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Saved by Friends.
(Piclfie Coast frm Leased Wlr.)
San Francisco, Sept. 28. Kid
naped in broad .daylight , in the
busiest part of Van Ness avenue,
Fremont Older, managing editor of
the Bulletin and an earnest worker
in the graft prosecution, was for
eeren hours last night lost to all his
friends and acquaintances. After
six hours" of fruitless search by the
full force of Special Agent Burns and
the entire police department of San
Francisco, Older was located on
board a Southern Pacific coast line
train en route to Los Angeles.
An urgent telephone message, the
service of a Los Angeles warrant,
authorized late Friday by Judge Car-,
roll Cook of the superior court, the
flight of an automobile to Redwood
City' and then close captivity In" the
stateroom of the limited train this,
in brfef, was the manner in which
tW bold attempt . of , the kidnaper,
was carried out.
It was at 6:16 Friday evening- while
he was In the office of Assistant DIs-
trlct Attorney Heney that Older re
ceived a telephone message to come at
once to the Savoy hotel on a matter
of urgenlmportance. He was In a
room with Heney's partner at the time
and was waiting- the arrival of Rudolph
fc'preckels. . -
Deputies riaeh Warrants.
Oldef left word for Spreckels that ho
would return within a short time and
started to walk to the Savoy. As he
passed the main entrance of the building-
In which is located the offices of
Calhoun's detective agency, in charge
of Luther Brown, -Luther Brown him
self, a constable from Los , Angeles
county and two deputies stepped
suddenly out of the doorway, and
the constable flashed quickly , be
fore. Older s eyes two warrants from
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Reduces Taxes of Firms
and Individuals Upon
Complaint Being Made
That They Are Too High.
Reductions Made Contrary
to Statutes Requiring Af
fidavits Stevens Annuls
Function of County Court
and Equalization Board, h
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(Jovernor.Stenncnberg Asked Campbell to Have Repub
i licamBoss and Senat ors Foster and Spooner Stop In
- vestigation'of Timber Land Frauds in Idaho.
, (Cnlted' Pri-iw Lfed Wire.)
Boise. Idaho, Sept. 28.-r-That United
States Ueriator-Addison Foster of Wash
ington was asked to Intercede on be
half of Ex-Qoverhor- Steunenberg, t6
refill nff the flrfvarnmnt Innnector Tj.
L. s'harp, was the startling testimony
of A. B. Campbell this morning.
"Any time you can make an appoint
ment with Senator Foster," again wrote
Bteunenberg, ' "I can come. This fea
ture of the timber deal is getting into bad
shape. Sharp, 1 tn inspector, and local
land people, have worked so secretly
md with so much deception, even with
heir friends. 1 have not been able to
learn the .situation, much less do any
worje. it H. is , not asKing too much.
tT wish - you would ask Foster to-1 hold
snarp off until I can meet the senator:
DEPOSITORS TURN OVER
$100,000 FOR BONDS
Single Subscription of $35,000 Expected to Close Up Rec
ord Breakings Day -Depositors' Association Urges
Every One Holding Account to Lend Assistance. 1
It la believed that today's bond sub'
crlptions ..by depositors In the Oregon
Trust & Savings bank will reach r the
sum of $100,000. a record-breaking fig
ure. , A single subscription of $36,000 Is
expected to be closed np this afternoon,
and the remainder , are Small deposits.'
Should the small depositors continue to
come in, and not hang back with the ex
pectation t)iat ethers will subscribe, the
requisite amount for enabling the bank
to reopen' may' bo subscribed within
the next two weeks. ' -,
The Depositors' association has hopes
of inducing the bulk of the depositors to
enlist in the cause within the next week.
It is said that whatever Is to be done
must be done quickly and the. workers
Are exerting their e Worts to arouse the
backwsrd ones to a realisation of this
fact ' The bank's reorganization cannot
be. seriously taken, op until the bank is
relieved of its present burdens, and of
thfse the foremost is the claims of de
positors. They are now beinu offerpil
tne bit frurfffos In possession of tli
lj.nk. in the c pinion of those who have
clirc of its affairs.-
A litvuiar . has l)ecn issue i by the
Depositors' association, containing the
following; advice
Every deDositor . havinc an account
of $100 and over m the Oregon- Trust
& -Savings .bank.' must support tha re
habilitation plan, to make it operative.
It. Is the only feasible project whereby
the depositors may obtain dollar for dol
lar not later than January 1. 1908. It
has the endorsement of everybody .who
understands the system. If you. have
not 'already,' subscribed for your pro
rata tn telephone bands or bank stock,
please call at room 11. . Larayecte nuild
Ing,. Sixth nd Washington streets' and
A. Blohtnond, secretary of the Deposit
ors association, - wm . rurnisn you witn
full particulars. It ts Indispensably
requisite for -every depositor 'to act
promptly. Depositors' association headquarters-open
daily 'from o'clock a.
m. to ( o'clock p.- 'X '.
- Receiver 'Devlin, who la adviains de
positors to sign Ippltoatlons for Home
Telephone bonds, -will rmairv on duty
at tha bank this evening- until o'clock.
President v J. '.I Day. 6f the. Depositorsli
nsMoriatton,' secreiasy Klcttmond, and
JihIci? Rnmes will also ba in attend-
nn.:t; the latter; to serve as a notary
for those wb assure- t srove taei
claims. ; - ;'-.-. V- '
In an earlier letter he stated that ths
tie-up of 12 timber claims was giving
the writer much bother, but that he
had . faith that through Campbell and
his friends he would soon have the so
lution of the problem.
Barber also first brought in the name
of Borah, telling of visits to the latter
in Boise. This testimony was admitted
over objection or the defense, but wit
ness did not relate what occurred. The
witness said Sharp came to Spokane,
and at that time he received the first
intimation that anything was wrong in
the transaction. Me said Steunenberg
later requested him to see Mark Hanna
and senator Boooner ana. nave tne in'
vestlgatton of the frauds stopped. He
did not comply. There was no cross
examination. . -
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ler of the Exchange National bank of
Hpoaane tne prosecution nnn uuui--menced
to trace moneys from James T.
Barber' and Sumner G. Moon in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, to A. E. Palmer at
Spokane thence to Governor Steunen
berg here and finally Into the the
hands of State Senator John Klnkaid.
who turned It over to the entrymen.
Seale was not allowed to, go into the
ledrer accounts this moniing. Judge
Whltson reserving his decision until this
afternoon. Cashier Howe identified ae-
: slips of Palmer showing reeelpti
$45,000 from Moon and Barber.
&nlok Vnder Probe.
The snecial crand lurv which is in
vestlxating the charges of misconduct
against District Attorney N. L. Rulck
in securing tne inaioimeni oi ornscor
Borah and others, has extended the
scope of its inquiry far beyond what
was originally intenaea. ine cnarges
against Kulck were contained in an af
fidavit of the former crand Jurymen
who stated the attorney had made an
argument while they were brlnnrinc In
dlctmenta and had refused to leave the
room when requested to do so by one or
their number, ine new Doav nowever.
nas determined to go into an tne ru
mors that are being circulated regard
in the official. .
One report which seems to have been
Industrtoualy circulated is to the effect
that Rulck was paid by the Western
Federation of Miners to secure this ac
tion by the grand jury. The lnvestlga-
thus
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far, it Is said, has not been
very productive in bringing out startling
evidence ueanng on tne aiiegea motives
of Rulck. A woman was called before
the body yesterday to relate a conversa
tion sna neara oearing ore tne case, bo
far as can beaascertalned, the woman
testified that sne bad been sitting near
a - widow - during the Haywood trial,
when she heard Fred Miller, attorney
for vtke labor leader, remark:v-"Oh, .we
wlll get Borah, all right." It is re
ported that the woman told the jury
that the full significance of the remark
did not dawn upon her until she beard
that Borah had been indicted. -
.Apposing counsel -in the Borah case oo-
Without authority of law, Sheriff
Stevens has taken it upon himself
to reduce taxes of people In Mult
nomah county In a large number of
cases, probably more than 100 In all.
In explanation of the reductions the
sheriff exhibits a file of so-called af
fidavits which are merely signed
statements, never having been sworn
before a notary public or other of
ficial empowered to administer an
cath.
A reduction of an assessment from
$26,0P0 to $12,050, and a corresponding
reduction of $224 in the tax Is perhaps
the most glaring of these unauthorised
reductions on the county tax rolls.
This was in the case of the Nott Davis
company. On June $, 1906, George H.
Towler, then manager of the company,
submitted to Assessor Slgler a sworn
statement that his company had tax
able property worth $26,065. Assessor
Slgler accepted this estimate, and after
making a reduction or , ensrgea trie
company on the rolls witn z,udu on
which to pay taxes.
Signed Blank Affidavit.
On Anrll 2 of this year. W. Miller.
who succeeded Towler as manager of
thn Nott Davis company. "Went to the
sheriffs office and stated that the com
pany on March 1, 1806, had taxable
property worth only iz,uou. ana mat
Towler had made his statement without
authority. The statement of Miller
was placed on a DianK aiiiaavit ana ne
signed it, but he was never swofn by
a notary or other orncer. ieputy
sheriffs administer verbal oaths in
such cases, they say, but the law does
not permit a deputy sheriff to admin
ister an oath, so the form Is empty.
When the county clerk extended the
tax rolls, he found the assessment of
the Nott Davis company to be $26,050
and computed the company's taxes at
$416.80. The rolls were then turned
over to the sheriff far collection. Re
lying on Miller's alleged affidavit, the
sheriff ehrfrKed Off $224 of the com
pany's taxes as error, and collected the
remainder. $192.80. The alleged affi
davit, without notarial signature or
seal, is preserved on file as an explana
tlon of the reduction.
Other Reductions Made.
Other cases where the sheriff has
reduced taxes are: Mortgage Guaran
tee & Trust company assessed at $51,
000 and taxes amounting to $81. The
sheriff took $8,000 off the assessment.
charred 1128 of the taxes off, ana ool
lected $688: T. T. Murphy had taxes
amounting to $12.80. 8herlff charged
off $8 of the taxes. Joe P. Myer, as
sessed at $400 for household furniture,
made a statement that his furniture
was worth only $300, and the taxes
were reduced by the sheriff. P. Wors
ler secured a reduction in assessment
from $900 to $800; Mrs. J. Wool wick
from $400 to $76; H. Oberg $300 to
$150; J. J. Zimmer from $300 to $75;
A. C. Newlll from $850 to $."00; Mrs.
A. J. Wlnsor from $300 to $100; J. J.
Nonaii from $300 to $100.
Mrs. George Wentworth complained
of an assessment of $300 on a steam
launch, signed a so-called arnaavit
that $200 was enough, and the sheriff
made the reduction.- There are 160 of
the alleged affidavits on me. a rew or
which represent double assessment,
on-instances where the person hsd no
property to assess. But in probably
100 of the cases the sheriff reduced the
assessment made by the assessor.
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Mayor Lane's offices in the Hamilton building are shown in the above
drawing. sRoom 38 la the reception room and adjoining his private office where
the sensational scene of Thursday evening occurred. The door of room JI8
was not locked, nor was the door connecting the two offices. The door
broken In by the conspirators was that opening from the hall into the
private office.
TO
FRAUDS
Next Federal Grand Jury Will Investigate Unlawful Ac
quisition of Lands on the Umatilla Reservation
3Iany Indictments Are Expected.
A renealed provision of the law which
authorised the sheriff to correct double
assessments and similar errors Is re
lied UDon by the sheriff to justify- his
action in reducing assessments. The
section is $141, which was repealed by
the legislature, it toiiows:
"Section $141. Whenever the asses
sor in snv county, through mistake or
otherwise, shall return ss taxable prop
erty a greater amount than should be
assessed to any person, the sheriff may
remit the excels upon the person own
ing such property, or his sgent, making
affidavit tnat tne same was wrongruiiy
assessed, and giving, under oath, a list
of all his property liable to taxation:
and the sheriff shall report the name of
the person and tne property so illegally
assessed, and shall be credited by the
county 'court with such excess." .
Sheriff Without Authority.
Even if the sheriff had valid affi
davit ss his authority -for reducing the
taxes. -this section rives him no nower
except in case of a double assessment.
wnere a person nam ecru snsessea witn
the same thing twice or has been as
sessed witn property ne does not own
(Wuhlnftoa Burets of Tbe Journal.)
Washington Sept. 28. Government
Officials here expect that startling ac
tion will be taken by the federal grand
Jury In Oregon which convenes soon.
Among other lines of investigation in
spectors and special agents have been
re-covering the ground in the cases in
volving the recent acquisition of lands
on the Umatilla Indian reservation. In
dictments are expected, one official say
ing there might be as many as 30 in
and near Pendletom
The Umatilla reservation lands were
originally sold to the whites in 18!ti,
after all the Indians had received their
Individual allotments. A large area re
mained unsold. The unsold lands dur
ing the past few years have been sold
under successive acts of congress, and
the claim is made that manv persons
have been guilty of violation of the law.
Recently i-2 of these entries have been
under investigation, of which 101 have
been relinquished to the government.
It is from this list of 101 that the of
ficials here look for indictments.
They make it clear that by no means
all. of these 101 who relinquished are
susceptible to prosecution, as some
were unable to comply witn the require
ments of the interior department and
were guilty of nowrongul act. But
they allege that many committed un
lawful acts knew they were doing so
and should be punished.
While care will be taken to differen
tiate between the Innocent snd the
uilty. It is said the authorities in
Oregon
of hi
probed deep, sparing no" man
Jgh or low degree. The policy Is
first to be sure before publishing any
names, thus svoidlng injustice to In
nocent persons, which has several times
occurred In the past.
The alleged wrongful acts on the
Umatilla reservation grow out of the
purchase of lands which remained un
sold after the general sale of 1890.
Under the act of March S, 1885. each
settler was allowed to purchase 160
PRESIDENT PREPARES
FOR MEMORIAL TALK
acres of untlmbered and 40 acres of
timbered lands, if it was for his own
use and occupancy, anil It was stipulated
that they make no contract by which
the title would Inure directly or Indi
rectly to the benefit of another.
Charges are made that many bought
lands with the distinct understanding
that they would sell to others, thus di
rectly violating the law. A prominent
official said: "You will be safe to
guess that the coming grand jury In
Oregon will be as busy as any of Its
predecessors. N'euhausen has been di
rected to throw himself unreservedly
mm ut-n work as Bristol may desire.
Glavis from Oakland Is selected for
Oregon because of his special skill in
lerreung out evidence.
When shown the foregoing dispatch
United States Attorney William C.
Bristol said there would be no federal
grand jury called at the present time.
As for the rest of the allegations in ref
erence to the Umatilla cases, Mr. Bris
tol closed up like a clam snd refused
to say anything for publication. He
said no injustice had ever been done to
Innocent parties and that .he wished to
mane mat clear. The dispatch from
Washington was undoubtedly in refer
ence to the blanketing of a large num
ber of homestead claims in Oregon a
matter on which Commissioner Ballln
ger set the seal of his disapproval
while In Portland this summer and said
that It would not occur in the future.
T. B. Neuhausen said that he had
done nothing In regard to the Umatilla
cases.
"This work was under the direction
Of Mr. DlXOn. Who fornwrlv huA ..ham
1-Qf the first field division. At no time
nave i participated in the Umntilla
cases and therefore am not in a position
to state what the situation Is In east
ern Oregon. It is true that I have been
assigned to aid Mr. Bristol and Mr.
Henev In the eominir land fraud trial-
and so far as I know there will be no
further work fpr me to do save to pre
pare the evidence in the cases coming
up for trial.
"Touis R. Glavis, who comes to suc
ceed me as chief of the field division,
will have the work of looking up the
evidence In any new cases that may
come up for a grand Jury but of this
I know nothing."
IKES OPEQ
CONFESSION
Was to Be Paid Sum for Fol
lowing Woman, He Told
West Mrs. Waymire Re
linquished Lodgings Fevtf
Hours Before Scene. j;
4 According to statements made
4 this afternoon to the district at-
4 torney, E. E. Radd lng, boasted
4 several days ago that he expect-.
4 ed to pull, off a Job for which he :
4 was to get $1,000. Raddlng 4
4 is under arrest, as is I L. Man
4 delay, both being held as accom-
4 plices in the plot against Mayor
Lane. Mrs. Waymire, the wo-
4 man in the case, is still missing.
4 It Is known that she was living-
4 with Ridding and W. F. Bell,'
4 but gave op the premises last
Thursday morning, only a few 4)
4 hours before the sensational
4 occurrences in Mayor Lane's of- 4
4 fice. Mrs. Waymtre's relations .
4 with Bell and Raclrting are under
investigation. . ;
Less than a month ago E. 8. Bad-
ding, arrested last night for complicity
n the alleged attempt to blackmail
Mayor Lane, admitted to Secretary '
John West of the Painters' union that
he was on the trail of a woman and,
a wealthy Portland business man In the
hope of securing damaging evidence)
them. ; . . -
Last week West again saw Raddlngl
and the latter told him.ns says, that
he had about finished Wis Job and ex
pec ted to secure $1,000 for his part Oq(
Wednesday night of this week.
According to West, who gave .an ac
count of the affair to the district at-,
torney this morning, Radding appeared
in tne painters- neaaquarters in Drew
hall on Second street, wearing a new
suit of clothes. West playfully .drew"
the lapel of Radding's coat back and re- '
vealed a deputy sheriff's badge.
Radding laughed and explained that
he had secured -permission to carry a,
pun because he feared someof the union
men were "after him." - t . ..
Later he met West again and when
the latter spoke to him about the badge
he replied -that the real reason he wore;.''
it was that he was on the trnil of a
woman who was mixed up witsTa rich .
Portland man a "north-ender," West"
says Radding called him.
"I am watching them all the time,
said Radding. "and expect to get tns
evidence we want against them beor
long."
Last week West met Radding again
and when asked how his case was com .
lng out he replied: ,
T'I have just about f txed it up, and
expect to catch, them Wednesday night. '
If I do there is going to be about $l,iiO ;
in it for me." , . . . ,
C. M. Havbl, Pacific coast organiser ,
(Continued on Page Two.)
(Tolled Press Lesaed Wire.)
. Washington, ; D. C. Sept 28. Presi
dent Roosevelt will leave tomorrow for
Canton, Ohio where on Mondav he will
make an address at tne aeoicatton oi
the McKlnley national monument. He
will leave Canton immediately after the
conclusion of the exercises for Keokuk,
Iowa, where he will begin his trip down
the Mississippi.
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
AT ATLANTIC CITY
according to the opinions or prominent
iCoeUaued. oa , Put .ZJhreev)
(United .Press Lcsud Wire.)
Atlantic City. N. J.. 8ept 28. The
American Public Health association wiy
meet here for its thirty-fifth annual
session next week. The Initial meeting
will be held Mondav. when the Ameri
can Association of Registrars of Vita
Statistics will be merged as a section oi
the general organization. Tne first gen
eral meeting will be held Tuesday.
NEILL CONFERS WITH
OPERATORS PRESIDENT
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i-(rul Press Leased Wire.)
St Louis. Sept J 8. Commissioner of
Ijhor Nelll admitted today that he and
President Small of the telegraphers
were in conference last night
lanl it
now on his way to coicsgo.- wmmin
sioner Nell! declined to state the natm ,
of the conference or wnatner ne m
sited to t M mediator la the strike,
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experiences in a most entertaining manner. ,
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