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THE- JIORXXSg! OKEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 19(X BOND ISSUE WINS AT HOOD RIVER Taxpayers Decide for Munici pal Water System by Vote of! 70 to 80. FIGHT LASTS SIX YEARS City Council, Which Opposes Private Ownership, Gets State Health Of ficers to JIake. Public Ad dresses and Issue Is Won. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.) By the substantial majority of 90 votes. Hood River taxpayers today de clared In favor of bonding the city to es tablish a municipal water 'system. The vote was 170 for bonds and SO against. The victory for bonds Is attributed to. the campaign instituted by the City Council In securing the State Board of Health to address the large meeting held Thurs- day night. The voting of the bonds puts the city in the position of competing with a pri vate company unless the latter can be eliminated or taken over. It has been atated by Mayor McDonald that the course the city may pursue will be to re voke the charter of the water company and let it recover damages, as he and other members of the city government are opposed to paying the price -for the plant asked by the water company. Costly Litigation Ahead. H. F. Davidson, president of the water company, is equally firm In his demand for $40,000 for the private system, and it la expected that an adjustment of the matter will be taken Into the courts, en tailing expensive litigation. It was with the idea of avoiding this feature of the effort to get . municipal water that it was taken up by the Civic Improvement- League. which recom mended a proposition to let the private company supply the city with additional water taken from artesian wells sunk in an island In Hood River, the city to have the right to buy the system at any time during the life of the contract. The recommendation was reported on unfavorably by the City Council, and an election called to vote on supplying the city with water from a spring owned by it five miles from town. At a pre vious election held in July, for the same purpose? the bonds were defeated. Victory After Six Elections. Tha amount voted is 90.n0, which is expected to be sufficient to cover all the expenses of establishing the plant. Aa part of the right of way which the pro posed pipeline will have to traverse runs through a young orchard owned by the president of the water company and an other to one of his relatives. It ia believed that a legal fight wlU result over this as well as several other matters in con nection with establishing the municipal system. The result of the election today Is the -imlnatlnn of a struggle that has been going on between the residents of Hood. River since 1303. ana is me sinm -tlon held to vote on the question. MONEY FOR PARK FUNQ Chrysanthemum Show Realize Nearly 3300 to Improve Albany. ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 13. (Special.) Al most 1600 for the depot park fund was realized at the Albany Chrysanthemum Fair, which closed last night. Aside from Its work for the civic improvement, it was a marked sueceas from the stand point of beauty and pleasure. The gross receipts reported up to noon todav were .V6 49. Some more money will be received, and almost all is net profit. . Miss Gertrude Taylor, who typified "Sprins." was decreed the most beautiful living picture in the voting contest, which closed with considerable excitement. The Albany .High -School boys were backing Miss Taylor, and the announcement of her victory brought a demonstration equal to the celebration of a football triumph. Miss Taylor was then crowned by Wallace R. Struble, manager of the Commercial Club. t-k. nrwntBil last nleht 1 (If l iiiR t . undoubtedly formed the most beautiful exhibit of the kind ever presentea in this city. Albany haa long been famed for Its pretty girls, and they appeared to advantage. It Is planned to repro duce this feature in the Grand Opera-house. SHINGLE MILLS IN COMBINE Twelve in and Near Elma Organize Selling Agency. ELMA. Wash.. Nov. II. (Special.) The shingle manufacturers of Elma and vicin ity have organized a sellirur agency. 8. A. Gerard, formerly connected with the selling department of the Hoquiam Lum ber A. Box Company, of Hoquiam. has toen selected as manager and has opened offices In the Wade block. Twelve mills have Joined and the entire output of their plants will be -handled by Mr. Gerard, who will do the selling.- collecting and routing of the cars and look after all details. Every mill in this vicinity la now run ning full time and conditions have been improving lit the shingle market, atthoush no material advance in price Is looked for until the Spring trade in the East opens. LAUNCH EXPLOSION CLEAR Hunter's Boat Catrfies Fire and Tank Blows t"p. BELLJNGHAM. Nov. 11 Tha mystery Furroundlng the explosion on board a launch or other vessel several miles off the waterfront last night and the prob able death of the crew was solved iate this afternoon when three hunters re turned here from the Lumml Peninsula, where they landed early this morning. While crossing the bay last night their launch caught fire and the flames got bevond control. The sportsmen took to a dinghy Just before tha gasoline tank exploded and all escaped. GAWLEY WILL, COME BACK Absconding Tacoma Man Ready to Settle With Pabst'a Aid. TACOMA. Wash,- Nov. II. (Special.) Joseph L. Gawley. president of the Gaw - ley Midline & Foundry Company, who mysteriously disappeared from Tacoma three weeks ago. leaving debts of nearly J25O.O0O. has been located in Yokohama. Japan, and according to word received by his brother, will leave for Tacoma on the next steamer. Why Gawley left Tacoma. where his credit was such that he would have been tided over any financial difficulties. Is a mystery. It was rumored that a woman had gone with him. but the story was never confirmed, and his wife, who is a cousin of Pabst. the Milwaukee million aire brewer, still believes in him and In dignantly denies the stories of his alleged faithlessness. In his message to his brother he asks if his business can be redeemed, it hav ing been placed in a receiver's hands soon after his departure. From this It is be lieved that he intends to return and make good. Close acquaintances say that a satisfactory settlement can be made. It Is conjectured' by friends that his wife has interested her millionaire rela- ROBERTSON CUTS SB-HILt RECORD Of Eight Cars Which Start at Atlanta, Five Finish; Three in Record Time. STRANG'S PACE TERRIFIC - O ii i ?- . M. Grrea, Democratic Nominee for Mayor of Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 12. ' (Special.) E. M. Green, who was nominated Democratic candidate May or of Vancouver yesterday, has been a resident of the city for the past 20 years, and has been actively engaged tn the practice of law during that time. He was born in Delaware County. Iowa. In 1863. He spent two years in Lenox College at Hopkln ton. Iowa, and graduated fronr the state university. law department. The Fall, of 18S3 he came to Clark County and taught school In Fruit Valley. The following Spring he opened a law-office In this city, and since that time has been a resident here. Three terms he served as City At torney. 18IM. 1807' and 1808. and in 1907 he was elected Mayor. Green Is the only Democrat ever elected Mayor of Vancouver. tlve so that financial assistance will be forthcoming;. MONEY READY FOR ROAD PUGET SOCXD ELECTRIC EN TERPRISE SEEKS FRAXCHISE. Application Made at Aberdeen by Eldrldge Wheeler Said to Have Backing of Eastern Capital. ABERDEEN, TV-ash.. Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) For the purpose of building a Una of electric railway from a point on Pu set Sound, -which la declared to be Olympla, to Hoquiam, Eldridge Wheeler, of Montesano, has made application to the Board of County Commissioners for a franchise along certain highways In Chehalis County. The application will be considered by the board when the legal time limit for its publication shall have expired. From reliable sources it is learned that Mr. Wheeler is representing Eastern capital ists other than the Stone & Webster interests. Representatives of the investors have visited this state during the past few. months and after a thorough investiga tion of the planjhave reported favorably and. upon the Strength of their repre sentations, it is stated that the money for the building of the road will be forth coming. It is declared that the road will be completed within a year. WARRANT ISSUED FOR BULL Idaho Justice Sends Court Officers to Arrest Disturbing Animal. BOISB. Idaho. Nov. 11 (Special.) A full-sized, blood-thirsty and ferocious bull will be haled Into Judge W. C. Bower's Justice Court In this city this week and arraigned for breaking the peace, if the order of the court is fol lowed out to the letter. Judge Bower has Issued a warrant for the arrest of the bull on the grounds that it has a total disregard for law and order, that its presence is viewed with alarm, that it is disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood and is a menace to the public. Two court officials have been commis aloned to go to Maple Grove and take the beast into custody. TAX ON SAWMILLS UPHELD . Correctness of Cruise Made for Tim ber Assessment Involved. CHEHALIS.' Wash.. Nov. VL 9pecial.) Judge Rice has sustained the assess ment of the timber and sawmill compa nion for the year 1907. which, they al iened, waa excessive. The contest hinged 1 n r t f-1 ua itm of timber made under orders r of the County Commissioners. . Taxes aggregating many thousands of dollars are involved. The case will be ap pealed to the Supreme Court. Kelso Preacher Resigns. KELSO. Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) At the Presbyterian Church last night Rev. a A. George resigned as pastor. Ill health has made It necessary for the pastor and his wife to move to California. The church extended a call to Rev. A. B. Skinner, of Milwaukee, Wis., and ordered a special session of Columbia River Pres bytery to release Rev. Mr. George from his. present pastorate. Machinist's Leg Crushed. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov.. 12. (Spe-cial.r-t-Whll Charlea Johnson, a machin ist, was taking down a large drum in the boiler-room at the paper mill at Camas this evening, it fell on him and broke his leg In two places between the knee and hip. He was brought to Van couver for treatment. ' Turkish baths. Mrs. Turney, SSI Drexel bids, 2d and YamiilL . Goes Ten Miles in 07:18:32, but Loses Tire and Is Forced to With draw Pope-Toledo Explodes, Hurling Two Men 50 Feet, ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 12. Today's auto mobile races reached their climax when George H. Robertson, driving a 60-horse-power Fiat, lowered the American track record for 50 miles by :0:07. He made the distance In 40:14.2. The previous record was held by John N. Aiken, who drove a National second in today's race. -and Stillman. who came In third in a Marmon, both bettered the Indianapolis mark. Aiken made the dis tance in 41:11.41, and Stillman in 43:30.56. Eight cars started and five finished. I-ouis Strang, piloting his 200-horsepower Fiat, set a terrific pace in the first 15 miles, but in the 18th. as he was passing the Judges' stand, the tire of his rear right wheel exploded. This compelled his withdrawal, as It was impossible, owing to the special design of the car, to make a quick replacement of tires. His time for the first 10 miles was :07:18.32. Strang Travels Faster. ' Strang traveled an average of three seconds a mile faster than Robertson, and on this basis It Is figured that had he been able to finish the race he would have gone, the 66 miles in four minutes less than the time made by Robertson. Hugh Harding, driver of the Appexson "Jackra-bblt," had a hard time of It try ing to keep out of the pocket made for him by the two Chalmers-Detroit drivers, Lorimer and Dlngley. On the 27th mile, -while Lorimer was at the left of him and slightly in advance, and Dlngley close behind on the right, Harding made an attempt to escape from the pocket. Lorimer blew a tire,- running against the fence and losing a wheel. . Harding was about six feet behind when he also blew a tire, but managed to avoid running Into his rival. Riders piown 50 Feet. A more Berious accident occurred dur ing the practice hour, when a specially designed, high-powered Pope-Toledo val ued at J25.O00. was wrecked. H. J. Kll patrick. driver, and H. G. Church, mechanician, were thrown 80 feet from their seats, but fell in a bedding of un derbrush and escaped with slight in juries. The car was a total loss. The blowing up of Strang's tire gave Robertson the lead at the end of the 20th mile. He was followed by Aiken, Harding, Lorimer, Btlllman, Dingley and Disbrow, the last-named in a Rainier. In his 42d mile Aiken was compelled to replace a tire. The change waa made in a minute and a half, and the star driver of the National team was able to resume without losing hie position as sec ond in the race. The weather today was warm and in viting and the largest crowd of the meet ing witnessed the event. BARNES HANGED, DENYING Murderer of Aged Woman Shows No Fear of Death on Scaffold. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Nov. 12. (Special.) Hexekiah W. Barnes was hanged at sunrise today In the Peniten tiary here for the murder, on April 30, 1!"08, of Mrs. Anna Aldrlch. 79 years old, whom he had enticed to her lonely ranch in Coppel Canyon, on the plea that her presence was required to inspect the prop erty. Barnes attacked the woman with a pick handle, and after killing her threw the body into a hole beneath an uprooted tree. Possession- of the ranch was the motive of the murder. . Barnes did not show fear of death as the end approached. He ate heartily, smoked silently and slept soundly in the last hours of his life. He wrote a long letter to his wife and protested his -innocence to those with whom he talked. The evidence against him was circumstantial, including that of the storekeeper from whom he bought the pick-handle. He complained that the pick-handle was worm-eaten, but added that it would do for his purpose. If relatives will bear the cost. Barnes' request that he be buried outside the prison will be respected. STATE'S CASH $740,341 Treasurer Makes Report of Com monwealth's Finances. ' SALEM. Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) The report of the State Treasurer for the period ending October 31 shows -a cash balance on hand November 1 of J740, 341.15. The cash on hand on January 1. 1909. 'was $892. 147.44. Receipts for the ten months to November 1, $2,868,802.09. Disbursements. $2,O50.0S.3S. From the Insurance department there has been received this year. $61,792.64; Secretary of State. JS4.314.9S; corpora tion license fees. $119,839.89. Of the total state tax levy of $2,046. Ofil.25 there has been paid in to date $1,275,000. The tax is all due on or be fore December 1. NINE GIVE PLEA OF GUILTY Judge Burnett Will Pass Sentence on Tillamook Bootleggers. TILLAMOOK, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.)- Judge Burnett will pass sentence upon nine "bootleggers" tomorrow morning, as that number pleaded guilty. They include J. S. Lamar. Clyde Clements, D. J. Gil bert. EM Fischbacker, A. B. Allison, James De Rose. Henry Jennings, R. P. York and L. T. Othier. Joe Illlngsworth, also arrested for "bootlegging," is to stand trial. There are several warrants out for other men who have left the county. ALL READY FOR SHRINERS Albany Will Give Visitors Time of Their Lives. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) Everything is in readiness here tonight for the entertainment of the Shriners who will visit Albany tomorrow with the pil grimage of Al Kader Temple, of Portland. Several hundred Shriners will be guests of the LJnn Gounty capital tomorrow. The Portland excursion is expected to bring 400 or 600, including a delegation from Tacoma. A big delegation from the new temple at Ashland and also a num ber of, Shriners from Medford, Grants Pass. Roseburg and Eugene are expected to arrive tomorrow morning. Salem, Cor vallis, Lebanon, Brownsville. Harrisburg and other cities will also send visitors. The Portland excursion will reach Albany at 1 o'clock. The Shriners will at once be conducted to the Elks' Temple for Punch and at 2:30 o'clock will occur the business session of Al Kader Temple: The big parade will take place at 3:30 o'clock. All kinds of features are being planned for this parade. The ceremonial session will occur at 8 o'clock in the evening. Sixty candidates from Albany and the surrounding cities will be initiated, after which a big ban quet will take place. While the Shriners are attending their session the women who accompany them will be entertained at the Masonic Temple by the local members of the Order of the Eastern Star. "We are prepared to entertain all of the s'hriners who can come," said P. D. Gilbert, secretary of the general enter tainment committee, today. "We expect 700 or SCO. but are prepared to entertain all who come, no matter if there are 2000." E ITS SL POLITICAL EQUALITY LEAGUE ADOPTS A WARCRY.' Would Enjoy Privileges as Well a a Bear Burdens of Citizenship, Washington Women Declare. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) The slogan of the Washington Political Equality League will be "education." At a meeting of the Executive Board for Eastern Washington, the following policy was adopted: To work for the enfranchisement of the women of the' state: to place women on a political equality with men: to make women citi zens of the state and Nation: to make it possible for them to "enjoy the privi lege" as well as "bear the burdens" of citizenship. "For practical work on this plan or policy to gain the object for which we are organized, our slogan will be 'educa tion,' " the Board declares. "We expect to make an opportunity to put before each voter of the state of Washington the Justice and importance of our cause. We will do this by dis tribution of literature, by lectures and through the public press." May Arkwrlght Hatton is the league's president, . mm To Dispel Colds and Headaches; . To Cleanse the System Effectually ; 7b assist in Overcoming I s Habitual Constipation l Permanently; Use the v Pleasant and Refreshing j Laxative Remedy """ .. A Acts dently yet promptly without dis turbing the natural functions and with out any unpleasant after effects and there fore it is the best for the mother and the infant, for the invalid sick-abed and the strong, robust manwhen bilious or constipated. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS, ALWAYS BUY THE GENUINE, Manufactured bythe CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. ONE SIZE ONLY, REGULAR. PRICE, 5Q ct s PER, BOTTLE. I HIS BODY FLIES 75 FEET Green Driver of Donkey Engine For feits Life to Inexperience. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) George C. Bach, aged 36 years, an em ploye at the Sargent & McDonald logging camp on Black Creek, near Montesano, was almost instantly killed yesterday afternoon by the explosion of the boiler of the donkey engine on which he was working. His body was thrown 75 feet by the force of the explosion and he was unconscious when picked up, living only a few mo ments after the accident and never re gaining consciousness. Bach was said to be unfamiliar with the task of operat ing a donkey engine and it is believed that he himself was responsible for the accident that caused his death. . Cutter Thetis Home From Arctic. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Nov. 12. Completing a season in northern waters that has' been eventful in the operations of the department because of the amount of benefits provided, the revenue cutter Thetis, Captain An drew J. Henderson, arrived here yes terday after an absence of six montha. The season's cruise of the cutter in cluded a visit to Point Barrow, in the Arctic, the most northerly point in American territory, where supplies for scientific observations were landed, after an interruption of two years. McCredie's Margin C84 in Lewis. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Nov. 12. The offi cial vote of Lewis County, as canvassed by the county canvassing board, shows the following result at the recent Con gressional electmn: W. W. McCredie. Re publican, 738: Ernest Lister, Democrat, 454: Emil H. Herman. Socialist, 148; Thomas Harlan, Independent, 27: H. K. RockweU, Prohibitionist, 53; - . Carl M. Carlson, Socialist-Labor, 11. Judge Mc Credie's plurality over all was 284. Each vote cost $1 to the Lewis County tax payers. South Bend Elects Cnrtief Mayor. SOUTH BEND. Wash., Nov. 12.-(Spe-cial.) At the city election only - one ticket, the Progressive, was in the field, and a light vote was cast. The following officials were elected: Mayor, George R. Cartler; Clerk, C. H. Mills; Treasurer, George J. Dever; Attorney, John T. Welsh: Counetlmen for two years, John L. Myers, Henry Rohrbeck and E. C. Lawler: Councilman-at-Large, A. W. Dodwell. ; Alaskan Acquitted of Murder. VALDEZ. Alaska. Nov. 12. Ralph Williams, a prominent mining man of Alaska, was acquitted today of the mur der of Frank Dunn. formerly a road house keeper, at Susitna Station. Will iams pleaded self-defense. The tragedy took place last Winter. Williams had Just arrived at Susitna from his mining property up the Susitna River, and be came involved in trouble with Dunn be cause the latter abused Mrs. Dunn. Summer Vegetable in Winter EUGENE, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) The people of Eugene are enjoying string beans in November. Mr. Barrett, a local gardener, ha Just picked a ton of beans from hla Kentucky Wonder vines, which are of a fine quality. The gardener gath ered a large crop during, the Summer, but that dJd not interfere, with the No vember crop. Barrett's gardens are lo cated in Fairmount, on the river bottom. I Dentist Burned by Explosion.. NBWBERG. Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) A gas explosion in tha dental laboratory of Dr. Nelson Morrison, in the Union block, last evening, caused a fire that did considerable damage. Dr. Morrison rushed from the laboratory enveloped in flames. He waa painfully but not seri ously burned on the hands and face. Suit Against Autolst Thrown Out. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov, 12. (Special.) In the suit of David droyle against August Erickson, Judge Campbell this afternoon granted a motion for a non suit. Croyle, while riding horseback, was thrown against a barbed wire fence, his steed becoming frightened at Erickson's automobile, and he sued for damages. Chile to Build Warships. SANTIAGO. Chile, Nov. 12. The naval building programme decided upon by the Chilean government provides for the con strnction of one battleship, four torpedo boat destroyers and two submarines at a cost of $14,000,000, JEW F AUORED Walla Walla Favors Commis sion Plan of Government. PRESENT METHOD CLUMSY Commercial Cluh, Mayor and City Officials Unite In Urging Change After Census Is Taken - -Next Year. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 12. c i i .v, ., v-ont-eKentAtivA business v.i't-l ."-1 . " '- J - - men of this city have started a movement to do away with the present form of municipal government after the census next year, ana nave tms cuy jmem by the commission plan of government It is the opinion of those most interested in the development of Walla Walla that the next census will give this city a popu lation of more than 20,000. which will en title it to a flrst-class charter. Walla Walla Is laboring now under an old, cumbersome charter. It resulted from a series of special enactments, and dates back to the old territorial days. "That old - charter" has become a by word in the city hall. Several months ago the subject of a change was brought to the attention of the Commercial Club, and this body will be instrumental- In' putting the issue through if it ever does succeed. At the luncheon of the club this week Attorney C. G. Gose, who has studied the commission plan of government, gave a detailed explanation of its workings, and the consensus of opinion among the mem bers present was that the plan was com mendable. Almost every city employe favors the change. Mayor Eugene Tau sick said he favored it because he thought the new form was abreast with the times and that Walla Walla should not bring up the rear. It ia thought four men, with the Mayor, would be enough to conduct the affairs of this city. At present there are six Councllmen and the Mayor. None of them is paid. All are engaged in other business, and many times the city work does not re ceive the same attention it would if there were one head to each department to assume the responsibility. The question of a change was discussed fully at a meeting of the Commercial Club members tonight, and it was the opinion of a decided majority that to do away with the present form of handling mu nicipal affairs within the next two or three years would be a step in the right direction. The salaries of the four heads of departments would not be more than J1500 a year each, while the Mayor's salary, It is thought, would not exceed 2000. Farmers Oppose Salary Advances. CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) The Granges of Iwis County have em ployed Forney & Ponder, of ChehallB, to figlit the reclassificaiton of this county, which was made several months ago, whereby the class was raised. Under the advance in classification, the salaries of all the county officers was materially in creased. Girl Dies of Quick Consumption. CLATSKANIE, Or.; Nov. 12. (Special.) Ella, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dixon, old settlers here, died this morning, after an illness of a few weeks, from quick consumption. PIANOS PIANOS "FROM' FACTORY TO H9ME" Hovenden-Soule Piano Co. 106 Fifth St., Next to Perkins Hotel. If you need a piano, now is the time to buy it. Why pay more when you can buy one at factory prices, on easy terms. A little down and little each month will secure one in your home. No ' use to rent a piano when you can buy a nice one at our place for $5 per month. Drop in and see us. We save you money. Hovenden-Soule Piano Co. PIANOS PIANOS SUITS AND OVERCOATS NOW AM MADE TO ORDER PORTLAND'S LEADING TAILORS ERICAN GENTLEMAN TAILOR CORNER SIXTH AND STARK STREETS