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PORTLAND, OREGON, ., WEDNES DAY EVENING, JULY ' 4, 1903. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Poses asEhemybfGraft
.'Whereas in Days Gone
By It Had Share in
Opposing Bates- Bill
History of the Bill .Reveal At
; tempt of Oregonian to Une Its
V : Own Pocket Though Interests
-of-PeopIr Would-SuffeHVhen
' ' The recent posing of the Oregonian
"- the enemy of graft and, the champion
4f reform Is- not In keeping with Its past
-record. There waa - a time when, that
paper fought a reform tooth and nail in
order to hold fast to a graft that la one
year netted it more than 110,000. Every
member of the legislature of ISM knows
the story. ;The graft endangered . was
the printing of the delinquent tax list
and the proposed reform was the Bates
bill, which would have eared the cltl
sens of Multnomah county many thou-
All went well until Harvey Scott de-
y'dded that the acquirement of tainted
money was mora io aim uaing una sail
r sacrificing patriotism. -He posted down
to Salem, berated and, bullied honest
legislators, and" when'' theseA tactics
"failed induced a weak-kneed grOTernor to
we to. the bill that would, have forced
him to withdraw hie greedy naaae zrom
the public treasure-chesCcAnd this waa
at a time when Multnomah oounty, al
ready betrayed' and robbed - by eon
aclenceless rascals, .wag almost on the
verge . bf bankruptcy.---' -' , -
"-Since those days the law has been
changed, but while the graft was on It
took the Oregonian only Are years to
gather ante Itself more then BQ,0I)tt,
Here are the flguree: s..
Total
fur Sear.
L1118MJkpt., AdrertMtif
Tr Taeiroqueat testa., .fKOlSJW
IU 4.1iiwiaaa, t.TM
' of im . Mee.oo , f t.tm.n
180S Je-, ollneeiit taxes , .
. ef IWtS (baUsee).. . emgO v.- 403.00
JOBO Jn.. bolloquent laus :
, : j of iH8 4.1M.00
' " Jane. llnqnnt taxes,
t. . -lt to 1861, Inc.. 0,4M.OO
io;- t Juna, srllnqoeai taxes
OI 1W1 ,eu.s
v ' ; ' ism tilaee. tee. . e,ee.T
. Sept.. ellaaveat tasas
it 18T 4.S004e
. See., drllaoaeat taxes
of 189T;. e.44T.0
M0 J . ellaeeat tasas mmM,--of
mm T.MT.eo
UOt IVm.. Haqeat tesea
ef lo... ......... 4.eel.e
gO.OTl.M
T.tOT.W
4.eee.oo
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It was a great game and right royally
did "Patriot" Soott play it, One of the
most enjoyable moves was to make the
county pay $.I0 for trying to collect T
cents. This happened whenever the lat--ter
'amount represented the delinquent
. tt on. a. piece of property.! miles from
the courthouse. - The Oregonlaa printed
two lines four times and got SO cants;
' the sheriff got 1 cents a mile each way
' for posting. Result, expended by coun-
ty, $L1; received by county, SO.OT; net
loss to county, I3.1S. This waa merely
one of the petty features of the trans,
action, being mentioned only to show
' the Oregontan'a unselfish interest in
'public affalra :. f
draft Ooatlnaed for Tears. " '
or years the graft 'went on unmo
lested. Like a surly dog the Oregonian
' growled and snapped aa it stood guard
: ever the bone thrown into its kennel to
' f bribe it - Into silence. Cltlsens shook
' their heads, but until 1I9 rolled around
ho'one dared to make open protest. The
. -attack came aa a surprise. Shortly be
v fore the legislature of that year met In
Salem the Towser of Oregon journalism.
'poking his nose oat of a tall' tower,
found the surrounding world so quiet
A : that he could only bay at the -moon. On
' -, the day of tha opening of the session,
Towser, feeling his own graft secure,
began to berk at the legislators. Bee
I Oregonian, January , ut: WiU the
legislature begin . right today by em
ploying bo more clerxa than' are neces
v sary aay not more than one third aa
many as have, been put on the . rolls
'''j heretofore V " - r ;..'. vx .....
1, , Thus plainly was It shown that much
'depends on which side you approach the
' publlo cowl when you arc bent on milk-
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CHICAGO PRNTERS -
PRACTICING GENTLE .
ART, OF JIU JITSU
A, (Jovnal peelal Barrlee.) ' '
Chhrag'o, July 4. Unlonlats of the Al-
i lied Printing Tradee council are study
Mng the Jlu-Jltsa art from a Japanese
demonstrator : at Llnooln Turner halL
It, P. Btraube, seoreUry of the -Allied
Printing Trades council, , said ' many
presaman. bindery employes and others
v associated la the SO unions composing the
r council have been tnklna; lessons In Jlu-
Jitsu with -a. piaag la I4ncola Xuxnw
Government Experimenting With
Men Who Are Ted 'Meat in
Cold Storage for Fo 'r--. S
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' Washington, July 4 VCJth hieat that
had been. In cold storage for It years,
with chickens that bava been In cold
storage for a week and with fruits
and vegetables end eggs that have been
f roeen through : many : summers, Dr.
Wiley, the pure food expert of the agr
cultural department, today began ex.
portmonts with cold storage food stuffs.
- His elaee at food experte,-young aei-
(Contlnued on Page Two.) ,
Vereln. byt dented this circumstance
need euse any alarm for aon-unlon
men. , t , , . . .. .... . ,
.The demonstrator, tearhea how to
break a, man's kneecap with a blow or
to snap a strong man's bones with a
twist and jerk." said Btraube. . i
John H. Miller, business agent of the
press feeders' union, Js taking the Jlu
JlUu"course. and so is 'Qt(o r Wasem,
eeorttM-x f U era' -jula..
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BE TRIED
Government Scores "Signat: Victory When Los
' Angeles Judge Decides. .Wealthy
- V; ; Must: Comev..lorth;;
A signal victory was scorod for the
government In the land fraud prosecu
tions when United States District Judge
Weliburn of Los Angeles decided yes-
terday-that . Warren Oillellen. Jacob C.
Cross and ' other wealthy residents of
that city who . had been Indicted tor
conspiring to acquire Oragon lands
through fraud must ' come to Portland
for trial.. It is . confidently expected
by the government officials that a
similar decision will eventually be ren
dered In Wisconsin as to the Oshkosh
and Shawano millionaires who are co
defendants with the Los Angeles men.
All .- of these nonresident defendants
have made a determined fight . to es
cape trial In this city, but United States
District Attorney Bristol, who . had
charge of . the government's esse, has
been confident from the start that
their efforts- would be unavailing. TT
William H. Smith it)iL-Jllchard Jones
of Ban Francisco, described as two of
the leading spirits In the alleged con
spiracy, have realised the futility of at
tempting , to eecs pe trlal In Portland.
They appeared before JudgeWolvertoh
yesterday, asked that ball be fixed and
an order was entered 'placing the
amount at fS.000 each.. Bonds were
given In this sum. '
,--.'" Asks for sTew Oemsaiaetesera. -
United States District Attorney Brls
tol la not satisfied wlttvjhe outcome of
the hearing before United Statea Com
missioner D. E. McDonald of the Wis
consin men Indicted for complicity In
Oregon land frauds and has sent a tele
gram to United States ;Attorney-Ueneral
Moody asking that new commissioners
be appointed In Wisconsin and a date
eet for rehearing the cases. . . .
Mr. Bristol contends that the case
are almost exactly parallel with those
tried st Ixs Angeles end that" 4. de-
cialoa AhAt, jrouW.lhoW at- ene ' piaoe
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should hold at the other. Edward W,
Dixon, . chief . of Oregon field division
end special agent of the general land of
flee,'.' went '-east several weeks ago to
confer -with the witnesses who were to
appear before Commissioner McDonald.
The case was handled by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney K. J. Banning and It was
expected that the men would be held
by the commissioner to appear before
the United Statea district court of Ore
gon because of the fact that they were
Indicted after 40 witnesses had appeared
before the grand Jury and testified as to
the facte in the case. " A
. OTearred with SUf Traad. V' .'
The men who - had ; a-hearlng at
Oshkosh were: - Leandef Choate, James
Matt Bray, Benjamin Doughty, James
Doughty and Thomas Daly. They were
indicted -AprH t; 10. or the Violation
of section 1440 of the revised statutes
ef the - United Statea in having con
spired to defraud the government out of
about 110,000 acres of land in Klamath
and Lake counties. The men Indicted
are-l! -prominent and"" Wealthy" emseni
of Wlsoonain and their , arrest caused
great surprise in their state..
Mr. Bristol waa greatly surprised and
disappointed when he learned of the de
cision of Commissioner McDonald. . He
decided late yesterday ' afternoon to
present tha caae to the Attorney Gen
eral and ask that a new commissioned
hear the evidence against the alleged
conspirator The district attorney Is
anxious to dispose. of the preliminary
hearings of the Orhkosh men and have
them returned to Oregon for trial. -.,
' ', .' , gasploloa af Oolhuaoa. '
The action of Attorney General'Moody
Is awaited with interest by the men
who have t prosecuted the land .. frauds
' IContiaued, vr yg 7fa
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President Refuses Umbrella and
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Talks to Neighbors In Pour-
' ing Rain on Iniquities t
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. , (Joeraal peeiU terries.)
Oyster Bay, July 4. Despite threaten
ing aklek and damp ground the presi
dent's neighbors - celebrated Independ
ence day at Oyster grove, which is not
a grove but a vacant lot . President
Roosevelt arrived early to lead the
applauae when the children eang' the
8tar-Spangled Banner." He was Intro
duced by General Beelman and made aa
extended addreea
In the' middle." of . the president's
speech a ' thunderstorm broke end the
president spoke for a half an hour la
a driving rain." "A
t Those - on the-adire cf nt erowd
sought shelter. The - president Inter
rupted his remarks to say that he felt
sorry for the women and children but
had no sympathy for the men who raa
away.
Some one raised an umbrella over the
president's head. The latter thenked
him but ' said ha did not want it and
continued his address with tha rata
beating down on his bare head.
The president talked sgalnst corpora
tion iniquities, on patriotism and oa
Individual responsibility. ;
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' .. Kay Suttea Defeated. ;;
(Jeeraal Special gerrlee.) '
London. July 4. A. M. Gore and Miss
Thompson today defeated O. ' W. H Il
ia! Maj Suttea lo 1&U04 oubles4 ;
TAKlp BJG
Oregon Ranchers Bear
- More Than Is Their
Share of Taxes While
Corporations Escape
State Tax Commission , Gives
'figure Report Which
Show How Tax-Dodgers Have
Thelf-PrbpertyACreatly Under
estimated by the Assessors.
' , The . Oregon farmer' Is bearing far
more than his share of the burdens' of
government, while enjoying least of the
froni"lhereorr'T3nTae-TnheTTianuV-the
interests - of special privilege- are al
most wholly exempt from .- taxation.
These facta are aet forth In a startling
array of figure gathered by the state
tax commission and embodied In ita re
port to Governor Chamberlain on July 1,
' The flcurea show that much corpor
ate property Is wholly exempt from tax
ation and that the rest of it pays only
a small percentage of what property of
Oregon corporations get off easier than
corporations elsewhere largely on ac
count of the "primitive methods' neces
sitated by - our ' tax laws. - To - remedy
thee conditions the commission baa
prepared a new tax code which will be
passea upon dj me next iagiaia.iurw.
The atate tax commission consists of
Frederick W. Mulkey of FortlaneVWn
Ilam J. Lachner of Baker City .and JS.
B. Seabrook of Marshfield. One year
ago, by order of the legislature, these
men were appointed by the overnor.
secretary of State and state treasurer
to "examine and report upon the mat
ters of assessment and taxation of
property In this state, the collection of
revenue and taxes, and the framing of
w. noon me suejoa. is e saommea
by the governor to the next legislative
assembly." .' ' ' i'.
Stack Tax Sodglag. -
Tal-doda-tng 'on -the part of publloJaa.
service corporations la Oregon had- be-1
come notorious and to prevent thta the
commission waa. brought Into existence.
. (Continued on Page Five.)
CrownPrincessCecelia
Gives Birth to a Son.
Motherand HerGhild
Are . Both Doing-Well
(Joaraal gpeelal Strvke.)
Berlin, July 4. Crowu Princess
Cecelia, wife of Crown Prince Frederick,
gave birth to a son today at the marble
palace' in Potsdam.- Mother and child
are doing well. .A v ' :
All Germany la en fete. The emperor
waa notified by wireless aboard the Im
perial yacht In the North sea en route
to Norway. He telegraphed his con
gratulations to tha empress -1
The crown prince and three- physi
cians representative of -' the ' German
government were .' present wnen tne
latest Hohensollenr' arrived. A repre
sentative of the government was pres
ent because under tha - law ha must
Identify tha boy who will some day be
emperor of . Germany, wiutim wirta
"Kiss to my nrst granason.
The physicians declare the child to V
be fine, healthy ana a tnorougn itonen
sollern. When it became known that
the child waa-a boy a .salute of 100
guns was fired from the Potsdam fort
ress, heralding to the populace tht
birth of a prince in direct line of suc
cession to the throne.
The news was transmitted and at
every garrison 4n.' the empire a aalute
of 100 guns was fired.-. Flags wefe
hoisted on aU publlo buildings and-the
minister of war ordered all command
ing officers to exempt tha troopa from
drill and to serve double rations. The
minister of education has ordered the
teachera In state schools to oeasa work
and grant a holiday. - ;
SECRETARY ROOT OFF ;
- FOR SOUTH AMERICA
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(Jmrnul gpeelaT Sertlce., --'.----
New Tork, July 4. Bee re lary of State
Elihu Root ttarted on his South Ameri
can cruise this afternoon aboard! the
cruiser Charleston. He la accompanied
by hie wife, son, daughter, secretary
and valet. The object of the trip Is to
promote friendly relations of this coun
try "with Its South American neighbor
He will preside over the Pan-American
congress at Rio Janeiro 'aod visit the
most - Important ports . of the entire
ooast of South America and Inspect the
canal.- He will be gone over- three
Half Cify'sv Population
ISpendsDayatOak'sor
Other' A m useraent
Places or -in Picnics
Remarkably Few Accidents to
Mar Success of Day and Fire
Department Is Not Kept Busy
as-FomierYears--Forty-
Thousand at Oaks.
ere never was a finer Four o' July
in the history of Portland than today.
And half of the population waa not In
town. - . -
In" tlie"nritl)lac- It-was ee-moh- A
cooler than yesterday that it waa posi
tively pleasant to be outdoors. : And in
the seoond place the small boy with
the Dewey chaser and the other dis
turbers of grown-up peace and comfort
must have been out in tha tall timber,
for he 'wasn't in evidence around town '
at alL. -. : ..- i. - a, , . r
Just about half the population of the
City is away from home .today.
By an early hour thla evening 40,900
peoplewlll hare entered the gates of the -Oaka
There is another 10.008 at the,
fair grounds attending . the Catholio .
picnic Fully 1,000 are out at Estacada
and , CaaaUero, enjoying- the cooling;
breeses of the Clackamas gorge.
Two Thottsaad "as sUre. - " ' r .
Of course the Willamette drew more .
than ' Ita usual - numer of tan-cheeked
devoteea. At least 2006 men and women
with, the youngsters thrown In aa good
measure ' are . out on - the ' river in
launches, row - boats, sail- - boats and
other craft of the pleasure fleet.
' The St, Johns celebration was attended '
by fully 1000 Portland., people ' today.
Another1 6000 -4a - scattered . about ' the
country In other dlrectlona .
Few cities in tht country eaa brag
of aa many fins places to go on a
holiday as Portland, and the people of
the city are making the most Of It, Just
i .they upuUiydo. , t
But, "Woe, woe, is Arleta.r'Tor thera-
.
isn't any ice Cream there and what's
the good of Fourth of July If you can't
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