THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1912.
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Glf EIH Vili
BE CATJD1DATE FOR
SEATIN CONGRESS
Judge of ' Circuit Court in Plat
form Embraces Questions
of Both Local and National
Importance. ,
C. U. Gantenbeln.
Judge C. U. Gantenbeln of the local cir
cuit court definitely announced yesterday
afternoon hla intentlou to become a Htf
;. publican candidate for representative in
congress from the Third congressional
district This district la the new one
created last year, and comprises Mult-
' nomth county only.
Judge Gantenbeln has presided over
department No. 4 of the circuit, court
since 1908. He is 47 years, old, married,
and lives at 1624 Hawthorne avenue
His platform is not confined to Issues
that affect, this district and the north
west, but embraces nome of the most
Important national questions. . -
In speaking yesterday evening of the
Issues for which he stands, and will
yurge If elected, the Judge' said:
"I favor the free use of the' Panama
canal for American .chipping, and the
rstaMlsnftienT of r-goverhmeht owned
line of steamships, should It develop
that the benefit of the canal to the peo.
pie is being neutralised by railroad
control of steamship lines, and the. op
eration of such line of steamships under
rigid civil service If established. .
I shall earnestly work for a liberal
' appropriation for the improvement of
the Columbia river, na on the mainte
nance of a deep chatnel to the Pacific
ocean depends .the growth of Portland,
commercially and In population.
"I believe In a Just share of the fed
eral lrrigaUorufvla for Oregon, based
on what thlaTv (contributes to the
reclamation j. J
TaTori-ijoals poet. ' '
. Tercels post wUh delivery service In
cities and towns, similar to that main
tained by the express companies. Is an-
i other issue In which ; X firmly believe.
"I favor absolute control of all Inter-
, state transportation business by the In-.
terstate commerce commission and fed
eral Incorporation and control of cor
porations doing art Interstate bualeaa,
such control extending to strict euper-
'' vision of stock and bond 'issues. :
''I further favor conservation of na
tional resources along. Intelligent lines,
and the direct election of United States
- senators and of the president and vice
president of the United States. :
"I believe In a tax on all Incomes over
and above amounts necessary for rea
sonable living expenses, v The Income
tax amendment has been ratified already
by a majqrityof the etateejbut JtiaJWt
quite the required percentage.
"In regard to the tariff, I favor a re-
' vision on the basis Of difference of cost
of production at home and abroad, and
the rendering of such assistance to the
tariff commission as will enable It to
make all possible haste, consistent with
correct results in gathering the necea-
sary Information on which . to . base the
schedules, -v r-. .'. -
' Labor Question Taken TTp.
MAn amendment of -the Immigration
Jawi should btJmadeao..astoprevent
the substitution of oriental for Amen
can labor, ,,
"I believe rn the appointment of a
commission -. to draft uniform marriage
and divorce laws, and recommend their
adoption to the various states. '
"It is time, I contend, for the refor
mation of the monetary system, to pro
vide a mOre elastic currency, with a
view of eliminating panics.
"I pledge conscloutlous fealty to the
Oregon system, of popular government"
; Previous to taking his place on the
bench. Judge Gantenbeln was in the law
office of Attorney Arthur I Veaile.
Ills military career extended from 1894.
when he enlisted as a private In com
pany G, ; First - Oregon -, regiment, until
10. ' Judge -Gantenbeln received his
arly eduoation ,. at Bishop ' Scott's
academy, Later ha attended ' school
abroad. His legal training waa In the
law j department of the University of
Oregon, from which be waa graduated.
ALLEGED BAD CHECK
MAN HELD BY POLICE
E. Welsdanger was arrested last night
by Detectives Day and' Hyde, on a
charge of vagrancy, and is held at the
police station pending investigation.
Weiadaeger, it is alleged, passed several
rhecks, on which the name of George
Harris was signed, on several stores in
Portland, yesterday. , Among the places
which gave him cash change on the
checks which were passed in payment for
goods are the Bed Front Clothing com
pany, Chown's Hardware store, J. D. De.
laneya cigar store, Meyer's pawnshop,
and; Penny's saloon. The amount of
the forged checks totals $170.
' A rubber stamp had been used by
the alleged fprger, and each check was
stamped the Portland Sash & Door com
pany within a space In which Harris'
name had been signed.
Civil Engineer Arrested As Masher.
. A man giving the nam of W. C.
Earle, civil engineer with the state rail
way commission, was arrested at Stark
and West Park streets st a late hour
last night after Captain Keller and Ser
geant Klenlln had witnessed a .woman,
said to be the wife of a prominent
physician. ; break an -umbrella , handle
over Karle'a head. .
He was arrested under the "masher"
ordinance and was booked under a dis
orderly conduct charge. When taken to
the police station he begged that he be
permitted to telephone the executive of
fices at Salem, but since be refused to
pay the charges at this end, this was
denied him. Later a friend gave 121
ka4 for him and he was released, -
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BANKERS CHARGED
m CONSPIRACY,
FRAUD, TRICKERY
A. L. Finley in Complaint Filed
Last Night Alleged Devlin
Et Al Juggled Affairs of De
furict Bank. ..
Thomas C. Devlin, 8. G. Reed. P. L.
Willis. Mark A. M. Ashley and Charles
E. Rummelln are the defendants In a
sensational suit filed In the circuit
Charges are made in the complaint
that the defendants unlawfully, .corrupt
ly and wrongfully conspired., confeder
ated and agreed to obtain possession of
such assets of the Oregon Trust &
Savings company. and of such assets vf
the German American - bank as should
remain after the payment of the liabil
ities or the former bank had been made.
It la ;' further. ' ; alleged if that'"' the
stock owned- by Finley and other
m the German American bank - was
rendered Valueless by the alleged fraud
ulent conduct of the defendants and
that they have received ,; altogether a
profits by reason of the alleged con
splracy a sum of money lagitfegatlng
more than 1100,000. . o;- ;
'' ;.: ;' Wants Honey jteturned, Sf' V'
Finley himself alleles that he pur
chased $10,000 worth, of the stock cf
the bank and he asks the court to re
quire the defendants to make a full and
complete accounting of all of their deal
ings and to exhibit all of their books
and ' records showing what disposition
waa made of the assets placed n their
control. ..The complaint concludes by de.
mandlng that "the said defendants - be
.required to pay to the clerk of thla
court for the use of 'the plaintiff and
other stockholders of the German
American bank all of the said moneys
and property wrongfully ami unlawfully
appropriated by them.".
Among the illegal transactions de
clared to have been, made by Devlin and
other members of ' the "-alleged conspir
acy was the sale of the Board of Trade
building for 140,000; the payment of a
salary of 1500 a month to . President
8. G. Reed of the - German American
bank; the sale of a leasehold interest
in the property situated at the northeast
corner of Sixth and Washington streets
tor $80,000 and numerous other alleged
manipulations, whereby the property of
the. bank waa" recklessly dissipated and
Its stock greatly depreciated.
The. complaint aUegea -that -tho Board
of Trade, building was worth $160,000
at the time of Its. sale and that the
leasehold mentioned was worth at least
$100,000. . '..ii -r ,.",.'.'. y,:v';-.,-
' Ashley & Rammelln acted as. a clear
ing house for - the conspirators la the
allegation made. : According to the com
plainant .they and their agents went out
into the market and purchased certifi
cates of deposit in the Oregon Trust
& Savings bank at great dlucounts and
then exchanged these for promissory
notes held by the German American
bank, these notes being worth their
face value.
Assets Alleged to Have Been $3,830,000,
Devlin, the complaint states was ap
pointed receiver for the Oregon Trust
August 21, 1907. He then procured for
himself th appointment as cashier of
the German: American bank, it is al
leged, 8. Q. Reed waa elected president
and P. L. Willis a director. The com
plaint, stripped of legal verbiage, then
continues as follows: ' " -.-'
That at the time the said Devlin, as
such receiver, took possession of the as
sets .. of. the Oregon .Trust, the assets
thereof amounted to the sum of about
$2,250,000; and at the time the said Dev
lin as cashier, Reed as president and
Willis aa director of the German Ameri
can bank took possession and control of
the aforesaid assets the Joint assets of
the two banks exceeded their Joint liabil
ities in a sum more than $260,000.
; "That immediately after Devlin was
appointed receiver he, Willis, Reed, Ash
ley and Bummelln conspired to obtain
possession of the whole of the assets
of the two banks, which should remain
after the payment of the liabilities Of
the Oregon Trust, with fraudulent In
tent v of , cheating and ' defrauding thla
plaintiff and other stockholders out of
their stock and the moneys and proper
ties invested therein. That to carry out
the object ' of the said conspiracy the
said defendants agreed' among them
selves to convert all of the asseta of
the wrecked bank into money-ala rapid
ly as possible, and further to effectuate
the- object" of the said conspiracy the
defendants fraudulently, agreed that, af
ter all the . assets were transferred to
the said German American bank, to have
some of their number made officers Of
and put into, possession of all of the
assets of the German American bank,
which it owned, as well as all the as
seta which should be transferred to it
under leave of court. r .
"That Devlin entered into a contract
under the terms of which the German
American bank took over all the as
seta of the Oregon Trust and agreed
to pay off all liabilities of that bank
Jn two years. That Immediately after
the said assets of the Oregon Trust had
been transferred to the German Ameri
can bank, Devlin, Reed and Willis caused
themselves to be made officers of the
latter bank ao that the defendants
might with better advantage to them
selves control the assets of the said
banking corporation, which Devlin aa
receiver had transferred to the Ger
man American back. f : Z"
Took votes, Alleged. .
.... "The defendanta then further con
spired to procure the said defendants,
Ashley and Rummelln, as well as other
persona as their agents under their em
ploy, to purchase with money and prop
erty of the said Oregon Trust & Sav
ings bank certificates of deposit held
by various persons against the bank at
great dlscounta .with a view . of ex
changing auch certificates of deposit
thus purchased at such discounts at par
for promissory notes and obligations and
other property - which came ' into - the
hands of said Devlin? as receiver and
which were transferred by him as such
receiver to the German American bank
and which said notes, obligations 'and
the like were of the value of the face
thereof, and thla all for the purpose of
finally squeezing out the' stockholders of
the German American bank, and depre
ciating and wholly destroying the value
of their stock therein; and with the
view of acquiring the clatma and de
mands of depositors against 'the 'said
Oregon Trust at a great discount, there
by voiding and violating the said agree
ment of the said German American bank
to pay such liabilities In full within
said time. And to that end and to fur
ther carry out the object of tho said
conspiracy thai said Devlin, Rded .and,
Willis procured the said defendants.
Ashley and Bummelln,; and other bro
kers, to act aa a clearing house In con
summating and In carrying- out said
scheme." -'. :j . '
aya Banks Own Money Z,oand to It, .
)The complaint then goes on to recite
Life as Seen By an
' Lostine, Or., Jen; lO.-t-On ' the porch of
the hotel -In an ,Old town which has
been In existence .almost 45- years sal
a group of .the. town's typical cltliens,
Some of them were pioneers who had
seen the first hut erected on the town
slte, It was a Sunday morning, and
aa " ea habitual custom . they had as
sembled to dlscusa politics, bear hunts.
Indian fights and kindred, subjects. v
"Hi ve. . Cv. Where's the -ol' .'oman?
Come ter town an t ergot 'er, eh?" said
an , old gentleman, with clipped., own
whiskers and a fluent growth around
his -thToat."-:.s;,,ii;''v.;v,i .,-y-:..,
. -Wal." returned the old man who had
Just driven up tn? a one horse, rickety
cart, "I see you hev bought a new hat,
be gosh. Just Ilk mine, Ef J'd aknowed
yew had one 41ke mine I would hev
stayed ter hum.. Tew can't maae any
uv yer smashes on my ol" gal." V y
Some one- of the . group Just tho bar
lng a skillful epltter, tried to hit the
porch bannleter, but missed, and a big
ger quid of tobaoco was sliced on.
Down the street a. few blocks on a
corner stood another 'group, slouch of
hat with red .' silk handketchlefs around
their necks and their legs inaide of goat
skin chaps. Their bootheels were not
without rowels, and altogether they re
sembled the real cowboys of $0 years
ago.' v"T.:, "'". " : -
Ah, you fay; there are no mora real
cowboys. They , are : only imitations,
would-be' punchere. A glass eyed, yellow
cayuse with black rings around It fore
legs stood at the town tie-poet Others
stood free,, with bridle reins hanging.
fearful to move lest they get that jerk
taught them while being broken .to the
saddle. , , ' . ' .j, i
STORY OF HIDDEN
COSTLY TO MINED
It Drags Him From Hills of
Bolivia to Aberdeen, -Wash.,
He Is Fighting Mad When
He Finds Out.
'- Speell to The Journal 1 ,
"""Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 20. The
strange story of hardship in the Andes,
the' tale of hidden treasure, diamonds
worth a fabulous sum, a long chase to
this city and a fight ending in the po
lice court, when the story was exploded,
came to light in the polloe court to
day. . V .- .
Charles Swannon, mining prospector
and -sailor, and D. W. McCarn, of this
city, ' are the principals. Swanson ar
rived on the schooner Encore from Cal-
lta Caloso, Chile,, this week, to find Mc
Carn and investigate his story.
While nrospectlrtg In Bolivia, Swanson
and his companions found McCarn
starving in a cabin. They revived him
and be said he knew the location of a
box of diamonds which prior to the
siege of Klmberley, during the Boer War,
bad been hidden in the mountains. Mc
Cam declared that ha had been detailed
by Lord Roberts to lend aafe conduct
to the diamond merchanta fleeing the
country.
Swanson fell for the ; story and
worked his way to the coast, where he
shipped for Aberdeen, where McCarn
had said he lived. On arrival here
Swanson Investigated and found the en
tire story a fabrication. He then hunt
ed for McCarn, found him, and a fight
ensued. Swanson was dismissed from
police court. - '-
TWO AUTOS STOLEN:
ONE THIEF CAPTURED
Automobile thieves were very active
last night, stealing two machines with
in 16 minutes. A car owned by U. H.
Sexton of -60S Washington street was
stolen from Park and Alder streets
where it had been left standing. The
car waa an E. M. F., with Ore, 1382 auto.
mobile tag. " ,
A machine owned by A. I. Fish, busi
ness manager of The Journal, waa atol
en from In front of the Arlington club
abou 8 o'clock. Tha police were noti
fied, ana witnm a snort time aner me
description of the car had been sent to
surrounding towns, a man waa arreateo.
In the car, which .answered to .the de
scription, by the police at Vancouver,
where the driver was speeding up and
down the atreets. Chief Secrist -cap
tured the thief within hut a short time
after word had been sent from the
Portland police. .
how the defendants proceeded to carry
out the conspiracy by disposing of the
assets in their charge in an alleged
reckless and wasteful manner.,, Tho
Board of Trade building deal and oth
era are specifically, mentioned and de
scribed. 0 Continuing, ' the complaint
reaas: - ; ,
'Tha : said ' defendants, pretending
fraudulently that there were insuffi
cient, funds in the German American
bank wherewith to pay and discharge alt
of the liabilities of the Oregon Trust
within the said period of two years, fur
ther corruptly and fraudulently agreea
to? have said defendant, P. I Willis,
who , was acting, aa a director,' to pay
over to tbeVeald oerman American
bank a sufficient sum of money, which
it waa pretended at the time belonged
to. him individually, wherewith to die-
charge the remaining liabilities; and to
that end Willis, who waa then a director
of the said German' American bank,
loaned or pretended to loan to It a large
aum of money, the exact amount of
which the plaintiff does not know and
haa been unable to ascertain, but al
lege A 4he facts to be that in truth and
in fact the said pretended loan to the
German4 American consisted of - moneys
or sums of money derived by the reck
less sale of the asseta in its .posses
sion." ' V . , ''."::;'..; " 'U ': '
Continuing further, the plaintiff , al
leges: ; ;H ''';.' 'v'v''i
"Thai the 60,000 derived from the
sale of the 'certain leasehojd already
mentioned waa, paid to R L Willie to
be credited on the said pretended loan.
The plaintiff .further alleges that dur
ing the said time Charles E, Rumme
lin was the son-in-law of the said P.- L.
Willis, and plaintiff . Is Informed, be
lieves and alleges the fact to be that
during all of the said time herein men
tioned 'the said defendant Wlllla owned
a large share In. the said firm of Ash
ley & Rummelin and had a large amount
of his own money invested therein," :,
Attorney Jeffries declined last night
to make any lengthy statement In addi
tion to the fact sets forth In the com
plaint. Journal 'Want Ads bring raaulta, .
DMNDSPHS
Oregon Editor in
Written for The Journal tx Ben F. Amis,
I '
"Rowel him,; Bill, an: sea t he ken
buck," soma one say. i:'i.; ,;::"
If he la not a rear cowboy you will
think he la a splendid Imitation, aa the
caruse does some of the prettiest you
ever saw. ' And you' wonder at the small
amount of coaxing It takes to get (hint
in ' the humor. . If he bucks onto the
porch among the. bunch of old .veterana
and creates very little disturbance you
DY GANTENBEIN
Olson, Tazwell, Re,id and
Grant Aspire to Position of
Judge of Circuit Court
Olson's Slogan.
No lesa than four candidates, for cir
cuit judge are In sight for the seat to
be vacated by Judge Gantenbeln, who
yesterdny announced himself a candi
date for congress. -News of the. -coming
retirement of Gantenbeln was quickly
followed by announcement from. Justice
of the Peace Fred L. Olson and Munici
pal Judge George Taswell that they
will seek nomination for promotion to
the higher court. .
William Reid, a former Justice of
the peace, has already filed his declara
tion with the secretary of state, and City
Attorney Frank 8. Grant Is regarded as
certain to enter tha field within a short
time.
Justice Olson, In his campaign for tho
circuit bench, will have for a slogan,
"Progressive Judiciary, recall of all dis
honest officials, common justice and
more nonest work."
"In my campaign I expect to call at
tention to my work m the justice court.'
said Justice Ol son last night. "Despite
the opposition of loose practiolonera
and the shyster element, I have been
successful in raising the justice court
to a better plane, arid I am proud of
my accomplishment, in bringing It to
; "The last report of the county audi
tor gives to the Justice the teat show,
lng of any department as to lta fl
nances. The earning t capacity waa
shown to have!ncreased 38 per - cent
ainoe tne rormex. report and , the ex
pense Increased only 6.8 per cent Upon
my record, in office my appeal will oe
made In aspiring to the circuit bench."
Justice Olson finished a eourse In
the University of Oregon law school In
184 and was admitted to the bar the
same year i For three years i he was
cierK of the municipal court In the ad'
ministration of Judae Hoeue. In 1898
he waa elected justice of tha peace over
Waldemar Seton, his victory being one
or tne surprises or that year. Hens now
serving his third term,v having been
onosen eacn time by large majorities.
Municipal Judge TaxwelL who also
announced his candidacy last night for
me seat oi judge Gantenbeln, made a
phenomenal In 1910 both " at the
primaries and the general election, when
he was chosen to his present office. He
was first appointed municipal Judge by
Mayor Simon, and refused , to -be ro
moved later on when Simon attempted
to oust nim..-' -.-- --y-'A--A ,
"I - shall be a candidate on a plat
form of progressive Republicanism,"
said Judge Taxwell last night. "I bo.
lieve in the progressive Republicanism
of Roosevelt. La Follette and Boumu.
I shall take the position that the pres
ent number of circuit judges la suffl
clent If the work Is done-expeditiously
and by proper methods, and I will oppose
any increase in the number of Judges.
Judge Taxwell has been foi j. 2 years
a resident of, Portland, and engaged in
the active practice of law for eight
years. He became municipal tidge in
September, 1010, thla being hla first
public office. He received both the
Republican and'Democratlo nominations
at the primaries following.'.' : : -
five drown when
gasoline: launch
' capsizes on bar
(Continued from Page One.) i ,
nono was lost, the men aboard ewim-
sengers. Yonkers had been- running on
the bay for years and was thoroughly
familiar 'with the wnter. v. -
One ot, the ..life ; savers waa washed
from the life boat but was rescued by
the others Of the crew.; r The accident
happened lust ; before dark. The men
on the boat were probably -Immediately
drowned and there waa but little chance
for the life saving crew to rescue any of
them. The' launch after capsizing was
washed out to sea. , It J Is not ; likely
mat any or the bodies win ba recov
ered.
BAKER COUNTY PETITION "
AIMS AT COMMISSION
r?:.:'';'&;:;:; '';;"?; " 1 m " ,(,:. i'- ;
(Dpeelel to The Jnnrsal I '
Baker, Or.. Jan. 20. A ootltlon was
filed this afternoon asking - the city
commissioners to call a -special election
April. 25 to vote on tha auestlow of re
voking the commission government and
reverting to the council form. , It., waa
signed by 811 voters. Small taxpayers
were in tne, majority, and no big busi
ness interests were represented. ' Sev
eral former council members were sign
ers. The liquor interests are accused
of being behind tha move., -
-tst cone'
FOUR CANDIDATES SHUSTER BLAMES
WANT ri ARF HE D GREAT BR TA N FOR
Front of the Old Store in the Old Town
editor of the Lostlno (Or,) Reporter, ;
may 'wonder at that also. If you be
come weary of looking at the wild west
exhibitions of the cow punchcra-nd
cow girls. Just step . over across the
street. There you win find the inevi
table, old fashioned bench In the shade,
weli-carved np, where many councils
Of by-gone days have: been. held. You
will perbapa find a aoft pleoo of wood,
maybe, a piece of a dry goods box or some
Deposed Treasurer General
-Says England Will Taste
Bitter Fruits of Her Policy
in Troubled Country.
(By the. International News Service.)
Vienna, Jan. 20. -Blaming Great Brit
ain for tha qhaotlo etate of affairs In
Persia and predicting that In the -end
England will taste tha bitter frulte of
her policy, W. Morgan Ehuster, the do-
posed treasurer - general, ; haa arrived
here en route home to America!
Mr. 8huster . said that Russia and
Great ;' Britain,, instead of being on a
solid basis of friendship as a result of
tha Peraian upheaval, are "face to face
on opposite aides of disorganized territory."-.
, ' -1
'"Great Britain, Judging from the pres
ent trend of events, will soon be eon
fronted with a serious Russo-Indlan
problem," he said. "The Russians are
advancing their Interests southward at
a steady pace, slowly but surely com
ing to a realization of their century old
drerfm of a warm water port. It will
be but a matter of a few years before
Russia will have this port and then
Great .. Britain will regret her present
policy,. .
.'The dismemberment of Persia might
have been entirely averted if Great
Britain had objected at the outset to
Russia a- violations of . tha Anglo-Russian
pact." I. v''. .;. T"'",. :7
Mr. Shuster described Persia as a
"land of chaoa and anarchy; where be
fore the action of Great Britain and
Russia it was making substantial pro
gress toward peace and order and a
genuine constitutional government"
TL K. Oppenhelmer, on Oregon Frank,
won, first place in the paper chase pulled
off yesterday afternoon by the Portland
Hunt olub. Mrs. William Biddie, on
Qorlna.waaaec,oni1, and..Walter Onit-4.
ter, on Lady Myrtle, waa third. The
finish, which waa witnessed by a large
crowd, waa very exciting because of the
close, contest for second place between
Mrs. Blddle and . Mr. Gnitter and vie
tory fell to Mrs. Blddle because of her
skillful horsemanship. - '
, Tho trail waa made by William Wal
ter and Mrs. F. G." Buffum and covered
practically - the same course as : was
laid for "the New Year's chase. The
courae waa about aeven miles long, anu
lea over nine jumps. , ; - v - - f r;-
Other who participated In the chase
were Sam Kerr, Dr. J. N. Coghlan, Mrs,
Davidson, Miss I Stokes,-Miss M.. Law
rence, Miss Wheeler of New York, Miss
M. Beck, Miss U. Kelley, Mrs. C. H. Nor
lln, Mlas E. Wills Mra. 8. Grenler, Mlaa
Nelson, Mrs. F. Shults, -Mrs, - R.
Klbrldge William Blddle, Miss Margaret
Blddle, James Nicol and H-M. Kerron.
IPS OFF BOAT, DIES
'nMvfkl . ta fTitm Imitnil "'
man' named Hartshorn, from Poxjbtand,
waa drowned in the- Umpqua river by
accidentally stepping off the- river
steamer Eva, in the dark. He was
with. a. cousin of the same name and
was en route to tha Smith ,Rlve coun
try, where he expected to go to work
on a farm. He was a passenger on tha
Drain atage line and had boarded the
boat at Scottsbufg for Gardiner. Hart
shorn la - said to be 22- yeara old and
had been working for the Edwards com
pany, house furnishings, in Portland.
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See Changes In City Since 1871.
AmOng the 'Inland Empire excursion-
lets who were in Portland yesterday en
route to California was R, J. Reeves, a
prominent farmer, and wheat grower, of
Wilbur Wash. and , formerly a Port
lander. Ii'p-pf;p?''::''-',i y A1'
Mr. Reeves recalled hla first visit to
Portland in 1871 when he, had to travel
600 milea by stage from California? to
reach the city which at that time had
but a fewvhousea and roada. ,,
"At , that time Portland had a popu
lation of. 7000 and it waa not much of
a oltyV said Mr. Reeves remlnlscently,
But It is a metropolis today and will
becom one of the great cities In the
world. It won't be many years' before
Us population will be BOO.OOO." ,
CHAOS IN PERSIA
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PORTLAND
PASSENGER
juniper wood. Anyway, you will find
It .soft and nice and .easily whittled
Everything needed except the jack-knife
,,i - - ii. , T .. . ....
win imp. lucre... f ; '
Promptly t, 3:30 or -thereabout, If
you see a mad rush, approaching a
stampede, see - buccaroos,r farmers, old
men with canes. old ladies with bon.
nets on, pretty girls with rosy cheeks,
aheopherder with dogs, a Country dandy
with.: red . tie,- ice. cream pants.' green
coat, red -cap, - blue -hose and red ox
fords on, all headed; in one direction,
Just whittle. Anyway, take-no heed, for
, isn i a jir, or an earthquake the
stage has Just come with the mail and
hero everybody,, from grandfather to tr.e
4-year-old , tot," goes to the - poatoffic
when it arrives. If you .want to find
the mayor, marshal, constable, justice
of" the peace ,' your wife or sweetheart,
you will find them at the postoffice at
thla hour of, the day. It la the round-up
point for the whole community -for the
time' being, v51 -! 4. .:X".--4t'. -':
There are. "nt a great many of these
good ' old towns to he found!., in .these
modern times. At. least, few of the old
pioneers who helped to build the town
and blase ,;the trail remain. iThey have
long since passed over, the great divide.
The Iron horse has displaced the stage
coach, . and the automobile has beooms
more ' "popular -as - a "conveyance thau
either ; the pony or ' boggy. put here
we find much. the same conditions which
prevailed before the advent or the rail
road.. It la- a - pioneer towh in every
sense and it makes one feel good to ex
prlence the i'real frontier . Ufa right at
the door of modern times. " But such Is
every day Jlfe in a rural district5 .,
E
New -York arttf ; Chicago Only
Lead With Voider i Estab-
lished Institutions;. Postal
Employes" Hold Banquet
.W:'-Vt.2
Portland has Jumped ' tothird")lace
in the list of cities'' with postal .sav
ings banks In the United .Statea and
her record for the firef four months
of the bank surpasses that of New Tork
City, according to tha announcement
made laat night at the annual banquet
of aupeijylslng employee of the poat-
ornce, neid at the commercial club.
The gross deposits for tha bank up
to last night were $445,795, which placea
Portland In a. position surpassed only
by New Tork and Chicago. Both the
New York and Chicago offlcee have
been in operation considerably, longer
than Portland's, and - tha first four
months of the Portland postal savings
bank ahow larger deposits than did
New -York's in the first, four months
of its history.
There have been 4700 active, accounts
in the Portland bank of which 666 are
new this month. Of the accounts 'D60
have been closed aince opening leaving
8850 accounts now open. The-net de
posits at close of business '.last, 'night
were 8328,469. ; ,
Laat ntghfs banquet was the first,, to
be held by the supervising employes of
the postoffice. Blnca- Charles B. Mar-
rick has been postmaster he .baa Called
each month what he baa designated as
"cabinet meetings,' among the auperln
tendenta ot tha various divisions of the
main postoffice and the branches. , -
They have proved so successful in
helping In the work" bf the office that
It was decided to have the annual meet
ing take the form of a banquet. About
80 division superintendents and ' their
guests, which Included the postoffica
Inspectors In this district, met at the
Commercial club at 7:30 last night and
after an elaborate dinner, listened to a
number of instructive talks by thoaa
present. Postmaster Merrick acted aa
toastmaster and among the speakers
were Postoffice Inspector E. C Clem
ents, who spoke on "The Meaaurea of
Efficiency In the Postal Service." .-.
F. E. Ross, assistant superintendent
of "icTly deTTvefy, wiio spoke on "Prob
lems in the City Delivery Service": R.
Or Lee, who spoke -on "The Postoffica
and the Public"; George H. Carr, super
intendent of the postal savings division,
whose subject was 'The Newest Branch
of the Postal Bervice," and who fur
nished' the Information concerning the
growth of the postal savings bank.1'
. Assistant Postmaster Williamson who
rpoke on ."How Best to Merit Promo
tion In the Postoffice Service' a sub
ject which Postmaster - Merrick also
spoke on briefly; C. P. Holloway, super
intendent of the mailing division, on
"The Jklalllng Division and lta Relation
to Other Branchea of the Postal Ser
vice;" find W. - O. Schallenberger, ' who
spoke on "What Constitutes a Good Sta
tion, , Superintendent" 4 y.:..ti .v j: .--A.. . r
WILDE CASt WILL BE
m RESUMED TOMORROW
JExaminatlon'of talesmen for the jury
to try Louis J, Wilde "for alleged am-
bezalement of $90,000 of. funds of tha
Oregon Trust " & Savings, bank will be
resumed in Judge Kavanaugh'a depart
ment of-the circuit court at 9:30 o'clock
tomorrow, morning. ;.- -.:.
. Three peremptory challenges Out of a
posslblo six have been used by the at
torneys for the defendant,, and one but
of a possible three by the attorneys for
the state. It la expected tnat both sides
will go the limit on challenges, and this
makes It probable the Jury will not be
completed before Tuesday, afternoon. '.' J:
Of 11 men ao far passed for cause, at
least six will be among the 12 finally
chosen. The II from whom the selection
will be made are H. , M. Call well, J. H.
MacDonald, O. F. Rampe, Barney Haf-
fey, Martin Battler, J. A. Mc Arthur, W.
O. Eaton, F E, Jackson, L, A. La JOle,
Charles A, Kalus and John B. Tanner.
1 "' 1 "V" . ' '".mtt"
Straw Vote Favdra tTafU. '
In a-clgar Box scaled by Jt. p' Coff-
man, a grocer of Lents, Robert O. Dun
can,' representative or a San ' Francisco
Spice firm, has been collecting a straw
ballot on the coming presidential elec
tion among the retail grocers In vari
ous parts of the city and the cltymales.
men of tha wholesalers. - A total of 55
votes were cast of which Tart received
13,,- winning r from , Roosevelt, who - re
ceived an even dozen. - Woodrow WI1-,
son made a close third with 10 and
La Follette was fourth with six. Clark
and Bryan tied with four each. Deba
had two supporters, and f olk; Harmon,
Johnson ; and Gray eacn received one.
Senator Chamberlain of .Oregon, re-
eeived two. votes aa second choice. -
NATION
EDUCATIONAL MEM
TO GET TOGETHER
IIIIJEI'MOVU
Plan to Introduce Agriculture
V . State Schools t0', Be
Crystallized at Meeting at
. Corvallis Monday,; . ;
By Marshall N. Dana. ' -
.-.These are days when development hla
tory. Is ; being madr In v Oregon. ' Tha :
method ; for; m akin a - the land work Is
evolving.. 'Earth education. la receiving
recognition. ( - ... i .. ,
The Portland school board took aog
nlsance of earth education Friday. H
gave sanction and approval to the Intro- -.
ductlon - of. garden .contests 1 in r tha
schoola.f The interest of Superintendent ".
Digiw in , tne pian waa a lacior con- .
trlbutlng to suoceus. , , , . ,
The earth t education - plan '. for the
Stute will be crystallised at a-meeting ,'
at Corvallis. tomorrow. - Tha .state's pro-. ,
gresstve educational forceg. win there
be represented. The linking -of educa-
nuniii maoninery. wiin - commercial ana v
transportation Interests in- the. accomp
llshment of training possessing practical ,
value will b ' witnessed, dlatlnctlvely
then, ;; ; -. it-
City and . Out-state education nlana '
have before been gone Into.-1; Their fun-
damental importance in etater, develop- ,
ment . is now , tha . thing , to emphasise.
The city vplan is supported, by every '
clvlo organisation. A garden contest so
ciety -will be organised in each school. .
A city-wide exhibit that it will require v
the Armory to hold will constitute the
grand . climax,' Prizes worth .while will . -compensate
;town boys and girls who
have -excelled In vegetable culture. , .
Tha out-state plan includes the organ
isation of each school by a plan from
Ant inf TtnViltA lnt.intlAn.. It will h .
financed by the State Bankers' aaaocla-
tion. A man from the Livestock asso
ciation will travel with the atata organ
iser to be appointed by Professor Alder
man. Each county will nave lta -contest,
Ifnv. tha itata thora will ha n ovhlhlt
in connection with the-state' fair-and
prizes. Here the garden exhibits ot city
boys and girls and of country boya
and giria will be ahown in . contralla-
.1 W1 1 , 1 1 ...
petltlon, and the - prise Hat will ' ba
notable. ' , -
But why,- the ' "fundamental - impor
tance" of. earth education in Oregon?
Go back a little. The state'e first need
Is people people- to. till its rich, un
occupied acres. The state's second great
est need ia method. - Problems . of pro- '
ductlon can, only be overcome In Ore-.
gon oy anowieaga oi. correct procedure. .
Agricultural education suppltes the
method. It applies to newcomer; old
timer and school student. alike.. Ita in
troduction into the Wrtate'a schools is -
but one phase of a great movement, a
movement resultant from the discovery
that nothing, will so well advertise tbe
nonie ueairaouiiy oi tne si,aie aa ins
aucoesa of its soli workers. And noth
ing will compel big . crop aucceas ao
surely aa the information made subject -of
practice through the competitive pro
gram now outlined. , v r-
, Asd when earth education has brought
Success to the .soil a worker whether in
the city or : town, or school- and. that
success ia ' measured by dollars and a -satisfying
standard of life and citizen
ship the "back to. the land" movement
wiu oe irresistible, ana tne zarmer win
be occupying the place.be merits the -moat
powerful personage of the land.
At Corvallis tomorrow: will be State
Superintendent Alderman, President W.
J. Kerr of Oregon Agricultural college.
and Professor R. D. He tie 1, director of
tha new extension department. Gover
nor West' Is planning to go. From Port .
land will go Emery Olmstead of . the -
oannsri uawnugn, yi. v. unapman.
development manager of the Commercial -
club and State Development league; D.
O. Lively . and O. M. Plummer of the
Livestock association, and others. The' '
convening of such a committee : will .
mars a turning poini in me aeveiop-
ment history or. Oregon, " v
S. F. Wilson to Intend Withdrawal.
Spr1l to 1. JoamL
Pendleton, Or- Jan. X0.In all proba- -
blUty. S. xPred Wilson, the Athena at- v
torney, wi-not ba a candidate for tbe
Republican nomination for congTesa
from thla district , While he haa made
no formal announcement, of hla with- '
drawal, the information cornea from ,.
good authority and will undoubtedly be :
confirmed Within a few days. - Wilson V
waa one of the first men to declare him?1 "
self a candidate after tha new district
had been created, but It la understood - .
that unless some unforeseen oontlngency "
arises, he will retire.
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