THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 15. 1910.
APPilAiSER HAS
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Judge. Somerviile of New York
Considers Appeals From the
Classification of Merchan
; dise By Local Officials. , ,
CMS II!'
WIOFLffi
Inspector Barbour Frustrates
Attempt to Leave Diseased
Member of Crew Here. :
. Several custom cases were' up for
hearing yesterday ; before Judge II. M,
y Sojnervllle of New Tork, one of the nine
membors of the general board of ap
pralsers which passes on air customs
cases appealed from, the declslonof the
officers In the various districts.: Judge
Bomeryllle Is ono of th oldest and
tnoat leaVned men of the boardv H Is
accompanied by W, E. Payne, counsel
of the board, who acts as ; prosecutor
, on behalf of the aovernn.cn t. Mr. Payne,
who is also from Now York. ls"the son
,of Sereno E. Payne, -one of the Kepub
, llcan' leaders In congress, whoso name is
attached to the present tariff bill with
xnai or senator Aidrich. - . .
- Th session was held during the morn
ing yesterday and consisted In the hear?
lng of 60 or more appeal cases on pro
tests and classification of merchandise.
Although-there were so many oases be-.
lore we general appraiser, be finished
them all during the morning, there be
ing none of any great importance.. All
of . those, heard were appeals from ; the
classification made by the . local . offi
cials. It will probably be some time be
: fore the results are leurned, -as no de
cision will be made until the arrival of
-Judge Somerviile in New York. :;.,.;
Before coming hers the Judge' heard
several cases at Seattle, to which place
lie came airecuy xrom New York..- He
and his party will go from here to San
Francisco Mcfnday.nlght, and from there
he will go to boa Angeles, returning to
New . York from there.
war whoops of indians as
: Feature of society circus
In speaking of , two French ' sailors
who Vere taken to New York fur' de
portation yesterday, J, If. Barbour, In
spector In charge , of the Immigration 1
service here, says that masters of for-j
eign vessels' seem " to make It a ' point I
to dump 4nan and-dUeaaed sailors in
the ports along this coast. ' ...
"While a great many aliens, who are I
physically fit to enter the country, are
turned back at New York every year t
because of not coming' up to the en-1
trance t rentilremnntM riiaeRMed . and In-I
sana foreign sailors are left whenever
tha captains can seo their way to do so
by eluding the vigilance pf , the offi
cials," said Mr, Parbour. i, , '
Whenever they succeed In leaving a
sailor of this '.: class,' and the Immi
gration officials get their hands on
them, the alien is ordered deported for
being in the country in violation of the
law, and the i pensj of his deportation
falls on the owners cf the vessel bring
ing him In, unless it is a case where
the owners cannot be learned, when the
expense of deportation falls on the gov
ernment. '.','.- ' .' -." . " '
Large Humber Foreigners, . "
i-r. Barbour says that It' Is worth all
that it costs the government, however,
as a Very large number of undesirables
are gotten out' of tha country by this
means. -. It is said that a large percent
age of the patients In - the insane
asylums of this country, are foreign
ers, i: . ,,
The latest case of a vessel trying to
get out of port without one of her sail
ors was that of tha Norwegian steamer
Herm, which left, for Puget Sound early
In the week to load .lumber. -
Oscar Nelson, a member of the crew.
was . suffering from a malignant dis
ease, and Captain SSachariasen went. to
Inspector Barbour md wanted him to
allow1- tha man to be discharged here.
The inspector had the man examined by
the dectors and after hearing their re
port,, told ' the captain . that he would
not allow tha man to be - discharged
here, In spite of the captain's protests
that the man was so good and that be
did. not want him. ; .
' "' Man.&eft Behind.
When the Herm a. -d for the sound,
Inspector Barbour found that the man
bad been left behind In one of the bos
pltals. and h immediately - wrote tna
captain a hot- letter in which he aave
him . 48 hours to make arrangements to
gtt the man baa' aboard pf the steam
er, 'which the captain- did. ; v -i,
"I have found that an attempt was
also made to leave the man in San
Francisco, when the steamer sailed from
there," said Mr,. Barbour, ''but-1 don't
think that a like attempt would succeed
on the sound as the officials there have
been warned. .
HAS VALUABLE CARGO
; ., : " ' MABIXM xotes, ; " :
Astoria. May i l.X-Cpndltlon at ' the
mouth of tha river aft i p. m., smooth;
' northwest 84. miles; -.-weather,
'cloudy. Left p ' at J a. m schooner
King Cyrus; sailed at 6:80 a. m.. steam
er Rainier,, for Can Jedro; sailed at. 6
s, iii, steamer Cauda and Tahoe. for
Han Francisco.'-arrived :'.wn at v 8 :50
and..ealld-at p. ir' steamer Bear, for
-., San '; Francisco; sailed at . p. m.i
schooner J.. H, Lunsmann, for San Fran
: olsco; arrived dawn at 4 and sailed at
. 6 p. m, steamer Breakwater, for -Coos
Bay; sailed at 4 p. m.. schooner Bane-or.
for San Francisco; arried at 4:15 and
lert up at 4:80 p. r. steamer Roanoke,
, from San .Pedro and San Francisco. ,..
. San-Frano'sco, May 14. Sailed at 1
p. m., steamer Rose City, for Portland;
sailed at 3. p.- m.. steamer' Thoo, L.
"Wand, for Portland. . j
Limerick, - May 14. ..-rived May IS,
French barque Neuilly, from Portland.
Tides at Astoria SundayHigh water,
6:13 .,m., 7. feet; 7:34 p, m., t.i feet
Low water- 12:00 a. m. 4.0 feet; 12:87 p.
m., ti. J feet. -. t .- " -
Movements , of Warships. , .
Movements of war veBsela in the
United States navy have-: been reported
to the local hydrographies, of f Ice, from
'Washington - as , follows: , - ; :x. -. ,
On May 8 the Justin arrived at Ban
' Francisco." and the Sioux i arrived at
. . . , ..... i W ' H VU'IU T . V ... . ........
Portsmouth . H.r leaving the latter j, $10,125. Besides this she had 10.567
port May , . tor-Boston '.: and v.'rrivii i barrela-of tlour.- valued at 148.000 and
there tha same day. The Leonldas .r- i.2S3.561 feet of lumber, valued at $24.
-854, ; all if which goes to Japanese
ports, A small amount of candies and
other ' merchandise amounting ' to- $660
was on her . manifest for Hongkong.
She will go only: to 'Yokohama. Kobe
and Moji this trip and the Hongkong
freight -will be sent there on coaster
from one of the Japanese ports. i .
In order to bunker the Rygja went
from Alblna dock yeste?iy Afternoon
under, her own steam 'to the Paciflo
Coast coat bunkers. She was scheduled
to leave down the rver at ( o'clock.
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ViCKERSHAM RUNS
TO COVER-LEAVES
; ; TAFT TO BLUNDER
(Continued From Fag' One.) '
Top picture shows Harry Kerron making leap on "TbaDuchess.'' ' Below
, A : " ' " "t is shown Mrs. A.. M. . Cronin on "Rattler." v ; ,
Steamer Rygj Leaves - for Orient
.. ."With High Priced Wheat.
" Carrying wheat valued at $1.22 per
bushel, as - well as -lumber and - flour,
the Portland & Asiatic liner .Rygja,
Captain Svendsen, left down last night
for Astoria on the flrstleg of her
voyaa-o to the Orient. Tha value of
her entire cargo was $83,639. .
Tha wheat taken out , by tha Rygja
waa tha most -valuable .that has left
the port for some time,? the amount
being $333 bushels, whose total value
rived at Ouantanamo on the 8th and
, sailed i from that place for Hampton
Roads' May .- -.' i-v-jV' .v"- --" '-,
Other Vessels whish moved on "May
9 were the Dolphin from "Washington
for New York City ? Vulcan .. from
4 Portsmouth, N. for Hampton Roads;
Reld and Flusser from. Navy Yard. N.
Y., for Newport; South Carolina from
!, Hampton Roads for Lynnhaven Bay,
arriving there the same day r- Hector
from Sewell Point for Rio de Janlro;
Puducah ; from , Cristobal - for Blue-
flnlds and Dixie from - Newport " for
"Washington, arriving at her destination
May 10. .w - . - f , -
..Those arriving at their destination
' on May 6 wer the Montana, Tennessee,
South Dakota, Chester and - Mars at
Montevideo; the Whipple, Hull, .Trux-
11 n Pi-rrv Paul Tnn.B Tv.iV.l a SUw...
V Iwrence.'Ooldsboroug'h and Rowan mt
San Diego. i , t :
The MAGNETIC WAVE CURRENT
. The Great Vitalizcr
( "i
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The earth may be conidr as a
great eleitrlc r'ervoir constantly ab
orbinr and giving off electricity It
i surrounded hy a sphere or current
of magnetic lines of torce. nr mair
r'tlnm. in which we llv-. Mndern con
ditions deprive us of much of this life
giving force, snd the health value of an
outdoor life and the "Ua-k to nature"
rult Is mostly d'ie to the increased
amount of tlw earth's magnetism r,
orod by their dvotee. A French
i-lnni (at V. r tr- f n t T . nrfvl1 m -
cllne. or renertor. which takes a cur-
w-nt or eiectricitr ann conrert" it Into
-T stream of mairnetlc lines of fore,
i Thin mstnetlc current, when paeed
thrnurb t'ne body. 1 sbeoroed anil con
verted Into vita! forc. and the in
creased vltaMtr thus produce.! tends to
throw off dlnesse, --and to reetora
h-lthr action to all th funrt toon
the trfxlv. The tonsch ind ftlc-otlre
nrrnns ehow an Increased fn.r rf a
orMr.g nollriement, snd the todr lm
built uptv freeh suprllfS sf pure
h-lthy Mood.
1 he Magnetic Wave Current has a
Wonderful effect on th nerves, oulet
lr tlierti ami rrodwlr- rturl rfreei
irg Wp, anl it renlitts and strength.
n th heart's action. It r.jrel
ttmi. Irmrts.- efi'tv. chrr-a.
par!is. catarrh c-f the unwh. rhen-
iriai ern. . erat;a. rrs"ifnii;
eTurr.r!on and Priht s rtfee ff!rt
'. In fact. It is indicated In all
p--ait- ror-C rra.
tost ra thiak It wrnI4 h'p yeat
Cotne In and f me- about It.
' ALOXG THH WATEKFKONT,
To complete her cargo of lumber, the
British steamer Inverklp. Captain Hand,
will move ; from the Portland ' Lumber
company's mills Monday to the Inman-
Poulsen mills across the river.
Carrying a quantity of general freight
for New York, the American-Hawaiian
steamer : Falcon," Captain Dahlqulst,
sailed last night for San Franciscp. ;
The gas tug Dlx, being built at tha
Supple shipyards for W.. L. Beyer, will
be launched about The first of the week,
if the shaft arrive today.- When com
plete she wfll coat about JS000.
' leaving the Ainsworth dock at about
lilt o'clock, the steamer Bear made a
very quick trip down the river to As
toria, probably .breaking the record. She
made it in about t hours and SS min
utes, arriving down at 2:59 o'clock. She
sailed for San Francisco at t o'clock in
tha evening.-- '
At t o'clock yesterday morning-the'
schooner King CJyrus left up the river
from Astoria in tow of tha tuck" Mo
Craken, for Coble.- 4- -': "
Tha towhoat Ocklshama brought up
tha barkentlne C. F. Crocker yesterday,
leaving her at the Eastern It Western
mills, and, then proceeded on to the la
man-Poulsen mills
It Is a long howl from tha Indian and
his war paint,- beads and dances to the
flying machine, but - that is Just tha
space of development ' that' Is to - be
shown by the Society Circus during Ross
Festival week.
If anybody does noV believe that the
Society Circus is to be a big thing, tney
only have to look at what is promised
to be convinced. The horsemanship of
old Rome,. the wild riding of the Amer
ican Indians, the broncho, maneuvers of
thevcowboys. the athletics of the pres
ent day and many thlnga too numerous
to mention are on the program of events.
The committees- that ? have the society
circus in hand are working , hard : and
exnect to have one .of the most unique
performances of tha entire festival. They
are now negotiating with the Umatilla
Indiana and. expect to have a big band
of that fine pld tribe in Portland for
tha festival. ,. . ,
Dances Pamons.
" In past years the dances and ceio-
bratlons of the Umatlllas have- been
famous over, the United' States as the
most typical Indian performances in the
United States,. - Their beaded" costumes
are the most gorgeous. It is -desired by
the committee to hava the Indians her
to take -part in tha parade In their old
time costumes and to give aa exhibition
of their famous dances.- It - is believed
that the arrangements will be made and
that as a result one of the features of
the festival will be a big Indian' village
on the Multnomah field. -is.-r-'vs-:--v:-.-,.-;-Besides
the' Indians, H. w.v Manning
will show tha latest civilized stunt by
soaring over the beads of the populace
in a flying machine. The Festival-association
baa engaged Mr. Manning to
mak a flight each day during tha week,
1 . 1 .' 1 ' "- " "t" " ' - 1 '.
and tha flights will ba mads front Mult
nomah field'
' Those are soma of what might be
called tha freak things that are to ba
staged by the society circus, but in ad
ritioa there will ba all kinds of fancy
riding by members of tha Portland Hunt
club and - all , sorts of athletlo stunta
by members of tha Multnomah .club.
There willba a musical -quadrille, by
100 horses, high hurdling by .daring wo
men riaera, DarebacK riding, , old JKoman
equestrian exhibitions and a hundred
and one different exercises that are not
usual or easy to produce. '1 : : v ' ' i
Floats Yearly Ready. . y
Tha management of the. festival la
feeling, better as each, day 'passes, be
cause of tba way in which tha details
of tha big ahow are working out to a
successful -consummation. Tha floats
are practically . ready . for- tha final
touches. The .reports are that tha com
mittees having charge, of the different
features of tha festival are ready with
their part of the program and every
thing is shaping up for the certain suc
cess of the festival. . '
President R. W, Hoyt- and General
Manager George L. Hutchin, of tha Fes
tival association, hava made their first
personal plea to the people of Portland
for: assistance. ' They want to have the
big and little buildings decorated dur
ing Festival week. Letters have- been
addressed . to the owners and tenants
of tha big buildings in tha downtown
district, asking cooperation in the work
to whom ha sustained a confidential
relationship.- ; ,. -,.
Xerby Xeiolras to TU' All. '.
Ha took his mother and his wife into
his confidence,'' consulting them a to
their conception of what bis . duty was
In tha light of what ha thought to ba
bad conditions InU the , office - of" his
chief. Tbey knew that if he told what
he knew he would incur some measure
of obloquy ' from persons ' who would
lose sight of the larger issue and look
only at him In his confidential rela
tionship. :' .. , -
It appears ha became Impressed many
months ago with the conviction that
he should speak out. Then, when there
was the obvious effort to cover up the
true facts as to the. Lawlor rlef,"
so-called,' ha finally, with the" loyal
backing-. of his; wife and mother,, de
termined to tell what he know.. Y. , ;
Wlokersnam Buns ta Cover.
- It is absolutely false, as y doubtless
will ba alleged, that he was "induced'
to speak, lie was fully determined that
waa his duty long before It came to
the knowledge pf hi anti-Balllnger pao-ple-that
lie was. so minded. It was
finally made Itnown to them what Kerby
had concluded and, he waa permitted to
reach an absolute' decision of his own
volition. Then after he had consulted!
Garfield and had been confirmed in his j
conviction, - he . prepared t bis 1 signed 1
statement. The ink used in printing it i
had scarcely dried when into tho room
of the investigating eommtttee, came a I
communication from Wickersham, say-1
lng the Iwlor letter had "Just bean;
found." It absolutely confirmed Kerhy'si
statement, showing that the lAwlor let-'
ter had been prepared In -form for the'
president's signature, aqd a comparison'.',
between . the Lawlor letter and Taft's ;
letter to Ballinger exonerating . him,
shows Kerby's assertion was true.
Taft Victim of Wickersham's Paulo.
The most remarkable feature of this
affair was that, even while Wickersham
waa transmitting the Lawlor letter to
the committee, Taft waa phoning from
Chevy Chase golf links to his secretary,'
carpenter, a statement ; denying that
there was any - foundation for Kerby's
statement,- Taft's ' statement apparently
being made by him In Ignorance of What
bis attorney general was doing,
. That Kerby has, lown off the lid"
is tlje almost Universal opinion here to
night,' where the general viewMs that
the committee, by .blocking . Brandeis'
every attempt to - get the facta, paved
the way for the fullest credence in re
lation to the Kerby statement, : inas
much as the obvious effort to cover up
the facts deepened the impression .that
serious wrong had been done. . " T
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LAWLOR DOCUMENTS
. ' BEFORE COMMITTEE
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth; widow
of the Grand Duke Serglus, and a
sister of Empress Alexandra of
Russia, who has set aside her hijh
position and taken' the veil of a
nun. She will devote herself to
the hospital of the Women's Eef
; uge in Moscow as a Sister of Mer
cy. t j . -
a ' y' (United Prew Leaied Wlr.
Washington, May 14. .Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham 1 today ' sent the sor
called Lawlor memoranda ta the Ballln-
ger-Plnchot investigating committee al
most simultaneously with the appear
ance here of Frederick M. Kerby's state
meat. ' . ,
Wickersham in his letter transmitting
the memorandum said:
"In reply I beg to- say that on reoelpt
of tha committee's letter, I caused a
further ' careful search to be ' made
In the files of the department and
have a paper which I transmit to you
herewith, which is either the original
or a copy of the memorandum' prepared
by Oscar Lawlor on September 11. The
best of my recollection is that" I left
the memorandum with other papers at
of decorattnar for th week. It la ile- i th president s house at 'Beverly. Sep-
Hiired 'that all of the buildings of. theit6mbe' l?. nd received it in New York
1 a : t'x a ja m RAttt a waclr larfir ' Ortaraif Viaav aau-4 ta -V
STRONG EVIDENCE :
ABAIHST PEPOOfi
(Continued From Page One.) '
and it is believed -from answers already
received that the business men will join
in the plan and make the downtown dis
trict a mass of color. .
Saginaw, Am. ss. .San Francisco
Olympic, Am. as. ...... ..Ban Francisco
' t Oil Carriers E Sonta.
Atlas,' Am. ss..,,,,i..,,.San. Francisco
Catania, Am. as ..,.San Francisco
Asuncion, Am. ss.. ,. . . , .San Francisco
Argyle, Am. ss San Francisco
" Obstructions to Navigation
' May . latitude v 88 ' degrees ... St
minutes north, longitude 125 degrees It
minutes west, submerged',- wreckage
about 160 feet long Just . visible was
sighted. J. J. Knapp, commander, U. S.
navy, hydrographer, .Washington, J. C
THEY SMOKE CIGARS MH '
AS LONG AS THEY; CAN
"' Ithica, it. May 14. In contest
to determine who could-smoke a cigar
the longest without letting It go out, 25
Cornell professors and professional men
of this city gathered at the Town and
Gown club.- -. .;
At a stroke of a bell, eaoh. lighted the
same length clgar,each of the same
brand. -At the end of 60 minutes most
of the cigars bad either been smoked up
or their earners had '.retired ' from the
field. V. .. . - -- ,". -i .
At the end of TO minutes -Judge Ir
vine of the law 'school retired from the
game. Pro feasor C L Durham aud-
80
. . -. . . ,1,111 T 1,1 L Ill- a in.111 Kb ,11V 3IIU V.
min-rouueii : mini wun tne scnooner i . - - . .
Salvator. She dropped the schooner AU B,,"uU! 4 V ' "
vena at. St.- Helens at I o'clock yestar. ?hult.M Jtv2 J!? l
day afternoon on her way up the river. he 1J ' ttoothpick. continued to
w t..r.!nn .,.r,H.nH.nt f ow. smoke until ft minutes and won the
age 'and pilotage for the Port of Port-1 Prl. a metal stein. - , ;
land, and his bride returned lat night) 1 .
MAN FINDS TINY GIRL
BABY IN A MANGER
WILLIAM TEMPLE,
PROMINENT FARMER
from a trip to British Columbia and
Puget sound, having bean married here
a week ago last Thursday. -
v - - S
1 ' SVarnlar Users Zne
Roae City, Ssn Francisco
i Arrive. -.
ay It
Breakwater. Coea Ray .......... War 17
i;eo. W. fcid-r, f-an I'edro ......Way St
Bear. San Francisco May II
- aVegalar Unera See Depart
0o. W. Elder, San Pedro..
Roanoke. Jvan Penro ...
Chehoyan,
Micbu. May 14. When
Fred Barber, a farmer living near this
city, went out to his barn tha other
morning to do the chorea be heard a
weak cry like that of a kitten Inside th
stable. Investigating, be found a large
-v.' tjjborn bahy girU
.....MRT n ( . ..... . a - a a
m R..r K.n rnnrt-m Ui HI lull- one nw lUWtnM irora n
f P.ose City, fr-an Fracclsco .......May Zl poaare, but his wife soon revived It by
i careful nureinit. ma sruinonxi were
notified snd sre trying to locate th
parents f the waif. Freah tracks ef a
tnitter leading frtm Cheboygan caused
them to believe th father and mother
of the infant live bere.
Meanwhile Mrs. Barber la caring frr
the baby, wMch l prosperin. and sfce
aed her buahaad have become greatly
attached to ft. -
Tesseis ta TorX.
Aurustua. Gr, a. North Bark
Johan Potiiaen. Am. as.. ....... ,Oa k t.
Iak.cn Am. ta. Albert
lnrk!p, I.r. a. .... .Portia ad Utr. Co.
Rue H. Flmere, Am, m. . . . . .Coneh st.
Joaeph Pniit"!r. Am. gas. ach...Ash St.
Ierlar.d r . pr ah . . . .Inman-Poulaen
H. Jimora, Am. as Onch at
Hoinekc Am a ..kartins
Zi atonta r:ta Ovmat aat Omeraj.
i rtrard, r. rk... w,rr
riir!"-.'pr. sh
jiijT-i. ri. wi............-....,nrri
V"tr im. d Arvelr, FT. th... Antwerp
T1ie"'a. .Nr. aa .A n' -erp
VdcintTr. Am erh A r'oria
XiKtiitutu Taccag to Amy.
I'r-ui'", Ncr. ae fan tra'la"
W. I. Howard. M. D.
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4 V." !- t I r, t lm L&rl . - - . K , : ia.
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.... .Tye ' l-'1" ftatea, Senator Charles A. Cul
"Act r i eroB Is now reported ta be a Ira oat
whrKy recovered from the nervous
SreatMewn which baa kept Mm fronj
tvaatirg tc-ti for a number cf mr..
Th eeratnr haa Juet ant 111 papers
to tt serre'ary ef state cf Tftn
r'.yi-i-f T-f a tar'la'e Tor re
.''Vn. Tt'.'a araa rrv tn t
cf the a; ; roachirg prirr arlts la, Ttiaa.
;; ? ; ' v:-S -:4'':;:5 -
William P. Templa, well known Utna-
. tllla .wheat crower who died at
'Pen diion." ; ..... T.'
'Pendleton, Or, May 14. TV' ill lam P.
Temple, who died In this city as the re
sult of acute enuritla. was one of th
best koowtr and wealthiest grata grow
ers ia Umatilla' county. II tnade his
fortune in the wheat fields about Pen
dleton, starting as a farm laborer at
ages Ahat barely afforded him a liv
ing. v.
lie waa born to Mathaaka county.
Iowa. In 1SSZ and 1n Its he came to
Oregon" with his father. All of hie Ufa,
since bid beB pent la Vmatlila coun
ty. April IS. IfcH, be was married -to
M!ae Ba Bitney. Two children were
born. Elhl and Ralph, both cf - whom
are l'.rlna-. Mr. Tetrpl a Tirat wlf die4
March 18. 18. On October t. Is
was sntrrtd to Mlaa Ada Haore.. Two
children iW-r bom. Roy and Vera. All
four cCdren were at t"- deafi bed
fr. Tetrp' was a merrber cf tH Ma-
lr and a prornlert worker ta
Farrcer' Iclon.
er - documenta relating - to- tha Glavls
matter.- since then, to my best informa
tion," this paper baa been in the pos
session of my secretary or among pa
pers in -my department, - thoukh it
seems to have been 'overlooked in the
collection fff papers in answer to your
previous communication." 1 - ,
- Attorney Brandeis Immediately began
the work of aeektng the ''deadly paral
lel" between Lawlor'a memorandum and
Tatt's letter exonerating Secretary, Bel
linger. Tha first sentence of each doc
ument was vejry similar.' " ' - r,' 1
Chief H. H. Schwarts of the land office
was excused atom the stand today by
j Attorney Brandeis, who did not attempt
j to cross-examine him. ' Schwarts waa
a Ballinger witness. : , -. '-
Land. - - Commissioner - Dennett ' was
called to testify.. He denied ever having
bad any relation with the Ouggenhelma.
Dennett said the story that Guggenheim
influences secured him his appointment
aa land commissioner was false.
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CLOWN LOSES EARS;
THINKS IT GREAT JOKE
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' New Tork. . alav 14. Most Baraoni
would feel anything but pleased If they
lost both tfeelr ears, but another View
of the - case la taken by George Hol
land, a clown with the Barnum ae Bailey
circus, who euffered that double losa
Holland waa carrying a large box full
of - cartrldgea and powder to tha lot
where the circus waa ta perform, in
Brooklyn. Ha stumbled and. broke th
box. -' There waa a terrlf is explosion.
Holland was hurled ta the ground. When
the amoke -cleared be waa found uncon
scious and minus both bis eara.
He was taken to Beney hospital by
Dr. Murray. Whn he came ta and
learned th extent of bis Injuries, be re
marked : - .'
"Can yoo blame a man far losing both
bis eara when be hear a noise alke
thatT" Then be grinned and added:
"Well, after this ril never seed te
make up. I look funny enough aa It la."
BANK PRESIDENT HAS .
AMBITION GRATIFIED
Boston. May 14. Harry La Burraga
president of th Eliot National bank ef
Boston, draws from that Institution a
salary ef SSO.OO a year; be is fn ter
ra ted in various corporation a and la re
puted to be very wealthy; be la a mem
ber ef most ef the best clubs; yet ha
has long nuraed aa unsatisfied longing
to-be a policeman.
Mr. Burrage applied for a place en
the force la Newton, wbr be Uvea, lie
was appointed by Chief Mitchell, ef
Newton. Mayor Hatfield confirmed th
appointment. Mr. Barrare fcrsitated
about giving up bis lucrative pcsUtloa
nd so errarired te be assigned to apa
ial plain clothes work.
Montana Is entitled to be caned e
banner Reput lJraa state. In mor tbaa
two-thirds of th counties ef tha stat
tb Democrats hare not eierted re em
bers ef the lea-iaiature la reont yara, ! fcer ss an araijiat cf the
end tfc thief atrenrth pf -that party J irair.a. tetii..1 to tf'g I
now. as frvrtne'r. ia rcr,trt It tl Irr fr.tfr,!. t.( fe ir,
auranca policy for 100O drawn in fa
ror of Tier husband. Mrs. plogers and
others told of Pepoon'a intimacies with
Maude Keller and of the apparent in-.
fatuatlon be held for her.- .t ; i -Seat
Idnk In Story.'. - ' ''
Next in order In the story Is F. G.
Greene, ; secretary of the prison board
of the - state Of ' Washington, who as
sorted that Ray Wilcox, who was con
victed of attempting grand larceny in
Chehalla, Wash., was paroled to- Maude
Keller and that Wtteox was a graduated
pharmacist. -Comes
Morton Crossan again, telling
of his arrival at his own cabin on Fri
day, August 17, where the Pepoona were
living with their three children, and f
finding the woman Insane and being
indulged by her husband in her crasy
fancy for Ray Wilcox, whom be found
Maude Keller bad released to Pepoon.
For the two nights following Crossan
gave up b's room, one of the two up
atalrs in the cabin, at Pepoon'a re
quest, "So Ray can be near Edith and
care for her," When the fateful hour
of S o'clock I Sunday afternoon came
Crossan was seated on the front porch
with Edith Pepoon and saw Wilcox and
Pepoon give her a glass full of strange
brown colored liquid, which she aranic,
He had seen them give her the
draught of the same potion apparently
a few mtautea before, but even when a
short time later the woman lay dead on
the slabs of ; the porch - breathing her
last after a series of violent convui
sionsv he did not ; suapect, anything
wrong. ' Drawing murmurs from , the
spectators at tha trial, ha told of look
ing up to the window wniie the woman
lay In convulsions and seeing tba hus
band looking calmly out of the window
upon bla dying wife.. " . .', - '-
Hassle Downs' Traglo Tale.
, As an eye-wltncsa to the death of the
woman. Mrs. Massle Downs, a neighbor.
told a dramatic story. Bhe saw Wilcox
and' Pepoon mix the. first draught and
later, while sitting' In the front room.
from which she could look into tne nea
room where the medicine cabinet was
kept, she observed Pepoon pour the con
tents of a paper bag into the glassful
of liquid which Wilcox held, and which
Utey later induced Kdlth Pepoon ta drink
while she -was sitting en tba front porcn
with Crossaa. Then, aha asserted, she
waa present imbaw the girl wife died in
terrible agony, describing tba symptoms
with which, experts, who later went on
the stand, coincided, saying they folr
lowed the administration of strychnine.
Charles Adams, the undertaker of
North port, went en th stand to tell ef
preparing the woman I body for buna,
describing to th Jury its horribly bloat
ed and discolored condition, and of th
persuasion he waa forced to use to get
Pepoon to arrange for the funeral and
of tba defendant's - torrent of curses
when told of the eoet. He and a dosen
other witnesses testified ta th Indif
ference ef the husband and of bis sing
ing: whistling, laughing and Joking oa
the days intervening between bla wife's
death and the funeral. ..
Mir. Woleett'a Tasttsaeay.
Next tb story Is taken up by Mrs.
Wolcott and Mrs. Push, who went to
North port to attend the funeral ef the
daughter and stater respectively. When
their suspicions wcr aroused by Crossaa
they searched th cabin th day after
tb srvlece and when Crossan. bethink
ing himself of the etrychnlae which b
stored In the "claim shanty," found It
waa not ther. Mra. Wolcott found tb
vial which baa beoa Meotlfled by sev
eral aa tb aama which bed contained
strychnine, with only a small remainder
ef the contents ta th meJ'olna chest.
Dr. Cugen Travis, th druggist st
?orthport told ef Croaaaa and Ike wo
men leaving the packajre centring
the strychnine bottie std th bottles
onntalnipr Use U-1rom end morpM!e
table's with him It f ke-i-!nr. then
rr.;Gorg Cathay pf port.-1. ti la
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Graphic' Pen Picture Shows
, How , Former Student for
Ministry Degenerated to the.
. Level of a Criminal. "
By Vera Hardin Porter. Journal Staff
.-' '',. Correspondent.1'
Colvill. Wash', May , 14. The 11 f
story of George L. Pepoon telle simply
a metamorphosis, wrought by vanity. In
the character. of a weak willed man,
who' instead of leading was led, and aa
a result is now on Jrial for the murder
or tn oeautlfui, lovable , wire. - inter -'
mixed In the life story with the van
ity and dependent upon It, la th lure
of . a woman; the spell f a atron;er
mind and the criminal dealre born of a
craving for the unrestricted pleasure.
to cast aside all ahacklea which bound
to conventional existence. -
When George Pepoon and Edith Pe
poon. - the defendant's girl wife, first
entered the . community on the bench-
lands In northeastern Washington, the
big stalwart fellow was a model hus
band and because "he attended church
and did not hava bad habits . he was
looked upon- as extraordinarily - relig
ious. But Pepoon married early in Uf.
At first enwrapped by his unbounded
affection for his wife, .he did not de
alre the freedom that, other men en
joyed before marriage and some af- '
terward. Ills father and mother were
intensely religloua -and he had been
brought up in Puritanical surroundings
and then after a short course in a the
ological school he- married and went
out Into the world. - - , .
Wild Oata Hot Sown.
George Pepoon ; before his marrlace
did not "sow his Wild oats." so his in
timates phrase it. . Coming to the west,
the freedom of the life embraced and
enthralled him. He began noting that
other women besides his wife were at
tracted by his personality and stalwart
frame. "Ha was unable - to cast aaide
temptation., Then. to repeat the phrase.
he began "sowing his wild oats." He
drank a little at first, then more. He
waa attracted - by - women other 1 than
his wife, who waa loved by every one.
At public functions his conduct was at .
times improper. . -..
people began gossiping about him. He -
began degenerating. With the arrival
of Ray Wilcox, the paroled convict, his
degeneration - was - completed.: ; He fell
under the sway ef the convict's stronger
personality and by a woman's hand he
was led to. the extremes of indiscretion.
Wilcox, so persona who knew hint say,
waa naturally a born leader f men but
was a menace to society becauso h
had the mind of a' degenerate and was
strong willed. :v He induced: Pepoon to
permit many practices of which the
homesteader . would- have- shunned with
horror four years before. Then came
the murder of Edith Pepoon, , . . .. ,
Sr. jrekyn and Mr. Eyde.
Pepoon today is the Mr. Hvde of his
Dr. Jekylt of four years ajro. Weak
willed, with all tha shackles cast off.
he gave himself up wholly to his new
found freedom of life only a few' days
after his '' wife's death.5 Grown vain
from - attention ,, paid i him by ; many
women he adjudged himself a "masher" .
and swaggered about: his little circle.
bestowing his attention carelessly here
and there, ".i-.iL-; ,i'.j..is--::.-; --; ' -..
Yet he was an enigma in a way. He -
takes his confinement in his cell with a
murderer sentenced ; to death, John '
Logan, with perfect good ' grace. He .
has never broken down in the face of
the third degree. His demeanor In, court
otberN than a few timea ' when he has
shewed traces of nervousness has been ,
that of a constantly: interested spec
tator. He haa told his attorneys' noth
ing other than he believea Ray Wilcox
killed bis wife.
Then,: too, another aide of his' nature
shows he is fanatically fond of animals
and children, "Bob" is' the name of the
jail cat, which spends most of Its time
In the accused man's cell. Spectators
at ' tha,'- trial say , Pepoon. has all , tha :
facial i characteristics . of a dangerous
criminal. His eyes certainly are elnls-
ter in appearance and glance, small pu
pils, lida ao shaped as, to exhibit much
of the eyeball, ' In physique he is tall,
broadshouldered and be walks With the
tread of a panther. When passing from
the court room to the Jail he seems ta
enjoy the commotion his appearance cre
ates,'' ; -' ' ' . v ' -.vil -i.-;..';' ,- .
, ;' f-; --' Inaooent or Maniac, v
Summing up the ehargea and evi- '
dence against . him. counsel for " the
stat will say he la either entirely In
nocent or the moat hardened criminal
they have ever encountered. They will
say th lack of interest he displays In .
the trial indicates that -he not only
ia guilty but that he Is a' criminal man
iac: that no man could hear such grew
some, gripping stories of his own wtfa'a
horrible death without exhibiting great .
emotion, unless be ' be mentally de
ranged, whether guilty or not guilty.
During the description of the death
struggles of his wife by lira Maasle
Downs and Morton Crossan, while the
jury men gripped the arms ef their
chalra and tha men and women In the
court room sat with lips parted, breath,
indrawn and eyea wide with horror, Pe
poon'a face waa void of expression and
the only evidence of bis nervousness
locking and interlocking of the fin
gers. -
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night of this week and of finding; the
neurotte poison designated.
Again the story la taken up. by Charles
Adams and Dr. A- B. Cook of Colviiie,
coroner .of Stevens county, who, or?
February IS, 1114, exhumed at the di
rection of Mra. Wolcott, the body cf hr
daughter and dissected It. shipping th
digestive organs te Dr. Ralph C. Matsort
and 'Dr. Georg Cathay cf Portland.
Dr. Cathay, whose unaual ckarnees of
expression in testifying on technical
subjects was commented on as rumark
able, told of tb fining of mnr t -i
two grains ef strychnin suinei-.-it t
kill several persons. In tae ci gtawt tr-gana
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