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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY, EVENING, , DECEMBER 23. 1908.
GOIINATIOfl
MEDICAL STUDENTS HURL
ST. PAUL owns
THREE ACCIDENTS ,
TO MAN IN AUTO IN
SAILOR REGRETS
SEARCH FOR FUII
xntlrew. Draffin Says That
He Was Drugged " and
Robbed in; Kingston.
GOAL III WEST
WORDS' AT DR. PANTON
' 20 SHORT MINUTES
IS LIFE OF
TRADE
Business Morality of Coun
try So Much Improved in
Five Tears That Fresh Re
, striction Would Only Crip
ple Trade, Says Schurman.
Combination, not competition Is ; to
day tb. llf of trade. The business
.nnr.Hl F tha rfnltAll gtSleS b ' SO
greatly Improved during; the past few
year mat me renrwuon pui vyua uu
ness and the interference with business
methods which have characterised the
recent past are no longer necessary.
The Sherman anti-trust law in its
f .resent form is not needed today, and
t should be amended." . ' .
Such is the (1st of an address made
this afternoon by President Jacob O.
Bchurman of Cornell university at the
. Commercial club.
President Bchurman. who Is as well
known as a political economist and a
. broad winner as ne is as uiobiuciu ui
one of the greatest educational insti
tutions of the country, arrived In the
otty this morning, ana arter a luncneon
tendered him at the Commercial club,
consented to address the business men
of the city In the library of the club.
A large crowd was present to hear him.
Mr. Bchurman spoke but briefly, his
address taking not over 16 minutes,
hut it was nlihv and he said more In
that length of time than the average
nuhlin sneak-er In an hour.
The worst men in the country toS
carry on, business ate the politicians.
; nald President Behurmon. In the main
burliness prospers In proportion as t
is let alone by politicians and legisla-
'. tures.
"I do not mean to sxr that the Inter
ference of the pan fer years has not
been warranted, for I Mnk It has beer.
But I do not think It is needed any
more, and I hope that In the next few
years business will be let alone.
"But 1 do feel strongly that there
is one piece ef legislation which Is
greatly needed in the interest of busi
ness. I do not mean tariff revision,
' though I do believe in tariff revision
and tariff reform downwards.
"When the- Sherman antl trust law
was passed, business was carried on on a
much smaller scale than it Is today
and competition was necessary for Its
prosperity. But now competition Is io
longer the life of trade, out combina
tion Is. What we need is to be able to
- secure, the benefits of combination with
' out any of the attendant evils.
Bay of Pirates Over.
"I don't believe that the piratical
operations of the past are now the law
of the business world. In the past men
have been in a hurry and the success
of the enterprise was the main thing.
Consequently they sometimes did
' things that were not exactly right.
But , our President , Roosevelt has
taught us that we must carry morality
Into all lines of business.
"We are coming now to apply the
rules of morality to business on a large
scale. And for that reason I believe
that business In the years to come can
be carried on without the Interference
which has been necessary during the
past few years." - ',
President Bchurman Illustrated his
text by referring to the recent decis
ion of the United States circuit court
declaring the American Tobacco com
pany a trust within the meaning of the
Sherman anti-trust law "not because
it had done anything harmful, for the
court said it had not; not because it
had lowered the price of the raw ma
terial, for the court. said that It had
raised the price and greatly Increased
the acreage: but because It was a com
bination. The court said that If two
stage drivers living on separate sides of
a state line should combine, it would
be a violation of the Sherman anti
trust law. The Sherman anti-trust law
affects small business the same as
large ones.
"Combination, Is-the economic law of
today, I do not think congress cares
one lota whether business Is carried on
under the competitive- system or by
combination, provided . only that the
people are not oppressed.
Should Be Amended.
"The Sherman anti-trust law should
be amended. The problem that we have
to solve is to recognise "combination as
the life of business,'' . '
President- Bchurman eulogized President-elect
Tar t as a man who can solve
this problem successfully and congratu
lated the American people because they
are to have at the head of the govern
ment a man so well versed In the law
and who anould be able to handle such
questions as the anti-trust, law effect
ually. The r-ieaker closed Ms address by ex-
rresslng bis appreciation of the recep
ion he had met with la this city and
prophesying that In the years to come
Portland is going to be one of the great
cities of the country, as Oregon is to
be one of the most . Important of the
states.
President Schurman will remain in
the city for a '.Couple of days visiting
with friends and looking over the vari
ous interesting features of the city and
. viuuiir, rrruiueni ecnurman la
due to assist in the installation of a
new president for the University of
Missouri In a couple of weeks and de
cided to fill in the time with a trip
through the middle west and fitr wast
ern states. He has visited Jthlcago,
Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake and ether of
the larger cities and Intends to stop
at Seattle and Spokane before return
ing to his . duties at Cornell. While In
6alt Lake President Schurman deliv
ered two addresses before the National
Teachers convention. He will dellvr
an address before the Washington State
Teachers' convention at Spokane. While
in Denver he was the guest of the
Denver. Commercial club.
After remaining In Portland for a
couple of days President Schurman will
leave for Seattle and Spokane.
WARDEN GREEN NOT
PUT UNDER ARREST
Deputy Game Warden J. U Green has
taken umbrage at the report printed
Thursday last to the effect that he was
arrested by order of Justine Olson for
contempt of court Mr. Green contends
that he waa never arrested in his life
and feels hurt that the report has been
circulated to that effect. He says It
wss his colleague H. N. Shears who waa
put under arrest for contempt of court.
l.M t fthaare Mff V ha a aiiIi,
rest for about 10 minutes. I'?
The tangle came up over a cortfJo-T
versy concerning a game case in which
some one waa charred with having
wild ducks in his possession contrary
to .. Out of this case much trouble
grew until Deputy Shears voiced the
opinion that the Justice court was a
- kangaroo court." Justice Olson learned
the opinio 4n which his court was
hrld by Shears and ordered his arrest
tor contempt of court Deputy Kler
nan made the arrest About this time
Ureen came along and found his col
ltu In durance vile, opon which he is
said to hsve advised him to "stand
t." thus Intimating at least that the
court-wan reI!y In the class in which
It had been put bv BheYtre. But Green
wan not really snooted, only almost
ih.-ai was disiniKwed and Green was
allowed t go without hindrance, the
otirt notifying the district attorney's
rTu-e that It would not honor any'
(M.mi-UitUi t:ere the two deputies were
i .mil :.i,iimc witnesses.,- . I
Student Body Hands Out Sizzling Roast to Physician
Who Says Oregon College Graduates Have
'' No Standing as Physicians.
, Portland, Or., Dec. sr. TP the .Editor
of The Journal The various articles
which have appeared 'in the etty papers
concerning the medical department of
the university . or uregon nave cautwn
the students in the institution who feel
deeply concerned., to' take action in the
matter. w wish' it clearly understood
tnat ur. joaepni nas no connection uu
tn.u .article, tnat ne nas . not reau or
heard It read, and does not know the
contents. We, have the highest respect
for him as. a true gentleman and an
able instructor an no responsibility at
taches to him for anything wnico ap
pears herein.
While It ie our desire to rive any man
due credit for honesty of purpose when
a man who is in . position to possess
himself of the facts In the case weaves
unh a web' of misleading statements,
many of which are utterly false, no
consideration for his ' position should
save him from Just condemnation, s
Tlr . A fi. Panton who Is the party
responsible for the beginning of the
series of articles wnicn nave oeen pub
lished, has placed himself In a peculiar
poslton before the public At one mo
mnt ha noses aa a martyr In the cause
or ino poor numa.ii iraiui v
roads, the next moment shows his real
attitude, that of an Individual prostitut
ing hla hia-h nffice for the eratlf icatlon
of personal jealousy and enmity .toward
tnose against wnom db nomi vwmnj
year old grudge. Dr. Panton while urg
ing the necessity for higher educational
requirements and higher standards for
the profession, " as evidenced by . his
various speeches upon the subject
which are matters or recora, ana cm
li.ln tl loxal medical collece as de-
iinmiuni in such matters, and further
as being a non-member of the Associa
tion of American meaicu cuiiegoa,
n,lu a ,11 lamttll. which If tfU6 WOUld
kranH h a. a. "Kf. C as an organisation
with which no reputaDie couege or toil
respecting body would care to o "
ioi.,t Ha tfliea that the local college
- inMnniir TiaHdeii into the accept
able class of the A. A. M. C. because of
the personal friendship of Dr. Arthur
Dean evan. iwes ne wemu "j .
Dr. Bevans has no gTester sense of
fairness or honor than to tnro down
one college and accept another simply
for friendship sane.
Efficiency of Man counts.
tw Tonnn km stated, the state Jaw
avMsnia the fact and we so under
stand It, that the publlo Is not con
cerned as to where a man gets his edu
cation. It is the efficiency of the man,
and the real Question la as to the com
petency of the man to enter Into the
practice of medicine. His being a grad
uate of Toronto no more fits hint for
hi. nrv than his . a-raduatlon from
Portland, and so far as surgery con
cerned, many of the graduates of the
medical department of the University of
Oregon are the equals of Dr. Panton to
day' We will challenge the.doctor to
compare his Alma Mater at the time of
his graduation with our own college as
she stands today assured that our own
will not suffer by the comparison. The
r.hnn from which Dr. Panton
cames was a stock company until about
three years ago wnen il wm
...ih.r rll1nrnlnltd. ' mil a
large school made thereby. And further,
in i connection . wtm tun
that of another writing through the city
papers to the effect that our college Is
iurnisning uwruoiiwii, r
we can point out to Dr. Panton grad
uate from his own Alma Mater who Is
at present connected with one of the
advertising shark institutions, of thla
city Let him do a lltue missionary
worit toward redemption of this lost
souL ,
v- .i,i.mnt that this com-
mimitv does not furnish sufficient
anatomical material.
trouble to ascertain the true condition
any desire for the truth would have
withheld his statement.
We have a great variety of medical
and surgical clinical instruction by the
highest tslent In the northwest The
facilities nre not excelled in any com
munity of far Breate- sia-. St Vin
cents hospital. Good Samaritan hos
pital, baby home. Multnomah county
hospital, our own free dlB"8ry,0?e:
parfment treats great number of cases
each year, and Crystal gprlnj , Sani
tarium at Mount Tabor, f urnlshes, ac
cording to the statement of neurologists,
as great Tor greater field for the study
of the entire list of nervous i
than any other locality In the United
StOur' laboratories' for the study of
disease. snd dleease producing agents
are conducted by able men the patho
logical laboratory receiving Pna
from the operating tables of the hosr
pttals and fev contributions from phy
sicians and surgeons of the city. The
bacteriological laboratories
the direction of Dr. Ralph C. Matson.
and full and complete technlo Is car
ried out by every member of the senior
and Junior classes and we. will defy
Dr. Panton. to follow one of our Junior
students throueh one day's work Irt the
laboratory. ;When he got through he
- . . ...... 9 what na la T H 1 IT-
WOUlfl JLHUW wuio 7 - ,1
Ing about than appears at present urJ
Ralpn MatSOn IS auinuriiy
ment that the, course in bacteriology
here Is better than any other he has
visited.' Cambridge, London, not ex
cepted. He says: , ,
"I have visited the bacteriological
laboratories eonhected with the best
colleges . tn London: snd also at Cam
bridge, university. jnoua" "
them had larger laboratories and more
equipment this was not in proportion
t tha number of students they- had.
Our microscopes and other laboratory
apparatus is the same make as that
used in the leading schools In the world.
6o far as other colleges having more
microscopes, they have not We have
one for every student in any class,
and oil Immersion lenses and Abbe
condensers for each pair of students.
We devote more time to the work than
four-fifths of the medical colleges and
from my personal knowledge I will put
students from two classes In bacteriol
ogy In a competitive examination with
a bacteriology class of any other col
lege In this country. In both practical
and theoretical bacteriology, and I firm
ly believe our students will make at
leant an equal showing. Our plan of
teaching bacteriology Is patterned afte.
Cambridge and is Just as comprehen
sive." Are Good Burgeons.
As to surgery, no student In our
senior class comes to graduation with
out having assisted the operating sur
geon In many, some as high aa 20 or
more operations, embracing the whole
field of operative surgery. In addition
to this, the students under direction of
an excellent Instructor, Dr. Alvln W.
Balrd, perform all the operative sur-
Jrery upon the cadavers in the ,col
ege. As to lectures being delivered by
students, to the positive knowledge of
every student now in the college, no
lecture has ever been given by any
student acting as a substitute for the
ular lecturer. ; -'he
maloritv of our students are
western young men and women. Inter
ested tn western enterprise and we
believe in upbuilding rather than ' de
stroying our home Institutions of learn
ing, to many of which we can point
with great pride throughout this Pa
cifio northwest Every few days we
upporiumiy iv compare tne at
tainments of men from various Institu
tions, and our western men certainly
neei take no back seat ?
Our faculty and lecture corps is held
In high esteem by the students as a
whole and no one,, except - some dis-
? run tied specimen of humanity who has
siled to make good either In school or
in practice has a word to say against
them. Dr. Joseph!, lecturing upon nerv
ous diseases and. obstetrics. Imparts In
struction of the clearest and higheat
order, and Is constantly bringing Inte
us all the latest prod not a of Investi
gation as set forth by tHe leading jour
nals In the medical world. -
We point with pride to the meh who
occupy the lecture platform In Oil s in-
stltutlon; men who stand In the rront
rank of the medical profession. In Port-
land-
Dr's. 8. E. Joseph!. K. A. J. Mackentle,
rt r Rinawanrar Richard Nunn i? M
WeflBA "j ""ESS, j!Cf BelTOorge Fi
C Zan; B. C Yenney, C. H. Vheeler.
J. O. Wiley, J. A. Gilbert, Ralph C. Mat-
son. Ray W. Matson. U H. Hamilton.
Thornton,' McCusker3 C
SFfOsfraperf "6 Sk?nUThe?
KAohler William House. A W Balrd.
WaVI H
IVnlf v ...
Without going into aetans or tne a-
. . wl. I. t. I Jl
pri..i Hnn nonorKuiv ujeiiiuerBiim biiu
stations or eacn, it neeas oniy do am
that Johns Hopkins, Harvard. McGUl,
Rush and other large Institutions have
representatives among the members of
the staff. Further than thla there are
several members of the profession in
Pnrtlanil whn are ready and willing to
accept a position upon the lecture plat-
rorm or inia coueee. ii com lucbv
men no little expenditure of time and
energy to fulfill their duties. True,
they win the esteem of the graduates
or tne couege ana wnen tne jraungw
Annw la In naart of eaMtstanoa in his
difficult case, what more natural than
that he will turn to the one whom lie
believes to be preeminently qualified to
advise the best course for the benefit
of hie patient Dr. Panton's actions
while a member of the lecture staff
were not such as to warrant a very
high opinion of him, hence a probable
cause for a part of bis slanderous and
libelous statement concerning nisi
former associates in this institution. A I
lecturer who ia wholly incompetent will I
not be tolerated by abody of students
ana it a earn uiipii.oii. iw
would never tolerate Dr. Panton upon I
the platform of this college. - I
nr. Pnntnn ia credited with the State-1
ment that he ia now Independent of hlaljggf uj, Clackamas county, total 'for
dltions and the advancement of the I
principles n u.ii ,u.i
hla unit at tha collea-a not only once. I
but twice or thrice because he Is said
his time ln the work, and also that it
kept him too hard at worit preparing
nlmaell to deliver nis lectures. .
Deplore Dirty Work.
Much more can be said upon the sub
ject but we deplore such a condition
as has been brought about by the dirty
work he has indulged in. There la
plenty of room for the expenditure of
nis energy in proper direction as evi
denced by a recent circular letter from
the state board of medical examiners
setting forth the conditions, the laws
eoverninr tne Doara. ine auinoruy 01 i
iS-it 'J t'h. i- rv tnn
president of the bqard is . very con-1
splcuous In this circular by ill
s ab
of the u ! laPnaturesPof th? mim
i !D 1LJ lf.n.a,tLu.r" -t"e.mtm.?.er;
SiiXV S;; and those
So.UeS0n.,2thnort P-orPe8et!relyndnhtt
nhubX'Cbe"lleve' would hav- tha W1
PUDIIC oeiieve.
we nave tne statement ox a memoer i
of the present senior class who will
back his statement, that Dr. Panton,
havlnsr heard of some ai verse criticism
of himself by a studentTn the graduat
ing class or last year saia "tnat man
will receive no favors from the board,"
Will I WBITW IIU A Ok , LI I. IIUIU HIO uuniU. I
which shows that Dr. Panton takes the
view that no one has a right to criticise
him nr hi actions, and h annenrert tn
sneak as delegating to himself the ac-
tlon of the entire board to down the
man who would dare to voice hla sent!
roents.
We have the greatest respect for any
man or men who occupy such a dosI
tlon of trust as Dr. Panton has just
vacated and who conduct their offices
honestly and Impartially, but we do
most emphatically protest against the
iinrioi-hanri mthnAm -nH Ait .-. I
ments reflecting unnn aalf rne.rin
voune- men and wnman whn havi nat,?
done him a Dartlcle of Inlurv vnuna-
men who are nrenarlne- lhamaalvaa fnr
higher positions and labors In this great
and growing western country. We de- I
foyat r yn-5
it is contemptible. We who have here
tofore stood out ln support of the doctor
and his supposed efforts toward elevat
ing the standards of the profession are
not now trying to lower those standards.
Si ,,we.feel.tn,lt w have suddenly been
disillusioned and that the attempt has
been made to use us as a big stick with
which he would beat down the monster
of his fancies. It Is hard to believe
that the man who has posed before the
People as the advneata nt huv...
tlon would be so little and contemptible
as to Insult the students of the medical
t - tiSit"f ii' Vnlverslt? Oregon,
br Bei V; " ' " T
JosephL His mean statementa mm I
ing the mentaVca
anVthe ability
collea-a are almnat inorr," Tv.il VJI
ha. .i.ia 1Vi ..l1"
graduate, are not Tmen? wd has pointed ,h5 tia4n. rrlvlng this morning con
to such men rir w w -ated of nine coaches and ls the regu-
to such men as Dr. Wllv. Tr V(. i.nn
i.. v.. j .v..i a :v- .. - . 1
iu ur.-nm rnM, stating tnat the lat
.mOT"25
aminatlons since he had become a mum.
uer oi ine same, vva wnuM aBL L.imt
he remembers where than man r.i
tl i- .jii .i .. .. r, t u
;' mmuivai cuucHiion. , it nm has such
nign regards for some, why not for
others who are coming and are to come
iruin ine institution
Referring tn tha nhir ik.i
faculty Is engaged in the practice of
railroading student. through"to gTdua-
tlon we cite the case of the nrp-ont I
c?aerduVrnrtheonfoVte
numbered 28. Two have changed
hmehi,lAX,t,lm.; two
o? mnrrknh ln on
low7r w-2"Lnihrr.Mha.X.e looped
m n.ii f.o -ul "w
ni?.- 'mF,.? poln.t of ,v'w "
?rl nart of ltf?A t Iatrack
. Jie? ihll' "' PrhaP. he
wS who vnw tSIa... i- v. .
te WTi E? tlTa ."ii't.V1 !? $im. mat
r?r? lha wtthit-fu.Ii!XtentKtne ,n3S.8-
T!fnttn 3lHr9 ana,8P?!he" ot Dr.
' . l" 1
the present statement that we do not
Yis-r.v-vj-.ass s- ssiw 11 lit evas aa. ai. a.B- a n
SlaT wlVan iSS l0k ar wfth a dHll and 'song "by ilUUeTrl.
m.fi J? L?J2. .nlX, one ha,f r- ot the primary class, followed by a
: ln? nanairerent pupil or the school as follows:
mSSim ,?. nk.,J?lou,X. fnd haU
of " tiff r h 50lnt dirty sraoar
frm 4.9-;aSff Jsach.n"w a'2,om
TT?iS.-tjty Sieriaindepartment 0-f th
. .iiiteV . , ,
.rt-!aBiu,,jLb0Tdof i.11 T'ca' d-
partment of the University f Oregon.
By GEORGE A. CATHET. President
, , uiiJiAio, isecretary.
NORTH BANK TIME
SLIGHTLY CHANGED
In order to make a longer interval
between the arriving of the dar train
from Spokane and the leaving -of the
night train for Spokane, a sllglft chanw
In the leaving t me of th vvntng train
f1nwlnt7nefTeit0ofn?,?-
traln went In effect on the Korth Bank
laidVt SPfnrwTianro,nduP;
'p.' 8rnT wh The1 "CkaSAn'l
night train, which did leave at 8:35.
Will now leave at 5:40. , v. -
ine XMortftern Faclflo ngan cperat-
ing its trains over the wiiimjitw ..n.i I
Colum ola bridges today and all service I nat working force who had ao Christ
in the future between Portland and thu mas dinner engagements yesterday were
nfL5 ,lv i y wyn.uf Vanfloitvur.. in- j entertained by C. 8. Jackson at dinner
na.ii... j . win oe no i
change in train time Mntil the new track
. n.myMi nnunijinisnea a oountiTui leeet ror. the guests
has been given a chance to settle after who all -voted the affair a great sue-
rha tsvi n f a e e o ins I .
j Secures 10,000 Acres , in
MontanaSolves the
Fuel Problem.
(United PrM Leased Wlre.l
Chicaa-o. Dee. 26. The St. Paul rail-
1,? 1:i,c.eT "?ar."Kl;.,V"
K"d" 'non.ta.na ."d obtained op-
Liunn oa an equal ainuuni. or tana xoi-
i,"1 lltiiJ11 '"hi-'
0081 D? l engineers recently. The dis-
fovery .purchase will .(feet a v-
Ea!'"s- , M ' w.ii-.t.
The coal fields are In TeMowstone
SfKA'S "
but the rallroa id'g g ieohDgl8ts after test-
mfnuna.4 tSTbVt f.llni"."
produce 8000 tons to the acre. The
acreage acquired will Permit the com-
1 pany to maintain iib Byaiem irom mm
"""; !" l" m-
1 at lABAT All VAin.
i - - - - - J -
FOR MULTflOnAII
In 20 Years, 2772 Figures
for Other Counties of
the Northwest
inniirt rr-u iwi wir.
Washington. Dee. S6. The census of
divorce statistics Issued today show the
records by counties throughout the Unit-
ed states, ihe report-in pan snows
the following Increases: . ,
Oregon Mtltnomah county, toUl in
en - 77- n.imhav l tiki sen. in
Washington King county, total for 20
years, 6009; tn isotf, 70s: in 1887, 8
ni 1 .,., on i.
.02. ln m7t2. Spokane county. In 6
ASSAULTED BY
tw l -a . .. - -
derson & Crowe, ihlpllners, today swore
. .ih aVra.t .1.
out a warrant for the arrest of six
toT on men In
his employ. Mr. Anderson says he has
John Does," more fully described as
been unable to ascertain the correct
f the men alleged to have com-
The trouble occurred Thursday night
ahpn the men were rnturnlnsr from
: ,v, --"u V-i, i .
n ..i n vu in w . in. ii ... i a. 1 sv
Llnnton. The longshoremen had been
discharging the ship's ballast and An
derson & Crowe's men had been lining
tne vessel preparatory to ner receiving
wheat for Europe. The liners belong
. , " 1 , , ,
.,n,T n'Jl ,ra."!ed ,
PP8ltlSn h ?ld Slp liner n
witn which the longshoremen are In
vmpathy. Because of this there had
!"t been, the best of feeling between
the two crews at work in the shin's
hold.
Knocking off work at the regular
hour Saturday night the men took the
Northern Pacific train for thla city
and it was on the train that the rivalry
assumed a serious aspect. Mr. Ander
son says that six of the longshoreman
attacked one or Ms men ana beat mm
unmercifully, knocking out. several
teeth. The others were also attacked
and called names.
PT"RST N V THROTTfrTT
- - aXIO A Xt A X aiJUJUlTXl.
train from east
New Station at Vancouver Also For
mally Opened North Coast
This Afternoon.
(Bpedit pispatcB to The Joerait.)
Vancouver! Wash., Dec. 29. The first
through train of the Northern Pacific
arrived In Vancouver at 9:05 o'clock
thl. morning and after a three minute
"top, continued over tne Kaiama line
th So,md clt,- The new
.."
for business with the arrival or this
first train.
lar Portland and Puget Sound express.
i nia aiiernoon at z ia tne nrst norm
Coast, Limited will arrive and the St
Paul and Minneapolis through train
will pass through Vancouver at mid.
night .
E. M. "Rowley, a prominent Vancou-
-.AM Villa!.... WAnt J.M llll MAM
VBI VW.IIIB., , J . r. . II til Ull lilllV IIIVIII-
ing's train to Kelso to pay a visit to
his father, Rev. H. Rowley of that
place.
CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
riiitJi.u.iu uuviivu
AT WHITE TEMPLE
Th GhrlstmAs exercises Of the First
Baptist church Sunday school were
held last night at the White Temple
Jd were of a novel and very interest-
months 6f the new year. The new year
was represented by Mrs. M. H. La-
monde, who recited Tennyson's "Ring
ut Wlld Bells," and then called one
by one for the months, who came and
tendered their homage to the new
year, paying a tribute appropriate to
tne montn represenrea.
The months were reo
represented by dlf-
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January James Whltoomb Brougher, Jr.;
February, Maud Rounds; March. Eva
Bascovitch, Dorothy Hart, Cara Howes,
Adele Broultp April, Gertrude Stone
May, by a drill of 10 little girl.; June)
Harrlest Clinton; July, by a flag drill
by five boys; August Jack DolDh: Sen-
J m,wv wr-( la-wnuu-a, w aa. w avlU
tember. Helen McOuire: October. Funina
Towoicnd; November, , Anita Pearcy;
December, May- Mason, Lloyd Spooner
and Homer 'Jamleson. '
The exercises included a Christmas
tree, . t -
Tries to End His Life. :
After breathing the air of the city
Ja'l 'or an. hour last night Peter 8on
Sowlth6. He fookoff hl.hi?.!
nta wIhhe UbarH Vf hU ceU an th
L !j hi. nlfic -f- K a2d th.en
SSST'whS "thbe.brokl "U"-
8tl!l suffering from his attempt at
Sul SonebeVg' Kelt SudglV.
WM ,We
y ln "L - , .
' i ' . , .
Bachelors at Dinner.
ti.. k..u. n.n,h.ra i..
at tne rermns grin last night. Me.
S wetland, proprietor tt i the grill fur-
DIVORCE
RECORD
60 I
tralttd Press 4ted Wlr.l ,
Oakland, Dee. 86. Alfred Gross, a
cousin of City Auditor George Gross,
met three successive accidents ' Inside
of 20 minutes early -thla morning, be
tween . 12:40 and 1 o'clock. He is in
the receiving hospital, very sore from
much bumping, but not in any sense
ln a dangerous condition.
Gross encountered his first mishap
at Sixteenth street and San Pablo ave
nue at 12:40 o'clock, when he ' was
caught ln a minor collision between two
streetcars. He was naaiy Diuisea ana
it waa deemed best to take him to the
receiving hospital. V
. Sam Klmelay. a chauffeur for the
Auto-Delivery company, volunteered to
take him there, Kimelay had two col
lisions ln his journey with Gross to
the receiving hospital and In the last
smash-up, when he ran into the Seventh
street local train at the: Broadway
junction. Klmelay received' injuries
which will probably prove fatal.
Kimeiay ' nrsi ran : into tne automo
CLEVER DEPUTY
IN. CITY
Joe Hutchinson." deputy city auditor,
Is an Inventor. Throngh'his Ingenuity
Portland has the only card Index system
of the kind to be found In the United
States, in use in the auditor's office.
Mr. Hutchinson was put in charge of
the liquor licensee last year and told
to adoDt some Plan by which the city
could keep an accurate check on trans
fers. Herore Mr. itutcninson unaertooa
the Job there was no method by which
the department could tell whether or
not a saloon was authorised by law
without subjecting the office force to
the necessity of checking over hun
dreds of licenses, transfers and powers
of attorney.
A man might start a saloon and claim
that he was operating under a transfer
from the original holder of a license.
In order to ascertain the truth. It was
necessary to search the records and
look at eaeh separate paper. Even then
BELIEVE FINCH FRAMED
(Continued from Page One.) .
Gave risota Warning-.
ua s irt ha tnM Fluhcr that Finch fait
kindly toward him, but on going back
to the orrice aaviseu i iut i
from Fisher. . ,
Riddell testified to overhearing; por-
, i.... - Annvrifltlnni. over inn-" leie-
Shone between Fisher ,and Finch and
rant and Finch.
Finch Calls It dime.
Finch this morning for the first time
referred to his act as a "crime
was recounting the Incidents following
his arrest and said he probably real
ised, ln his daxed condition, that a
crime had been committed.' Heretofore
he has referred to the death of l-lsher
as an 'Tinronunate ikcuuci. ,.i
the first time, aiso, ne b"
reference to the man, he killed. He
said he considered isuer as mu
'inch's attorneys evidently feared the
effect of this on the Jury, and tried to
ask If he meant this to refer to Fisher's
?. . Uim hut the ouestion was ruled
out He was then asked If he had ever,
threatened Fisher or spoken disparaging
ly of hint before the tragedy and he said
that he never had. 1 " ' . " a
Mr Ptggott for the defense Invented
a new term in referring -to the killing of
SiihlV vSZJxIa it 'fthts alleged trag-
It whateyercall it. -
Martin s lesuruujij '." ".'v;:HT " '
become extremely Important Jn-Vlew of
the prominence of the seal In. the de
fense, as he said he told the reporter
that the defense would depend In large
part on. the testimony brought out by
the state ai ii" pitiiiij ....-a.
He said;
uartia xeus awry.
iv ...1 i t. r-i Smith a. rannrter
1 ihiilcu win; -,r
for The Journal, wno i .
... . hla naner. I told him What
Finch had told me, about being lm
true-ale in lsners omue. j. wa nc.
Ing tne reporter in ucno
! "Si Vi i r,i rind out from Finch
what his defense would he. and would
tell the reporter what I learned. I also
told Jilm that the defense would depend
largely on what the preliminary brought
out that Finch waa waiting to see what
the state had as evidence before he
shaped hi. defense, . .
'f spoke to the reporter about go
ing to Fisher's office and learning
whether or not a seal was there. Finch
had told me about being, hit by the
seal. It seemed an improbable story
to me, and I wanted to corroborate It
for my own satisfaction. The reporter
went to Fisher's office and told me
about the seal. He said there were
two seals, but one was a big corpora
tion seal and had dust, on It and that
could not be tne one. tae uncriuua
the small seal to me, and I then told
him that I thought It would be a part
of the defense. He promised not to
use. the story until I had talked the
matter over with Finch and until I
gave him a release on the story. I did
that because I did not think it would
be fair to Finch to give out nis ae
fense before he decided on it. or bo-
fore I was certain wnat it wouia m,
.., Satisfied His Curiosity.
! jtlA Wnt tall Finch mv conversation
with the reporter, and f did not ask
him to go to Fisher's office because of
anv reauest from Finch. Time hangs
heavy on our hands ia Jail, and any
ihin. that nmaa nn la seized upon and
interests us. Myoblect was -plely to
satlsry myseir wnemer or. iw ilhjh
was llelng and to help the reporter ln
getting the news.
u.rtir. waa also nuestloned regard
ring a written statement signed by him
that appeared in a v"":'
he stated only the truth in that article,
and the state announced that it would
again call Martin to the stand to con
front him with some of the statements
made over hla signature. ,
"Did your attorney, Mr. Lord, talk
with you a. to how the killing took
placer was the first question at the
morning session, asked by Mr. Spencer.
Mr. Cord objected to this as a "dia
bolical insult"' but the question was
allowed, and Finch, as though impa
tient WKre nlB counsel, HSB.CU iiuumji
"What was the question?"
"Was Mr. Lord's narrative ln his
oDenins- statement as to what took
place true or untrue?" asked Spencer.
Another Stingiaf Query.
This was vi eorously objected to and
the objection was sustained. Spencer
again returned to the assault with an
other stinging inquiry relating to the
remarkable variance between - Lord's
statement of what the defense would
prove and Finch s story on tne stand.
; "Did you state to Mr. Lor before the
trial ? negan wnat nappenexi, ana am
Mr- Lord correctly state what you said
to the jury?" - -
Again the defense objected, and again
the court saved Finch and his attorneys
from embarrassment by ruling that the
question need not be answered.
In answer to questions aa to why he
called for the- sheriff soon after the
tragedy, he said he supposed he realized
thar a crime had .been committed and
that there would be an arrest
Finch said he attributed his laose of
memory to tne mow irom tne seal ana
the other treatment I received'
"What do you mean by that?" was
asked.
"I mean that that night I realised I
had a bad head and the next morning
realised the injury on the back of my
head, the one Inside my right knee and
the soreness of my shoulder. These
must have been received d urine . the
mlxup, or-,l-dld not have them when
I went to Fisher s orrlce."
Flnch said e did not1 remember ask
ing; Interviewers in the county jail Sat
urday afternoon. "Is Fisher coming up
to see mer He1 did not remember the flva
persons present at the Interview, end he
did not remember a later Interview,
wnen n iaiKPi witn ueputy i.iirt't At
tomeyThad Vreeland ln( the Jail literary.
bile of Mr. and Mrs. 3, II. Rellly ; at
llo-hth a nri Rrnilrlwiv. Thptf were
bruised so badly that they had to be
taken to their borne, zios snatiucic ave
nue, Berkeley, in their own. automobile
In this accident neither the chauffeur
nor Gross was harmed at alt
Oni hlnz-tt down the street, however.
all the occupants of the Klmelay auto
mobile were , hurt The machine
smashed into the railroad train with
such force that it was jammed under
the coucli next to tne last, xne train
was moving and the motor car was
crushed. Its occupants were 'thrown
out and narrowly missed .rolling under
tne wneeis.
Klmelay was the most unlucky man
In the machine. Ho received bruises all
over his body and Internal Injuries from
which he la not expected to recover.
John O. Petty, a barkeeper who was
In the car, redelved a number or bruises,
aa did Gross, the unfortunate who had
already suffered injuries In the Initial
accident
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BETTERS SYSTEM
AUDITOR'S OFFICE
after days of work the document might
not be found. ,
By the new system inaugurated under
Mr. Hutchinson's supervision every li
cense bears a number. Kvery transfer
"power of attorney or other paper' re
lating to thla is similarly numoersa ana
placed in a - separate rue. iz a oom
olalnt Is made now that a saloon Is be
ing run without a license the owner
ia required to show his transfer or
other Dater authorising him to do bus!
nesa. The clerk glances at the number
on ."Is paper and immediately turns to
the file bearing the same upmber. . In a
few minutes he can find all the facts
ln the case and determine whether the
complaint Is based on reasonable
grounds. Especially convenient Is the
Hutchinson system when evidence Is
desired for a court trial. If certain pa-
?crs are wanted the clerk can get them
rom the auditor's office without any
delay.
Nor did he remember talking to District
Attorney Cameron at the nolloe station.
He did remember calling for the sheriff
before he left the Mohawk building, and
he "supposed he realised that a crime
naa been committea.
Pride ia Clear Mead.
Finch said he prided himself on hav
ing a remarkably clear head for date,
and details. This was the first time
tn his experience that he has suffered
such a lapse of memory. - He never
spoke a hard word to Mr. Fisher in his
life.
Again he told the story of the seal,
thla time led by Deputy District At
torney Fitzgerald.
"Where did you see this seal?"
"I think that I aaw it on tha -flnnr
It was close to the door, and fell just
ln front of me. I think I picked it upr
but -If I did I cannot remember where
I pet it. I know it waa on the floor,
but I don't know that I picked it up.
When I first saw the seal I thought
It was the flash of a gun."
"You would not conceal a fine hit of
evidence like that, would you-" queried
run prosecutor. '
No. I would not I would not con
ceal anything,"- was the response.
kj. ti. nggott, law partner. of Flnoh,
narrated conversations with Fisher re
garding the reinstatement of Finch.
One conversation in July waa excluded
as too remote irom tne time or the
tragedy. The last interview was on
the Friday evenlnr before Fisher waa
killed, when Ptggott said he threw the
reinstatement petition in front of the
tar association prosecutor on the let
ter's desk.
"He said to me. -'You know I can't
sign that,',' said the witness. "I told
him he had agreed to do so at the time
the plea of guilty waa entered. He re
plied that he had been thinking It over
and had changed his mind. Then he
said. 'What do you think about It,
BrotherPlggottr "
"I told him I thought it would be a
generous act to carry out his promise.
He would not sign it and he asked me
how Finch felt about It I told him
that Finch felt kindly toward him. but
felt hurt Over bavins- been anannnrioH
after the agreement tpat had been made
that the referee's report and the plea
should not go. to the supreme court
until the reinstatement petition could
be prepared for presentation at the
same time.
Usher learned arervous.
"Fisher seemaH fMrat mil mmnm
He said he had been working late at4!
iiiKui, ana mat some or these fellow,
had been threatening him. He said he
was ready for them and would fix
them' unless they came up behind him
some time. He also said he Intended
to resign as bar association prosecutor
within a month. He did not tell me
he had a gun and he did not say that
he thought Finch had written any
threatening letter. The last words he
said were that I ought not to be cir
culating such a petition, because my
name might be brought Into a similar
charge in connection with the use of
my notary seal by Finch. He said he
felt so kindly toward vMr. Finch that
r. .naa. overriow business in
hiS office he would be willing to send
i in t . r i iic ii.
. ,'2?n J. "nt back to the office I
told Mr. Finch that he had better stay
away from Mr. Fisher. I told him I
would go ahead and get the petition
through without Fisher', aid.'
The witness sprung a surprise by say
tup, uim utpuiy LiBinci Attorney Fitz
gerald had signed the petition.
"Show me my signature on It," de
manded Fitzgerald. . .
"Oh, I remember now; It wss Brother
jiBvanaugn mat signed It. J got you
mixed up." Piggott hastily added.
", h?Id ay you did get It mixed
"P-l ''A01"1 F'twrald, fn the titter
that followed In the courtroom. -
. XUddell Last Witness.
Edward C. Riddell waa the last wit
ness who testified this morning.; The
witness ha been employed ln the office
or xt. riggou as a stenographer and
general office man during the time that
J. A- Finch made Piggott's office his
headauarters and told of hearing Mr
Fisher call up .Finch on the telephone
on ine aay or tne tragedy. He heard
the bell ring, he said, and took down
the receiver on a branch office nhnnt
and heard the defendant say, "Yes, this
Is Finch," and then the voice at the
other end of the line said. "Well, thl.
i. r isner. -
Mr. Riddell testified that he huna-
uo the receiver at thl. juncture but
about a minute later, when, going
tnrougn tne outer oitice ne heard
Flncn say: "I'll be right over."
Mr. Riddell also told of hearine-
Flnch call up Attorney Grant at the
time Finch asked Grant to help him
in - hi. fight to have his time of sus
pension shortened. Finch said,' accord
ing to Ridden, "i ll be a good dog.
Orant- something s a-ot to - be - itnnn
Fisher says If we don't atop circulating
this petition he'll .- file more charra
against tne," '
to snow tnat tincn was not Irt hi.
riant mind at the time of the murder
was the reason for calling Riddell. He
swore that about noon on the day of
tne muraer. v incn ana ne set at the
same desk. , Finch was evidently think
ing about his disbarment and the tears
came to his eyes. He wiped them out
with his handkerchief and - while his
voice was choking with emotion, he
slapped Riddell on the knee saying "Rid,
It's hell." At this point court adlourned
for the morning and convened again at
2 this afternoon. The attorneys re
served the right t recall Mr. Riddell,
Kay Close Tuesday. .
Owing' to the ' amount of rebuttal
testimony that Is expected, and the de
lay thxt will be caused by the necessity
of judge, and .attorneys going toT the
br-dside of Mrs. Finch to take ber testi
mony. It seems unlikely that the case'
will go to the, Jury before next i Tues
day. , . - ..
i'vrn hull Iff are In llUnrlanna nrl It
1. neccisary for them to keen on the
Mary J. Walker, proprietor of the
Kingston rooming house, Third and
Taylor streets, was arrested at noon
today on a charge of larceny. At the
same time a warrant also charging
larceny - was . served upon Florence
Thompson, who lives in the Kingston.
Both arresta are the result of the
experience of Andrew Draffin; formerly
a petty officer on the British ship Ley
land Bros., who told the district attor
ney he was robbed of 1370 in the
Kingston Thursday night.
More arrests are expected to follow.
Dratfln says he was told by an elevator-operator
In tha Hotel Perkins that
the Kingston was a- good place to go
If one were in quest - of amusement.
This afternoon the elevator nnnmlnr
and G. Y. Yank, a bartender who was
In company with the Thompson woman,
will appear before the district attorney
and tell what they know Of Draf fin's
visit to the rooming' house. The Kingston-for
years has borne a reputation
not of the best especially while' the
El Rey cafe was in ' ODeratlon - lust
around the corner on Taylor street.
Thjs resort was put out 4of business
by the council. '
Deputy District Attorney Hennessy
Is Investigating a rumor that eleva
tor boys and other, are told it will be
worth their time to send guests to the
Kingston. . ; ;
The ; authorities have been Jed to
believe that chloral was . administered
to Draffin in a glass of beer. The
money, amounting to IJ70, waa taken
from him, according to hi. story. He
had IS00 when he left the ship, but
spent freely In seelngthe city. He
Is positive he Ivad M70 when he went
to the Kingston, however.
Just how and - where Un Waiba
obtained the beer she used to entertain
her guests I. another feature of the
case which is being Investigated. Mrs.
. . vw wit I I IIU LMVIL. -
RED- THREATENS
LIFE OF JUDGE
Anonymous Letter Figures
in Case of Anarchist
Facing Deportation.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco. Dec. 2ft. Jnrtn
Charles F. Conlan today received an
anonymous letter threatening the life
of himself and hi. family If Alexander
Horr, an agent of Emma Goldman, the
anarchist queen. Is deported. An in
vestigation of Horr I. pending before
Judge Conlan, who has ordered him held
until immigration commissioners here
communicate with Washington.
Upon the letter waa a crudely drawn
skull and crossbones. The . warning
read:
"If you value your life and famlllea
don't try to get our leader, Alexander
Horr, deported. We are not here to
kill, but to protect the worklngman.
Don't ever you dars to eonvlct htm.
We don't want a repetition of the con
viction of Gompers, so come, act ' on
good advice and."
The remainder of the letter wa. Il
legible, with the exception of the con
cluding words, which were, "If not an
enemy.'
Horr was arrested last Thursday
while making an anarchistic speech oh
Fillmore street. He repeatedly refused
to acknowledge that he was a renre-
sentative of Emma Goldman and re
fused to answer ths question of Immi
gration officers in Judge Conlan's court.
judge uonian put over the hearing
for 11 day. ln order to give the Immi
gration men here an opportunity to
communicate with Washington.
ine letter to tne judge has been
placed In the hands of secret service
agents.
DULL CHRISTMAS
FOR DAfi CUPID
d Fewer marriage licenses were 4)
4 taken out on the day before ;
4 Christmas this year than for 4)
4 several seasons past, according 4)
4 to Deputy County Clerk Wields; 4
4 Usually the clerks are kept busy 4
4 all that day issuing licenses to 4
, people who desire to enter into 4)
4 life, partnership on Christmas 4
4 day, but as this Christmas came 4
on Friday It , I. thought that 4)
4 many were disinclined to take 4
4 the plunge on a supposedly un-
4 lucky day. - 4
4 At any rate only 14 licenses 4
4 were Issued late Thursday. For 4
4 a longtime during the afternoon 4V
4 it looked as if only thirteen oou-
4 pies were going to swear to love, 4
4 honor and obey, on Christmas,
4 and the clerks began Jo prophesy 4
4 as to the outcome of 13 mar- 4
4 rlages on Friday out Just be-
4 fore the office closed somebody 4
4 ' happened In and Invested in the 4
4, fourteenth. 4
4 . ' ' 4
TIME LOCK A CLUE.
IF ROBBERY CASE
Los Angeles, Dec. - 28. Discovering
that the time lock en the vault ot the
First National bank at Monrovia was 1
out of order on the night of December
24, when the institution was robbed of
129,700, detectives believe they are hot
on the trail of the robbers. .
'"A spring reversed in the time lock
of the vault left only the combination
lock holding the door. This proved but
a slight obstacle for the cracksmen,
who were able to enter the vault with
out the aid of explosives. - - .
Officers of the looted bank admitted
today that the time lock on the vault
had not been working well , for some
time and. that on December.. 10 ' they
had sn expert - from Los Angeles re
pair it As the door was held shut by
the combination ths officers did not
discover until after the robbery that
the expert's efforta had not been suc
cessful. That the robbers who looted
the bank were professional cracksmen
the detectives hav. no doubt The
money stolen was all In gold and cur
rency, the burglars leaving 1 1600 la
silver which they evidently believed
was too heavy - to, carry away. . ; -;-.
1 Si ..."
: Discrepancy Explained.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal..'
A four ton elenhantwa. nearly frlrht.
ened, to death by a ptgin New York. The
oniy explanation tnat ran ne advanced
Is that, being a lady elephant the ani
mal labored under the mlsaPDrehenalan
that the pig waa an extra-large mouse.
alert to 'prevent the overcrowding! ef
the courtroom. The seat, reserved for
spectators are eaa-erlv nceimlnri In..
before the hour for opening court at
Veil u arDBiuiL. - i s .1