The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 03, 1908, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 . THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1908. V i m. BIG WAGES HANDS Oregon Agriculturists Tell Country Life I Uplift Commission What Is Needed to ! Better Rural Conditions Little Hope for Solution of Problems ! The Irresistible force has come Into conjunction with the immovable ob- jj stacle. according to most of those pres- ' ent at the country life uplift hearing this morning in the Commercial Club rooms, and the result is BtlU In doubt. I In other words, those who addressed i the fnur members of President Roose- l veil's commission expressed, the opinion J that the only way to keep the boya on ? the farm, to start an exodus of young 1 men from the city to the country 4n 5 stead of from the farm to the city, is paid in tne city ana me remuueiuuu paid men -who work on farms. i j v. .MABbciv odiwaH that tnla J' . f I IU uic: d(vi.v . rt " , Is an impossibility, that the farmer can J not afford to pay his nirea neip -- to 12 a day, the average wage paid for a ' fnitniiftl lahnr In th ritV. But a number of suggestions for lm ? proving i the farmers' condition were 4 vnaria and Mnrlv listened to by the i . members of the commission. Some of is the suggestions were contradictory, but valuable for all that, for the object of ' 'th- nnmmlDDlnn im n nt all th lilt- h s-aatlnna nnmilhla sift the maSS Of eVl- dence, and then make a report that shall embody what appear to be the best ideas 5 - Advanced. t Tumm Kurt Combine. Much of the discussion this morning : centered around farmers organizations, S and It wan tha concensus of oulnlon that i organisations having for their object the distributing and marketing of the farmers' , crops, the establishing of i. grades and the elimination of out throat methods of marketing will go far toward bettering the conditions of ; jire m tne rural districts. . But It was also conceded that big 5 e-eneral organizations are impractical. $ The farmers cannot be induced to stick " . together. Small. organizations or rarra ; era having common interests and a ! common shipping point are. practicable 5 . and innure to the great benefit of their ? . members. But beyond that experience i Das taught that t is as a ruie lmposmoie s, to go. ' - Althouarh it was asrreed that the farm r-rr cannot afford- to paybls hired help ' the same wftgea. i.haOobor ..lecelve. la the ' city, several speakers took the : : ground that the farmer can do much '.toward making farm life agreeable and Keeping xiia employes uy vrein mem : squarely - and paying -them . the wages lie well can afford to pay. One man aid that ha had a man who had been with him for six years. He does not require this man to get up hours before daylight arfH do half a day's work. He lias no chores to do before breakfast . He is treated as a man should be treat . ed and la paid $45 a month. - ; "I am not saying how much I made .this year." said the speaker, "but I am i 4 well satisfied with my income." ' Appla Grower's Views. ; The session began with a discussion : of ,marketing organizations in Oregon. Sir. Mason, a Hood River apple grower. described the Hood River Apple Grow ers' organisation. He said that the ap ple growers of the Pacific northwest : have no distributing agency such as the California fruit distributors, which dis " tribute the deciduous fruits of Callfor- f- nla. They have separate organizations . 1.. 1 .. . . wl.W Al11ni Th . ples are sold on the ground, not In New j "The National Apple Shippers asso ii elation at its convention in Buffalo,' Ynrr fi he sold, "adopted a resolution that they J- would no longer buy apples, but" would " force us to deal on the consignment 3 . hauls We advertiseil that on a certain day we would all offer our apples at l public auction on the ground, according I ' to our custom. We did so, but there I , were no bids. But we beat them in the . ll end. It was a hard fight, but we lorcea I', them to come to our terms of selling It t. a. h. " . "Our organization has for its objects ? first the Htabllshine of uniform grades f and second, the doing away with the ? ; consignment policy. . Men don't sell , horses or wheat on consignment, and i whv should we sell apples on that ba e sist ....... , . Mr. Mason brought out tne point tnat the railroads do not handle the apple crop as .they should. "At the Dreaent time." ne said, we 't- have not less' than 20.000 boxes of ap " pies in storage and can t get cars to move them. . Acta as Oo .Between. The i chief purpose of the organize i tlon, Mr. Mason- said, is to act as arbl ii trator between grower and seller. r't "A speck on an apple," he declared it : "looks jmia-htsr small to the grower, but it la greatly magnified when . viewed s' vy tne ouyer. inai iorces ine ur Kuniia- "i tion to act as arbitrator between grower W and buyer. To get a uniform grade of apples Is our hardest problem. The problem of packing we have solved to perrection. Mr. Evans, a strawberry grower, stat d that the berry growers' organization does absolutely eliminate competition between tne growers, it prevents glut S ting the market and the growers from t ltln f ,i a onntliar'G Ihrnuta Via tnrt - tended that the farmers should be stock holders in the organization. The only way to get them organized is to make them not only socially but financially interested. A dairyman present stated to the commission that the dairy industry has also been greatly benefited by organiza tion. He told how some 16 years ago .the packing nouse men were Stirling thd dairy Industry by placing oleomar garine on tne marKet to be sold in com petition witn butter, and how an or ganisation of dairymen wan effected which succeeded in getting the legisla ture to pass a law prohibiting the sale of oleomargarine as butter. Then pro cess butter began to be shipped into the state, and it was necesarv to secure an amendment to the law shutting that out. "There Is one danger we Ptill hav to contend with," he said. "The large packing houses have a lobby at Wash ington trying to have a substitute passed In place of the Grout bill, and to : lake off. the 10 cent tax on oleomargar ine. - - J. If. ' Page, .-a commission merchant, A EilX'l SBXJUDTK ESCAPE. Do you know that every time you have a cough or cold and let It run on thinking Jt will Just cure Itself you are inviting pneumonia, consumption or some otner pulmonary trouble? Don't Jrsk It Put your lungs back in perfect icalth and atop that cough with Bal- iara .tiorenouna syrup. Price J5e.- 60c nfi H.oO per bottle. poio or t ma more urug ua WOMEN A r SPECIALTY The - well known - Chinese Medliln,Cp-r -vithi-, won derf ul -herb i and roots, has cured, many .sufferers when alt other. i remedies have failed. It cures fe rn ale chronic private d I ra n, nervousness, blood poison, rheumatism. ,.,n.iim, uHtMit, v consumption. Jung trii,(,... atuma.h,1 l.hidiW. kidney and s..f an kinds. Rftnedlos harrn- oruih t traalmnnt ti't f-ea. T R B CO., FOR FARM ONLY REMEDY was called upon to express his views on the subject He explained wliy it Is al most impossible to buy good iruu in Portland. "He claimed that this is not a good market for aood fruit and alo stated that the growers dump all their poor appies and otner rruit on tne rortianu market shipping all the good fruit east He argued in favor of organizations, saying that" as a commission merchant he generally found the fruit received from organizations much better than that shipoed bv Individual growers. Mr. Armstrong of Salem, In reply to a question by one or - tne commission ers, stated that farmer, throughout the country renerallv are not organized and that most of tne attempts to or ganize them have been Ineffective. But ne Held that farmers ought' to be or ganised for the marketing of their prod ucts, as no individual can sell a small amount of a product as well as the organization can sell a large amount. Mr. jNeweii, a prune grower, ex plained tne rallure of the prune growers organization by the fact that it was too org ana ieu to pieces by its own weight, the same aa did the hnnrrowera' union He took the ground that for an organ ization to be successful all Its mem bers must be shippers from the same point, for as long as they could ship out some other way they would not abide by their agreements, but first one ana tnen another would violate his pledge and ship on his own account mcicuy uuiiuying ine errorts or tne or ganization. He thought it might be possible to have a general distributing agency through a combination of the managers . !. ,."""" organizations, out did iioi oeneve tnat any general organ lza nun or wnicn tne individual growers -nam meuiuers wouia Jioia together. Helped by TTnions. The type of country life, Mr. Newell Said, has been elevated hv orn-nraa organizations through-the fact that they hrlng the farmer more money and ".ereby allow of his providing himself m BicBior uumiuris. Cantaln Pnllr a rotlniil h,w.. 'no la spending the remaining years of h's Jifeon a farm and who, as he said, has in the last eight years made him- seu an agriculturist. Is the one who Mivmiuea ine proposition that in order to. keep the boys on the farm and In due immigration from the city to th uuuuny n win oe necessary to estab lish a parity between city and country wagesp.nd then said that this is some thing that cannot be done. . Mr. Polk began by telling of the con dition of the Oregon hop Industry and why It Is in tho state It now is. "The hop industry," he said, "Is In a very bad condition. Organization has been attempted for a number of years but has never been able to accomplish any thing. . My opinion is that where the farmers are scattered over so much ter ritory, organization cannot be effective. Last vear we triA - ApMnj.. v, ?.?p ,:rower8 of Oregon. California and Washington, but the organization was broken up by petty Jealousies. If wo tried to advance a man to any portion where-he could be of service, the other gut jeaious ana objected. And the growers wouldn't keep their pledges. In June 90 per cent of the hops of the three states had been pledged to a pool. That is, it was agreed that none of them should be sold until Au gust 1. When August 1 came It was. found that only 30 per cent of the growers had kept their pledges. The others had sold out. Oregon Swamps lfarktt. "Our hop production has Increased at such a rate that we have swamped the world. Three fourths of the hopgrow ers of Oregon at present are loaded down with mortgages. "Everything is pulling away from the farmer. All other interests are antag onistic to him. "The tirst thing to be done to im prove the conditions of country life is to bring the wages in the country and the city on a parity. When that is done there will be an exodus of young men to the country. At present the country is worked by old men. The country Is sending Its best and brightest to the city to Join that force that is opposed to the farmer. "The farmer cannot affor.il to pay city wages. As long as you havo 26, 000,000 people raising all the food that Ik consumed by the 60,000,000 others this will be true. The farmer Is be tween the devil and the deep sea- and he Is very much in the sea. "But you can help the farmer a grent deal by equalizing the tariff. I don't say that because I am a Democrat for I'm not. I'm a Republican. But I know that Armour & Co., and the Balmon packers, for Instance, draw a rebate of 99 per cent of the duty on tin plate, while the farmer who uses tin cans to ship his fruit in has to pay the full tariff." Mr. Mason, speaking again, expressed the opinion that one of the greatest dangers to the farmer of Oregon is tho influx of undesirable citizens, Jap anese, Chinese, Turks and others who have no interest In our social customs, our schools or our laws. He said that there Is a constantly Increasing tend ency on the part of the fruit growers to emnlnv .Tnnn fnr ftvarulhln "Tt,.. compete In wages from top to bottom," he said. . Why do the fruit growers employ them?' anked one of the commission. "Because thev are tha nna Mut a slave," responded Mr. Mason energetic ally. "They have no brains, no knowl edge, no anything. They will do Just exactly as they are told, when they want to. When they don't they no savee." Mason disputed the claim made hv some of the farmers that thev rnm,t get white labor. "I employed 85 men this year at annle nickina- time" h said, ''and I turned away 200. I never employed a Jap in my life, and I never in. ASSAILS NAME OF DEAD MAX J. II. Jlltchings, one of the law, yers agalnut whom alpli B. Fishor the murdered prosecu.or for the grievance committee of' the State Bar association. Instituted disbar ment nroceeriinira. nnd vim ha. been suspected of being concerned In tho sending of the threatening lAtiara received by Fisher before his death c cues Fifiher of having been engaged in a. cuuspiracy to neiame nis reputation. Several charges were filed against Hltchlngs. One of these was that he had tried to enter Into a conspiracy with Detective Tom Kay to populate a room ing house of West Park street with dla. reputable women and then to have Kay raid It In order that the owner might b'uuiiuh ior ureapmg rne lease, which wag not profitable to him. Hltch lngs was accused of having gone to ( aotaln Rruln. then contain nf rfiiu. 'I'! who mis proposition. 8nnnvside Mothers Meet. The Suniiyslde Mothers' Home Train ing association met In the schoolhouse yesterday. Nearly 100 mothers respond ed to the invitation in vlult tha uhmi and enjoy the "octal hour. The mem bers of the executive hoarServad . and waters. Thei followed an thfor- tnai oiacusaion of itcli subjects as ven-tilatlnn- iiredrilla... laflhandod hlld.n good honks. te, The -ltn-ln. meets the llrst V PrliVfRd;iy of pvorv Inn'illi POMONA R U E PLANS FUTURE Farmers' Organization Will Aid in Development of Idaho. . (Special rtlftnatcta to The Joarsal.) Nam na, Idaho, Dec. 3. Pomona cranire of Can von county, made un nf delegates from the various granges of me. county, met in tnis city yesterday. About 60 deteaates were Dresent An elaborate program was given at the evening session and a great deal of en thusiasm was manifested for tho or ganization. X lie grange is new in Idaho, hdvlno- oeen iniroaucoa in me state during tne past year. But Its growth has been very rapid and the organization prom ises to become an important factor in the state's development It will exert a strong influence in the com In leela. lature for the promotion of any legis lation that will tend to improve the purine Highways. .Midway grange, represented here yes terday, recently organized In the vicin ity" of Deer Flat of the Payette-Boise reclamation project claims the distinc tion of being the most numerous charter membership grange in the United States, having been organized with 104 charter mem Ders. A score of excited property owners of East Seventh .street stormed tho mayor's office this morning and, en trenching themselves before the official desk, could not be dislodged before Dr. Lane had exhausted his entire explana tory vocabulary -and called tho city engineer to his rescue. .. Apprehension over a rumor that they would be required to pay an assessment of $1000 a lot for the regrading and im provement of East Seventh street be tween Fremont and Thompson was the reason for tho onslaught on the "big stick" wlelder of Portland. The mayor finally explained that the cost of the street improvement would not bo more than $300 a. lot and everybody went home happy. A protest from property owners on Ellse and Graham streets, which Jut into East Seventh, was also silenced by the mayor, who showed the remon strators a contract with El wood Wiles. tho contractor, in which he agreed to regrade East Seventh without cost' to the taxpayers on the two side streets mentioned. PILES SCHEMES III AID SOUND (TTnlled Prru IjiimI Wlra 1 Bellingham. Wash.. Dec. 3. Tn renlv 10 lueaaascD neni to senator men ask ing him to endeavor to have the Ha-ht. house headquarters removed from Pnrt, land to Bellingham. Secretary Rn w Welch Of the Bellingham chamber nf uommerce nas received tne following "Secretary Welch Llrhthmiaa hrii win iaao up witn me tne question of moving lighthouse headnunrtora frnm Fortland to Bellingham on receipt of yuur nrii-ur w cst-cretary Diraus. 8AMuL H. PILES." Nothing Is known In this cltv of anv movement to chancre the hraHmian. Of the llchthousn hoard tn lUllnam The report Is not credited at the office 01 me ugmnousc inspector in the Cus- ijitin nuuuiiiK. jt wan srareri hnwou,. that there, might be an effort on foot to. have a new district rreatni .i.. headquarters at Bellingham, though no wuiu vi ouun enori lias come to th t-ortiano oirice. CHAKGES MADE BY CBEDITORS Charees that Attnrnev n a xa has been unfaithful to ha irmt - administrator or the estate nf iihi j. weniwonn Dy acting aga.lnst the In teresis or tne estate, are made In petition filed in the eountv onurf hi morning by Johnson & Van Zante and A. H. Tanner, na Attnrnei-a frr a a Brown, one of the unpaid creditors of me eisinie. juoge vveoster is asKed to remove Pague as administrator and to substi tute Brown or some other, competent person. Unless this is done, it is as serted, Pague will, prevent the payment k iwv nidi ih uue tne estate ana de- ikhi me claims or creditors. All th estate has on hand, apparently, is $260 Brown has a claim' for $287 that was rejected by Pague but later allowed by the court, and there are other claims amounting to $647. Brown asserts that tne iuu is due from Thomas G. Nlner aim Ayoiia hi. riiner, nusnand and wife. According to the petition, Pague has been attorney for the Nlners for many VHflm WfttltVfArih llail in ....... 1 ,i . ... .....nv,v., . . . v,u mail. Il leaving as neirs nis widow, Sarah Went worth, and a son. Henrv Wentwnrth Amona- his effects was a note from tha Ninera for $1750, secured by a mortgage 1'iuiieiiy in E9uniiiue aaoition. It is alleged that shortly before the death of Wentworth Niner and his wife per- nun tu inaorse tne note as paid although the last $700 had not been turned over. Pague was annolntpd administrate,. three days after Wentworth died, and iwu uays later ne ineo a petition for authority to enter a satisfaction mort gage. The next day this authority was given, x-ugue informing judge Webster that he understood there were no debts against the estate and that the heirs consented to the satisfaction of the mortgage. Both of these statements it Is declared, were untrue, but were made tu urueive ine court. It is stated that Pague now refuses as nuiiiiiuaira.iur iu nog tne court to vacate the order -he secured, and persists in refusing to try to collect the $700 from the Niners, who have long been his iiitriiizi. BOOT INVESTIGATION OX A NEW TEA IL Kphrata. Wash., Dec. J. The Root In vestigation committee believes Tony v I K ,1 ., , j . . . i , . . m . : y ipn mucn m ne would. The committee has been ,told of alleged "leaks" from Justice Root of the su preme' court to his law partner. E. B Calmer, former state senator and an aspirant for the speakership of the leg islature. " Palmer is said to have made overtures to Richardson, who had a case pending before the supreme court that If ac cepted, were to have the effect of In fluencing a decision of tha at.r,.. court. For a certain consideration, the committee has bn informed. Palmer agreed to see that a sum of money to 1 snouia not be fixed by the court at more than $18,000 The committee has been told that Rich- w nnve anything to do with the matter, but the records. It Is altered, show that the amount was fixed in an opinion rendered by Root at $19,- Richardson is a wealthy in well known throughout this part of .i"-? v Tatton Church Baxaar. ' :-The slnntial hnsAitr'an aurtnaa tha ladles, of the Patton. J'Mhodist chnrrh MAYOR OFFERS EXPLAUATIONS win be neld la the church tomorrow 9 f t rnv,-i. . HMD'S LIST; DAY AS I'ITIIFSS Kelates History of Trust in California Export' Feature. . (United PreM Leased Wire.) - New York. Dec, 3. John XX Archbold, resuming the witness stand today, .en tered the last staged , of nis cross- examination at the hands of Frank B. Kellotra- in the aovernment eult to dis - solve the oil trust. .. . The witness produced memoranda, purporting to show the gradual increase of the capital of the Standard In Call- fornia. He said the Standard purchased the Pacific Coast Oil company in 1908 for $761,000. The capital stock of the concern then was $1,000,000, he said, In 1902 it was increased to $3,000,0uO, Tn 1803 it was raised to $6,000,000 and in 1806 it was raised to $16,000,000, with the privilege of Increasing It to $25,- 000,000. Kellogg then asked him about the af- f4 of the-California concern and in - aulred nartlcularlv about a contract with the Barnsdals Oil company which, Kellogg said, showed a loan of $7,756, - 000 td the head of that concern. Arch- bold said he had made a search and had been unable to find a copy of such a contract, i ne inquisitor tnen asseriea that- the original contract was in hands of a Pittsburg bank and could be ob- Ltuncu una juvuueru u. Mciaaai y. no then asked Archbold to produce the original. Kellogg called the attention of Arch- bold to his direct testimony In which the witness said the refineries were lo- cated with reference to the handling of tho general business, Then by a series of questions he established the fact that nhooz.. tho nil huaino.a .i i a i ota to IS per cent today. Tbls controverted Archbold's statement that the Standard woe raannnalhla fnr tha rtovelnnment nt was responsioie lor me uemucnim the export business by surmounting naxaraous ODStacies. ArciiDoia was loath to make the admissions. Attorney Rosenthal proffered con siderable advice to Kellogg during the questioning. Keuogg rinauy remaraea, lestiiy "I don't need advice. I can get along: probably not as well, but I can get -""K- -i i James A. Morrett, wno win oe tne next witness, eniereu in? - couriruura !Xt witness, entered the-- courtroom . i. . . . 1 . toward the end of the morning session. Blbley a Standard Employe. In the hearing yesterday afternoon Attorney Kellogg developed the fact that J. C. Sibley, formerly congressman fpAm Ponnovlvanlii whrtaa lAttat-a In Archbold were a feature Of the last po- litical campaign, is now employed by the Standard Oil company. Arohhnld declarnd that Slhlev was nt present manager of the affairs of the ualena signal oil company, controlled by tne standard, it is a concern which nas a monopoly or tne mantel or signal oil everywhere - Kloquestioned Archbold at great length !n. Fegard. to the. dissolution . of the Slanrtur,! till comrjanv. folio wlncr the adverse decision In Ohio. He brought out the fact that the Standard of New Jersey was the factor by which tne stocKS or otner corporations were taken care of. When asked why the concern was organized under the laws or New jersey Arcnooid answered "Because the laws of New Jersey of fered us tne most liberal and consistent terra uh me muri nuerai ana consistent treatment for such a holding corpora- "On. I The Pacific Coast OH company was your biggest competitor on the coast, was it notr inquired neuogg. -Archbold answered negattvelv. "Was it capitalized at $1,000,000 When you took It over? It was a pretty good Bized concern r neiiogg suggested. Archbold answered, "They have big ger things out there than we have here. , "In the oil business?" queried Kel logg, i "California Isn't so bad off," Archbold replied, amid laughter. PIONEER WOMAN OF OSWEGO DEAD Mrs. Mattle E. Ball. Mrs. Mattie E. Ball died vesterdav afternoon at the home of her daughter. Mrs. B. Curtis. 287 North Fifteenth street Mrs. Ball had been nrartlr-allv umyieaa Binue January last, wnen she was stricken with paralysis. Mrs. Ball leaves tour cnnuren, three sons. John Ball of Oswego. Arthur and Richard Ball Of this cltv. and nna danahta,. Mrs. D. Curtis. " ' Mrs. Ball came to this city in March, 1881. She was born In I jwn nmm- .. Al,t' ... 1 . - . . . . . . vuiu, jmy , xboo, ana at tne time of her death was 62 years of age. The cans iirst settled at uswero. hut annn after Mr. Ball's death in 1889 came to Portland. Mrs. Ball had a wide circle ui iiiciiuB in tins city. DITCH DIGGER DIES (SperHl Dlxpatch to The Jonrrjl. " Baker City. Or.. Dec 8. Frank RurV. a laborer employed in digging a sewer ditch in this city, lost his life this morning through the breaking of a' wa ter main that caused the bank to cave In. Burke was burled under nv.nl tons of earth. He was a stranger here. It is claimed that he had a sister in Philadelphia, but her address is not unjvwiv - - BURTON'S BERTH . IS THE TREASURY , (Cnttd Praaa fjaaapd Wlra.t Hot Springs, Va. s Dec. ' 3. The llilliiiiiiil f F ; - ) Hv '4,' ''"' i ' - i L y-ri :. :l L"' k , 1 - h jr ... . y port that Representative TheodorBur ton of Cleveland has been proffered the treasury portfolio In the Taftf cabinet ,T,i"vfd to tr"- PrVsldent- elect Taft refuses to dlseusi the report, but those close In hlrn declare that the Of fer h.f s bo(n in;,.! TWO WITNESSES SWEAR ; - FINCH Brother-in-law, Makes Affidavit ' That , Murderer1 Con fessed Details of the Killing: pf Fisher .Deputy,.' . , Sheriff Beatty's Memory Also .Improves. Though he denied to a Journal ra Z""tV: y Z?rJnf: n?1 -ne. .Kn,w. evidence In . th case against James A. 1 Finch, and declared that ha - did not overhear any conversation "worth while" between Finch and his : wife on tho night after tho murder of R. B. Fisher by Finch, Deputy Sheriff Frank Beatty this morning mado an affidavit at the office of the district attorney in which he reaffirms the fact that ha did overhear enough of tb conversa- tlon between Finch and hia wife to be of any value, but deposes that Finch made an Independent statement to him, In which the slayer of Fisher narTated details of the shooting and declared that he shot in aelf defense. 1 , Tuesday afternoon. Just after the I mihlieatlnn nf a atnrv that Beattv had I overheard the conversation, he not only 1 denied having overheard more than a 1 1 aw wnrda. hut was so certain that he knew nothing about statements by I pinch that he asserted- with emphasis i the he would not answer a suopoena. He said it was no use to even answer a i subpoena, and that he would go to Jail I f Irst, DeCaUBS ne Knew nomifiK tuiu I want tn mixed un In the af fair at all." t wva a Affidavit, tJ ,. ", n.atv In his sworn affidavit today Beatty says that he was "helping out in tne Jail last Saturday night About o'clock Mrs. Finch came to see her hus- hnnd. accomDanled by two men wno.n I vtaattv iM not know. These men were the brothers orMrs. Finch. BeaUy sat In one corner of the county JaH ' "brary While FlnCh Sat BOmO distance a Way - ....- h wrn,h: wiin ni wi-o h, ------ Mrs. Finch laid her head i i a j. on her nusDano snouiuor o talked in low tones, some of whicn Beatty says he heard and much he did not hear. He does not tiwraiii w b" any conversation up to tne urao no talked directly to Finch, - His entry into tne conversation suited from something being said about r.,:7r - . " ha fTnnr. "'v . 5. a iz.. asuea weatty ii ne I ac,la1 HAn T T V IT n HM W LUT, KUlli Beatty v , h.m aalrml "le""Y"Ti i'Y"hVt t -hot Flshe- h Vi.wJ nin -. Finch said be I did not mean that that Fisher drew a arun and coin ted It over his shoulder irt Finch as he sf in his revolving I v.n(. 1Ptn,h mnrnrcintr tO the affidavit. then stated that he drew his revolver and fired once at random, thinking to scare Fisher. He-fired a second time ithmil toklnr aim. he said, and tftcll as Fisher still kept the gun Po'"d at him be shot a tnira time ana nn unu I Proves 71neB Shamming. i ,.J., i. . ,i,.i -cinnh I Anotner aiiiaavii w "re" hasten tomitoVH be d I4ppt remer aboat - u"i u". " """"" " "V. - torney this morning, when Deputy J. J. FHigerald questioned miey reiiy. a brother of Jdrs. Finch, under oath. Petty ket ween Finch and ?" the and his brotner, jonn reny. wj j his wife in the county Jail library Sat- iirrinvi nla-ht and sat close enough ; to urdayi night and sat ciose enuugn hAn. In hanr mnt nf what W8S Said. Pattv in hia affidavit, says that r '"j m.i, nnlntlne- a a-un ch 'XtSfoKXX" . . . .v.., v., viahAr draw thA T lfll'11 H1U im iiiu.Rii. . . . - - - gun from a drawer in nis uran wiw r... u i uA a 1,1 Malln Ralnh" when ret hand tJp aa Id "Hello KalDh he entered the office, and then Fisher reached for the gun, He shot, he said, because If he had not killed Fisher he would have been killed himself. neoutv District Attorney Fitzgerald thinks that Finch's insanity plea has been "nailed" by the affidavits, and he expects a similar statement from jonn Petty, who, besides Mrs. Finch, was the only person close enough to overhear any conversation between them. Mrs. t lncn, or course, cannot no mauo w testify against ner nusoana. Thorn in some doubt however, as to these affidavits cutting much figure In the trial. The defense is veering around ranldlv to a. self defense piea, coupieo with an alleged State of mind cretfted by fancied or actual grievances against Ralph B. Fisher, the truth or falsity of the things believed by the slayer not being in tnemseiyes 01 amy uviiooqucuw in sucn a aeiense. ISar Explain Later. in. ih'n theory of the case Finch will hn no difficulty in remembering Just how the shooiing too piace wnen ne is nlaned on the stand. It will tnen oe easy for him to explain his pretended lapse of memory by admitting that he was shamming for the purpose of fore- italllng questions tnat wouiu nave ueu asked in great numbers by newspaper men and 'detectives. Memory Zs JUturnlng. Thla idea was strengthened bv an ad mission by Finch this morning that his memory la aradually returning. ASKed If the testimony at the preliminary ex amination yesterday nao rerresneo nis memory concernine the events of last Saturday, he said that it did to some extent. He would not say what he now remembers, having made up his mind not to talk about that feature of the case. Finch also states that so far as he Is concerned he wants a speedy trial. . 'T Bm nnnlfl.l I, V, ...... " h ..M 'and I am ready as soon as the case 1 am v. nKniuDi i. 111.1 ... .,0 n iui can be reached. The newspaper stories may nave stirred ud some leeuna- on the outside, but I have no fear as to the outcome when all the , facts are brought out. There la a lot of it that has not been published yet. My head Is not- hurting me much now, and I feel more like myself again." All the time Finch talked he smoked cigarettes, rolling? and lighting a new one as aoon i.s one was consumed. Oc casionally ' he smiled and lauarhed over some part of the conversation that ap pealed to him as humorous. His talk was mostly or tne vlndlctlveness that he declares Fisher disDlaved toward I'Oim. JUMPS INTO DRUM OF SALVATION ARMY Because Ed McDonald jumped w through- a bass . drum belonging to the Salvation Army, whose 'members were holding a meeting at Third and ' Morrison streets ' last night he was this morning sentenced to serve 10 days in w Jail. McDonald; who was Intox- w icated. was seen by Patrolman w Swennes just as he jumped through the drum, and was taken to the station, where he spent the night This morning he pleaded- eloquently, for his re- lease before Judge gaabrook, who finally- gave htm 80 minutes to leave town or receive the sen- tence. McDonald said he would leave town. at ' HOOD RIVER WILL: HELP WITH APPLES kJRLJ1?? 'vtr ComniereUii club has notified the officials-of the chamber of commerce that it will willingly assist In members of the National Rivers and gon appK-H , ;,,v;.J I'"va a s"tr ore j - IS SHAMMING - "It all started back from ' that legls wiive bbbsioii in jsuj, ne-eaiq. ina year there was a fight over the oraan isatlon of the bouse. Tom Kay was a candidate for speaker for tho (leer Scott forces. ' Harris .was elected by the Mitchell-Fulton men. I was a Ful tun man and I did a great deal to beat TomKay. .From remarks that I have heard Fisher made I know he never rorgave me, ror he was a brother-ln law of Tom Kav." ' ; , . Flnch, also went over again the story of the charges resulting in his disbar ment He said his cass was the first in tne History or, such prosecutions wnere tne prosecutor initiated the pro ceedings and played -the private detec tlve to get evidence. Once he said, his office desk was broken into and a con tract he had made with one of. his clients was stolen. He did not know who broke into his desk, but afterwards the contract showed un tn th handa nf vircuu juage uantenDem. . - ., Finch would not say who , he . be lieved broke his- desk, but he was ap parently seeking to give the impres sion . that ?the e abstracted document its way into the Judge's hands wuuugn ino instrumentality or laher Has Koney for Defense. rTjnch declared this morning that he ma jriumjr vi tunns ana win not lack money for his defense. Testerday he and his wife executed a deed to ten jots in west r-ortiand addition to C. 'Piggott one of his attorneys, in pan payment oi nis ree. These lots ?r? not.?f large value, probably worth ftv vr ov" wen, During October. Finch aald ha an Piggott made $1058 from their prac tice, besides some outstanding aecnunta. and he thought November would show about the same. His wife, whom he married about two weeks asro. haa nron erty worth $12,000, according to the statement of Finch. Mrs. Finch, tn be wailing her troubles, however, has wU1 now De able to rnake a living with sain mat sne does not know how. she -- V drajiatic scene "when girl points ; out the murderer "There is - the man who killed Mr. Fisherr; . It was a dramatic moment In the pre liminary hearing of James A. Finch yes terday afternoon when. Miss Verna Burkhart the only, eye witness of the atrocious crime, sitting straight and rigid lu the witness chair, pointed an accusing finger at the culprit, and with her pretty young ' face working with mingled fear, loathing and norror. branded him, as the slayer of R. R, Fisher. ' . .Miss Burkhart had been asked by Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald if she could identify the man who shot Fisher. f "I can," she replied. "Do you see him here in this room?" The girl let her eyes wander about the crowded courtroom from face to face for- nearly a full minute. Then suddenly tjhey dropped to the face of James A. Finch, sitting about five feet from her. Her form stiffened, her evea opened to their widest extent, the mus cles of her face worked, then settled into an expression such as that with which one might look into the -eyes of a loathsome reptile. Slowly she raised ner arm until tne index - finger was pointing straight at the face of the as sassin. "There he is. right there. There is the man who killed Mr. Fisher!" For seconds that Seemed like minutes the accusing finger of innocence pointed directly at the face "of guilt Then the girl's rigid form relaxed and she sank back Into her chair, the tears welling in her eyes,, and turned her head away as if unable longer to bear the sigh of the murderer. Finch sat without moving a muscle, his face expressing neither fear, regret remorse or Injury. He might have been an entirely disinterested and uncompre hending spectator. The preliminary hearing, which re sulted In Finch being bound over to the grand Jury, brought out much the same testimony that was given at the coro ner's Inquest. Immensely American. - That's from the word go. . True enough, their blend con- , tains Orientaltobacco. But they are made in a way distinctively American--pureanacleanthrough- ' out with thin, pure mais paper -crimped, not pasted and with in- ; dividual mouthpieces to' insure a cool, clean smoke. : - Their, fame is rapidly : becoming national wen, although they are primarily recognized as a Western favorite. Smoke them all day long if you" want to no After effects. : The men of the West smoked I ever -12000,000 Imperial Cir I v arettes tn l$oj: ; ', . . :10 for 10 cents ' Sold Evmrywktr s THE JOHN BELLMAN COMI-ArrrManufaerurer, San FrancUc. MEATLESS CMS Oil NICKEL LIIIES Crowded ' Condition Insures t (Salem Bareao of The Jonrntl.l .1 Salem, nr.. Dee. 3 a a n,.i. bv the railroad rnmmisalnn tha t-J land Railway, Light & Power company will install heaters at nnna . all coaches used on the Oregon City and Cazadero. lines. Mr. Fuller, vice presi dent and general manager of the street railway company, however, -says In his communication to the commission that he believes , heaters should not be in stalled In the Mount Scott cars because of the short run and hunauae thev ara always, crowded to their capacity, which iiiaaca .iue air close wnen tne cars are heated, . While dlscusstnr the nrnnnaed' antlnn Of the company with reference to-installing-electria heaters on thn OrBirnn City - and Cazadero " lines, Mr. Fuller called attention to tho fact that the Vancouver cars are s Dartlv eouinned with heaters and that most of the oars on the Cazadero and Oregon City lines now have these heaters. - "It Is the purpose of the company." said Mr.- Fuller, ''to put heaters on all the cars that are operated on tha subur ban lines where the fare Is more than cents. . - . "On the S cent city lines heaters are not necessary. The climate is mild and the passengers are not on the cars long enough to get cold.. The Mount Scott, St Johns and Montavilla lines are 6 cent 'city lines; the schedule Is fast, and we have had no requests from the patrons ot those lines to Install heaters." LIBERTY BELL - HAY COME IRE Governor Chamberlain Will Try to Secure Permission to Bring It to Portland. Governor Chamberlain has gone east to make an endeavor to secure for tho Rose Festival In June the Liberty Bell which is Philadelphia's most valued heirloom. Of course that is not the only or tho chief object of the governor's trip, but it la one of the many things he has In mind to attend to before he returns to Oregon. At the headquarters of the Rose Festival, association this morning It was stated that Oovernor Chamber lain will ston -In Philadelphia to sen Governor Stewart and the members of the cltv council of the Pennsylvania me tropolis, and will urge that the bell be allowed to make the trip to the coast to give tne people or the western part ine united states an opportunity to see it , An ordinance passed bv a former cltv council of Philadelphia forbids the Lib erty Ben being removed rrom that. city, but It Is hoped that the present munic ipal body can be Induced to rescind this law and Permit of the bell beina- mniln one of the principal features of Port lands Dig snow. H01I.T STAMPS O IUI. Red Cross stamps at 1 cent each -re put on sale today at the .atlonery departments of the following stores: Llpman, Wolfe & Co., Meier & Frank, Roberts Bros., McAllen & McDonnell, Olds, Wortman & King. W. II. Markel & Co., Kennard & Adams, Nan's pharmacy, Wood ard, Clark & Co. and J. K, Gill company. The stamps will also be on sale at the business office of The Journal. fcsTWl ilhtssaaj ,t ...