' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1915.
1
' V'.
SEV0II1CTMS
RETURNED
AGAINS
RECALL CIRCULATORS
I Forgery of ,: Public .Records
I - Charged Against Men by
! vthe6rand Jury!
NAMES- ARE WITHHELD
r,r,Xannfut XaototaA a Chare
T XmbnUr 7.47 -Otis
Xaolctmaata.
Tas. rranfl Jury yesterday reported
J sevea indictments charging; forgeryf
'I pabUc records against' circulators of
the recall jwtltlotts last fall.. prior to
J th city recall election,. None of the
i men In charge was Indicted, though the
i grand Jury made a sweeping: investiga-
Vtlon. . The names or tnoaa. maiciea
were kept secret, pending their arrests.
It. Is said there are iwomen among' the
number. V
..: . V. P. Baumgartner, former agent of
Swayne Hoyt, lac. owners of Arrow
Line steamers, was Indicted on a
," charge of em be riling: S97.4? from the
' company. H. I Keld, another former
7 employe,, was first accused of the
crime by Baumgartner, but the grand
' Jury released him. '
Attorney A. M. Brunswick, eandl?
i date for the Republican nomination for
the office of Judge of department No.
. of the local circuit court, at the elec
JJ'tlon last spring, was indicted on a
charge of embpzzllng 182.85 from A.
Qonsentino, a client,
i'-f Three Are Xadlotad.
i Harry Kulcber, Bobert Wilson and
. Jessie Weygandt. yta trio charged with
.Z -using "strong artti" methods to rob
Mi C. Flank, were indicted on charges
of larceny from the person ana roD
bery by force, though unarmed.
John A. Killman, the 18-year-old boy
who shot Claude Rlnehart December
'it 18, and his father. A. I. Killman, were
ft Indicted on a charge of assault with, a
dangerous weapon. Young Killman
C?said he shot to defend his father dur-
ing trouble between the Klllmans and
i Rlnehart. f ollowlnsr an attempt at sul-
?,(.cide by Sylvia Killman, daughter and
' sister of the indicted men.
. Other indictments returned were:
X Jamea-Wood ward and Walter Ahrnedt,
v uttering forged checks -and larceny in
a. dwelling: John Selasky and Joe. Do-
donsky, willfully injuring a telegraph
P. pole belonging to the O-W. R. & N.
company; Joe Bernardo, threatening to
kill Marianina Brown. ' i
C. J. Dean -was released fnpm changes
( of committing 'an Indecent and lm
moral act, and of exhibiting an article
for indecent use, by a not true bill.
". T. M.. EH anger was freed by a not
,T true bill from a charge of murder, as
" i the result of the death of Thomas Bus-
sell after Ellenger had expelled him.
- from-a rooming house because. Russell
was Intoxicated.
Two other secret indictments and
j t four not true bills of little importance
- were returned. "
; Sean Zs meleased.
.The grand Jury reiterated its: recom-
; ,- mendation that a new oeunty hospital
- be built, because of the Inadequacy and
. dangerous condition of the present
A- building. All other departments of
u.tne county- and county institutions
were praised. -.
" The grand Jury served 90 days, and
during that time Investigated . 125
cases and heard 602 witnesses. In a
statement given to the press volun
tartly and without the knowledge r of
i. the district attorney's" office the In
vestlgatlng body1 gives high praise to
the district attorney's force, with spe
,'. clal mention of Deputy Charles Hind
man, who handled the cases before the
. ' body. '
W desire to particularly empha
sise the fact," reads the report, "that
.whenever In our investigations of a
case it became apparent that the party
1 accused was innocent, that the district
' attorney's office -as as anxious to see
I an iftnocent man vindicated and the
proceedings dismissed as his office was
, to see that a guilty man was punished
. and convicted." i
" -"We believe and certify that the dlai
1 trict t attorney and his deputies dis
J charge their duties faithfully and con-
sclentlously and with dispatch. We
earnestly recommend that every good
cltixen, whenever called upon, to dq all
that be can to assist the district at
torney's' office.
,;; :t "WILLIAM BALL1S. Foreman,
' ." j f "ADOLPHUS BOSLER,
i i "EDWARD KRUEGER,
. "ADAM WEIOANT, '
- ! "ARTHUR V. HOW ATT,
. -"I: A. BARTHOLEMEW,
' "P. W. R. PREER, Secretary.'1
r m , ,
MONTAGUE RESPONDS
TO DAY'S ATTACK ON
.K THE SCHOOL SURVEY
V .' (Continued ' From Page One.)
no scnooi man or the first rank In
the-United States who does not know
an approve of It. It is nearly two
years now since th ronnrt t.k.
lisbed and yet hardly a month goes"
r oui some woraing school teacher
wtftea me or a copy, saying that he
. has seen and wants to make use of it,
and often these teachers write again
I after they have got it and speak in
the most'glowing terms of its value.
These are practical men engaged in
the ' business; knowing whereof they
'speak, and It Is reasonable to presume
that they know a little something
about their own. business. , -.Prepared
by Able Men.
"If some - country school teacher
. were to write Senator Day commenting
, contemptuously on his method of
street paving. It may well be imag
ined that such comments Would not be
.taken seriously, and, that the making
of them would be a better commen
tary on himself than on the object of
his observations. And it is a poor rule
that doesn't work both ways. . .
"The survey was prepared by a
group of the ablest public school work
ers in the country, and they are in
virtual agreement on all points, it is
a proiesaionei aocumem. wnich -re
quires some professional knowledge
-for its full comprehension, but I do
not see- how any Intelligent man can
read 1t and - not see that every rec
ommendation in it deserves the most
considerate stUdy and thought by any
one engaged In that work, both on
Kola Tablets
have many friend who use them as a
general tonic and for Kidney trouble.
Price 25o per b'tjx. S boxes' for tl.00.
For sale by Laue-Daris Drug Co., Sd
and Tamhill s'ts.
aoeonnt of the great eminence, and ap
proved ability of Its authors and on
account of the weight and force of its
matter. Z will venture the opinion that
there are few large . cities in the
United States where it has not been
given more and better' consideration
than here.
. y Hostile Spirit iBnowa.
"This is not the fault of the teach
ers. So far as I know most of them
acknowledge the ability' and usefulness
of the surrey.: . , ';. -
rBut the school board from the first
received it in a hostile and grudging
spirit, arrogating to themselves credit
for such of the reforms - proposed as
they could pot prevent,' and obstructing
all they could prevent. ' ,
"The public must Judge, ana very
likely it has already Judged, whether
their attitude la at all due to the fact
that the authors of this survey strike
straight and hard at the practice of
electing teachers by the board, upon
which that body greedily insists, in
stead of having them chosen by the
superintendent ana horaing mm re
sponsible for. results, ' which Is, past
ail question, the only sound method.
In any event It is a pity that a great
opportunity for open minded, recogni
tion for a valuable piece oc. work is
being wasted by the school board, and
apparently by some legislators, " or
whom better things , might be ex
pected.!' , - s ,
LITERACY; TEST
IN IMMIGRATION : -
Dll 1 DCTAIMCn or
DILI. nClHiiiCUjln
(Continued From Tage One.)
literacy, test, declared congress will
override any Whits House veto. , He
said that the White House opposition
to the educational .qualification had
been put forth with a view to influenc-
mg ine senate s voie- ie aisooeuevea ;
uuti i" wi wk"'"
entire bill.
Senator McCumber hotly declared
that the American farmers .had been
ground down and down untij the aver
age wage for work throughout the
country was in tbe neighborhood of 20
cents a day. - . .
Why do you single out. the Bel-
gians?" he asked. "Why not be broad,
and if you are admitting the Belgians
because their country has been overrun
by the armies and their farms ruined,
wny not exempt xrom tne literacy f est ,
the Bileslana and the East Prussians,
whose country has been overrun by the
Russians, and why not exempt the
people of Normandy and .of Alsace,
whose country has been overrumby the
uertnana just as was Belgium?
Jews Are Favored.
"Another discrimination In this bill
seems to make It a crime tof be a
Christian. The illiterate Russian Jew,
can come In without taking the liter
acy test because he is, persecuted be
cause of his race, but the illiterate
Italian Roman Catholic is barred out."
Senator Root took a hand in the
shaping of the Xjodge amendment by'
pointing out the dangers of trouble
with regard" to tbe contract labor law.
A vigorous discussion of the cost of
living land whether the bringing of
he Belgians with the distinct under
standing that they should go to the
farms, would cut this cost, was
L brought about by McCumber's protest.
Senator Pittman of Nevada declared
there was rich land in Nevada crying
for men to work it, and produce food
for the world.
Most Bead Our Language.
Senator Walsh of Montana took issue
with McCumber's statement that the
production of wheat was increasing
too rapidly for the consumption, say
ing he' looked forward to the time
when Montana would produce 100,000,'-
000 bushels of wheat annually, instead
of '26,000,000 -as at present. .
As passed by both house ana senate.
the literacy test provides that the im
migrant must be able to read, but Hot
necessarily to write, aj least one
language. "There Is no requirement
that-he must be. able to read English,
Smugglers Caught
By Lucky Stroke
''.... - &
Chinese Invites Immigration . Inspec
tor to Act as Chauffeur, and Be
- oe, .
Los Angeles, Call, Jan. - 2. Chance
today played "a lone hand against a
gang of alleged smuggler of Chinese,
who after making a minutely detailed
plan for. bringing into this country. 35
Chinese from Mexico, were frustrated
because one Of their number,, by a
freak of fate, tried to get two federal
Immigration inspectors whom he mis
took for chauffeurs, to transport the
contraband Chinese across the Mexi
can line near San Diego, in ' automo
biles. .-i ' s -v'
In tbe coup that followed as the
result of this "one chance in a
thousand," seven men and one, woman
were arrested and what is declared
to be one of the most elaborate, smug
gling conspiracies ever - plotted In
southern California, was broken up.
One of the prisoners is J. E. Miller,
a-white man, who la alleged to be the
real smuggler. He is In Jail at San
Diego. The other prisoners are Kum
Chu, a Chinese; Mrs, Joseph Brune,
of San Pedro; an unidentified Mexican;
Zing Lee, a wealthy ; Chinese of San
Pedro, alleged to be the brains
of the gang, and three' contraband
Chinese. These are In the Los An 1
geles county jail. .. .
STORY IS CORROBORATED
Police authorities of Ambridge. Pa.
a suburb of-Pittsburg, wired CantaJn
of Detectives Baty yesterday to the ef
fect mai a Mrs. Mann bad been killed
there on -the -day mentioned and in
the fashion Ernest Rosnar, now in Jail
here, had described. They said a man
named Rosnar had committed the deed,
and that identification would be com
plete If it were found that Rosnar had
a moie on ma necic- Captain Baty
fOUnd no Kllfh mark tint kImiI Konlr
that the Identification is undisputed
through, connections Rosnar mentioned
In his confession. Roshar wandered
into the police station three Weeks ago
in an Intoxicated condition and gave
himself up. After sobering up he re
pudiated bis confession.
Maker of Click Unknown:
Henry E. Oorham. arrested bv Citv
Detectives Grisiw and Vaughn - last
weea- arter ne bad hired three steno
graphers at a salary -of -SIS when he
himself had but an actual cash capital
of 11.06. was served i with a warrant
yesterday charging defrauding an inn-
aeeper. xne cnarge grows out of his
alleged failure ? to settle his account
at the Imperial hotel, ' where he had
a suite of rooms. Oorham, who repre
sents himself to be a special agent of
tne btuaeoaKer corporation when ar
rested, baa two checks, one . signed
"J. B. Rockstad" drawn on the Farm
ers and. Mechanics Bank of Sookane.
District .Attorney Evans2 yesterday re-
ceivea a oispaicn irom the bank, stat
Ing Rocks tad is -not known to , them.
Jot)5ii
al Want Ads bring result.
MANAGER KAUFMANN
AT
THE PORTLAND HOTEL
General Breakdown In ;. Health
Causes' Genial Mine Host
to. Seek Long Restr -
MAY OPEN BUSINESS HERE
After Spending Two ct Three Month
Traveling, Mr. Kanfmaau Will -Beturn
to Portland.' '
' Mine ' host, tbe . genial i Godfrey J.
Kaufmann, ex-railroad man' and cater
er perfalt, " on February 1, next ' will
sever his connection' with the Port
land hotel. -A general breakdown In
health that, has been making.' itself
more and more apparent during the
past six months, is the reason.
: Mr. Kaufmann will spend the two
or three months after his resignation
lDret montns arter his resignauon
traveL First he, with Mrs. and
Mlss Kaufmann, will visit the Pan
ama-Pacific - exposition In -San Fran
Cisco and from that place- they will
take a trip through the Panama canal,
returning from the Atlantic coast at
their leisure. ' ...
After his return to Portland, Mr.
Kaufmann expects to engage in busl
Bess, either In the high class griU
boisiness or possibly in the hotel busl
ness.
leaves Against Say Wishes. .
Mr. Kaufmann leaves the manager
ship of the Portland hotel against the
wishes of the Day interests, who own
, the big 'hostelry, and who urged Mr.
pKaufmann to take an indeterminate
vacation Instead of resigning. ' Fear
that a feeling of responsibility would
rest upon him and defeat the purpose
of his throwing down the reins of con-
trol caused Mr. Kaufmann to refuse
the offer of the owners orthe Portland,
Up to now no successor to the pres-
ent manager has been chosen. Edward
Boyce, managing director of the" Port-
land Hotel company, is In California,
and H. L. Day. one of the owners of
the hotel, is in Salt Lake. They ex
pect to meet in the next Jew days and
settle on Mr. Kaufmann s successor.
Mr. Kaufmann - became associated
with the Portland In 1907. . As travel
ing auditor of the O. R. & N. company
he had become acquainted both In a
business and social way with "officials
of the First National bank, wnich
owned the controlling Interest, In the
Portland. ;
Enters Hotel Business.
At , the ; instance of H. X. .Corbett.
vice president of the bank, Mr, Kaut
raann left the railroad and became
financial secretary of the hotel com
pany. holding that .office until 1911,
when he was made secretary of Jthe
hotel - company and manager of .the
hotel.
-During nearly all the time that he
has been at the head of the hotel
Mr. Kaufmann has bad no assist
ant and the brunt has fallen entire
ly on 1 his shoulders. This resulted
In a partial breakdown last fall.
Prior to a trip to California in
NiJvember he notified the company of
It intention to resign. At the in
si stence of Mr. Boyce, . Mr. Kaufmann
waited until his return ; from the
south before making a final determi
nation. Makas I" Pinal Decision,
The trip south did not have the
desired effect, hence, the decision to
resign February 1 which was an
nounced : yesterday.
"I sincerely regret to leave the
Portland," said Mr. Kaufmann, "and
while I am severing my business re
lations with the Day Brothers and
Mr. Boyce,il hold for them and they
for me. the same -olose personal -regard
that has existed between us for
years. , My health ' demands that I
take a complete rest. If I do not,
I fear an attack of. nervous prostra
tion. I To Bemain -in Portland. . '
"I hope to enter, the grill business
here for myself within -the next four
months. I am certain that Portland
can support a high class grill such
as are found ,ln San Francisco, Los
Angeles and other wide-awake places.
: "All the property I have I ac
quired" during my , 21 years residence
here.- ! have succeeded fairly; well
in Portland and Intend to stick by
her." " - "- - -
T
RESIGNS
POSITION
OTTER COLORED TERRIER &FRENCH CLASSICS
Bpead a tew interatinr and prof italtle mis
ntes today . la Madias The, Yoornal Want Ada.
The asms , of the clauifioatioa la vhich it
appear today precedes each of these Items.
, . swap coLmra ss
"20 vols, French elaaala novels and 14 vols.
Irving. Eetail at $60. Trade fer office fnr
aitare or other values.' .
, V.OWET TO L0A3T 87
- - SEAL ESTATE
. "$8000 to loaa, 7, eaatrsl west side; prin
Wpals only." - - .
EXCHANGE HEAL ESTATE 24
"Six-room cottage -with bath, g-as and. elec
tricity. Sightly lot is food location. To trade
for small farm, partly or wholly "improved,
$3500. Might assume soma. Owners only,"
. LOST AKD FOtTHS . 81
TLost Small - otter . oolored terrier; lioense
nomper .
BUSINESS
" 6ECTI0H OJTE
Edwards Co. Furniture.
Hobarts Bros. Specials.
Zaoa Clothing Co, ; :. -
Bea-Selling.
Thompson Optical Institnte.
Ferkina Hotel Restaurant.
Meier 4c Frank Annual Clearanoe Bale.
C. J. Mathies at Co Man's Clothing.
Hotel Multnomah. ,
Rosenthal's Shoes.'
Electro-Painless Dentists.
7. O. Mack 4 Oo. Furnitura. . ,;
Woodard, Clarke avCo. '
7. K, Gill's Clearanoe Sale.
Meier ft Prank Co. Furnitura Specials.
v .' . BECTIOH TWO j r -
Olda,' Wortman it King Specials. ;:
Jaeger Bros. Jewelers.
Kilham Bta. Printing Co. . - -
Woodard, - Clarke A . Co. Prescriptions.
Hotel Lenox Announcement.
J. K. Gill & Co. Cloaraaoa Sale. " -
Sherman. Clay & Co. Kurtsmaa Fianos
Hvland Bros. Book Sale.
Practical Information Adsj- "
Over beck h Cooke Co. Stocks and Bonds
Coos Bay Una S. ft. Breakwater. , .
Henry Jenaing A Boos Furnitura.
Page,
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4.
6-7.
8.
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10.
11.
12.
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7.
BECTIOH THRTTK
. - .. .. Part -One -c
Pagav
. 1.
a.
Bay Barkhnrst TaHor te Mas. ; ' -Protunaa
Shoe Co.
Samuel Rosenblatt A Co.
Motorcyola Supply Co. "Haxlsy Da
vidson.' -
Apex Bioycla Co. "Tho."
Dayton Cycle Co. "Dayton."
Portland loa Hippodrome. -'
Part Twa,
Fag.
X. Denny-Ron ton Clay Coal - Co.
Veteran's Funeral r
" Takes Place Today
Thomas O. Shrevs Was One of Organ-
laers of Sellef Corps and Prom
- ; tttcns in Grand Army .Work.
Funeral services for Thomas C
Shreve. Dast-commander of Ben Butler
Post;' o. A,R., one ot the organizers of
th Relief Corps and prominent lxf tne
Grand iArmy, worl,-kwho ; died ; New
Year.'s i ve, - will be held at - Z o'clock:
this afternoon from Lerch's .tChapel,
East Eleventh-and -East Clay streets.
Interment will be In Lone Fir ceme
tery with services by the members of
the Ben Butler Post, G. A. R.
Mri Shreve had taken an acUve part
in Mount Tabor-Presbyterian church
and was one oS Its leading elders, and
was also a member of the Keniiwortn
Presbyterian - church. The : pastors of
both (of these churches ' Will nave
charge of the services at the chapel.
He was born at Lambenvxiie, x. j.,
February 2,.1SS8. and at the outbreak
of the War-of the Rebellion enlisted
in the One Hundred and bixtn ttegi
ment,1 Company D. 111. Volunteers serv
ing until peace was declared.. -
In 1875 he moved to Colorado, com
ing to Portland in .1899. 'Besides his
mMnw h .leaves . . a " son.., Arthur R.
Shreve and thre? daughters, am. a
Mar- N. Chase of Portland; Mrs. D.
W. kllpatrick. of Cripple Creek, Col
ahd Grave A. Shreve, of , Boston, Mass.
Germany DicbNot
Ask Consuls! Eecall
Dispatch Branded ! as TXntrue That
Kaiser Requested XT. SS. to With
draw Consuls from Belgium.
Berlin, Wireless via Sayvttle, Jan.
2. The newspaper Jlord Deutsche
takes occasion to --stamp as untrue
the Reuter New Agency report that
Germany has requested ' the United
States to withdraw Its consuls "from
Belgium. T : -
. "What happened,' says". the Nord
Deutsche, "was that the-, German gov
ernment notified all neutral states
that she would A not recognize . the
credentials "Of foreign 'consuls "In the
occupied portions: of -i Belgium as
binding. The wishes of the various
countries ' concerning their consuls
under tbe changed conditions will
ba gladly , .met but the condition is
imposed that the consuls must be at
least entirely neutral In feeling.
- "No demand was made for the
withdrawal of the consuls and s a
matter of fact many are .still there.
Including the ; American consul gen
eral at Antwerp,, while- Holland's
consul . in Liege Is . still there al
though he la a -Belgian."
Mrs. Lindsey, Wife .
Famous Judge, Is HI
Surgeons Perform Operation on Her in'
In Chicago, and She Zs JSTow on Road
i to Becovwry; ' : -
Chicago, 111., Jan. 2. Mrs. Ben B.
Lindsey, wife of a the famous "Kids'
judge," of the Juvenile Court of Den
ver, is slowly recovering in St Luke's
hospital from a delicate operation.
Judge Lindsey came to Chicago with
his wife and was with her throughout
the ordeal. He is stopping in the AudU
torium hotel.
"There was no heed of anyone, try
ing to make a mystery of Mrs. Lind
sey's presence at the hospitals said
the Jndge tonight when told how doer
.1 a"""J naa
was ill and-very nervous and we said
nothing - about our coming because we
wanted her to be as quiet as possible.
We think now that she is out of dan
ger' . . ' . -, .
Calhoun's Big Farm
Project Untangled
Solano Irrigated Tracts wm Be Gov
, erned by Seorganlzad Company and
Debts Cleared. . "
San Francisco, Jan. 2 Plans for the
rehabilitation of the Solano irrigated
farms project are now practically ma
tured, having been worked out by Pres
ident Jesse W. Lilienthal -of the United
Railroads and the creditors', committee,
which represents $356,000 of Indebt
edness against the. farms company.,
. There Is to be organized a new Com
pany which, under this proposal, will
own 18,171 acres of the farms prop
erty, at a valuation of $46 an acre,
free from any Indebtedness. '
K BTTSINESS OPPOBTUJimES " 80
'' ' f Eave ttiveated an entirely new type of
flying machine, which -rises straight Into tbe
air, hovers and soar and travels forward, all
without the nse of a propeller. Considerable
loss power needed than with ordinary plane.
Would .like to meet private gentleman who
would fiaano me in patenting and manufac
turing machine. State nationality."
T BTJSXJriSS PEOPEHTT 6
"Earn 16 net with this apartment. Prios
$33,000. Well located In best Kob Hill sec
Hon; has waiting list and ao-vacaaciea; hard
wood floors, tiled bathrooms, sleeping porches,
vacuum cleaning and hot water heating plant
and all built in oonvenienoea; "is one of -the
best paying and economical to operate prop
erties in Portland and a snap; investigate; it
will pay.-
DIRECTORY
Page.
I. Oregon Eleotrio Railway. -.
Wiley B AUea Co.
"Scrip" Journal Want Ad Premium,
4. : Auctions, )Tsw Today.
..' Want "Ads.
6. Want Ada.? . .
7. - Want Ads.' ; '
8. Want Ads.',
SECTION FOUR
Lipmaa, Wolfe A Co. Special Sale.
Theatrical Announcements. '
Movie Shows.'
Pacifio Motors Co. "KaxwelL "
Northwest Ante Co. "Reo."
Auto. Cards.. ;-.
Firestone Tires. -Gibson
Electrio Garage A Storage Bat
tery Company.
Ballon ft Wright "Xlxoa.
Narthwest Auto Co. "Reo." f
Journal's Trade and Circulation. -
SECTiokrrvE
Powers Special Announcement.
W. G. Smith A Co. Engraving. .
K. S. Ervin te Co. English Tailors. -
Portland's Emporium. .
W. B. Settle Apparel for Woman.
Exclusive Shops.
Atiyeh Bros. Oriental Rugs.
H. Liebes ft Cc-Furs. . , -.
Wiley B. Allen Co. "Has on A Hamlin"
Eastern Outfitting Co. j Midwinter
Clearance Sate.
The Portland Hotel.
SeiVerUng-Lncas Musio Co. ,
yenhaus' Mssrmlo Temple Aaditariara.
Ben Selling Fancy Butt Bale.
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8.
8-7.
Lipman, Wolfe A Co. January Clear
ance Date.
Rummelin "Furriers." '
Wise Dental Co. .
Bu&h tc Lane Plane Co- . .
ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR j
; SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE
13821
Records ' pf School ; Clerk
; Show : That former State
ment of Sefiator Is Error.
AMOUNTS ARE DETAILED
Betnm of Money "Was Usted
Cash Refund to Straighten Out
the Difficulty. ,
a
- Attorneys ifees have - cost 'school
district No. l a total ot $3313.3? from
May,.-1913.-to! January 1,-1915 exclu-!
siye of some fees wWch hare not- yet !
been settled ' as -. to amount. This
amount includes $1018.75 spent for ab
stracts of . title .to property which , the
board contemplated acquiring. : , -
Following a recent meeting of the
education committee of the state sen
ate during Which Portland schools;
text books and the application of
school laws in the local district were
under investigation. The Journal re
ported that some of the senators ques
tioned, the advisability or paying $50
a month to attorneys and appropriat
ing $5400 for legal work beside, in one
year. ' The senators who had made the
statement - were - apparently misin
formed, for' the records of School
Clerk Thomas show that the $50 - a
month paid to Nicholas & McCoy, at
torneys, forms a part of the listed ex
penditures and that the total for last
year actually spent was $383L3f.
. Casnj Refund Shown.- ,.
The- $5400 figure ' was apparently
used through misapprehension. In the
annual report an' item of $5479.60 ap
pears -under the head "Attorney Fees
and Litigation.' Another column
shows an Item or $1652.25 as a cash
refund. It is this Item -which appears
.to have Involved the total In a mixup.
- r School Clerk Thomas said that' the
cash . refund appeared J because ,. the
$ie52.25 had been paid out twice and
that the first of the payments was
returned when , thye second -was made--To
straighten out the difficulty the
return of the money was. listed, as a
cash refund and the total disburse
ment remained as . before, $5478.60,
though the actual money spent -was
but $382L35.
- William A. Munly received from the
district $636.35 for 12 examinations
made from May 21, 1913, to September
3, 1914. ' F. C Hoecker received $382
for examining five abstracts and $30
for two opinions on" school-law.
- Nicholas '& McCoy, retained at-$50
a month by the board as regular coun
sel for the-board, have been -paid be
tween May X, 1913, and the present,
$1515,' of which $1250 was the regular
retainer and $265 -was special, fees in
cases In which, the board was repre
sented. .. . ... ' t:ViV-? )
Eow Attorneys Were Paid.
Fulton & Bowerman represented the
board. In' one ease and received, $10 J.
King & Saxton were paid $250 for work
in another case. Wilbur & Spencer
received; $125. for participation in two
cases. Judge Martin L. Pipes was
paid $200 for services In one case.
Of the total spent; $1695 was paid out
during the school year from June, .1913,
to June, 1914. but this includes Tnone
of the cost of abstracts of title; which
are listed in the . annual report of
; Scll0oi clerk. Thomas
under another
head.
District .Attorney Evans expressed
ready willingness to take up the school
district legal work should tbe board re
quest him to do so, but suggested That
another deputy might be necessary If
the work involved any great amount
of time. He said that the only work
the district attorney is specificalljr au
thorized to do for' tbe board is to par
ticipate in condemnation ' proceedings,
but that he did not believe statutory
authorization is necessary. .
Former School Director. R. L. Sabin
said he knew of no large amounts paid
out for fees and that he believed the
board has ever been economical in
legal, matters. He suggested that he
had always opposed employment of
relatives or business associates of the
board members, but said he did not
believe that such employment had been
abused to the injury of the district.
H favors the emDloyment of inde
pendent counsel, saying he believes it
Is cheapest ana most emcienx.
School Clerk Thomasl is' opposed1 to
employment of the district attorney's
office saving .the deputies are- not
mature enough to handle the important
cases of the board, but District Attor
ney Evans laughingly pointed out that
his "youthful deputies" have beaten
various attorneys of the school board
In very important cases involving
both' property .and liberty.
GREAT BATTLE
T .--r: IS BEGINNING
ON THE MEUSE
(Continued From Page One.)
was admitted tonight to mean that the
new .units would be on the fighting
line shortly.- ft is necessary that the
German trenches from Soissons to the
North sea be carried jf the Germans
are to be eliminated from Belgium and
northern France. This is admitted to
be the task assigned to the British.
Heretofore it has been found impos
sible because of the strength of the
German positions, and a number of
frontal attacks would be extremely
costly In men. But now . that - the
Germans are assuming, the onensive
on the center and right, it is believed
by the military experts here that Brit
ish troops must get busy immediajtely
If they are to prove the factor. In the
war that "Kitchener has promised they
will be. , .
FROM SEA JO THE
V0SGES ARTILLERY
, CONFLICTS VIOLENT
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' (By the Jnternational Hew Service.) .
Paris, Jan. 2. Violent artillery, con
flicta harve raged along the entire bat
tie front from the sea to the -Vosges
during the past 48 hours to tne al
most utter exclusion of Infantry at
tacks. ' i So furious have been the bom-
bardnrents and the reply of the hos
tile guns . and at such short range that
to send the loot troops into jtfae field
of fire at any of the various storm
centers of the general battle -would be
suicidal. - Moreover, the open fields
over which troops might advance have
been ' turned into great seas of mud.
honeycombed with trenches and sap
pers' tunnels and furrowed and blast
ed Iby ' exploding shells ' until passage-1
across them is almost Impossible. -
Tonight's 'Official statements report
a fierce fusillade- by the Germans
against the allies' - earth works to the
FOR YEAR1914
east of "Vermelles "(between Bethune
i
and Lens) and . in tne region ' to the j
north of Chaulnea. Here the Germans '
opened with their big guns a terrific
cannonade, followed by- a raking fire
from the rnachlne guns posted In their
trenches Vat the French reply was so
terrific that the invaders were pre
vented "from following their cannon
ade with an assault in force. ,
Artillery Exchanges
s On the Flanders front the French
and Belgian troops operating in front
pf Nieuport were stationary during
the entire day while the artillery ex
changed shots with ' the Germans,
neither side being able to dislodge- the
hostile, forces. - - At St. George's ;the
German bombardment has ceased and
the allies are strengthening the posi
tion tor use as a base m offensive ma
neuvers, -iy ' v,' a--.
Before Sonnebeke, further along the
Yser,- the "Germans -aiso '.attacked, with
their big guna but the range was long
and theif fire ineffective.
V'Arrasji, Albert 'and Royie were ' 1m-
portent Centers of the conflict. In the
J JLV. Z Vi '. ne). owns,t ail ;
of whichare of great value strategic-
r.. '.rl 'Vs r e "p r Dlasle t
-Llh ,in8lf f-i ff ea. ".t
... uu v.. wc icjiuu ovpoiti cu
two imn. lnBAi with n ah a B.,i.-i
ing the " FrenchartiHeV were blown
nr. vk. o R.mon, .i,.it'.nj
- - v . uu ..uvl,.u,
section - of --? the highway blasted by
In retaliation the -.French 'ganners
concentrated the f Ire Of several bat-
teries on the German earthworks at La
xsoisseue ana at farvuie. leveled the
German dugouts,' routing the occupants
and driving them before a terrible'
fusillade of mitrailleuse fire back to ln ln trencnes, wmcn 8w.
their supporting positions. The French dlntfr monotonous, because of the
guns also silenced the trench howitzers sUght advances to which weather con
whlch the Germans had established be- dltions, and the almost equal strength
lore r ncourt -v'
In the angle of the Aisne. and - the
Oise, von Kluck's most advanced sali
lent. all the batteries of the Germans
which were in action yesterday were
silenced.- In addition the fire of the
French guns was so accurate that a
movement of the German troops, back
of their line, evidently a redisposition
or concentration of forces at a new
point, .was broken -up and the troops
The
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were dispersed in disorder, according
to the French aviator scouts who were
watxshlng the effect of the fire and
correcting the French gunners' ranee.
:-' - Sappers Axe .Busy. t
.Mining operations- by: sappers now
have taken the; place of the trenching
tool on that part of the AUne front
commanded by the Plateau of Nouvron.
On this height several mines were ex
ploded In front of the French positions,
tearing great; holes ' in the ground.
Under cover of the blasting, opera
tions while the pall ;of smoke still
bung over the excavations, the French
advanced. and while' the debris, and
mud was still; falling, thickly about,
took, possession of the pits and 'held
them despite the most desperate ef
forts of the Germans to dislodge them.
Several German assaults were directed
against the newly gained vantage point
of the French, but each was repulsed
with losses to the enemy.
' 'Artillery- duels with '. slight advances
at certain points, particularly near
tured r axiA now hold a wood to
the northeast of Mesnil-Les-Hurlus,
marked the fighting along this entire
stretch of batUe line as far east as
''the 3kleuse.
ttcked near isreraenu, two mues
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driven back after .suffering . heavy
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The morale of the J allies continues
.1 ri
gooa aespiie me trying wcew
of the hostile forces! restricts them.
Confidence in the- final result, how
ever, remains unshaken.
Tonight's official statement says;
"There are no Incidents worthy of
report except a furious fusillade Jast
night against our trenches to the east
of Vermelles and In the region to the
north of Chaulnes and an unsuccess
ful German attack west of the woods
of , Consenvoy.'
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Countess Buisseiret
Dies I at Brussels
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Daughter of General and Kts. Story,
of Washington, Passes Away ; Pol-.!
lowing Operation. - -
I Washington, Jan. 2.- Word was re
ceived here today through the Net h-J
erlands minister of the death In Brus-j
sels Wednesday of Countess De Bnln-i
seret, daughter of General, andvjarf.
Btory, of Washington. U-rf teV-- ?
The conntesa was the - wire of the I
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States and her marriage here was the
culmination of; an' international j ro-J
mance.. t V rft- - -i '
. For twe months her tWaahington
relatives had been out of touch with
her and the state department tried to
obtain news of her whereabouts.: Fi
nally the Netherlands minister, M.
Van Kappard, managed to learn that
she was recovering from an operation;
in a' Brussels- hospital.
Emanuel; De - Buisseret, the oldest
son of the : count and countess,- is at'
present attending a Washington school
as the guest ox his granamother, Mrc.
John P. Story.
. The . count now represents his coun
try in Russia." , ' ;
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