.THE- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
FRIDAY. JULY C. i::0.
11 MEASURES TO
ATTRACT VOTERS
AT FALL ELECTION
Salem. July 2.- A total of 11
measures will demand the attention
of Oregon voters at the regular elec
tion : next November. A. twelfth
measure concerns Voters in- Uma
- tills, county. only. '.. -Two
of these measures will.be on the
ballot by virtue of the action of the
119 legislators in Sf erring them to a
vote of the people, one Is up for con
sideration due Hot a referendum on an
set of the 1919 legislature and eight
were initiated through petitions filed
' prior to closing time Thursday, the last
. day - for filing, t ' , -
. TWO MEA8CRES BKfERRID 5
. 'The two referred masures . are the
compulsory voting and - registration
amendment. Involving the automatic reg
istration of ail qualified voters within
the state and the privilege of voting by.
mail .in the event ot inability to visit
the polls, and a proposed constitutional
amendment regulating legislative ses
sions and payment of legislators, .
This - batter pneasUrs proposes to
lengthen the legislative term from 40 to
60 days, with restrictions around the
introduction of bins during the last 40
days in order to eliminate the eleventh
hour rush experienced ; under the pres
ent system. It .also Increase the pay
of legislators from .$ to $S a day and
the mileage from 10 to IS cents a mile.
OLEO B1LI. 18 BEVITED
The oleomargarine bill, around which
the most bitter battle of the 1919 ses
sion was waged. ; has been ; revived
'through the aid 6f the referendum In
voked by' the Associated Industries of
Oregon. . The measure provides for the
regulation and licensing of sales of
oleomargarine, nut margarine and simi
lar butter substitutes,
y . The' initiated measures up for con
sideration, their initiators and their
purport are as fellows:
Single tax constitutional amendment
Initiated by Oregon Single Tax league,
provides that ail necessary revenues for
v the maintenance of state, county, mu
nicipal and district government shall .be
raised by a tax on the value of land,
irrespective of improvements In or on.' It.
'.Fixing terms on certain county offi-
: cers. initiated by Herbert R. Dewart of
Portland and- K. J. Green of Ia Grande,
provides for .the election of county
clerks, treasurers, sheriffs, coroners and
surveyors for a four-year term Instead
of-for two years ss at present. :
LAW TTOPLD AID FORT
. Port of ' Portland dock commission
consolidation bill, initiated by commit
tee of fifteen, Portland, provides for
purchase by port of property from city
?f Portland "for promotion of shipping
nterests. also for issuance of bonds not
to exceed 6 per : cent of valuation of
f port.
. ' Anti-compulsory vaccination bill, in-
ltiated by - Public School Protective
league, 'Portland, provides for the aboli
tion of compulsory vaccination in public
schools.
' Fixing legal rats of Interest, initiated
by J. F. Albright of Oregon City, pro
vides for legal rate of interest in Oregon
. not to . exceed 4 per cent a year except
that a rate of S per cent is permitted
through contract.
Roosevelt bird refuge measure, initiat
ed by Roosevelt Bird Refuge associa
tion, provides for ceding of Malheur
lake, Harney county, to the federal gov
ernment for use as a -bird refuge to be
named the Roosevelt 'Bird Refuge in
memory of . former President Theodore
Roosevelt
tOtt DIVIDZD SESSIONS '
Divided legislative session constitu
tional amendment initiated by State
Taxpayers' league, proposes a session of
two periods with a recess between, the
first period of 40 days for introduction
and consideration of bills and a second
period of not to exceed 10 days for final
action on measures, no ; amendments to
measures being permitted during this
session without consent of four fifths of
the members of both houses.
State market commission act Initiated
by State Taxpayers' league, creates state
'"'"" commission wiui a state market
director at salary of J4500 per year to"
astiist In the economical distribution of
products at fair prices, to disseminate in
formation concerning market conditions,
etc. An appropriation of $50,000 for the
administration of the act through 1928
Is carried In the measure.
The only local measure initiated for a
f)lace on the November ballot is a herd
aw , up for consideration of the voters
of Umatilla county.' i -
A Minnesota than has patented a' pro
cess for freezing fish in boxes lined with
. piled paper so they can be, shipped by
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Above, at, left Boarded, hole concealed by brush; upper eftd Is -Where stranpe relics were found. At right
Ben Beohtel, young druggist, who, stumbled Into mystery, showing bow he f ffll" Into hole. Below Jars
- containing effects of Fred N. Br aley, mlsg Barre, Vt banker.
LAST TIMES
TODAY
WM. FAVERSHAM
4THE MAN WHO
LOST HIMSELF"!
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U ''W jmW STARTING
; SATURDAY
j ) ANITA 'STEWART
j IN THE GREATEST, PHOTODRAMA
OF HER ENTIRE CAREER
U THE YELLOW TYPHOON"
j I , For a necklace and a ring he married one man. For
( I J other things she married other men and they called
X V - ! her "The Yellow Typhoon."
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MAGLEAY PARK HIDES
WILL OF MISSING MAN
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withMimbers. Appcaances indicated
this , had .been done iu . the last two
years.. The cache was entirely over
grown with foliage and firush and so
completely concealed that' a random
search Would not have revealed it In a
hundred years. ,
The cache. Is approximately. BOO yards
from one of the good .trails in the park
arid is on the -side of the hill sloping
toward the Cornell road. . - -
Bechtel, after partially . uncovering
the cache, but without discovering the
jars, carefully marked . the spot and
biased his way out to the trail. Be
lieving something mysterious was con
nected with t the .- cache, ; Bechtel main
tained secrecy, and Mondf night, in
company, with Charles Minor, another
employe of the drug store, revisited the.
scene. v. .i.v .;v,.,.': . . :-
placed under gunny sacks. The Jars
were not, disturbed t at that time. At
S o'clock Thursday morning, after sev
eral hours of work in which they mado't
complete : excavation, the two men
started for the. city with the Jars, each
of which ts of half gallon capacity.
They had expected to find a ' body in
the caches but were unsuccessful.
The jars were delivered ' to Attorney
George Gearhart, , 600 Henry building,
who now has them In his possession. -
An Investigation of the -contents was
made Thursday afternoon. Soores of
business papers ' of . many ' kinds were
found, all either bearing Braley's sig
natures or addressed to blm.
WATCH (IS COSTLT ,
An open . faced , Hamilton watch of
costly, model was found, together with
a hunting case of another watch, appa
rently of solid gold,,; richly engraved
and decorated. This cassmay have
been for a woman's watch, as It 1 smalL
. Gold - nose glasses with - - skeleton
frames; the lenses of unusual cut. In a
silver case, were also .found In one of
the jars. Attached to the watch chain
was', a silver kn if e bearing' the much
worn initials G. K. P. Included among
thce personal effects was a plain gold
band ring, apparently an old fashioned
wedding ring, marked IS karat
Twelve keys, tied together. with a piece
of fish line, were found. On the string
were 'two skeleton keys, a. couple of
plain door keys and a -number of com
bination and spring lock keys, some of
them . registered-
PAPER HOTS AW AT
' The t Jars at one- timo- : had been
wrapped . in newspaper, but . the , wrap-
ping had all dropped away as. a result
of the weatherings leaving . only small
fragments of the paper adhering to the
tlass. - -
In,the bottom of one of the jars, con
tained in a plain brown paper envelope,
-as a old dollar, bearing the date
1851, and marks to indicate It had once
been on a piece of jewelry.
The will, properly attested;, and drawn
in Barre. , Vt., was dated . July 24.
1908. It specifies tbat $5000 ; is to go
to Braley's housekeeper, and . the bal
ance of the estate is left in trust to the
Montpelier savings bank, with Instruc
tions, that on completion of the trust
the property is -to . be divided among
Surviving heirs, " none"-' of whom ' are
named. , The amount of the "estate is
not given, but from an examination of
the other papers, it would appear to be
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TBrSTEE 18 DESIGKATEB
Another of the papers, dated January
JO, 1910. addressed to "whom it may
concern," designated the Montpelier
(Vermont) Savings Bank & Trust com'
pany as executor and trustee of the
estate, "accqsding to the v terms of - my
wllL;.. This is signed by . Braley. ,
Still another paper is a receipt, .dated
December. 9, 1918, from the 'Lincoln Safe
Deposit company, New York, showing
that: three i steamer ; trunks had been
sealed and stored .there, '"value of con
tents unknown." :.-.- . -
Braley left Barre early in December,
1918, and it would seem that he went to
New , York ; and left the trunks before
coming, to the'." West. -
On December 16, 1918, Braley made
application for employment with the
Pollard . Employment - Agency in San
Francisco, according to one of the forms
found in the jar. On this application bis
qualifications are named as - "executive,
financial position, banking," and his ad
dress was given as the Hotel' Wood
stock, r
HAD MAKT MIXING SHAKES
Braley apparently came to the Pa
cific coast with the idea of . making
money . quickly, -for stock certificates
showing investment in hundreds f
shares of oil and mining stock of the
"wild cat" variety were found. For
most of these shares only SI a share
was paid. , --
Attached to the ornate stock certifi
cates in several cases are the enthusias
tic letters of promoters telling of just
how deep the oil well had been bored,
or how mining operations had pro
gressed, and Invariably winding up with
an appeal for more money ju that the
venture could be brought to the golden
climax desired. ; s ? v , ' .
In all the scores of papers there was
nothing to indicate that Braley bad re
alized a cent in any of these, invest
ments. ;' .-'. ; .: i , . '. '
Adding' to the mystery are the many
blank sheets of business correspondence
paper, at the bottom of which Braley's
name had $een signed. Ko other marks
appear oirftheBe sheets. There are a
number of People's National bank checks
bearing bis signature and nothing else.
MAT BE FORGERIES V 5
Some of these- signatures Indicate trac
ing, some are apparently .crude copies
of what appear to be the bona finds sig
natures of . Braley such as those on the
will, ' the : assignment and several deeds
found. This may,, Indicate that Braley
was forced to sign some of the papers
under duress or the signatures may be
forgeries, j
Braley apparently had an Intimate
friend in B. G. Hite, an oil promoter of
Salt Lake City, to whom he Intrusted
some' of his money. Some of Braley's
letters ask that replies to him be ad
dressed In care of Hite at the Salt'Lake
address. " '"''',''
There ts also a note for S1000. undated.
bearing Hite's signature, made payable
were sold for Braley In 1918 "at a" pries
of $9S4.
A check for $300 drawn by Braley on
the Bankers Trust company, -ens of the
largest financial institutions in the
United States, 'does net bear the name
of a payee. There were- other undesig
nated checks on New York bank total
ing ia all 11800.
Braley was the owner of 345 shares of
capital stock in the iBoston-New Mex
ican Mining compaay, according to cer
tificate No. 350, dated April 24, 1911,
found. ' This certificate was signifi
cantly marked in lead pencil "no value"
and initialed Jr. N. B. '
Numerous - articles ' of " correspondence
Indicate that Attorney William Lamkay
of New York, early in 1919, was suing
One Alex . Heller to collect ' a judgment
of $00 for Braley, -
50TE8 FOB 1AKGE. 80KS
More than a dosen notes given by
liiDUSTRWilOB
WESTWARD, RILEY.
FINDS ON TOURS
yIn t3iev-Wtt-to- reach ; hand to
a hip pocket is a threat;. in the East
it may be a promise. .
Thus i Frank' Branch Riley, triumph
antly returned from his ' latest EasteraJ
lecture; tour on behalf of the Pacific
Northwest, entertained, the Progressive
Braley. all for large sums and stamped Business Men's club, one of the large
'.contributors to the expense of his; trip.
at the - Benson hotel Thursday after,
noon. ? !-
as paid, were found.
The ' certificates show he was inter
ested,- in s the Tucson Arizona Copper t
shares, the Kly Consolidated Copper
company, South Utah Mines & Smelt
ers, ' the Flathead Petroleum company
and other ventures. , ' 'i "
. He was the Inventor of; a devioecailed
an ' oil saver, . for ' which no ' market
ley's ' tour ' committee. Rev. ' John" H.
Boyd And Winthrop Hammond alii tes
tified ita the power of , "Portland"!
scenic ambassador" -4n attracting tour
htt travel to this part of the- country.
But Riley added: -"-'. ' K
"Industry also Is marching westward.
could be found, according to a letter Tne . men of Eastern Industry Sit
from Hits. He owned wae thirty -f ourth i .rounrt shlnv tables these davi. and
Of the private water works system of decide I where In the - West they l will
- Parkee!Lcomtos .on' V had JLlo the Barre bank so often referred to.
vujr - .w usswvex- 5 mo jars, oareiuiiy
A small blue print was found showing a
plat of.land owned by Braley in Barre.
Numerous blank powers of attorney on
California forms bearing the signature
were ! discovered, together with some
quitclaim deeds on Texas pll property.
OPERATIONS OF 1918
Dated October 26. 1918, is a receipt for
the purchase of 1500 shares of stock in
the Crows Nest Oil company of Spokane.
Another statement from the A. B. Leach
4k Co., bond house. 62 Cedar street.
New York,; shows that 81000 of bonds
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Barre.
V Ha was an organizer and vice presi
dent and' director of the national bank
locate thelr branch plants. It is some
thing for us tobe keenly Interested inr
He likewise urged more extensive
tried at Sixth and Burk" sIr'teU pro vtj
successful.; f- ' it " i -,
The j city englnecrlng'-department has
had slabs ! tlx ty eight.' Irichfa by two .
feet made with Inch-thick glass, and
these will be Installed. In a few diys.
The slabs will be laid about two feet
apart. Tkeir conspicuous coloring will
not be effaced, like the painted stripes,
py kiddlng automobiles 4 and,- street
flushera . "The painted, stripes cost the
city- about 4 tents a" "foot 'every few
months. The blocks cost 60 cents a
foot, installed. The - traffic lines to '
date have caused an accumulated cowt
of 90 cents a foot, coverinx' . three years.
If. the experiment Is successful, the
council will be asked to provide In the
1921 budget for equipment at all inter-
f sections. , . t ' ,. - -
Jury Fails to Agree
At Fishermen's Trial
Judymen were unable to airree unon
a verdict In the ' case of Jenae Mum
bower. Walter Burkhart and V. L.1
O'Conner, charged with illegal, fiehinar
upon the Clackamas river, at a trial
held at Oregon City Thursday. . The
three fishermen were arrested last week .
by A. E. Burghduff, state game wardrn.t
and F. N. Brown, chief deputy. The caee
went over' for a later hearing.
he asked, "if when -the people come
they find no accommodations ?".
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Intersections to Be
Mark6(J by Glazed
Slabs of Concrete
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Permanent- white glased concrete
slabs are to be used for marking traf
fic safety tones at downtown street
intersections, If an experiment to be
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in Barre until November 30. . 1918. and building of - tourist hotels. 'What - is
one of the letters Is a - warm commen- J the ; use Of extending the inviUtion.'
dation from C. W. Melcher. president
of the bank. - Insurance, papers show
he - was ' born December 31, 1870, that
he was 5 . feet 10 , Inches tall and
weighed 160 pounds. .- i
Kvery paper shows the wide -range of
his business activities.
Numerous '. theories are advanced ; as
to his possible fate. Gearhart believes
he may have become - discouraged over
the unsuccessful 1 business ventures,
sealed his property and committed sui
cide, or that he may have gone insane.
lf-Ot'Ii PLAT StSPECTEP ' '
The presence of the suspected forged
signatures may - Indicate that he was
compelled to -turn over his papers to
men - with designs againet bis wealth
and he was . afterward slain.
' The. coroner was' communicated with
today, but has no record of the finding
of - the body that' would clear up the
mystery. The police have had no ; re
ports In the last 15 -months of occur
rences In which Braley may have fig
ured." ... c -- v -
He: was of unquestioned .business
veracity, according to a message received
by The Journal today from the Barre
Times. ' a newspaper In Braley's home
city. It said:
"Fred N.- Braley left Barre December,
1918, with intention to locate In the Far
West. All trace of him has been lost
since letter of January 21, 1919, written
from Chancellor liotel. San Francisco,
stating his-intention to .take a boat: for
Portland. Repeated attempts to locate
him since . then have failed. His record
in Barre was clear. He reslgned aa vice
president 'of the bank because of plan
to locate in the West. He was prom
inently connected here, ' but leaves: no
relatives nearer than cousins."
Gearhart, complying with Oregon law,
today is notifying ' the county clerk of
the discovery and posting public notices.
After a year has expired, If noone
claims the property, half will go to the
county treasurer and the balance will be
divided between the finders. '
Fourth of Jufy
At Clatsop Beach
The week-end far, 84. B0 for the round
trip, plus 8 per cent war tax. will - b
In effect for sale of tickets Saturdav
and Sunday, limited for return to and,
including Monday, to Clatsop beach
points Seaside, Gearhart, etc. and to
North Beach points via Astoria. Tick-:
eta on sale by the Spokane, Portland;
i - Seattle railway at" the consolidated
ticket office and North Bank station,.
Daily trains leave North Bank station,'
Tenth and Hoyt streets, 7 ;05 and 8:30.
a. m. and :20 p. nw and Haturday1
only 3 p. m. Returning Monday eve
ning, trains will leave Seaside 8:45,.
6:05 and 6 .40. and Gearhart, seven min
utes later. Adv.
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RECORDS ARE HERE
Special Trains .to '
Be Sun for Fourtb,
;"0f iTuly Excursions
Special electric trains will be oper
ated by the Southern Pacific Monday
to care for extra crowds of excursion
ists. A special electric train will be op
erated from Portland to Newberg Mon
day evening leaving at 11:25 o'clock
Train No. 133 will be extended to
Hillsboro leaving 6:05 p. m. and will re
turn as tt- special leaving Hillsboro at
8.80 p. ml Train No. : 149 will be held
at Hillsboro until 7 p. m. to take care'
of the-, visitors returning to- homes on
the Tillamook line.
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are more likely to find .
what you are looking
for We carry both
. Victor .and Columbia. '
; ; Records. " '
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