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Newspaper Page Text"IN PORTLAND AND III OREGON NEARLY EVERYBODY READS THE JOURNALTIIArS THE VERDICT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE READ IT ALL THE TIME. DOfi'T YOU 7 ' IS better late than never," . t i.i . e j 11 yon don't - read the - - A . rr, JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS 30,927 CLASSIFIED -.'ADS- of - The Journal now is the time to be i gin. Many opportunitlea In the Help Wanted column. t lt3 " !The weather Faii tonight and Friday;, north to east winds. ' VOL. VII. ' NO. 241. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. " EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1908. TWENTY 'PAGES. nnf ri7 Tvixrrk rpwre ; e-s Tiuxi no ra rixivti j.vvs femua. BTAKsa. trva cists. NVDC . f. . . ' I DELAY Of VERDICT IS REGARDED mini tin nnnn in MKLl DUeJ ID mumw Rumors of Clash Between Jurors State's Lawyers Are Suspicious. (United Press Leaaed Wire.l , San Francisco, Dec. 10. Before day light today a great crowd had feathered at Judge Lawlor's courtroom In hope of hearing from the Ruef Jury which was retired an hour after midnight following the repeating of the, mass of testimony offered du"ring.4ie long trial bv witnesses for the prosecution. The pad ice department detailed 10 mounted police. 10 patrolmen and a score of plain clothes men to guard the court when Lawlor called the forenoon ses sion to order. Than) navr han been HO much SUP r.ressed excitement In" the city since he days following the great fire and earthquake and every precaution was taken to control me crowaa. Shortly after 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the case went to the Jury, which then deliberated until nearly ft o'clock and sent word that certain testimony wan desired. This was read to them in open court and it was long past midnight when the jury went into a short conference snu uiw During the afternoon Hiram Jonn son for the prosecution made an appeal f or Justice on behalf of the people and intimated that It would not e well for the Jury to srive other than a verdict ot "aullty. The prosecution was dlsap ik.t . .i,.ir rHit was not re-1 turned. Sdmora About Jury. Rumor had It that the Jury ;tand nine to three ana into two, wim wo iimjui i-.y 1 favor of conviction.; Every hour the Jury remains cut 1-. considered favor- Die to nuei. nnmi last night to the courtroom and asked that the evidence be read to them and ' further examinations be (riven, it d "tame apparent that they were seriously divided. ... . Wh.n after beln locked up for the nla-ht. they did not send for the Judge this morning, it was generaily- believed Hi,f thm hull, where the eventful trial wu held, that a mistrial would be the final result. Kuer naa xne ippwrai i whoad been able to sleep little but geral i!s manner was more cheer- f ulTthan yesterday. He smiled as he tTkewlth vthose about him and there was an air of confidence in his bearing as- he strode up and down among tne lawyers and reporters. - Deliberations STot Placid. Reports from the Jury room Indicate that the deliberations have been far from plapld. The rumor" of a severe clash, bordering on fisticuffs between two jurons was spread about ths bulld lnis. It is understood that several mem bers of the Jury are vigorously demand ing that some decision ds reacnea in view of the enormous cost of the trial to the state. Talk or' bribery Is rife. It is even fannrteri that ' the orosecutlon exnects one member of the Jury to hold out for Ruef slnea receiving certain miorma tton In the'last days of the trial. A hi crowd remained In the court room awaltln.T the result, rnanv women being present this morning, after having sat tnrougn wie proceedings last mgnr. which lasted until l aw m. Bull Oets Busy. With every prospect of a disagree ment of the Jury In the Ruef case. De tective William J. Burns this afternoon "began preparations for an investiga tion of the jurors whb are holding out for an acaulttal. It Is understood that the failure of the Jury to report Dy noon iea tne pros ecution almost to abandon hope of a conviction. Dissatisfaction exists be tween the counsel for the prosecution. Abe Ruef was all smiles this after noon. While he refused to comment on the- probable outcome of the case, he said: "The speech made by Attorney -Johnson yesterday was the kind of a speech that would make a weak man vote for a conviction when, his honest opinion favored an acquittal. I have a pretty strong will myself, but I think I would have been Influenced against my own judgment by .such a speech. At the same time, on some men, It might have the reverse effect. "There are now more than 20 agents of the prosecution stationed about the room ready to make a demonstration in case a verdict Is returned." LEAGUE MAN AIID FUNDS ABE SO HE Hearst's Ohio National Com mittee Leaves State Cam paign Bills Unpaid. (United mi taetd WbO Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 10. John Mul holland and all the state funds of the Independence leagfle are reported miss ing. Mulholland was the national com mitteeman for the Hearst party in Ohio and had In his keeping not only all . . . . a . 1 .Wat ine recoras ox. tne uiBniHun m uii state but all. the money as well. -. M. W. Madge, state secretary of the party, is badly perplexed at the dis appearance of Mulholland, as he is un able, to meet many bills which have been turned th, and. furthermore, he has been unable to file with the secre tary any correct Hat of the campaign expenditures In Ohio, i AS ( i 1 Abraham Ruef, ex-Boss Francisco. of San WASHineTou men ALLEGED VICTIMS Idaho Stockmen Reported to Have Acquired $50,0(50 Worth of Lands. .(Special Olspatch to The Jonranl.) Pendleton, Or., Dec. .10. Not only $100,0.00 worth 'Of horses, but at least $50,000 In land as well, was Included In the operations of Major Ferris, George Sheldon, the Lamb brothers aud W. R. Clemens, the five Idaho stock men -who are alleged to have victimized the leading horsemen .of the northwest out of $100,000 worth of fine animals and some $15,000 in commissions, by a series of sales on worthless notes. According to E. L Lonirmeler of this city, who was approached by the men to seu nis wneat rncji at uunningnam. Wash., four leading farmers In ..that district have parted with their property to the alleged swindlers, receiving there for a portion of the notes for commis sion given by. the various horsemen an! taking the -notes' of Ferris and his col leagues for . the balance. In each case small cash payment was made and In some Instances the' land men were to be given valuable horses In the - trade. According to Air. iongmeier, ne was approached by one of the men who wanted to' buy the ranch. They fin ally agreed on a compromise price of $40,500, a small portion of' which was to be paid in cash ana the balance by notes, but when ur, Longmelcr demand ed that the notes be secured "by a mort gage on the place he was refused, and the deal fell through. Mr. Longmeler was also to receive the value of $6000 In blooded stock, at that time In Har rington, one stallion and a jack. The Pendleton's man's neighbors were not so conservative. Four of them ac cepted notes for something- like $50,000 worth of land. The losers, according to Mr. ijOng- meler. were. Wad Hedrick, who sold .his 800 acres for S24.000. acceDtlna- a pay ment of $1000, with the assumption of a $3000 blanket mortgage, with the bal ance of $20,000 In notes; Bert Carter and his father, who each sold 320 acres at $31.60 per acre, and Land Commissioner Batton, whose loss through the notes Is said to be something like $6000. In each case the land has been plas tered by the alleged conspirators with morta-aces for all that It could stand and the unfortunate former owners are in a fair way to lose tneir an. ASTEO LANDS ' AT BORDEAUX (United Press Leased Wlra.l Bordeaux, France, Dec. 10. President Castro of Veneauela .landed this after noon from the steamship Ouadaloupe without any opposition being Interposed by the French authorities. After dis embarking he and hiB party entered car-i riages and were driven to a hotel. G UP 1ST Bi Resident ot Great Manufacturers' Association Tells divers and Harbors Men That His Interest Is With Them Sectionalism a Danger. (raited Press Leaaad Wlre.V Washlnrton. Dec. 10. James W, Van Cleave, president of the National As sociation of Manufacturers, addressed the Rivera and- Harbors congress today nd declared his organisation was in thorough sympathy with the movement for the improvement of the waterways of the country- He,- said the. nation. coma ' no airora-io-permii ine water ways to -go undevefopedany longer. Van Cleave discussed the transporta tion : situation and declared It' a neces- Itv that the Improvement of transpor tation facilities keep pace with the pro CAUCUS SIGNED BY Kepublicans Will Hold Con ference on Selection of President for State Senate Fiffht in Meeting Will Be Triangular. . There will be a Republican caucus for the selection of ' a president for the state senate. Already 16 members of the senate have signed the call for such. a caucus, and It Is expected that practically all or the Remih can mem bers of that body will Join in the-call before many days have elapsed. In th caucus the fight for the presidency will be three cornered, and will He between Jay wowerman of Gilliam. Sherman and wneeier counties, T. B. Kav of Marlon 8. C. Beach of Multnomah and Ben Sell- Ing of Multnomah. ThJs is supposing iiiai. ceiling goes into tne caucus, which Is yet a matter of doubt, though, the fact that a majority of the senate has already signed the call for the caucus maaes inis a great pronablltty. At the present time, however, judging rrom current rumors tne battle Is be tween Bowerman. who represents 'the faction that la trying to throw the statement No. 1 men Into disrepute, and Kay, who has taken a stand with tne statement No. 1 forces. For a long time the Bowerman In fluences have been at work trvina- to pledge the Republican members of the senate to a caucus oar the organlEatlon. Some 11 men signed: the call. bu,t there iub auvnni;o whb Bivppea una ic nas been . within the past two or three days mat tne necessary i were signed up. According to the present report Sen ator Bingham of Lane, Slnnott of Wasco, Johnson of Benton, Chase of Coos and Curry, and Nottingham of Multnomah have signed the call for a caucus. senator seholneld of Clatsop had already signified his intention of folng Into caucus. In addition to these here are the following anti-Statement No. 1 men who have agreed to caucus on the organization: Hart of Bilker. Parrlsh of Grant, Harney and Mal heur. Cole of. Umatilla and Morrow, Bowerman of Grant. Sherman and Wheeler. Merrlman of Crook, Klamath and Lake. Coffey and Beach of Mult nomah. Miller or Linn and Lane, and J. N. Smith of Marion. This makes a total of 16 senators, or a majority of the senate. Statement No. 1 men have been try ing to bring Selling of Multnomah and Kay of Marlon together on a single line of battle as agilnst Bowerman and Beach but have failed todo so. Selling maintaining that he was In the race to stay and that he did not Intend to quit at this time. Senator Kay was In Portland during the early Dart of the week and had a conference with mem bers of the Multnomah delegation but without result. i, Following this conference several members of the senate who had been holding out from the caucus call signed up. thus declaring their Intention of going Into the caucus to fi-ht it nut , This action will have the effect of forcing all of the Statement No. 1 mer. Into the caucus. It is understood, therefore, that Kay of Marlon, Bailey of Multnomah, and Abraham of Douglas have decided to go Into the caucus. W. N. Barrett of Washington will also go In. This leaves Kellaher. ' Albee and Selling of Multno mah and Norton of Josephine yet to ! hear from. It Is the general belief that these senators will also go with the others and fight out the organiza tion battle before the senate Is called to order. On sirlctlv Statement No. 1 and anti- Statement No. 1 lines there would be a tie In a senate caucus, there being 11 Statement No. 1 and 11 anti-Statement No. 1 Republican members. It Is understood, however, that there are some three or four anti-Statement No. 1 mem bers who , are supporting Kay for - the presiaency. Bowerman Is the leading anti-statement candidate and Beach presumably has some support. Kay therefore is ex- fiected to go Into the caucus with the argest following. Beach Is expected to turn to Bowerman. or Bowerman to Beach in the final lineup. The fight will be between the united forces of Beach and Bowerman on the one side and the Statement No. 1 line up, with Kay probably leading, on the other. Kay's friends say they are confident that they can beat the Bowerman forces at their own game and" "win the organi sation even In the caucus, basing their hopes on being able to have the sup port of a number of anti-statement sen ators who at the same time do not favor the - candidacy of either Bower man or Beach. WATERWAYS gress 'of manufacturing. Joaquin .Nabuco, Brazilian ambassa dor, made an Interesting address In which he said the Panama canal would not . separate North America and South America, but' on the contrary would In crease their sympathy. Calvin H. Tomkins of the New Tork board of ' transportation declared the great common need' had .lulled tempor arily the spirit of sectionalism' but ht said that spirit still threatened to thwart any comprehensive plan for the Improvement of waterways throughout the.Valted Statsa, , .., ........ - -p-- ' ; ' W"' , CALL COrJlPTRQLLER B0H Loans, Discounts and Other Financial Affairs Review ed in Annual Summary of Currency Department of the National Treasury. t United Tress Leaaed Wire.) Washington.. D. C. Dec. 10. The an nual report of Honorable Uwrcnre O. Murray comptroller of the currency, made to congress on December 7. In cludes statistical and general Informa tion In relation to the condition of na tional and other banks at date of late est returns, the figures relating to na tional banks being taken from reports to the comptroller of the currency under date of September 23. 1908, when there were In operation 6853 associattors, with Paid in capital stock of $921. 463.172. circulating notes outstanding $613,726,155. and indlvidunl deposits of $4,548,136,165, Loans and discounts amounted to $4,760,612,731.11: and the banks held In their vaiflt gold and fcUvnr to the amount of $680,185,555 a,nd legal tender notes. $188,238,515. The aggregate resources of the banks on the date In question were $9,027,260. 484. In addition to the paid in capital stock of national banks is the stock holders' liability, amounting to $921. 463.173, The surplus of the banks is $665. 666,207. and their undivided profits $202,099,801. Thus the capital. Stock holders' lia bility, surplus and other profits, ag gregate $2,610,692,352. or over one fourth of the total liabilities of the banks. It is estimated the.t there are about 406,000 shareholders In national banks, and that the affairs of the as sociations ate managed by approximate ly 58,000 directors. The comptroller es timates the number of depositors in na tional banks at five and one half mil lions. . . fin nr nhoiit June 30. 1908. the banks of the country had on hand $1,368,829, 683 against $1.11 3.742.316 In 1907. a nln of J2E4.587.3G7 durlnr the year. About two thirds of the caah holdings of the banks of the country are In na tional banks. The stock of monev in the 1 nltea 8tates on June 30, 1907, was $3,115,600.-OiOO- On Julv 1 of the present year it was reported at $3,378,800,000, being an Increase or xzea.zuu.uuu. ur tne lotai stock of money in the country. 10.08 per cent is held In the treasury as as sets; 40.84 per cent . is in reporting banks, and 49.58 per cent elsewhere, tne Ser capita not in the treasury or banks eing $19.15, or 21 cents less than in 1907. The amount of money In circula tion, exclusive of coin and other money In treasury as assets, dui including money In reporting banks, is $3,038,000.000. . or per capita or xiM.vz as against va.zi In 1907. Bank resources have more than dou bled since 1900. but during the current year there has been a decrease of about one-third of 1 per cent. The resources of all reporting banks on June 30. 1908, aggregated $19,583,410,393; In 1907 the 1907 the aggregate resources were $19,645,015,- 950, a loss of S61.C05.557 during tne cur rent year. In 1900 the bank resources of the country aggregated $9,146,017,817, tne increase since that date amounting to $10,437,392,476. or 114 per cent. The banking nower of the United States In 1908, as represented by capi tal, surplus and other profits, and cir culation of national and other report ing banks, together with estimated amount of funds of this character in the non-rennrting banks, is shown to be $17,642,705,274. an amount exceed ing the world s Banning power in iu. From the latest and most reliable data obtainable the banking power of for- (Continued on Page Five.) (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Ontario, Cal., Dec. 10. J. E. White head, a wealthy rancher of Chlno, Is a fugitive from Justice, after shooting and fatally wounding his neighbor and intimate friend, Charles Fuhro, late yes terday afternoon. Fuhro is at the Po mona hospital in a precarious condition Whitehead, his 16-year-old son, and Fuhro were returning from a two days' hunting trip In the hills south of Chlno, when they were joined by a painter named Rogers, who resides In Pomona, and the four stopped at the winery near Chino. Whitehead, not accustomed to the use of liquor, drank a great quantity and by the time the party arrived at his home he was mad with drink. Securing a gun he announced his in tention of' killing the entire party. Rogers attempted to take the - weapon from the rancher, and In the scuffle that ensued a shot was fired from Whitehead's gun the bullet striking Jfuhro. Whitehead's wife, standing In the doorway of her home, screamed when she saw Fuhro shot. Her Infuriated husband then turned the gun on her and threatened to end her. life. She ran screaming Into the .house and Whitehead escaped. - ' The authorities were Immediately no tified and a posse set out in pursuit. After learning today ths t Whitehead pent the night at the cabin of a black smith named King, who lives in an iso lated spot neat? here, the officers are in not pursuit or tne- lugiuve ana predict his capture within. a short time. After eluding the. posse last, night. Whitehead made his war to King's cabin. - Covering ' the blacksmith with his gun. thef fugitive demanded shelter for the nighti At o'clock this morning iti At S oi ne Of Dane", V"" juh miisii Lbs OII1- cars. , MAD WITH WINE; SHOOTS FRIEND CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON Almost Time for BOOST PROJECT Subscriptions in Land to Ir rigation Scheme Are Piling Up. (Special Dlimtch to Te Journal ! La Grande, Or., Dec. 10. Excellent success has marked the efforts of the Commercial club soliciting committee to secure subscriptions In land to the Irri gation project. Since Monday a large per cent of the committee of nine have been devoting themselves to the task. and they declare that success has been the fruit of their labor. They have called' on a large number of farmers, and have succeeded In interesting them to the extent of 10, 20, and even 100 acres each. The preliminary survey of the line of tne canal lor tne Dig irrigation scneme will be In sight of Mount Glenn this evening. Last evening when darkness overtook the engineer and his porps Al Good's farm had been reached. It has already been demonstrated that the ce nal will be sufficiently high to irrigate every foot of land In the valley to the east of It were sufficient water brought down the channel to cover the thousands and thousands of acres that lie beneath the canal route. The engineers progress about two miles dally, establishing the grade and taking field notes. The effort of the engineer is to hug the foothills as closely as possible to give as great lower acreage as possible. The canal will run much higher than had even been hoped for. based on Judg ments of eye alone, and not on engi neers' figures. The route will sweep out over Sajidrldge with a great acre age on either side of It. Widow a Suicide Through Grief. (United Pra Leaaed Wire.! Los Angeles. Cat., Dec. 10. Despond ent over the death of her husband a month ago. Mrs. Anna A. .Tudd commit ted suicide by labeling gas through a tube atached to a kitchen range. Her body was found on the screen porch of her residence. The tube, through which a stream of gas was flowing, was tight ly clasped between her teeth. Her head was covered with "a blanket. Ullll FARMERS CONSERVATIONISTS AT WORK Tacticians Who Will Map: the Campaign Have as Their Chief Pardee of California Newlands Encour- . ages State Action In Any Event. . (United Press Leased THi Washington. Dec. 10. Former Gov ernor George C. : Pardee of California was mane chairman of the commlttee en resolutions todav. at the -morning sea- slOn of the Nationar Conservation con gress. This committee wiU receive data relative .to the plans for the consum mation pf the Improvements suggested to the congress. Senator Newlands of Nevada aucatat. ed that If the plan forfull national con trol of public resources did . not meet with the absolute approval of the gov- . l ernors they wfre empowered to appoint I the National Santa Claus -to Distribute -av Few Gifts. ACQUITTAL FOB DAVIS Mrs. Rice Is Glad She Is Willing to Rejoin Hus band and Reform. (United P.'cm Leaaed Wire.) Omaha. Dec. 10. Charles E. Davis was acquitted today of the charge of murder In connection with the famous triple death pact. It was alleged that he shot and killed Dr. Frederick Rustln under an agree ment by' which he and Mrs. Abble Rice were to commit suicide as soon as they learned that Rustln was dead. The Jury went out at 6:20 o'clock last night. It was learned today that one Juror held out for manslaughter and that 19 ballots were taken before 'a verdict was reached. The defendant, with his attor neys an&his brother, Fred Davis, heard the verdict. The released prisoner thanked each luror personally. The state was not represented, and only a small crowd was on hand when the verdict was announced. When Mrs. Abble Rice, the star wit ness for the prosecution, heard that Da vis was acquitted, she clapped her hands and cried. "I'm so glad! I'm so glad!" Then she added: "I did not want to see htm punished. There was always doubt In my mind whether he really shot Dr. Rustln. I merely told the story as Dr. Rustln told it to me. I was trying to solve the mystery of his death. I do not believe he shot himself, but I know nothing more about It." . Mrs. Rice said she would go to Des Moines as soon as she was formally re leased by the court. If her husband sent for her to go to him in youngs. town, onto, she said she would go mere ana reiorm. IOWA OFFICIAL - PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (Special Dispatch to Tha Joarnal.l Chicago, Dec- 10. Iowa official vote Taft, 2 5,210; Bryan. 200.771! Chafin S8S7; Debs, 8287; Watson, 251; Hisgen. conservation commissions In their own states. These commissions may gather Information and present. It, with- sug gestions, to their state legislatures. This, said Newlands, would result In the en actment of such laws as public opin ion demanded. ( .V , -,i The morning session was devoted to1 forestry, with the consideration of im provements for national waterways pro gramed for this afternoon. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the forests section of the National Conservation committee, filed the sec tion report. . 1 CHARLES GIRL A WIRE FOR 220 VOLTS i i i i i ' j ! ' - Miss Henrietta Raugh Gets Shock When Grasps Light Button and . Telephone. . Two . hundred and twenty volts of electricity passed through the body of Miss' Henrietta Raugh,' office assistant at the Portland - Stockyards,- yesterday morning. That , she is alive from . the effects of her terrible experience is :eotW sidered remarkable by her' physician and those who knew of the circum stances of the strange accident. Miss' Raugh Is still very weak at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. H. Daughtrey, 113 Vancouver avenue, bat it is expected that she will be able to resume her duties at the . office Monday , morning. A few minutes before 13 o'clock when everyone in' the office with the ex ception , of . Mlsa Raugh, had gone out for lunch the young lady had occaslo-i to use the telephone. - Being a rather dark and gloomy day. the electric light above the desk was ' still turned on. Finishing her conversation at the tele phone. Miss Raugh, still retaining the instrument in one hand, with the other reached up to-the light bulb ts turn' off the current. Immediately $20 volta was transmitted to ber body and she fell to the floor unconscious, tearing the globe from its fixtures. One of the office employes,-returning for some article that he had forgotten, found her prostrate on the floor. Think ing that she had Inadvertently tripped and fallen, and never dreaming the true cause of the accident, he attempted to raise Miss Raugh. Then he tried to remove the telephone and the light -bulb from her grasp. Sh retained. them with a vice like clasp, and It was with the greatest difficulty that the bulb was extricated. The telephone wir was cut and assistance was at once , summoned. In an automobile the young . woman wag hurried to the bom of her . sister and medical attendance was se cured. - Miss Raugh was at first found to be . in. a precarious condition and fainted whenever she sttempted to move. Grad ually during the afternoon she got bet. ter, 'however, and Is now resting easily, though still quite weak. Miss Raugh . has been employed at the. Portland Stockyards ror the past seven' yea' s, , and is a sister-in-law of President W. H. Daughtrey of the yards. Vain Sophistries . From (he Wallowa Chiefuin, : It if raking reams of paper for Editors ; Scott,' Geer and Ben- nett to ease, their conscience in their attempt to have legislators break their ' pledged word (.) vote for the people's choke for senator. They ' may .ntify ? themselves, but it is certain h-y cannot : convince' anyone ! that black js white or a vu is' riiiht..