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1 Comptroller-Is 'Advised, by Wire; Bank?:Is ; Beady and
' V Special Dispatch to :Tie journal.. .
' Washington, Feb. 11. The comptroller of the currency was to
day advised by wire that the 'Merchants 'National bank is abou
ready to resume... The comptroller; immediately sent word to. Exam
iner Wilson to permit the, bank to start. . It Js expected that this
'will ' be 'done atf once.
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; The news that the Merchants National bank would reopen its
doors has been 'confidently expected, by the officers' of the institu
tion, for the terms imposed by the comptroller of the currency
Ihave been fully met. The bank's suspension,, which occurred No
vember 12, 1907, was due to unfounded rumors as to its solvency
and followed a protracted run that began almost immediately af
ter the, failure of the Oregon Trust &. Savings bank. During the
period of this" run the Merchants National paid out about $2,300,000
to its depositors, nearly one half of the total deposits.
, forwarded
' Th officer of the bank have not yet
received from 'Washington official; no
tice of the comptroller's decision to al
low the bank to reopen, and therefore
-decline tq discuss the subject They
take the view that It would be improper
for them to make any statement until
formally advised by the comptroller
himself of his decision. The, news has
been- expected, , however, and It is un
derstood that no time, will be lost in
reopening the doors and resuming busl
.nessv Ever since the Merchants suspended
operations its officers have been en-
f raged In arranging to meet the terms
mpoeed by Comptroller Rldgeley, an Im
portant featyre being, the agreement von
the part of large depositors to realise
upon notes and other valid securities
which It holds. This work was finally
ooompllshed . and the . report - of Bank
Examiner Wilson was , forwarded to
Washinrton.
The Merchants National bank has
been one of the most important finan
cial institutions of Portland. Its
solidity was demonstrated by the man
ner in which it withstood for three
months the unreasonable run to, which
it was subjected after the failure of the
Oregon Trust ft Savings bank. The only
outside assistance which it received was
the sum of 1250,000 in clearing house
certificates, which were afterward paid
on ana reiireo.. ;
The? officers of the Merchants Na
tlonal are: J. Frank; Watson, presl-
aent; . - jUM-nirnam, vice-president; R.
W. Hoyt, cashier; Oeorge W. Hoyt. as
sistant casmor.- The foregoing officers
with G. E. Smith. Fred B. Morris and R.
D. Inman form the board of directors.
It is believed that the bank will be
able to reopen within, two or three days.
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Sign artists will be at work to- '
morrow obliterating the last outward
evidences of the Oregon Trust and
Savlnga bank and painting the signs
of the German-American bank at
the corner of Washington and Sixth
streets. The German-American bank
this afternoon checked over Its fir
tures and 1 properties, and Its cash
and collaterals, to the merger bonk,
and these will be moved tomorrow
to the new home of the big -bank
that Is to open tomorrow with
,jald-ln capita! of $400,000 and a
new set ol directors and orricers.
Today Louis I. Wilde, to,whose fore
Bight in purchasing the 'German-American
bank and shaping' the course of the
reorganisation. Receiver Devlin and
President Reed attribute the success of
the undertaking. will retire from all
connection with the German-American,
He also withdraws from the position
tie; has occupied as Portland represen
tative: of the Home Telephone compa
nies In which he has so. largely figured.
- This is my; last day in the harness
aere' he said. "All I have wanted
from the beginning was to see the Ore
gon Trust & savings Danns anaira
pulled out of the hole, and to get. th
best possible board of directors for th
new German-American. I - have sim
ply desired to make good, to the letter,
nrf I aruess I can sav that this- hai
been done.? The interests in the German-American
bank represented by me
will be pieced in tne nanas or trustees,
In the persons of 8. G. Reed, T. C. Dev
lin. . and .the new board of directors.
The Interests of the Home Telephone
companies win oe neia tn trust Dy b. a.
Steed.' Tne new ooarn or directors or
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Edward Carrell, an Engineer
of. .Tacoma . an(I Eastern,
Shoots - Patrick Murphy
After Desperate Fight
Over Eeligion.
Two Men Were Celebrating
JBirth of Little Son of Man
Who Was Slain by Bifle
Bullet Murderer Placed
Under Arrest.
. (United Press Leased Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 11. In a drunk
en qtiarrel apparently 'originating over
an argument bout religion, Edward
Carrell,- an ' engineer shot and killed
Patrlok Murphy In Carrell's cabin at
Harding on the Tacoma Eastern rail
road, about 7:30 o'clock last night. Car
rell had fought off drink since last
Christmas and It was only After the
urgings of Murphy that his pledge was
broken and the two men went to
Eapowsln In order to celebrate the birth
on Sunday of a baby boy in the Murphy
household.
When they returned to Harding last
night thev entered Into a discussion.
une wora lea to anomer, ana oeiore
the two realised it. they were engaged
in a drunken souffle. Nothing serious
hnn.,AV iin.H wam. 1 n
the cabin ot Frank Jenkins, Carrell hav
ing bought some fruit for the Jenkins
hlldren. Carrell became boisterous a
few minutes after their atrial and
flourished a revolver about, twicer point
ing it at jenKins- wire.
Then the previous discussion was re
newed and In his attempt to strike
MurDhy over the head. Carrell sliDDed
and the weapon fell into a wash boiler.
Later the two men went to CarreU's
cabin and again the argument waa re
viewed. Carrell claims that Murphy
was trying to take his revolver from
him and finally Murphy drew a knife
and cut at him slashing in two the
cartridge belt around Carroll's waist.
Murphy then picked up a, rifle and tried
to Deat carreii to tne ground, and In
the scuffle the rifle was discharged.
he bullet crashing through Murphy's
train piercing his forehead lust hal.iw
the temple, killing him Instantly. Car
rell . gave nimseif up.
G. REED.
the German-American bank will have
options on all the stock held by these
trustees, and the directors will have the
new bank absolutely in their control,
without a. ati-lnr to it in any direction.
I am out of it, and out of all connection
with any Portland corporation."
.. Xr. Wilde's interests.
The stock- represented by Mr. Wilde
In the new German-American amounts
to about 1235,000. About 1100,000 more
Is taken by country banks in Oregon
and former depositors in the Oregon
Trust. The remainder of the stock
goes to the new directors ana managers,
who will also hold and control, in trust
and by option of purchase, the I J.
Wilde interests. 1 - .
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German-American ' held a meeting this
afternoon and elected directors and of
ficers. The directors are: ;e. u. Keea,
Ci Devlin, P. li. wiuis. Big.. Bicnei,
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HUMPHREY TIRES
OF HOTFOOT LIFE
Wanted at Kansas' City on
Murder Charge, Surren
ders at Vancouver.
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CRACKSMEN LOOT. BANK
ESCAPE ON HANDCAR
.;j x Springfield, Mo., Feb.. 11. One of the boldest and most successful bank rob-
f t beries, from the standpoint of the amount of the booty secured, ever perpetrated '
..in this part of the country occurred early today when five bandits cracke.d the .
safe in a bank at Willard, Missouri, and escaped with $10,000 in cash. T i, :;'
Willard is located 15 miles from Springfield. The robbers forced ,their way ,
into thebank while the citizens of Willard were sleeping, and tore the safe to ;
pieces with three charges of nitro-glycerine. The explosion aroused the towns--;
people, who rushed from their homes to learn the cause of the noise. .; Several .
' citizens engaged in a pistol battlewith the bandits, who, firing as they: jrah,
boardedja handcar on the Frisco Voad and made a dash toward the Ozarks.
Posses are on their trail. . r ' , ;
MARION COUNTY'S OPENING GUN
jlfc ' '
Hans Made for Extension of
Tn ! ii sf tv ns Own sf nn
:; quires Stockj-ards to Be
3uilt "First-Land Is Ac
Quired; :'' '!';"'
Poultry Department Will Be
Added Where Millions of
Chickens and -Turkeys Can
Be Prepared for, the Mar
ket' . va:.V.;i';:'V-';
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Estimated
of gwlft e
Capacity
. riant, - ,'
1000,000 hogs each year, ,
2,(00,000 sheep each year. ' ;
1 1.000,000 cattle each year '
In addition there is to be the
poultry department where mil
lions Of turkeys : and chickens
will be dressed and made ready
for market ...
(Special DUpatce to The Joonul.)
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 11. A man
claiming to be David W. Humphrey of
Kansas City, Missouri, walked up to
Chief of Police Secrist oa the street
yesterday and declared he was wanted
in the Missouri city for the murder of
James Dorhety and that he wanted to
give nimseii up ana be sent back to
stand trial. Humphrey's story is most
remarkable. If true.
According to the story told Chief
Secrist. HumDhrev wan roloanorl tmm
Jill on $15,000 bonds and forfeited this
amount He wandered about the coun
try ior several months. Arriving In
C: H. Carey,' J. V. Burke, H.
Fries.
Grant Phegley. A. O. liOng. Two well
known business men of Portland will,
within the hext few days,- be added to
the directory, making- the total num
ber 11. .;,:.-.. j -v , '
The fllrectors - eiectea b. w. Keea
nrmliient. and T. C. Devlin cashier. A
vice-president -and an assistant cashier
will be selected wlthinl the next lew
days, at an adjourned . meeting;. The
completion of the formal organisation
will proceed along witn preliminary ar
rangements ithat are -being made for
taking up the work of liquidation of the
old - Oregon Trust and Savings bank.
The daily business of the German
American bank will be carried on as
usual in the new quarters at Washing
ton and Blxth, but .the affairs of the
Oregon Trust , will have to be put In
shape for liquidation before the German-American
'will be ready to receive
and dear with depositors and creditors
of the old 'bank. ' This will require
time, for there are countless details to
be attended to before actual .liquidation
can be commenced, vv!-;jt!-i-:-V"f';
r ' Caaaot Aet - Vow. .' - - i -
1 "It should be clearly understood nt
the beginning that we cannot take care
of the depositors of the Oregon Truet
Immediately that Is to say, within the
first two or three weeks of the. open
(Continued on Page Five.)
Vancouver a fw weeks ago he secured
work as a day laborer. Humphrey has
visited Mexican points. El Paso, Texas,
and numerous ouier places. He has let
tyre rrom people in Kansas City which.
If genuine, remove all doubt nn tn th
story told. One letter, from a brother,
begs Humphrey to return and winds up
by saying that the writer believes he
can do ireea or tne charge against him.
Humphrey declared to Chief Secrist
that he was unable to stand the strain
any longer and would be glad to return
to' his home town. He refused to ac
knowledge his guilt or discuss the
charge against him In amy way.
A telegram was sent to Kansas City
tasi nigm to ascertain tne genuineness
of Humphrey's story. An answer la ex
pected this afternoon.
FLOATING ENDEAVOB .
5; SOCIETY IN SEATTLE
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Seattle. Wash.. Feb: 11 A fioatlns
endeavor- branch of the Christian En
deavor society In. Seattle was organised
Sunday" and will entertain the sailors
of. the big battleship fleet when they
A Mere Waste of Powder
ENGLAND'S NAVY
COSTS TOO
reach Seattle in May,
Plans for entertainlna- the ' visiting
sailors are elebarote. Six branches of
the floating endeavor work are to be
ors-anlsed from ' Seattle ' Christian - En
deavor workers and these, will cooperate
witn tne ii iioating endeavor societies
now organised among the sailors of the
Parliament Will Force Ban
nerman Ministry Out of
Office Next May.
(United. Press Leased Wire.)
London, Feb. 11. England has Just
passed a- cabinet crisis and next May
will see the resignation of the Campbell
Bannerman ministry. This la the re
sult of the parliamentary struggle over
the country's Increasing naval expen
ditures.
Though the fight against the Banner
man policy of large naval expenditures
was begun by the anti-imperialists it
has had the support of such a large
percentage 'of the Liberals in parlia
ment mat me two parties are consid
ered allies on the one question. This
means that rremier Campbell-Banner-
man and his entire ministry will be
oustea zrom oince next May. -
HUGH SUDDETH'S BODY
FOUND NEAR H0QUIAM
- (United .Press Leased Wire.)
Hcquiam, 'Wash., Fcd. 11. The body
Of Hugh Suddeth, who has been miss
ing for weeks, was found yesterday in
the Humptulips river, SO miles from this
city. Suddeth disappeared the evening
of December 15. He was but IT years
of age, but of giant. suture, being con
sidered thestrongeat man in the valley.
POSTPONE- TBIAB OF :
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
New York. Feb. 11. Raymond Hitch
cock's trial was postponed today to Feb
ruary S 4, following a war of words be
tween his counsel, Attorney - Mclntyre,
and Attorney. Garvan assistant district
attorney '
SOME DQNT'S
THAT KEEP APACE
OF THE NEWS
4 DON'T blame the, conductor. The 4
e car service is bad but the con-
e ductor cannot help it, Complain
4 to the company.
e DON'T put too much faith In the
e telegraphic "knocks" on Bryan, e)
e He is a dangerous candidate for e
president and successful men are
always "knocked." e)
4 DON'T let your friends in the east
4 see too much of what Is pub-
4 ilshed about our delinquencies. 4
Send only boosts east.
DON'T forget to read up on the
Rose Carnival.. The time is fast
4 approachlngvwhen something must e
be done. 4
4 DON'T overlook opportunity to
call attention to the Swift. Pack- e
ing company choosing Portland
for- site of its northwest plant. 4
It will encourage others to es-
tablish manufactories here.
A DON'T, talk "stringency." Read
the reports from New York and e
you will see that there la more e
money on hand than the country
knows what to do with but
don't hold onto It "It takes
money to make money." v 4
e DON'T fall to help all of pregon 4
4 as well as Fortiana. The news
Is that the state's promotion
bodies are working for the good e
of alL A prosperous state means e
a prosperous city. ; ; ie
e DON'T forget to read The Oregon
4 Sunday Journal. ' Tou will And
that it is a newspaper' that will
interest yon and that It will e
please all members of your f am-
: lly. See that you order the paper
right awai for, you will miss
somethlnglhe longer you delay.
MAN AND WIFE
DIE IH RAPIDS
Mr. and Mrs. John Ashman
Could Not Escape From
Euclataw Swirl.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 11. Drowned
in the fierce mad swirl of the Euclataw
rapids last Tuesday when almost within
sight of home, was the fate of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ashman, a young couple who
recently made their home with Mr. Ash
man's father on a ranch a few miles be
low, the Euclataw. The death' of Mr.
and Mrs.' Ashman was not witnessed, but
it has been learned that they started
down the rapids .in a small boat and as
they have not been heard of since there
is little doubt of their fate. .
In designing and laying 1 out the
grounds for the new 4,000,000 packing
plant of Swift & Co. every preparation
Is to be made so that the buildings can
be enlarged at any time to Increase the
output of tlyB establishment . -
Announcement of this decision was
made to The Journal this morning by
Louis F. 8wlft president of the Chicago
company, who leaves tonight for Seat
tle 'after a four-day Inspection tour of
the 1,0,00 acres owned bv Swift Co.
and the surrounding country.
"We bar Ceclded to make every pre
paration la order that the capacity of
the packing bosses can be Increased at
any time," Jar, vwin said to a Journal
reporter this morning.
"Naturally, we can hardly estimate
exactly at present the demands that
will be made upon the Portland plant
for Its products. On this account we
have selected the Site of the Dackina-
plant itself so that additional buildings
can be built at any time. -..
"in otner words, m locating our plant
In Portland we are looking ; Into the
future as well as to attend to the pres
ent demands of the trade. All plans of
the new building are to-be so formu
lated that at any time we mav build
and enlarge the factory without lnter-
lermg in tne least witn tne plant wntcn
will already be in operation. t
"" ?:" Stockyards Tint. 'y:'
'' "As I told The Journal Saturday, the
stockyards are to be built first All ar
rangements with the railroads for trans
portation facilities have been arranged,
and the purpose of my visit here hss
practically been completed. Tonight J
leave for Seattle."
Mr. Swift, accompanied by John Dono
van, who has charge of the Swift plant '
at South St. Joseph, Missouri, C. C. Colt,
president of the Union Meat company,
and N. B. Hlgby, head of the purchasing
department for Swift ft Co., made his
final Inspection of the packing house
site on the lower end of the peninsula
this morning. - .-i v,3 .
One of the problems that is confront
ing the packers la the big fill that will
have to be made on the ground where
the stockyards and other properties of
the establishment are to be located.
A tract of 10 acres had already been
filled in. Other fills are -to be made.
however, and this work Is to commenco
as soon as possible. The filling of the
additional acreage will require several
months' time and a large force of men
and teams..,v.),-i;;v.i tw;v . .
Guest of xr. Josselyn.
Testerdaw,Mr; Swift'- H. C-Gardner.
Ms chief engineer of construction; A. It
Farnijworth of the railroad department.
and other members of the Swift partv
were the guests of B. 8. Josselyn, presi
dent of the Portland Railway, Light &
(Continued on Page Four.)
TRAIL
IS
United States JIarshal Perry Alleged' to Have Miners'
Strike Situation Well in Hand Claims ' Arc
Being Worked on "Open ? Shop"r Plan. '
(United Frees Leased Wire.) '
Fairbanks. Alaska, Feb. 11. United
States Marshal Perry has the strike
Situation well Ca hand and expects no
further trouble with the Strikers. All
claims that the unions formerly worked
are working on the open-shopv banis
with a. full quotA of men. Deputies
have cleared the l'lilrbanks-Yaldei trail
of strikers and the miners union r i
antee there will be no ftruir r
tatlon of travelers. If tlmre K
Marshal Perry, eoldles wiil he It
in to control tlie situation..
The government lias author!" t '
shal Perry to swear In at rn.-my
th as he may Tequir.
Union official eull adlere t-i f
lief that tha iiilri caniul t i
Without !: pr,ru