor.
The meeting was an interesting and
enjoyable .one. ,t ,- . .
BILL-TO EXCLUDE JAPS
V INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
(Joeraal Speeial Berries.) ,,
, "Washington, Dec. 1. Representative
Hayes of California Introduced In the
house toddy a' bill' extending the Chi
nese exclusion fewa to the apanese and
Korean ud their deseeDdahts.'-'"" " '
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TELLER PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEnORY
i OF LATE SEHATOR r.llTCIIELL
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Colorado Statesman-Tells Senate That ye Believes Dead Ore
; gonian Innocent Would Put His Long Years of Serv-
! ice Against, Testimony of Perjurers. ; ' v
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. - (Wsshlsgtoa Boreas of The Jooraal.) .
, .Washington, XX CX, Dec, 1$. The fallr
ure of the senate to take formal ftotloe
St the death of Senator Mitchell was
ramatlcally dlsoUssed In this morning's
proceedings, when a resolution naming
senate committees was offered for adop
tion. Bailey brought the matter up by
his Inquiring ss to the reason for ths
non-assignment of Burton to committee
duty. He alluded to the fact that. the
death of a- member had not ' been an
nounced to the senate, although, his suc
cessor was on his way to take his place.
Senator Teller opened the subject even
wider than Bailey had dona, and in a
voice trembling with emotion., he paid
an eloquent tribute to the late Senator
Mitchell, saying: - V
"To quote. Mr. President, we all know
that Senator Mitchell is dead. I never
would have mentioned., his ease in ths
senate but for the fact that the senator
has referred to It Whether- the law Is
as the Judges have held In his ease, I
would not believe. If called on here to
aot, that the "dead senator waa guilty
of any crime which would Justify his
expulsion from ths senate.
"Against the sworn testimony or con
fessed perjurers,' forgers, bribers end
CHARGED' WITH POISONING
A VALUABLE DOG
Seattle Couple' Arretted and
Determined Prosecution to Be
Fprced by'Fan.ciers. j r-'
rsneeUl Dlnnatch to The Joarsal.i
Seattle, Wash., Dec Is. Harry Bun-
sen-and hts wife,. well-known and old-
time residents' of Green JLake, were ar
rested this morning on a charge of pol-
sonlng.a bench dor belonging to A. M.
Clark, a dog fancier,' The animal waa
valued by its owner jat 1600 and waa. a
many time bench winner. It la benevea
that Bunsen and his -wife intended the
strychnine-saturated meat .for a mon
grel of the neighborhood that was steal
ing their chickens. : Mrs. Bunsen bought
he strychnine at .a drug store, accord
ing to the .ponce, ana piacea it in a
piece of meat which she threw on the
walk In front of her residence. - Jisrx s
dog came along shortly afterward and
ate It, causing death.
The dog fanciers of Seattle will make
and hia wife as there has been an epi
demic of dog poisoning here in the last
three months.- Dog fanciers declare
that canines valued at 12,000 have met
their death "from poisoning within the
last two months." Detectives In the em
ploy of owners are now collecting evi
dence against several persons. . i
MEIS!l4mEnEST-40E&-rll01-l(N017
AT WALLA WALLA
Arrangements JJnder Way to Get
Crazing Area on Weneha ,
, .. Reserve. . ' ;
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(Special Dlspatrk to The JoeraaL)
Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. It. Two
hundred arid fifty sheep and cattle men,
representing the livestock Industry from
Asotin, Washington, to La Grande, Ore
gon, were present this morning at a
meeting called by Superintendent D. B.
Scheller and Chief Rfinger J. M. Schmlts
for. the purpose of allotting permits for
grating on the Weneha forest reserve
for 106.,
The meeting was held' at' the court
house and prsslded over by Superintend
ent Scheller. To facilitate the granting
of permits the' whole matter was placed
almost entirely in the hands of the
cattle and sheep 'men themselves. , A
committee of 12 men, consisting of 9
sheepmen snd 11 cattlemen, was selected
from every part of Weneha reserve to
pass on applications for permits. The
committee of sheepmen is composed Of
William Blusher, Pendleton;- R. A. Jack
son, Dayton, Washington; R. A. Camp
bell, Asotin. Washington; B. D. Smith,
Meacham, Oregon; George Mottet, Walla
Walla; Charles Hales. Waltaburg. Wash
ington; D. Dsvln, Touchet, Washington;
Felix von Hollenbeck end H. C Bryson,
Looking Glass, Ores-hn; W. C. Johnson,
ejmatllla, and John Rust, Elgin, Oregon.
Cattlemen: ' Bert -.'Butolf. Columbia
county; B.-F. Flathers, Prescottr J. A.
Woodell, Union county; Mike Lynch,
Umatilla county; W. 8. Ollphant, , Oar
field; Eugene Thomas, at large; E. F.
Wilbur. Umatilla; E. U Ruth, ,Grond
Ronde; T. T. Glenn, Grand Ronde, and
William Choate, Grand Ronde. - ,
The. committee is to adjust and ap
portion ranges, assist the officers in
determining the claims of cattle and
sheep men and pass on applications for
permits.. It will probably take a week
to finish the work." - : " f '
EAST SIDE SUBURB
;';.;' WANTS A CAR LINE
A committee headed -by Isaiah Buck
man and including cltliens of Holladay
and Sullivan additions called on Presi
dent F. I. Fuller of the Portland Rail
way company Saturday and formally pe
titioned for extension of the streetcar
line a distance "of about 20 blocks to
serve a section of the east side now
without transportation.
They presented a petition signed by
residents-of the territory affected. They
propose an extension of ths 11ns along
a route beginning at the corner of East
Tenth and Burnslds and running north
to East Davlsv east to Sixteenth, north
to Irving and east" to the Sandy' road.
President Fuller, took ths matter under
advisement.' He sald:r . . .
W'-ThU proposition is one. of about IS
extension projects that have been asked
for and are under consideration. There
will . be no decisions made on any of
them until after the first of the year."
EDITOR IS SENTENCED-1--
- TO JAIL FOR LIBEL
Journal Special Berries.)
..New Orleans, ,peo, II. The state su
preme court today affirmed the sen
tence - of -elght months. In prison' for
Domlnlck O'Malley, proprietor, of the
Dally Item, convicted of orlmlnally libelling-
Majret- Bofcrmao' UT bis-pasen'
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thieves, I will put his long years of
honest service in this body. I will put
against it his devotion to -Interests of
bis people, and-the Interests of people
at large. ..'. .-.'-. .
"I will put against It the fsct that
this man with unnumbered opportunities
to create for himself wealth, went down
to hts grave practically a pauper.
"It will need more than the testi
mony of any self-eonvioted thief and
forger to convince me that Senator
Mitchell .was a criminal -at the, time of
his death, or at any time In his history.
Senator Fulton waa not; In the cham
ber when the discussion arose. - He
came In while It was In progress, but
took no part )n it His course In not
presenting the notice of his colleague's
death was defended by senator opooner.
who said: . . ,
"It Is easy to criticise the failure of
the senator from Oregon to announce
the death of his colleague, but It Is but
Justice to him to say that i he wished to
do so. Borne .or us minx ne was not
only excusable, but had ha done It, he
would unnecessarily have Intensified the
tragedy and brought, fresh sorrow to the
hearts, of those who loved John.H.
Mitchell." '..'. . -
ADIT CLOSED SEASON LAN
. IS OPENLY VIOLATED
Wash frig-ton Fish Commissioners
' Hold First Meeting With
; Fishing Interests.-
tS Dedal Dlsneteh ts The Jesrnal.)
Seattle,' Wash.. Dec. 1 i The first
meeting between the Waahlngton fish
commissioners and" fishermen, cannery
men, glli-netters and trap-owners re
sulted In a coafesilon on the part of all
the fishing Interests that the closed Sea
son law passed by the last legislature
for the protection . of salmon-is being
openly violated with Impunity. -
A representative of the - flahermen'a
union offers proof that the packers snd
trap-owners are paying no heed to the
law whatsoever. Charges mads by one
class of fishery 'men are admitted by
the other - class, who makes counter
charges.
The commissioners are asked to pre
pare a memorial to congress asking that
the duty on Canadian salmon be abol-
'4rxf rhr,'Pes)ssislft'y--- g4"-'aAk Hftgl(a-Sw'
fish buyers were driven from the Fraser
river this season by the Canadian au
thorities to their financial loss. The
sbolltion of duty would csuse the Cana
dian aalmon to ooma to the Paclflo coaat
markets. The commissioners refuse to
comply with the request on the ground
that it Is outaide of their province. - "
WHERE SWINDLERS ARE
mmmmm sssssmsBBs ' '
State Land Agent Has Not Been
Able fo Locate Puter and
McKinley.
State Land Agent Oswald West said
this morning thst be has not yet been
able to learn the present whej-eabouta
of 8. A. D. Puter and Horace O. McKin
ley; -although It la reasonably t certain
that they were In San Franclaco a week'
or 10 daya ago. ' Whether the two notorious-crooks
are still in the California
metropolis or whether they nave again
taken to flight la not known.
Some of the victims of the Puter
Mckinley swindles are showing, a curi
ous reluctance to . commence serious
criminal proceedings. The state land
agent is powerless unless some one of
the defrauded persons will take the
Initiative. Explanation of their appar
ent unwillingness to act msy perhaps
be found In the fact that the men with
whom Puter and McKinley were dealing
are reluctant to draw too close attention
to their own operations in state school
lands. . It Is said that sorts of the
genuine . school land certificates . which
they hold were Issued, upon fraudulent
applications and might be canceled by
the state If this fact-. became apparent.
Unless Puter and McKinley have made
some recent haul of which the authori
ties have not learned, their funds must
be running low. It Is known that when
they left Chicago a few weeks ago they
had been losing heavily In the gambling
houses and their "pile" wss greatly de
pleted. They were . In eastern Oregon
In November and went to San Francesco,
about the first of. this month..
LAFE PENCE GETS FAIR ;
PALACES FOR PITTANCE
For ths modest su,m of IS, 500 Lafe
Pence hse purchased practically all of
the buildings of the Lewis and Clark
exposition that were owned by the Lewis
and Clark centennial commission.-' His
new belongings Include the Oregon
SUta. the Manufacturing, Agricultural,
Oriental, Libera Arte and Emergency
hospital buildings, as well ae the colon
nade entrance. The dealt went through
last week, but .was not announced at
the time by President Jefferson Myers
for the reaaon that - the purchaser
wanted time v to procure extensions of
leases on the ground occupied by the
buildings and was afraid that he would
get the worst of It financially in case
the purchase wss announced."
Mr. Penoe represents eastern capital
ists In the deal. The plan Js to wreck
ths buildings and sell the material, ex
cept tno lighter lumber, which will be
used by Pence In the construction of Ir
rigation flumes. A supplementary deal
for the purchase of Festival hell, the
California, Idaho, Utah and Washing
ton buildings by the same parties Is in
prospect. .
Ths wrecking firm which Mr. Penoe Is
dealing with has already begun the
work of dismantling the buNdlnge he
has purchssed. '- - ,
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HALDEMAN -IS CLERK
OF CLAIMS COMMITTEE
(Joaroal Special Berries.) ,
' Washington, Deo. It. Senator Ful
ton today assumed the chairmanship of
the claims commutes, and appointed as
clerk of the committee , W. B, , Ilalde-
WITHDREW ON EVE
OF ELECTION
City ' Marshal " Harrington of
, Prineville Dropped Fromi
: ' the Ticket.
MAYOR ADVISED HIM NOT '.
- TO SEEK REELECTION
Recent Trouble With Wilfrid J. Craln
Had Nothing to D With Marshal'i
Withdrawal Two Other Candi
dates Left in the Field. X ;
' ranwiil rtlanateh ts Ths Jooraal.)
Prineville. Deo. !. R. J. Harrington,
city marshal of Prineville, whose recent
arrest of Wilfrid J. Craln has been the
occasion for much sensational comment.
Is not a candidate for re-election In the
city election which le In progress today.
It was his Intention to seek another
term, but Mayor Will wursweiier in
sisted that he ahould not run. and Har
rington accordingly withdrew at the
eleventh hour from the ticket The re
port was circulated that Harrington's
withdrawal was dus to ths trouble which
he had had with Craln, but this la em
phatically denied by Mayor wursweiier.
' "I ad vlaed Harrington not to run,"
said Mayor Wursweiier today, "but for
reasons that had absolutely nothing to
do with his trouble with Craln. Tnat
did not enter Into consideration at all."
There are two tickets In ths field to
day, one of them, headed- by Wursweiier
for mayor and the otner by v. jr.
Stewart. Harrington wae to have been
on the Wursweiier ticket as the candi
date for city marshal. Harrington's
withdrawal still leaves two .candidates
for marshal. W.. H. Kinder and J. H.
Crooks..
DRESSED AS MAN, ELOPING
GIRL IS ARRESTED
Nineteen-Year-Old Lily Howard
- and J. W. Farmer Caught
at Salem.
' (Speeial Disrates to Ths Jooraal.)
Salem. Or., Dec. IS. Dressed ae
man, Lilly Howard, the l-year-oia
daughter of Orln Howard, a well to do
farmer of Linn county. In company with
John W. Farmer of Benton county, was
arrested by Chief . of .Police Cornelius
thieoTtitnf. ",7'"'- "
Farmer Is a married man with a wife
and five children and has resided on a
farm about six miles north of Junction
City..' The Howards live acroaa the
river from him. The couple eloped Bat
urday night, coming -all the way to
Balem in a small boat, may arrivea
here last evening at dusk and ate sup
per at a restaurant and engaged a room
for the-night.- t.. : ,
, The 'aetiutig anil mimes tit un .'gTrT
arousjed suspicion and the chief waa
waiting this morning- wben they ap
peared, tha girl In her proper clothes.
When arrested they gave their names
and home address, but nothing more.
A telephone message to Junction City
brought the Information that they were
wanted and that the officers would be
after them. The girl is good looking
but not bright The man had a sack
containing 11.400 In cash. .
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WILL DOUBLE CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE BANK
ireto.HM Imiura 18. tha stockholders
. v. - au.,ir at w umvinwm A Trust com
pany have Increase the capital stock of
tha institution from szov.uuu v.
000. The amount of shares was S.tOO
k-. h- tnrrauaa to k.000. Stock
holders of record at this date are en
titled to subscribe for nsw snares pro
rater, to their holdings, up to January 1,
after which time the publle will be
offered the remaining stock. -
"The volume of business has grown
to a else that seemed to require larger
capital, and action was taken accord
ingly," said President C. F. Adams.
"The bank hu received a steady In
crease of business and the deposits have
reached 4.7S.610." -irk.
tunb has a aural us of tUSiOOO and
Its profit and loss account, leaa expenses.
Shows 10I,ZS. un uecemner i mere
m v wmiA mm this amount 127. BOO In
Interest on savings, and 112,500 In divi
dends to stockholders. . .
COUNCIL MAKES LEVY
NEARLY SIX MILLS
n,k. . .. - mrA mum ootnmittee ' of
-i,- .nun-il this afternoon fixed the
tsz levies for ths ensuing year and the
total will amount to nearly mills.
- 1 tt -the Mrs deoartment
they levied 114 mills, the limit under
the charter: police department, 1 mill;
street light, M mill; street repair,
,U mills; parks, .1 mill. 4
Levies are still to be made for the
library, and special bridge funds and for
Interest on bonded Indebtedness.
two-year sentence
" for running; amuck
; v. ';'. , ;., ii ' .
(Speel.l Dlipatrt to The JenrsaL)
Pendleton. Or., Deo. It. Will Chap
man, who ran amuck with a pistol In
Pendleton a few weeks ago, has been
sentenced to two years In ths peniten
tiary 'He was released on psrole and
the sentence will not be executed- unless
his future conduct ehould necessitate It.
According to District Attorney Phelps
Chapman waa found to have been erased
at the time by Indian whiskey.
BRITISH LAND FORCES X '
TO FIGHT THE CHINESE
; , ' ,..
(Joarnal Special Berries.)
Wsshlngton. Dec 1. British marines
have landed at Shanghai ,- and Kngllsh
ships in the harbor have cleared decks
for action.
Shanghai Is practically under martial
law. -All- foreigners are armed. - Reports
that aaft wsrs killed end msny w
are discredited. -
PLOT TO BLOW UP ! -CZAR'S
WINTER PALACE
(Journal Special service.) -St
Petersburg, Deo. 18. A plot has
been discovered to blow up the Winter
palace. An Internal machine haa been
found la tie poetotfloe at-Moscow.
SAYS WITHESSES
TOLD LIES
;i"-', '
That Is Why, According to At
torney Freeman, Lauren
V Pease Faces Jury.
SAYS HE IS DEBTOR ,
"' NOT AN EMBEZZLER
W. F. Zwick Testifies, However, That.
Pease Admitted He Had No Right
to Money He Had Failed to- . Turn
Over to Company. ' .
Lauren Pease Is facing a jury in
Judge Fraser's eourt charged with the
orlme . of larceny. , by embesslement of
tl.ett from the St Paul Fire Marine
Inauranoe company. In his opening
statement before the Jury this morning
Frank Freeman, one of the defendant's -attorneys,
declared that his client would
not be In court except for ths perjured
testimony given In the municipal eourt
by some of the state's witnesses.
. "Pease never had any authority ex
cept to collect the company's money as
its agent and remit it to the company,"
said Deputy District Attorney Bert
Haney. "He collected large sums, of
money and refused to turn them over.
But unless we can show that this man
attempted to commit a crime he cannot
be convicted." ' ,. ...... ' ...
Frank Freeman, of the law firm of
Freeman at Veaile, defendant's counsel,
said that he had carefully searched the
records of the .-American .and ' English
courts end that this was the first ease
he wss now aware of. In which a man
had been arrested on such a charge.
"During April and Majr." aald Mr.
Freeman.. "Mr. Pease collected 11,600,
not a eent of which -waa due the -eons,
pany until July, and then only the April
collections. , Agents of the company lit-'
formed Mr. Pease that he would have
0 day In which to pay this sum. and -
that if all of It could not be paid then,
he might pay fS00. Gentlemen, if that
is "embesslement then any one of you .
may be called guilty-of larceny for not
being able to pay a promissory note.
w. zwick, special agent of the In
surance company, teatlf led that -. last
June he had learned that Peaae was
offering undue premiums at a discount.
"I at once saw Pease. " said the wlt
ness, " who admitted that he waa em
barrassed, saying that he had paid other
pressing obligations. Pease hatl told
me, when he was appointed agent, that
he did not owe a dollar In tha town.
When I demanded the money from him,
he did not- claim,..that he had the right
to It, but aald that he had sat up In his
room and crled"llke a baby over his
shortage. - I demanded that he pay mo
all tns mnneyowad-..the com pa a
0nce7bur lie "kept putting me' orfff6m
hour to hour, saying that he bad some
good friends here and - some well-to-do
relatives In Dakota, and that he hoped
to get the money soon."
E. B, Edwards, a member of the San
Franclaco firm which la ths Insurance
company's Paclfto eoast general agent,
testified that Pease had admitted that '
he had done wrong In not sending the
njoney.
lit iease M me." , said kdwarda.
that, he had some -ministerial friends
here who. bad influence with moneyed
men who would advanca him the money.
When a demand was mads on the bonds
men, I gave them more time although I
firmly convinced that Mr. Peaso
waa out of money and waa unahls. to
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TO STOP ALLOTMENTS ON
s I iiiTii'nrnrnuiTiAii
(Waehina-Vie Boreas ef The Jo-aroal.)
Waahlngton, D. C, Dec-, lg. w. B. .
Mathews, for the state of Orsgon, today
filed In the supreme court of the United
States a motion for leave to file a bill
versus the secretary of the Interior and
commissioner -of the general land. of-,
flee, restraining tham from making al
lotments of lands on the Klamath In
dian reservation. It Is statsd that the
contsntlon of the title to these lands. In
volving 960,000 acres, passed to Ore.
gon under and - from the date ' ot the
swamp land aot of 1S60. , "
PROVIDENT SAVINGS
UNDER INVESTIGATION
' (Joarnal Special Barries.) x
New fork,. Deo. IS. Henry Molr. ac
tuary of tha Provident' Savlnga Insur
anoe eompany, was a witness before the
lesislatlvs Insurance Investigation com
mittee thle morning. He pressnted the
financial statament of his eompany.
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