" THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY , EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1911;
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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."
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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
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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-
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