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!T I! THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 26, 1914 vi 1 GOVERNOR EXPRESSES PLEASURE AT WORK OF J BAKER GRAND URQRS In Letter Executive Says He Takes Criticisms at Compliment, BODY IS CONGRATULATED witness. No consideration was riven Snod grass. Attorney Frank Collier yesterday filed a motion for the dismissal of the carnage suits against the governor. Colonel Lawson and Vera Walton on the ground that the court has no juris diction, the two former defendants not being residents of the county, and that waiton should not be a 'defendant, as he is only an officer In the militia, acting under orders. FILIBUSTER DELAYING VOTE ON THE PANAMA CANAL TOLLS BILL Maintains That All People of County JCatw Conditions Wttl Dni to Xtg lect of Duty by Officials. (Hal'm Burma of ThB Journal.) Salem, Or., Murch 26. Pleased with the work of the Baker county grand jury in returning indictments against the Copperfield saloon men, and de claring that h accepted the criticisms of himself by tie grand jury as a compliment, the governor addressed the following letter to the jury: "You are to bo congratulated upon your good work In returning indict ments against the Copperfield gang. "I am pleased to learn my actlVl ties in your county have been pro ductive of cuch fruit- "Notwithstanding your statement, very man and woman in your county knows that Illegal sales of liquor, gambling and houses of ill fame ex lstod In your county, and that such a condition was due cither to the lnabil ity of your sheriff and district attor ney. or their wilful neglect of duty I take your criticisms as a compll- . ment. Let mo thank you." BAKER GRAND JURY CRITICIZES GOVERNOR, PRAISES THE SHERIFF Baker, Or., March 2. A memorable session of the grand jury was con cluded yesterday afternoon with a final report, criticising Governor West for declaring nartlal law at Copperfield, and vindicating District Attorney Uod win and Sheriff Rand, accused by the governor of neglect of duty. Four more indictments brought the total of the term to 33, mostly bootlegging. gambling and similar cases, and In eluding all the Copperfield officials Charles F. Hyde, former district at torney of Baker, Union, Wallowa, Grant and Harney counties, under ar rest on a charge of assault with dangerous weapon, was not indicted Obscene picture charges brought by the governor against William Wlegand were not acted on for the reason that Colonel I,awson failed to appear as a PORTLAND'S PIANO SENSA TION DRAWING TO A CLOSE ONLY 3 DAYS MORE OF THE GREATEST CUT IN PIANO PRICES EVER MADE. Where can you invest your money more profitably than to buy new $325 Pianos for $195 or $650 new 88-Note Player Pianos for $395? $135 to $255 Is a Lot o Money to Save. ASAHEL BUSH ESTATE TO BE RE-APPRAISED IN THE NEAR FUTURE (Continued From Page One ruie for consideration of the repeal bill. It provided that the debate should be limited to 20 hours and the time divided as follows: To Representative Adamson for the repeal of the exemption clause, 10 hours; to Representative Knowland and other Republicans against repeal, rive hours; to Representative Dore mus and other Democrats opposed to repeal, four hours, and to Progressives one hour. Consideration of th rcnral hill it. self was delayed by an unexDected re port and opposition to the conference report on the urgent deficiency biM, preceding the rivers and harbors meas ure. Representative Buchanan, fili bustered against the urgent deficiency Din, xorcing a call upon a point of no quorum. The roll call fle-ht aealnst this bill was delaying everything In tl.e house, and it was consideral prob able that a final vote on the repeal oiu would not be reached before Mon day or Tuesday. Called "Abject Surrender." "The most abject and humiliating surrenaer ever made Jay our govern ment," was Representative Campbell's cnaracterlzation of the nroDosal to re peal the canal bill. "The president does not explain what his embarrassment is mat makes this surrender necessary, Campbell explained sarcastically. "Does ne fear the murderous and illiterate bandit. Villa, will break off diplomatic relations with his administration, and that In that event he will need the aid of Kngland? Or does he ask congress to aid him in further humiliating the American people because Kngland has intimated she wants -it done? Or Is it to further the profit of Kngland as our ambassador recently declared that it added to his pleasure to know the Brit ish would profit most from the canal's use? "Every drop of red blood in Amer ica protests against the humiliating possibility of having human gate keep era dip the American flag as their war vessels went through the canal to reach our Pacific coast ritles. In conclusion, Campbell declared It it cowardly to repeal the free tolls pro x'lslon and urged the house to kill the bill. Object to Mexican Item. Every indication , pointed to the de bate on the repeal bill being extreme ly bitter. Representative Fitzgerald's insist ence for Immediate consideration of the urgent deficiency bill was regard ed as savoring of a filibuster. The bill, as it now stands, provides $530, 000 for the care of Interned Mexican federals at Fort Bliss, Texas. Rep resentative Mann attacked the appro priation and Insisted that the house ought to know Just how long the Mex icans had been In the government's care. He said their care was now cost ing about $2,000,000 annually.' Democrats argued that it would.be inhuman to turn Mexican refugees back. -- - Numerous Complaints That Commercial Paper Has Been Undervalued. WEST SENDS HIS CHECKS Sarrestsd That Court Disinterested Men on WnJ.cn Will Investigate. Appoint Only Hew Board own note for sh estate, had value, Gover- to the state face value of New Job Today I ftttJem Huron n nf i " Salem, Or., March 26i Reappraise- ot me Asnabei Bush estate will be required. Governor Wont rtmo,,,! this yesterday in a communication to ine Biate treasurer. At the same time uaving learned that his $2200, listed in the A. Ri been appraised as of no nor West turned over treasurer checks for the the note and accumulated interest in iuu. i Governor West said that when In roruana 'luesday. he heard for the rirst time that his note, held by the late Asahel Bush had been appraised as valueless. Last night. ! when h re turned home, he called the aDDralsers. H. B. Thielsen, Russell Ratlin and Joe Baumgartner, on the "carpet" for their action in the matter. Ilel said at times he had owed Mr. Bush as! much as $17. 000 and had always paid. He also asked them why no attention was paid to the collateral, in the iform of a life Insurance policy, that was being held In connection with the Bote, and they told him It had been overlooked. Bank examiners, as a rule, require banks to charge off as valueless notes which are overdue. Governor West's note was originally in Ithe hands of the Bush bank. Pursuant to an un derstanding between Mr.jBueh and the governor, the note had been allowed to run beyond its maturity! without writ ten renewal, and it was transferred by the ' bank to Mr. Bush's private ac count. Apparently the j appraisers of the estate followed the practice of bank examiners and because the note was past due they classed It as value-TT.T1! TX n lea. 1 miss nuuus nets West writes to Ksy. Yesterday morning the' governor ad-1 ' urcBsni a teller 10 uio eiaio treasurer, saying his attention had been called to the appraisement of the Bush es tate and the charges made in the press that the estata was under appraised. "Upon looking into the matter I find items I know to be under value I and would Justify a re-appralsement," wrote the governor. Owing to the fact that there remain but a few days in which to take such action the mat ter should receive prompt attention. "Let me suggest 'that in the selec tion of appraisers no one indebted to the ban of Ladd & Bush or the A. Bush estate should be chosen." In reply Mr. Kay addressed a letter to the governor, saying in part: "In this estate, as in all others, wj endeavor to take up personally wlti all persons- whose notes are returned for less than par value, 'and ascer tain if there are good reasons why the appraisers should make such a finding and return. "In connection with this phase of the question, without desiring in any man ner to be personal, we would like to be informed bv von as tn th .rai value of the note of $2200 listed in the i A. Bush estate, as given by you to the deceased and which Is therein re turned as of no value." This letter was delivered to the governor in person by Thomas Ryan, assistant state treasurer. Without letting him leave the office the gov ernor dictated a letter to the state treasurer and enclosed checks for the full amount of the note and Interest, and handed it to Mr. Ryan. Mr. Kay said that he knew the es tate was under-appraised and that he was working on the matter and had in tended to obtain a higher appraise ment. i He said he" had months yet in which to close up the matter, as he had received no offipial notice from the county court as to the amount of inheritance tax that Is due under the present ' appraisement. A long list of notes were appraised as of no value, and a list of notes of prominent business men were ap praised at much less than face value. Some of the real estate, including the home place, was appraised at less than assessed value. Persons familiar with property values estimate that the estate is under appraised from $500, 000 to $1,000,000. The present ap praisement places the value of the estate at approximately $1,600,000. The three appraisers were each heav ily Indebted to the estate. Go-rnor William P- Lord, and has beeo practicing law in Portland for a year. He had been In the law business at Salem previously. He Is a graduate of the Willamette university law school. An oxygen respiration apparatus for aviators to enable them to fly to high altitudes in safety has been inr vented. Xn Portland to Held Hearing la Case of MoClala B. Cooper, Who Is light ing Extradition, to Worth Dakota, j Salem. Or.. March 26. Miss Fern Hobbs, private Secretary to' the gover nor, went to Portland this morning to hold a hearing In connection with the application for extradition of McClain S. Cooper, who is under arrest in Hood River county, and who Is wanted In North Dakota on a charge of bribing a Juror. The hearing will, be held this afternoon at the office of Attorney John F. Logan, who Is representing Cooper. From -the many letters that have been received by the governor relating to the case, it is expected a vigorous fight against Cooper's extradition will be made. Cooper is a relative of Dr. McClain of Portland, who has Interest ed himself in the case. It is alleged by those opposing" the extradition that the charge of Jury bribing against Coooer has been trumped up as a means for using the criminal statutes to get Cooper back into North Da kota so he can be served with papers In a $50,000 damage suit. . In 1911 Cooper was tried and ac quitted of the charge of murder for killing a man by the name of Ross. Following this relatives of Ross brought suit for damages against Cooper and his father. Toung Cooper left the state and located in .Oregon. Lately J. A. Sullivan, who was bailiff of the court at the time of Cooper's trial, accused Cooper and several oth ers with bribing the Jury that tried Cooper. i Attorney Logan advised the governor that Sullivan, In working up the case against Cooper, has been In . Portland, where he was arrested for passing bo gus checks at the Imperial hotel. Lord Announces His Candidacy lawyer Enters Bace for Attorney Gen eral on Republican Ticket Useless Commissions Opposed In Platform- Formal announcement of his candi dacy for attorney general on the Re publican ticket has been made by Wil liam P. Lord of Portland, bringing the total number of Republican aspirants for the office to five, four of which are from Portland. Mr. Lord Is the son of the late that he will prosecute suits to regain vast tracts of land, "wrested from the people by speculators," will demand speedy reclamation of arid lands and will make no deals with special In terests. He opposes useless commit. His platform. Which Is brief, states I sions, favors enforcing public rights In waterfront and ' tideHnda believes ia a non-partisan Jud( ary; stands for tax exemptions and fill advocate new laws regulating taff collections ' and abolish tax penalties. Journal Want Adbilng results. - OREGON SENATOR IS LAUDED FOR STAND UPON CANAL TOLLS See Motion Pictures of "Our Opening Book of Fashions" at The Empress This Week OPSH T7NTH. 8 O'CLOCK B&TUXSAY NIGHT. $6.50 to $7.50 New Pannier and Tier Skirts $3.93 (Continued From Page One) It Is to be remembered that while the Graves Music Co. was started by 1-red W. Graves 18 years ago at 285 Alder street, and now Is about to move once moro from HI Fourth to 149-151 Fourth street, near Morrison, where it will be amply equipped to take care of Its growing trade, both wholesale and retail, it will not move again for ten years, the time of Its lease, likely never; therefore this Is your one op portunity, in ten years at least, to secure a savings of from $135 to $385 on a new Upright. Grand or Player f Piano, since reductions can usually be secured only on used, second-hand pianos, while now our entire fine stock of new instruments shares the general reduction In the Removal Sale Prices. No need to do without a Piano or Player Piano in your home when it may be secured for a trifling first payment and a small amount each month that you could pay without missing It. A proposition for men, women and children. They can now decide the . problem of artistic musical reading of the. classics and the popular by the purchase of one of these musical won ders of the present age to the most economical advantage was never more forcibly emphasized than through the Graves Music Co. Removal Sale. One pf the most satisfying selec tions of the player pianos possible. Most every man, woman and child has the desire to play the piano to play It well and particularly the man's in stinct "to to want to buy it at the least possible cost. A little time spent in our player salon the next three davs , will eonvince him that we have no competition at this time of Removal sate i-riees. Stop wishing and waiting. Don't say you can't nfford it. You. can afford it you don t need the monev. All von nVed now Is the will to buy a Player . Piano. The Removal Sale Prices and terms put it within your reach. You will find it easy enough to pay the $8 and $10 monthly you paid that mucn 10 Duy a mere piano. j,r price ana easy terms will sell them, every piano and player piano win oe soia at in f ourth street be rore removal to the. new store 149 and 151 Fourth street this week. Remember, these reduced prices are good only at 111 Fourth street. These ' reductions are so great as to induce every economical housewife to buy now. c Double credit during last days of itemovai aie. we are determined to move tne balance of our stock of pianos and player pianos direct to your homes, instead of moving them ; to our new store, and. therefore, issue . . and will honor this coupon, even at our grtatly reduced Removal Sale Prices. Present the coupon, with $10 cash . payment, after cutting it out of the advertisement on page six. when , contracting for a $10d to $200 piano ; oatance payaoie s or more monthly, and you will be given a receipt for $20. If you pay $15 cash on a $200 to $300 piano your receipt wfll be for $30. If you pay $25 cash on a $300 to $400 v; piano your receipt will be for $50. If . . you pay $60 cash on a $400 or more i player piano, 'receipt will be for $103. v Adv. . . as are charged vessels of foreign nations. The assertion made by W. D. Wheel wright and others opposed to free tolls that remitted tolls would but. line ship owners' pockets and encourage monopoly, ne reiutea squarely. Claim Is Befuted. "If such a claim Is correct." uiri ho "then the $625,000,600 spent bv thin nation in river and harbor improve ment is money misspent and , wasted, because it also has gone to the eifi.h profit of shipowners. The dredging of the Columbia bar channel, the 30 foot channel from Portland to the sea, the opening of the Willamette, oueht all 10 De aoanaonea. ir such an assertion is correct. And if it Is true, why is It that American lumbermen are be fore congress pleading for free tolls? Why Is it that the wool growers and the livestock men are before congress petitioning free tolls? Why is it that orchardlsts and shippers generally are Derore congress pleading for free tolls? wny is it that worklngmen are nlead- lng ror xree tons "Free tolls through the canal for our vessels In coastwise trade will benefit ' not the ship owner, but the shipper. ! j) ree ions wm mane ireight tariffs less. Structural steel for buildines and bridges will then be broueht through the Panama canal at lower freight costs and building will be in creased, work will be furnished, the army of the unemployed will be dis banded, work will be furnished to worklngmen and sustenance for their families. That Is why I stand for free tolls." I British. Demand Unreasonable. Joseph N. Teal declared that the British demand for the repeal of the fiee tolls law Is unreasonable. Dr. F. H. Dammasch, representing tne consolidated: Herman society, de clared that within .a few days resolu tions opposing repeal of the free toll law would be forwarded to congress from every German society of the i state. District Attorney Walter H. Evans. Conrad P. Olson and Edward Ryan i were numbered among the speakers. Frank T. Collier presided. As chairman of a special committee Mr. Ryan tel egraphed the resolutions of the meet ing, today, to Senator Lane and Rep resentatives Hawley and Sinnott, call-.) lng upon them to stand with Senator Chamberlain and Representative Laf- ferty In opposing repeal of the free tells law. Last night's meeting was called by the American Continental league. hi A NOTHER wonderful Friday and Saturday bargain " just 42 of the smartest, new Spring Skirts, sent out by our New Yorlc "resident buyer to sell at about half price! Stunning pannier and tier skirts Smart broken plaids, hairline over-checks, stipes, .lovely gray fancy Serges and black Moires. See them! Such new, up-to-the-minute Skirts will be hard to find elsewhere, even at $G to $7.50. Remember, just 42 for Friday and Saturday at Portland's Emporium, Priced at. . SB- Portland's Greatest Showing of Suits At Moderate Prices! ALTHOUGH the Emporium shows the m net tl3tltiflll and Tr1tlcttr mA11e T. I l. priced Suits, we specialize on Suits at popular prices! There's a Suit here for every woman and every purse 1 Every lovely new color every smart fabric! Fetching Suits of the dressy and semi-dressy type. Our policy of smaller profits and many) customers means a saving of $5 to $10 on our Suits. -at $19150, $24.75, $27.50 gJiSasr- More New Coats and Dresses Every da brings new arrivals to join the immense array of jaunty new Spring Coats and fetching Dresses. All that's new and wanted in fabric, color and style. Special showing of New Coats $13.50 to $19.50 - New Dresses $7.45 to $22.50 $3to$5PanamaHats .98 Chief Tires as Censor. Pasadena. Cal., March 26. Censor ing moving picture shows in accord ance 'with the strict ideas of pro priety in vogue here is a harder job than catching criminals, according to W. S. Mclntyre, chief of police. The chief asks the city commission to re- llnn him nf hia diitv o ronuir tr ap pointing a committee of citizens for Postoffice Safe Blown. 1 San Lorenzo, Cal., March 26. The postoffice safe here was blown open 1 by a band of robbers early today and I about $150 stolen. A farmer . named i Anderson was halted as he drove pastl tna orrice, by a man with a gun, who ordered him to turn bis horses on pata of death. - j 7 TpROM far and wide, women came to this marvelous sale of Panama Hats yesterday ! They were truly amazed never have real, hand-woven Panamas been sold for such a ridiculously low price. Absolutely the smartest Hats for Spring and Sum mer wear! Come in atfd get your Panama before they're all gone, for the extraordin- AO arily low price of .3 1 VO TOV want your boys to be - dressed in serviceable cloffies that are in good style, at the least possibfe outlay. That is exactly the purpose for hich we have assembled these hundredsfof Nor folk Suits and furnished each wrpi an ex tra pair of full-lined Knicker troisers.. There are no better suits madeito with stand the manifold activities of healthy outdoor boys. The fabrics are fiew and strong the patterns and the tailoring are of the best; the Suits for you to buy the Suits for your boys to wear V $500, $6.50, $7450 A Present With Every Suit We give free with every Knicker Suit. a, good ball and bat, a dandy glove or mitt, or a go-cycle. Every boy may take his choice. A profusion of new furnishings is shown in the Boys' Store new Hats and Caps, new Shirts, new Neckwear. You'll find it profitable to look them over. . Boys' Store, Second Floor BEN SELLING LEADING CLCjrHIER Morrison Street Fourth 9 '1. 9i IT IS THE FEft fect blend if g of the pure Verfnont maple syrup an the pure sugar cane jyrup in Towle's Log (abin that gives it a "tdy" that is just righ and the satisfying flav-ior of pure maple. $4.00 New Waists I $2.75 Will you come to Portland's Emporium lor these lovely new Blouses at $2.75, or pay f4 else where for styles not so new or S-etty? rilmy Marquisettes and atlstes. All new effects, drop shoulders, dainty frills, Testees, etc Friday special 1 TOWLES CANE ANO 1 MAPLE MUP. i is sold all over the world and to syrup what Mocha and Java feet result is all in the blending "blended as only Towles know how to blend syrup. It is pure and wholesome the same in quality, purity, blend and the same delicious flavor of pure maple for thirty years. Try it on your wheat cakes, waffles, muf fins, and French toast. Serve it at every meal it's very fine on custards, puddings and other favorite desserts. The liberal co-operation of the Portland wholesale and retail grocers is going to help everyone in Portland i get better ac quainted with our syrup. Pi liked everywhere .-j It is are to coffee ihk peri . Towle's Log Capin is Our $500 Challengefand Positive Guarantee 3 We will pay $5oo to any jt&rsoa who can show In any wajl that Towle's Jjog Cabin Syrup contains , any glucose, acid, or any adulter ant or preservative.. This reward will be paid in cash lnstantky upon proof. -ift We positively uarantet the wholesome purity of Towle-3 Los; Cabin Syrup. Any housewifj who orders a can from her Kroc". and finds that It Is not exactly! we represent, will have her- jponey cheerfully refunded if shl will write us. '4 ' You'll know Towle's Log Cabin Syr up by the log-cabin-shaped can. Ask your grocer for a can. today. If he hasn't it, send 25 cents for a full measure pint can by Parcel Post, and our Free Recipe Book giving many delightful ways of serving and using Log Cabin Syrup. The Towle Maple Products Company St. Paul, Minnesota Refineries: St. Johntbury, Vermont . St. Paul, Minnesota Sales headquarters:. Chicago, III. ., H -Remember (W ean JacKTowle