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lO THE 3I0RIG OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, MARCH o, I90S. If LETTERS ANSWER LIFE-SAPPING PARASITES THAT WRECK HUMAN SYSTEM FED INTO MAINS 'S E PASTOR CHARG Noxious Fumes Cause Port land Consumers Several Hours of Misery. RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT Company's Manager explains That Sulphur Compounds In Crude Product Created the Trouble. Many All -but Suffocate. Gas. mingled with poisonous Impuri tieB that was fed Into the mains at the central gas plant of the Portland (Jas Company lawt night by mistake, set the people of the city to choking and jftaRpinff for breath before the man agement of the pas plant discovered the mistake and corrected it. The acci dent that was the cause of the trouble occurred at a time when the maximum of gas was being used by householders. The noxious fumes were noticed short ly before 6 o'clock, while dinners were being cooked and lamps lighted all oxer the city. The awful stench from the gas burners continued until nearly 9 o'clock, although out in the suburbs pear the ends of the gas mains, the bad gas was noticed until a later hour. Indignant consumers of gas through out the city kept the complaint depart ment of the gas company busy for hours asking what caused the poor quality of gas. The gas company vouchsafed no Information on this point, but advised all patrSns to keep their doors and windows open, saying that if this were done, there would be no danger This advice was far from satisfactory, considering the cold night. Many dinners could not be eaten or In fact even cooked because of the chok ' ing fumes from the gas ranges. Vnpurlfled gas was fed Into the gas holders last night, as a result of an accident at the works. This gas had not passed' through the washers and contained a high percentage of a carbon-sulphur compound. Hydrogen com pounds are always taken out of the gas before it Is let into the mains, but some of these poisonous combinations became mixed with the gas last night. The sulphur compounds that are usual ly eliminated by washing the gas caused most of the discomfort last night. Papst F.xplalns Trouble. "All coal or oil on this Coast used for gas-making contains a high pert-en t age of sulphur," sa id Superintend ent Papst, of the Portland Gas Com pany, last night. "An unfortunate ac cident at the works, while the puri fier were being changed, caused a quantity of raw or tinpurified gas to rind its way Into the storage tanks. This was corrected as soon as the mis take was discovered. We are getting ready to Install new appliances at the works, that will do away with those sulphur fumes to a greater extent than at present, and the foundations for the new apparatus are being put In. It was on this account that the accident occurred." There was a atorm of protest from all parts of the city last nipht over the wretched quality of the gas. Hundreds of people rang up The Orogonian to ask the cause of the trouble end what could be done to escape the poisonous fumes that were pouring from gas burners in all parts of the city. Louis "Whiting, of the real estate firm of Whiting & Rountree. who lives at 710 Johnson street, reported that fumes from the burntng gas was choking eiery one in the. house and that he had heard complaints from scores of people in his neighborhood. C. 1.. uMead. 12R Fourteenth street, said the smell from the gas burners was so overpowering that two domestics had to vacate their rooms after being almost suffocated. One girl was so overcome that she could not speak. Mrs. J. J. Morgan. 5$ Bast Alder street, complained that the stench from the gas was something awful and could not be en dured unless the doors and windows of the house were left . wide open. This remedy left everyone in the house shiv ering and was only less discomforting than the gas fumes themselves. W. I.,. Lister, a grocery man on Nob Hill, said everyone in his neighborhood was taking the open-air treatment to min imize as much as possible the injurious effects of the poisonous gas. All Windows Left Open. On Grand aenue last night all the tl oors and w 1 n d o ws were wide o pen In order to get relief from the foul-smelling gas. Reports from Albina were to the sa;f; effect, showing that the poison in tu gas served to customers of the company last night was distributed Into all the mains and served to every section of the city. In downtown restaurants diners could hardly endure the fumes long enough to eat. even with floors and windows wide open and electric fans going. Cigar tores, drugstores, saloons and all place of business open at night that use gas were filled with a sulphur stench that drove patrons to the open air. People everywhere- complained of the sulphur fumes and feared poisoning by the gas. "These gas fjimes are a rank poison." said one of the leading physicians of the city last night, "and their primary ef fect is to produce congestion of t he lungs. They do not directly affect the heart. But the presence of the poison in such large quantities means that sick or delicate persons subjected to the fumes are endangered. In addition to the dis ease that is to be combatted. the ill effects of these poison fumes have to be overcome as well. Particularly are the bad effects of the gas fumes noticed in cascjt of lung affections, such as pneu monia, bad colds, inftuenxa and grip- all of which are very prevalent Just now." NEGRO FIRES ON POSSE Wounds Three Men and Then Gives Him-cir Vp. CIjA RKPRCRG. W. Va.. March 4 Frank Johnson, a negro murderer who took refuge in a barn on the Yates farm, nine miles from here, early today shot and wounded three persons. The injured: AVIIIiam Magheny. a school teacher; Harry Cork and John Ramsey. It is not believed any were fatally injured. The men shot were members of a posse. Johnson yesterday killed Mrs. Carl Martin, colored, because she refused to ciope with him. Just as the- posse was about to burn the barn this evening the negro surrendered on promise of protec tion. He waa brought to jail here. 8 END SCENIC PHOTOS EAST. 6ee Klaer's display. 248 Alder st Kfead Sharkey's Sunday ad. ;:;:::asi:i:.:S :;;:?;::!? linfifrftar MISS GRETCHEN" HOVT, OK Miss Gretchen Hoyt, whose engagement was announced last week to Henry Ladd Corbett, of Portland, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reese. Hoyt. of New York City. Miss Hoyt made her Initial bow to New York society two Winters ago, and sinre thpn has enjoyed frreat popularity In Gotham, being a brilliant and highly accomplished girl. She was a Portland visitor last year, having been a guest at the residence of Mr. Corbett's grandmother, Mrs. W. S. Ladl, for a week prior to taking a motor trip with her parents through California. Mr. Corbett is presidenc of the Portland Hotel Company and a director of the First National Bank. 5 TO BEAT SEATTLE CLERK FIELDS. AXXIOtS FOR HEAVY REGISTRATION. At Present Rate Total Will Rcacli 28.000 by Tim Books Close. Canvasser Sent Out. If voters of Multnomah County con tinue to register as rapidly as they have been doing in the last few weeks, and if the usual increase is made as the date of the primaries approaches 28.000 voters will have registered when the books close April 7. County Clerk Fields said yester day that the total number of regietered voters this year will probably stand be tween 27.000 and 28.000, although he has some hope that it will go higher. In order to facilitate registrations Mr. Fields has decided to send one of the registration clerks out this morning Vith blank cards. J. Earl Gaash. the clerk, will visit the large department stores, and if the plan works well Mr. Fields says ho will also send him to the factories and machine shops. Mr. Gaash will carry the following letter of introduction: To "Whom It May Concern: This will introduce Mr. J. Karl Gaash, who is dis tributing regiHtration cards. If you will kindly allow him to pass them around in your establishment the favor will be ap preciated. Seattle registered over :lo.000 voters, flft per cent of whom voted at the .lection there yesterday. Let's try to beat it. Ycurs for U,000, and U to vote. F. S. FIELDS. County Clerk. If the cards are properly tilled out be fore the voter goes to the County Clerk's office there will be no delay In register ing, and a larpre number can be registered by the clerks in a very short time. The Oounty Clerk's office is now open for registrations until 9 o'clock, so that all who are at work in the daytime may have an opportunity to sign up. Clerk Fields says it is well for voters to register as soon as possible, for during the last few days' there is always a big rush. While the average number who register in a day is . tm March 14, 1904, the last day for receiving registrations, 1334 signed the books between S A. M. and 5 P. M. The total number now registered is about liS.SOO. Vp to Tuesday night it was 36.017. Deputy County Clerk Schneider estimates that about 3" will register each week from now on. and that 4000 will register during the last week. At this time in W KA' had registered. In 1P04. 11.4-5 had placed their names on the books, and in 1902. the number stood at 11.435. The total registrations for the 1WS primaries were as follows: West Side. 9530: E,ist Side. S476: country. 3121. Total, 21.171. When the date came for the gen eral election in that year the total num ber of vaters registered was aa follows: West Side. 10. ITS: Bast Side. 9561: country, S5S. Total. 23.4SS. The registration for the city election last year was as fol lows: West Side. 12.834: East Side. li.o2. Total. 2o.3S. CREDIT MEN HOLD BANQUET bccrctary-Troasurcr Meek or Nation al Organization Honored. Nearly 100 members of the Portland Asportation of Credit Men last night attended a banquet that was Riven at Richards ro5taurant. in honor of Charles E. Meek, of Xew York, secretary-treasurer of the National Associ ation of Credit Men. Other distin Kuished puests at the banquet ware A. C. Foster, cashier of the United States National Bank, of L'envcr; and Charles ' a& NEW VORK CITV. WHOSK KNCJACiEMET TO HEnV I. ADO COKBKTT - WAS AN.OHN('KD LAST WEEK. Bayley. vice-president of the Credit Men's Association, of Denver. Colo. B. B. Rutherford, president of the local association, presided as toast master, and introduced Mayor Lane, who welcomed the visitors to the city. In presenting Mayor Lane, Toastmaster Rutherford became facetious and told of becoming "Waymired" in the North Knd " while undertaking to introduce the visitors to some of the manufactur ing sections of the city. In responding. Mayor Lane humorously referred to the recent Circuit Court trial in which he was more than an interested spectator, and declared that while Portland is a town modest in her claims, it is even a better town than it looks. "Portland is the greatest city of its size in the United States," said Mr. Fos ter, of Denver. "I said the same thing up at Seattle the other night, but that was before I had visited Portland." The speaker then proceeded to detail the advantages of organization among merchants who extended credit, and was ' warmly applauded for his re marks. Other speakers were Mr. Meek and R. L. Sabin. secretary of the Merchants Protective Association, of this city. The banquet was one of the most success ful that ha been conducted by the local organization. BRIDGE CONTRACT IS LET Local Firm . to Build Sullivan Gulch Structure for $61,500. The contract for a reinforced concrete bridge across Sullivan's Gulch, on East Twenty-eighth street, was awarded to the Northwest Bridge "Works, a Poryand firm, yesterday afternoon by the Execu tive Board, at an adjourned meeting. The contract price is H4,500. If the city puts In a double track for the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company, but if the contractors are ordered '-to do the work, it will cost $1900 .more, ac cording to their bid. This is the first bridge to be built in the city on which the electric railway company has refused to pay its por tion of the cost and where -the city has proceeded regardless of this attitude of the company. President Josselyn, of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany, has officially announced that his company will not use the bridge and will not give anything toward its con struction. City Attorney Havana ugh gave an opinion on the matter, in which he held that the city can 'force the company to pay its share of the cost of the bridge, and suit will be entered In due time. In order to collect, the city is obliged to lay double tracks and put in trolley wires over the bridge. Will Resume Probing Today. Interest in the session of the special City Council committee, appointed to probe alleged "trusts" in Portland, which is scheduled to meet at 10 o'clock this morning, renters in the appearance of W. H. Beharrell, manager for Hey wood Bros, and the "Wakefield Furniture Company, as a witness. He will be asked td explain what he meant in a recent letter to The Oregonian by "an itching palm." He will be questioned about the alleged furniture combine, which, previous witnesses have declared, still exists, but an explanation of what he meant by his recent letter is par ticularly what is desired by the commit tee, composed of Councilmen Vaughn. Concannon and Belding. Good for Everj-body. Mr. Norman R. Coulter, a prominent architect, in the Delbert Building, San Francisco, says: "I fully endorse all that ha been said of Electric Bitters as a tonic medicine. It Is good for everybody. It corrects stomach. liver and kidney disorders in a prompt and efficient manner and builds up the srs tem." Elertric Bitters is the best spring medicine ever sold over a drug gist's counter; as a blood purifier it is unequaled. 5c. at Woodard. Clarke & Co.'a drug store, E SEIJVICKS AT CATHOLIC AND EPISCOPAL CHURCHES. Father McDevitt Preaches at Cathe dral and Bishop Scadding Ad dresses Trinity Communicants. Yesterday. Ash Wednesday, was cele brated in all the Catholic and Episcopal churches of Portland with special serv ices. It is the beginning of a season of 40 days' fasting and prayer, which will terminate on Easter Sunday. The season is observed by the Catholic and Episcopal churches throughout this country and -Europe. The Catholic churches of the city cele brated masses yesterday at 6:30. 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning. The ashes were blessed and- presented, as a symbol of the affliction of the spirit, preparatory to the celebration of the festival of the Lord's resurrection. Last night there were sermons in both the Catholic and Episcopal churches. Father T. B. Mc Devitt preached at the Cathedral, the sermon being one of instruction to the members present on the proper observ ance of the Lenten season. There will be preaching in the Catholic churches of I the city every Wednesday night during lent. on Friday nights the service will be what is known as The Way of the Cross, and benediction. Bishop Scadding preached at the Trin ity Episcopal Church last night, taking for his text the words of Christ: "When ye fast be not as the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces, that they may ap pear unto men to fast." The bishop called for an abstinence of heart. 'I believe in the discipline of the physical body." said. he, "but our call is to spirit ual things, to righteousness, to the in troduction into our daily life of a larger, higher realization of the duty of Chris tian living." The bishop said there was not much to be gained by abstaining from meat on Friday, and eating only fish. If the heart was not right. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon there was prayer service at the Trinity Church, which will be repeated every afternoon until Easter .at the same iiour. Commun ion service was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. It will be held also on the other "Wednesdays of the season. Similar services were held yesterday at St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, and at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. JUMPS INTO WILLAMETTE Martin Sullivan, Threatened With Blindness, Takes His Own Iiife. Martin Sullivan, a street sweeper. 67 years of age. jumped from the Madison street bridge into the Willamette River and drowned himself at $:30 o'clock yes terday morning. The old man waa de spondent because of eye trouble which threatened blindness. He had been a sufferer from eye trouble for over two years and was unable to get relief. He brooded continually over his condition and waa known to have threatened sui cide frequently. He left his home at 638 Third street yes terday morning and went directly to the bridge. He told his daughter, Anna S. Sullivan, he was going for a walk, but said nothing that aroused her suspicions as to his destination.. His plunge into the river was m-itnessed by W. McDonald, who notified the bridgetenders. James rtelly and Joseph Acton. These workmen got a row boat and recovered the body. H'hlch did not sink, strangely enough. After getting the lifeless form ashore, the bridgetenders attempted to restore respiration, but-,. Sullivan was dead. His body was taken to tlie Finley undertak ing establishment. Sullivan leaves a qyiughter. Miss Anna, and two sons. John and James Sullivan- . . Mayor Lane Makes Public Correspondence Regarding Fritz Case. UNFAVORABLE TO BRUIN Kvidence In "Writing That Both Mayor and Chairman Greene, of Police Committee. Gave De tective Free Rein. Maor Lane yesterday made public five letters, being the official correspondence that passed between himself. Captain of Detectives Patrick Bruin and T. G. Greene, chairman of the police committee of the Executive Board, relative to Fred Fritz' Bumside-street resort, last Janu ary. This constitutes a reply to certain statements made by Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher last Sunday night. In his ser mon at the White Temple, in course of which he charged that a searching inves tigation should be made by the Municipal Association to -ascertain who is standing In the way of convicting Fritz. In making public this correspondence Mayor Lane says that he is in no wise criticising Dr. Brougher or any one else, but deems it justifiable . to make known the efforts of his administration to force Fritz and others to obey the law. Neither does the Mayor desire portions of these letters to be construed as in any sense a reply to anything Captain Bruin has said since quitting the police department. The letters show that Captain Bruin, in his capacity as inspector of the police department, declared to Mayor Lane January 17 that all efforts to secure a conviction of Fred Fritz had met with failure. The officer virtually demanded to know how the Lane administration stood; he volunteered rlie information that unless he received the full support of the city government he would drop the case, as he said he-was making many enemies by his campaign. Mayor Lane replied the following day. in plain terms, assuring Captain Bruin that no resort in the -city had any protection of any sort, and urged an aggressive fight against all violators of law. Reply Was Emphatic. The Mayor also communicated with Chairman Greene, of the police commit tee, and Mr. Greene's reply was emphatic in ordering strict compliance with the law by Fritz and every other alleged vio lator of the law. As a result of Captain Bruin's letter, under date of January 17, 1908. Chief of Police Gritzmacher and Captain Bruin were instructed to raid and raid again Fritz resort and other establishments of the kind, every day in the year, if nec essary, to compel obedience to the law. The only action taken by Bruin was to prefer charges against Fritz with the liquor-license cdmmittee of the City Council, but the charges were dismissed. Captain Bruin, in his letter to Mayor Lane, gives the impression that he is the only honest, courageous and fearless of ficer in the department, and charges that Fritz Is receiving protection from some one. It was while discussing this Fritz matter that Dr. Brougher declared it was time the public was given the facts, so that they might know who was responsible for the failure to convict in the Fritz case. The correspondence passing between Captain Bruin. Mayor Lane and Chair man Greene is as follows: Captain Brain's Letter. January. 17. 1908. Hon. Harry Lane, Mayor of Portland. City. Sir: I have the honor to make the fol-lon-lng report: About November, 19J5. I complained in a legal way. against the North End concert halln, among which were Erickson's. Blaziers -two places, Fred Fritz, and several, other In different parts of the city, and after more - or less of a leral battle, they all closed their places, except that of Fred Fritz, on Second and Burnslde. and that has never been closed, and Is. at the present time, running full -blast in vio lation of section , ordinance 10904, page 73. and also section 29. ordinance 14049. page 446. I entered suit against this place on numerous occasions, but have never teen successful in getting a conviction, ex cept on one occasion, and that was not really a conviction, as he merely forfeited a ball of .$150, and when this forfeiture was made both Fritz and nls attorney were present In the courtroom, the thing being simply fixed up by his attorney and the prosecuting . attorney and the court. About three month ago I filed charges against this same Fred Fritz for violating the same above-mentioned ordinances, and In the .same place and way. Another agreement was entered Into between his attorney and the court, to suspend proceed ings until he made certain alterations that would make hla place comply with the ordinance. Some alterations have been made, but Instead of improving the place It has made it. in my opinion, much worse than It was before. Yesterday I asked Deputy City Attorney Tomlinson to dispose of this case against Fritz and he Informed me that there was now nothing to be done, inasmuch as Fritz has altered his place and was now com plying with the law, and that he had been so informed by Fritz's attorney, Ralph Moody. I asked Mr. Tomlinson to accom pany Sergeant Baty and myself to Fred FritVs concert hall. Upon entering, Mr. Tomlinson locked around and said that "everything looked all right to him." I then took him through the bar room and from there through a passageway to the stage and the boxes In the theater. Women Work lit Resort. Mr. Tomlinson admitted that the pas sageway was a violation of the law, but denied that a vestibule in .front of the theater, and connected with the saloon by a door, which is also the main entrance to the theater, waa a violation of the city ordinance. This vestibule is about SO by 40 feet and in it ar two shooting galleries and several electrical slot machines, which by dropping a permy in tre slot you may see several views." All thee thing. In cluding the shooting galleries, are attended to by women. Also with reference to a saloon on Second and Clay streets. A woman was arrested about two weeks ago on a charge of vag rancy, and she informed Ating Detectives Kay and Keinlen and myself that she was a common prostitute and that nhe piled her trade at that saloon. I Instructed Kay and Kelnlen to apply the law to this place, and in a few day afterwards these two officers raided this place and got evidence that would convince any intelligent man that a bawdy house was being conducted by the proprietor of the saloon, and in connection therewith, and in the police court this morning, according to Informa tion by the thr officers making the raid, the charges will come to nothing, provid ing the proprietor alters the building so that a: person cannot go from the bar room to the bawdy house upstairs without first going out on the sidewalk. There Is no intention, so far aa I can see. to impose any penalty. Going back to the case of Fred Frltr, It Is a cinch. In my opinion, that he has a "frame up" with some one in authority. No other man that I know of in this city would be permitted to conduct a business like he has for one night. He has never been interfered with by any other officer In this city except myself, during the past two years. I would like to convince your honor that what I have above stated .ere farts by having you visit the place yourself when It is running in full Swing, or send some members of the police committee to look over the place. By applying the law to Fritz -I am making many personal enemies for myself The following remarkable statement was recently made by L. T. Cooper. It concerns the preparation which has been so widely discussed throughout the country during the'past year, and has sold in such enormous quantities in leading cities: "It Is now a well-known fact that wherever I have introduced my New Discovery medicine, hundreds of peo ple have brought Internal parasites, or tapeworms, to me. in many cases these people did not know the nature of the parasite, and were consequently extremely nervous until I explained the matter to them. In some cities so many have had this experience that" the public generally became alarmed. "I take this opportunity of explain ing what these creatures are. and what I have learned about them in the past. "Tapeworms are much more com mon that would be supposed. I ven ture to say that ten per cent of all chronic stomach trouble, or what is known as a 'rundown condition. Is caused by them. An individual may suffer for years with one of these great parasites and not be aware of it. among prominent citizens of this com munity, and if I am not to have the full approval of the entire city government I will drop this case. My Interest In prose cuting Fred Fritz Is Just the same as that which caused me to prosecute Ericksun"s. the Blaziers and the Paris House, the slot machines and the dives along Fourth street. They were all guilty, the same aa Fred Fritz, and rio more. aoing back to the Second and Clay street saloon. I do not see any good reason why any one setting up and " maintaining a bawdy house In that part of the city should escape punishment If the case against him is proved, as 1 believe this case to be. Respectfully. P. BRUIN, Captain and Inspector of Police. Reply of Major Lane. Mayor Lane, replies to Captain Bruin as follows: Jan. 18, 19t8. Mr. P. Bruin. Captain and Inspector of Police. Portland. Or. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your communication of the 17th inst.; In w-hieh you, report that your effort to compel Fred Fritz, of Second and Purnride street, and- a saloon situated on the comer of Second and Clay atreets. to obey the law. has met with failure owing to the fact that you are not supported in your effort in that direc tion by other officials in the city's employ. In reply to your communication I would say that no protection of any sort Is grunted to these or any other places in the city by myself or by anyone pIsc with my knowledge or by my consent. The inference which I draw from your communication Is that the City Attorney's of flee, the Municipal Judge and the Ohief of Police do not support you in your effort to enforce the law. more es pecially against the "Fritz" place. f will refer your letter to the police com mit lee and ak that the places be com pelled to obey the laws or else be subject to every effort at our command to compel them to do so. Respectfully, HARRY LANE,' Mayor. The Mayor to Sir. Greene. Mayor Lane also addressed a letter to Chairman Greene, as follows: Jan. IS, VMS. Mr. Thomas G. Greene, Chairman. Police Committee. City. Dear Sir: I transmit to you a communication received today from Captain P. Bruin, of the Police Department, and a copy of my reply to him. If conditions are as he states it will be neceseary for us to take Immediate steps to nut these place out of business. I would suggest thai they be given 20 hours to get i inside the law. and if after that length of time they do not do ko, l would also suggest that they be raided and held In jail without bail, and re-raided asa often as is necessary to make them come to time. Very respectfully yours. HARRY LANE, Mayor. Mr. Greene's Answer. Chairman Greene replied as follows: Jan. 18. ios. Hon. Harry Lane, Mayor of Portland Dear Sir: Referring to your communica tion of this date regarding the report of Captain Bruin under date of January .1 7, concerning the violation of certain or dinances by Fred Fritz and by a saloon at Second and Clay streets. I beg to say that as chairman of the police committee I have at all times and on every occasion instructed the Chief of Police, Captain Bruin and every other police officer, with whom I had occasion to discuss the mat ter to enforce the ordinances against Fred Fritz, or any other person, found violating the same, and to continue to do so with out regard to any failure of the City Attor ney or his deputies properly to prosecute, and without legard to any leniency, real or apparent, that might be shown toward such lawbreakers by the Municipal Court. In other words, to arrest such people and keep on arresting then) and keep on put ting the case squarely up to the Municipal Court and City Attorney. It ought to be understood by the Police Department by this time that neither your self nor the police committee has any control whatever over the Municipal Court or the municipal law department. Failure on the part of those departments. If there has been any failure, to perform their du ties. Is something for which we are not responsible and to which we can apply no remedy. But we are responsible for the conduct of the Police Department, and it is the duty of Captain Bruin, and of all other members of the department, to arrest Fred Fritz and the keeper of the bawdy house at Hecond and Clay streets and to throw them up' to the Municipal Court once a day for S65 days every year, or so long as violation of the ordinance continues. Inasmuch as this matter was taken up through you, I have returned herewith the correspondence and heartily concur in your suggestion that the places mentioned should be raided and reraided as often as neces sary to make them come to time. And I beg respectfully to suggest furthr that such instructions be given lo the Chief of Police and to Captain Bruin at once. Fur thermore. I think the Chief of Police should be requested to investigate, with a view of ascertaining to what extent, if any. the patrolmen on the beats where these place are located, have reported concerning the came, and If it appears that such patrol men have walked by such places as these every day without attempting to bring them to justice said patrolmen should be given beats In the suburbs or reported to the olice committee for trial. Tours very respectfully, T. G. GREENE, Chairman of the poilce committee. . (Closes the Incident. Mayor Lane then sent a copy of Chair man Greene's letter to Captain Bruin,, as is shown by. the following: Jan. 20. 1908. Mf. P. Bruin. Captain of Police Depart ment, Portland, Or. Dear Sir: Again re ferring to your favor of recent date. I en close herewith copy of a letter received from Mr. Thomas G. Greene, chairman of the police committee. Yours respectfully. MAYOR. XOT AT BRVIX'S REQUEST Spanish War Veterans Making Inde pendent Investigation. The Spanish-American War Veterans of Scout Young camp are continuing their Investigations -into the case of Captain of Detectives Bruin, who recently re signed from the Police Department. A committee, of which Comrade A. J. Sauls bury is chairman, has the matter in hand. The members have already called upon Chief Gritzmacher and Mayor Lane rel ative to the affair. "The committee was named to make an Impartial Investigation of the cause of Captain Bruin's virtual reduction in rank," said Chairman Saulsbury. "It is untrue, as published, that Captain Bruin asked the camp to investigate, as he knew nothing of it until he was called before the committee and asked for his "Contrary to general belief, the ap petite is not greatly Increased it only becomes irregular. There Is a general feeling of faintness. however, and a gnawing f ensation in the pit of the stomach. "Peoole" afflicted with one of these parasites are nervous and depressed. Their chief sensation is one of hun-p-uor. and they tire very easily. Lack of energy and ambition affect the body, and the mind becomes dull and slug gish. The memory be - omes not so good, and the eyesight is generally poorer. "The New Discovery, in freeing stom ach and bowels of all impurities, seems to be fatal to these great worms, and almost immediately expels them from the system. I wish to assure any one who has tht? experience just related with my preparation, that there Is no cause for alarm in the matter, and that it wiil as a rule mean a speedy restoration to good health." The Cooper medicines are a boon to stomaeh sufferers. We sell them. The Skidmore Drug Co.: Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City. Or. version of the affair. A mistake was also made in a published statement. . In which it was said that Comrade McCord waa spokesman for the committee, as I am chairman and spokesman. "We arc investigating the Bruin mat ter on a strictly Impartial baste, and will report at next Monday nifiht's meet ing. We w ill report on whatever the fa;ts prove to be. If Bruin is at fault, we will censure him; if Mayor Lane, Chief Grixmaehr or the Police Commis sioners are to blame, we will censure them.' COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Organization Perfected by the Sunnyside Push Club. The Sunnyside Push Club perfected its organization last night at the meet ing held In the assembly hall of the Sunnyside School, by adopting consti tution and by-laws and appointing working committees. J. T. Wilson pro sided. J. M. Walker, ' delegate, re ported proceedings of the United East Side Push Clubs, which he said were important to the whole of the Eaat Side. The constitution fixed regular meetings every second Wednesday night of each month, and the assembly hall of the Sunnyside School as the place of meeting. The following work ing committees were appointed: Transportation committee, S. C. Tier. W. H. Sawiell, J. Nash and W. H. Norman: membership. Mrs. J. N. Walker. II. Ray mond. 1. Nash, E. D. Curt, Mr. C. C. Shay: local Improvements. C. S. McDuffee, C. R. Roxburgh, Dr. More; executive corn; mittee. Mrs. E. A. McPherson. Rev. T. I. Kord. F. M. Varner. Mrs. F. M. Miilne. K. D. Curtis, H. V. Ol liver. J. B. Chamber lain. Mrs. J. N. Walker. Mrs. C. H. Rose turgh. Mrs. C. T. Prlvatt. T. F. Shikley. Mij A fines Drennot-n; Are protection. Toll Thompson, B. A. McPherson. J. N. Davi; amusements. C. C. Wood- A. Drover. J. N. Davis; real estate, W. H. Norman. C. T. Prlvatt; delegates to the United KaM Side Push Clubs. T. J. Wilson. J. N. Walker. O. A. Bosserman. Charles Mautz, F. R. Ma. Committees on tree-planting and health were authorized, but the presi dent postponed their appointment until the meeting next Wednesday night. The club decided to affiliate with the United East Side Clubs, and opened its membership to women. 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