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THE OREGON ? DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING. -JANUARY 31. 1912. MAY BUILD ROAD TO . (The building of : railroad from th St Helana mining district In the foot- . hill of Mount Bt Helens Is bains aerl ously' conaidarad by those Interested In the mines, up there and it la said that preeprcts for a road are greater now than . aver before, although tba project haa been up for consideration many . times In the Vast 10' ya,rvvc. ,A number of , mining propositions in the district hays already been developed quite extensively but lack of transports tlon faculties will bar further extensive operations, It is said. With a railroad into Portland and establishment of fa cilities for ; handling the ore,' it la pointed out, an industry of tremendous Importance to the city- would soon be created. v(-:.;':;.,-; ' ;.''"" i)i;,;'ri The nearest point to', the mines at "present la Castlerock on the Northern , Pacific and from there goods have to .be nauled by wagon, ? , , ' KAVANAUGH MAY . : . f HAVE TO PASS ON n OLD 1NDICTM ENTS ; 'Continued from Bege One.) a legal death.' This depends on con - structlon, of the law which provides for a riew Jury at each term of court, .and says nothing about holding a Jury '. over.'' , t " This point Is known to ba causing anxiety to the attorneys .for the state, though It is presumed that the courts will go as far as possible to uphold the continuance of a trial once begun, and will be inclined to prevent the compll-i cations 'and financial loss that would follow from ending the' case if the law does not strongly forbid such a rul ing. , . .. ' ' In. addition to this is another stat ute which says a Juror may not be re quired to serve fore than four weeks at a time. . This is in the nature of a privilege to the Jurors, and could not be brought before the court except by : some : Juror who knew about the law and was disposed to insist upon ter minating his services. Then it would become a live question for the court May Try to Impeach Testimony. - That an effort will be made to im peach the testimony of Morris by call- , in? A. B. Reames and Dr. J. F. Redely of Medford was Indicated by questions asked by Malarkey this morning soon after he had resumed the. cross-examination of the convicted banker. Morris was asked If he did not tell Reames t day or two before he -was indicted that "tho prosecution was after him hard to give up something on Wilde," and whether he did not also tell Reames - that he dM not' Ttnow" any thing 16 " tell on Wilde. Morris said he did not remember such a conversation. lie was .then asked if when he met Dr. Reddy in Alex Sweek's office about 10 days ago he uid not tell , Reddy that he was "going to get out of this," and "'that he would not plead guilty' until he saw his way clear." Morris denied making such statements, and also denied having told Reddy that he "did not know anything to hurt Wilde." Identifies Handwriting. Morris identified his handwriting in a subscription book of the Union Tele phone Construction company, where he signed for the Omaha telephone bonds involved in the oase, using the words, "syndicate vof the Oregon Trust & sav AWAY GOES CATARRH HEAD IF YOU USE It Clears the Head, Nose and Throat Instantly and Makes You Feel Fine. ' No matter how bad your catarrh, how much your head aches, or how miserable you are with a cold In the head, nostrils stopped up, hawking, spitting, bad breath, you always get immediate relief by using Ely's Cream Balm.' 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Stow, one of the other chief witnesses . for the state, : had declared thia waa not in Morris' handwriting. ; Having testified yesterday that his room at the Carlton hotel cost Z" par day: during the 23 days he wan examin ing the,, books of the bank, Malarkey de manded why the bill rendered to the county courtly District Attorney Cam eron, show that rooms for Morris and his guard each cost 14 per day. Morris said heknew nothing about., that, but had been told he was occupying a $3 room, Tha accomodations included a privates! bath, and Morris . added, "There '.is private bath where I am staying now." The witness waa questioned concern ing a visit paid to him by Cameron af ter he had been ordered back to the penitentiary and his leisurely examina tion of the books had been cut off. He said Cameron came to see how he felt about, testifying. : Malarkey asked If Cameron, did not In fact come for the purpose of apologizing because Morrla was taken back to the penitentiary. Morria said that was not the case. ; Tells of Satlroad Deal. ." . Taken over by A. B. Clark for re direct examination Morris told more In detatl ; of his early career.whlch was briefly developed by the defense yes terday. . He explained there was noth ing disgraceful In his retreat from British Columbia to Spokane on a hand car. He chose that method because he was in a hurry to get out and begta suit for receivership of the railroad he was managing. He. said He had not been given a square deal and his suit was a success, not being resisted.. He told of practicing law at Sno homish, Wash., and of. serving as (he flret prosecuting attorney of Ferry county in that state, after the county waa organised. He also told particu lars of his efforts at railroad building in Gilliam county where another com pany went in aheaa oi mm. He flret told the story of his secret relations with Wilde to F. H. Stow at the penitentiary on June 11 of last year, he said. Later his sister sent former United States Senator S. H. Piles of Washington, a lifelong friend of the family, to see him, and Piles advised him what to do. Then he sent for Judge M. JT. Gordon of Tacoma, his at torney and old time friend, and he authorized Gordon , to tell the district attorney that if given time and oppor tunity to go over the books of , the bank he would tell the whole story about Wilde. He first told his story to the prosecution in the office of A, E. Clark in October. Attorneys Clash. Clark and Bowerman argued at length on the question of allowing Morris to tell what advice he received from Piles and Gordon. Judge Kavanaugh confined the questions on this line to a brief statement as to advice being given, omitting conversations. Another clash between the attorneys came over the effort of Clark to show that six of the old Indictments againat Morris charged him with receiving de posits, . pru..Augui3i 1 7, .1907, when ,; he, knew the bank was insolvent As Mor ris went ist on Ausrust S of that year and did not return until after the falfure of the bank, the state desired to show that Morris, while indicted with other bank officers, could not have been con victed on such charges. This would explain to the Jury why the state Is trying to dismiss aome of the old In dictments. The defense contended that the date might be immaterial If the state would show the deposit was received at some date when Morris was in the bank and when , the bank was insolvent. Judge Kavanaugh ruled In favor of the state and allowed Clark to show the charac tre of these indictments and the dates they contained, In cross-examination of W. 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Si iiorrfa yesterday afternoon, voluminous addition were made to the mass of cor respondence passing between Morris and Wilde' at different times, in which some of the f rensled finance schemes of Mor ris were brought to the front and bis relations with Wilde further explained. - Borne of these letters pertained to the affaire of the German-American bant; after the failure of the Oregon Trust showing that Morris was trying to raise money In New fork to buy enough stoci of the Union Telephone Construc tion company to gain control of the German-American bank. He waa trying to raise funds on property to be put up by John F. Shore v. the Dlan being for $horey. .Morris, A. L. Flnley and Wilde to get control of the bank. f-; : Later on W. S. Bridges, through the medium of a loan that the construction company could not ' meet when it fell due, gained enough stock to control the German-American, this stock, it appears, being distributed chiefly to Thomas O, Devlin, Samuel G. Reed and P. I Willis, Bridges soon dropping out. In- a letter to Wilde under date of November 13, 1908, Morris says that Bridges is only a blind, and laments, that he and Wild have been banded a "lemon." i- V v- Offers to Assist, ' Ho' further told Wilde in thia letter that he hoped Wilde would "go after that bunch In Portland." saya Wilde never received the credit that was due him, and declares the now-defendant should spend, enough time here to "make good" to the people of Portland. He offers to make any sacrifice to help along, and suggests willingness to as sist in a new bank. Writing under date of April 21. 1I0. to' Wilde. Morris asks for - a loan of 125,000, and says that with this amount he can Ijrlng about a consolidation of coal properties that will "make millions In a few years." Several times he urged the vast money making possibili ties of. a coal company controlling the coal supply of the Puget sound country, but Wilde evidently did not take eagerly to this plan. Morris gave a vigorous expression of his opinion about Receiver Thomas C. Devlin, in a letter written June 23, 1909, when he explained that Simon had been elected mayor and would have to resign as attorney lor the receiver; Calls Devlin X.lar, Dishonest. "I don't agree with you In your idea about Devlin," he added. "I believe him to be dishonest. I know him to be a liar and know Jie would not stand hitched If tied hand and foot and hobbled." Morris said A. E. Clark, the special prosecutor, called upon him twice at the penitentiary' in relation to testimony in the Wilde case, and George Estes came once to see him. After his conviction In 1910. and while living In Tacoma be fore the supreme court passed on his appeal, he received a visit from Clark, who was acting as attorney for the re eelver. He said he then declined to an swer Clark's questions. A few days before he was taken to the penitentiary last May, said the wit nes&v Jia made his .first overtures to the state, offering to tell what ho knew about Wilde. He said all the offers came from his aide, and denied that any overtures were made by the state to obtain his testimony. Malarkey drew forth a letter of Au gust 31, 1910, from Morris to Wilde, in which the writer told Wilde he would be surprised if he knew what offers had been made to him. Malarkey asked Morris to what offers he then referred. Morris Shifts around. Morris became tangled In hie answer, at first saying he referred to Devlin, as Devlin had offered to try to get some of the indictments dismissed if he would testify for the state in the ease against W. H. Moore. When Malarkey pointed out that the letter was written long after the Moore trial was over and after, his own conviction, Morris shifted his ground. After saying he did not recall what he had in mind in writing the letter, he said he believed it referred to a propo sition brought to him by Judge Gordon, his attorney, during the Moore trial, to the effect that if he would plead guilty he would be fined $1000, sentenced to one year and released on parole. He turned down that offer, he said. Morris stated that the directors of the bank knew of the purchase of the (500,000 issue of Tacoma bonds by the bank from Wilde, and approved the pur chase. They understood the bonds cost par value, and did not know of the "In side price" of 80 cents on the dollar that enabled himself and Wilde to divide 190,000 between them. Ho Beoord Is Made. The directors made no record of the matter, he testified, but Moore knew about the deal, the directors talked It over, and he believed that B. E. Lytle and Leo Frlede, as well as Moore, ap proved of the bond purchase. Morris denied that to his knowledge the missing minute book of the direc tors' meetings was in Alex Sweek's of fice after the bank closed, and said he also knew nothing aa to what became of the bond record Jtept by George Estes. : He admitted signing a bond subscrip tion book in the name of "Oregon Trust & Savings Bank syndicate," and said he Kslgned it in that form because Wilde wanted to show Stow and Graves, his construction company associates, that he had made only the $10,000 turned over to that company. "You proposed taking Tacoma bonds," suggested Malarkey, referring to earlier testimony, "in place cs cash for $40,000 of your share, because you wanted to re lieve the bank of so many bonds, and wanted to protect the cash reserve. But at the same time you were robbing the bank your conscience hurt you and you wanted to 'rotect the bank's cash; Is that the idea?" "Yes. that's the idea, if you want to put it that way," replied the beleaguered witness. Admits Selling Bonds. "But your conscience got away from you In July, and you sold $10,000 in bonds back to the bank and got the cash?" pursued Malarkey. "I sold the bonds to the bank at that time," was the gnawer. Malarkey asked several questions in tended to show tho openness of several features of the bond transaction. He will argue that if Wilde and Morris had desired to make the deal secretly for fear of detection, Wilde would not have paused a check through the bank to transfer the $5000 in cash received by Morris, but would have drawn the money himself and handed it to Morris "on tho quiet," :t For the purpose of concealing his ownership of the Tacoma bonds re ceived In tbe deal, Morris explained, he had the Interest coupons for the . first two periods clipped by Wtlde and the proceeds turned over f him secretly. The second period he sent the bonds to wiide in California for that purpose. For the October, 1908, period, he had A. Rieed cash the coupons for him. and the next time cashed them himself. being then in Tacoma. ' Reverting to the transfer or real estate involved In a trade of bonds to a A. Reed as a "dummy" for Morris, Malarkey brought out that Reed had reque-d to be relieved from this posi tion very quickly, and : the deed was passed on to Florence M. Adams, Morris former stenographer In the bank. She held the deed -as a "dummy" until an actual sale waa made. - A cuspidor Invented Toy a Minnesota man. is covered except when a foot plate is pressed to open Its folding top. I . i. ill ; - Crowds attend Oaks Rink these day a, Three Sp New Portland Gas & Coke Co. Fifth and Yamhill Ste. NOTICE The fire which occurred in our building Monday night only slightly damaged our main banking room. Our doors will open every morning at the usual hour. We are weU prepared to han dle aU business in our regular manner. 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