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" THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY , EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1911; r TAZWELL DEFEHDS HIMSELF AGAINST- iN'oii GOFFEVSATTACK olice Commissioner Takes Self Too' Seriously, He Says; j: Official Would Dictate" to Court' in Chinese Case. Consolidation of Three Coast ' Saengerbunds .Agreed on A ; by Delegates.! ' Denying that ha followed any but the usual procedure In assesslnc fines on the large number of Chinese gamblers arrested In the raid of August 1, Mu nicipal Judge Taiwel! this morning Is sued. In reply to Police Commissioner Coffey's criticism of reaction, a state ment, giving a brief resume of the case and the facts as to his connection with It Judge Tazwell explains that It is unusual to gather In such a large num ber of men at one time, and that the handling of 70 or 80 cases' in dlstrlot court would clog the wheels of Justice for a long time, to the detriment of litigants whose cases would be delayed. The statement follows: Judge TsswaU's Tfew. "Referring to the article published In your Sunday Issue, wherein J. B. Coffey . criticises a decision made by me In the Chinese gambling oases, I beg to say that my attention was called to the same article appearing in the Oregonlan, to which I made a brief reply. I did not know at that time that It was a care fully prepared article Mr. Coffey was having published In the newspapers. Neither did I know or suppose that he was undertaking to control the judg ment of the municipal judge In judicial Investigations. "I am unable to understand what Mr. Coffey refers to. or what his object Is, unless It is that the municipal judge ..mm aiiow mmseu to. De aa vised oy Mr. Coffey In advance as to what Judg ment shall be pronounced In a particu lar case and in advance of trial. If that be Mr. Coffey's view of the matter. It seems to me that the municipal court should be eliminated and Mr. Coffey should be allowed to make midnight raids, arrest any person he thinks should be arrested, send thorn to the chief pf a police, and dictate what fines and pun ishment shall follow. Who Is Judge? "Is not Mr. Coffey taking himself a little too seriously? If I have to con sult him at to what Judgment I shall render, then Mr. Coffey la the Judge of the municipal court, Instead of myself. "The fact Is that In regard to the particular case criticised there were some 76 or 80 Chinamen arrested In this raid. The jail was too small to hold all these Chinese; and It Is customary In important cases to consult me as to ball. In this Instance I was telephoned to by Mr. Banks, attorney for practical ly all the Chinese arrested. I then talked with Acting Captain Keller, In Charge of the polioe aatlon, and I told him to fix the ball at $20 each. These Chinamen had a right to plead not guilty and demand a trial, and if I had fined them In accordance with what Mr. Coffey thinks I should have done, they would have had the right to appeal ' ' (Special to The Journal. ' Beattle. Aug.. 21. Walla Walla Is awarded the .1918 Saengerfest Los Angeles came with a strong representa tion, but after considerable debate de cided to withdraw and have lis Baenger feet Itfvl914. The whole matter was settled wi.th good feeling. Thirty delegates were present, the only societies unrepresented being Ta coma Edellweiss and Salem, Or., Ger man Speaking society. A. -M. Blrkel, president of the bund., presided and all the officers were present with the 'ex ception of the second vice president. An important action was the prelimi nary step "toward consolidation of the three great Siengerbunds, the North Pacific, with headauarters at Seattle: the South Pacific with headquarters at San Francisco. Dr. Max Magnus, well Known in Saengerbund circles, and Rob ert Ldrentz, president of the Pacific saengerbund. and Joseph Blust. pre si dent of the South Pacific Saengerbund backed by strong delegations, came for tne express purpose of urging this step. it .was ultimately decided to con solldate and the following committee was appointed with tthe other.vtwo bodies: C. W. Fromhold. Tacoma: A M Blrkel. Seattle; Alfred Bach told, Walla walla; Herman Brlngman, Pprtland, and .J. H. Benkendorf. Kalispell. This plan will keep the Individuality oi the different Baenfeerbunds, . but -In addition .will provide a united Baenger fest on the Pacific coast The following officers were elected: President of the Saengerbund, A. Bach- toia, walla Walla; first vice president, Christ Best Kalispell; second vice president, O. Welgel, Vancouver, Wash, secretary,. J. Hauser, Walla Walla treasurer, David Zimmerle, Seattle; st&naara Dearer, Carl Arnold, Tacoma. It was unanimously voted to present tne retiring president. A. M. Blrkel, and secretary, L. Hlrschberg, with a gold medal. The Saengerfest cost. It Is estimated, over 810,000, of which $7800 had been subscribed before the event. The re ceipts at the Moore are expected to take care or the remainder. CATHOLIC DAY IS 1 GREAT RUSTY NAIL TEARS ill 1 1 IV mi rn i irr HA11U, oAVLo Lilt; How McLoughtin of Old Ore gon Became a Catholic and How He Lost His Land Told by F. V. Hoiman. would have had to try these 80 China men. "In the event of a trial, each of theee Chinamen would have to be Identified beyond a reasonable doubt, and the prob ability is that only a very few could have been identified at all, to say noth ing of proving other facts necessary to convict them. ''So when the proposltibn was made that they would all plead guilty, if the fine was not too severe, I acquiesced In that disposition of the case. The fine of $5 each suggested by the defendants' counsel I considered too low, and I made It $7. SO each. In any event I was the one to fix the fine I was to act upon my Judgment, and not upon some body else's. Talr to All. "In the event these cases had been appealed to the circuit court I do not suppose' the judges of that court would have consulted Mr. Coffey as to what' disposition to make of them. Now, I am not making any attack upon Mr. Coffey, nor upon the city adrolnistra-! tion; but I am the Judge of the munici pal court; I have taken a solemn oath to well and faithfully perform my duty I am trying to carry out that oath, and an persons, wnetner ricn or poor, or of whatever nationality, receive at my haiids a fair and impartial trial; and If in exercising my judicial functions and in deciding cases according to what I think la justice in each particular case, I do not satisfy Mr, Coffey, I cannot help that; but I will not swerve from my sfense of duty to please hm or any body else. "Mr. Coffey's insinuation In his arti cle la unjust It Is unfair to me. and It Is unfair to the public, who have by tneir votes shown their confidence in me. My duty Is to the public, and Mr. Coffey happens to be only a single, sol itary Individual, notwithstanding his own opinion as to whether this last statement Is true or not. Pacts Misstated, "When Mr. Coffey says I have given the Chinamen special privileges, he either does not know what the facts are, or If he does know, he wilfully mis states those facts. The trial of tho cases was set only after agreement with the city attorney, defendants' attorney and the officers. It seems to me that if Mr. Coffey had any complaint to make, in all fairness he should have come to me, Instead of rushing into print. "In conclusion, I wish to say that ' I am as much In favor of having a clean, moral town as anyone, and I believe I have done more while In office to fur ther than end than Mr. Coffey has done or will do. I am ever ready to cooper ate with the executive branch of the city government to suppress all kinds of evil; and I purpose in the future to do whatever I think Is necessary to make this city a clean, moral, tewn. Because I have at all times conducted myself and undertaken to carry out this policy, I resent Mr. Coffey's Insinuation that my Judicial acts have not been in furtherance of the policy I have indicated." WHAT THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED On March 30. 1911, Mrs. Sue A. Powell wrote from Virginia that her boy, seven ears old, was on his back and had been for ten weeks. Ha was pitifully swollen, his eyes were closed and death was expected hourly for two months when he had to be tapped. Swelling was so extreme) tnat at times, he strug gled for breath. The treatment was changed to Ful ton's Renal .Compound and the mother wrote for help. Our consulting physi cian promptly forwarded the following to hold up the heart and Increase the elimination until the Renal Compound could begin to get control. Rx. Folia Digitalis, gr. 1-3. Sparteine Sulph., gr. 1-8. Theobromln, grs. 6. Make thirty capsules. Dose one three times a day. Renal Compound - after meals. Six weeks later the mother reported progress and that the boy had taken three steps alone. We now .have the following happy denouement dated August 2, 1911. My little son, Wallace Powell, who has been taking your compound for the rast three months, Is now up and run ning around. It surely Is one of the most wonderful ase ever known. I am recommending Fulton's Renal Com pound, to everyone I see, and it is sur prising how many I find with kidney trouble. I am confident there are five or six now on It whom I told about It Wallace at one time was sq swollen that his own people would not have known him. Urine was simply loaded wlth albumen and casts -and at one time with much blood. People say this case ' Is the greatest miracle they ever saw. Hoping this may be th,e means of help ing some poor sufferers, 1 remain, your true friend, ' . "MRS. SUB A. POWELL, v. " ' , "'Dare, Virginia." Druggists supplied by Clark, Woodard Drug Co., and Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. Portland Printine House Co. Book, Catalog and Commercial .- FTrlntlno , J&ook Binding: and Blank Book Making 388 Taylor St: Phones: A228I, M620I FINDS ANCESTORS' NAMES ON TURTLE "Providence, Aug. 21. George L. Still man of Westerly, while strolling about a farm that he owns, came across a huge turtle. On the turtle's back was carved "Paul Max son. 1798." Next was the name of Adam Still man, grandfather of the present owner of the farm, with the date 1808, and under this was tbe name of Mr. Stillman'i father, Joseph Stlllman, dated 186S. That these names and dates are au thentlo is not doubted, as Mr. Stlllman says It Is a matter of family history that the turtle was marked by his father and grandfather and that the. history of the town shows that Paul Maxson lived on the farm in 1790. Mr. Stlllman exhibited the turtle for the edification of his friends and com pleted the exhibition today when he added his own name and the date 1911 to the family record. Then he turned the turtle adrift to return to a Stlllman of the next generation. PROSECUTION OF SHOE TRUST TO BEGIN (Hutted PreM IjtanA Wlra t , Boston, Aug. 21. The federal prose cution of the giant United Shoe Ma chinery company, alleged to be the strongest trust In the United States, will begirt here tomorrow. "It will take us 10 days to get all of the evidence before the Jury," de clared Special Assistant Attorney-General Gregg tonight. "We hope foir indictments against the corporation, the Individual directors and the officers, for conspiracy In restraint of trade." ' C0RY SUCCEEDS GATES? STEEL MEN ARE EXCITED ' (United Preu Leaed Vre.) Pittsburg, Aug. 21. Steel men here are . excited over the report that William Kills Corey, former pres ident of the Unltad States Steel Cor porations, may become the successor of the late John W. Gates In heading the Republic Iron & Steel company. It Is hinted that this may mean th long expected amalgamation of the Re- puDiic, .me xieinienem and other large Independent companies as a formidable rival of the steel trust There was no official eomfirmatlon of the report Winona Bible Conference, f Warsaw, Ind.. Aug. 21. Rev. 8unday. Dr. O. L. Robinson of McCor. mlck Theological seminary. and n John Timothy fc'tooe of Chicago ara among th Well known religious work, ers of the program of the annum young men's Bible conference which opened at Winona Lake today. The conference wm. continue until August 30. (Special to The fonrnit) Astoria, Or.. Aug. 81 Catholic day Lceremonies began punctually at 8 o'clock and the huge audlehce was held by the solemnity of It during the two and a half hours the exercises lasted. The day began with a special high mass, which -was celebrated by his grace, the Most Rev. Alexander Christie, arch bishop of Oregon City. He was as sisted by Catholic divines of Portland, as , well as . the Rev. Father John F. Waters of this city. Miss Irene Flynn of the Portland Cathedral choir, was soloist at the solemn high mass, sung In St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic church. The music was under the direction of Frederick W. Goodrich of Portland and the mass was cele brated by an attendance that ever flowed the church. The speakers at the public exerclses in the Stadium at the Centennial grounds on Coxcomb hill, Included his grace, the archbishop; Frederick V. Hoi man, formerly president of the Oregon Historical society; Judge J. P. Kava naugh, and former Senator C. W. Fulton. Father Walters acted as chairman of the great open air celebration. The acoustics were perfect and every word of the speakers could be distinctly heard. The Knights of Columbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the For esters of America and other orders were represented In large numbers and there were delegations here from Washington, Idaho, Montana and California, as well as Oregon. Address to Oo to Catholics. The archbishop's address to the Catholics of the Paclfio northwest will be published and brought to the per sonal 'attention of the parishioners. Governor West also delivered an ad dress. The address of Mr. Hoiman eulogized "McLoughlln, ' the Father of Oregon." Excursions were run from the near by beach resorts and one of ' the largest crowds of the Centennial was in at tendance. Father John F. Waters and the Knights of Columbus worked hard to make the day the 'great success It was. Concerning "McLougnlln of Old Ore gon." Frederick V. Hoiman said In part. after reciting In detail the life of Mc Loughlln and his part in building up the Oregon country: "In 1842, Dr. McLoughlln became a Catholic. His first communion in the church was at midnight mass Christ mas, at Fort Vancouver, in 1842, and he was confirmed shortly afterward. XiOis of McLoug-lilln's Claim In 1829 Dr. McLoiiRhlin had taken for himself as a land claim, the water power and lana where uregon city is now situated. I cannot In this address go into details of how he was deprived of his part of his land claim by some of the early missionaries whom he had be friended and protected, and by their as sociates. Through a conspiracy com posed of some of these early mission aries and their associates and by means of the Oregon donation law of Septem ber 27, 1850, all the rest of his land claim, not disposed of by him prior to March 4. 1849, was given to the Terri tory of Oregon to found a university. Nor can I at this time discuss his rights to take up a land claim under the treaty of Joint occupancy by which British subjects had exactly the same rights as American citizens. Some of these conspirators received personal profits from this transaction In which avarice was superior even to their re ligious pretensions. Their memories now survive largely because of the pub licity which their unworthy actions toward Dr. McLoughlln has elven them. But I recall with pride that in 1862, after Oregon had became a state, five years after Dr. McLoughlin's death, the state of Oregon restored to his heirs a large part of the lund claim of which he had been so unjustly deprived. Confession of Injustice. "Without such action, the state of Oregon would forever be considered an accessory after the fact to so gross, so unjust and so cruel an act as congress Imposed under the donation land claim law through the machinations of thesa conspirators. This restoration of 'his land claim was an official acknowl edgment Of the state of Oregon of the injustice done to Dr McLoughlln, a recognition of his services to early Im migrants, and of wtAt he had done for Oregon, and what Oregon owed to him "Through this conspiracy Dr. Mc Loughlin's fortune was practically con fiscated and his last yeivrs were passed in sorrow and comparative poverty. Is It to bo wondered, under all theetratn and suffering caused by these unjust acts, and considering as he did what he had done for the upbuilding of Or egon and the aid he had given to the missionaries and the American settlers, that his great heart broke? Thus he died a martyr to his principles and to his humanity. Made Knight of St. Gregory. "And though so unkindly treated by some of those he had befriended and saved from privation, his name had spread as far as Borne and In 1846 Pope Gregory XVI mad Dr. McLough lln a Knight of St. Gregory the Great of civil grade. While he accepted the honor which he could not well refuse. T Irnnw of noi instancA In which Dr. Mclaughlin ever used the title or even mentioned It. "His death was on the thrrd'day of September, 1857. I can give no better Instaoe.-of-th.a.ste8nj In which he was held by the Oregon ploncorH than to say that his house was situated more i than a quarter of a mile from the church yard whore his body was to be burled; there -was no hearse in those days; a wagon was brought to carry his body to the churoh. Without pre concert, but with a common impulse, the pioneers that he had helped took the coffin from the pal bearers and passed It from hand to hand, carrying it all that fung distance, with love and regret "Although he has been dead 64 veara. he is not forgotten." . At 8:30 o'clock tonight Ellery's band gave a, sacred concert at the Stadium, whiqh was the occasion of another larae gathering. The day was Ideal and as a result the Centennial grounds were packed with a crowd estimated to be 20,000. Badges were distributed and everywhere were the white silk ribbons of "Catholic day." x 'To Measure Tree Trunks. Resembling the familiar lmDlement used In shoe stores to measure a cus tomer's feet Is a tool that a Tex4n has patented for measuring the diameter of ft tree trunk at, any point. - . j In Is ' based , In the. alleged political j use made by him of his position as t president and chairman of the board of . trustees. r -,. ui-Fully. 18,008 Eagle are expected, to anena we opening session toftight and 80,000 will be here before the week Is over. . , f '.; - Spanish War Veterans Meet. . Oklahoma Cltyr Okl.. Aug. 2 L Spanish-American War Veterans from prac tically every state In the union are at tending the annual encampment of their national organisation, which began Its sessions here today. The Spanish-American War Nurses ara also' la session. Elaborate entertainment has been rw lded for Hhe , visitors, John L . Smith of Washington. t. C. Is bni i boomed for commander in chief ot t .. Veterans. Tampa. FUv. Is an applicant for next iear'a ncampmnt.. . - Journal Want Ada brtng results. Fisherman's Cries . Drowned for Hours by Tolling of the Bell Buoy. (Special to The Journal.) . Seattle, Aug. 21. Clinging to a ruscy nail In the keel of his overturned boat near the bellbuoy opposite Duwamlsh Head, every wave bringing fresh agony to his lacerated fingers. Axel Skogstrom, 86 years old a member of tho West Seattle fishing fleet, was rescued after shouting himself hoarse, by Captain Fred Reeves of the steamer Mohawk, bound from SUverdale to Seattle, yes terday. Skogstrom had been in the water for three hours when picked up by the passing steamer. Skogstrom had gone out with his nets for early fishing. Heavy waves from a passing sieamer upset bis boat when he was attempting to disengage his nets, and with the mesh entangled about his legs he was thrown overboard. Unable to swim, Skogstrom plunged desperately toward 'the overturned boat. It had sunk to about half Its depth, and fearful that it would go to the bottom and remove his last hope of sav ing his. life If he climbed upon It the fisherman groped along the slippery keel for some object to which he could cling. A rusty nail, projecting about two, Inches, caught his eye, and seizing this he remained in the water to his .neck and began calling for help. The bell buoy, performing Us mechanical duty, drowned his cries, the clapper tolling off the strokes of danger with every passing craft. Skogstrom said after the rescue that the bellbuoy which at trat only an noyed .him, became uncanny In Its clangs. "and before the first hour of his struggles had ended. It seemed to be tolling his death knell. REFUSES TO BURY WN ID' BODY Detroit, Aug. 81. In the darkened chambers of Undertaker Nuendorfs morgue in Wyandotte lies the small body of a fair-haired fisher lad. In a brown blouse and dull gray pancaloons, the captain of a passing freighter espied it floating Jn lower Detroit river Friday afternoon. Through a tin mega phone the sallorman notified the keeper of the Mamajuda light, Xavler Rains. The lighthouse man In his tender took the river's prey ashore. v ' When the word was flashed up the shore, cityward,' little doubt was left that it was the body of Johnny Syctn skl, 10 years of age, who was drowned at the foot of McKinsjry avenue Wednesday afternoon. , A slip of a boy, Johnny's companion, brought the news to the home. In the terrible excitement the small lad : said that John had reached for his j fallen hat from a pile and fallen into the water. Surrounded by tiny young sters with gaping mouths and horror stricken faces, he afterward said that ; John had been pulled in by a great fish, but there was no doubt Juvenile Imagination gaining full play. But that Is not the story. Johnnie Is to be burled in the potter's field. Hoary, slow-thinking Stanislaus Sycln- skt, the father, employed on Michigan Central section gangs, will not go to the down-river city limits to claim the body. "What's the use of going to look at him?" grumbled the parent at his home, 29 Addison street, last night. Apparently, all the traditions of a father-love and mother-love were. being violated. The man who came toiotlfy johnnle's father and mother was dum founded. A man asked the father if he would go to Wyandotte were the car fare pro vided. It would be an expenditure of 36 cents. Through an Interpreter the proposi tion was put up to the barefooted par ents. Man and woman Jabbered to each other with many shrugs of the should ers, and then the father said, "Ta." INSURANCE BROKERS MEET IN MILWAUKE E (United PTM( LetMd Wlr. Milwaukee. Wis., Aug. 21. With prominent insurance men from all parts of the country and he Insurance of ficials of practically every state In the union here, all Indications today point to one of the most Important meetings In the history of the organization, when the forty-Hecond annual session of the National Convention of Insurance Com missioners convenes tomorrow. The convention will be In session four days, adjourning Friday. Governor Francis B. McGovern of Wisconsin arrived In Milwaukee today to officially welcome the delegates to morrow morning. Superintendent of Insurance Hotchkjss of New York, chairman of the executive committee of the convention, will respond to the governor. The president of the organ ization. Commissioner Joseph Button of Richmond, Va., will follow with an ad dress and reports of committees and miscellaneous business transactions will conclude the day's meeting. SAN FRANCISCO EAGLES BOOST OWN CANDIDATE 'Dnltfit Prent Tinted K"r flan Francisco. Aug. 21. The fight for president of the Grand 4prie of Eagles, Is the. absorbing topic today of the thousands of delegates gathering from all parts of the United States. " California delegates who last week caucused on Frank B. Herlng of In diana, are today lining up an organiza tion for Joseph J. Cusack, the San Francisco candidate. The fight on Her- READ for PROFIT Us (or Results FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS They work directly on the KIDNEYS, BLADDER and URINARY PASSAGES, and t&eir beneficial effect is felt from the Mart For BACKACHE, KIDNEY and BLADDER TROUfeLE,RHEUMATISM CONGESTION of the KIDNEYS, IN FLAMMATION1 of the BLADDER and annoyingURINARY IRREGULARITIES they exercise a permanent benefit ", '." TONIO IN ACTION - QUICK IN RESULT! 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