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HENEY TRYING HARD
TO GET LAND FRAUD
KING OUT OF PRISON
Prosecutor. Who Secured His Conviction
Now Interceding With President for
His Release Convicted Man Will
Again Be Government's Star Witness
in Trial of Pending Conspiracy Cases
Stephen A. D. Puter, incarcerated king of the land fraud ring, is
soon to breathe the outer air of freedom once more if the efforts of
Francis J. Heney, who put him behind the bars, are of avail with the
president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Heney either
has interceded, or will Intercede for his chief witness In casqs gone and
to come and ask that the seven months yet to be served be wiped off
the books and release given the noted prisoner.
While Mr. Heney was in Portland a
ahort tme ago he npent some time in
the county jail with Puter, and It is
understood that from this meeting and
conference the release la to come. Pu
ter waa sentenced to two yeara in tho
county Jail, being given practically the
llmiby Judge Hunt He haa yet noma
even inonths to aerve. and. it la known
that he feela deeply the long sentence
Imposed upon him, while those convicted
for offenses under the same section of
me coae were given raucn ugnier lines
and terms to 'serve.
Public Surprised at sjentenee.
Much durprlse was expressed on all
Idea when Puter waa sent to jail for
so long a time, as it had been currently
supposed his aentence would be light on
account of his great service to the gov
ernment during the trials of Senator
Mitchell, Congressman Williamson and
others. When he waa given two yeara
in jail the general publio sat up and
gasped at the great gap between . the
sta.r witness of the government and the
immunity which it was supposed had
been prepared for him.
Since Puter has commenced the serv
ice of his aentence a continued effort
has been made to secure his freedom.
The one person who has been making
the most untiring effort in hla behalf
has been Mrs. Puter, who has labored
early and late to induce the federal
authorities to shorten the time set by
the court for the punishment of the
noted land fraud artist. Up to a short
time ago, however, no Impression
seemed to have been made upon anyone
with authority to intercede.
No one believed that Puter would be
forced to serve for as long a time when I
the court imposed his sentence. Be
cause Of his great assistance to the goy
ernment In the past trials It was er
pected that, he would be released in a
short time,
Still aa Important wttaam.
More potent, however, than what he
nad done . tor the government was the
expectation of what he would do when
the Hlnger Hermann, the Bette Creek,
the Blue Mountain and the Booth land
cases came up for trial in the future.
In these cases Puter Is the chief wit
ness for the government and it Is net
tnougnt tnat a conviction could be se
cured witnout his assistance, it was
expected therefore that he would be re
leased from custody long before this
time in return for- what he would do
for- the cause of the prosecution when
these cases came to trial.
The announced Intention of Mr. Heney
to reopen the land cases with the be
ginning of the October term of court
and his statement that he would be
nere to try tne Hermann ana Bootn
cases by November 1 leads to the
strong belief that Puter will be out of
the Multnomah county jail before these
cases are opened. It is said that Mr.
Heney Is now in conference with; the
iresldent in regard to the matter and
hat the order of release can be ex
pected at any time within the immedi
ate future.
But for the colossal frauds com
mitted by Puter after his conviction
three years .ago he would never have
been obliged to do time, for It was well
understood that he was to receive im
munity in return Tor the information
he gave the government. But his trial
was scarcely ended when h hea-nn
forging state school land certificates
and selling them to eastern bankers and
Investors. . He and his confederates
cleaned , up over $100,000 by these
frauds.
DIC1ENI
OF SENATOR
Former Grand Juryman Says
District Attorney Kuick
Told Jurors That He Was
Responsible for Action
Taken by Them.
Land Fraud Cases Will Not
Be Tried by Court Until
Charges Against Federal
Prosecutor Are Heard and
Facts Determined.
THOUSANDS WATCHED ASCENT OF HENRY, EMMERT WITH BREATHLESS. INTEREST.
FUEL COMPANY BUSTED;
MONEY IS ALL ABSORBED
Cooperative Wood Company Goes Out of Business Ten
Per Cent Paid In by Those Ordering From Concern
Went Into the Pockets of the Promoters.
KEPT HUSBAND
DRUNK FORM
Widow of William Carithers
Charged With Forcing
Intoxication.
CLIMBS SWAYING
MSI Willi IN AIR
(Pacific Oot Press Seised Wire.)
Los Angeles, Sept.'.' 21. The charges
that William V. Carithers, a wealthy re
tired banker and general merchantxwho
died in Los Angeles October 17, 1906,
was kept in a continued state of In
toxication the last year of his life by
The Cooperative Wood company,
formed for philanthropic purposes by
A. L. Morris and C. B. Porter some
time ago, is no more and it is hard
to find the exact place of business of
the promoters. Incidentally with the.
eclipse of the company and the reces
sion from view of the two promoters
comes (he knowledge that the two men
took with them when they went out of
office and control all the money that had
been collected -by them since the Incep
tion of their philanthropic scheme.
In the place of the Cooperative Wood
company Is the Cooperative Fuel com
pany, which is doing business on a le
gitimate basis and Incidentally trying to
make good for the absorption of the
two men who composed the former com
pany. ,
Some time ago A. L. Morris and C. B.
Forter opened an orrice in tne Abing'
ton building and made the announce
ment they were arolna: to "bust" thi
wood trust. They advertised that they
had options on large plies of wood and
that they would take orders for good fir
wooa at a a cora, aeuvered within 30
days. They asked those signing up to
make a deposit of 10 per cent of the
total amount or weir oraer, and stipu
lated that the wood would be delivered
upon the deposit of the remaining bo
per cent in the German-American bank.
The explanation was made that the. 10
frer cent was to cover the cost of mak
ng options and deliveries. They prom
isea that at tne end or the, season a
aiviaena wouia db aeciarea.
A short time before September 10 a
meeting of those who had bought wood
and stock in the concern was held, and
(Continued on Page Two.)
PARH AMITE LEADER
STRANGLES VICTIMS
(United Press Leased Wire.) "
ZIon City, Sept. SI. Harold Mitchell,
chief torturer . at the death of Mrs.
Greenla,ugh Wednesday, is a strangler.
The -eoroner-wss convinced Of-tbis-by
investigation of the many deaths at
Zlon City hidden under a religious cloak.
, The testimony at the Inquest shows that
.. a Miss Young died shortly after. Mitch
; eH treated her to drive out demon
The authorities learn that the bodies
' . were kept for days by the Parhamltes
in the hope that chanting prayers would
- restore life to them. : r
y Airs. Greenlaugh &ad been aa Invalid
for 20 years. She embraced tVe Par
hinrjlte faith, and whenher husband,
who did not Join the mc, was away
from home, Mitchell and bis compan
ions called at her home to give her a
treatr.ient. The religious fanatics be
lieved tiiat fill illness wis caused by the
presence of devils in the human body,
and attempted to drive the demons from
their aged patient. .
The- treatment given Mrs. Greenlaugh
was strenuous in the extreme. Mitch
ell and his companions practically tors
their victim limb from limb, strangling
her to death and twisting her neck ter
ribly. When she cried out in pain they
gleefully shouted -that ta demons wars
being tfrivtA wU ,. . - .. .. , ,
hla wifn and Ij. L. Voael for the alleged
niirnoM of obtaining possession of Tils
estate is the remarkable allegation made
in a suit Jrf the superior court by Robert
Carithers, Drotner or tne aeaa Danicer,
who sues to set aside the will, which
bequeathed alL but a few hundred dol
lars of the estate to Mrs. Carithers.
HALLI1AN SIS WILL
BE FREE TOMORROW
Sentence of Atlanta Society
Man Who Wrecked
Bank Expires.
Henry Emmert's Feat on
Postoffice Flagstaif At
tracts Big Crowd.
Rock-a-bye baby,
nd
rock.
When the win
in the tree top:
blow the cradle will
If the bough breaks the cradle will fall.
And down will come baby, cradle and
alL
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Atlanta, Ga., 8ept. 21. Hallman Sims,
the young Atlanta banker and society
man, who was sentencea to tne umieu
Rtntes iirison in Anril. 1903. for em-
hezEiement of 1100.000 from the Capi
tal City National bank, causing tne sus
pension of that Institution, will conclude
Sis term of imprisonment tomorrow.
Sims was sentenced to serve six years
behind the bars, but his excellent con
duct has given him the benefit of the
full reduction allowed by law for good
behavior.
Sims' arrest and conviction caused a
exeat sensation at the time, as ho was
one of the leaders in the younger set
of Atlanta society and a welcome vis
itor in every home of the capital. Al
though his defalcations caused the bank
to suspend, it paid dollar for dollar to
its depositors.
KOCKEFELLEE TO BE
CALLED TO TESTIFY
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Sept. 31. John P. Rocke
feller and the ftvs great chief or tne
Standard will be called to testify In the
government's suit to dissolve the Stand
ard. Heed Cry for Lesser Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 21. The board
of county commissioners has- reduced
the city limits half a mile on the east
and a quarter gn the west. The reduce
Uon is due to comjOalats of kiga taxes. '
This is not what Henry J. Emmert
sarig this morning while clinging to the
flagpole on the postoffice building to
insert a halyard through the pulley at
the very top of the swaying mast, but
he evidently thought something sim
ilar. Five dollars Is what he was paid
for accomplishing the perilous climb of
50 feet sheer of the topmost pinnacle of
the cupola on the federal structure 5
cents a lineal foot if figured for the
round trip. Kmmert required 10 min
utes to mount the pole and 10 to de
scend. Postmaster MInto was in sore straits
yesterday when informed that the old
halyard had broken and Old Glory had
been cast ignomlntously on a flight
whither the wind listed, and put in the
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TOMORROW'S
SUNDAYJOURNAL
NEW FEATURES; SPLENDID
COLOR PLATES. IT
WILL CONTAIN.
Aerial warfare the next deadly m
novation.
Soldier of fortune who makes pro
fession of booming new coun
tries. Ingenious magic of savage priests.
Nobility and its relation to dead
headism. Nixon's idea of a thirty-thonsand-
ton battleship.
Lightning is stored energy and
can be used as such.
Cruise of the yacht Gallilee.
Among men who work with hand
or brain.
The written music of birds.
Comic supplement Little Jimmy,
Hooligan, Maud and all the fun
ny people. Look and see what
happened to them.
All in , The
Sunday Oregon,Daily Journal
WEST 10 SOLVE
C00LJEPR0BLEM
Canada Warned by Negro
Problem A White La
bor Solution.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 21. Rev. Dr,
Robert Johnston of Montreal, who was
in Vancouver at the time of the anti-
Hindu riot and attended the mass meet
ing, says:
We must not make in Canada the
mistake made by the north in the
United States. The north thinks it un
derstands the negro question, but it does
not. The east may think it understands
the questions that confront British Co
lumbia, but it does not. The difficulty
is one that most be solved by the west
ern province.
"The men whom I saw In the parade
In Vancouver are not riff-raff, but of
the best class of working people.
tjntisn Columbia is tne prooiem or
Canada. Isolated by mountains, its
trade is naturally with the larare and
important cities oi tne
relation
(United Pross Leased Wire.)
Boise. Ida., Sept. 21. United States
Judge Whltson did not finally pass on
the motions raised on behalf of the de
fendants in the land-fraud cases this
morning, as expected. Instead he said
he would Investigate the charges against
District Attorney N. M. Rulck contained
in the affidavits of former grand Jury
men. There were of so serious a na
ture, the court said, that they could not
be Overlooked.
George Latham, the grand Juror who
made the principal affidavit, was the
first witness called. Attorney James
H. Hawley took the witness.
Latham stated that Ruick had come
into the grand jury room the day be
fore the indictments against United
States Senator-Borah and his co-defend
ants were returned, with a printed list
of those afterward Indicted. Witness
said the district attorney wanted the
Jury to return indictments before ad
journment that day.
ays Bnlok Waited Outside.
Asked if Rulck made any argument,
witness said he had made what he con
sidered an argument He stated that
the district attorney declared that any
responsibility for Indictments or convic
tions would be on his shoulders.
n answer to a question by Hawley.
Latham said that when the Indictments
were voted he wanted to explain his
vote, but was shut off by the foreman.
iatnam ana kuick stooa outside tne
door durinar the ballot in ir. his shadow
be In or visible In the ftrand Jury room
Kuick came into tne room three min
utes after the indictments were re
turned," testified the witness. "Ha was
asked by Cunningham to leave the room,
as there was something else before the
body. I believe he stated that he would
not leave until the bills had been signed.
They were not signed until the follow
ing day." 1
Withess declared the Indictments were
not read to the Jury, but only the names
or tnose implicated, no aam the con
tracts were made at a lawyer's office.
Several letters were read afterward to
the grand Jury.
History of Latham Affidavit.
Judge Burch then took the witness
for the prosecution.
"How old are you?" he demanded.
HOTEL
HI FOURTH
AND ALDER
An Eight-Story, 200-Eoom
Structure Will Be Erected
in Heart of Business Cen
ter Buildings on Site ta
Be Torn Down Next July
Option Taken for Quarteu
Block Belonging to Burke
Estate Deal Headed bjj
Dietz-Mueller and Morgan;
Sweet & Chapman.
It has problems peculiar to itself, and
everything in relation to it must b
considered very calmly and dlspasslon
in
United States.
to it must be
ately by the people of Canada.
R. G. MacPherson, federal member for
Vancouver, returned from the east last
ntjtht. He states that he was misre-
ported in the matter of the "Boston tea
party" In connection with his remarks
on Vancouver's antl-orlental riot. All
he said was that there was a nice little
("Continued on Page Two.)
An option on a lease was signed yes '
terday which practically assures ths
erection of a magnificent eight-story ,
200-room commercial hotel in ths heart
of the business center of Portland.
The site of the proposed hotel is oil
the quarter block known as the Burks
property, at the northwest corner ot
Fourth and Alder streets. Ths deal
waa made by a syndicate of Portland
capitalists, headryj by the Dieti-Muelles .
company and Morgan, Sweet & Chapman,
The latter firm has already built
number of large apartment bouses on
the west side and a four-story business
block on Grand avenue and aat Wash
ington street. The syndicate secured
30-day option on a 30-year leaie on ther
property. A, larg Sum uf mo&ey was)
paid for the 30-day option, durlog which)
time the abstract of title wilt be passed
upon and tne lease closed Dy ins pay
ment of an additional sum.
Begin Oo&strootloa Vrxrt July.
Under the terms of the tentative '
lease the syndicate will not take pos
session of the property until July 1 of
next year, when the leases held - by
the present tenants expire. A"- .
Immediately after the lessees assum '
control of the property the old framei
buildings occupying the site will b
torn out and construction work on the
proposed hotel will betrin.
The preliminary plans of the syndi
cate provide for an eight-story 200-room
building.
be utilized
the lower floor of which will
d for business purposes, ex
cept space for the hotel office and
lobby.
Terms Vot Tst Publio.
The terms of the lease have not been)
made public, although it is understood!
that they are very similar to those upon
which the Failing corner at Fifth and
Washington streets waa leased to 8weU
land. It Is considered an assured -fact
that the hotel will be built, as the Inter
ests backlng-4fce enterprise have ample
capital to carry out their plana.
A number of efforts have heretofore)
been made to secure a long time lease)
on the corner at Fourth and Alder and)
several times the announcement waa
made that the deal was about to b
closed, but for one reason - or anothes)
all previous efforts failed Ths prop
erty Is considered one of the best Im.
proved business corners in th(clty.
PROSPECTS FAVORABLE
FOR REOPENING BANK
Depositors Are Coming Forward to Sign fro Home Tel
phone Bonds General Sleeting of Bank Patrons ; j'
to Be Held This Evening at the iVrmory.' -2J ;
The movement among depositors of
the Oregon Trast & Savings bank to
take telephone bonds In exchange for
deposits and thereby place the bank n
party at Vancouver. The other words la position where it can resume busl
were added afterward. !
He eavs oriental Immigration in much
discussed in the east, but the govern
ment has not vet arrived at anv means
of adjusting; the differences.
Bir wiuiam Maiiett. M. p.. chairman
of the unemployed of London, England,
Is In the city Investigating Immigration
conditions. He says the Chinese and
Japanese might easily be replaced by
good white workers from the old country.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
ST. AUL DIRECTOES
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 21. The an
nual meetings of stockholders and di
rectors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul Railway company were held at
the general offices In this city todny.
The meetinas were entirely of a routine
character and resulted In the reelection
of all of the old directors and officers
or tne company.
ness, has today reached a stage that
gives much encouragement to the pro
posed plan.
Large depositors In the old bank are
signing contracts to accept Home Tele
phone bonds and stock for their de
posits. This is in line with the plan
of reorganization of the bank with
largely increased capital stook and sev
eral hundred thousand dollars of new
money.
At a general meeting of depositors to
be held at the Armory tonight the
plan will be thoroughly discussed, and
the result is expected to practically a
termine the future of the bank. . ,
Business Wen Sign Vp. . ' ,
Among those who signed yesterday
and today for exchange of deposits oC
$1,000 or more for telephone bonds)
were some of the prominent business)
men of Portland and the state, Jude
George H. Williams signed for' tl.OOO. ,
Jefferson Myers for 38,600, and others
for like amounts. An outside banle
signed for $15,000 in lieu of that amount
of money it had carried as a. deposit in
the bank. , , , , , ,
I A. Coddlngton, of tha t Portland.
Commercial club, signed for f 1,000 ofl
the bonds. The Commerot&L. lh km.i.
has about $5,000 on deposit-in the bank,
will take that amount in bonds. The;
Paclfio Railway & Navigation company,
which waa a heavy depositor, 'win take
(Continued on Page Two. )
PRICES OF SEATS AT
THEATRES INCREASED
DELL IS MURDERER
- ' IN SECOND DEGREE
(United Press Leaned Wire.)
Bolllnghanv Wash., Sept. 31. The
Jury,, in ths Dell case returned a verdict
of guilty of murder in the second de
gree this morning.
Dell was convicted of the murder-of
Addie . Rover. The -crime waa commit
ted lasv sunuasr , ' .
It is back to the woods with the "ten'
twent-thlrt" It Is woe to the gallery
gods and tribulation to the attentive
young gent and his steady for the blood
will refuse to flow and the thunder will
not roll after the first of October for
less than 15 cents. In other words, the
theatres of the city are going to boost
their prices all around and the good old
days of one dime 10 cents for the nigger
heaven aroma and lurid delight are
nearly past.
At a recent meeting of ths newly or-
frantaed Theatre Managers' association
t was .decided to be meet and neces
sary to raise the limit Just a lKUe,
There It was decided , that about the,
first of October ther would cense l-t
be any 10-cent theatre seats hi town AS
ths Grand, ths Star, the Lyric, the I ivw
pi re and Pantages the lo-cent a!mi
siona will be raised to IS cents. At thi
same time the prices for the lower fW
will be raised from 25 and 3ft m 'i f
and 85. At the Empire theatre tiie rH"f
Will kttllftV 1IVMI AU i:UIU9 If! fflft P
to 35 and 60 cents on tha tw,.r
There will be no chaiur in trn r .
charged at the Baker Uti;tr, t t
riven out. It is suil tl,.i
iness men nave adviHM as . , ,
to raise his pritus. but iu 1 ,
1
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