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Otto F. .Olson Steals $4,800 Which He
- Used to Buy Mining Property. Official
Bonds Declared Forgery. Prominent
Member of the . Methodist Church.
Obsessed with a mania to buy
wildcat mining stock. Otto F. Olson,
"secretary of the Willamette school
board, pillar of the Methodist church
,of Willamette and superintendent of
the Portland General Electric com
pany's plant at Oregon City, has con
fessed that he stole $ 4,500 of school'
funds and is now a prisoner In the
Brunswick house at Oregon City.
' Olson la being carefully guarded for
fear tbat be will renew & former at
tempt at suicide and attempt o ecape
hl disgrace by death. Extmlnatlon of
bis official bond reveals that It la a
forgery.
One of the best-known and most re
spected -citizens of Clackamas county,
Mr. Olson baa been a leader in busi
ness, political and social circles. His
arrest bas caused a great sensation In
Oregon City and Willamette.
Arrested I.at Wight.
' Sheriff Beattie of Clackamas county
arrested Mr. Olson last night on a war
rant . sworn out before Judge Stlpp.
charging him with the embesslement of
11.000 of the school funds. It is
claimed by the officers who are guard
ing him that ha has confessed to hav
ing taken 14.600 of the public funds.
and it Is believed that further defalca
tlona mar be brouKht to light.
. It is claimed that the (8,000 was
taken in Jun, 11106. The Willamette
school district was bonded ten years
ago and in 1904 $3,000 as the first in
stallment on mis oonaea maeoieunenn
came into Mr. Olson's hands. This
money, the proceeds of a special tax
levy, was spent by Olson for worthless
mining stock, it is claimed.
When the official bond of Mr. Olson
was examined this morning It was
found that it too was forged and that
there is nothing to protect the district
from the loss of the money said to have
been embezzled. - v
Integrity Vever Questioned.
' Olson has been clerk of the school
board for ten years, during which time
be has had complete charge of the
funds of the board. Owing to his im
portant position his integrity was never
questioned and the books of the board
were gone over in only the most cursory
way each year.
So arreat was the confidence in bis
financial soundness that he was made
financial agent of the Methodist church
and had full charge of the funds of that
institution. An examination - of its
books will probably be made at once.
- In addition to his- public and sooial
positions of trust he is the general
manager for the Portland General Elec
tric company in Oregon City, one of the
most Important business positions
the county.
Last week, while in the plant of the
electric company Mr. Olson lumped or
fell from the second story of the elec
tric building to the ground, lighting on
his head and seriously though not dan
gerously injuring himself.
T. Zu Capen Acta.
Some aueer features connected with
this fall which were difficult to explain
by ordinary reasons, led to the discov
ery of the shortage In the school board's
books and the arrest of Mr. Olson en a
warrant elgned by F. L. Capen, a mem
ber of tbe board.
It Is now believed that the fall from
the building was a deliberate attempt to
commit suicide and fearing that he may
make another attempt he Is not left
alone for an Instant by the officers
guarding him at the Brunswick house.
Mr. Olson has been Interested in
many mining ventures for years and of
tate has devoted a great deal of his
tima to buying and selling stocks in
various questionable mining companies.
The siumr In these wildcat stocks dur
ing the past winter made discovery of
his shortage on the school books Inevi
table. An expert began going over the school
books today to find out the exact
amount that is missing.
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WILL BE TEIED FOE
AUTOMOBILE'S MUBDER
(CntUd rren Leaaed Wire.)
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14. Guy C.
jStratton, secretary of the Acme Shingle
company, will be charged today with
involuntary manslaughter in an infor
mation wnich will be filed by Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer In the
superior court today. The specific act
complained of .ill be the killing of
Henrietta jonnson, the B-vear-oid
daughter or Jacob Johnson of Ballard,
on January 26, who was run down by an
automoDiie driven Dy Mr. Btratton.
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Trumbull Decision Removes
Obstacle From Salem Jur
ist's Acceptance of United
States Attorneyship If He
Desires Place.
Says lie Is Not Candidate
and Office Has Not Been
Tendered Him To Make
No Statement UntilDele
gation or President Acts.
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JOLT FOR
Senator Clay of Georgia De
. nounces Financial Meas
ure as Vicious Effort to
Favor Eich and Powerful!
Persons. :-j
LITTLE GIRL BURNED
TO DEATH BY MATCH
(Colted Prras Letted Wire.)
Los Angeles, Feb. 14. An attempt to
imitate her big brother, whom she had
seen lighting matches on the sole of
bis shoe, has resulted In the death of
little RoBie Kandarlan, 4 years old.
When tha-match Ignited the flames
spread to the little girl's clothing and
in an instant her entire body was en
veloped, before the flames could be ex
tinguished by the mother. The child
was taken to the hospital, where she
died at a late hour last night.
KNIFE FOR INITIATIVE
Pacific Spates Telephone Company's Legal Attempt to
Evade Taxes and Overthrow Oregon's Popular Law
Will Be Heard February 28 Before Judge Cleland.
THE DAY WHEN HEARTS ARE TRUMPS
: The assault of the foes, of tha Initia
tive and referendum which .is tfl be
made in argument of the case of the
tate of Oregon against the raclflo
States Telephone & Telegraph company
and the Sunset Telephone company, will
fake place before Judge Cleland in the
circuit court on tha morning of Fb
ruary 28. . ,
This date was fixed this morning by
agreement of Attorney-General Craw
ford and local attorneys for the defend
ant corporations. . It : was ' announced
that the. heavy legal artillerists of the
telephone company will be called from I
San Francisco to take part In the effort
to overthrow the Initiative and refer
endum system, and the time" for the
hearing was postponed from February
19, the date first suggested, In order to
better suit the convenience of the tele
phone attorneys:
The issue in this case is the collection
of 19,500 In taxes due from the telephone
company In ,thls county under the fran
chise tax, and the proceedings will be
followed with interest by friends as
well as tho foes of the Oregon system of
legislation. The tax Is resisted on the
ground that the initiative and referen-
gum pian is in violation of the United
states constitution and on numerous
otner grounds.
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PLANJPARADE
Suffragettes Will Be Sub
dued by Police If They At
tempt Demonstration.
(t'nltea tres Letted Wi-e.)
New York, Feb. 14. Members of the
police force are preparing for all sorts
of trouble next Sunday, when the
suffragettes, according to their- an
nouncement, will march 25,000 strong
through the streets in spite of the law
prohibiting demonstrations of this kind
on tbe Sabbath.
Commissioner Binarham declares that
he will use every policeman in the city,
if necessary, to prevent the parade. The
women say tnev will gather at Union
Square and march northward.
ARRESTED FOR
SUNDAY BATHING
Canadian Violates Law by
Taking Plunge in Tub
, on Lord's Day.
(United Press Letted Wire.)
Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 14. As a re
sult of a Sunday-closing crusade start
ed by the Lord's Day Alliance under the
Lord's day aot, one man has been ar
rested in the act of taking a bath. Un
dertakers conducting funerals have
been taken !n custody, i and newspaper
men taking notes on sermons have not
escaped the keen eyes of the law.
More than 600 summonses have been
issued for alleged breaches of the law.
and police officers are busy serving
them.
HEARST Ell
RUN WITH BRYAN
Editor Reported to Be Seek
ing Alliance With Peer
less Democratic Leader.
(United Press Letted Wirt.)
New York, Feb. 14. According to a
report, William Randolph Hearst is
willing to be . nominated vice-president
on the Bryan, ticket if Mr. Bryan bas
no objection.
The story that Is being told here Is
to tha effect 'that Hearst will deliver to
Bryan, the full strength of the Inde
pendence league, wherever it exists. If
he will allow Hearst to be the tail end
of his kite. While Hearst denies the
rumor.' there are those who say that
such, a bargain is on the fire.
Judge Oeorge IL Burnett of Salem
bas not decided that he could not ac
cept the appointment as United States
attorney to succeed W. C. Bristol if
tendered to him by tha Oregon delega
tion or by the president. In fact be
says be has not been a candidate. In an
active sense, because ha had' recom
mended another applicant for the ap
pointment and would not make any
move to cut In under this man's efforts
as long as the. candidate bad bis name
up for consideration. .
While discussing the situation with
Congressman Hawley, ha bad mentioned
the presumably disqualifying clause in
his oath of office, the Judge said this
morning at Eugene, but further than
that had not made any decision because
he did not consider himself a candidate.
having made no move towards his ap
pointment and having recommended an
other man. Should the appointment be
tendered mm by the delegation or tne
president, said Judge Burnett, he would
then give the question of bis acceptance
respectful consideration and decide his
course as toi considered to be right and
inaccoraance with his duty.
Tha Trumbull Cas.
At the time of his discussion with
Congressman Hawley when he men
tioned the clause in his oath of office
which provides that. "I will not accept
any other office, except Judicial, dur
ing tne term lor which I have been
elected," Judge Burnett had not called
to mina tne decision or the united
States senate in regard to the contest
Illinois In 1866
Declares South and West
Discriminated Against in
Bill in Classification of
Bonds Used to Increase
Circulation. " 7" '
made upon Senator Lyman Trumbull of
BURNS SWORE TO KILL MV
M BETRAYING ABE RUEF
GREAT STRIKE IS PE
Shopmen, Conductors, Brakemen and Engineers of Den
ver & Rio Grande Take Exception to Abolition of
; Rules Unions Hold Meetings.' -
(United Preta Lasted Wlre.l f V .
Denver, Colo., Feb. 1. That ftU shop
men, -englnemen, conductors and brake
men on the Denver & Rio Grande rail
road mar go on a glgahtic strike that
win involve all of the Gould, lines,. Is
the belief f railroad ihen. .-
The gong for the strike was sounded
when the Denver & Rio Grande posted
"Effective March li,
regulations governing
the rules and
employing men
in . departments, mechanics, boiler-mak
ers and helpers and apprentices of the
Denver A Rio Grande railroad will be
abolished.' . .
- Meetings of union men will be held
all over the state to discuss the order.
Committees are to be appointed to dis
cuss the situation with the officers of
the road and to endeavor to' secuse new
contracts for the next year. In event
they cannot secure such contracts there
is likely to be a great walkout that will
a bulletion in all Us shops that on
March 14, the Company will revise Its
rules for emDlovlng men.. The notice
follows; : : . , , 1 precipitate strike of buge proptfrUons,J bourf t XlJimor gtceat n4 WblUUo
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(United Press Letted Wire.)
San Francisco, Feb. 14. Abraham
Ruef this morning sat In court and with
tears streaming down his face listened
to the affidavit of his aged father and
that Of his sister telling how he had
been led to plead guilty to the extor
tion charge and to appear before the
grand Jury relying entirely upon the
repeated assurances and promisee . of
Detective William J. Burns, Elisor
Biggy and Rabbis Kaplan and Nieto to
the effect that if he did as the prose
cution desired he would be given full
and complete immunity.
The affidavit of the two relatives
of Rucf described at -length how they
wero suffering from a serious ailment
at the time of his trial before Judge
Dunne On the charge of extorting money
from the French restaurant keepers and
now tney nan urged mm to save the
lives of his family by pleading guilty
and relying upon the promises 'of the
prosecution ana ending tne suspense
Upon the conclusion of the reading
or ine aiiiaavita . Attorney Acn an
nounced that he would attempt to se
cure affidavits from Assistant District
Attorney Heney and Judges Dunne and
Law lor. - - '
.The affidavit of Ruef. which was Mad
prior to those of bis father and sister,
all of Which were presented in support
of the claim that Ruef had never been
legally -arraigned is in port as fol
lows; "
- ner Affidavit." ; '
"The affiant deposes and says that
he was first taken into custody upon
the first day of March, 1907, by Wil
liam J. Biggy, an elisor appointed by
the Judge o department six and that
he was kept in close confinement at
the little St. Francis hotel, surrounded
by guards appointed - by William J.
Purns. an agent of Francis -J. Heney,
a special prosecutor in these cases. He
was afterwards taken to a houaa. at
Fillmore and Greenwich streets ty the
elisor ana later taken to a private
avenud. where he remained until sent
to the county Jail.
"During all of (he time from March
8 until the affiant was taken before
the grand Jury the said Burns had ao
cess to the affiant at all hours of the
day and night and that the said Bums
repeatedly urged the affiant to tell all
he knew of certain transactions and that
these actions upon the part of Burns
were known to the members of the dis
trict attorney's office. Bums contin
uously and repeatedly urged the defend
ant to tell all he knew of these transac
tions and declared to him that he would
be granted full immunity in return for
this testimony. This the affiant re
fused to do.
Had Jewish Clergymen Aid.
The prosecution then had a Jewish
clergyman. Rabbi Nieto, call upon him
and urge that he tell what be knew
about said matter. Upon the affiant's
repeated refusal to do so the "prosecu
tion approached another Jewish clergy
man, Rabbi Bernard Kaplan, who called
upon the affiant and" urged him to ac
cede to the wishes of the prosecution
for the benefit of his city, and stated
io tne said ainant mat ne would be
given full Immunity should he do so.
Affiant further asserts that Rabbis
Nieto and Kaplan and Detective Bums
called upon the mother and sister of
the affiant to secure their aid in the
effort to have the affiant tell what he
knew of the said transactions, promising
that he would be given full immunity.
The affiant. Ruef. in reDlv to these re
peated urgtngs declared that if he
should tell all that be knew it
might not satisfy the prosecution and
that they then might repudiate their
agreement wtth him. .
"The said Burns declared that no such
3 nest Ion would be - raised And that the
lstrict attorney's' office' had assured
him of that fact The affiant then
stated that the Judges of the superior
court might not . be willing to carry
out the plan, or that the prosecution
when the time arrived, might also re
fuse to do so. "'
'The said '- Burns declared tnat no
such state of broceedlnra would ever
axis sua - thai Jus -BurnaV would Kill i
anyone who would refuse to -ewy out
the contract. The aforesaid mentioned
elisor,. W. J. Biggy, also personally as
sured and guaranteed the affiant that
the Immunity contract would be car
ried out and also swore that he would
kill anybody who refused to do so.
"The father and mother of the affiant
relied upon . the repeated assurances
and promises of tho ' prosecution and
time and again called upon' him and
urged him to accede to the wishes of
the prosecution and rely upon their
promises of Immunity.
"The affiant was assured bv District
Attorney Iangdon, Assistant District
Attorney Heney and 'William J. Burns
that should he pleau guilty to the ex
tortion charge against him he would in
the future be allowed to withdraw his
plea of guilty and enter one of not
guilty, whioh in turn would be dis
missed and that all further indictments
returned against him by the grand Jury
would also be dismissed. They assured
htm that they would be able to have
the presiding uige set tne case or an
indictments returnee against him be
fore the Judge of departments t and 11
of the superior court and that these
juages wouia dismiss "the maictments.
Oet Judges' Consent.
"It was later agfreed upon that Rab
bis Kaplan ana Nieto, Detective Wil
liam J. Burns. Assistant District At
toraer Francis J. Heney. and District
Attorney Langdon should call upon the
judges or departments s ana 11 and se
cure their : consent to the immunity
agreement, ine ainant, nowever, re
fused to plead fc-ullty. asserting his In
nocence or tne cnarge wnicn ne now
again reasserts. He was then .told bv
the said Heney that It was absolutely
necessary for htm to doso, and that
should be falll to do so his code
fendant, Schmits. bad agreed to testify
against him. and that he alone would
be held to blame. . . , ,.. ;-
The affiant was then assured bv the
Rabbis Kaplan and Nieto that judge
Dunne of department and judge Law.
ler of ' department 11 had agreed to
carry out the plans of the prosecution.
. jCCoatlz4 a fu Jbxesa
The Lyman Trumbull case Is inter
esting in this connection since it has
set a precedent in the situation and
furnishes authority Jn the opinion of
many attorneys for Judge Burnett to
accept the office of district attorney If
he should so desire. Mr. Trumbull was
a member of the supreme bench of
Illinois and was elected to the United
States senate by the legislature of that
state a short time after ha had resigned
nis position on tne Dencn.
It is provided In the constitution of
the state that no member of the su
preme court can receive or hold any of
fice of public trust or private profit
In the United States during his term of
office or within one year after Its ex
piration. When Judge Trumbull was elected to
the senate certain of his political op
ponents filed a protest In the senate
against his being seated on the grounds
that his election had been held in vio
lation of that section of the state con
stlutlon which by' Its provisions made
the vote electing him null and void.
The protest was referred to the' Ju
diciary committee of the senate which
sent It back for the action of the whole
senate. i
Clears Way for JLooeptaaes. -
After full discussion by tbe leading
lawyers of the senate. Judge Trumbull
was seated with but eight opposing
votes, it being held that a state could
not -by lt constitution superadd any
qualifications of a United States sena
tor to those reaulred by the constitu
tion of the United States. This decision
has since been made the precedent In a
number of canes where similar objec
tions have been raised to the candidacy
or election of a man for federal office
where the same conditions prevailed.
It la believed by many lawyers that
this action of the senate clears up the
situation so far as Judge'Burnett's be
ing barred by his oath is concerned. It
being the consensus of opinion that the
provisions of the oath apply . to . state
offices, but can not be made, to apply
(Continued on Page Ten.)-
(United Praas Leaaed Wlre.7
Washington, Feb. 14. Another
attack on Senator Aldrtch'f financial
bill was made In the senate this
morning, when Senator Clay , of
Georgia denounced It la a JO-mlnute
speech as a vicious measure framed
to "favor the rich and powerful and
to enable them to control the Issue
of money against the Interests of the
people." 'v;AV;".;i-" ", :
Senator Clay declared that Sena
tor Bailer's Idea of Issuing $500,
000,000 In treasury notes-was a
much more effectual remedy, and
criticised congress for allowing a
surplus of $300,000,000 to accumu
late in the United States treasury.
He approved of Secretary Cortelyou's
action in placing part of the money
in national banks, as he said It, was
better oS there than In the treasury.
The senator , declared that the south
and west are discriminated against
In the bill in the classification of
bonds which are to be used as a
basis for an increased circulation.
Wisconsin SOL D
FOB I J. BRYAN
Democratic Convention In
structs Its Delegates to
Vote for Commoner.
(United Prtas Leased Wire.) 1
Milwaukee," WIS.. Feb. 14 The Wis
consin Democratic convention today
adopted resolutions indorsing William
Jennings Bryan for the presidential
nomination and instructing the Wiscon
sin delegation to the Democratic na
tional convention to vote for him "first,
last and all the time." . ,
BUSINESS MEX - NEAeI S.
END OF THEIB TKIP
(United Preae teased Wire.) , 1 -1,0s
Angeles, Feb. 14. -If the weather
man keeps his promise, the visiting
business men from Spokane and Walla
Walla, who are expected to reach this
city late this afternoon, will be treated
to a solid week of Ideal southern Cali
fornia climate. 1 V - .
Festivities will start this evening, -with
& bit nubile reception 'for the
visitors at the Chamber of Commerce.
The northerners have been entertained
along the way by commercial organiza
tions of Portland. Sacramento, Hnn
Francisco and Del Monte. This morn
ing they are seeing Santa Barbara.
WONDERFUL BOAT W W
Lakes Submarine Will Break All Surface Eccords, Sev
enty Hours-Under Water and Boll on Wheels
at the Ocean's Bottom.
(trailed Press teased Wire.)
New Tork, Feb It. "If Lake's "latest
undertaking is successful, and there is
very reason to. believe It will be," said
an American, nval jpf floor today,' "the
United States will soon own a submar
ine warship that will break speed rec
ords on the surface of tha water, that
can steam 70 consecutive hours beneath
the surface and tf necesnary, can run ,
OB wheels on the bottom of the ocean."
3.'hat is a brief desert of isej
wonderful 8 00-ton submarine rrulvr
that Simon Lake, n early tivvnfr ."
submarine torpedo craft has urii.'ru'"--i
to build for the 'American tmvy. j i
new . submarine cruiser will
twice as large a the blrgft sut.in.ni
now owned or bplng tmlit fir t".- m
It will be 11 feet long and ri
place in tons nearly vn tlm. .
of any submarines now in rm
The vessel will probably H"
mt!n in May, 19HK an t it i 5 1 '
it wlil have a. siiT-fiue
of ovt-r Sj-UUt) luUiM,