,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.