The Oregon daily journal., July 21, 1906, Image 1

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V ;' t
ell is
OBJECT OF .
iisTidodi
Witnesses Give Damag
ing Evidence Against
; Him in Today s Ses
sion of Land Fraud
V ; v.,
George Inlow, -.of Ashland, Tellt
-., Jury How Nickell Inforrned
Him That Ho Didn't "Have to
. Know . Description ; of Land
Upon lhlch Ho Rled. ;
V V .
Th proacutlon In th cm of Charlsa
'Nickell. M. A.' Hp. Harry TV. -.Killer
and Frank B. Kincart, Indicted for coo
aplrecy to suborn perjury.' spent thla
morning wearing a web of evldene
around NtckalL who at tba tlma of the
Emmettsburg company land swindle
was a.UnlUd States commissioner, at
Medford. - '' ;'
Ooor Inlow, whoaa bom la nar
Aahland. wa th principal wltnaaa
acalnat NlckalL H testified that wbn
h told Nlcktll that b didn't know th
dicrlptlon of tb land on which b waa
to flU b waa Informed by that ornoiai
that it wiada no dlffrno. Klckall ex
plained to htm that tb Emmattaburg
of Nw aUnd, alnoa prored a myth,
would Kir . blm tb . aaraad purchaaa
piic'f tb land on tb day or rinal
proof. It wa Nlokoll who apoka to blm
' aboutmakInf " an agTmnt . with tba
EmmatUburx, declared It waa 11 and
told blm b would clear about $04 on
th deal. . Th wltnaaa alanad tba agree
ment la Nlckell's offlo.
Char C, Poufhty, a prlntar trmf
ly employed ty lskeU. a foreman t
his prlnun offlc in kUdford, teU-
f f lad that tba Emmattaburg armeqta
war printed In MlokeU'a offlo. that
the Job. waa.broustat .ther by Harry
: W. Miller, who talked with' Mckeu be-
. for handing orar the aopy: Frank W
Rlgga, prlntar employed by ,Mickll.
testified that ba eat th typ for th
grmencWlckalk waa In th offlo
when, tba agreement waa prlntea.
Adam Crawford, who' la I. years oz
ag and call hlmaelf "n blacksmith by
profeaalon," told now ne, nis wire ana
on filed on timber clalma under agree
ment to sell them to tb Emmet taburg
company Commlaalonar Bllghton. of
Medford. warned, him at Hhe tlm not
to go. Into the scheme, but b couldn't
reelet tha lure. He mad hiamiing
affldarlt before NickelL Three elnlma
eat him. 7J, . .H .wanted to. a tha
land.
Im b wir Bmu. - -
"When -they wouldb't ahow ma tba
land," aald th witness, "I snowed I
' was bit."' - He want to Nlckell. asked
- for his moneys back, and alter - fallow-
Ing bun aroupd ror a eoupi ox nour
- be got 10. "t waa gUd to get' that,"
testified Crawford. -
E. F. Winkler, of Medford. . had tha
. scUeme unfolded to him by Max Lvekea-
' back, who after Ming victimised hlm
'. self acted as agent for Millar In round'
Ing up locators, getting ft a head for
every-one ba brought In. Winkler
didn't lnrest When he mat Hog ba
aid: " You. being an attorney and aup
poeed to know tba law how la it you
are In a achem Ilka thief Hop re
plied: ' "T got bit Ilk th rt- With
, that Hog- showed a receipt (or IKS,
: which he said ba had paid as loca-
Uon faa. -
Mrs. Lucy E. Lengley and her daugh
ter. Mlaa Bertha E. Langley. war also
victims. The-filing of tha former waa
rejected because the claim had already
been taken, and ! Miller- gava her back
her' money,- but when aha- want to
-Mlckell-to get aeturnof th f f or
taking her amdavlt , ba aald: "I can't
do It. It would look too much Ilka hush
money." Mlsa Langley , also got her
money back from Miller. , It Was after
Miller waa arrested that aha and bar
mother went to ae NickelL . "...
The plea In 'abatement presented in
behalf of Frank E.-Alley, indicted for
conspiracy, waa overruled thla morning
by Judge Hunt,? . '- , , , -. ,
t Important Testimony sMven... ..
Testimony closely connecting Hogs
and- Ntckell with tha conspiracy was
given yeatarday by'- aavaral. wltnaeeee,
moat of whom had been , "Emmetts
burged" out of som of their hard
earned money. - Aoordlng-- torthalr
toriea, Hog hustled up business, and
after assuring tha - vlotlms that ths
'achema waa a good one, pasaad ' them
along to Millar. Th filing on claims
wera mad befor United Statea Com
missioner Nlckell, who did not read to
th applicant -th footnote 'to th' affi
davit relating to prjury. In aoma in
stances, ; if not in all,' Nlckell . did . not
read tha portion of tha affidavit de
claring that applicant had personally
examined tha land. ' Ell 'W; Carder tes
tified that before 1 he filed ha aakad
Nickel! aa a friend what ba thought of
tha achema, and Nlckell told blm it was
all right., r , - ' -
- John : M. Webb waa from Missouri
J) but this did not save ihlm. The eon-
aplratora got both him and bis son
i ifste, reducing th Webb bank account
about $7i. - Nata told hla atory In court
yesterday and was? followed by his
i father, who not only works, ' but has
been worked. After father' had' in
formed tha attorneys that they would
have to "talk tolerably .loud." he told
Ma atory. Ha wanted a piece of land,
j'Just tha aama as anybody else." Like
'others he waa ataared to Hoga an
'passed on to Miller. H paid hla money
I and made hla filing. (
-What'a tha nest thing you know
, Continued en Page Tar! . ;
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Amendmenfto Consti-
ttJtidn cMay Furnish
Loop-Hole for Oppo
nents of Local Option
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Attorneys Believe 'Amendment
Supersedes Option - Law and
That Fight in Courts May Re-
sutt in v Change ' In Counties
2 Which Went Dry at Election. vl
- In th Mdry counties In Oregon, where
a man may raise a thirst but may find
nothing mora Invigorating . than water
to quench it, varioua plana have been
devised whereby tha audden dearth of
liquid refreshments may be overcome.
But they have found no way up to thla
timo or avoiding, tha penalties attached
to a violation of tha local option laws
that became . effective at tha recent
elections.
However, hop has arisen among tha
reaidenta of oitlea and towns in tha
"dry" count! and there la something
akin to Joy among those who long for
tne onnit that la red as t bo result of
what they consider a possible avenue of
soap from tb rigid local option laws.
Tba discovery may lead to a teat case
to determine whether or not th thlrstv
Ones are to be deprived of their favor-
It beverages
Th possible avenu of avoldln the
local option law Ilea In tha amendment
to section 1 of article S of the consti
tution of the atate of Oregon that was
adopted'at the June election. Attorneys
DQUtve xaay tre msamnt supersedes
tn jocal option law -and that if tha mat
ter 1 properly - brought before -the
court there may .aUU t a chano .te
euench one thirst in munlolDailtlea lo
cated in the counties that are now "dry.'
me sect ion,, as amended, la a, follows
' Corporations may be formed 'under
general laws, but shall not be created by
tao-lgiemtivajwinnly""by special
taws. xne legisaatlve asSemblr shall
not enact, amend or repeal any charter
or act or incorporation for any munici
pality, city or town. , The legal voters
of every v city, and .' town are hereby
granted power te enact and amend their
munloipal charters, subteot to the con
stitution and criminal laws of the state
or Oregon.?.. ' -t-n.
Attorneys who have' been Interviewed
on tbe question are Inclined to believe
that by a, separate: ejection a city In
tbe ry" counties may possibly find
rein. Aiiorney it. w. Montague stated:
Done fo Fnrpoaa. . .... --.r
' "I am Informed that the words "sub
ject to th criminal laws" war Intro-
fluced m this smsndmont at tha request
or aavocates or tne local option law for
the express purpose of proven tins- the
amendment of thla act by citlea. Never
theless, I m In doubt aa to whether tha
exception -la sufficiently broad. It has
occurred to me that If. for example, a
city should enact Into Its charter the
terms In.aubatance of the local option
law. merely providing that a separate
election might be held In thectty and
not In any wise altering th criminal,
but only: what I might call the terri
torial feature of th act, the charter
would still be "subject to the criminal
laws' of tha state.
Charter May Be gubjeot. ' ,
It may be aald with much fore on
th other band that prohibition of tha
sal of liquor within th territory em
braced by th city I a criminal law of
the atate, . and. therefore, the charter
must ba subject to It. While I do not
speak with authority. I am not wholly
satisfied with this Una of - reasoning.
There ar two parts of th local option
law: th part prescribing bow It shall
be determined . where liquor ahall be
aoid, and the prohibition. . I cannot
think It Impoaaibje that the courts
might bold that an amendment of the
former part- of the act was not an
amendment of the criminal law, I must,
however, pass tha queatlon up for final
solution to better Informed lawyers, or
at the Isst to the courts.
"1 suppose th question could only be
raised after- som city haa taken advan
tage or tb constitutional amendment
and enacted charter authorising the
aale ot liquor' In a district now 'dry J
whsnraa attempted aale might be prose
cuted." t .- . i ,.- , "- ,- ...'I"
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WHITE'S FRIENDS AID U
' MRS. THAW'S DEFENSE
(Jnarssl Special Bemee. - -New
York. July 1 It la stated thai
the friends of Stanford White will co
operate with Thaw'a mother In an ef
fort to Suppress th 'trial, and incar
cerate Harry In ' an Insane' asylum,
should ths prisoner persist In the re
tention of personal counsel and oppose
the endeavors of JUs mother for defense
on Insanity grounds. It Is likely that
Mrs. Thaw -will apply for guardianship
papers, declaring her eon .Incapable of
caring for hlmaelf. ,.
GIVE DREYFUS CROSS .
1 OF LEGION OF HONOR
' (Soarsel peelsl lervfce.)
Parle, July il. Upon the. apot where
he waa. degraded - IS years ago. Alfred
Dreyfus appeared thla afternoon in bis
new uniform -of major and In the pres
ence of the assembled troop was offi
cially deeorsted with the arosa of -th
Legion ot Honor. v .,.,', . .
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BALliT OArJCERS
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King Sisowath Honors Daughter
of President, While Latter Vis
its in Paris by Permitting Sa
cred Terpsichoreans to Appear
at Reception.
v fJeeraal gneelsl Servke.)
Paris. July 11. King Sisowath ot
Cambodia honored the presence of Mr.
and Mr. Nicholas Long worth , In Paris
by appearing at a reaeptloa . with, hla
sacred royal ballet troupe, much to th
surprise of Parisians.- Whin he arrived
at . Marseilles, the Cambodian monarch
announced bis intention of shutting up
his sacred dancing girls In aoma re
treat in that city rather than take them
tOWlcked ParIs7 "bur rel'en ted so Tar aa
to bring tnem to the French capital
under atrlct guard and had them locked
up in a manalon near the- Avenue du
Bola de Boulogne.' . 1
No one had. been allowed to see. them
Until Ambassador. and Mrs. MoCormlck
induced the king to let them, appear be
fore the president a daughter, which .the
monarch .consented to do. In order, to
show his friendly feeling toward Amer
ica. , K ..: v
Princess Sumphady, the king's sister.
hss charge of the strange little brown
dancers, and they obey her like ao many
school children. . Special jewelers are
Included among the attendant.-' Then
people have the' care of. the jewelry,
which they keep bright and In repair
and inclose In ooffera of precloua wood
elaborately acnlpturqd. . Princess Bum
phady distributes the Jewels among tha
dancers every day according , to thalr
merit, and at night they are returned to
her and aha hand a . them- over . to ..the
Jeweler, v - - - : .. '.
Two Jesters are included in the suite.
It Is their-duty to make - the little
dancers laugh and- otherwise enliven
the tedium of their day. i . --,, t ,
6IRL LEAVES . COLLEGE i TO
WAITOa TABLES
Wellesley Student Puts - Into
Practice Democratic Ideas
r Called Off by Parents. i
Chlesso. July 'II. When Miss Louise
Boeworth, the 1 -year-old 'daughter ef
Alfred K. Bos worth, a wealthy banker
of -.Elgin, finished - her -Junior year at
Wellesley college a few Weeks ago, she
wrote home to her' pa rents that ane
would not return to Elgin this summer.
Mr. Bos worth read tne - letter with
mingled feelings of dismay snd aston
ishment, as It also announced that the
young woman had - taken a position as
waitress in a summer hotel. Slno go
ing to Wellesley Miss Bosworth has ac
quired democ ratio Ideaa of life. She
has aeen some girls working their wsy
through collage, writing newspaper arti
cles, tutoring or waiting on tables, snd
she wondered why their-lives' should
hsv been all work and hers all play.
Th parents forced her to give up her
experlmente and yesterday she returned
to Wellesley. It Is whispered amosg her i
classmates that she Intend to writ I
a book next year and laoUde aoma chap- J
tara of few .pwn Ufa. y. , .- . , i 4
SWKB ,
This fifure to the left shows the King
her $10,000 costume; the central picture shows the sacred ballet aa they'
. 1 landed at Maraelllea, and the medallion is a portrait of King Sisowath.'
FREE r1ARRIAGES
AS ANTIDOTE T(h
RAGE SUIGIDE
Acting Mayor of . Jersey City Ad
' vertises to Perforrn - Marriage
Ceremonies Without Charge
During , Absence of Executive
1'
n Order to. Fight Race Suicide
A :
-r- Juutui gpecUl -gsirtiie.- t-U-
. Jersey City, N. 3., July ll "To
courage marriage. I haw decided to par
form th ceremony free of charge for
any couple that cells at the city nau
between now and July it, when Mayor
Fa ran is to return to Jersey City."
Such la the announcement Of Acting
Mayor Janass W McCarthy, who la head
of the city government while Mayor
Faran is away on nla vacation.
Mr. McCarthy aays that he feels tt
his duty to do all In bis power to pro
mote in 'Jersey City President Boose-'
volt's Idea against race suicide. To that
end the. acting mayor decided to do
what ha could during bia brief reign in
the cltr to bring about marriages in
Jersev Cltv. '" "
, "The fact la Just thla." . aald the
bachelor acting mayor, looking up from
hla desk. "I believe in President Roose
velt's Ideaa about rac . aulclda. He
wanta to guard against It, and the way
to guard against it la to have weddings.
and lota of them.
"T feel sure that a lares number of
marriages couK to Drought abow
Jersev Cltv if Uie , ydung people got
Droner- encouragement, and I'm going to
do all I can .t encourage inem. icsvi
why I now offer to wad without any
cost whatvrr aad any couple who ai
nliea to the mayor offlc between now
and nest Thursday wU have the oere-
mony performed free or cnarg. , ,
DIAZ FEARS REVOLT
V- ' IN STATE OF SONORA
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I ' - Oml Bneelsl Brrlee.
El . Paso. . July II. All governors of
Mexico, are en route to tne comerenoe
called at the City of Mexico by.JTest
dent Was. . Revolution is peered ' In
Sonora. which la declared, to be a hot
bed of dissatlsfsQtton. x ;ml ,
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CANAL BONDS TO BE -
rVALLOTTED BY- SHAW
. ""' (joewael Mneclel gerrlee.!
Washington, Jury I Secretary Shaw
today will mak a partial allotment .of
th Panama 'canal: bonds .to all national
bank that bid higher than $1.0 J. Fifty
banks will be designated as government
depositaries. Flsk tt Robinson of New
Tor will got the bulk of the bonds.
'Jmu 'Sfi
Whatever entvrtalne the seaele the - Istest
la sdeaes sad art and drsOM snd mml what-
ever In heart tnteraat k gives te tae pnhlle
nm thrmfb The jonrsei. ABMeg ine snerisi
articles fnr Uwienew ts s eapltsl sterv ei bow
the first photocraphe ef the eonOor were siade;
Hits will latere tbe roaf, tee. as there Is s
picture of a hahr condor the qneereat bird In
the world. Cam 111 riammarlna tells of the
strange thins Ufbtslnf eoes: e Journal eorre-ponrl-nt
write of the basknu)tT of the
world's most fi.htnn.hl weman's cluhr experts
give fashions that women eas profit bf tbem.
with invaluable hints on health and beantji ft
people who are looklns for earreaa, mea who
have earned It tell how It Is done; a rapltsl
abort atorr will pleaa br Ifa plot and ehara
tr work; for the bor and (Iris, who find The
Jonm.l alwnra eotertalnrns snd Instrnetlvs,
are amne pases ef amuent mee, stories,
nnasle and the fnnnlt of fsnnl; another
as of sonM of the prettiest babies la Orecna
Is prinreo; tTorraanr J. 0. norner nr uresos
ASTirnltaral enlles tell of his trip from Port
land te Quhe. a ront te Palestine: and
there are other fine feature which, with all
the aews ef the world, ssak The
; tac Best Pper.
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of Cambodia's favorite dancer in
MRS. BLODGETT
WRITES OF HER
UNDYING LOVE
Assures Condemned Husband In
Daily Letters; That She Is
Lonely . Without , , Him . and
Hopes New THaTWiil Set H)m
Free Again.
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While during tb aummer months the
only legal business that Is being trans
acted by th courts 1 the Hearing-of
stories of domestic unhspnlness in dl
voroe suits, there come dally to man
in the county Jail convicted of murder
letters from a faithful wife, giving re
peated assurancsa of love and pathatlo
plan of good time they will hsv to
gether when new trial haa released
the condemned man.
The man la George I Blodaett. con
victed of the murder of- Alio Mlnthorn
on March 21, for whom an appeal la
now pending before the aum-ama court.
Tha letters come from his wife, Mrs.
sadie Blodgett, of KallepelU Montana,
and give evidence that not all marriage
are grain for th divorce mills.
Mrs. Blodgett was in Portland whan
Blodgatt wss tried In April, and declared
at that time that nothing but death
should ever cause tba separation of her
self and husband. How firm this de
termination has been 1 best shown by
th following Utter, which Is only "on
of many received by th prisoner:
- "My Dear Husbtnd: I have Just re
eelved your alwaya welcome letter, also
th- papers and plcturea. I like to get
The Journal, there is ao much aewa in
It. Ma and Core, and Tine start for tha
springs Monday. If. you wtr here w
would go, too, but I do not car to go,
for I was never ther without you. Bo
I will stay at home so I can get my let
ters from you every day. .
"It Is It yeara tomorrow since we
were married.' Oh, bow. I wiah I could
ae you tomorrow. W have only been
together on our wedding anniversary
three times In that long 1 yeara Ton
aald you had a dream about me, . I only
wiah it had been true: I am ao lonesome
and blue when I think, of the paat I
am tired of living alone. .. . -.
a ."If I go out any place people look at
me and say, It I too. bad; aba ought
not to care for him.' but I do. X wish
they would let me send yon things, but
I . would not-do-anything that would
hurt you for I lor you, too wall, to do
that. . . .. .i ' -
"Soma day -we .will have you with us.
I am so tired, of living alone. I think
of all tha good times ws used to have
at tha springs., and alao berry picking
on' the hill, and of the fun we will' have
again when . yon .come ..home. . Tour
camping clothee are all ready for you.
"It ia getting dark now, and I must
close. . Hoping to hear from you soon.
I am as ever, with love and kisses, your
loving wife, Sadie." - ; "
Blodsott writes to bis wife every day.
and yesterday afternoon paid for a two
months' subscription to The Journal, or
dering it sent by mall to Mrs. Blodgett
at Kallspsil. .- v - r--4 1
PEACE REIGNS Kl CENTRAL
AMERICAN COUNTRIES -
In Future Presidents of America
and Mexico Will Arbitrate
";.;'v ""'jrT Difficulties. ) . ,
(Jo rail Spaefat Servtre.)
Washington; July II. The govern
ment la officially notified that a Cen
tral American peace treaty was signed
aboard tha Marblehead on the high seas.
Th three republic agreed upon disarm
ament within eight daya and the -exchange
of prisoners and release ot polit
ical prisoners.
' They will negotiate treaties of friend
ship In commeroe and navigation within
three, months and any difficulties over
the treaties and all future complaints
among the three countries will be arbi
trated by the prestdentsrof the United
Statea and "Mexico. '
Costa Rica and Nicaragua approved
"I" " ."J .1 .
Fiil!lll
Young Woman Con
i fesses to Theft and
Perjury and Is Sen
tenced to Penitentiary
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Anxious to Be Incarcerated and
; Declares She Will Kill Some-
one as Soon as Released Not
Insane but Without Sense of
- Right or Wrong." r
. (Jonrasl Bpedal gervlce.) V
Sacramento, Cal., July tl, Just be
cause she wanta toi bring disgrace upon
her father, OracPennlngton, -an-II-
year-old girl of this etty, has gone to
San Quentln priaon for two yeara. Her
father. Henry Pennington, la a ranch
man of Calaveras county, a mining man
of Reno and an oilman of Bakeraf laid.
Bom weeks ago a man waa robbed la
a saloon of this city and tha bartender
accused waa bald for trial on the testi
mony of Orao Pennington at th pre
liminary examination. When the ease
reached the superior court, sh excul
pated the bartender and declared that
she had taken the money. The man waa
liberated and aba waa Indicted for grand
larceny and perjury.' " - ! '
" ' . CHrl Vteadg eraHty.., ' V -
The girl ' pleaded guilty to both
charge-and deolared thet-ao-wa anx.l
loua t go to prison. , Hr case waa an
enigma to Judge Hart and the alienists.
She was pronounoed sane, but It is felt
that sh had no acne of right or wrong.
She declared - that she would steal aa
soon as aha got out of prison and that
she would even kill some on. x.
After th sentence of. two yeara had
been Imposed on her, shs laughed mer
rily and asserted that sbs would bring
more disgrace upon ber father aa soon
as she could get out of prison. .
Qraoe Pennlngton'a parents were dl
voroed several yeara ago and the girl
haa been bent on nothing but mischief
durtngth jat four years, she admits.
' u Soared by Prlsoa Doors.
"Her elderly father waa accom pained'
by his wlf a. sged . 21 years, when he
called, at the JalL .The tether, and
child talked pleasantly while to
gether, but no sooner bad ha departed,
than aha again laughed at him ' and
planned more disgrace for aim. '
.Sh maintained her bravado until ah
aaw . the prison walls yeatarday, and
then begged to b taken ' away from
th penal institution. Tbe general be
lief i that sh did not take th money.
Sh herself ao declared when aha en
tered the priaon, and added that ' ah
bad. "bitten off ber nose. to spite ber
faoe." - ' - vV.
SRMilllllETllllDl'oTl
EUIS DIVORCE CASE
Ripley's ( Daughter's Husband
Liable to Arrest for Wedding .
m Soon" After Divorce ' ; .
, (Joeraat Ipaelal tvlc.J
Chicago, July II. That Jerome
Ellis, whose first wife, dsughter of
President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe
railroad, was divorced from him last
Friday, has made himself liable to
trouble by his marriage with Miss Mas
Plats at Hammond, Indiana, yesterday,
waa the opinion expressed todsy by lead
ing attorneys of this city,. The new
Illinois statute, under whloh th divorce
waa granted, stipulates that neither
party can remarry within a year, tha
punishment of such a remarriage being
not lees than one nor more than three
yeara In the penitentiary. . ' -
"There la no ruling on a violation of
the aUtute," aald one attorney, "and I
hav not gone Into It carefully. - -I would
aay, however, that any on securing a
divorce with thst restriction as to re
marrying, and then going across the
atate line to marry, would lay himself
liable to arrest If he tried to make bis
residence thereafter In Illinois." -The
eeeond Mr.-Blll ie aald to have
been the proprietor of a manicure estab
lishment , . . , ,
FINDS GAMBLING IN v
TOM TAGGART'S HOTELS
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... (journal Seoetat gerv1ee. ' -
Indianapolis, July 11. Warren Blgler,
state auditor, has written to the French
L4ck and West Baden hotel companies
that aa th result ef th Investigation he
Instituted last week he finds the com
panies engaged In wanton and willful
violation of the criminal laws. He de
mands that the companies cease their
unlawuful practices. lie accused them
Of having 'Contributed to the delin
quency of children by permitting them
to gamble ther. permitting gambling
In th hotels and renting rooms wherein
ther Is gambling and selling of pools."
SAT DOWN ON ICE
. AND. DIES FROM HEAT
joernal Ipeelal ariee.l '-
. St, .Louls. July II. Ueorge Cherry,
while carrying a chunk ot toe into a res
idence, was oppreaand by th heat and
sat down on tha to, then rolled over un-
j-Jkcensclpu from , heat prostration.
ALL ADO UV
Editor : of :Oregonian
Was Acquainted With
JAII Work Done By
;the Charter Board
Not Ignorant of the Provisions of
the Charter Relating to Fran
chises and Public Utilities, aa
He Now DeclaresEditorial
and Circumstances Prove It -
Much criticism of Portland's city,
charter has been published in the Or
gonlan. particularly of those provision
relating to franchisee and publkj utlr
lUea, Th part which Harvey W. Scott
played In the framing of the charter la
atudloualy ignored or belittled.
"The editor of. the Oregonlan," says
that paper, "though nominally a. mem
ber of th charter board, waa' seldom '
present at the meetings and paid little
attention to the proceedings. '
He confesses that he didn't know at all -what
was going on." " ' - v - -
'As a matter of fact,' tha framing of
the preaent city oharter - occupied a .
period of nine , months, during all of
which tine tb prooeedlngs of lb char-,
tec board were publio and were fully re
ported In tbe column ot the Oregonlan
and its evening edition.-- Vreoruent edi
torial comment waa made by the Ore
gonlan upon th problems under oon..-
slderation by th board. Th charter
waa than printed In full In th Oregon
lan and It waa alao published and clroa
lAjUd In pamphlet form. - , . .
At the iaat meeting of th board.
rbrwarywlV lietv Mr. Scott was pre,
ant and mad th following remarks:
"I have not been able to attend all of
the meetlnga of this board, but I hav ;
followed th thread of what waa going
on by reading th published reports -of
Its doings. While I have dissented
from som of the minor parts of the
charter, I approve the general result
of the work. . e . e utoT aiMat orj
the oharter haa been thorough and con
scientious, i believe it will be approved '
by th popl,,T "t t-.-7 - - r-- --,
Orpoawd lAaalelpal Osnsrshlp.
On of th most important sublacts
discussed by the charter framere wa -munloipal
Ownership of publio utilities,
such aa light, power and street railways.
Mr. Scott was emphatically opposed to
the acquisition or operation of suoh
uu r 017, ana ai a meeung
ot the charter board.' held la July, 10V
he mad a protracted argument against
the Incorporation into the charter of a
section providing for municipal owner
ship. In concluding his argument ba
aid: . ... ,: . 1. . ..- , ....
"While, therefor, t a are full with
the committee and with other aa to th
taxation of these ficUses,TobJecr"
to tbe proposal that the city shall un
dertake to operate them, or that It ahall '
hold out 1 th expectation or promise
that it will do ao." ,
Soot Yeted Against It. ."-, :
At a meeting held July II. 1101. a test
vore wae luen to aetermine whether
th section providing for municipal own
ership . of utllltle other - than water -
should be stricken from th charter
Th debet was full and Mr. Scott waa
preaent. On -toll cal the motion to
etrtke out tbe section was defeated, but
Mr. Scott voted with, the minority, and
against-municipal ownerehip. - - .
Only four members of tbe board voted
against municipal ownership, Harvey
W. Scott. F. V. Holraan, attorney for
the Portland General Xleetrio company;
1 1 re., I i . m. . ,
City A Suburban Street Railway com
pany, and J. A. Strowbrldge, now de
oeaeed. . " . r '
Twenty members voted in favor of
municipal ownership1, aa follows: Ned
E.' Ayer, F. E. Beach, W. F. BurrelU R
Ia Gllsan.i SoL Hlrach, Harry Hogua, -William
Nllllngsworth, Dr. Hary Lane,
W. M. Ladd. J. T. Morgan, Pan J. Ma.,
larkey, A. U Mills, R. rW. Montague, '
John F. O'Bhea, H. 8. Rowe,. W. E. Rob
ertson, J. N. Teal. P. I Willis, Isam
Whjte, Paftl Wesilnger. ,"'"
in. omer nine memoera ox tne ooara
were absent. - -
The record plainly shows that at that '
time Harvey Scott was opposed to mu- '
nlclpal ownership and that on thla im
portant Issue be was lined up with two
of the very men whom b now charges
with Juggling with tb charter In order
to make it subservient to the Interests .
of the corporation.
In Its recent criticisms of the charter
the Oregonlan hag also alleged that It
waa ao framed as to exempt existing. '
corporations from the burdens that
others must bear.
"Thus we can get a report of tb
operations carried en under the fran
chises that were fixed up and extended '
to long terme just before the new ohar
ter went into effect." Is on Of a ni- '
ber of editorial expressions on this tub-,
Ject .' ---.' -.
This assertion la not born out by
th fact. Section II of the charter
provide that "every grants or holder
ot a franchise'' must keep full and ac
curate accounts Of Its business and must
mak Quarterly written reports to t-e
city auditor of Ita receipts snd exr -dltares.
it Is further provided that 1
such reports shall be printed as r I
of tha annual report of the ma
Nothing In this section exempts c -poratlon
operating under frsnch
granted prior to th adoption ef t i
charter. There ts no spparent r
why such corporatliihs should f t
compelled to make the same sihu
that Is exacted of other. Th lw
net been obetrved but II la r
isa ia fore . - ,
'n