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FICKERT MAKES :
BLUSTER ABOUT
ite'BHIDS
Complains Evidence Has Been
Abstracted and He Is Help
less In Graft Cases Says
He Is Victim of Plot. :
rrtld Preaa ImUtA Wire.)
Pan Francisco. Feb. 1J. Inveetlgatlon
cf the official affairs of District Attor
ney Langdon during the graft prosecu
tions ar. reported to b. among the mat
tera to be considered by the present
grand Jury. . , '
District. Attorney Flcker. recent suc
cessful opponent of Francis . . Hcney,
has announced that his office has been
handicapped tn the prosecution of those
rhirei-i of era ft and thievery, by the
dlsnnncarance of Important documents.
1'Wkert declares that he has asked the
grand Jury to Investigate the reason of
the, disappearances.
it la known here that some of the for.
mer workers for Detective William J.
Hums-are disgruntled over the outcome
of that detectives Investigations ana
sr willlnc to so before the Jury. Flck-
ert expects tn this way to obtain some
information regarding- the whereabouts
cf reports and evidence obtained by the
men working under uurns ma which
l'l kert now says cannot be found.
"Kvery possible effort has been made
to hamper me In the prosecution of the
graft cases, with'the Idea of putting me
in a false position before the people of
Kan Francisco." said Flckert. "I Intend
to know why Burns spent $8S,000 of the
city's money to accumulate evidenoe
upon which' the indictments were re
turned by the grand Jury but of which
I cennot find a trace In this office be
yond a thousand reports on Jurors which
are of no use to me now." - .
A preliminary session-was held by the
grand Jury yesterday at which' Miss
Mary Doyle, formerly Bums' private
stenographer, was a witness. t
EXPENDITURES OF
v SCHOOL BOARD TO
, BE INVESTIGATED
(Continued From Page One.)
mission of the new Lincoln high school
designs. He said: ' '.'
"More or less has been stated regard
ing school building competitions. Some
of the matter printed would lead one
to believe that the odium of the re
sults' is to be blamed on the archi
tects. While not having taken part in
ny of' these competitions, I feel at lib
erty to state why I, possibly others,
kept out of competition. . '
Things Seemed Tair,
"L'nder the program submitted things
en the surface seemed fair enough, but
to those who hesitated later events con
firmed their suspicions. We do know
t iw that in some respects the echool
board did not keep faith with the terms
of the program submitted for the com
petition, or What might be implied in
the terms. : ' :' '::.
"Why was one competitor permitted
to submit drawings -containing less than
the stated required number and still
l.e allowed as a competitor? How was
it that the members of the school board
knew whose plans were being discussed
when the program stated that the draw
Jug was to be submitted under a nonj
(. tilume. and the .author ; not to be
known until a decision was , made and
the envelone containing; the "authors
name was opened?.,vV':.. v'::':; t'
"An expert front out of the city was
rtr.riloved. .His i recommendations, . it
would be presumed, would be accepted,"
but they were Ignored. .- -
.,--'.'v7V', seaults Vasatlsfaotoiry..;"-.1
"tn the light of these Acts it is
not to he wondered .that the competing
architects found the results unsatisfac
tory as well as the school- board.' which
seems at this time to have experienced
a like dissatisfaction; I This much, how
ever, must be conceded that from the
oiuretltlon the nubile at least was ben
efited.' inasmuch as the building erected
is a credit to the eity and particularly
its designers. , It might be further ad
tied 'that if the school board would have
a few, more such unsatisfactory; compe
titions In the grammar school building
tlie public would be spared the atroci
ties in architecture that arej being per
petrated, and possibly some money.
"At the annual, tweeting in January a
petition signed by many architects was
presented to" lh chairman of the? school
board or to (he board through the clerk.
These petitions did not receive the cour
tesy of acknowledgment, or. reply."
TWENTY INJURED '
1NC0LUSI0N ON .
: KEY ROUTE PIER
.(Continued from Page One.)
who took charge'of the situation. One
of. the pier telephone atstlons was used
to summon neslslfince, ami the wreck
Ing cur from the Hon .Pablo station was
rushed out to tli pier, i .
, Hnth traliiM were havHy loaded with
men and women going to Hnn Francisco
to work. , Hundreds climbed out or the
windows and doors of the cars as soon
as the. crash occurred, and blocked the
narrow pier. .
A boat from Pan Francisco had Just
arrived in her slip at the pier and hun
dreds of persons, leaving it, walked
down the pier to the acene of the wreck.
This -reused a congestion of excited
passengers on the narrow passageway
which made it extremely difficult for
the officials to carry on the rescue
work. -
The injured finally were placed aboard
an emergency car and rushed to. Oak
land, where seven were placed tn the
Providence honpitnl. Several were tak
en to the county hospital. . ,
Among those most serloOsly' hurt is
the motorman of the Berkeley train, who
was caught Jn the crash. It is not be
lie red he ran recover.
Conductor Martin was Seriously in
lured. ,
One man was taken from the wrecked
Oakland smoker with both legs broken
snd severe internal Injuries. Another
victim was caught Jn a window and In
the crash both Ms arms were almost
ground off. .- J- ', ,
CHARCOT MADE ' .
DISCOVERS. IN
ANTARCTIC REALM
(Continued From Page One.)
polar dash because the expedition was
not fitted for it. He said the expedition
was far more successful than the one
da led in 190 J. The members of the
party are returning in good health, al
though all suffered severely during the
winter spent on Peterman's island.
Dr. Jean B. Charcot Is a rich Frencn
scientist. He has been In the Ant
arctic for a year and a half. His expe
dition -was equipped with everything
money could buy. The ship waa the
most perfectly appointed of any ever
used for a similar purpose. . He had
motor sleds of bis ,own invention to
carry supplies.
The search, for the Boutn Pole is on-
like the expeditions In the Arctic re
gions, as there are no Esquimaux lor
guu.es and no dogs for sleds or food.
The Antarctic Is the greatest portion
of the globe's surface that is practically
unknown. '..'' : .'
New York, Feb. 1J. "Commander Rob
ert E. Peary, North . Pole, Brooklyn, ' N.
y. t Hearty congratulations. & (Signed)
Charcot" v ; i- ' ' -
This messaae from the French sci
entist was received today y Secretary
Brldaeman of the Peary Arctic xlub.
lhe dispatch contained no reference to
the success or failure of the - rencn
expedition. ' ...-
This Being Their Sabbath They
: Adjourn Business Session?
':' of Conference.
.'.Today being their Sabbath, the ev
enth Day Adventlsts have ad lourrx.'d the
buntfiens sessions of the conferenee nnd
have devoted 'the whole day to religious
services which are held at Mount Tai-t,
Montavllls.' St. Johns and in tho tier-
man and, Scandinavian churches. Lafct
evening KIder I. II. Evans, of 'Washing
ton, D. C occupied tho I'Ulplt.and spoke
from tbe text, "Now sbideth hpe,t faith
and charity and tho greatest of these Is
charity."- s '-.. . .
In continuing th reports' of the con
ferences yesteiday Elders P.. XV. Nellts
snd J. C. Foster-reported great growth
In the Western Washington and Montana
conferences. . Reports were also given
on the harbor, missionary work In Se
attle and the young peopfe'S ' work In
Western Washington, Oregon and L'pper
Columbia conferences.
; It la the belief of the Adventlsts that
world-wide prohibition .In Cities, states
and nations is the solution of the liquor
question. . According to the reports of
Elder A. 3. Breed, they slso believe that
religious liberty. In the northwest and
the District of Columbia Is seriously
threatened through legislation and Con
gresslonai..enactmont. They hold that
the Sunday enforcement laws are aimed
at the Seventh Day Adventlsts.
In a paper read at yesterdays morn
ing session, I. H. Kvans spoke of the
gain of the west snd said In part: "You
appear to be .doing better out here In
the west than we are doing in some
portions of the east. Are you not draw
ing from usT Sometimes whole churohes
disappear in the east nnd come west,
and I am wondering whether ydu are
not gaining some from this source. You
are to be congratulated on the splendid
reports that have been made from the
Several conferencca oft the Northwest."
The regular business sessions of the
conference will be continued the first
of the weeR. - . "
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As Cloak company of San Francisco as a
salesman. - -r
George Fensky, a cabinet maker, re
siding at fiSS Sixty-second street. Oak
lard, and Edward King of 1028 Adline
street. Oakland, were also taken to San
Francisco and given -treatment at the
Harbur hospital. They were not badly
hurt.. '
. riaoe of Colliaioa a Death Trap.
The pier at the point where the wreck
rt-curred is Just wide enough, for two
trfirka, and consists of piles with ties
laid across them, there being no solid
j.latform except s narrow passage way.
-Panic prevailed among the women In
tte front partof the lierkeley and In the
fmkUnd train and th cooler heads had
difficulty in rrventiiTg a rush that un-.
aoubtedfy would have precipitated many
into the bey. . - -:
The Injured-were taken nut of the
Oakland mf.ker and stretched on the
t .f tli inbound trai k. Here some
t t!.tm were givvil aid by. passengers
Paris. Feb. 12. Madame Charcot 'to
day received a cablegram from hr hue.
band' at Punta. Arenas, Chile, merely
saying '"all Well."- ' -. - ';
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155 LIVES LOST
V WHEN CHANZY SANK
(Hnlted Press teased Wire.)
Paris, Feb) 13. The officials of the
French Transatlantic Steamship torn
pany announced today that Jthe Chansy
disaster was due to an explosion on
board the vessel, , instead or to tne
Injuries she. received when she struck
the rocks In Llosa passage. : ney ae-
clared that had it not been for tho
explosion she would have been able to
reach the shore before she foundered.
It is known that -SO tons or powaer
was stored in-the ship's bold. Whether
this or a boiler exploded will proDaoiy
never be known.
Mar'seilleV France, Feb! 12. Hoping
against hope for news of relatives . or
friends' who. were aboard the wrecked
French Transatlantic Steamship com
pany's liner: Chansy, hundreds of an
guished persons besieged the company's
offices here today. t . -
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to wreck the offices. A riot was pre
vented by a -strong police guard.
The liner foundered yesterday off the
Island Majorca, the largest of the Bal-
rln a-rnnn .. Marcel Morel, an -Alsrertan
customs officer, and a passenger nanted
Blades were the only survivors.
There were 87 passengers on the ship
when she foundered, In addition to the
70 members of the crew.
It is almost certain that Its persons
losf their lives.,
Morel has been taken to a hospital on
the island of Minorca. Hi mind has
given way under the terrible strain and
he constantly raves of the awful scene
that followed the wreck, and . the cries
of the doomed men and women.' t
The wreck occurred, In Llosa passage.
one of the most dangerous places in the
Mediterranean.' The wateV in the Chan
nel is 100 feet deep. Three years ago
tbe liner Villa de P.ome sank in nearly
the same spot
More than a score of bodies of tbe
Chansy -disaster v!oi,ims were washed
ashore today.,' Nearly all of them were
elad 4n night clothe. ! Hundreds of per
sons are pa4rolling the shore searching
JqStOthfffr, bodies. - .
MANY IN LINE AT - - "
. DOOR OF GERMAN-
AMERICAN BANK
(Continued From Pa-e One.)
bis health,
received . a
This morning Mayor Simon
reply, in which Mr. Devlin
expr,-H"d M" pleasure over the paymtnt
to the depositors. . '
Mrs. Nellie I,oftUa. of BJ5 Alnnwortli
avenue was thn first lit line this morn
ing. She hsd IMS In the bank when It
closed its doors. Urhlml her rams a
mixed line nf young and old. soma work
ingmen who had laid off fr""i V'"ik
part of .the day to be among the first
at - tho--' window. The majority were
women.
About 70(1 claims were on the unpaid
list when the bank opened this morn
ing.'; Five hundred of these represent
sums between $100 and $:51, all claims
below the $76 mark having previously
been paid. The largest clulm Is $30,000.
Joplte the explicit announcement
made as to the character of claims to
be paid. number -of those holding
Home Telephone bonds, which they ae--epte.cJ
In sell lenient of.tholr claims,
came to the bank this morning and
passed the bonds over the rounter.
Many of these wore an Injured look
when told that the -bank could do noth
ing for thorn, as their claims -are al
ready settled. ' 4 '
Home who presented these bonds were
foreigners, who have difficulty In un
derstanding wlmt the. bonds represent,
but others were offered by nun and
women who were evidently taking . a
chance on a "forlorn hope' that In
some wsr the bank will redeem their
bonds. The most Of these anxious bond
holders had paper of the Omaha Home.
Which has failed so far to pay .Inter
est 'and has little market for Its bonds.
But there.-was" also. sprinkling of
Puget Bound Home bonds.,
. - , JTotlce on window.
This notice was posted at the ex.
chanae window:
. "To those holding claims against the
Oregon Trust & Savings bank; We are
now prepared to pay you In full fpr
vour annroved claims,- the same to be
assigned byyou to the party Mmpply
Ins the funds for such purpose."
" It was a good natured. Jostling erowd
that filled .most of the open space In
side the bank. Besides those who came
for their money were groupa of cur
joua onlookers. Many others who hold
claims, after seeing the long line in
waiting , and assuring themselves -that
their money was ready, decided not to
wait and announced that they would
return some day next 'week after the
first rush Is over.
Payments Continue.
President Reed had Intended closing
the doors of the bank for the day at 1
oVlock, but so many people were in line
at that hour that he fhen, announced
payments would continue until I o'clock
or later, in order tfl dispose of aa many
as. possible oerore Monasy. xaymeni
will be eesumed'at 10 o'clock Monday
morning and be continued until all
claims are presented.
No figures were available today on
the amount of money withdrawnas the
teller paid out along with 'the regular
business of the bank and the sum that
passed into the hands of depositors will
not be available until the day's work is
checked' over. The rate of payment
probably did not exceed one every four
minutes, or IS per hour. This would
make sbout 7S claims paid at 8 o'clock.
Many more than this number had
been IB ,.llne. ' Some, weary with wait
ing, dropped " out, while others, when
they reached the "assignment" window,
were found to have bonds or other forms
or paper that were not n order for pay
ment ' - " ' . .'
Ontoome SacoessfuL ,
VThe successful outcome of ' the sit
uation . has been received with marked
satisfaction In banking circles, as the
f lvaJ dispersing of the old Oregon
Trust cloud gives additional atrength to
the financial situation and Insures sta
bility out of a situation that watf once
a serious menace to tne" zinanciai xtie
of the city. ,-. . ... . .
One result of the .turn of affairs will
be to resqlve the German-American
bank Into an active factorln the busi
ness world, pending i the settlement
with depositors of the Oregon Trust
the officers of the bank have pursued
a waiting policy. To make sure of the
aituation and be ready for any emer
gency the bank has made no loans and
has kept Its cash Intact. Now there
will begin an active campaign for busit
ness. , - .-., :-. .... ,
Had' the money been raised through
TAKE BROADWAY GAR
AND SEE ALAMEDA PARK
.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE GREAT DAYS
, FOR INVESTORS. PRICES ADVANCE
7,2
MARCH 1.
All those who wish to investigate the excellent investment op
portunity at Alameda Park may do so by taking the Broadway car,
carrying the Alameda Park sign, today and tomorrow. .-a All the
Broadway cars run direct to Alameda Park. In the course of a few
weeks this line will be extended on through the Park; ' ' ?
- The peerless location of this residence addition overlooks the
city, affording excellent drainage as well as outlook, together with
the best of city improvements, even including' wires underground,
flowering hawthorn trees and 'shrubbery, ornamental street lamps
and the best hard-surfaced paving, make this a residence section de
luxe.' The. fact that prices at present are one half. the surrounding
values makes it imperative for those who want A share of Alameda
Park to buy at once, . "
Those who wish to see may do so any day in the week, but spe
cial attention will be given prospective purchasers at Alameda Park
Saturday and Sunday. - "
f Alameda Land Company," owner of Alameda Park, 322 Cor
bett building. . '
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All Montavilla cats run through
Laurelhurst. .Only. 15 minutes'
ride. ' Take car on Washington
street, between Fifth and First.
Salesmen on the -ground. Office
522 Corbet Building. t, ' . 0
LOOK
0ER
Rortlanci's Best Buy
-$60,000.00 worth oi lots sold in OVERLOOK.in January. Nine
new. homes started in the same time., $26,050 sold in the first 11
jays in February. Five new - houses started in this time. This
proves beyond a question of a doubt that OVERLOOK is popular,
with the home-builder. If you will visit the tract you' can easily
see the extra value you get when you buy in OVERLOOK. This
property is located at the end of the Russcll-Shayer carline, on the
hanlr nf the Willamette river. We are selline these lota with all
improvementsn and paid for on very. easy terms and at a very low
figure, inere is oniy one way 10 prove, uiis, uiai is,
LOOK
OVER
7 OVERLOOK LAND ;CO. ;
207 BURNSIDK ST. ' PORTLAND, OREGON
lhe Clearing Hoime the ijerumn-Amer-I'an
would have hint to wind up 1(8 af
fairs wllliln two years or so.
CAlms Assigned to Willis.
Through the action, nf Mr. Willis, to
whom all claims ftr nw alsiid, end
who thus asuunifS the 1.100,000 outstand.
lug in Jils own nnmn, thfl iormii-Amer-linn
pn-st-rves Its Idontlty, JuiIkc tian
tinhuin has,aulhorlil no aiuuiuiHC
niont concerning the receivership. Ile
coiver Povlln's flnol report was due to
day,' lut he will he allowed" reasonable
time In whi'li to mover his health, and"
no new receiver will t niimed unless It
becomes apparent that he will he unable
to complete his work within a reason
able time.
. As the principal object of the receiv
ership was to hold the bank reKnonsI
ple for Its enntract to pay the deposi
tors In full, anl that objeet has been ac
complished, there will not be su-h ur-.
enrv about the report as might have
resulted If the bank had been unshoe to
meet tne omigauon. -
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LARGE ESTATE OF
"J. A. STROWBRIDGE
SOLD FOR $330,000
.'(Continued 1'Vom ri ge One.)
In the city of rortuuid and ta continued
growth. We Know that tho time when
Portland will have a hsjf million popu
lation is only a question of a few short
years Therefore, believing and know
ing this as we do, we, are. buying all
of the acreage which, In our judgment,
will materially increase in value.
At the present time we have 14 splen
did pieces of property In various parts
of the city tliat have nevebeert platted
or offered for sale.
Holdings BOO Aores.
'These properties are near Irvlngton,
Alameda lark. Boss, City Tark. Mount
Tabor, Iaurelhurst. Helle Crest and
Bur.nyside. Our tola! unplatted holdings
now amount to over too acres, and we
state. salL
ifter hoiilihg the prr
b, the tin ii has i-ome
prt to increane that amount consid
erably. This d"s ;wt include nny of
our 11 tracts which have been platted,
and which contain 670 acres."
Joseph A. St row bridge, president of
the fitrowbrldae estate, said,:
"We feel that, aft
erty for 25 years,
for ut to dlanoMe of It. When It wm
purchased a quarter of a century ago
by my father. It was some distance
fron what was then the center of th
city, but now that the city has growrv
to it and almost all around it, it has
become too valuable to He dormant any
longer. '
"It Is one of the most beautiful prop
erties In all of Portland. I believe the;
Jacoba-Btlne company has mado a splen-"
did purchase nd will reap satisfactory
results from the Investment. The Im
provement scheme to be Inaugurated In
connection, with this big property will
assuredly make It one of the finest of
the large subdivisions in tho north
west." 1 . ji lj . . . .3
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Postmaster-General; Hitchcock reports
that the Post-Office Department loses
$64,000,000 a year in "the business of
carrying second-class mail (magazines and
periodicals).
VV'r'.-There' in'ot a deficit of $17,000,000, "
; as the department alleges, but, aqtually a '
surplus of more than $10,000,000, when A;
the specific loss on free rural delivery is ;
taken into consideration, and the : de-
partrfients figures of $64,000,000 loss on.
- second-class matter are wrong by more
than $60,000,000. ; ' , ,
EVENING, POST
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for February 1 2th devotes its editorial
page to this subject, showing the injustice
of the recommendaiion to raise the rate oh
all magazines and. periodicals but not , on
, daily paper or the country weeklies.
v 'CT One fact: In the year ended June
30th, f9o8, the weight of .second-class
matter compared 01907 creased 18,
r 000,000 pounds. The postal expenditures
creased $1 8,000,000. '.; There is some
thine in it besides second-class matter. , ,
.Look for, a dozen more facts in this
week's (date of February 12th) number of
4 The Saturday Evening Post.' ; ; : ;
Paid circulation this
week
is
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copies
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