The Oregon daily journal., December 21, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

. '- THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1912.
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.11 SUE FEDS
FOR 519,000 LOST
111:
County Court Believes Retiring
; : Clerk Can Be Held for the
; ; Funds Caught in Collapse of
American Bank & Trust Co.
,.- Whether the loss of public funds
placed m a batik that falls constitutes a
shortage that the official who put them
... there must make good. Just a he would
mak good any othef shortage, or wheth
er It doesn't,1! the kno-tty problem raised
by the approaching retirement from of
fice of County Clerk Prank S. Fields. ;
' Fields say It does. Tha ;. ; county
court believes It does. The court pro
poses to test iu theory by a suit against
Field to recover approximately fit.ooo,
what Is left unpaid of a total of 36,
638.87 In county fund that Fields had
on deposit in the American Bank & Trust
Co. whan It failed, December 15. 111.
. The point was raised yesterday when
John B. Coffey, county clerk-elect, had
rm. talk with members of the county court
relative to his taking office on January
s 6. . Mr.. Coffey mentioned that ha under,
j stood unofficially that the. money In
volved in the bank failure had not been
made good. ,' Y'"' Vv' 'V-V ' .f ;,
. ' .. . Bond Covin loss.
' 'I don't know whether the county
court or Mr.i Field 1 responsible for
f this money.'" said M ft Coffey, "but I do
Iknow that the money was funds held in
trust for the county, and that it must
Ibc accounted for on the books when I
I take them over. I propose to have
; everything businesslike and shipshape
J when I take office, and I want all tb
Icounty '- account audited and checked
fun. Somebody must make this shortage
iROOd." ' ' ' ' ,
j lrty-flv per cent of the county'
.original 136.538.97 has been repaid by
the bank In a dividend.
I Mr. Field' bond of $S5,000. given by
Ube , Oregon ' Casualty Co., more than
jcovers the balance of lls.OOO, and the
county court hopes to recover from it
County toser, gays Flalds,
Mr. Fields said this morning that he
ws sure he and his bondsmen could
,'not be held responsible for the money
.lost with the. bank, and that his lawyers
had advised him to this effect.
I "I deposited the money In this bank
In good faith and after I had received
j what 1 . thought was reliable infor
mation to its solvency," he said,
"The law does sot say in what banks
;lhe county clerk shall keep the funds
l or which ha is custodian, v '
' "It Is quite likely,-too, that the bank
may be able to pay out dollar for dol
lar to Its depositor. ;', ,::
; "As county clerk,' t had funds on de
posit in both the Title Guarantee ft
'Trust company and the Merchants' Na
tional bank when - they - suspended. I
was not considered liable in - those
'failures. ; The county lost , nothing, ,i
both banks were able later to make good
every dollaf of th money,
"In th panic days Of 18D3, 'Pum Kel
,ly, then sheriff, lost mora than 1 100,
;oo of the county's .money which ha had
on deposit in banks that went down. No
attempt was ever mad to hold him re
i sponsible.",. M . . ' , , '
I County ... Auditor Martin has begun
;. checking tip Mr. Fields' books and thos
;of Sheriff Stevens. . 'i-;-V-- .:?
GREKS ANS'ER
i : CALL TO MIS
iMore Than ,100 Leave Port-
land Today to Join Army
' of Their Country.
Fifty Greeks departed this morning
10 o clock in a special through car
ttched to the Q.-W. It. & N. train for
-Vew York, where they sail on a, Majes
tic (Steamship company's liner for Ferea,
i, Greece, to Join the Greek army in the
campaign against Turkey. Tonight 60
Jinote Greeks will leave on the North
iBank and O.-W. R. tc N. trains for the
same desUnatoin.
i Tuose who left this morning are all
from ' the province of Mantlnla, and
special arrangements were made to keep
'them together during: the entire lournev
by John Pulos, one of the most promi
nent ureeK merchants in the northwest,
.who Is acting as the financial aa-eht in
- Hhe return of his countrymen to the
tliellenes standard,
j , The Intense patriotism of the Greeks
is pronounced when it is eited that
every one of them is paying his own
(expenses back home. They do not care
whether the government - ever reim
burses them, knowing that it is not a
wealthy kingdom by any means. Most
fof them were officially called back to
1 the army by the minister of war, but
among those who are leaving- Portland
are some who have never shouldered a
1 Mauser.
J Each One of the Greeks paid 1106.15
for his transportation from Portland to
. the disembarking place. at Perea, which
Ms one of the bases of Grecian opera
tions, ; PEDESTRIAN ROBBED IN
FRONT OF OWN HOME
Held up at his own gate was the ex
; perlenc last evening of G. Carlson, 321
J North Twentieth street The hlghway
man got 12 from his victim. Carlson
J was going horn from work, when near
J th gate, a man held a plutol In his face,
.commanding him to throw up his hands.
jThe man took the money and ran. P.
J. Bmith, employed in th Linnton car
Jharns, and Georrs Robinson, living at
Thirty-second and Vaughn streets, were
hold up by a Ion highwayman at 11
'clock last night at Twenty-eighth and
. . Tliurman streets. An Ingersol watch
;and Cheap chain were taken from Rob
inson, but th robber got nothing from
.Smith., . ,
r. ' ; ' . -
Farewell to I Center" Family.
' BpcUt to Tli. Jouro.L) .
t , ia ,ienier, vvasn.. juec, si. A recep.
tlon and whist party was given in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Mather and daughters,
who learn ehortlv tor California, wh.r.
Mrs, Matter and daughter wit spend th
winter," ir, watner returning after a
:thwtrT6iirir?eitsmrwtttrreiattve
nit timt nlaro '
f Th reception was given in th Court
ot nonor lodge rooms, by tn court of
Honor lodge of thl place, of which Mr.
ml Mr. Mather ar member.'
Know be Kan falling here early yester
vv n-.ornlug and ther wog soon about
Inch. I
sue in
: BY CHILDISH PLEA
"Christmas Tree Won't Look
- Good With Nothing on It,"
Writes Boy. ,
Penned In a childish hand, with a
childish plea for Santa ClauB, Chief Of
Police Clover received the following
letter today In his mailt
"Chief Blover, Dear Sir: Will you
please send Santa to see me? Tell him
there are 'four of us. One baby sister
and two brothers. My papa has been
hurt and mamma has been sick, c We
will have a poor Christmas unless some
one sends Santa to isee us. I know he
will disappoint us. I can get a tree,
but the tree' will not look good with
nothing on it. Don't, you think so, Mr.
Stover? Now, if you see Santa tell him
not to forget us."
After reading the letter the big heart
ed chief leaned back In his office chair
and said: "That lad must have some
thing to put on the tree. He's right; it
would not look good with nothing on
It."
lie will give tha name and address to
anyone who may wish to help the
family. , - :,.
Patrolman Larfleld made a report of
10 families, in which there are 6 chil
dren. In each case lie reports Christ
mas Offerings will be veil received. In,
three of these cases, each is a widow
with seven children. There are two
families with six children, two with fivo
children, one with eight, one with four,
another with three, and one family with
out children. All the families lve in
the Lents district. C
Patrolman West reported a case of a
woman trying to keep a little family of
five children together. The husband
drinks and has served terms on the
rockplle for drunkenness. ,
Patrolman J. J. Murphy reports a
case of a widow with four children, two
of tha boys carrying papers to help
keep the wolf from the floor. The widow
owes an assessment on street improve
ments, but has no money with which
to pay it. "There are tlmea when they
don't have enough to eat,' reports the
officer.
Oregon Historical Society Is
Meeting Today to Consider
the Question.
At the annual meeting this afternoon
the Oregon Historical Society will con
sider ways and means of acquiring a
convenient site for, a new home and
oi , erecting a memorial Duumng in
which to house the relics of the early
days. The historical collection is now
scattered through several rooms at the
city hall, but the society has been given
notice to vacate the hall and some plan
must be evolved at one to provide
new Quarters.
Jt is the aim of the organisation to
draft a bill to be submitted to the
state legislature early next month. It
Is probable that the legislator will be
asked to make an initial appropriation
of $75,000 as a preliminary step and
the people of Portland will' be urged
to subscribe additional money that may
be necessary to carry out the further!
plana that may be adopted by the board
of directors of the society today.
"With all due respect to the cham
ber of Commerce, the Commercial club
and other organizations that have done
great work in advertising Oregon.'' said
George H. Hlmea, secretary of th so
ciety, today, "the historical collection
that has been gathered together In the
past three decades by our society would,
If pieced in a suitable building, prove
the greatest attraction that Oregon has
to offer to visitors from every part of
the world.
"The people of Portland and of the
state at large should awaken to this
fact and hasten to our aid. We need a
block of ground and we would like to
have the city market block or the old
Lincoln high school block."
C. B. Bagley of Seattle will deliver
the annual address to the society this
afternoon in th council chamber at the
City ha.lL Following this the society
will elect officers for the coming year.
It is probable that the .present officers
will ba reelected.
REQUEST $32,000
, (Special te Tt Journ.l.)
Vancouver, Wash., Dec 21. Approp
riation! amounting to $322,295 have bean
asked by Superintendent Clarke of the
state school for the deaf, and Superln
tendent Mullin of th state school for
the blind. Of this amount $187,260 has
been asked for maintenance and equip
ment of the school for the deaf and the
balance, $133,035, for the School for the
blind.
The appropriations ar to cover a
period of two years, and the money ap
propriated for the deaf School will bo
applied to funds as follows: For main,
tenanc of 140 pupils at 80 cents a day,
81,760; manual training, supplies. eM.,
12000;, library, $200; Qallaudet students.
building. $40,000; administration build
.UU" , v.u. "J. V . V V I DVIIUVl
ing, $46,000; remodeling and fire-proofing
chapel, dining room and kitchen,
$15,000.
Mr. Clark, in his request calls par
ticular attention to the necessity of a
new school building to be used for
school purpose only. At present the
school rooms are on the fourth floor
of the main building, and in two of toe
rooms, it IS necessary to use artificial
light nearly every day. The ventila
tion is very bad, and the general ar
rangement very inconvenient The pres.
ent main building, he says, has been con
demned by several architects, and at
best t a perfect fire-trap, ;Th portion
now used as a dining room, kitchen, and
storage rooms, can be aarad and with
115,000 can b mad fireproof and will
provide a good chapel and kitchen.
The appropriation for the blind school
i to be divided aa follows: For main.
tenance Of 70 pupils at 85 cents a day.
','?,' una auiiunisira-
i1..1;bunlln'f $85,000; general repairs,
13500; manual training, 12700; expenses
to superintendents' convention, $200;
library, 200. - . ,
A man may Worship th woman' beau
tiful, but he usually marrie th woman
dutiful. .
DEFECTIVES' SCHOOLS
mm held
IN: MURDER CASE
Chicago Jeweler, Tortured and
Killed in Theatre Building;
Sextet Arrested on Circum
stantial Evidence. , ,
fOaltM rift Umi Wlre.l
Chicago, Deo, 21. Suspected of the
sensational murder of JP. Logue, the
diamond merchant who was found deud
in his offlc in the McVickers theatre
building in : th heart of th city yes
terday, four men. and two women are
in cuetody, .
Clyde Stratton, ex-convict; Margaret
Johnsun, his, alleged companion; Ed
ward Hampden and his wife, Frank
Williams, alleged ex-convict, " and
Charles Duffy, a chauffeur, are the
sextette accused of Logue's death. The
police say th diamond merchant was
tortured, burned, by acid, stabbed,
slashed, chloroformed and hot before
a blow with" a bludgeon crushed his
skull and blotted out his life.
Stratton's capture cam first By th
merest chanc F. A. Carnal, former
prosecuting attorney of Hill county,
Montana, entered the McVlcker build
ing, shortly before the crime. In the
lobby he saw two men standing, on of
whom pulled down his cap so as to
hide his features when he saw he was
observed. i . , '
Xontanaa Gives Description.
Immediately the new of th murder
spread, Carnal hurried to police head
quarters, and gave Police Captain Hat
pin a good description of bis suspect.
Then other persons told th polic that
two blond women had been seen near
the office of th dead Jeweler, and with
in a few hours Stratton, Hampden and
th two women, both blondes, v were
pulled In by the dragnet. The arreatB
of Williams and Duffy cam later,
Tli first capture was made In the
rooms which the Ilampdens, Stratton
and th Johnson woman occupied Joint
ly M a fashionable apartment house
There the $ortce found two suItcaseB,
on filled with nitro glycerin and dyna
mite, steel saws and. a burglar's outfit,
and th other containing a black petti
coat from which a long strip had been
torn. The petticoat was of the same
material as the black silk gag found in
tha mouth of the murdered Jeweler.
JTlad Many Loos Diamonds.
Besides the burglars' outfit, the po
lice discovered more than $2000 worth
Of loose diamonds in the fiat These
with a number of bloodstained business
cards, are eipected te be convincing evi
dence when th sextette captured come
to trial.
In the apartment the polic also found
a magaslns revolver identical in caliber
with that from which was fired the
bullet which pierced Logue's shoulder.
It had been recently discharged and re
loaded. The polic now suspect th prisoner
Of being the automobile bandit who
recently have robbed score of sates
and houses In tha city. They are still
at a loss, however, to account for th
fiendish manner in which I.ogua was
killed. At first It was believed that
the acid-scarred cheeks and eyes of
th dead Jeweler, with the fact that 17
knife wounds were1 found on his body.
indicated a terrible reveng taken by
som nemy.
Baf "Was Empty.
When tha police succeeded today in
opening the safe in Logue's offlc if
was found empty and ransacked. This,
it is believed, Indicates surely that
Logue, tortured, finally broke down and
opened the safe for th robbers, who,
terrified at the cruelties they had prac
ticed, decided to kill him.
Fl
E
Martin Winch, well-known Portland
capitalist, has returned from a month's
tour of the East. He visited the land
and livestock shows. He obtained sev
eral excellent specimens of horses and
cows for his model farm: which Is to be
Instituted Just east of Mount Tabor.
"It does a man a world of good to take
a trip," said Mr. Winch. "It lifts him
out of the rut. It gives him a better
idea of what the world I doing. The
fact of the matter is, that I didn't know
what was going on until I did get away
from home. Finding out kept me so
liusyj however, that I had to sleep as I
traveled. I didn't stay long in one
place.
"The Chicago iivestocK enow was a
revelation to me. 1 I hardly supposed
ther were in exlstenc Much splendid
specimens."
Mr. Winch's plan for a model farm,
which will be run on a basis to demon
strate that science and common sense
may go hand In hand In agriculture at
a profit to the owner, was announced
Just before he left for th Fast. Now
that he has returned, he says he expects
to give a large portion of hla time to
forwarding the organisation and secur
ing the equipment.
ARTIST PEASE
E
Lute Pease, Portland artist and
writer, was awarded today the $100 prize
for the best poster advertising the Rose
Festival. The award was made by the
festival management from 25 or more
submitted by well known artists. Mr.
Pease won th award last year, and hi
continued success makes him the sub
ject of many congratulation. Th pos
ter will be lithographed and used
throughout the world to advertise th
Bos Festival. Tha design departs de
lightfully from the trite and conven
tional festival poster. Subject is Titanla,
taken from Puck. The execution of th
work, in the minds of th Judges, was
both unique and artistic. -
First Snow at Woodland.
tSoeclnl to Th. Journal, k
Woodland, Wash., Dec. 21. Snow fell
for the first time this winter, yesterday,
but melted as rapidly as it fell. Reports
joraectAa3jniJhej!lIL4Js
cate quite a heavy deposit, if the
Weather doe not turn cold the fall may
add to the already started rise In tho
Lewis river. ,
. A national conference- of leaders of
th Prohibition party ha fceen$alled to
meet in Indianapolis th third woek in
GOT
OR MODEL
ARM ON EASTERN IBP
CAPTURES
ANOTHER POSTER PRIZ
LEGEND GIVES 109
in
"Mother Adams" Always Had
Friendship of Oregon Coast
Whites.
(Sporlitl tn The Jonrtmt.) ; '
Bay City, Or., Doc. 21. -In the passing
away this week of "Mother Adams," th
pioneers,' of Tillamook county are re
gretlng lb breaking of on of the few
remaining links that binds the living
present with th death past Of over a
century. " i'
"Mother Adams," who had her resi
dence at Hobsonvllle,' two miles nor,th
of Bay City for over SO years, was a
full blooded Clatsop Indian who came
from th Clatsop Indian settlement on
th Columbia river to th . shores of
Tillamook Say. about 1860 as the bride
of Chief Carmine, a direct descendant
Of old Chief Kllehls, Th reputed age
of "Mother Adams" at th time of her
death was 109 years, so her marriage
on tli la basis must hav transpired when
she was about 67 years of age. Legend
has It that Chief Carmln took her a
the spoils of war and that she was al
ready living- with a Chief of th Clat
aops. v
Both she and her husband early earned.
and throughout their entire life pos
sessed the friendship, of th white in
habitants of the county. Both Indians
were full blooded and exhibited to the
fullest degree the best points of the
redskins. Most stories of the tribal
festivities and of . early pioneer life
bear som mention of these two inter
esting' persona, who wer noted for their
hospitality. Their lioina was always
open to th white men, who always
availed themselves of the privilege of
paying a friendly call'to this couple and
partaking of their" snfoked salmon, a
dish that th old settlers say none
could prepare like the' chief and his
wife. A hunt was not complete without
the company of Chief Carmine and his
presence in a hunting party was almost
always an assurance of a successful out
Ing.
The present remnant of a once power
ful tribe la located in th neighborhood
of Hobsonvllle and most all, if not all,
claim descent from Mother Maggie and
her husband. Chief Qarmlne. Five
children of this union ar known to sur
vive her, while her living grandchildren
exceed two score in number.
Chief Carmine was burled at the fa
mous old Indian burial ground, ''Meme
molous Point" the resting place of all
faithful Indian who lived on the shores
of Tilamook Bay, and it is here that
Mother Adams is being given her final
resting place. "
FOUND THEM HUNGRY
FOR THE HOG GOSPEL
"I believ th demonstration train
that has .Just finished its trip on the
p.-W. It & N. did mor than any other
"train 6t tho kind ever operated," de
clared Phil . Bates, secretary of the
Stat Threshers' association, when he
returned this morning from a week
spent on tha train.
"I never eaw such a hungry lot of
people down to a demonstration train
in my llf before," he continued. "Up
ther between Kennewick and Yakima,
they hav been pooh poohing th idea
Of raisins; hog and operating dairies.
Their land, you would hear them say, Is
too good for that. They have been
saying that their land is fruit and their
product the best in tho world, and their
market also the world.
"As a result land prices hav been
boosted out of all relation to what thrf
land was . worth for what It produced.
Why, I found where three rather ordin
ary acre had sold for $10,000.
"But they'v got a hog and butter
appetite in th country visited by the
demonstration train now. They flocked
down to tho train at every stop. They
hung hungrily on every word that was
uttered. They got all the Information
they could. They're going to begin
raising hog and dairy cows aa well as
apples. They're going to b happier and
mor prosperous. Tho demonstration
train is a great horn missionary."
(BDtelsl to Th. Jniirn.M
Hillsboro. Or., Deo. 21. J. N. Hoff
man, until recently publisher of th For
est Grove Press, pleaded guilty yester
day in th circuit court to an indictment
charging violation of the corrupt prac
tices act and was fined ISO. A circular
attacking the county court was widely
circulated th week before the November
election. It bore neither th name of the
author nor Jth printer, and as the print
ing was done by the Press, the indict
ment followed. Hoffman, In extenua
tlon, claimed Ignorance that he was vio
lating a law. He Is an attorney.
SOME HARNEY TRAFFIC
SWINGS TO OLD ROUTE
Prairie City, Or., Dec. 2l,--The freight
traffic from this place to Burns and the
Harney country, which was about 18
months ago diverted by the auto truck
freight line from Bend, is returning1 to
Its old channel by way of th Sumpter
Valley railway, from. Baker to Pralrl
City, and by freight teams from this
point to Burns. The reason Is found in
the fact that the auto freight service
rrom Bend to Burns, while a success tto
far as ttm and carrying capacity are
concerned, la not as profitable to the
auto truck company as-was honedr in
fact, it is said to hav been practically
demonstrated that some . commodities
can be delivered into th Harney coun
try cheaper by the freighter team traffic
from Prairie City than by auto truck
line rrom send.
The distance from Bend to Burns is
about 140 miles, as against about 86
mllus from Prairie City. Th road from
the latter point Is for tho most part
fairly good one, and lie through a well
settled country, well supplied with hay
and grain, and abundantly watered. The
facilities for forwarding and handling
freight through the commodious for
warding station at Prairie City, together
with th conveniences provided for th
freighters and their teams here, make
one. At th present Urn freight teams
are engaged, In hauling from this point
the equipment and furnishings for thai
new school building now being erected at
Burns.
It la reported here that the Sumpter
Valley railroad is actively lnterested-iti
regaining the. Harney county transports
AS SQUAWS YEARS
EDITOR PAYS $50 FOR
BREAKING HUNTLEY ACT
M ALUSTER 11 :
IN JAIL ONCE MORE
Lawyer Was Arrested 6n Third
Vice Indictment at Noon .
. ' Today, ,; . . :
With two indlotment already out
standing, K.' 8. 3i McAllister wa r-
k.iia.1 nn itlll innthur it nonn tndftV
and placed In tha County jail, 'This is
th second time McAllister nas Dean in-
Klnt Vila mnnnftntion with tha
vie scandal became known, , as he was
under arrest lor several nours ai iea-
ford When h was xtrst.apprcnenaoa.
He was arrested at his of fie in th
renton buildln bv Juvenll Officers
Fisher and Mackintosh. - '
UTo illl.tor wna nut on HOfift bonds
on the two former indictments and $2000
mor wui: pe reqnirea on in preacai
one. He is bending every errort to
gain his freedom by securing new.bonda-
men. Though this thita indictment was
at first al(i to hav been returned only
for tho purpose of raising his bonds to
prevent' his leaving in cny, msirici
Attorney Cameron taled after h had
been arrested that It la an indictment
on a newcharg f the sam nature
as the other two . and tnat tner may
ba further charge yt.' ; '
(Special to Tb'Jowb1.
Hillsboro, Or., Dec. 81. Th William
Bagley hop , yard, thre mile north of
Hillsboro, and one of, tho best known
yards In the state, was this week leased
to Harry Hart, th hop buyer, and
George Brwln. The leaB la for five
years. At present thr ar 85 acres
planted to hops, and $0 acres more will
be added next year. Mr. Bagley Is wide
ly known as a successful hop grower,
and Is understood to have mad a large
fortune In the business. Last week ,h
paid $4000 for a residence in Hillsboro,
and Will retire from actlv business.
WOMAN, WANTING TO
DIE, FIGHTS-PHYSICIAN
' DrlVen to Suicide by her husband's
drinking, Mrs. Louis Ross, 142 Arthur
street, swallowed a quantity of augar
of lead yesterday afternoon that she
might die. The family physician was
called, but th woman fought his efforts
until he called the police to aid in tak
ing her to the hospital. Patrolmen Ca
son and Johnson were sent to the phy
sician's assistance, but Mrs. Boss con
tinued to Tesist, saying she would rather
die than be taken to the hospital.
Ross has beeq drinking heavily the
last week, It la said. Mrs. W. M. Cox,
sister of Ross, has been living with the
family. She was alone with Mrs. Boss
when the poison was swallowed.
HOW TO OBTAIN NEW
PARCELS POST GUIDES
Word was received this morning by
Acting Postmaster' C. M. Williamson,
that the official parcels post map and
guides will not ba on sal at any of
the postofflces, and those who want
them can send to the chief clerk of the
postofflce department at Washington,
P. C. The maps and guides sell for
73 cents, tho cost of the government
in making them. Th local postofflce
has received 15 of th maps, but they
are to be distributed around at the
various stations of tho city.
Christmaa trees, best trees, free de
livery, open Bunday. 128 10th et.
Nature generates facts, but fiction is
manufactured by man.
BIG BAGLEY HOPYARD
SOLD; OWNER RETIRES
Free Boota For Tfae Kiddies! Bring TLcm To See Santa Claus!
GillVIJeal Gift St ore Open Evenings Until Cnristmag
The
For 3Tou to
Can
G
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Tke J. K.
ORCHARD LAUD
HEARING MONDAY
Columbia Orchard Co. Case
k Involves Misuse of the
Mails. -
Trial of tho three member of th
Columbia Orchard company, who ' ar
now held by the government on a charge
of using the mall for fraudulent pur
poses, will be taken up in the United
States district court next Thursday
morning with , United ' Btates District
Attorney John MoCourt personally 111
charge of the case. Th three who Will
answer the charges ar A. J. Blehl, H.
II. Humphrey and Jt. IL McWhorter.
W. E. DeLarm and George C. Hodges
are also mentioned n . th indictment!
but DeLarm it believed to, be dead and
Hodees Is in Edmonton, Alberta, and
the government has not, yet been abl
to- secure his extradition.' -: v . ,.n
: When tho original exposures In this
casa were being made by the govern
ment.. it. was-given' th widest publi
city, and the interest in It wa general.
Hundreds of people residing in all parts
bf tho country wer believed to hav
been defrauded by the concern. v- -s ,
The Columbia Orchards company, was
Organized for th purpose of developing
and exploiting a tract of arid land in
eastern Washington, along in Colum
bia river. Th indictment charges that
13,600,600 Worth Of bonds of the com
pany were floated, and In order to fur
ther their sale, two fake companies", the
Oregon & Washington Trust company,
and the Washington Orchard .Irrigation
& Fruit company, that existed only in
th minas or th promoters; or m orig
inal concern, were mentioned in corres.
pondence sent out to prospective pur
chasers of th bonds as companies that
Indorsed and recommended th Issues,
Tho government does not charge that
tha company- aver" succeeded in getting
away with anything through their use
of th malls, .stating only that an at
tempt at fraudulent practice was made
through this medium. ? A
dver 100 witnesses have been sum
moned by the government, and it Is
expected that the defense will provide
that many more. The case la expected
to last several weeks.
' Because of th publicity given th
affair, the government was afraid that
the present trial jury panel would not
be sufficient, and - accordingly thl
morning an additional panel of 15 was
Selected. All are from counties of th
Willamette valley.
Camas, Wash., Dec. 2L Camas is
soon to have a water system. Plttock
and Leadbetter, owners of' the present
system, will begin worn, as soon as
weather permits; on construction of a
cement lined reservoir 100x100 feet, and
with a depth of 1J feet. Pump of ade
quate power will be installed and such
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SYSTEM
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omer aaumou ana ivner.aM,((iH8 not m fftuU weu no.
an may ce neoeaaBry iu jiroviue n-Trier
supply adequate
)ply adequate for all th needs of
' much larger town than Camas,
Monday afternoon, December 2S, E. F.
Ayers, professor of highway engineering
at Oregon Agricultural college, will give
an illustrated lecture on good roads, at
the Grand theatre. The lecture will be
under the auspices of th Southwestern
Washington Development league, and is
for the purpose of stimulating interest
In the good roads question, particu
larly In the state aid or Klickitat Pass
road from Spokane t the coast. Sections
of this road will pass through Camas.
At a meeting of th stockholders of
the Co-operative Creamery company,
held this Week, officers were appointed
as follows: President, Felix Van Vleet;
vice president, C. K. Cochran; secretary
treasurer, C. L. Hoover; trustees, A. W,
8cott, I. S. Laws, H. MacMaster, John
Ostenson, James Riley and H. Nelson.
Gill Co., TLird And
Very Gift
Be Found at
PBOWBOF -a
BESIEGED CITIES
REFUSED TURKS
Envoys Split on Allies' Declin-'
ing to Entertain Sultan's
Demands: Possibility of In .
. tervention Suqaested. ,
'- - (UbJt.A r. Lola. Wire.) ' . .
London, Deo. 21. Th Balkan and
Turkish plenipotentiaries ar farther
apart than ever tonight, At today'
session Osman Nizam Pasha, th leader
of h isujtan's delegates, demanded th
reprovlslonins of i Adrlanople, asserting
this to ba th only ground upon which V ,
negotiations could continue. . The allle
refused to comply with, the demand, "affll
the Turkish envoys replied that they ,
must consult farther with th Porte b
for proceeding with peac negotiations.
; Th delegates remained in session for , .
oh hour, and then adjourned until Mon
day. Tha envoys cam direct to. th
council room from Buckingham Palace, -',
where they were received by King
George. , "'3;:-'
'Vnltri Vttn U4 Wlre.V
Paris, Dec. 21. Hlntlng-that a gen
ral European war might result in cas
of a rupture during the London peace
negotiations, Premier Polncalre dis
cussed the Balkan situation in th cham
ber of deputies today. Polncalr said
that In the event of negotiations being
Interrupted th powers could pgt afford
to remain indifferent before a possible
resumption of hostilities, which mor
than aver might pfovoka a conflagration
involving all of Europe. '
Franc ha been assured by Austria
th premier declared, that that oountry
doe not desire th acquisition of mpr
territory or tha destruction Of th polit
ical or economio independence of Servla,
COURTIS LENIENT TO ,
YOUNG BLACKMAILER
Mitigating circumstances, and th fact
that J. Wesley Ladd, whom Charles Eg
ger. alia Arch! Hamilton, attempted
to blackmail, did not wish to prosecute,
decided Circuit Judge Morrow to glv
th youthful blackmailer a six month'
county Jail entenc and then parol
him. H la to make frequent report to
Superintendent MacLaren, of th Port
land Commons, through whos influenc
ho received the chance to make good.
Eggr declared he committed the crim
because he could not get work, and want
ed to help his sweetheart, who was out
of work in Spokane.
Sam Kelly, who recently pleaded guilty
to embecslement of f 134 from th Brown.
Richards Company, proprietors of th
Yale Laundry, was given an indetermin
ate sentence of from 1 to 10 years in tha
penitentiary. Through oversight of hU
attorney, Kelly failed to appear In court
a few weeks ago, and $00 bail was de
clared forfeited. Th fact that th ball
was furnished by his old parents, and
not
i - rmitttr.. nt tha for,
felture.
Homer Baker, indicted ' With : Fred
Franks, alias Ed. Franklin, pleaded guil
ty to larceny from a dwelling, and was
sentenced by Judge Morrow to Serv an
indeterminate sentence of from 1 to 7
year in th penitentiary. Franks de
cided to stand trial, and pleaded - not
guilty. Th burglary occurred Decem
ber 8 at the home of Mrs. E. E. Hewett
Eustis in Charge of Inauguration.
(Cnited Pmi Letwd wire.)
New York, Dec. 21. William F. Me
Combs, chairman of the Democratic na.
tlonal committee, announced today the
appointment of William Corcoran Eustis
as chairman of th committee in charg
of arrangement for th Inauguration
March 4 of Presidentelect Woodrow.
Wilson.
Alder Streets
Give
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