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THE - OREGON
DAILY
JOURNAL, PORTLAND,. SATURDAY . EVENING, NOVEMBER .23, 1911.
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EXAMINER ENGLE
TOMCEPOUCY
Letters of Former Bank Exam
... iner, to Tottering Vancouver
Institution Barred as Evi-
However. ' ,
(Staff. Correspondence.)
Kalama,-' Wash., Nov. 25. The intro
duction of bundles of note given to the
, Commercial bank of Vancouver by firms
new bankrupt, with ' additional expert
v :'i testimony and the failure of an effort
by the state to present before tne jury
the warning given by a former atate
"bank examiner, formed the featuree of
th trial this morning of H. L. Philips.
Anions: the notes Identified by Re-
celver M. B. Kles and admitted without
oblection ., b--the defense were those
of Mnora J& Hardin, bankrupts, for $51,
K00: Rector & Daly, .bankrupts, for
" about the same sum; Centrar Manufac-
: turing company,, bankrupts, for 113,000,
and Swank ft Co.. bankrupts, for $20,000.
" RahIiIrb these were the Aldrlch note
given byUhe partner of Phillips, or by
subsidiary Aldrlch corporations '" for
. : about $98,000. '
It became evident from the erosa-ex-amlnation
that the 'defense will claim
the present bankruptcy firms owing the
" bank or the Inability of the receiver
- to realise on the bad loans falls to make
legal proof of tha insecurity of the loans
' at the date charged in the Indictment,
December 16, 1910t .
The testimony led over comparatively
smooth grounds1 this morning and the
defendant sat' through It .with seeming
ly little. Interest part of the time he
read a newspaper, glancing? up to scan
the wltneeses now and then. His for
mer cabhier, a "Wfi Daniels, did not sit
beside him this morning, but took a seat
'.' outside the bar iVT.j iTV.TFr ,""'
Hohundro How Bays HeU Come.
A telegram has been i received J from
State Bank Examiner J. I Mohundfo,
saying , he will leave Philadelphia at
once for Kalama in response to the de
mand of Prosecuting Attorney Tempes
that he come here as a witness. '
The defense won the opening battle
; this morning. In shutting out- the testl
' mony of former State Bank Examiner
A- W. Engle, who was called .by the
atate for the purpose of showing that
he had warned the officers of the Com
. merclal bank of Vancouver against their
abnormal loans to firms of which Presi
dent Phillips and Director A, L- Miller
were members. . One of the letters shut
out by an Objection of Phillips' attor
ney, sustained by Judge McJCenney, was
written by Engle on September 1907,
and Included jthf.f ollowlng significant
y warning: :.. .;':.'. .:-0 .
t- Borrowers Trom Own Bank.
, "An undesirable feature of one of
the"se , loahs, the Phillips and Aldrlch
loan of $07,000, Is' that the president of
this bank H. C. Phillips, is Of the said
firm, and ' therefore becomes a borrow
er. Also In the, $87,500 loan to the Har
vev Mill oompany, it Is noted that Judge
Miller, one of the directors of the bank,
la also connected with the said oompany.
thus becoming" a borrower. '
f "The practice of the- officers of the
bank becoming borrowers of its funds,
although it might appeal ' to yon as a
source of revenue. Is always a bad fea
ture, and Is not practiced In well regu
lated conservative , banks.". H .
Jury Does Hot Get tetters.
" Another letter by Engle to the bank
on June' 8, 1908, nine months late,' re
peated the warning as the previous ad
vice of. the examiner had not been. heed
Ail. At that time the Phillips and Aid
rich loans stood at $56,000 at a time
when the ban had borrowed; 289,000
and - overdrafts amounted to $22,170.
These letters of the examiner will not
go. before 'the jury."; ; '. '
v Judge McKenney accepted the view of
the attorneys for the defense to the ef
fect that these letter were only opinions
of the examiner and threw no light on
, the case. The contention of M. L. Pipes,
attorney Xor the depositors, was that
these letters brought notice of the bank's
condition ., to the president of the bank
ind tended , to prove his knowledge of
bad loans. -
John ; .W. Furgeson, now state Insur
ance 'commissioner of Oregon, who, as
an expert accountant, went over the
books Of the. defunct bank with J. Y.
Richardson, was called as soon as En
gle was excused and was led over a great
mass of figures to show the condition
of -the bank at different periods.
I TO OREGON IN '43, DIES
(Salem Bnreaa of TTe journal.)
; Salem. Or.,. Nov. 25. William , Waldo,
a pioneer of 1843, a California 1 gold
miner of f ortynine, an Indian fighter,
former Marlon county judge and for
mer president of the Oregon senate,
died yesterday afternoon at his home
in this cfty at the age of 78. Judge
Waldo never married, but has many
relatives In Oregon. The Waldo hills in
Marion county near Salem were named
n honor of Judge Waldo's father.
TWO HELD FOR MURDER
COMMITTED YEARS AGO
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McCloud, Cal. Nov. 26. Charles Gray
and Gladys Wallace are under arrest
here today suposedly in connection with
the murder of an unnamed old farmer
at Pleaaanton, Alameda county. , The
crime Is declared to have been commit
ted two years . ago. The farmer was
lain with an axe. The woman was
eaptured in a tenderloin district Offi
cers from Oakland are on the way here
to take charge of the prisoners.
' -Austin 12. James Dies. .
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Forest Grovet Or., Nov 26. Austin
J3. James, aged 80 years, died yesterday
at his home in this city after a linger
ing Illness. . The young man was born
In Nebraska, and came to this city two
years ago for his health. He Improved
greatly, and. returned east, where he
again became 111. He again came west
but failed to find relief. He is Sur
vived by his parents and two sisters,
living" In ithis city, 'funeral services
were held today at the home of his sla
ter, Airs. Harvey Baldwin, with burial
In ;.Forest.-,YIeW'xemetery.''U;:.- ? ,;"
8alt Lake Auditorium Bnrned.
' itlnllae Ptm 1mnt Wl. '
' Salt Lake City. Utah, Nov, 38. Fire
destroyed the Richard Street auditorium
today. Tbeloa is estimated at 180,
Oi0.. The buildings was used as a prise
rightarena and skating rink.
, rtaro rents $2 tuo. ITS Wash, st'
WM. WALDO. WHO CAME
HUNTER FALLS OUT
OF BOAT; DROWNS
Nels Bergman, Handicapped
by Heavy Clothes, Is Lost
in Deep River.
(Special te The Journal, i
Astoria, Or., Nov. 25. Word was re
ceived in this city last night of tha
death of Nels Bergman by drowning.
He fell overboard from a small boat
Inside the Deep river bar at 7 o'clock
last night. Mr. Bergman, In company
with several other men, left Astoria
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock In
motor boat for Deep river, where they
intended hunting this morning, and
when about onehalf of a mile Inside the
Deep river bar, Mr. Bergman fell over
board and was drowned before help
could reach, him. His efforts to save
himself wire hampered by heavy 'boots
and clothing which he had donned for
the expedition. This morning tha wa
ters in the vicinity of the spot where
the accident occurred are 'being dragged
in an endeavor to locate the body.
. Charter Debate Proposed.
(Special to The Journal.)
Astoria, Or., Nov. 25. It Is said that
at the coming mass meetings which the
advocates of a commission charter will
hold the faction opposed to the adop
tion of the new charter wlll .be Invited
to address those gathered there In order
that the public may have the oppor
tunity of hearing both sides of the case.
Public sentiment Is apparently about
evenly divided on the question of the
coming election and what it has in store
for Astoria.
Paget Island Child Drowns.
(Smcktl trf'Ttie Journal.!
Astoria, Or., Nov. 25. Word has been
received here that Harold Norman, the
two year old son of O. J. Vog of Puget
Island, Oregon, was accidentally drown
ed at his home on the Island Thursday.
The boy was playing near the water
and fell over a small embankment
Congressman Hawley at Astoria,
(Special to The Journal. I
Astoria. Or.. Nov. 25. Representative
Hawley-arrived In Astoria yesterday
morning and left early today for other
points of the newly added section of
his district He was entertained by
prominent republicans and was honored
by a large gathering at the Irving club
4m . . a : U. .... I.
the lower Columbia river section.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
HAVE ROUSING MEETING
- (Special to The Journal.) ;
McMlnnvllle. -- Or., Nov. 2S. The
twenty-ninth annual convention of :the
Yamhill County . Sunday School asso
ciation, which has been In session for
two days, at the Christian church at
Amity,-, Or., closed last night after a
very successful, meeting. The total num
ber ' of delegates registering was 1(0,
the largest and most enthusiastic gath
ering of Sunday school workers' ever
held in the 'county. ' Yamhill 'county Is
the oldest organised" county In Sunday
school work In ; Oregon. - The associa
tion was organized in 1884 by ReV. Jo
seph Hoberg with three Sunday school.
. Its i Sunday - schools now number GO,
with a total enrollment of more than
2500, Reverend Hoberg was one of the
principal speakers 'yesterday. Among
the -other prominent , speakers on the
program were Rev. '.' Charles Phippa.
state secretary; President Levi T. Pen
nington of Pacific college; - Rev. H.
Wyse Jones, . Rev. E. V. Stivers, Rev.
H, T. Atkinson and J. C. Hodson.
The officers elected for the coming
year are: President I 8. Hopfleld,
MoMlnnville; vice-president Rev. H. A.
Van Winkle, Sheridan; secretary and
treasurer, C. A. Smith, Dundee; super
intendent of adult department Q. F.
Hauser, McMlnnvllle; superintendent of
home department J. C. Hodson, New
berg; superintendent teacher training.
George C Ritchey, Newberg; superin
tendent .elementary department Mrs.
8 tar key. Amity; superintendent temper
ance, Edith Minchen, Dundee; superin
tendent secondary division, Guy Drill,
Wlllamlna; superintendent missions,
Rev. Edward Qlttlns, Amity. - t
L0UDAN IS SON-IN-LAW
OF LUMBERMAN DEARY
' , (Special to The Journal.)
Elk River, Idaho, Nov. 25. Postmas
ter a. Louden, of Elk River, who is
under arrest in Los Angeles on a fed
eral embezzlement .charge, is a son-in-law
of William Deary, general manager
of. the big Potlatch Lumber company.
He Is said to have deserted Mrs. Loudon
In Portland, Or.
Government agents have been scour
ing the country for a month in a vain
attempt to find Loudon, who not only
disappeared with government cash, so
the United States officers say, but left
more than $600 in debts with the Spo
kane Merchants' association members
alone. -
F. L. Smith, attorney for the Spo
kane Merchants' association, made a
trip to Elk River and reported the ac
counts aggregated over $500 and that
when he arrived at Elk River he found
three attachments had already been
levied on the stock of goods amount
ing to $426. Labor claims amounting to
$75 are also held against, the. stock
that was left by Loudon when he dis
appeared. '
Storms Given Post.
(United Pret Leamd Wire.)
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 25. W. H.
Storms pf 'San Francisco, associate ed
itor of the Mining St Scientific Press
and well known throughout the mining
world,, was appointed today state mln
eraloglst. by Governor Johnson to suc
ceed L. E. Aubury, whose term expired
on January 8. . Storms received the
hearty endorsement Of a recent gather
ing of the best known mining men and
engineers' in the state, many of them
men of national repute.
Hillman StrpV Again.
, (United Prete Leaaed Wr.'
4 OlyroplarWash. Nov.) 25.-M. D." Hill
man, millionaire real estate1 man of Se
attle and Tacoma, awaiting trial of his
appeal from the sentence of two and
a half years in the penitentiary for land
frauds, got another setback, yesterday.
The supreme court kfflrmed a Judgment
against Hillman In a suit for the pos
session of the steamboat Venus, which
carried prospective buyers to Hillman
properties. ,'.....: .- ,'..; . v . . .
' Poultry &how In January. ' "
Ontario. Or., Nov. 15. The first an
nual Snake river valley poultry show
will be held in Ontario; January 15-21.
At a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Poultry association final ar
rangements were made for the exhibi
tion and the premium list will be ore-
pared and issued. ' O. O. Wherry, an
experienced - poultryman, who resides
near Payette, has been selected as Jude-a
of the show. ' c
Judge to Hear Beef Cases
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Judge George A. Carpenter of the
United States district court, sit
ting in Chicago, who will preside
nt the coming criminal prosecu
tion of the heads of the Beef
Trust, who. were indicted criminal
ly for violation of the Sherman
an tl -trust law, charged with the
forming of a combination in re
straint of trade.
BOARD OF OPTOMETRY
GRAFT
(United Preas teaied Wire.)
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 26. Declaring
that both the present and former stats
board of examiners in optometry had
failed to recognize the fact that they
were publlo officers charged with the
administration of a public trust in see
ing that the state optometry laws were
obeyed, and that they had carried on
their work on the assumption that
money collected and handled by them
did not concern the public, the state
board of control today submitted a sen
sational report of their investigation of
this department to Governor Johnson.
Among the wholesale graft charges
by the board of control , is that ' the
optometry , board made a practice of
holding three meetings a day and charg
ing a: per diem against the state funds
for each meeting because its members
asserted that they could more nearly ap
proximate the amount of the stipend
they i felt, they deserved by this method.
(United Preas IMd Wlrw.l
Redding, Cal., Nov. 26. - Two
deputy sheriffs were wounded, one
seriously, -.. In a battle with ban
dit between the Fall River mills
and Plttavllle, Butte county, today.' The
outlaws are hiding In the brush near
the scene of the shooting, and the depu
ties at Fall River have wired eherlf f
Montgomery . here to come on with
bloodhounds.
Sheriff Montgomery and a large posse
lert at once oy automobile on the 75
mile journey.
EDITOR SENTENCED FOR
LIFE FOR SHOOTING
(United Preii Looted Wire.)
Stockton, Cal., Nov. 25. Samuel B.
Axtell, the Lodi editor who learned from
the jury last night that he must spend
the rest of his life in prison for shoot
ing to death Charles Sollars, June 10
last, arose this morning before 7 o'clock,
refreshed after a night's sleep. He ate
a hearty breakfast and manifested the
same demeanor which characterised him
throughout the trial. Just what move
Axtell's attorneys will make is not
known.
Axtell received the sentence without
moving an eyelash, a blight pallor be
ing the only noticeable change on his
countenance. Mrs. Sollars, the widow.
broke down when she heard the news.
and moaned, "And they only gave him
lire!"
BEATTIE'S BODY TO BE ,.
INTERRED TOMORROW
(United Preoa boteee Wire,.)
Richmond, Va., Nov. 25. It was
learned here today that the body of
Henry Clay Beattie Jr., who was elec
trocuted yesterday in expiation for his
crime in killing his young wife, will be
burled tomorrow in Maury cemetery be
side that of the woman he murdered.
It in believed that Mrs. Seattle's fam
ily did not protest against fthe burial
but thai they are planning to exhume
Mrs. Beattle's i corpse later, for Inter
ment -elsewhere. . , ;
IRON WORKERS' SUIT
THROWN OUT OF COURT
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(United Tree Lasted Wire
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25. Judge
Remster today threw out of court the
replevin suit brought by the Ironwork
ers' union to obtain possession of the
documents of their organisation In con
nection -with the McNamara case. ' The
court In upholding the state's demurrer,
asserted that the union offiolals failed
to state that they represented the Jron
workers, union. .
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Hood River, Or., Nov. 25. The home
of Mrs. Ellen Koonts, valued at 12500,
wks , totally destroyed by firs yester
day. 'The firs had gained such head
way on the arrival of the firemen that
It could not be controlled and efforts
were directed to saving the adjoining
buildings which were kept from being
damaged. The house au Its contents
were Insured tor 11800, -
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CHARGED
WITH
BANDITS IN AMBUSH
WOUND TWO DEPUTIES
GYPSUM
DEPOSITS
TO BE DEVELOPED
Big Cement Corporation Gets
Control of Valuable Prop,
erty on Snake -River.
(Special to; The Journal.) ' '
Huntington, Or.. Nov. SS.The lime
kilns at Lima were closed Wednesday
for the winter. With the announcement
of the closing of the plant also comes
the news of the sale and the formal
transfer of the property ofthe Acme
Gypsum Cement company to take place
December 1. This has been officially
announced and , that the deal for the
transfer of ,the gypsum deposits owned
by the Oregon Lima & Plaster com Dan v
along the northwestern road on Snake
river has been consummated and the
company will take charge at the same
time. Many reports ofv the supoosed
sale of these properties Ito the cement
company have been afloat However,
me aeai ror in a purchase of these prop
erties, as well aa those owned by J. P.
Hannon, C A. , Northey and John L.
Rand of Baker, on the Idaho side of
the river, about four miles below Hunt.
ingfon, are consummated.
The holdings of the Western Lima A
Plaster company consist of about 800
acres of land along the Snake and the
plaster grinding plant located at Lime.
as well as some mineral holdings.
With the acquirement of these prop
erties ny mis corporation the . largest
manufacturer of hard piaster in the
unuea (states, it is announced that a
large mill will be erected at the site
of the gypsum deposits on the North'
western road that will cost $100,000, and
mat construction of the plant will be
commenced in the early spring.' With
the construction of this mill it means
thatlSO to 200 men will be employed.
The mill will have a dally output of
about 100 tons of hard wall plaster.
From this plant the company expects
to supply the trade of Oregon, Wash
ington and British Columbia. The main
of floes of the company are at Bt Louis
and it has mills at Grand Rapids,
Mich.; Ft Dodge, Iowa; Mario w 'and
Cement Okla.; Acme, Texas; Acme, N.
m. , Laramie, wya, and Balmdale and
Los Angeles, Cat '
SEES LONG LOSTSON
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Overcome at Sight of Soldle? Boy He
BeIleved Dead, Aged San Fran
ciscan Misses Chance to Hall
Apparition. -
(United Presa Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Nov. 25. Paralysed
with awe' at the sudden apparition of
his son, whom he believed to have been
slain In a buffalo wallow in the Phil
ippines 12 years ago B. J. Nllsen, an
aged cabinet ' maker allowed' the sup
posed missing man to be swallowed up
by a, busy crowd on Market street here,
and today is making frantio appeals at
the United States army headquarters to
have his son found and restored to him.
The old man was so dumbfounded
that he was . unable to make either his
voice or his limbs obey his will until
after the hurrying business crowd had
buffeted him aside and passed on,
whirling the long- lost son from his
sight '
..The son Is Anton Bernard Nllson,
late of- the California volunteers, com
pany C and officially gazetted among
the army's honored dead shortly after
the close of the Spanish-American war.
Nllson and a comrade, tired of the in
activity of keeping peace la Manila,
stole away from their regiment to-the
front Shortly afterward the dead bod
ies of two ' men of company C. were
found in a buffalo wallow. Nllson . and
his companion were the only two miss
ing and they were . announced as dead.
The bodies were mutilated beyond re
cognition. The father fears that his son may be
afraid to reveal his identity for fear
of punishment for stealing away from
his company in Manila.
SEATTLE MAINS AGAIN
CARRY CEDAR WATER
(United Press Leased Wire.) "
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 26. Seattle's
water system was again placed In work
ing order this morning after being dead
since last Sunday. The big mains on
Cedar river were repaired last' night
over a temporary bridge and a large
part of the city' today receives its first
water since Sunday. The health de
partment announces that it will be nec
essary to boll the water for six weeks
owing to the pollution of the mains by
lake water.
SIX MEN HAVE DONE
GOVERNOR'S WORK IN
TWO YEARS IN OREGON
i (Rahm Buret a of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Nov. 25. Oregon
4 has had six governors since
w George E. Chamberlain assumed
office In 1909. He was followed
by Frank W. Benson, who in turn
was followed by Jay Bowerman.
Ben Selling was governor for 24
' hours at one time. When Oover-
nor West crossed I the Oregon
state line on his way to St Paul
,Ben W. Olcott' became acting
governor, making the sixth man
d Xo hold this position. .- .
FOR BRIEF MOMENT ON
CROWDED
MARKETS
JAVAN DECIDES TO
, SPEND LESS MONEY
, (United Preas Leased Wire.)
Tokio, Nov. , 26. Complete, abandon
ment of the proposed Tokio grand ex
position and of all military and naval
expansion .for one year was .decided
upon, at a cabinet council, today. , The
decision to "mark time" in the empire's
expenditures followed a long" contro
versy between an important army and
navy faction and ths minister' of fi
nance. That official contended that It
was necessary to the rehabilitation of
Japan's finances that no new undertak
ings be financed at this time. He final
ly prevailed In the dispute after a con
flict which at one time threatened to
eause the resignation of the ministry
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2000HP1ES:
BEHIND UfEES
Have No Right to Do Business
in Oregon Until They Pay
: State Its Tax; ;
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Salem,. Or., Nov. 25.-4-A. press ollpplng
bureau, a card index system and other
modern facilities for securing and cata
loguing Information, have been intro
duced by the corporation department of
the secretary o.f state's office, with the
result that corporations ' are : showins
more "regard for the law than at any
time since the corporation act , was
passed in? 1803 Another result is a
great Increase ' in ' the amount 'of .fees
collected,. particularly from foreign cor
porattons. Which - have been ' the most
frequent ' offenders , against , the act of
1903.' , ,' w. v.' ' .. ..
"It's- too easy to incorporate in Ore
gon," declared : Mr. Oloott ;,, "If new
corporations were - requited . . to make
some adequate showing ef assets before
being permitted to file their ' papers,
there would be less watered stock on
the market, fewer people weutd"be vic
timised, and the public would have mors
confidence in Oregon corporations. H
"This office has Just received from
the state treasurer a list of about. 2000
delinquent domestic corporations. The
law provides that while such delin
quency continues the right of these cor
porations to transact any' kind of busi
ness' shall be in abeyance, and that all
such corporations shall be liable to a
fine of $190. Notice are now being sent
out to all corporations ' that ara delin
quent In the payment of license fees
or the filing of reports, and after the
lapse of a reasonable length of time
proceedings will be started against all
that continue to Ignore the law."
E IS STRONG
(United Press Leased Wire
San Francisco. Nov. 25. Convinced
that John Rogers will never confess to
the murder and robbery of Benjamin
Goodman, the diamond salesman slain in
a Barbery Coast basement for 15,000 in
gems, the authorities today are preoar
ing to formally charge him with the
crime on the great heap of circumstan
tial evidence.
Rogers is an enlirma. ' No man ver
before in the custody of the 'police here
underwent ' so many consecutive hours
of sweating without suffering complete
collapse. Yet attired In the same bloody
clothing and holding the same hatchet
with which the officers say the victim
met his death, Rogers laughs, hurls de
fiance at his tormentors and rambles
off verse. Alienists may be called to
aetermme nis sanity.
FACTURING PLANT
. " . (Special to The Journal.)
Woodland, Wash.. Nov. 25. John
Peterson, who has' been one of the most
prominent'and largest log and mill op
erators on the North Fork of the Lewis
river, and who - has extensive timber
holdings on the river, has decided to re
move the sawmill known as the Marble
Creek Lumber company's mill, to Wood
land, and Instead of manufacturing ties
and cants to be floated to Woodland
for the planing mill, will float his tlm
ber to Woodland and saw and manufac
ture at Woodland, This will mean I
great deaf to Woodland, as It will en
able the people of the community to get
an ciasees or lumber and mill work at
short notice and besides Mr. Peterson's
pay roll amounts, to about 11800 per
montn.
LEBANON'S FIRST 4 STORY
BUILDING IS A HOSTELRY
(Special to The Journal)
Lebanon, Or., Nov. 26. J. C. Devine,
proprietor of the Lebanon hotel, which
was burned down last spring, and who
has been working several months on
a new concrete building on the same
ground, has decided to make the new
hotel building1 four stories Instead of
three. With the additional story this
will give 77 sleeping rooms besides the
five store buildings and hotel office and
dining rooms on the ground floor. All
of the store buildings and a good many
of his best roomr will be provided with
private baths. Lebanon with this build
ing will be prepared to meet the hotel
demands for several years. Mr. Devine
hopes to have it ready by Febraury L
The building with all improvements will
cost about 140,000. It will be the first
four, story building in Lebanon.
ALFALFA SEED BRINGS -$30,000
TO ONTARIO MEN
(Speelal to The Journal.)
Ontario, Or., Nov. 25. More .than
$30,000 has been realised from the sale
of alfalfa 'seed in the Immediate vicinity
of Ontario this season, and more than
250,000 pounds of seed will be. shipped
from here. Five cars have already bean
shipped to eastern markets; two cars
to Cleveland and two to Milwaukee.
Seed grown In irrigated sections is
said to be the best, and consequently
western seed Drings a Higher price in
the market and the crops are heavier
than in the eastern and middle states.
Seed grown in the Snake river valley
is considered the best grown anywhere,
and generally brings the highest price
on, the market :
' Cashier Davis to Leave Mil too.
(Special te The Jonrnal.)
Milton, Or., Nov. 26. At a meeting
of the board of directors of the'First
National bank of Milton, this week
Cashier. N. A. Davis ' .resigned, v Mr.
Davis has served the bank as cashier
for the past 22 years. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis, and family expect to . leave for
Lynchburg, Va., in January, where he
will take up scientific farming on the
large plantation he owns there. George
A. - Price of David City, Neb., has been
elected successor. He has had a bank
ing experience of 12 years. ' ( i'k
Official Change at Bend.
' (Speelal te The Journal. i '
"Bend, Or., Nov. 26 By the adoption
of a charter for the government of the
city Tuesday, Bend ousted all the pres
ent officials.- December 6 a new mayor,
treasurer and six . -councllmen will be
elected. It will be possible under . the
charter, for the city to Issue bonds for
sewers, water and light plants and;
other municipal lmprovn. ,
AGAINST JOHN ROGERS
WOODLAND WILL HAVE
CARNEGIE GIVES
. SHAKESPEARE CREDIT
Andew Carnegie, who Is 74
1 " - rears ' -
. (United Freai Leased Wire.)
New York. Nov. 25. Andrew Carne
gie la 74 years of age today. . Last
night ho told John Pi. Rockefeller,. Jra
Bible class of early incidents in his life
and gave much of the credit for . his
success ; to , reading Shakespeare.. ; .
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OIL COMPANY LOOMS
Evidence that tha oil question is) sail
the burning one of the day In Portland
Is seen in the numerous complaints be
Ing made by South Portlanders to mem
bers of the city council that the Union
Oil company Is apparently disregarding
tne action or the city council in pass
ing an ordinance rescinding permits
granted to the company to erect storage
warehouses and Install oil tanks on a
two acre site In South Portland at the
corner of Hooker and Meade streets.
Residents of that locality say the com
pany is hauling lumber to its site every
day and that the work of preparing the
ground for buildings is going on unin
terruptedly. The city building Inspector and the
fire chief have, been Instructed by an
ordinance to notify the oil company not
to erect any buildings or tanks in Sonth
Portland, but the officials are power
less to act until the expiration of to
days after the ordinance was signed by
the mayor. .
Th measure was provided with an
emergency clause, but lacked ths ranni.
site 12 votes to make It effective as aa
emergency measure.
It is believed the Union Oil comnanv
will continue construction work on its
proposed new plant until stopped by the
city and In order to make the company
stop it will bs necessary for the city
to apply for an injunction. The begin
ning of a long drawn out legal battle is
seen already. -.
FOUNDER OF GLADSTONE
WANTS TO BE MAYOR
J . 'Special to The Jonrnal.)
Gladstone. Or- Nov: 26. H. v.
founder of Gladstone, has locked horns
with O. E. Freytag, the present mayor
" wwn, wno is a candidate for re
election. The annual .election December
4 will be the occasion of a lively
municipal battle. Candidates for alder
men are: una year term, Frank A. Ham
merle, James Wilkinson. - William i.
Salle and Frank P. Nelson: two year
term, C. E. Forshner, C. W. Parrish,
Thomas E. Gault, Chambers Howell and
C. A. Williams. Six aldermen are to
be elected, three for the one year and
three for the two year term.
J. N. Blevers Is the onlv asnlrant tnr
recorder and J. C. Paddock has no on no.
sltion for treasurer. William Hammond
ana j. raraee, the present recorder
ana treasurer, respectively, have de
clined to be candidates for reelection.
Five of ths six aldermen will not be
In the field for further service, or tha
present administration Mayor Freytag
and Alderman Howell are the only can-
mantes ior anotner term..
Surveyors Busy la Winter.
(Special te The Journal.)
Baker, Or Nov. 26 H. T. Qilkev. V.
W. Matson and W. H. Gleaaon, who are
connected with the Whitman forest re
serve, with headquarters at Sumnter.
have gone to Haines for extensive work
in connection with the reserve. Local
lumbermen are contemplating the pur
chase of a large tract of government
timber and it Is for the purpose of run
ning Of the lines Of the property In
volved in the deal that the government
men are going at a piece of work, sel
dom attempted at this time of year.
i Get Together Meeting Tuesday.
(Special to The Jonrnal.)
Lebanon, Or., Nov. 26. The commer
cial club Is making arrangements to
hold a big get-together meeting next
Tuesday evening, at which time it hopes
to raise several hundred dollars for the
purpose of further advertising Lebanon
and vicinity. C. C. Chapman, of Port
land, D. C. Freeman of Eugene and
others are expected to address the meet
ing. A population of 8000 for Lebanon
by 1215.1s the desire. r. , ,
. More Lots at Florence.
' (Special to Tha Journal)
Florence, Or.,M Now 26. Ethan Collier,
surveyor, has finished platting the
Holly addition to Florence, comprising
80 acres about a mile northeast of town.
The platting of this addition will come
in- handy, for nearly all the available
lots In town have been sold or are not
on the market. ;:.' ."v-.
' i Helps for Worklngmen. . ":
(United Press Leaaed Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 26. Reading
rooms, a roof garden, and aa arrange
ment for cashing checks for workman
so that (hey will not have to patronise
the saloons,' are features proposed for
the new municipal dock when it is
built The suggestions made' by the
new social service board, will be con
sidered by the city commission, ' ; ; .
" 1 1 ' "' 1 ' ' r JC":.
Getting Ready at Tacoma.
(United PMas Leaaed Wire.) '
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 26 Big choruses
are being drilled nightly and Joint meet
Ings held by different churches in pre
paration for the visit of Gipsy Smith
hers beginning December 2. . i, j , r c :
v-" 11 1 " 1 V
. New Waterproof Garment. " . 4
Resembling a woman's rather nar
row skirt : la a Wisconsin inventor's
waterproof garment to protect a motor
ist from rain and wind, snapping into
place with steeJ nHti tv jtiat and
ankles.
LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST
Citizens Send Representative
to Capital to See Why Gov
ernment Delays Decision on
Vast Body of Clairns.i ?K "
' ' (Waahlngtoa Bureau f The Journal.)
Washington, , D, C Nov.,.25. Declar-
ing that the government has been asleeiM
at f the switch forvtne past nine years
in matters ; affecting the prooeedinca
against the notorious Hyde-Benson land,
rrauas or tne west, and representlrig
several hundred cltlsens of that coun
try, mostly residents ' of . Oregon and
California : who are seeking to contest
these forest lieu ' selections., "Horace
Stevens, of Portland, has arrived here
In hot pursuit of the eause of delay.
Stevens oame In ' the interest of his
clients for the purpose of submitting
-the facta in the-various eases directly to
the Interior department -
Stevens was connected formerly with
the land service of the United States,
where he had much to do with the In
vestigations into the looting of the pub
llo domain 10 ' years ago. Numerous
persons have retained him in the con.
test proceedings before the land depart
ment with a view to securing prefer
ence rights for the purchase of the
tracts affected, In event of their can
cellations. Becoming dissatisfied with I
the Inactivity of the general land offldKV. 1
the matter before Secretary Fisher so
there could be no misunderstanding the
situation. He presented a statement to
Fisher that- following a conference on
the subject th the fall of 18S2. he sus
pected Irregularities concerning the ad
ministration's work pertaining to forest
lieu selections under the provisions of
the sot of June 4, 1127, which led to an
Investigation by Secretary Hitchcock,
tha result being that the, gross frauds
charaoter indicated, became ' apparent
In response to ths" report of the spe
olal agent the land department on No
vember 21, 1209, issued an order making
blanket suspension of all forest lieu
selections made by F. A. Hyde. San
Francisco, or In which Hyde or asso
ciates were directly or Indirectly In
terested, based upon the school lands
in various forest reserves of Oregon and
California.
Men Are Indicted.
At the January 104 term of the su
preme court of the district of Colum
bia, the federal grand Jury returned an
Indictment against Frederick A Hyde.
John A. Benson, Henry P. Dlmond,
Jooat H. Schneider, all of San Fran
cisco, charging conspiracy to defraud
the government of publlo lands 'under
section 6440, revised statutes. The oth
er two defendants were lesser figures,
but were enough involved to Justify
their entanglement "' "
Approximately 260,000 acres were In
volved In these frauds, embracing up
ward of 1200 Illegal forest lieu selec
tions 'filed in California, Oregon, Wash
ington; Wisconsin, Arisona and New
Mexico. Through a long series of vexa
tious legal delays, the trial of the quar
tet of accused plunderers, did not oc
cur until the spring of 1908, ending with
the conviction of Hyde and Schneider
and the acquittal of Benson and Dlmond.
This partial failure of justice, accord
ing to Stevens, is attributable to the
fact that the government prosecuted the
case without adequate preparation. He
claims the land department now has
stronger evidence to Justify the cancel
lation of bogus - selections than it
possessed during the progress of the
criminal features Involved.
On the contrary, he insists, ths evi
dence upon which the government now
relies is weakened seriously by the lapse
of time, nine years having passed since
frauds first attracted attention. Stevens
declares he nontMtants han naw and
Important evidence of sufficient
strength to warrant the cancellation of
all the Hyde-Benson selections, and thst
none of this evidence has ever been Id
the possession of the government net
could be obtained without the aid of
the contestants.
Says Xad Off lee to Blame.
8 1 evens charges thst the general land
office was responsible for this neglig
ence ana that only one of two con
structlons can be placed upon the at
tltude either blindness to the real sit
uation, or Inspired by a deliberate de
sire to shield the frauds. His assump
tion is that "Balllngerlsm" played an
important part in. this game of alleged
protection and that It's now up to Sec
retary Fisher to right ths wrongs of
his predecessor. Stevens declared to
Fisher In emphatic terms that the con
testants have now prepared and have
already offered in their affidavits of
contest to supply the land department
witn tne necessary missing links to ac
complish a complete cancellation .of
fraudulent selections Wlthoutv exnense
to the government.
The movement now is in nrorrees be
fore the Interior department will be
watched with interest because the pre
sent proceedings are in the nature of a
test, involving the fate of titles to
lands worth more than 125,000,000, em
bracing some of the finest timber in
the Peolfio northwest and elsewhere.
Wonder often arises concerning the rea
sons for the delay in changing the
fraudulent Hyde-Benson forest lieu se
lections. There are' all sorts of uslv
rumors. The general land office Is gen
erally held responsible. These ex
posures are almost certain to follow
a complete investigation. . It is alleged
oy some tnai commissioner- Dennett,
cannot much longer remain as head of
tne general lana ornce and that Presl- I
dent Taf t cannot afford to keep him H
in that position after the smoke of bat
tle has cleared.
FRANCIS HENEY ATTACKS ,
POLICY OF SEC.; FISHljR
- " (United Press Mesed Wire.)
. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 26. In a speech 1
at the T. ' M. C. A. here last night
Francis J. Heney soored Seoretary ,of
the Interior Fisher, for his stand on
national resources, i
"And now J see that our Mr. Fisher,
alleged progressive, has oome out for
exploitation of the oountry, under the
name of 'development.' I glean from
the meagre dispatches that he favors
regulation. Regulate these monsters
after they grab the country,' ths land'
and tne laoor power represented - in
water power' and- ooalt , No we oan't
regulate them then.; They will, regulate
US. W;."1 (. ;m-'.;;;:' 1 ,4-. . r !' ' v...;,'V
"Grab the country and call it develop
ment? Where do we come lnt Why,
we kre developed backwards just as fast
as our common property goes into a few
bands. ' Ws are going mad over this
development business. ,
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