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THE OREGON BAILY JOURNAt. PORTLAND. SATURDAY. EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 190S. '
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Says State Board of Medical
Examiners JVeglectea du
ties for Years Oregon Is
.,Nbw Overrun., With In
competent Physicians.
Dr. A. C. Panton," who says Oregon
" ., Is oyerrua . wjth, , "quacks."
The city of Portland and the entire
'state of Oregon, are overrun not only
with unlicensed quacks but with licensed
doctors who are utterly unfit to practice
medicine.- At least this Is the substance
of statements made by a number of the
: reputable physicians of Portland this
morning. A one of them put it, when
. man in urgent need ; of a physician
goes to the telephone and calls up a
.doctor whom he doesn't know, it Is
"i "about an even break wrtetner ne gets a
'real phvslcian- or a. faker who Knows
nothing at alt about the science of medi
cine.' l, . f t . . i
This startling condition of affairs It
Is alleged has been brought about by
the carelessness of the state board of
medical -examiners which, it la said, tip
to ftve years ago, when Dr. A. C Panton
became a member, licensed every Oregon
" man who applied, no matter whether he
could pans the legal examination or not.
The resignation of Dr.. Panton from
the board, which was announced exclu
sively in The Journal yesterday, has
provoked widespread discussion among
the medical fraternity. The statement
has been freely made that Dr. Panton's
resignation is due to the fact that other
members of the' board have tried to
block him in his errort to raise tne
standard of the profession throughout
riii state. JL)T. canton, nowever. oenie
mat this is so, ana says mat pis reaig-
nation Is due to the fact that be ex-
fects to go Booth in January and thinks
hat the position should be held by some
man who can better attend to the duties
of the place. ., v. y:
"I have been member of the board
for : the past five years.", be wald this
: morning, "and I am ready to let some
body else nave a turn at it"
Statements Are ; Startling.
-In an tntervlew-thlar morn I ner. how
ever, Dr.-Fan ton made statements that
. are certain to -raise a storm In the camp
-of the medicos From bis statements
It could be Inferred that certain ineti
. ttitlnnn .nr . evirr vear - ttirninsr : loose
upon : the community physicians . who
Know jiuie or nothing- snout meir . art
, whose preliminary and medical educa
tion la fatally defective, and whose Inability-
properly to diagnose ; the cases
which they are called upon to handle
is tne, cause or Tnany fleams in ure
Dr. Panton - told -what he considered
.to be the cause for the great number
oi pnysicians m mi auwwng wuuiu
; not ne auowea to practice at an.
"The . old examining board." he said,
"got into the habit of passing all Ore-
gon college . graduates no matter
whether they were successful In pass
ing the examination or not If an
Oregon graduate -got only 25 or 60 per
cent Instead of the 76 per cent re
. quired, the board simply marked him
: up to 76 or so or so per cent ana gave
him a license to practice. -
"This was not riant to the public.
The object of the board of examiners
Is supposed to be to examine applicants
as to their efficiency. When I went
on the board my collegue were In
favor of passing everybody. - At the
first examination one man who got
only 26 per cent, who knew absolutely
nothing about medicine, who could not
, even read a printed page, was marked
.:. up to V6 per cent and the board pro-
poseu. to tet mm practice.
There were a good many others who
were not much better. I told the board
then that If these men were allowed
to practice I would not stay on the
. board. I would resign, and further-
more I would publish my reasons for
;. resigning. I told them I had the exam
ination papers of these men and I
would publish them so people could see
what was being done. The board didn't
... pass thera. ..-
. pat tn Merit ystem.
"Since I have been president of the
board Oregon graduates have been
graded according to their merits. And
that has, been a good thing for the
schools. Since that policy was adopted
the medical department of the - Uni
versity ei Oregon nere in Portland has
made great advances.
"There are men In Portland -who are
the equal of any of the physicians of
Europe.- And there are also men prac
' tiring medicine without license all over
the state. The laws don't Interfere
with them rery much. What we need
Is legislation to shut out the ouacks.
"The greatest trouble with the medical
schools in this state is that they take
men without sufficient preliminary edu
cation, -fna jforuanav-ecnool, however,
is doing good work. But I don't be
lieve the existence of the Salem school
Is Justified, - The medical school there
hasn't the equipment, and it hasn't suf
ficient clinical material. There are not
many paupers In Salem, and a man who
pays for being doctored is not going
to pose before a class for examination.
"The Salem school was investigated
last year ami- the year before by the
Council of Medical Education of the
American Medical association. I have
a letter here from Dr. H. P. Colwell,
one of the men who conducted the in
vestigation." Dr. Panton submitted the
letter, dated November 28, 1908. which
.was in part as follows:
"As 1 may have told yon, the Willam
ette school was placed on our unsatis
' factory list and copies of. this list have
been sent to all state board secretaries.
1 can assure you thwt about-. 16 states
will refuse to recognise its diplomas. I
notice your board Is having an Interest
ing time of it. but right will prevail la
'Approre Portland School. . J
pr Panton stated that the American
Medicnl society believed the- medical
Srhfvii or me l nlversHy of Oregon is
nw tiisilfiM ty Its fork and the ln
rrenslng siste f't Portland. Hut they
lave expressed the -opinion that the
rhool shotshi lava an annual appro-
- v1 " 1 . '
prlation from the legislature of. not less
than Jiu.uuu. to . teacn meaicine as it
should be taught, as the fees " received
from students are -never enough proper
ly to support a medical school.
Dr. Panton stated that he bad no
personal feeling . against the Salem
school, and said ' he counted conn of
the professors among .his friends.
- Illustrative of the ignorance of some
of the practicing physicians or Oregon.
Dr. Panton told of case that- ap-
pened outside the city where a woman
was sick from' cancer. ' Three sisters
had suffered from the same disease, yet
the country doctor who attended her
failed -to recognise the maiaay, ana
persuaded her- not to undergo . an op
eration. -'Th woman died. If the
physician had had the medical knowl
edge to diagnose the case properly, her
life could have been saved. Yet he did
not, notwithstanding the fact that her
sister' had died of the same disease.
"This sort of thing," said Dr. Pan-
ton, "is an Injustice to the public It
is a serious matter to admit to prac
tice men who are not qd to 'the' mark.
Oregon graduates should be graded the
same as applicants from any other
state, but there has been a disposition
nn the nart of mv colleaarues to pass
all Oregon men, though applicants from
outside are made to undergo the ex
amination. ;
:'-. Standard Too iow.,
"The standard of the medical pro
fession In thia state is too low, even
now. The examination la merely rudi
mentary." ' -.- .-' .
Dr. Panton hinted at what Is probably
one of the causes of so much illiter
acy among physicians being tolerated.
Country physicians, ha says, get cases
which they are unable to handle, so
thev send the patients to some certain
physician In Portland for treatment.
'fho CnitUiul m IvM., fa with
A J L .IU1I V. . , U 1. M"VB ..w ......
the -country doctor. And then, when
any objection is made to the country
doctor being allowed to practice, the
Portland man takes his part because he
looks upon his as a friend.
Dr. panton expressed tne oeuer tnat
the aDDointment of members of the ex
amining board ought not to lie exclu
sively in the hands of the governor, be
cause he usually does not know who the
applicants are. For that reason he sug
gested that the medical association
recommend to the governor the names
of suitable Physicians. This was done
when. Dr. Panton resigned, and the
names of r. A. W. Smith, Dr. Amos
and Dr. T. W, Klrby have been suggested.'-
Jt is probable that one of them
will receive the appointment, aa two
of them, at -least, have signified their
willingness to serve lr appointed.
Tor Good of Publio, . w ;
Dr. Panton said he did not want to
offend anyeody. What he had said and
done was for the betterment of the pro-
loamon in m state or. uregon ana De
cause he believed It due to the publio
to see to it that men unfitted to prac
tice medicine were not granted licenses.
ie rererrert in flattering terms to the
Portland medical school, which he said
was doing rood work and should tie en.
couraged. lr. Panton was at one time
a member of the faculty of this institu
tion, having held the chair of materia
medlca at one time and later being
transferred to the chair of anatomy
when Dr. Bevens resigned. Dr. Panton
resigned rrom tne latter position on
account of the Increasing demands of
his practice. He states that he feels
very friendly toward the school.
. Dr. W. T. Klrby, F. R. C C. who is
one of those recommended to succeed
Dr. Panton on the board of medical ex
aminers, stated this morning that he
thoroughly agreed with Dr. Panton In
the views expressed by the latter, but
further than that he did not wish to
be quoted. He did, however, pay his
respects to the -Cottel ordinance, which
requires physicians practicing in Port
land to pay a license fee, the same as
do peanut peddlers.
" Object to City Tax.
"I went and paid my $2," he said,
nd told the clerk that if he would
only give me a tag, I would be all right
and on the same plane as a peddler.
Another physician who also desires
his name withheld for personal reasons,
was very emphatic in his expression
Of his opinion concerning the' standard
Of the medical profession in Oregon,
v "There are some of the best doctors
In the world here," hel said, "and some
of the poorest. 1 came here from one
of the best medical schools in the world
and took the examination for as license
to practice medicine. I passed it easily
enough, but " there were 21 out of 60
who failed to make 75 per cent. .And
yet there was not a question asked
that a man of ordinary Intelligence who
had never studied medicine at all ought
not to be able to answer.
"The standards of the schools are
entirely too low. ahd the entrance re
quirements are too low. The schools
ought to require more study. It Is
ridiculous to allow a man to go off to
some school in Missouri and study for
three or four months and then come
back here and get a license allowing
him to practice on any and all cases,
when he is not even fitted to recognize
the cases -when he sees them. -He
Carted Zt Asthma.
"A man came to me a short time ago
and wanted me to go out and see a
friend of his who -was sick. He said
that his friend was being attended by
another doctor who , diagnosed the dis
ease as asthma, but seemed unable to
do anything for It, although he had been
tilling the patient full of all sorts of
medicine and having him smoke and
inhale all kinds of concoctions.
"I went out and found the man bent
over a chair breathing with difficulty.
'Why don't you straighten up? I asked
htm. 'I can t get my breath if I do,' he
said. I made an examination and found
that he didn't have asthma at all. He
was suffering from Bright's disease and
his heart was all gone, while his whole
body was puffed out with water. I did
what I could for him, but it was too
late. He died two Vjays later. If his
case had ben properly diagnosed he
would have lived."
The doctor claimed that the laws of
Oregon in regard to the practice of -medicine
are very defective. Almost any
thing can be done by a physician. Oper
ations that are criminal In other states
are carried on here without let or hin
drance, because there Is no law to pre
vent What we need Is some legisla
tion that will regulate the practice of
medicine In this state and do away with
the quacks."
SIX TO STABLE
IN THESE DISTRICTS
A new stable ordinance has been filed
In the auditor's office. The proposed
law prohibits the erection of stables
to house more than six horses within
the district bounded by the following
streets: Bounded on the east by Fif
teenth streetyon the north by Upshur,
on the soutfl by Morrison and ' on the
west by Eighteenth: also In the district
defined on the east by Eighteenth
street, on the north by Upshur, on the
south by Pettygrove and on the west
by Nineteenth. - -
DISAPPOINTED SUPERS BRING .
SUIT AGAINST SIS HOPKINS SHOW
Six seminary girls who say they were
hired to pla,y with Sis Hopkins during
her week's stay in Portland had Rose
Melville, her manager, J. R. Stirling,
and her Saturday matinee box office re
ceipts attached by Constable Lou Wag
ner at tne if a Her mis aiternoon. to neip
pay the cost of their commencement
dresses which they had made but only
worn two nights.
According to their lawyer, A. Walter
Wolfe, who represents Mlxs Kate Mo
Worthy and her five would be school
girl friends. Manager Stirling wrote
ahead of his show and asked, that six
young, ladles provide themselves with
commencement dresses and take part -In
the show at a stipulated price of $1 a
night
The young ladles : thought Mr. Stir
ling was a j-ting in good faith," said Mr.
Wolfe, "and they provided themselves
with graduation frocks at great expense,
spending all the way from $5 to t(
apiece on them. Thev showed op Sun
day night and took part. They were
mere on taj again Monday nignt-.-and
took part . again. Then on, Tuesday'
night when . they had -got into the
dresses and liad made up they .were i
f s a r a T f AT rniiM
HtAUo Ur rUUK
SPLIT WITH AX
Colorado Family , Extermi
- riated, - Save- One u Daugli v
ter,. Who Is Missing.
'(tTnttto Tnm Leases Wlre.7 .--
Denver. Dec. 6. Four members of the
family of Casmo Garcia were found
dead today in their home on Corrlso
creek with their heads spilt with an ax,
accordlnar to reports . received here to
day. The bodies were in a state that
would indicate iney naa oeea eu sev
eral days. - '
The dead are: -!,-;
Casmo Garcia, 78 years old.
Mrs. Vivlana Garcia, his wife. 82 years
Of age. .
TriHvl Riirela. a son. SB.
Lui Oarulli. 60 years of age, a friend
of the family. - -
The authorities are looking-for. Fran
cisco Martlnex, who had been a guest
at the home of the Oarciaa. He has dis
appeared, as has Margarita Oarcla, the
25-year-old daughter of the Oarclas.
Martlnea Is said to have represented
himself as a wealthy sheep owner,
The bodies were fouW by Nicholas
Feraandez, who called t the 0rcja
pladb on an errand. A bloody ax 'with
which the ceed was committed was
found near the door.
Slllflll'S JUT
EHTERS CAPITAL
Nobody to' Make Trouble If
He Wants to Make Him
self President.
(rjntted Pr UihI WIra.)
Port n Prince. Havtl. Dec. 6. The
main body of General Simon's army
marched triumphantly into this city
today and the welcome accorded the
troops dispelled all doubts as to popu
lar sympathy in the cause of the revo
lutionists and the desire of the people
to see him elevated to the presidency.
That he will step into the place vacated
by the aeposea veteran, ora aisxis.
Is now considered oertatn. The soldiers
who entered the city today under
Simon's banners camped 12 miles out
side of Port ' Au Prince last nignt,
having avoided taking possession of
the city on Frldaj on account of the
superstitions connected with the day.
MINERS SHOOT
IIP BALLOT BOX
Hatted Press Leased Wire
t Shamrock, Ky., Deo. 6. Serious riot
ing occurred here today during the Re
publican primary election In the Twen-tv-slxth
Judicial district, when a num
ber of miners, dissatisfied with the way
the election was going, shot up the bal
lot box.
There was a hasty scattering of elec
tlon officers, but none was Injured. It
lis believed that the election has been
invalidated by the destruction of - the
Daiioi DOX.
WANTS PORTLAND TO
STUDY CRIMINALS
A letter to the mayor from Arthur
McDonald, honorary president Of the
International Anthropological congress,
asks that the city of Portland establish
an Institute for the study of criminals.
with a view to preventing crime by as
certaining its causes.
One city official said today that he
supposed Mr. McDonald had learned
Portland presents a very fertile field
for such Investigation.
THREE TO TRY FOR
OLD LIBERTY BELL
Mayor Iane appointed the Liberty
Bell committee this morning. The men
who will have charge of negotiations
to bring the historic pealer west for
me nose r estivai next year are conn
cllmen Baker, Annand and Rushlight
SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN
CHURCH COUNCIL
Philadelphia, Dec. S The social prob
lems of the great cities constituted the
principal topic of the federal council
of the Protestant churches today. K.
P. Rowland of Los Angeles, head of the
committee on social reforms, was the
principal speaker.
Brief Respite for Halsey.
(TTalted Preaa Leased Wlre.l
San Francisco, Dec. 6. Theodore V.
Halsey, the indicted "publicity", official
of the Pacific States Telephone company,
was today denied a continuance - of n
month In the cases against him. al
though his physicians declared that lie
was Buffering from tuberculosis and
should be allowed to take a southern
trip. Judge Dunne refused to grant him
permission to leave the city, and set his
cases over for two weeks.
Advertise Oregon Apples.
Portland merchants and others who
live In this city are urged to write let
ters to correspondents and friends In
New York City during the next two days
calling attention to the display of Ore
gon apples on the Sixth avenue front of
Macy's In New York. The display has
been forwarded to the big department
store and It Is desired that as many peo
ple as can will see the tQ m-lze hnin
J destined for European- rulers and thus
'help to advertise the Oregon apple.
suddenly told they could not graduate
after all. They were sent horn with $2
apiece and told not to come back.
"Of -course the eirl hail nn. in
work and spent all the way from $7 to
$8 on commencement frockV and they
had an understanding that thfy were to
play six nights and have the dresses
when they got through. When they
wm thrown out this way they" only
hSd. ,.."nd nad "Pnt the way from
$ to $10 on their dresses. So I swore
out an attachment for $50 and will hold
the show ifl can't get the money any
other way. , .
.,'Iilnder''tn''-" R,1 Mr. Wolfe, "that
the Bis Hopkins' company has been do
ing thia came trick all along the route.
They write ahead and get sup I mean
actressesto belli tnem on ,he two
vpvmng nigme ao tnat tne first night-
ers,. and -'critics will think- there in a !
Hio ws CTinpny no later on they rire'neirs vina, ' vertiogis,"
them after they have gone to the ex
pense of getting new dresses,"
Miaa Melville, when asked about the
trouble, said that thexeal reason was that
Miss-McWart'hy shd her friends "hadn't
done nothin'" for her. "Ami 1 don't be
lieve In doln" iwthln' fer nohodv what
don t do nothln' fer me," said the star.
IDS
REED'S WW
Mrs. II. W. Goodc Says Es
tate of Husband Has Been"
Very Badly Managed.
. Alleging a 'long course of misman
agement of the estate of the iate Henry
W. Goode by the administrator, S. O.
Reed, the widow. Mrs. Edith F. Goode,
has filed a petition in the county court
askinar for the removal of Reed and
appointment of herself as administra
trix. Mrs. Goode asserts that . Reed prom-
isea to resign nia trust, out later re
fused to do so. She has attached to
her petition a letter in which he ex
presses willingness to retire only when
she has approved his acts. She says he
has now gone east on a protracted visit,
although matters connected with the
estate require his attention and loss is
threatened. She aBks to have him cited
to show cause why he should hot be re
moved. It Is stated that lie had -notice
of her Intended action long before -he
left Portland.-- '' . v i,.,--....
Mrs, Goode also expressed strong dis
satisfaction with Frederick V, Holman,
attorney for the administrator, who. was
attorney for the Portland Railway. Light
Power company at the time of Goode's
aeatn, in Marcn, 1SU7, ana was aiao at
torney for Reed. She did not want Reed .
as administrator, she says, but Holman
persuaded her to agree to his -appoint-1
ment. She alleged that Reed promised
to dispense with the services of Hol
man as attorney as soon as the affairs
of the Sunset Real Estate company were
settled, but later refused to act and told
her that the discharge of Holman would
be an offense to his best friend.
One of the most -serious chars-en made
in the petition is that Reed and Hol
man, on the day of Goode's death,
went without authority and opened his
private vault, examining the documents
and taking therefrom the keys . to a
private safe deposit box in 'the yaulta
of the Title. Guarantee & Trust com
pany, xw-o aaya . later, it is alleged,
they opened the " safety deposit 'box
through the connivance of J, Tborburn
ROSS. r, - .,
Mrs. Goode charges that Reed failed
to make an inventory of f 10.000 in com
mon' stock of the street railway that
uooae was to have received in addition
to his salary as president of the com
pany, and also an option to purchase
a block of stock. These are alleged
to have been concealed in the face of
requests by Mrs. Goode.
Reed is also accused of falling to In
ventory a note for $1000, -and it Is al
leged that he was guilty of negligence In
allowing the time. to pass when he might
have obtained 6 per cent discount in-paying
the inheritance tax. He is charged
with falling to pay a $2000 claim draw
ing g per cent interest held by the Bank
of Oregon City when there was plenty
of money on hand to pay It. while
claims drawing a less rate of interest
were paid.
' Another alleged dereliction of duty re
sulted in the handling of Goode's Pope
Toledo touring car, it la alleged. This
was Inventoried at 11500, but it is stat
ed that Reed was offered $2500 for It,
and finally sold It for only $1876 after
spending over $300 for repairs.
Stock of the Sunset Real Estate com
pany Is aleged to have been sold at par
when several thousand , dollars more
might have been obtained. Reed is like
wise charged with falling to collect in
terest on a note for $6500. Mrs. Goode
is represented In the proceedings by
Thomas G. Greene.
SUFllW
USE WHIPLASH
Literally Scourge Guardians
of Peace at a Frenzied
Meeting
(United Preaa Laed Wire.)
London, Dec. 6. Fighting among
themselves and half Insane with fury,
6000 suffragettes engaged In a violent
demonstration at Albert hall this after
noon. The meeting was called for the
purpose of discussing the coming cam
paign but it developed Into a clash be
tween the militant and the peaceful
factions.
David Uoyd George, chancellor of
the exchequer, was scheduled to-speak,
when the women rose and cried:
"We want deeds; not words!'1
The stewards tried to put down those
creating the disturbance, with the re
Suit that fights took place In all parts
of the hall and the trouble took on
the proportions of a riot
bix women tnrew orr their cloaks and
displayed themselves In prison garb, to
show their disregard for court senten
ces. Many nad whips with which they
lahed the stewards on their faces.
The disturbance continued for an hour
Dciore tne meeting could be resumed.
FIGHT OFFICERS
Deputy Killed by Band Be
hind Barricade One
Outlaw Falls.
(Hnlted Press Leaeefl Wire I
Charlestown. W. :Va, Deo. 5. Wtiev
kltteral. a deputy sheriff, and "BUI"
Vinson, an outlaw, were killed today
In a battle -between a posse led by
United 'States Marshal Cunningham and
20 outlaws from Kentucky and West
Virginia who barricaded themselves in
Vinson's house. The battle ended in
the capture of several of the outlaws,
after several of the participants had
been severely wounded.
The posse left Charlestown last night
to serve a process on Joe Vinson.
seveTISge
at sea perish
(United Press leawd Wfre.l
Halifax. N, S., Dee. S. Seven men
perished when Standard OH barge No.
101 foundered in a gale last Thursday
night off Seal -Island. -The tng John
Hughes, which was- towing the barge,
arrived at Shelbourne today . and re
ported the accident, .-,
POLICE RAXSACK ;
- - STEINHEIL VILLA
Paris, Deft 8. The police today took
possession of- Madame Adc-iph Stelh-
at Bellevua
Detective will search
through the
buildings' and grounds In' the hope of
rinaina eviaence connecting ner witn
the murder of ; her motlierV - Madame
.Ispy, and her husband, the artist
-This afternoon she was compelled to
answer a long list, of questions submitted-
to hereby Judge Andre.
iioniu
1 m o ws
7T
IIIDTIHS POIIIT ;
TOHIGIHWHEII
Two Men J)eclarc Jolianson,
"Carlson and Osberg Are
Men Who Robbed Them.
Three highwaymen who have been
positively Identified by victims of hold
ups as the thugs who robbed them were
captured last niffht bv Patrolman 8in-
nott at Grand avenue and East Morri
son street The officer succeeded in
capturing all three of the stickuo men
although unaided, and he brought them
all to the station, where two revolvers
and a blue polka dot handkerchief mask
were found on one. who gave his name
as Slgard Jbhanson. The others said
their names were carl Carlson and E,
Osberg. -.. v.. .. -.
John Gundorson, one of .the victims
of the highwaymen, who resides at
the Brooklyn hotel and was robbed at
Grand avenue and East Mill, was stand
ing at the corner of Grand avenue and
East Morrison relating the atory of
the holdup to the officer when Sinnott
saw three men approaching and pointed
them out to Qunderson.
i "That's them now! said the victim.
' Sinnott drew his revolver and com
manded the men to halt He hand
cuffed them and called for the patrol
wagon from the cigar store - of 1L II.
Poineroy across the street At the sta
tion the men were positively identified
by Mr. Gunderson, who swore to a com
plaint charging them with highway rob
bery. He was robbed of $1.75 and his
pocket .knife which was found in the
clothing of Johanson. -
M. Commack was held up at East
Twelfth and titark streets directly un
der an aro light and robbed of. $2, He
says they are the men who held him
up. Newton Anderson was stopped at
the gate to his home. 445 East Lincoln
street, and commanded to throw up his
hands, but he rushed into his hoouse.
evading the thugs by slamming the door
and bolting it.
The three robbers were brought into
Jhe police court this morning and ar
raigned, but entered no plea. C. A. Pe
traln was appointed to defend them.
Although the authorities already have
two definite and separate crimes
charged against the " robbers,, the de
tectives, who had nothing whatever to
do with the arrest, requested that the
cases against the men be postponed
Until Monday morning In order that
they might have an opportunity to
sweat the offenders and If possible
wring other confessions from them.
The cases were postponed until Mon
day morning and the thugs were
marched to detective headquarters
where they spent the morning trying to
answer the many questions of the am
bitious sleuths.
COURT REFUSES
TO UNTIE KNOT
Grin and Bear It, Substance
of Judge, Cleland's- Ad-
vice to Sawyers.
Finding that the testimony was too
weak to support a decree of divorce,
Judora Clelanrl tn the circuit court tn-
fnay gave judgment for the defendant
in tne case or Cora jane sawyer against
H. N. Sawyer, which was tried earlier
in the week. Mrs, Sawyer charged her
husband with cruel treatment in limit
ing the time of her visits and shopping
trips down town, and said he was jeal
ous without cause.
Sawyer admitted he was somewhat
jealous, but denied that he -had been
guilty of cruel treatment. He blamed
his father-in-law and mother-ln-law for
his troubles, and testified that on the
day his wife left him they parted with
kisses, he to go to work and she to visit
her parenta She prolonged her stay
with her parents and the same day sued
for divorce. '
Judge Cleland satd. it appeared that
when Sawyer and his wife parted they
did so affectionately, "or aa affection
ately as married people usually lo." He
was unable to see any ground for a di
vorce. -
SEHT TO SCHOOL BY
COP WHO SPANKS
w "Murphy the cop" Is better
known to tlje youngsters of Port-
w land than any other policeman
w out of the 1S1 on the local force,
w and Murphy knows more of
w them. He has a fatherly Interest' w
w In them that makes them respect
him, although he very seldom
w arrests one of them. He would
rather read them the riot act or
turn an offender across his knee
w and apply the big mitt vigor-
ously. J -.'
w Yesterday Mr. Murphy dls-
0 covered three youthful truants.
w He didn't arrest them but Mon-
4 day they will be in school and
w studying like real grinds. In
e his report to Captain Bailey the
officer says:
w "Jimmy Walls, aged 11, who
w lives at S6 2 Stanton street, has
'
4
a sore leg and can't go to school,
but he can play around all day.
Henry Tuckenberg, aged 12, lives
at 427. East Twenty-fifth street
and is too sick to attend school,
but kicks a football all the time.
Jimmy Larlmore, who lives In a
scow at the east end' of the
Burnside bridge, fishes for carp
during school hour a I think
they'll all be In school Monday."
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DUNPHY DIVORCE
SUIT REOPENED
(nnited Presi Leased Wire.
San Francisco, Dec. - 6. Millionaire
James Clay XKinphy obtained an order
from Judge Qfaham today allowing
him to reopen his divorce case that
was won by his wife, Edith M, Dunphy.
The proviso is that he must pay her
counsel fees, amounting to $1,500, with
in 20 days. . .
'Dunphy filed his suit to reopen the
case on the ground that Mrs. Dunphy
was A bigamist at the time he wedded
her.' He contended, therefore, that her
marriage to him was illegal and should
be annulled. Dunphy contended that
she had a couple of husbands living
from whom she had neglected to se
cure a separation before she became hlj
wife. If Dunphy wins his suit he will
be freed from the payment. of the $60,
000 alimony granted at the time -Mrs.
Dunphy obtained her decree. -"
ACCUSED OF HOLDUP;
. OF HIS OWN SALOON
- (t'nhed Prena Leaaea Wlre.J ". ' .
Butte, Mont. Dec 6. Nick Matson,
formerly of Everett Minn., wan ar
rested here this morning on suspicion
of holding up his own saloon and at
tempting to rooms partner,- ' .
LITTLE EWDEIICE
OF FOUL PLAY
l5olicc, However,"3Vill Inves
tigate. Death of Henry
tiusliaw Further,
That Henry Gushaw. the Fortune.
Cal.. fish dealer who died at St. Vin
cent's hospital Thursday night possibly
may have been murdered by a high
wayman was the discovery made at the
post mortem examination made by City
rnysician ziegler last night There
Is however, no proof of foul play and
according to Dr. Ziegler, the death was
juhi as iiKeiy to nave been caused rrom
a protracted spree and concussion of
tne Drain caused by a fall while drunk
as ny a blow on the head wlta a black
lack or sluneshot. .. . . . . : .
i "It might have been caused either
way,"., said - the . city -physician this
morning.- "There was no abrasion on
the top of the head and the only Injury
was found when we operated and found
a blood clot on the brain. There was
a bruise underneath the scalp, but there
was nothing to substantiate the theory
that he toad been assaulted by a high
wayman. He might have fallen while
drunk and received the - same sort of
injury," . --. . ... . . - , .
The coroner announced this morning
that a friend of Gushaw's told him
that Gushaw had with htm between
$300 and $400 not long before ho was
found lying unconscious on the aide-
walk at second and landers . streets
on Thanksgiving day.-
Detectives have been authorised to
Investigate the case and if possible
ascertain whether or not Gushaw was
murdered. It is the concensus of
opinion, - among the - authorities, how
ever, that Gushaw, who had been on
a wild spree, fell while- in a drunken
condition and that if he was robbed
of the money he might have had left
it was by someone who searched him
while he lay on the sidewalk. .
The body will be taken to Fortuna
for burial next Thursday.
HEIGHTS CLUB
OPEHTO MEMBERS
First Inspection of Kew Es
tablishment Will Be
This Evening.
The new home of the Portland Heights
club will be opened for the inspection
of members tonight The building la
at the- head of Spring street and has
been erected after much 'care and
thought by the promoters of the organ
isation. The opening this evening will. be lim
ited to the members of the organisation,
while the building will be thrown open
for the Inspection of the publio at some
time after the holidays. Providing the
bowling alley of the club la completed
in time, the new home will be opened to
those outside the club on New Year's
day. It being planned to keep open house
on that ddy.
The a-athering tonight will be entirely
informal and la under the management
of Mrs. A. C. Panton, Mrs. A. I. Charl
ton and Mrs. James D. Hart. Late In
the evening an Informal dance will be
held.
The club membership Is composed for
the most part of residents of Portland
Heights. Under the organization of the
club, membership Is conferred upon the
members of the family of all those men
who become members of the . eluK
There are now in the neighborhood of
250 members In the organisation.
The new club has nearly two blocks
of land surrounding the clubhouse, and
has options on additional ground. It is
Intended to make an extensive park f
the grounds, plans having been formed
for walks and shrubbery effects that
will make the club one of the show
places of the city. The officers of the
club are: President, Jay Smith": vice
president, H. B. Van Duser; secretary,
... A. Curry: treasurer, John A. Keat
ing. ' '
STONED BY HIS
L0II6. SPOUSE
Martin Sarik Says Butcher
Knives Also Thrown She
Swears to a '-Warrant.
Dodging six-pound stones and butch
er knives became a necessary part of
married life in the case of Martin
Sarik. according to a complaint filed
by him in the circuit court, asking for
divorce from Ana Sarik. He alleges
that the butcher knife and similar In
cidents became so dangerous to his
quietude of life that ho was compelled
to leave home. - ,
Possibly in retaliation for this suit
for divorce, Mrs. Sarik i has secured the
Issuance of a warrant for his arrest on
the charge of non-support She has
told Deputy District Attorney Moses
sohn that ner husband hai left the
house breadless and that she has four
children, and they were for days with
out anything to eat. A warrant for
Sarlk's arrest was issued In the county
court .
The Sarlks were married in Austria
in 1888. In his divorce complaint Sarik
says his wife aimed a large 'stone at
him because he returned to the vicinity
of the home from which he had been
driven, and she saw him talking with
one of their sons. He also charges that
she has refused to allow their 13-year-old
daughter to. attend school.
FREFERS SHERMAN
: : r to shemansky
J. t. Shemansky has' become con
vinced that, his name Is "foreign sound
ing and detrimental to any business In
which he might see fit to engage." As
a matter of fact, he explains, he has
for three years been known at J. D.
Sherman, and he wants to permanently
annex the name of Sherman through
procesdings in the county court, where
a petition to change his name has. been
filed. ' ':.-..'.' ' - ':' .
To make matters worse, Shemansky
has , a brother-in-law named Joe She
mansky, and they are managers of rival
outfitting : stores.-, - He gets confused
with Joe, and business gets tangled.
He thinks Sherman is much more fit
ting and euphonious than Shemansky.
HEYBURN CHAMPION
OF WOOL TARIFF
(Wablngton Bares of The JoarssL) - j
Washington. Dec. 6. Senator Hey-
burh has been invited to ' attend the
meeting or tne woqi growers- associa
tion at Poeatello, Idaho, January 14 to
16 and make an address. If his public
duties here permit he will attend. ------
Heyhum is taking an active interest
In questions nowbefore the ways and
means committee with reference to the
wool industry and is fortifying himself
with arguments in favor of the reten
tion of the present duty. on. wool and
woolen goods, .
B110F
FISHER
At Meeting of Bar Members
Judge Gantenbein Calls
Attention to" Fact Both
Murdered; Man ; and Finch
Were Practicing Law.
"Lying In his last-resting place in
Rlverview, cemetery is the, body of
Ralph B. Fisher, whtf a week ago this
morning was at his office. In the vigor
vi nmiui. oeiow mis room at1 una
moment, In the county Jail, Is ' tl4 .
crouching figure of the man who la
charged with Ms murder, a man who.
was also actively -engaged In the' prac
tice of law. This, it seems to me,
makes the occasion particularly lmprea
sive.'! ' -
Thus did Presiding Juda-e Gantenbein
at a meeting of the members of the r.
bar- In tb courthouse - this morning
summarize the dramatic and harrow
ing charges brourht about by the week-
old tragedy of- Ralph B. Fisher's death
a i me hands of James A. jnncb. He
was speaking in behalf of the bench
the concluding words of a brief session
of the bar devoted to honoring the mem
ory of Fisher. - -' s , -
Judge Gantenbein, who presided.' also
epitomised the remarks of other speak
ers when he referred to the spirit of
fairness that - characterised . the acts
of the dead attorney. He said that
Fisher was always careful not to take
any unfair advantage of another, attor
ney or or the court. .
Q. Kvert Baker, the former partner
of Fisher, presented the memorial pre
pared oy a committee oi nve previously
named. This committee consisted of
R. C. Wright. O. Evert Baker, A F.
FlegeL- John F. Logan and Frank S.
Grant The formal tribute to Fisher's .
memory was adopted by unanimous vote
after being seconded by Mr..Flegel.
Air. Halter made a lew remaras or
heartfelt tribute to the worth of the de
parted attorney and was - followed by
Mr. Flegel. who said that Fisher, while
never vindictive, would have made a
really great prosecutor- had he lived, by
reason of his discernment of right and
wrong. He referred to the letter ad
dressed by Fisher to the supreme court
asking for leniency for Finch, and said ..
tnat this snows tne proaaness or nis
mind.
Jerry Bronaugh expressed his sppre-
ciatlon of Fisher's sterling Integrity,
and said that the dead prosecutor al
ways acted from the highest of mo- X
tlves In his work. George 8, Shepherd
commented on Fisher's fidelity In the
work of purging the profession of the
dross tnat is jn it, ana seia tnat no
higher trlbute can be paid .than to suy
that he fell in the performance of his
dutv.
Vlth Judge Gantenbein' remarks the
brief session was ended, and the sttor
neys dispersed to the court rooms and
offices. There was a large attendance
of attorneys, young ana oia. rouowinu
is the memorial adopted:
Memorial of lawyers.
Tn thai nrime nf llfo-tn the discharge
of duty one has fallen by ruthless
hand. A valued member of the bar at
the courts of justice for the great' state
of Oregon and Its county of Multnomah.
It Is fitting that his brethren of the
bar of this county shall pause In their
dally course and take serious note of an
event of more than passing Importance.
In token of sincere appreciation of his
worth and character they do now, with
leave of the court, place upon Its Jour
nal this tablet to his memory:
Ralph B. Flsner, corn August i.
1880, died November 28. 1908. Bears
his life abundant witness of motives
noblest and highest As husband and
father, lovlna? and kind. Toward oth
ers, eoiirteov.a, patient, and quick with
helping nana, as a lawyer witn pro
found .ana nf riutv ever before him. he-
strove to lurxiii ma uuijr wmi mm -v
nest powers. Mis aosence ironr tne
ranks of his profession and the com
munity marks, a distinct and recog
nisable loss. If his death shall spur on
a better era,. better feeling among men
shall force aside the deplorable con
ditions which made possible his death
then he has not yielded his life blood
in vain.
, Tovhls family in their sorrow Is ex
tended the full sympathy of the bench
and bar. -...
' And when the stream 0
Which overflowed the soul was passed
ftwfty
A consciousness remained that' It had
left
Deposited upon the silent shore
Of memory. Images, and precious
thoughts M .'
That shall not die, and cannot be
destroyed.
Dated December 8, 108.
R. C. Wright, G. Evert Baker, A. F.
Flegel, John F. Logan, Frank S. Grant,
committee. - - . -
Boys Panama- Transports.
Washington, Dec. S. Secretary of
War Wright today concluded the pur
chase of the ships Shawmut and Tre
mont belonging to the Boston Towboat
& Transportation- company. The ves
sels are now at Seattle and will be used
as transports In the Panama canal serv
HATPTXOW
ramlly of Twelve Drink Postum.
"It certainly has been a blessing In
our home," writes a young lady in re
gard to Postum. " ... '
"I am one of a family of 12, who, be
fore using Postum, would make a
healthy person uncomfortable by their
complaining of headache, dlaslness. sour
Stomach, etc., from drinking coffee. .
"For years mother suffered from pal
pitation of the heart, sick headache and
bad stomach, and at times would be
taken violently 111 until about a year
ago she quit coffee and began Postum.
"My brother was troubled with head
ache and dlxslness all the time he
drank coffee. All those troubles of my .
mother end brother have disappeared,
since Postum has taken the place of
"One of my brothers declared he.
would stick to coffee if it killed him,
which we thought it was doing. One
day we ran out of coffee and being a
mile from town we gave him Postum
without" saying what it was.
"Mi Oh!' he said, 'the coffee is the
best today I have ever tasted.' ,
"A Bister was ill nearly all her life
with headache and heart trouble, and
about all she cared for was coffee and
tea. The doctors told-her she must
leave them alone, as medicine did her
no permanent good. ,- .
"She thought nothing would take the
rlace of coffee until we induced her to
ry Postum. No. her troubles are all
gone and she is a happy little woman
enjoying life as people should.
"I think; everyone who makes Postum -according
to directions on the package
Will find H auorwi'L x. J -
There's a Reason.- "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle,
Creek, .Mich.. Read, "The Road to Well
vllie. in pkgs. , ' -
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appear from time to time. The '
re gen iilne, true, and full of hamaq
Interest.
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