THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER-,. 10, 1S11
GBEAlER PHI'
Promoters Arc Highly Pbased
Vith Success of This
Year's Exhibit. V
S EViDEftCE OF
TliREE CANDIDATES
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Fcts Warranting Indictments
Ccu!d Have Been Obtained
by Inquisitors, Declares Mu
nicipal Association. ' r
Reviewing the evil condition that ex-Is-t.in
the citJY the Portland Municipal
nssoplation has Issued an appeal to the
leople to require heir officers to per
form their duties. The appeal 1b aa fol
lows: :v ri'- v '.'-"'.,-:'. '
"In an evening paper of Tuesday last
appeared ' an account ; of an Interview
with H. A, Heppnei; foreman of the No-
ember grand Jury, wherein he la re
mrted to have said among other things:
.'There was no direct evidence that
money had been received by any of the
officials but there was not a, mem
ber of the jury, who; after hearing the
testimony ef tha various witnesses, was
not convinced of the venality of cer
tain police bfflclala. ; This being true,
we might have indicted them and oth
ers figuring Trominently?ln the affair,
on other, charges the police Tor failing
10 enforce the laws forbidding such es
tablishments and their tools for break
ing other statutes. Why didn't w do
it? Because we were afraid of turning
the town upside down that.ls why. Con
ditions now are disgusting.'
Famished Evidence.
"The investigations of the grand Jury
Blong thia line were principally of about
0 cases, wherein the evidence was so
cured, prepared and presented by tha
Portland Municipal association.
"This association is one of an or
ganized federation of such associations,
nf which there is one In nearly every
large city In the United States, Its ob
ject Is tho study of municipal problems
and the betterment Of, certain condi
tions existing in these cities. Among
other things it desires enforcement of
tha state and city laws for the pre
vention of vice and Immorality. While
it realizes that prostitution and drunk
enness Iiave come down ; through - the
ages and that no one generation can
ntircly eradicate them.' atlll It believes
that the public officers, sworn and paid
to vigilantly defend' the community
ii gain st these debauching .Influences,
biioul.l nut permit Much less connive
at and demand and receive money to
lirotect these . and other evils.
'It does not desire the persecution
of the women engaged In prostitution,
many of whom are unfortunate aa well
as evil, but it does desire that the men
engaged In. this traffic, who Invariably
pursue it for gain, should be dealt with
to the full'extent of the law; that
young girls of the city daily, to danger
of ruin, and this Is a greater evil than
most people know, should be protected;
that the present other open" and notor
ious evil conditions should be wiped out
and that these things should be done
forthwith, by the men whose business
it Is to do them. - .
Hears Many Reports.
"More than a year ago it came to
the attention of the 'association that
houses of prostitution-were open, and
that prostitution, gambling, prizefight
ing, the sale of Intoxicating liquors to
minors, such tale to women in saloons
and sale on Sunday, and other evils were
all being more or lesar openly practiced
in different parts Of this city. It was
also reported that money waa being paid
to the police for protection.
"These practices and such a condl
tiojr this association holds to be ex
ceedingly detrimental to tha. well being
of the community. Moreover, the acts
nnd practices complained of are in vio
lation of state lawa .and city ordi
nances. ' - ,-... .
"The mayor of the city and his sub
ordinates In the police department, the
sheriff and the district attorney are the
respective city and state officers who
are directly responsible for the en
forcement of these laws. Therefore,
this association reported this condition
to the mayor of the city," Mr. Joseph
Simon,- as head of the police force of
t!i city and asked for law enforcement.
The mayor disclaimed any knowledce
of the facts. hut promised to investi
gate and promised further, that, if the
conditions reported wera found to exist
he would require enforcement of the
law against them. At a later time he
stated tha't he had found that some
of the evils complained of dldexlst
and that he- had ordered them stopped
by the chref of police. , -
Wo Improvement Shows. ;
"After due time, there having been
m change for the better, the matter
was repeatedly called to the attention
of both the mayor and Uhe chief of
police. The mayor has at times been
indifferent. Incredulous, at other , times
evasive and angry at the insistence
of tha association. This last seems
to have been his attitude before the
grand Jury.. Ho seems never to have
tione anything except to refer the as
sociation to the Chief of police. .
-"The behavior of this official was a
raflection" of the mayor's attitude. It
will be remembered that prizefighting
was permitted to continue until evi
dence was secured by the association
nd offenders prosecuted f by its own
attorney, as special prosecutor. The
sentiments of the chief relative to Chi
nese gambling lately-made before the
grand jury showing his viewpoint, can
not have been forgotten. . ,
;"But a recital ot the many instances
of this-kind Is not necessary here.. It is
sufficient to say that conditions have
grown worse and. worse. Mr.: Heppner'S
conclusion sums .tip the situation as It
is today, and he was correct when he
bald that they were i'disgusting.
The association next applied to the
(sheriff, tilling Uia attention to Condi
tions In the city, especially to gambling,
prize fighting and houses of prostitu
tion, being offess under state' laws,
and also to Illegal, and, evil conditions
urtiler which certain places of resort . In
the outskirts of the city known as "road
houses" , were conducted : . This '-was
when two different women at different
times, returning frora.Buch places were
killed in automobile accidents, due to
drunkenness at these places.
,- ;, Eheriff is Criticise!
"Against these road houses the sheriff
expressed great desire to secure evi
(i me, but although he has at all times
1 td a larpe force of deputies at his com
ii. and, so far as the association can
1 am, these placus have never ben mo
l cted by him and have been ever since
nnd ire now constantly violating ths
i With" jtbs other matters eom-
I l.ilncd of above mentioned, the sheriff
& clined to Interfere on the ground that
i -. wur witljia... previnoe-f 4he
fiiv police,- - ... -w
"Finally the association applied to the
; tikt attorney, 'lie declined at first
I.- rke up the complaints, on the ground
i ; t It was a matter for the, police, but
t, 'rward rromlsod that, if - evidence
"I
R. A. Miller Appears to Have
: Advantage in State Com
:. . . mittee Fight. . . .
Alex ' Sweek. Robert A. Miller and
Bert E. Haney are fighting for election
aa chairman of the Democratic stats
central committee today. , The election
will be held this evening at 7 :30 o clock
In the parlors of tho Imperial hotel,
this being the time set for the adjourned
meeting of the state committee.
Who will be elected chairman for the
next two years is a matter of much
doubt A hot fight is being waged on
Alex Sweek, present chairman, and It
would appear that Miller has the lead
In the battle at this time, v i";: ;'
It is expected that 32 out of the 34
counties of the, state will be represented
at the meeting tonight, either In per
son, by the stats committeemen or by
proxies sent by them. It will require
If votes to elect a chairman, and Sweek
contends that he has 12 of this number
pledged to him. The strength of Miller
and of Haney Is problematical, many of
the committeemen having refused to
make public their position in advance
of the' meeting. :' ; t ;,i?rr-'
Apparently it will require more than
one ballot to make the selection, ana
what will happen after the first ballot
Is cast Is unknown. It Is believed that
some of the -men who have, promised
to vote for the, one candidate or tha
other on the first ballot will feel them
selves relieved of their promise after
that ballot and will make other align
ments. What the switches will be,
however Is a mystery. V ...
There is some talk of Robert Coshow
of Roseburg being trough out as a com
promise candidate in the event it is
Impossible to secure an election at first.
What proportions' this move will de
velop cannot now be foretold.
Indications point to the defeat of
Sweek. and these same Indications feem
to put Miller In the strong position,
but what the final lineup will be by
the time the meeting Is called to order
is a puzzie. ,
STILL AT A TIE
London, Dea 10.Wrth only 177 mors
constituencies yet to hold elections, each
side in the Tarliamentary woting at this
stage nas .exactly,, the same number of
seats that It had in tha last parliament
Tho coalitionists have 23, a majority
of S. ." i - ' . ,
PRISONER IDENTIFIED AS
i VETERAN COUNTERFEITER
It took Secret Service Agent Stephen
A. Conneli just about half a mlnuta to
find out that "George Duffy," who is
a prisoner In the county Jail charged
with , counterfeiting, is really George
H. Hamilton, known to government men
as an old hand at the game of making
spurious coins. He was released from
the government penitentiary at Leaven
worth last August, after serving a term 1
ror counterfeiting in Peru, Indiana.
Hamilton find Mike Regan, an 18-year-old
boy. were Arrested In Klamath
Falls and held by the police there for
government action. Their 'plant was
taken In the raid. , Deputy United
States Marshal HaJnmcrsl'y brought
the two to Portland yesterday. Con
neli went to the: Jail to have a talk
with the men and recognising Hamilton
Immediately, called hini by name and
asked him When tyTfcfwxLeavenworth.
Hamilton admitted (his identity and said
he had made a few halves nd dollars
in Klamath Falls Because he had been
stranded tnere and wanted to get out
Regan is said to have helped him pass
the money. - - . .,, ..
were presented to him he would present
the matter to the jrrand Jury. The as
sociation -then, with considerable dlff 1-"
culty found trustworthy men to secure
evidence. . Such .men, who are credible
witnesses, are hard to find, and evidence
of the nature soon becomes stale. . ;
"Nevertheless f he . evidence was se
cured for about SO cases and presented
to tne district attorney, ..With apparent
reluctance and after a great deal of In
sistence the district attorney finally
presented the cases to the November
grand Jury Jn detafL As stated In ths
article above referred to, the grand Jury
returned no indictment . in any case,
merely passed the matter along to the
next grand Jury. ;
"This evidence presented to the Brand
Jury was the testimony of eye wit
nesses. It showed that a large number
of houses of prostitution are In opera
tion in different parts of the city at
the present time; that, there is little or
no attempt at concealment of the fact;
that prostitution and other evils are be
ing carried on with the knowledge of
the police and that certain officers ha
bitually .and frequently-: visit these
places; that in some instances the pros
titutes wno are . inmates of some of
these places are not more than It years
of age.. .
Say Police Were "Pixed,"
"These witnesses also testified that wo-
men In various of these housese repeat
edly told them that the police were
"Tixea,v that the police came to these
houses, to . "get a piece of . money" and
other statements showing ani tending
to snow tnat tne ponce officers of this
city are, and have regularly been paid
money to -protecr this traffic Names
and addresses' were sworn to.
- "While the evidence last mentioned
Is hearsay; because the association could
not compel the attendance: before the
grand Jury of the women-.who had madd
these statements, ' it was Information
from which ' the grand Jury and the
district attorney could have fully In
vestigated the facts. This both the
grand Jury and the ; district attorney
failed to dot. :jVi s. ,:;.
v"For over a year this association has
earnestly tried to Induce the proper of
ficers to bring about enforcement of
the laws In question. The behavior of
these officers has been uniformly in
different and evasive and they' have
pursued the policy, all of there, of pass
ing, the association and Its complaints
along, 'one to another. . In, some ; In
stances actual obstruction of Its ef
forts have been made by officers. Tha
net and total the only result of all of
thewe efforts is the admission of Mr.
Heppner. - .
. "This association has exhausted every
remedy? it knows' for the betterment of
thecpndltlons pxtetiagic
That Is an appeal to the people of this
city, i The Municipal association does
now and hereby appeal to the people to
require their officers to perform thone
duties which those officers have sworn
and are paid to perform. , J '
"FDUTLANL MUNICIPAL ASS'N."
ENGLISH ELECTIONS
Superintendent of Institution
for Consumptive; Caring
for 25 Patients.
Dr. Calvin S. White, state health of-
! fleer, has received a .report' of effec
tive 'work being -dons at the Oregon
stats tuberculosis sanatorium, front the
superintendent Dr. H. J. Clements, who
says In part: 1? '-';'!,'-;
"We now. have 25 patients In the in
stitution and othejs are scheduled to
arrive daily. We have received, all
told, S7 applications, "of these four have
Idled before being permitted to enter.
two are Ineligible - because of , having
been in the state less than a year, and
two Others sent word that they were too
sick to wome. Applications are' being
received almost dally and there are sev
eral ' appMcatlons blanks, partly filed
that have not been finally returned to
.the -office. . ' -.,
"We have been delayed on the finish
ing of the new building, but are today In
possession of It and It will be occupied
by patients, tonight for the first time.
We have received from the Multnomah
county poof farm Is applications for
I admission to the lnstltntlon. ! r Of these
one, f lora Hartman, nas Deen in tns
state only since last February, which
would ; disqualify . her for- admission
here.; :v :--.';s'.'f.vs',l' - I'd
"Our buildings are so arranged as to
accommodate practically equal numbers
of the two ssexes. There : have been
more msn than women applicants for
admission and it seems to me that it
will be difficult to accommodate all of
the men until further room' Is provided,
but I shall, of course, do the best pos
sible. , We will' be 1(1 a position to re
ceive these patients, most of them. In
Just about a week." '
SLOW PROGRESS
L
Jury, to Try Woman on Mur
der Charge Not Yet Com
. -. ;- . pleted. ' )
Slow progress was mads today In tha
selection of a Jury for the trial of Mrs.
Carrie Kersfc for the murder of W. A.
Johnson at the New Grand Central ho
tel on June 20, when he waa slugged
and his body thrust Into a trunk which
Jesse P. Webb, who did ths actual kill
ing., tried to ship out of th city.
Five peremptory challenges have thus
far been used by the defenss and two
by, the state. It Is possible a satisfac
tory Jury will be found before the closa
of the day,: but if the limit of peremp
tories is used the 12 men to try the
cass will not be chosen nntlt Monday.
despite the two night sessions, held ty
Judge Morrow. ' i .
Six men were examined this morning
in securing one acceptable -foC cause.
The man accepted was G. Steelsmlth.
A. A. Terex and 0. F. Alexander were
excused because they have not received
full citizenship papers. Richard Con
neli was dismissed by tha court be
cause he said he could not find a ver
dict of guilty on circumstantial testi
mony where the penalty, is death. L.
Fox Was allowed . to , go for the same
reason. O. Akerson was also excused
for cause. V
The 11 men now In the box, of whom
a '.majority will probably - remain as
members "Of the Jury,' ars Frank Hal
lock, J. C, Stevens, James Kenney, D. G.
Tomaslnl, Sumner Newell, John Miller,1!
J. fA.- Brant, D. S. Southmayd, 0. L
eteeismun and John Jarvis. -
Peremptory challenges were used by
ths defense to dispose of William Mon-
tag, M. Arndt,,A. M. Dee, G. N. How
ell and G. H. Vore. The state has used
two peremptory challenges, excusing
Charles . Asbpols and C. V. Anderson.
Fifty-five talesmen have ' so far been
examined, all told. ' :
E. L.. George, when called to the box
yesterday afternoon, said ha read news
paper accounts of the "xrtme and the
trial of Webb. He had formed an opln
Ion, and although the attorneys sought
to prevent the disclosure of ' how he
leaned, he Bald he reached the Vnclu
slon Webb was guilty. Despite this he
could try Mrs. Kersh fairly and without
being Influenced by what hs had read,
he said. Judge Morrow declined 6 grant
a challenge for cause by Attorney Mo
Cue of the defense, but announced that
he might later excuse the Juror as a
matter of Judicial discretion, v Today
George was excused.
One of the attractive features of the
"Aloha" excursion to the Hawaiian is
lands in February will be the publishing
aboard ship of a daily paper Yester
day. Messrs. Roche & Thompson, the
managers, entered into contract with W.
H. Soules, a well known newspaper
man,, for the publication -of the "Alo
bagram,". lis ti) paper ?WiU be known.
It will bo eight pages and will be pub
llsned each day of the cruise with spe
clal editions of from 1000 to 5000 for
each' of the four port of Cali Astoria,
San. Francisco, Hilo . and . Honolulu.
These special editions will be distributed
among the hotels pf these cilles. . It is
also intended to Issue a special edition
of 6000 before the ship sails, which will
contain articles descriptive of the many
points of lnteresfwhich will be visited
on the thirty-pdd day cruise.' The dally
issue ,, will chrpnlclo the doings aboard
ship, as well as tell what will be doing
at' the next stopping place. Thi pub
lication will ceftainly be a, novelty and
each Issue will be of such character
that it will be retained as a souvenir
or else mailed to some distant friend.
Mr. Soules, will be assisted in editing
the paper by both Messrs. Roche and
Thompson, managers of the excursion,
forthey are both old time newspaper
men. .
The "Aloha" excursion sulls from
Portland February 1, 1911., If you con
of 200 make your reservation at once.
The cabin plans may. be seen ah the
office of the Pacific Coast S. S. Co.! 249
Washington street If you have not
time to call fthere, phone Main 229 or
A-2Z9S, and a representative will call
upon you.- ,
TO PRINT NEWSPAPER
Ml OCEAN Hi
Mrs. Bessie Rehberg Admits
She Signed Name Result- :
ing in LiSsel Suit.
Mrs. Bessie Rehberg sprung a sur
prise in the trial of ths libel charge
brought by M. G. O'Malley against John
A. Jeffrey when she testified In the
circuit court yesterday afternoon that
It was shs who signed ths name of Dr.
W. O. Manlon to the record of a medi
cal examination of Ray Wilcox. " -
Jeffrey's statement In a letter to Su
preme President James A, Foshay. of the
Fraternal Brotherhood, ' that O'Malley
had forged the name of Dr. Manlon. to
this record Is the basis of , the libel
suit against him, The defense had been
led to believe that Mrs. Rehberg,. who
Is field deputy of the Fraternal
Brotherhood, would substantiate the
statement mads by Jeffrey in his letter,
and her testimony that she signed Dr.
Manlon's, name caused a momentary
storm ; In Judge Kavanaugh's .' depart
ment, several attorney talking at onee.
The Wilcox examination papers had
been filled out by direction of Dr. Man
lon, who was an examiner for the order,
Mrs. Rehberg testified. She said she
called .the physician up over the . tele
phone and he told her to sign his name
and send the papers In to the supreme
office of the order.
Dr. lSanion Complains. .
-- She felt reasonably certain it was Dr.
Manlon who called' her up and told ner
to slern his name. She' talked with him
about It afterward, she said, and he
Joshed" about it. but made no denial
of having told her to sign for him. ,
This disclosed an unusual situation,
In view of the testlmonw of John A.
Jeffrey, the defendant, who was called
to the stand aa soon as Mrs. Rehberg
finished her testimony. Jeffrey said It
was Tt. Manlon Who complained that
his name had been forged to the pa
pers in the Wilcox matter. ,
"I acted as attorney ror ur. aianion,-
sald Jeffrey. "One day In June he came
to my office with this document ; He
said his name' had been forged to It,
and he asked me to act for him. Accord
ing to bis Instructions I prepared and
sent -a letter to Mr. Foshay. making
charges against O'Malley and calling' for
an Investigation into ths acts of the
latter as state manager for the Fraternal
Brotherhood in Oregon." , '
. Woman's Tetslmony Surprise.
Jeffrey's testimony as to what Dr.
Manlon told him was objected to .by
the attorneys for O'Malley because the
physician cannot also - be produced . to
testify about the matter. Jeffrey stat
ed that, without knowledge on the part
of the defense, by whom he was want
ed as a witness, Dr. Manlon departed
from the city a, few days ago and Is
now In Chicago. , - -
R. R. Glltner, attorney for Jeffrey,
Insisted on a rigid examination of Mrs.
Rehberg after she had surprised, him
by her ' testimony about Dr.- Manlon's
signature. He told the court that his
opening statement to the Jury was based
on entirely different expectation as to
what Mrs.. Rehberg would say when
she went on the stand. He had expect
ed iter to say she signed the name of
the doctor by direction of O'Malley.
The Jury in the case retired Shortly
before noon today, after receiving in
structions from Judge Kavanaugh. Af
ter It retired the foreman sent a re
quest to the Judge for a written deftnl
tlon of the word "malice." - The Jury
considers the question of malice in such
a case in mitigation of damages.
Wife Leads Officer, to Apart
ments of Crawford in Mid
night Raid. ' ,
Charles' A. Crawford manager of the
Monarch Oil company, with headquar
ters in the Beck building, was arrested
on a statutory charge this morning at
12:55 o'clock In his rooms in the Helnti
apartments upon complaint of his wife,
A young woman, giving the name of Eva
LaMar, was arrested with him. Both
were held to the grand Jury this morn
ing In the municipal court upon bail of
$1000. Crawford and .the woman spent
the night in Jail. ,
! Anna P. Crawford, the 22-year-old
wife, has filed complaints against Craw
ford and the LaMar woman, In which
she makes ' sensational : charges. She
also says, she .has evidence of his In
timacy with another young woman prom
inent , In, soclalcircles. That the cases
will be vigorously fought Is Indicated
by the array of counsel employed by
both parties. ,
Crawford and the LaMar woman have
been seen tpgether much the past few
days, and were known to be together
laat evening In his apartments.. - With
an officer, Mrs. Crawford went to his
rooms, and gained admission. Crawford
and the woman were not fully attired.
They were arrested by Sergeant Klenlln
and ordered to dress and go. to the po
lice station. ' ' -" - -- - -
Mrs. Crawford says she married Craw
ford In California in . January. After
coining to Portland, she became 111 and
returned to her California ; ; home to
recuperate. When she was able to re
turn to her husband, she states, Craw
ford ' requested ' hss to wait . another
month. At, the end of this time,; he
sgaln asked her to continue her . visit,
aDd she. suspected he was, attempting
to desert her.- Coming to Portland, Mrs.
Crawford then understood his motive for
delaying her return, she says '
r Upon .investigation, Mrs. f Crawford
says aha learned her- husband had been
Hying a fast life. A nonsupport stilt
was started, and it was arranged that
Crawford, should pay , her $50 a month.
Miss LaMar Is an attractive blonde
and appeared in the municipal : court
dressed in a light gray walking suit,
white gloves and white plumed hat '
O'Brien Will Return.
: 4f nlted Vtf-m Incited Wlr.
Los Angeles, Dec. 10. United States
Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien will re
turn to his Toklo post, according, to his'
emphatlo declaration. He does not
credit the tumor that Charles W. Fair
Dank$'TormPrVlce president, "Is" to'sucr
cced him there." , , , . , ;
"Before I leftt Wttshlngton," CBiilen
said, "I had a long talk with the pres
ident. There are particular reasons
why I snould return to Japan and I am
certain there has been no change pf
X!ans." , ,,,,,- ,
MAtUND ALLEGED
Pinchot's Prediction That Sites
Will Be in Hands of Few -Corning
True.
. In -the opinion of many Glfford Pin
chot's warning that Within a few years
all the waterpower sites in the west
would be In the hands of a few cor
porations Is exemplified in the Incor
poration i yesterday of the 5,800,000
eomblne " to . take over the Vancouver
Water ' company, the, Vancouver Gas
company .the Vancouver Railway com
pany, the Hlllsboro water and light sys
tems, the Forest Grove lighting system
and other systems now being planned.
This huge combine is said to have
options on a large number of power
plants and water power sites In Oregon
and Washington in addition to those
named In the incorporation papers, and.
it IS reported, has secured control of
power sites on the cascades of the Co
lumbia and on the Lewis river In. Wash
ington.. ' , - v- '- - . . '
A. Welch, the organi2er of the com
bine, Jias been active for the past two
years In Oregon and Washington buy
ing up sites and organizing Bmall local
companies. Evidently the plan of the
organizers of the big company is to
have it take over all these smaller or
ganizations and mould them into a
waterpower trust that will ; control
many of the available power sites in
the North Pacific coast. Mr. Welch,
organizer of the companies, has refused
to make any statement of the plans ef
his organization, i -'i
The inoornorators named in . h ia.
pers filed at Olympa, Wash., are; A.
Welch, E. W. Mall, Henry Flelschauer,
R. M. Boykin, C M. Berryman, A. J,
Pitkin and Isaac Anderson of Tacoma.
While the capital stock is named at
15,000,000, Mr. Welch is" quoted as hav
ing said the properties controlled by him
axe worth but ll.COO.OOO. : - ;i
OF ALDER STE
Council .Committee Overrules
Protests and Indorses Re-
port of Viewers.-
The opening and extension' of Alder
street from Chapman, to connect with
Nineteenth street at Washington street
was approved by the .street committee
yesterday afternoon and a large num
ber of objections to the report and as
sessments of the viewers overruled.
The principal objection was made by
Mrs. Katnerine Daly, whose land will
be needed f on the extension. ' . The view
ers recommended that she receive $45,
000 and she declared that she believed
her property is worth tsg.OOO. - r v
. Objection to assessments on property
which will be benefited was made by
John F. O'Shea, K J, Daly, Annie L.
Malarkey, J. G. Edwards, the Security
Savings St Trust company, EH la E. Mc-
rCormlckv Charles Hegele, and M. L.
ughtner. ; Most of these were repre
sented by Attorney Ralph Duniway. L.
Gerllnger, whose supposed objection was
also included and who was also repre
sented by Duniway, said the objection
had been entered while he was away.
He declared that he was perfectly sat
isfied with the assessment and wished
to withdraw the abjection.
TO GO TO GEARHART
- Fifteen mermaids of the . Mnltnomah
Athletic club annex left on the 8:30
train this morning for Gearhart
Park, where they will enter the
first aquatic tournament of the kind
ever held on the Pacific coast The
swimmers will compete in the big nata
torlum at Gearhart for the Oliver King
Jeffrey sliver trophy cup offered for
the winner. " .
' Tonight there ' wili be a " dance
at the Gearhart-hotel. More than 200
guests from : Portland are expected to
be present at the dance. The Astoria'' &
Columbia River railway has promised
to have enough passenger coaches on Its
:30 train this evening to transport
those who wish to attend the social fea
ture. .-.y-
The swimming championship will not
be decided,, until Sunday morning, but
this - afternoon- ' Professor. . Arthur
Cavill, , swimming instructor of the
luutmoman ciuo, win give a unique ex
hibitlon of how to Operate a Ufesavlng
rait In the-heavy surf of Gearhart -
ASKS FOR LIFE SENTENCE;
JUDGE. GIVES 12 .YEARS
Although Walter Klrchner expressed
a preference for a life sentence rather
than 10 or 1 years. Circuit Judge Mor
row refused to aecoramodate him this
morning, and gave him 12 years. Kirch
ner and Pat McClure were convicted
jointly on two charges of highway rob
bery. In each case they could have been
sentenced for any period between 10
years and life. - .
McClure, who was convicted with
Klrchner, will not be. sentenced until
; later, ,, It Is believed Klrchner was ths
.leader In the affair, and som leniency
t may be shown McClure. The two men
f were positively Identified by F. G. Arata
ana son ana oy w alter n. urennan. as
the ones who held them up at East
Twelfth and Burnslde streets on the
night of September 29.
GOING TO HONOLULU TO ,
SEE GOVERNMENT LAND
Thursday evening A. T. Workman, a
building contractor and a 'resident of
Portland for over 30 years, , and his
cousia, J. Albert Workman, formerly of
Ohio, left for Honolulu, Hawaiian Isl
ands, to investigate the government land
now offered for settlement, known as
the crown lands. Much of this land Is
in fine cultivation and valued at 1250
jer sere. ...The. government will dispose
ot litis land only to bona fide settlers.
The object is to induce as i many Amer
icans as possible to settle upon the
Islands. Each entryman Is limited to
50 acres. The first drawing Is to tike
place In January. Persons registering
will be limited so that each applicant
win be sure to get a piece of land.
APPROVES OPENIHG
MERMAIDS OF CLUB
Unc!3 Sam Now OcHcvcs He
Knowa' Vho Fenced Off
,. : -;'- Val!owa Canyon;
It took the United States Just a year
to find out who fenced the Wallowa
canyon near Enterprise. For this time
James L. Day, a rancher living In Wal
lowa county has been under bonds,
charged with being the man who had
fenced the canyon and kept other ranch
ers off at the point of a rifle.- Finally
Day. protested his Innocence so plaus
ibly that the government officials were
constrained to believe him. They have
Just' found proof of hi innocence hut-T
it was his, son. James L. Day, Jr., who
did the fencing, say -the government
officials. it-";--1'- v
Complaints ' came' to the government
In the summer Of 1909 that someone had
fenced off the public range in the can
yon and was guarding it against tres
passers by threatenipg.to shoot anyone
wno tried to cross. . .two wauowa
ranchers said they attempted to get
through the fence when a man drove
them back with a rifle. Government
agents arrested the elder Day and
charged him with the offence. He de
clared he had nothing to do with It and
that he had no idea who could have done
the work. Day had several interviews
with government officials and told so
straight a story, and swore so vehe
mently he was unjustly accused, that he
hid almost convinced District Attorney
McCourt be was telling' the truth and
was a badly abused man-
Just as Mr. McCourt was about , to
dismiss the case against Day hersecured
evidence that he says fastens the of
fence upon the son, beyond much ques
tion of a doubt ) Deputy United States
Marshal Thomas E. Hammersly served
a bench warrant on the younger Day,
who has given f 1000 bonds for Jus ap
pearance. s- :' -' .' '
Hammersly, while in eastern Oregon,
also served paper in a suit brought
by the government to collect damages
from Willlsm P; Tippett. of Enterprise,
for allowing sheep to run In a forest
reserve. The damage alleged is but
slightly in excess of flOO.
JANITOR DRAGGED TO
' DEATH BY STREETCAR
Clement Devroe, 851 East Fourteenth
street north, Janitor at the city hall.
was suddenly killed yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock while boarding a St Johns
car at Union avenue and Failing street
In attempting to enter the first car of
the train he fell.
Leaving an Alberta car, Devroe ran
across the street to take the St Johns
car, which had been given, right-of-way
over the Alberta car. The St Johns
car had checked its speetl in passing,
and Devroe miscalculated the rate at
which It was moving. He was whlrlod
between, the first and second cars and
dragged 85 feet His head, was horribly
mangled. .. , . . - -
The car was in charge of C A. Let
tellier, conductor, and , George Dodge,
motorman. The St Johns car was on
a "no-stop" schedule.. Many passengers
have been in r tha custom of boarding
cars at this point when they slow down
to allow the switching of local cars.
: When Devroe's widow arrived at ths
scene she swooned and was removed to
ber home in an ambulance. - An inquest
will be held this afternoon. The man
had been night Janitor at the city hall
for six years.-: The eye witnesses to the
accident were Alfred Cole, teamster for
the Oregon Transfer company; W. H.
Baldwin. 809 Union avenue, and George
Vahl, 871 Garfield avenue.
EXHIBITION AT FAIR
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
at a meeting yesterday afternoon went
strong on record in favor of a liberal
state representation at the exposition
planned for San Francisco in 1915 in
celebration of the opening of the Pana
ma canal The question called for the
presentation of a bill before the state
legislature, appropriating a good sum
for an Oregon exhibit at the exposition.
The Chamber also passed a resolution
adopting a bill to be presented to the
next legislature reducing the present
legal sailor shippmg fee from 930 to
$10. This, with arrangements for ' free
handling of ballast on Incoming ves
sels, towage and pilotage in charge of
the Port of Portland, and provisions for
public docks, will place Portland on par
with any of the leading ports In the
world where shipping Is handled at the
minimum cost. . ; .: -
'The new ai!or bill will also provide
for a sailor shipping commission to' look
after the shipping of sailors Instead of
having it attended to by sailor boarding
house masters under the supervision of
a sailor boarding house commlsslpn In
accordance with the present law. - The
committee ; appointed by the chamber
to present the bill before the legislature
consists of William MacMaster. Ben
Selling, J. B. Abbott B. W, Montague
and Endre M. Cederbergh. r
CLUB MAKES MORE ROOM t
, FOR STENOGRAPHERS
So rapidly has the work of the Inquiry
department of the Portland Commercial
club increased that the offices of raana
ger C. C. Chapman will no longer har
bor the corps of stenographers-required
to take care df tha tremendous volume
or. correspondence. .
The Inquiry department Is In charge
or . w. u ensseyx. wjlo has at his
finger's tips answers fr any question
that may be put by a prospective set
tler, and to Mr. Crlssey and his corps of
stenographers was yesterday assigned
two rooms on the second floor of the
Commercial club building and from which
all Inquiries will be looked after In the
future. This . arrangement will " give
Manager Chapman and his corps of as
sistants elbow room In the old offices.
The new arrangement was decided up
on at a meeting of the promotion com
mittee of the club yesterday afternoon,
George F, Johnson, presiding. : v
It. was also thought , well f to have
Manager; Chapman, devote more of his
lime . .to.. traveUig,.througtiout the., stats
and keeping in touch with other commer
clal organizations throughout the coun
try.? To relieve Mr. Chapman of some of
the burden of supervising local club
matters R, -W. Raymond, manager of
the convention and Industrial bureau
will look after muchof this work In
the future. . . , '
VOTES FOR OREGON
At 10 o'clock tonight the second an
nual exhibition of the Oregon Poultry
and Pet Stock association, now being
held at Front and Salmon streets, will
be over and the work of shipping birds,
back to the owners, or to Kugene and
The Dalles, where poultry shows are
held next week,, will be started. H. H.
Collier and W. : M. Coats, the Judges,
will leave tomorrow. Collier . going to
Eugene and Coats to The Dalles. The
show has resulted In a numBer of very
good sales being made for various breeds
of birds,- for which prices ranging be
tween X0 and 825 have been received.
The highest priced bird sold at this
show was by J. C. Murray, who received '
$25 for a Barred Rock cock.- -
From a financial point of view the
show wllL be a very good success and
the association will, have money In ths
treasury to show for It
Practically all the prize winners have
now been named and the prises are be
ing awarded and paid as fast as possi
ble. Some of the special awards, how
ever, will not be made for three or four
days, as the totals have-not yet been
arrived at. A few cups, however, have
neen awarded and the trophies carried
to the homes of the winners,
Plans for the next vear's show are
being discussed already.
"Next year we will have a much bet
ter exhibition than this,," said Mr. Mur
ray, the secretary, this morning. "We
nope to nave more suitable quarters
and are going to look around all the
time between now and then to secure
them." " t
Awards were announced as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks, best cocks
First, J. C Murray of Portland; seo-
ond, Bcrntzen, - Kugene Best cockerel
First, B. F. Keeney, Kugene; second,
G. W. Bpaeight, Hubbard; third. J. M.
Garrison,. Forest Grove, Best hen
First, A. C. BernUen;, second, G. W.
Snaeieht: third. B. F. 'Keenev. Best
pullet First J. C Murray, Portland;
second and third, A. C Berntzen. Best
pen First, B. F. Keeney; second, A. C
Berntzen; third, A. C. Spaelght Best
collection First, A. C. ' Berntzen; sec ,,
ond, J. C. Murray.
White Wyandottes. best cock First
IL Ringhouse, Clackamas; second, J. A
Grifftn, Eugene; third, W. "D. Keiley,
Portland. Best hen Vint, B. Lee Pa
get Portland; second, V. K. Lash, Wood-
lawn. Best cockerel First second and
third. H. Ringhouse. Best pen First
and second, II. Ringhouse.
Rhode Island Reds, best cock First,
L. D. Elliott .Portland; second, Filberta
fouitry ikruB, jrurvituiu, imru, , ii.
Morris, Bothel, Wash. Best cockerel
First E. 8. Russell, Centralis; second,
L. D. Elliott Best pullet First and
second, L. C. Hoover, Monmouth. Best
pen First L, C. Hoover; second, L. D.
Elliott Best collection Firs V L. D. ..
Elllott . I
White Leghorns, best cockerel First
W. B. Brown, Monta villa; second, Cal- ,"
kins Poultry Tards, Portland. Best
cockr First Ira Alcorn, Milwaukie, Best
hen and pullet First, William Shands,
Portland. -
EFIIIE0J125
Two Men Run Place Under the
: Guise of Turkish Bath .
4 . Place. -. -
. A fins of $tz5 was imposed upon Mar.
tin Triphonboff and Chns Vassilas this
III DISORDERLY
morning in the municipal court for eon- V
ducting a disorderly house under the ' t,
guise of a Turkiah bath at Alder
street ' -Trlphonhoff was found guilty 1
ThurVday by a jury. ' Vassilas pleaded
guilty. Lillian Coin, arrested ' in the
("place, waa discharged upon her admis
sions to the court and willingness to
testify against the two proprietors.
A woman giving the name of Mamie
Johnson is still held under a charge of
being an - Inmate of the place, , and a
charge of perjury: . It is said she. resides .
la the vicinity of Mill and First streets.
She made contradictory statements to .
the court which caused the filing of
the perjury charge.
T Steve Kalof f, who was sentenced to 90
days on the rockpile for soliciting for
the women in the place, was released on '
bond. His plea of guilty was changed
to not guilty. At the time of his trial
he admitted asking, the officers if they
wanted a bath or a woman, and it was
upon such admission that Judge Tazwell
imposed the sentence, Kalof f later.rep
resented that he did not plead guilty, ,
and Judge Tazwell was inclined to give
him the benefit' of hlc ignorance,
Kaloff, who served five days on the
rockpile, was released this morning. The
attorneys for Kaloff contended that no "
complaint had been made out' agajnst
the man.; ,
IRRIGATION EXPOSITION
GOOD BOOST FOR STATE-
Wllluihi H, McMurray, general passen- .
ger agent of ths Harrlman lines In
Oregon, received a telegram from Chi- ,
cago yesterday ' stating that 25,958
persons attended the United States Land
and Irrigation exposition held at Chi
cago November 19 to December 4, and .
that 76,983, or two thirds of the attend-' .
ance, heard the lectures on Oregon de
llvered by professional lecturers in' the
employ of the Harrlman lines. - . '
v "That exhibit was certainly one of the
most valuable advertising propositions
that ever called attention of the publla '.
to Oregon, said Mr. McMurray, In com
menting on the exhibit, "and we should
reap the result next summer. I predict
that our tourist and homeseckcr travel
next year will be the heaviest ever exi :
perlenced in the Pacific northwest, and
that thousands upon , thousands will . '
come here fully prepared to make their
future homes. -'--'-. s.-:?-, i.,t
"Think of It, 265,956 persons paid 69
cents each to look at the exhibit, of
products of the soil of the various sec- -tlons
of the United States and particu
larly of those of the Pacific northwest
and--Oregon That taeans-that-the-peo-
pie are serious; mat they are not look
ing around Just to appease their curi
osity. And then to think that the ther
mometer stood about the zero mar It
when they went around end saw those
wonderful products of .the soil and
heard of the remarkable climate ef the
Htate of Oregon.'' '