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E TO COST SI 00, Methodists Plan to Build Fine Structure for Church Work. MINISTERS CLOSE MEETING Three Days' Session of Church Lead er Proves Most Successful in History of Portland District Body Officers Are Klccted. After the (close last night of the final session of tne Portland District Meth odist preachers' meeting, which has been In session at the Taylor Street M. E. Church during the past three days, a movement was started to build In Port land soon a $100,00 'Deaconess Home. The proposition was strongly advocated In addresses by Rev. Fletcher Homan D. D., president of Willamette Univer sity, and Dr. William B. Jlollingshead. It was the sentiment of all who spoke on the subject that funds can be se cured for the project, and the body practically reached a decision to carry out the proposed plan. Officers Are Elected. The officers elected for the City Church Extension Society for the coming year were as follows? President, G. F. John son: vice-president, 1. T. Johnson: sec retary. J. P. Newel i: treasnier, C W. DeGralT. The retiring officers were: President, T. S. MeDaniel: vice presi dent, J. K. Iwton: secretary. Ev. N. Wheeler: treasurer. A. F. Flegel.. To ex-President T. S. McDaniel there was oresented bv the Extension Society. in token of appreciation for the satisfac tory manner in which he has tilled his office, a large cut glass vase. Sixteen Portland Methodist ministers were, presented with certificates for hav ing established churches during the last two years. The ceremony of offering these certificates was elaborate and mere were speeches of deep appreciation by various members of the body present. The ministers to whom certificates, were presented were as follows: Rev. William R. Jeffrey. Jr.: Rev. Charles L. Hamilton. Rev. Carl J. Larsen. Rev. Charles T. McPherson. Rpv. Emery II. Mowre, Rev. Harold Oberg, Rev. John W. McDougall, Rev. 'William T. Euster, Rev. Clarence True Wilson, D. D.; Rev. Lester C Poor,' Rev. George P. Benrrett, Rev. liana P. .Nelsen, Rev. Eklwin E. Ilertzler. Rev. John D. Voce. Rev. Dennis A. Watters. Rev. John Ovall. Drs. Fletcher Homan and D. L Hader were also given certificates for having raised funds for the construction of churchee. Xew Churches Cost $176,000. The treasurer's report showed that the extension society had handled during the past two years $25,000, and the value of the churches built ' was $176,000. In the course of an address Dr. W. B. Ilolllngshead said that one out of every 40 persons in Portland is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and that the Methodist Church in the Northwest is as strong a6 the next two strongest, with laoo members besides. The speaker made a plea for the Methodists to do something to save the youth of the city and to change conditions so that young women might walk the streets without being molested by the rough element of the city. In the afternoon session the general topic was "The Holy Ghost." Addresses were given as follows: "His Personality." J. W. McDougall: "His Deity," C. T. Wilsv. "His Office Work as Recorded in the Scriptures." R. E. Myers: "His Office Work Among Unsaved Men," W. T. Euster; "His Re lation to Christian "Workers," Ij. C. Poor; "When and How Can He Be Received?" Jj. F. Smith :"Review f the Above," W. R. Jeffrey, jr. The convention was voted by all the . ministers the most successful that ever has been held, by the church. SINGLE TAX, IDLE DREAM Vet This Is What XI Ken Outfit Pro poses for 1912. PORTLAND, Nov. 30. (To the Kditor.) Borne months ago I called attention to the programme ot the single taxers to put the . Henry Oeorge theory on the ballot in Ore- iron in in 12. The advocates of this syBtera Bre working assiduously and secretly, avoid ing as much as possible those who are known to ne unalterably opposed to the taxation of land values only. The circulars being sent out by "the Joseph Fels Fund" - request the recipient to state if he Is op posed to the system, and whether the com- in It tee shall continue to send' him - literature on the subject. The plan of the single taxers Is to gather all their forces, organize them and.maka a whirlwind campaign In 1112 AmonV those who will lead in the campaign are W. S. V'Reu. C. K. S. Wood and a Mr. McAllister. all of -whom are men of known Socialistic tendencies. Let us grant to every man the right to - promulgate any theory he believes to be right, but when It comes to disrupting our established form of government by putting .uch theories Into practice, every thinking man should bestir himself and protect hi rights. As In -well known, the object of the single lax as advocated by our Oregon statesmen of the Socialistic persuasion is to destroy private ownership of land. T"ne single tax it only a means to that end. This theory is one of the most dear to the Socialistic lieart. If land could be made public prop erty, to be farmed out by the Government, the long-dreamed-of "Utopia would be hee, . says the .Socialistic creed. Now. I do not believe there is a man of science (I mean a genuine scientific thinker) in the world today who would not pronounce suuh a theory Impracticable. The home, pro tected by the rights guaranteed in our. Con stitution, Is the basis of civilisation, gov-, ernment and human progress. Destroy that factor and we have chaos, and no stronger evidence of this fact can be found lhan in mediaeval and modern history. Take t he aborigines, for instance. They had no private ownership of land, strictly speak ing. Tribe "squatted" in various sections and eked out a miserable existence from the soil. Xo man could give the best there was in htm, either to the development of himself or the elevation of the plane upon which he lived. The reason is plain. There was no incentive no hope of reward. If a man Is to be dispossessed of his land by a superior authority, he will give it no : rare. He will cultivate it only sufficiently to secure from it a bare physical existence, flo will build no schools, teach no high Ideals of civic righteousness, and the great goal of universal brotherhood toward which humanity is pressing today will never be reached. The Individual unit working In harmony witTi the whole of human society Is the factor which must work out our sal vat ton. Destroy private rights and this unit disappears. No working method re mains disorganization and chaos prevail. The individual unit will be destroyed simultaneously with the government owner ship of- land. Under our present system very man docs his individual work and contributes to the Government his Just share for "his protection under the law. Un der the system proposed by the single tax vr every man will lose his independence and become a ward of the Government a sort of t-harlty seeker, with no individuality, no Independence and no pride in himself or his country. Our great advance In science. Invention and art has been achieved la the DEACONESS HUM last few decades. XVhv was it that nothing useful was ever Invented until after the Revolutionary War? Simply because men were under the hand of oppression. Indi vidual freedom was unknown. Human prog ress is the fruit of individual freedom, which is based solely upon private rights recog nlred and protected by society as a whole. The doctrine that taxation of land only as a means of supporting the Government -.rou Id remedy existing evils is tne vagary of a diseased imagination. The claim that a man should have no part of the "unearned Increment"' Is equally fallacious. Take, for example, the man who goes into the wilder ness and isolates himself from human so-1 ciety in order to make a home. He buys land at a low price, improves it and does hie daily routine in order to make a living. Then a change takes place. Those who were unwilling to share the hardships which he endured in pioneering the country' are forced to seek this country now in order to secure sustenance. The Influx of many people increases the value of the pioneer's land. After years of toil and isolation from society he Is surrounded by thousands seek ing the means of a living. These newcomers become dissatisfied at the superior advan tage of their pioneer neighbor. They de ride that he should have no advantage over them. His years of privation In the wir derness. cut off from human comforts, are not taken into consideration. His land should be taxed for the support of those who have recently flocked in. He has no right to the "unearned increment,' which is the- legitimate reward of his years of hardship and suffering, while his newly-arrived neighbors were reveling in the social aengnts or tne city. T maintain that this pioneer yshould have every advantage accruing from the in creased value of his land.. The Henry George theory is crude and impracticable. it is untried except in re mote cases, and has, in every instance, proved a failure. The single taxers are constantly pointing to New Zealand as an ?xample of the blessings of the single tax. Those who have made a thoroueh sturiv of New Zealand's system of taxation declare tt a failure. The fact that no man can acquire any considerable wealth there is enough in Itself to condemn the system isew ."aiano didn't give us the telegraph in wepnone, eiecxric iignl and all tin other great accessories of modern rlviuu tion. People living under such' a system have no ambition further than to get their dally bread. The greatest progress In the world's his tory has been made In America, where we. nave a ".Bill of Rights" In our Constitution and where every man gets what he is worth and no more. Tnese rights and the benefits accruing from them the single taxers would destroy. ALTAR TO CELL IS FATE MAR1IIKI) IX MORNING, ROOM . ARRKSTED AT NIGHT. Son of Dalles Capitalist Accused of .Defrauding Innkeeper Bride Weeps, Keeps - Faith. J-oss than ten hours after his marriage 10 auks juamie K. Mulvey, of Oregon City. Frank A. Callaghan. son of Michael Callaghan, a retired capitalist of The DallCS. livillC in PnrtlnnW . , , Hlnn. wood Hotel, at 248 Salmon street, was uugea in ine city- jail, charged with de fraudinar an innkoener Callaghan and Miss Mulvey were mar- icu .venieraay morning at 11 o'clock by i- uiiier w nara. At o clock last night, while he anH his wife fn ... ments at the Glenwood. Detectives Helyer and Maioney arrested him. In default of i-. . , ; i . ii , . . urt.ii, emaguan was iorca to remain i . . J i 1 Mrs. C. G. Hendrlx, of 263 Sixteenth Street. Who rnndnnla a hn.rIltn.k...nA is the complainant. ' She alleges that young CallAE-hnn loft ur- nia , months ago owing her $140 for board and ..,.,m. vaiiagnan, wno Dears a good rep utation. Hoes not rlpnv ntvini, hill declares he has not had any intention of ueirauamg mrs. Mendrix. "I had not seen or heard of Callaghan for several weeks" xtt- irnn.i- "until vesterdnv whn t -i 1. 1 ' curing a marriage license. His address in me paper, ana 1 visited Captain Bailey. I swore to the warrant Novem ber Dut the police were unable to find him." Miss Mulvey ts a s'ister pf Deputy Coun ty Clerk William Mulvey. of !lackamas Countv. Her mntlipr llva., in ....- but the daughter has been in Portland tunc, wurKing as a saleswoman. that he will come nut nil riht .uL - at.t comes io trial."' she said, weeping, but the disgrace of his being in jail is almost more than I can bear." Mrs. Charles Venable. landlady of the Glenwood. mva Oalloo-i. i tJ , jin.i j'M-m xier promptly, and has always carried himself as a gentleman. n CONSUL'S REMOVAL , JOKE Senor Vejar Says Iteport of Succes sor's Appointment Is False. Antonio Rafael Vplar lv..i r , - j ........ uuaui rrom Peru, who is reported to have been removed from M nnEutnn . A . - w ...j. w.i a.uu lu nave been succeeded by Carlos Maximo Bar reto, yesterday declared the report was 'I dO not intevirl in mdIv. I j it -" v . .... 1 1 , baiu con sul Vejar yesterday, "and I have never given the matter a thought. I think the reDOrt is pvtremolw t-w1 !,.,,..,. .. 1 j ... i . - - - .ux-u.uua mm n. juite. I have received no official notification of the appointment of Barreto to the Consulship nor any reVjuest for my resig nation, but on. the other hand, I have In the last few days received complimentary letters both from officials in Peru and from the Consul-General in Xew 'York. "I have never felt more encouraged than at the present time with what I am accomplishing here, and I think the outlook for profitable trade relations be tween Portland and Peru Is most prom ising." N. P. SUED FOR $20,000 North Yakima Man. Seeks . Big Sum for Personal Injuries. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 1. (Special.) J. H. Clarkson has brought an action against the Northern Pacific Railroad In the Superior Court here today to recover damages In the sum of $20,602.25 for alleged personal In juries received almost two years ago. He aliases that the railway company removed a plank crossing- without giv ing warning and when he attempted to drive over in February. 190S, his sled was stopped so suddenly that he was thrown to the ground, fracturing his right arm and bruising him so badly that he has been Incapacitated for work. He Is a carpenter and earned from $4.50 to 6 a day, and he wants remuneration and general damages. Stayton Women Get Busy. STATTON. Or.. Dec. 1. Special.) The Ladies' Improvement Club of Stay ton is working hard to open a free reading-room in Stayton by the first of the year. This Is the woman's adjunct here to the former men's Stayton Com mercial Club, which will be reorgan ized in a few days to boost Stayton. Stayton Citizens Aid Woman. STATTON, Or., Dec 1. (Special.) Seventy Stayton citizens yesterday do nated 60 cents apiece for the relief of Mrs. Al Hepburn, whose husband Is suffering with a broken leg. Old Indian Fighter Dead. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 Brigadier-General Thomas McCurdy Vincent, famous as an Indian fighter and organizer of volunteers during the Civil War, died hero yesterday, aged 77. HEROES ARE' ACTORS Minstrel Show at Baker The ater Scores Heavily. PROGRAMME IS VARIED Playlet, "The Mysterious Red Anto," Proves Entertaining" as Every Other Stunt Through Which Boys Sport Again Tonight. To a spirited burst of ragtime music from an augmented orchestra of 12 men the curtain at the BaJcer. Theater last night rose upon the annual minstrel of-, fering of the Spanish War Veterans. A double row of brunette, In varying shades of duskiness, were seated in the manner and style prescribed and ac cepted for minstrel shows. In the cen ter of the stage sat Jay H. Upton, clad: In his most joyous raiment, his beam ing billlken smile Surmounted by. a hack driver's headg-ar. . Musical Offerings Score. A constant running fire of comment, the inevitable questions of "Mistah Johnsing." and Mistah .Tohnslng's" rep etition of the question before he could vouchsafe an answer, interspersed witvh numerous musical, numbers, made the offering a success. The end men were Zeb T. Martin, clad as a dusky belle, queen of the Philippines. Lincoln Hart as the' queen's soldier lover, a tall attenuated stick of charcoal; Seneca Fouts. shak ing like a mound of fat brown jelly in his close-fitting apparel: .Fred Jones, who certainly can dance, and Harold Germanus and M. Marks, Jr., who forcibly reminded one of one T. Roosevelt's present valets, all showed to advantage. George. H. Evans. George W. Sweeny and Foss Griffith constituted the queen's minstrels. Each of this trio contributed song numbers of merit. Mr. Griffith's voice is especially pleas ing. His rendition .of "Roses" was much applauded. Mr. Evans has one of the best basso voices heard in any like performance' in some time. His solo, "Down in the- Deep," was- easily one of the best numbers on the entire programme. Mr. Sweeny's offering was Chauncey Olcolfs beautiful ballad, "Sweet Girl of My Dreams," which was particularly well received. Jones Makes Hit With Song. Perhaps one of the best numbers con tributed by the made-up Zulus was "That's a Plenty," by Fred Jones, to which he added several terpsichorean feats that went great. Other musical n-umbeoa were: "In the Shade of the Sheltering Palm," by A. Lincoln Hart; "I Want to Go to the Ball Game," chorus; introduction of the Queen and Red-head, medley, jesters, quartet and chorus; "My Gal Irene," M. Marks, Jr.; "Gee! Ain't I Glad I'm Sin gle," Lincoln Hart; "I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play," Zeb L. Martira-and guests. Throughout all the gayety Eddie Wein stein ambled in and out and added mirth with his laughable role- of a Yiddish law yer. Andrew Vaughn wae well received, in his reading of- original poems on Oregon, followed, by Jpseph Hayes, who gave, an interesting reading, a satire, entitled "A Busted Tragedian." Warren Camp was heard In several delightful piano "selec tions and one of the big hits of the even ing was Fred Jones' monologue and im personation of a colored' reverend gen tleman in his pulpit. The last half of the programme con sisted of a tabloid playlet, which rejoiced In the suggestive title of The Mysterious Red Auto." Following Is the cast: -District Attorney, M. Marks. Jr.; As sistant District Attorney, Seneca Fouts; Ju&tice of the Peace, A. Lincoln Hart; attorney for the defense. Jay H. Upton; constable, Eddie Weinstein; bailiff. Jack Hulford; defendant. Ben Davis; defend ant's father, Gordan A. Peel; Daily News reporter. Zeb-L. Martin; jury of. 12 men (alive or dummies) ; a sleuth, George 11. Carr. The entire programme was staged by ' Lincoln Hart and' a packed house at tested the interest manifested in the pro duction. The entertainment will be re peated tonight, all receipts to be turned over for the relief fundi of the local Span ish War Veterans. CARLL DENIES CHARGES Oregon City Mayor Makes Reply to Opposing Candidate. OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. 1. (Spe cial.) Dr. W. K. Carll, for two years Mayor of Oregon City, and a candidate for a third term, today issued a reply to the charges made last week by O. B. Eastham. who is opposing Carll .on the progressive ticket. Dr. Carll denies that the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company will seek a new franchise next year, and he reiterates his attitude toward F. M. Swif, who is promoting the construc tion of an electric railway through trt. Molalla Valley. The fight between the two Mayoralty candidates is becoming hot. The vote next Monday will be close. COAL COMPANY COMPLAINS Portland- Firm Says S. P. and S. Road Overcharges for Hauling. SALEM. Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) The Peninsula Feed & Fuel Company, of Portland, has made complaint to the State Railroad Commission that the Spokane, Portland. & Seattle Railway Company charges the coal company as nign as w cents per ton, or upward of $24 per car, for moving cars from St. John to the. West Side and other Dartn nt Portland. OREGON WILL BE THERE Many Exhibits Placed in Coliseum Display at Chicago. ' That Oregon is represented bv an ex cellent exhibit at the United States Land and Irrigation Congress, held in Chicago, was positively stated ty the local passen ger department of the O. R. & Rail road Company, in spite of the article in an evening paper supposed to be from Frank J. Richardson, proprietor of the Perkins Hotel, who said there was no Oregon exhibit there. In proof of the existence of the exhibit. the following is copied from a letter -re ceived by the passenger department Tuesday from W; R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Hood River Land and Apple Com pany, who says his brother wrote the quotation from Chicago: I have Just ben to the land show saw th Hood Ftlver exhibit and a woivderful reproduc tion In miniature of the Hood River Valley by the O. R. & N. Co.. showing Mount Hood In lh distance and the ranches In the fore ground, and It made us all -homesick for yvu and fr Oregon, The how Ja wonderful and tne tTOTM are immense. v The Hood River exhibit cost about $7000 for shipment. In addition, the J. n. & Is. has sent an exhibit cover Ing 62 square feet, and several boxes of literature. ADVICE GIVEJf STREETCAR MEN" Brotherhood of Electrical Employes Hears Addresses.. In a talk before the meeting of the Brotherhood of Electrical Emnloves of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, . held Tuesday night. Police Judge Bennett gave the conductors and motormen advice regarding the way they should handle the public. He explained the necessity - of their being courteous to passengers on their cars. Charles F. Swigert gave the men a re sume of the development of the street railway systems in Portland, from the time the old horsecars. which were only ten feet long, were In use until the pres ent gooa equipment of the roads. B. Josselyn advised the men regarding neatness in personal appearance. There were about ISO men present at the meet ing. WIFE WINS BIG FIGHT XORTH DAKOTA DIVORCE DE CLARED ILLEGAL. California Siiperior Court Decides Interesting Contest of Wire No. 1 Against Her Husband. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. After 13 years of litigation instituted bv a d vorced wife to secure the annulment of her husband's second marriage after she had succeeded in having the orig inal aecree set aside. Judge Sturtevant. of the Superior Court, today ruled that oeorge ssterieln, the man in the case, is legally wedded to his second . choice. and that the annulment of the divorce by a Nortel Dakota court was invalid Thirteen years ago Sterlejn secured a divorce from his ife in North Dakota after settling property on her valued at 110,000. Later he came to this city aim married again. Shortly after this his first wife pro cured tn annulment of the divorce nn the ground that It was the result of collusion and fraud. She then came to this city and entered suit to have Ster- lein s second marriage annulled. This suit has been dragging through the local Superior Courts for over 12 ocaio, ana me case did not end until .,uuec oiunevant decreed today that the North Dakota court .was without jui iBuicnon wnen it annulled the de cree. WITNESSES NOT AGREED ST. CROIX CAPTAIN ACCUSED AND DEFENDED ON STAND. Seaman Says Warner Was Drunk; Quartermaster Who Stood Be side Him Denies. " SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. l.-Cnnfi,VHnD. accounts of the burning of the steamer i. vroix marked the investigation into the disaster today. P. J. rvirriiran or. able seaman, stated that he caw Cap- vo.ni naiiier scanning on the deck of the burning vessel with a bottle in one hand and a revolver in the. other, acting "like a crazy man. cursing everyone between drinks," and that he .threatened to shoot the third mate if he went ashore first. These statements were first made by the witness at Los Angeles, and he Te peated them today, although he pre viously had declared that Warner was in command of himself at all times and at tended to his duties. Quartermaster Peters whose absence from the investigation caused some stir on Monday was brought in by a deputy marshal. He denied that he ever had said that Captain Warner removed some of his personal effects at San Pedro. He declared that he was near the captain during the fire and ashore and did not see him drinking at any time. J0YRIDE ENDS IN SHOOTING Wile Fires on Husband and -Affinity and Is Crushed by Auto. OKMULGEE! Okla., Dec. 1. When Mrs. B. Colernan. young and pretty, suspected her husband of infidelity yesterday she hired a saddle horse, stuck a revolver In her belt and started to look for him. She met him in Main street here, "joy riding" -with another woman. When Coleman refused to get out of the automobile his wife opened fire, one bullet striking him in the spine. An other man and woman were In the ma chine and these, reinforced by- the po lice, returned Mrs. Coleman's "fire. More than 20 shots were fired. In the excitement the chauffeur tried to escape In the auto mobile, but ran it upon the curb and it overturned. In the meantime Mrs. Coleman had dismounted and when the machine over turned it struck her and broke two of her ribs. This enabled the police to cap ture her and she Is now In the Jail hos pital. Her husband is not expected to live. MISS STOKES IN RECITAL Talented Soprano Makes Debut and Wins Praise. . Miss Irene Stokes, a talented soprano, made her debut in Portland musical circles at a recital given at Sherman Clay Hall last night. She made a de cided impression upon her listeners in the rendition of 12 selections In Ger man and Italian from memory. Miss Stokes displayed an exceptional range In "Bie Bekerte" (Stang) a Ger man selection. Her tone work in the Italian "Mai Piccierella," by Goles, was pleasing and praiseworthy. . James Hutchison assisted . at the piano. WOMAN SLAIN; MAN CAUGHT Idaho Authorities Make Arrest One Hour After Murder. FOCATETLJX). Idaho, Deo. 1. (Special.) Lucy Miller, a woman of questionable character, was brutally murdered at a late hour last night In her apartment in the restricted district. Her body was found shortly after midnight, lying; In a pool of blood on her bed. Deep gashes in her forehead and bruises all over the face and body revealed the cause of death. Within an hour Tim Bullivah, aged 35 a grader, was under arrest. In his pock ets were found two rinRs from the mur dered woman's fingers and a coat he had stolen from her apartment. He wore only one sock. Its mate being found by the bedside of the dead woman. A Coroner's .Get a line on our v Winter Suits. ' Our chief pride is the splendid assortment of the Great Lion Special Suits at $20. Every suit guaran teed to be all wool, re tain its shape and give satisfactory wear. Over 1200 to choose . from. LION CLOTHIERS 166-170 THIRD ST. jury this afternoon held him accountable for the crime, and he will be tried at this term of court. The murdered woman had a husband. Jack Miller, at Missoula, Mont., and a young son at her sister's home in Salt Lake. RECEIVERS ARE NAMED TWO Bit; II,T,IXOIS CORPORA TIONS AFFECTED. Jiankers Forgan and Dawes Cliosen by Judge Kohl.-aat to Complete Work on Passageway. .-CHICAGO, lec. 1. Jude C. C. Kohl saat, in the United States. Circuit Court today, appointed receivers for the Illi nois Tunnel Company and the Chicago Warehouse & Terminal Company, com panies held by the $50,0t,000 Chicago Sub way Company. . David R. Forgan. president of thev Na tional City Bank, and Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trust Company of Illinois, were named as receivers for the tunnel company, and Edwin A. Pot ter, president of the American Trust & Savings Bank, for the other. The companies went into recelvershln after two judgments had been rendered against them in favor of the Corporation Trust Company. The Judgment against the warehouse company was for J3.046.794 and that against the tunnel com nanv 1.129,42S. The receivership is the initial eten In a plan to reorganize the two companies, under friendly terms. A reorganteation committee will enter upon the task of carrying to competition tho tunnel and its connecting entrances. iteorganisation was rtade necessarv be cause the bond limit for the tunnel com pany had been reached., KIN OF GENERAL IN TOILS 0 Kcntuckian. Allejred Thief, Under Arrest lit Portland. John Cabell Breckenridge Day was the name given by a young man arrested last night "by Detectives Hellyer and Maioney. charged with having committed several petty thefts about the city. Day asserts he is a Kentuckian. being related to ex Senator Breckenridge of Kentucky and General Cabell, of Dallas. Tex., the Con federate veteran. Commander of, the De partment of Texas, U. C. V. STEERS BRING HIGH PRICE Chicago Market Breaks Record for , VearUngs. CHICAGO. Dec. 1. Prime steers todav reached the highest price ever paid, in tne open market In Chicago, when 19 steers, averaging 1572 pounds, sold at $9.50 per hundredweight, and ten yearlings, weighing 1081 pounds each, brought the same price. A single head sold at 10 cents a pound. Dalles Class Confirmed. THE DAIjLKS, Or.. Dec. 1. (Special.) -Right Jtev. Robert t,. Paddock. bishop of Eastern Oregon, confirmed a class at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in this city, tonight. The class was com posed of James E. Butler, Walter Rose, Misses Mildred Keeler. Alma Rooper, Margaret Rooper Nettie Gamble, Ger trude Walther. Irene Haskins, Minerva Thrall and Margaret Thrall. The serv ices, which began at 8 o'clock, were the first of the kind to be held in the pas torate of the present rector, Rev. B. A. Warren. Vancouver Bank Charter Approved. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- ncrton. Dec. ' 1. The annllcation of T- M. .LangBdort. Lowell M. Hidden, C. G. Shaw. E. M. Ween. J. S. Langsdorf and W. Foster Hidden to organize the United States National Bank of Van couver, Wash., with $100,000 capital, has been approved by the Controller of the Currency.. Townsend Is Sentenced. M'MINrv"ILLE. Or.. Dec. 1. Snecial.l Jesse Townsend. convicted of man slaughter for firing at a charivari Dartv I n ,i i . i n : t . - ' n-uiiiig jaraes jawrence, lound guilty by a jury yesterday, was today sentenced to serve an Indeterminate sentence of from one to 16 years in the Penitentiary. The case was appealed. Roa.ndhoo.se Moved, to Centralla. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe cial.) The Northern Pacific roundhouse, a short distance north of the .union rall--way station, has been torn down and loaded on cars, ready for shipment to Centralla, where It will be put up again. The turntable will also be removed to Centralla. Rancher to Raise Wood Bucks.- NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 1. (Special.) Peter Bach, a rancher In Fruitvale. Is to raise wood ducks on his ranch. He has sent back to Pough keepsie, N. Y., for a stock of eggs, and will use bantam hens to hatch them. He Intends to use the ducks to stock this section of the state. Gleason, Betting Man, Dies. . NEW YORK. Dec. 1. Joseph J. Glea son. for many years one of the best-known bookmakers of the big tracks, and tho inventor of "One-two-three" system of betting, Is dead at his home in New Ro chelle, N. 1. Centrally Located Modern Imperial Hotel Headn.riarters "There's a Reason" Seventh and Washington Fhil. MeUchan & Sons, Props. v Lonr Distance Phone Tl, CI V1 1 En - nfi In Even IIx.. ""' J THE PORTLAND - PORTLAKO, OR. KtROrEAX FXAX MODEKf RKSTAUKAM T " COW OKM MX&UOX nmimi I H3TEL OREGON I ; - CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STREETS " I : Portland's New and Modern J WRIGHT - DICKINSON HOTEL CO., Props. F. J. Richardson, Prea Nortonia Hotel ELEVENTH, OFF WASHINGTON ST. BEAUTIFUL GRILL ROOM European rian to FamlllM Our Bus Meets All Train. Sample Sal tee with Baths lor Commercial lYavelere. MODERN COMFORTS MODERATE C. W. CORNELIUS. Proprietor. ' NEW SEWARD Corner 10th and Alder The leading hotel of Portland, opened July 1909. Modern In every detail, furnished in elegance. Most beautiful corner lobby In Northwest. Commodious sample rooms. European plan. Rates 1.50 and up. 'Bus meets all trains. W. M. SEWARD. Prop. Newly Furnished Throughout. Private 3. HAVE FUND FOR FIGHTING IXDEPEXDEXT LINES ARE PRE PARED FOR BATTLE. Say Bell Companies Try o Wipe Out Competition by Buying Out Weak Lines. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Independent tele phone interests have an available fund of $100,000 subscribed to do battle against the Bell telephone Interests wherever the latter attempt to wipe out competition. This was the gist of testimony by D. A. Wilson, of New York, prominenly Identified with the Independent Interests, at the state Investigation of telepheme ajid telcriii companies, today. l"The disposition on the part of the Bell company Is to annihilate the independent companies all over the country," said Mr. Wilson. "The National Association of Independent Telephone Companies has created a fund of $100,000 to fight the Bell peoplet wherever they try to wipe out competition. This was formed three months ago.- The way the Bell company deteriorates the Independent companies are to buy a company 'here and there, thus breaking up the chain. There are 3,000.000 telephones in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut that cannot enter New York City because there is no inde pendent company here." Western Pacific Does Business. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. The West Improvements P-.w HEADQUARTERS KIR TOTRISTs ui OMM KR( I VI. TRAVELERS. Special raiea made to famlllm and etn ffle R-entlemen. The management will be pleased at all time to show rooms and Si-re prices. A mod era Turklnh Bath eet&bllstunent la tne hotel. H. C. BOWERS. Manaarer. Hotel. Rates $1 per Day an Dp NEW PERKINS Fifth and "Washington Sts. Opened June. 1908v .. .A hotel In the very heart of Portland's business ac tivity. Only hotel equipped with wireless telegraph. Every convenience for comfort of commercial men. Modern in every respect. Kates $1.00 and up. Cafe and grill; music during lunch, dinner and after theater. , X- Svretland, 9ec :- fe J : " -' .. -.-. PRICES THE CORNELIUS "The House of Welcome," corner Fark and Alder. Portland's newest "and most modern hotel. European plan. Single, $1.50 and up. Double, $2.00 and up. Our omnibus meets all trains. H. E. FLETCHER, Manager. HOTEL RAMAPO Corner Fourteenth and Washington New Hotel, Elegantly Furnished Rates, $1.00 and Up Special Rates for Permanent! European Flan. 'Bus Meets All Trains. M. E. 1X1LKV. PROPRIETOR. HOTEL LENOX CORNER THIRD AND MAIN STS. European Plan Rates $1, $1.50, $2 Pnones in every room. HOTEL COLUMBIA Vancouver, Wash. Under New Management. MODERN COMPORTS MODERATES PRICES Send Your Friends Here, the Best la None to Oood for Them. EUROPEAN PLAN. First-Class Bar and Cafe in Connection. Free 'Bus Meets All Trains. MRS. SHETHA S. PHELPS. Proprietress. Phone Main (121. ern Pacific Railroad opened for busi ness today, when freight destined to all points on the company's lines In Cali fornia was accepted for transportation. Several loaded freight trains were run over the line during the day. Trans continental shipments will be taken be tween December 6 and 8. WATER FAMINE HITS TRADE Fully 5000 Men Out of Employment in Massachusetts.. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 1. As a re sult of a water famine, several manufac turing plants in this city, including the United States arsenal, were forced to sus pend operations today. Five thousand men were thrown out of employment. CARLISLE DEBT REVIVED New York Jewelers Attach Property Ol ex-Secretary of Treasury. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. Property here owned by John G. Carlisle. ex-Secretary of the Treasury, was attached today to satisfy a claim of $23?5 made against Mr. ' Carlisle by a New York. .Tobacco Crop Purchase Denied. NEW YORK. Dec. 1. The American Tobacco Company announced officially today there was no truth in the reports that the company was negotiating with the Burley Tobacco & Insurance Companyl for the purchase of the pretse.nt. qron of Kentucky tobacco for l'T-. J