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I . I I ; ! i ' . (SON OTY ENTEMDS TM IntsrariM anly Claame Nawapaaar thai ill h grln Cvnly. Th WMkly Inta'prlM i flll IN arte. CniHI t Willi r.r n tr.an w- cit. ouicaoN citv, okwjon, ni i day, January h, ioic. ESTABLISHED IW FIFTIETH YIAR-N. t vi : ( ) f tm TJf U IX SUNDAY CLOSli LAW IS TIED UP UNTIL NEXT FALL portland circuit judoe will oivc votim opportunity to oicioi for selves. STATUTE IS DECURfD UNJUST, ABSURD, OUT OF DAT! EY COURT Dan Ksllehr, Portland Grater, Wh Asked Far Injunction, lays 20,000 Hava Signed Pallllen t Put Meaaur an lallot P0UT1.ANI), Or.. Jan. T.-Th Bun day riming atatut,iiactcd 71 ara ago, III out b enforced until tba tot ail of Iba aula bav bail an oppor tunlty to M upon It at tba Norom br alrrtlon. Thla waa. In effect, tba dvclalon of Circuit Judg UatenUoln today when ba stopped tba nforcement of tba law In Multnomah county at Wat until nail November. Ilia declalon, poet ponlng action on tba aUta'a demurrer to Dan Krllaher ault for permanent tbjunctton until tba papla aball hav a thanr to vol on tba rPal of tba law, la not aubject to appeal by tba aula. With tba decision of tba circuit Judita tbla morning, tbrr cam state ment from KrllhT. In whoa nama tba ault waa brought tbal ba bail JO, 000 algnaturra to pclltlona to put tb mailer of repealing tba law on tba bal lot. Ifara la tba decision In full: Daclaian Olvn In Pull. "The Oregon Sunday-cloning law waa originally pasaed In 1854. when Oregon waa a territory. Ten yeara later It Vaa embodied In our penal rode, with fw minor amendmcnta In th fol lowing form: 'Section 1123. What bualnnee prohibited and what allowed on Kunday. If any peraon aball keep open any atore, abop, grocery, bowling alley, billiard room or tippling houae for tha purpose of labor or traffic, or any place of amusement on tba frit day of the week, commonly callud "ttunday or tha l-ord's Day'," aucb peraon, upon conviction thereof, ahall ba punished by a fine not lens than $5 nor mora than $50; provided, however, that the above provlalon aball not ap ply to theater, tha keepers of drug Mores, doctor abops, undertakers, liv ery atable keeper, butrtera and bak ers; and all circumstances of neces alty and mercy may ba pleaded In de fense, which ahall ba treated aa ques tlona of fact for tha Jury to determine when tba offense la tried bjr Jury.' Saeend Attempt to Enforce Law. , "No atternpt waa ever made to en force It, eo far aa I am aware, until about seven yeara ago, when an effort waa made to clone the cigar stores In tbo city of Portland. At that lime I hold the law unconstitutional, on the . .xdyfbmR.(urotnocaA. .tln-a'-fTo ground that It was a vlolntlon of the constitutional, guaranty of religious freedom No appoal waa taken, and everybody appeared to acquiesce In the d edition. "About a year ago the lnw waa again tested In a caso' arising In Lane coun ty and tried by a. circuit Juclgo of Mult honiuh county. Ho also held tho law unconstitutional. An appeal was taken to the supremo court, which held tho lnw valid, without, however, having had tha religious objection to tho act presented to It. "This ault waa then Instituted, and a tomporory restraining; order was granted, pending the dlHposltlon of a similar. raso to be begun In tho fed eral courts. Three fodoral Judges, Bit ting en banc, unanimously decided that the law waa constitutional. Federal Decision Advisory. "Thla decision la not binding on this court but may bo considered us advis ory, and, of course, Is entitled to groat wolKht. Each of the federal Judges Ih a better constitutional lawyer than I, and thotr doclslon on the law la prob ably right, and I am forced to the con clusion that mine la probably wrong. "Tho supremo court of thla state, whose decisions are binding upon thin court, bus not passed upon the re ligious phase of the caso upon which It waa doclilod here. I am somewhat In tho position of a Juror who Is thorough ly convinced of the correctness of his opinion, but who finds that the remain ing Jurors take an opposite vlow, and who ylolds to tho weight of opinion, "I am bo thoroughly convlncod, how over, that this lnw la absolutely un just, absurd and unaultod to modern conditions that I feel justified In post poning Its execution until tho people have hod an opportunity to vote on It at the general election In November of this year. This law has remained dorman for 72 yours. During that time the state has Bucceodod In struggling along fairly well, and It seems to mo that neither tho morals nor the health of any citizen Is going to be materially affected by allowing it to sleep aevon or eight months longer. Vota of 8tata la Awalteo. "To allow It to be enforced now, and possibly, If not probably, repealed In November, would result In considerable confusion. Most cigar stores, groceries, bootblack stands, fruit stands and oth. er places of business, and places of In nocent amusement, such as baseball (Continued on Pago 4). KILLING DEER FREED I. I. COOPER It CIVIN HSARINO BEFORE f ITACAOA JUSTICE ANO TURNED LOOSE. K II. t'oopvr, t barged alia killing a dr out of aeaeon, waa faleawd Mon day by Justice of tba Pa Claud fla vor, of Katarada. Tba cas was Irted b'fora tba JualU without Jury. I'bl'lD Hammond, of tbla rlty, repre arming Iba prisoner, and Deputy (ism Warda Cotton. Iba atala. A deer bid waa found at lb bom of Cooper's mother, and ba waa arreel ad for killing Iba animal and lpt Warden Cotton mad tha arreat The lata, however, aaa unaMe to comim'I Cooper with lb rbarga. FAVORED BY THE LOWER HO'JSl VOTIO 40 TO 105 POP. DILL; TMP.II CABINET MEMBERS RCUGN. LABOR BODY OVERWHELMINGLY DECLARES OPPOSITION TO PLAN Parliament Minority en First Raiding f Compulsion Measure Consists of Natlonallete, Laborltaa and Few Radical. IX).VDON. Jan. . The conacrlptlon hill passed the Brat reading In tbe House of Commons tonight by a vol of 403 to 106. Tbe vote was taken ahortly after 11 o'clock. The minority was composed of Nationalists, eoni Uborttce and a fw Hadtcala. Organized labor of Great lirltaln, sluing In rongreaa In London today, doclded against th government's com pulsion bill by tb overwhelming ma jority of 1.HSH.000 votea to 783.000. Hostility to tho government's meas ure waa uucomproinlalng and necessi tated the-realisation from tha coali tion ministry of all three labor mem bvra, Arthur Henderson, William Urate and George II. Koberta, holding respectively the offices of the presi dent of the board of education, parlla mentary under aocretary for borne af fair and lord commissioner of the treasury, and their reelgnationa were announced during tho evening. Tho labor congress was In many ways tho most Important body of the kind over assembled. More than 1000 delegates were present, representing 400 unions and 3,000.000 worker. In addition to the formal vote against the government's compulsion bill, tbe congress rejected by four to I one a motion pledging support to the' nrlnrliiln f cnmniilalnn for alnelo men I and passed by two to one another mo tion directing tho labor party to op poso the bill In all its Btagos In the house of commons. Tho congress closed with an entbu slnstlc scone, tbo feuture of which wok tho singing of tho Socialist anthem. "Tho Ked Flag." REGISTER EARLY IS PLEA OF COUNTY CLERK MI83 HARRINGTON WISHES TO AVOID U8UAL RU8H BEFORE BOOKS ARE CLOSED. Wishing to avoid, If possible, tbo usuul rush of voters Just before tho reglHtriitlon books are closodj County Clerk Hurrlimton requests time all reg ister as early as possible. A special doputy clerk was put to work Monduy morning to handle regis tration. Tho offlco Is open every week duy to 6 o'clock in tho aftornoon, when tho courthouso closes. Usually during the week preceding the diiy tho books aro to bo cloBod, the clerk's office Is crowded with voters, and it tukea a week or so to thorough ly straighten out tho books and catch up with the work. The 'registration will continue to the night of April 20. MT. HOOD GUIDE 18 8UED. Elijah Coloman, well known ' Mt. Hood guido, was made defendant Fri day In a suit filed In the circuit "court by John Btraus and W. A, Proctor to collect on a $250 note Tho note wob signed February 1, 1913, at Sandy, where both of tho plnlntlffs live. Thoy also ask $50 attorneys' fees. Ham mond & Hammond filed the complaint. Multnomah county expended $1,620, 674 on (pads In 1815. CONSCRIPTION IS BRITISC010NS $5000 GIFT IS MADE TO OREGON MEDIOALCOLLEGE CONDITION THAT WfiOO MORI WILL BE RAISED POR PIPIT NEW BUILDING. DR. MACKENZIE SAYS PORTLAND SCHOOL IS KiTO WITH BEST Oregon Graduaws Htar Plans for Mak ing Branch af Hal University On of Most Important Insti tutions In Country. I'OIITIJIM). Or.. Jan. I. Tb gift uf I'OOO toward tb trvctlon of tbe Oral building on tb new campus of die I'nUerally of Oregon Medical col lege, provisional upon obtaining nine other iub gifts, tb Immediate pros pect of several similar donatlona aod lb plan to Increase tb proposed building fund from I7S.000 to J 100,000 or ll&O.OOO waa announced today by Irr. Kenneth A. J. Maakemle, dean of Ih Oregon itedlial colleg faculty at lb monthly luncheon of tb Portland graduates of tbo I'nlveralty of Ore gon. II also announced atepa taken Ibis morning toward Iba organisation of th first I'nlveralty of Oregon Medi cal college student body association and plans for a closer affiliation with I tbe work of tb I'nlveralty of Oregon students by tb alumni aaaociation. Tb nam of th donor of tb Oral 15000 waa withheld. Tbe slat legislature, at th close of Ua last aeaalon, after appropriating IC0.0O0 for maintenance, gave tb med ical college fSO.000 for It first build ing to be erected on tbe new 21-acre campus on Terwllllger boulevard, pro vided $25,000 waa raised by tb col lege to make possible tb erection of a (76.000 building. . Dr. Mackenzie traced tho rapid atrtdea In lb growth of the Oregon Medical colVge and of tbe tacit undor standing with lb University of Wash Ington that Oregon la to have tbo one great medical college In tba north west, to be located In Portland, with Oregon, Washington and Idaho aa lta exclusive field. "The school now baa aa hlgb a rat ing as that given any school In the country," declared Dr. Mackenzie. "Its work equate that of John Hopkins, Harvard, or any other of the greatest schools In America." Steps to organise the first medical college aludent body were taken at a meeting of the atudenta that waa sub stituted for tho usual clinic at St Vin cent's hospital. The students pledged their hearty co-operation with the uni versity in every department A. E GILBERT L HEDGES NEW DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTOR NEY WILL ATTEND TO EN FORCEMENT OF DRY LAW niHtrlct Attorney Gilbert Hedges Thursday appointed Thomas A. Hurko, of tho law firm of Cross & Uurke, dep uty district attomey. It will be Mr, Uurke's principal duty to attend to enforcing tho prohibition law In Cluck uinus county, although he will assist tho district ' attorney In other work when necessary. Mr. Ilurke will make the district at torney's office in the court house his headquarters and expects to be estab lished there within the next few days, Hnrvcy E. Cross, Mr. Burke's partner, will remain In his present offices In the Ileavor building, out Mr. Eurke will not bo oonnoctcd with him. Tho new deputy district attorney graduated from tho University of Ore gon in 1911, taking a liberal arts course, and later studied law in the office of Mr. Cross. He was admitted to the bar In October 191-1, and was mado a partner by Mr. Cross. Mr. Ilurke Is a nephew of John Burke, United Stutes treasurer, and of Thomas C. Hurko, collector of cus toms in Portland. W. H. DIETZ GIVES VIEWS. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. Califor nia will have difficulty in signing up a first cIubs football coach In the opin ion of Coach Diets of Washington Stato college, who Is stopping oft at San Francisco on his way home after a cleanup of southern California. "All the lop notchers are tied up on Iron bound contracts," DIotx Bald. "There's not a chance for Yost, Sharpe, Zuppke or Warner. Andy Smith who coached Pennsylvania and Perdue with consid erable success, may be available, how ever, and if so, California couldn't make a better selection." Diets left for the north tonight. 32 MILES OF ROADS liLUli 1915.REP0RTSH0VS JUDGE H. 8. ANOERSON WORKS OUT SUMMARY PROM SU PERVISOR' FIGURES. Thirty two miles of new road were opened up In tbla couniy during ItIS, according to figures made public Thursday by County Judg Anderson. This new road Is situated In vry party of tb county, and conalsta. In tb most part, of email strips. With tbla additional road, Clackamas coun ty now has 130) silica of road. L'slng tb reports or tbe supervlaora a a baala for bla figuring, Judge An doraon has worked out some Interest ing atatlstlca concerning road matters. His summary of these Oxures follows: Repoil for the year 191i Just re celved from each of tbe road super visors of tb county, ahow the follow ing totala In regard to tb roada of lb county, and work don during tbr past year: Total number of miles of road In tb county. 1303 which Is classified as fol ios s: I"ank road 110 Gravel road HS Crushed rock road 135 llltumlnous macadam road. 7 Dirt road 8M miles miles miles miles miles I'lank road, built In 1915 7 nillck Gravel road built In lll Zi miles Crushed rock, built In 11S 10 miles llltumlnous mcadam, In 1915 2 miles (Gravel or rock redress... It miles Two hundred Mventy-elgbt cement and Iron culverts have been Insta'led in 1915. taking tb places of that num ber of plank culverts or bridges. There ar reported In the county, M2 bridgea. Tbo report show further that 32 miles of new road baa been opened for travel during the past year, and that about 19000.00 baa been donated In la bo or cash for road Improvements. In road machinery owned by the county, tbe principal Items are: Five road rollers. 11 rock crushers. 1 gravel screening plant. 1 road oiling and aapball beating outfit .34 road graders, 40 road drags. 79 wheel scrap era, together with a long list of s'lp scrapers, plows and other small tools. CREDIT REFLECTED BY OFFICIAL TOTALS EXPENSES HELD DOWN DESPITE ADDED COST OF COLLECT- , ING TAXES. A silent story of efficiency In con ducting his office and of care In handl ing public funds is contained In fig urea the official totals of tho ex penses of the office of sheriff undor W. J. Wilson, who at the beginning of this year completed his first year of service. During 1915, Sheriff WlUon spent a total or $4534.38 in conducting bis of flee, figures secured In the offlco of County Clerk Harrington Thursday show. During 1914, Sheriff E. T. Mass spent $4531.74 In conducting bis office, figures from tho same source show. Tho difference is $2 and a few cents. Hut this is where the wonder of It all Is: During 1915, Sheriff Wilson had charge or all tbe tax collecting for three-quarters of tho year and part of tbe expense of tax collecting la In eluded In $4534.38. The record means that he has conducted the office of sheriff, and assumed the added duties of tax collector, and yet his expenses aro within $3 or the annual expendi tures of his predecessor, when Mr. Mass did not have charge of tax col lecting. 2 ESTACADA MEN OUT FOR PUBLIC OFFICES , W. REED CANDIDATE FOR COM MISSIONER AND H. C. STEVENS FOR REPRESENTATIVE. J. W. Reed, of EBtacada, was In Ore gon City Monduy and announced bis candidacy on the Republican ticket for county commissioner. Mr. Reed Is now in business In Esta cada where be operates a garage. He has the distinction of being the oldest resident in the eastern Clackamas counjy city, as he erected the'first building there and was the first man to make his home In that town. He is well known throughout the county. ' H. C. Stevens, of tho George dls trlct, near Estacada, Is a candidate on the Republican ticket for represen tative. Mr. Stevens Is Interested In farming at George. , MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED. Cenja Jaklnen and Antone Ranta, of Mulino, secured a marriage license hero Tuesday. RAIL TRAFFIC III OREGON DELAYED BY HEAVY SNOWS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OP STATE PRINCIPAL SUP PERFRS IN STORM. EASTERH ORECOS FARMERS ARE HAPPY; STOCK KEN fEAR LOSSES Transcontinental Freight Ssrvlc Sua ptndtd and Shipping and Mall Ar Dslaysd In California Wlrss Ar Down. PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 10. Bnow storms, unusua'ly heavy In many places, are raging over a considerable portion of tb Pacific coaat In some sections rail traffic la demoralized. telegraph and telephone wires are down, aod communication cut off by snow-blocked roada, malls delsyed, and business generally tied up. While Portland sod tb Willamette valley bask In th a1 moat balmy weath r following th Christmas and New Year snow and cold weather, points from Northern California to Puget Sound ar In tb grip of winter. Weather to raise or blast hopes of men of all occupations prevails In the varloua sections within tbo confine oi Oregon. ' While tbe farmers at Pendlo ton ar Jubilant at the anowfall. wblcb promises to be worth many thousands of dollar to their next crops, catt'e men In the Glendale district fear heavy losaea among their herds. With log ging suspended at various Washing ton coast points, farmers In nearby dis tricts also are rejoicing at tbe snow. From Sacramento come reports that transcontinental freight serve Is en tirely suspended, owing to heavy snow- full m-llh Irrerular naaaenrer service ,n the 8,errm Nevadag, Aahland, far south In Oregon, re- porta weather almost mild, light ano and normal conditions In tbe Slsklyous but with Southern Pacific trains from the north arriving late. Med ford ts almost completely Isolat ed by tbe heavy anows In tbe moun tains, with rati and wire conditions bad to the south. The storm which prevails in this vicinity apparently ex tends westeward to tho ocean. Marabfield reports that shipping Is tied up or hugging the coast, mails de layed and logging companies forced to suspend operations until warmer wea ther. One of the chief dangers to railroad traffic comes from fallen trees, accl dents rrora this source being reported from Cow Creek Canyon and Roseburg vicinity. OREGON CITY RANKS Finn IN STATE IN ITS POSTAL SAVINGS SALEM AND EUGENE LEFT FAR BEHIND ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICE IS COMPLETED. Oregon City ranks fifth among all the cities In Oregon in postal savings. Only Portland, Astoria, Marshfleld and The Dalles postofflces have larger de posits than this city. A-report of the amount held by each ofrice in the stato shows that Oregon City has 150. depositors and that the savlncs here total $21,089. Salem has 120 depositors and Eugene 88. The annual report of the local post oMce. which has Just been completed, shows that less business was done here In 1915 than In 1914 by several hun- AraA Hnllnra. However, in the last quarter or the year Just closed, which included the CbriBtmas Dusiness, me Oregon City postofHce receipts were $200 higher than tho amount taken in in the same period a year ago. The first quarter of 1915 showed the greatest slump. In tho .first three months or that year the business was 1800 less than the first quarter or 1914 Tho total amount or business In 1915 was $20,000, according to the report. PoBtmaster Cooke looks forward to a banner year in 1916. Business conditions, ha believes, aro improving and from Indications now, he predicts that record years of tho past will be exceeded. The establishment of a postofHce at West Linn has cut into the business of tho Oregon City office. While rural routes operating out of the local ofHco still supply the town across the river with mail, people In that town buy most or their stamps from their own postof flee. Willamette, Parkplace, Gladstonejmd other nearby postorrices also cut into the receipts of the local office. SUES TO COLLECT ON NOTE. J. It. Kuhn Saturday filed a suit in tho circuit court again George A. Bro die and R.C. Brodle to collect a bal ance of $250 on a $400 not. APPEAL IS COSTLY TO COTTRELL MAN CONVICTED IN JUSTICE COURT ANO FINED 2 BUT APPEAL COSTS HIM $&a Price Jones was convicted recently on a charg of aaaault in lb tb Jus tice court and fined $2S. II Uvea at Cotr'l. II appealed th raa to tb circuit court, protesting his lnnoen Wed nesday b entered a plea of guilty bo fort Circuit Judg Campbell and aa fined $50, doubt tb amount of bla fin U-for th appeal was taken. Price Jonea Is a brother of Dick Jones, who waa recently convicted on a charge of assault upon bis father. Th two cases ar somewhat similar. PORTLAND FINDS COURTWORKCUT BY AFTER FIRST DAY OP NEW YEAR DROP IN NUMBER OF CASES IS SUDDEN. CASES OF DRUNKENNESS ARE NOW ONLY ONE OR TWO DAILY Police, Howvar, Say That Bootlegging Has Not Bn Organized Yat So Results HtreafUr May B Leaa of Contrast. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7. Startling and audden has been tbe drop In the number or arrests dally for drunk enness with tbe ushering In of prohi bition in Portland. Police circles are astonished at tb results. Less than one-third tho cum ber ot arrests for drunkenness wr made daring the first week in January that were made for the same week In December. Tbe municipal court ha been quiet and deserted where 10 days ago It waa working steadily on charges of drunk enness, vagrancy and disorderly con duct all day long. Judge Stevenson finished his day's docket at 10 o'clock today and paced the courtroom floor 'in absolute astonishment at the sud- ,den change. The decrease In the number of rests In one week from 2S5 to 85 Is even more striking In view ot tbe fact that 40., or nearly one-half the total of 85 "drunks" for tho week, occurred on New Year's day, and should really be counted out. Tbe police, however, do not expect this record to continue, for they fear that bootlegging operations are In pro cess or formation, and that the product or the illicit saloon will soon appear. The lull In court work virtually made possible the. acceptance by Arthur Langguth of the appointment to the municipal bench. "The results of prohibition demon strate conclusively," commented Judge elect Langguth, after a conference with Judge Stevenson yesterday morning, "that the liquor traffic was an econ omic waste. The profits that liquor traffic brought were but a drop In the bucket compared with the cost of handling it." Judge Stevenson made the same com ment 27 SUPERVISOR FILED DATES SET FOR MEETINGS OF DIS TRICT BOUNDARY BOARD THIS MONTH AND NEXT The county court yesterday con tinued to grind out routine business. Nine road petitions, tbe most of which ask for minor changes, have been filed this week and are being considered by tbe court Twenty-seven petitions, asking for tbe appointment of supervisors, have been filed with tho county court They are on file in the office or County Clerk Harrington and will be considered by the court before announcing the ap pointments, probably next week. While 27 written petitions have been presented, scores or property owners have called upon the court and asked for the appointment or certain super visors. The court Friday, after talking the matter over with County School Su perintendent Calavan, set January 25, 26 and 27 and February 8 and 9 as dates for the meeting of the school district boundary board. Mr. Calavan said yesterday that a number ot peti tions, asking tor changes In school dis trict boundaries, haveeen filed. It takes 715 freight cars to ship the annual salmon pack or Oregon; value $5,820,987 j PR 110 IlMAWIIIEf LEADS MASSACRE Oil AMERICANS ADDITIONAL REPORTS CONCERN. INO KILLING REACH TOWNS NEAR BORDER. CAMA TROOPS M 0,1 WAY TO SCENE OF TRAGEDY AT TCI Man Wh Start With Holm in Ml " Dash For Liberty Sht Down a Thy Ra Mfaica Pen ger 8pard by Indian EL PASO, Tex. Jan. 1L Tb auta ber of foreigners maaaacrad la lb boi canyon wtat of rUuU Yaabel Wood ay was placed at II laU today. It wa authoritatively declared that General Pablo Lop, a Yaqul cblaitain cloacly allied with General Kranclaco V11U, commanded tb maaaacr. Arrivals from Chlbuhua City aald that a troop train of 20 car convey ing between 500 and 1000 CarranM troopa bad preceded lb mining com pany special by about IS soinuea, leav ing th capital Th engln and two cars ot this train were aald to bare been derailed by tb bandit In order to atop th paaaenger train of Ameri cana. A maaa meeting called for today to protest against the aliltud of Un united States government toward the Mexican situation and against the de facto government for Its fallur to pro tect Americana traveling under prom ts ot protection waa postponed wh It waa learned that tbe funeral train bringing tbe 19 bodies of th alaln to tha border would not arrive before mid nlghL Tb masa meeting will be held tomorrow, It wes said. Report of those arriving from th capital today were to th effect that th body or each victim bear a ballet wound In the forehead. In addition to other wound. It waa said that the head ot C. R. Watson waa completely blown oft Officials of the Mexican Northwest ern railroad said that th Carraxuut government waa not attempting to pro tect th Madera company's properties at Madera and Pearson. It was said that a troop train carrying 40 men waav sent out to protect these properties at 6:30 yesterday and returned at 9:30 p. m. The train waa still In th yards late today. Delay In transportation of the bodies of the victims to the border here has caused much dissatisfaction. Late to day the bodies had not left the capita), although two other passenger trains had come north during the day. Ar rangements h.-id been made for the passage of the bodies on arrival direct y across the river to this city. As the day progressed plans for a pub'le fu neral of all the viotlms was abandoned, since many relatives from various parts of tbe United States claimed the bodies ot the victims. GET PLAINTIFFS WIN IN 8UIT BASED ON MISREPRESENTATION IN PROPERTY TRADE. David N. Bridenstino and Pbebe B. Rridenstine Thursday afternoon se cured a judgment for $700 against tbe Gerlinger Motor Car company, B. E Gerlinger, F. P. Coulter and C. C. Har graves. The case was tried before a Jury in Circuit Judge Campbell's court and began Tuesday. Tbe jury brought in the verdict late Thursday afternoon. The plaintiffs traded a 100-acre farm In the Logan district for two bouses in Portland and a $2500 mortgage on property near Seattle. The plalntitts alleges that when they visited the Se attle property, it was round to be of less value than was represented and that the two houses In Portland did not come to the claims of tbe defend ants. The Bridenstine8 sued for $2445, al- leging fraud and misrepresentation. TUALATIN LAND LEASED. The Tualatin Country club has closed a deal for tbe purchase of 132 acres of land at Tualatin for a golf links. This land has been occupied by the club for some time under lease with the privi lege of purchase. The land was owned by Alex Sweek, and It is said tbe pur chase was mado for about $26,000. Cecil H. Bauer Is president of tbe club and I. L. White Is secretary. RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION. The United 8tates civil service com mission has announced an examination for the county to be held at Oregon City, on February 5, 1918, to fill the position of rural carrier at Molalla and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from other post offices In the county.