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THEV OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND,, SATURDAY EVENINQ, , NOVEMBER 8,. 1913. . 10 CERTIFICATION OF CITY; AffTS REFUSED BM iri HUG LrmiMU i inner mi Association Surprised Charter Contains Rule on Which Re- t - quest Was ' MadeV. . As the Portland Clearing House asso . rlatiou has declined to even certify ac- rountants to be employed by the city , to check up the financial accounts of ... . . .. ... shine Whiskey Believed to . .Have Caused Tragedy. TrlnevlUe, Or.,, Nov. $. Crook county was the scene Of a real Kentucky feudal battle some tjme Thursday night, w!ien Felix Jones, , a native of Kentucky, and generally, known, as "Kentuck," and YAiES sentenced jo .; : I' 1 : 1 ):. V 1 ; - j '. . . ' J'' i.1 l LIFE IMPRISONMENT Saloonmen Charge lrregularl-i ties and .Would Prevent the i Canvass of Returns, . ' , Hayes. "' . - . Salem. Or., Nov. (.--Heftier Yates was convicted of second degree . murder la the Marion County olrcult court today for. the killing Of Mrs. Myrtle Hayes at ther home- eft his mofhersnear Salem; September 21. Judge, Kelly Immediately pronounced sentence of Ufejmprlson; ment. i " . . . , ' . Yates pleaded Insanity as ' a defense. The -Jury was out- 4S. minutes.' ,,-., ij 'T' C. White, a witness for the defense, for whom a benoh warrant was Issued to bring; him into courj, was found biding in a TwcatTc;jKrhouiMT lICZAHnmi $50eor contempt -of .court.. . ' - Yates 1 was : - infatuated with, Hayes, . who, s with her children, staying- with his mother while her hus band was 10 eastern rcgon on' Business. The day her. husband returned, Yates pleaded with her to leave her husband and children f or him. - She refused; As Mrs. fane ran to meet her husband, Yates drew a gun and snot her. . -""i i ,; . 8 he fell into her husband's arms, and died, , A 4 , ' , u OAKLAND BUNKOING . v ' i EXPOSED BY, VICTIM Oakland, Cat, Nov. 8. That a bunko rin- has been operating in : Oakland Within three-Wocks- W-Jfte -fcity wattn two 1 years t and fleeced hundreds of persona of thousands of dollars by fake racehorse games ' and mining- . invest ments " was Hhe substance of informa tion .supplied-to Chief of Police Peter son today 'by a prominent banker. - ." These, bunko men, he said, lure their Victims into the very bank lobbies to give their schemes standing-. . 1 ' i !a letter' which reached the chlef In., formanl. 'signed VA Victim," was' also delivered to the police. It Is charged that some of the f Oakland police are snore or less concerned in, the ring's operations. .- ... . .. 4 A. sweeping; Investigation will Wi started. , ' , i v lo Keep tne waters Back. ' Since - Germany obtained ' - the Island Of : Hellfo land -from Great Britain 2tf years ago. the government has been sur rounding It with a wall of concrete, un- , til -now Jt 1 ia ! completely protected against the inroads of the sea. ' - J 1 ' . 1 1 1 m ..a 1 '! .sag v. rSoeclal te Ttia JnrnL1 Ilillsboro, Or., Nov. 8. Charging .. .. . .t . .u. , ville. - prescribed by the city charter, it will be necessary to have the grand Jury certify at least' three experts and if that body refuses the duty will fall on the munici pal civil service commission.. A. week ago C. A. Blgelow asked the - ".Clearing -House association to certify accountants to be employed by the city - to check over its business accounts. This ' morning he received a lettes from that body stating that Its members were sur- prised i that such a section should be "- in the charter and decided that it was not' a clearing house matter. ' As a . result the grand Jury will be requested to certify men to do the work and if that ' body refuses the only recourse left for the city Is to have the work done by the civil service commission. . , ;.',iu y. - v y; y oxe - Appear to protest lieusnCT Franchise Will Now Be Pat " Tp for Pinal Passage. "Although yesterday afternoon was set for bearing protests against tne grain ing of a franchise to 'George Heusner to operate electrto cars on tracks from Kenton to the' west side business dia ' trict not a person, appeared before the ' city, council and as a result the fran chise will soon come up , tot final pas '' 1 sage: ; 't'y Lf- v- 'v .' ' ' There Vere no objections made ' by owners f property -on. streets which the proposed cross town line will travel when the matter was- heard yesterday ' although there were present a number . of east, alders who discussed toe route. A delegation from Mount Tabor wanted It further east than on ' Twenty-ninth street, while others wanted it further west I-M. Jjepper,' representing east '. side improvement- association, . asked that the cartlne be rou d as proposed . over 'Twenty-ninth. 'street, y.,,. ' . INSPECTORS .C0XDEM3? .FOWL . i.r-Z . : ' : i , i .; ' 12,000 Founds of Cold Storage Tur , fcer and Chicken Condemned. '' Following the condemning of 10 tons of food in cold storage at. the plant " of the Independent Coal Ice company, . City Market Inspectors Melton and Johnson condemned 13,000 pounds of ' turkey and chicken belonging ' to jthe , f La Grande . Creamery company. . They say that this poultry has been In stor age from one to five years. -' While tt Is not known whether . this stuff was to have been placed on sale for the sTranksgivlng trade, 'according to Market Inspector Melton,, there was ..nothing to . prevent ' the owners from doing so had ' they .wished. The con , demned food will be Incinerated at the ..; crematory. 7: . vi; '; 1 , - ' ' ' ' CITY WILL NOT BUY AUTO ROscoe UBiown engaged in a fight to gross Irregularities in the jnanner and ..ti. i. ik. metliod of holdlm Tutadiv'i laMl oa. mountain, about .18 miles from Prine- tlon election In which Htllsboro 'was 1 JtVLVKM V4Jff.. BIWIIICV JC)H HOIIIUJI ' saloon men ,. filed . today an injunction The Journal ' correspondent reached the sceno ast night t;ie bodies suit against the county Judge and corn- were still lying as they had fallen dui ins me iigni. Jones had lived In this section about three years, and during that time had worked at J. W. , Jones' sawmill. Brown came to this vicinity about one year ago, and worked . at the sawmill. Soon afterwards lie was married to a -daughter of J. W. Jones. Brown was a hard drinker and of a quarrelsome disposition and seemed to be Jealous of "Kentuck," . ' Thursday both men visited at a cabli occupied by Brown's. brother-in-law and a family named Pluard, and all ate to gether, appearing to be on friendly terms. "Kentuck' had business at an other ranch, and as he prepared 4o leave Brown offered him the use of the letter's horse, which wap accepted. Brown suggested that they would met on the road and go to La Monte. Aftor Jones' departure the Pluard family left for a short rldV, leaving Brown a the house. . That was the last seen of Jones and Brown alive. mltisloners. to restrain them from can vassing the votes, and declaring the re. suit of the Hlllsbsro election. The complaint charges that the post lng of the notices for the election was irregular and that a number voted who were not qualified. . The suit is based on the conflict as to whose province It was to name the Judges of election,' the J city council or the county court The I county court issued an order for the i local option election and notices Wets posted in regular form upon 'petition of the required number of residents of the i city. When the question arose as to who should name the Judges and as It was thought this problem might prevent an election,. a ult was. brought Iri the cir cuit couaj; to setle this matter, and Judge campoeii aeciaea mat tne county snouia name the Judges, 'and that the Judges named for the regular election should act. The same attorneys, acting" for the HllUsboro men, have filed a similar suit for persons In Sherwood, basing their Council Rejects "Bids for Purchase , ' Y'ti;- of Machine, ' Although the city council a short time ago authorised Mayor Albee to purchase a seven passenger automobile for the REFUSES TO CERTIFY Late that night several shots were claims for an Injunction on the same I heard. but no attention was given tb.em. grounds. Yesteraay morning Pluard saw Brown s horse standing on a hill half a mile away. Going to that point Pluard found the bodies of Brown nd Jones lying 86 feet apart Each grasped a rifle and each body showed one bullet wound. Jones was shot in the back' and prob ably lived but a few minutes, Brown was shot through the chest the bullet piercing the . heart and . breaking the spinal column. Near Brown's body were found two quart pottles or moonshine whiskey. Jones had quit work a day or two ago and was preparing to leave for his former home in Kentucky. SPRINGFIELD ELECTION BOYS ADMIT STEALING H All T OF WHEAT J uvenlle Cou rt Tu ms 0 ve r the Case for Investigation by Grand Jury Town Recorder, Because of Rumored Irregularity, Keeps on Safe Side (Boectal te The Tourmtt ' Springfield, Or ; Nov; 8. Asserting that H Is common talk that there were I grave Irregularities in the recent local option eleotlon AY Springfield, Town Becorder L. W. Clark yesterday de clined to certify to the county clerk that the election was legally held. "I have to take oath as to the regu larity and legality of the election," said Mr. Clark, "and I do not' want tol certify to something which may prove l to be Incorrect . ' v The town council , canvassed ' the re-1 turns Wednesday1 . evening and found I 1 thar. Viorl hport nA mlataka. In tha ra- Ten boys were before Judge Gatens, . p0rts of the election, Judges, but this 4 1 A aollsfu thskt-Ant'lcMii -J TTsa st m- I ktVi- cities -sgi l -if.- vv:- ' : 'fF-u ;; : - J . " " " - : - . : 4kf;. J1 Silt siii iWJfj f -ij J-"' '- - mm ii in tmii ' ' "umut 'mmmmtmtvm T-' h .m. w , ' Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmalmlmmmmammmmmmlmmmm , il,,. I III T l II ! f j.- , - . .v r.si . ' v " ' ' ' " '. - . ; ' - ' The unparalleledl ! pppmarity 6pf "Nobby ; ' t .1 SajstSSBSsLsi! of the Juvenile court this morning, charged with stealing qauntltles of wheat from the Crown Mills and when the hearing was ended. Judge Gatens or dered that the boys be taken before the grand Jury and a complete investiga tion of the matter be had. The cases against the boys were continued for a week. v " Tbs boys are Albert Stone, aged IS; Chester pullen, 15: Eckedy Leeofsky, IS; Lean Oossen, 14; Leo Bader, 11; Adam Hunts, 14; John Hunts, 18; wil sloners. It was decided this morning not Yj to ,Er,ck" on' and The boys admitted the thefts and told of selling the wheat stolen to various people.. These sales will be Investigated on the ground that the persons buying the wheat bought stolen goods. The boys sold the wheat at an average of one cent a pound. About a half ton has been Identified by the mill officials as theirs and between two and three tons remains unidentified. The wheat was found In the homes of the boys and at places where they sold It. The thefts have been going on for some time. The-boys found a means of getting under thecompany's mill by crawling under other docks and tunnel-, ling under a concrete wall about two feet thick. Under, the mill they found a trapdoor which led -to the conveyor, shaft which carried wbeat from the cars to the interior of the mill. to purchase the machine at this time and all bids received were rejected.? The council had appropriated a sum of (5600 for the purcbass of the machine. Mayor Albee stated this morning that while he thought the city should own a large automobile he did not think that i all of the members of the council fa vored the purchase of an expensive car. and rather than purchase a cheap car . at this time would postpone action. TEACHER ARRESTED FOR . MISUSE OF THE MAILS Former Principal G. P. Milde, 1 of Scotts Mills, Indicted by " 'V1' Grand Jury, , Professor -O. P. Mllde, former prin cipal of the public schools at Scotts : Mills,' was arrested yesterday by Dep uty United States Marshall Armitage at bis home in that town and was brought to Portland, He Is held on a charge of sending obscene matter through the malls. He was eecretly Indicted last FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUING MILL COMPANY Suit to recover $5500 from the Inman Poulsen Lumber company for timber al leged to have been Illegally cut from public lands was started today for the government by Assistant United States Attorney SumralL The timbered section Is located on the Lewis river, in Washington, and wss originally a part or the land grant made to the government, to aid the did not satisfy . tberecorde. He an nounced yesterday he would wait until Just before the time for contesting the election had expired ' before certifying the results, so that . any person who may wish to take the matter into the courts may do so. , ROSEBURG PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS Boseburg, Or,, Nov. 8. When the big Oregon development congress . meets in Boseburg on December 4, those who at tend will be given a royal ' reception. This matter was discussed at a well attended meeting at the Commercial club last night and those present were unanimously in favor of making this one of the big conventions In Oregon. A committee of 10, five women and five men, was elected to begin plans tor the success or we convention, All members of the granges of Dong- las county will be given a special invi tation to be present V. y - ' A resolution was. passed favoring a state exhibit at Ashland during the 1815 exposition. ' :'. : ' r j " 1 i i ' JURY CONSIDERS CASES OF WOMEN AND LIQUOR Three cases were submitted to a Jury in Circuit Judge Davis', court Xor con sideration this morning. One, was the charge against Emma Williams of sell lng a bottle of beer to PetrQlman Burke on Sunday, August S, at her place at IS North Eleventh street . The other two cases were of beer and the bottles were by no means empty. A watch is being kept by various court officials to see whether or not the two latter are taken into consideration. Four bottles of champagne ahd' bottle of. I whiskey were added to the collection to give it a gooa riavor. i ne case wai,up- week by the federal grand Jury. He Is struction of its road. . Later the land Northern Paclflo company In the coii-Jpealed from a $100 fine by Municipal , In the county Jail, pending furnishing .; of bait of $1000. , . The indictment . charges Milde with .'. sending a letter from Sweet Home, Or., to V. B- Lambert at Minot, N. D. The letter, which the indictment describes as being "of too obscene character to be spread upon the records." Is a dis cussion of domestic conditions that ex '; lsted In the Mllde household. The let-'te- was written February 3, 1912. Pro " feasor Milde has not been teaching ; school this year, as he expected to be ' involved In legal troubles, It Is said. ' .v. : .i , i in ii i j i s "EMPIRE BUILDER" GOES ; SIGHTSEEING AT TACOMA Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 8. James J Hi l his Son, Louis "W. Hill; President J. m! Hannaford of the Northern Pacific rail road, and a large party of railroad offi cials and bankers of New York, arrived In Taooma this morning, and after making an automobile tour of the city, left at 11 o'clock for Portland. No definite annduncement was made by any or the officials, but It was ad was relinquished to the government by the, railroad company, and eventually about 12 years ago it was taken up us a homestead by William N. Stanley, George Charley and. Joe Wilmot. These men logged off a greater por tion of the section, floated the loi down the Iewls river and sold them, which contained about 1,100,000 feet of lumber, to the Inman-Poulsen company. Later the homesteaders relinquished tlv claim, and the government Immediately began pressing the Inman-Poulsen com pany for payment for the timber. This, the government alleges, the lumber com pany has failed to do. tn Investigate conditions in the Pacific northwest, with a view to future invcst- rnenia;.j'.?.y,;,'.'.,: ARRESTED IN RAID ON A ROOMING HOUSE Judges Stevenson. WILL LEAVE. TONIGHT WITH OREGON EXHIBIT M. E. Smead. manager of exhibits of the Portland Commercial club, will start east tonight with the baggage car loaded with Oregon exhibits which will be placed in the, Chicago Coliseum for die. play in the United States land show. Oregon's representatives have secured the-privilege of using the lecture hall twice a day during the show and this morning officials of the rose show handed Mr. Smead I large number of lantern slides which, with a moving pic ture film, will be. used in some of the lecture. - girls and a man,. Arthur Casey. Charges or vagrancy are -against the inmates. James Anderson, a former guard .at the Llnnton rockplle. was arrested in ml t ted. ihat the purpose at the trip was Konnectlon with the raid and charged in a. riu on t iwniini nousa at I n-n . .... ... , . . Fourteenth and -Waahlnrtnn strata lost I J? . . W. evening, conducted by" .an . DogfaV MUTh mS V:.1?' 5KP" to Charles A; 'ctesfrom.ltor'M. WORK OF Y. M. C. A. UN INTERESTING ARTICLE .Stanley Baker, head of the employ mint and advisory department of the Portland Toung Men's Christian Asso c In tlon, has a . two-page, article In the current ' Issue ; of Association Men. the f filial publication of the , T. M. C. A. Mr. Baker: tells In jn entertaining way i.f the. work of his department, which IiS been th model for associations in nit parts of Ihe .country. He calls at ien..on to the fact -that in September the lor Hand association: had $13 calls for men and filled 334 positions, besides t hing Interviews t silOf. jnan..,. hly,s, with the larceny of $90 from Henry King, whom, the officers claim, wes sent to the Douglas house by Ander son. King lost his money and blames Anderson, -- , SECRET SERVICE AGENT . . BACK FROM MOSCOW United States Secret fiervlce Agent,W. A. Glover returned this mOrning from Moscow, Idaho, where he was before the federal grand Jury that later Indicted parney Briggle for counterfeiting? Brig gle was arrested by (Hover In one of the mountain towns of Idaho in June, and thV subsequent investigation developed the fact . that Brtggle was connected with an extensive ring that was operate lng In the east, Brlggle, after being in. dieted, pleaded guilty. '';;t.p';: Coates. Coates charged cruelty and rauniessness, Mrs. Coates -recently had ner nuBpana arresiea zor non-support. ' ,' . Kirk Sheldon's WW Filed. A petition for the probata of the will of Kirk Sheldon, a postoffice employe, -who died last Saturday, was filed this morning ty Mrs. Corinne Sheldon Derby, his daughter. A son, Mrs. Derby and a relative In Norway were left bequests. ine estate 4s vaiuea at 13000. , - V : 'Peepers Annoy Vasaar Girls. : Pougbkeepslo, N. . -T., . Nov. ,$.-Ths vasBar coiiego corps or mgnt watchmen was doubled today otylng to a scare due to an epioemio. 01, ' peeping -Toms."' 1 ires; is rounded Tread" and "Chain upon the fact diatjth ahd absolutely 'give greater IViileage on all roads in all weather. v- Jtia the grinding and gruelling1 weari ahd tear that they "stand up" to that has alone established for United States Tires their 'well earned title of "Mightier Than the Road." in use on the automobiles of the West means just one thing-that these famous tires have made good." ft v, tir l - : t I r- :l 3 . ui. i?- ? 1 -i" " , Popularity never- comes uriearnei to a proauct ? 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