TIIH CI'IZGON DAILY '
L, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1313.
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, I.N BAKER BAi( CASE
Defense Is Expected to , At
tempt to Prove That Cashier
Lindsay Victim of Scheme,
it
Traveling 1100 miles, F. C. .OxraaiC a
wealthy eastern" Oregon stockman and
one of the heaviest stockholders of the
Citizens National bank 'of ' Baker, - has
come to Portland to testify that i I
. "achema of hlah finance." 'la, resDonst
ble.for the -technical charge of mlsap
propriatlng certain notea from the bank.
.on which Guy Lu Lindsays formerly the
bank cashier la now being tried before
Judge Bean, in the .United State dis
trict .COUrt.., -.; ;....
It i understood that Mr. Oxman will
declare on the witness stand for the
. defense that F. P. Bodlnson: president
of the bank, stated, after he bad sold
; ;, Ms bank stock to Lindsay last year,
that be (Bodlnson) would within two
; years buy stock back at 90 the stock
he sold for H0 a share. Bodlrtson's
alleged , actions which culminated In
'Lindsay's Indlotment and trial now un
ier waSvth defense will assert, was a
. part and parcel of the alleged acheme
- to regain the stock' at a low price ty
. Involving Lindsay In difficulties, and
; - thereby depressing the stock,;; A - y
W ! .or "Ohtifii, kr;
The trai)aactlon which forms the baa la
of the. charges against Lindsay was the
abstraction of two , notes aggregating
- f 10.000 from the bank, which It is al
-. leged were used as collateral to, secure
an additional loan for a lumbering con
cern. The notes were returned to the
.bank later and pald.-:;"'-;': -v'v: J
' Bodlnson, at the time, was president
of the, bank and denies that be knew
anything regarding the abstracUon of
. the notes in question. Ha later sold his
' stock to Llndaay, resigned as president,
and went Into the furniture business.
That It did not pay him as well as his
' salary as bank president and he wanted
to get back his stock and position In the
institution is asserted by Oxman, who
says that Bodlnson said as much to him.
Bodlnson waa reelected president recent
ly. -, . " -!;.-vv--5'.':" .; 7. :.y-.y
The trial this forenoon was given over
mostly to the introduction of technical
' evidence touching upon bank bookkeep
ing and the recording system pursued
In the Citizen's bank. '
:-Bodlasom Bbould Have Xnowa, :. "''
8. L. Baer testified that he gave his
fconsent Xor- Lindsay to withdraw the
notes from the bank And that Bodenson,
In his opinion, ought to have known
of It If. he dld not. At the time, the
said. Bodlnson, Lindsay and himself
, virtually ran the entire institution, as
the remaining directors took ho active
part In directing affairs. ?..-;- .
At noon 'Special Federal Accountant
Gray completed his testimony, which
Constated . mainly of identifying the
notes and entries of them In the bank's
bocks. No session was held this after
noon,"ahd the trial will continue Mon
day morning. It Is expected that the
' government wilt conclude examination
of Its witnesses some time Monday, and
tne defense win open its case, probably
Tuesday..
PENSION FORiWIDOWSisv
PURGED BY COMMITTEE
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Pensions were recommended for' six
widows yesterday afternoon by the case
committee of the widows' pension de-
partment of the juvenile court 'The
: pensions total $97.60 a month. One
to Mrs. Lydla Fling,- 671 Forty-second
avenue, 8. E., of 117.50 for two children,
will not begin until November. The
others are: Elisabeth Dappen, 800 Mad'
ison street $25 for four children, owns
' property: Clara Matson, Jit East Seventy-ninth
street ; north," f 10 - for one
child; Luclnda- Johnson; Lents, $17.60
for two children; ,: Johanna Dolphin,
Linnton, $10 for one child, and Mary
Kalb, Lenta. $17.50 for three children,
owns property. ''.y:'' S , r
One Scotch Woman refused a pension
of $25 a month, granted a few days ago,
because she had decided she wanted to
' make her own way la the world. 4 She
has five, children, ranging In age from
to 18 years. Another pension of $10
waa withdrawn because, the woman
.. failed to abide by the rules of the com
mittee, leaving her children alone dur
ing the day, falling to send them to
school "and not keeping a promise tar
secure employment for an older daugh
ter., 'Another widow Is . to have , her
Tiouee furnlshedfor her If she-mproves
conditions . about the . borne. .. ,v , ; ; i
SANTA ' ROSALIA TAKEN :
V BY MEXICAN FEDERALS
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' El Paso, Texas,' Oct 4. The capture
of Santa Rosalia, Mexico, by sovern.
' . : went troops from the rebel forces under
, , General Pancho Villa is' reported In a
telegram received by Gulllermo Porras,
i- j i a sympathiser of ; the Huerta i govern
ment i from General .Mercado, military
commander of Chihuahua. Four thou-
i:, sand troops on each Btdes the telegram
. , ; said, ;wei-e engaged in a ierriflo battla
'.j sof Xour hours, the rebels retreating to
,. the south. . No estimate of tha number
; of dead and wounded was given. Gen
t oral ; Castro oommanded the victorious
j.v, i.. leoeraia , ; : $ :, ;,;-;
icUDNARY DEPARTMENT-
inspected; BY PUPILS
,?;j;'y;!iTeachers!j'and -students of the city
aohoola '-are taktnryqulty an Interest In
; ;V;U;fj the workings of the culinary department
:KfV'tof -.large, -hotels1 Thursday. Miss. ..Allen
of the Chapman school, and Friday Miss
;v II. fK. Monroe Of the Hawthorne school.
with dleratlonn-of heir pupils, visited
i l ' the , Portland i hotel , and : were ' shown
through the culinary department, ''and
j: , the details of the work in that depart.
ment wero carefully explained to them.
; 'Both teachers and children, seemed , to
)'" appreciate this unusual opportunity.
WHILE FIRE RAGES, ,
' BURGLARS 1 ARE; BUSY
,it fiiood River, Or., Oct. 4 a midnight
fire almost , destroyed the residence o
.i'M. Lakln, on! Hood -River -Heights.
.V- ftt' night Damage - to building and
.- ,- household goods amounts to about $750.
, Therlgin of the fire Is unknown. While
i'W: neighbors were at the fire burglars en
; i tared the homes of S. Arnold. William
!";.aPough and M. .L. .Emery, and stole IB.
( $1Q and a sweater, respectively.' ':
IIPENDLETON GETS SIGHT
Ik
, f ..'i t :- Ae A --l?lm. anAta.
the, season Is today, visible "from here
on Blue mountains. -Temperature sis
"i falling at Pendleton,
DROIT WHOLE
STATE DURING JOUR
Tom Richardson to Begin Cru
sade at Ashland on Next,
' Monday.' ' : ,
' Starting tomorrow night on a tour of
Oregon ; in the i Oregon Development
league's campaign to exploit' the whole
state, Tom Richardson will begin his
crusade at Ashland on :.. Monday, 1 The
policy , of rousing every community to
start at once to make Its own resources
known back east will be worked up and
Mr. Richardson will seek to show the
need of getting in line now for - the
people who will come west In'lUB to
the San Francisco fair, -'; -t f,. i--,' .
It Is likely that this cmsade will last
six months, during which time the com
munities will urge tneir eastern cor
.respondents to buy their tickets before
they start west with some definite Ore
gon locality in mind toe a visit. ..
"We're going to quit boosting Port
land so much," said , Mr. . Richardson
today. . "We're going to boost- every
community in Oregon, , knowing that
Portland will take care of itself whea
the .people get to coming to the, terri
tory tributary to it ; ;
"The salvation of the state Is not In
the' prosperity of Its metropolis. It
depends upon the prosperity - of 'the
farms, . the rural communities, the
sources of the state's real wealth. We're
going to .harp -on this throughout the
campaign, and let the people ' of other
parts of , the country realise that Port
land isn't, the only spot in the state."
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Forty Now J-leld In County Jail
: as Result of Contempt
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, toltod PM Leased Wire.) ' ',
Seattle, Wasb Oct 4. When the Mu
nicipal league, an organization of Seat
tle business men, met at its regular
meeting1' today at the Seattle Commercial
clubrooros, it was expected that th ac
tlonsof Judge John EL Humphries would
come up. for' consideration and investi
gation. - A number of members expressed
the opinion that a committee should be
appointed to formulate : soma plan 1 to
force, him off the bench, Prosecuting
Attorney John F. a Murphy . was con
demned for allowing a special prosecutor
to be named by the Judge in the con
tempt cases, the criticism being that If
the cases were worth prosecuting. Mur
phy and his regular assistants should
have handled them. .
Six women are among the S 9 in jail
today, serving thir terms for contempt
Under r Special Proseoutor poster's rul
ing, and approved by Judge Humphries,
those guilty of contempt can work out
their fines at . only $ a' day. instead of
the usual $1, so that each of the women
who were fined $100 will Have to remain
60idays In Jail. 'f-. ,. '';;
Four of the men In Jail must serve six
months, and pay f 800 Tine, which brings
the total to 11 months. The rest es
caped with 10 day sentences. 1 '
Governor Lister will be asked, at a
mass meeting " tomorrow night to be
held at Dreamland pavilion, : to pardon
all of the-40 or more prisoners In the
county. Jail sent there by Judge Hum
phries for contempt of court. The meet- j
ing has beeq called by the Free Speech
Defense league, and will be presided
at by Attorney Glenn Hoover, who wag
yesterday disbarred by Judge Hum
phries. 'V' :Ps- -'.':.. -
PRISONER IS ACCUSED
OF SHADY TRANSACTION
"It's a crooked deal, but you're Just
Inside the law," was what Municipal
Judge Stevenson this morning told Jack
Daly, who Induced a deckhand to ad
vance 2800 with, which "to buy a one-
half ' Interest in a saloon at Twenty
fourth and Thurman streets, i ' H
' "Your act compares with? that of a
thief." continued . the Judge. "Here Is
an Ignorant man, with whom you be
came acquainted and talked into advanc
ing the money. The transaction Is very
close: to being criminal. However. I be
lieve In protecting a mas who has been
Imposed .upon; Daly shalV be held to
the grand Jury In hopes that further ev
idence may. be obtained hat will con
nect him with the criminal feature of
the case."'----". - :';,'vV-';,: --.
P.-W. OFFICIAL WILL " .
,i ., , INSPECT EXTENSION
President J. D. Farrell, Vice President
and General Manager J. P. O'Brien and
Dr. Mackenzie started today on an in
spection trip over the -proposed exten
sion ' of the Oregon-Washington Rail
road 8c Navigatlpn company's line from
Condon, to Fossil. v' Surveys .have been
run through that territory during thi
summer and the officials expect to look
over the ground,, meet the people who
have been urging, the extension, and 4n
general outline their policy as to pro
vision for the -line In the new year's
budget They expect to be absent about
a week. 1 r , , v i
; - " Spend Night in JaiL ' '."
.Refusing to support his bride Of two
months or to explain his reasons for
so refusing, William A. Anderson, book
keeper for the Portland 'Gas & Coke
company, spent last night in the county
Jail In default of . $2000 cash ball or
40,00 bonda 4 lie will be given a hear
Ing before District Judge Bell this aft
ernoon. Anderson Is 23 years old and
August 2, last, married Myrtle Dunn, 17
yeasV old.. Three weeks later he left
her. Ill employers and friends speak
very highly of him. He waa at one time
a sailor. When4 he left his wife he took
with him all of their furniture except
articles which belonged to his wife prior
to their marriage or wnicn nad been
given to her. ; He- Is ? living with his
parents at Twenty-second and Kearney
streets..":'; p ''i
Judge Morrow' Goes to La Grande
Circuit Judge Morrow has recovered
from his-recent Illness, and though still
weatrw1ll1evethls evening forTXa
Grande to take the j placet of Circuit
Judge Joiin W. Knowles, of Union coun.
ty. nekt week. 4 Judge ; Knowles is ln
terested in certain cases which' art to
come up for hearing .this .week and
could' not hear them. Judge Knowles
will occupy, Judge Morrow's' place on
the local bench during .the coming week.
Judge Morrow will Instruct the Union
county grand .Jury next Monday. ' I
PARDON
SOCIALISTS
CITY COUNCiL tuti
mmm put
: Off.ELECIl BALLOT
Municipal 'Court : Section of
,: Charter, y: Amendment and
Provision for Bond Issues
After much discussion, which brought
out the legal talent of the members of
the city- council .hitherto unmanlfested,
this mayor and commissioners decided to
place other amendments to the charter
before the people at the election Novem
ber 4, besides those hitherto announced.
A few changes were made, however, in
those . complied and announced yester
day, .'..f' ". 'V '';U'
As there had been some question as to
whether the municipal court was really
a provision ' of the commission charter
it was decided to propose amendments
to ' the entire - section relating to the
court and its scope.) The new charter
retains the act creating the municipal
court only as an ordinance. Subject to
change by the city council. " Under the
proposed . amendment It . is ' set forth
clearly that the court is a provision or
the charter and not an ordinance. '
It provides, also, that the court shall
have Jurisdiction over 'all cases pertalnr
ing to moral . delinquencies and ; tnat
these shall be heard at a different time
from regular criminal cases. ; It paves
the way for the .city 'council to define
the rishts and regulations pf a "morals
JOUrt."'--- W:fsii "P?- ;'ti''';')e't'Hi
;-.; '.; t'$ Appeal Sight Ohanged. W'i
i Th ' unandniant 1 also r srODOSeS ' to
change the section relating to appekls
from , the ' municipals court, so that ap
peals can be taken of arty case where
the fine Is more then $25, It has been
contended that under the .charter at
present, there Is no right of appeal from
the court except In cases or fines ex
ceeding $5007 It Is also-provided that
no appeals can be taken of cases de
cided by Juries" In the municipal court,
but they may come up on writs of re
view before the Circuit oourt., v ' f
' Another amendment proposed w ton
fix a way that bonds andpubUo utility
certificates, Jn' small . Denomination
mv be sold br the' city treasurer, ji
provides that no bonds' or certificates
shall be sold unless the same shall
have been advertised for at least five
days, and the council may reserve any
amount of the Isaua hot exceeding one
half of the entire amount and place
tha bonds with the city treasurer to
be sold over the counter. . Bids are to
be received on a portion of the Issue
and." the city .council is to determine
the price of bonds or certificates to be
sold av the treasurer. ,
An amendment- is aiso proposea so
thaf the city council may .remove any
appointed dbf fleer for cause and the
reasons for the removal shall be Includ
ed In the order, Under the proposed
amendment the removal order snaip
not be reviewable ;. . - I
Another Change, Sought.
To section "128 of the present charter
Is 'proposed an amendment. o that the '
city , engineer and pare superintendent
do not have to be registered voters u
the time of their appointment This
allows the council to send for other
men In other cities desirable, to hold
these two-positions. !
. , An amendment Is also proposed for
a new procedure in retiring of Improve
ment bonds which, if In use. will save
the city, according to City Attorney La
Roche, at -least 10.000 a year. At pres-l
ent blocks of bonds must be redeemed (the first victim of the new game law,
at their coupon period time. , For In- J passed at the lst legislature, proh lb
stance If bonds umbers one, two and! Hing shooting game from a public
three ar redeemable in November, and 1 highway. McBrlde was hunting near
number four is redeemable In Decern- Ist- Johns Thursday and had the mia
Der while the numbers following are re- fortune to run plump Into Deputy Game
deemable In November, the bond block;
numbering five, six, etc., redeemable in
November can not be redeemed, until
after number four is redeemed. Many
difficulties are 'encountered under this
procedure by the city at present With
the amendment the bonds can be retired
In the numerical sequence. , . .
Kip or Amendments Also.
Other amendments correcting' minor
defects are' also proposed to be put be
fore the people at the special election
In November, It was decided this morn,
ing - to have the proposed amendments
published In ail of the regular dally
newspapers along with the old sections
of the. charter to be corrected. ,; The es
timated cost of the city share of the
election Is about 7700. Commissioner
Bigelow says that , if may be as low as
$5000, - :':,"''-! t '5;,,;i,.,V -
The proceedings of the council-this
morning brought out the fact that sev
eral of the members were gifted with
considerable legal talent Commissioner
Brewster, who by the way is an attor
ney, took 1 part in the
discussion over
. ; '..
legal technicalities,
Although the commissioners and may.
or argued over the legal phases of the
proposed amendments, City Attorney La
Rodhe, who sat at the end of the table
In the council chamber,; gave, the final
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STOETras was suow.
i ne council met -in an aajourneo meet.
Ingiat 10 o'clock and at -41:80 -o'clock JonfJ.,, who OT(ired him to be at the In
the discussion was about half through.'.' qu,Bt this af tlrnoon at 1 o'clock. . i
Clty Attorney Xf'Bocha then Recalled The b0 ved wth nlfl parents at 1
to the minds of the members hat the Ea,t E, ntn Btreet north. .With other
measures had to be in the hands of the 1 ,,7. or,rr... . , ,K
audl before 12 o'clock to get on the oh"dr,en ,n f'7t11M 1
iluol as th. charter provide, at least LPyf!Te?.r .,h!" h
SO days must elapse prior he election r 4henl t0 :eturn t0 choo,
in which nronosed amendments may be , acayenger wagon was going r rapidly
i ilea. in cny nau . closes a noon
Saturdays.
The announcement gave the mayor
and the commissioners a scare, as they
feared that the amendments could not
be filed In time. Deputy' City Auditor
Orutse came to. the rescue with the an
nouncement that even though it was
Saturday, the auditor's off Ice could -remain
open Tmtil. 6 o'clock on the order
of the, auditori;;Vi- ',',K:W'!?-:'"'v;'
- The ordinance relative to closing the
city hall at noon Saturdays was dug up,
gnd It was found that Mr. Grutse's con
tention was correct, city Auditor ar
bur was instructed to keep his. office
open untn the amendments were filed.
The amendments were, all filed sbdrt
ly after, 12 o'clock':;,:-gy-- s :
MAN PAROLED SHOULD
;REPAY GOVERNMENT
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Paroles In Circuit Judge Davis' court
are not to be gained for nothing in the
future. Judge Davis has come A the I
conclusion that by extending leniency
to a man who deserves It the county
and state: have done their ahare and
that, the man should repay the govern
ment for the. trouble he has caused i by
paying all costs of bis case. . This will
include Jail expenses, the cost of bring-J
ing DHCK jj. irroniw wuixiuv. ui,. con
land and other expenses. The first case
Under this system Is that of Oeorge A.
Bauman, paroled a few days ago aftr
being setenced to one to five years in
the penitentiary. Raumann has found
employment and will pay as rapidly as
he can the cost of bringing him baok
from California and of his board In the
jail for about five weeks. He pleaded
guilty to passing a bad check.
CHIEF EKGinEER SAYS
MAJOR triilL.': f.'.UST
;:BE SENT TO MANILA
'Jonathan Bourne i Jr. ; Receives
Another Telegram;. Regard
ing Local Protest. V
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In a telegram to former Senator Jon
athan Bourne Jr. today W; T; RosselJ,
chief of the United States engineers,
positively declines; to heed the protest
against the transfer of Major James F.
Mclndoe.' dlstrlc government engineer,
to the Philippines. ; He asserts that he
intenda to have Major Mclndoe sent 40
the Philippines because he believes In
adherence to present policies of his
office. 'i-!i'ih:vvift-:s'A'if''-
I'l shan't give isp hope of having the
Justice of out; position established be
cause I believe the president will Inter-'
vene said ; Mr. S Bourne " today; v In
making public the text of the massage,
wnicn is as iouows: r-nYi.r .i'.'vs-.ivi
' f'TTnnnrsLhla Jnnath&n DniirnS Jr . PorlJ
land. Or. Chief s of engineers believes
that efficiency and harmony of engineer
service rest' upon consistent adherence
to existing policies regardless of prece
dents of the distant past and a few ex
ceptions of recent years, especially since
these polities hav undoubtedly, proved
their merit The compliment to Major
Mclndoe and to the engineer service con
veyed by your insistence Is fully appre
ciated but he has been longer ( on the
station than any other officer except
ing . those with the' Sanama canal and
Colonel Kingman, who Is Just ; ordered
to Washington. Moreover under the war
department rules, : which are fully en
forced, he Is first of his grade for duty
Ini Manila. Greatly regret depriving
Portland of officer who la so highly
thought of but necessity and rules above
make it. imperative. . .
r ti"ROSSELL. chief of engineers." ,
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JUVENILE COURT GIVEN : ;
? tfl f DV dfi irr nnnno
jr;uMu or ncucr vunro
wiWlth touching and appropriate cere-
monies,' the George Wright Post, IVoi
men's. Relief Corps No., 2. presented a
large American flag to the Juvenile
court this morning-. , The ceremony took
place In the courtroom of Circuit Judge
Morrow, and the flag was received by
Judge Gatens of the Juvenile court ,
Forming In the hall of the corps a
short distance from the courtroom the
women and several grandchildren of the
women, marched with the flag spread
out and carrying other flags to the
courtroom. ' There Mrs. A. W. Mills, pa
triotic Instructor of the corps, made the
presentation speech. Mrs. Ray Renner,
president of the corps, recited a beauti
ful poem, about the flag, and Judgo
Gatens 'gracefully expressed the thanks
of the coutt for the gift ' , -
At .the conclusion of Judge Gatens'
remarks the women repeated the Lord's
Prayer. The flag will be jriven a promi
nent place in the' Juvenile court
The Relief Corns has -been gradually
supplying flags to the various schools
and Institutions of the city and county.
MADE FIRST VICTIM
: -'OF JsEW GAMELAW
Charles McBrlde of Montavilla wan
waraoen Irvine wniie ne was chasing
tne elusive umna pneasant, . He was
given a trial in district court this aft
ernoon; j. '' .-;
Deputies Irvine and Truesdell ar
rested T. Klgo, a, Japanese at Gresham;
yesterday morning.., He was pot hunt
ing, but they had 'reason to suspect,
and getting out a search warrant found
two Chinese pheasants In his house. He
had no license and pleaded guilty In
Justice court at Gresham, receiving a
fine of $25. ,
- Ned Bellinger of Montavilla was ar
rested for carrying a gun.. He Is not
14 'years old, but is hunting pheasants.
He, was . hailed before the Juvenile
court where a hearing will . be ' given
tomorrow; and his gun was confiscated.
scavenger did not
a?;; Know; he killed boy
Henry George, a scavenger, living
near the Alblna Homestead school, did
, not know he had ran over and killed
i? - year - old Fred Sohroeder vesterdav n
til the man's aon fourld him -on his rout
collecting garbage.. - N
,, The boy,; was rundown directly in
i.front of the school building, th driver
(hustling onward In hU work. When the
Ison Informed him. of the
rked him. of the accident,'.
but. Was released upon -order of the cor
down the street and the boy was struck
as lie was 'crossing - the street. , Oni
wheel passed over the lad's abdOrnen.
He died balf'an hour later In the school
building.. ; " ':;'.
1 Federal Prisoner Held.
.,. Roger C. Thomas, formerly of Good
man, Idaho, Is a-federal prisoner In the
county Jail today awaiting an order of.
removal to 'Bolsef Idaho, to face trial
pn the charge pf forging his civil service
examination papers. Tbemani for whom
the ' federal, authorities have sought for
a year, 'was "arrested, at Oregon City
Thursday by a deputy from the UnlUd
States rrtarahaf's offroe' on' advices re
ceived fromvlda4of "Thomaa, it, is al
leged, tookV'crvtt -kervloe examination
for maircarrfer'ahd later. In some way
not yet ascertained, secured possession
of his t papers . after examination and
raised his grades from poor (o very
good, , The alleged forgery waa dlscov-!
ered but before Thomas could be taken
Into custody he left Idaho and came to
Oregon last October, ;ix"Mjtv:-A-fv;;;;'-'"";'
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YX- K Defendant ; Get j4 Costs.' -0 -:
, Fifty-five of about 60 defendants in
a case'' in - District -Judge Dayton's
court this morning were given Judg
ment against AttorneyjOeorge NV Far
Vand ""for'theirr'obsts. yTarrahtl Bueil
them for $103 for fees claimed as nt
torney for those who remonstrated
agalnsf the extension of East Seven
teenth street, In fcastmoreland, This
morning he-felled to appear to prose
cute 1? his -i suit 4 and the defeiMants,
through Attorney Lord, asked Jfor their
coats, rwhlch "'.were.n allowed.', -i; ,.4,'
1,-. i'ii' imm 11. 1 ' 1 'in', V.
V Journal ,Want Ads bring resultsy.V ''
ilTOEIITIOH IS ONLY
f,;EAIIS OF STOPPING
REViDLTS IN MEXICO
Fighting. Not for Principle but
. 'for Loot; If .Huerla Is Over
, thrown Revolution Goes On,
i The only solution of the Mexican prob
lem is Intervenuon, either by the United
States government alone, or In conjunc
tion with England. Germany and France.
This Is the opinion of M. A. Leach, a
prominent business man of San Fran
eisco, -who has - property Interests la
Durango, Mexico, as expressed by him
at ' the ; Portland Jiotel, today, v'gv, v -e
'"Mexico Is a Very; rich county," said
Mr. Leach, ''and . capable of sustaining
revolutionlsls for years. " If Huerta
should be overthrown and Carransa
placed ih powers' the revolution i would
continue and go ton indefinitely;;, The
only way 1 td atop It. Is by ; the Inter
vention of a strong outside power. The
European powers would have stepped In
long ago had It not been for; the Mon
roe Doctrine. '. i i -; i'-'v
' ..Knoh. Froperty ' Destroyed. -V
"In .addition to.' the'" millions of dollars-
worth of property" destroyed, for
eigners have-sustained a greater loss
in the destruction of their prestige. . If
our government does not want' to inter
fere singly, a preferable way would be
Joint action . with England, Germany
andV France. In this way the prejudice
of Ane Mexicans, would be directed to
wards -all fbrelgners, and, after affairs
are settled. It would not be necessary
for Americans to go armed all the time.
ft uur gvTeriiinam nop - ynricj-su uii
enougn., ; w is time for BHoq, .ana
Huerta government has the .support Of
the bulk of the better people of Mexi
co and should be recognised and assisted
with all the forces, at our command to
speedily end the reign of anarchy,, or
we should Intervene and .set up a' pro
tectorate over all Mexico: Our govern
ment Is losing the esteem and respect
of the civilised world, by its weak
kneed policy In Mexico." ':-.:'.'!
Mr. Leach, who has lived In the states
of Chihuahua and Durango, the hotbed
of the revolution the past years, relate
many , trying experiencesand revolting
spectacles. , - - i
. The worst however, that I- have
seen," Said he, "was what took place in
the city of, Durango after Its capture in
June by th forces of Tomas Urblna,
Caltxtq Contreras. Domingo -.and '.Ma
riano Arrieta and Orestes Perada, num
bering all i some 4200 socalled Mader
istas. - - .-
Sacking Ooes On. , ,
. "No sooner had these men entered thei
city than they began breaking into all
the saloons and drinking the liquor
they found there. Then the wholesale
sacking and looting of the city began.
Not a single store escaped.' The largest
stores owned by foreigners -were burned,'
entailing a loss of over 1 10,000,000.
All . the prisoners In the. Jails and
state penitentiary, some 400 In number,
were turned loose and all criminal and
land records were destroyed by . fire.
Scores, of ' Mexican people were shot
down and dragged $n-ough the streets.
Rogers Palmer, - an - Englishman, was
killed because he failed to open a safe
to which he did not have the combina
tion.. . ; . y , j.
Carlos Von Brandts, a wealthy mining
man, and L. W. Elder, owner of a
large hacienda, both-' Americans," "were
seriously wounded by a bomb used to
force the door of the, McDonald Insti
tute, where many foreigners had assem
bled for protection. There were ISO of
them ' who.-were lined up 'against the
wall and forced to, deliver - money,
horses, arms and ammunition to save
their lives! 11. W. Btepp, ah American
was shot through the, leg because be
was unable to hand over 600 pesos. ,
A. W. Laurilaut, an English subject
owner of a large hacienda, was taken
from his home, conducted to the out
skirts of the city, stripped of his cloth-
Inx, badly beaten, shot in the side and
left for dead.
"Words can never picture the ecenes
dally enacted before our eyes. A large
number or women sought safety In the
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NOTICE TO CITIZENS
. -OF. PORTLAND. ' ;
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1 flie greatest li(e-saving' apparatus Invented in recent years is the PUt,MOTOR 'lt is invalu-''
; able in cases where animation is suspended as a result of asphyx,iatipn, electric shock' or drown-
ing. The inhaling and exhaling of air is made automaticaUy; thprefpre, it Is invaluable for the
restoring of life that depends, on a revival Of the faculty of breathing.'. ' . '. ' , , f. ,
The Tacific Telephone "-St Telegraph' 'Company lias purchased 'a Pulmotor 'and lias placed it at
their Main' Office, cornery est Park and. Alder streets, where' it can be secured at any time -day "
- or night. It is the, desiTe of the Telephone Company to make this apparatus-available for use in
- f any case where'ittn)aj'beoC; ieryice in paving human life. ' , ' " - , " , ' ' .
j The public is 1 inyitei to call up 1 SIsiri 8800," Local 54,' and ' notify, the attciiUam of any accident 1
where the Pulmotor may be of service, v An experienced operator wilt be dispatched at once with
:..- the Pulmotor to the scene of the accident and. every effort will be made to assist in the saving of
life. A regular" physician ahould' also'. be :'cal1ed at oijee. r' vt'j:' ' Wrt ty '
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THE
::;.AND!iiTE
PROOF SUES
F. RECEIVED
Schedules: on.Transcontinental
Freight in Effect In Forty. "
"-Days. -;-
- Proof sheets of the new transcontl;
nental 'export freight tariff, adopted by
the - transcontinental freight - bureau,
hare been : received by traffic men of
the Oregon-Washington , Raiiroad' &
Navigation oompany and the . North
Bank lines and formally; checked. In an
ticipation of the putting of these rate
into effect within the ipxt 40 days. '
, That the through rates are materially
lower than the combination of rail and
water -rates 4 was admitted by H. E.
Lounsbury, general freight agent of the
O.-W. R. , St N., ' this ' morning, - though
the tariff sheet will be so voluminous
an affair that he would venture no dis
cussion of the various Items. Portland
will be the great beneficiary of all the
ooest seaports, .he declared, . because , It
will be In line for a vast volume cf
business that now goes either Via the
Atlantic seaboard to the 'Orient through
the Sues canal or via the Puget sound
ports, r'- y rjr'- -ft.: - .-V. .i-riv :
:. The rail lines bringing, this traffio
Into Portland for export ' will connect
with - the , Bank - line, ' the ' Royal - Mit
Steam Packet company, Frank Water-
honse U Co.,, Ltd., and - the Hamburg
American line. The tariffs will lnciudo
a fixed through rate from points west
of Chicago to the Orient regardless of
local rail rates and the oceans rates. '
residence of the archbishop, although
the archbishop, had been taken prisoner
and held for a ransom of eoo.ooo pesos.
- "Hundreds of women and girls were
taken from their homes and assaulted.
All three banks were looted. ; ;
"What happened in Durango la but a
.repetition of what happened when 'Bom-
brete Zacetecas, Parrall and other cities
wera taken by the so-called constitu
tionalists. ;,. .J vi..; ,
The revolutionists are not . fighting
for a principle. They are seeking to
obtain by force of arms what they are
Unable to obtain through their ignor
ance and dislike for work. I have heard
their leaders address them many times,
telling them, to take property wherever
found. ; ,. J. -
"During the reign of terror 150 Amer
icans have been killed In Mexico and
$100,000,000 worth of property belonging
to Americans has been destroyed," -
Plan Flights Over Sea. '
Paris. Oct 4--The National Aerial
club has completed plans for aeroplane
flights from. Paris to Cairo. and from
Paris to the Persian gulf. .i .
NEVV TARIF
Vim, vigor, vityviiiKty
in a word, strenjrth-s the net :
eT
result of regularly drinldnjj a;
good mineral water. .
Standing alone in ijks Vdass,
the high ? - regard in vhich.
WHITE RO&:WATER is
held by the doctors of today is
attested by its enormous sale
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ail! SUitii.n:
ADDS TO WILCQ.V.E OF
SHRINERS AT SALEi,!
Nobfes," and Ladies Arrive on
Special Frohv Portland; Pa
jade in: Capital. :;. - - - -
- Salem, Or., Oct.' 4. The largest bunch
of Shrlners ever in Balem-la here to
day attending the state fair., It ' is
Shrlners' Day, and a beautiful on It Is.
About 00 of the, nobles, accompanied
by the AT Kader band and the Arab pa
trol, arrived st 10:60 o'clock in a spe
cial train - from Portland. Scores of
others earner from other towns. :
The Portland crowd was - met at the
Oregon Electric ; depot by .several hun
dred local Shrlners, the "CherrUns," and
the McElroy band of Portland, engaged
here fosfair Week. Ai tomobiles . were
waiting for 'the visiting ladles. a pro
cession was formed, led by the McElroy
band, next came the Cherrians, the At
Kader band, the Arab-Patrol,; the -Portland
''Shrlners, 'the Salem . Shrlners- and
the automobiles with the ladles, .
1 The procession , proceeded down .State
street to Commercial, to Court and then
to Liberty, where the. Aran patrol per-:
formed a number of fancy drills. Then
the march was continued to. the Marlon
hotel. At 1 o'clock special street cars
were provided for taking the visitors td
the state fair grounds.. where this aft
ernoon the Arab patrol performed a
number of fancy drills. A feature ached,
uled for the, afternoon , Is the i grand
parade of the , livestock ,on exhibition.
; There la another monster crowd at
the fair grounds today.- Testerday the
weather was unsettled and chilly, , and
the crowd dwindled in proportion, .but
today, the sun . is warm again and the
sky is clear. ' This la adding much to
the pleasures of the closing day of the
biggest fatr ever -held In th history of
the sUte. ' ,;.' .: , h l H:.e ;
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,i ';.;,;;r,Donglas ; County, , Corm.'.";iU' .
Douglas county corn, which made a
hit at the state fair at Salem, is to be
the chief feature of the Oregon exhibit
at the Chicago land ' show. ' Arrange
ments are being made by the Oregon De
velopment league to' ha v the booth at
Chicago allotted Oregon roofed with the
big stalks, some of which are IS feet
high. Under this roof the, other ex
hibits will be grouped. The corn Is be
ing supplied by J. H. B. Booth of Rose
hurr. The other exhibits will bi h'
cured from regions heretofore little ad
vertised through the east and Portland
will be - subordinated , to . the state at
large. , , " , . j -
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