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Etch ' Difendant Charged With'
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and Not With Complicity
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DEFENDANTS. REFUSE.
TO HAKE THEIR PLEA
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Cut ; I C8ntfnued for-8ljt"j53W
- WMn rvnotr vqntinaance aujr cc
i Tekttv-Dcfrue' ReWy Idr TrUJ-.
, Aik;for PriT0egeii fai Peitentlry
,' Iprlnrflald. HI-, ft-. Jt-rrUSumtUO-f-
,. JM luinoia bttuminoua minars, in oon
. vdUoo br today, wted t, t aid
-:Mojraraii4''Hajr'ood.. y
, Bolaa. IdalM. Tth. ' !."- Praaldent
Hover, . Baoratary Baywood od Kxaou
' tlva Cammlttaamaa Pattlbooa of tha
, Waattra Paderatlon pt Miners, In charga
of Pputy Wardan Mllla and (uarda,
' vara tka to CaldwaU thla morning- (or
arralftunant. The train atopp4 op
. poalta Iht county JaU. to - which tha
, prlaonara - war taken. ' At 10 o'olock
. they ware brought before Probata Judge
.' Church,, where InformaUon waa jrqad
' eharglnf eaea-wUh the crime of "
,derln X-Ornor-Bteune liber g-. -;XHe
' prteonera wr. represante4. br' S.-- F.
" Richardson at txwver. , Tha latterhad
t no leg! authority to appear, not haring
. been admitted to. "practice in . Idaho
. ' courts, but 'the eourteey waa extended
" at tha request of Prosecuting. Attorney
Van Duyn. . - . , .
I. Oeorge . A. Pettlbona was Tint - ar
' reigned, An affidavit waa read charg.
. Ing - him with exploding .the. bomb- by
--, which Frank flteunenberg met his death
. on tha night of December 10. The same
charg .was thea read to Haywood and
- then te Moyer, tb aflldavlta being
. ' identical, - excepting- tM "name." all
- directly charging the defendanta with
-tha crime, of murder. .' . .', . . . f j ,
' Xafna -to Flee. .
,; 'When- the Informations were "read tha
' defendants atood - mute. , . refusing . to
plead. (Attorney Richardson demanded
, an' Immediate preliminary healing. Un
. der the law the hearing must' be .had
' within two days after arraignment, the
- three defendants giving altogether alx
days time, Tha attorneys agreed that
the eases should -go over to February
' IT. at which time further' continuance
- may be. had by alther side. . - .
Richardson demanded that the prose
. cutlon produce' the names of witnesses,
- by whlsh proof of the charges could bar
- established, but the. court overruled the
request, deciding that the law had been
sufficiently eemplled with when the
' prosecution alleged that ; It had three
witnesses who would corroborate the
affidavit of the prosecuting attorney.
Richardson contended that the sffl-
davft was hot aufflclent, aa it charged
Individuals with being present at Cald-
V well and committing the crime, wnen
; Pettlbona had not been in Idaho for 1
- , years. Ha r wood for eight years and
Moyer since lsst October, -and the conv
' plaints had aot word In thera charg
ing conspiracy. He reserved the right
. to again raise an objection to the form
' of charge at the preliminary bearing.
!',. 'v i it Ask Uberty U 9Mm.st-h
V Meyer, Haywood and Pettlbone torn-
plained that-the-rules of tha peniUn
' tlary restricted thera of their Ubertlea,
-. ' that they i were men not convicted of
.crime and enutled to be permitted tn
?; receive, lettera and newspapers, attend
to correspondence and consult - each
. qther. ' The court ordered that they, be
permitted to have - books, etc, but not
newspapers; thst they- may? write) let
tera under prison rules, tnrpeoted by
' tha warden, and allowed -each to eon
" suit the othere,- bur-ordered- them Ton
' fined ' nights In weparat cells; further
; liberties msy be granted later. The de
fendants were committed without bail
pending preliminaries.' They party: was
brought. back to the penitentiary at 9
.'clock thla aftemoon.i ,i ? . ir-
John Nugent of Silver City fcae been
retained aa-local attorney and will con
duct the preliminary defense, aa Rich
ardson will not - be - here, r Haywood
meets his friends with laughs - and
Inkea. ' The prisoners on nrst nearing
of Orchard s confession were mucn sur
prised and declared it a cock asd bull
story, and that this caae- la no wrfrs
than other before charged.- AttOfHay
Richardson dalms that Orchard's" con
fession relstlv to bombs may b evi
dence of Orchard's guilt, but has noth
Ing to do with the federation, officials'
case. Richardson denies that Attorney
Miller was employed by the federation
to defend Orchard. , ' ...w. ',';
f? ' . iS Ooaf eseloei Pealed. - ' tt-t-'
. anvunnoarg rssuieucv, m wntaMw i
Orchard, : Attorney Miller la here and
declare that. th. Orchard confession Is
. a fake. . ..
Attorney " Richardson ' ridiculed th
confession or that his client had anr
connection with the . Msaaslnatlon of
Steunenberg. - He etates that he Is con-
. vlnoed that tha Western Fedsrstloit hsd
nothing to do with tha crime. He state
' that It la prt of A conspiracy entered
Into rv. metel miners from the west to
1 oa Ptri Iwo J. . .
Federation Officials Acdiised -in Information
Oiarl.g tfei;,,
FOMIIE III 6ERf.lA1Y FOR CIIILDilEII
OF
' BAKER 17110 HAflGED HinSELR
Fritz Bauer,' Foil owine ttebauchVCommltted Suicide In County
i , ' . .a. i a, m m ? " A " s. it fl I .
ail P(ve rears AgOrr-rUarman
Children, Now in Seattle,. to
. fortun in-Germany .await Anna.
Mary and - Hsnry . Bauer, .children of
Frits Bauer, a German baker, who
hanged himself In a cell In the Mult
nomah county Jail December1 It, 100,
whUe In a lit of despondencjr following
drunken -debauch. ' This information
ha been conveyed, to the city authori
ties by Herr Chr. Alb. -Starts, German
consul in Cincinnati, who la attempting
to locate the children. r' T" :
J Tb children left Portland about a
year after their fatber a death wltn tneir
mother and the family 1 now residing
la Seattle. They were . well known
among the -German colony In Portland
and the circumstances surrounding the
death of the father ere aUU , fresh in
the minds of -many people. . .
Bauer with hi family cam to this
city direct from Wurtemberg. Germany,
la ' las i. ana engsgea- in ins
business. He worked faithfully and
was on th road to . sueoees wnen ne
became addicted - to drink. ' Finally.
while on a prolonged debauch, n wa
arrested and placed In th county -Jail.
Reeauaa of remorse for tha disgrace he
had brought upon himself and -family
he committed aulclde by hanging mm
elf. -..- - ' ' '
Bauer had a email amount. oi prop-
arty In Portland and it la said that Mrs.
Bauer still owns some real eatate here.
After settling up her affairs Mrs. Bauer
moved to-Seattle with her three chil
dren Annie, the oldest child, IS now 18
yeara old, . Mary II and : Henry 1
nearly II- . -.--.'.. '-' -
" Before leaving Portland Mrs. Bauer
Intimated to frlende that. her husband
waa heir to valuable property -In Ger
many, but aha never told what amount.
It wa said By a rormer mena or Bauer
this morning that the property; was of
greet value. '
. Bauer pa two nroiners ou in, m-
PORTLAND-TRAIN
RESCUERS
aoarnal ipecUl Mervlce.t
Redding. 'CaL. Feb. 11 Southbound
Oregon expreea, No.-ll, first section,
ran Into a elide half a mil above Delta
at o'clock last night' There were two
engines on th train and th head engine
wa hurled rrom th track and down tna
embankment. The second engine waa
derailed on th embankment side. While
the crew and several passenger were
extricating an Injured tramp,- a second
big slide .ram down, covarlng the
wreckers at work. Engineer . Denny
Preel ( of Dupsmulr snd three tramp
Were killed. ,Te psssengers ara-miss.
Ing and believed -to be under .th mas
of earth.' -..(.
The train left Portland t 1:41 o'clock
aiVUifc4ssstslasi tst sbftok blm. u...
- - ' :-. 4 - Charlee Henry Groavenor is on -of
' . .4.' - I te-a k.. -k- n. ... ,
in At
uonsui ax wncinnau oeK
Give Them Inheritance. , '
ciflo coast Gottlelb Bauer of Seattla
whom tha widow of Frits Bauer le aald
to be engaged to marry, and Karl Bauer
of Ban Fsanolaoo.- -!.-.: .X.
. The German consul In Cincinnati said
In his letter of Inquiry to Mayor Lane
that he waa exceedingly anxloua to hear
from tb heir immediately In order to
make arrangement for the disposition
of 'th estate to which they are en
titled. He knew that th father had
died.. but did not know what had become
of the widow and children. Th ln
formatlon will be forwarded to him.
played tro:..bo::e so hard
that he halo
Ashland Youth Likely to Die at
Redlands a a Consequence
"of Blowing Instrument.
Redland. Feb. II. B. 8. THuliey
wa taken from a Southern Pacific over
land train . a Redlands Junction last
nlghtrihrictlm Tor a Teullr aocidnt
Mulkey while4 plsylng a - trombone
worked toa hard and broks on of his
lungs,' which may be th cause of his
death. He la at present at th Redlands
hospital. , - r
Mulkey and hi friend left Aahland,
Oregon, bound for Tsxaa by the south
ern route.. . .. Leaving Loa-Angeles the
young man started to play upon the in
strument and continued until - a short
distance ' from R ad lands, , when he
collapsed. . .
WRECKED AND ;
STRUCK: BOLIDE
Monday night and met With no mishap
until it struck the elide near Delta.
The train wa on time when the engine
crashed Into th slide and- rolled over
the embankment along with two mall
cars. Tha baggage, oar stopped at the
edge of the embankment. 1 ' . -'
A wrecking train and crew from Sacra
mento' arrived thl morning, a did ene
from Dunamulr,. and rescuers,, are at
work trying to uncover the missing.,
. Freel was deed when taken out. .He
was ona of th oldest engineers in th
service of the Southern Pacific. j
Fireman Peters and nil clerk were
caught by tho second slide and bnrled.
They were dug out this morning, badly
Injured, but allra. - -
VVarhorse of Republican-; Party
f Retired by His Own District :
; ;:t.After Forty ,.Years f-of :.
'-- vv : : Service.. ' 1:' ' . ' ; 'C
J.-i'-
G0T N0T ONE VOTE:
FROM HIS OWN COUNTY
Albert Douglas Nominated on First
Ballot to Succeed Him in Congress,
' ,With t Only ".Twenty ! Opposing
Votes Crushing Blow to the Ohio
''Prophet,' ii'.V.ru ptLJ,
(learaal Dpeelal flervle.)
laiacaatar, O.,- Fab. II. Albert Doug-
la ' of Chlllloothe . was nominated for
eongraa on ttt .first ballot In th Re
publican convention held here today to
nominate a candidate to succeed Qansral
Charles H. Grosvsnor, ... ,--. fc '
Groavenor did aot. receive- a alnsl
rot from hi own oounty and did not
gat a solid vote in any county and only
to votes Jn tb entire convention, ..
' - A OrssaJaa snow. -;:
Although Groavenor' retirement had
been predicted, - th old . oongressrasa
could hardly believe that h would b
beaten. .The-v defeat wa --plainly a
eruahiaar blow to him. although he took
it with not much outward how-ef--he-
ww mv, wwm vi iiw ntuuuiiun
and has stumped th country during
evarr pouucai campaign for 40 years.
He began' his political career shortly
alter tne oonoiuaion or the civil war,
in which ha eerved with' dlejfnctlon. He
was a member f th Ohio legislature
from 1IT4 to 1171, and waa sneaker of
th house for two year of this time.
He was a' presidential elector in 1171
and again In 1180. He waa flrat elected
to oongreaa la lit and, .with th ex
ception of on term, when he met de
feat In lf0, ha served continuously
UlC. 4,' r.-,-.-- ,
Always With th -Orgaalsatloa."
He played a prominent part in not
only state but - national politics, hav
ing always been a champion of th "or
ganisation" and on of th late Sena
tor H anna's right-hand men. .He was
th father of the ship subsidy bill and
warm . advocat . of protective tariff.
In the last congress b served aa chair
man of th commute on merchant. ma
rine and flaheriea and waa a member of
aeveral other oommltteee. He waa fa
mouse for hie ante-election, statistics
which got him tha ' nickname of . "the
Prophet,' - .'
Albert Douglas," wno was nominatea
today to aucceed Groavenor. ia a law
yer at Chillcothe, where he waa born
In lilt.. He 1 a graduate of Kenyon
college and Harvard law school. He
district attorney or noes county
from lit to 110. ' He waa presidential
elector at large and president of the
electoral college of Ohio In 1110 and
wa eupported by nepuplieane eg bis
district for th gubernatorial nomina
tion in ISM.
MALHEUR EXAMINATIONS
. ; CONCLUDED AT VALE
' (Special Df. patch te The JeeroaL)' "
Vale. Or. Feb. 11. At the regular
semi-annual teachers' examination hald
in th courthouse ' at Val there were
four applicant for county certificates.
three of whom were successful, as fol
lows: . First grade, J. I Pope and A. M.
Briaben;- third grade, Nina Woodcock. 4
There -was on applicant for a atate
certlHcats, and', her paper will be
passed upon by the state board or ex
aminers. ' ' v rt " ---
Th county board of examiner for
the" el hth ffrade ntmrotnatton has-just
completed Its work. There wer ill
pupil rrom -various parts or in ouinity
who - took th examination; four Wer
successful and will receive diplomas. .
MITCHELL TAKES HAND:1"
IN-OUSTING. DOLAN
(Jesrsal gserial Service.)
Plttsbursv Feb.- 21. President John
Mitchell of the Miners' "Union sr rived
her thl morning and Is in conference
with the commute -in. charg of th
flgbt to oust Dolan from th presidency
of 'this1 district.. .
Mitchell say that affair at th New
Tork conference are progressing so
smoothly that It will not be necessary to
reconvene th national convention of
miner. ,,.
MOROCCAN WARSHIP
RENEWS BOMBARDMENT
I
t -(Jeeraal HpefMI Berne. )
'Tangier,! Feb. 81. The Moroc
can warehlp Bldlr-iKl Turkl to
day renewed Its bombardment of
tha arms factory at Marchica.
d The. pre ten ha aent cavalry
to prevent th sultan' troops
from landing.
- ' 4 - ' V , S. - f . ' ''
of Having Exploded the Bomb
V -w?4 jr.--'-.'.'"'
Foster Adams, Standing in the. Dopr
: ;'"T Waa Destroyed by
FRIDAY AFTER
FATHER AND: DAUGIITERS IjILL T.JEET
Foster Adams, Forced to Leave Little v Ones ; In Kentucky, Lost
? Track of Therrv-To Give Each House 1 and Lc-He Will 77 J
l ' i'-v';.' ' Know.. Party' by I' Letter H on Hat.1 .g'? V-
- After a separation ' of more- than 10
years. . during which th children
Uiought their father dead andf'h knew
bothlng. of their whereabouts, Foster
Adams, a well-to-do resident of Port
land, and two married daughters and
their famlllea from the eaat are to be
reunited In thl city within a few days
Tba father, coming west to seek his
fortune in the early daya, lost all track
of hi daughters, whom he left In Ken
tucky. Tb children, hearing nothing
from him, concluded yeara ago that he
had met some terrible fat In th wild
west... Mr. Ada ma, who. lost his second
wife sod considerable personal prop
erty In th Heppner flood, ha managed
to amaaa a amall fortun through real
estate tnveatment. Having recently
located hi children - he haa aent for
them, and the family 1 to be brought
together again. ' - - 1
Mr. Adam propone to. give -.each
daughter a house and lot, start his
sons-in-law In business In Portland and
apend the rest of his day surrounded
by his children and grandchildren. The
two daughters Mrs. Jam Hasel of
Louisville, Kentucky, and Mrs. Maude
Goas of Cincinnati. Ohio accompanied
by their huabanda and children, are ex
pected to arrive In Portland Friday. Mr.
Adams i so overjoyed at the prospect
of being reunited with hi children that
he. can hardly wait. , m- ',, -
.. Oomlag ea Friday. ' .
Mr. Adams, who 1 a grissled veteran
of th civil war, waa found at hi home
thl morning, at 1221 Eaat Main street,
busily engaged setting th house and
two adjoining cottages In condition for
the reception of his long lost children
and tbetr famlllea - ... '..
jTea." said ha. when a JournaL jep-
reaentatlve asked him about the coming
of his children, "they have wired me
they wtll.be her Friday, and I want
to tell you here' on old man that can
hardly, wait for Friday to coma . Just
think, when' I last ; saw . them neither
waa any larger than that , little tot out
there. I wonder if I will know 'them;
but of couree I won't. . How could I
after all thea yearsT" ' . .. 1
. He atopped tidying up the ' house,
pulled a', letter from his pocket , and
proudly exhibited It to the reporter.- It
waa from a little grandson hs had never
seen. . -'.. ; . -' '.
. "Just, look at that; that's from my
daughter's little boy. H wrote It Juat
a soon aa hi mother learned where I
am. My; but I wish today , was . Fri
day." .';' ..' '
i Mr,' Adams wa so preoccupied with
th work of getting ready to receive hi
MOTHER RISKS LIFFTO SAVE
CHILD FROM
Mrs'. Jessie Costal lo, wife . of J. H.
Costello, , risked , her llf , about t:4S
o'clock thla morning to save her year
old baby ,from being burned, to death
In a ore that destroyed . the room. In
which th little, one was sleeping. In
hi efforts to reach the child, thinking
that It was- still In th room.' Loul
Schwarts jumped from a alck bed, broke
down the door between his room snd
that of th Costello family and had his
fac burned by the flame which leaped
through th broke panel. '
Mr., and Mra costello occupy a eulte
of room at th Cottage, a rooming
house over a number of- stores at 101
Sixth street north, and board with Mra
McDermottf who run th ,tabllab
ment. v -v " ' ' ,
"When I went to breakfast thl morn
ing,", said Mrs. Costello, "I left th baby
aslsep on the bed, Irt th other corner
waa an air-tight atove. I . turned off
the damper. I had been gone but a few
minutes when the stov niled with gas
snd blew off the top. Th flame ig
nited soms curtains, which aet fire le
th wall paper, then ran up to U
of His. Hotel.. at. Heppner, Which
the Great Flood.";;
TrJEHTY YEARS
family' and with thought of their ar
rival t.oj,bepudi hardly take time to
tell th story ot how -tte became ee pa
rated from bis loved ones aad again suc
ceeded rn locating them, HI story tells
of toll, hardship and misfortune, but
all , thl has bean forgotten now. - He
ha gathered together a comfortable
fortune, 1 to b reunited with hi chil
dren and there probably isn't a happlsr
man la Portland. - . vi...
. lot Xls rint Wlf. -'
"When ' my three 1 daughters
mere babe a," aald he, "I loat my first
wife In Louisville, Kentucky- through
th axploslon of a gaa etove, which
burned her to death. ' I was taken lck
and th doctor advised tn to go west
to the coast. - Taking th eldeet of my
children with me and leaving "the
younger ' one with their grandmother,
I atarted west. In ISIS I came te eaat
ern Oregon and settled on a ranch sonth
of Heppner. It was hard struggling,
but I managed to make a living and
whll there I met and married my o
ond wife, who cam out from Missouri
and settled In that district. At that
time there was no railroad to Heppner,
and In fact there was not much Hepp
ner. . About all there wa In that coun
try waa sagebrush. There wss little or
no mall service, none available on our
ranch, an correspondence between me
and my family la. Kentucky wa broken.
When conditions wer such that I could
correspond ; the old home In Kentucky
had been broken up. Th folk . had
scattered. : 1 didn't know wher my
children were and they couldn't locate
ma Thl I how I became separated
from them snd we lost track of each
other, none of ua knowing whether the
others wen alls or dead." ' .
Mow Has stall Fortaaov. r;
' Prior to th great flood at Heppner,
Mr. Adams secured a hotel there, the
front of which I shown in the accom
panying picture, . It wa thl hotel that
gave Mr. Adama . th nucleus of the
email fortune . he' haa, amassed. ' He
cleared aeveral thousand dollars from It
and -this be Invested , in. property in
Portland . and Heppner, ' which haa
proved - valuable .and brought him - a
comfortable bank account. During the
flood the. hotel waa ewept away, hi sec
ond wife and many of th roomer los
ing their, live in the terrible disaster.
"I loat my wife and so many friends
In th flood,'? said Mr.. Adama,' "that I
oould not bear to stay in Heppner any
longer and cam to Portland, buying
. (Continued on . Page Two, 1 .
DEATH IN FLAMES
-celling and at their way to tho other
id of tb room over th bed. . .
. "While eating I thought I emelled
smoke and raising the window In the
dining-room, which -open into a, sort
of - an alrshaft, - to . get a better look
Into my room waa horrified to see
flame which I thought cam from my
room. Rushing Into . the bedroom I
found th- bed enveloped lit e-vB).s, )he
burning paper having dropped "aialt
from th wall and sailing. .The bal;
wa surrounded by flames when I "en
tered. . I grabbed my baby and rushed
from tha room. .Had I been a minute
later I am certain the baby would have
been either badly or fatally burned. A
It waa the -little One waa only alightly
hurt." .'; --4: ' .. . .
' Mr. Schwarts' fac waa Bnmewhat
blletered. He wae not awakened from
hta aleep until a Ret Mr. Costello had
rescued her child.
.The d .--- to the Cotr'.ei" elee-'r-t
roum le , ,f-r t I
to ext' t -" ! f 1
the ft, v 1 i .
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JJSEPROI
'y:C..'-rv',i-'H;-;.;r.VVC-:. ,
1. . :
Harvey W. Scott,' H. L PlttocSc
and.: Other Ore?onlan Men '
Z ' Subpoenaed to Testify In Y
rX '' '- --Ci. Investisatiorw v t-..,:
Tt ' '' 'Vi,V "''" ; -"
OREGONIAN SAID T0 EE:" ;
v THE REAL COMPUI?:A:it
Attorneys Teal and Wood' Declare
That Since Newspaper Has Inati
. toted Charges It If Only Fair That
It Shall Prove Them City Aadltoc
"WUI Iiupea Books, '-.vV-:'-;
1 Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Or
gonlan.'. H. I PiUock. Its chief stock
holder, and half a dosan member of the "
editorial staff of tha paper have been '
subponad to appear at th next see
lon of tha InveetigatlBg commute of
the city council, and substantiate under
oath the charges which have been mad
through th Oregonlan'e columns against
tha Portland Gaa company. -
"Whatever tb theory-may- be, th
fact la that th Ore gonlan la th com.
plainest tn thla proceeding. . The publlo
does not seem to b Interested.'' aald
Attorney C K. S. Wood In addravalng
the committee yesterday afternoon when .
the investigation waa begun. Outside of
th . member : of - tb Jeommlttee, tb 4
newspaper man and th representative .
o the -gaa eosspaay-s-at aalf-a.aneeit .
people . wer present, snd as It subee-'
quentiy proved that only on of th
was a dissatisfied gas user.
''Where are these gentlemen of tha
Oregonlan who ' have made ' thes
charges r demanded J. N. Teal, who. with
Mr. Wood, appeared aa counsel for th .
gas company. "Why are they not here -to
produc their proofs? I -never ex
pected that tbey would leave it to a few
poor women to back up their charges. '
Thy remind me of Arterau Ward, who
was willing to sacrifice all hi wife'
relation, to hav th rebellion put
o," .... ' " v .-. ".:,; r..V
Sabpns Is-aed. . -
The Justice of th demand wa readily
recognised by the commute aad an
order was made, directing aubpoenas to
lsaue .for Harvay W. Scott, H. U Pit.
took, Edgar B. Piper, Clark Letter. W. G.
MacRa. William J. Petrala and HL
Thomaa, all of them connected with th
Oregonlan... They wer ordered to be
present when the committee meats again
at T:S0 p. nv. rebruary IS. -
- in bis opening statement ta th corn,
mtttee Mr. Teal declared that th gas
company was ready for th fullest In
vestigation - and ' that all the tnforma-
tlon which It could giro was st th eosa
mlttee's dlspossL .4 -4- .
."All that th ga eomnaay desires Is
sn honest snd fair Investigation of th
charges," aald the attorney. , Tf they
prov to be antra, wa, expect yon a
men to brand them aa lie. If they
prov to b true. If you find that tha
officers of this company hav been
grafters and thieves, then say so.' No
person. m eniynnUmi B1f f-...
been attacked so bitterly, even in the
bitterest political fights, a th officer
of thl company hav been attacked by
the Oregonlan. They hav been called
grafter and thieves, they hav been a.
cud of almoat every crime tn th
calendar short of murder. What Is tba '
meaning of thes venomous attacks '
Waa there not back of them soms per-
aonal. p rival motive? If your com
mittee so finds, we ask rou- to state
the fact If you can ascertain why Mr,
Adams, the ' president of th company.
nas oeen o vuiried and. abuaed, H Is
your duty to rask known.'- X :
Sleadg Artlclaa y-earn rma.
Mr. Teal read at length numerous
erticles published la tb Oregonlan,
charging th gaa company and Its of
ficials, with extortion and dishonest
practices. H pointed out that th
charges resolved themselves under tbre -
neaaa. (i deposits exacted from cos- .
Bua4rs- of , gas,- 1 watering the etnok -of
- th corporation. (I) . xtortlosal
profit from th slot machine meter. '
Taking each tople In turn, Mr. Teal pre- .
ented figures to show th falsity f
the Oregontan's charg, and In conclu- '
alon-h aaked an order directing the city
auditor "to make, an immediate examina
tion of tha gaa company books, so a
to report hi findings when th commit,
te meet again next week. v
"We would, like to have th sudlter '
examine th books of th company ,
aa to be able to report to you on lh
caah deposits, th alleged waterlog of
stock and th receipt from th slot ma-f
chin meters. . Aleo. w want th audi-
tor to ' examine and - report ta yoo
Whether. erj-iptJh company, maintain
a force" of "men -for placing meters In '
houeea and whether It maintains a fire
f rrfenr to test th pipes inskle of house
at th company own expense.
. Oity AneUso a tmrmV?. '
" Th order ws granted and City An- .
dltor Devlin will make tse c,.lri ln
ve.t (ration. Mr. Teel re 1 f ' e ew ,
mltte that everyth- f ' c
pany'a books wss .
sneotlon and he ' '
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