The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 26, 1908, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON" DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. .THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, - 1908. 13 I W0F FRAUD IDE- State of Oregon Prepares Supplemental Cojnplaint in Its Suit Agajnst Coluin- . bia Southern Irrigating Company 1 Allegations of a sensational, charac ter to -the effect that W. A.' Laidlaw, J. W, Blaine, O. Q. Willis and R. W. Wlleon have Indulged In "high finance" lit conducting the affaire of the Co lurnbla ; Southern ; Irrigating company are corujalrled in-, a supplemental com plaint to the original suit of the state of Oregon aga'inet the irrigating com pany which wan filed' In August, 1907, In the United States circuit court. According to the amended complaint, F It has Just been discovered that none of the capital stock of either of the Three Bisters Irrigation company, the Columbia & Southern Irrigation com pany or the Columbia Southern Irrigat ing company has ever been paid up. It Is the claim of the plaintiff that sub scriptions to all stock are In the nature of a trust fund to.. arry out the con tract between the state and the irriga tion' company under the provisions of the Oarey act. , . The plaintiff claims that K. E. Lytle Is responsible for the amount of his . first subscription of 183,334, W. H. Moore for 133,188 and W. A. Laidlaw for 138, S33, and that these amounts must be paid to the receiver of the company, Oeorge L. Simmons, to be paid into the . company's treasury. Organised in 103. The Columbia Southern Irrigation company, it is alleged, was organised in l63wlth a capital stock of 1100,000, W. St. Laidlaw, B. E. Lytle and Walter H. Moore being among the Incorporators. The complaint sets forth that the situa tion in November, 1905, was this: On November .the stock of the com pany was owned by W. A. Laidlaw and J. -D. Laidlaw, the former owning $85, 000 and the latter $15,000. Then, it is claimed, a plan of reorganization was conceived, the stock was shifted and on November 9 the stockholders' appeared , as W. A. Laidlaw, G. Q. Willis, J. D. Laidlaw, J. W. Blaine, P. W. Wilson, E. E. Lytle and W. H. Moore, the two lat ter holding one share each, apparently so as to be on the board of directors. Then a new company was organised the Columbia Southern Irrigating company the only difference in the name being a change In the suffix "Ion" to "ing" with a capital stock of $300, 000 and a first mortgage bond Issue of $175,000. The stockholders were W. A. Laidlaw, J. W. Blaine, O. G. Willis, R. A. Wilson, and each held stock In the new company in the exact firoportions In which he had held stock n the Columbia Southern Irrigation company. Boms Xlg-n nuance f The next step, according to the com plaint, was for the old company to sell out to the new for $475,000 all the hold ings of the Columbia Southern Irriga tion company, the money received from subscriptions to stock and bonds was ' paid to the old company, a dividend was declared, and the same amount was paid back to ' the same persons who , subscribed to stock In the new company. t The suit alleges, that although the old company sold out to the new for I $476,000 that the total value of all the plant, ditches and work of the company vas not more than $76,000 and the . t actual cost did not represent a figure greater than that. It claims that up to November 10. 1905. the Columbia Southern Irrigation company had secured from the sale of ' Jts lands $106,965 and from Interest and other sources a total of $128,484 and had expended for acquiring water rights and ditches of the Three Sisters Irri gation company $11,500. In the construc tion of ditch $47,988, commissions for the sale of lands $34,265, general ex- Fensos $6,700, interest $3,027, salaries 8,433, snd miscellaneous expenses $, 669. a total of $128,484. This left noth ing in the treasury of the old company for the reclamation of arid lands or construction of ditches. Bereala Alleged Flan. Tn spite of this it Is alleged that the directors of the old company declared a dividend of $476,000 and authorlied the delivery to Its stockholders of checks aggregating that amount. The amount of these checks It is claimed was then turned over to W. A. Ialdlaw and was delivered In turn to the Columbia South ern Irrigating company. The complaint then alleges that Hie transactions de scribed were "done and performed by the defendants herein shove named as -parts of a plan and. with the purpose and intention of securing the capital stock and first mortgage oonds of the defendant Columbia Southern Irrigating company without any payment therefor to the defendant, the Columbia Southern Irrigating company." It Is further alleged that after the delivery of the checks for $476,000 a large part If not all of the subscriptions to stock and bonds of the Irrigating company remained due and unpaid. In the first complaint filed in August Cf last year it was alleged that V A. Ialdlaw had himself appointed select ing agent of the state land board and L D. Welst engineer of the board and that In preparing an estimate of the amount of water the Irrigation company would- get from Humale creek that the volume possible to obtain was exagger ated to ten times the actual amount possible to obtain, claiming that S700 aeoonds feet was the maximum flow while the contestants claim It is only 400 aeconds feet. rugose of Company. The comA$ny was formed to Irrigate and reclaim 117,000 acres of land tn Crook oounty under the provisions of the Carey act. The suit was brought by the Water Users' association for tho state of Oregon and was filed by Attorneys King, Guerln A Kollock. 25 per cent oft on umbrellas at Mets gtr.s S42 Washington street. DONNELLY IS MADE PUBLIC PRINTER , (United Press leued wW Washington, D. C. Nov. 2. President Roosevelt today announced the- retire ment of Public Printer Leech and the appointment in his place of Samuel B. Donnelly of New York. Leech has been ! riven his old place at the head of. the Philippines printing bureau. Donnelly s new secretary general of the arbi tration board "Of the New York building ' trades. 16 per cent off on sliver at Metsger's, $42 Washington street: YUKON PROSPECTOR DESPONDENT; SHOOTS (Cslred Press leed Wire.) " Dawson, Nov. 26. Charles David Con ;' r.er, a pioneer .Yukon prospector, -com-. mlttr-d , eulclde by a rjfle shot In the . l)ad- Its was best knoWn on Hunt.-r j creek. " Uesnondency is thought to ihe - la. cause. Irilile Mm lay a novel will) an open marked- cbaplor entitled, "A . aeaaed mind," W flESKU CREATES SCARE Geo. Wagenlandet offPort land Runs Amuck on , ' N. p. Train. (United Press LseaA Wire. , ' Tacoma,.Waah., Nov. J.--Crased With liquor and suffering under the sting, of a supposed insult, Oeorge Wagenlander. a pressman, said to be of Portland, Or., ran amuck- on a Northern Pacific train No. 84. en route to this etty from Port land, late last night. He terrorised the passengers of the car In which he was riding,, by pacing the aisle, gun In hand, and threatening to kill the first person who dared to move. Frightened at the threat and fearing the powerful f German automatic re volver which he brandished, the-passenger Bank down in their seats, not even daring to call for help. He kepi them in constant fear of their lives for nearly an hour.' Finally Conductor Egan stepped into tho car and realising the situation walked boldly up to the demented man and requested to look at the gun. Wagenlander handed over the firearm and the conductor overpowered hl Wagenlander was turned over to the police authorities and after vyl hours in JaiKhad completely forgotten his wild escapade, Portland pressmen do . J,kn0w Wagenlander. It la possible that he may have worked txtS!Ln,d. V. this city, but the Webb Pressmen a union has no record of him. SEVERE STORM SWEEPS OWYHEE 1 . Electric Powej Is Paralyzed and Communication Is Cut Off. (Stelil Dispatch to The Joorael.i Nampa, Idaho. Nov. 26. The heaviest storm that has atruck this part of Idaho swept over Owyhee county anl spent its fury last evening. Electric Hah telenhone. and telegraph lines have been badly damaged in- all the country south of this city. The Swan Falls electric power line, i l i qiIvap ( 1 i t v mines and for the Boise A Interurban electric line to Laiaweu, nas oevn pu. uui " commission. Poles and wires are down for seven miles south of Nampa ana the extent of damage on the lln from Swan Falls to Silver City is not yet known. . . No cars are running between Boise , r.M. ., .1 Uomni ta WltilOUt light. It Is thought that the line can be put into commission uy riw.,. l,. . ifA.t. n nail tAlenhnne line Into Owyhee county and to all points . . m x " I ft nnmm li nn. Large forces are at work repairing the damage. The weather is heautlful to day, permitting the repair forces to dp their work without hinderance. ITALIANS TO KILL OFF THE PADRONE (United Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, Nov. 26. At an informal meeting today the Italian consuls this city. Milwaukee and other nearby towns will discuss with the representa tives of Italian commercial bodies the plana formed for the abolition of the padrone system among their country- ""Tlready the Italian chamber of com merce here has undertaken to relieve the Italian railroad laborers of the Injus tices they have suffered from the pa j . , ... Th.v hm'A Mmiirht and obtained promise of aid from the va rious rauroaas ana pmuiri m.v mum. a short time the dominating and brutal gang boss who levies tribute on his Ignorant laborers will have been stamped out. The railroads have signified a willing ness to confVact for their laborers through a bureau of immigration, eon ducted by reputable Italian merchants, Thla service is to be given the railroads free of cost to either the companies or the men. The bureau will also look to It that the laborers are not robbed by bunkcar men. . CALIFORNIA FARMERS WELCOME COMMISSION r (United PreM Leased Wire.) Sacramento, Cal., Nov. !J6. The Sac ramento valley farmers are preparing to turn out in large numbers to the meet ing of the Country Life commission, which will he held In this city Monday, November 30. On the report of this body of seven men, selected from dif ferent parts of the country, will depend largely the fate of certain recommenda tions to congress which are now under consideration. Among the subjects which will be discussed on Monday are the questions of farm labor, farm sanitation, good roads, rural schools, postal Improve ments and farmers' organisations. Meetings of a similar, nature will he held In The north and throughout the I'nited States during the next few weeks, as the president Is extremely anxious to gather the opinion of the terming eomunitles throughout the en tire country before congress gets down to lawmaking. MURDERER'S MOTHER AT POINT OF DEATH (United Press led Wbe. Cleveland Ohio, Nov. 26. Mrs. Bar bara Bllllk has received the farewell letter written by her son, Hermann Bllllk. condemned to be banged Decem ber 11 in Chicago. The shock was so great that she collapsed and her heart weakened so that it is feared she can not survive. The letter expressed the belief of the prisoner that there was no hope of his being pardoned. He declared his Innocence of the crime of poisoning the Vrsal family. BARK BRA BLOCK IN PORT Reaches Harbor Safely After Thrill ing Experiences In Heavy Blow. After bavin sr rode out several severe storms off the coast during the past two weeks, the British bark Brabloch finally. made the river yesterday after noon, and Is now on the way up the river abreast of one of-the O. R. A N. towboale. The Brabloch -Is in from Antwerp with a cargo of cement, consigned to W. P. Fuller & Co., the carffo representing about 18,000 barrels. The Brabloch was In charge of a pilot during- the last four days that she was off the mouth of the river. It blew such a gale, how ever,, that it waa deemed advisable to stand out for safety. ' a rxcnruAJs vtmxvck Of the foot or ; ankle may produce a very serious sprain. A sprain Is mora painful than a' break. -In ally sprains, cuts, burns land scalds Ballard's Bnow Liniment Is the beat thing to use. Re lieves the pain Inatantly, reduces awelU ing, is a perfect antiaeptio and heals tai'Mty. Price SSe. 0c and 1 90, Bold by 6k4dmora Drug Co. IVOETO WORKERS III FATHERLAND Winter Finds Numbers of Idle Increasing; Wages Decreasing or Ceasing. Totted Press teased VlreJ , Berlin, Nov. 26. The working classes of Germany are facing harder ilmea than they have experienced in a 'genera tion, and the situation has become ao acute that the labor unions throughout the fatherland are clamoring for gov emment assistance. To meet, the seri ous situation the Berlin municipal au thorities are already considering th Inauguration of extensive public works to provide employment for those who are Involuntarily idle. It is estimated that more than one fourth of Germany's wage earning class is unemployed and that by the middle of December the proportion will hava reached one third, llardly a day passes without reductions In the number of working hours or the dismissal of large numbers of 'laborers somewhere, and often In many places at once through out the empire. Kxtreme suffering is experienced by the poorer classes and the winter promises to be the hardest they have known In the last quarter of a century. The depression Is attributed partly to the back wash from recent hard times In America, but mainly to the crushing pressure of taxation upon Industries of every class. BOfiTfln HEAR CALCUTTA Hole Torn in Car Filled With Europeans but No One Injured. (Cnlltd PreM Leased Wire.) Calcutta, Nov. 26. A bomb waa thrown today at a train coming Into Calcutta, filled with Kuropean passen gers. A hole was torn through one of the cars, but no passengers were In jured. The outrage threw the station Into a panic, and In the confusion the dynamiter made his escape. The police lmedtately commenced a search for the offender, but there Is little hope that he will be apprehended. The bomb thrower Is believed to be a native and a member of the revolutionary cabal which has been manufacturing Infernal machines for months, planning wholesale slaugh ter of the white residents of India. LABOR WILL JOIN IN PEOPLE'S LOBBY (United PreM Leased Wire.) San Francisco. Nov. 26. Following the announcement of the plan for the formation of a people's lobby at the Sacramento capital to watch for and defeat legislation antagonistic to good government, the labor council will name representatives for the same purpose, according to a prominent labor leader. The labor council has taken that pre caution In the past In Instances where labor legislation was concerned. The representatives will be authorized this time to keep a general supervision over all measures subversive of the people's good. BERKELEY CO-EDS DREAD THIS MASHER & (United PreM Leased Wire.) Berkeley, CaL. Nov. 26. The coeds of tne University of California today are looking for R. Livingstone, a young man who terrorized them a few months ago by his pestiferous attentions and his eccentric conduct and kept college circles In a ferment until he was ar rested and committed to the state hos pital for the Insane at Napa. Word has just been received from the asylum that Livingstons has escaped and tie Is ex- pected to reappear in his old haunts.. Livingstone made a real seitsatlon1 at CURED OF RUPTURE O. E. 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The reflex diseases that developvas the ense approaches the chronic.'' stage are many. It la usually of slow growth but a steady increase Is certain sometimes reaoh Ing the slse of a man's head. Elec tricity or local applications In it treatment are about as effectual aa I ounng waier on a gooses back, lut my treatment will cure anv In a week to 10 days without pain or detention from business, and it will pay you to investigate my methods. If I cannot show you ten times more cures than any other specialist hi the city I will make you a present of tlOO In gold. 1 am doing business on facts, not fiction, and am prepared to demonstrate these facts to your entire satisfac tion. What I say of hydrocele is none the less true of 1 VARICOCELE in sucn ailments as tneae you pori.ru wuru ui nny !. j-ju i ao not aoout time you ww wanting to see some of the goods before you get any more "pig In the poke" business? I cure these ailments In a week to, 10 days. ISO CURE, NO PAY N 1NO EXPERIMENTS ISO FAILURES We make a specialty of diseases of the delicate and sensitive centers and trest no other class of allmenta. Our entire time and practice are devoted to the cure of BIOOD POI- soir, YAsucocim, btxuotubb, t,osr tttalitt, BmBooiii.E, ra.X8, riSTTJLA, DISEASES Or TKB BXDTZTB, BL1DOIB, TMOM TATB OLASD, OOBTTBAOTES SUOUEBI, WSAKSTXSS AITS AStl, SZ8BA8XS COBXOX TO MXaT. Our fee tn uncomplicated cases is $10.00 If you have made mistakes in tha past .correct the mistakes. Con sultation and advice free. If you cannot call at office, write for self-, examination blank many eases cured at home. Medicines 11.60 to $6.(0 ' per course. - Sours S a. m. to p. m. Bandars, "lo a. m. to 12. St. Louis MiS Dispensary 00Mnm t'OO" ATP TAuxtsA, roMTLxra. objoob-. was to ride .en the campus on his bi cycle and tumble off just In front of a young woma.-Hs woul$ -He in tha road groaning aa If In pain, and when the .young woman .bent over htm solici tously ha would a else her hand and make love in a way hardly expected of evwoimded man. M H M u M M M K M M M M M M H H M M M M M H M M M H M M a m M M EII1BZIZZEIXIXZSSSSSIHICIIBU H M M M H M M H M a M M M M H H M a H M a M M M M H a N strict federal supervision afford are foolish to rely upon the unsup- n irom mt or any one else. Is It PAY WHEN CURED 1 I ft 1 u MenYou Can Be Cured Why Suffer From a Single Ailment in the List of Men's MaFadies? Why Be Less Than a Perfect, Strong and Well Man? Why Walk the Streets an Old Young Man, Always Conscious of Your Weakness? Strength, Vim, Happiness and Ability to Fight Life's Battles Are Before You. Will You Take Them or Will You Go on in Your Tmnerfertiiin anH Aea lr- r DA TATXOB, ness? Ths lading- specialist I feel that I have a right to speak emphatically in regard to the diseases and disorders that constitute my specialty all the ailments peculiar to men. Twenty-five years' experience in cur ing diseases of men have given me a knowledge of this line of ailments that etiables me to make direct and definite statements, and it furnishes me with incontrovertible proof that my state ments are correct. I say that you can be cured. I stand ready to back up this statement with positive proof. I ask you to call at my office and talk with me about it. Examination and consultation will cost you nothing, and I will explain to you my methods of curing. The methods I will tell you about are unlike those employed by any other doctor. They are, in their chief essentials, methods of my own devising. They are founded upon a knowledge of the truth in regard to the diseases of men. That's why they cure, and why they are the only methods that can soundly and thor oughly cure. My Pee for a Cure In Any Simple Case Is e$10 ! Contracted Diseases Fullv one fourth of the cases of organ ic weskness with which I come in con tact are a direct result of the improp er treatment of some contracted dis ease. This should be sufficient warning against patent nostrums and other un certain methods. I never dismiss a pa tient until 1 know that every possibility of relapse or evil result has been re moved. The remedies I employ sre known to myself alone, and I have reason to re gard them as the surest and safest ever devised for the cure of contracted diseases. FBJBE COJrSTJXTATIOX Call at the office. If possible, for Free Advice. Examination and Diagnosis. If you cannot call, write for symptom blank. The DR. TAYLOR Co. 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There is no doubt or guesswork, but absolute certainty of a thorough and lasting cure, with complete return of ihat de gree of health and vigor that existed before the disease be gan. Grand extravaganza wierd yet fascinating Grand Mask Carnival. Six Elegant Prizes. THE JOURNAL of fice will be open until 8 o'clock this evening to receive your Want Ads and give you Free Tickets to the Thanks giving Carnival.