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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1908. V
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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
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r SPECIALTY
The - well known - Chinese
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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
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s..f an kinds. Rftnedlos harrn-
oruih t traalmnnt
ti't
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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
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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 ;
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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
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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.
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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.
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I Anotner aiiiaavii w "re"
hasten tomitoVH
be d I4ppt remer aboat -
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torney this morning, when Deputy J.
J. FHigerald questioned miey reiiy. a
brother of Jdrs. Finch, under oath. Petty
ket ween Finch and
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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