The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 13, 1907, Page 2, Image 2

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    THE OREGON ' DAILY : JOURNAL: PORTLAND. TUESDAY ; EVENING. V AUGUST 13, 1S07.
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iViETHODS EMPLOYED BY :
: BENSON IPJ LAND FRAUDS
AN OREGON PRODUCT v
forlnne Reaped by Fraudii-
Jant j lTactices wnlca
T v Cannot Bo Punished.
: 4ulp Million inm
! v , SURVEY CONTRACT
..- .v.-
; Early Operation of Swindler Netted
We Altfa-Sutnte , of Limitation
prerrata Prweeotlon i of - All Bat
Latest Crime.' .
,1
' ' ' (WMfc Bern et Joaraal.)-
C Washington. Aaf. 11. When the land
r trawl cm aalnst Benson,. Hvde, VI
' mond and Schneider cornea on next Jan
, taaiy, the government will place on trial
a man who (or to year haa defied all
. . law and revelled )n illegal traneactlona
1 with Impunity, If tha allegation at tba
vroaacuUon ba sustained. A long- train
' f fraudulent acta baa boon charged to
Benson, beginning in 1171. and onoa ba
' bat Wn under Indictment and escaped.
Tha chart to ba laid In tha January
trial ara (or acta orla-lnatlnr lees than
three rears- prior to tha finding of tha
1 , lndlcune.ni xwo yeara agu, wvm
previous acta have boon Immunad by tha
-,' atatuta o( llmltatlona. " 1 . ,
Tha (acta to coma in tha January triaj
relate aiore or leaa 10 me incmuB;
f Ulnirer Hermann mm uuiiiiuimi" y -.
; land office, and area tha outlawed acta
of Benaon In lar e part came under the
. , Jurisdiction 01 JT. , .nermann mm ww
mlssloner. ; ' - - ' .
," Seaaon' izt Arraai. "?
' John a. Banaon. a wealthy real aa
1 tate operator of San Franc taco. waa ar
rested in Wahlnton In MS! by order
of Secretary Hitchcock. It waa tha first
' move on the part ( tha Interior depart
ment to bring to Justice person who had
eoo violatlnr the publlo land laws of
- the United Statea on a rand acaJe, la
' .ra nnmoroua arreata had been
made by the department, but lor aome
' reason or omer me caiw i-uu.n.wi -
men who not only practiced (raud them-
.eelves but en gaged with othera to vio
late the law by committing forgery, per
jury and bribery, escaped.
SecreUry Hitchcock, on hearing re
porta from the weat and south o( scan
dalous operatlona nnder the eectlon
providing (or atone and timber entries,
' ordered his arenU to conduct rigid ex
amination. Their , reporta abow -that
amaalng fraud had been committed in
the weatem and northwestern statea a
well aa In Louisiana and Mlaalaalppl,
' Where bribery has been attempted or
accomplished. It waa not tha intention
: of the Interior department to act qulok-
ly la ordering the arrest of Benaon. (or
v hit case waa an old and notoiioua one.
Involving many counts, but when be
- came to Washington and It la alleged
bribed a (ormer chief of division of the
land office and attempted to bribe th
, era, SecreUry Hitchcock decided to take
' him while be eould get him, remember
" lng that on a prevloua oocaalon Benson
(led to Europe when ha waa wanted.
. Career An ZatereatlBf.Oaa. V
' The career o( John A. Benson haa been
an interesting one. Acoordlng to tha
' official reports In tha general land of
fice, he, and several associates, ataad
". charged With fraud, perjury and publlo
robbery of glgantio proportlona, cover
ing a period from 1171 to 104. But aa
; publlo officials either were In eolluslon
with the conspirators, or winked at the
1 racts preaenxea oy speouu mu mui
' to California to conauct Investigations,
punishment was not meted out to the
1 'accused.--','-' ''''. ; ';; '''"' "'
John A. Benson waa flrat a schooj
teacher after his arrival In California.
He soon gave this pursuit up to enter
the service of the- government as a
" deputy surveyor. ; This office he held
untU May 1, 1871. when he tendered
, bla resignation to Survey or-General
Wagner, aa be stated, on account of
hi. "wish ta nnn in business whlob
: In aome respects might be Incompatible
with his duties as deputy surveyor."
I the character ; Of ia bualnesa is best
J Illustrated ' by ' the reports - of three
1 United States grand Juries, which In
: -Boat tirn t1 him nnratlons In tba Sit
years following his resignation and re
- turned seventy-isx Indictments against
him, his - associates and employes, (or
violations ot ine locerai uw. owim
himself waa lndlcted no leas than
. twenty-four times. . ' .- , .
v t aoured Bla? Oonteacfta. .
The records' of the' Und ofrtce ahow
' that prior to Benson's resignation he and
CIS associates . naa , invenu murrmrmu
contracts to tha amount of 177,000, from
Rurvevar-Oanerai Waaner. but after his
resignation bis name aisappearea xrom
the rolls a a contracting deputy and
thereafter ha employed men to make
' surveys. '- These men be had appointed
, ' deputy aurveyora and took contracts In
their namesr ; generally without tha
knowledge of the employes, aa tha aign
f lng of blank bonds. . contracta, oatha,
', etc., of which they knew neither the im-;-
port nor use, constituted the conditions
. of such employment. Some of these
men were paid S50 to, $60 per month
with others he divided the oroceeds o:
contracts taken In their names; but he
controlled, absolutely, the letting of
contracts In California and waa recog
nised aa "Boss." -. -
The reports of the special agents ahow
- that Benaon, in California, nominated
' the men he wanted (or deputy surveyors
. ' ana urveyors-uenerai wagner . ana
, Brown appointed them; ha arranged with
different persona to act as sureties for
' . the deputies and such bonds Invariably
i were signed in- Diana, to which the men
were' not required to make oath,- the
: blanks 1 being filled out by a pliable
notary. According to law Benson couia
; have no part or interest in any contract
- not In bis own name. The law, how
$ ever, was evaded by the conspirators
with the aid of officials of the land
oiiice.
Soheme to Bvada Xaws.
The evidence In possession of the
general land office ahows that contracta
: to the amount of nearly -11,000,000 In
the state .of California alone. . were se-
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eared by Benson from SurverorsxSen
ersi Theodora Wagner and W. II. Brown
(mm 178 to 118. During that period
theeve offtoers . let surveing oon tracts
to tha) amount of fl.MMlL Benson,
therefor secured from Wagner 1! per
cent of the contracts let and from
Brown SS per cant, - But one of these
contracts, (or less than 11,000 waa taken
In his own name. The other oontraota
were taken In, the namea of men In bla
employ, generally without their knowl
edge, the proceeds being collected from
the United Statee treasury upon powers
of attorney sla-nad In blank and never
executed by the parties signing them, -
m scneme ror evading tne taw, vj
this ring, required:- , . r
. irirst -(surveying contracts, survw--or'
bonds, surveyors' oatha uaed In
mslrtna. nronf at exenutlon of surveys
and powers of attorney, kept "In etock"
to collect from the United States treas
ury tha proceeds of Its contraota, eignea
In blank. J
Hiwinillrii ennnlntmanr or soma as
sistants aa United States circuit court
nunnlailnnin- and notaries DUD1IO tO
sign blank toonda. bUnk oaths and blank J "Yonr
powers or attorney, witnuui w -
lira nt tha naptlaa. For this Purpose
Benson, according to the reports of the
narl.l aaanta kant in his OfflO the Of
ficial seals of such court commissioners.
which his confidential eierg niiacn-a "
tha papers whjoh he desired to turn. In
the surveyor general' office.
Third The oompiete iuo;un u w
n,r...n.,n,nl ana hlS aSSlStantS tO
tha Interests of the ring, In appointing
Benson's men as deputy aurveyora and
in securing the approval of ."dummy"
contracta. . - , -
Fourth The ecoparatlon and assist
ance of tha surveyor general In conceal
ing from the persona in whose names
such oontraota war taken all knowledge
thereof. - ; ? ;
rot-tan XHofsJXy maapa. -I
Nearly 1100,000 wan taken from ta
for faaM James ; Garland
Smltli, aged ten month, ton of
'Dr. Frederick 8. Smith of Port-
land, . ; ''' ' .
BOGGESS WORKED
HIS fiJIlE HERE
ou.h.arBwrro - owes
Money to'. Merchants'
National Bank"
WATSON DENIES HE
t WAS CAUGHT IN NET
knowledge until afterward that the con
tracts were in vxiatence, as zouows:
In tha name of K. B. Buckley, a cab
driver, who did not know what a com
naa waa and who stated on bis solemn
oath that he "never held a contract with
the government,' never Knew mat mere
waa any rdoneyi drawn In his name, and
ha la aura that ha never received one
cent of money from tha government for
surveying, zi.ti.J7.
la tha name of Charles Sawyer, who
when he applied In proper person to the
amvwmwmm ..nar1 ffir nnAllltmBt aa a
deputy, waa not Informed that ha ai-1 Caaoier OX UUUtaaoa itportel to
ready naa oeen appomtea ana umiiwii
MintriKia arara In hla name. 17.1 14.1a.
In the name or John w. r itapatnca,
who made affidavit that ha "did not en.
I,. intA that contract, or knew anything
of it, nor did he ever receive the money,
or any part Of It from tha government.
11,614.71." - . .
In the name of Charles Holeomb, who.
aa shown by official records, was never
appointed by either Wagner or Brown,
a deputy surveyor, god who during six
1 . . Aa r,
Bo Among Callfornlan' Creditor
Sa lie EcPd Wily War of
IVomoter.
j ' (Jeeraal Spedal Servlea.) f
. Ban Francisco, Aug. IS. Rellley Bog-
aresa mining nromotor. who. several
deputlea" never took an oath of office I months ago,' waa declared Insolvent In
response to a petition presented by aome
of hie creditors, filed a schedule of his
liabilities and assets In United State
district court yesterday. Tha schedule
reveals tha fact that Boggess la a wls-
and did ndt know that there waa a sin
gle contract In his name until nearly
thraa vaara after the date or tne xirst
contract, and not until over S 4 1.000 bad
been paid out of tha treasury In hla
name On accounts approved by Surveyor-
Tin nam? of iw feakar. 11 art In tha .art of aecurlng money. H
contracta, 1.14l.0. - ' lowea I1S7.0V0. and hla assets, according
';' Banket MX Basallolasiaa. ' I to bla Utemnt, ar a very Indefinite
Thta large sum of money. 1174.181.08. 1 nuantitr. conslstlna of an undetermined
7.?. ?ld at0oth,luik,.-nt?r! I Interest In mining stocks, the-value of
luuiw wi ma JI.IIVITOI, .i '' h Ch ta Problematical. These stocas
from the United Statea treasury for
John A. Benaon the proceeds of these
fraudulent contracta in the namea or
men who aid not know that tne con
tracts, with a single exception, were 1
existence. - They. In their Ignorance.
signed blank papera at their employer's,
request, and on these papers the de
ar In 'tha name of an attorney. Frank
M. Stone, and Boggess saya that, al
though Jie waa to be a large owner of
them, only, fjve ahares were transferred
to him, that be might be enabled to act
as a director,
.. imnni hla creditors is J. Frank Wat-
eon, cashier of the Merchants' National J
BITTERS
jMost everyone know what
it is to experience a spell of
Stomach Trouble or Bilious
ness and Hhbusandsl jare,5
arding agamstj a: return
attack "by keeping' a bottle
rf the Bittera handy, s. It
res Indigestion, Costive
r.srs, Cramps, Diarrhoea.
IIcJ -.:!:e or Insomnia.
lllm BDUeUUMUivai Tftvu aw sj uwmw
toggesa Boggess promoted the Arisen
melting and Mining scheme.
vfS'von the treasury, were forged. 0f Portland, who Is out 17.050 by
aiuvuuui ' vvr frovivvvf mu j uvnh
Agent John A Slbbald. In one of hla re
ports to tha commissioner of tha gen
eral - land office in Washington, , "con- Mr. Watson denied this morning that
trolled by the Benson ring, I am aatls- Boggess owed r either himself or the
fled that a proper, investigation -. will bank any such sum. Mr. Watson said
show that not less than f 760,000 was while It was true Baggess had borrowed
paid out . of the treasury to Its agents money. It had been paid back years
and representatives In this city (San ago. Mr. Watson explained that while
Francisco) on (also and fraudulent pow- he is nominally a creditor on Boggess"
era of attorney. In the course of this books, the frenzied financier owes him
investigation . conducted by the - lata nothing. The only money owing to the
United State district -attorney and my bank from Boggesa la a personal note
predecessor, these forgeries were ex- aigned by Boggesa and - Mra. Boggess
posed, and yet not an indictment was for several hundred dollars, which waa
rouna against the guilty parties under I cnargea to prom ana ius tmm
section f4Zi or the Revised Statutes. I ego.
Tha statute of llmltatlona now
protect the forger from criminal prose
cution, but I . believe that the govern
ment haa it remedy by civil, suits to
recover, the money from the man who
used tha bogus powers of attorney at the
treasury, at least in the cases referred
to- in thie report . , ' ,
'.sf'-;- Xven Asked Immnnlty. ! '
"Benson and his confederates ask Im
munity for their crimes, and not only
to Keep tne proceeds or tneir frauds, but
that the government ahall pay them (or
surveys heretofore rejected by the gen
eral land office upon proof that they
were fictitious and fraudulent amount
ing, according, to varioua estimates, from
Rnc-reaa was formerly manager of the
McMillan Urn company, which did a
great deal of bualnesa In Portland. The
property la ownea vy lormer siaie mil
road Commissioner MoMlllan of Wash
Ington, and It waa through dealing with
the lime company that Mr. Watson be
came acquainted - with . Boggess, who
later secured money on mining proper
ties be waa' floating in uuuornia.
OFFERS TO SEAL
' . .1.1
(Continued- from Page One.)
Thomas whined that he did not have
hla clothes or even a towei on wnicn
$260,000 to $400,000. Part of to dry - his T f act T but the only satlsfac-
these banker also furnished the bonds I ,aiv a tit.mnt tmm
tor Benson and his assistants when his wife that she would give him his
vu.y wvtb nricatvu unuar me inaict- i mbh., inmm . wan n in fr in, rutmrv
ments. and I believe it Is as much the a .nlluvnrlnr to ronnlliate hla anouaa.
duty of tha government to make them I Thomas through his attorney waived a
Day back the money they have taken out I nraiiminnrr anamination and waa bound
of the treasury for Benson as It Is to I over to the grand jury In the sum of
prosecute uenson unaer tne, inaiot-l 1160.
ments." . . Twisted Wtf Boa.
' During President Cleveland a admin. I m.. .1,, .nnimd an
latratton the , Benson ring waa lnvestl-the Twenty-third street Una aa a con-
'""i -If". "V" 07 an I due tor, recently Decern ao enragea at
agent nt out by Secretary Lamar, i the action of hla wife In arousing him
Special Agent Conrad procured evidence 1 tmm drunken stunor In order for him
upon which Benson and a number of his to report for duty on time that he
associate were Indicted. Thereupon the brutally twisted her nose and . puUed
ring burned its papers and records and her hair, in addition to other mlstreat-
oenson ora o fcuroiw. ouoneauenuv 1 ment. .
Benson wa extradited and brought Jjackl Mrs. Thomas nose was badly lacer-
(or trial, v . fated and her body bruised by her nus-
Bfrong. political lnlhience waa used In band's vlolousness and he was only pre
Benson's behalf and hla trial waa nnat. vented from doing further injury by the
poned; Special Agent Conrad waa dis- arrival of neighbors. The couple live
missed and Later Mr. Slbbald was sent on Thurman near Twenty-sixth etreet,
f. oaiirnrnia .tn inveatia-ata. Tt la ai. and have two children.- If found guilty
leged that tha United States district at- tne upper court tne streeicarman may
tornev aid not prosecute tne govern- u lu u muwwi i-
ment'a case with vigor, and that against
the advice of Mr. Slbbald, the weakest
case waa tried first, the result being as
he had nredlcted. acaulttaL This, of
course, helped Benson.
Aa Abundant Xarreet,
The harvest of the Benaon ring, while
It exlated, waa abundant A paper, pur
porting to be. a settlement between Ben
son and on of bis partners. James E.
Woods, for surveys amounting to $360.
000 received from SDeclal Agent Conrad
and stated to be In the handwriting of
Woods, gives some interesting informa
tion not'lntended for the public A copy
la ss (ollowss
"Survey made, amounting; to $360,000.
Deduct axpenaea, via:
Charle O, Brown, attorney, $17,600.
"Office work on notes. $6,000. ..
"Lobbying congress, $25,000. ;
"Blackmailers, $6,000.
"Interest on money, $80,000.
"Expense field work, $70,000.
y'" ' i :- v '$i7i,ooo -
"Balance, $179,000.
Divided equally rives to ach $89,600.
"Deduct J. E. woods' Dersonal ex
penses, $81,000. -'
Hsjance aue j. m. woods, isu.boo." c
This shows -that the nroflta of Benson
and Woods , on t aurveylng ' contracta
mounting to $360,000 was about 61 per
ceau at ine same rate me pronre on
tne total amount or the contract'1 m.
000) secured by the ring in California
under Surveyors-General "Wagner and
Brown would amount to over $600,000.
TaUy le of -Horse's BJck.
TITsll Walla, Waah Aug. 18. WhU
sWmlnchi hone, Tommy Isslt, a 15-year-old
-boy.- waa klrVeA in tha nhcat
yesterday afternoon and dangerously in
jured. The boy was found unconscious
near a road leatna- h. vi -
J taken toth Walla Valla hospiui. He
I uffr rjrwB. severe Internal Injuria. 1 1
MASSACHUSETTS DAY
AT JAMESTOWN FAIR
(Journal Special Servlea.) - -Norfolk,
Va., Aug. 1$. The Old Bay
state and the Old Dominion, through
their chief executive and other repre
sentative citisens, exchanged salutation
at the Jamestown exposition today . it
was Massachusetts day on the exposi
tion calendar, and a large and Influen
tial delegation from Massachusetts,
headed by Governor Curtis Guild, was
on nana to celebrate the occasion.
Formal exercises were held in the Audi
torium, with addresses by the gover
nors 01 Massachusetts and Virginia.
President Tucker of tha exposition and
Colonel Llvermore, president Of the
Massachusetts commission. Open house
waa kept all day at the Maasachusetts
building, which Is a reproduction of the
motoric old statenouse in Bostoq. -v
Well-fed and ,
Comfortable
No matter how hot the- day, on
Grape-Nuts
4 i'.if " ' I ?
i FOOD IV
I '. i" f - - '-
. -There's a Reason'
CITY CUT OFF ;
(Continued from Pag One.) ;
latter plaoe, ' Chief Operator Durkee,
Manager Annand and two Seattle offi
cial who happened to be in the city
yesterday ar . the only . one left at
the Postal to handle what little busi
ness is coming In. .'..
feiayeo messages wer received ther
thl mornlna and were balna AmtivmrmA
by a few messengers who had but little
to da Western Union messengers struck
last night at 11 o'clock-after a meeting
held, but so far thev hava nni . k...
Joined by those delivering messagea for
the Postal. ,, v - , ..
Practically every small hlaea In tha
nvruiini is aa completely isolated to
day as Portland Itself. In addition to a
complete tie-up of the wirea by the
airiKina- . ooeraiors - on me eommareiai
lines, conditions ' wer ' rendered more
hopeless by tne walkout of Associated
Press men last nlaht With the nloalnar
01 ids press wires uie . country is aa
distinctly separated as It waa AmrmAwm
ago before the Invention of the tele-
grapn. -
. Taaoourer vperator oajk
At Vanoouver. Waehinaton. thl
morning the onerator there walked out
voluntarily without receiving any fur-
1 nor wora una uiii to i-ortiana aesas
had been deserted, and small station
every where in - both Washington and
Oregon ara aendlnc renorts to anion
headauarters in Portland that '- their
keys are silent ..-..
Picket have been appointed' by the
local union, but no trouble of any kind
is (eared.- The men have been orderly
and attended atrictiy to tne work in
hand and tae plana ror tne ruiure. An
effort will be made today to call off
operator working in . the brokers" of
fices. , .--. r
Associated 'Press men In the city be
lieve that their grievance will be sat
isfactorily settled within a few day
when the new, wire will again be In
service. - The Associated operators ara
asking for the earn houraanl pay
which la given operator In th lioarut
service. . --.jcf .. .
ESPEKANTISTSnOLD
C0N0EESS AT LONDON
I (JToeraal Special terries.) , .
London. Aug. 18 Th graat oongres
of Ssperantlsts, which 1 In session at
Cambridge. Is by far the largest gath
rin. nt Its kind aver held. The attend'
anoe at the formal opening yesterday
exoeeded l.aoo delegates, ana mis num.
ha- waa oonalderablv increased by many
naa arrivals today. The visiters have
came from a score of different coun
tries, Inoludlng the United Statea, Can
nes, Mexico, reraia, pitiih hi Mia
eountrlea of "South , America and all
parts of Europe. . ,
Th proceeding of the congress ar
conducted entirely In the Esperanto lan
guage. In addition the new so-called
universal tongue la employed in makinf
speeches. In alnglng tha national airs of
the rtirrerent eountnea, ana in tne pro
duction or acts irom weii-anown piaya
iclusive . NoTelties
Sooteh' ari Enxllsh woolena Hol-
brook and Laveen, Couch bldg.. Fourth
ana .vvMOington atresia. . , - ,
'J '' . l II Ml l l I
STUNNED STBANGER
r?IN SPOKANE HOSPITAL
N (DflUl DtsMtdi te The JoaraaL) ,
: flDokane. Wash.. An.' IS.- A man who
later gave hla name as John Fltsslm
mona and aald he was from Evanston,
IUInola waa round unconscious venter-
aav in tne ureat Northern varaa 11a
wa taken to the Sacred Heart hospital.
his name was ooiainea rrom mm at a
time when he partly cam to himself.
He 1 not expected to live. No mark
or assault could be round on hla body. .
J-1 If. Two'f company W- '
5 ; thrcc'f a crowd W,C1 1 Z -
. tdlg , unlets there's in t
w I Qinoizit Oiiapo. jr. . 8
5 j My, buVAey're fJ5'
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$18.00 Values for: $IZ00
$20.00 Values for $13.50
;$22.50. Values for $15.
$25.00 Values for $16.50
$30.00 Values for $19.00
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$20.00 Values for $12.50
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the Hub Yesterday
And right here we want to tell you something, good people. There
is no need of working yourselves into a state of anxiety because
you are-not waited upon the moment you come into the store
youH all get your share if you have a little patience; the stock is
not limited; the Metropolitan Clothing Co. purchase is a matter
of $150,000 worth of Clothing.
Cases lore Arrived
36
YcsferaaV'.
On opening them we were a little disappointed, as some of the
goods were slightly damaged not sufficiently to be considered
damaged by most stores but. when, we find goods this way we,
, are honest enough to admit it and allow for it with v
D3 J Jill ..:
SV rt tv a -eaw" M bj a, "Bv' sr j I
HER CORIPfflT
$2.85
$3.85
Takes $7.50. Suits be
cause they havje been
slightly ' sprinkled wlth'
clean water. , -
Takes $10.00 Suits be
cause there is the
slightest smell of smoke
on them. 1 -
$4.85
$5.85
Takes $9.00 Suits that
are not damaged at all
but came in the same
cases with the' less for
tunate ones. 1 I. 1 :
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Suits you V would find.
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th r o u g h Metropolitan
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$6.85
$13?
Takes the Metropolitan
Co.'s $12 and $13 Suits.
Perhaps one in 3 dozen
sprinkled ; or .- smoked. : .
Takes the. $30 and $35'
Suits, the" brightest,
newest Chicago styles,
and ' perfect : every way!
Men's Shirts at
Hen's Shoes at
Men's Hats at
Men's Ties at
Men's Socks at
THIRD AND BURNSIDE STREETS
Underwear at
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