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12 THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910. 25 YEARS IS TE FOR HIGHWAYMAN Judge Bronaugh Tells Prisoner His Offense Ranks Close to Murder. CRIME ENACTED IN COURT Tincenzo Buono Illustrates How He llesisted Successfully and Fired Five Shots Into William Mitchell. William Mi tcli ell, confessed holdup man, was sentenced by Presiding Judge Bronaugh In the Circuit Court yesterday afternoon to serve 25 years in the Salem Penitentiary. He held up Vincenzo' Bu ono near Buono's saloon In South Port land on the night of December 16, secur ing J50 and being shot five times. Lesiring to -know whether Buono or Mitchell fired the first shot. Judge Bro naugh asked Buono, who stood in the courtroom, how the holdup man worked, and for a few moments the courtroom was transformed Into a theater, with Buono and Attorney Seneca Fouts as the actors. Manner of Robbery Shown. "I was standing in front of my saloon talking with a friend," said Buono. "I saw this man walking around there,, but did not pay much attention to him, un til he stepped up quick like this, and yelled, 'Hands up! Hands up!! Hands up! II I tell you, hands up!' " The courtroom was crowded, and broke Into laughter as Buono gesticulated wild ly to indicate Mitchell's manner. Using Attorney Fouts as an objective, he demonstrated how the holdup man reached in his pocket with his left hand, and how Buono pressed closer and quick ly putting one arm about the holdup man's waist, tried to get his head under Mitchell's chin. Seeing himself about to be overpowered by an Italian much smaller than himself. Mitchell began fir ing, shooting his revolver four times without effect. Then the pair rolled upon the ground, and seeing he could not wrench the highwayman's revolver away, Buono called to his friend and asked if he had his weapon. - Two Bullets Remain. The friend handed over the revolver, and as the highwayman broke away, Buono emptied the contents of the five barrels Into him. Three of the bullets were afterward extracted by the surgeon, but two could not be found. After Buono's graphic description of the encounter, Mitchell was asked if it was correct, and said that except in one or two minor noints It was. In passing sentence. Judge Bronaugh said he could see no dlstirfttion between the offense and the crime of murder, except that human life was not taken. S. B. Iewis, the O. B, & N. track walker, accused of manslaughter pleaded not guilty yesterday afternoon, and the trial will be set later. Arthur Anson was arraigned on a stat utory charge. He will enter plea at 2 P. M.t Monday. PARASITE FACES ROCRPILE Elliott Must Serve 90 Days Unless Appeal Saves Him. Unless Ray Elliott, a North End para site, appeals his case to the Supreme Court, he must serve 90 days at Kelly Butte and pay a fine of $100. Judge Gatens in the Circuit Court yesterday morning set aside his former order dis missing the case, and dismissed the ap peal from the Municipal .Court. This means that the sentence imposed by Judge Bennett must stand unless Elliott takes the case to a higher court. In returning the Elliott case to the lower court. Judge Gatens called atten tion to the large number of Municipal Court cases appealed to the Circuit Court and lost because the City Attorney's deputies failed to appear to prosecute. This class of cases, he said, should be turned over to the state for prosecution, that the complaining witnesses may be placed under bond, if necessary, to ap pear at the time of trial. The Judge also cited that the State Legislature made Elliott's offense a felony. In deciding the case Judpte Gatens said: This oae wu appealed to the Circuit Court and met for trial December 2. The City At torney could not And his complaining wlt nrcves at that time and made a motion" to continue the case until December 7. At that time Elliott and hup lawyer were both in court, but the Judge was Informed a second time the City Attorney was unable to pro duce the witnesses. It i unnecessary to say the crime charged gainst Elliott Is very seriouv and ehould be punished severely. But the City Attorney la handicapped because there Is no law allow ing the Municipal Court to place complaining k 1 tness under bond to appear In the Circuit ourt when appeal 19 taken. For this reason It I a notorious fact that many of the city' worwt criminals ere escaping justice by taking an appeal and depending upon the complaining wltnees to disappear In the meantime. A Tnic-arrlage of justice results and a majority of the appealed city cases are dismissed. The 19u3 Session Laws provide imprisonment -rf from one to five years and & fine of $1000 to $iO0O for Klliott's crime. In view of its serious nature, I would recommend 4 hat here after all such case be turned over to the atate, that the District Attorney may place the complaining witnesses under bonds to appear at the time of trial. BLACK EYES HUMILIATE VJFE Mrs. Stella M. Boyle Also Accuses Pugilist Spouse or Cruelty. Saying she Is ashamed to be seen on the' street or In company with her hus band, who frequently has one or maybe two blaf k eyes, Stella M. Boyle brought suit for divorce in the Circuit Court yesterday. She says Joseph C. Boyle, her husband, is an athlete and amateur pugilist, and that he usually comes homes with a black eye, which she irreatly dislikes. Mrs. Boyle, formerly Miss Stella M. Baumgartner, married Boyle in Seat tle, May 33, 1908. Within three months, she says, her husband threw her down, breaking several bones. She had the bones set, she declares, but Boyle re fused to pay the doctor's bills. Last March, she complains, he flew into a rage, threw her against a dresser and broke her bones anew, where they had partially knitted. She tells of being severely slapped at another time, and of being called unprintable names. Boyle chose as his intimate friends persons of low tastes and shady repu tation, says Mrs. Boyle, entertaining them from Saturday night to Monday morning at his home with beer by the keg. Things went from bad to worse, she says, until at last she was ordered to pack her trunk and leave. Mrs. Boyle complains that she was never properly provided for by her husband, but very little money for clothing being furnished, although -he earned ?70 a month. Levi Heller has filed a divorce suit in Us Circuit Court against Katie Heller, alleging desertion by him In April, 1908. They married at Fitzgerald, Ga in -Alarch, 1896, and have four children, of whom he asks the custody. HIGH WATER MARK DEmED Land Despoiled of Vegetation Is Be yond Meander Line. "The ordinary high water mark Is at that point where land ceases to be under water a, sufficient length of time each year so that the water wrests it from vegetation," said Judge Bronaugh yester day afternoon in deciding the suit of the Sun Dial Ranch against the May Land Company. He decided in favor of ' the plaintiff. v The May Land Company sold to the Sun Dial Ranch a tract at the confluence of the Columbia and Sandy Rivers, at 155 an acre. A meander line along the Co lumbia, established by Surveyor Green leaf, was taken by the buyers as the boundary of the tract, and one farther out was taken by the sellers. Between the two lines was about 160 acres, making a difference of about $8000 in the price of the -tract. Judge Bronaugh foufld that the land was under water from two to four months in the growing season and was a gravel bed, and decided that be longed to the state, not the Sun Eial (Ranch. v BENCH ERROR " ALTERS SUIT Poor Mathematics of Judge Gatens Corrected by Bronaugh. Because of a mistake in figuring the rent of the Blue Point Oyster House, jn Morrison street, near Park, from Septem ber 1, 1908, to February 10, 1909, at $55 a month. Circuit Judge Bronaugh altered his decision yesterday, in the suit of M. A. Zelig against the oyster house. Zelig rented the premises and sublet to Sam Mackin, the proprietor of the oyster house. His rent was- raised by the landlord, and he in turn raised the rent of the oyster house from $40 a month to $55. This Mackin refused- to pay, re fusing likewise to vacate! He was) ejected by order of Judge Morrow. Judge Gatens decided yesterday Zelig was en titled to recover $56 a month, having a valid lease. This would amount to $293, although after hastily figuring it while on the bench Judge Gatene first an nounced it as $210. Sheriff Stevens Has Full Jail. Sheriff Stevens' monthly report shows four murderers now in the County Jail, and one man, S. B. Lewis, charged with manslaughter. Owen McLinden is charged with the murder of his brother. Hans Goodager, Lem Woon and Yee Gueng- have been convicted. There are four highwaymen in jail. The total number of prisoners in the County Jail January 1 was 41-. Court Notes. Johanna C. Hansen, executrix of the Hans Hansen estate, filed in the County Court yesterday her final account, show ing the receipts to have been $26,317.16, and the disbursements, $18,016.39, leaving a balance of $7300.77 on hand. On 'Octo ber 22, 1908, the time of Hansen's death, he was in the furniture business with the executrix. County Judge "Webster has fixed 9 - A. M., - February 7, as the time for hearing objections to the final account. ' The suit of Mary E. Bates against E. A. Vose was thrown out of court by Cir cuit Judge Cleland yesterday morning on a voluntary non-suit, the motion be ing made by the plaintiff's attorney. The plaintiff sued for $120, a 10 per cent commission she alleged to be due for the sale of a lot in Troutdale and two lots in Monta villa. EAST FEELS PROSPERITY Business lias Strong Tone Through out Entire Country, Says Poison. - Prosperity is being enjoyed in the Eastern States, aa well as in the North west, according to a statement made by Alex Poison, of the Poison Logging Company, of Hoquiam, Wash., at the Oregon Hotel last night. Mr. Poison re turned ten days ago from a trip to New York and Washington, D: C, and he is highly pleased with the. business out look of the entire country. "Every line of business is prospering," said Mr. Poison. "It is not a boom, but a healthful business condition, with money on a sound basis, and the prospect of one of the most prosperous periods the country has ever enjoyed." Mr. Poison is not a lumber dealer, but simply supplies mills with logs on a large scale. Last year he handled logs which were sawed into 140.000,000 feet of lumber. He is in Portland to attend to some personal business and may leave for his home this evening. 1910 ROSES DOUBLE 1909 Canvass fcy Commercial Club Pre dicts Great' Festival Bloom. When Portland Rose Festival Is ush ered in this year roses will double the number in bloom last year, according to figures being compiled by the Commercial Club. This prediction is based on a can vass of horticultural nurseries in and about Portland. "We are unable to supply the demand, though an unusually large 'crop was planted in anticipation of a big rush," was the unanimous reply of nurserymen. This probably can be accounted for by the fact that home building activity in Portland during 1909 broke all records, every home entailing an order for rose bushes. In addition to this, say . those keeping in close touch with the rose sit- -1909- Mills. State 1.9 State School '. 1.5 County 8.0 Rord '. 97 Library 18 Purt of Portland.. 1.2 City of Portland... 6 6 School Dist. No. 1.. 4.7 Totals 2O.00 Vaiuation. $2:16.187.737 236.187.737 230.187.737 2.16.1S7.737 236.187.737 230.764,752 215.83 S.410 .220.167,160 uation.-' nearly every houseowner is in creasing the number of rose bushes by one-third at least. This year the Richmond variety is "a leading favorite, with the Helen Keller, Countess of Oxford, and Farbenkonlgin as close rivals. 1915 AFTER . NAME IS AD Traveling Men Adopt : Fad to Ex ploit San Francisco Fair. To advertise the big fair San Fran cisco plans to hold in- 1915 to commem orate the completion of the Panama Canal, traveling men, registering in local hotels from that city, are writing "1916' after their addresses. Portland was advertised to a limited extent in the same way by traveling men a short time before the opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and traveling men from Seattle adopted the plan to advertise the A-T-P Fair. It is believed the fad of writing "1913" - will be adopted by residents of San Fran cisco in general following its adoption by the traveling men. The Indian government's final forecast of the jute crop for the year 1909-10 season gives the total acreage sown at 2,732,700. which compares with 2.S56.70O acre last year. CITY'S M LEWIS MADE 18 MILLS County General Fund Figure Decided, Two-Point Cut Is Made. FUND PERMITS PRUNING Big Sum on Hand Sufficing: for East Wing of Courthouse, Reduction Feasible Total Amount . $1 7 6,056 Lower. Portland's tax levy for 1910 is 18 mills, a reduction of 2 mills from the levy of last year. This figure was fixed definite ly yesterday afternoon, when County Judge Webster and Commissioners Barnes and Lightner adopted the levy for the county general jfund, county roads and county library. Levies for all other purposes had already been fixed. Since Mayor Simon " succeeded in placing the city levy at 4.9 mills, a decrease of-1.7 mills from the 1S09 figures,- the various officials have set their goal on fixing the aggregate figure for all expenses. Includ ing state, county, city and Port of Port land at 18 mills. It was feared, however, because of the heavy increase demanded by the state, that it would be Impossible to get within that limit. It seemed prob able up to yesterday that the levy would go as high as 19 mills, if not above that figure, but the County Court decided that the general fund could stand a big cut. By pruning the levy for that" purpose from 3 mills in 1909 to 1.6 mills for this year, the original goal of 18 mills, as an aggregate levy, was reached. Big Sum on Hand. ' This big reduction toy the County Court was made possible by the fact that suf ficient money is on hand to meet the ex penses or construction work on the new east "wing of the Courthouse during 1910. The county levy was purposely made large last year to provide for the erec tion of this part of the Courthouse, but only about $13,000 has so far been paid out for that work. On December 31, last, there was 04,437 In the counfly general fund, with December bills for construc tion work on the Courthouse still to be paid. On consulting with the architects it was ascertained that this amount would pay for the erection of the east wing, which will not be completed until next January. The County Court, therefore, decided to make no additional levy for this purpose at present, and cannot go ahead with the remainder of the building until 1911 taxes are available. Library Levy Stands. As was expected, the County Court made iio change In the levies for roads and the library. These were left at .97 and JLS mills, - respectively. The money to be derived by the county from its levies is as follows: General fund, $402, 227.01; roads, J243.850.13; library, $32,680.94. The last two amounts are larger than those raised last year, but the general fund in 1909 was 5708.563, approximately half of It being secured to build the first section of the new Courthouse. Judge Webster and the Commissioners believe that, by their present levy, they have anticipated every need of the county dur ing the year. Although Multnomah County's total as sessment made the past year is $251,391, 887, this amount was cut down to $247, 287,520 by the State Board of Equaliza tion to place it on the same basis as other counties. On the total as adjusted, it is necessary for Multnomah to contrib ute $543,988.41, which is .35592 of the total state tax. This would be covered by a levy of 2.2, if all of the Multnomah County taxes should be paid. It was necessary, however, to provide sufficient money to make up for the delinquencies and discounts that may occur and for this reason the levy for state expenses was put at 2.3 mills, which will raise $678, 201.34. Total Taxes lowered. The reduction in taxes for the people of Portland is not only in the amount of the levy, but in the total to be paild as well. For while the total assessment has .been considerably increased over last year, the 2 mills reduction in levy will make the amount due for all purposes $4,331,670.85, or $176,056.16 lees than last year. Work of making up the tax roll will be begun at once. Taxes will .be payable about February 1 and will be delinquent after the first Monday in April, after which a 10 per cent penalty and interest at 12 per cent mult be paid. The law, however, gives everyone the privi-t lege of paying half of his taxes before that date and the other half by the first Monday in October, without suffering any penalty for delinquency. Those who pay before March 15 are allowed a 3 per cent discount. In all funds, excepting that which goes to the state, 4 per cent oft is allowed in estimates, for discounts and delinquencies. "Any shortages In the state fund must be made up out of other money collected on the county levy. The assessed valuations, the levy and the tax for each separate purpose, for 1909 and 1910, are shown by the following table: -1910- Tax. 48,756 354.2S0 708.563 229, K2 30,704 276.917 1.424.526 1.034.785 4.507.27 "Valuatlon. $251,391,887 251,391.887 251.391.8S7 251.S91.8R7 251.391.887 249,703,902 231.161.600 233,094,865 Tax. $578,201.34 351.048.64 402.227.01 243.S5K.13 32.6S0.94 424.496.63 1.132,691.84 1,165.474.32 $4,331.570.85 JAPS COULD GIVE LESSONS Globe-Trotter Compares Manner? and Morals With Americans. Japanese people on an average are better behaved and in some ways have better morals than the Americans and Europeans, and the missionaries who go to Japan to improve the social conditions would do better to remain at home and try to reform their own people. This was a sentiment expressed last night at the Perkins Hotel by W. B. Hayes, a retired attorney of New York City, who has spent many years travel ing for pleasure over the entire civilized world. He recently arrived from Japan, after having traveled through the prin cipal districts of the empire. "In all my 'travels through Japan, I never saw a drunken man or woman," said Mr. Hayes last night. "Wherever I went I found the people to be hospit able and courteous, and I think that we could learn a valuable lesson from them in manners. "There is much said about the lack of virtue on the part of the Japanese women, but that can be traced only to the class of women who are forced to sell their souls for -a living. It is an evil growing out of financial conUittona, and not out of a lack of a really moral senti ment. "The progress that country is making is something wonderful. Some idea of this can be gained from the fact that there are 20,000 people employed in the merchant shipyards at Nagasaki." Mr. Hayes has crossed the Atlantic 36 rimes in his constant desire to be on the move. He has Journeyed to the remotest parts of the world. Seven years .ago he went to Northern Alaska to see the mid night sun, and for the same purpose he went four years ago to Northern Sweden He will leave Portland in a few days for Old Mexico, where he will spend the remainder of the Winter. FEVER DUE TO BAD WATER River Contaminates ' Springs Near Town of Willamette. The typhoid fever epidemic at Willamette, where there are 35 cases out of a-population of 300, has been traced - to the Willamette River, ac cording to a statement made last night by ,rr. Calvin S- White. 'secretary of the State Board of Health, who visited Willamette yesterday to investigate the conditions there. JDr. White distributed literature amon the people of the place, to give thenj information v on how to protect themselves in the future from further 'danger from the river, and especially cautioned them to boil all water before using-- it." Willamette gets its water from two springs, whicn were flooded by the river during the recent high water. Immediately after the flooding of the springs, the fever appealed, and for a time its cause was not understood. "The springs have been thoroughly pumped out," said Dr. White last night, 'and it Is planned now to have them inclosed in cement curbs. "Several of the coses of typhoid there now are serious, but there have been no deaths. It is evident that the Willamette River has infected the springs, and thus spread - the disease, but I think that due care will be taken now to prevent any further in fection of the spring water." BUNCO SALE IS COSTLY Auctioneer's . Son Fined $2 5 for . - Swindling Laborer. For having worked what Judge Langguth termed to be "at least a ques tionable transaction" upon Mike John, an unsophisticated Greek laborer, Julius Kuettner, son of the proprietor of an auction house at 28 Third street. North, was fined $25 yesterday morning. John bought a- watch from Kuettner, paying, as he supposed, $2 for it. After the money had changed hands the auc tioneer said the price of the watch was $5 and refused to give the man either the watch or his money, but tendered him a receipt for $2, saying he could get the watch when he paid the remaining $3. John then went to the office of the District Attorney and secured a warrant for Kuettner's arrest. Judge Langguth, in passing sentence, said if Kuettner would return the $2 to John the fine wo-uld be reduced to $20. Kuettner declined to return the money and gave notice that he would appeal the case. PERSONALMEIITION. Fred Miller, of Cornelius, is at the lienox. John W. Rowland, of Saattle, is at the Imperial. C. P. Champlin, of Gold Hill, is at the Portland. "W. T. Stephens, of Seaside, is at the Cornelius. , Dr. Andrew Kershaw, of Willamina, is at the Imperial. H. L. Pridy, a sheep grower of Shaniko, is at the Perkins. A. N. Solis, of Seattle, arrived at the Imperial yesterday. H H. McCuine, a merchant of Albanay, is at the Oregon. , Albert Schwartz, of Newport, came to the Oregon yesterday. SL El Roberts, of Bull Run, arrived at the Lenox yesterday. A. G. Angell, of Kremmling, Colo., is registered at the Ramapo. Frank Davenport, an applegrower of Valley, is registered at the Perkins. W. A. Williams, of Forest Grove, "was among the arrivals at the Imperial yes terday. George McKay, a cattleman of the Condon district, arrived at the .Perkins yesterday. Philip Tabacco and wife- are at the Seward. Mr. Tabacco is in the cigar business at Oakland, Cal. H. Wayne Stannard, a merchant of Brownsville, is at the Cornelius, accom panied by Mrs. Stannard. 13. F. Chase, editor of she Seattle Star, wife and two children, are at the Port land, en route to Southern California. A. S. Worthington, of Washington, D. C, attorney for Binger Hermann, arrived in Portland last night. He is staying at the Imperial. y Julius Green," a traveling salesman for Lowengart "& Co., of Portland, for many years, and who recently removed to San Francisco, died in that city last Wednes day. J. F. Forbis and family are at the Nor tonia for the Winter. Mr. Forbis has been attorney for the Amalgamated Cop per Company at Butte, Mont., but intends locating in Portland. Mrs. G. W. Crow, for many years a reslden,t of Mount Tabor, has been very sick with la grippe. Her old neighbors and many friends will be glad to know she is able to be out again. NEW YORK, Jan. 6, (Special.) The following Northwest travelers reg istered at New York hotels today:' Portland Netherlands, G. P. Stanley; Manhattan. Misses Warren, F. . M. Warren, Mrs. F. M. Warren. Spokane Victoria, A. ajzd B. KunkeL Seattle Martha Washington, Miss M. Reed; Wolcott, F. E. Burnslde, J. Waterhouse; Cadillac, C. T. Moore, Mrs. C. T. Moore: Cumberland, J. Berkman: Hoffman, W." O. Whouf; Imperial, S. Walker; BVeslin, F. H. Sengfelder, P. W. Brackett. ATT ALIA, . Wash., Jan. 5. (Special.) Dr. H. F. McMurdo, a physician, for merly of Portland, has ' located here. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. (Special.) The fol lowing Portlanders registered at leading hotels here today: Congress--C. S. TJnna, a A. Beck. La Salle Mr. and Mrs. H. Bl Waterbury. CHICAGO, Jan. 67 (Special.) North western people registering at Chicago ho tels today were: From Portland F. - W. Mulkey, at the Congress; R. L. Wells, at the Great Northern; "Mr.- and Mrs. George L. Mc Pherson, at the La Salle. NOTICE. On account of ice in Clatskanie River the Steamer Beaver will skip Thurs day's (today's) Clatskanie trip. She will resume her regular schedule and leave Portland next Sunday, 8P.E If you are suffering from biliousness, constipation, lndigrestion, chronic head ache. Invest one cent in a. postal card, send to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with your name and ad dress plainly on the back, and they will forward you a free sample of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Bold by all dealers. . PREDICTED, COLD IS Precipitation Due Tomorrow Says Forecast, Ice Floes to Disappear. WIDE MODERATION TOLD ?fo Mention of Crop Damage, Loss Slight Is Indicated Vancouver Ferry Tied TTp River Rise Expected. CHIIX .WRAPS WHOLK PSION. From the Atlantic to the Pacific the United States Is enveloped by a chill, extraordinary not only for its sharpness but lor , Its earliness. Weather reports from Naw York,. California cities and intervening points show the storm Is Nation wide. New York shivers in a terriflo ' snow storm, yesterday being Its cold est "Winter day. the mercury drop pins to a . degrees low zero. One death from, exposure was recorded. Bait Lake City Is chilled by tem perature 2 degrees below sero. Wln nemucca's temperature Is 14 degrees below zero, or nearly 30 degrees ' lower than that city's normal wea ther. - x Tuesday's- forecast predicting early sur cease from the severe chill prevailing, the prognostication of the weather man was bolstered yesterday by a decided rise in temperature, accompanied by signs of approaching rain. That it -will rain here tomorrow is Forecaster Beals' prediction. Moderation of temperature Is reported from nearly all Oregon and Washington points, indicating that the , storm is broken. Now the only complainants are cities which depend principally on river traffic for their supplies. The Vancouver terry is tied up. owing to ice floes, the steamer Jesse Harkins replacing it tem porarily. Vancouver's temperature is rising gradually, the mercury going up half a degree last night, with indications that the moderation would continue. At Washougal floating lee on the Colum bia measures two feet thick. Frozen 50 feet from each shore, the Columbia at Stevenson practically bars navigation. At BIdgelteld Lake River Is also frozen, from each shore, but Is free in the cen ter. It is not believed the coming of rain and warmer weather will result in serious river overflow, though a four foot rise on the Columbia and the -Willamette may result. All Reclamation Service work at Kla math Falls has been discontinued for the Winter. . In the numerous weather reports re ceived yesterday no mention was made of crop damage. It is believed the Btorm damage befalling potatoes and Fall sown grain will be slight. FRASER RIVER IS BLOCKED Ice Clogs Channel, Many Craft Frozen in Stream. BE1LINGHAM, Jan. 5. A special from New Westminster, ' B. C, says: Navigation on the Fraser- River is closed through the accumulation of ice, which, forming on the -surface of the upper river, floated down and clogged the channel near the mouth. The steamer Nellie Thurston, from Nanalmo, with coal, was forced to break her way through thick sheets of ice to Annacis Island yesterday At Ladner three or four boats were frozen In Woodward Slough. - BOISE FUEIi RELIEF SLIGHT City Dark, Carload of Coal for Gas Flant Received. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 5. An apprecia ble rise in temperature here today brought relief to a situation which threatened a coal famine. Last night the city was in darkness, the coal sup ply at thegas plant having been ex hausted and the electric plant being out of commission. To day a carload of coal was brought to the gas plant on a passenger train. Virtually no fuel is to he had in the city today. IOWA TRAIN . TRAFFIC STOPS Freight Transportation Suspended. Fuel Famine Feared. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 5. When it became apparent Tuesday night that the snowfall would continue in definitely, orders were issued by rail roads throughout Iowa to suspend freight traffic. Efforts have been made to continue passenger traffic, although trains on all lines are from fine to nine hours late. A fuel famine is imminent. Glcndale Chill Continues. GLEKDALE, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) Glendale has not escaped the grip of the cold wave. The Government Weather Bureau thermometer regis tered 14 above this morning, the cold est weather in this vicinity for some years. Water pipes are frozen all over the city. The total absence of wind makes the cold iess severely felt. AVENUE TO BE WIDENED Citizens Propose Extensive Paving on Klllingsworth Avenue. Plans for widening and improving Killingsworth avenue were made at a meeting of the Killingsworth Avenue Improvement Club last night, which also approved . the proposed construc tion of- the Broadway bridge. The meeting favored the widening of the avenue irom Union avenue to East Ninth street, and the paving of the avenue with bitulithic pavement from Union avenue to Bast Forty-second street. A further report on the proposed improvement is to be submitted by a committee having the matter in charge at a meeting next Wednesday night. WALLA WALLA SHOW WINS Elks to Get $1000 bl Minstrels to Add to Building Fund. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.) Although it will not be known for several days, it is thought the Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E.. will clear at leaet $1000 from their - minstrel show. 1ie money will WAN G F. J. Rlcbardsoa, Centrally Located Modern Imperial Hotel Headcmartera "There's a Reason" I Seventh and Washington Phil. Metschan & Sons, Props. Long DUtBDee Phone In Every Room, Rates $1.00, THE PORTLAND PORTUtlO, OR. EmtOFKAlf FLAK MODERN KKSTAUHAJfT tern tesss? Ssea COM OM! MIIJJOS OOIXABS. 1 MOTEL OREGON I 2 , CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STREETS ; Portland's New and Modern Hotel. Rates $1 per Day and Up EUROPEAN PLAN J WRIGHT - DICKINSON HOTEL CO, Props. Z Nortonia Hotel ELEVENTH, OFF. WASHINGTON ST. BEAUTIFUL GRIU ROOM Europe !! Families Our Bos Meets All Trains Sample Salts wit Baths tor Commercial Travelers. MODERN COMFORTS MODERATE 0. W. CORNELIUS, Proprietor. THE NEW SEWARD Corner lOth and Alder The leading hotel of Portland, opened July 1909. Modern in every detail, furnished is. elegance. Most beautiful corner lobby in Northwest. Commodious sample rooms. European plan. Rates Ji.BO and up. 'Bus meets all trains. W. M. SEWARD, Prop. OPENED SEPT, 1909 HOTEL LENOX CORNER THJRD AND MAIN STS. PORTLAND, OREGON European Plan Hot and Cold Water. Lontf Distance Phone in Every Room RATES $1.00 and up be added to the building fund, which now amounts to over $10,000. The local lodge has a committee en gaged ln securing a favorable -site on which they will erect a temple, lodge and office building. The present plans are to build a five-story structure at a cost of about 1100,000. FROZEN FISH DEMAND HIT Competition in Europe Arises, Say Astoria Advices. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) Advices have been received of the prob ability of very keen competition in the. frozen salmon markets of Europe, and prices 'will doubtless drop ma terially. A recent interview with the German trade assistant of the German Embassy in St Petersburg, upon -his return from Siberia and other points, de veloped the fact that at Nicolajeffs two large plants were freezing quan tities of salmon for the ' steamer "Newas," of the Danish Coast Asiatic Company, which at the time of his visit there had gone North for a part cargo of Kamchatka salmon, while three large refrigerator steamers went to the M EN WANTED that know how to sell Inquire about cream residence real estate proposition 9 A. M.to 12 M., 322 Corbett BIdg. NEW PERKINS Fifth and Washington Sts. Opened June, 1908. A hotel In the very heart of Portland's business aa Mvtty. Only hotel equipped with -wireless telegraph Ivvery convenience for comfort of commercial men. Modern in every respect. Rates $1.00 and up. Cafe and grill; music daring lunch, dinner and after theater. Press. I i- ?l wetland. See. Improvements 1EK S $1.50, $2.00 HEADQrARTBS FOR TOI KJSTI, aasi COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS. Sperfnl rates masto to families and stn-g-le gentlemen. Tbs management will bs pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A mod ern Turkifth Bath establishment in tA hotel. . H. C. BOWERS. Manager. ' I a ajt vf B EC tr ' -.p J PRICES THE CORNELIUS "The House of Welcome, " corner Park and Alder. Portland's newest and most modern hotel. European r 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 Plan. 'Bus Meets All Trains. M. E. fOLEY, PROPRIETOR. PRIVATE BATHS - A Anadyr River to freeze full cargoes for Hamburg. .If these steamers get only half car goes, which is more than likely, there will be poor chance to-ll the Colum bia River steelheads and other Pacillo Coast frozen fish at profitable prices. and as January, February and March are considered the best months for profitable sales of steelheads in the European markets, the outlook at this trme is very discouraging to those who may be holding any considerable quan tities of frozen fish. SALE WOOL BLANKETS. Extra heavy white blankets, special , $2.60 a pair. Heavy white wool blan kets $3.96 a pair. Extra large and J heavy white "wool blankets $4.95 a pair. ) Special clearance -sale price on all bed- ding. Vote in the piano (rtfntest. Mc- ) Allen & McDonnell, Third and Morri son. SO REWARD For any case of Kidney. Bladder or Rheumatic trouble Hall's Texas Won der cannot cure if taken in time and given a fair trial. One bottle often per fects a cure. Sold by all druggists or mall, $1.00. Send for testimonials.. Dr. E. W. Hall. 2926 Olive St.. S,t ouis. Mo. 3