yOL.VIII. NO. 43.
PORTLAND; , OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING,' JANUARY 28, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TOLD VATTERSOH
WILSON DID NOT
WANT RYAN COIN
New Jersey Governor's ; Cam
;'.paign Manager Issues De
; tailed Statement Covering
Conversations With Editor.
"MflMFY WOT PATRIOTISM,'
' III wiiib i y tw p - - -y
COUNTS" MARSE HENRY
Declares Scribe "Insisted 50
' Years' in Politics Taught
Him Cash Best Asset
- By tbe International Newt Service.)
New York, Jan. 27. William F. Mo-
, Combs.' Governor Wilson's" campaign
manager, Issued the following state
ment In this city tonight: ' 's '!,
"I have read the correspondence In
terchanged between Colonel Watterson
and Senator Tillman which .appears In
this morning's papers. I had thought
that Colonel Watterson's statement of
several days ago Itself entirely "dis
posed, of the alleged. Incident- s "
stated in an Interview a day or , so
. afterward. w-' ---'-
s "I have made no statement with refer
ence to it since that time. From the
beginning of the campaign for Gover
nor Wilson, which I have manager, I
have received all of the contributions
to it.
Contributors Expect So Betarn.
"I assume responsibility for .them,
and I know all their sources. JThey
" have" uniformly been made" by" people
who had' no interest except the consum
mation of the ideas which he represents.
.Not one of thera expects any other re
turn.' -.v ';
"Any communication which has been
had been myself and ' Colonel Watter
nn rararrilna- nmnalcn funds has talc-
- en place in personal interviews between
him and myself. There have been two
Interviews only.
T ln.n..lv jUfclllr in malra" m. nuhlln
statement on a private conversation and
regret very much that ColoneK Wtter
. son has forced me to do so.
Byan's Same Brought Vp.
'In Ootober of last year I had a gen
eral conversation . on presidential pol
itics with Colonel Watterson at the
visited him at his suggestion. In the
course ox xne cvuvfnauun u .1
... wi. ..In!.. Ih.l I.,., amount of
mm i'ivi. - ---
money would be needed and volunteered
the suggestion he would go and see his
friend, Thomas F. Ryan, that he was
he could Induce him to make a
very large continuation to the cam-
J saia to nito ma, we coum not w
SfLT. tVJBN - "lU'T. 11. ...... OMV
tMbtlorte were not Within the spirit of
the Woodro w Wflson-cam pal gn. His re-
(Continued on Page Four.)
New Jersey Governor Makes
No Reference, to Watter
son's Suggestion for Deter
.. mining Truth of Statement.
' trailed Pren Loused Wire.)
' Boston, Jan. 27. Omitting, reference
to Colonel Henry Watteraon's sugges
tion of a "court of honor" to settle their
differences in the WUson-Harvey-Wat-,
terson affair, Governor Wilson spoke on
national Issues tonight at a dinner giv
en in his honor and attended by a large
umber of prominent Boston business
and professional men. Wilson told . the
reporters that he stood pat on his state
ment made today fhat he had not auth
orized '.Watterson to collect any funds
for his campaign. . i
Wilson . spoke for a "bigger conser
vation a. conservation that- would not
be confined to the renewal of forests
but would embrace the conservation of
the lives and morals of the American
people." He emphasized the necessity
of the government regulating business
and spoke of the "false economies" of
the great corporations. He pleaded for
women and children workers, asserting
that it was necessary for the employers
to pay higher wages, to get" real effici
ency and, therefore, real economy.
Governor Wilson wasjglven. a rous
ing reception and his remarks were
greeted with prolonged applause.
Italians Give Nurses Over to French.
Paris, Jan. t7. News, was received
here late tonight that the 29 Turks who
were selxed on board the liner Manou
bia had been turned over touthe French
consul at Cagllari. .
Indignation over, the setsure of tht
French mall steamer Tavignano, off
Tunis, did not abate when a semi-official
note was received from Rome to
day that the vessel had been released.
It was ' reported that - the government
would demand an abjectj. apology from
Italy," and also notifying her that dip
lomatic relations would be-broken-off
at one if any more French steamers
were molested. 1 -
- Portuguese Republic Bankrupt,
'"! (By tbe International Newt Bmrice.)'
Lisbon, Jan. 2Y. The, ahlp -of state of
the Portuguese republic1 is drifting per
ilously near to the shoals of bankruptcy.
So threatening has the "Situation become
.that Portugal has put up om of her
African colonial' . possessions, for ; sale
and Is trying to find a-purchoscr. .
. The Portuguese government 1 needs
money chieflyto build up her army and
navy." Thera are continual desertions.
mm Wilson
OMITS MENTIONING
"COURT OF HON OR"
The Day in -Politics
Now Tork President Taft
f starts campaign to seoure home V
state by addressing Ohio society
ot New Tork .before starting
three days' tour of Ohio., At
'taoks recall as applied to Judicl-
::'ary.c i
Boston, Mass. Governor Wll-
"son opens campaign for New
England delegates. " '
- Oyster Bay, N." Y. Governor 1
Stubbs of Kansas has conference . 4
' with . Colonel .. Roosevelt, , bays ,
Kansas is fn a fever over ex :
president. " 4
Chicago Roosevelt National ,
committee authorises a national
conference of Republicans favor- :
-ing . Roosevelt- for president to
meet- in Chicago February ' (.
i - Waschingtoiv Speaker dark
denounced his fellow Missouri-'
an, Joseph W." Folk, because he
said the former governor charged .
him with being In a comblnatioa
with Governor .Harmon. : '".'
New York I stand by for-.
mer statements and I believe .
Roosevelt will be nominated, will
accept and will sweep tne coun--
try next November. Governor
Glasscock of West Virginia. .
Washington "I will show to
a court of honor .that ' I had
authority to raise money for the
Wilson campaign and that I did
raise a considerable amount"
. Colonel Henry Watterson.
Chicago "Roosevelt will carry
Michigan by 100,000 and Is the
" only Republican candidate who
: can ' defeat the Democrats . this -
year." Governor Osborn, of
Michigan. -
Springfield. 111. Progressive
.Republicans of Illinois 1 confer-
ence pass resolutions demanding
the relegation of Presdent Taft
and the nomination of a progres-
slve. Roosevelt, La Follette and
Cummins are all indorsed.
"..
Governor of Kansas Gives Out
Interesting Statement After
Long Conference With Ex
President at Oyster Bay
(By tbe International Hews Sarviee.)
New York, Jan. 27. Governor WV R.
Stubbs ot Kansas arrived in New Tork
this afternoon after meeting Colonel
Roosevelt by appointment at Oyster
Bay, where be spent several hours.
When ; he left the-' colonel he an
nounced that he would have a state
ment to make public in writing at tbe
Hotel Wolcott at 8 o'clock.
Colonel Roosevelt when seen by a
correspondent after the departure ;;of
Governor Stubbs, said: T have nothing
to "say. Governor Stubbs will give out
a written statement tn New York."
Colonel Roosevelt Implied that he had
seen the statement and approved It' As
soon as be reached New Tork Governor
Stubbs gave, out a typewritten state
ment, saying in, part:
"There - is no doubt whatever that
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will be
nominated by the Republican conven
tion In Chicago and elected the next
president of, the United States.
T say this knowing from his personal
statements to me, repeated over and
over ; again, first last September, later
In several letters from him, and during
a personal 'conversation today, that he
Is not a candidate and will not be a
candidate for the nomination. I am
fully convinced he means exactly what
he says and that he honestly and sin
cere feels that . he- personally has
nothing to gain by another term as
president.
Boosevel'. Has JTerer ef need.
But Colonel Roosevelt has never said
to me or to any. other living being to
my knowledge, that he would refuse the
nomination If It came 'to him as the
result of a genuine sentiment on the
part Of the American people.
"All the Information I have been able
to gather from all parts of the country
indicates that that demand will persist
and grow and force the convention to
offer him the nomination. His pat
riotic spirit, his courage and his keen
sense of the duties and obligations of
a citizen will forbid him to set his back
against a task which the people de
mand that he perform.".
SIMS MAY ISSUE A
CALL FOR NATIONAL
ROOSEVELT MEET
(United Freaa Leased Wlre.ll '
Chicago, Jan. 27, A national confer
ence of Rooseveltians probably will be
called to meet here February . Secre
tary Edwin M. Sims, of the National
Roosevelt committee, announced tonight
that the committee had been Instructed
to call such a conference by Governor
C. ' S. Osborn of Michigan, who came
here today to consult with the committee
regarding the Roosevelt activity In
Michigan. ' ' . , .. , , .
Telegraphic requests to; all Republi
can governors have been sent out by
the committee, asking them to be pres
ent at the confereuc and invitations to
parloipate are being sent to others in
terested In the movement. .
"We already have assurance that this
national conference will be one ot the
greatest and most unique political gath
erings In the history of the-country,"
said Sims - "It la probable- that a per
manent Roosevelt organisation will be
formed that wilt devise ways and means
for carrying into effect the Roosevelt
sentiment that 1 developing in every
section 'Of thai country,-!-'' :,:.-.:-., O'X'-:?
Governor Osborn is an enthusiastic
Roosevelt boomer. ' He' wss enrolled to
day as a, member of the Roosevelt Na
tional committee and made the ' first
statement , regarding the movement to
secure the nomination of Colonel Roose
velt for president.': . v. vt; .-. '
"There , is no doubt that Theodore
Roosevelt 'will ,be the next .president.
He is the only Republican who will be
(Continued on Pag i'lve )
STUBBS DECLARES
ROOSEVELT VflLt
BEMADE NOMINEE
IE
WHILE TRAILING
BEAUTIFUL WIFE
John J. Moore, Principal Fig
ure in Recently Tried Sen
sational Divorce Suit, Prob-
ably Fatally Wounded.
HE OPENS FIRE UPON
DRIVER OF WRONG CAR
He Had Heard That Winsome
. Mate Was to Go Riding
With Another.
(By to International Nea Berrlce )
San Francisco, Jan. J 7. -John J.
Moore, capitalist and clubman whose
marital difficulties with the beauti
ful Lillian Wagner McCarthy Moore led
to sensational divorce proceedings last
September was shot and probably mor
tally wounded in a pistol duel tonight
with Tim Timothy, a chauffeur, in
front of the Moore home on El Camlno
Real, San Mateo.
Moore fell with a bullet In h h.
domen and doctors who operated on him
at Red Cross hospital In Redwood City
held out unpromising hopes for hts
recovery late tonight. .
The shooting took place shortly be
fore 10:80 o'clock within a hhndred
reet or too Moore home. . Aceording,to
the story told by Timothy to the po
lice, he was on the way to the home
of his employer. A. C. Breeder tha
HUlBboro millionaire, when the eogineJ.
"i uio outcome ne was driving stopped.
Getting out of the machine to investi
gate, Timothy said be saw a man ap
pear from behind a tree with
The man began flrlnar'at him. Tim.
vmy nam. ana arter he bad fired sev
eral snots, tbe chauffeur drew a re
volver and returned the fire, one of the
four shots taking effect
In a deposition he mad to City At
torney Charles Kirkbrlt of San-Mateo,
Moore said he heard that his wife was
going automobilln with anothar man
and he was laying in wait to shoot her.
Moore has been living at the Pacific
Union club in San Francisco since Su
perior Judge Buck refused to grant
either himself or his wife a divorce.
Mrs. Moore, seen at ner home imme
diately af ter tha shooting, said that her
nusoaca uad not vial tad her last -night
"I did not know that ha was ahmit
sleuthing'," she said. Then she became
hysterical and refused to answer' fur
ther questions, .
San Francisco, Jan. 87. J. J. Moore
and hts wife, the beautiful Lillian Wagner-McCarthy-Moore,
recently aired nine
years of unhappy married life In Judge
Buck's court at Redwwod City.
Tlie charges that this wealthy couple
made against each other Included nearly
(Continued on Page Four.)
CRITICS: ATTACKS
"Prosperity" Keynote of Ad
dress Before Ohioans in
New York; Argues Against
"Radical Legislation."
(Cnltrd Prras Uaacd Wire.?
New Tork, Jan, 27. "Prosperity,"
was the keynote of President Taft's
first speech here tonight before the
Ohio society, in . whfch he defied the
critics of the administration and again
vigorously attacked the recall as ap
plied to the judiciary. -
"We are enjoying today a greater per
capita holding of property by the indi
vidual than ever in the history of the
country," said the president, to his fel
low Ohioans, at the Waldorf dinner.
"Never before have the farmers been so
prosperous, and rarely before have the
working men had higher wages. Never
before has our school system been as
perfect Never before has it been so
easy for any young man to obtain a full
college education. Never before has the
equality of opportunity manlfted itsolf
as It doos today in Ohio and all her eli-
ter states. ' ,",1 ,?''.:...
fortunes Corruptly Gained.
nn . tn- 4h itAurM nf tht nrnarraMS
which has been made there are corrupt!
men who have been able to accumulate
Ill-gotten fortunes; corporations have
at times enjoyed unjust political power;
political bosses have flourished and de
feated tha will of ; the people and
wealthy litigants have' enjoyed the ad
vantage, in courts of Justice because
of tbe burdens Incident to the delays tn
the rendering of Judgment. It is true
that in many Instances the public has
been aroused and has thrown off the
reins of the bosses, legislation has been
introduced to regulate and . supervise
the business of corporations, especially
those having public relation's and move
ments to unseat political despotism in
free - communities -have been r notably
successful.1 : ;f .'..' .:.;?:'.'&&, &
"Not content with this progress, there
are reformers who now propose remedies
to make retrograde steps In polities Im
possible' by the establishment - Of new
constitution's, easily amendable, provid
ing for xonstant appeals to the fran
chises and tthe votes of the people, for
the recall by the vote of the people ot
judges, and for the reversal of Judicial
decisions by plebescltes. - : ,
, "It may be questioned whether in the
whole' history of proposed "political re
forms we have ever had such radical
MILLION.'
T
TAFT DEFIES HIS
RECALLOF UDGES
(Continued Pa 1'age Jt'lva.),
WAITING FOR
( 00 OUT AND , I e 1?C AMmi&
y-tA v . A e ov WITH tuc va H y. 1 TUn
MIAN AD
WILL BUILD INTO
0.W. R. & N." to Construct
Road to Vancouver, Fiht
ing Hill Where He-Is-Very
Strongly' Entrenched.
(By tha International New Service.!
San Francisco. Jan. 27. The New
Tork bankers behind the Harriman rail
road system have decided to build Into
Vancouver,. B. ana wiyun two years,
or before the opening of the Panama-
Paclflo Exposition In this city, will be
running through passenger trains be
tween San Francisco and the British
Columbia metropolis, as they are al
ready doing between this city and Port
land and Seattle.
To accomplish this end a. line will
have to be built north from Seattle.
The work will bo done by tha Oregon-
Washington Railway and Navigation
company, the name or me Hamman
system in Oregon and 'Washington, and
of which J. P. Farrell of Portland is
president.
The Vancouver line has a three-fold
significance.
James J. Hill's Great Northern al
ready has a Una Into .Vancouver. His
Northern Paclflo reaches the same city.
The Harriman move Indicates that that
system la struggling for a strong posi
tion against mil in nts own entrenched
territory, while he is busy striving to
get a better foothold in Oregon in com-
petition with the Harriman people.
Canadian-Mexican Soute Been.
Tha second move of J. D.' Farrell's
Vancouver project la that within two
years the Harriman people will control
a route clear from Vancouver to the
City of Mexico, via this city, Los An
geles and Tucson.
The time Is coming when the Harri
man bankers, under three or four dif
ferent corporation nam, will have
their own railroad route from Vancou
ver, via this city and Los Angeles, to
tje uuy or Mexico ana . tne Tehuante-
peo isthmus.
And here is where the third meaning
of the Vancouver extension is, said to
come into play. ' Tbe Harriman people
are rapidly getting their western rail
properties In a position In both this
country and Mexico to meet the radical
traffic changes that are to follow the
opening ot the Panama canal.
All Forts Will Be -Tapped.
The railroad scheme of the Harriman
people as outlined will cover every port
Of consequence on the Pacific side. Van
couver to Sallna Crut. The far seeing
Harriman already hod this compre
hensive plan in his mind. The bankers
are simply guiding to fruition the idea
of that genlUs.' -..;'.:'' ':"-..
Whether Farrell's ' Vancouver move
will force Hill to show his - hand in
California is another interesting ques
tion. ' - '.''.' - v
- The Harriman people have already
planned to spertd $136,000,000 for Oregon
extensions. They have also surveyed
for six branch lines In ' northern Cali
fornia. ! V ' .'-:--' 1 I"'-:- ' I
Should Hill extend his Oregon trunk
line south into this - State" these branch
linen will . be built to strengthen the
Southern Pacific, against this new com-1
petition;: -They ; will also have ; to ba
built if Hill enters the state from the
coast , by getting control alone, or with
others. Of the Western Pacific, , talk
about i which is; now current; in New
York; financial clnlea. . . " j , x.y
e : " '" 11 .. . " : ;' ... !'r
150 Bodies Are Recovered. A
C Kiilja, Mongolia, Jan. hun?
dred and fifty bodies were removed
today from the ruing caused by the ex
plosion of a powder mill at Oldsuldun.
tjeverai hundred persons Were wounded.
BRITISH HH
THE TEMPERATURE TO RISE
COMMERCIAL CLUB
DECIDES TO MOVE
TO NEW LOCATION
Proposed New Central Market
Building May Be Leased
Burgard, Kleiser, Jackson,
Freeman, Beail on Board.
The Portland Commercial rlnh a it.
annual meeting last night, elected John
o. xseau. j. h. Burgard. C. S. Jackson,
F A. Freeman and George W. Kleiser
members of the board of governors for
the term expiring 1915. The hold over
members are For the term ending 1914:
- " ..-.ua., j. n, noagers.
Sflrg0 MfDo.we" nd..T- N. Stoppen-
U t71 l"e lrm ending 1913 Ed-
B S. West and F, I. Fuller.
Next Tuesday at 12:15 the board will
meet to elect officers for the year. Men
tioned to tUUPJWil I.A.l,ln. 1 r
Beckwlth are C. C. Colt, and Edgar B.
npor, viuo preaiaenr. Mr. Piper, how
ever, has intimated that ha will decline
the honur. ' For R0erpfa.tf tn , i..
V . . J .MVWCU ,
J. Hoffmann, F. A. Freeman Is being
BlwHen ox.
The vote last nlgnt was the heaviest
in tho hlgtorv nt tha -1 , . k ka . 1 .
- - - . ---", mo uuuiuur
of ballots cast being 407. There was
no Insurgent ticket in the field. Of SOU
ballots counted up till midnight, the
vote stood as follows: F. A. Freeman,
tit; jorni a. tseaai, aos; j, h. Burgard,
205: C. S. Jnrknnn 9nn. nr
Kleiser, 186; Elwood Wiles, 128; W 11.
Fear, 100; Sol Ulumauer, 98; A,' M.
Bmun, a; u. KHey 72.
The club decided to move Into larger
(Continued on Page Four.)
IS
HEIR TO BIG ESTATE
If Henry Feweton Dodd, an eleotriclan,
is in Portland, he may quit working
and spend the balance of his days In
idle luxury, If he so wishes. For Henry
Ke wmon voaa has raiien heir to about
$200,000, good South African money,
and he is wanted.
Major O. Brassett, a Canadian govern
ment special agent, was in Portland last
night on the trail of Mr. Dodd who was
last heard from in this city. From here
the major left for San Francisco, for
his government demands that he report
something every day, and he did not
find Mr. Dodd in Portland.
.- The South African estate was left
by the late Colonel Harvey Fred Dodd,
formerly in the' Indian service. Henry
F. Dodd, presumably of Portland, Is
a nephew. Colonel Dodd's own son was
disowned many years ago.
In order to r gain control , of Colonel
Dodd's , estate, Henry F, Dodd must
marry and live happily with his wife
for j 10 . years, unless death should -Intervene.
- At the end of , the. 10 years,
all of tne money will be turned over to
htm. In. the meantime, Dodd may receive-the
interest,; which amounts to a
goodly fortune in itself. . " " r
-Colonel Dodd died in Cape Town.'", He
owned a diamond mine and other valu
able property,
Henry K. twa is already . married.
according to 'Major Brassett, and hag
a child two years of age. The wlf
and child are supposed ' to be residing
at Aberdeen.- Major Brassett says the
young man has all the qualities required
to inherit the money. , : "...
, He' was employed' at' Seattle jis. an
electrician for a time, and. - later ' be
worked at Aberdeen. The trail ends at
Portland, but the major is Inclined to
think the young man may have gone
,to - SaV Francisco. iy'i,k't,"i:ii
SEEKS
MAN
WHO
BOY OF SIX FALLS
INTO WILD BASIN
OF WILLAMETTE
To . Toot His New Vist(e, He
Drops Behind His Mother on
Board Walk Below the Fails,
Then Tumbles ln.
; (Special te The JmrnaLl
Oregon-Clty. iOr., Jan. 27. In the
wild eddies' of tha Willamette river
basin between ' Oregon City ' and Cane
mah, Paul Piatt, aged 6, was carried
along to a pathetic death at half past
five o'clock this afternoon.
Paul waa the son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. F. Piatt, "residents of Canemah, and
he and his mother came to town to
shop today. They were walking back
to Canemah, one mile distant, in com
pany with Mrs. Catherine Lund, when
the unusual accident happened.
From Oregon City to Canemah runs
a board walk, built by the Portland
Railway, Light ft Power company. At
one place. Just below the Oregon City
falls, it - runs above the basin. There
is a railing at the river side and just
below the railing cap runs a board.
Below this board is an open space; it Is
perhaps two feet from the bottom ot
tha board down to tne want
Boy rails Back to Blow Whistle.
'Mrs. Piatt had purchased Paul a
whistle while in town, and as she
walked along with Mrs. Lund, In con
versatlon, Paul, fell behind, blowing his
whistle vigorously, as children do. As
they passed above the basin he was
about 60 feet behind, but his mother,
hearing tha frequently recurring toots,
knew he was coming safely.
Suddenly the tooting ceased and there
was a scream. The mother wheeled
frantically around. Paul was not on
the walk. She looked over the rail
into the basin, and there he was, float
ing along, it seemed peacefully, holding
his hand aloft toward her, with the
whistle in it. He was almost In sit
ting posture, his face quite free from
the water, the, buoyancy tf his tiny
blouse appearing to noia mm up.
Flood Water Too-WUd4o Eater.-
CrA. White, Henry Jones, Fred Free
man and Herman Rakel, employes of
the Hawlfey Pulp and- Paper . mill, on
their way home to canemah from their
day's work, heard the mother scream
and hastened up. Paul by this time was
100 feet out in the .basin, still floating
but iio o hiRh out of the water. The
whistle was still clutched tightly. The
water is at flood stage now in the
Willamette and in the basin It whirls
and twists in eddies as It-flies along,
and no swimmer ever ventures in. Tha
men lioked around helplessly. There
was no pole handy-.' if there had been.
It .would not have been long enough to
reach Mm." So there was nothing to do
but stand and watch the end.
They Will Cunt Hint Today. . :
The mother fainted on the walk and
a passing street car stopped and took
her to her Canethah home. The boy had
disappeared, 'The men and other men
looked for him and the search, will be
resumed today..u..;...-..-i-'u..j' iT:74
O. F. Piatt, the father, Is in Provi
dence. R. I. He went back two weeks
ago to get a. new position, and as soon
as he. obtained it. was 10 sena mr the
tittle family. H moved to Qregon from
Providence four years ago and eight
months "ago came to Oregon City and
became a dyer in the woolen mills, Ha
recently decided to return to the old
home. '
",;,!-', ;' In 1 1 1 1 1 m 1.1"' u.ty;1 .
Wolter to Tle lflectrocutcd Monday!
Albany. N. T., Jan. JT. Albert vv.
Wolter. convicted of the atrocious kill
ing . of Ruth Wheeler, a pretty Uttlo
monographer," who came to -his apart
ments in New York seeking reemploy
ment .on March -24,-. 1910, must meet
death" in tha electrlo chair early Mon
day morning. Governor Pix doclding to
day hot to Interfere' lit the case, ;
UK CHARGE
M OTHER WITH
Malarkey Says State "Stall
ing" to Gain Time to Nego
tiate With Morris; Oppo
nents Say Different. . .
HOW MORRIS SOLD
BONDS IS FEATURE
Prosecution Says It Will Show
What Morris Did With
$40,000 in Bonds.' ,
How W. Cooper Morris while cash
ier ot the Oregon Trust & Savings banlt
disposed of $8000 par value of, Puget
Sound Home telephone bonds realising
$3800 from them, was the feature of
testimony introduced by the state yes
terday afternoon In the trial ot Louis .
J. Wilde, who Is accused of aiding Mor
ris in the embezxlement of $90,000 of '
the" funds belonging to the bank. . .
These $8000 In bonds are part of tha
140,000 alleged to have been received
by Morris in Tacoma aecuritles as part
of the loot in the alleged corrupt deal
with Wilde and Deputy District Atton
ney Fitzgerald stated that the- proseou- .
tlon will show what Morris did with all
of the $40,000 in bonds. According to
the charge of the state, Wilde received
$45,000 In cash, while Mbrrls took $5000
in cash and $40,000 In - bonds, trading
off. tha bonds "under cover" for what-:
ever ha could realize. " T "'-.: '
At last reports Morris Is. still refus
ing to plead guilty to the joint Indict
ment in the case against Wilde refut
ing to aid tha state by his testimony
unless the district attorney will agree
to dismiss all the indictments pending
against htm, about a dosen In number.
. Fearing that the- effect of suoh a
dismissal would be - fatal to tha case
against Wilde tha district attorney and
his advisers are delaying the critical
moment and playing the best cards
they have to force . Morris to plead .
guilty In tbe case at bar. By marshal
ing tha avldence for the state In the
best possible, form it la hoped Morris
can be, persuaded to believe that tha
state can get along without htm.
, .Morris Wont aa4 anilty. '- -
Alex 8 week attoney - for Morris, Is
In constant attendance at the trial, and
he has repeatedly declared that his cli
ent does not Intend to plead guilty to
anything. . At the same time, the pros
ecuting officers are believed to be
presenting the case In a manner Intend
ed to persuade Sweek that it is advis
able tor Morris to meet the terras of
the state.' -!- Vv ''-1'
The deadlock over Morris has become
of absorbing Interest- lnrrthe caae,-for ,
the case against Wilde Is believed to
. .(Continued oa Pace Two. )
EAST WILL LEI I
TIT PORTLAND IS
Railroads to Be Asked to Ad
vertise That This is Trans
shipping ' Point for Alaska
Consigned Freight. . .
, The campaign for Alaska trade, and '
a direct steamship connection-between
Portland and Alaska aa a means of get
ting it, has been' broadened. -1 - : . ,
The Alaska trade committee will ask
the O.-W. R. & N. and North Bank rail
roads to circularise eastern territory.
saying that Portland will hereafter be
the transshipping point for Alaska con
signed shipments of continental freight.
The banks will be asked to provlJe
means for assaying Alaska gold so that
It will not be imperative "Upon miners
from Alaska, hereafter, to deposit their
gold Jn, Seattle No Portland bank, the -
committee has been informed, now. re
ceives raw gold from the miners,
.Effort will be made to secure con
tracts for carrying mall between Port
land and the Alaska ports that busi
ness is desired with. Mall contracts'
are declared by buyers and shippers to
be essential to successful business,
Last night, the campaign for estab
lishing direct steamship connection with
Alaska, as based on an effort to get a
guarantee of JOO tona freight for each
of three trips to Nome points, and as
represented by replies sent to local mer
chants by the transportation commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce, stood
as follows: v 'V.?-. .
! One hundred 'and forty , firms from
which freight shipments to .Nome points
might be expected had been, addressed.
Forty answer had been received. Four
teen of those answers stated tht
freight shipments had boen made to
Nome 4 and other Bering sea ports of
Alaska and It was believed It could be
done again, ' '' .-';' v
.,,:, : Borne Bald "W.
' Fourteen- firms stated that they dll
their Alaska, business through branch
house In-Seattle,. . .
,-Fourteen business Institutions Stated .
they had no trade with Alaska, either
by direct shipment 'or through Soattlo,
and that they were not interacted. Iti
several Instances this attitude was n i
resented by the single word. "No,"- In
answer to the question as to the al
titude toward Alaska trade, Kn:h ?
these firms will be aaked nv Mmiaij.-r
W, S. J5mallwood of tho . CIihhIkt nt
Commerce transportation ronuriiti ,
what is the reason for such an ihm.
From the 14 firms lnlt.-tlfr pr.-,-- K
roadlnpfH to ship frrlKht liy ii r- . t
stertmuhlp line to Alartlot In km -
tContinuml on Tn a o i - 1
11A
ON ALASKA ROUTE