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District Attorney Manning 1 Dec lares 1 1 1 Wo u Id
be Useless Waste of Time" and Money to
Continue the Prose
cutions;"! Told You
So," Says Brougher
-. "All th indictments against th men
.accused of frauds in the -election-tn
Heljwood precinct will ba dismissed."
District Attorney John Mao alec.
"I have always- had a feeling; that
vthe prosecution of the men accused ef
frauds at the last election would end
. like a farce. It t no more than I ex
pect ed." Dr. J. Whltcomtr Brougher. !
As a result of B. F. Boynton being
' found not guilty flf perjury yesterday
afternoon by a verdict- given under In
etructtons from Judge Frafxer none ef
the men indicted for perjury or Illegal
voting in-connections with. th-lo4hMt
in Wellwood preclrtj.t will be prosecuted.
, Judge Kraier -directed ttife jury to find
porn ton not guilty, toecVu -the proof
..offered by the prosecution jvaa not such
as required. Jr -the Oregon laws to
sustain ajeobvtct
tlrm-
m or-perjury.'
f Ufvinvi jinornvj: .uanjiin nnunna
.Man
this morfitni that the prosecution has
not strong-'proof .against -any- of the
other, pine men aoouMd of perjury .as
it had a gainst Boynton, and that the
other Indictments will be dismissed be
cause to proceed with the trials would
'b a ueles.wstp.of lime, and sneoey.
A' ruling by Presiding Judge-Bears
last summer wat to the effect that be
cause certain blanks were not filled In
the affidavits by which, the alleged 11-
' legal voting . was dona the affidavits
were defective. The prosecution was
thereby limited' to proving , that the
.men who swore to the affidavits Were
. not acquainted with the men who voted
cn the affidavits. )
. Why Proeeoatlxm railed. '
. In the. Boynton ..case, Boynton had
sworn that hei knew 1 Harry - Young.
' Toung. on tike wttneas gtand,. swore that
Boynton did notXknow him.'- The Ore-'
gon law provides that m conviction for
; perjury cannot be had except on the
testimony of two Witnesses, or on tlie
. testimony of one wltneaa, corroborated
,' by other evidence. .
No ene besides. Young could be found
who would swear that Boynton wag not
acquainted with, Toung. nor could any
testimony corroborating Young', be
found. When the prosecution had pre
sented all Us evidence. Attorneys Muir
and Moody, representing Boynton, asked
the court to Instruct the- Jury that
Boynton could not be found guilty.
AfVer - an argument of more than an
hoar, Judge Fraser directed the verdict.
; Because of this SI other trials ton
" charges growing out of the aUegnd elec
. tion frauds will be dismissed. The
men who will escape 'prosecution for
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FEAR BARS WILL
BE LOVJERED FOR
CHII1ESE COOLIES
Californians In Congress Scared
by Administration's Frlendli
- ness .for .Oriental Peoples
Think Exclusion Act May Be
z Tampered With. v
(Jeerasl SrteeM IWvlee.t
Wsshfngtnn. Dec. 29. California's
representatives -in congress are -greatly
exercised over the friendly feelings
toward Asiatics In administration
circles. Thoy say ths president Is urg
ing thst the recommendation of the de
partment of commerce and labor, made
to the committee on foreign affairs at
, the last session, may be token up and
Incorporated In the exclusion act, nr In
some fortffal agreement with China.
This recommendation grew-out of' the
alleged 111 treatment of the Chinese en
tering Baa Francisco, and was that
the immigrants ba examined before
leaving China, Instead of on this side.
It is expected that the recommenda
tion will be e ported favorably by the
enmmlttee on foreign affairs, sftsr the
holidays. Kdwln N. .Eenthy ot . the
committee, is with the CaJIfornians, bnt
they hsve powerfi! Influences' against
, them, tf the matter should ever eome
up tie the house, the Callfornlnns
would be able to count on nonsider
shle support front southern members,
vhoot sympathies were arousefl by the
Japanese emhrogllo and the attack on
tat a rights, -., ... ..
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On the left is Cardinal Richard, Arch
"otic church in FrancerAbove 'is Cardinal' Rampolla, whom' man re
gard as the real power behind the' throne 'at the Vatican. ' - Below is
Prime Minister Clemencearl who is separating the affairs of the church
and state in France. His wife is an1 American woman. . '
ORIENT
RATE
Freigfit .Tariff on Wheat and Flour Reduced
. to Ward Off Invasion 'of -Territory J ;
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Rates on wheat and flour from ports
In the P elite northwest to tho orient
will be reduced bQ cents per ton com
mencing January 1. Announcement to
this 'effect has Just been mado by the
Portland It Asiatic Steamship company,
the rate having been decided tipon at a
special meeting held In Seattle a few
days ago by representatives of the va
rious transportation companies engaged
In carrying 'breadstuffs across the Pa
cific. . The new rate will Mean
ton to Hongkong and Shanghai and I3.S
a ton to ports In Japan. Heretofore
the rates were i to Shanghai, f 4.50 to
Hongkong and; $4 to Japan.
The reduction was made In order to
ward off the competition of the Japanese
steamship companies that are now try
ing to Ivade the Held. Recent develop
ments show thst the Jspaneao are' de
termined to do some of the hauling over
the sea and the British, and American
competitors on this side are equally de
STATISTCS SHOW : v
PORTLAND'S GREAT '
GAIN IN EXPORTS
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Reports of the harbormaster of Se
attle and the statistician of the' PorM
land chamber ,. or commerce for. the
month of October, - prtjited In the- of
ficial bulletin of , the . department of
comnterco and labor, have Juat been la
sued from "Washington and mak'ea re
markable showing In favor of - Portland
In the matter of' flour, lumlier 'and
wheat- ahlpwtenta.-. Th sound is far dls
tanred by the, Columbia river on these
commodities.- ' . i
The .Portland . wheat shfpmenls to
foreign ports were IJS.T47 bushels, end
to ilomesrli5-ports 45.14T" bushels. Be-
ttle. la-. October . ahippeit-no.. wheat - t
LEADERS IN CHURCH
: -V.'.I',"' frr7 . in ii.im it. i. i u....intvs- .
mm
bishop'of Paris, and head of the Cthv
termined to continue to control, the busi
ness. So far mm the line out of Portland
la concerned tho-Invasion of , the Jap
anese cut little . figure, - because-, all
available space for two or three steam
ers has already been, contracted for. bul
now that a reduction has been deemed
advisable for tho protection of the lines
out of Puget sound and Victoria, B. C.
the Ifarriman people will be oat about
15,009 on Vhe two next cargoes. .
The Japanese are said to have ar
ranged to send at least six stsumers to
Paclflo northwest ports for wheat and
flour during -the next month. One of
them, the Shlbatn Mara, has already 're
ceived her carco hero and would have
sailed yesterday had she had enough
men on board to take her to sen. She!
will be followed by th Goto Mam. , a
till larger carrier.' The Teddo Maru
an Kotohira Maru are booked to load
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either llawall, Alaska Or the orient, and
Its ronort shows no dome tie shipments.
Flour shipments from Portland, were
544,140 barrels foreign, end 120.7S bar
rels to domestic ports.- Seattle' harbor
record shews as follows: Coastwise
shipments.' none;- Alaska, 427 barrels;
Hewallsn, none; orient, 1.25 bar-vein. I
In ." lufflber-hlmntsMe-ywteff
and foreign Portland' record for the
month IS vastly beyond tta competitor.
Portland shipped 10,027.124 feet foreign
and It.tK.t.H'feet coast wise, m tbtal
of fJ.644.14J feet. Seattle'o only lum
ber shtpmenta rn Ihe aame month were
2.4t.OOS feet to' Alaska and 2,140,000 feet
coastwise. v ' -
WAR
'AND STATE FIGHT
LESLIE SHAW TO
BE MADE CHIEF
OF MUTUAL LIFE
Standard Oil Plans to Reward
- Secretary of the Treasury by
. Giving Him Charge Over Immense-
Insurance ' Surplus -Policyholders
May Say No.
(Jetiraal Special Serrlea.)
, New York, Dec. 10. -There is a grow
ing belief In'flnanciat'clrclesthat Leslie
M. .Shaw, when be. retires from the sec
retaryship of ths treasury on February
1, will become the. head of the Mutual
Life Insurance company. It IS said that
the position has not been formally ten
dered to him, but that hashed been
sounded on the subject snd Is not averse
to the ldea The position would carry
with It a salary of from 175.004 to tlOO,
000 a year, end would place Mr. Shaw in a
-seat of great pnwei and dignity In the
'financial' world.' PA confident 'of Mr."
Shaw ssld: V
"Secretary Shaw'can be president of
the Mutual Life if he chooses., He has
been told that much by controlling Inter-fat
In the company. ,i .
'The secretary has not given them
any definite answer inthe-'hbsence of a
formsl tender by the -board of trustees,
but It " Is perfectly safe to say that
when inch an offer is anade'Mr. Shaw
will accept." '. " i '. .
Shaw's hopes He In the., success 'of
the administration ticket In th election
Just. held, r If the polioyhblders' league
Is suoeeafnl. Shaw's hopes go glimmer
ing, .but If , the Standard Oil Interests
are victorious Shaw will be rewarded for
the many tlraea he has rushed treasury
sld to Wall street, snd for th favors
he hs shown Rockefeller's -National
City bank. , . , . ' .
UNREPORTED STEAMER
FIVE DAYS OVERDUE
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(Inarnal Spee1t er1r.? '
-Seattle, Pec JO. -Th steamer Penn
avlvanla rive dava overdue from Val-
des. wna atlll unreported at 10 o'clock'
this morning. Between . ! and so
passengers are aboard. . ,
tnUroelleglat Okas.
' (Jnarnai Spmrlat rvee.
New Tork, Dee. 20, The center of In-
tereti tht ehae ,worklTJugtnQW' Js.,
the -West Side Republican club In this
city, where the annual tournament of
the Intercollegiate . chea aaaoclatlon
waa" opened this afternoon, to eontlnu
till the end of the week. The contes
tants Inchide. th foremost chess ex
perts of llarvsrd. Tale, Princeton and
Colombia universities.." -. . .
BIG
Tonopah andGoldfield
Mining Stocks Tum
ble in Price Riot
on Frisco 'Change.
Old Time Properties Like Ton
,opah, Nevada,: Mohawk and
. Belmont Show Heavy Losses
. During Bear Raid Jumbo,
a
Laguna and May Queen Suffet
(SparUl Mtpatrk to The Jonraai.)
Han Francisco. Pee. 20. There was
almost a riot today on the mining stock
exchange here when a general -depr
slon in values set In. There were great
lumps In Quotations, the most notable
one being. In Tonopah, Nevada, which
loat 12 from the price of 'yesterday.
Tonopah, Nevada, Ja supposed to -be one
of the standard mines In the district
and holders of securities In other mine
rushed to sell when they saw what was
happening in mines that have been on
the market for year. .
. Mohawk Stomps Badly.
'. Even the well-known Mohawk was en
able to withstand th onslaught Of th
bear force not professional ones, but
those who were honest In their endeavor
to get from under. During the day Mo
hawk lost Sl-25.
Some of the leaser known stocks
could not get a bid at all during to
day's turmoil Others which are quoted
at little figures during normal trading
went down in the general decline. .
Every one showed a disposition to let
so of his hoi dines. Such a wide-spread
desire to tell mlnng shares has never
been seen n this city since .. Nevada
stocks came into" prominence. The de
sire- to sell todsy was even greater than
the desire to purchase. few month
ago, when Mehawk and other high-grade
secrttles mado sensational advances day
after day. . - -. , " .
Belmont's BaoUa.
Belmont is one of the old-time securi
ties and during the past week It has
been standing sold by It shsreholders;
today showing a loss of SO cents since
Monday. . Red Top, another of the old
mlnea, was hit a aever blow today.
there being a loss of it cent on th
price during' the paat 24 hour. .
Laguna and May uueen eacn aropped
back 23 cents today. Th extension of
Jumbo lost 24 rents, while Jumbo It
self dropped It rents. .
CURTIS JETT CONFESSES ;
TO MURDER 0FC0CKRILL
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f Joeraal Speelal rr1ce.)
Cynthlana,. Ky.. Dec. JO. Tur
tle Jett today confessed rn th
murder of Jam Cockrill at
Jackson. Kentucky. Jett was on
th witness-stsmt If minutes.
4' when he confessed that be fired '
4 .six shots from th courthouse , 4
4 window at Cockrill. Jett Is al- 4
4 ready aer-1ng a life term for
4 4tha murder of J. B. Marcum
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x , Oreek Jitter K to Meet.
(lonrsal Special Service r
Atlanta, Cia., Dec. 20. Great prepar
ations are blng made for the reception
and entertainment of thos. who will at
tend th biennial convention of th
Sigma Alpha Epsllon'' fraternity in At
lanta next' week,- At least 1.000 dele
gates are expected, coming from prac
tically every state In the Union. The
session will be held In the Piedmont
hotel, and will laat three days.
BURIED FOR 14 DAYS;
RESCUE NOW AT HAND
FOR ENTOMBED MINER
(Jesrsai Speelal larrica.)
' Bakersf leld.- Cel.. Dee, 29. The clos
ing hour of the long fight for life of
Miner Hicks are at hand. - Th rescue
party I at last where tt can eommunl
cat with the' burled . man, and he I
cheering them on to completion of their
task with Jocular remarks. ; Th rescue
party 1 now directly over the ore car
undat which Illcka lies, and some time
this rtarnoqnfcajeae.v areaaad.iod
burrowed a hole out 'of which It can
lift th man Who has been burled for 14
day.
It is expected thst seme time will be
required, even after the -miners can lay
their hand upon Htrka. th rajs hint
without danger. - The utmost -caution
will be taken to block and timber the
MAUD ADAMS' MOTHER
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Mrs. Annie C Adams, Who Was the
Innocent Cause of. Senator .Brown's
Being Shot by Mrs. Bradley.
PATRICK WIII8
HARD FIVE YEARS'
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Governor Higgins Commutes
; Sentence of Convicted Mur-
' derer of Millionaire Rice to Life
Imprisonment as Real Slayer
Purchased Immunity. '
(Josraal Special Berrlc.)
Albany, N, .T Deo, 20. Governor
Hlgglns today commuted the sentence
of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick to life ttti
prlsonment. "The governor said that
grave doubt had been expressed by
three of th seven judges of the court
of appeals, which satisfied him . that
Patrick should be relieved of the ex
treme penalty. He aald that he had
never been accused directly of murdr
tng Rice, but only of procuring the mur
der. While the self-confessed murderer
Valet Jones became Immune by turning
state's evidence.
Pstrlck has made the moat remark
able fight for his life since hi convic
tion nearly five years ago. The history
of the case is as follows: ,'
William Marsh Rice, an sged miner
who made a. fortune of about IS.000,000
In Texas, died In an apartment at No.
(00 Madison' avenue on September 1J.
100. 1 That earn morning Patrick pre
sented two check aggregating tOO.OOO
and bearing Rlce'a signature to a bank
ing firm. The firm called up Mr. Rice's
home on th telephone to inquire about
a alight error in tn onecas, ana was
Informed that the old man was dead.
An Investigation by the coroner and
police followed. ' Thts resulted In the
disclosure that Patrick held an assign
ment of R1ce' estate, checks for S2SO,-
000 signed by Rice, and also a will by i
which h waa made the residuary leg-J
atee of an estate worth more than It.
000.000. Rice's funeral wae stopped, an
autopsy waa held, and th body cre
mated. Patrick waa arrested on January 20,
102, his remerkaMa trial was begun.
After about eight weeka of legal battle
he waa convicted", and went to the death
cell In Sing Sin April 7. 12. Except
ing the occasion on- which he went to
Albany under guard last March to sp
peart before the court of . appeals, the
lawyer has never been outside the walls
of the deathhous. ' .
BARRETT ELECTED HEAD
OF REPUBLICS BUREAU
" rwaakiaste Burea tt Tke JeorstLt
Washington, P. C Dee. 20. Follow.
Ing the nomination yesterday of Will
lam C. Fox, minister to Ecuador, John
Barrett, of Portland, was today unani
mously elected head of the bureau of
American Republlf-s by tne governing
board of th. bureau. '
cut so that no fall of earth or fresh
slide1 will cheat the rescuer at th last
moment. ; '
Hlcka haa ered cigars with hla
rescuers that they will not release him
before i o'clock thl evening.
"1 hope t lose, dots," he shouted from
under th car, "but t think you. will all
enjoy a smoke on old La a Hick When
w gather about th fir tonight."'
Late lnat night rescuers broke Into
tfie grahlie qult"uBepenri1tr.- antf-it
delayed the work considerably. But
now nothing Is In the way but a twisted
mass of timbers. These will be re
moved with the greateat ra.it Ion. as
lllrke semis' to he growing stronr
everr hour and there I no imminent
dancer of ool lapse on his park
WAIT FOR
COBOF
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JSWlSI Kax.UlKJtKKTtT.mVM-i:.t.
Strikers and Sympa:
ihizersMarkingTime
Until International
Officer-Arrives. '
Unionists Declare Federated
Trades Is Organized and
Ready to Act Upon Com
mands of the Leader as Soon
' as He Reaches the Scene.
Striking carmen and sympathetie elec
trical workers are marking tlm today,
awaiting th arrival of their Interna- .
tlonal officera front San Francisco. Be
hind the strikers now stands the execu
tive board ca th Federated Trade
Council, officially endowed with full
power to employ such radical measures
a it -may deem will forward the csuse. .
The body is not resting today, but is
taking preliminary step to organix It
two score and ten local unions in a gen
eral fight for the recognition of the car-,
men'a demand. Members of this body
announced today that they woold be
ready to place themselves st the com- .
maad of . District Organiser Richard
Cornelius, upon his arrival m this city '
tomorrow night. ., , . '
Because of the announcement that In- '
ternatlonal officer of th Carmen' and.
Electrical Workers' unlone are on their
way to Portland, the advocate of a
general strike did not urge their pro-...
gram at the . special meeting . of the
council last ntgltu But a reaolutlon was
passed which amounts to a recommen
dation that the unions affiliated with';
the council prepare themselves for a
sympathetic . strike. v The resolution '
called upon the unions to place them
selves behind the carmen and to be pre
pared to take such action a may be
deemed th most effective possible un
der th circumstances. . ... v
'- Strike OosnaUtte Abolished.
The speclbl -committee appointed last '
Friday night was abolished at the meet
ing last night and the council exectt- "
tlv board will hereafter act for the '
union at large. The officer of th
union will act directly for,th carmen.'
"We're almply organising ourselves .
for the coming of the International of
ficers." ssld T. M. Lea. bo, a member of ;
th executive board, today. "When Cor
nellus comes he will find us ready.-.
He'll have nothing to do but to telt
us' what he wants and what to do and
we'll do 1L We have everything In
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WESTS, TITLE
TO PRESENT SITE
OF METROPOLIS
lY ... y. . . . ' .
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Descendants i6f " Early Settlers
Begin Suit to Recover Prop
erty Deeded by First Gover
nors to Ancestors! Centuries
Ago Now Worth Much. J ' .
' (Josrnaf Speetat SarvtcO
New Tork, Deo. 20.As an opening
Wedge to the legal warfare to contest
th title to th major portion of .up
per Manhattan and the Bronx, involv
ing the Aetor estate and greerr tract
of land In that section of New York
to the value of hundreds of millions of '
dollars, Louis P. Kooken, through, hi ;
attorney, Ira Jay Putton. ha served
notice of suit on Corporation Counsel
Ellison and Controller Met a. laying
claim to practically all th city prop-'
rty In th -section mentioned.
Kooken I a young IltlledelpM real
estate dealer, who. claims thai he rep
resents thousands of heirs' of the ttrlc
ina patentee, and grants nl t
Richard Nlcoi:, governor un.ler th
Intk of Tork In "d by Governor
Thomas Dongaa, wh took of fl'-e lit
ma.
The patentee are 11 In number, the
only ones mention! bnlr.g J.ine. Pel.a
mater and fte.lve Malilron. both of
whom Kooken arts are M le tr
(Ttreee rf4'-ralliu.JUl4i.,.. 1U V .. .
Clares that 1 the t-;Te-ti i -.i H a
sll the df-etemlaiita of td f.ioUu.s t
r-n!"i In the preent a'-t"n. t.
pie.- of tl'V pr!.rlv In tli .r a
Is inlr route". ) fir ln. ! t. I fie riot"
pnrnorv. t'wrl a' ' I '
water frent of U d el.: .
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