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2 THE MORNING OREGONTAN. MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1910. BELGIUM ABANDONS FAMOUS ACTOR AND HIS ACTRESS WIPE, WHO WILL MAKE EOOM FOR ANOTHER WHEN HER HUSBAND FINDS HER. MILE BY WIAJ0B1TY France Shows interest in Working of Proportional Representation. EXPERTS STUDY SYSTEM Method 'Contemplates That Parties Shall Elect Members In Accord ance With Their Numerical Strength - at - Polls. PARIS, June 6. In France. where electoral reform Js now the issue of the hour, the recent elections in Belgium were watched with special interest be cause their "representation proportion ella" or "R. P.." ae it Is familiarly called here, 1 in full - operation. . "R. P." is an elaborately worked out system to give all political parties rep resentation according to the number of votes polled. In other words, the aband onment of the absolute domination of majority rule now in vogue in France and most other continental countries. French Method Criticised. In France especially, the existing sys tem of electing members to the cham bers of Deputies in whose hands the po litical power tf the state is concentrated la severely criticised, not only on the ground that majorities in small local dis tricts make local considerations out weigh the national interests, but on the broader ground that the minority, often times only a few -votes behind the ma jorities, has no representation at all. The remedy proposed is for larger dis tricts, electing from eight to 15 depu ties upon a general platform, with pro portional representation for the votes of respectable dimensions. Plural A'otlng Opposed. The electoral experts sent to Belgium generally commend the system there, but take exceptions to the plural voting en- Joyed by larger taxpayers and persons with advanced educational attainments. A sample of how the system works in Belgium, disregarding the quo plural vot ing, can be gathered in the results at Antwerp, where 13 seats were to be filled. The Catholic ticket polled 82,827 votes, the Liberals 65.541 and the So cialists 16,722. Under the syst-sm of ma jority rule, the Catholics would have captured the entire 13 seats. Under the 'R. P." system, each of the total votes received by a ticket was ."ivided by 1 2, 3, 4 up to 13 and the quotients of these divisions became, in the order of numeri cal precedence, the order of dividing the seats between the parties. Mathematical Result Attained. In this particular case it resulted in giving the first seat to the first Catho lic, the second to a Liberal, the third to a Catholic, fourth Liberal, fifth Catho lic, sixth Liberal, seventh Catholic, eighth Liberal, ninth Socialist, tenth Catholic, eleventh Catholic, twelfth Liberal and thirteenth Catholic. In other words the Catholics upon their total vote secured seven seats, the Lib erals five and the Socialists one, which works out almost mathematically accord ing to the proportion of the votes, cast. i -- :-s';.: i. .;- ? f I V cr X- f JPjTi- - -, TM'I "l 1 Mn 'i 1IKMII llfcll 1" ' '! Jtm. Mitoufia., EBV A fKPDRK H GOODWIN. NAT C. GOODWIN. J . . . . REBEL' CORT HURTS EDM TIRES OF NAT Beautiful Wife of Goodwin to Leave Actor-Hubby. Klaw & Erlanger to Let Pa cific Northwest District 'Severely Alone.' SHUBERTS PLAN GOOD LINE Independents Declare They Will Give Portland and Other Coast Cities Greatest Galaxy of Stars Ever Seen in West. (Continued From First Page.) Cort and REFORM LOSES OUT Philadelphia Republicans Get Clean Sweep. ONLY 1 OF 60 DEFEATED Union Labor Leaders, Allied With So-Called Reformers, Fail to De velop the Strength Expected. Mayor's Son Re-Elected. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 5. (Spe cial.) Despite a coalition of reform and organized labor forces, the Republican city organization made the most complete sweep in its history at the primaries yes terday, nominating all but one of its candidates for more than 60 legislative offices. Congressmen ' Bingham, Cook. Moore, Moon, Foulkrod and McCreary also were renominated, most of them without op position in the Republican ranks although the Democrats nominated a complete Congressional ticket as a matter of form. Coal Dealers Wins Out. The sole" defeat for the organization was in the Kensington mill district. where James C. Johnston, a retail coal dealer, defeated George W. Bannenhauer, the organization's choice for State Rep resentative. In Senatorial . and Legislative dirtrlcts, the organization easily captured three Senatorial districts and nine State Repre sentative districts. The Union Labor leaders, allied with the Penn party forces, did not develop the strength expected In the northeast or" west Philadelphia wards. The labor vote did not solidly support the indorsed candidates and the insurgent movement which had indorsed 25 Legislative candi dates succeeded in nominating but . the one mentioned, Johnston. Notable Victory Recorded. This was a notable victory but most of Johnston's strength came from his ex cellent record and his long fight made for improvements in his section as an active member of Kensington Board of Trade. The insurgent attack upon William 8. Reyburn, the Mayor's son, who has served one term in the lower house of the Legislature and sought another, did not materialize in his district. Mr. Rey burn and his colleague, Harry W. Keeley, were easily nominated. as been called lor June lo Dy tne Clark County Good Roads Association. The sessions will be held in the court house. Besides local speakers, J. C. Law rence, president of the State Good Roads Association, will deliver one or two addresses. Samuel Hill, ex-prest- dent of the association, has been in vited to attend. Delegates to the Southwestern Wash ington good roads convention, to be held in Hoquiam in August, will be se lected. Delegates to a- similar meeting to be held in Walla Walla in August will also be chosen. Much interest is being taken in the good roads now being built in Clark County. The Government is spending 19,300 in having Reserve street graded and macadamized. This street divides the city from the military reservation and runs the full length of Vancouver Barracks on the west side. The state aid road is being built at Orchards. For this $11,000 will be spent, this year and when it is com pleted there will be a fine rock road from Orchards to the city limits of Vancouver, about six miles. The great state road running east from Washougal through the moun tains is being built at a large cost. CREDIT IS CONTRACTED MONEY XEED MARKET FORESEES IX MOVIXG CROPS. GRANTS PASS IMPROVING Council Deluged With Petitions for Various Civic Betterments. PARIS GASPS 'WHO'S NEXT'? GRANTS PASS, Or., June 5.-(Speclal:) This city is rapidly advancing- Mate rial improvements are being made. Peti tions are pouring- in on the Council from all parts of the city asking for improve ments, such as paved streets, sewers, the opening of streets, and building permits. Paving contractors now have more than 100 men at work. Already there have been laid more than 4000 feet straight curb, and 180 feet of curved curb, and 12,000 feet of cement walk. Paving Is- ex pected to begin within a short time. The electric light company has many workmen placing its wires in under ground conduits preparatory to installing the cluster light system on Sixth street. The telephone company Is also taking an interest in general improvements and is hastening to remove its wires from the streets where paving has been begun. Activity in building begun in the early Spring. Handsome residences and smal ler cottages are springing up all over the city and the business section is grow ing. Many -DricK business qiocks arc un der construction. Rumors Current That Rich Young Westerner, Harry McMillan, May Take Goodwin's Place in Af fections of Edna Goodrich. PARIS, June of the constant life," is the way BUMPER FRUIT CROP DUE Apples, Prunes and Peaches Prom ise to Outdo Previous Yields. ALBANY. Or.. June 5. (Special.) Prospects for a big fruit yield in this part of the state are now better than for many years. From present indi cations there will be a big crop of all Kinds of. fruit. The yield of apples will be especially large and the quality of the fruit will 5. (Special.) "Tired worries of married Edna Goodrich Good win explains her announced determina tion to leave her husband, for whom she filled the role of No. 4 in matri monial ventures. Inasmuch as Mr. and Mrs. wood win have not been together enough to de velop a very hardy set or domestic worries since their marriage, and since not lnnsr after the affair tne Deautnui Mrs. Goodwin replied to a question of her husband as to why she married him, that it was because his talk did not bore her. and considering, too, that the couple seemed happy as .the pro verbial clams when they were to gether, wise ones on this side shake their heads and wonder "Who is it?" Memory goes back to the rich young Westerner, Harry McMillan, who was reported to have made a more or less fabulous pile in Goidrieid in tne eariy days, and who offered his wealth ana hand to the beautiful actress very soon fler Mr. "Goodwin made known his in tention of doing the same thing. That Miss Goodrich did not accept tne young miner is . laid to her thrifty mother, who is said to have investi gated his reputed wealth and to have found that it did not measure up to also be unexcelled. The same is true " Goodrich requirements. of prunes, peaches and other fruits. The yields , of pears and cherries will be lighter than in some former years. but the crop of each of these fruits will be good. In fact, there are no failures this year In any kind of fruits. The crops of berries of various kinds is also a record-breaker. The straw berry crop, now almost entirely mar keted, was a big one. and blackberries. Logan berries, gooseberries and other small fruits are yielding well all throughout this part of the state. The berries ripened much earlier than usual this year. E. MACY, PIONEER '53, DIES Prominent Resident of Harrlsburg Is Buried by Oddfellows. HARRISBURG. Or.. June 6. (Special.) Erwin Macy. a pioneer of 1S53. died Friday morning at his home, eight miles east of here, aged Ti. The funeral serv ices were conducted today from the resi dence and interment was made this after noon in the Oddfellows" Cemetery, under the auspices of that order. He has been a sufferer for some months of paralysis. Mr. Macy was one of Harrisburg's first huslness men and its first Mayor. For many years he was Identified with the City Council and local School Board. Thirty-three years ago he moved to the country home where he resided continu ously, except for a couple of years spent in Eugene. He leaves a widow, two sons and daughter, one of the sons a well-to-do farmer of Coburg and the other a doctor at Grants Pass. Then was when Mr. Goodwin got the right cue, and, according to a story from New York, emanating from Her man L. Roth, Goodwin's New York at torney, the actor created, at the behest of Mrs. Goodrich, a trust fund of $2,- 600,000, the income from which was to be shared alike by Goodwin and his wife as long as they lived, no matter what happened. Mrs. Goodwin Is over here now for the benefit of her health, accompanied by her mother, and it is reported here that Mt. Goodwin will join them at Carlsbad. According to the people closest in the confidence of the beautiful actress, she- will make no move to secure a divorce until her hus band has found another soul mate. "I have no intention, she is quoted as saying, Ol Dniiiiis uy miiuii tor divorce against JSat until ne shows sings of desiring to try matrimony with someone else. This rather puzules those who like to see another romance looming up. and who. when the news was first dis seminated, at once began to cast around for the man who could bore Miss Goodwin less than her actor husband. A strong rumor circulated for a few days that Harry McMillan had returned with more money than ever, and that It was for him that Nat was to be left. There is no denying the many ad mirers that Mrs. Goodwin has. She is of commanding presence, has ready wit, and is in the full flush of her well-developed beauty. After the prtxes had been awarded, col- lsge refreshments were served in the dtn-Int-room And receDtinn hall, the ladles un consciously g-roupinR- lheraelves prettily, like Sayly plumaged birds resting alter Q1BI1U itogers ftiXit tin.; awi that will partially cripple his allies. . Advance Men Stirring Vp Things "Ever since the theatrical season closed, Klaw & Erlanger have been sending their brightest advance men to various sections of the country to stir up things. A man named Cooke, who was with the 'Ben Hur' company, has been paying particular attention to the Northwest. He has secured consider able publicity, but I am convinced that it is principally 'hot air.' I know. In my own case, and I will have a num ber of attractions on tour, I have not been offered any time west of Omaha. The understanding Is that the Far West is to be left severely alone next season. Whether or not this is a good policy, I do not care to say, but those are the conditions which confront the managers allied with Klaw & Er langer." In justice to the syndicate, it must be stated that the manager quoted above Is "under suspicion." The be lief is that he plans to go over to the Shuberts, and it Is a fact that he has already held a number of conferences with tlfem, although no decided action has been taken. Cort Still Confident. John Cort is breezily confident that he will have no real opposition on the Coast next season. There Is talk about the building of new theaters." he says, "but so far as can learn it is talk, pure and simole. Anybody can talk about theaters, but it takes more than money to build them. "So far "as I can learn the opposi tion has not even selected the sites, and if they have not got that far, how do they expect to compete with us in September, when we will be in full swing? Of course I know that you can build a portable theater, seating 50 people, in a few days, but the dope is that these houses are to be In the same class with our theaters, and they cannot build them in three months. 'From all I can learn, Klaw & Er langer plan to leave the Pacific Coast severely alone this year. They pre tend to believe that our patrons will how for the syndicate's offerings, but I cannot believe It. Bookings Yet Withheld. "I am not yet ready to announce our bookings, but can already promise my patrons that they will be given a treat, and an opportunity to see the best shows that have been presented out West in years." "Have Klaw & Erlanger accepted your offer to book their attractions over your circuit?" Mr. Cort was asked. "Not yet." was the reply, "but the invitation is stifl open, and while tne light holds out to burn, the vilest sin ner (which means Marc Klaw) may re turn." "Take my word for it," added Mr. Cort, "the syndicate will keep out of the Northwest for some time to come. Even suppose they had those four new theaters they talk about, what could they do with them? A theatrical com pany cannot spend all its time on railroad trains. And it is a long jump from St- Paul to Spokane. "Syndicate Now on Jump." "We have the syndicate on the Jump, and I might add that it is jumping high and also fast." At the Shubert offices. General Press Representative A. Toxen Worm - says: "When the people of the Northwest see the kind of shows we will send them next season, they will be indig nant because we have been kept out of that territory so long. We have the goods, and now have a chance to show them to the public of the Pacific Coast. It is a safe bet that they will Exnecta'tion of Bountiful Harvest Contributes to Downward Move ment and Liquidation. GYPSIES ARE ARRESTED JOHX AXD LOUIS ADAMS -S INS PECTED OP KILLING TWO. NEW YORK, June 5. (Special.) In ad dition to the effect of the injunction against the Western railroads, which we.d a blow to stock speculators who had been counting on rate advances to 1 Improve the prices of railway - stocks, there was a new element tnis week to induce conservatism The approach of the harvest makes it apparent that cred its must be contracted to prepare for demands to move the crops. Liquida tion, not only In stocks, but in grain and cotton, was prompted by these pros pective requirements, as much as by ap prehension of a fall In intrinsic values. Liquidation in commodities found an incentive as ' well in the Improving prom ise of crops. Backwardness of Spring wheat and corn has not impaired confi dence in the ultimate abundant yield The basic Importance of the good crop prospect helped to give the stock market some resisting power at the lower stages of the price movement. The abrupt de cline carried prices headlong to the low est level of the year for the leading railroad stocks and this fact also wa held to be significant of the extent to which unfavorable factors in the outlook had been already discounted. Blast furnaces interests are assured of an ample tonnage for consumers of foun dry iron to take up their capacity for six months or more If they are willing to make commitments at the lower prices now prevailing, and there was enough competition among producers to result In orders for about 30,000 tons of foundry grades last week in the Eastern territory alone. Boiler manufacturers, pipe works, ma chine foundries and electrical and valve makers have placed orders for both Northern and Southern iron for vartouu shipments extending over the rest of the year. UNION HAS FAST RACES Feats or Speed and Skill Close Suc cessful Stock Show. LA GRANDE. Or.. June 5. (Special.) The second and last day of the Union stock show was almost as largely at tended as the first. More farmers were present Saturday. The programme was marked with several fast races, ball games and competitive driving and rid ing feats. The parade of yesterday. In which 300 horses participated, was repeated today. The event was unquestionably the most successful and productive of more fine .exhibits than anything ever at tempted in Eastern Oregon. The entire county rallied to the support of It, DEMOCRAT OUT FOR OFFICE Attorney Who Gave Information Expected to Call at Police Sta tion to Identify Suspects. Accused of three murders, kidnaping and horrible cruelties extending over period of half a decade. John and Louis Adams, gypsy father and son. were arrested yesterday morning at First and Seymour streets by Patrol men Rudolph and West. The men were held for investigation on a nom inal charge of assault and battery. preferred- by Mary Yoanivich, common- aw wife of the younger Adams. L. E. Huntsman, a local attorney, be lieves the gypsies who are now under arrest are the men who krlled Ezra Penny and son In Utah six years ago. Mr. Huntsman could not be located yes terday to identify the men, but he will probably be in Police Court this morn Ing to see if he can recognize either one of them. If Huntsman is able to identify the men he will .".lmediately notify Miss Emma Penny, daughter and siBter of the men who were murdered on the " Utah desert, who has been searching for the guilty parties for years. Neither John nor Louis Adams would make any statement yesterday, other than to curse their luck at being held In jail, and say that they had not done anything wrong. During the afternoon Mrs. John Adams, mother of Louis, vis lted the police - station and asked to see her husband and son. She carried baby of a few months in her arms, and the authorities soon learned that the little child was very 111 with whooping cough. Chief of Police Cox has given orders that the band of gypsies which is now In the city be driven from Portland Both the male and female members of the wandering band have secured an unsavory reputation since their ar rival here, and even though no definite charges may be proved against the men who are now held the police are determined to rid the city of their pres ence. KEN0 LANDS PUT IN USE Klamath Water-Users Glad When Ballinger Sends Xotice. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., June 5 (Special.) Secretary Ballinger has sen word to the Klamath Water Users' Association that 5000 aores in the Keno part of the Klamath project had been like them," John C. Rice, of Caldwell, Would Be Governor of Idaho. CALDWELL, Idaho, June 6 (Special.) John C. Rice, of Caldwell, is the first Democrat to announce himself as a can didate for Governor, subject to the result of the direct primary- Mr. Rice was born near Virginia, 111., January, 1S64; is graduate of the Illinois College, attending that institution at the time W. J. Bryan graduated. He was a member of the third session of the Idaho Legislature. His business Is banker and attorney; he is president of the Commercial Bank of Caldwell, and a member of the law firm of Rice, Thompson & Buckner. Mr. Rice is. a strong temperance advocate and member of the Christian denomination. ROAD CONVENTION CALLED Clark County to Discuss Improve ments at Meeting June 15. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 5. (Spe .cial.) To consider means to' improve the county roads a county convention Tire EM iilllili of producing apparatus for the generation of warm air or hot water, is one for the furnace or boiler manufacturer, but THE PROBLEM of getting warm air into a room or hot water into a radiator uniformly, is one that rests with the Heating Engineer not tinners or hardware merchants, but with, people who know their business. The W. G. McPherson Company Heating Engineers 328 Glisan Street released from the project. This is practically all of the lands embraced In this part of the original project and is in response to numerously signed petitions asking for release. The land owners m this part or the project are much pleased at this action of the Secretary of the Interior. They will now go ahead with plans which are already under way for the reclama tion of these lands and putting water thereon by private capital. 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