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the OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 31. 1912. OVuED BYCOUNTY IIIBLOni Jury in Sugar Trust Case in Deadlock: Statute of Limitations Puzzles Body Only One Question Cause Deliberators to Hesitate ., Over Their Verdict. Peculiar Situation Develops! , When Efforts to Learn -- .a. ....... . 9 . Carpet Story Are Made.. United Vmt leased Wire.) York. March 81. (Sunday ) rday un- When, Why and Which of:ha" bwi try,ng th officials of the , u,nleo vl criminal conspiracy growing out of the closing of the plant of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining oompany following loan of 11.150.000 to Ita owner, Adolph Se tal, of Philadelphia, reported that it was unable to agree and was dis charged by Federal Judge Hands. , .1 .thy .were G'seharged the Ju. rors stated that they had stood eight to four for acquittal, , . i V Who sold Mos Bloch, warrant buyer at the court house, two carpets for merly property of tho county? , Also, how, much did. he pay for them, and where la the money? The foregoing are questions concern ing a story equal In mystery to the sale of the Kenton gravel pit by the county to Bloch for J2010, the same pit being aold 23 days later to Robert Khaw, clerk of the county commission ers, for $3250. . The carpet story appears even mora peculiar than the sale of the gravel pit One of the chief peculiarities has to do with what plainly appears to be the alteration of a bill for cleaning the carpets. County Auditor Martin has locked the document in his safe to pre serve it for further investigation. The records, of the auditor's office show the county raid the Electric Clean ing company, 204 East Nineteenth street, $31.25 on October 11, 1911, for cleaning carpet This bill Is made out to Multnomah county. There is only one Item on it, and this is for the cleaning. Originally there were two oth.tr items on the bill, one for sewing and 4he other for laying 63 yards of carpet '' ' '; Original BUI Bi ronr Items. . The carbon copy of the original bill ! in the possession of Joyce Bros., ; proprietors or the cleaning" company, i nis copy has four , items, one for cleaning carpet amounting to $17.25; another for sewing the carpet amounting io . iu.u, ana a third for laying 62 vara amounting to $3.10. There is aiso an item of cleaning two rugs for $.40. The total amount of the bill Is $31.25. , , From tho cleaners It is learned that one of them was sent , to the home of juose jwocn, sis Clay street, to measure two room .Two of the carpets cleaned oy tne county were cut and made to ut these rooms. The carpet la now on the floor of those rooms. It is stated by the cleaners that ,the carpets were cleaned-and delivered at the court house. Edward Kehoe, hend janitor, was ill for-about two weeks about the time the carpets were cleaned and returned, therefore does not remem- Der mucn or their disposition, although he says he understood some were sent 10 tne county farm land county hospital, None were sent to the county farm, saya D. D. Jackson, superintendent of tne rarm. Mrs. A. B. Y. Spaulding. su perintendent ofthe county hospital, says sne recelv&d some carpets, but does not know definitely where they were iurmeny useu. me carpets now in the home of ose uiocn consist of it yards. -Has o. X. of Janitor. rne out ror the payment of the cleaning has 'the "O. K." of the head Janitor. He said this morning he does not remember signing it, although it is his signature, since he'signs many bills, the failure to remember the one in question la not considered unusual. I - v f , - rihf 1 V : I LiT2 K Theodore J. Geisler Candidate for the Republican Womina. tlon of r Circuit Judge Department Ko. 4, of Multnomah County. i Mr, Geisler was admitted to the bar of New ork state In 1884, whers he muucea auccessiuiiy for five years. been a resident of Portland since ana irom tnat time on has been an active member of the Oregon bar. Mr Geisler was elected Justice of the peace in 1894, at which time the flrat consoli dation of the Justice district .Ji tr. -. w.-fcs,v cm no servea ior one term, declining renominatlon. In 1898 Mr. Geisler waa nominated to tlj office of city attorney, ue, iiu never, aeieaiea Dy the fao . tlonal division of the Republican party. .Alr. Gelslor is at present actively en gaged in the practice of law, with Of fice in the Henry building. Hla publlo ; Ufa has demonstrated that ha has a mind of his own, and will carry out his Idea of Justice "in acorn of conse quence," as shown by the following m stances: .Vnlle Justice in 1895, though .dependent upon fees for his compensa tlon, he put a atop to a useless and very expensive moral wave roundup by refus . ing to accept as sufficient mere testi mony of commjjn fame, unsupported by evidence of a speciflo instance. Again, while attorney in the case of State vs ,attr haVIn ben arrested violating the - statute prescribing that "No female shall be employed in any laundry . ln thIsJ , .....o man xv nours aunng one day" hla client desired him to defend on th (B'Jh. I"W"tlomtl Km RfrTle.) ' ' New Tork, March I0At a ii. u. tonight the Jury sitting in the prosecu- J J,"B BUer trust magnates waa ln a deadlock, it was momentarily ex pected that a verdict would De rendered ueiuro juage liana. '.-.- Only ' one question seems to cause the- Jurors to hesitat about returning a verdict of guilty. That Is the atatute of limitations, which Judge Hand has reminded the Jurors would bar convic tion for anything that happened prior tOt July 1. 1906. Every other point raised by the defense has been ignored by the 12 men, who for three weeks have been hearing evidence submitted by the government in its indictment of four of the biggest men in the sugar trust on the charges of restraining in terstate trade and commerce ln pre venting the operation of the Philadel phia Sugar Refinery, owned by Adolph St-gal. They are: John E. Parsons. aed . for mnrA than ta generation a leader of th American bar. - Washington B. Thomas. U'hn . aim. seeded the late Henry O. Havemeyer, founder of the giant combination, as Its executive head. , Arthur Donner, until recently treas urer of the company.," , . George H. Frazler. a director with the other three at the time the alleged conspiracy to restrain trade was formed dnd executed through a loan of $1,250, 000 to Segal. . . .. The Judge' charge to the Jury was so favorable to the defendants that even United States District , At torney. Wise and the four assistants whp have been aiding him in the prosecu tion expressed astonishment During their long deliberation h Jury several-times asked for instruc tions oa uisputea points of evidence.. The erasure of the three items on the bill, however, has not been explained. Bloch stated this morning that he has the carpets, and purchased them from the county. Bloch also says he did not talk to any member of the countv Wwr,i or , other official , about ' tho purchase, but considered the carpets worth about $20 or $25, and paid that sum to Robert Shaw, clerk to the board, for them. Shaw says he does not remember any thing about the transaction. n k.. several receipts for money paid the county treasurer for the sale of old material, but neither the treasurer's re. ports nor the auditor's records show that the treasurer received any $20 or $25 for carpets. Looking over the treas urer's reports from September to ihh no item can be found indicating that h received $20 or $25 from Shaw for the aie or carpets. , vuuiny .juuge uieeton aa m v,. uay ue wuuiu asa tne next grand Jury '.." v"8ijr investigate tne matter. GERMANY SERVES , NOTICE MONOE DOCTRINE AT END (Continued From Page One.) - : IT ' : " r - . ) : v.. " f - r I .1 j i 4 : - x i i 'I W. i i c M OF LYLE BI1IMI PARTY OF PORTLAt Plans Formulated at ' Lively Booster Meeting to Exploi ; Klickitat Town Interest ing Addresses. TopJohn E. parBonB, , '.'Father of the Sugar Trust." Bottom-Wa8h-ingtoa B. Thomas, executive head of the Sugar Trust. ant said today. "Pride win nnt Tw.-.it ner to let the United States rm)n k. om uuruian.oi ita welfare In Mexico Statement Is Enlalnad. This fact Was cited In ernlnnalln'n f the statement that a German certainly follow an American fnrr n me invasion or Mexico, was the dl rect admisalon that at least so tar wermany is concerned the Monroe doe trine is a thine of th nnf -Awaaening to the fact that the mera name ci tne united States no longer carries sufficient influence to m,rn tee the delivery of rifles now en route io Mexico uity. the state, war anf nnw departments today took steoa to nni luum , oy iorc or arms until they ar n in nanas or tne American citizens whose lives they are aimed to defend. In the. fear that the lnaurrectiontata will endeavor to capture these arms thla uiverunent, to their own necessity, the administration plans to hurry a 'force of marines to Vera Crus. The quickest ruuie oy wnicn marines could be land ed in that city would be to hurry, them by rail to Galveston, where the guard boat Wheeling is now stationed and send them from there across th nr.i BtrUct Zs Threatened. Even should the arms be protected irom tne jnsurrectos, the-llne from Vera Crus, over whlQh they must be taken to Mexico City Is, according to a dis patch received at the war denartmn today, threatened by a general strike of engineers. , , At may mererore be necessary to transport the entire shipment of arms oo nuiea or territory In cars guarded by marines.' .According to Information received at the state department the situation In Puebla and Vera Crus, where the Zapi- "0"" uperaiing, ' is much worse. Many telegraph lines leading out of incAivu vuy nave Deen out. Torreon Reported Captured. i, i . .. . ah unconnrmed press report has reached Mexico City to the effect that iunoun nas surrenaered without resist ance," says tho state department dis patch.; "The detiartmnnt ,nn,-- i. advised that the generals 'ar aiauu at rorreon. and ar fair nv ct.n. ' '"e " iiiii-aiion or tne city. iwo' small bands of rebels an. Wednesday and there are rumor tho ' i .i . i i . . . . . . . on .h- v'leir leauer intenas to tnkn that Mt,. ground of unconstitutionality of tho act. Tho Pe0Dl r pessimistic as to the This Mr. Geisler dt llnert in An tu v'ubioi to witnaraw as ooun 'el. on the ground that he could not agree with' the contention of his client and associate counsel, and also on the broader ground that the act was a wholesome one which, for moral rea- sons, should not be defeated. Mr. Gels yler's ylew in thla caa$' was that taken f t7 .f'l 'J10 """'ts,-Including, finally the 7 t united States supreme court, to which s- the question of constitutionality had , been appealed. ' " In his petition for the nomination for s filrcult (Judge. Mr. 0'sler states: If I n nominated and elected, I will dnr. npfnnirTlfTOoTnHvVloTtnT: , fully perform my dutios as to hold the ionfldence and respect of all th k ... r V-ll k ,-. .t,. .. i-ri"y, ijiVBiiovs in niuie, impartial teancsBiy ana speedily idml r laid Ad. futurft, A few minor disorders are said to have occurred at San Luis Po tosl, where the reverses of the federals in me norm nave caused excitement and some apprehension." . , The Peril of Americans in Mexico was Illustrated today by a telegram "re- peivea ai tne orrice of Congressman Sui ter, chairman of the commute on for eign affairs, from W. B. Thompson of New York. He stated that JO Ameri cans are at El Rayo mines, Santan Bar bara Jim Inez, Chihuahua and that al though the company had made vigorous efforts, no word has been received from them for two weeks. ; Labor unions of Oufncv. Til . hi. w elded to build n !ln tial Justice, Incorporate under the name of the Quln nistered. , j cy LbJr Temple association, capitalized BLUESTEM BRINGS 85;. 80,000 BUSHELS SOLD "fl'l to The Joornnl.) -Walla Walla. ' Wash., March 80. Wheat reached th highest mark of the season here today, and 100,000 bushels Went across to ' the dealers. Of this. 80,000 bushels was blues tern, sold for 85 cents, vindications are that tha hold ings will soon be wiped out if the mar ket holds steady, The Labor council of San Jose, CaL, has bought the building formerly occu pied by the Y. M. C. A. and Is now re modellrr It for use as a labor temni Seeking (he cooperation of Portland business men in a campaign soon to be undertaken to exploit J3yi and Kllck Itat county In a manner that will ade quately describe the resources and op. portunltles of that section of Washing ton. Lyle," through Its commercial club yesterday entertained more than 20 Port- isna Dusmess men. ' . The Portland deleeatlon left vaster. day morning over the North Bank rail road, reaching Lyle shortly after noon. Automobiles were waiting to convey the party for an Inspection of the water system un me nui overlooking the city and for a ride along the canyon of the i.ucaiiai river to inspect the water power available there. Following luncheon eame the booster uiqcuub iu me commercial ClUD rooms, when addresses were delivered h rari R. Gray, president of the North Bank road; C C' Chapman, of th Portland Commercial club; Samuel Hill, W. E. Coman, general freight and passenger a&em or.m wortn Bank road; George M. Hyland and Professor Shaw, agri cultural expert for the Great Northern railway, xne address of Professor Shaw was appreciated by the farmers from me ary iarming districts near Lyle, , Delegation Heats Train. The party was met on Us. arrival at Lyle by a delegation of citizens, includ ing B. X.i Stratton. Vtco-rrilrlr.nt of tha commercial club; C. H. Lehman, S. R, ourensen, secretary of the club, and other men prominent in the business af fairs of the town. When the meeting waa caIIay" tn der the question of finances was eon- Hiaerea ana as a. result of a movement started by C. C. Chapman subscriptions were asked to place the orKanlzation on a sound financial basis, with the result uiai more man $300 was subscribed. mo win enaDie tne organization to meet an or its present obligations, pay for the new exhibit room near the North Bank station with a surplus of more than $100 to commence the nnhiiAitw campaign. Among the people putting their names down for, amounts ranging from $5 to $10 were a large number of farmers from the country distriota surrounding Lyle. Business men of Lyle are enthnaiaatu over the success of the meeting, and Sec retary Sorsenson and others anoka in appreciative terms of the enterprise dis played by the Portland business men in paying the town a visit . i Members of Party.' -- '-- i- In the Dartv of Portia Lyle yesterday were Geore-A r tt,.i, Carl R. Gray, W. E. Coraan, Samuel HI1L Lloyd W. Hill, Professor Shaw, John Beale, Dorr E. Keasey, C. C. Chapman, J. E. Russell, F. A. Bushnell. Ralph Budd, Le Roy Park, C. H. Lehman and others, f ''-, The SUbscriDtlon for th- ,,v.ni. fund was headed with a donation of lino by Dorr E. Keasey and Le Roy Park for me x.yie company. Subscriptions for $10 were made by John Unger, F G Duncan, Oakdale ranch, Klickitat Min eral springs, Lyle Drug company, Mor glnson & Loving and the State bank. The Lyle Trading company gave $2$ Subscriptions for $5 were made by Colo nel Boyntdn, James H. Reed,. Chris E. Ftanzen, N. E. O'Neal, D..E. McLeod, William Morglnson, F. W. Moss. F. K. Don 't Kick Tomorrow-Not a Hat Anyway, Because, You Know, It's-O, You Know-April 1 If your coffee tastes like brine In th morning; If your apparently perfectly good egg turns out to be a nest esrg of china, or merely a shell stuffed artii a piece of old sock; or if you see what looks like the long lost pocketbook of ft retired banker lying loose on the side walk; or if you feel an Irresistible im pulse to try a goal kick on the shabby silk hat placed so conveniently near your good right leg Jf any of these ifs or some others happen to come your way Just stop and think for a minute. ' Sure, that's it April 1. Easy enough to remember, but still so easy to fall for. . ; It Is said for a fact that the fool' custom of "All fool's day. dates back to the time of Noah and the ark. when ever that was. Noah, some say. was the first big Joker, and the dove when it volplaned from the ark on the first day of April, or th day that corresponded to that lit our own calendar and found that It- was still "hlgh.atlde." was the ongisai "Tall guy." V Others more seriously contend that the customs of the day had their ori gin ln the time of the passion of Christ, when the Jews, to mock and torment tha Savior, sent him from Annas to Caia- phas; from Caiaplias to Pilate, from Pi Jat to Herod and from Herod back again to Pilate. It is related that the impious trltks of modern times may have re sulted indirectly from this mockery. Getting down to more modern times, however. .explanations of the day's cus toms are more plausible. It is historically correct for Instance, that r'rance led all Christendom in starting the calendar year from January 1, instead of March 31. as under the old calendars. Before this change the leasts ana customs or tne new year celebration always; culminated on April 1, when the populace made a practice of paying visits among their friends, and of distributing new years tokens. Then. wnen tne new year day was changed, along about 15M. some few still fol lowed the ancient custom and went about making calls, and giving tokens as of old. These. jjt may be, were the "fools." Probably they had a lot of fun about it however, and the next year ana me next and down through time the custom was kept up. until It degener ates into its present day significance. The French term for the festival paisson dAvril, means literally, "April risn. jn America "April sucker," and mere you are. Kit:!1,: Fy, VICE 11 Flynn. Joe Mason. John Kir R H Rr. low, J. E. Finch, James Morgan, Lowry Armstrong, u. j. McCoy, Marian M, splawn. G. W. Ooss, C C. Cottress, F. Robinson, H. W.' Moore, Thomas Lantry, r. a. inreeman and L. D. Ewlna-. JOY BOOS 1 ME AND JOYFULLY BOO I Yesterday afternoon a meeting f the central committee of tha Joy Boosters league was held in the. Joy headquarters In the Chamber of Commerce building. This committee Is composed of 25 work ers who are boosting" for the election of Councilman Joy to the district at torney s office. Several speeches were made. Includ ing One by Mr. Joy, who is so busy cam paigning and looking after council work that he does not usually have time to meet with the workers. The league is to be enlarged and a meeting is to be held on Wednesday or Thursday of next week. , At thjs meeting Joy spellbind ers are to be selected to go ta the var ious parts of the city, as it Is Impossi ble for Joy himself to respond to all calls. In his short talk Mr. Joy predicted his election and said he does not represent the "corporations or the sllk-stocklns brigade, nor, on the other hand the red light district" ; "If elected, -I -will use sound discre tion ln all the prosecutions of the dis trict attorney's office," he said. "Every man will have a chance to prove bis In nocence, as I do not believe that in all cases the prosecutor should work on the theory that every man is guilty pntll proved Innocent. When prosecut ors work on this theory it often has bad effects on the community and brings out the worst there Is ln the man." and a 12-Btory office building will be erected on tne site. Pat Powers, Tim Hurst Bob Fltzslm mons, Jim Corbett and all of th old- timers wet regularly at the Bartholdi and it was here that the six-day bicycle purses were wont to be divided, to the avcuiiipanimeni or popping corks. ASSOCIATION FORMED TO CONSTRUE T HOMES OLD BARTHOLDI HOTEL WILL BE TORN DOWN (United Prat Lcaud Wire.) New York, March 80. The old Bar tholdi hotel, at Twenty-third street and Broadway, for many years the center of the real sporting world of this city, and known to pugilists, actors, ball players and artists everywhere, closed Its doors tonight. The upward march of progress, which has shifted business into the old White Light district was responsible try Announcement was made yesterday of the organization of the Oregon Home Builders, with an authorized capital of $100,000. The incorporators are well known business men, Including as acting president Thomas Prince, vice president of the Reed-Prince Manufacturing com pany, of Worcester, Mass., also an owner oi xamntu walnut lands: Oliver K Jef. iery, or Portland, vice president: H Keats, of the Keats Auto company, sec ond vice president; W. A. King, former president of the First National bank of NewDurg. secretary-treasurer,; and J. C. Carrlngton, an expert accountant, audi tor. The board of directors la ui rranaiin t. lirirmn, chief counsel and director in the Portland Railway, Kigtu oc -rower company; u. J.,,aFrank. lln, general superintendent of the same company; Attorney W. B. Shlvely, as sistant secretary of the Retail Merch ants' association; E. H. Dodge, president of the E. H. Dodge Lumber companv; and M. Peterson, ex-mayor -of Nevhcrr and former president of the First Na tional Dank or that town. The company has estahllahad nAi offices ln the Corbett building. Its an nounced purpose Is to buy acreage and develop it into high class residence property, also to go Into the home build ing business on a large scale, .. A referendum Vote affectlna- n wn sailors on the Great Lakes Is now being taken at all lake ports by the lake sea men, marine fishermen and the marine cooks and stewards' unions on a propo sition to allow union members to on ooais regaraiesa of "open shop" re strictions.. Should the proposition be adopted It would practically end a strike of seamen that has been ln effect for three years. .:.,.,.- The National Women's Trades Union league will soon start a national cam paign for a minimum wage scale for b.uuu.uuv women workers ln this coun- nr Li. Oregon Senator May Get the Democratic Nomination Smith for Congress. While Democrats In 1 Multnomah county have now rractically a complete ticket in the field for the primaries, for the first time In many years, no Democrat has filed a petition seeking the nomination for congress ln the first district and there is likewise no candi date for supreme Judge. Robert G. Smith of Grants Pass, welt known as "Smith of Josephine." Is said to be in a receptive frame of mind and it is believed he would not refuss the nomination for congress If his name Is written in on the ballot. A movement is reported to be under way up ths vslley to put him in the race. Smith is now mayor of his home town, achieved a wide reputation in the state senate, and gathered strength two years ago when he became the Democratic nominee against Congressman Hawley. Although defeated, he made a good race under the conditions then existing, and his friends predict that if he carries the banner this year he will put Hawley on the ragged edge.. Hawley's standpat record has been newly emphasized since the last campaign, and It Is argued that Smith, whose record as a progressive is undisputed,' is ln position to make a strong campaign. A suggestion is also being made for R. J. Slater of Pendleton, as a candi date for supreme Judge, He is a brother of former Supreme Judge W. T. Slater, has a wide reputation as a lawyer, ahi is declared to be certain to make a good race if nominated. He. like Smith, is reported to be willing to accept if the Democrats nominate him. There are no Democratic candidates for vice president, but Ber E. Haney, chairman of the state committee, thinks the Democrats of Oregon would do well to write In the name of Senator George E. Chamberlain, This Is in accord with widespread sentiment that has recently developed. It is thought that the turn of affairs in the convention at Balti more Is likely to bring about the nomi nation of a man from the far west for vice president, and that Chamberlain may become a factor in the fight If the solid Oregon delegation goes Instructed for him. TRAVELING MEN WILL ENTERTAIN JUNE 7-8 At its annual meeting . last night Portland council No. 84, United Com mercial Travelers, fixed June 7 and 8, 1912, as the dates for the northwest convention of the grand council of the oraer. it was announced that elahor. ate plans for tho entertainment of hundreds of visitors to the city have been prepared by the entertainment committee of the order. - , Election of officers for tha ensulna. year was the principal business tranH- acted at the meeting.. Following were elected: Senior counselor. C. H. Vrc. man; Junior counselor. W. D. McWatr- pasf counselor, K. W. Dingman; secre tary-treasurer, c. A.- Whitemore; con ductor, U. S. Booth; page. F. J. Wa- sentinel, Ben Rybke; executive commit tee, C. K. Zllly and W. S. McGuira rnn. year;; j. w. p. McFall and A. F. Mc Fall (two years), delegates to grand council, EX W. Dingman, C. It Free man, Richard Becker; alternates to grand council, J H. Temple, C. W. Hod son, A. I Young. The Socialists and Prohibitionists havu filed complete state tickets to be voted for in . the coming primaries in Illi lanlaitored Suite ' TSraSf J I For Junior. i- l 'Uil - 4 to 20 Years Hh I ' $6.00 Jpwards- ' . If ;1 Juniors' xMimm- ' ' Norfolk Coats : miwiL Children' v,CO""l is. : , . A brilliant exposition of authoritative Spring fashions : for women 'and misses. Inspired by world-famed de- signers and developed by leading American tailors. Conforming to our well-known custom, moderate prices-are-a distinctive feature aid Misses' Suits Made by Man Tailors 22,50 Upwards Ladies' aid Misses' Coats Made by Man Tailors $15, Upwards Ladies' Mannish Tailored Waists Peter. Thompson Dresses'' K50.Upwards' isses' and Misses' Coats Madeby Man Tailors , $4.0D.Upwards ' 14 to 18 Years 10.00 aid $15.00 s" Tailored' Coats Wash Bresses 6.50 Upwards View our beautiful and artistic window displays, both on the .Fourth street and the Morrisqn street sides. They reffect the beauty within the. store-. 2 to 6 Years $4J(0 Upwards Men's Shop Main Floor. Soys' Shop n Second Floor La!'