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Newspaper Page Text,1 t: I 1 'I , ' " THE .. OREGON ' DAIfrY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, ; MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1907. C01I1 Statement '.Issued by Com v. missioner of Finance Po lice Investigation of Re cent Bengal Riots Asrita- ' tlon in France. t '0' l. cu br - apeell. CahUe br nesnt News BTlee.) London,, Oct. 21. The statement le aned a few days ago by . the Japanese financial commissioner in England has been aupplemepted by another setting forth that thereturns of revenue and expenditure' for the year l09-l07 to July 11 last, Just to hand, show a con siderable. Increase In revenue aa com pared with the returns up to June 80 of this .year. . The returns of the actual ac counts 'on June SO. 1907, show a. sur plus of 7,314.580 yen, the revenue be ing; 468,818.144 yen and the expenditure 481.601,764 yen. -On July II last there waa a surplus of 31.198,291 yen, tho revenue being 494,187,478 yen and the expenditure 462,9(9,181 yen. Thla In crease of revenue la chiefly due to the transfer of the proflta derived from stata undertakings such aa railways and tobacco monopoly, 'from the special to the general account during the month of July. The tobacco monopoly profit transferred Is only a portion of the whole, from which something like 17, 600.000 yen Is still expected to be trans ferred to the general account. A sum of about 2,000,000 yen Is to be brought over to the general exchequer as & fund ir the redemption of the rormosan public works loan. For the rest of the GGOriCONVICTlOH COLE'S VICTORY . ' . - J - - Trial .of - Counterfeiter Sui ccssfully Fought by As ' sistant U.S. Attorney. - PROSECUTION SPENT THOUSANDS TO WIN PIONEER MERCHANT DEAD ; . When William II.Baber Bc ' gan Wares Had Pack Horso Carriage. REMARKABLE CASE OF BAD DEBT COLLECTION Verdict of Guilty Believed to Be Wedge That Breaki Up. Gigantic ' Scheme to Defraud Government by Making Bad Money. The conviction of E. R. Coon by a Jury in the United States district court for. conspiring to counterfeit govern ment coins with Albert Turner, Elmer Turner and It K. Mills brings to close one of the moat famous criminal cases that has' been tried In Portland for years, coon waa round guiny on lour counts. John H. Williams and Hans Johannsen also tried with Coon were acquitted. , Coon, Williams, Johannsen, Mills and the Turner brothera were arrested a year ago last June near Huntington. Once Followed Stampedera From Auburn to Boise Basin and Got Back With-$75,000, Tayment In Full, Outwitting Robbers. year it Is not expected that there will ne any appreciable chance pendlture, and consequently theusurplus of revenue will amount to upwards of 60,000,000 yen. This estimated surolu has no connection with the sum of about 30.000,000 yen set down in the 1807-8 budget aa a surplus from a pre vious year, that particular amount be ing a portion of the surplus of the year 05-. The present surplus of 60.000. 000 yen is available for framing a fu ture budget. The police investigation into the re rent riots In eastern Bengal are almost at a standstill, owing to the difficulty of procuring evidence. Even In Sher pur, where a large mob attaaked the punitive police burrocks snd were not driven off until four persons had been killed and others wounded, difficulty was experienced In Identifying any of me persons wno naa oeen present. A Bengali newspaper asserts that the lo cal Zmlndar la auspected of complicity In the affair. Meanwhile another Calcutta sensa tion Is the arrest of A. C. Bannerjee. a leading barrister and municipal commis sioner, on a charge of delivering sedi tious speeches. Mr. ilannenee took a leading part In tho organisation of the boycott, his house being the head quarters of picketing parties. His last public appearance was on Wednesday, when, in conjunction with Mr. Surendra Nath Hannerjee, he addressed a largo meeting to sympathize with Bepin Chandra Pal. mi--'' ) n , i i . ... 1 1 1 "I "s -A g... iri 1 rir t iniil Assistant United States Attorney James Cole, Who Adds Another Victory to His Long List of Suc cessful Prosecutions. The agitation aaalnst canltal nunlsh- ment In France Is proceeding apace with the public outcry for the suppression of crimes of violence perpetrated by the Apaches of the large towns, particularly Paris and Marseilles. They are increas ing In number with alarming rapidity. The fact Is that the practlcul suppres sion of capital punishment has been ac companied by a leniency toward the criminal classes which has at last aroused a general tutery among the whole respectable portion of the com munity. The anticipation that it would subdue with the agitation caused by the case of Solelland. the child murderer, proves to have been erroneous. It has, on the contrary, spread and Is assum ing a practical form. The Jury of the second session of the assizes of the de partment of the Seine, of which the capital Is Paris, have adopted a motion which no longer consists like those which preceded It In an expression of opinion favorable to the. maintenance or the death penalty, but in one of regret that the decisions of the jury should not have been taken into sufficient account, and concluding with a demand that "with the object of special defense cap ital punishment should be maintained and applied." Twenty-seven Jurors oul of 80 signed this resolution of censure. $I5& $20 MEN'S SUITS, SPECIAL AT $8.85 The Chicago Clothiers, 69-71 Third Street, Between Oak and Pine. Offer for today and all of this week guaranteed JIB and $20 values in men's high-grade suits, overcoats and rain coats, for $8.85. All sizes, 34 to 44, all styles In latest shades of browns, grays, fine black and blue plaids and combina tion colors. Many Venetian and some silk lined. Tou should not fall tp see them. The greatest values in town at tne Chicago (Jlotmng company, -7t Third street. MILTON-FREEWATER PEOPLE CELEBRATE (Special Dlipflteb to The Journal.) Freewater, Or., Oct. 21. In acknowl edgement of their grand success, and to show their appreciation of being award ed the highest premium for fruit at the Walla Walla fair, the delegation from Freewater gave a grand reception at the exhibit hall In Walla Walla Saturday night. The prizes awarded the Free-water-Milton people for fruit will amount to about $1,000, a wonderful showing for Umatilla countyal a Walla Walla fair. Many people from Free water and Milton were In attendance at the reception at Walla Walla. Made National Depository. (Special Dl! patch to Th Journal.) Pendleton, Or., Oct. 21. The Com mercial National bank of this city has been designated as a government de pository. It is one of the youngest in eastern Oregon. Oregon. Coon, Williams and Johann sen had only been out of McNeil's Island a few months when the federal authorities grew suspicious of their actions and ran down what they be lieved to be a glgantic"'fichcroe to de fraud the government bv manufacturing spurious coins. Their movements were watched for several months and their arrents followed. Thomas Fofcter, secret service opera tive, discovered the plot and worked up the case. He traced, the movements of the men who were augmented by the Turner brothers of Idaho and Mills from Portland to New York and in Texas. The scheme was one of the most elaborate ever framed up and at the trial last week the government had witnesses from five states, some coming from New York, others from Texas, while many were from Idaho, Washing ton and Oregon. At the time of the arrest of the men on the Bastlan ranch near Huntington. 11 ex-convicts were found employed in the vicinity and the authorities had to deal with the most desperate set of criminals to be found In the state. With the exception of Mills and one or tne Turner brothera. all of the men tried have served terms in various peni tentiaries. "Old Man" Williams has served 27 years In penitentiaries so far as csn De tracea, but it is rellvert tnat he hns served at least 10 more that could 'not be found aralnst him. making a total of about 87 years he has served out of a life of 76 years. He Is gray haired and wears a long, flowing gray beard. All the men were indicted by the last federal grand Jury on four counts and Coon was found guilty on all of thim. The Turners and Mills pleaded guilty to the indictment before the trial and were used as witnesses against their confederates named in the indictment. The outcome of the trial is considered a great victory for Assistant United States Attorney James Cole, who se cured the Indictment and conducted the trial. He had as an assistant Fenton Grlgsby. a young man who has come but lately to Portland. Mr. Cola con ducted the eafee with great caution, real- Izmir us lmnortance to the Erovernment. which spent more than is.non in tirone- cutlng the offenders. coon, Williams and Johannsen have been In the county Jail since their arrest more man a year a, wnloh fact will probably have a mitigating influence in the sentence to be received hv fnnn He could be sentenced to two yoars on each of the four counts, making a total sentence of eight years. (Special Dispatch R Tb. Joarnal.) Junction City. Or., Oct. 21. William H. Baber. a pioneer merchant of Ore gon, died Saturday at his home here at the age of 77.. Ills life was one that exemplified In a high degree the vlels sltud.es of the commercial life In Ore gon In the state's early days. William II. Baber was born at Nlles, Michigan. July It, 1830. When six years old his parents moved to Platte county, Missouri, remaining there un til April 19, 1863, when they loaded all their earthly possessions In ox wagons and Joined the procession bound for the Oregon country. They arrived at Jef ferson November 25, 152. This family endured all the hardships of the early settlers on their way west. One broth er died five miles west of Fort Hall, Idaho, now Pocatello, and waa burled at tout place. In the spring of 1853 Mr. Baber start ed out to rustle for a living. He first wsnt to the gold mines of southern Ore gon. Returning In the fall, he stopped at Albany, and took a position with Iouls Fleischner, now of the firm of Flelschner, Mayer & Co. of Portland. In company with Mr. Flelachner he' trav eled all up and down the entire Willam ette valley, selling goods that were car ried on pack horses. merchandising la Mining Camps. Mr. Baber resigned this position and took a place as clerk In a store at Har rlsburg, where he worked for two years and then went to Moore A Norcrflss. who. In the spring of 1S62, packed their sroods In wagons, and with ox teams set out for the mines In Baker county, at Auburn. Remaining there one year they sold their stock of goods to the miners, but mostly on credit. When the excitement of the new rich find of gold In the Boise basin In Idaho reached Auburn, the miners flocked to that new Eldorado and left Dills to the amount of $75,000 unpaid. In the summer of 1863 Mr. Baber was sent by the firm to the Boise basin mines to collect all he could from the miners. He collected $35,000 the first time and $40,000 on the next trip, all In gold dust. One Man's Wit Foils a Oang. On this trip an effort was made by robbers to hold him up. On his return to Auburn with the gold dust they fol lowed him. and by cutting across coun try they beat him to the camping place near Welser, 'daho. As soon as Mr. Bnher srrlverl there his gaod Judgment told him it waa best to appear careless, and throwing hWi saddlebags uncon cernedly on the ground he deceived the gang. Thinking he had left his gold dust behind, they made no effort to molest him. Mr. Babor. getting an early Watches ON E,asy Payments I. GEVURTZ & SONS Makes the skin I Does it in a moment. like jou want HAGA1TS Magnolia Balm A liquid preparation for the Face, Neck, Arms ana Hands. Cannot be detected. It is neither sticky nor creaay. It's harmless, clean ana refreshing. Two colors. Pink and White. Use it morning;, noon and night. Spring, Summer, Fall.Winter. SAMPLE FREE. I.YON MFG. CO.. 44 South Fifth St., Bsookltk, N.Y. k. "V- "X. -v -V "V -v. -v. -x,- MILLS' HEW YORK WORKIH'S HOTEL j Great Structure Which Cost $1,500,000 Has All Mod ern Appliances. start next day mnde his trip and deliv ered his gold to his employers without the loss of a cent. Business Reveries. Ho returned to the Willamette val ley late in the winter of 18fi. Forming a partnership with E. B. Moore, he en raged in the mercantile business at Harrlsburg. Two years later he sold his interest to his partner and started a store of his own, which he conducted successfully until 1878. A year later he purchased tho store of Smith & Brassfleld of Junction City, conducting this with great success for several years. He built a large elevator and became a heavy grain buyer, but unfort unately he was caught with a very large lot of grain on his hands In 1897 which he had bought at a high price. The bottom dropped out of the market, causing him the loss of many thousands of dollars. He wan again caught In i 1899 and lost heavily, which crippled him to such an extent that he was com- I pelled to retire from active business. Mr. Baber leaved his wife, three sons and two daughters. He was a Mason and had been a member of the A. O. U W for 20 years. His old friend. Rev. W. R. Bishop of Portland, who was "with him at the last, conducted his funeral service yes terday at the Odd Fellows cemetery. 0XE OF OREGOXA'S MEX IS MISSIXG TO CURE A 001D IN ONE DAT Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qulalne TaWt. Prtiri?lts refund moner If It fnlls to cure. E. W. 'GROVE'S tffnature In on each hnx. 25c. KILLED EXAMI&IXG , A STRAXGE WEAPON (Special Dlpatch to Tb Journal.) Salem, Oct. 21. Lawrence Martin, a farmer who lived a short distance east of Salem, was accidentally shot and al most instantly killed yesterday with a double-barreled shotgun which ho was examining. Several young men from Salem Went out to hunt on hla farm and oit had a hammerless gun, which he showed to Martin. While examining it one barrel went off by accident, doing no damage, but surprising him to'such a degree that he threw the gun on the ground. When the stock struck the sec ond barrel went off and the charge struck the side of his face, completely shattering it, and he died in a few min- (Special Dispatch to Tb ToornaL) Salem, Oct 21. R. G. Jay, a young Englishman employed on the boat Ore gona, Is missing since yesterday morn ing and la supposed to be drowned. He was working on a cable that had been used with a windlass to draw the boat up the rapids a few miles south of Salem and was breast high in the water. When his fellow workmen returned he was missing and has not shown up since, although his baggage was on the boat and he had several days' pay com rng. Though no one saw him drowned and there has been no sign of the bodv. the boat's crew have little hope of his return. (Bpeclal Plapatrb to Tb Journal) New York, Oct. 21. Many hotels commanding much higher price do not in any wise surpass In comfort, ac cessibility or appointment the new Mills hotel, which has Just been thrown open to inspection and will be ready to receive its guests worthy men of limited means next Monday. The ho tel is the third to be erected by J. Og den Mills, millionaire and philanthro pist, who first carried out his Idea of such hostel rles 10 years ago and is the sole owner. This hotel l situated at Seventh ave nue and Thirty-sixth street. Its cost was 11.500,000 and Its highest-priced room is but 40 cents. The hotel is said to be the finest In the world for the accommodation of the men Mills desires to benefit. It Is 15 stories high and contains 1.8 1 5 bedrooms, each well ven tilated, lighted and furnished, it con tains a system of baths, all free, which are as near perfect as modern architec ture can devise and the main lobby, which faces on Thirty-sixth street, is beautifully finished In marble and Is dotted with growing palms. There is besides nil this, a restaurant which can seat (00 persons. A number of society people, including Mrs. Whitelaw Reld, Senator and Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew and others, went over the big building and were amazed at its completeness. Foot Ball Pants Given Away with every Boys' Suit and Over coat we sell this week or next BEN SELLING Leading Clothier MILITfAMAN TENDING TARGET GETS SHOT (Sseclal Dispatch to Th Jonro.il.) Salem, Oct. 21. Merrill Q. Brassfleld. a, member of the. local company of militia, was shot at target practice on the company') ranged yesterday. His condition ia not thought to be serious. Merrill was attending the target, when a bullet fired at a range of 600 yards pased through the mound in front of the pit in which he was placed, struck a log on the farther side and srlanced downward, striking his shoul der, passing Just downward under the skin and lodging neat the short ribs. He was taken to the Salem hospital. $15 & $20 MEN'S SUITS, SPECIAL AT $8.85 The Chicago Clothiers, 69-71 Third Street, Between Oak and Iine. A-l our S15 and $20 men's suits, spe cial for today and all of this week $8.85. All sizes, 34 to 44, all'tyles in latest shades of brown, black, blue, plaids and combination colors. The Chicago Cloth ing company. 69-71 Third street. Look for the horseshoes over the doors. The Economy of Using Preferred Stock Canned Goods Packed Wherever the Best axe Grows is well Illustrated in Preferred Stock Asparagus. There are three varieties, Extra Selected Large White, Mammoth Peeled White, and Preferred Stock Asparagus Tips. Preferred Stock Asparagu comes from the Sacramento River Islands, California, where , the best asparagus is grown. There it is gathered, prepared and placed in the can, BEFORE SUNRISE, every morning during the season to be enjoyed by particular eaters, the year around, everywhere. Thus gathered, with the dew on, and packed while still perfectly fresh and crisp, the silvery strands of Preferred Stock Asparagus are always wholesome and appetizing. Every stalk is carefully handled, and only tender, uniform size stalks are accented for Preferred Stock cans (when the house-wife buvs it fresh, she must take large and small, tough and tender. ) Preferred Stock Asparagus is all cooked, ready to serve. If desired hot, pour off the liquid, rinse stalks with cold water, just heat in butter, and season with sweet cream, pepper and salt or omit cream, arrange stalks on serving dish and pour hollandaise or white sauce around them. No waste no labor more for the money in every can of Preferred Stock ask your Grocer AXLE IT & LEWIS, Wholesale Grocers, PORTLAND, ORBGOIf, U. 8. A. "PREFERRED STOCK ASPARAGUS TIPS are the dalatiett part of the faoooa Uland Aaparafui aod in etpcdaUy ifeftt tarnlad, soote an4 BIG LINER UMBRIA IN SEVERE STORM (t'Dltfd PrMi T.eaaed Wire.) New York. Oct. 21. The liner TJm bria. passing through the severest storm of its career, arrived last night with Its top mainmast missing. The Umbrla's passengers were badly frightened. PRESIDENT ACCEPTS ALEXANDER'S INVITE THE POLICYHOLDERS' COMPANY "PURELY OREGON" BEST FOR AN OREGONIAN . HOME OFFICE COR. SIXTH AND ANKENY STREETS, PO&ILAfjp 'A. I MILLS, 7 L. SAMUEL, : , CLARENCE S. SAML'ELT . J; : President ". ; .General Manager, ..j' Assitan Manager, (United Presa Lrawd Wire.) Asheville, N. C, Oct. 21. President Roosevelt nas accepted an Invitation from J. L. Alexander to be his guest at Oxway Ima, Saphire county, and hunt bear in the Blue Ridge mountains. Racing Program, (t'nltfd Prr Lenaed Wire.) Terre Haute. Iml.. Oct. 21. A breed ers' harness meeting opened here today under the auapices of the Terre Haute Trotting association. The meeting will continue through the week. The pro gram arranged by the association pro vides for nine trotting and eight tac- Ung events. Delegates Arrive. .(Unltnl Prena l.easrd Wire.) Atlantic City. K J.. Oct 21. Manv aeiegaies re ne-re ior ine eignty-nrth annual meeting of the Presbyterian synod or xsiew jersey. Tne sessions will be formally opened In the Olivet Presbyterian church tonight and will continue until Thursday. Jtev. i. Al-tyne-Blauvelt, D. IX, Will preach the oseniof aermon. . s. Diamonds ON Easy Payments sW:S. MV-'TT-'' I J AT THE STOCK THEATRES MiuamBZHissziKcasxzauxisaiaiusEUii I. GEVURTZ & SONS It takes a woman to think up some thing new and original In melodrama after the men have been played out with their mere ordinary bloodshed. "In the Shadow of the Gallows." LJUian Mortimer's play at the Star this week, there are enough new and femininely horrifying situations to ptease tne most exacting. There Is a double love story and a double tragedy the days of the simple life, whether in love or fleam, passed away some time before Oscar Wilde wrote: "For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one' must die." The story opens in a country mansion, where a pair of happy lovers are coo ing away and where a wretched robber and his lady friend are scheming vil lainies. That is bad enouah. but the worst Is yet to come. Innocent people are Involved In a murder, there is a railroad wreck In which scores of lives are sacrificed, but the lovers are re united and continue their Interrupted and somewhat gory honeymoon. Elisabeth Hale, Kathleen Taylor and Dorothy Davis all do excellent work this week. Miss Hale of the Innocent and unjustly accused bride, while Frank De Camp and Charles Conners took the leading male roles. The play la aa elab orately staged as are all of the Star'a productions, which la saying a good deal for a, melodrama tto house. postmasters' Convention.', (Cattes t Prm teased ' Wire.) Dallas. Terr. Oct.- 21. -The postmast ers of the fourth clasa offices of Texas began their third annual convention In Dallas today,- A number of matters re lating to the 'postal service are aohed uled tor. conelil ration, i - IS H ftlJHifme,H'fT IV m mini M ' .....,. tan EomeDecoratino Is not a difficult mattar whan rot UBS , . , KOR-E-LAC THE ORIENTAL WC0D FIMSH A combination or most Aurabls Vatv nish and Stains for Intarlor Woo WorH, Floors, FurnUurs, ?to ' THE DIG PAINT' STORE ii Fietw Tlinropn & Pn I t loiiyiiuuiovu u vv g FROINT AND MORRISQ1V STS. sfgpgHisBgHBiaEHHEBffiBgBCEaBaBraBagaagaaa"" NIGHT SCHOOL ;: .v,;" kf 4". ( :. ' : ' . , '' In session every night ' Tuition 6 months. $25.00; 12 month, $40.00. : Each , teacher ' specialist; U brsnche. taught.. t 1 ELKS' BUILDING.