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THE '.OREGON DAILY" JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY- EVENING,-JANUARY 3, 1008.
Prominent Member of Asi-
atic Exclusion League of
" v Vancouver Says Coast Is
j on Slumbering Volcano
t' jiastiiaictt siuumon.
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SURETY COMPANY SAYS
SCHOOL MONEY IS TRUST
Motion Filed in United States Court Asks, That Funds
Be Held Up Pending Decision Depositors Agree to
Terms Offered by Ladd in Title Guarantee Affair.
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(Cnlttd Preaa u4 Wire.) -Viikmikiu
n C Jan. S Publlo
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against the Japanese., the people are
aroused by the unwarranted , ,attack receiver of the Till
'Negotiations between the Amerfcan
Surety company and W. M. Ladd over
the status of the Surety company'H
claim with the Title Guarantee and
Trust company are deadlocked pending
either the agreement of Mr. Ladd to
accede to the demands of the Surety
company or the decision of the federal
court regarding the classification of the
funds kept on deposit by the state.
W. C. Bristol, representing the Surety
company, this morning filed a motion In
the United States court asking thaf the
Guarantee and
be restrained from pay-
Tipon the three firemen New Year's day. Trust company
and the belief lafreely expressed that Ing any trust funds, of which about
vi. .m i.in,.i.i. -.., ilt 134,000 are due, until such time as the
oc.iuu. i.uuuiv ,w. . , J court could pass on the question of
from the attitude ef the .little .brown whether or not the state funds were
men. Prominent people hers do not has- trust funds.
Kate to make their opinion, of the at- e action becaus of . tition
tack on the -firemen publlo, and they order ot court to pay the 134,000 of
are almost unanimous In the. belief that trust funds now due. Mr. Bristol holds
it. i. tha iiaair of the Jananess to to the contention that school money to
nrvnt trouble 1 amount of 296,000 on deposit in
Rev, Ir. Fraeer.-a prominent -member I jne cans was mere in in. naiur. 01 a
i not en"ter Into the deposit
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top of a slumbering . voleatio.- "Unless put tnat me money was simpiy neia in
th. nrlpnt.) ouestion. especially that trust. He contends, therefore, that the
of the Japanese, is settled at once and Surety company la entitled to the pay
'fnr -.11 iiw-h Upurrenoes will be as ment of its money on the same basis as
nothingto what will happen. I lived other trust depositors and asked that
"among the Japanese, and though I have no paymout of such funds be allowed
.In f.L M .mrini Insult o? violence until It was determined whether the
. .., . i. . fnnria wara r nmafil hv f h a court AS trust
nnv seen many auuuv i - -.w '
ilch gives me ample reason for my funds.
tstements." he said. . Juafw Wm v-y.
Muyor Bethune, In Speaking of the Judge Wolvertpn granted Mr. Bristol's
attack on the firemen, admitted that he motion and deferred action on -Mr.
IM tint know exactly what to do. His vtoar'a mnllnn for a week In order to
course will be governed by th 'attitude I riva time to hear and determine Mr.1
of the Japanese. , Bristol's motion.
. cwf ZiOOka for Trouble; ' The hitch between Mr. Bristol and
&a-&j'tsft& theutV.' Sosr-ss
rf'YefUmM8 "Phey of Interest, ifristol contends
have no harfd In making of the- laws and Jf th General deooslts by dlvU
have no confldenee In the force to carry h" ,2S!S from time to time
.52" "yjJ&Z?.""!? ilf.r asenwUhthe' pa"mentf oAheTthe? t" wt
twice as many Chinese to deal with.
Japs are constantly armed and very
prone to Use knives at the slightest
provocation."
Japanese Consul Morikawa and Con
sul General for Canada Nosse, who Is
in the city on hla way to Japan from
Ottawa, will aay nothipg .except that
they regret the ooourrence.
There la a Question whether the three
obligations. He wishes all of his
client's money to be paid before or by
two years.
Until this matter Is settled between
the Surety company and Mr. Ladd there
will be no assumption of the liabilities
of the bank by the latter, if the ques
tlon Is cleared up and a conference
will be held over the matter again
Japs arrested wiU be convicted. They H' .Jf UL' "nf ?!"m cllW
personal Identification WiU be -next to- f .t,h, f?SV,,wTA6 c,?'r;
impossiblo though It is likely that the ftp" uJl X lmt hnC?Ptmli
one under who.e'bed a Jlaod.hlrt was vh.V.VirniU'.
tlnued
not
found will b oommitted for trial. wnemer mere win d any cnange
Strict measures will be taken by the m lne receiver,
police for complete and constant sur- Haay Words In Demand,
yelllance of the Japanese quarters and In 25 pages of closely typewritten
if they are found with any weapon matter Mr. Bristol. In the dual canacltv
or special solicitor for the state and
attorney for the American nurety com
pany, states alleged uncertainties In the
reports of the receivers, demands a
more complete accounting and calls for
a determination of the question as to
whether the claim of tRe state should
not be paid first of all.
Reserving the right to attack the
complaint on grounds of error and Im
perfection, Mr. Bristol points out omis
sions in the report of Receiver H1U on
the following counts:
No showing concerning the capita:
stock as a trust fund for creditors.
No showing as to the nature of the
holdings of capital stock, how acqufred
ur "uuHcnoea, or wnere It is.
No showing as to fire insurance busi
ness conducted ry the company.
, Where Za the Money ; ,
No showings as to mnnnv. whinti
should ha been -on hand'aVhe time
of suspension, inoludlng a tratisfer of
money to timst accounts amounting to
176,000, a transfer of J26.000 through
or to Ladd A Tllton or the United
States Mortgage & Trust company, or
both, a transfer of -$17,000 upon a note
held up against J. Thorburn Ross; also
$133,000 whlch according to the books
of the company should have been on
nana, li nas not Deon snown where
whatsoever arrest will be made.
; '; Ball Zs Xefnsed.
Bail has been refused the three Jap-
- ant?e arrested and they are being held
In the' city Jail, awaiting trial. De
tectives are at work on the case and
every effort will be made to secure in
criminating evldenoe, despite the handi
cap of difficulty In personal ldentifi-
.. cation . '
. - Reports from the hospital state that
Richard Frost and George Anderson,
two of the firemen stabbed, are doing
vnll but will not be out of the hospital
for several days. The third member of
- the fire department in the affray, Alex
ander McDonald, was only slightly cut
In the neck and is able to be about,
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JULIE STICKS
i TO OLD
.' , (United Prms Leatod Wlr. 1
New-: York, Jan. g.-Dlstrlct Attorney th" W haye gone.. It Is stated,
Jerome announced today that the plans
he followed In the first Thaw trial will
be adopted in the second hearing. He
Will again be assisted by Garvin, as
sistant district attorney.
V The same Innr hvnnthatlnoi
a H,rv.it..bi ijucouuilB
put to witnesses in the first trial will
again be asked. In an effort to outline
the defense a conference of Thaw at
torneys was held last night. Attorneys
, Littleton. Pea bod v ni n'R.iii. v.
m-esent. They will meet again this afternoon.
No showing as to the release Of se
curities held by Ladd & Tllton.
The Brlston document goes on to
say that the law provides only one way
for managing the state school fund,
and that there can be no Other control
than by the state land board, composed
of the governor, the secretary of state
and the treasurer. It is denied that
the treasurer has any separate control
over the fund, or any 'separate discre
tion In the matter.
Should Have Known.
It Is further, alleged that when the
officers of the defunct bank accepted
the funds of the state last spring they
knew, or were in position to know, that
the property of the bank was not then
sufficient to pay Its debts. It is de
clared that they also should have known
that under the law the state school
fund could not be used except as pro
vided by law.
In behalf of the American Surety
company Mr. Bristol alleges misappro
priation of the state funds by the of
ficers of the bank for the benefit of
themselves and for subsidiary corpora
tions. The amount thus misused, it is
charged is not less than $336,010.68.
The document concludes with a de
mand that the receiver be required te
make more complete accounting, show
ing the loans made by the bank day by
day, and tracing down all the state
money, and asks that no order paying
out trust funds be made until the claim
of the state to be paid before any other
creditor Is finally settled.
Xiadd's Terms Accepted.
Insofar an the doDnnitors and Mr.
Ladd are concerned there now remains
nothing to do but to draft the agree
ment setting out the proposals of Mr.
Ladd and securing the signatures of
those interested. The Depositors' asso
ciation has agreed to the terms of Mrj
Ladd and the drart or the agreement
is now being prepared by S. B. Llnthl-
cum, Mr. Ladd s attorney. The docu
ment will be ready perhaps this after
noon and It Is probable that it will be
agreed to and signed to within a couple
oi days at tne rartnest.
As the matter now stands Mr. Ladd
has agreed to pay all of the liabilities
of the bank within three years. The
depositors have been put inco two
classes, the savings depositors and the
small depositors up to $500 being put
In one class and all others above $600
In another. The first class will be
paid on or before two years, their ac
counts bearing interest at 4 per cent.
It was Mr. Ladd's wish to give the
smaller depositors the same terms he
made some time previously with regard
to the savings accounts, which he had
guaranteed. There accounts he agreed
to pay within two yearn with the in
terest promised by the Title Guarantee
& Trust company, which was 4 per cent.
He therefore was willing to make the
same terms with the smaller depositors
outside the savings department
Interest on Deposits.
Confidential Agent of Brown
" Confesses to Making False
Entries in Books of Call
- f ornia Safety Deposit &
Trust Company,
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I.A11 accounts above $500 will be paid
byMr. Ladd on or before three years
with Interest at 4 per cent. In the
meantime air. maa win assume man- asi. . ; ..,;, J i, r
agement of the asset, of the b.Bk..ndtelJ&?
At
COURSE
as fast as possible will realize on them.
paying dividends to the depositors pro
rata, according to the slsa of the de
posits. The debts of the wrecked bank
to the Ladd Tllton bank will be, the
last paid.
ny in is agreement Mr. Ladd will pay
$40a,000 to the creditors of the bank
within two years, this betas- the amount
of the safety deposits. He will also
assume the payment of approximately
$360,000 to the depositors having S500
or less In the bank, this being the esti
mate of the amount of these funds.
The larger deposits, those above $500,
aggregate $1,200,000, which includes the
$26.910 still owing the Suretv comna-
ny. These will have to be paid within
three years. '
The Surety company wants payment
of the $100,000 covered by the company
already. In cash to the stat to be made
at once, 3r within a reasonable time.
It also desires the payment of the $295,
910 covered by th notes of the Surety
company to guarantee the state to be
paid within two years, all to bear 8
per cent interest
(Halted Press Vnui Wire.)
' San Francisco. Jan. S. -That $1,000,
000 was falsely added to' the assets of
the California Safety Deposit & Trust
company to deceive the state commis
sioners is one of the statements in the
confession made by H. U Storra, one of
the bookkeepers of the bank and confi
dential agent of J. Dalsell Brown.
Thla confession adda another sensa
tional chapter to the defunct bank
scandal. Storra broke down under a
merciless cross-examination and con
fessed that the false entries In the
books were in his handwriting, and had
been -made under orders from Brown
ana j. L. Robertson, the fugitive as
sistant . secretary.
The confession made by Storrs was
complete In every respect. . Besides
esiaDiisnirrr tne ract that nearly J1.000,.
000 had been false) v added to the as.
sets of the bank It shows that more
than $500,000 had been fraudulently
added to the account of Brown, Walter
J. Bartnett and the San Francisco &
san Joaquin coal company alone. In
order to balance' the books Storrs said
that a like sum had been charged
against ueiiosjiors m ine Dang.
The confession of Storrs was made in
the bank building at ' California and
Montgomery streets after he had been
subjected to a searching examination by
Assistant District Attorney Hoff Hook
and Theodore Kytka, .the handwriting
expert. y
Breaks Down.
Storrs at first denied that 1 he had
anything to do with the false entries,
but when confronted with the proof as
revealed under Kytka'a microscope his
nerve Drone ana ine tears toid wnat his
trembling lips would not utter. Finally
ue regained nis composure,
IlionciE
Six People Wounded in Riot
Among tne Strike Sympa
thizers When Unknown
Fires Shotgun Into Crowd
J ails; Overflowing.
Ill I ;U MMEr,
BAD ILK ARE TO FALL
Dr. Pohl in Annual KeDort Park Riinpfintrnidpnt Rnv !
"Sanitary" Stamp Port- Given Him by Mayor Lane1
laiid Bemarkably Free 'of
Disease and Plague.',
to ; Bemovo Malcontents
From Employ' of the City.'
Yes, it is true, he said. "I mads
those entries. I made changes as di
rected by Mr. Brown and Mr. Robert
son." And then he told the entire story
of the glaring fraud.
The- confession of Storrs will lead to
the indictment of Brown and Robert
son, but It la believed that Storra will
not be held.
In order that the depositors mav be
frotected, the Depositors' association of
he California Safe Deposit & Trust
company will immediately begin suit
against the stockholders of the Insti
tution, both collectively and Individ
ually. If the liability of the stock
holders towards the depositors is to be
maintained this action must be taken
at once.
The stockholders of the companv
have been using the intervening time
since the defunct corporation closed Its
(United Frew Lemd Wirt.)
Muncle. Ind., Jan. 3. A more serious
phase presented Itself in the oar strike
nd the excitement was Increased thla
afternoon when some one emptied the
contents of a shotgun into the crowds.
Six persons were wounded, but none se
riously. All cars were removed from
the streets.
The streetcars were started on the
regular schedule at T o'clock and were
not molested for several hours.
A . crowd attacked two cars In the
outSKirts or the cltv shortly after 10
o cioca, nuriing stones ana otner mis
siles and after driving off the crews
complete wrecked the car. Squads
or ponce were nurriea to toe place ana
uvr ou arrests were maae.
The jail is nearly filled with rioters.
and orders were repeated to arrest every
memoer oi a street gatnering tnat con
tained more man three persons.
One of the persons Injured today was
cut in thai throat by a knife, but not
raiaiiy.
ROSEBURG POLICE
STATION ROBBED
property in order to avoid stockholders
uaDiuty.
WiU Sire Attorney.
At a meeting of the Depositors' asso.
elation, which is to be held tonight, the
matter of hiring attorneys to prosecute
the suit will be taken up, and by the
nrst or next weeK it is probable that
a great many suits will be filed. The
new board of directors are busy trying
to rormuiate some plan by which they
may open its ooors.
"We are attempting to find some plan
which will prove practical," declared
President B. P. Oliver this morning. "As
soon as we are able to find one we will
submit it to the depositors. If thev
should reject it I see no hope for any
cnance oi renaDiiitating tne bantc.
The demurrer In intervention filed
several weeks ago by the Depositors
association to prevent Judge Coffey
irom appointing a receiver lor tne com
pany was this morning continued by
Judge Coffey for one week for hearing.
POLICE WAY Of
raoniGs
HnaiiUl ntmst.il m w r.
Oh.cago, Jan. $.-Dr. Nicholas Senn. -"'on ft'Zl 1$$
i rm ox inn mnnr v md v frnnmn .. i : - ; . . "
Considerable comment is being in
dulged in about police headquarters and
the municipal court concerning the fail
ure of the police to serve a warrant
arrest or Herman jJurtcnardt on a
charge of drunk and disorderly conduct.
llBurkhardt is In the city and on more
, .FAMOUS SUBGE0N,
TT rTiTT -r-r a 1 ure uk wio yuiica iu crv warrant
- ' DU. SEAN. DEAD '"d bout tw0 months ago for the
STORK PAID 2,322
VISITS ID 1907
(
There were Just 287 more babies born
In Portland In, 1907 than In 1906 and ac
cording to a table compiled by the city
health office there were 1.33 births for
every 1,000 residents in the- city based
upon a population of 225,000.
As usual there were more boys born
WILSON
ORDERED
i - t a I w aissiiva vA.BamTW vw bjwuvi vwwani
.. mo uuneu oiaies, aiea here yester-1 About two months ago Burkhard
. land his wife met on the street in fron
During the Spanish-American war Dr. of their rooms at the Ockley, Tenth an 1
Morrison streets, and engaged in an ai
tercation that attracted the attentioi
of Partolman Bultter. The officer
placed Burkhardt under arrest, but th
latter resisted, and in the rumpus that
followed Bultter shot Burkhardt in th
back. Burkhardt was taken to the hos
ultal and the officer swore to a war
rant charging Bwkhardt with the of
fense oi being arung ana aisoraeny
i Burkhardt was in the hospital about
a month. When he was discharged ho
filed suit a against Burner lor iiu,
000 damages. The warrant against him
I has never been served, although Acting
city Attorney xomunson said toaay it
had never been withdrawn and that no
request had been made by him that it
De witnneia. ine warrant was given
to Captain of Detectives Bruin for serv
ice. He declares he posted It in the
detectives' room, together with Instruc
tions to his men mat ifurKnarat pe
placed under arrest as soon as found,
As the case stands at present no one
will admit that they are responsible
for failure to serve a warrant against
a man who can be found about town at
almost any hour of- the day or night,
and no one seems willing to admit th.it
tiiey have been a party to a proceeding
that makes possible the ignoring of a
rormal process ox court.
E0SEBUEG PACKERS
TO ENLARGE PLANT
I
...-7.-. & Ay -v; 1 V "' "vV"' "v
v - ' " niniiMiiiiiifmiMiii'inl 'Muni
' Pr. Nicholas Scnn.
Senn wa chief of the operating staff of
.f,'r5ei"i?ie.aut.n?lrt disease.
malady Is thought to 'hava Packers say their product
(Rpprlal Dlf patch to The Journal.)
Roscburg. Or., Jan. 3. Local prune
av their product Is being
sought by every dealer in tne country.
nlf th. .it..j. M' re- souKht
'lean .mountains durln . iZtll r"le Owing to the fact that .the packin
made to that continent. biIkXT V. v.,p plants are unable to handle tne crops
- disease did Tot o3vtfS5iu1SL . ??" -e"lon the H. 8. Qlla frult
return.'' - ul :ter nia Packing company of Salem, which has
Dr. iJenn was born In "a,i-..i. oen operating a large piani nere ror
mum .7 . 1 rai ytsars will' wroci. vw aim
this year. The com
past season 2.000,000
October SI, 1844, and was biourM nJ S?va! years, wJU.u
the United States by his parents in isrI m.uch l?T.eT M
k . ' . "'HS in iS6S, pany shipped the oaa
Mrs. Otto 3oItcher of Penrtiot t luna" -or prunes, approximately ono
iSnot Dr. Nicholas . BSmtwm? ot output fom .this county.
Tla O 7.
va4atia in rh fian . Tv is v
Posse Seeks Demented Man.
mJ&"&.tfF WednTsdayaVrToon
I. V? ?.fv? ' $pM to Chicago for of j.. J. gandseness' pla
, . , mile from town, who s
Arrested on Asaalt Charge.
tSiwdsl niapatrh t The JonnMk
Spokane, Jan. S-H. . G. Craig, a
streetcar employe, was arrested today
oa charge ot assaulting a girl i
yeara Jld. the child of Indigent jpar
ts. The, girl la in th hospital ihA
rritic-londiaon, ,
Barlow, Or., Jan. J. A man was seen
in the woods back
place about half a
n seei-nad, verv na.
cVll n. ctiohs and was 1 thought
" "lav uos to De pnegly, the missing
tanby man. He was talking to himself
runnlnr through pools and creeks
with bridges nljr short distances away.
P"f ffom Canby and this place im
mediately went irt search of. the man,
but darkness fell before they could find
2am- PM i searching for him to-
i'JJ2,.maklnf lo,al of 2-322 against
2,035 for 1906. Of the blrthn 2 inn w.
of white parentage, 14 of colored and
29 of yellow. There were 127 still-'
births recorded for the year and 96 in
1906.
Following Is a statement of the births
for 1907 with a comparative statement
of totals for 106 and 1907:
T Male. Female. Total.
January (j3
February 85
March U2
April J7
May 89
June so
July us
August m
September 106
October an
November A sa
December ' 04
US 17!
83 166
110 222
73 160
82 171
101 197
IIS 243
67 lgg
99 205
88 199
92 199
100 204
TO MAKE REPORT
(Wafthlngton Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, D. C, Jan, 3. Comptrol
ler Rldgely has wired Bank Examiner
Wilson at Portland to report progress
upon the proposed reorganization of
the Merchants National bank.
Bank Examiner Wilson says that
while he has received Instructions to
report on the reorganization of the Mer
chants National bank, there is no spe
cial significance in the fact He de
clines to make any statement for pub
lication, other than that progress Is
being made toward the rehabilitation of
isjv iiisiiiuiiun.
(Special Dlaoatch te Tns Journal.)
Roseburg, Or., Jan. S. Police head
quarters in this city had the thrilling
experience of being robbed New Year's
night The officers were none the wiser
until one of the brakebeam tourists that
had been taken In for safekeeping dur
ing the night asked yesterday forartU
clcs he had shelled out when escorted
Into the cage the night before. He said
he delivered to the night policeman a
watch, a razor and several minor arti
cles, all of which had disappeared.
nn an investigation or tne anaay char
acters around the city the razor was re
covered from a husky African, who had
engaged passage on a side-door sleeper
for Grants Pass. The colored gentle
man was bound over by the Justice and
will have to answer in the circuit court
to the charge of larceny.
The town has been flooded with these
etty thieves for some time, but this
the first time that they have ventured
to take anything from the police head
quarters. The partner of this negro
got the wa,tch and, prompted by it, he
got out of town 4n time to escape the
officers.
Two of this class of vagabonds tried
to enter the residence of Dr. A. T.
Steiner on New Year's eve, and' aftet
some little effort to open a window they
In her annual report of the .work dona I
by ttd cjty , health department Dr. Montelth-haa discharged four park em- ,
KathTC. o Pohl,, city health officer, I ployes ancT as a-reault a nrett ' f lent .
states that the so-called sanitary rml!c Is promised before ; the civil service'
bottles are a farce and that the wora commission by,the men, who claim they
"sanitary" marked' upon 'the bottle are bein discriminated 'aaainst hv the ';
meant nothing at all. "The bottle may j superintendent , v-: " ;.
have been properly washed before being :. A.' Kalian, nn. of ), men Aianhnrred. i
refilled or it may have been taken from appeared before the park board t its if,
Ho,,f..t-"n uKe,n trom meeting this morning and asked -la bai
T MS th.eaS., , inn;. reinstated, allegln that hi. dlimissal
Dr. Pohl recommends that a city chem-wis due to personal spite on the part
ioon m 2Si?ih?i0i"t be tabll8he(1 Pf Montelth.; Kullsh was present, with!
ria. iMahVJm.men,IJi2n..tn?t 5,ftr: "ked the board to consider the length
Sth. UrdA ?rl"la ."aJS, "!! ?? vl. "'.Kullsh in the city-: park.
Vii i.T.nT.1" ; r... I ?"u lu reinstate mm over in neaa oi
ness Should be rrODrl construntiul anrt I v..n.k t- -..!
llmJ& .!? certln W,f. the city? utmuhrrM
. BBK! inV n rP" tated-that his client had , never been A
S22y.b7Sht-Ll.ut .fcldi.ti0 Meet Ul? c"ed to account for neglecting hla
SSoftfontht'o hYr?. Montelth'. administlon.4
of accident case, that come up ev.ry rS.rilX
. I eral months m Inr iiln Mtv: feed
xeniagltu Claims Kaay. a0d laborers for his own personal uses,;:
That the school InsDectlon service In-I At the hearlmr Montelttv was acnultted
augurated by Dr. Pohl has proven a of the charges and Kullsh was the
success In every way Is shown in her principal witness agalnBt him. '
report Innumerable cases of infeo- There were no direct statements made
tloua diseases have been discovered at on either side this morning, owing to
the commencement of the disease and tha fact thnt th -nark hnnrrl pinnnt sot i
the children removed from school. Con- I as a trial court t'-
Three Others Xst Oni,
tagions have been stopped before mak
ing headway and In other wave the In
spection has been done In an efficient
manner by 80 capable physicians.
Special reference was Da Id to cerebro
spinal meningitis and bubonic plague
The other men discharged by Mon
telth are Francis McHugh," Conrad
schaerer and Patrick Murphy. Mon
telth's reason for dismissing the men
bv Dr. Pnhl. whtl. la. arrlnna waa riven as stated In his report to the board this
passing notice by the statement that morning Is that noe of them was doing
the disease parried aaallv and thnt "the the proper amount of work and that
Close personal contact and infectious air discord was being created among the i
or streetcars in large cities is probably resi or par- employes.
me greatest menace. auiuu uemes oivnif miirneu 111a
In denltnv with rerehrn-anlnaJ manln. Work and says that Montelth is work-1
arltls Dr. Pohl referred to the enidemlo lng his spite oat on him. While Mon- '
of last year and stated that 73 deaths teith Inferred Vtiat Kullsh has been,
occurred from the dread disease in breeding trouble amo-g the employes
oy idling mem 10 uo no more wore.,
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Viiaii iiivy imvc.
The park board places Itself on record 1
as favoring the action of Montelth by
adopting his report. As soon as this ,
was done Attcfrnev Bchnabel announced
his Intention of filing an appeal with -the
civil service commission in behalf ;
of Kullsh. ,f
907.
Bubonia plague has not yet made Its
ppearance In Portland, but Dr. Pohl
tated there had been 128 cases In San
Francisco resulting in 72 deaths. There
nave Deen 142 cases on the coast ana
deaths. To show the great cost
necessary to combat the disease San
Francisco spent 1600,000 In handling the
epidemic In the Bay City.
Bnboaio Plague la India,
According to the reDort there were In
India from April. 1907 to October, 1907,
0.1,00V cases 01 tne piague resulting in
74.314 deaths. The disease is pri
marily one infecting animals and Dr.
Pohl recommends that grest csre should
be exercised In the handling of foreign
grain vessels coming to port for fear
the rats on board may be Infected and
bring the disease ashore. As the port
is filled with the largest fleer of grain
carriers In Its history, strict regulations
regarding the moorings of the vessels
went into tue storeroom and took some are urged. 1
canned .fruit and cake, f After lunching That the health department has been
inev siept in tns Darn, naving laicea
also some blankets and a mattress.
DRIM NAILS
II
N HI ' FENCE
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DEDICATE THE NEW
Total,
Total,
1907 1,179
1906 1,058
42 2,322
77 2,036
SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT
CASES ARE CONTINUED
San Francisco. Jnn s vmhi.. n
Jimmy Coffroth and Willis Brltt of the
prize fight trust appeared in Judge
Dunnes court room this morning and
had their cases continued until Jan
uary 11.
Ex-Mayor Schmitz
cured a continuance of two weeks upon
the Indictment charging him with brib
ery in connection with, the tfolley fran-
J. Dalzell Brown was riven imm t.
uary 8 to plead unon tha i.h.... 1.
embezzling 1200,000 worth of seciTritles
belonging to the Col ton estate
Attorney Hiram Joh
order from Judge Dunne to allow him
to go to the safe deposit vault of
Brown' and secure some private papers.
IDAHO GIRL SAYS
SHE FORGED CHECKS
ODDFELLOWS
HOME
Dedication exercises of the Odd Fel
lows' Home at Woodstock will take
place at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The exercises will be conducted by the
Oregon Grand lodge of Odd Fellows. All
th leading Odd Fellows in the state
are expected to te present at this cere
mony, which Is to crown. the efforts
of the order In furnishing a comfortable
home for its aged and superannuated
members.
The principal address of the occasion
will be delivered by Dr. W. T. William
son, past grand master of the ntuta
lodge. Addresses will also be delivered by
W. 1. Vawter, a prominent Odd Fellow
of Medford: Mrs. Emma OhIIowav p
R. A.; William Galloway, past grand
master: Joseph Marcella. w. F. Rnntiev
R. Alexander, P. W. Btewart and Judge
1 nomas r . ityan.
The home is reached bv taking' tha
Waverly-Woodstock cars at Yamhifi and
Second streets. .
CHINESE HOBO RARITY
IN POLICE CIRCLES
Boise. Ida.. Jan. 8. Floronna n.i.
daughter of Ex-Sheriff and Ex-Auditor 1 in
J. li. Daly of this (Ada) count ha.
Just been arrested, charged with forgery
Bail was placed at $500, which she was
unable to furnish, and she Nwas re
manded to the custody of the sheriff
She has passed several forged checks
lately, signing the namefof her uncle,
O. W. Oess. a rancher livlnar nnn,. m
city. "
To the officers she acknowledged her
guilt
, The officers say she has made a sen
sational statement but they refuse to
make K nublic. It is th6uarht a man
.instigated the check .UaasacUon. , ,
The spectacle of a Chinese vagrant is
so rare an oocurrenee that when Ting
Chee was taken Into the municipal court
this morning on a charge of vagrancy
there was a craning of necks on the
part of the old-timers who warm the
courtroom chairs from dav to da v. it
appears that Chee was found sleeping.
in a. uuxum wai uigni oy i'atroiman
Portwood. As he could not speak Eng
lish and was therefore unable to ex
plain his presence In the freight yards
the officer treated him as a common
hobo.
A countryman appeared in court thla
morning and attempted to explain, but
as he was unable to go into details
hearing of the case waa continued until
tomorrow. As near as can be ascer
tained, ring chee wandered into the.
ireigm vara ana sougnt rest in box
car while awaiting the arrival of a
train by which he intended to proceed
to .Seattle. v. . :
Leaning upon a very substantial cane
but still beaming in benign good nature
Congressman W. R. Ellis of Pendleton
reached Portland last night for a two
days' visit In the city. Mr. Ellis Is out
after renomlnation and expecta to suc
ceed himself in office for another term,
and because of this desire came home
at this time to register and thus quali
fy himself to become a candidate at
the primary election of next April.
Because of the long distances to be
traversed from place to place in Wash
ington in the interest of his constitu
ency Mr. Ellis has iniured his ankle.
which was broken many years ago, but
he is still traveling.
The congressman from the second
district did not have much to say ex
cept that things were humming in
Washington. He Is still working for
the creation of an eastern Oregon dis
trict for the United States court and
In following out hia plan has Introduced
a bill In the house creating the district
wniin. to mako assurance doubly sure
Senator Fulton has Introduced a similar
bill in the senate.
Mr. Ellis could cast no added light on
the Bristol controversy or upon Mr.
Bristol's successor, the much talked of
dark horse of the delegation. Person
ally Mr. Ellis is championing the cause
of John McCourt of Pendleton but will
abide fcy the decision of the majority of
inn aeiecauun. congressman xiawiey is
behind the candidacy of Q. Q. Bingham
of Salem, Senator Bourne is still In
earnest in his support of Chris Schue
bel of Oregon City, while Senator Fulton
has not brought out any candidate who
is now before the delegation for consideration.
Beyond saying that the question
wouia oe taxen up again upon the re
turn of the full delegation to Washing
ton Mr. Ellis would not vent 1 ra an
opinion as to who the lucky man would
be. He hopes, however, that the entire
aeiegauon win De eoie to reach an
agreement satisfactory to all for the
recommenaauon 0I a suitable candl
date.
Judge Ellis will return to Pendleton
tomorrow evening and will leava tn
waanington Monday night.
Locomotive wreck
ON WENDLING BRANCH
(Special Dlioatch to Th Innrnul
Eugene Or., Jan. 8. A locomotive
was wrecked on the Wendllng branch of
the Southern Pacific at Yarneli station,
about half way between Eugene and
wenaung last evening aDOUl a o clock.
Tha engine, hauling a caboose, was on
the . way to Wendllng to take out a
train of lumber cars, when it suddenly
left the rails-and after tearing up 100
feet or more of track turned over. The
engineer and fireman escaped by jump
ing. No one in the caboose was hurt
as it stayed on the track. The wreck
compelled the Eugene-Wendllng local
passenger train to stay at the Wendllng
end while a special train was sent from
Eugene to transfer the passengers
around the wreck.
POWERS JURY FAILS
TO REACH VERDICT
(Dalta Press Leased Wirt.)
e Georgetown, Ky., Jan. t. 4
4 Afetr deliberating for several v
e hours the Jury in the case of e)
e Caleb Powers ' reported thla
e morning that it could not agree '4
e and was. sent back to make an- '
4 other effort. 1 a
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active in (.'discovering , Infectious dis
eases Is shown by the comparative ta
bles of cases and deaths reported for
180 if and 1907. Although there were
361 cases Of diphtheria reported fn 1907.
igalnst only 194 in 190S there wero
only three deaths in 1907, being 2(
against 23 for 1906.
The Same record holds true In scarlet
fever statistics, there feing 111 cases
and S deaths reported in 1907, against
68 cases and two deaths reported In
190.
The most distinctive record Is In re
gard to typhoid fever. There were 205
cases of this disease reorted in 1907
with 3 deaths resulting. In 1906 there
were oniy 141 cases reported but thers
wore 41- deaths, 6 more than In th
year Just ended.
suoIsTeIy
heaviest of all
St. Johns taxpayers will be the heav
iest . contributors on the tax roll of
Multnomah county this year. The citi
zens qf Portland are second and Gresh
am Is third. The total assessment In
St Johns will be 16.1 mills. Portland
14.2 mills and Gresham 18.4 mills
Grcsham la relieved from the Port of
Portland assessment of 1.2 mills, which
gives maucuyan advantage over port
land and St Johns.
Last year despite the advantage of
being exempt from the Port of Port
land assessment uresnam's taxes were
greater than those of Portland but not
as great as bt. jonns. The 1907 as
sessment in St Johns was 20.67 mills
In Gresham 16.8 mills and In Portland
16 mills.
The tax in St. Johns is segregated as
iou'jws: city or di. jonns, 4.6 mills;
fccnool district No. 2, 6 mills: state, 1.6
mills; state scnooi, 1.4 mills: county,
i. mtiia; county roaa, u.a mm; count
library. 0.1 milli Port of Portland. 1.
mills: total. 16.1 mills.
The assessable proberty In St. Johns
for 1908 Is valued at $2,450,950. The
valuation upon which the 20-mlll as
sepsment was maae last year was
$2,181,131, an Increase thla year of
269,819,
Tne levy for the city of St. Johns
waa reduced this year to 4.6 mills, while
last year it was t muis. Teh school
levy In the St Johns district No. 2,
was ii muis last year instead or 6,
making the levy for St. Johns taxpayers
alone last year 13 mills, not regarding
any county, state or port tax. Tne
valuation on the property In school
district No. 2, amounts to more than
th valuation of the property in the
city limits.
Xll reeling Among Employes.
That there have been blckermga
among the park employes was admitted
by I. Hang, of the board, who stated '
that It had been known for monthat '
there was friction In the service. Mr,
Lang and other members of the board
expressed themselves as anxious to have
the matter sifted down and an end put ,
to, the controversy. Ion Lewis stated '
that the time of the board had, been',
taken up from time to time with com-'
plaints in regard to the service , and
wished an end to the matter with falrm,
ness to both sides. Dr. Wilson carried
Mr. Lewis' expression further by stat
Ing that if Kullsh Is in the right he.
should ba reinstated and' Montelth bar
held responsible. Indicating that the1
superintendent should removed in
case he has been showing favoritism." v ;
Montelth stated to the board -' that
when he took charge of the parks Mayer
Lane told htm of bickerings In the ser
vice and that Mayor Lane wanted the
disturbers weeded out "Irrespective of
race, color, nationality or creedV' quot
ing Mayor Lane.
The superintendent stated -further
that there are more men in the service
scheduled to go and that he will do so
at the proper time.
SCION OF PIONEER I
FAMILY MOURNED
(Special I)l patch to Tbt Journal.)
Dayton, Or., Jan. 3. The funeral of
Edwin A. Alderman was held from thev,
Baptist church yesterday. Services wera
conducted by the local I. O. O, T. lodge,
assisted by the W. O. W. lodge. Rev. A. '
WHANG HO STARTS
FOR ATLANTIC COAST
(United Press leased Wire.)
San Francisco. Jan. 3. After hAvinir
been on exhibition in and about the bay
or Ban . r runutsco lor, several months
the Chinese war junk. Whang Ho will
put to Sea tomorrow rdbrnlng to Journey
to the Atlantic coast where it will be
placed on exhibition at all the imnort-
ant sea ports.
" The war Junk was taken from nir.
land creek this morning to the Mission
flats, where it was fumigated.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE
FOR WHIPPING-POST
George McDonald, a fireman a ttAchad
to engine company No., 1, was arrested
last night On comclalnt of hla wif k
accuses him of beating and .otherwise
mistreating her. In the municipal court
this morning the accused man asked
that 'the case go over until tomorrow
for hearing. . In the meantime Mc.rmn.
aid's badge and keys have been taken f
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-Edwin A. Alderman. -
Hunsaker of McMinnvllle flellvered
sermon.
Mr. Alderman ,wa stricken with nar.'
alysis Christmas day at noon; while 1
helping to move some buildings on hla'
farm one mile south of town, to which."'
he had recently moved. His death oc
curred Tuesday night He was born
here 41 years ago, and . was .ihe first
mayor of Davton. In his honor th
flag In the city park was placed at, half -mast,
all of New Year's day., He be-,
longed to one of the early pioneer fam.'
Hies. . V - . .
Besides his wife and young son he is
survived by his aged and Invalid father, "
A. L. Alderman, . his -mother, a sister,1
Miss Eva Alderman, a brother, E. M. Al
derman, all of this place, and a brother,
L. R. Alderman, formerly county super
intendent of Yamhill county, and at
present-ctty superareaet,qJC:'Xfle BU-vJ
gene schools. . . . -. - ". 4
Mr. Jrterman was secretary of the Li
O. O. y. lodge. No citizen of this place
was better known or' more highly re
spected. ... i" ' ' - f ;V-;- W-
CAPTAIN J0NES0N S
; LATHAM'S SCHOONER :;
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(Special Dlspatcn to The Journal.) .1. '..
Astoria, iOr. Jan. 1. Captain Robert '
Jones this morning took command of t
away from him by the captain of- hla Captain Thomas Ls,tham.. who takes
i v a iww"w wi cnarges t cnarge ov me gasoline, scnooner condor
will ytvAVticu Bu.liab uim Ry CIV SU"
u-1 running between Astoria, Yaqulna- Bar