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George Jabour Charges Richmond and
Day With Hampering Reorganization
of Bank. Day
uations and a
Talk of Libel Suits.
a' After 24 hours of sensational episodes and surcharged atmosphere
:! In and about the Oregon Trust & Savings bank the storm broke this
I morning with a personal encounter between George Jabour, an oriental
, l ug merchant, and J. L. Day, president of the Depositors' association.
'' Jabour charged Day and Secretary Richmond with being "grafters"
afcd J'thieves," and slapped Day in' the face. Day returned the blow and
they closed, but were separated by the custodian of the safety vault, and
.the fight ended as suddenly as it bad begun, although Jabour continued
his denunciation of the two men who have acted as officers of the as
sociation. Day has asked the district attorney for a warrant charging
" criminal libel. The warrant has not been Issued.
" Since the suspension of the bank Mr,
'Jabour, who was a depositor to the ex
tent of 17.000. has reaulred money to
carry! on his .business. Ie was unable
ito borrow during the financial strin
gency. Meantime his liabilities to New
York dealers have matured, and this
.week a representative of his creditors
has been in the city, asking- for a set
tlement.
; Mt.. Jabour has been anxiously watch
lnf developments in the proposed bank
reorganization, and hoped tnat it would
be consummated in time to enable him
to get enough of his money to save his
business from ruin. When he heard
yesterday that the reorganization plan
was being obstructed by Messrs. Day
and Richmond, he went to the bank to
learn me- racts.
, : " Denounces Richmond.
Meeting Secretary Richmond in the
rooms of the bank, he denounced Rich
mond bitterly In the presence of a num
ber of men, including Receiver Devlin,
W. H. Moore, S. Q. Reed, Judge Reames
and Others.
This morning Jabour returned to the
bank to learn what progress had been
mad In the reorganisation plan,, and in
reply to Inquiries said:
- ''Richmond and Day are trying to
hold up the reorganization plan on some
pretext unless they are paid money and
given positions in the-bank. They have
ueen claiming to represent the deposi
tors in this bank. They do not repre
sent over ISO of the depositors. They
were elected at a meeting by no more
votes than that They, represent only
themselves. They have been getting
money for their- work her.e, from the
very men they are now talking about
as thieves who they say wrecked the
Idkiik ana wnom may win apaui putting
in jail. If they wanted money for their
services thev ahot.ld hnva o-ona to th
fShPeposttors association and stated their
case, ana asaea ror pay lor tneir tne.
They have now demanded more money
zrom me men wno are reorganizing the
DanK. ana are threatening to hold ud
llU
the reorganization if they are not paid
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organization is the Onlw chance the de-
' posltors have to get their money back
, Demands Beorganisatloa.
'If. we cannot" get 'this reorganization
through, what will' we as depositors
: get irom tms oanKT we will not get
more than 40 cents on the dollar, and
that in three or four years, which
means ruin for me. I insist that when
good citizens like Mr. Reed and Mr.
Devlin, Mr. WUde and others offer to
. come in and make it a good bank, and
pay us back our money, we cannot let
anything stand in the way."
Hardly, had he given expression to
j these view when J. u. Day came into
the bank. The tn mnn hnarun a. rlia.
eussion of the situation, which rapidly
Jrew into a nested altercation, ana Mr.
abour exclaimed: -i
"I have regarded you as a' gentleman,
Mr, Day. workings in the interest of
! the .depositors.- But you are now work-
ing against them, Tfou-were all right
until you wftre spoiled .' by Richmond.
I Both of you have been, trying to get
t money ror letting tne Dank reorganize."
Laying down his umbrella. Day called
i Jabour a "liar," and like a flash the ori-
ental slapped him full In the face. In
, the brief, sharp encounter that followed
s' neither of the men was the worse for
( wear, and afterward., they continued a
discussion ' that became confidential to
ward the last. Day urged upon Jabour
that there were ineTK concerned 'in the
old bank who should t put In prison,
i'and Jabour appealed -to him to postpone
- any action to that end until after the
' bank was reorganized and the depositors
t' secured settlements in full for their
claims. -
' i. - : .Day's BUtemeat, .
1 ask that only one thing be said in
- the papers,, for me, and that la that the
1 depositors withhold thelf judgment on
Vhis matter until they fully understand
r W.' H Miwe. president or the sus-
t pended bunk,
rhen urced to mam a
tatenTent of the alleged
I transactions between himself and Day
I and Richmond, said: 1 .
r am willing to say this much. We
1 huv; tried several times to satisfy them
: with offers of positions In the bank,
- und each time thought a satisfactory
twttlninent had Tseen made. - Mr. Day
? waa-iwffeTOd""Pl4ce on the directory,
" an.l then a sosltlon in the bank, and
, it was- o greed - that we should pay Mr.
j Richmond something for the, services
he ha rendered- te - th Deposltora' aa?
soclatloii. i Yeetordav afternoon- they
j seemed Ho be satisfied until after Mtt
! Jmd ' talked 'With Mr. Richmond,
I Then they came back again to the sub-
Hotly Resents Insin
Scrimmage Follows.
ject and wanted something else. I
asked them to state the amount, and if
it was in reason I would take it up
with the reorganisation people, and fa
vor payment; They said they thought
that about $5,000 apiece would be right
for the work they had done."
Paid fox Berrioea. .
Mr. Moore stated furthermore that
he had paid all of the expenses of the
Depositors' association , work, amount
ing to about $2,000, and had given
Richmond $100 per month for the last
four months. He said he had paid Mr.
Day $150 in all, as his personal com
pensation. Mr. Dar, when asked later as to the
truth of the allegation that he had
asked fcr money, positively denied the
statement He admitted that Secretary
Richmond had received pay for his
Services.
8. O. Reed, who will be the president
of the consolidated bank if the reorgan
ization plan . proponed goes through,
said that he had thought up to yester
day that Mr. Day would he satisfied
with any one of the propositions mada
for himself and Mr. Richmond. He
said Mr. $ay had been offered a place
n uio uuhk directory, ana men a po
sition in tne nanx.
"Any and all who have something to
say against me and my proposition are
welcome to sro ahead. When the time
comes tne uerman-American bank will
make an open and above-board propo
sition to the court and receiver to pur
chase the assets of the Oregon Trust
& Satlngs bank, and pay the creditors
In full." said Louis J. Wilde. Dresldent
of the German-American hank. "If the
court regards the proposition as a fair
one, well and good for all concerned.
If it Is not the best Dlan that can b
proposed for all of the creditors of the
suspended bank, the proposition can be
turned down, and we will sro ahead with
our own affairs, and look after our own
interests that are involved in the Ore
gon Savings bank failure.
; Asks Protection.
"The Home Telephone comnanv is the
largest creditor' of the bank, and will
ask for equal protection with every
othsr denositor
oilier UKpUBllUI.
Money of the Home
(Continued on Page Two.)
BY JHY M
Rioting Continues and the
Strikebreakers Stoned
by Angry Crowds.
(United Preu Leased Wire.) '
Muncle. Ind., Jan. $. With the dawn
of day rioting, incident to the streetcar
strike was resumed this morning.
Cars manned by strikebreakers were
stoned by the sympathisers of the strik
ers and during the morning two cars
were demolished. The crews of strike
breakers on both cars fled.
CAfiS SMASHED
TARS TOSS ABOUT
OCEAN EIGHT DAYS
IN AN OPEN BOAT
(United. Press Leased Wire.)
New, York, Jan. $ A tale of. the
seas replete lylth mors ' harrowing
details of suffering than the - one
related by the seven members xf
the crew of the bark Germanio who
arrived here today - has s seldom been
tOld. ' ;-'- - ! -.
After the cantain. In meklnr a last
stand, went down With the Germanic
w a severe storm inv mldocean. the
rrew waaMnssad about )n a small boat
for eight days by the V mountainous
waves, until picked up by the steamer
Newton - sailing from; Middleaborough,
England, -j.-. ' - .,.
THIEF PUTS HOG TO
SLEEP WHILE TAKING
HIM AWAY FROM STY
(United Prew Leased Wire.)
4 Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Some-
41 body stole Mrs. Rebecca Thomas' 4
4 200-pound hog from the rear of 4
her home, at 697 Ferry avenue, 4
Camden, last night. A sponge 4
left behind showed that chloro- 4
4 form had been used to keep the 4
4 hog from squealing. 4
4 Pushcart tracks In the snow 4
4 indicated how the hog was car- 4
4 rled away. At one point he must 4
have revived sufficiently to make 4
4 a break for freedom, as the 4
4 tracks indicated he was chased 4
4 by the thief. 4
Disagreement-Between Di
rectors of East Side Bank
Ends With-Dash Through
Door With Institution's
Records.
As the culmination of a disagreement
between the directors of the East Side
bank In the president's office at the
bank yesterday morning, Attorney Dan
Malarkey, representing Cashier W.
J. Lyons and his brother, J. A. Lyons,
took the book containing the records
of the institution, escaped through the
door and ran down Alder street with
President H. II. Newhall and his son
Roger in hot pursuit.
The chase was given up as the flee
ing attorney reached - the Morrison
street bridge, but the Newhalls threaten
to carry the case into court and at a
meeting tomorrow will remove the two
Lyons brothers as directors and offi
cers -of the Institution.
It Is claimed by W. J. Lyons and his
brother that Newhall has attempted to
force them out of the bank to make way
for his son, lately returned from col
lege. Newhall on the other hand says
tnat tne iyons nrotners, wno represent
a majority of the directors but not a
majority of the stock, have forced an
illegal dividend of 18& per cent which
he will not pay them.
Three Meetings Held.
Three meetings of officers of thobank
were held yesterday, and a fourth, at
which only the two Lyons brothers and
the lawyers representing each side were
present, took place at the bank this
morning. Mr. Newhall announced that
both W. J. Lyons, the cashier and J. A.
Lyoni. assistant cashier, were dis
charged and he forbade them to hold
their meeting In the rooms of his bank.
They laughed at him. however, and
being two out of three directors, they
were aoie to nnisn tneir session witn
out any Interruptions save those made
by Mr. Newhall In his efforts to order
them out of the building.
The two Lyons brothers have been
stockholders fn the bank since its re
organization on August 1, 1906. At
that time the capital was fixed at $25.
000 and was divided Into 250 shares of
which H. H. Newhall had 146, the two
Lyons brothers 60- shares each and Ro
gar Newhall 5 shares. H. H. Newhall
and the two Lyons were made directors
to serve until the ertd of the year and
were reelected, thejrerms expiring to-1
morow morning.
At a subsequent meeting bylaws
were adopted giving the cashier and
secretary charge of the books of the
bank and saying that a meeting, might
be called by any one of the directors)
upon his serving- written or SDoken no
tice on the other two.
(Continued on Page Two.)
Each one of the rescued seven was
so near, death when found that It-was
feared every one would' die. Dying of
starvation, thirst and with their limbs
swollen and bodiea covered with boils,
they were lying on the bottom of the
tiny craft -
Quick w.ork - on the part of the
physicians, .of the Newton brought the
sailors back to consciousnesicS K .
The- Germanic left Fleetwoodfffig
land, on November 23. In mldocean it
ran into a storm, It could .not with
stand. The captain olung to the ship
until It was cut in two by the eea.
The crew, leaped into a lifeboat f In the
hope that it would ba -picked up sooner
than H was. . , , .... ...
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PRINCESS CHARLOTTE
SERIOUSLY ILL.
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lotte, sister of Emperor William,
who gave testimony for Editor Har
den against Von Moltke and Zu Eu
lenberg, Is reported to be 111. The
strain pflBlu.triaJ JUas jidrmined
the health of the princess. The
German court has claimed that Har
den got the Information he pre
sented from the princess, but this
has been offset by testimony In re
buttal. However, the nerve-racking
ordeal of the scandal has proved too
much for the princess.
Mail Carrier's Team Washed
Out to Sea and He Narrow
ly Escapes From Monster
Comber Near Yachats
Second Wave Follows.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Newport, Or., Jan. 3. Seegll, a mall
carrier between Newport and Yachats,
Is sure that something akin to a tidal
wave hit the beach near 'the latter
place last Tuesday. Seegll lost . two
good horses and Is happy that he es
caped with his life for the wave was
sufficiently large to completely envoi
op his team and had not the carrier
Jumped twoard the cliffs and as thy
waters receded made with difficulty
toward high ground he would have been
drowned.
Seegil was passing a narrow part
of the beach when he noticed an ex
ceedingly large wave tumbling in to
ward the sands. In a moment he real
ized, his danger and while the wall of
water rushed toward him with great
speed he lashed his horses vigorously
thinking to start them toward the wide
Btretch of beach beyond, then he leaped
from the wagon just as the water closed
in upon mm.
The carrier had made considerable
progress toward the higher ground when
the seething billow caught up With him.
Ho felt it rising almost to his waist
and the undertow slowly but surely
gripping him. At this crucial moment
the water began to recede, and sum
moning all his strength neegll strug
gled toward the cliffs.
The carrier held his ground until tie
was able to splash out of the rapidly
shallowing swirl. Glancfng over his
shoulder he saw another great wave
gaining momentum every second, curl
ing shoreward. Seegll made a desperate
dash for the rocks, gained them and
mounted to a considerable height about
the sands. He was none too soorfl The
water leaped as high as his place of
refuge; and he noticed his team of
horses struggling In the surf helplessly.
The horses and vehlple were washed out
to sea when the second wave had spent
ita force.
Seegil says the waves rolled ashore
about 8 o'clock tn the afternoon.
CHINAMAN ACCUSED N
OF BEING ROBBER
Asteria, Or., San.- 3. A Chinaman
named Wong Wo, was arrested this af
ternoon charged with having robbed
two fallow countrymen of 1700. ' two
weeks ago. Since then he has" been
trailed to Fort Bragg, California, where
the crime was qomnjltterl. ue
I. hlui
neia awaiting
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TITLE GUARANTEE OFFICIALS TO
ANSWER TO lilCTWTS MONDAY
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DIES FROM EFFECTS
OF HER FIRST BATH
IN NINETY YEARS
(United Press Leurd Wire.)
Bellefontaine, Ohio. Jan. 8.
To the first bath since her child- 4
hood days, physicians here as- 4
scribe the illness which ended 4
the life of Mrs, Nancy A. Neas-
top, 95 years old, today.
Shewas taken to the Logan
.county infirmary two weeks ago 4
from her home in Monroe town-
ship and there was forced to 4
plunge into a bathtub of warm
water and soapsuds. She pro- 4
tested vainly. 4
t "I have not been In water since 4
a child. I took my last bath In 4
St Mary's river 90 years aga 4
and I can't stand water now!" 4
she cried. 4
A chill came over her soon 4
after she emerged and she took 4
to her bed with what the physl- 4
clans pronounced pneumonia, 4f
dying today. 4
COMPLETE
Title Guarantee's Ledger
Leaves Missing "Sus
pense" Fund Was Grab-
Bag Out of Which Every
one Took Handful.
Two loaves of the ledger of the Title
Guarantee and Trust company bank
showing the personal account of T. T.
Burkhart have been taken from the
bank and cannot be found by the ex
perts now working on the books. Clerks
when asked by George Black, expert In
charge o( the work, to show him the
account turr.d confidently to the places
whert Cie pages should have been, but
found them missing.
The Daces had evidently been taken
from the book since the closing of the
bank and the commencement of the In
vestigation. The sums under investiga
tion which cannot be found on the
ledger through the absence of these two
leaves make a total of $10,000 placed
to the credit of T. T. Burkhart from
the "suspense" account, a sort of gen
eral Jackpot into which were prut all
manner of funds for the purpose of
clearing to the place where the offi
cials wanted them to rest.
ledger leaves Stolen.
According to the "suspense" account
there were two items charged to the
account 'and credited to Blirkhart. One
sum was for $2,000 and was charged oft
the "suspense" account early' in the
year; tne other came late In the year
and was for $8,000.
The "suspense" account shows that
the two sums had been transferred to
the credit of Burkhart In his personal
account. When an effort was made to
trace the money to the personal account
the ledger leaves were found to have
been taken out and presumably de
stroyed. '
(Continued on Page Two.)
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I OREGON SUNDRY JOURNAL
SATURDAY
Two editions that are worth the price of a wtek's subscription.
The Sunday Journal has made an investigation of the great
Douglas county pear industry and a special article on the subject
r( 'ira will anns-ir in tlAvt SnnIv'i !seta
Something about old Portland,
time PnrtlanH huildincrs.
Four short stories by well-known short story writers.
Four pages of comics,. 16 pages
teature stories, woman s page, a
fashions.
Don't Miss Tomorrow's Journal
Thomas B. Merry's racing news.' Another highly interesting
letter. - - - , - . ,
' Saturday's ftinny pages for the youngsters full of-wit' ind V laugh
tor every second you look at. theitfnny things the funny men do. -v.;
GET THE SATURD
UKIiUUJM BU(
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J. Thorburn Ross, T. T. Burkhart, John
E. Aitchison, George 11. Hill and
Possibly State Treasurer Steel Will
Be Called to Time by District At
torney John Manning -v
J. Thorburn Ross, T. T. Burkhart, John E. Aitchison, George "H.
Hill and possibly George A. Steel will be brought into the criminal
court next Monday morning on indictments charging them with having
''taken money of the Title Guarantee & Trust company for their own
use and for receiving deposits after they knew the bank to be In an
Insolvent condition." . . , -
Other than two Indictments will be
filed against the accused by District At
torney John Manning and it is very
probable, that a deal of Informations
wlli be presented In court charging the
defendants on different counts with
having engaged in illegal deals. Evi
dence taken from the books of the Insti
tution will be used as a basis by the
district attorney on which to indict the
men on dirfeTOV, counts of having com
mitted larceny by converting the money
of the bank to their own uses.
. The long series of investigations
which have been conducted under the
direction of the district attorney's of
ACROBATIC AUTO
K I L LSJT80 WH E R
Machine Turns Turtle Caus:
ing Death of Prominent
California Capitalist.
(United rrs Leased Wire.)
Red Bluff. Cal., Jan. 3. Ellas D.
Gardner, aged 41, one of the most prom
inent capitalists of northern California,
and a Mason and Elk of high standing,
is dead as the result o an unusual
automobile accident which occurred
near Cottonwood, while on his way from
his home In Red Bluff to his orchard
near Anderson. -The connection on the
front part of the body of the runabout,
with the axle, broke. The body, In
which Mr. Gardner sat alone, was
thrown completely over, as the machine
was going rapidly and Mr. Gardner was
pinned beneath it.
The deceased was a leading spirit In
the Ellas D. Gardner company. Stlce
and Gardner company and the Ludwig
Fruit company. He was the leading
general insurance broker In northern
California.
SPECULATION CAUSES
FRED CLARK TO SUICIDE
Tacoma. Jan. 8.-Evidently demented
through unfortunate speculations, Fred
Clark, who is said to have been an ex
employe of the waterworks department
at Portland, last evening cut a long
gasn in nis necK at the urand central
hotel at Puyallup. He just missed the
Jugular vein and will probably get well.
The name Fred Ciarkr does not appear
on the payrolls of the city water de
partment.
JOURNAL
together with illustrations iof old-f
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of magazine, 10 special illustrated.
:ed.
page for; children and' a page
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RNAL TOMORROW. AND THE
JOURNAL NEXT UNDAY i
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fice have practically come to an end la
so far as a sufficiency of evidence ta
stand as ground work for the Indict"
ments is concerned. The books are said
to show so many crooked deals that the
prosecution Is satisfied that it has more,
than established its case and that tt -will
be able to convict the defendants
once they are brought to-trial.
The case of State Treasurer Steel is '
different, however, as he is under the
ban not for having illegally used staje.
funds but for having allowed Nthenj to
be used contrary t the law and vita
his knowledge.
All of - the. indictments ' are in course
of prpearation and will be ready for
filing with the circuit court wflen it
opens Monday morning.
L IIUI.I
LOSES A SUIT
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Idaho Company's Counter
Claim in Damages Par
tially Allowed. "1, 7 "
(Soeelnl Dlnpstch to The JonrasL)
Moscow, Idaho, Jan. S. In the district
court this morning the jury returned a
veratct for 11,500 for the defendant la
the damage suit of the Portland Cord
age company vs. the Lincoln-Good Hard
ware company of Kendrlck. . A balance
of ' 930 was claimed to be due on a
car of binding twine bought last sum
mer. The defendant claimed the twine
was defective In quality and short in
length and that the farmers who bought
il returned It as unflt for use. A counter
claim of 3 1,800 damages was according
ly set up. The case occupied a week In
the trial. Over 40 farmers appeared as
witnesses, t .
Governor Forgives Man Who
Went Wrong Years Ago
and Finally Reformed. .
(United PrM Leiud Wire.)
i Santa ;Fe, N.; M.. Jan. 8. X .New
Tear's pardon was granted by Governor
Curry to Samuel Morrow, a .contractor
of Globe, Arisona,who at the last term
of court wa sentenced to , serve one
year in the penitentiary on the charge
of receiving stolen property,
In many respects Morrow's case was
a parallel to that of William January
of kansas City, whom President Roose
velt pardoned , from the federal "rrlsun
at . Forth' Leavenworth. " The a)letl
crime for which Morrow was sent to tiii
penitentiary was committed nine yeara
ago. .He was charged with horse steal
ing and receiving vtolen -property. Pewl
ing trial at Carlsbad. Morrow esmnrd
and went to Globe, Arlsona whre hi
married and settled down, Keren t
Morrow was recognised and taken t
his Wife, who was soon to become
mother. After, his carrion Morro-v im
mediately, returned to ills home iu An
sona, j.
ANACORTES DRIVKE
. KItLED BY WmY;.
-. ftTsfUd Pre Ld Wire.)
"i Anacorte. .Wash., Jan. . Thmwi.
from a heavy - lumhf-r-liuien tru-k t.y n
team of wild colta, Walter P -n m ),-
sttintly kilted yesterday in v;
of a large crowd on the main e , ,
the town. Ienn was (Jwliviin i ,!
and was drivlnw two youiig i. l i
lllw unbroKn lvr.
frightened the animols bitl'f I t i
tost vliit tmlnfw- and'T r,-:t f. ; i ,
wsron.' .The wheels j,c i vr- .1 .
bruklng fcU nnck.
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MORROW FREED
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