The Oregon daily journal., January 18, 1908, Page 1, Image 1

THE JOURNAL GOES INTO MORE HOMES
ON THE STREETS
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Judge Hunt Will Not Per-
mlt rrosecution to intro-
duce Order From Secre
tary of Interior in - Ilall
Case. i - A. ':
Immunity Bath Epistle Sub-
mitted in Exchange Wit-
nesses Testify to Alleged
Illegal Fencing of Govern
ment Lands.
It wti the defense' time to smile In
the Hall land fencing case today, mado
, o- by. a ruling by. Judge, Hun thja
; morti'.ng. vahuttinr put for th time at
leaat, one-of the vital link of th gov-
ernmnt's vldence..y Jost'Sa the round
.was closing,- however, Mr. Hrtiey got la
'a shprt arm Jab, doss ta 4n belt by; the
, Introduction of a letter written by p.
Jt. 'Walton a' Fossil rancher. In which
it was related that Ed Morgan, a neigh
bor, had alleged that Hall had prom
ised Immunity from prosecution to W!l
liam Townsend, one of those maintain
J ng illegal fences. '
, This blow was blocked in part, how
ever, by the reply ot Hall in which the
former district attorney denied having
made any auch promise and In which
he announced his intention of criminal
prosecution against the fence, men s
soon as he could get hold of the evi
dence in the possession ot Special Ag-nt
K. W. Dlson. who had made an investi
gation of the conditions surrounding
Fossil. -
Hltchoook Takes Hand.
Testerday afternoon Mr. Heney
mared the calm serenity of the proced
ure by the Introduction of a letter writ
ten by 'Secretary of the' Interior Hitch
cock to Special Agent A. R. Greene,
then In charge of the Oregon land in
vestigations. In this letter Hitchcock
directed Greene to send E. W. Dixon, a
special agent, out to make an Investi
gation of the alleged frauds near Fos
sil. Judge Webster objected to the intro
duction of the letter on the ground that
It was Immaterial to the case, elnce
the defendants were not bound by any
action of wnien tney naa no Knowieajre.
The counsel held that Mr. Hall knew
nothing of the Hitchcock letter and that
It had nothing to do with the case.
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lt The letter was Introduced to show
the continual efforts or v. A. .Putnam
to secure some investigation of land ac
tion upon "the frauds and illegal fences
which were hindering his business and
the failure of any result so far as Hall
and Mays was concerned. The letter
showed, Mr. Heney said, that Putnam
had then at last turned to Hitchcock,
who at once sent Dixon to make an- tn-
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OF'PQRTLAND THAN
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Medford. Newspaper Man Re-
cenny tnvicea ior Lioei
, Given Round of Applause
by Members of State Press
-Association.
Action of Court Viewed as
Persecution Organiza-
tion to Be Known Here
&f ter as State Editorial As
sociation.. Hereafter the organisation of Orcpon
newapaper men i to be known as the
State Editorial asaoclation of Oregon
and no longer aa the Oregen.Preea as-
aociatlon, A hew constitution and by-
taws' vers, drafted by a special commit
tee appointed for the purpose yesterday
and submitted this afternoon to the con
vention. .
It Is believed" a stronger organisation
is necessary for .the. interests ef the
newsDancr men in Oregon and it was
with tlil'a "Object In view that a reor-
gsniaatton was planned. The commit
tee that submuted tne report stiortly
after noon-' today 'Included: Dr. Henry
Waldo Coe; J. 8. Dellinger. Dally As
toria; B. 4C. i Kennedy. Baker Oity
Herald; C. 'H. Fisher, Eugene Guiirl;
and J. C. Hayter, Polk County Ob
server. Session well Attended.
The' morning session f the conven
tion was the pest attended session in
the history of the association. Nearly
liO newspaper men were in attendance.
and more than-. 76 papers in Portland
and vin Oregon were represented. Pa-
Sers were read by a. O. Beach on The
eneflta of Organisation." and by E.
R. Bradley, formerly of the Hood River
News-Letter, ' on ; "The Paper in the
Home and What It Should Be." Dls-
cussionn were permitted after each pa
per, wnicn grew interesting at times.
Patnara Given Qbsers.
In connection with the pacer read by
Mr. Bradlev the discussion of what
should appear in the paper regarding
Judges and other public officers was
discussed. George Putnam of the Med
ford Tribune, who waa recently con
victed of ' libel by a Jackson county
Judge, was invited to the platform and
was greeted wltn tumultous applause.
Mr. Putnam read his alleged libel on
the grand jury of Jackson county and
told of his persecution at the hands of
the officials of Jackson county.
"If such persecution as was practiced
upon Mr. Putnam la sanctioned by the
laws of this state those laws should be
revised,'' was the expression after a
warm discussion and though no action
Was taken It was the sentiment of the
convention that a revision of the libel
laws thould be made. v
Senator Beach then took 'the platform
to speak on organisation. He said that
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yORTIpyOREGON SATURDAV'kVENINCi, JANUARY; ;
DEFENDHMMILL
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WOODEN LEG WAR ON;
CRIPPLES LAY IN PEGS
(Speclil IMapetea to The Jonroal.)
Fittaburg. Jan. 18. Pitts
burg's wooden-leg war brolje Into
the courts this morning with
injunction and damage suits and
charges of perjury by members
of rival firms.
Meantime cripples are In
clover, for price war followed,
on the heels of the litigation,
and apybody can have a leg at
any old price.
E. H. Rowley of Plttaburg
and a brother, In Chicago have
fought ' for a year over the use
of the family name on artificial
lega. Judge Bufflngton waa
asked In. United States court to
restrain the Chicago man from ,
branding his legs with certain
marks and symbols.
Today the Pittsburg Rowley
was arrested and arraigned be
fore United States Commission
er Lindsay, accused of perjury.
He in turn swore out a warrant
against the Chicago brother.
Both concerns have local
shops and prices have been
going down. All Pittsburg 'Is
laying in legs for. a rainy day.
'If.
By PROFESSOR
Prexy -Wheeler of Berkeley
Indirectly- Raps Judges
for Schmitz Decision. '
(Jolted Press Leased Wire.)
Berkeley. Cal.. Jan. 18. The district
appellate court which recently reversed
the action of the superior court In the
case of ex-Mayor Eugene n. bcnmitx
was scored by President Wheeler yet
terday at a meeting of the California
students in Harmon gymnasium.
Tne heart of tne university maae no
dlrtct reference to the appellate court,
but said that any. court malting a de
cision should consider the moral issues
Involved. "There cannot be any decis
ion of a court that is right if the moral
consideration is left out of account."
said President Wheeler. "I could name
lawyers of the cities around the bay
who are failures because they have iso
lated themselves from all moral con
sciousness." TO BURY VICTIMS OF
DISASTER IN TRENCH
(United Preea Leased Wtre.)
Boyerstown, Pa., Jan. 18. Despite
urgent requests of friends and relatives
for more time In which to make efforts
to identify victims of the recenc theatre
fire and panic, Coroner Strausser firmlv
declares that all bodies must be burlea
before night. The 20 remaining uniden
tified bodies will probably be burled in
a trench.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION 0PV
COURT sen
OREGON THAN ANY 'OTHERS DAILY PAPER,
PAPER. ! THE "PRICE ;OE
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REGAIN
SAYS HE WORKED
FOR DEPOSITORS
Jury Declares He Worked
the Depositors and Should
Serve Term in Prison.
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Chicago. 111., Jan. 18 John R. Walsh,
former president of the Chicago Na
tional and Home Savings banks, has
been found guilty on 63 counts In the
Indictment accusing him of misappro
priating funds of the former instltu
tion.
The Jury reached a verdict shortly
after midnight this morning and it was
read when court opened at 10 o'clock.
It was charged that Walsh used sav
ings Intrusted to his care by depositors
to finance his railroads and other enter
prises.
After listening for two months to i
recital of the "frensied finance" meth
ods of the banker, the Jury consumed
80 hours in renchlng its verdict. The
verdict is based upon 63 of the 150
counts In the Indictment and ' he was
found not guilty on the remaining 97
counts.
Thus ends the .financial -drama of an
Irish lad who came' to America ta 1841
and immediately set out to build up an
Immense) fortune and wield power' in the
political worio. success attended ht
efforts to become a money, king as the
years rolled on, but as a politician he
never became a great power.
The collanse of the Chicaaro National.
Home Savings and Equitable banks, all
Controlled by Walsh, created a tre
mendous - sensation In ' the financial
world of 1905. At first It was generally
supposed that the government would al
low Walsh to escape prosecution, but
opposition to such a plan was so strong
in certain quarters that an investigation
was started.
National bank examiners, according
to their report, discovered that Walsh,
In following a shrewd system of jug
gling the funds of his three banks, had
employed 87.000,000 of depositors' sav
ings in promoting his railroad proper
ties and other enterprises in which he
was Interested. This discovery was of
such a startling character that there
was no possible way for the banker to
escape indictment. After the grand
jury had indicted him his attorneys
sought in vain to have all the counts,
at least the ones - most damaging to
their client, quashed.
Surrounded by an array of the most
learned attorneys that his wealth could
retain, John R. Walsh went to trial and
today's verdict Is the result.
After the bank examiners showed In
black and white how the defendant had
juggled the funds of his bank in viola
tion of the federal banking laws Walsh
took the stand and made a sweeping
statement, the burden of which was
that he did all he was accused of for
the best interests of the Institutions.
"The flgiit has only begun," was the
only comment the defendant would make
this morning after the verdict was an
nounced. Killed by Car.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Jan. 18 E. Melville,' 40
years old. a plumber, was Instantly
killed this morning by a Long Beach
electric car, which struck the wagon in
wnich Melville was riding, demolishing
the vehicle and hurling him 40' .feet
from : the tracks.
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GIRL'S RED STOCKINGS
PUT FOX TO FLIGHT
(Special Dlspetcb to Tbt Journal.)
Philadelphia, Jan. 18. On her
morning pilgrimage to the barn
In search of eggs. Miss Mabel
Wsymar of Roxborough heard a
hen. uttering some matutinal re
joicings high up In the hay
mow. -'
Mabel' decided to make a
search for the nest. The girl
, was soon tramping back and
forth over the hay quite heed
less of the fact that that morn
ing she had put on red stockings.
In the haymow a fox had
taken refuge, and when the red
fox saw the red stockings,
naturally he fled precipitately.
The young woman waa so
frightened that she fell in a
faint, first screaming In a pierc
ing manner suited to a country
where distances are jeat. -Her
relatives found her in an uncon
scious condition a short time
later.
STOESSEL LAflDS
Oil HIS EIIEfillES
General .Declares" Will
Prove Strategists Caused
Fall of Port Arthur.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
St. . Petersburg, Jan. 18". General
Stoessel today turned his artillery on
St. Petersburg strategists whom he ac
cuses of being responsible for the loss
of Port Arthur.
"Using the stories of his officers as
evidence, he declares that he intends to
prove that the fortress waa not protect
ed by a sufficient number of men, that
the arms were Inadequate and that thd
supply of provisions was altogether too
small. The general declares that the
fortress was bo poorly guarded by sea
defenders that he wonders how he. was
able to hold it as long as he did.
Stoessel has upset the plans of his
enemies, who Imagined that they bad
planned a case overwhelmingly against
him, by appealing directly to the csar.
COLLEGE EXPERTS TO
PASS UPON SULPHUR
(United Press Lensed Wire.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18 President
Roosevelt decided today to appoint a
commission composed of scientists from
five leading American diversities to
pass upon preblems brought up for - the
enforcement of the pure food laws. The
institutions that will be represented on
the commission are the University of
California, the University of Virginia,
the University ot Chicago, the Johns
Hopkins University and Yale University.
The principal questions to be dis
cussed concern the use of bensoat of
soda In preserving catsup and pickles,
and the use of sulphur in dried fruits
and glucose In syrups.
AND THERE ARE MORE
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New York Traction 3Iagnate
Transfers His Gotham
Property to Lord Nathan
iel Rothschild for Myster
ious Reason.
Believed American Was Bad
ly Squeezed in Inter-Met
Deal and Forced to Part
With Valuable Land to
Cover His Losses.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Jan. 18. Financial and
real estate circles In this city are as
tounded to learn that August Belmont
haa transferred to Lord Nathaniel Meyer
Rothschild of the English banking
house In London more than 18,000,000
worth of real estate in Manhattan and
ths Bronx.
The exact reason for the transfer of
the vast amount of property - to the
Rothschilds has not been learned, but
t was recalled that Mr. Belmont held
one of the largest Interests in the
noted pool, which was organized with
the idea of making a big profit out - of
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LAUGHTER WON'T HURT YOU I
SEE THE JOURNAL FUNNIES I
THE GIDDY GOBLINS Is one brand new series of laugh producers In
The Sunday Journal magaslne this week. There are others. Bertha,
the Beautiful Typewriter. What Happened to Happy? Jimmy,
BEST WIT AND HUMOR Famous artists' contribute to a special page
which will please both young and old.
ALL THE BIG STORIES OF THE DAY Two leased wires and a com-:
plete special telegraph service. All the local news.
ARE WE A NATION OF PRISONERS? Portland, is-not the only city
where dairymen are careless. The whole country Is threatened.
BEFORE THE DESERT BLOSSOMED First newspaper at Salt Laka
1 . - i, . . weeuis in reaching editor. . '
CONSERVATIVE ENGLAND HAS GRAFTERS Americans have no
corner on. gentle art. Rotten municipal affairs In John Bull's land. ,
COPPER-COLORED BUNKO ARTI8TS Indian medicine men make Xa- '
ture fakers take back seat. No cure no pay, Is one good feature:
DRESS REVEALS AGE How would American ladlea like to be forced
r to dress in certain colors to tell public their ages?
GOING SOUTH FOR YOUR BRIDE? Rush for Dixeyland on. Recent
novels make belles popular with northerners.
THE FOREGOING ARE BUT A FEW OF THE MAGNIFICENT FEA
TURES OFFERED IN
Ike GREAT SUNDAY JOURNAL
COOPERATION FOR OREGON AMONG MEMBERS.
SOLD
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JOURNAL QRCUIATION
VESTE3U)Ar-WAS -rr V .,; ;
CENTS.
ov nun AWD tw
Taximeters, Under . Control
of Stock Company, Will
Give City Quick Service
and Reduce Fares-rWill
Use 25 Coaches.
Project Promoted by Thomas
People of Buffalo-Local
Service WH1 Be
Rfljidtf
This Summer
and Day CaUs;
for Night
Organisation of a stock company . t
operate automobile Cabs In PortlandT
each pf which Is to be supplied, with a
taximeter which automatically regis
ters ths distance traveled, the time the
maohlne Is In tise and the pries 'ths
customer is to pay. is oeing urged nere
and for this purpose Edwin L. Thomas,
of Buffalo, .New.Tork, a son of K. R.
Thomas, manufacturer of the Thomas
automobiles,. is at the- Hotel Portland.
H. -L. Keats, and other Portlanders sr
already Interested in - ths idea, and ' It
U probable that the cab line will be
this year. Twenty-five, cabs will' b
used to start' with. t
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