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V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER ,18. 1003, SHORTAGE POSIOFFICE DISCLOSED Nearly $5,000 Missins From One Department ifouths of Officials Tightly Closed i Inspectors Check Up the Books and Iteiort to Chief a wta In . the financial end of the Portland postofflce department. ' amounting to H.000 or 15.000 has been . reported although no arrests have been mad. . r The government will loae nothing ae all employes are bonded. Although the shortage In accounts waa J aim covered ome months ago the bonding .om winy baa not yet been 'called wnon to make good the amount. - The officials of the bonding company, Hartman Thompspo. It la understood, say that possibly eome mistake has len made. Owing to the (act that the ' statement U made that there la pos sibility of an error In the aooounts, members of the bonding firm say that It cannot be said at this time whether prosecution will follow as a result of the alleged discovery. ; Exact Sum TJtaow. One rumor Is to the effect that the "' shortage covers a period of five or si years and possibly a longer length of time. The exact amount tfrtt la missing , 1 is not knowiu Postal inspectors from out of town ; have made frequent visits to Portland during the last Tew months and It Is aaid that tbeir work here has been In : connection with the shortage which has now come to light. Although the officials 'of the depart ment refused to make any definite state- , merits regarding the report of a loss in the office, it hns been rumored about ' the federal building that one Inspector ; after another chocked up the books In order to ascertain the amount missing 'and to be certain that there had been :' no mistake either Jn the checking up or in the accounts of the person sua pected. ' Cashier's Enforced Absenoo. Charles A. Straus, who has held the : position of cashier in the Portland post office for seven or eight years, was V compelled to leave his desk some months ago on account of falling sight. Mr. :. Straus has since, had a great deal of trouble with Ms eyes and at times has been almost blind. "I know nothing whatever of the re- ' ported shortage," Mr. Straus aaid over the telephone last evening. "I can say, further," he said, -"that when I left the department several ;i months ago everything In my office was absolutely straight correct In every way. There Is no shortage that I ever heard about." Will Call oa Bondsmen. iTho report of the Inspectors will eventually be sent to the chief inspector at Washington, D. C.. following the Visual custom In such castes. The mat ter will then probably be taken up with the higher officials of the department JffRFATEfiS DAMAGE TO SLEUTH JOE DAY q . Ex-City Detective Joe Day. he t, gatl raaansra, persuasive q eloquence add honeyed' worts. bumped Into the, real thing last night, while engaged la express ing Ms opinion. In language reek ing with brimstone and sulphur, of the Jurymen in the Martin murder trial. " . t Day had collected a crowd of Interested listeners Ha front of bc.hlllcr's cigar store, at Sixth and Washington streets, and was loudly , proclaiming the general unfitness of the whole bunch of -Martin jurors. Just as be had , hurled one of his choicest bon . mots at the heads of the sup posed absent Jurors. C. J. Sweet, on of the IS men good and true 7 angrily faoed the sulphurous x-plain-clothestnan and declared that he waa of the Martin 'jury, that ho waa riot ashamed of the verdtct, and that he believed It to bo Just and fair. Undaunted by the sudden ap pearance of the Juryman, Day gain consigned (ho whole bunch to perdition, and declared that tho entire Jury ought to be hanged by the neck until they were too dead to wiggle. Juror Sweet vowed that ha would not stand for such abuse, and threatened to ram his Jack knife down Day's windpipe. .But fortunately at this moment by standers Interfered and prevent ed tho ruthless cutting off of the ei'sleuth's oxygen supply. Tho lamb-like Day was con voyed In: the direction of Stark street away from peril and an opportunity to continue hia talk where ho could not get him self into trouble. BIG RALLIES THIS WEEK Democratic Orators Will Speak at Trontdale and St Johns Further Tlans 3fade for Campaign at 3feeting of Committee. q At a meeting of the Democratic coun ty central committee at the Democratto city headquarters last night plana were made ror the conduct or tne campaign next welc and the week after. ' The two blar rallies unit week will be at Trout als snd St. Johna Attorney John If. Stevenson will address the voters on the issues of the campaign In ox hall Troutdale Wednesday evening, ana udse O'Dey will make a speech at St jonna Thursday evening. I A ... - V. . .. - W ..... mmA ,M rallies the week after next at Qresham, Powell Valley. Woodstock. Mount Tabor, Midway fire hall, and at the hall on Thurman and Seventeenth streets. The committee wishes to Inform its friends In all parties that pictures of Bryan and Kern, campaign buttons and literature or an kinds can . be ontamea at tho Democratio headquarters for the easing. JfARTTN JUEY , WAVEKED SOME (Continued from Page One.) TURK HAYING PEACE (Continued from Page One.) and the call upon the bonding company on 1ST a mistake of some kind, as . some to make srood the nhortaare will wnetner tne missing follow. money bo due to lnd. as . soma con tend, or whether the cash "has disap peared through some other channel. The- out of taown Inspectors have . been assisted in their work by O. C. Riches and E. C. Clement, the two In spectors with headquarters In Portland. The , inspectors refuse to discuss the - affair in any way. They say that it . Is against the rules of the department to discuss cases upon which they have been at work, and that whether the facts are to be made public rents with the officials at ' Washington. They re- . fused to eay whether arrests would follow, and neither would they even ad- mlt that a shortage or a mistake had seen discovered. . . .. Kin to Declines to Answer. 'i Postmaster John "W. Mlnto would an swer no questions relative to the re port. Mr. Minto said that be was , pouna by tne department rules and that there was nothing to give out at this time. He would not intimate that there had been a shortage or in which department the mistake or discovery of a loss might have been made. -' All the other oirlclals about the building were equally as reticent on the subject. While the reoort that certain monev rias been found to be lacking in one of the departments is a surprise In a reneral way. It has been known about he federal building for several weeks that the inspectors were interesting themselves in certain affairs and had been carrying on a rigid examination of the, books in the department in which the loss Is reported from. 1 !r It Is probable that the bonding com pany, the officials of which have been1 advised of the situation, will be called vpon in uie amr' juiura iq idukq ftooa the money which has been lost, either fey theft or owing to a mistake of some unaccountable kind. r ,. , while awaiting an equitable decision by the conference, declares that it will ab stain from placing the Imperial armies on a war footing." In view of this declaration, there Is a good deal of doubt expressed . as to the truth of the Paris report. The proposed conference of the pow ers on the question of revision of the treaty of Berlin Is still hanging fire but the negotiations seem to make lit tle progress. In diplomatic circles It Is not believed that the visit to Paris of M. Iswolsky, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, will have an important bearing upon the present tan the solution of tangle. He conferred with President Fal lleres today. It was brought out during- this visit that it is Russia's wish to nranare for possible future eontin gencies and to safeguard her interests should tne partition ox ins near eas bnmfl a fact. M. Iswolsky denied today that he had a-lven out the program for the conference of the powers. Neverthe less It has been confirmed In London that he did impart the information, which was to be kept secret until the calling or the conrerence. France will, It Is expected, use all her influence to prevent Bulgaria's go ing to war with Turkey. When the Turkish circular sent out yesterday calling the attention of the powers to Bulgaria's hasty preparations for , war was received by the. Frenoh foreign minister, M. Flcbeon, a telegram was immediately sent to tne . ter at Sofia, his efforts to instructing him to renew maintain peace between Turkey and Bulgaria, TURKEY, IF WAR MUST BE, MEANS TO STRIKE FIRST Brown v Your Hair .-- With Mrs. Potter- Wal v nut-Juice flair Stain Paris, Oot 17. Determined that If war, which now seems inevitable, should come she shall be able to strike the first blow, Turkey is mobilizing her Anatolian and Macedonian army corps and is already rushing quick-firers and ammunition to the frontier. Today's advices here from Turkey seem to make It a certainty that there will De war. inxasneratea ty Bulgaria s refusal to compensate her for the seiz ure of the eastern Rumellan railroad, the porte has completely mobilised the Anatolian army corps and 60 locomo tives with steam up are waiting to hur ry them to the frontier the Instant the first gun la fired. That Turkey Is prepared for a hard blow at the Bulgarians is evident from the further fact that every nerve is be ing strained to mobilize and equip the Macedonian branch of the sultan's ar mies. At Salonika the greatest activity pre vails, and horses for the cavalry are hurried In by droves from the pastures of Asia-Minor. Six trains with 115 cars of quick-firers and 40 of ammunition have reached there from ('onstanttnnnin for quick dispatch to the frontier. In a dispatch to the French foreign office last, night the French ambassa dor at Constantinople confirmed the news of the mobilisation, but declares it is prompted solely by the necessity for quelling the outbreak In Anatolia. air GERMAN VESSEL CAUGHT CARRYING ARMS TO SERVIA Buda Pest. Oct 17 Six hundred ma chine guns and E0.C00 rlfleg which Ser vla had purchase from Germany and t ranee, respectively, were seized here last night when Austrian monitors In the Dan u bo captured a German vessel conveying munitions of war to Helgrade. Regarding the Roods as contraband of war, Austria Is likely to present ener- fretlo remonstrances to both the market ng powers. Advices from Belgrade declare that ih. w,r eve ,here ' '':aln running high. It Is f fared that the seliure of the guns may prove, to be ti e last straw in producing- a declaration of war. restore if. But a term in prison may make a new man of Majctln and put him on his feet when he geia out So In the end it was unanimous for manslaughter, tend I can tell you my conscience is I clear. Some said we would be criticised, but I say let them criticise. I think we did the right thing." "A fellow that goes and fires a shot at another's head and tries to kill him nas malice In his heart, and that is the way I felt about this case," said an other Juror, whose views were opposite to the man above quoted. "And I have no faith In Martin quitting the use of drugs. He will be at it again as soon as he has a chance. But I agreed with those who thought that we ought to find a verdict, and not disagree. The verdict will .put him where he can do no harm, an J he may take the lesson to hear." Eoagerford Obdurate. F. K. Hungorford. foreman of tho, Jury, was one of the strongest for con viction In the first degree. F. B. Har rington was with him, and so was C. J. Sweet Others who are understood to have favored conviction were I. W. Bnt ler, T. J. Burns and EX Verateeg. On the aoquittal side, according to .cerified reports In most instances, were G. L. Hibbard. H. I CarL P. A. McPherson. R. E. Gibaon, J. O, Bacher and Napo leon Davis. Most of the Jurors refused . J. I . ' AW. . I . J ..I, . k. . . IU U1SJU0S 1110 VVIUlUt, dUU BCI1U LUCf i had banded together In an agreements not to tell how they voted. Neverthe less, nearly all of them revealed parts of the Jury room drama to their frlenas. There was a tense moment when the verdict was handed from Foreman Hun- a-erford to the clerk of the court Theo dore S. Wells. The Jurors had solemnly filed into the room after a scurrying of bailiffs. cierKs ana newspaper men The room was crowded with the scores of curious, who had gathered and filled all available .space in an incredibly short space of time after, the word went around that the Jury was about to re nort Tho defendant waa broua-at In In charge of a. deputy sheriff, and there was a Droad smiie on nis race as ne took his seat His appearance fully bore out tne trutn or nis statement mat be expected an acquittal, and he perused an early edition of The Journal while waltinar for the jury to be seated. Finally the moment came when Judge CI el and asked If a verdict had been agreed on. jury agreeo. We have agreed," was the foreman's answer, and the little sheet of paper mernea dv mm was passed to, tne cierx. Murtln roM to his feet with a snldlerlv air when the court asked him to stand, and he heard the word "manslaughter" without appearance of comprehending the significance of the word. He was paler than usual, but he gave no out ward sign or displeasure as tie sank to his seat The exclamation. "Well. I'll be damned," uttered in such low voice that it was indistinctly heard, was all that told the story of his disappoint ment In a few moments later the room was clear. District Attorney Camerdn represented the state, and all of the de fendant's attorneys were at his side. The defense did not ask that the jury bm polled, but Attorney Jeffrey rose to say that he desired to move for a new trial. Judge Cleland said he would take up that question when Martin comes be fore him for sentence next Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Judge Cloland thanked the Jurors for their attenttve ness during a long and arduous trial, adding that It was not for him to say anything regarding the verdict tney naa returned. Then the Jurors were discharged for the term, the derendant was led back to his cell, and the crowd dispersed as quickly as It had gathered. There was no effort to make a demonstration of any sort, and tho spectators gave no sign of approval or fllsannroval. though there were many significant glances of of surprise. Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald, who had charge of the prosecution, wes not present when the Jury came In. He was worn out by the strain of the trial, snd his chief had responded when in formed that the Jury was ready to re port JCrs. Martin Absent Another who, next to the defendant, was most Interested in the result of the jury's action, was also absent Mrs. Martin for whom much sympathy has I j been felt in the trying hours of the ! case, did not appear In the courtroom nfter Jeffrey made his closing argu ! ment in ner nusoana s Denair Thursday I ariernoon. uui not long- alter the ver , diet had been returned she appeared at i the Jail and was accorded an interview with her husband. She had feared the conviction or Martin tn the first d gree, nd the news of the result came to ner as a rener irom the awful ap- ' WV. 'V:;.' :,V V - ,o tin h k i- Sit H - t .:v!'k: 1 ' XI 1 . MafflGoaics sutid' Overcoats : - . ..... . , . i . - i , . . . .... ' ' t , , , : - '- 1 I pay thousands of dollars annually to the newspapers for the purpose of telling you of the GOOD clothing values I give I could not keep this up year in and year out jf my garments lacked merit or it;I gave LESS than I promised The public believes my statements ' It NEVER will be disappointed My courteous salesmen will be pleased to show you Raincoats $15. to $40 Boys' Overcoats $3.95 to $15 MA SELL ATP1 Leading lN HJT Clothier commission of a robbery. While thla point may still be argued as a matter of law, it has largely been removed by the verdict of manslaughter, which has taken first degree out of the case, so far as the effect la concerned. Tho things on whloh the defensor will now most rely In the expected motion for new trial or setting aside the ver dict are three In number. One la the alleged error of the state In allowing me detectives to accompany tne lurv tn viewing the pawnshop and pointing out the situation there. Another is the alleged discovery or new evidence, prin cipaiiy inai or tne disputed revolver said by the defense to be the gun loaned to Martin by Mrs. Grub. Lastlv. will be alleged errors of the court In rulings on testimony and the refusal of certain instructions asked for by the defense. Has Wo Complain. Martin said last ntitht that ha consid ered the ruilntcs or Judere Cleland faJp. and he had no complaint to make on that score. He said that In the mutter of asking for a new trial he will be guided by the advice of his attorneys, with whom he has not consulted nine the Jury pronounced Its verdict of guilt "The punishment does not cut much figure with me," he declared. "It is the fact that the lurv found ma eruHtv and put the brand on my name. And if mat was aone py a compromise, when some men who believed me not guilty surrendered their Judgment and violated the principle of -the Jury system, I think that is not fair. - But I am resting easy. I am glad to have the strain over with, and I will think over the question of a new trial later. What gtio would It do? I might uu utucr nui ume witn another Jury, uui uia.1 is lor my attorneys. It was a aisnppointment ror me, for I think un aer tnat evidence I should have been acquitted." That his hopes had been lifted in the early stages of the trial, then lowered in the last day of the argument, waa apparent to close observers of the prls- vur in iuc couriroom. i ne long de liberation of the Jury tended to revive his hopes. He thought it meant 41a- ri hlaxlnv tn tha north and east but there appears to be little immediate danger. The cltlsena, however, . are alarmed, and several hundred men armed with shovels gathered at the call of Mayor McKnlirht to form a patrol. Tha same southwest wind that brought, de struction to Mets Is still blowing. From reports brought in by farmers and their wives, whose entire property has been destroyed nouses. Darns, cat tle, stored fodder, everything and who have nockea to tne villages aioni railroad for relief, more than bat agreement or possibly the conversion to nis siae or one or two men who were holulng out for conviction. The compro mise verdict with a possible sentence or is years in front or him, has plainly lowered his spirits once more, though he nun smiies irequentiy when he talks ana snows no sign or breakdown. prehension that her husband might have to wlnif on the callows. BULLXG OX RATES BEFORE DECE3IBEE 1 - Ts'l tt taink I stained my h ftfter I mse Mrs. Potters WalaaWalee Katv Stata. The sKaiat doesat hart tae . hair as dye o. sat saakso It grow out sue aad flaffy." It Oftlv t A L.fl irmi a. fw nlnut rtne a month to apply Mrs. letter s Walnut-i today. Jutes nalr BUin witr. your comb. Stains only ths hair, doesn't rub off. contains Be (woa Oyea, suirhur. lead or rp- tlas no odor, no sediment no Out nottlo of Mrs. 1'ottere a-easev. On nottlo of w slnut-Jufos Hstr a:o sbo'tld last As the verdict was a comnromiM. It Is not st ran re that br msnv It Is re garded as Illogical, considering the po- e;wiin imi auinenuc reports or the lury's deliberations show the Jurors to have taken, and the facta of the rase as ehown br the iMtlmnnv Thtm 1 m ih. Olymla. Oct 17 Rnllnr r, ih. definition of manslaushter ski It la riven sonsMeness of grain rates in this state. b-v ,ne Oregon code: which constitutes 40 per cent of the "If "njr P"" shall, without malice freight traffic, will be promulgated bt.,'ipr'" or Implied, and without dellb fore liecmbor 1. according to a state-' rat,OTI- uPn suddn beat of passion, ment made by the railroad rommiMin, cn.ised by a provocation apparently suf- Kin aeotner. snen prson iea guiny or maviaughter. Tsrdlet Coatradlcaarv. . ',, aay later by I Tne Jury therefore declared, as a a nnaj grain rate hearlnr nf . t ut. n(- e Uw k u.mi kitjt The final hearing, a. to railroad val- Pl'!.1 us snd division thereof Into state and deemed interstate values, win commence Octo-i TsrtUct nnXDEED THOUSAND (Continued from Page One.) less dangerous tonight Some Tillages rt sun mreaienea, dui it is oeileved tney wiu oe savea. mlXDKEDS WORK TO SAVE OHIO TOWN FEOil DESTEUCTIOX Jon a year. fils for l.t a boil la at firt riewa Srvccista We ruaraate HiintiiHv. i four nam sni ai- powtr to reduce rates and reducir, ,. testimony was uken at R!tsvil! last snmmer. The law rt-res the -wi'rrmimrion the eriiaemer. t and eooloaa 2t cent leiaait w feim and ill well x. el arseo prepaid. trial ' package, in f v. led vnuiper. wit -ajns I k eta hair. stra. Potter's r t t ly f ol, it? Orotoa i-aa Ohio, ahie Hrrienw Bldg, Ciocta- Wra titer's Wr Bf-Juloa Hair "tain r -re rsr64 aed t -r aala la f-arU JAIS WAXT TO RE FRIENDS WITH CHIXKS Victoria, B. C, Oct 17 News . bfWHgbt by the Empreee ef Chtsa fr the orient that a party of ftattntru.h4 . ..'..,4 -e., -,V. fV.TT I J" VlilTr. t..: ." . V V"1" toi withdraw i . . 1 " ' , ... ... :'i'"m 7. v i"a ua , atarqLS alle-e hst t - ! w rmtrrm.mm. ttt t JriS CI. 4 IIWIIWS .. - '.' f ' - , ' J WBiiO the ,jpon a sudden heat of passion, cansad hy a provocation apparently sufficient to make the rss!on Irreaistible." Ae rordlng to the statemrnts of tho Jury, howover. they did not arrive at thia roncluslon at all bet centered ost mas KlsurMer because this was middle sroiind where they eould meet between the eltrwief of dlvldej Optnlo. Tba verdict of mar,B.aurhter appar ently kills the foroe of mo of tho chlefj tumeTits at the defeaso tor a trial had the verdict beoa cm m order la the first denrea. Thla th coatertloa that ti.a rosrt shouU from tha Jury all testimwfiy pre-re a reWwy ef w oif f nr the mdictment osa not he erlne ares rewisMlM defesiaat waa er.gsgad la the of fTBitad Fraas Lar Wlra.) Marion, Ohio, October IT. With thatr hands blistered aad working with tiro- leas energy, several bund red me a are tonight almost In a tate of collapse la their efforts to prevent the name which are aweenlr w over thonaamrfa acres of pasture and timber land from destroying the town of iLarua. .. Tjn- ies triers is a snut in Uie wind their af forts will be la vain. Many cattle have beea burned. Villagers Bear tho fire tons have been f oread t flaa. Tho fire starter! from spark from a locomotive. The district be In- ta a parched condition the farmers were one Die to cnecs tae niase. in the bnpe of ebecklns the f. antes large furroas were ploushM arwund lane and It fa Delierwd tii riameo mui Dot cross them. ALPKXA JN'OT XX ANY IHIIEDIATE DANGER OF FIRE a If the farms of Presaue Isle county are to night scorching wastes. People are talkin of appealing; to Iansing for aid. Chicago has been asked for help. Perhaps a .'thousand people are .relymi nn tha untrnslt of the railroad and o: those of their neighbors who escaped the direct fury of the names. The D. A M. railroad sent throe cars of Drovisions. one to Bolton, one to Posen and one to Metx. Tomorrow and Tuesday positively tho last days for discount on east sioe gas bills. Don't forget to read "Gas Tips." Companies Incorporated. (Salem Bureau of The Joorosl.) Salem. Or., Oct ' 17. Articles of In corporation have been filed In the office of the seoretary of state as follows: McKensle River Power ft Railway company, principal, oinco,, - tr oruanu, xsnlliil atnclr 1100.000: Cord Sengstake, o, Snow. ' . Consolidated Lucky Boy Mines com pany; prinoipal office, Portland; capi tal stock, $1,000,000: incorporators. Cord Sengstake, O. A. Lyman and Zera Snow. Waterhouse & Lester company; prin cipal office, Portland: capital stock, $5,000; incorporators. W. N. Bollinger, C. A. Alphonse and Russell B. Bewail. 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