Show LAND FRAUD CASES cases in the northwest called in the federal court portland ore nov 21 the case 0 the united states against S A D puter horace G mckenley aarle L ware emma L watson frank H Wal gamot and D W tarpley will bo called for trial in the federal district court today the defendants when the trial is commenced will have to plead to tha charge of defrauding the government of 12 quarter sections of land in township 11 south range 7 east being land in the cascade mountains in addition to this mario ware and horace G mckinley will answer to tha charges of having forged false and fictitious naces to entries for the bastear pa stear the alleged gigantic swindle has been in the mind of nearly every ona in the state and has been made more sensational and therefore moro prominent by the presence of two women in the list of defendants one of whom is the daughter of a man prominent in the state during his life for this reason the task of collecting a jury will be a hard one it is thought that but few men capable of serving will bo found who have not read or discussed the merits of the case it is possible that two days or more may elapse before tho case comes to trial and the first witness is heard what line of attack the prosecution will follow is known only to john H hall the united states district attorney francis J fieney of san francisco who will help him conduct the case and A R greene special inspector of the interior department part ment mainly through choso whoso efforts the evidence has been gathered the prosecution will attempt to show it is said that fictitious names were used and false entries were made with intent to defraud that no settlement improvement or cultivation was made on the land acquired that the fictitious entry men transferred their alleged holdings to emma L watson and others who in turn deeded it to the state in exchange for lieu land all this it is claimed was illegal a conspiracy and a fraud as can bo by a long list ot witnesses this list of witnesses will include the entire force of the land office at oregon city congressman binger hermann who at the time odthe alleged conspiracy was commissioner of tho land office has been subpoenaed by prosecution as well as others not so high in authority tho rity |