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) Samuel V, Davidor Reported by Chief oil
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I Davidor Said to Haive Shady Record.
; St Johns Warned in Franchise Matter
Nearly all the officers of the Washington Home Telephone
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company nave resigned, is cnargea inai oarauei v. iaviaor,
orranizer and promoter of the corporation, has sold the entire bond
((issue of 5500,000 to J. A. Bloch, one of his associates in tUe con-
cern, for 45 cents on the dollar, ana that fie nas ret used tne secreury
rrr tn th romnanv honks. .
The president, judge W. W. McCredie, resigned.'yesterdajr
'Jon learning some of the details of the affair. The treasurer, H. C
AFhillips, president of the Vancouver bank, followed Judge Mc
Credie's example. The secretary is Captain A. T. "Meagher, "with
r - r f t t . i j : i . .. i: .m j! . .. tt. : j
i unites , in mc xuinanu
to a Tournal rtborter r
decided upon my. course of action, i, I "have been refused access !to
the company.': books, and there are some transactions that , must
be squared and some investors who must be protected,' ' I shall go
to Vancouver again toda and make another demand for the books
of the company." Tf this ft refused I Will then jjdetermine upon
further action. I am informed that Judge McCredie -has resigned
las president of the company, and that .treasurer rhillips has also
jresigned. - ' "
' "Therft have been transactions that I did not indorse or consent
to. and mv. wishes have been imored. The secretary is suooosed
k k. an nffiiol whn Vi3 rhl rrrA nf th MmMtiir, ru-kIra flnn ntura
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but I have not. been oermitted to. have this comoanvs' books and
papers. , I did. not like some stones I heard about Mr. Davidor,
nd I wrote to Jhe chief of police of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where
)avidor came from to Portland." -The. reply of the Milwaukee chief
f police convinced me that, something was wrong. Davidor has
Ya police record at Milwaukee." , , ;
i i The letter receiyed; by Mr. w Meagher, from Chief- Janssen of
Ambassador
?l to Germany
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he Milwaukee police force was as follow! :
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Milwaukee, Wis.. March 14, 10S. H.
MMKher. SOT Chamber ef Commerce.
nrtland. Orecon. Dear Blr: -- Replying:
J yours of the 9th Instant, beg to eay
nen J. wroio vniei unumicmr ocf
mber 25. 1907. about Samuel V. Da
vidor. I. CZDected him ta una th tntnr.
matlon to warn Dod1 ajr&lnat th man.
The letter waa not Intended to be con
fidential; The chief la at liberty to
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FOREIGNERS
Powers Warn Ilajtians That
They Cannot Arrest Refu
gees Without Fighting
Battle Marines Beady to
Subdue Blacks.
President Alexis Executes
Men Suspected of Plotting
Without Giving Them a
TrialGerman Financier
Demands Justice.
Thl la l itctan ; of Dr.' David
Jyne HlJl the noted 1 American dip-
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toiGermbwjr, -and, who was aald' to be
(United Proa UiMd Wire.)
Port Au Prince, April 2. Armed
guard now fill the French legation
here, and the Haytlan .government
will remove no refugee frow under
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ine r rencu nag wiinouc a ngnc ..
This. nptlce was conveyed - to
President Alexis - today by a- mes
senger from M. Carteron, the French
consul. The guard Is supposed to
HERE IS THE PRINCE THAT
MADAME ANNA GOULD LOVES
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perona-non-grtA' to his Imperial have been landed under cover of
majestr, . Wllbelm ; of Germany. Dr,
Hill has finally been accepted by the
emperor.
YANKEE GUUS
TilAKIHG RECORD
darkness from the French cruiser
d'EctresB, which recently departed
for St. Thomas' with a number of I
refugees but which Is now headed
for this port again at top speed.
There waa a renewed rush of refuseea
to the French legation today, and infor
mation which M. Carteron considers
convincing, was furnished that a num
ber of auspected anti-government plot
ters wero shot . yesterday without thai
formality of a court-martial.
Word haa reached both M. Carteron at
the French legation and Minister Fur-
111 GOLD
LOOKS LIKE
GOLD
Alaska Mining ' Men State
Thomas W. -Iawsoh's
"Fair Finance" and gale
of Guggenheim Stock Only
Sand in Public's Eyes.
Yukon Creeks Frozen ; So
'They Cannot Be Worked.
. People Soaked for Money
Trust Lost Trying to Ex
tract Pay Dirt.
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WonenUl JJlSplay 01 MarKS-lnis. at the American legation that the
mahship Ify Sailors at
Magdalena Bay.
(United FrtM teaftd Wire.)
ignorant and radical blacks are being
incited to attack the whites by General I
coicou.
Minister Furnlas today stated that
he did not believe such an attack would
be made, but advised all Americans to
keep off the streets, except in cases
Prince Helie de'Sagan. the French nobleman, who, popular .. re
ports say, is to. marry sladame Anna Gould,' and who is - now in this
When Abroad" juhiHSueST mlrXn.T onth! countrJr' dcclres tbto.mapdiof.ta one of the best pictures of, him
in l over uucu.
Los Angeles. Cal. ' April
ttim r.nif nt th" iiri nrantlca at cruiser Des Moines are belnar held
I readiness for aulck action in cases of
Magdalena are worked out, they will
an emergency. Marines on the German
show better, shooting than our navylcrui,er firemen are also being held un
has ever done before, and better, it is I uer arms,
our Councilmen Subpoenaed Before Mayor Lane's Spe-
. cial Committee" to Tell What They KnowrrExecu
tive Determined to Carry Fight to Finish.
Councilmen Bennett, Cellars, DrlscoM
d Sunning have been subpoenaed to
pear this afternoon ef ore Mayot
ne's special franchise committee and
tlfy as to what they know in re-
rd to the franchises of the Pacific
ates and the Home Telephone ' com-
nles. - , ,
This is another victory for Mayor
ane in the .fight which the majotlty
'arty of the council started against
the mayor some' time ago when it was
rumored that the council would call
pon the mayor to explain , why he had
cgiectea tiis auiy in regara 10 enrorc
ig the provisions of the Home Tele
hone company requiring the company
- provide tne city witn conauctors lor
3 lira ana ponce eiuuinu ttysiems.;
Mayor Laco eostendeA. that he . had
;-t neglected to perform' his dnty and
rodnoed a seotion In the franohlae of
lie r self lo . States Telephone company
assed several years earlier whloh oo Di
als the oompany . to lastaU such sys-
mi "within 90 days npon , written
tlce el the oonnoUL" ' ; .r v ,
When the enunoilmea disc overt d that
ayor Xane had tnraed the game npon
emselves they dropped their lnvestl
atlon in a harry.. . charges Were
7tr filed against Mayor Xne and the
atter apparently dropped out of sight
rough the. controversy which arose
E'er the ordinances asked for by ; the
t. Xood Railway rower oompany.
. Previous to dropping the charges,
vwever.. the council had apDoin ted a
lecial franchise committee, when mat
rs became too warm the committee
as beheaded. Then Mayor Lane aot
isy and appointed m council commit-
e or nis own consisting ot Keiiaher.
t&irman: Vaughn , And -Ruahllsht.- all
rlrndg of the -mayor.. ; 5 . .- -
instead or jetting- the...harges drop.
oweveri Siayor Lane is eolnrf to put
un to -the councilman to flnrt nut
hy they have not nroDerlv attended its
ialr duty. The terms of . the Puclfla
it tea Teiepnon company are . even
ore liberal and Dec If I o than thosn in
he Home, company's franchise. - They
provide that the Pacific States com
pany shall install, equip and maintain
such systems for the city the con
struction and all details are provided
for and the ordinance further says
that the company -shall comply with
tnese terms within SO days upon writ
ten : notice of the council. v.-
Thia' latter point Is the one that has
Stuck the councilmen,' and they are be
ginning to hope that the fight would
fee dropped. When they started the cam
paign it was announced; that it would
be war to the knife, and knife to the
mu. , - Mayor unt and the minority
party of the council picked up the con
test, and this afternoon's session will
snow wnat tne real outcome will be.
The specif io charge upon which the
majority party rested its action against
the mayor was in ' regard to the pur
chase of cables for the fire department
last year, amounting to $20,800. The
majority party held that it was the
mayor's duty to see that the telephone
company xrovided these cables. De
spite this contention the councilmen ap
proved the appropriation ahd voted the
money for the purchase of the, cable.
Inasmuch' as Councilman Vausrhn Is
a member of the committee, and Coun
cilman PrlscoU la one of the majority
any suopoenaea 10, xestiry, interesting
etalls are. expected to develop this aft
ernoon. " - I
believed, . than any previous record.1
Captain R. . R. i Ingersoll. chief of
staff of Admiral Evans, who. came to
this city with ' the . admiral, made this
assertion todav. s
"I'll f ive, you some Instances," he
said. "We are not -sunDOsed to give
out much detailed information, but I
A clash Is exDected hourlr between
President Alexis and Manager Relnbold.
the head of a German financiering com
pany. Relnbold expects to present
tnrougn tne uerman minister claims
ASSA S
against the Haytian government for the I
rrincipai and 8 per cent interest from
800. on 1300.000 worth of Havtian
bonds, and also the price, with Interest!
think the American people should know on the Investment of the property of the
sometning oi.tne magnu
boys did,
something- of, the magnificent work the Pott Au Prince street railway system
It-is all due to nerfect teamwork. President Alexia says he has a coun-
I watched' the men and I can tell you ter claim against the German capitalist
every American has reason to' be. tre-Jond that if they press, him too hard he
mendously proud of . them. win demand an indemnity rrom the Her-
"For example, one remarkable record mann company, which Relnbold repre-
was nAde by the Maryland at night sents and which he says financed, the
where the men had to depend entirely r recent revoir against ms government.
vii cmiuuukuiv. : j.iisia neiq 10 luioq'
men guns used and tne average re
sult was 11.76 hits per gun per nrtnute.
'"Another, Instance was the record
made .by a seven-inch gun of five hits
in s ' seconds witn projectiles weign
Ing 165 pounds while the snip was
trutmlnir ID Vnnli
"On th Minnesota; out Of lZO shbis
from the seven-inch guns 116 went
through tha -tartret at 1.600 yards.
"Whether the Pacifio or the Atlantio
fleet will win the trophy cannot be
determined until the figures are com-
"Ship for ship wo nave a navy equal Michigan Supreme
BEER BRIBE Oil
ELECTION DAY
Court
SEEK
LIFE or wor.MN
Anarchists Threaten to Kill
John D. Kockefeller's
Daughter.
(United Prett Leattd Wirt.)
Chicago. April 2. Mrs. Harold Mc
Cormlck, daughter of John D. Rocke
xeiier, toaay is verging on nervous
breakdown, and Is preparing to depart
hastily from the city, as a result of a
series of threatening letters received by
her from anarchists who have led her to
believe that her life and those of her
children are in peril.
Guards have been placed about the
mansion at Bellevue Place and Lake
Shore drive and no stranger is per-
JAPANESE FINANCIER'S
GIFT TO BIG FLEET
KUleS AgainSt DlStribUtlOn mltted to enter the grounds.
as soon as possioie Mrs. MCCormicK
of Irrigation Checks.
father's home in
i (United PreM Lcaied Wire.)
Los Angeles. Aoril 2. Secretary
Frank Wiggins of the chamber of com
merce nas received a cnecic lor 5U rrom
U. Takekawa of 'the Japanese-American
bank as a contribution to- the fund for
the silver service for the cruiser Cali
fornia.
ARE YQUAFAN?
That is, a baseball fan. If you'are then you don't want ' to
rniss The Oregon Sunday Journal" of April S. iOne, entire. page of .'v
: The Journal Magaxine will be devoted to baseball; special articles v
prepared by John B, Foster, the noted' expert on affairs of the dia-;--mandJvilso
prospectus Jy the - sporting editor off the New' .York .
There mill be other reading Jin The Sunday Journal that will
(United Pnss Leaied Wfa-t.)
Detroit, Mich., April J. Don't accept
a beer check In election time. It Is a
! bribe. The supreme court of Michigan
has so decided.
'In an oolnlon handed down today the
court held that the ' alvlnx of beer hv
cnecas u jouhuh aay or jubi prior io
eiecuons is tne grossest aina or DriDery,
please yott, but. Foster's article alone is worth the price of the pa-,
J , per if you are interested in baseball. j 'J . - - o
I Oregon Sunclay Journal lyfatfazine," April 5tt t
!DAM SNAKE, BUT -
LOCKS ARE FREE
(WaiblnctoB Burn a of Tbt fouroiL)
Waahihgton. April i. The senate has
I passtd the biu to permit tne Benton I
Water Power company to dam . the
Snake river at Five Mile rapids, with
the . Drovlso that it must - build locks
land maintain them free,- permanently.
All the northwest members .but Her-1
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nurn voiea zor .me measure .
will leave ' for her
Cleveland.
Fear is relt ror tne sarety or Mrs.
McCormick's children. . who are with
John D. Rockefeller in the south. The
contents of a threatening letter received
today have been kept secret by, the
members of the household. Mrs. Mi
Cormlck, who Is of a highly nervous
disposition, has been badly frightened
for weeks over the first letters, but to
Diet
Two months ago Mrs. v potter Palmer
received a similar warning and since
then many of the foremost homes in
the fashionable Quarter hava maintained
a watch for suspicious characters.
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Former President of United
Mine workers Will Edit
New Publication.
(United PrtM Leased Wire.)
Indianapolis, Ind.. April 2. -John
Mitchell, who recently resigned the
presidency of the United Mine Workers
of America, has removed all doubt as 10
his future Dlans by me announcement
made today that he will establish and
ODerate In this city a naoer devoted ex
clusively to the Interests of the laboring
classes.
"One of the principal oblects Of the
ublicatlon will be to continue ' Indus
rial peace between the , miners and
operators, he said. "Mr hopo is that
I can oarrv out this Ideal to iha fnllMt
fruition. Not only will the paper devote
its columns to me mining industry, but
to labor generally. The affairs-of the
miners, however, will get Drst atten
tion." .!,,,.
A name for the oaoer has not been
seieciea as yei.
Wedding In Naval Circles.
(United Prais Leased Wire. I
Washington. D. C. Aoril 2 A wed
ding of Interest in naval circles today
was mm ui miss neue jnowaro, aauir li
ter of Mrs. C. W. Howard of this rltv
and Assistant Surgeon Reynolds Hay-
aen, u. d; son or vjommoaore Jfl. i K.
nayaen,' i. ts. ni Tne wedding invita
tions were limited tn rdattvM nnA i
few intimate friends, owlns- to the. re.
cent ltntli nf ttia KrMa'a- r.. tl... "
P&RULISTS -SEECm0M
GENERAL" COX EY TO
HEAD CONVENTION
i ' . Jananes for Jockeva.
(Unlled enm LasMS Wjr.
Rome. April 3. Baron Assetero,
the
8tf Louis, April f.jr-Gnral' Jacob &
well known snort, has contracted t or I Coxey, Who gained national notoriety"! i0 not fuso with anv other party, re-
six young Japanese, to train as jockeys, I som years ago by leadlne n-ermy of gardless of nny proml.xe.i nisrl. ,
Ion account of their superiority- to I tatterdemalions to the House, The convention will adopt the party s
Kuropeana m lightness and agUity. was chosen temporary ichtUiman of the (platform lata to, lay, .
national Populist convention, which con
vened herft-tciay. .
"Oenerul." c"oxy birtred the Populists
Has an unholy combination' ol
Thomas W. Lwson, "Fair Flnnce"
anJ the G"uggenhelms left the public
Which last week puhfc-agerly 'to
buytYukonOold at $7.50 a ahara to
exclaim "stung"? :
'.That such is the 'opinion of Alaska
mining men, J. F. Darling, who has Jua(
reached Portland from Nome, says there
can be no doubt. The general oplnloii
of the Tukon Oold situation, according
to Mr. Darling, is -hat the Ouggtn
helms are anxious to - get back the
money they have placed in the dredging :
outflte of the 'company and have da
elded that the easiest way of doing this
is to allow the public to pay for them;
Mr. Darling- is a well-known operator
of Nome, and. has been engaged In min
Ing in Alaska for nine years. He is
now on his -way to -tian -Francisco and
while in Portland has his headquarters
with Meader 4 Sutherland in the Swet
iand building.
. Tokos Creeks Xrosen.
"It is well known to those in the min
ing business In Alaska that the Yukon .
creeks are frosen to bedrock all the
ear round in the Dawson district." said
Ir. Darling. "They differ from the
Nome dredslnr arounds in this respect.
The Alaska properties of the Yukon
Gold company are located on Bonanza,
El Dorado, Bear and - Hunker creeks.
There is no' doubt but that there la gold
in the Yukon creeks in large quantities,
but the experience of everyone has been
that - the exDenses of, thawinv the
E round and excavating the gravel In tho
lawson region eats up practically-all
tne prone in sow , Greasing , on ine
Yukon. ,
The Dawson around, as I have said.
is frosen tall -the year around to .bed- -rock.
It Is necessary to. use steam
'points, to thaw 4t. The process is to
have a boiler as a supply house with
several, lines of, pipe and steam hose
running from it.. . The hose ends in a
steel tube, about ( or ' feet long and '
sharpened at one end. The sharpened-;
end is placed in the ground and tte
steam- is turned on. - When the ground
Is thawed sufficiently it can be dredaed
or broken .up and- the . gravel, washed
for gold. rj-v,V':.;- .'- '';-L!,';'
Froeess Extremely Costly.- -.
"This nrocesa ' haa. been found ex- . .
tremely expensive, and In most -cases "
the expenses of ooeratinr the thawing .
plant and of excavating the gravel eats
away whatever profit . there is in the
gold. '- -f.--.:v. W'V;,A-i;v.ji:i
-it is tne- general ' opinion, as xar as i
can learn, that - the Guggenheim are
not letting the dear public In on any
thing that ia particularly cood. 'They
neVerthave , shown philanthropic in.
sttnets In the past I think It Is prob
ably an effort to get back the money v
tney rirst expended for tne company, ,
and with' lAwson's heln they certainly
sold out their' stock quickly enouarh." f
- The. Yukon gold stock was placed on
the market last week, following se
ries , of advertisements by Thomas u .
Lawson. saying that It was aw oppor
tunity of securing gold at 8ft cents oij
tho dollar. , The public ws fferod
700.000 shares at from $5 to 17.60 a
share. - The Yukon Gold company 1 a
part of the . Guggenheim ? Exploration
company. The advertisement ntfl tlm
net profits from th company ahould ex
ceed $38,000,000. ? : - , ...
Mr. Darling made the trip over the
Ice from Nome In S davii actual trjvl,
He covered the 1.300 mtlej with a f v
dog team, leavinw Nome In the mlM!o
of December. The trip no the river
was pleasant ini enjoyahle, with no
storms and cold clear weather.
Some Oold., ., . '
Tor several days the temperature waj
0 degrees below, aero. Ha stnppfvl at
the los- road ho along the way
they re l to miles apart, and are
ru-n for the most; part by squaw -mn.
A curious feature of the squaw men In
theJi ra 'houses Uethat th.y do all
th work while their Indian wlvea Jle l
hed Most-of. he Indian wives havn
their white huf..inds Drtng them tn-'
h.ir.iii In tied In the mimmer IN
eouaws desert their white hiinliands en
tirely, tc"i"S berrying, salmon flHhli.g
anft hunrin. A .
Flrianciaiiy. iaii m .':-
dltl'in. scrorolng to Mr. l-n - i'. .i'
n..mi?h still on a StIo bnla. W : - t
Kold bullion was nhtrp'i to H - ''
hanks last-fall tl.e lHiik k'1! t t..; f. . I
and did not return coin .for It
,", Funeral at TU V " .
' ' CSrwtM Pl.pateb tn TV J .- '
The IMlles, Or.. April ?
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f 'peritorflla. . ln-;.J
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