it ;
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER;
. '.v..
Journal wanteds are ths means of
'bringing many employers, and workers '',-
. , togetner.-j Tnoy eosi out mui, ..
v. ; ' vThe Weather Fair J today; ; with i ,
V northwesterly tnds. n.-.t;.-,
,; ;. .-. g ' north westerly swings. j ;yx; r.y.r-,yS afr-TrT TT, "-' V.rirtt- glJ ;' v?? J-':w ,y ', .ri:'r"' ' u 1 '' - , ,-" t :
DAYLIGHT DIAMOND
ROBBERSCAPTURED
IN SALT LAKE CITY
HI GUERILLAS.
V&.SS rages
it
piiesi
. Mexican Insurrcctos Photographed In Action
, C,f';!.:V'-jwl - ' in i iii i i' i i iii i ri k.-i-'': 'v- ..'
ii .
COMMON FORM
nnnniiuin rr i nrnn i . , v:
M I itlh V fl rn
CANDIDATE
SAVS
Trnnnn nr n n it ii
IkULIIUIfh Villi I Hill S, '
I II II I 111 I f I '1 I I I I I I I I i I J f. -
'i L.IIIIUI1IL.U UUU III f
f .'.
Tempting' Plumy Offered Jte
; publican v Progressives '- by
-Taff Supporters to "Get Into
I Ino" In 1019
1 .
PIIMIIIMC MHRIC
SUGGESTED AS; CHOICE
f'-.
Old Guard Believes Iowa Sena
tor's Nomination . Would ; '
Placate '"Insurrectos" '
(Br tb talarnattaaa Kw( rrlr'.) ,
Waahinrton, May Ji. Polltlclana
will b ehockad ot th least of all,
Sana tor .Albert RrCummlna of Iowa -to
laara that th prienda of lTaaldent
Taft ara flouring on maktnfc tha Sen
ator Mr. ; Taf fa running:; mate In th
Itll raae. Theaa frlenda, among them
Senators ZiO&g and ana of Maaaa
nuaettab ara hard at work, right now.
'With tha pratdent'a nomination 'aa-nradti-who
do you figure on for vice
preeldant?' the correapondent aaked
one of the president' frlenda. '
"What would you - think of Senator
CvmnUnsf wa the reply.
Tha correapondent laughed at the
Idea of. one -of the leadera of tne tn
aurgency taking aeoond place on the
Taft ticket . i
' "To a Joke." .
"It may not be ao much .of a Joka,"
urged the Taft man , seriously. v "Th
aenator1 Is a Republican and . he would
have been nominated for vice president
In 1908 If the committee had agree.)
upon ntm. Of course he has grown
-since then."."'--
Meanwhile the Taft campalgrt Is on.
In reality It was lnauru rated last Sep
tember when, on September ,: la. Mr.
Taa made known that "if at the ex
piration of his term there yet 'remain
pledgs of his that have not neen ful
filled and v the - American people de
mand that he remain In office and ful-
Throwing Off Cloak' of Patriot-
Ism; ; Bandits Murder and
i Rpb Bow -Neither jo :Dia2
H or Probable Successor; -4
V
WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
AUTHORITV OF ? EITHER 1
ifcr:t:;-.s.
lit i"- Ki "
.13'
in .
i 1 1 1
I J I X
1 1 i
Reports Froni Dozen Cities Tell
3 of depredations of PluiK f
v dering Insurgents. -
(Continued en Page Seven.)
P. R . L. Sr
'in Yi """""iii "rT.yT' J Lli m
Sale of Water Vower Involves
Approximately $500,000;
Railroad Company Will Usa
ElectnciEnergy MSystem.
i The Portland Rallwa, Light & Power
, company ' has purchase front f the
Southern Pacific company, the Immense
Oak Orove and Three, Links , water
power sit on the tributaries to the up-
' per Clackamas- wver. v Negotiations
were . closed yesterday and the papers
, t are now being drawn . np.. ." The con
slderatlon is not made-public, but thnt
1 the amount Is known to be very large
from the fact that the Southern Paclfio
. ; company has already expended nearly
$200,000 in starting development tber.
In - connection with the deal la, also
the closing of a contract between the
. Southern Paclfio company and the pow
" er company- for electric power to oper
ate its lines, which are soon , to be
povren It 'was originally . the purposo
of ths Southern Paclfio company to de-
r and considerable work has already been
dona along that line In that for three
years about 78 mea have been em
'ployed - preparing for the building of
tne aam. - -,?! . v r .- .., -j,
'-j? ; ' BemarksMs fits.';
v The site Is considered - the moat re
markable in the states of. Oregon and
has a head 'of 890 feet and with an
average flow of BOO second feet capable
' of nroduclng during the lo w water, sea
son of the year 60.000 horsepower of
energy or a mlxlmum of 75.000 horse
power, during the high water period.
; Another feature which gives the site
exceptional value as part of tho Port
land Railway, Light Power, company's
planum ilil luti urai ii.io- mi luciicu
that largs storjUsevPonds can" b built
.fcherelnvwatei'v may 6j' stored for uss
for the Estacada ahff' Casadero plants
during the dry spell -of summer ,when
the natural flow of water Is not suffi-
elent to drive ths machinery of jthe1 re
spectlve plants vtdi.fuIl-'eapaolty'V'-'By
'storing Water in the immense ponds, ltT
is said ; theri: efficiency V of : the " Esta
cada plants will be, Increased about 25
... per..0ent. V-.O'yi'tt-- 'K.-y-. .
The Portland Railway, Light & Power
company has put Its engineers; in the
field to (examine the work now being
carried Jon ; under- tho - direction of ,, the
Southern Pacific engineers with a view
of taking 'over the work in a few days
and possibly , making soma, changes to
more conform With the company's other
plans, ' as .for instance, -. the proposed
upper Clackanyls plant, for which, plans
wero prepared so'mo time ago. - f
' "U Is true that our company has pur
chased from the Southern Pacific com
pany Its Immense Oak Grove and Three
Links Vower site on, the upper Clacka
mas," said President .8. 8L. Josaelyn last
night.' "and w : have placed our " en- j
: (CaltdkPrM Lra4 Wire.i
'Mexlce City, May . 20. Murder and
rapine rule tonight In 'southern Mexico.
Hordes of bandits, organized ostensibly
to aid tile Insurrecto cause, but really to
plunder and murder at. will, have, with
the' signing of the new armistice by
Madero, thrown off the mask of patriot
ism and are ravishing the country. '
. They refuse to scknol wedge the au
thority of either- Madero or .the com
mander In chief of the Insurrectos In
the south country, Flgueora, and fraotlo
appeals for assistance are being re
ceived here 'from a dosen cities.
' Town Zs Balded. '
San Miguel do Allende. In Guanajua-
to, was raided by outlawa, the municipal 1
buildings 'looted, the treasury emptied.
all prisoners freed, most of the stores
robbed and seversl buildings fired. Pa
chuca .also has been attacked and the
city 'treasury robbed. Mansanlllo, the
capital of Collma. surrendered . to
band of Insurrectos but In this case It
Is understood private and public prop
rty rights were protected. .
? Manv iniUnua 1 w)ih " lnlnl1
raficheS have been robbed and burned
and the Inmates murdered have, been
reported to the authorities here, , ,
Word, received tonight from General
Figueroa says , that he has agreed to
stand, by whatever action Madero deems
best. He will hold his forca intact.
ho wever, should, it become necessary to
marsn on tne oapitai. ,; ;., .-
4r'.!- ' mwhs Mii Terms. $
was gnTOpiy-tMateftHere teniftt
that the cabinet will soon officially' an'
noupce the peace tenna,- It Is said sem
announcement Will come on Monday and
either May 15 or 37 wiU bo announced
as the date upon which President plai
wUl-retire, i That, at least. -Is the pro
gram tonight, but there is no assurance
tonight that the "apple art- will ' not
be upset, some of the cabinet members
are said to be making specif lo agree
ments, preferring to. nave the peace an
nouncement . couched-, in -ambiguous
terms. This, they think, would discredit
Madero with his subordinates, but the
general , feeling Is that Plas, at least,
realising that "the Jig la up." wl 11-com
pel , aoqulesenoe with the Madero de
mands, .i - t '
1 la
V
In Open Letter ' Promises to
"Continue to Advocate Re--trenchment
-So .-Taxation
Burdens May Fall Lightly."
AGAIN TAKES HIS STAND
ON MAYORALTY RECORD
A1 'i ii..w-tt- -nil . i. ..i JjjHUyvL" '''''ir''1 " 1 11 "yj
Iff- YV v-V j Vaf f 'TT'WsKI A7-- . S '
i snissiniiis i
IIUIII Ulllllsf 1111 Wis
'Does Not Define Character of
Commission Rule
He Urges.
INSURGENTS CAPTURE
' STATE CAPITAL CITY
v WITHOUT A STRUGGLE
.rtBy- ISr'lem'BjBWJNews SerrlciT' '
Mexlcb City, May 20-Collma, capital
of tha state of the same name, a city of
10,009 people, was taken by the rebels
lata yesterday without a battle. The
rebels numbered 230 and Governor do
la Madrid , turned the capital over, to
them, -a ; ,-.,-
Miguel Carols Topete was named Pro
visional governor or tne rebels. .Mansa
nlllo, the most important port on the
wesr coast or Mexico, was also cap
tured and turned over without a battle.
A number of American citizens. In port
were taken in on American ships. There
was no looting In either town. The new
'."V- 'A .".T "fc.
Tojftebejs firing "n f edetal f A Jnaroi mission 1 Bottom, 1 left Reb-
. ei Bimrniiuuiexs kiwuik - vuuwj iiiiLf rcuci nuuiuo uuiuutu-uiusT
- mission walls at Juarez.
(Continued . on Page Nine.)
6C0BIN1D
Under. Cloak- of . Darkness
Thrown by Storm Prisoners
t '5 '"i :
(Continued on -rage . irour.j turn to London la a .fortnight. . Iter fled Jher Into tho open klr i
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Jollet, Illv May 20.Under' cover' of
a storm which drew a pall of darkness
over the? city i ant' in th midst of a
literal doudtKirsv alx prisoners, work
ing tur tn stone - yard of the sUte
prison here, effected a daring . escape
te imi ariernoon.- nunning trom the
ranxs or tneir reuow prisoners whllo
tne storm-was, at us height and blind
tag sheets of water -hid their, move
ments,-xney. scaled 'an eight foot wall
and ' f ted. Two hundred and ,' fofty
other prisoners were rounded up by
the- guards, a Ap hour later two' of the
escaped men were recaptured. - Late to
night. It was denied at the warden's
office that 'two of the fleeing convicts
had been killed by a posse that Imme
diately went In pursuit ;
One man was killed here, near! a
score 'Injured and property amounting
to SSO.OeQ wrecked; by the storm. - The
dead man was an unidentified foreign
er -kuied .by lightning.- All the In
jured were struck by flying bricks and
Umbers. None Is in a critical. condl
tion. ,. ;. ' i, , i, . . - . .
Crosses Sea for Commencement.'
v London; May .20. Mrs. W. H. Crocker
of San; Francisco Is making a nuVrled Wpate, she: pulled the trigger.
trip on coara rne i.usnania to sea Her
son graduate from Vale. , She will re
0 Madero's Statement to Army :
s wish4 to jaake my position
s , clear before the American people,.
-i shall resign-the- provisional
presideneypB r3iJxlcOTWhen Di a -
e reslgna I will then go to Mex-
Ico City, not s an official, but
s as a private citizen, and as such.
I shall cooperate wrth Senor De .
La Barra. The story that a dou- e
: Wo regency ? wM be . established t
for Senor Do La. Barra and my-
e self comes from enemies in Mex- s
4 Ico City, and has no foundation
e whatever.. Such an arrangement
"would ba sgalnrt ths-constitution- 4
e ' and would not be tolerated by
any Mexican citizen." , '
(United Pros Ied Wtre. ; ,
' Juarez, Mex., May 20, Baraheaded,
smiling, Francisco Madero stood today
on the pedestal; of the gigahtla monu
ment to, the Mexican hero, Juarexvand
while -the hot sunshine beat down upon
aim, and his newly garbed array, carried
off a scene wfilcb. will go down in-the
history Of Mexico. . h-
Madero Is going to Mexico City. His
army 'tomorrow marches towards Casks
Orandes, ; 70, miles , toward Chihuahua.
Whert he again meets bis men. It will bo
after lie has been reoelved as victor' in
the Mexican capital-' V The- occasion to
day, therefore, was Madero'g farewell to
his army, ' -
' "We Are nee.-
"Soldiers of the army of freedom.'he
said. i"Six monthe ago today, we took
upf our carbines to defend our liberties.
In: that, short-tlmo we have succeeded.
We have the satisfaction of 'knowing
tnat we are free and that our sons shall
be rrea
"Tomorrow you go away, but I shall
not say good-bye. I can tell yon that all
danger Is trver, and Wat fhere will-probably
not be another shot fired. We can
truly say that at last we are citizens of
our beloved Mexico,
Serious faced soldiers cheered these
words wildly. They presented an im
preeslve appearance. Most of them had
now uniforms, new shoes and new car
ridge belts, filled with ammunition. Not
a ragged insurrecto was to bo seen.,:
..Hi :-U-.wooiLrt. jffsjaasvli
Sunday is the beginning of a week
ox - waiting ror Madero. His present
plans provide that peace negotiations
are to De conauctea m Mexico City. Ma
aero expects uias to resign on Wednes
day next -and as soon as Foreign Min
ister De La Barra has assumed the
provisional presidency, Madero' plans to
begin his ' triumphal progress to ' the
Mexican capital.
Work Of repairing the line of the Na
tional Railway of . Mexico Is going on
rapicuy.
A 48-hour trip to Mexico Citv is be
ing arranged for Madero and Pullman
cars are, awaiting his convenience. The
provisional president's entry into the
Mexican capital , win do an lmoresslva
and historical event Today from every
city In Mexico there came a rush of
telegrams from societies, schools, uni
versities, business firms and prominent
men, pegging aiaaoro to hurry, and tell
ing, him that the capital and the nation
were impatient to dp him highest hon
ors. Madero takes these as indicating
(Continued on Page Nina)
SCHOOLGIRL. .CELEBRATING SUCCESS
IN EIGHTH GRADE IIS MAT
E
' -(Special PUpttch to tbe fournal.) : '
Seattle.' May 80. Prostrated with
grief, Jittla Gertrude Acton lies at home
at Bremerton after accidentally; atiung
Essie Baldwin, ner jo-year-oia play
mate. The ease is extremely saa ana
has stirred the-navy; yard town-to, the
depths. v : ;-Y: ' V-fe -i
Durins? ' the r afternoon Essie, during
the absencs of her mother. Invited Ger
trude -to her home. Searching for. play
things, -Essie - discovarecK a revolver in.
tho bureau and-tossed Tit -aside on -the
bed. The Acton cnua picKea too weapon
un and nulled the Hammer once..'.- ioor-
Ing into the chambers and seeing no
cartridges, sh ' concluded it ". was un
loaded, v Advancing towards, her- play
Essie criedr "Ijkm sboWfand leaned
against Gertrude for support. The lat
ter sled her Into the open Vir and
as
sisted her Jto sit down on the porch. "I
am going' away now, Gertie, kiss me,"
murmured the dying girl, aa her arms
encircled - the neck of her little play
mate and became unconscious. ,
v Gertrude rushed to the telephone and
summoned a doctor, but. Essie died a
few seconds after his arrival. ; , The bul
let, had passed through the- body close
to tho heart. , ' . ' . :
The girls' were classmates and both
received the -good news -yesterday that
they had passed the eighth grade exam
inations, qualifying them to enter high
school. Miss Acton-is nearly a year the
junior of her victim. , The tragedy oc
curred : at the home of Mr. and . Jdro;
P. J. ; Baldwin, Mrs. Baldwin ,-wan In
Seattle at thetlmei -;. -U;.v; -'r,;
The grief stricken father came at once
v
to : Seattle - to lnrorm , in . person
mother of tho unfortunate girL -
the
In an open letter to the voters of
Portland, Mayor SlnTbn yesterday ac
cepted the nomination as an Independ
ent candidate for mayor, at the same
time filing with the city auditor his
formal acceptance, requesting the
words: "Independent Commlslson gov
ernment" to be placed after his name
on the ballot t
In his address, which constitutes bis
platform, the mayor makes no reference
to opposition candidates and refers to
his psst record as an Indication of what
may be expected of him. He pledges
himself to bring about Immediate adop
tion of the commission' form of govern,
ment and says he will continue to advo
cate retrenchment in city affairs. He
says one of the Impelling reasons In
persuading him to run again Is tho In
complete state of several large pro
jects undertaken during his term, men
tioning tbe Broadway bridge and the
supplying of Bull Run water to the out
lying districts.
Two petitions were filed for Mayor
Simon. Ono of Friday contained 199
names and asked ths mayor to -accept
as an Independent candidate. The sec
ond, filed yesterday, designated htm as
'Independent-commission government
candidate" and 'contained 279 names,
making a total of 4976 signatures.
Committee of 100 to Work.
Tomorrow the organisation of tho
Blmow forces for the campaign will be
(Continued
Page .Nina)
Publication of Photographs
Leads to Identification of :
Desperate Characters -Held-L
on Murder Charge in Utah.-
PINKERT0N DETECTIVES fc
FOLLOW CRIMINALS ;
John Murray and J. J. Morris
. Fall Into Clutches of Law v
in Unusual Way. t- j
In the two men arrested ta 8att Lake
City, May 10, following a sensational
attempt at robbery which ended In the, '
killing of one man and the wounding r
of two others. Plnkerton deteotlves
have found the two bandits who held
up the Crown Jewelry company, 127
Washington street, April It, and got
away with flSOO worth of diamonds,"
while the street In front of tho store .
wss crowded with shoppers. ' :
The Identification of Mlka Connors
and Frank Morris, tho -Salt Laka mar-'1
derers, aa John Murray and J. J. Morris, - .
the men who robbed the jewelry store
here, was accomplished through tho tmb- ''
licatlon of photographs of the Salt Lake
prisoners. When they wero compared '
With those In the files of tho Plnkerton
company here by Superintendent Von "
Oroenswald and Assltsant Superintendent
Holmes, the striking similarity between
the men under arrest in Salt Lake and
those suspected of tho Portland robbery'
was seen.; . R. E. Cowlo, of tho firm of
Thompson sV Cowlo, jewelers, who was -
in charge of the store at tho time of '
the robbery, Identified the photographs
of the Salt Lake highwaymen at once
as those of the two men who had rifled . ,.,
his store. Morris, according to Cowlo,
held the revolver which kept Cowlo quiet .
while Murphy went through the Jewelry
on the Ocmnter and toobr What money
was tn the safe. Murray Is 13 year old "
Scheme Makes Stock Even
Better Investment Than
Now; Wail Street Gives This
Reason for Advance.
-' CCnlted Trees tews WIrO
New York. May 20. That the it cor
porations Included In the Standard Oil
company wul be divided into Six in
dependent corporations, each of which
will return to their stocxnoiaers not
loss than ( per cent a year, or SO per
cent in all. Is the present belief In Wall
street vThJa would make an sven-hetter
investment, than taffii&ra ? Cir ' is
present, and it is" because of this fact
that Standard Oil has steadily Increased
In value since the mandate of the
United States supreme court ordering
It dissolved was handed down.
In its issue of , Monday, Financial
America will give this as the reason
for' the present boom in Wall street
It will also-point out that the case Is
far from settled, because the supreme
court remanaecr tne question or now tne
Standard is to be dissolved back to the
circuit court.
"The orders of that court," the news-
paper' will say, "may. take such shape
on
SSecin
is fully made up
.Continued on Page Five.)
DEFUNCT BANK
Last of Acceptances of Candi
dates Filed Three Minutes
Before Final Closing Time
Yesterday-Cornplete ; List.
(Continued on Page I?lne.)
SEEK CARNEGIE TO
. LEARN OF TRUS
T
Testimony, of Steel Baron De;
sired by Investigating Com
mittee of Lower House.
(United Press Leaned Wlr
Washington, May 20. Andrew Car
negie will bo the first witness to ap
pear before thd house committee that
will Investigate the steel trust. An of
ficer of the house "of " representatives
left Washington for Hew Tork tonight
to Intercept tho Ironmaster before he
leaves for Europe and serve him with a
subpena.. 1
Jhe committee believes It will have
little difficulty. In '. persuading tCarnegle
to tell. the. committee all be knows of
tho organisation of the United States
Steel corporation,: fcfhlcl was the mov
ing power in bJe retirement from active
work in the steel business. They, be-
lievo Carnegie: now is personally in
dependent. ; . ' " i
Althouxh - tho " ateel -In vest lead ns
committee haa been working under the
iTnost-prof ound secrecy, it is nnderstood
here tonlgni wn-a. Aiorgan, js. m.
Gary, r former ,. president of tho steel
corporation, and Henry C. Frlck will
be brought .before the committee in the
coarse of Its investigation. '
The committee believes that Carne
gie's testimony , wilt be of the utmost
value In framing a - basis tor evidence
as to tho present ; status : of 41e big
Allen R. Joy, Republican nominee for
councilman from the Seventh ward, was
th last candidate to file his acceptance
of . a nomination for an office to be
filled at the, municipal election Monday;
June 5. ' Mr. Joy submitted his formal
acceptance at three minutes to S
o'clock yesterday afternoon and at 5
o'clock the time for filing acceptances
was at an end. . The candidates who
Will appear on the ballot; besides those
of the Prohibition and Socialist parties,
which have also' put forth regular tick
ets, are as follows:
For mayor A. G. Rushlight Republi
can; George H. Thomas, Democrat; Jo
seph Simon, independent
Barbnr Has Wo Opposition.
For city auditor A. L. Barbur, Demo
cratic and Republican nomination.
For city treasurer William Adams,
Republican. No Democratic nominee,
as H. C. Allen did not accept the Dem
ocratic nomination.
, For city attorney Frank S. Grant
Republican and Democratic nomination.
For municipal judge George Taswell.
Republican and Democratic nomination.
For councumen at large, long terms-
George L. Baker, J. J. Jennings and
Will H. Daly, all three of whom re
ceived both Republican and Democratic
nominations. Daly did not file his ac
ceptance of the Democratic nomination.
so mere win oe no democratic nominee
for tnat ornre. , ;
Bnrgard stuns Alone,
For coouncllman at large to fill tb
unexpired term of Gay Lombard John
11. Burgara, Republican and Democratic
nomination.
.For councilman at large to fill the
unexpired term of T. C. Devlin Ralph
C. Clyde. Republican and Democratic
nomination; C. L. Dag-get, independent
For councilman from the First ward--
Jordan V. Zan, Republican! Tom . N.
Monks. Democratic;' T. J. Concairnon,
independent ' .'
For councilman from . the Fourth
wwrd-'-Fy 8. Wilhelm,, Republican; A. J.
McCabe. Democratic . . - - ,
For councilman from tbe Sixth ward
H. A.4 Beldlng, Republican; John Mon-
tag. Democratic. ,
For councilman rrom the Seventh
ward Allen R. Joy, Republican; R. B.
White, Democratic. - .
For councilman from the Eighth ward
K. KT Kubll, , Republican; Frank , M.
Kelly, Democratic v William Schmeer, in
dependent. , ,
. aaay vh eoa.. . .
For councilman from tho Tenth ward.
special recall election may be held on
the same data as the -general election
TV Ellis, present- incumoent: Y. B.
Harrington, James Magulre. C. A Am
brose. IX G. Stephens and Wil Q.
Steel. These candidates, under tha re
call law, must run as independents. ,
DIRECTORS HELD
LIABLE BY COURT
Judge 'Gatens Decides - Four
Men Who Directed Affairs
of Oregon Trust & Savings
Bank Were Responsible. r
i t f J
xeia zuaDie oy conn. 41
W. H. Moore, II. A. Mooro and ', 4
W. a Morris are liable f or fol- ,
lowing amounts: . . ,'
Losses by conversion
and withdrawal of ' 1
notes, In sum of.:. ..f SSiOOO.OO"
v
,'
Loss of cash - with- ; ' : ,tT if
drawn, In the sum of (0,000.00 .
Loss on tho loans of .
tho Golden Eagia
Dry Goods company 72,900.00 :
Loss on Pullman Auto
Car loan...;;,.... ,
Loss on Board of Trade
- r Buildlng company.;,
Loss on certain notes
placed In bank on
purchase of Moon &
Dunbar stock.....
Loss by reason of dls . ' ,. ;
crepancy between , 1 ,
bonds and warrants h ,
as shown by the 1
books and actually r -found
On hand.. .. . J58.I8193
Loss on Shortage In Telephone
, ; t stook. . i
Portland Telephone "V" r '
. company ! 12,800.00
Tacoma Telephone. Co. S0O.l7fi.0O
Omaha Telephone Co. J7.500.0l
11.SI4.6S
40.7Bt.74
S.UO.00
:'eX
;...fS?5.3$.21
S.H W. Stryker
Total,,
George Estes,
w h Moore and W. Cooper Mor-
4 , ris aro held liable for 114,800 on!
the Medford & crater A.ae ran-
:
TThet above labia shows tha persons, '
Items and 'amounts for which they aro '
held liable by Judg WHHam Gatens of .,
the circuit court In his Otrtrilon' yester-; ,
day afternoon In ' the Oregon Trust &
Bavlngs bank- ease. . Tho persons held
liable . were directors In-tha deunct .
kunkin institution,' The eourt found
they did -not exercise a propsr degree of
care In looking after the affairs of ths
E. E- ' Lytle,' Leo Frlede, Albert T,
Smith, W. M, Copeland and L. O. Hal
ston were found to liavs not been llahis
for any .of "tho' losses-liHwrred by,tl o
speculate ons - of tho other- hankers. : I n .
his derision. Judge Gatens states In m
phatio terms that the dniy of a dlrc(nr
In a corporation is to-direct ,
. Th Judge says: !'When a person o- 1
stock in a" corporation n4 actn si; s.
tho board of directors, th-d.
ha.ve a right to expect tri.i
s.l
t Continued on Vg t bev-