THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, SATURDAY : EVENING. - DECEMBER 12, 1908.
GOVERNMENT
EXPENSE
Cost of Caring for Alaska's
Insane at Private Asylum
in This ' City Among
" Things Objected to by
Treasury Watchdogs.
Congress Is going to Investigate the
care given, the Alaska Insane and pro
vide, 12 possible, soma moans by which
their condition mar be ameliorated. The
' fault lies, ao It la said, not with their
care arter Uiey are received in ron-
jana, but from the tune or tneir arrest
in Alaska until their delivery to the
Mount Tabor Nervous ' Sanitarium out
on the eastern edge or the city.
Any one who Is unfortunate enough
to lose his mind in Alaska has a pretty
hard time of It. In the first place, the
coat of - transportation to Portland,
where the government has a contract
with the Mount Tabor sanitarium for
the care of the federal patients, is
great. - The difficulties are greater and
the opportunity of moving the patients
. Is correspondingly small.
Oftentimes, according to the reports,
men have been arrested in Alaska and
committed to the asylum, and then held
in the Jails of the Alaska cities for
months before an opportunity could be
. found to -bring them to Portland. The
trip down, by water and rail, is long,
tedious and hard on the patients.'
. These are the great objections re
ported to congress and which have
caused a committee to be appointed to
make an Investigation Into the care of
the patients. One other thing which is
worrying the economists of the govern
ment Is the excessive cost of caring for
the patients. There are approximately
100 patients now at the Mount Tabor
sanitarium. These patients are kept
by the sanitarium under a contract
price of $28 per month each. The esti
mated cost of caring for the patients ts
$10."
This condition, however, would be
hard to overcome because of the fact
that an asylum could not be conducted
' successfully is Alaska on account of
the climate. The cold, wet climate
there reduces the chance of recovery
and makes an Alaska asylum" practi
cally out of the question, at least un
der present conditions,
Oregon wa selected by the govern
ment, in the first place because of Its
mild and beneficial climate. Under the
. first arrangement the patients were
cared for at the state asylum under a
contract of 130 each per month. At the
expiration of that contract Dr. Coe se
cured the care of the patients by agree
ing to. take them for $38 a month.
After being arrested last night on
a charge of drunk and disorderly con
duct. James Martin attempted to break
down the Iron bars of his cell by
butting them with his head. The re
sult was that when his name was
called out in the police court this
morning, Martin staggered weakly out
of "the box" up to the bench to ex
plain his troubles with his head
bandaged up In many cloths and still
bleeding from the fearful beating he
had , given himself against the bars
- last night
Patrolman Amundson testified as to
Martin's disorderly conduct, which con
sisted of a slight disturbance, and At
torney Wolf pleaded for the prisoner's
dismissal on the grounds that he had
already received sufficient punish
ment. The court agreed that Martin
had done penance for part of his
wrongdoings and dismissed the case
after imposing the small fine of $10.
ASSESSMENT IS
CUT DOWN TO $6200
Judge Bronaugh in the circuit court
this morning heard the appeal of the
Pacific Railways Advertising, company
-from the decision of the county board
, of equalization in sustaining an as
sessment of 120,000 on the "merchan
dise" of the company. The company
declared it owned no merchandise, the
thing assessed being the Intangible
right to advertise in the streetcars
of Portland, for which. Assessor Big-
. ler learned, $20,000 was paid.
Judge Bronaugh decided that the
assessor's figures should be reduced to
16200. The assessor contended that
: the company should pay taxes on its
investment, and should not escape be
cause its valuable privilege U
14 not
classed as a franchise.
MYSTERY OF TWO
LEFT FOOT SHOES
The local police detective department
has two nice new shiny shoes that have
never been worn and they are looking
for the owner. The footwear was turned
over to the sleuth bureau about a week
ago by the proprietor of a north 'end
rooming house, and the police believe
that they were stolen by some one and
left there. Both shoes are for the left
foot and it is thought that when the
- thief discovered his carelessness in se
, lecting two shoes for one foot he aban
doned them both instead of attempting
to exchange one of them for a mate.
, - CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Tollows Jtiglit rood.
: Indigestion ' and the attendant dis
comforts Of mind and bodv are certain
to follow continued -use of Improper
.-food, -' '- ,- -
Those who are still young and robust
are likely to overlook the fact that, as
dropping water will wear a stone away
at last, so will the use of heavy, greasy,
: rich food, finally cause loss of appetite
Fortunately many-': are thoughtful
enough to -study themselves and note
. me ; principle or cause and Effect in
tneir aauy rooa. a i. r. young woman
writes, her experience thus;- - ' -! ,
"Sometime ego I had a lot of trouble
rrom . indigestion, caused by too rich
food. I got so I , was unable to digest
scarcely anytiung, ana meaicines seemed
useless. ?
"A friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly, and as a
ib$ report, i tried it. i tin tnankfui to
say that Grape-Nuts not only relieved
me of my trouble, but: built rue up and
. strengthened my digestive organs so
JhatI can now eat anything f desire.
But 1 stick to Grape-Nuts."
"There's a Reason." r - r - --
Name given by Fostum Co..-Puttie
Creek, Mih. Read "The Hoad to Well-
Vlllo,' In pkgS. - t -
; Er rcafl the above letter? A new
one appear from time to time. They
1 are genuine, true, and full of human
tntermt.
C0URTHASF.1ERCY
1
3iidlIe-of-Roaders to Hold Balance of Tower at Legisla
ture McArthur's Position on Senator 3Iakcs Him
Unpopular "With Some Xew Call for Caucus.
Middle-of-the-road men. as they might
be called, will undoubtedly bold the bal
ance of power in the organization of
the house of representatives, Januarv
11. Judging from present appearances,
neither C. N. McArthur nor Jx E. Bean,
nor any other candidate who may come
into the field can be elected unless he
comes to the terms of these middle-of-
the-road men.
These men are several in number.
scattered la location, but united in pur-
joe. That purpose is this: To organ
ise tne house with Republican votes;
to eliminate rrom tne organization ail
ouestion of the United States senator-
ship; to cut out all consideration of
Statement No. 1 or anti-Statement No. 1
lines in the conduct of the legislative
business of the session or the selection
of committees.
There will be a caucus of the Repub
llcan members of the house, held at the
statehouse In Salem on the morning of
Monday, January 11, at 10 o clock. The
call for this cauous has been Issued and
Is now being- circulated. It la an amend
ment of the call Issued some time ago
by McArthur and his backers in that it
sets the-time and place definitely and
specifies that at least 40 members of
tne house must 'sign up before the call
is effective. The McArthur call was in
definite, simply specifying that the
signers would go Into a cauous on the
organization.
ew Can Definite.
This Indefinite call was looked at
askance, it being feared that as soon
as 31 members had signed up. the cau
cus would be called and the 31 members
bound by the action of a bare majority
of that number. This has been eliminat
ed by the new call, which reads as
follows:
"We, the undersigned. Republican
members of the house fo representatives
of the state of Oregon for the legisla
tive session of 1909. believing in the
principles of the Republican party an. I
desiring to see the said house of rep
resentatives organized by Republicans,
mutually acrree that we will entar lntn
a Republican caucus for the purpose of
iiv.uiiio.i.iiin npraftDi u ilia xtuUBO ana
for the consideration of other elective
officers of that body.
"It Is definitely understood anri
agreed that the caucus herein provided
for shall be held at the state house In
Salem, Or., on the 11th day of January,
1908, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.. and
that this agreement shall become bind
ing when signed by 40 (Republican rep
resentatives." .
This amendment was hrrms-ht ahmit
by the middle-of-the-road men who in
sisted tnat the can should be fair and
that all Republican members of the
SENATOR PERKINS HAS
LABEL PASTED ON HIM
California Assemblyman Lists Him With Fulton and the
Best of the DerTogaized Contingent Objection Is
Not on His Character but on Affiliation.
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
San Francisco, Deo, 12. The fight
against the reelection of United States
Senator George C Perkins was opened
today by Assemblyman-Elect E. J. Cal
lan in an open letter replying to a re
quest by the senator for support, on
his record. He reviews the record of
Perkins' votes on matters of impor
tance. Callan calls attention to the recent
fights in Oregon and Washington, say
ing. In part:
"A few weeks ago, In a number of our
neighboring Republican states United
States senators were up for reelection.
I find hat In .nearly every case their
record, though briefer, is very similar
to yours. United States Senator Kulton
went before the Republican voters, of
Oregon upon his record, but the Re
publican voters were convinced that the
senator did not represent the people.
He was defeated.
"United States Senator Ankeny of
Washington, for similar reasons, met
the same fate. Though a Republican,
he received but 17,000 votes In the great
state of Washington.
"In North Dakota United States Sen
ator Klttrldge likewise was defeated by
like reasons.
"In South Dakota United. States Sen
ator Klttredge likewise was defeated by
the Republicans because he represented
special Interests.
"In Kansas United States' Senator
Long, whose record is strangely like
yours, was defeated by the Republi
cans of his state.
"In Illinois United States Senator
FAmr HURT
N. P. Train Reported Piled
in Ditch Near Sedro
Woolley, Wash.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Seattle, Dec. 12. A long distance tele
phone message from Bellingham this
afternoon states that a Northern Pacific
freight train was wrecked near Sedro
Woollev this morning;. Seven cars and
the engine were .piled up and three of
tne tram crew are reported tataiiy in
jured. Information is meager owing to
tne wires working badly.
CUSICK CASE TO
END NEXT WEEK
The' trial of theVtTnited States against
Albert L. Cusick. charged with perjury,
will not be concluded until Monday or
Tuesday. District Attorney John Cc
Court opened the case in argument be
fore tne jury, ana-waiter-n. iuvans, nis
assistant, will make the closing address
Mondav. James Cole and W. H. Abel
are appearing for the defendant. . As
soon as the Cusick case goes to the
Jury the hearing - of L. 8. Shipley
charged with the same orrence wm b
taken up Deiore juage woiverion.
ROGER BRESNAIIAX
TRADED TO ST, LOUIS
'TTnlted Press Leased Wtre.l
New - York. Dee. 12 Rotrer Bresna-
han, the mainstay or tne new xora .na
tional league team behind tb bat, will
not wear a Giant uniform next year.
Roger ha been traded to the St Louis
club of the National league and will
manage the Cardinals during the playing
WJ v, I. VI C ,
nouncerhent of Stanley Robinson, owner
of the Bt. Louis team. The men who will
replace the Giant's star backstop are
Catcher fctrhlet and Players Raymond i
and Murray of last season' Cardinals.'
II WRECK
E
house should be Invited to attend the
caucus. X
Fight Between Two.
The organization fight seems to have
narrowed down to two candidates, Mc
Arthur of Multnomah and Bean of
Lane. McArthur contends that he has
21 or 22 men promised to his support.
It Is contended by the friends of Bean
that he has a possible 23 men who will
support him.. It will require 27 votes
in me caucus to nominate.
Both of ..ie candidates have been out
rounding up the members, each striving
to gain the needed 27. .From reports,
however, very little progress is being
maaa dv eitner. urns is due, apparent
ly, to the stand of these middle-of-th.
road men who are refusing to sign up.
The contention of these men is that
they are Republicans and desire to ef
fect a Republican organization. They
argue that the senatorial question has
been settled by the election of June last
and they contend that this Issue should
not be Injected into the legislative
worn or the session.
At the present time the middle-of-the-road
men look with favor upon the
candidacy of L. E. Bean of Lane, be
cause Bean has come out squarely on
the proposition that he will not allow
himself to be used in the senatorial
fight, or would not allow the senatorial
Issue to be brought into the legislative
work of the house.
MoArthor Vol To. ravor.
McArthur on. the other hand, has been
from the first affiliated with those who
are trying to break down the Statement
No. 1 majority and defeat Chamberlain
of senator. Because of this fact his
candidacy is not In favor with the middle-of-the-road
men.
The agreement of this band of seven
to stand together on the organization
of the house complicates and at the
same time simplifies the organization
battle. It means practically that the
anti-Statement No. 1 fight being waged
by McArthur and those back of his can
didacy will have to be dropped if Mo-
Arthur hopes to win the speakership.
ror without the Dana or seven ne can
not win. It means, on the other hand
that there will be no definite Statement
No. 1 organization, but that the sena
torial lines; will have to be forgotten
so far as the routine of the house Is
concerned. Statement No. 1. accord
ing to the program of the middle-of-the-road
men, will apply to the vote
for senator, and that will be simply a
matter of routine, having been already
settled by the people last June. No at
tempt to overturn this decision will be
tolerated, and the speaker will have to
Dledo-e himself to keen his hands off
and to make others do the same, before
he can be elected speaker.
Hopkins, with 20 years federal patron
age to back him, received but one third
of the Republican votes of that state.
The people were convinced that he did
not represent them.
"I am unwilling to believe that the
Republicans of California are unlike the
1 1 1. 1 1 . . I . . . . , ,
nepuuiicaiiB 01 uiner amies. Alia wnue
a few of my straight laced party
friends are apprehensive, fearing that in
this line of action I am violating party
ethics, I believe, with President Roose
velt, that the crime lies in the tolera
tion of the wrong, not in making it
Dublle.
"If my vote concerned you alone, Mr.
Perkins, I would give it gladly, for
while I do not know you personally. I
have every assurance that you are a
most estimable man, whose personal in
teerrlty nobody doubts.
But the issue involved is greater than
any man or state. It Is, 'Shall preda
tory wealth control the machinery of
government, or shall our laws be en
acted. Interpreted and executed in the
interests of all the people?'
"The evidence before me as to your
temperament ana ariniations prove con
cluslvely that you represent the former.'
Fresno, Dec. 12. When State Senator
O. W. Cartwrlght, Democrat, author of
the Cartwrlght anti-trust law, was
shown Assemblyman-elect Callan's let
ter to Senator Perkins, he said:
"During the past few weeks I have re
ceived Information which leads me to
believe that the insurgent wing of the
nnpuoucan party nas gamea consider
able strength. If the Democrats In the
legislature combine with the Independ
ent Republicans I believe we have a
good fighting chance to defeat Perkins."
FEDERAL JUDGE
Attempt to Assassinate Cir
cuit Judge Slusser in Il
linois Fuse Fails.
rroltfd Prese Leased Wire.)
Elgin. I1L. Deo. 12. An attempt to
assassinate Judge Maxsinl Slusser of
the United States circuit court today
was revealed bv the dlrnvrv f a
bomb by the court clerk. The fuse of the
Infernal machine had burned out bofore
reacmng me explosive. There 18 no
clue to the perpetrators.
COPLEY CASE GOES
RACK TO JURY
M. F. Copley, charged with contribut
ing to the delinquency of a minor, whose
case was resubmitted to the county
grand Jury a few days ago. pleaded not
guilty before Judge Gantenbeln in the
circuit court this morning. His case
was set for trial January 11 '
Richard Christopher, a negro charged
with burglary, likewise entered a plea
of not guilty. Hla trial will take place
January 15. '
SuCJ
Monday afternoon to plead. John A.
""j iiuimea io aeiend him.
, Companies Incorporated.
. (Salem Boreas ef The Journal.)
Salem. Or., Dee, 12.- Artieimi in
corporation have been filed In the office
of tbe secretary of state as follows-
- 3 T? . 'KTwrtiKti r-nTT,na.
office. Portland; capital stock, 120.000
incorporators, J. C. English, J. V. Beach
and N. D. Simon. -
The Reedville Presbyterian rKun-v-
principal office. Reedville; Incorporat
ors. J. Millar, YV. E. McCalium and I.
B. Imlay, (
Tualatin Pressed Stone rrnniunv
principal office, lllllsboro; capital stock.
14000: incorcorators. F. li Millar. A.
Meier and li. T. Bagley.
y
HOUSE
S N 10
PRESIDENT KEIII
is lira
Oregon Dairy Association
Elects Officers at An
nual Meeting.-
(Salem Bursas of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Deo, 12.-Professor F, I
Kent of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege at Corvallla was reelected presi
dent of the Oregon Dairy association
before the close of the convention in
Salem yesterday afternoon. Mrs. S. A.
Toakam of Marshfleld was reelected first
vice president
A. R. Morgan? r of Salem was chosen
second vice president, and Carl Abrams
of Salem was made secretary-treasurer
ior tne ensuing year. The date ana
place of meeting next year was not se
lected, but was left for the officers of
the association to decide.
The following awards were announced
yesteraay afternoon:
Grand prize for best display of dairy
Sroducts, presented by Oregon state
oard of agriculture, J 50 cup, won by
F. A Schubinger, Salem.
Highest scoring creamery butter, pre
sented ty capital National name, Eaiem,
126 cup, won by Richard Wllletts, Doug
las County Creamery- company, Rose
burg; score, 95.
Highest scoring; dairy butter, present
ed oy fjaaa ft uusn, Danxert, csaiem, szo
cup, won by Albert Fradeson, Capital
City creamery, Salem; score, 94 H.
Highest scoring cream cheese, pre
sented by United States National bank,
Salem, $25 cup, won by T. J. Balan
tyne, Hobsonville; score. 95.
Second highest scoring; creamery but
ter, 15 cup, presented by T. 8. Town
send Creamery company, Salem, won
by Mrs. 8. A, Yoakam, Marshfleld;
score, 88.
Second highest scoring dairy butter,
presented by Buren & Hamilton, Sa
lem, won by F. G. Mattke, Sweet Home;
score, 94
Second highest scoring cream cheese,
4 bottle Facile Jr. tester, presented by
Monroe & Crlssell. Portland, won by
Richard Hensley, Florence; score, 93.
west set of plans for dairy barn to
accommodate 15 cows, but no other
stock, presented by Pacific Homestead,
Salem. $25 cud. won by Kable & Kable.
Portland.
Special Prises.
Highest scoring creamery butter salt
ed with Diamond Crystal salt, gold
medal, presented bv Monroe A Crlssell,
Portland, won by Richard Wllletts,
Roseburg, Douglas County Creamery
company.
Highest scoring dairy butter made
from cream separated with Empire
cream separator, 4 bottle Babcock test
er, presented by Empire Cream Sepa
rator company, Portland, won by Mrs.
O. Ireton, Salem.
.Second highest scoring dairy butter
made from cream separated by Empire
cream separator, 2 bottle Babcock teet
er, presented by Empire Cream Sepa
rator company, won by Mrs. W. J.
crawford, Salem.
FREIGHT LIEU
WILL COIIME
Representatives of Trans
continental Roads Gather
ing in San Francisco.
Freight traffic men from -Portland
will leave tonight for San Francisco
for a meeting of representatives of
the transcontinental terminal Pacific
coast lines, which li to be held in
the Bay City beginning Montiay. W.
E. Coman, assistant general freight
agent of the Harriman lines in Oregon,
and H. M. Adams, general freight and
passenger agent for the Spokane, Fort
land & Seattle, will represent roads
terminating In Portland. R. J. Schwer
in, general manager of the Harriman
water lines, who has been in Port
land all week meeting representatives
of the northern roads and looking over
the freight terminals and wharves, will
accompany Mr. Coman and Mr. Miller
south.
According to Mr. Coman no changes
In rates will result from the San
Francisco meeting, the idea being more
to discuss the application of the new
transcontinental rates which have
caused so much resentment among the
shippers since it was announced they
would go into effect January 1.
The roads that will be represented at
the conference are the Northern Pa
cific, the Caaadlan Pacific, Great
Northern, O. R. & N Santa Fe, South
ern Pacific, San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake, and the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle.
CITYIS FEEDING NO
WOMEN JUST NOW
For the first time In over five
years there were no female pris
oners to be fed this noon when
Jailer Ben Branch ordered the
meals for ths city's prisoners.
Jailer Branch is at a loss to de
termine whether or not this is
due to a laxity on the part of
the moral squad or whether It is
that Mayor iAnmrapr-pch-icy
has really been so effective.
Whatever the reason may be,
however, there are no female
prisoners at Second and Oak
streets this afternoon.
WANTS DAMAGES
FOR BROKEN RIBS
Suit for $2500 damages against the
Portland Railway, Light & Power com
pany was begun in the circuit court this
morning by Isaac Lane, who says that
two of nis ribs were broken and he was
otherwise Injured as the result of a
collision on Grand avenue, near - Haw
thorne, on the morning or TCovember
II. Lane says he was drivlrcon. the
east side of the street and came to a
point where his way was blocked by a
stationary car and by teams, so he was
compelled to. cross the car tracks. As
he did so a southbound car emerged
at a high rate of speed from behind the
stationary oar ana ran into bis wagon.
The. wagon was overturned and Lane
was thrown out He alleges that his
Injuries resulted from negligence of the
streetcar, crew.
JOHN I. SULLIVAN
OBTAINS DIVORCE
iUnitrd Prese Leasee Wire.)
Chicago, Dec 12. John L. Sullivan,
ex-champion heavyweight prizefighter,
was granted a divorce today from his
wife on the ground of desertion. -
Recently Mrs. Sullivan brought suit
on a similar charge but failed to ob
tain a decree. She is living with rela
livei n Rhode island. ' -.j.
r Notaries Commissioned. . - k "
(SaIenf Bnro of Tb Joarnatl
' Salem, Or., Dee. 12. Commissions ss
notaries have been issued to O. X
Bleakman, . Hardman: John P. Shields,
Portland, and W. YV. McMillan, Hoag
11a. .. '. .
LURED TO DEATH BY WOW
Jacob" Matthews,.-So Lane Sheriff Relieves, Was Poi
soned by Woman He Met Through Matrimonial ,
Bureau Went to Lane County From Here, '
Made acquainted with a strange wo
man by a local i matrimonial bureau,
or introducing bureau, as It is adver
tised, Jacob . Matthews left Portland
short time ago and went down to
Lane county to meet the woman. Last
Saturday night he was found dead in
a lonely cabin In that county and now
it is Deuevea ne was poisoned.
Matthews, who was an old man. Is
said to have had some, money, which
was probably why he was murdered.
It is not yet known who is the woman
suspected of complicity In the poison
ing, nor has the name of the matrimon
ial bureau yet been ascertained. Sheriff
SLIPS HANDCUFF
OFF III CROWD
t 1 :
Charles F. Rust, Charged as
Embezzler, Escapes
Unnoticed.
(Dulled Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Deo. li. Charles F.
Rust, held to answer to the superior
court on a charge of embessllng 14000,
which had been entrusted to him" to bet
at the Emeryville race track, today
slipped his' half of the handcuffs from
his wrist lust as he was about to enter
Judge Dunne's courtroom, and made his
escape. Taking; advantage of the fact
that he was one of 13 prisoners who
were being hustled through a crowd of
spectators, he made his daring break for
liberty, and unnoticed by the guards,
and even by his fellow prisoner who was
cnainea to mm, ne reacnea tne street
and disappeared before his absence was
noted.
When the embezzlement was first dis
covered last SDrlnar Rust escaped to
Grand Rapids, where he was arrested
two montbs ago. ne nas maae a nara
fis-ht to escape prosecution, and was so
anxious about his plight that last Sun
day he notified his attorney, E. B. D.
Spagnell, that he intended to escape,
even if he had to jump from one of the
courtroom windows.
Deputy- sheriffs are searching the
city for the fugitive.
C A H f A H I 'S HEART
- ISJJFj HOW
Bloodthirsty Italian Given!
20 Days in Jail for Threat
ening Italy's Consul.
Dr. CandianL the Italian consul, will
not suffer the ualnful operation of
having his heart removed for 20 days at
least. He appeared in the police court
this morning and told the story of the
threat of Santarosa Calafrlsco, who
declared-that he would out the doctor's
heart out unless he Was given plenty
of money.
Although the city statutes provide
tnar no jau sentences snail De imposea
in a case of carrying concealed
weanons. but that a fine shall bo the
punishment, Judge Van Zante was of the
opinion that Califrlsco really might at
tempt to carry out nis inreai ana m
took the liberty of imposing a jail
sentence. The concealed weapon with
which Califrlsco declared he would re
move tne consul s nean, was un uiurr.
lnura paper knife.
SAYS WITNESS
TALKED TO JURY
That R. B. Fulton, an expert wit
ness for the state, had been talking
with Jurors and , explaining to them
the reasons for his hesitation in answer
ing certain questions on cross-examination
was the statement made to Judge
Morrow in the circuit court yesterday
afternoon by Grant B. Dimlcfc, one of
the attorneys for W. E. Douglass, who
is on trial on the charge of embessllng
J4998 from the Tnlel ijetective agency.
Dimick said he did not wish this to
Interfere with the case further than
to ni-cure an additional warning to the
Jurors that they must not talk to wit
nesses, and what promised for a mo
ment to be a sensation was aissipaieu.
Jnrir Morrow said he thought it
scarcely necessary to readmonlsh the
Jurors. t , , , ,
Douglass was on the stand in his
own defense nearly all day yesterday
and again this morning, xne trial be
Inst Tuendav biorning. the case In
volvln minute examination of records
that were alleged by the state to show
that Douglass misappropriated money
while In charge of the books and cau
of the company.
FORGED CHECK TO
BUYMEAL TICKET
Charged with forging a check for $10
with which he paid for a meal ticket at
trie Eastern Grill and One Minute Coffee
house. Donald Williams, alias Donald
Harris,' was sentenced to serve 90 days
in the citv jail by judge van zante in
the police court this morning.
Williams made the check payable to
Donald Harris and signed the name C.
C. Porter. He was given a meal ticket
and $8 in exchange for the check, and
ate three meals on the ticket before
the forgery was detected. He was ar
rested by Patrolman Wade on a charge
of vagrancy last night.
SLAUGHTER HOUSE MAN
W OULD NOT MOVE ON
F. H. Adams, of the Adams slaughter
house on the Willamette boulevard, was
arrested this morning on First' street
between Morrison and Alder streets for
blocking the streetcar traffic. Adams
was unloading a wagon of meat into a
butcher wagon when Special Agent W.
4Pr--Ltms of the P. R., L. & P. Co.
happened along ana commanded him to
move on and make way for a new pay-as-youenter
-car, which Adams refused
to do until he bad unloaded his wagon.
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A false alarm turned In at Park and
Oak streets this morning caused two
fire engine companies and a thousand
people to hurry to the scene to see
nothing. The alarm was said to have
been turned in by a couple of Reubens,
who took the alarm box for a mall box,
and on aeeinej the crowd hurrying their
way they disappeared. The box wa
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Rowen of Lane county Is In Portland to
day endeavoring to find out these things,
and , has - called upon the local polios
There are ' several of these bureaus
In Portland, the ostensible object of
which Is to bring' together fond hearts
which beat alone, and to promote mat
rimony, but it Is said that some of
them have drifted away from their orig
inal purpose and will Introduce one to
any person he desires to meet, asking
no questions.
It la suspected that Matthews fell
into the hands of some of these sharp
ers and was betrayed by a woman to
nis aeatn. .
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PossibUity That Many Ves
sels May Be in Great
Distress or Lost.
(United Press teased Wire.!
Seattle. Wash., Deo. 12. One 6f the
worst storms experienced In December
for years raged over the entire Puget
sound district last night and did not
abate until late this forenoon. Various
places reporting by long distance tele
phone say the wind reach pd a velocity
of 62 miles an hour at midnight Ship
ping suffered materially.
From Victoria comes word that sev
eral vessels flying distress signals late
yesterday afternoon off the west coast
of Vancouver Island were nnvhitn ta
be seen this morning. Several battered
lifeboats washed ashore near Carmanan
point. It is believed that the vessels
either put to sea to ride out the storm
or were driven ashore-on the northwest
coast of the island.
Both telearath and telenhone wires
out of Seattle went down about mid
night and the former were not work
ing this afternoon, although telephone
wires were working spasmodically.
COMMANDER REPORTS
' Otf CRUISER YANKEE
(United Press Leaatd Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 12. Commander
Marlsh of the cruiser Yankee, which Is
now resting on the muddy bottom of
Buxsards bay, in his report on ttie sec
ond sinking of the vessel pays a (tribute
to the men of the wrecking crew on the
vessel at the time.
He praises Engineer Wltherepoon and
a French-Canadian named Mlsnot for
their efforts, at the risk of their lives,
to close a broken pert through which
water was pouring when the ship was
sinking.
The Tankee was being towed to a
New Bedford yard for temporary re
pairs after having been floated from the
reef on which she first grounded. Com
pressed air was employed to float the
vessel, but owing to a rough sea one of
the ports blew out, the vessel filled and
agaln-went to the bottom.
SCHMITZ SEEKS
BONDING COMPANY
' (United Press Leaaed Wire.)
San Francisco, Deo. 12. Instead of
trying to get Individual capitalists to
go on E. E. Schmltz' bond, the attor
neys for the ex-mayor of this city are
trying to arrange to have some surety
company take the place of Thomas
Williams and William J. Dlngee on
their client's bonds.
Attorney Frank Drew stated today in
court that he had been conferring with
the local representatives of the surety
companies, but had not yet come to an
agreement, as so far the companies
wished to make terms too high to suit
the present conditions of Schmltz.
Drew asked that a continuance be
granted until next Wednesday to give
him time to communicate with the
eastern management of the surety com
panies. This was granted.
BONAPARTE OUT
OF PUBLIC LIFE
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
Baltimore, Dec. 12. Attorney Gen
eral Charles J. Bonaparte said positively
today that after March 4 he would re
tire from public life. In reply to the
question whether he would accept
place in President Taft's cabinet he
said:
"I- have not been asked, but even If I
were I would not aocept the position."
A movement Is on foot to Introduce
trackless trolley lines In Ireland. The
first probably will be from Donnybrook,
In the suburbs of Dublin, to Bray, a
seaside resort. i
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GEORGE HIE
IS UNDER
ARREST
Former - Portland Man in
Employ of e Wells, Fargo
& Company Charged ?With
- Forging - United States
Treasury Check.
United Press teased Wire. I
Carson City, Nsv., Dee. 12 George
C. Walte, tor 10 years connected with
tvells Fargo A Co.. at Portland, was
arrested last night on the charge of
fort9l!oUn'tei 6u,te" .treMurr check
Walt caine to this citv last Bantam.
ber from Portland, and sine that time.
it is cnargea ne nas carried on a prac
tice of stealing gold bullion from con
signments of the United States mint
here. He also is alleged to have been
conducting a series of overcharges on
patrons of the company.
Attention was directed toward ilm
through the theft of a decoy bar of
bullion, sent from southern Nevada.
By sending the stolen bullion to San
Francisco in the name of Oscar Schults
and by indorsing the check Issued by
the treasury department for the gold,
forging the name of Sehults, the alleged
thief .tried to cover up his tracks.
The ease was placed in the hands of
Detective Cain of the Wells Fararo
A Co. Cain came here several
weeks ago and pursued his investiga
tions quietly. Then he apprehended
Walte. swearing to the comulalot him
self.
For the last decade Walte has been
one of the most trusted employes of
the express company,' but, after coming
itere irom i-oruana, nr., it is alleged
he led a car life. He has a wtfe and
child, who with his mother, resided In
this city until yesterday when they went
west.
Walte was In the battle of Manila and
saw service in the army, fighting In
dians in Colorado. ,
While lo Portland Walte was In the
employe of Wells Fargo ' & Co.
for several years. He was In charge of
the Wells Fargo agency at the Lewis
A Clark exposition and at various times
held the position of counter clerk and
later cashier of the Portland office of
Wells Fargo & Co.
During his residence here he married
the daughter of a clergyman of a local
church. He bore an excellent reputation
and according to Harry Beckwlth, gen
eral agent of Wells Fargo & Co., here,
there never was any suspicion attached
to him while In the employe of ths
Portland office. He was at one time
a sailor In the navy, although It Is
said he enlisted under an assumed
name. He has no relatives In Portland
but there Is a slater living in Wash
ington. The first Intimation among his
friends here that he was In any trouble
came a few days ago when they were
In receipt of telegrams asking for
money.
FRANK J. MURPHY'S
CASE TO JTHE JURY,
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
San Francisco, Dec 12. The evidence
In the trial of Frank J. Murphy, charged
with offering a bribe to a prospective
Ruef Juror, went to the Jury this morn
ing at 11:45 o'clock. The morning ses
sion was occupied by District Attorney
William H. Langdon In summing jup
for the prosecution. Langdon dwelt Vn
the value of the evidence of E. A. S.
Blake, a contractor convicted for par
ticipation In the crime In connection
with which Murphy Is charged. Lang
don defended the credltabillty of Blake
as a witness and denounced the charges
of Murphy on the witness that the grft
prnnecuiori naa Dougni tne district v I
attorney's office. J
At the close of Lanardon's sneenh
Judge Murasky delivered his charge to
the Jury.
TIEDB0HL ACCUSED
OF FORGERY NOW
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
Chicago, Dec, 12. Theodore C. Tled
behl, former secretary of the Seipp
Brewing company, who was arrested in
Denver several months ago on a charge
of embezzling $20,000 of the company's
funds, was arrested today again and
charged this time with forgery. Since
his original arrest he has been out of
Jail on bonds.
A careful examination of the com
pany's books has disclosed the fact
that the shortage, which was at first
supposed to be only $20,000. Is now
nearly $100,000. The experts have come
across several alleged forgeries and It
nas been this particular discovery that '
has caused Tledbohl's second arrest on
a new charge.
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