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y IIIE 'OREGON SUNPAY MOURNAU'' PORTLAND, ! SUNDAY MORNING,' MARCH " 15, 1908. ' , i BRANDS RUEF. . ' '.'.: .,J ,. ".- .','' , 4- i " ; -,. V , - f. CRIMINAL OF CENTURY HEATED PROTEST . 4 "t'.V DUNNE . ERS ROUSES t - - - ' 'l K '-V - 1 - - "v . " ''Superior. Judge ofjCaliforaia Itighfeoiisly Indignant at : y uoiu Atutuae oi umrt-rrotectea Mrancr yis- , , r misses Extortion Case,- i . , v ... i. (Hearst Ktva by Loosest Leased Wirt.) 'J Ban Franolsco, Maroh i. Aba Ruaf -, pasaoa mrouf a one or lbs moat intenss oourt experiences before Judge Frank Dunne today atnca tha mornlnr ha : arosa In tha Tampla Bharlth Israel and cried while pleadlnr auilty to tha In dlctmenf charring him with being an 'extortioner. ' Dismay followed Kuefs elation over hearing four of the five extortion Indictments dismissed against '.. rum whan Judge. Dunne, after a earring iam from Francis J. Honey, command . ed him to. a Hue and .be sentenced on the oharge to which ha hud pleaded guiuy. - . ,u i. "Abraham Ruef, atand up." com'mand d .TudsB Dunne. Kuef .became wblte and there were disquieting glance In bin black eyea. He waa .chewing gum, and hla Jawe iwicned nervously. uuer xopi to riia eest. Finally Murphy arose and nudged mm, ituer inn eiooa up anu Murpny began te hurl out objections to the ruling, which precipitated on Inter change of the most brlatltng talk heard I rrom me oencn since 1110 grail prosecu tion began. Pnnne Scores babble. Answering the reference made by Afurpny to what Rabbi Jacob Nleto -and. Rabbi Bernard Kaplan had said about tha midnight meeting at which Kuot a Immunity was dlacussed. Judge , Dunne declared that any persons mak ing these statements were uttering de liberate untruths to assist the greatest criminal that bad ever' appeared before ' the bar of hla court. Judge Dunne followed up this Indirect attack on the veracity of the two rabbis by saying that If It were In his iower he would recommend the grand jury to investi gate the persons who hud made trie statements, ije ended by declaring mat Ruef would have been sentenced .to 'oleom for the maximum term pro vided by In w tf the supreme court had not come to hla aaslstance. Heney Interspersed this utterance . from the bench by declaring that the fieople had not been given an opnortun ty to argue the matter which the su . preme court had ruled upon In fnvor of .Ruef and Schtnlta. He added that the supreme court ' might yet discover mat 4WW, 11 1 . WIVIUUrt stOD right there.' said Judge Dunna. "I want to aay that a parson or persona making any such eUtementa that they have stated wilful and vicious falsa hood and a deliberate untruth mad lor no other reason than to Interfere wiib the administration of justice and to us elst the greatest criminal that baa ever appeared before tha bar of this court to escape hla Just deserts. And I want to aay that If I had the power I would order this whole matter submitted to tha grand Juu- to tha end that Indict ments be returned. I would make such in order here an now If I had that Ddwer. but that Dower rests with the 1'er, but that pi llftrict attorney r eourt." and not started to with this Interrupt, but 1t had committed an error and that It would not bo the first time that this had happened. . A motion to arrest Judgment that was muds by Murphy was gi anted by .ludtfe . Dunne, who" then left the bench tb ; ruptly while Ruef a counsel was trying s to follow this up with other formal ap plications. This action wns followed by disorder In court that had to be suppressed by a bailiff. The onlookers betran laughing. Ruef and Murohv aoneari-d nonplussed. They finally left court when they saw Heney and Rudolph Spreckles enter Judge Dunne's chumbers and remain in conference with him. Exciting- Morning. The exciting morning began in court when Ruef uppenred with Murphy to .have all the extortion charges against him dismissed. Ruef found Heney and . Bpreckels .present to represent tho i prosecution. Murphy began reading , from the affidavit. When he came to the part which referred to the allega tions set fortk by Rabbis Nleto and Kaplnn Judpe Dunne interrupted him. MnFnhv .Tui1a fmnna waved hint to his seat. "Th.n ! ahanlntelv no merit to your motion that tha defendant be allowed to Withdraw hla plea. 11 is uen.cu Aunnaia auim v Whim Hur rinallv arose In indecision Judga Dunne Inquired If he did not en ter a plea of ullty and If he had any I am run to show why Judgment should not be pronounced on him. Necks were craned throughout the courtroom and ali eyea were fixed on Ruef. Murphy engaged Kuer in wnis- nered conference. Then he addressed the court. . . i . jgurpny odj-cis. "W first take exception to the order denvln the Dlea to De witnarawn, saia Mnmhv. "And we now move that judg menl in hla case upon the ground that tha Indictment in mis' case aoes not rtate a public offense." "I think I understand your position Mr. MurD!.' said Judge Dunne, "Let us hear from liva aiairict attorney. I did not coma here prepHred to ar gue any aucn questions, oegun ueney. "because, it aeema to me lr me indict ment Is not void It Is sufficient to sus tain the tentence of this court on the plea of guilty. 'Tha only chance the peonle have for having Ruef punished under . this plea of guilty is lor your nonor to sentence him. The defendant has the right of appeal, and he may appeal by habeas corpus." "Tho defendant would be sentenced to the Folsom penitentiary for the maxi mum term provided by law If the su- Fireme court had not come to hia re lef on Monday. At this time I aee no other alternative than to grant the mo tion," declared Judge Dunna. "I want to aay here both as a cltlxen and a Judicial officer that in my opin ion it is a matter much to bo regretted hat the appellate court did not reach a concluaion which would bring as much comfort- and encouragement to the forces of good as the conclusion which tlvey did reach will bring to the forces of evil through the state. Tho motion in nrrest of Judgment Will be granted." The granting of the motion restored Ruef to equilibrium, the ruling of tho court effectually disposing of the extor lon charge. Murphy tried to follow up this advantage by getting Heney to consent to having Kuet oDtain release bv offering ball on all but one each of the different seta of indictments returned against him. Intend to deal in fu ture with opposing counsel at arm'a length," said Heney. "All applications for ball or any other matter will have to be made formally In court." ,"Wa are quite willing to deal with the prosecution a arms length," said Murphy. Oregon Conference of Char- lities Files Vigorous Ob jection to Officer.5 , Declaring that tha superintendent of tha new institution for tha feeble-minded should be a- trained educator . or physician, with actual experience In uch work, tha Oregon Conference of Charities and Correction has addressed two spirited letters to the atate board of control protesting against tha ap pointment of 11. Bickers, who waa re cently named for the place. In the protest filed with tha board Of control It Is nolntnd nut that train. lng and experience of a specialised type are demanded for thla nlua ami tlal while Mr. Kickers may be a roan of excellent character, his experience does not qualify him for this post. i iic uuura in .control met in special session and considered the protest and unanimously voted not to recede from Its action In naming Mr. Bickers for tne place. The conference of Charities and Correction came back with a second letter of nroteat to tha board of con trol, reiterating tnerr objections to the appointment and again calling attention h tneir oener mat a specially trained man ahould be appointed to the post. The board of control takes tha posi tion that a man of executive ability la needed rather than a phwalclan or trained educator, and that Mr. Bickers proved hla efficiency as a public offi cer when superintendent of the state reform aohool. r J 'V N 1 . -i VETFRIfiARIANS PLAN 10 REORGANIZE James N.Davis REPUBLICAN "CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, , My name will appear upon the Re publican primary election ballot for the 'nomination' to the important office of district attorney for Multnomah coun ty. To obtain this nomination Is equiv alent to election. If nominated and elected I shall give all my attention to the dutle of the office. Clva to tha DUbllc the best possible service, and a proper adminis tration or puoiio a miu re. JAMES N. DAVIS. ARMOUR'S EYE (Continued from Page One.) Practitioners at Session Yes terday Arrange to Hold Meeting in June. BEATEN UNTIL HE WAS BLUE THEN MADE TO BELIEVE BLACK IS WHITE Knocked down nnd robbed of $34 .' within seAoral blocks of tlie police sta !tlon, about 10:30 o'clock Inst night, John Kerus reported the affair at the police ''headquarters and received (he satisfac tion of being told that he was drnnk and had not been robbed. Kerus was ac companied to tho Htatlon by. Charles Anderson, who also bore the marks of the rohbe s fists, although he said that " he had lost no .money In the encounter. Kerus stated that he was pounced upon at Second and Ankeny streets by three men who knocked him to the ground and beat him -about tho head, after which they extracted his pocket book containing 134 In coin. Anderson, who Is an old friend of the robbed man. came up and he, too, was knocked dowfl and oeaten. . Both men Were badly bruised, and re paired to the police station where 4hcy told their story. They were told they wore drunk and after putting up with the abuse of tbn police officials In the guise of questioning to determine the facts, left the station 'In the belief that they were the real criminals. The question of organizing a society of veterinary surgeons', and for which purpose a meeting is to be held In Portland In June, was discussed by vet erinarians from all parts of the state who met at the Oregon hotel yesterday and appeared before the state veter inary noara ror tne purpose of renew lng . their licenses for the next four years. Members of the board who were pres ent at the mating were: Dr. C. J. Kor nlsh of Salem, president; Dr. W. H. Lytle of Pendleton, seeretarv. ni rr LA. Reld of Portland, who is a candidate ior state rood and dairy Inspector One pew license to practice In Ore gon was granted Dr. ,H. T. Thompson of Corvallis, who recently came from Iowa. All the others who appeared be fore the board yesterday had their licenses, granted them four veara atro. renewed for another term of the same period. Those who appeared before the board yesteroa aa veter: as foil land: Dr. H. Num. McMlnnvili. rr E. J. Young, Balebi; Dr. W. Long, Sa lem; Dr. D. D. Keller, Salem; Dr. J. J. Smith. Albany; Dr. W. M. McLean, former state veterinarian; Dr. J. Chrls tlo, Eugene; Dr. A. Reld. Portland; Dr. James Whltvcombe. Corvallis! rr h T. Carney, Portland: Dr. W. H. Oallet,' Woodburn, and Dr. C Morgan, of Hepp-ner. Other veterinary surgeons through- no who sppeareo oerore tne Doard day and were licensed to practice :erinary surgeons In Oregon were Iowb: Dr. J. M. Craner. of Port- do not believe It will make a great deal of difference with Swift or Armour, and I think they will carry out their plans as contemplated. "It does not seem to me, however, that the Schwartxschlld A Sulxburger people, which firm is not to be com pared with either of the others, should be favored by the city nor given any encouragement to ouild witliln tne city limits. There has been "talk for some time that Armour was planning to build in Portland, but the report has never been confirmed until the arrival of Mr. Bob bins. Mr. Bobbins was formerly at the head of the refrluerator car service for Armour & Co. When the line pass.'d Into other hands, Mr. Robblns was pro moted and since then he has been one of the principal executives with the company and looks after the big deala for the packers. I understand that Armour St Co. can get enough land to build upon and the site in question Is on the penin sula," Mr. Robblns said regarding the Chicago packers coming here. "If tny company decides to erect a packing giant at this poind which Is near tho wlft yards, the two concerns will be close together as our houses are in other places. "I went over tne ground myseir to day. 1 .While I can't say that my visit Armour is to build here. I will say to Portland in to doclde definitely that VVESTBROOK WANTS corn PAN YIN CAMPAIGN Troposes to Other District Attorney Candidates All Race Together. Henry S. "VVes.tbrook, candidate for trra Republican nomination for district attorney, wants to travel in company with his opponents so that the voters can get a composite picture of the wholo bunch. In order to accomplish this project Mr. Westbrook has sent the following letter to each of ila oppo nents for the nomination: "To Ous C. Moser, Roger B. Slnnott, . Oeprge C. Cameron, J. N. Davis, can didates for district attorney Gentle men: xne perpetuity oi tne aireci pri mary law depends upon the ability of the people to juagweu or tne quauii - cations 'and character of those who aspire to public favor. '"This exercise of ability depends upon their opportunity to Judge: and, the people, to select the best man for the Tight place, should be afforded the full , est and freest opportunity for investl c gallon of our niei Hs and worth. "I believe a Joint campaign of the candidates for the office of district at torney of the fourth Judicial district would give the voters this opportunity, and, at the same time, would enable us to place before the public the principles In which we believe, and for which we would stand. "Being a candidate for this important office, I therefore suggest that we maku a Joint campaign of this district, and I Invite you to arrange with me an Itinerary of this county. Trusting this proposal may meet with your approval, I am, yours very respectfully, "HENRY 8. WESTBROOK." REUTERDAIIJS REASONS (Continued from Page One.) SeTenty-fieTcn for Colds and Most all sickness is brought on bv takinc Cold, most all Colds are caused by a check in tne circulation, inaucea uy su iting in a draft, remaining too long in a cold room, or stand ing on a cold and otten wet tarement. . ' '(- Humphreys' "Seventy - seven" restores the checked circula n tkn Starts the blood coursing rVti nrR 4hk vaiC arA e f -vro y-e Breaks up. the. Cold mr Crip. . rr Hobwo. 'M'eftMna Cti,, Cor. WI1- vyooa Biraecs, ,ew ler. ,v , ; better able to gay what I shall do, but you may rest assured the fight whicl 'i"" vvu started to maKe our battle ships as good as the men who man them will not be dropped." Mr. Reuterdahl rrurried to catch the California limited at the Santa Ke sta tion, which will land him In Chicago Tuesday boon. lie win nmhui.u New York on the 18-hour train Wednes day morning. mo story or the motive which led air. tieuteraam to- turn newspaper man for the benefit of the readers of the Oregon Journal and the Examiner goes far toward characterizing the mental attitude ef the man. When the Culgoa, one of the two sup ply ships which accompanied the fleet around the Horn, and which carried tha marine artist as a passenger from Cal lao, was warped up to the end of tho long dock In San Diego bay Friday mornlnir. Mr. Reuterdnhl at first re clined to be Interviewed. An hour later after the naval critic had had time to Lponder over the proposition, he himself rvoiunteerea tne statement thrft he was reauy to do more than Just talk. In the little wardroom of the Culgoa, the erstwhile reticent artist became suuueniy the enthusiast over the pos sibilities of a "story." "It's not be cause 1 need the money; It's not because I need the advertising; It's not because I like it but it Is because I know the Hearst news service has a great circu lation and because I want to do all I can to help the navy. It must be un derstood, however." he continued ear nestly, "that everything shall be ship shape. If I am going to give you this story it. must be my own, and not what anybody else thinks It ought to be." Assured that he could have free rein, Mr. Reuterdahl consented to accompany the Interviewer from San Diego to Los Angeles on the afternoon train and on bis arrival here was taken immediately to the Examiner office. A desk and a drawing board were pro vided for him in the " rt rnnm" anrl with h.is coat off and his sleeves rolled up tne nrsi portrayer or marine archi tecture In the country started to work On Wash Hrnwlnt. nf AAii t. ...... flagship with all the speed of a trained tiewr.ujjiTi artist. With thtB work, which took exactly two hours, out of the wav JUr nntr. dnhl next addressed, himself to the task of preparing his own story of the cruise and the statement defining his position in the controversy he started.' ' Before ha had. finished the letter it was two houra past -mldnis-ht and ha zia. elded to stav through the rest jor- the right until the finished newspaper cam out the state who did not appear before me voa.Ta yesterday will be granted licenses from time to time. An organization for the, advancement and benefit of members of the profes sion was forced some time ago, but the Idea has almost fallen through. Owing to thH fact the veterinarians are to meet In Portland In June, with a vlaw of reorganizing and taking action which will result in a permanent formation ot tne veterinary surgeons or the state. PATIWN'u WIVES : ORGANIZE SOCIETY Gittings Case Moves Women to Form Mutual Bene fit Order. that the prxiplHltlon has been under con sideration Borne time. Keoog-nlae local Ad-raaUr. "Just when the question is to be settled I cannot say. But Portland cer tainly has Its pucklng house advan tages and Armour & Co. are well aware of the facts." It la understood that Armour's plant is to be fui ' as large as the Swift packing house, and that they will en gage In the poultry packing business Lne same as tne other people. While Armour owns no land On the peninsula, it Is said that the tract they have in lew is part of that which was purchased by swift some time tgo, and that for months arrangements have been under way which will eventually bring aoout tne transfer or several hundred acres to Armour upon which their stockyards aud slaughter housea are to be built. Louis Swilt. president of Swift & Co., who was In Portland several weeks ago, and remain.-d a week, and during wnicn time ne purchased additional land for a townsite property to be known as Swlftvllle, Is to hold a conference with Ogden Armour, head of Armour A Co. In Chicago In the near future, when It Is expected that the Portland situa tion will be formally settled. HARD FJGHT ON TAXES (Continued from Page One.) Twenty-five women, all wives of po lice officers, met at the home of Patrol man Burke last Wednesday and took preliminary steps toward" the organiza tion of. what Is to be known as the Officers' Wives Benefit and Social Aid society. Temporary organization was effected oy tne election of Mrs. Ffank l'utton president, Mrs. T. J. Casey secretary uu uirs, crotners treasurer. A com mittee was appointed to draft a consti tution and bV-laWH. with Inatrnrllnni tO reDOrt bank riBYt Prl.lo.r Trunin. at which time the members will hold a "'nr at jine Home of Mrs. Patton and make the organization permanent. The Autre scope of the new socloty has not as yet. been determined, but Its object Is, primarily, to lend per sonal and material aid and comfort to any of Its members who may meet with misfortune in any way. iin lurmution or the society found its Inception In the case of the wife and ni yvf Patrolman Glttings, who was Killed by a man named Bradley about I?lonth2 g0: The dwith of Gittlngs i. Jv,fo and several small children wholly destitute, and but for the acts v... iuum craniawy inclined they would have suffered great privation. The if Ul 1 """man auitter, who Is nrf.be,n he'd -Prisoner at the county Jail awalfing triaf on a charge of raur- , '""ro recent case of the kind i?.118 "members 0f the new so- a 7"" t interest themselves. in tia .?e or Denpfit feature has ed to be assessed, levied or collected upon said pretended property against It, but pays the same under compulsion and because It Is threatened to tnatltut proceedings against said company and to attempt to sell Its property and to stop and Interrupt and to Interfere with its business and property In case said pretended tax Is not nald! and nM company herewith protests against said pretended tax ami the payment thereof "Said company so pays said pretended tax tinder protest, claiming and reserv ing tne rignt to recover the same. Said company asserts and claims that aald pretended assessment of said nrtenrlvl property and said tax attempted to be levied and collected thereon is illegal. mijuai nun vuiu ana contrary to the laws and constitution of Oregon and tha Luiioutuiiuii um UJllieil Dtatefl. The department of labor at Washing ton is having printed a report covering 25 years, showing that there were 86 -767 strikes and 1.S48 lockouts in the cniiea oiaies irom ism to 1105 Inclu sive, a total of 38.803 labor disturb ances, involving ii9,to esiaoiishmentfl. .... ;; JLofC tho big presses.- h.. jbi . in.iii irtiiur iuZ Z-Z . 7? ein wiunn tne scope 2!;1 or?nizatin. but this has as yet not hAn Hatamln.J J U U .a wvcmujih;u upun, FIFTY INDIANS SEEK J TROY TODD'S BODY p'',1 Dispatch to Th. Joornil.) TTma?n etOIV .6r- ch 14. Fifty TTmnHna JnJla" "earching the TrSn" whr,V.er ,0r the b0,y of Trov Toda, who is supposed to have been drowned In the Umatilla river thl" bonflToS .T0l!w Todd was r $800 bonds on a charge of horse stealing rmTrVf ?& Tdd' "onSS Eliza Todd a cousin, was drowned yearBsyagCmUi race ln th, city' sven WANTS MONUMENT ON CANADIAN TERRITORY r i - ..,. fi7""1 Leaaed Wire.) Washington. r. a.. iunr-.h li'.m -entatlve Ivter Porter of Kew York M laboring; wkh the war department to obtain Us approval -to bl scheme to have,, montimeot built at Fort Erie opposite Niagara fail. tha rid of the river, in. honor of the " sol" i'fl'JT??. outfit in, tha. , battls at tha c4merican Restaurant OOKI7XB THX&O AH9 COUCTK tfTU. OPEK BAY AJTD KIOXT. Dinner from 11 a. m. to 8 p. m. Chicken soup with rice free with meals. , Lobster salad, Mayonnaise dress- lng ....204 Fried Kazor Clams i. ...IK? Fried Smelt iK Fried Halibut ijES Fried CatfiHh ZOC Fried Salmon 20i Fried Tenderloin of Sole, Tartar - Sauce , orA Half Cracked Crab ..2ftl Steamed Little Neck Clams...... 2o Clam ' Bouillon, with Toast...,. '.lk Chicken Pot Pie .30 Fried Calves' Brains, drawn butter 25 Pork Tenderloin, Parislenne 25 Chicken Croquettes, green Peas . 20 Fried Sweet Breads, Ducel Sauce.. 35j Pork Spare Ribs and Sauerkraut. .25 Vertl Sausage, with Rice 20 Picked Lamb's Tongue, Potato Sal- ad 20 Stuffed Breast of Veal.. 85 Short Ribs of Beef, Brown Pota toes 9n Stewed Codfish in Cream llKi Corn Beef Hash and Poached Egg 15 a) xieei oiew ana vegetaoies 15e Pork and Beans. ..15 Half Spring. Chicken on Toast. . .Sol Prime Rib Roast .55 Roast Chicken and Dressing SoS Roast Turkey and Cranberrv Rauca fi Sk Roast Veal and Dressing 20rf RoaBt Pork and Dressing 20 rviwiot uaiuu anu jcuy 207 Roast Beef and Brown Gravy. .... .15, Sliced Tomatoes, 15; Celery, ioS Lettuce, 10 ; Spinach, 5; Sauer kraut ...5 Coffee,, bread and butter and potatoes 1 1 with all meals. - If 11 mi FOR MEN We are showing MORE styles and BETTER styles than ever at this low price. Don't let the modest price deter you as you will find the IDENTICAL fabrics and patterns in up-town stores at $15 and $20 WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO 3d and Oak 1st and Yamhill iii aii ffa mi Portland's Most Modern Trading Place Newest and best selected furniture stocks in Portlaic We buy in quantities save in freight. Western wholesale prices on high-grade eastern furniture. We guarantee to sell you better furniture for less money than other stores can do. Let us prove it. ' Open a charge account. Your word is as good as your money. East Boryslde All Around tbe Corner Union Avenne THE NEW lite TOT 1 ' S- ' STO1E;- GEVURTZ BROS. Mrs. Wra. Hemp, 256 Russell street, is the fortunate winner: : of the beautiful $50.00 Bedroom 'Suit, We thank the people of the East Side for the interest they have shown in our contest and promise more for the future, ,.v r'.T'S'-i '-i: V - Dissrxa: rftoai u X. ix. so , h.