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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, i OCTOBER 31, 1810. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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Was Jay Bowerman the agent or
' merely the gullible dupe of J. Thor
, burn Ross In the legislative session
i of 1907? " ; "
' In the . cipher .!code employed by
Rosa in telegraphing to his lobby
ists at 'Salem, Bowerman -was, des
ignated as "Joinder."
Robs 'was seeking- to 'mold the pro
i posed banking law' so as to protect his
already tottering bank, the; Title Guar
an tee & Trust company, and he looked
' td "Joinder (Bowerman) to assist him.
"Joinder" was chairman of the" commit
tee to which the bill was referred and
the bill ; was killed.
. Boss also sought to defeat the Jack
t son hill which would hare riven to ths
, venerable Judge Marqtuun one more op
portunity for a court review of tlx pro
. eeedlng by which ths Boss hank had
wrested from him ths Marquam block.
Again Boss looked to "Joinder" for as
sUrtanoe. He did not look In vain.
. The Oregonlan files' tell the story of
the operations of the Boss , lobby at
Salem In 1907,' and of the cipher tele
prams which ew the reliance placed
upqn "Jolndevs" assistance In their
: , manipulations. . rC - '-. :::.,-
. Those who wish to" Verify tal- state
ment have only to refer to pag-e 11 of
ths Oregonlan of starch 19, 1908, and to
numerous artioles in subsequent issues,
':- When Thorburn RosS was placed on
trial f of the colossal - frauds, - perpe-
- trated by his bank, . the prosecution
sought to introduce evidence to prove
a conspiracy between Rosa, State Treas
urer Steel and others, , the purpose of
tne alleged conspiracy being to manlp
uUte legislation In the Interest of the
litla Guarantee & Trust. . This evt
dence the court would not allow the
prosecution1 to present, holding' that It
was not germane to the case. ' That
PEHTS: 5W PROSPERITY
October records In the various lines
. of Industry- and commercial activity
- plainly show that Portland cannot be
checked In Its steady march toward the
commercial supremacy of . the Pacific
coast. An .Increase is shown in almost
' every department of Industrial activity
rover the same month of last year and
In some instances Jt is 'greater .than ny
"gains heretofore reported, The result
of this continued prosperity as- shown
. In the comparative figures for the
month ending .'today : 16' "to"' Increase
greatly, the - confidence of the people
In a continuation of t prosperous , times
they have enjoyed for a . . ng time. '--
In'' bank clearinga. postal receipts.
C building permits and 'realty transfers
the huge totals are Immensely gratifying
to every qnev who ' takea a pride in the
development; and , upbuilding of Por$;
, Jald. ' ; ' ' ,' '
Postal Becelpts Oaln. ' '
Postal receipts show an increase of
21 per cent over the figures of. October,
1909,i and' are the largest for a single
month In- the history of the' city. '
Building permits for the month up to
; noon today show a gain of more than
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TRIAL HftYYErSAVElMRS.
. ' A new witness In the trunk murder
trial, though brought from Spokane by
. the' prosecution, proved to be the best
one the defense has yet had. I H.
, O'Neill, proprietor of the Elite ' saloon
In the falls city of Washington, this
morning told the Jury that is trying
1 Mrs. -Carrie Kersh On a charge of aiding
and abetting and conspiring with Jesse
P. Webb to murder William A. Johnson
for his money, that Johnson had told
him that he .Intended . to marry . MrB.
Kersh. " , ' , ,
The defense has all along maintained
that Mrs. Kergh had no motive for
. murdering Johnson, as he had already
given Mrs. Kersh $1900, and had prom
ised to give her several thousand more
after they should be married. If this
contention should appear convincing : to
the Jury, Mrs. Keren's chances to escape
hangingperhaps to be acquitted, would
be extremely favorable, as the motive of
money would thus be nullified.'
OUreiU Only Witness.
When the Kersh case was called this
morning about two thirds of the wit
nesses were absent. Their absence de
layed the submission of testimony and
court adjourned, at 11:48. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Fitzgerald gave Instruc
tions to Detective Price to see that the
Witnesses are on hand from now on, and
declared that they would be fined for
.CQatemptof..fcoui-Hfoy-tnre rlereltc
uons oecamoeviaeni." i : .. w "
O'Neill was the only witness called
who did not testify In the Webb trial.
The defense offered to admit all the
testimony that had been offered In the
Webb case without question. Attorney
Feuts asked that the examination of
' -' .-i,-. v.- ,. :;', ' .-.',.' ... ... -.
there was such a conspiracy no one
doubts. ' - '
Bowerman's aid wag regarded by ths
conspirators as vitally important. ., That
aid was forthcoming" as ths files of the
Oregonlan and the Senate Journal show.
- Was Bowerman, the simple minded,'
unsuspecting; dupe - of the conspirators,
too childlike to suspect the purposes for
which he was being used? 6r was he. the
agent of the Ross cabal T'
No other explanation Is tenable.. Bow
erman was not accounted a fool among
bis fellow senators. He had served in
the : previous session and was therefore
no novice in lawmaking. He. was chair
man of the Judiciary committee, ons of
the most important chairmanships In
the upper house. His ability as a law.
yer had won for hint the position of
attorney for the Harrlman railroad.
, The Oregonlan (Mirch 19, 1908) re
marks significantly; "It will be ob
served that the Ross bank did all its
lobbying Jn the senate and that in that
body it did its effective work."
Four dafrs later (March 23, 1908) the
Oregonlan .made this editorial com
ment: .;s,V'(;, '""rT.-. -.-'-'. V'V"-.
"Were the members of the legislature
of 1907 'making; laws for the people or
for the Title Guarantee ft Trust com
pany? They drew their salaries from
the state, and not from the trust com
pany. But the trust company had cause
for . congratulations when the 'sure
thing was enacted." ,,;
Voters of pregon and especially i of
Portland, are familiar with the history
of the Ross bank and of the Marquam
case. Those Who heard Judge Henry
E.. McGinn during the- primary cam
paign - this year will recall his vivid
relation of the story. The question
that Is . now being asked by thousands
of voters Is; - ' '
, "Was Bowerman the dupe or the agent
Of ; J. Thorburn Ross?" 1
: As yet the question.1 has not been
answered.
$100,000 over the totals of last month,
and are close to the record breaking
figures of October, 1909.' Realty trans.
rera continue well ud toward the S 2.-
006,000 mark v in spite of the fact ' that
the state has .been in the throes of a
general election, always a disturber of
legitimate business. : ; . ,
, Bank clearings continue to show huge
increases over last year's records, the
figures for the month, showing .an .in
crease of 18 per cent over the aggre
gate for October, 1909. , . v . ,
. - - Building- remits for Homes.
: An analysis of the bulldlnr Dermtts
issued during the month brings to light
the fact that over 60 per cent of the
11,500,000 new Improvements authorized
win go into tne erection or new homes.
But one permit was Issued for a build
ing to cost mjpre than 8100,000 and that
was taken out for .the 8250,000 Maegly
Tlchner building trader construction at
Seventh and Alder streets.. . However,
permits were' Issued for about $600,000
of. durable structures' aside from the
Alder street building. .
The following tables give comparative
(Contfnued pn. Page Seven.)
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witnesses who were examined In the
Webb case be dispensed with. The pros
ecution,' however, would not consent to
this. It -is the purpose of Deputy Fits
get aid to impress upon the Jury the
brutality of the crime. :y ; , .
k . '.'.; ''ace Powder in ps,'t".
One of the points upon which the
state dwelt this morning was that of the
finding of ; face powder in ,the room
where Johnson was killed. ; Deputy
coroner Dane testified that' he had
found some of this -powder afterward,
wrapped ,iri la newspaper, in the room
taken by Webb and Mrs. Kersh at the
Willamette rooming house, ... , . .
" Mrs. Kersh swore that ' she did not
know of Johnson's death iinH after she
had been arrested.' t She swore. also,
that 'she had not entered the room In
which he was murdered on; the after
noon of the killing.- Yet powder, appar
ently taken from that room, was found
in the Willamette rooming houseV If
Mrs. Kersh did not enter the room after
the killing, how came the face powder
10 De iouna ai tne Willamette asked
the prosecution.' t:- i' t ,' 'v' ,'!-:'-'
"O'Nelli testified: that he Is the propri
etor of the Elite saloon,- 229 Howard
street, -Spbkane, and that he knew Mrs.
Kersh as May Webster, one of the room
ers in a' disreputable lodging house
above the saiobn. . ,.:
.. . Johnson . HAd Honey. -I
' "I tit Mrs. Kersh some time In May.
She became acquainted with William A
Johnson In or about' my place," said
O'Neill. "I knew Webb alo- He 'came
Into the saloon one day just after John-
Contlnued' on Page Two.) t
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Republicans' Concede All but
3000 Majority; Own State-
ments ' Show . Bowerman's
Cause, Is Hopeless.
ALL STATE REPORTS
SHOW WEST'S STRENGTH
Democrats' Strength in Coun
try, but Many Republicans ,
Against Assembly.-
Oswald West, anti-assembly, direct
primary and statement No. 1 candidate
for governor of Oregon, will be elected
one week from tomorrow . by a good
sized vote..- ,- . ' -
Reports' from every county, both In
eastern, western, central and southern
Oregon, Show a tide of West sentiment
that has already reached the flood stage
and shows no indication of abatement
or cessation in its rise, v '
Realising' this condition the Bower
man managers are privately conceding
county aftet county to West, and, gath
ering their spellbinders together for
last, desperate -stand, are attempting
to dam the . Westward flood In Mult
nomah county, their last hope and ref
uge. " -;
Publicly, through the Oregonlan. the
Bowerman managers ' are claiming, the
state- by a plurality of 15,000 votes. But
tnose wno were in campaigns1 gone oy
remember that the Oregonlan has al
ways claimed the state by similar ma
jorities for Its candidates,' and has near
ly always teen wrong, .
Almost Lose Mope. - k -
Out - In the -open the Bowerman men
are singing the song of 15,000 men, but
back of the scenes they are shaving tne
figures down to 8000 and shaking their
heads as they, do It, saying the figure
is their hope, but not their certainty.
There are two classes of prophets
in the Bowerman camp, and the oracles
of both are ominous, for Bowerman! One
class concedes MSrlon. Clackamas. Clat
sop, . Jackson, Llnn, Josephine and pos
sibly Benton and Douglds counties to
West.. says that the two candidates. will
break even in Multnomah and pins Its
hope to' a plurality of 5000 to 6000 from
eastern Oregon. That, they contend.
win give Bowerman the lead by from
lsoo to 2000 votes in-the entire state.
The other class of prophet contends
that eastern and western Oregon, will
break -practically-even andthaf Mult
nomah county will coma to Bowerman's
aid with Shout 3000 votes.; Both sides
say that whichever way . Multnomah
county goes, so will the election go.
Wait's Election Certain. . ..
Conservative reporta, however,' from
all the counties, each day brighter for
(Continued on Pace Seven.)
Insurrection Said to Be One of
( Worst Since Pacification
Secretary Dean C; Worces
ter's Rule Unpopular. ,
(rnltc Press Utns Wire.)
Manila, Oct 81-One of the greatest
Insurrections since the pacification of
the Philippines; is , raging In southern
Mindanao; r The Monobos are reported
to have . sacked several -coast villages
arfd slaughtered th inhabitants. - .
Brigauter General Pershing is ' en
route to the scene of trouble.
-Only meagre details of the uprising
have been received here, but It is be
lieved ; the Insurrection resulted from
resentment over the policy of Dani C.
Worcester, secretary of the Interior In
the Insular government . Mass meetings
are being held by the natives through?
out the archipelago indorsing & demand
for the resignation of Worcester on ao
count of his alleged antl-FlHpind utter
ances. Americans in the Islands, how
ever,- support the action of, the secre
tary. ; , .
Seven native Christians and one Amer
ican are among the ajaln, according to
reports received by General Duval..
The principal trouble is said .to be
about the gulf of Davao,' where the Mo-
ros are In rebellion. The insurrection
apparently is against 'all foreigners. :: '
, General Pershing's force consists of
two companies o& the third - Infantry
and two, companies of Philippine scouts.
In addition to the constabulary.. It Is
believed that on his arrival at the
scene of the revolt he will be Joined
by other troops. ........
NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT
.KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
L'alUd-arw t..S Wtw,-
ew ori(aua, Oct. 31. A. M. Love,
general manager . of ., the v Darnell-Love
Lumber company, was killed today in an
automobile accident near Leland, La.
Th; machine while going at high speed
lurched and threw Love out, His head
struck a boulder ' and he died - soon
afterward. ; ' ' ,:
FURY
BURN AND KILL H
'-- AAiiri aia a a s"m
UUIH MINUANAU
. WESRSUCCESSS M'l0W;
f GRfl j N DAILY'
Turner Oliver, . Nominee for . ;-r ".-4.. 0f',f
Secretary, of ;State; Returns -ptlg&. "B
1From;.EndouragingCam., t ::kyrf&0 r7: A
paign; Says Democrats Win; ; : -"K :.S
i''-- 'vr V"lv'! . ?' . . .;t:;ffi'
After several 'weeks. of campaigning -, ',,,,'! . v "isV'
in all parts of the state. Turns? .Oliver : XMa ?t . J f K - ' ' . -
Democratic nominee ..for : secretary of 1 1 V . J 7 I ' , . s v 1 . tf I
state, is In Portland today' and reports V'1 ' - !" r'W " ,
prospects increasingly bright f for. the . ' ' ) v " " .
election of Oswald. West for governor V ' " , t 1 ' ' , '
and the success Of the ticket he heads, ' " i X , ' , . I ;
Mr. Oliver was 'in '.southern .Oregon ' - r ' V " " r " '' '
with West, spoke With Senator Cham- 7
berlaln In Albany last Friday night and ; : '
In, Salem Saturday night with ' Robert : "
G. Smith; candidate for congress In the ' '' f
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Scenes at recent opening of the world's greatest aviation meet' at .Belmont Part, N. Y, Above Captain
Baldtvin in Ws Red Devil"; below' the arrival of Wright's flfer and at the, bottom .the wreck of the
Shrlver biplane, which wns hurled to the ground when-Aviator Tod Shriyer tried to make "Dead Man's
Cnrve." This turn Is at the eastern extremity of the mile and a half course and in bordered by a clnmp v
of tall trees, which caused the air to form whirlpools and tends! to force the machine earthward. : A1V
though his machine was crumpled up as If it were made of pasteboard, Sliriver was only slightly. in -
;:-''Jnii:.''-'--v-'-'s-.- k'J x'---:-hr'iritT r?';-'-' tl7-?V'':?':-;v..-;-w;:V;V
CAPTAIN PIKE OF
TEoSlEEIl
Mishap of Saturday Occasions
. Reaction Against Football on
Part of Whitworth Faculty;
Pike Operated onJ;
'.. (United Press Leased Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash., Oct ; 31. Norman
Plk captain of the Whitworth college
football team,; who was Injured In; Sat
turdays game between Whitworth and
Pacific UnlversltyjOf Forest Frove, Or.,
and whose life was for a time despaired
of. Is reported at; the Fannie Paddock
hospital to be out of danger. ;
In the game Saturday Pike was struck
In the abdomen by the knee of Captain
Ward of the opposing team, while he
was trying to make a tackle. ; He was
taken to the hospital suffering agony,
and an operation i was performed.
' AS a result of the injury sustained
by Pike, the ; authorities, of Whitworth
are considering the advisability of pro
hibiting the playing of football here
after in that institution. ,
Pike la a ; fresnrnan and resides at
Richfield, Wash. '-
: ' KUl Does; Pined $100 Each.
.v ' (Special iH.pMch to The JourDil.) 1
Qold Beach, Or., Oct.' 21. George
Fisher, ; Floyd - Putman, Walter Hoi
jnrnh, Frank .Watklns,.. Unhwt -Wslhrr
and Robert Hi g gins from the JVlllamette
valley were fined $100 each and costs
In Justice Miller's court for killing fe
male deer and "fawns. ; Over 80 hides
were found in their , possession. .. The
citizens of the county are determined to
put a slop t the wholesale slaughter of
I doe and fawns by pot hunters
ii'iiW ill ,te.y-y..-.,-y - ! . .- ';
COMMISSION LOSES
NO TIME Ifi TAKING
To Meet, Wednesday t to Con
sider Plans for Carrying Out
- - People's . Will as ' Expressed
at Polls Saturday.'
tnnlted Press teased Wire. ' '
Tacoma, Wash.,. Oct II. When the
municipal commission meets Wednes
day morning It will make definite plans
for ths beginning of actual construction
work on a municipal1 dock for Tacoma,
as authorized by the bond election Sat
urday.'... ,ii ;' :;;v.. t -t -. t: '
Mayor Fawcett announced today that
an ordinance would probably be passed
calling for bids for the remodeling of
the Alaska-Pacific ! Steamship- com
pany's dock, to be used as a temporary
landing place for sound steamers. An
overhead walk will be built from the
water front to A street,' which will'
land passengers In - the heart of the
business district' The cost of the tem
porary'1 improvements will be In the
neighborhood of $15,000. while the per
manent dock, which will be of ' con
crete, will cost about 1150,000. ' v '
' Jack the Hugger Again.1' ....
, ! (United Pren.LeaMd Wire.) .
. Los Angeles, Oct. 31 In possession
of a good 'description of a man who
seized 14-year-old Majorie Brown after
driving away two boys and a airL her
companions, jvlt h tit eyplverjtbpollc
are" searching" for the' assailant They
believe he will ' prove to be the man
WR3 has attacked several women In the
Fast Lake district during the last two
months. The miscreant : attacks only
women' who are with pscorta, driving
the men away with his revolver. ' Mar
Jorle Brown escaped and fled several
blQcka..lo .a tore.-w--- --
BIGHT VOTEIUID :
TAKE DOCKS OUT
OFll'SWS
City's Chief Executive Never
;. Have . Another Chance . to
Block Harbor ImpHvemehts
'if Measure Adopted.1.
Mayor Simon .may never get another
chance to .veto a publlo docks measure
Which,' has ben Initiated by the people
The vote, if It approves the adoption
of the publlo docks amendment, to the
olty charter, will authorise the Issuance
of publlo dock bonds up to '13.500,000,
and at the same time create a commis
sion, to, administer the affairs of the
docks. , .,.",
Neither themayor nor the city coun
cil -can ' bring defeat to the measure
after the people have voted," said R.
W. Montague, attorney for the publlo
Jjjocks committee of the Chamber of
commerce, -.taxpayers' ieagu ana cen
tral Labor Council, who was largely in
strumental in framlng'the measure upon
(Continued en. Page Four.)
B - O - W - E -
ALSO
"JOINT
Ultimatum Served Upon City
Authorities in View of Police
Protection Extended to Ex
press Strikebreakers. ,
EMBARGO TO BE LAID ON
NECESSARIES OF LIFE
Express Companies Appeal to
City and State to Prevent
Spread of Strike. -
(United Pre Lmm4 Win.)
New York, Oct. 81. One of the great
est traffic strikes in the history of
New York is threatened today by the
officials of the Brotherhood of Team
sters, following the refusal of the city
officials , to withdraw p61icemen from
the wagons Of the various .express com
panies whose drivers and helpers are
on strike. - ..x'
The teamsters' union officials served
an ultimatum on the city authorities to
day, declaring . that unless ; the guards
were withdrawn every union teamster
in New York would quit work. . Val
Hoffman, vice president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters, said
the driver's of department store wagons,
coal and ice wagons,, drays and trucks,
and even of city garbage wagons, were
ready to strike at a moment's notice.
Thousands of strikebreakers arrived
this morning to man the I wagons of
the. Wells Fargo, Adams, American and
United . States - Express -, companies.
Scores of armed guarda have been hired
by the companies to protect the strike
breakers, In... addition - to - these the
metropolitan . police fores has been
placed practically at the disposal of the
companies. It was this action .that
called down the condemnation and anger
ef the union officials. . . ?
In every precinct station of Manhat
tani.Jersey City and Hoboken police re
serves are being held-lh readiness for
riot" ditty? ?Agjetf . the" express com
'panles are; u-gr";,up6n the ietate au
thorities to..feterrvene iir.the alreaily
serious situation and order out mllltla.
from the New Xorky.Ctty armories.
. Realizing the menace . contained 1 In
the threat of the -teamsters to tie up
traffic, the express companies have ap
pealed to ; the 1 city board Of . health to
prevent ' a striken among . the garbage
handlers and among the trades supply
ing the necessaries of Ufa to the people
of New York. .' . . 4. ... .. .. . ,
;.r , t:f t."v i. 0.ri:: v f .
Philadelphia. Oct;, 31. Organliers act
ing fortthe'vBrotherhood, of ..Teamsters
today attempted to organise, a union of
the express, wagon drivers in Philadel
phia. . A movement, towards unionizing
the men failed four years ago. when
the express companies voluntarily in
creased " wagef 5 i'i:ivU'.iJ,-''.'" -
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iETIilG; LEGAL
Prof. Robinett Elects Chair
man, Secretary, Then Three
: Directors; Five Sixths of Pu
pils Are His.
..... (Speetil Btsoeteh t Tbt Jnortull .
Roseburg, Or., Oct 81. Professor II.
J. Robinett who lives with nis family
on a homestead in the Cavitt Creek di
trlct, - 8ft- miles southeast 4 of - this ' city,
la perhaps the only . man In -this coun
ty, maybe in the state and the entire,
country, who ever held a district school
meeting alt by himself.
WHa district is IVo. 124. 'The' meeting
was duly advertised ahead and the date
fixed. Out of the eight taxpayers in
the district only one put in an appear
ance This was Professor Robinett, who
proceeded Immediately to the transac
tion of business. ; He elected himself
as chairman, then as olerk. Then he
elected three directors, one cf whoni
fused to qualify. All this was (Tons'
by ballot, and the proceedings wore
properly recorded in the minute book.
. An opinion -from Attorney Oi?neral '
Crawford tells Professor Robinett that
the "meeting" was a legal one In every
way. Tha district has aU children of
school age,' and five of these are of
Robinett's family. Six of the eight
taxpayers of the - district are bache
lors. -Arrangements are under way to ;
begin a six months' term of school,
which ( professor Robinett expects to
teach.
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