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FORMER OFFICERS
OF OREGON TRUST
MOST Gil TO TRIAL
CURTISS MAKES
INITIAL FLIGHT
GUILTY OF CHARG
Si
? Adopts' the' House Resolution frmerr Congressman From
waning tor tiecnon oi wiem- - uieyun Hwuseu ui gonspir
bers of Ballinger-Pinctiot In
vestigating Committees -
v acy to Defraud Governmen
. Out of Land, Enters Plea.
PINCHOT PREPARING
I WORK OF GETTING JURY
: 'STATEMENT OF CASE STARTED THIS MORNING
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Former Forester Overwhelmed Many Prospective Jurofs Give
With Conaratulations and ' Various Excuses to Evade
Besieged With Callers.
Service-Court Strict.
(ColUd PrtM 1mm4 Win.)
Binder Hermann, In tha ynltcd SUtea
Waahlngton, Jan. 10. Th aenaU to-1 court bforv Judva Wolverton, at "10
dajr adopted tha Joint reaolutlon, which I o'clock tola tnornlnjr. faced tha opening
waa amended in tha hoi se ao aa to take or hla trial for conspiracy ' to defraud
from Speaker Cannon and tha rica prea- royernment out of .public .landa.
ident the power to appolnlthJ hooaa Yp f8 eMrt-waa. buey wJUi
membera of tha Bailing InraaUgatlon ",JVm"" "c""" Tr",reraen
committee. ' , L111 t0 form th inrr to try tne caae-
. Tha reaoluUon waa changed allghtly TP'tf&T??. thf t,trny g in
.1 to wording and for thia reaaon It th U,k Of eelecting linen out Of the
muat go back to tha houee. It waa re- ",a.e' ,e" roia h 5?,"al
ported favorably today by Senator Nel- " ff"f ,' torme Petitjury ,to
aon. chairman of tha public landa corf- hhtt J0"?? J "F '
mittee - v when Clerk Marsh had finished call-
Senator Nawlanda of Nevada offered n he f fa,me" morn-
an amendment providing that any "offl- V- "w"fl,u?f that, " . th nun-
er official o the govern-1 rr;-u 'Z .
id Jn tha lneatigation" befor C0Vr r"t3-',I mre WM
tbeNlirht to appear before aed by Judge Wolverton for rea-
Work Bagfaa at c Clock. '.
. . Thia -afternoon at X o'clock tha work
clol or . former official o
ment Involved
should cava
the committee In person or by counsel
This was , clearly In behalf of former
Chief Forester Pinchot. but 1t '-M de-
feated when Nelson made the objection of selecting the trial - jury swaa begun,
that It waa not necessary and that no land It is expected that a day or more
counsel waa needed. I wlll be filled in thia work, though the
I attorneys hope against . ope that the
Washington. Jan.. 10. Glfford Pinchot I box may be filled out of the first few
is preparing a statement which will be names called.-in order that the lntro
deslgned to vindicate bis position in tha ductlon of evidence may be commenced
contrqyray which led to hla dismissal as soon aa possible. ' i
as chief forester by President Taft.: . It ta evident .that. the trial will be a
Stories that Pinchot had been In com- fong one,, and tedious. Arrangements
munlcatlon with Colonel Roosevelt since have been made between the prosecution
the former president went to Hfrica are and the defense by which-a portion of
not denied by Pinchot's friends today. ,-. the evidence given Ht the Hermann trial
Tha Taft administration supported in Washington, when Hermann waa ac
appear to be much. concerDOdOver the cused-xf .haing .jaestroyed,. publln rec
" Dosslble contents of the forthcomlna- orda Of the land office. -will be read Into
pinchot statement. They expect lfcwllllthe tecord herf. Thia haaee!rdone to
' point out In strong terms what Pinchot save tha defense the expense and delay
considers the dangers or tne attitude or pr bringing witnesaea rrom .wasningioir.
the Taft administration toward tha con-j How much of thia transcript will be
servation of natural respurcea. I read has not -een determined, and may
Pinchot la preparing tha statement in 1 depend upon the course of the trial aa
his capacity aa a private clUsen. The I It develops. It la expectea, nowever,
work so far has been alow, aa be has that a month will be consumed In get-
been constantly interrupted by a stream I ting the case to the jury.
of sympathetic visitors, who have called ' Spectator Inns Out.
to express their regret that ha has left . anau..tnr. .rn .hut nut of the court
the government services He' la almoat room tht8 morning. In order- that the
ounea unaer an avaiancne or isners veniremen could b let In. . and even
ana telegrams from inenasrana sympa- th. atandlna room waa at a premium.
thlsera throughout the- country. Hermann, the defendant, came first lnt3
xo juouijr in tiiun i vunus yuvuui ln- room alone, and toon nis piaoe at
iienuon o iae unuuiguwa tu one end of the long table. He waa roi
cases. Pinchot will take the position that low.a ln few vnlnutes by John M,
President Taft'a letter to Beeretary Bal- aa-,, wh. I c Worthlngton.- his
linger last September-closed an avenues 0th6r attorney, followed close behind,
of official remedy for the altuation and Mr Heney and Judge Becker came Into
made an appeal to tha people necessart. the TOom just. prior to the entrance of
while he waa on Wi western i tour, and A M.part,' matters disposed of,
tk,tU d.hi,.,WiU..v,., u.viUlu, . Judae Wolverton opened the Her
u'tr V .v ;.. 1m. v. ...... 'J. mann case. Mr. Heney asked that the
'the nositlon he has taken, and-has not
acted without careful consideration of I
the results. ' s".
The former chief forester spent most
of today -with former Associate Korea
ter Price and former Assistant Law Of
ficer Shaw, who were dismissed at the
same time aa Pinchot 'They were busi
ly engaged iri going over papers, when
not Interrupted by visitors.
Judge , Gantenbein : Overrules
Demurrers Growing Out of
7 iBank Failure and Rules They
' Must Account to Claimants.
SUIJ TO RECOVER MONEY '
BROUGHT BY RECEIVER
Court Reads Decisions Saying
Bank Directors Should Be
More Than Ornaments.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
SAYS THE COUNTRY
(Continued pn Page Three.)
CALHOUN CASE IS
AGAIN POSTPONED
IS WITH PINCHOT Set for Today but Notation Is
Not on Docket Will Open
January 31.
Chicago, Jan. 10. The country will
stand by Oifford Pinchot, dismissed I
chief forester, right or. wrong, according I
to the Tribune, which says editorially;
"Without inquiring Into the technical
(Continued on Page Three.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Km.n VrnnflHra. Jan. 10. On motion
of Charles M. Flckert, the new district
attorney, the trial of Patrick Calhoun,
millionaire traction magnate, charged
with "bribery, was postponed today to
January 81. jFJckert asaed the postpone
ment on the ground that he waa not
familiar with the record in the case.
Attorney Stanley Moore, for Calhoun,
asked that the trial be set at tne ear
llest possible date, saying Calhoun de
Sired an Immediate hearing., . a , ).
.The second trial of Calhoun was be-
n..i. DhUIim I !Umn, ri,,.B erun last summem ny epeciaj x-rosecuior
BOSIOn rUbllC Library IVeS Francis J. Heney, but only a few tern.
porary jurors were oDtainea Deiore
COOK'S BOOKS TO i
Explorer Gentle Thrust
'Removed From Shelf.
election drew near and as the case waa
the main issue In the campaign for the
district attorneyship, it was postponed
by agreement to November. ;Heney was
defeated in a hot campaign for, tha of
fice 'of; prosecutor., v He . charged that
lUnited Press Lassed Wire.) - Flckert had been ' put forward aa the
Boston. Jan. 10. Disnredit at home I r.rnnl, rnnrliilAt -nt Calhoun and one
and abroacf because of the adverse find- lof the hottest political fights thia "city
lngs pf the University of Copenhagen eVer saw centered about this issue,
consistory that examined his polar re- With Heney pausing- out of office Jan
cords, Pr. Frederick A. Cook may not uary 1 and Flckert coming In, the case
feel the thrust made at him by the was postponed, as It waa clearly Im
board of diretora of the-Boston public possible to obtain a Jury justbefore the
library. ' holidays." In- the first trial It took
Under orders lasued ' by the directors, I several months , to obtain the Jury that
library attendants today 'transferred failed to agree. - . ,
three of Dr. Cook' a , books from the I The trlaL was supposed to have been
"travel shelves to the "fiction" section set for today, but Flckert announced
of the library. ' These , books are I vesterdav that ho found there waa no
"Through the First Antarctic Night," J notation to that effect on ' the court
'Daily work: or an Arctic" Explorer" and I docket. He also said no stenoirraDhlc
io tne xop; or tne continent." t i record had been Kept or the proceedings
The action of tha library board Is In the case when' it waa before the
regarded here as a taelt and quiet en j grand "jury and this made It necessary
dorsement of tha verdict of-the Danish for him to review the whole record of
which Cook'a works were relegated, are j pages. r.- w '..v.-..w.v..'-' :.'! - , .'
three other books.' "They are "Trough I ; Calhoun appeefed In court today with
Unexplored Asia," by William Jameson his usual formidable -array of counsel
Reid; . "The Adventures . of Louis Pe though Earl Rogers, ; the ts Artgeles
Rougepiont," aa told by himself, and attorney who furnished so much trouble
"The Historical '. and Geographical for Heney at the last trial, waa Pot on
Formation of , i Formosa," by George hand. It la understood Rofrerswlll
paalmanasar. ( . , Jnot appear ln tha preaent case. , 1 i
Walter H. Moore, Henry A. Moore,
Elmer E. Lytle, W.' Cooper Morris, Leo
Frlede, H. Copeland. I O. Ralston
and Albert T. Brolth, former ,fficera
and directors of the Oregon Trust
Savings bank, must go to trial in the
civil , suits broucht in tha name of
Thomas. C Devlin aa receiver to recover
over 56o,000 alleged to have been lost
to the- claimants through alleged, gross
negligence and reckless methods on the
part of the bankers.
v Circuit v Judge uanienoein, oeiore
whom demurrers In the case were ar
gued, this ' morning handed down an
opinion' upholding the complaint filed
by A. E. Clark as attorney for the
claimants and rejecting each of tha
seven grounds on which tha demurrers
were based. Ex-Senator C W. Fulton,
John H. Hall, J. E. Long and Raphael
Citron made the chief arguments in
behalf of the bankers. - A demurrer waa
also overruled In the twin case of Dev
lin aa receiver. against J. F. Reddy and
others, Involving the famous bond deal
with the Pacific Eastern railway.
better known as the prater Lake road.
Judge Quotes Decisions.
Judge Gantenbein, In -his opinion,
quoted liberally from decisions of 'the
courts In similar oases, devoting prac
tically all of his attention to the de
gree of care required of a Joard of di
rectors in managing the affairs of a
bank. It bad been argued by tha at
torneys for' th "accused Tnrrtthat-th
standard set - JjJiV -the complaint; iWHiW
require the director to be an expert
bookkeeper as weir as a spy and detec
tive and requires him to spy in an of.
fensive "wanner over theoconduct of per
sons, under bin) in whom he possesses
perfect-, confidence. AnswerlYig this
contention,' the court quoted a decision
by Chief justice Fuller in the supreme
court in which It was said:
.HVe sold that directors must exer
cise Ordinary cars and prudence in the
administration Of the affaire of a bank,
and this Includes" something more than
officiating aa figureheads."
Judge Gantenbein also quoted with ap
proval the decision In a Michigan case.
Gibbons against Anderson:
;. "It 'does .not meet the requirements
that directors may confide the manage
ment of the operation of the bank to--
trusted offices;, and then repose upon
their . confidence in his right conductl
without-making examinations fhpm
selves,.-or relying upon his answers to
general questlons put to hlsi with re
gard to,' the status of the affairs-of the
bank. It is the right and duty of the
directors to maintain a supervision over
the affairs of the bank, to have a gener
al knowledge of the manner ln which the
business Isr conducted, and of the char
acter of Jhat" business, and to have at J
least such a. degree or intimacy witn
its-affairs as to know to whom, and
uaon what authority, its large lines of
credit are given. -
f . Direotors aa Oraaments.
' "The. banks themselves are vrone to
aUte amrto hold out to the public, who
compose their boards .nf directors- The
idea is not 10 .foe toier. c,. mat me ui
rectors sei'Vsi ' as merely glided orna
ments f the institution, to ennance its
attractiveness, or that their reputation
should be used as a lure to customers,
what thn nuhltfl nunDose. and have the
right to suppose, is .iat those men have
been selected by re-son of their char
acter for intenrltY. their sound Judg
ment, and their capacity f-r conducting
the affairs of the bank aafeiy and ae
curelv. The public act on this pre
sumption, and trust their property with
the bank in confidence that the t'.lr.ectors
will discharge a substantial auty.
Concludlng his review of authorities,
Judge Gantenbein said: .
. "I am ' unable to agree with the de
fendants, and must lnd that the 00m-
nlaint states facts sufficient, to con
stitute a cause of suit For the purpose
of passing on these demurrers the court
must presume the facts alleged in the
complaint to be true. Whether these
facta can be proved Is "another, ques
tion, which must be passed upon at tha
time of trial of the eas on its merits.
Let the demurrers be overruled."
Hall and Fulton asked for 30 days ln
which to file answers to the oomplaint
saying that this much time-will be re
quired by the experts now at work on
the books to prepare the record of the
transactions. ,.. Cla,rk objected :to: such a
long ; time, saying -that the aults have
been pending for , several months, and
the. defendants have already consumed
much time in motions and demurrers.
Judge Gantenbein pointed out that In
checking over the complaint he ' had
foun that it names 11 transactions: and
he fought the facts might be gleaned
ln less time than 30 days. He allowed
days, with the understanding that
if tha defendants do not answer and de
cide to file a plea ln abatement or ap
peal. ? from -the , decision on demurrer,1
they Vnust take that action . within 10
"-days. ' . ; t; - -
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BiVH' it ' 5-" .;t suj, Hill
H ( I j & J 1 ... . . i u-maunfM jj i,UJm'i-11 1 ""ai "s sis l)siilissitssssjssr f - wtf 1
Wreck "of the Coos Bay Building at the Fair Grounds.
,
LA LEADERS
TAKE A BAP AT
El
Notarial Commissions. ,
" (gslem Barcso ( Th ioantlA
,&ttt$m Or Jan. 10.- Notarial commis
sions have been Issued to C. B. Hyson
Jr., Oregon City; M.. Ar Mather, Clacka
mas; Charles F.' Romig, .Canby; F. I.
Dunbar M. C. Magee George A. Smith
Jr. and A. W. Lambert. Astoria; -.q.- B.
Lbfollette. Portland, 'and W. H. Canon,
William B..-Jackson and H. C Maltby,
MedXord. -, " -
Opening of Ore'gon State Fed
eration of Labor This Morn
' ing Marked by Bitter Attack
on Political Bosses' Scheme.
bheltered by the Stars and Stripes
and 1 artistically .draped, tha Oregon
State Federation of Labor swung Into
Its seventh annual session this morning
with a business like earnestness that
promised rquch in the way of results.
That the federation, combined ln pur
pose with the state grange. Intends, an
agressive entrance into the state cam
paign during tha next year was made
apparent The first addresses 'of the
day were made occasions for raps on
Mayor Simon's "business administra
tion" and for denunciation of the ef
forts made io reestablish the aasembly
plan.
"I hope resolutions will be drafted
indorsing" the direct primary, opposed
to the assembly, assuring the coopera
tion of grange and labor federation ln
supporting men who will support us,
said Eugene Palmer, fraternal delegate
irons the state grange.
Palmer Tells Story.
"'The assemblyites would have us to
believe that-lt ia simply a time for us
to get together and make expression of
our reelings, and not van opportunity
for the bosses to dictate and rule," con
tinued Mr. Palmer. "It reminds me of
amatory. A eoon left his hole, went
out and toured the farmer's hen coops.
When he returned another was ln his
hole Who are youT' questioned the
eoon, 'I am a coon,' came the answer.
'If you don t believe it. look at me
reach lh your paw and feel of me' The
coon did this, then said, 'You look
little like a coon and you feel a little
like a coon,: but you smell like a skunk
and -I believe you are one,'
"So with the assembly. It may rep
resent itself as any other thing, but
it's a 'skunk' In spite of all representa
tions."
Mr, Palmer was roundly cheered. He
was preceded by J.. Andy Madden, ores!
dent of Portland labor organisations,
President Madsen's address, formally
styled, "A welcome on behalf of Port
land to the visiting delegates," was con-i
fined largely to'an excoriation of the
CltUeos' Alliance. The speaker pointed
out that while unions have put on the
statute dooks an laws favoring- labor.
tnat it had been done in opposition to
and in defiance of the "$30,000,000 or
ganization."
Bay They Are Hypocrite.
"These so-called gentlemen," he con
tinued, "are the advocates of long hours.
poor wages and hypocrisy. We 'must
help ourselves In spfte of them. Join
the Oregon State, Grange and the Ore
gon State Federation of Labor and you
nave tne most powerful organization
in the state. 'Such an organization will
bring proportional division for the
irneses against the .classes, and Will
wrn for the, masses the protection we
need and aeserve.
Mr. Madsen told us he was not a
speechmaker," said President Will
Daley, who Is presiding bvervth con-2
ventton at the close of the - Portland
man's address. "But," he continued,
"we thought It , better to- listen to an
address from a working man with a
union card ln bis pocket than from the
most flowery tongued official we might
have called upon." t v- ; - , ., ,
Organization Can Win.' . '
Labor- Commissioner O. P. Hoff told
the members of the organization that
they could win anything In the way of
legislation upon which they might unite.
1 una,- tie said, "that two thirds
of the voters in Oregon are wage earn
ers. These are in sympathy with and
under the ' Influence of labor organiza
tions, or which the state grange is a
part, iour memners,-according to sta
tistics ' in my office are sufficient ' to
make your power a surprising thing. You
can win .what you want. If yon, stand to
gether,";''; . -
- Commissioner Hoff complimented the
federation upon achievements and prog
ress. Unions, . he said,' have benefited
PICTURE FILMS ODDSTN FAVOR
IGNITE. MAKING OF CONSERVATIVE
INTENSE HEAT , ENGLISH PARTY
AT LOS ANGELES
Famed Aviator Skims Around
Course, Inaugurating Inter-
national Meet. - in Voyage
That Should Be Happy Omen
RENOWNED NAVIGATORS ".
OF AIR f ARE PRESENT
Curtiss Has Two Biplanes
ReadyToy Aeroplane '
Gas Bags Are First
Sleepers in Oregon and Other
Buildings Are Aroused From
Slumbers and Escape in the
Early Morning.
Two of the old buildings at the Lewis
and Clark fair grounds were practically
destroyed by firs early this morning
and a third one was badly scorched. The
fire started among' soma -moving pic
ture films and burned with a rapidity
that was surprising. The causa of the
blaze haa not as yet been disclosed.
The fire was discovered by Jonn,Fer
rlng, the occupant of the building which
was occupied by the old Administration
restaurant. When he looked out of the
window of hla sleeping room the flames
were breaking from the front of the
building and the Interior was a mass of
flames. He and 11 H. , Mnomaw, mana
ger of the 'World's; Film Manufacturing
company, ln whose stock the fire start
ed,' turned ln an alarm, and started to
awaken the occupants of surrounding
buildings.
In the Oregon building, only a few
feet away from the burning building,
several people were aalfep. Mrs. Flor
ence Chase Currier, Miss Penny and
Miss Osborne, sleeping; on the second
Stock Exchange of London
(TJnltsd Prsss Lsard Wlra)
los Angeles, Jan. 10. The tos An-
gales aviation meet officially Vegan to.
day at nooa whs the . balloon Srw
Tork, piloted by Clifford Kannon, the
Wew Tork millionaire aeronaut, shot up
front her mooring at Xnntlngtoa Park
while thousands of " spectators cheered.
Besides Harmon, the basket war occu
pied by Mrs. Dick rents, wife of the.
naaral mSaag-sr of tha aviation meet;
John Off and Mrs. Off, George Srnsss
lar and Georre B. Harrison, s .
A few seconds after the Haw Tork
had been loosed fie Peoria, piloted by
T. J. zanne of Peoria, X1L, followed the
Wrw Tork. " Both pherloals rose vapidly1,
and after attaining an altitude of about
100 feet they ware borne toward the
northwest by the brass.
. Harmon announced previously that ha
Intended to remain aloft nntll about 4
O'clock. Kannt likewise will rsznaln in .
lit until late this afternoon.""
Measures;
' Aviation Field". ' Cat. Jan. : 10. .Glenn
I T 1 ... 1
CAi ,lf:Ami !- tUL v-uruss, tne amencan- cnamplon avl
Sees victory in Air for tne ator of the woni was the first to y in
' ,' . ,, u ! , the Los Angeles aviation nieet which
OpPOnentS Of the Libera began here today; v r ,
..on uiymri? Liiikv you liuvr
been tested before, Curtiss ift ' the
around at exactwl :25 'iJnnk ht f.
4. ternoon. - The machine : rone M.m . rntt. -
fully as a gull and soared around the
irrnllS t LmmS Wlr.k . iaerddromA at an altltns! - r,f oKmi on
London, Jan. 10. Odds of five to four I feet. While thotiajknila nf . mnanta tnm In
tlfat the conservatives will be success-(the grand stand cheered wildly.
ful in the coming national elections are I wreath ta.i - . " .
offered. on, the stock exchange today. c,i.ftHiv hefow. iavi- h "..n'...
This is the first 'time since the begin- rZj' th lJh'ihLS,ZJt
i . k ,,.- -K ..". curtiss declared the weather conditions
f. "5Af.lh St,JPL1if!tth.! C??!lV? Ide ' aeroplane flights. Cloud,
n ' l"u' auUrtUUVtl
Prior to the Christmas holidays, the I i.inue) fair.
the indica
tions were that the weather would con-
liberals were seven Jto-j four favorites.
1ft., fK- ..hi.. V - . 1 - t .
is apparently the result of the actlvl- made his aDDCarance .d
tlea of the conservative campaign ora- ?tefin ,L C"c:
u i..,i.. ..- . ruuy testing every wire, the engine and
2"h"Xl'TLt&: every.ectlon of the biplane, took his
flcacy of protection to diminish the
number of the unemployed.
The king today signed the formal
decree dissolving parlfHment. - Immedi
ately atferward, the wrlta for the elec
tion that may establish an epoch ln En-
seat in the car. - The engine suddenly
started, and with the propeller goina;
at a terrific pace the machine suddenly
began to tnove, Up the starting gradu
it went, and when Just on the brow of
the hlHj Curtiss suddenly, reshifted his
tipping . planes and the biplane rose
gllsh history were Issued.. In several
7" " " " " rrom the earth. The. crowd let out an
-tbe fate of the ouse of lords will; be r .pttln, roar the ,lr8 fj,Kh
held next Friday. In Hhe majority of wa, rnade - , .a
plapes, however, .the voters will go to , Curtiss 'shot around the' field, cover-"
the polls on VSaturday. The heaviest i . ji,i,
fJ?r: ArAW?ke"5iW'ih1.udl"iC.U.,til '"th, History of th. .nation 1. an- mTle"n TU and 2S 3-6 seconds.
They managed to escape with most of
their belongings.
Within 20 minutes after the flames
were first seen breaking from the old
Coos county building, this structure
was a total loss, the Oregon building,
standing .'Just north of it, was badly
burned, and the pld Administration res
taurant building was, badly scorched.
The Oregon building, twhile not badly
burned on the outside, was considerably
damaged inside. ,
The staff or plaster . on the outlfde
protected the building considerably, the
fire being able to break through only
the doors and windows. Once inside, the
fire found the flimsy struoture easy
prey. It was only after a hard struggle
that the firemen finally subdued the
flames. ,
The losses, aa figured up this morn
ing, will come do close to J50.000. The
World's Film Manufacturing company
suffered the largest individual loss, their
stock of moving picture films being val
ued at close to $40,000, with little in
surance. Mrs. Florence Chase Currier
had a studio ln the Oregon building.
Most of her material was badly dam
aged. The buildings, valued at $6000,
are said to be fully insured.
TAFT R
AVORS
111
y
COST OF LIVING
ticlpated.
!! LEAD. SffS
PASS MAN FALLS
He alighted easily and gracefully . and
the car 1 rolled, forward but. a fewfeet.
But few knew Curtiss and not until
he took the seat In. the car did anyone
realize that the quiet man in the crowd
around the machine was the noted-aviator.
. -. '.; - ' ' '', V,. v.; ; -: ' ?
During his time In' the atr Curtiss
had absolute control over 'the car and
appeared to have no difficulty In send
ing it up, down or 'sideways at .will.
, Curtiss average? speed during the trip
was about 38 miles an. hour, -
WUlard's Biplane Jn Action. ' ,
Only a few , minutes , after Curtiss
alighted arid -before his machine had
been taken back to the shed. Charles P.
Willard's Curtiss , biplane . No,: i was
Shoved upon the grounds. r j f ,
No. 1 is the first car 'ever built bv
Glenn Curtiss and is the cause of all the
Unknown Assailant Escapes
... . . V ,, , , . .. I uienn t'urtlss and is the cause.of all the
After Firing Bullet Into Har- miatlon m t,,e berv wnght
J brothers have sued Curtiss for infringc-
Vey Crump's HeadPecu
liar Rumor.
ment on their patents. . " .
Jmt in front of 'the grandstand he
(Continued on ,Page Two.)
nnltad Press Leased Wire.)
Washing ton, Jan. 10. President Taft
today stamped .with his indorsement the
plan of Sqpator Elklns for the inves
tigation- of the nigh cost of living pre
vailing in the country today. The pres
ident told Senator Elklns that he hoped
the Investigation would get at the root
of the evil so that it could be removed.
(Continued on Page Tbreef"
Kill Former Wife and Himself.
? (United 'Press Leased Wire.) ' '
Martines, Cal., Jan. 10. Louis Lin
coin, a plumber, last evening shot and
killed his divorced wife In the pres
ence of their three" small children; and
then snot nimseir, aying instantly.
He recently served a term in , the
county. Jail here, following his convic
tion on a charge of battery, brought by
Mrs. Lincoln. While he was in prison
Mrs. Lincoln secured a divorce. This
is supposed to . have - been responsible
for the murder and suicide.
O'Neil Ia in Charge.
In-Jml TX.n. tflt in Th ...1
tirnIUn,. r Ian B A ..Kl..f l
of the freight and passenger depart
ments of the O. R. & N. has been estab
lished at - La Grande. J. H, O'Nell la
incharga ,' -, ' ., ., . - . r
-'' " S ' '
'(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Grants Pass. ' n-:.. Jan. 10. Harvey
Crump, 25 years old, was shot throug-a
tne right temple Sunday night by an
unknown man with a revolver.- Crump
is in the southern Pacific hospital. He
says he was walking along the street
when a man stepped from behind a post
at tne side or the walk and shot him at
close range, his face and hair being
powder burned. The ball entered the
right temple and lodged near the eye
to the bony structure of the skull.
- About an hour after he had been shot
Crump regained consciousness and made
his way to the home of Joseph Roach.
Roach took Crump to. the Southern Pa
cific hospital. He may recover. .
Robbery is said to have been the
motive. Crump had $102 on his person
when shot." Afterwards bis empty purse
was found with a few loose coins. : The
revolver with which Crump was shot
was found near by, 1 '
.Crump ia a young man of good char
acter. Intense feeling exists here. No
clue to the criminal haa been obtained.
Numerous rumors Jiave been circulated
ln regard to the affair. One is that the
injured man knows who did the shoot
ing, but will not divulge the namc.i
Crump s relatives live In. Jacksonville.
Ships 2400 Yona of Hajr.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) -
Wallowa, Or., Jan. 10-Mr, Townlev.
who purchased a large-amount of hay
from this county last. fall, has benm
shipping It. -Three cars will be shipped
daily until the entire lot is rnnrkew
There are 1200 tons in this city and an
equal amount at Lostine awaiting; shlD-
snent.. .. m
SCALE FIXERS
GET 1 YEAR EACH
Judge Martin Scores Prisoners
for Not Making, Clean ;
Breast of Scandal.
. (United Pnss Lessed Wlre. - '
New i York, Jan. , 10.-Fedoral Judge
Martin today sentenced Thomas Kehoe,
Patrick J. Hennessy, John It. Boyle atui
Edward A. Coyle, -formerly cbeckei s
On the Williamsburg docks of the iua"
truat, , to .one. year's Imprisonment :
Blackwell's island. They were convlrtu-l
December 17 1S09, cf mantpuatlng tlii
scales on- the- Williamsburg tlix'Ks i.
the Interest of the Importers. .
Oliver Spltsor, another ohefkrr who
was convicted with ,vtfi above -f-mr,
will be sentenced- on February I. lit
is -in a hospital recovering from ,
operation performed yelrday. l'ri'r
to the pronouncing f sentence Jui ':
Martin scored the. prisoners for r-f.
Ing to take advantage of a Mrtf i
dropped during their trll to tKa afr-'r
that should they make a clwiu hrr-iti
of their part in the suejrt'r s.caniltfl ii-y
would be treated leniently,
It is expected that the mn !',' j-