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(J, UAL. rOUTLAND. UCTOBER i: JUU Aim! i IhlUi ai NOT .DViGh; IS WAITED' Governor Insists, That He Will Undertake to Collect Costs jDf Coos1 Investigation, , 1SitonrH(ITMUof Tb "Journal:? """ Salem, Or., Oct. 13. Investigation of the aleged fraudulent character of the application to purchase state lands upon which the titles of a large part 'of the timber land holdings In ithta stats o' the C. A. Smith Lumber, company are based, and the part taken by representa tives of the company In the Coos county I. "VV. W. deportation cases are becoming closely associated. '" : ' Saturday night a conference between Governor West and Messrs.' Arnold and Shaw, San Francisco and Portland at torneys for the lumber company, was held In Portland, at which the question as to the fraudulent character of the ap plication was discussed. This confer ence was held at the request of the gov ernor, who notified C. A. Smith of San Francisco that tie or a representative of his company would be given a hearing In order to show cause. If any, why suits should not be brought to' have the title to approximately. 10,000 acres of timber land forfeited on the ground that the land was obtained' by fraud. ' "A further conference has been ar ranged for, and will likely be held at Marsh field some time during the coming month,' said the - governor.- "At this : coming r conference the part: that the representatives of the C A, 'Smith Lum ber oompany, or the Smith-Powers Log ging company, may have had In the or , ganlsatlon of the mob In the deportation episode will be fully gone Into.". , The governor did not care to say ' what information was brought out at the; conference In Portland. . Last week the governor telegraphed County Judge Hall of Coos county to ' furnish him a statement of the expense of the grand Jury Investigation of the deportation cases, as he said he wished : to ask A. XX. Powers, vice president and ' ' manager of the Smith-Powers Logging . ; company, to . reimburse 'the taxpayers for the amount on the ground that ' Powers was the instigator of the depor tations. XX ;ftif -VV; :rXX "-V: i Today the governor received, a reply from Judge Hall. In which Hall says he does not think the governor is in posi tion to see that the taxpayers are relm . bursed. v iks- v .-;':.'-. r "Tour office. Was asked for Informa tion, not ' for advice or Instructions," said the governor In his reply today to Judge Hall. "We are still desirous of obtaining the .information sought and for the purposes Indicated. Mo one who took part in, or sympathises with mob violence, Is in position to criticise this office, should It attempt, and in what may to them seem a peculiar manner, , to have the taxpayers of your county ' reimbursed for the expense Incurred on account of the recent deportation lnvea. tlgatlona-.. " '' -i ; . .. "' "We can see no crime -in undertaking the. collection of aald oost from, those 'who. In our opinion, were1 responsible for the trouble We may prove better collectors than you Imagine." . iieii loses hi ATTEiVPT FOIi LIBERTY Justice McBride Denies Ap plication tor Writ to Dis- miss Indictments. - (Sklptn Bureau of The JournaLI :-' . '' r Salem, Or.i Oct 13. Another adroit attempt of E. E. C. Von Klein to get away from the clutches of the law was frustrated -her today,- whoa ChUf J us- tlce McBride denied an application for a writ of mandamus directing the cir cuit court of Multnomahcounty, to dts miss tne indictments against von Klein and order him discharged from custody, This application, filed in behalf of Von Klein ' by ' Attorney w. T. Hume, was based on the ground that the cir cuit court had no authority to continue the case from one term of court to an other without a proper showing being made by the district attorney. . The petl tlon aueged that the district attorney made no showing of cause when the case ywas continued from September a to October z7. ; .- Von Klein la in the Multnomah county jail, as he lacks 120,000 for bail, under two : Indictments one for" larceny and the other for polygamy. He -was tried on the first indictment July 15. The Jury failed to return a verdict The case was set for September x, ana in the meantime Ethel NeweomD, the im portant witness for the prosecution, dis appeared.' - : :: - : . .'"..V ' ' The case was postponed Because ox this circumstance. . - ' " CLAIMED fO HAVE BEEN - FIRST WHITE AT CRATER ' ' (Special to'Tbe Journal.) Pendleton. Or.. Oct. XI. "Uncle Jim' Lehman, one of the best known east ern Oregon pioneers, owner of Lehman Serines and who claimed to have been the first white man to discover Crater lake, died Saturday while being brought In from. the Springs...;,' ":: "iv.--- In his pocket was found will leaving all of his property to the order of Odd Fellows, pf . which he was a member. Lehman spent many, years of his life in searching for the old Blue Bucket mine of Malheur county and the Lost Cabin mine ; In southern Oregon. He claimed to have discovered Crater lake in 1861 while piloting prospectors from Grant county . to, southwestern. .Oregon. BASEBALL MAGNATE IS LOSER IN DAMAGE CASE .J.'1.-'i . . i V,"'";J'. ' A sealed verdict returned by a Jury in Circuit Judge Morrow's court last Saturday night awarded $600 damages to Albert Sanger, 11 years old. against Judge W. McCredle and Alice Mc Credle, his wife. . , Judge McCredle, who Is owner of tie Portland baseball club, and an attorney, was driving, at Killingsworth and Union avenues,, when the boy ran from behind a- streetcar :' and was struck by their automobile..- - v -.v-.'. -h"' ' w -r Judge McCredle addressed the Jury In bis own behalf last Saturday in clos ing the defense.' The suit was brought for $26,000 . by . Mrs. Emma. Llchtiorn, the hoy's mother. , .- Most people's sympathies get no fur ther than the telling. - Ml BiffiS Hill iSla, BLAF.IES W IF CONViCTED Tremendous Influence Brought "' a 1 k " " 't. "t 'II.. .i , , t xo Bear on Legislature; tx pect Speedy Verdict, CBlte4TreurXejrWlre - Albany, . N. T., Oct. 18. -Convinced that his defense was unskillfully con ducted. Governor .William Sulzer has practically broken with his lawyers in the Impeachment case against him. It was understood today. . The governor was Incensed, in par ttcular, by what he considers the virtual admission from Attorney D. Cady Her rick, of the defense, that he Is unfit for the governorship, coupled with the con tention that unfitness Is not ground for Impeachment ' Bulzer considered, too, that his coun sel made a fatal mistake In refusing to allow him to - make a statement in his own behalf, front the witness stand. ' If convicted. It was said, he would blame his attorneys. pressors la legislature. Tremendous pressure was being brought on the members of the court today,, both for and against the gov ernor. All were deluged with telegrams and special delivery letters and by per sonai cans .from inaiviaual consmu ents and by delegations of them. . Mo uncomfortabla had thla ' nrasaura become that it was believed every pos sibie -effort would be made to hasten a verdict even if a night session were necessary. . y:."; i'-.yy. -v.-.'vVin It appeared ImprobaDla Indeed, that the verdict would be returned before to. morrow, but that he would be able to get a pretty definite Idea concerning the number of his supporters was indicated. Inasmuch as a vote was scheduled late today on the governor's contention that the court lacked power to try him for sots preceding his induction Into offloe, Conviction Zs Predicted, . ' Sulzer' - friends hoped to muster enough votes to prevent the two thirds majority necessary to remove him, but persons - who have followed the trial closely predicted - that he would have only 11 and he needed 10 to escape conviction. r. - ;.-i s ;..;., Senator Argetslnger. - a Remibllcan. was scheduled to cast the first ballot Senator Wende. a strong-Bulzer-man. said he was sure the governor would win. He was sure, he said, though he gave no figures, that, there were enough Sulserltes among the members of the court to prevent the executive's re moval. He added that he exoeoted the Judges of ths court of appeals, with one exception, to vote fop Sulser. . . The anti-suiserites were claiming ex actly the sams thing. . - The "Reform Bulletin." the Kw fork Clvlo league's organ, received here to day, threatened the political extermina tion of everyone responsible for the gov. ernor1 s Impeachment .. Falls With His Aeroplane. New York.' Oct 13. Captain WllUam Walb fell (00 feet with his aeroplane, Into New York bay yesterday afternoon off Quarantine, and escaped serious In-Jury. r SSP"S"0lIIW - i Journal Want Ads bring results. With work enough ahead to keep It busy until November 1, the first fed eral ' grand Jury drawn this fall was selected and sworn in today before 1 Judge Bean of the United States dis trict court The Jurjt consists of' 30 men, chosen from the most part from Portland and nearby communities. The Jury convened this afternoon at 3 o'clock to undertake Its duties., .Judge Bean appointed W. A. Knight of Portland as foreman of the Jury. There are a large number of cases pend ing, which the grand Jury will be called upon to Investigate. ' ' " ": .following are the names of ths Jury men: W. A. Knight Portland; C. A. Akeson, contractor, Portland; Joseph Amann, broker, Portland; Herman A. Calef, merchant, Portland; H. M. Fow ler, Goble; Frank Oray, farmer,. Wlll holt; Charles Guilliune, Olney; H. B. Humphrey, , Portland; V. J. Jackson, Hood River? John Jolma, Inglls; John Kirk, Dorene; H. Longcoy, Mllwaukle; I' F. Mascher, Sllverton; R. H. McCar ter. Buena VlsU: John Melnert Albany: W. D. Morris, Albany T. A. Readls, Hood River; C. O. Scott Carlton; Charles Staughtoa, Dufur, and George xoyng, iieaverion. . , FEDERAL GRAF FACES MUCH BUSINESS Investigations .Will Require Nearly Three Weeks ; to Dispose Of. -, BISHOPS fhEllliJiSI PAID TOO MUCH, SAYS VETERAN MINISTER i, . .v ... . M I, .1 j '. 'mi ,v ' : J-'-H-'-j,'-' Rev; C. E Cline Hurls Verbal ' Javelins;: Other Clergymen Discuss Unrest In. Church.- SALETfl BfimON II L BE HELD AS ANN OUNCED Salem, Or., Oct U-By a margin of oniy 41 names, tne petition for a local option election In Salem on November 4 was declared to be valid today and County Judge Bushey Issued, the notice Of eleotlon. .: . i;-,?,r,, r:-.-." ' Last Saturday It was feared that the petition would be thrown out because of the many errors It contained. , It was found that many women had signed tne petition for themselves and other members of their families,, and some bad used thlr husband's initials when they were registered under their given names, and ward numbers baa been con fused with county precinct numbers. There were over 400 names on the peti tion, and only soo names were needed. 1 County Clerk Wax Gehlhar ; finished checking the petition today and found there were 48 more valldaames than the number required. ' .. - '. ;.c ASK MINISTER TO STUDY HIS DECK OF CARDS Walla Walla, Wash., V Oct II. Re questing that the minister "study them awhile," Arthur Brown, a young man, placed a deck of cards upon the pulpit of the Memorial Baptist church of Mil ton last night He was arrested and was fined $7.80 this morning. City Recorder Samuels, la fixing the fine, said he made It light because of the young man's previous good .char acter. :.-. ;: -V:A : ,fi ' -f.-y. X-f J Eiceg8lvr "ealarles for bishops 'and ths consequent tendency to create caste or class among the clergy: thereby su perinduclng an unrest among the laity, was the chief topic of ; discussion ' at today's meeting of Methodist preachers held M Taylor streot church.i;i H ?rs ; Rev. C. L CUne precipitated the dis cussion In a 10 minute talk in which he deolared that weekly publications of the church reflect a . growing vunrest throughout Methodism because of the top-heaviness of the episcopacy. ' "We have too many oishops," deolared Dr. Cline, "and we pay them too much money. There are two or three bishops with no conferences to hold, and a num ber with only one to preside over, yet we are paying all of our bishops annual salaries of 16000, while the treat throb bing heart of Methodism the thousands of ciroult-rtdlng and . small station preachers are receiving annual stipends which scarcely support them. Our people are confronted with a deficit of $260,. 000 In the bishops' salary fund and In. creasing demands for more money are coming in from all of the boards of the church with the. result that there Is a restlessness abroad among the member ship .of the 9lmri'x...$!gt!,f!$ , t" Caste Is "We hear echoes of It from the Puget sound conference and . from the New York and central advocates. There Is a well grounded fear that a feeling of class or cast is making neaaway in tne clerry of the church." . ' Bev. J. W.. McDougaV presiding elder of this district took Issue- with' Dr. Cline. He defended, the bishops' sala ries, declared that $6000 is none too much, and said that he would rather see too many bishops than, too few.. ,"I confess? said Dr. McDougal, "that there is a restlessness In the church, but It Is due to the constant demand from our official .boards for more money for. the "great institutions of the church. Our official machine Is growing top heavy, and Methodists, everywhere, are wondering, where . It will-all ' end" --v--v u-.,-...,,-.. . Dr. Benjamin Toung said thati the trouble Is due to the failure of the governing body of the church to take heed of the rising tide of democracy that is apparent in all of the affairs of Ufa He predicted a revolution with in the church unless its leading spirits gave heed to the growing spirit of dem ocracy, - , a Methodists SesenW X, : Bev. Delmar Trimble declared that the church boards are rapidly becom ing Institutions for grinding dollars out of the people, and that Methodists everywhere are beginning to resent it o Bev. C. A, Lewis thought that one of the chief causes of unrest In , Meth odism-was. the great difference be tween the pay of a retired bishop and a: superanuated minister, the bishop receiving 12600 a year, while the min ister Is fortunate to get. $160 to $200. Bev. J. K. Hawkins was elected pres ident of the - preachers' association to CATTLE AIIB SHEEP SUFFERING IM SflOV - Early Storms in, Blue Moun ' f tains Cause' Owners , Conr-' , siderable Worry Weston, Or., .Oct 13 A dosen local cattlemen have "been In the saddle al most constantly for several days, striv ing to drive their herds out of the Blue depth at this season of the year, and is reported to be five feet deep in the vicinity of the toll Kate 20 miles. east of Weston, ; The hungry cat tle stick, to the timber. They refuse to bndge, and often try to fight the cow boys, , ' ' , Ordinarily the mountains range of the Wenaha reserve is available until late in December, and this year the early storms caught the cattlemen and sheep men unprepared. Thousands of head of sheep are said to be blockaded In five feet of snow on the Looking Glass range, about 20 miles, northeast of the toll gate, and desperate efforts are being made to- drive them toward the breaks of the -Grande ' Bonde river. . George Lambden of Wallula has a band of 2200 head at the Lleuallen , & Tucker cattle camp, 10 miles ' southeast of Weston, where the snow Is about two feet deep. These sheep he Is trying to bring out down this side of the mountains, r' . About 12,000 head of cattle and $0, 900 head of sheep are said to have beea ranging this . year in the 'Wenaha re serve. . The cattlemen expect to be able to rescue their herds with but little loss, as . the weather has turned '. clear and warm, but' It is feared that many sheep will die of starvation. . Anxious sheep-owners have been driving up the mountains as far as they can go in their automobiles, In order ' to direct their herders.'-;.-: ii- -, v:t".-.-'.'. . Local cowboys report that tracks of bear and deer ars seen in the snow, wild game having been driven by the storm to seek shelter in the heavy tim ber. '., v 'X-:s'.'vi.;:,i.--S:'. Vi WIDOW SEEKS DAMAGES . FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND In the belief that Peter Moeller.. who klUed Charles A. Broddle In a South Portland scow on August 23, or his relatives may have money, Mrs. Minnie Broddle includes a claim for damages against- Moeller - in the petition for let ters of administration of her husband's estate filed this morning. Albert Broddle, a brother of the mur dered man, Is requested as adminis trator. The ofher assets of the estate are personal effects valued at $16. Three sons, 11 montss, 2H and 4 years old; ars the heirs. : Moeller Is to be tried on a charge of second degree murder on October 22 before) Circuit Judge Cleeton. t ; To Discuss) Sterilization Act, Dr. Owens Adair Will address the Women's Political Science club tomor row afternoon at 1:80 o'clock in lecture room, r A of the new public library, on the sterilisation act All club meetings are open to women. :'-v.'i..;..--. ,, take the) plate vacated by Bev. : J. C. La r sen. recently transfered to Seattle. Bev. W. H. Try of - Sunnyslde church was .elected vice president L.Cntj 0 I s.. III EE EICUlu , JESUIT OF VOTE TL J. , Low. Churchmen Loso in At . tempt to Have 'Open House' ."Indorsed-by Episcopalians. L J - a a w J Wi't . ' Tfew. york. . Oct. 18. The house of bishops of the Episcopal church vott-d today, (2 to 49. against the 'opon house," standing, by "the establish) rules of 19 years, li was a victory for the high churchmen. In th meantime the deputies wer considering - resolutions demanding it scientlflo study of socialism.1 prottin against child labor snd recommending a uniform system of accounts In parluU houses.'-'-'" r ,-".:" ' A resolution for open sessions of the committee vn , marriage and divorce when It considers proposed amendments tA thA.anAfitf rAliktlnff- ti Atiornnlpa ttnti the remarriage of divorced persons, was The canonical amendment amounting practically, low churchmen assert, to 1 the creation of an "American pope," was taaen up in tne nousa or oisnops louay. High church men support It but the low church party, protesting against even the present display - and formality In church service and government oppose ' it bitterly. v-vi .-: ,-:r:- .Bishop Williams of Michigan predict ed today the adoption of the "faith and order' commission" . authorised at the Cincinnati convention In 1910, which is expected to provide a working plan for a reunion of Christendom. The report was secret, but It was un derstood to show that no branch of the Christian church refused cooperation. Committees were expected to report resolutions in , a few days providing Constitutional -. amendments requiring health certificates from prospective brides and bridegrooms, and amending the divorce canons. j PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD ; WILL MEET TOMORROW The first meeting of the Synod of the Presbteriaa. church of Oregon will be held ' tomorrow In the Westminster church. East Tenth and Weldler streets. The session will conclude Friday. As a part of the session, a reunion with the Synod of Washington will be held Wednesday at Vancouver, that will be celebrated with a banquet Thursday evening, a fraternal reunion will be held at the First Presbyterian church, which will also be celebrated with a banquet and at which Mayor Albee, , Dr. A. A. Fulton of the Canton mission and Dr. Calvin H. French will be the speakera Slipped on Slippery Rat V; ' An accident to a drunken 'man who fell on the street car tracks at the west end of the Hawthorne bridge at 10:45 Saturday night' delayed trafflo for sev eral minutes and caused a congestion of ears and vehicles, while ' the members of the car crew took the names of wit nesses to ths accident The man, who bad not been struck by a car but had fallen on a slippery rail, was taken to a hospital In the ambulance. .His , in juries -were minor. w.. '?.'-.: IT III 10 A if Z' in saji stfMFfl sH-iik THE; BUYING ADVANTAGES AT GADS BYS' truly RE MARKABLE! . 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