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1 PROBE IS STARTED : OF CHARGE TIT COIH VMS ASKED : Patrolmen Haled Before. Grand i -Jurv to - Tell ; What vThey 1 Know ok Report-Hinting ptj u ran. k.' , . , . ARMSTRONG MAKES " - J ft 'I - AVI60R0US, DENIAL I Detective Sergeant Craddock V, Declines to Discuss Tes-v v,' timony Given. '! ' With the grandf Jury tnis morning a1 tually taking .up : consideration; ,, of charg .that members ot the crvlj eer Wlce commission sought to1 extort money ?from applicant for municipal Jobs, taiv : Bible action wti instituted In what haa ; been tha baala ot rumors and speculation v for months.' J '.-! - vv . ' . . County Superintendent of Schools A. p., Armstrong,' formerly a member, of the Civil Service commission, lias bean mentioned in the charges aa having amivh TlllllUtttl tO Contribute tO 1H I campaign fund Jn the race he was mak, Ing for county "superintendent- Deputy -.District Attorney Robert Magulre stated J after tha morning session of the grand ; Jury that Armstrong, would not be sum moned aa a wltnesa ' - Among those who testified today was Detective Sergeant Rbbert H. Craddock, whoae name waa mentioned along with ; Armstrong's aa being a party to tha el- leged extortion. .Others - on ' the atand were Chief of petectlyes Baty and C. E.' Kllnglearatth, a newly appointed patrol "man, who haa not beeneasigned a defi nite post. Before he took, the stand Kllngleamlth said no overtures had been ' made to Htm to contribute to the cam - ntt of Mr.' Armstrong-, nor' was - he : given ' to nnderstand that hla appoint I ment waa contingent upon an- muaa trlbutlon. v-.v-; V'--1-' -''4..' Craddock, Decllnea te .Talk. I . 'CraddOcK pleaded Ms oath of eeorecy - and refused to discuss the case at all -after ,.- emerged from , thejrranLJury room,' where had been grilled for more Ithan an bburJ: V He; admitted, however, j - mat m - - - s last Wgnv oy- c;mei o rvu vi u i Deputy Pietriot littorney Maguira.and "sthat tha whole affair had -bean gone over U. n to the details oranis I It .waa ajraiviea m m uuuiti . tornejra oiijoe vni . w, "hih far in haa leada In many directions itand that although only a few. specific ''Instances are now known; further evl denoet mlsuaa of official position may develop. ,, 'i.f .-'A'--:- i Charges that candidates for positions in the police and fire departments - ha J paid $10 to $20 for high grades in the civil service lists, which would entitle them to precedence - in new - appoint ments, have been current for some tlrm-, together with other charges that du- ' Ing the last few months before election , officers were required to solicit sub scrlptlons for tha Portland News, which : was most radical in ita support ot May er Rushlight tor reelection. nans Bid ot Work. ' 8ummary refusal on the part or cer tain patrolmen caused this plan to fall through it was said, and so far as la known, no men were actually punishe-l for their refusal. Many did comply, It Is said, even those ' wtio ' favored other candidates than Rushlight. The main charge, however, that Arm strong. Craddock and a "third man." who was said to be Armstrong's cam paign managers were Involved in the al leged civil service matter, is the one first to be probed, according to the statements of the prosecutor's office. What later steps may be taken will de velop as the evidence shows needful. - Armstrong denied positively thli morning that . he had any campaign! manager; -He likewise declared Crad dock hardly ever entered his office -eertalnly no more than other officer, and then only on business legitimately concerned with the commission and the detective department , ' - ABOUT, POLICE GRAFT Recalls' Story -That Policemen V Rad Paid $100. Before: 0b - tainirig-Their Positions, t ""jrjrst'1 intimation" that money was al .1 leged to have been, paid by men to get .on the police force came early in No- ATTORNEY GIVES NEW LIGHT UPON INQUIRY 5 -vemoer. or last year, wnen protests were i made to a Portland clergyman by cer- - tain members, Of the.' department , that ? they had to pay $100, before they were ' eligible to a position. This clergyman ' j took it up with John M. Joyce, an attor. ' 5 ney with offices in the Couch building, f and sought his advice In the matter. . .' ine nun nuu iirgi uroiunita in xne I- clergyman ouerca : to '. secure ainaavits "and statements from other' membera of 'the department who had been put on at :;'sVabout the aame ;, time f aswaa'jihe. J ' 'Through ' a' slip ; In arrangements i thes t''v affidavits'' never were made. Attorney 'Jovce spent several weeks tryina- to set to- the bottom of the ease before he ' , Tne maiier 01 paymenis 10 secure tr Positions on the force.", said Mr. Joyce t niiis morning, , f first, osme to me In No- ' 'vember: i r AJ clergymah whom I knew came to mi seeking advice. ; He said . . that a police officer complained to him that he knew , that certain - men to get (Continued on Page Five. CHILD PROBLEM IS SAKS JUDGE SMITH J. i Charities Conference Speaker rtaments 1500 Legal Sep arations in! Seattle in Sin rgle Year,- iV DR, CRICHTON SEES END-". ; OF TUBERCULOSIS IN U. S. Proper - Education and Not Medicine Will - Do It, He x ' r. Says Hopefully. - .' , ' ll'nlted Press UsmA Wire.) ; Seattle, Wash., July 9 That divbrces produce a large proportion of dependent children and that tuberculosis may be abolished by education on sanitary sub jects, were declarations made ' In- ad dresses delivered before ' the National Conference ot Charities and Corrections this morning. Three section meetings were held and a general session at.lllsO o'clock. - The v section meetings dealt with "Child Welfare," "The Relation of Com mercial Organisations to Social Wel fare" and "Probation, Prisons and Pa role." The general session discussed "Health and Productive Power." - 1BOO IMorees, I Tear, 1 Conaty. . 'l ; ! "The tragedies of the. divorce court are . Increasing in numbers," said. Judge Everett' Smith, of Seattle, speaking at the western coast meeting on Child Welfare this morning. "In this county, In 1912, a total of 1600 divorcea were granted, being one decree to every three marriage licenses Issued, and we have more, than ' the average number of de pendent children from homes broken by divorce." v.-v;-'. -.'"': Judge Smith recommended the rearing of dependent children In foster homes. But even preferable to that' the Judge recommended the mothers' pension sys tem. . . The preservation of the borne," . he said, . "by the aid of the state, is an assurance of the, vitality and prosperity of the -nation. ' . - Addressing the 'same meeting, - Dr. Anna Louise Strong, director of exhibits of the National Child Welfare commit tee, Impressed upon the hearers , the educational;: value , of , exhibits.-,'"-:,t'A'foi ' - .W Alton Gates, jiecretary of the atate .jV' (Continued n; Page Two.', One Is Money Was Paid 'for High Civil Rating; Other Is Violation Corrupt Practices; When seen after the morning session of the grand jury Deputy District At torney Robert Maguire admitted that the Inquisitorial body was delving Into the charges said to have been made to District Attorney Evans of payment of money by men to be on the eligible Hat for positions ou the police force. "I am not at liberty to discuss the case, as it is hardly well under way, as yet said Deputy District Attorney Ma guire. "The grand jury Is Investigating two matters. One Is the charges that have been made that money was paid by patrolmen to insure them a high civil rating so that they would have no difficulty In getting Into the police .de partment. The other-' involves state ments that have been made that candid ates for office In recent campaigns have violated the corrupt practices act - . "I did not know just where the Inves tigation would lead us untilJate yester day afternoon. A. P. Armstrong, whoae name-has been mentioned In connection with this affair, will not be called be- (Continued on Page Two.) PRESIDENT WILSON (vw vrt r-p' "w. "t1 NT'fp1'"' jjg? i sksBw U A i .-I f iiMmX WIS v ! i , 4 - 'V ; 0.-l'li&lSPffi Ml FIXED BY - n r. wraoN " ' i ; 1 J, - f lr State Railroad Body, Acting as - Board " of Arbitration, fc De clares Hovv Much S.; P..& S. 'Should Pay for Privilege. EACHiCAR TO PAY 85 - . . . CENTS FOR CROSSING Locomotives r Fixed . at $1 .70; Minimum for Each Month Placed at $500 - The 'state railroad commission today In Its capacity, as referee made- aa award fixing the rates of compensation to be paid by the Spokane, Portland 4b Seattle Railway, company for the use of the O.-W. R. A N. company's new bridge across the ' Wlllametta river In this city. . The rates determined by the railroad' commission were as follows: For the passage of each car 85 cents and for the passage of each locomotive, $1.70. ' The minimum amount to be paid by the Spokane, Portland A Seattle Rail way company is $600 per month. The two ' railroad corporations were unable to agree upon the. amount to be paid for the use of the bridge and the matter was .' referred to the railroad commission aa arbitrators. When the award waa announced to day the attorneys representing the two corporations said that they were unable to say whether It would be accepted or not In advance of a consultation with their clients. Rule of Former Assessors May '- i a a m f a, a. m-- - ; ' . v In returning ' real estate owned by cluba and like organisations as non-assessable, hare former Multnomah coun ty assessors acted within the conocpts of the law governing the assessment of property for taxation? This . Is a question that Is not only agitating the public mind, but It Is one that pressnts a very serious problem for solution to the present county assessor. There Is In this . county real estate worth a large sum of money belonging to various clubs on which no taxea have been paid for years. In fact the records show that none of the property has been assessed since It was acquired by the clubs now owning; it. The law pro vides that where real estate. Is used by organisations devoted to religious, char itable, or benevolent purposes, It is exempt from taxation, but it is serious ly questioned whether such organisa tions aa the Portland Heights club, the Multnomah club or the Irvlngton club Is engaged In a work that comes under the head of either religious, charitable, or benevolent. : The most extensive and most valuable club property on which no taxes are paid Is the 10 or 11 acre tract known as Multnomah Field, together with the club bouse of the Multnomah Athletic club. For tax purposes the property owned by the Multnomah Athletlo club la estimated a worth $600,000. . Bite Worth $10,000. The site containing a little more than an acre on which Is located the Port land Heights club on Portland Heights, Is worth, at a very conservative esti mate, $14,000. While the clubhouse 's located on this site, the title to the property Is held by the Heights Park Improvement company,. The Irvlngton club owns a double block 200 by 400 feet, at Twentieth and Thompson.- This (Continued on Page Four.) ASSESSOR QUESTIONS EXEMPTION TO CLUBS GREETING CONFEDERATE AT GETTYSBURG U1HS' MEETJHG STOLEN ; BY TARIFF MEN 1 f: Witness Before Lobby Com r initteer Tells How, Sugar Re ; finers Made l! Appear, That " Farmers Against Free Trade MANUFACTURERS ; WANT ;' STANDPATTERS', HELP They,. Ask Overman to Call Crane,' Penrose and Can non to Bear Them Out. (United Pim LNMd WIn.) Washington, July Attorneys for the National Association of Manufactur ers asked Senator Overman of North Carolina, chairman of the lobby commit tee, today to subpena 40 former leaders of congress, . Including former Speaker Cannon and former , "Senator Aldrlch. These men, it was stated, would refute testimony Which It is anticipated will be given by Martin M. Mulhall of Balti more, Involving the association, in cer tain polttloal deals. Senator Overman declined to issue the subpenas at this time. In explaining his reason In refusing to subpena former Speaker Cannon, Sen ator Aldrlch and the others at this time. Overman said. "If Mulhall's story develops these men will be needed here to testify and we will Issue subpenas. Unless we hear Mulhall under, oath there Is no need of subpenalng them." . .v The list of names ' suggested by the manufacturers Included those of Sen ator W.- Murray Crane, Senator Lodge, Senator Penrose, and Congressmen Mc Dermott and Shirley. , ' " ' Hainan. aToi There. . When the senate lobby, sub-committee resumed Its hearings today Chairman Overman announced that the appearance of Martin M. Mulhall of Baltimore had been postponed. Mulhall was expected to testify as to the part played y the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers in certain po litical campaigns while he was an agent of that organisation. .The 'first witness i today was .A4X Baldwin of Cleveland, a , member of the firm of Alexander and, Baldwin. salt , to be the largest sugar producers 1. Hawaii.'; Baldwin .testified that ; he had been, here since Annl in the tn terest of a duty on-Auiruji. Xle- eaid he earned "that mucb,.,but saldthe sngar interests-wanted him to stay here. - All he did In Washington, BalJwIn said, was to call on about twenty sen ators and write a' few letters. On cross examination Baldwin's story remained substantially the same as that told by others who have testified regarding their efforts to keep sugar off the free list ' Stole a Convention. I. A. Smith, president of the Georgia Farmers' union, testified that a meet ing of the various heads of the state organisations of the Farmers' union, called for the ostensible purpose of de vising a plan for increasing the eon sumption ot cotton, was captured by the cotton .manufacturers and tha sugar re finers, who transformed the gathering Into a conference in opposition to the Underwood tariff bill, instead of repre senting tae sentiment of the farmers. Smith said, the meeting adopted reso lutions denouncing the tariff bill. ANTHRACITE FIELD IS (Uolted Prtu Leased Wire.) Ottowa, Ont., July a.-r-It Is learned that Dr. Relnhart Hoppe of Oakland, Cel., recently located one of the best coal areas In western . Canada on the Sudbury river . In northern Alberta, about 200 miles north of Edmonton. The fields are located within 40 miles of the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific and experts have reported that the de posits are anthracite and superior -to Pennsylvania hard coal. LOCATED ALBERTA ''PATTHE IRREPRESSIBLE" TO WED PRINCE Photo by .International News Service. Princess Patricia of Connaugbt. ! J ! t f 'ROYAL TOMBOY WHO Princess Patrlcia,:Daughterof uonnaugnt,1 :iwpcn8w gaged to Adolf Fried rich. (Dotted Press leased Wire.) . London. July 9. Although - there is yet no official confirmation of the re sorted encasement or irinceas faincia. daua-hter of the Duke and Duchess of Connanght, ana rrince aaoir jrreaencn, heir to. the Ducny or juecKienDerj Strelltx, Ensltsh society confidently expects, an early announcement of the betrothal. It Is believed that final arrangements for the alliance were made when King Georare and Queen Mary recently visited the aged Dowager Duchess of Mecklen- berg-Strellts, sister 01 me laie ium Edward,' during their sojourn in Ger many, In connection with the wedding of Princess Louise. Prince Adolf, who is 31 years old, Is a handsome, well set up, and dashing officer of the Mecklenberg grenadiers, and It Is said that his military quali ties had much to do with making bis suit successful with the princess, whose partiality for soldiering ia well known. Princess Patricia, who In her younger days waa the torn-boy of the royal fam ily, once said that her chief sorrow. In life was that she , was not born a boy, so she could Join the army. . , . She is 27 years old and perhaps the most popular young woman of. princely blood in Europe. , GIRL'S HEAD, LEAD' TO SWEETHEARTS ARREST Alice Criswell Drowned in Lake Near Wilkesbarre, Pa,;: Fi ance's Irriprint Studied,8 Wilkesbarre, Pa... July . The result of an autopsy on the nody of Miss Alice Criswell, 18 years old, who was drowned In Harvey's lake, near here,, on the night of July 4, was announced today, Herbert Johns, aged 28, is held on a charge of murdering the girl,, who was his sweetheart. , Coroner Marlcy said the autopsy showed bruises on. We girl's body; bdt no motive for the crime had. been dis covered. . ' ' 's "There is absolutely no Indication; of a cause for anyone wanting to put the girl out of the way," the coroner said. "Bruises on her head ' and. forehead, which resembled teeth marks,, me have been mad by a Jagged stone, or Vi falling. Personally. I do not accept the murder theory." ' , Johns stoutly denies responsibility for Miss Criswell's death. Young Johns was visited In Jail today by his mother and sister, HarrlBon Cahn, who la sus pected of being a rival suitor of Miss Criswell, with Johns, denies that either he or Johns slew, the girl He says he believes list, death waa accidental. Dr. J. P. Hlgglns this afternoon mads Imprints of Johns' teeth. He wiU com pare the maraa witn tnose on tne gin s boyt.v'''V.v'-''Yt'!'1't j , vpvrsw vu wvraim, $. ;,h:,v,,;i : m r iAu. l. m;- ,n . Parish July 7 9.-WIlllarn V.s McCombs, of New. York, i chairman i of the Demo cratic national committee, was operated appenaiciu. ,J,,;, WISHED TO BE SOLDIER, PLANNING TO VED ONE TEETH MARKS ON DEAD . i LEADING" HOE MAN SUCCjJMBS.',.TO Alj ACK J; M,4,BrownelM WellMhovvn -AH Along-Pacific CoasVis Fouijd Dead in Bed, ! Julian M. Brownell, assistant mana ger of i the Hotel ' Oregon, was found dead in his bed at the hotel thla wont ing. .Death was- due to heart failure. Mr. Brownell had been a sufferer from heart trouble for some time, and he waa known to be In a serious condition, al though he has been at his desk all the time. ; ' Mr. Brownell waa very .well known In hotel circles along the Pacific coast. especially in rortiana and San Fran cisco. He was about 63 years of age and la survived by a widow who Is at the present time in San Francisco. . Mr. Brownell had expected her to arrive in Portland at any time. ' Mr. Brownell had been at the Oregon since January 1,- as assistant manntr.r. Just previous to that -time he Was at me uoiei Multnomah in tha same ca pacity. He was th first clerk at the imperial r hotel wnen It opened In 1S94. having been brought herefrom 8eattle by. Thomas Guinean, the first owner of the hotel. Previous to that he was a siewara on a . steamboat - running be tween Seattle and Victoria. , After three years at the Imperial he went to the Portland, where he remained several- monuis, ana men went1 to San Francisco, -where i he was clerk at the Occidental. He changed to the Fair mount. In San Francisco, as chief clerk. but left soon after to go to the Palace aa assistant manager. From the Palace ne came to ine xauunoman, ana then .to the Oregon. The death of Mr. Brownell was dis covered, shortly after 9 o'clock this morning when he failed ,to answer-his telephone. Fred Blocb, , a ; clerk, "and Manager McRea went to the room. and. peering over. the transom, saw him lying on the bed, and from his appearance they knew he was not alive. Drj E,, M. MvDanlela, who had .attended, him, and the coroner, were called and' the body was taken to the Dunning, & MoKntee parlors. A telegram announcing the death was . sent to. San , Francisco to friends there, who will break the' news to Mrs. Brownell. , , P . E VOTES FOR A (United Press Leued Wlra.l v ; . Washington, July t.-rAfter, a 'desper ate search of the cloak rooms, the house mustered a quorum this afternoon and voted, 104 to '102, to 'permit . the pro posed special house lobby investigating committee to employ special oounael to Investigate ' the charges of Martin M. Mulhall. ' This reveraea action taken earlier in the week. The passage of the resolution authorising - the appoint ment of the investigating committee Is how a foregone conclusion. 13 BOTTLES OR SODA" m KILL 13-YEAR-OLD BOY s- lUultd iTw trw 'Win,. 1xs Angeles. July 9. An ambition to be heralded as the . champion soda pop drinker of Ms neighborhood Is said to day to have caused the death of Daniel Graham, IS, of Monrovia.- After eating e quantity of pie end candy, the boy drained U bottles of the beverage. He became' 'ill V almost Jnynpdistely, his symptoms resembling thos of ptomaine ' poisoning, and died within a few hours, HO COURTS Will FK . PENNOYER LOTf INHERITANCE TAX Heirs' Appraisal of $85,000 Is Disputed by State Treasur er, Who " Thinks $300,000, 'Not a Whit Too High.; .;; LOTS ARE IN BL0CK 0F- olds; wortman & king Under Long Lease, With Grad-' uated Rental, Which Gives ' Chance to Disagree. tlai Bur-no of 1 Ht jeereai.V? -.j-.; 'f'' Salem, Or., July t. The controveray "v " -' between State 'Treasurer Kay and th , ' heirs of the Pennoyer estate tn Hultno-." ; mah cqunty over the amount of Inherit- -ance tax to which the state' la entitled,' ',: will go next Monday, according to the ;l present schedule, before the county court ' of Multnomah when both' sides will be '. heard in their arguments to convince th court that the estate is worth only . . 86,000. or that It is a very desirable lot of property worth at least 1300,090,; . a dirrerence - or about oe per cenu , The 'heirs are bitterly opposing an . increase in the appraisement, and no mutual ground haa been reached on -which a stipulation between them and the state treasurer could be' made, so " the, matter will have to be settled by ,v the court The eaUte, which was the " property of former Governor Pennoyer, ,. . consists of two lots In the block cov ered by the new Olds, Wortmanjfe-Klng- . building. 8 The lots are under a, long , time lease, the rental for which is grad- , uated, increasing with the yeara. At ' the end of ' the lease the building re- ; verts to the property. The helre - and , those 'who made the appraisement .'avi dently based their value on the loweat ; rentalwhleh value the atate treasurer, thinks Is ridiculously low. and out of -J proportion to ' surrounding - property. , r Last week the state treasurer, by -stipulation, increased the appraisement ... of ah eatate In Multnomah county from m.OOe to 2226i00O. thereby . securing for the' state an Increase of about $500 . in Inheritance taxes.' A the heirs were readily agreeable to the. increase, the state - treasurer refrained 1-from giving '4 -the name of .the eatate publicity, t -' - n connection with the Kamm estate, tht44KjWBf, has appoiikted a,conMw . mlttee of . three to make a special an. , pralsernent for him, as check en the,v .., official appraisement, , j" I $2 DEMURRAGE RATE CUT TO $1 INSTEAD ; 0FG0INGUPT0S3CAR t- . ? ; ; ' ' v. . ; s ' Penalty of $2; a' Day, for' Not Providing Cars Remains the ' . Same; .Shippers Favored,4 (Balem Burma' ef The Journal) , '-, j Salem, OrM July -9.-Not! much com-' fort for the railroad companies will be -found In the order of the railroad com mission announced today reducing' the -denturrage rate from $1 per car per day to 1. At the recent hearing railroad companies made a strong effort to In-, duce the commission to Increase the rate to ltfct ' '' Th charge of 11 per car per day will be the penalty , assessed against con signees who do. not unload their cars within 48 hours after receiving them. Bailroad officials declared that con signees left' their cars loaded for days ; because, it was cheaper than paying; ; storage charges. The railroads also aaked for a' $3 . penalty on empty cars delivered ready for loading, and which were not loaded ..':, in. the specif ted time, but the commls- slon fUed the rate at $1. When empty cars, are not furnished by a railroad' -company to a shipper at the specified ' time, the penalty swill be 12 a day per -car, and when a car la ordr red and aot ' used by the shipper the penalty will be 12 a i day, until the would be ahlpper . gives notice' of release. There1 was na change in these rates. ' ' The demurrage rates prepared by the vr commission and the time and speed 1n which freight must be handled, are pre scribed.1 ' For failure to meet those re-'-. . qutrements a penalty "of $3 a. day per. car. Is assessed.;' v - ' ' : A complete record of ear distribution , must be kept by each railroad company -in each- chief dispatcher's ! office suVi jct to. the inspection ef any bona fide ' ahlpper. J , . j , 1 The railroad companies are required-.': to give a shipper notice In writing by mall of the time of the arrival' uf bia car or ears,'' This rule also was vigor- ' ously opposed "by "seme of. the railroad of flclala. .( i,:H N ' ' TO GO ON FAIR BOARD " (8p'll Iff TS JoomUl. I . i - Eugene.' Or., July 9. it.' A. Eooth when asked this morning If .he wnuM accept appointment on the Panama f'air commission, said: ' . Ht At a wflnth annnlnftint Sl' ..v. " . I . - all and . protested egslnxt It fmni (lie first-' I had intendf.l sninf abrnd sfi. r 'm rliuahter Carhara (iniMio.i h-r ho.-l oourne. but I mny run - fv In--that -regard. 1 -t a tii-- aoeeptance t-i-iy, t"it ( v- ; f.ot n - , a - finer coim-.u i;t.--i t - :-i.n . few days BOOTH IS NOT CERTAIN ) "K .'"' ' SA 'l v 'tpyright,m:by"jnti(rnatiJ 1 ''''-'x"::';