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SAYS CASHIER
I SATS BANK IS SOLVENT
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W. Cooper Morris Says No
Money Left Bank "Without
Full Consent of Manage
ment Securities Sent to
New York Arrived Late.
W. COOPER MORRIS.
Arrangements Completed
With Fourth National
When Crash Came Local
Brokers Will Be Faid Only
Furchase Price.
SAINPOLIS WITH
ELEANOR ROBSOr
ions
DIG TO
WEST SI
Camp at Eleventh and Divi
sion Streets Being Dis
mantled by Believers in
Strange Doctrine Move
to Winter Quarters.
IIS
IS
CALLED TO
GIRL ADDS TO MAGNATE'S HOLDINGS
Leader Glassco Says Mem
bers May Get Word From
the Spirit World at Any
Time to 3Jove to the Ends
of the Earth.
Weil-Known Portland Actor
Joins Leading Actress
in New York.
Depositors in the Or iron Trust A
Savings bank will be paid In full, with
a mure-In to spare. If the belief of
John Salnpotls who la well remem
bered In Portland by theatre roera aa
Caebler W. Cooper Morris la Justified by I the leading; man at the Baker laat year
the reault of the liquidation now be-1 will appear In one oft the leading- roles
ran. Mr. Morrla arrived home laat I wiin jueanor Kooson in "uaiome jane"
nlfht from the nerre-rackln trip taken j In New Tork thl wuuon. He la now In
bv him to reailae on aecurlUee. He had New Tork rehearalng; for his en race-
arranged In New Tork for ample funds, ment
and the bank would have been aaved w"a the announcement of Mr. Saln
had 24 houra more time been given be- Pil' nw engagement which has just
fore the auspenslon occurred. CDmo 10 roruana ineamcai circles
Thai Mr Morris has suffered in-I comes the Intimation of what seema to
tensely since learning of the failure pf be the end of a stage romance which
the bank la apparent fronj his physical ran Dart of lu cour-. porUand last
condition. His ruddy, healthful 1001c is year- t was Deileved locally when
gone, he has lost consiaeraDie weigm uilian Lawrence, last year the leading-
woman at tne Kaxer, left lor Boston,
and is in a state of nervous prostration
that is confining him to his bed today.
He says he will bo able to get out to
morrow and will devote his efforts to
assisting in every way possiDie 10 inn
settlement of the bank's affairs arTS the
repayment of all depositors in run.
Will Use Personal Means.
He added that whatever he ha in the
.... -4 n , a n,nn.Hv will on intn that
fund if necessary, to make the bank pay land favorites
niioV tor rtniinr roads In the fi
Up to the hour of his interview this
morning with The Journal. Mr. Morris
had not talked with Receiver Devlin,
nor had an opportunity to acquaint him
self with conditions at the bank. He
was disposed to reserve ail statements
that would affect the bank directors or
management, but emphatically denied
' that grounds exist for various state
ments that have been made by certain
bank directors who'Shave sought to
throw upon him all the responsibility
xfor the bank's suspension.
"These directors will not say now
what they have been saying. I have no
and when Mr. Salnpolls also sought the
same aesunauon, mat neuner or tnem
would accept any engagements which
did not Include them both.
The departure of Mr. Salnnolls for
New Tork while Miss Lawrence re
mains in Boston is taken as evidence
here, however, that this tacit' compact
has been broken and that the two Port-
will travel different
future.
Portland's contingent of "Tangled
Tonguera" Is breaking camp at Kiev
enth and Division streets on the
aide and on Thursday morning the large
vacant lot which has been the ren
deavous for the past several weeks or
alnce the summer season began will
once more reaume lta former aspect
Today Leader Olaasco and other mem
bera are busily engaged In pulling down
tents and gathering together lumber
which formed part of the camp con
struction. Headquarters of the Tonguera
will be In a hail at First and Madison
streets on the west aide after Thurs
day
"Taa, It am true, we done gwlne to
aoalmicate, said maasco to a reporter
for The Journal tola morning, "it am
f attin' too-cool to camp out any lougcr.
V'e done aaved thousands of souls here
this, year and we gwlne to aave more
next summer.
During the conversation Olassco was
busily engaged removing nails from
lumber which had been used in a por
tlon or the mam camp used for religious
ceremonies. In still another part of the
tent one of the "Tonguers" was play
ing on an or (ran. while beside the in
strument stood a little girl hardly 14
years old.
Judgment for JTewspapermen.
'That little person fs my daughter."
said one of the women of the camp.
"She was saved one night at home. She
Just knelt down In front of the bed and
uoa answerea ner prayer.
pulling nails and
Veteran Chicago Packer Is
Dead After Fighting to
Resist Grim Reaper for
Three Years He Leaves
Twenty-Five Millions.
Widow Will Receive Third
of the Estate Discovered
That He Has Been Quietly
Accumulating Bandies in
Dakotas and Texas.
Glassco went on
every now and then the interview was
interrupted by campers passing to and
fro who saluted the fellow as "brother."
"It am an outrage de way de news
papers treat us," continued the man.
(Continued on Page Two.)
MORGAN TAKES FORTY
MILLION BOND ISSUE
York City and Removes
the business of the bank's liquidation. r , -r a im . . -rr
une 01 me jjiosi discouraging r eaiures w men lias
There was never a loan of any consid
erable amount made without the as
sent of others In the management. The
loans that we made are good, and are
adequately secured.
Will More xnaa ray onv.
that I made were of small
mourrsa ano strictly wnnin my prov
ince as cashier of the bank. The story
that a large amount of the bank's paper
something like 1100,000, consisted of
notes with but one signature and that
not responsible, is entirely groundless.
The bank s loans are backed by count
eral that can be realized upon to the
same extent as other average banking
paper. The Oregon Trust & savings
bank was solvent the day it suspended
(Continued on Page Two.)
PARSON
IRIS IS
HOT HIGH FINANCIER
Members of Flock Hunting
for Money Pastor Sunk in
Various Schemes.
Confronted Wall Street Brokers.
(Journal Special Service.)
New Tork, Aug. 27. -New Tork City's
40, 000.000 bond Issue which has been
hawked about for the past four months
in the effort to find purchasers has at
last been taken over by J. P. Morgan &
Co. The news reached Wall street to
day and was received with satisfaction.
as the failure to market the bonds ha
been one of the most discouraging fea
tures of the financial situation.
The bonds carry 4 per " cent, a rate
of Interest that under ordinary condi
tions would ensure their sale at a sub-
(Jonrnal Special Service.)
Pittsburg, Pa,, Aug. 27. Rer. John
H. Norris, pastor, of Pentecostal church
at Mount Washington, a suburb, took
a flyer In high flnanoe which cost him
and ' the members of his congregation
$300,000. Members of Pastor Norris'
flock until yesterday had dreama of be
coming millionaires. Now they won
der whether they are going to get any
of their money back.
The true state of affairs became
known when 'Mrs, William Waters, who
had invested ru,uuu in tir. i orris- en
terprise, started suit - to recover her
monatff- Dr. Norris promoted a mining
ccjafpany ana naa tne ornces or nis con
Yn in the basement of his church.
with isoo.uuu. ODuunea irom tne saie
of stock, he bought 1,000 acres" of Ohio
land containing coal and fire clay. . A
development company was formed to
exploit the land, but that venture did
ma) inMubl tort A th. na efn. trirmmtA a
firebrick concern. This was no more
successful and the pastor then bought
a silver- mine. This- scheme went the
way of the others and finally receiver
araa Ppointed . 1
GREAT SEND-OFF
PROMISED TAFT
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington. D. C. Aug. 27. Arrange
ments are being made to give Secretary
of War Taft in Oregon and Washington
the greatest send-off any departing
American ever had. John Barrett, who
Is in charge of this end or the arrange
ments, says all the greetings in Europe
and the home-coming In New Tork will
be Insignificant compared with the part
ing reception when the eecretary leaves
for the orient
STEAMER ACAPULCO
SINKS AT BAY CITY
(Journal Special Service.) i
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. J7. The
Pacific Mall steamer Acapulco, due to
san to fanama yesterday . ai.ternoon,
filled, and sank off the mail dock at
noon. ' The passengers and crew
escaped aafely. The1 porta were left
open and the boat went under in ten
minute.
etantlal premium. When first offered
in a block there were no bids whatever.
They were then offered a second time,
to be taken in such blocks as the pur
chasers desired and this resulted In the
sale of Jl.300,000 of the J40.000.000 is
sue, at a trifling premium. No bids bet
ter than par were received for the re
mainder of the issue.
It is supposed that Morgan has se
cured the bonds at about par. That
New Tork city should be able to secure
a better price for its bonds is an extra
ordinary commentary upon the condi
tion of the money market. The secur
ity is regarded as gilt edged, but pre
vailing rates on all loans are so high
that a 4 per cent investment offers lit
tle attraction. 1
(Journal Special Serrlre.)
Chicago, Aug. 27. -After hovering be
tween life and death for weeks. Nelson
Morris, the veteran Chicago packer and
the man who made "the yards," died at
his home here this morning at the age
of 68 years.
It Is estimated that the dead packer
leaves a fortune of $25,000,000. Ac
cording to reliable authorities one third
of the estate Is left to the widow, some
money will ko to charity and a con
slderable sum to faithful employes. The
remainder or tne estate will go to tne
four children.
Mr. Morris had been ill for the past
three years with heart disease and
Brlght's disease. He had been fighting
desperately for his life during the past
few weeks and refused to acknowledge
how ill ha really . was until the very
last Monday he declared that be felt
much better and Insisted upon aitting
up. The effort proved to be more than
he could stand, however, and his de
cline was rapid afterward.
it develops that recently Mr. Morris
had been quietly acquiring land and cat
tle. His Illness did not prevent him
from taking an active interest In his
business affairs and August 22 he com
pleted the purchase of 750.000 acres of
fine land in South Dakota, known as
ranch 17. This place Is one of the
finest in the west and is stocked with a
quarter of a million head of cattle. He
had also been investing in Texas prop
erty and recently he very quietly ac
quired a quarter of a million acres of
land in tne Lone Star state which is
also well stocked with thousands of
head of cattle.
Since his death it is also learned that
Mr. Morris owned steamships plying on
both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on
the Oreat Lakes and on the laraest riv
ers of the country.
Considering the manv nroneftles
which are belni discovered to have heen
owned by Mr. Morris of which the pub
lic Knew notning, it is possible that
his fortune may greatly exceed the
ngures named. He was always very
secretive in his dealings, never seek
ing publicity and going very quietly
about his business deals.
Nelson Morris was born in the Black
Forest in Germany, January 21, 1839.
He had little opportunity to go to school
when a youth, being compelled to work
for his living and his education was
obtained through his own efforts.
At the age of 12 Mr. Morris came
to the United States. In 1854 he came
to Chicago where he secured employ
ment in the stockyards. He liked the
business, worked hard at It, and within
two years' time went into business for
himself. His rise was rapid and by
hard work he built up one of the larg
est Dacklna- businesses in the world. I
He was married to Sarah vogel m
1863 and four children were the Issue
of the marriage.
Deceased was president of Nelson
Morris & Co., and Officer and- director
in several banks and other enterprises.
Before his death It was not even
dreamed the number of businesses and
schemes in which he was taking an
active part.
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WOMAN FIGHTS
TO m IIFIN7F
p iu mu IILIIILL
Miss Adele 8chroeder Gets
California Copper Prop
erty for Magnate,
(Journal Special Berrtce.)
Reno, Nev., Aug. 27. Through the
agency of Miss Adele Schroeder, Au
gustus Helnze has secured possession
of the greatest deposit of copper In the
state of California. The claims are lo
cated In Plumas county, near the Ne
vada line, and Miss Schroeder has given
bond to George Goodhue to pay him
$200,000 for the property.
A race to obtain the property devel
oped into a bitter scene between Miss
Schroeder and Mrs. Rawles Reader, a
woman diplomat, who was mixed up in
the Santo Domingo revolution. They
had met In several deals before and
Mrs. Reader has several victories to her
credit, but Miss Schroeder turned the
tables on her In the present Instance.
RESERVES OPEN
TO HOMESTEADS
Both Agricultural and Min
- eral Rights Acquirable
Under New Law.
George B- Pollock, chief clerk of tne
office of lands of the forest service, la
at the Portland hotel, and explained
last night how a settler can take up
a homestead or mineral claim within a
forest reserve, according to the law of
June 11, 1906. Popular opinion of the
forest reserve policy has always been
that no individual has a right to enter
upon the forest reserves and Mr. Pol
lock's statement last night before a
number of attorneys occasioned some
surprise.
"A person desiring to take up a
homestead entry On a forest reserve,"
said Mr. Pollock last night, "can do so
by applying to the forester In charge.
(Continued on Pige Two.)
YARD TO BE
CLEANED UP
Condition of Water Front 1$
Declared by County and
City Health Boards to Ba :
a 3fenace to the Publlq
Health.
Rats Are to Be Extermfc
nated, Connection to BJ.
Made with Sewers and
Throwing of Refuse Intq
Stream to Be Prohibited, '
STRIKEBREAKERS MAY
STAMPEDE TO UNION
Refusal of President Roosevelt to Interfere in Telegra
phers' Walkout Causes Desertions of Non-Union
Men From Companies' Offices.
LAST OF B00DLERS
IS DOWN AND OUT
(Journal Spertal 8errlce.)
San Francisco, Aug. 27. Supervisor
"Pet" McGushln, the last of the bood
lers, resigned yesterday afternoon. A.
Comte was appointed in his place.
(Journal Special Service.)
New Tork, Aug. 27. Announcement
of the refusal of President Roosevelt
to interfere in the telegraph strike has
had a beneficial effect on the cause of
the operators, and it is believed that
there will be a stampede to the ranks
of the union before night.
There have been constant desertions
from the ranks of the strikebreakers
here and in Chicago, according to ad
vices received from .there, while the
union men have been standing firm
throughout. Not a man has quit the
union here to return to work for the
II EFFORT IDE TO COLLECT BAIL BOND
BODY OF MISSING
QIBL RECOVERED
. Woornal Special Servtce.) .
. Lake Hopatcong. N. J., Aug. 27. The
body of Agnes Maguire, who disap
peared Saturday night, has been found
In the- lake near the place where, aba
was lost, . .
Though a bond for Si.ooo ban was
given, Grace Reed, a colored woman
convicted of a felony, made her es
cape two months ago, and not a cent of
the ball mone7 has ever been paid to
the' county. The ball bond remains on
file In the circuit court; there la an or
der by Judge Fraaer frofeltlng- the bond
to the county, but no move has yet
been made to enforce the condition of
the bond, which is that the men who
signed It must pay to the county f 1,000.
A. B. Burger, a hardware dealer,
whose place of business is at 44 Third
atreet, and M. ' Kutner, a pawnbroker at
69 North Third street, are the men who
bound themselves to pay tne county
1 1,000 If Grace Reed did not appear in
court to answer to the charge when ahe
was wanted.
The Reed woman was convicted? In
June, and took advantage of being at
liberty - on bail to leave the state and
did not appear to receive sentence. Im
mediately afterward an order was made
forfeiting the ball bond.
Ho Hot by District Attorney,
But the $1,090 haa not been paid and
naa been taken by any one
lta payment. , Ja prefer
no action
t anforoa
Notorious Colored Woman
Escapes After Being
Found Guilty. ...
method of procedure is for the district
attorney to commence an action against
the bondsmen to enforce the payment
of the money, but no such action has
been commenced.
The bond reposes peacefully In the
vaults at the circuit court, and tne
$1,000 reposes with equal tranquillity In
the coffers of Burger and Kutner.
Grace Reed and Beatrice Lewis, two
notorious colored women residing in a
disorderly house at 269 Flanders street,
were taken into custody on the after
noon of Aortl 18 by Patrolmen Carlson
and Golts on charges of larceny front
the person preferred by Andrew John
son, a recent arrival from the east.
Johnson alleged that while in the dive
he was robbed of over $500 In currency
by the two women. Both prisoners
stoutly denied their guilt, but a search
by the patrolmen and Detectives Tlche
nor arid Jones brought to light a por
tion of the money hid in a soiled clothes
basket and the remainder on ton of a
closet, j
George Harding, colored, a friend of
both women, was present during the
search of the house and by reason of
his suspicious actions was taken into
custody several days later on a warrant
aworn to by Johnson, charging him with
complicity ,ln the crime.
Money fc Clothes Basket.
After the two women had been placed
under arrest and before the house at
269 Flanders atreet was searched, Hard
ing despite the orders of Patrolman
Goltz tried to enter the premises. Dur
ing the search he waa extremely nerv
ous and displayed a great desire to
"steer" the officers awav from the i
clothes basket in which the money was
subsequently found.
In the police court On April 24 Grace
Reed and Beatrice Lewis were both held
to the grand Jury In the sum of $1,000
each, while Harding was discharged
from custody for lack of evidence. The
women were immediately released on
bonds and afterward were tried and
convioted In thecircuit court Upon
the calling of her case in the upper
court the Reed woman failed to appear
to receive sentence. The police and
sheriff's office put 'forth every effort
to locate her but without avail and
she Is still at liberty. Beatrice Lewis
was round guilty by tne Jury ana sen
tenced to tare years in the peniten
tiary. . !
companies, and today there were six
nonunion operators from the Western
Union and four from the Postal offices
who appeared at headquarters with ap
plications to be admitted to member
ship and the promise that they would
not return to their keys until the tfou
ble has been settled satisfactorily. ,
The report sent out from Louisville,
Kentucky, to the effect that the strike
there Is broken was absolutely without
foundation. The story stated that all
of the strikers had stampeded and were
pleading to be reemployed. The Louis
ville union is indignant and declares
that there have been no desertions and
that every member is prepared to stay
out as long as the strike lasts.
Officials of the telegraph companies
declare that business is . being dis
patched with all possible speed and that
there is practically no delay in handling
mnasnees. Trier declare tnai uiey nave
as many operators at work as usual and
that they are ready to conduct their
business as always, rugu uiiiuima ue
clare thai they do not recognise that
tht.r I nnv strike ana tnat tne men
will not be taken back to work in their
former positions.
Butte, Bont. Aug. 27. AH of the
poolroom operators 10 in "y ana
Helena walked out this afternoon, re
fnAinir to work with non-union oper
ators or to receive matter over Western
Union or r Postal telegraph wires. The
poolrooms of the northwest have been
reoaivinsr their race reports over the
wires leased from the telephone com
panies. Poolroom operators at Salt Lake
and the northwest cities have been no
tified and local poolroom operators here
atnta that walkouts Hi poolrooms In
other cities In this district will follow.
(Journal Rnectat flervlce.)
Chicago, Aug. 27. A petition la being
circulated in the board of trade and
among the brokers today asking Presi
dent Roosevelt to intercede in the, tele
rraDhers' strike. The petition declares
that the telegraphservlca of the coun
try la paralysed and that It Is Impera
tive that . there be aa . Immediate set
tlement -. -
Every member of tha board of trade
will sign the petition as ail tha brokers
are anxious that tha difficulty between
the operators and employs a be settled
aa awn a.wtuM,
With the entire police power f the)
state of Oregon behind them, the United
States engineers in charge of the port
of Portland, the state board of naaltlf
and the city health board this morning
began a crusade agalnat ins water front
which will be continued until ererjj .
sewer haa been connected, every hit o
refuse removed and every rat axtermst
nated.
For years tha water front has be4
an eyesore and the accumulation of
germ-fostering, disease-spreading- refuse
haa reached such a mt r t hat th sn
flclala fear for the public health.
niuions . oi oacteria-coverea rat are.
said to infest the various docks, conJ
laminating- everything atored there. Tha
condition 1ms became) .an-aeata one, aoe
cordshg to the health officials, and tha
necessity of aaDDresainv the evil la mli
ready apparent
Inspection of Water Troat.
The work of nura-lnr tha watat
front actually began with the fumlga ",
tlon of the steamship Costa Rica yes
terday and last night and will con
unue with the thorough disinfection of
the oriental liner Numantia. which la
Just discharging its cargo. For a wees !
past Dr. Esther Pohl, city health Of
fleer, Dr. R. C Tenney secretary of
the state board of health, Harbormaa4
ter Bpeler and the federal authorities :
have been Inspecting the water froaC
Every block of the seven miles of
congested front haa been traversed and ,
notes taken of the places where lmmej.
dlate action la pressingly needed. Frost .
wnai rney nave seen ail or tne ornoiaia
are determined that better means ot
sanitation shajl be provided.
Mayor Offers His Aid.
Mayor Lane said this mornin" thai
the cl - health board would cooperate1
with the state in furnlshinr any fund
tha might be needed to carry on tha
work. Cleaning up the premises and
making sewer connections will be forced)
upon the people owning or having: 111
charge various docks and building cone,
tlglous to the waterfront
The sewage condition Is said to bS '
very bad. Practically no connections
have ever been made, accord In to thS
plumbing Inspector, and the filth from
buildings is discharged over tha sides
ana permuted to wasn down into th
river. The condition Is not only of
lensive to signi, out particularly so
smelL
Tin cans have been gradually aecnnraa
latlng for years, and great piles are flU
ing every nook and corner where than
la a possible chance for them to rasa
unmolested. Watermelon rinds and do
cayed fruits In large quantities are saU
to be thrown Into the river without ra
gard for consequences, and thia lav mi
of the things that will stop at onoa, aoJ
cording to tha officials. . , . .
Slanjrhter of th ats.v,ky
Exterminating rodents will he tha
hardest problem tha combined forces!
will have to solve. Rata in M KJ
medical authorities to be resnonslhla Vol
nearly all plague spreading. Tha ffli
clals here are taking every precaution
against the Introduction of bubonii
plague, either from San Francisco,
where a few cases are reported,, or front
the orient, where It is always rife. S4
far as can be helped, no rats will ba aM
iuweu io isna on fortutna SOIL
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Mayor Lane this morning assured C
Pohl that fundav would be provided
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Da
MARRIES GIRL HE
TRADED FOR SAFE
Sheriff Compels - Douglas tq
Wed Jhss Helen Orei-ton
atjSanEafacL . Jl
(Journal Special Service.)
San-Franclseo, Aug.' 31 Miss IleTw
Overton, daughter of tha banker-mayoi
of Santa Rosa, and C. IL Douglas, a
drummer , for a safe company, wer
married by tha superior Judg at Ba
Rafael yesterday. flva dnva .rt.
flT..3 ' of Sonoma count
andMra Overton, tha bride's mother,
stood sponsors for tha runaway pir!
Tha young couple hv b- on th
run or in hiding since last Wednasdnv,
when they left home for an auto rl I ,
They have, stopped at .hotel, in t,
city and several suburban resorts ttr )
various names, but always register! i
husband and wife, ' "
Mayor Overarm called en the to!: t .
-ysstsrday and to i v . ,
sheriff fount the eoupla st 1
few miles from Santa Roa. s n ,
given a fast auto trip to f, ,
where tha young man & f
minutes to chfw. h(w- a
matrimony, Cut4 .troa, , ' ,