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VOL, VI., NO. 158.
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LEMES POLITICS
MOST
ALONE
Prominent Portlandcr Sells
. Interests Here and Goes to
Los Angeles to t Prosecute
i Dr. J. 8. Owens, Who Is ,
i .Well Known There.
reer Said to , Have Made
Him Unwilling yictim of
System of Blackmail by
jJUo J 1 lie a CA-ll uouauu.
Lo Anele, OO-. Bpt Dr. J. S.
Owens, a prominent physician of thla
city, was arretted at bla office In the
Kamona building lat night, charged
with endlngt threatening lettera with
intent to extort money. Th complaint
waa eworn to by J.-Whyta Bvana, or
lantiar and former prealdent of tha
United Rallwaya company of Portland.
Ore iron. Evana' wife la the daughter of
Captain C. H. Hance, city treaaurer of
Laa Angelea, and waa formerly the wife
of Owena. Under tha name oft Minnie
Hance Owena she waa a alngerf note.
In aupDort of his chargea Evans dla
niava two letters signed by Owena. In
one the writer demands that claims ag
iii iDi sn ha liniiiAatad lm
hfrlAiiiiitolv thronfAninff axuoaure Of CUt
I. "aveh'ta: vfilc& ha claims will rulu Evan
in airni nr tna worm u mmua uuuuu.
The letter aa written her on February
. 180 nd waa sent w .vana
In on Vntjii-vaw trmlrht Evans stated
that Ofyena has bean systematically
bieedlrtlr him for. 20 years, securing un
mensn aums by threats of exposure of
ifeJ wi Devlin Arranging
i?!? to Take Holdings of
"up. and he therefore suomuiea io uio
7 VruuonuamuTm.
Ings, Evans has come here with the
avowed intention of sending to the
penitentiary the man wha has made
hn life a torment for the past two
docadea. He Insists that he la entire-
to
wnniwipwf
fOKWAKD MJP
SKIUNG"
tarn
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UflORE TURNING
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PROPERTY OVER
Bank President.
ly willing that his past shall Da airea to
the entire woria.
When arrested Owens evinced great
surprise. He requested thati he be al
ms uccmji rum iiuuic in
Deeds to approximately 7,800 acres of
wheat lands In eastern Oregon and
Washington, and warehouae property at
tha corner, of Water and Montgomery
streets' were completed today and all
necessary papers prepared for turning
InwaH tA trt t C
charge of an officer, saying, ine jau I over to Kecelver Devlin of the Oregon
nn nlrA tor a aentleman.
His request waa denied, and in de
fault of $4,000 bonds he was sent to
the county Jan.
DISPLAYED Sli
qili.
J. Whjte Evans Came to Portland as courthouse.
Trust & Savings bank, these properties
belonging to President W. H- Moore,
who voluntarily relinquished them for
tha benefit of the bank's depositors.
Tha transfers . will probably be filed
before the' closa of office hours at the
Promoter About Two Years Ago.
2. Wftyte Evana came . to Portland
about two years ago as the principal
promoter of the united railways com
pany, associated with Oeorge Lemcke,
V. D Larrabee, W. H. French and
Holdings Worth $300,000.
The transfer involved oroDerty esti
mated to be worth In the market at
least 1 800,000. In order to 'place him
self in a position to convey a clear
title to , the lands Mr. Moore was
othera who were jointly Interested with
mm in me lanas.i uis nrotner, h. a.
?.tii-!f I Moore, waa ''. a ; partner In most of the
properties. ,w W ... '
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w uinvr uub rtuuivu ...v... " i nth... wha.v.m in ni
president or me company, ana unuor nis hl
generalship a notable contest covering
inreo or iuur muuui. tt uuiini crone
onor JntJvmmVAMmli'r " ha boe bur idea. that by placing
ending In success. for Evans and his asth.u Mm tn h. wri. th.: iaiv.f
Bo:mioo. t,'. . v. a deal could do made quickly ny which
EvfniJTi i'nt-?fi something over $100,000 could be raised
liaved, pleted arrangements for fin- t he, te. pay,.out, naid Judge
anclng and building the lines, but was x;E feearnes, who has been Mr. Moore's
i.'6"" .XiZi k-.,.;I attorney In tha transactions. "We are
chlse aAd prolato others because of hopefu, ot carrying tha matter forward
BACON
W.tt TAPT A.S STUDENT AT YALE ,
mnne for Broceedlnar with construction.
During the period of these . operations J
he showed nimseiz possessea oi excep
tional nerve and skill In handling large
undertakings. Ha, purchased the Cham-
ber or C6mmerce building, an $800,000
deal.
within tha next few days to a point
where tha prospects for tha deoositors
will De decidedly ongnter. '
Ho Beport Thla Weak.
Receiver Devlin Said todart
it is simply impossiDie ror me to
bought other real estate, railroad promisa a report on the bank's: assets
(t materials, ; ana property in i and iiaoumea mis, weeK, ana a will De
rrtnneption witn tna raiiroaa aroieci, t.rortunate 10 cat h reaav next ween.
When- tne couapso ox ma synaicaie. would. ; ratner aisappoini puouc ana
Iron and
iction
en the coiiaps
came Evans atooa, pat ana engaged mi press than .to come rorwara with t re
the real estate business along original I port, that is not entirely satisfactory to
lines. In tha last year ha has leasedfme. This" work is. almost interminable.
numerous vaiuaoie vacant DUBiness lots i and unexpeotea mings coma up- every
and Drotnoted construction of. office and I day-that require more time. 'I propose
business buildings that will aggregate to get up a complete and detailed report
in value mora than 11,000,000. promi-ltnat win do so piam mat every man
nent among his enterprises is the ereo can understand exactly - wnat la here,
tlon of a mammoth department store As to tha .nature of tna commercial
building on tha Peftnoyer block, and a paper, or the value of the assets, I can
.. th..(n .nil hhtni hiiUriinp- nn tha sav absolutelv nothing' at thla time."
Pittock block I Devlin said that in expressing himself
XSvane has shown himsel possessed U? to the method of bookkeeping em
j. ar Amaiironiii rHNiiuiTHiuiiiHHH m nn miMiai uiujqu at iuv ct imi hd uw 1 1 w iia3caia iu
I Mess Judgment. For several months he reflect In, any way upon the keeping of
J has been In a' "nervous condition, that accounts or the management of the
j was noted by his friends, but not at- bank. The bookkeeping was different
JtrlDUtea to aumrawa iiuuunn, al onaiirom wiini na wuum uavs vrcacriDea s
tim. ha was on the verge of eollapse. an accountant, but he was disposed to
i and was. in fact, confined to his room be a crank, he said, nn the subject of
1 for more man a wtck. na recovered bookkeeping.
quickly ana resumea aim uiuu ousiness f ;
nIJ-l weks a hs ' sold his real- PTTTTV A ' A MT J A PA TTVT
!, dance property on .Willamette heights y ,2L ZTlZ. J,' 1,
' wnh . CLASH OVER TEEKIT0EY
that hewas going there to Join his wife
I or a brief , visit, she having preceded
Win, to vialt per, parents at juos Angeles.
" wuni nf Mr. Kvana predict that ha
will emerge from hia present trouble
successfully and there are many who
believe mm wortny vi cunimunct ana
support.
KEW NAVAL STATION W
FOR PACIFIC COAST
TTnttMl Pmss LhhI Wlra.1
Washington, D. -C, . Sept. That, a
nna reoommenaation win oe maaa oy
ir-Admiral Capps, chief of construc-
1 Of the navy tor umiami a .navai
tlon at San Diego la practically aa-
td. ' It IS Deuoveu iu viwrm ih-
Ked by Kear-Admlral Cowles, the
kident's brotbor-ln-law f.';i;;. i
rCdlted Press Leased ' Wlrs.)
Tokio, Sept. 6. The number of Chi
nese troops Is lncreasina daily in
Quanto, the territory In dispute be
tween China and Japam Tha Chinese
commander ' has warned, the . Japanese
that they must desist from any attempt
at administration and withdraw Imme
diately. ' Japanese reinforcements are
proceeding to tha territory.' 5 .
STANDARD CASK IS; ; v
POSTPONED BY COURT
' ft (Cnlted FtMa' tessed Wire.) i f
New York, Bept. The- trial of the
Jovernnient s case' to revoke- t he-New
ersey charter 01 the Standard Oil com
pany waa a (raid postponed,; yea tar day
WELLS-FAR60 IS
VICTIFH OF LAWS
1 s-ssBBsasBBawBasjsa
President of Express Com
pany Says 54 Per Cent
Is Not Enough.
a -
Such Is Showing. Accordins
to Lowest Possible Esti
mate of Polk Directory;
People Two Months Be
fore Directory Is Compiled
Figures at Hand More Thau
JusUfy-ActuaL-Facta-Bas-.
ing Growth on Increased
Birth Rate, School At
tendance and Postoffice
SECRETARY TAFT IN A VARIETY
OF POSES AND SOME POR
TRAITS OF HIMx'DURINO DIF
FERENT STAGES OF. HIS CAREER.
TAPT.JCPGB
(.TJf.DUTOCT OHIO.
Secretary Comes, Sees Portland and Is Captured
By Our Leading Citizens
SLEEPING GIRL
WILL NOT TALK
Florence Bennett Says She
v Promised Spirits Not
to Tell Secrets.
September 17
(United Piess Ltued Wlrs.)
Chicago, Sept 6. Florence Bennett,
tha Sleeping girl of Kankakee, whose
haps lasting a week at a time have bean
the put, of tha medical profession.
today began her sixth day of wakeful
ness, and. although the young woman la
suffering from fatigue and mental' dis
tress, her' physicians believe that she
will ultimately recover.
Questioned by scientific investigators
who have called on Miss Bennett for a
description of her experiences In what
sne cans "naiiway iana- nas oniy naa
the- result of causing paroxysms of
weeDina1 from wfil oh the girl finds it
difficult to recover..' Miss Bennett's
parents have tried several times to get
a statement as to ner aranamginer,
whom -. tha girl - declared ana nad been
with ' When aha awoke from -a week's
trance.- . . ... -
XOoattauea on Pac Stri&
Discusses Philippines Situa
tion and Tejs of Gov
ernment's Policy.
William H. Taft came to Portland
this morning; he saw It a few hours
later In the day and before he leavea
tomorrow morning he will have oon
quered It
He carried the. little crowd that met
fflm at the Union depot off Its feet It
was cold and chilly and very early when
the Taft party climbed down tha ateps
of tha sleeper the secretary travels la
plain style;, no private cars for him
but. the first thing the commute saw
waa a big f orm blg but ' not elephant.
ine which stepped off - quickly and
gracefully, and then the Taft smile.
It began with tba lips under tha white
mustache and spreaa up and , over the
race until it aeemea as tnougit even the
ha.ttered little atraw hat' waa obanurad
hy It and Taft had won his first victory
In Portland. .
- President t. b, -wuoox or the Oregon
Development league; C. W. Hodson,
president of the Commercial club: 8. O.
Reed of the chamber of commerce; .Tom
Richardson, manager of the Commercial
club, and 8. B, Vincent of the Manufac
turers' association, hurried up and
f rasped tha secretary's hand. Then Mr.
Vlicox bundled tha Party, which in
cluded Mra. Taft and Charles Taft, their
son, General C. R. Edwardst Secretary
W. W. Miachler and tha correspondents,
MAN OF MYSTERY
Continued og. Paga FlvaJ..
TORTURES CATS
Doctor Who Holds Gastrino
Secret Arrested by Los
Angeles Officers.
(Facifio Co t Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Sept (.Reports of ays
tematic and barbarous tortire of cats
and dogs by the wholesale led to a raid
by, the police and the cruelty prevention
offloers on the works of the- Gastrin
Chemical company on West Twectv
eighth street today. Neirfhbora com
plained that the pitiful sriea or rcunes
In agony disturbed their slumbers and
expressed the belief that horrible atroc
ities were perpetrated on tha cats. ...
Dr. R. P. Martenetta, president of the
company and bolder or tna u amino
secret waa arrested on a misdemeanor
charge after the mutilated bodlas of
eight cats had . been . exhumed in .his
backyard. -'. - '., ."-
Tha Martenetta place is known in the
nalahborhood aa a houe cf mvstflr.
M artenette seldom was aoen outside. A
vouna- woman aecretary. vlnts tha nlaiia
each day. A high fence teparatds tha
lOpfittnusd -a Pag -Siva),
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Sept. . Although Wells
Fargo Express company earned 64 per
cent on its capital stock in the year
ended July 31, President Evans, In his
annual report to the stockholders Is
sued today, asserts that the company
waa hindered greatly by restrictive leg.
islatlon. He says:
"In my last report I called attention
to the serious hindrances we were ex.
perienclng by reason of restrictive leg.
Islatlon, and I desire to say in this con-
nectlor that since then an additional
nun. ber of states and territories have
enacted laws appointing commissions.
whose duties embrace not only the reg
ulatlon of railroads, but express com.
paniee as well, and the general tend
ency of such commissions is to seek to
reduce our rates. We are now under
tiie Jurisdiction of the interstate com
merce commission and compliance with
bo many rulings and requirements sub
ject us to continued additional labor
and expense.
While the company earned 64 per cent
as citmpared with 88 per cent for the
I-revioua year, It aya dividends of only 1
iu rer cent, ana mis rate is paid oniv
as the letult of the light made a year
ago against Harriman, who controls the
ccn prr.y, by the minority shareholders,
l tevioue to last year's contest the 00m-panj-
(aid 8 per cent dividends.
NOT ENOUGH MONEY
TO TRY PETTJBONE
is ad-
ues-
t (Special Dlspatcft' to Toe Jaanat) '
Boise, Ida., Sept. 6. According. to the
records at the state house, only. a little
over $3,000 remains of he state's ap
propriation to try the Pettibdne case,
which would not even be a starter in
the matter' ofr expense. -A special ses-
eion or tn legislature ror tno
of apbrdprianiir foi" tg irafpoSi
mitted to be entirely out of tha n
tion -The statazauditor .haa positively
stated that he . ' would iesuano de
ficiency warrants for the Pettlbona trial
expenses. 1 ne truu is set ror uctober i.
VOLCANOON PERRY T r
CiMlSLAND IS, ACTIVE
(United' Press Leased Wire.) t ,'.'
Nome. Alaska, Sept . The steamer
Olympian arrived front Puget sound cov
rrna .wttn.:. aanes rrom . a ..volcano on
Perry Island. Tha cook found a quan
tity. .of colors in the sediment which
.was saved by tha crew and passenger.
Portland's population today, according
to the lowest possible estimate which)
can be furnished at this tima bjr Mra.
Ella J. Clinton, manager of the Pol 1c
Directory company. Is 315,000. Thla
figure Includes 200,000 within tha city
proper and 15,000 In the suburban dis
tricts which He within the. corpora t a
limits. " 'v,
With tha completion of the Polk
city directory still nearly two months
distant nothing more tangible-than the)
Dirtn rate,- which has largely increased.
during tha past 12 months, the school
attendance and postofflca statistics ia
accessible to go on. but thea compared
with tha large Increase in tha number
of names which will appear in the new
volume and other ' avenues through
which an estimate Is baaed mora than
Justify the figures given. , ?
Mra ciintoo. states . that zio.ooo is
the moat conservative estimate' with tha
facta now at her disposal which-can ha
made, and when the directory finally
makes Ita appearance and the work of
compiling the oenmia la completed it is
probable that Portland's population will
run considerably In excess of tba fig
ures noted.
Waw Directory Vest Xo&tfc.:
The directory will appear tha last nf
October, although the work, of adding
names, making corrections and other
wise brinKinr the volume up to datej
will not stop until the final page baa ,
been handed to the printera '
Portland s population, based upon tha
figures furnished ., by tha Polk neonla
laat year at this time, was. 185,000,
showing an increase during tha 12
months of 80.000. This increase, while.
large, has been steady, ia not extraor
dinary and is fully borne out by tha
addition of hundreds of eastern j?eopla
wno nave com to rununa to uve since
last fall and whoae names appear for
the first time in this year's catalogue ofi
city residents and their addresses. "
uuring tne wore or taking the city
census this year 25 - canvassers . hava
been employed. Every district has been
carefully covered and a call will soon
be made through the newspapers for
the names of new residents who have
arrived since the completion of the cen
sus taking.
Hear irames By Hundreds.
"Hundreds of new names will appear
In tha directory : this year', said Mrs, .
Clinton this morning. . My estimate of
215,000 population is based entirely
upon these additions td-t the directory,
the birth rate, which shows a high in
crease, and the largely increased school
attendance Comparison of these figures
with postal receipts, letter deliveries
and other means upon which estimates
are always based brings us face to face.
witn tne pleasing ract mat they all
agree, one Is simply-' In substantiation
of tha other. Consequently,' tha most
conservative estimate ofV tha city s
population ts in tha figures named. I
believe that It will largely exceed this
number when we have '- the directory
completed and can then furnish au
authentic and reliable estimate,",
BORAH'S F RIEIIDS
CONFESS EG1
Men Indicted With Senator
Turn State's Evidence to
Secure Immunity. j
. . (United Press teased Wtra.)
Boise, Ida., Sept 6. It has develops!
that Willis 8weet one of the men In
dicted alone with Senator Borah, former
Attorney-General Frank,. Martin an l
others,' baa turned state'a evidence on ,
romise 01 unmunuy ana it Is on i t
estlmony that the aovernment r..i .
largely In the timber land fraud fM. ,
Friends of Borah claim' Swpf .... '
feasion ia untrue and was seen ro.i , .
throinjfh a'fcromtee of .immunity ui i
tnreata ' - "v-?;.'. v-
There will be ho delay in brinrin. i ,
Borah case to trial and twltn?Bia r
being . subpoenaadJor.. Scpu,ui-
the date agreed, nppag,,.----- -4. y .
tfitPMNNING TO
CORNER TYPEWRIT I ;
' (t'sltsd Press a,! ir.)
New .York. Sopt. Humor ( ,
been beard for some tim-j t . 1 n c
of American Cflpltallnts tun -
F. Ryan at their ! wer tnrr
large company to n.vjulre aU ti, j ,
typewmor inn'r. s. i.i iruj vyi,
to control tins 1.
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