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DRY TOWN Illiy Fflll
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NEW ID
FRAUD GUI
IS EXPOSED
Scheme Nipped by Arrest of
E. G. Cooke, New York
Broker Had Party to
File on Land in Special
Coach.
TAGGART STRONGLY BACKS
HIS FRIEND J. W. KERN
ARIEL'! IS
Promised Tremendous Re
turns for Nominal Sums
Alleged the Government
Could Not Prevent His Operations.
Traveling: across the continent In a
private car. living on the beat things
of the land, and accompanied by a party
of 40 prospective customers as hi
guests, Henry E. 3. Cooke of New York,
a broker, was arrested In Baker City
Saturday afternoon on a charge of
scheming to defraud the United States
government, and will probably be
brought to Portland to have his prelim
Inary hearing before a United States
commissioner.
Fraud Charge Preferred.
Cooke was arrested by a deputy mar
shal at the request of United States
District Attorney John MeCourt. Cooke
was waiciea.in new lorn on a cnarge
of fraud preferred against him by the
government.
The warrant was Issued by the
United Slates attorney's office In Now
York after an Investigation into the
workings of Cooke which had shown.
It Is claimed, that he - was violating
the law. He will. In all probability,
be taken to New York for trial and
charged additionally with having so
cured or attempted to secure men anJ
women to swear falsely regarding tim
ber land entries. A. Q. Marshall will
also be arrested It Is expected.
When Cooke arrived in Baker City
he was accompanied by many of the
persons whom he had promised for a
consideration to locate.
Qood Biyal to Fitter.
The arrest of Henry E. Q. Cooke
at Baker City brought to light
a scheme for defrauding the gov
ernment of timber lands which had
it been allowed to run would have ri
valed If not surpassed the now notor
ious transactions of S. A. D. Puter.
Horace McKinley and the rest of the
land fraud ring which has recently
brought Oregon Into such undesirable
prominence before the reading public
of the United States.
Cooke was and Is the general manager
of the Oregon Ranching & Timber syn
dicate having heidauarters In the St
Paul building. New York city. He is
the owner, or reputed owner of a large
ranch In the eastern part of the state,
in tne vicinity or Baiter uity.
"Twenty for One" His Cry.
The scheme of Cooke was simple. He
advertised In the New York papers that
he had a proposition by which Investors
could make "twenty for one," and he
outlined It to those answering the ad
about as follows:
Cooke represented that he was the
agent for the Weyerhauser people wno
aestrea to secure a targe ooay or urn
ber In the state of Oregon. He ad
mltted franklv that his scheme was
shady, hut contended thnt the federal
authorities knew of It and of its oper
ation but could do nothing to stop It.
The plan was for the prospective appll
cant to purchase 10 shares of .stork In
tne Oregon. Ranching & Timber svndl
oate. payjng 1100 for the block. Upon
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BELLBOY TURNS STATE
EVIDENCE ON THEFTS
Mass Meeting Called to De
termine Why There Is Not
Sufficient Supply From
Wells When Needed De
velopments in Fire.
Tom Taggart, Who Advanced Interes is of J. W. Kern for Vice-Presidency
i I'nlled I'rras Lem.nl Wire.)
New York, July 13. Tom Taggart
has written a friend here: "Kern Is
a strong man and no matter what Is
aid of him by his enemies he will
show that he is for clean politics and
n broader view of national affairs than
has prevailed. I am sure that he is
mor" than popular in his own state.
He la a strong man and will prove an
aole running mate for Bryan."
this collateral the svndleate would then
loan the applicant $400 with which the
land was to be rued and proved up
ana patent secured.
Promised to Bay Back.
Cooke entered Into a written contract
with the appltrsnts who went Into hi
scheme. In this It was agreed that
Cooke would locate the applicant on 10
acres of Preeon land for the $100 paid
for the stork In the syndicate. Cooke
was to locate the land, mark the boun
dary lines ana then notify the appli
cant, who In turn wn to come to Ore
rnn. follow the directions of Cooke and
file on the land. It Is further agreed
that Cooke will huy back the claim for
$2,000 net as soon as a patent had been
secured from the government.
As an extra inducement it was agreed
that the applicants could stay at the
ranch owr.ed hv Cooke In eastern Ore
gon pending the passage of the patents
hv the government and the final clos
ing of the deal upon payment of $1 a
dav board.
The operations of Cooke in this Mate
(Continued on Page Two.)
LOVE IS WORTH
HALF A MILLION
Los Angeles Widow Refuses
to Stop for a Little Thing
Like a Legacy.
KEEP HANDS OFF
OF ROOSEVELT
Democratic Leaders in
Council. at Lincoln Decide
on "Let-Be" Policy.
(fatted rvrM Lext Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal., July 13. Surrend
ering her claim to $500,000, Mrs. Carrie
Derby Wayne today admitted that sho
is the wife of Herbert X. Wayne, a
wealthy broker of Los Angeles and
San Jose.
Mrs. Wayne has consistently denied
rumors of the marriage, which have
been afloat for several weeks, and re
fused even to take her own daughter.
Miss Marie Derby, into her confidence.
When Mrs. Wayne's first husband
died he left her $500,000 on the condi
tion mat sne never marry again. Speak
ing of her marriage, Mrs. Wayne said
i marriea r. w syne for the same
reason mat any oiner woman should
marry a man because I love him I
don't see why the public should be so
dreadfully Interested If we wanted to
keep the marriage a secret. I see no
reason why mere dollars and om.
should prevent me from mirrylrig the
man I love."
Xo Number Shown.
Mrs. F. P. Baumrartner. otia of Port
land's leading society . women and wife
of F. P. Baumgartner, wis fined $10 this
morning for running an automobile
without a license and without a num
ber. Judge Van Zante Imposed the
fine.
REBELS SAY SHAH
MUST BE SLAIN OR
RUSSIA WLlRULE
(raited Puss teased Wire.)
Teheran. July 1$. The news received
here today that 7.11 l-Es-Bul tan. unci of
Mohammed All Xlru, the shah, is ad
vancing on the capital f rrrn the south
with a large arwiy of revolutionist, has
thrown the Persian capital Into a state
Of terror. v
It la believed here that the shah has
Intention of reestablishing the consti
tutional government and that t he revo
lution win eventually break oat sfreeh
in all parts of the empire.. Whether the
revolution, succeeds Is a- question, be
rauae It Is thought Russia wUl aid tbe
oak. ,j
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Every day eee fresh, threats against
the life of Mohammed Alt Mlraa. These
threats are posted up on blank walls
throughout the city. and. although in.
police are watching for those who put
up the warnings, thev have eo fsr been
mnable to locate the revolutionists
The revolutionists are openly der tar
ing that Boesla will rele the country
aalees the) eh ah la pat to dee to. Thev
nay .that the rear fear U eiampl of
popular government so rr to him own
realm and that thin is the real reason
for hin glvln aid to the shah, rat ber
than ear motive of territorial aggraa
dUeaeat. .
(United Presa Leased Wire.)
Lincoln, Neb.. July 13. At a confer
ence between Bryan and the leaders of
the Democratic party from all over the
Lnlted States today It was decided to
let Roosevelt alone during the coming
campaign. Theodore Bell of California
told Bryan that the cause of the Deraoc
racy was lost In his state if the ad'
ministration of President Roosevelt was
attacked.
Samuel Gompers. who is here, said
today:
'I will vote for Bryan and use every
honorable effort to secure his election.
I'm not a Democratic partisan. I apeak
only for myself.- I won't predict how
the labor vote of the country will go.
I am perfectly satisfied with the antl
Injunctlon plank In the Democratic plat
form." '
John W. Kern arrived here today with
John Osborne and U. S. Jackson of In
diana Jackson Is cualrman of the Indi
ana Democratic committee, and Is here
ii consult Bryan regarding the cam
paign that will be waged to swing his
state Into the Democratic column this
fall. The party arrived at Fairy lew at
11 o'clock and took luncheon with the
Bryan family.
Kern was given an ovation by the cltl
sens of Lincoln, while he was on his
way to the Nebraakan's home.
Bryan greeted htm with a bearty
"How s the vice-president T"
Bryan and Kern locked arms and
headed the party to the lawii where
thev sat until thev were driven lnii.
by the rain.
Kara lodav explained that Bryan's
offer to share the White House with
him In the event of the success of the
Demorrattc ticket was a Joke. Bryan
had made the statement, he said, at a
dinner In Indianapolis last winter. Kern
had been hailed as the nest vtce-preel-dent
of the United gtates and had re
plied that he could not run for the of
fice because he nas too poor to keep up
the estimate of a president Bryan
roklngiy replied that U he were on the
Icket with Kern he would shar the
WMte Hooee with him. as a nan who
wea gnod enough to be vtce-presHem
waa good anoagh to lire la the White
Hons,
- ieowpera stated .after Ma interview
with Bryan that he bad enerely come t
Falrvtew te aasura the candidate of his
personal aupporV 3 s. J
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Arleta's alleged "blind pig,"
which has been the object of much
dissension In the Mount Scott dis
trict for some time, together with
a grocery store, a real estate office
and a house were destroyed In what
was evidently an Incendiary fire
early this morning.
Owing to the regulations of the
Woodmere Water company which
supplies the district with
water. there was no water
to put on the fire, and it had
to burn itself out. The fire, to
gether with other slighter inconven
iences suffered by the people of the
district has resulted in the calling of
a rally to discuss the water problem
at Kern Park tomorrow evening
In addition to completely destroying
the frame building in which W. J. Ar-
mltage's drug store, Jokingly known as
the "blind pig," and A. Chlsholm & Son's
grocery store were located, the fire
spread east to the real estate office of
the Palmer Real Estate company, and
south to the frame dwelling of D. L.
nav. a camtnter. who wltn his wire and
6-vear-old child, escaped bv forcing the
I tda, wH of their house down. 'The total
aatnag in-eometntng over xu,evv.
.Armltage had .lust aoout ciosea a aeai
for the'Bnle of his drusr store to Wll
11am tl.i Miller. A month ago he was
ODoratlna- a drue- store across tne street
,rom the one that burned this morning.
It burned to tne grouna, ana tne as
surance has not vet been paid. Arm It
age, who owned the frame skating rink
building across the street moved in
there with a new stock.
There has been considerable trouhle
In Arleta and Kern Park over the oper
ation of the drug store. It was said
that a great deal or wnisKey nas Decn
old in there, and that the place had
been the hangout for men of the dis
trict. All day yesterday neighbors said
they heard men In the drug store ca
rousing, and saw several leave In an in
toxicated condition by way of the rear
door. It is said that there was a fight
In the store last evening that threatened
to become serious.
Bo and, of Flames.
At any rate Mrs. D. L. Day was
awakened at 2 o'clock this morning by
the sound of flames crackling over her
head. She found that the roof and side
of her house was afire and that the en
tire rear of the drug store was a mass
of flames. Waking her husband and
picking up the little boy they literally
tore down the wall of their house In
order to get out and save what they
could. They moved out a few famllv
belongings, but most of their house
furnishings were burned. j
While the Days were busy saving
themselves others saw the fire and
called out the volunteer bucket brigade
and sent in an alarm to the Sunnysido
fire company: but the bucket brigade
found themselves up against the re
strictions of the water company. It !s
said that as soon as the fire started the
water In the Woodmere company's reser
voir was shut off. so that It was Im-
Fosslble to get any to throw on the
Ire, which by this time was spreading
rapidly.
Horses Saved.
In the rear of the grocery store Is a
stable where the two horses of the
Chlsholm company are kept. This stable
was afire several times and was tadiy
scorched, but the horses were rescued
before thev had been more than slnel.
The little office of the Palmer Real
Kstate company, adjoining the grocery
store, was burned and nothing of its
contents saved. The only things saved
from the Chlsholm store were the books,
and nothing was got out of the drug
tore. The loss to the grocery store
was $4,000, with $3,000 Insurance. The
drug store was valued at about $3,000,
with small Insurance. Day had no In
surance on his cottage.
Although many explanations of the
cause of the fire were offered by the
residents of the little suburb this
morning, no one seemed to know defi
nitely what Its origin was. It was sug
gested that eaejnles of Armltage might
have burned the place In order to rid
the town of the blind pig. but as a fire
In the drug store would necessarily de
stroy surrounding property. It Is not be
lieved that anyone would have gone to
that extent An Investigation will "be
conducted by the Insurance companies,
however, to ascertain how and bv what
the fire was started.
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Lloyd Ross, Bellboy at Merchants Hotel, and His Wife, Irene, Both Un
der Arrest as Accomplices In Numerous -Robberies at the Hotel.
Both Have Confessed, Implicating Others.
SOCIETY WOIN .
Ill AUTO WRECK
Miss Elizabeth Sherley
Breaks Jaw and Is
Hurt Internally.
Startling Story of Nu
merous Robberies in
the Merchants Hotel
Is Told by Ross.
PERMITS FOR JULY
BREAK ALL RECORDS
For the first 11 days In July d
tne Dutiaing permits amounted d
d to $4.50, which is considerably 4
4 more than f 199.004 above the d
d total for the first 15 days In d
4 July. 10T.
d At the present rate of issuing d
4 permits the building Inspector' d
4 office will laaue more than d
d $1.000. eee worth of permits, d
d exceeding last year's business by d
d more than one half, when the 4
4 toUl was $T(S.S71. 4,
d Early this morning the per- d
d mils Issued for today brought d
d the total for this month to more d
4 than $I09,0 and It la expected
d that Instead of diminishing the d
4 building la the city will lnereaae d
d as the month wears on. d
(1'ntted Press Leaned Wire.)
Louisville, Ky., July 13. A party
of three prominent society men and
two women, with a chauffeur, were
seriously hurt when a big touring
car, in wnicn tuey were riding,
plunged from a wooden bridge over
Salt river, a small stream here, at 1
o'clock this morning. The bridge
had been wrecked by a storm which
had weakened the foundations and
the car went crashing to the ground
without the slightest warning to the
occupants. The injured are:
Miss Elizabeth Sherley, Jaw
broken and badly injured Internally.
Mrs. Bonnie, badly bruised and ren
dered unconscious.
Carl WIskman, leg broken and badly
hurt Internally.
Shelby Bonnie, leg broken and hurt
Internally.
Richard Menefee Bowles, "badly
bruised and hurt Internally.
Samuel Bait, the chauffeur, badly
bruised.
The party had been on a tour over
the surrounding country during the
evening and had started back to th
city, when the accident occurred. Tho
bridge is In an Isolated section and
there was - no aid near. The cries pf
the Injured were heard by no one and
the members of the Ill-fated paity
dragged themselves up the banks of the
stream, out Of danger from the water.
Bait and Bowles were able to give tha
others some assistance, out were so
badly hurt themselves that they could
do little.
They lay at the side of the stream,
beside the wrecked car, ministering to
each other as well as possible, until
this morning, when a farmer starting
on an early trip to town, discovered
them and summoned aid.
All the victims of the accident nre
members of prominent Louisville fam
ilies. Miss Sherley Is a beautiful young
woman who has been prominent during
the last few seasons In New Tork and
Newport, as well as here. She waa
engaged to Captain Shevlln of the Tils
football team but after a romantic
courtship the affair was broken off.
Miss Sherley suffered great agony
from the injury to her Jawbone dur
ing the hours through which she liy
on the bank of the stream practically
without attention.
Mrs. Bonnie Is one of the most prom
inent members of the blue grass T'40O."
The accident has caused a great sen
sation here.
Shelby Bonnie when eeenjit the hos
pital said the party had been to Mam
moth Cave and were traveling at extrn
speed because they were late.
Miss Sherley first gained national
fame as a beauty when she became
the pet of the Vanderbllts at Newport
two summers ago.
Captain
Portland,
this ctty.
hotel.
When One Employe Ob
tained Money by Any
Means, Others Dc-
mandedandGot"Cut,,
MH ESCAPE
After Mildred Long Claimed
by Waters, Captain Hos
ford and II. E. Patterson
Unconscious, Imperiled in
Fording Same Stream.
Heads of Unconscious Men
Barely Held Out of Water
Cora Hosford Rescues
Father and Uncle From
Slough at Washougal.
Confessions by Lloyd C. Ross, the
bellboy of the Merchants hotel, made
to Detectives Tlchenor and Jones yes
terday, corroborate those already made
by Mrs. Ross Saturday morning and
make the case of the state against
Will Coffer, dish-washer at the hot-!l.
and a hangeron and accomplice In the
robberies named Turner practically
complete.
Willis Horton. tne night clem, may
also tace a long term in the peniten
tiary if the plans of the prosecution
are not upset. 5
Bosses as Witnesses.
As a result of the disclosures al
ready In tha hands of tha district at
torney. Coffer and Horton are held !n
the city Jail under $500 bonds to answer
to a charge of larceny. The same
charge, which was made against Boss
and his wife is dismissed but they
are being held under $500 bonds also
to appear as witnesses, in consiaert
tlon of this the state will not prose
cute the bellboy and his beautiful do
coy wife. Turner Is still at large.
The preliminary hearing of the pris
oners will be held tomorrow morning
when they will in all probability be
bound over to the grand Jury for the
robberv of Patrick Joyce last Friday
morning at 2 o clock.
Horton's Aid Suspected.
This robbery is the only one of the
three to come under the notice of the
police In the Tast eight days which can
be directly fastened to the thieves, and
Ross' confession shows that this was
committed by Coffer and Turner, and
points conclusively to connivance by
the night clerk. Horton.
Ross says that on tne nignt or tne
theft he passed old man Joyce's room
several times during the night and knew
hat he was awake, so when he saw Cof
fer and Turner In the' corridor at 18
o'clock, and thev told him they were
going to get Joyce's money, he advised
hem not to try it, as Tney might be
caught.
Ross then went downstairs, he savs.
and shortly afterward sneaked back up
to the third floor In his stocking feet
and sat on the landing. In a few min
utes he mw 1 offer come out and turn
out the hall light: so, knowing what waa
.4.
Having barely escaped with their lives
in vain efforts to save Mildred Long;,
aged 14, of 446 East Ash street, Port'
land, tha other three members of- tha
party had a second experience' Saturday
night while being taken to their homes
while crossing a slough lh a, wagon near"
Waahougal, Waeh., Just above the place
where thd" drowning occurred.'
The wagon contained the body of tha ;
girl, recovered half an hour after the
drowning, and Miss Cora Hosford, of tha
same age. who a'ved her father, Cap
tain, L. P. -Hosford; and. her uncle, H, it.
Patterson, father of Miss Long, both of
whom had become exhausted in endeav
oring to save the child who met deatU
n the water of the Columbia. .
Unconscious Ken In Danger. 1 '
There were 'several others in tha
wagon who had assisted In the work of
rescue. The two men were unconacioua
and Mlas Hosford was almost in hys
terics owing to exhaustion and the ter
rible experience she had passed through
during the half hour before.
In trying to take a short cut across
the lake tha driver struck deep water.
which went above the boards of tha
wagon and almost took the horses-of f -
heir feet. For a second it looked as If
all in the vehicle would be compelled '
to swim for their lives and do the best
they could to save the two unconscious
men. The water got so high that for
several minutes tiie heads of Patter
con and Hosford had to be held above :
the side boards of the wagon so thai
tney couia breatne.
Drowning of Hiss ton.
Miss Long was drowned In trying to
cross the slough near the Hosford home
In company with thevJHhtr three; They
had started out for & swim. She and
Captain Hosford were behind the other
two and had almost reached the shore.
She told her uncle that she was becom
Ing exhausted and he tried to assist her.
The girl evidently became frightened,
although she was a fair swimmer, tried
to take hold or captain iiosford wltn
both hands and then seemed to give up
altogether.
Her father heard her cries for lielp
and having already assisted the Hosford
gin to a place or safety returned to th
of assistance if possible t
(ContlnueJ1rn Page Two.)
water to
his step-daughter and brother-in-law,
who wrru giruKung in uie water.
Captain Hosford soon - became . ex
hausted himself. He le"ao tha girl
and they both went down together. Mr.
Patterson soon reached the place and ha
too was so worn out that he waa unable
to help the other two In any way.
Girl Comes to Basons.
They too called for help and It was
little Cora Hosford who went td their
rescue She had been on shore a m I n
ute and rested to some extent. With
out any hesitation she swam out and
one hv one dragged the two men onto
tha bank. She was bo nearly exhausted
mat sne was Just able to get the head
of her father above the water line as
she pulled his body upon tha river's
bank.
The Hosford girl then began looking
about for slht of her cousin and play
mate, but she was not to be seen. Then
It was that the girl who had Just saved
her father and uncla realised what had
happened.
Calls for Xerp Heard. I. .
She, began screaming- frantically an 4
became hysterical while tha two tnen
lay on tha water's edge, on of them
unconscious and tha other not being able
to move, .
Hearing ths girl's calls for help per
sons living In the vicinity hurried to th
scene and within half an hour had re
covered the body of tha girl who had
loat her life.
A wagon wn wured and It was
while crossing the same slough that the
second accident happened and whirl
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Shevlln is well known In
He has frequently visited
stopping at the1 Portland
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
IX P0RTLAXD LODGE
(Special Dtavetch to Tse JearaaL)
Klamath. Tails, Or., July It. Colonel
M. O. WUklne of this city has "last
been granted a life membership ln Haa
thorne lodge No. 111. A. F 4k Jl. M. at
Portland. For a quarter of a century
Colonel WUklna fas b-eea an active
member of this lodge, and their actios
is an expression ef errrc,atn jf
saajty years of ttULtai wata.
HAZEL DREW'S BODY
IN POND-MYSTERIOUS
AUTO PARTY SOUGHT
(raited rreaa Leased WTr.)
Troy, N. T, July Showing srl-
dences of a brutal murder, tha result
of fiendish motives, tha body f Has!
rrew.""a beautiful l-year-li slrl of
Troy, was found lying today floating
on the surface of Teal pond. IS mll-e
from the city. The whoia eonsmurity
Is shocked and astnanded st the die
co very ef tfce revolting- crime, whirl,
recalie the drowning or Grtt Br
by Chester "Gillette in Rig Mooea lika
h. Kft ntt tin. frAM fc 1 1 11 .
sine July C and a prl!eiit arwrti ' 1 1 1 t-r
led t no tme until xrm i.Try i rr
the tMay. . Tee sk'ill Is cn.ne-i.
fhyeiclena k4 male an e- -a'
at Uk body say utrt is Cv-.i t
girl waa asaanlteg end herrib'.y mi),
treeted before her death.
ticltewert has Keen Incrnwl kr i
testimony ef several pr,n ini't"
He road which leads frvm.t ' - r
trie pond, that rn if-a. v.. t-t J ,
4 they saw a Mg a.. t f-irw t-. - -i
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