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ADDED TO LIST OF
BANK'S
RESOURCES
PresMentJ
fake Chances Along With Depositors
if Reorganization Is Brought About.
Devlin Can Apply Money Received FromJ
Sale as He May See' Fit.
Walter H. Moore, pregident of the Oregon Trust & Savings bank,
and Mrs. Laura Moore, his wife, this afternoon filed with the circuit
court a deed transferring all right and title in 7,496 acres! land In
Multnomah, Morrow and Sherman counties in this state and in Franklin
county. Washington, valued at about $250,000, to Thomas C. Devlin,
as trustee, to be used In the payment of the claims against the defunct
bank.
The transferring Instrument In tu
provision stipules that the transfer
of title Is aMllute and Imposes no
qualifying corLllons. It provided
that the propiry is to be turned over
to Receiver Uevlin to be used a he
deems moot expedient for the liquida
tion of the hank"" Indebtedness. It
may be sold If that procedure would
rMiiz highest, or It may be trans-
intn fnliiter&l In jom other
JftlUWU
way by mortgage or loans It that meth
od would be productive or me laracoi
fund possible. -
Baals of Transfer.
The basis of the transfer Is In effect
that the property is placed In the re
ceiver" hands to do with as he way
See fit If the bank remains in the
hands of the receiver and the court
until Its affairs are wound up in the
usual course of receivership and the
habllitles exceed the assets ana pay
lowed to trnnsmute his property Into
stock equivalent to the value of his
property. -This procedure would place
Mr. Moore on the same footing with the
depositors of the defunct bank who con
verted their deposits into stock as be
would be given a dollar' worth of stock
dollar of valuation placed upon
for each
his property, just
deposit of $500
as a man with a
would be able to con-
deposit into $600 worth of
ment In full is not made, then the whole
of Mr. Moore's property is to be utilised
In making what reparation ts possible
to. the depositors. ...
6n the other hand, if the bank pays
out arm there should be a residuum,
then Mr. Moore is to be considered a
creditor of the bank for the amount
which was realized upon his property,
and shall .e entitled to share in the
sum left after the depositors have been
paid
In the event of reorganisation of the
bank and Its removal from the hands of
the receiver then Mr. Moore is to be al-
vert his
stock.
Slightly Encumbered.
It is estimated that the value of Mr.
Moore's property will be close to t250(
000. Upon this sum there is a mort
gage of 120,000 held against one of the
eastern Oregon properties while a mort
is
opcrty.
gage of 110,000
latw prop
held' against the Port-
The Portland property consists of
67 22-100 acres of land in Portland, In
cluding a warehouse property in the
city, against which the 110,000 mort-1
gage Is held. The other properties are
a block of land of 2,080 acres In Mor
row county and another tract in the
same county totaling 2,824 acres; a
tract of 1.095 acres in Sherman countv
and another of 1,440 acres in. Franklin
county, Washington.
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HON MEM
Convention at San Francisco
Decided to rut Up Those
Who Affiliate With or
Support the Organization
Straight Ticket in Field
Mayor Taylor Mentioned as
Choice of the Democrats-
Will Be Acceptable, to In
dependents Ryan Wil
Be Republican Choice.
COMING MIKADO WILL
INVESTIGATE KOREA
Toklo. Sept. 20. The heir apparent to
the throne of Japan has decided to pay
a visit to Korea, sailing: from Yoko
hama on October 10.
V EN ESS WILL ENJOY
FORTUNE IN PORTLAND
(Special JMspateh to The Journal.)
" Chehalis, Wash., Sept. 20. State Sen
ator J. A. Veness, having closed an ex
trcmely advantageous deal by which
he disposes of his large mill Ins and
timber Interests to Washington to the
Weverhaeusers, will become a resident
of Portland. He will settle himself in
an elegant, residence to be hunt on a
site he Durehased several months ago.
Senator Veness "and his son, Fred
Veness, of Win lock have closed the deal
for the sale of their sawmill plants
and timber holdings at that place, at a
consideration given as $930,000 cash.
The Weyerhaeuser company Is said to
be DacK or tne Duy, wnicn, no"wever,
stands in the name of two of Its aux
iliary concerns, the Potlatch Lumber
company and the Kalama Boom corn
puny. The Campbell Logging & Rail
road company of Portland managed the
sale.
It is stated that the purchase was
made by the Weyerhaeuser company
with a view to securing possession of
the 360,000,000 feet of timber on lands
held by the Veness Arms, rather than
for the value of the sawmill plants
themselves. There are two mills at
Winlock, with a combined daily capac
ity of 125,000 feet. The report has it
that both these mills will be torn down
and the machinery moved to the Weyer
haeuser site near South Bend, where a'
mill will he erectea to cut up . lot or
burned timber owned by that concern
up North river, for cargo shipment.
This timber will have to be cut at an
early date in order to save it.
The removal of the sawmills from
Winlpck will be a severe blow to the
town, for their payroll has been a main
reliance of the town for many years.
Business Man and Politician.
The sale Includes all the holdings of
Senator Veness and his son, embracing
their two residences, 14 cottages, a
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Blurts liiuuiijg, x.6 xuitua uj. juks'iik ruo-u,
seven donkey engines, 3,000,000 feet of
logs In the pond, 2,000,000 feet of lum
ber In the yards, horses, and all equip
ment of the mills.
Several months ago Senator Veness
bought a residence site in Portland and
he will at once rush to completion a
beautiful residence In that city.
Senator Veness' success In the saw.
mill business in Lewis county has been
most gratifying to himself and his
friends. Originally the mill at Winlock
was owned by Prescott & Veness. Sev
eral years ago the senator bought the
partner out ana in aoout two years had
cleaned up enough money Jn the mill
business to put him out- of debt Later
ne picKea up an tne timoer Holdings
ho could and Dy tne sale now an
nounced makes the cleanup of a for
tune.
Senator Veness has been a strong
olitlcal factor in Lewis county. Ho
as served in the state legislature, one
term in the house, and two as the
senator from Lewis county.
(Pacific Cotit Prraa Leased Wirt.)
San Francisco, Sept. 20. The Demo
cratic convention will meet tomorrow
evening and after naming temporary
officers, will take an adjournment. The
leaders of the party are holding secret
conferences among themselves as to
whether Mayor Taylor and District At
torney Langdon shall be nominated by
the convention, but there was no as
SU ranee today that these two mon had
been agreed upon.
In .view of the action, of the Unlou
Ijabor party convention last nicnt in
deciding to put up a straight ticket, it
is probable that the Democrats will be
roccea to nominate Mayor Taylor.
He will also be nominated by oetl
tlon by the independents.
Daniel Ryan will undoubtedly be
named by the Republicans, and thus
there will be a three-cornered flsrht for
the mayoralty, the coalition scheme be
tween the various parties having al
ready practically failed.
T.he union labor convention was t".m
porarlly organised. The P. H. McCar
thy wing of the party was In control
and elected its candidate for temporary
onairman, James Leonard. The con
vention purposely avoided going Into
the question of appointing a committee
to confer with the other conventions In
spect to the nomination of a mayor.
While the convention was largely at
tended, Schmlts was not once referred
to during the evening. After effecting
a' temporary organization the conven
tion adjourned to the call of the chair
man. Thomas F. Eagan, as chairman of the
county committee, In his opening speech
told of "labor's representatives coming
before you to give an account of their
stewardship." He said the toiling
masses had no confidence In the old
parties, but looked to the I'nloo Labor
party for amelioration. He believed
that the demand for amelioration still
existed, and to change the identity of
mat party at mis time would be to be
tray those who had given it their suf
frages.
SOFT VOICED HELLO
GIRLS ARE FILIPINOS
STARTLING
LIFE TALE
Late Portland Politician
Found to Have Borrowed
Thousands on Forged Pa
per and Got Loans From
Oregon Trust Bank.
Six Weeks Prior to His Sud
denr and 3Iysterious Death
He Began to Involve Him
self in Many Shaky Finan
cial Deals.
TEAR WOMAN APART
TO FRIGHTEN DEVIL
(United Press Letsed Wire.) '
Zlon City, 111., Sept, 20. Accused of
torturing to death Mrs. Letitia Green
laugh, aged 4 and ? cripple to ; 20
years, Hve persons, members of the
sect of parhamltes, including the son
and daughter of the dead woman; have
been arrested. According to the charge
, aeainst the prisoners, the dead woman's
ccneck was twisted and she was literally
jecrTO-precea in nrattenrpTTwxtmne
kgevu out vi ner pain-racKea Doay.
oman died on Wednesday.' f 7 ' t
the authorities learned ' the
arrested Jennie and waiter
and Mrs. Hattie Smith and
.chell and Wife, " charging
anslaughter. .
enlaugh is said ; to nave
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made a confession,. In which he Is
credited with saying that on Wednes
day his father, who is not a Parhamite,
was called from home, - Then the five
persons . now under arrest knelt by the
sick bed of Mrs. Greenlaugh, twisted
and Jerked her arms. As the bones left
the sockets the woman's screams were
taken for those of the devil's. This
done the victim's neck was horribly
twisted and the woman died the . same
flTW aeg ed torturers trlea" 16 re
store the woman to life by a weird
ceremony. . -X - (
The Parhamite sect was founded ; by
Charles Farham a year ago. It has 200
members, who were originally members
of Dowle's church. One of their beliefs
is that sickness is due to the presence
of the devil in the body, 1
Chicago, Sept. 20. Dr. David J. Do
herty, commissioner of the Philippine
Progress association, who is in Chicago,
says that the Filipino girls are the
best telephone operators in the world.
Dr. Doherty has been in the islands
since February 1906.
"There is no question about it In my
mind," he said. "The Filipino girls
are the best telephone operators in the
world. Louis Glass, now In trouble
Is San Francisco, was out to investi
gate the system and said that he wished
he had Filipino girls with their even
temper and soft voice for his plants
in this country."
Startling developments are coming to
light concerning the alleged dealings In
freniied finance of the late Philip F.
Rogoway, the well-known Portland poli
tician, which, if accounts be true, rival
those of Cassie Chadwick in their ex
tent, if not in their amount.
It is alleged by former acquaintances
and friends of Rogoway that he secured
between $16,000 and $18,000 In the
month- or six weeks Just prior to his
sudden and mysterious death on August
30. -
According to those who have been
making an Investigation of the affairs
of his estate, Kogoway secured money
from nearly every one he knew. He ap
parently possessed some strange power
to Influence those ho came in contact
with hard-headed business men, most
of them of his own race, as well as
some of the best-known bankers In Port
He Is said to have forged the names
of his father and father-in-law, Jacob
Goldstein, to two notes, on which he
secured nearly $4,000 a few days before
his death. These alleged forgeries are
said to have been discovered Thursday,
August 29, and when Rogoway was noti
fied of them he promised to fix the mat
ter up Immediately. The next day he
was found in a dying condition In his
own home at 390 Hall street, and was
dead within a few minutes.
Death Came Quickly.
Rogoway's death was so sudden that
Dr. J. Allen Gilbert, who had been called
n by Mrs. Rogoway, suggested an au
topsy. This was performed at the coro
ner's and revealed that death was due
to acute gastritis, or Inflammation of
the stomach. The contributory causes
of this acute gastritis were not gone
into.
When the surgeons who had per
formed the post-mortem suggested to the
coroner that an analysis of the contents
of the stomach be made, coroner Flnley
replied that he had no funds for such
purpose, so no further Investigation was
made.
"I found the stomach and the blood
vessels greatly inflamed," said Dr. Gil
bert, "and also found a mass of undi
gested food, 'raw carrots and other
things In his stomach. He had lunched
before he came home, and his wife told
me that he had become unconscious
within a few minutes after reaching
the house. He died in half an hour. I
could not determine whether there was
any poison in the stomach or not with
out making a chemical analysis, and I
had to leave that with the coroner. He
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ADMIRAL EVAS, WHO
FLEET DURING ITS
STATION.
WILL COMMAND THE BATTLESHIP
CRUISE AND STAY ON THE PACIFIC
CRUISERS IW
FIRST VISIT CITY
.
Eight Vessels Now at Frisco
Expect to Precede Bat
tleship Squadron.
said none was necessary.
Isaac Friedman, the proprietor of a
meat market at First and Columbia
streets, was an Intimate friend of
Rogoway and was one of those who
claims to ' have been caught by the
financier In the net which he apparently
spread for big and little.
"He forged my name to a note for
(Continued on Page Three.)
(Special DUpitcta to Tt Joorail.)
San Francisco, Sept. 20. Mare Island
navy yard officials deny the assertions
of Congressman Lllley of the house
committee on naval affairs that Mare
Islapd navy yard is not prepared to take
care of vessels of the battleship fleet
that Is to visit the Pacific coast. A
very small appropriation would be re
quired to deepen the Mare Island chan
nel to the big drydock which at pres
ent has 33 feet of water at high tide.
Any cruiser of the fleet could be cared
for at this dock and besides, in an
emergency, the big Hunter's Point dock
.could accommodate any one of the
ships.
Cable dispatches from Honolulu re
port tnat the four cruisers of the Asl
atlc fleet, the Maryland. Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Colorado have left
Tor this city. The Albany, Cincinnati
Raleigh and Charleston are now here,
The eight vessels mentioned may be
sent ahead of the battleship fleet with
orders to stop at Astoria and Portland.
Nothing definite regarding the stops of
tne battleship fleet nas been learned
here beyond the ordinary orders re
celved at the yard outlining the possl
ble assignment of the ships.
The impression hero Is that there will
be no change in tne original program
that mentioned Admiral Evans as the
commander of the fleet: naval officers
think Evans will be assigned to the
task.
ROOSEVELT TO
BECOHSPOT
Southern Pacific Congress
man Strongly Opposes
Third Term Talk.
BRUHN TO BUILD BIG PLANT
. a
Seattle Packer, Together With Louis Zimmerman, Will Erect One of Largest Packing
Establishments on Pacific Coast in Vicinity of Swift Stockyards on Pen
insula Ban Will Be Placed on Slaughterhouses in City.
Portland has been, chosen as the
proper place for one of the largest
packing plants on the Pacific coast. In
addition to the big plant now being con
structed by Swift & Co. on the penin
sula, Charles Bruhn, one of the best known
packers of the west coast, has associat
ed himself with L. Zimmerman, and ac
cording to report, will construct the
most modern plant in the west at some
point on the peninsula, close to the pro-
tosea new stocKvaras una the niant now
luilding for Swift & Co.
Mr. Bruhn was formerly . associated
with C. H. Frye at Seattle and Tacoma
under the firm name of Frye-Bruhn
company. Livestock men say that Mr.
Bruhn is one of the most practical
packers In the west and the great sue-
cated when the new concern -completes
its proposed puuu in tnis city. Mr.
Bruhn is said to be financially able to
carry out his portion of the contract, as
he-Is reported to be worth upwards of a
million dollars.
It is stated that while the new plant
Is being constructed the concern will
' operate1 the old Zimmerman plant in
South Portland. This plant has been
running; for some .time under the name
of the Portland Packing company, with
L. Zimmerman and I. Friedman of this
city owners. The withdrawal of Mr.
Friedman from the concern caused a
reorganization of the firm and the plant
is now being operated under the name
of the L. Zimmerman Packing company.
According to reports the plant pro
posed on the peninsula will nave a ca
pacity about as great as the Swift con
cern now building and It will be
even more modern than the latter. It
is stated that negotiations for the land
on the peninsula have already jeached
a stage where the exact location Is
known.
The Zimmerman plant has been run
Jn North Portland In violation of city
ordinances and against the protests of
tne people, it is operating now and
feMtmattfr. fix.ra that tpr-wtH be taken by
the city authorities to shut down the
plant v Mayor Lane said this morning:
Violates City Ordinances.
"There must be no exclusive privi
leges In conducting' slaughter-houses
within the city limits. If Zimmerman
is to be granted a permit to conduct his
plant then the Armours, the Swifts",
the Cudahys or any other packing com
pany must be granted the same con
cessions If they apply for them;
"There are in the city ordinances pro
visions against granting slaughter
house .franchises in tne city limits.
Whether they are to be enforced strict
ly to the letter depends on the will of
tne people. 'The packing plant on the
Macadam road was once particularly of
fensive and obnoxious to the people liv
ing in the. vicinity. The market In
spector, Mrs. Sarah Evans, Informs me
that upon her last visit she found the
slaughtering, rendering and packing
bom in tne most sanitary manner pos
sible and the nauseating odors usually
inhabiting such establishments were no
ticeably absent.
"However, the cleanliness of the es
tablishment does not mitigate operating
the establishment contrary to law, and
the laws "must be BnfofcecL If any of
the people residing in the vicinity of
the plant object to It, then of Course
we must close It up."
Blocks Trial Proceedings.
Louis Zimmerman was arrested Au
gust 1 for conducting a slaughter noose
Continued on Pag Three.),
(Hotted Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Sept. 20. Congressman
B. A. Hayes of San Jose has written a
letter to a local newspaper in which ho
strongly opposes a third term for
Roosevelt. He says:
"The reason at the bottom of the
strong" objection, among the people of
the west, at least to a third term. Is
the growing power of the president of
the United States. The longer he re
mains In office the larger the number of
his appointees and the men who feel
under obligation to him.
"We, here In California, bordering on
Mexico, have an object lesson directly
In point In the present condition of
Mexico. Although the forms of pop
ular government are still maintained
and adhered to, Mexico Is today nothing
out a despotism and it is so chiefly by
reason of the continuous service of
President Diaz and for one I shall re
sist with all the power that I have the
breaking down in any way of the anti
third term sentiment."
Congressman Hayes was the choice
of the Southern Pacific political man
agers through W. J. Herrln and Abe
Ruef at the Santa Cruz convention three
years ago. Probably Republicans will
find in this fact balm for a Republican's
attack on the president.
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OPEN RIVER!
Delegations From Oregon,,
Washington and Idaho'
Will Unite in Effort to Se4
cure Continuing Contract
for Celilo.
The Journal's Plan Meets
Hearty Approval of Mem
Who Represent Pacific
Northwest in Congress
Will Assure Canal.
OLD AGE IS CAUSE
OF OFFICER'S SUICIDE
(Pacific Cotit Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Sept. 20. Despondent
from old age Matthews Schleudschker
an ex-army officer, 78 years old. com
mitted suicide by slashing his throat
with a razor this morning. He died be
fore assistance could be summoned.
Schleudschker was colonel of the 111th
Tennessee regiment In the civil war.
Realizing the benefits to be derive
from an open river and the necessity!
for the completion of the Celilo canal. I
United States senators and represents-)
tlves from Oregon. Washington andl
Idaho are pledging themselves to aid'
the project of having the canal project .
placed upon a continuing contract basis.
The Journal has undertaken the task;
of Interesting the national legislators .
In this movement and recently addressed
letters to the solons representing tne
three states affected. Replies have been
received In a number of cases, and m
every instance the most enthusiastic-
support Is promised.
Plalnir the Celilo eannT on a continu
ing contract basis will obviate the ne
cessity of a special appropriation at
every session of congress and will as-
sure the completion 01 tne worn.
ReDltes to The Journal s letters are
srlven herewith:
Senator Fulton at Work.
Astoria. Or. Befit. !. "I am ToTT
glad to see that The Journal has taken
up the matter or Raving me improve-- ;
ment of the uDner river, particularly '
the work at Celilo, placed under th
continuing contract system, i cannos
think at this time of anything that I
can suggest to you In addition to what
you have already said and the course;
your paper has taken. I made an earn
est effort at the last sesslShi to have
this work put under the continuing con
tract; indeed, took it up the same tim
and just as earnestly as I did the work
at the mouth of the Columbia river. X
succeeded, as you are aware. In havlna
the work at the mouth of the river
placed under the continuing contract,
but failed In securing that action In re
gard to Celilo. It la my purpose, how
ever, to come dsck at mem ogam ms
coming session and make a very earnest
effort In that direction. Of course it is
vastly important that we should secure
much action, far it assures the diligent
prosecution and early completion of the
work. 1 am a most inorousn injuwvwr
in the policy of improving to the ut
most our navigable rivers. I think;
every river that can be made navigaoio
should be made so and should be made
navigable throughout the greatest pos
sible length,. No railway commission
will be able) to reduce rates to the ex
tent that the Columbia and Snake rivers,
thus improved, will reduce them.- Could
we have an open highway by means of
these rivers from Lewlston to the sea.
the transportation problem In that sec
tion would be practically solved. ; not
only as regards rates but as regards
facilities. I am with you in this work;
and am glad to see the stand The)
Journal has taken, and will 'do all in
my power to assist C. W. FULTON
Senator Borah in 1,1ns.
"Boise, Ida., Sept. 14.- I am" very
much interested, as you Tnay know, in
the subject matter about . which - you
write. It seems to me that it- Is ir
every, way entitled to the considera
tion and support of all of us and so far
as I am concerned I shall bo. glad to be
called upon at any time to- assist. I
have not any particular suggestions t
make at this time but may nave later.
At anv rate vou may feel assured that
I am a devoted supporter of the) propo
sition and will continue to be so and
will lend whatever assistance I can
either in public or private life.
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Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 13.-"X have al
ways been in favor of an oren Snnki.
and Columbia river. I realize the vast '
(Continued on Page Three.)
BORAH EXPECTS TO GO
TO SENATE VINDICATED
(Special Dispatch to Th JoBroaL)
Boise, Idaho. Sept 20. "Governor
Steunenberg was generally known to be
one of the principal promoters In the
Boise Basin timber country," declared
United States Senator W. E. Borah to-
fiay, discussing the report that the gov
ernment would attempt to show that
the late chief executive of Idaho was
one of the prime movers In the Idaho
land frauds.' 1
"Steunenberg." continued Senator
Borah, "filed on the lands in Question.
and went back east to find a buyer, He
I do not believe It can be shown 1 v
sin, and It was mainly on his represen
tations that the Barber Lumber com
pany formed for the purpose of cutting
umber here. ,..,
"The. governor was. made buyer for
to purchase lands. So far as I know,
he always acted lawfully in the matter.
1 1 say this, though of course I do not
know what evidence was adduced before
the grand Jury. I never syspected
him."
Speaking of his own case. Senator
Borah declared he would not avail him
self of technicalities, though be belle vet
the statute of limitations tad run
against his alleged crime..' -
"I will not enter pleas to the statute
of limitations," said the man who hnt
promised to deliver the state tf iduhn
to Roosevelt or, Taft at the next el...
tlon. "I want all the facts given t
the -Jury so I can go to Washington tv.
comber 3 without a Stain on my repuM
tlon. -;. v
My position with the r.nrbor T.xrj.' -
vwm uuwafciuia,4jr,sMiAtTa up in any wjh
doing.. ,
"Jt lS Claimed I drew certnlrt rr.r,,. ,
fo the company, j ,),.., w fc
contracts, but 1 didnothlng ...-. '
"I asked the official t l .
to hasten the trial so 1 coul l . , ,
senate vindicated." hJ iJ
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