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iflE MORXIXG OREOOXIAJf. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910. '9 If) ASSEMBLY GALLED TO SELECTJUDGES State Bar Association Urges Non-Partisan Nominations for Supreme Bench. STATUTES PERMH" ACTION Purpose Is to Keep Judiciary For- . ever Out of Politics Lawyers Are Interested in Competency of Men to Be Chosen. Candidates to till four vacancies on the Stat Supreme bench are to be nominated at an assembly called by the State Bar Association of Oregon, to be held at the Multnomah County Court house, beginning at 2 o'clock on July 19. Notifications of the assembly have been cent out by a committee of the Bar As sociation and in this notification it is pointed out that an assembly for that purpose is permitted by the Oregon laws. The purpose of the Bar Association in providing for the nomination is to re move the judiciary from any affiliation with political parties, a scheme that has "been worked out with apparent satisfac tion in a number of other states. The call for the assembly, as made by the committee from the Bar Association, reads as follows: To the lawyw f the State of Oregon: At an adjourned wspsion of the State Bar Asso ciation of the State of Oregon, held in Port land. Or., on May 17, 1910. the following resolution wan adopted: Resolved. That the MuKnomah Bar Aw rlAtlon la In favor of the orlnctnle of nomi nating- and electing judges without regard to tneir political opinions or aniuauonB, Decautw Judgeat are required to deeide questions pre sented to them upon legal and not upon po litical confederations. 2. In order to accomplish that result, we favor the nomination of judge for the Su preme Bench by a proper &nd legal assembly called for that purpose only, composed of law yer representing the bar of every section of the state without regard to politics. Code Provides for Assembly. At the same aesnsion the State Bar Asso ciation appointed a committee to carry the aald resolution Into effect and authorized said committee to call an assembly of at least 100 electors, under the provisions of ction 2791 of Bellinger and Cotton's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Oregon, to nomi nate four candidates for the Supreme Bench, to be elected at the next gen eral election h eld In November. 1 910, to fill the "offices of four judges of the Supreme Court, now held by Honorable : Thomas A. McBride, Honorable F. A. Moore, Honorable "W. B. King and Honorable W. T. Slater, and to which assembly all the law yers of the State of Oregon admitted to prac tice in the fupreme Court and residents of rpgon are eligible, without regard to poli tic. Pursuant to the said resolution and author ity, the committee appointed ,by the said State Bar Association, at a meeting held in the City of Portland on June 1, 1910, duly appointed July 19. 1910, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M. aof said day, as the time, and the Courthouse In said city as the place when and where said assembly should be held. Now, therefore, notice Is hereby, given to all of the attorneys at law admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of this state and resi dents of this tate. that an assembly of elec tors of not lees than 1X will be held In the County Courthouse in the City of Portland, Or., -on July 19. 1910, at the hour of 2 o'clock 1. M.- of said day. for the purpose of nomi nating four Justices of the -Supreme- Court, two for a term of six years and two for a term of four years, to succeed Justices Moore. IMcBride, King and Slater, and all the lawyers of the said mate are invited and requested to , attend and participate in the action of the said assembly. 1 - Politics Are Disregarded. It Is deemed proper that the commltee shall state to the lawyers of the state, as well as to the general public, briefly, the reason for the proposed assembly. As indicated by the resolution, the object is to nominate can didates for the Supreme Bench without regard to tlelr political opinions or -affiliations and to make the said nominations Independent of the action of any political party whatsoever. The law provides for such an assembly. Bection 2791, 2 B. & C.'a Code, provides, among other things, that any assembly of electors as thereinafter defined, by causing & certificate of nomination to be duly prepared and filed In Xhe manner provided, may nominate one candidate for each public office to be filled at the election, whose name shall be placed upon the ballots to be furnished as provided thereinafter in said act. In the same section an assembly of electors la defined to be "an organized body of not less than 100 electors of the state or electoral division thereof for which the nomination is made." This section, although not amended in other respects, is still in force concerning the power and con stitution of an c-embly of electors. The assembly hereby called bears the legal name designated in the statute and is within the letter and the intent and purpose of the law. The law has wisely reserved to the electors equalling 100 or more the right to nominate candidates without regard to existing parties whenever they, for any reason, may deem it expedient or wise to do so. It is that right which the assembly hereby called will exer cise. It is not to be a political assembly or for a political purpose, but is to cause to be placed upon the official ballot a Judicial ticket of Supreme Judges without regard to political lines. The object is forever to keep the Judiciary out of politics. Office 1 Non-Political. The Judge has no political duty to' perform In his office. The nature of his office for bids it. He must decide cases without re Bard to politics and therefore political in fluence has no proper place in his forum. There is no rational ground, therefore, for political nomination or m juaiciary. Under the present law, however, political parties may and perhaps will make nomina tions for these offices. Without opposing that right of the political parties in their pri maries to nominate candidates for Judges, we hope by this non-part Lsan assembly to in fluence the electors of all parties to disregard politics In the selection of Judges. This is an assembly of electors somposed or lawyers. n is so constituted because lawyers, by their associations, duties and legal knowledge, have better opportunities to know and judge of the qualifications of as pi rants for the bench. It Is a lawyers move merit because they, more than any other class, appreciate that the bench should be in dependent, politically as well as otherwise. Lawyers have as much as, if not more, interest than any other class of citizens In having a competent Supreme Bench. I'd- right, learned and impartial Judges are the foundation of the usefulness, nay, of the verv existence of the legal profession, for without these qualities on the bench the practice of Jaw as an nonoraDie profession would be Im possible. To no c 1 ass more t h an to law ye rs would a corrupt, ignorant political or partial judge be more of a calamity, for before such a Judge a lawyer's probity "would be a dis advantage and his learning unless. Lawyers' do not transact their own business before courts, but the business of others; the business of citizens of the state whose per sonal and property rights are confided to their care. Therefore, an assembly of elec tors composed of lawyers will nominate a Supreme Court who will guard the rights and Interests of citizens without fear, favor or mriuence. xl . is earnestly aesnrea tnat a run repre sentation of the several districts of the state may do nad in this assembly. The resolution Is signed by Martin L Pipes, chairman of the committee, and Alex Bernstein, its secretary. MRS. WIRE IS DIVORCED ' Xteiio Hutchinson's Widow and Min ister Hut-band Fart. Mrs. "Virginia Spencer Hutchison Wire, widow of Reno Hutchinson, the well known Y. M. C A. worker who was mur dered in Spokane several years ago, has been divorced from her second husband, Rev. Melville T. Wire, of The Dalles. The decree, was granted several months ago, but the young people have succeeded in keeping the affair a secret except to their immediate friends. The ground for the divorce as alleged in the complaint was desertion on the part of Mrs. Hutchlnson Wire. After the wedding, in which Rev. W. H. Heppe. of Grace Methodist Church, officiated a little less than two years ago. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Wire went to The Dalles to live. But Mrs. Wire' is said to have returned to Portland after a few weeks, never at any time remain ing in The Dalles with her husband for more than a week or two at a time. THE DALLES. Or., June 22. (Special.) When Interviewed this afternoon. Rev. Melville T. Wire, replied: "I was mar ried to Mrs. Reno Hutchinson in Novem ber, 1908. I secured a divorce from her two months ago on grounds of deser tion, which is a matter of record in s s- ' t "V.' John E. Wilkie, Chief nf United States Secret Service, Who Pays Vlult to Portland. Wasco County. Beyond that I do not care to make any statement." L H . ADAMS IS HONORED IjOCAIj max named president of transfer association. Convention In Detroit Puts Port lander at Head of National Organization. Lewis H. Adams, president of the Bag gage & Omnibus Transfer Company, has enjoyed the unusual honor of being elected the head of a National organiza tion while here at his home in Portland, more than 2000 miles from the place of the election, Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Ad ams was made president of the American Association of Transfer Companies, which concluded its convention in De troit last Saturday. In a telegram received from F. A. Brown, secretary of the association, Mr. Adams has been informed of his elec tion. When asked yesterday what he believed prompted his election during his absence from the convention, Mr. Adams said: "I think it was -due to the campaign we have inaugurated for an open shop here in Portland." A hint of this sentiment is given , in the telegram received by Mr. Adams from Mr. Brown, which reads: "Accept my congratulations. Missed you much. Good meeting. Stick to open shop. Success, my wishes. F. A. Brown." The American Association of Transfer Companies is composed only of firms which have the privilege in their re spective cities of checking baggage at residences, and its members represent every part of the country. MOREY TO ANSWER TODAY Man "Whose Auto Struck Boy Ac cused of Assault. F. P. Morey will appear in Justice Court this afternoon to answer a charge of assault and battery on Richard Gerdes, a boy, living on South . First street. It is charged that Morey ran into the boy with his automobile and it was at first reported that Gerdes had suffered a fractured skull and a broken hip. This can hardly be the case, Morey says, as, after the accident, the boy ran to his home. Morey says he was going eight or ten miles an hour and that the boy was scuffling with another boy on the curb. When the car was almost abreast he broke away and ran into it, so that he was struck by the rear mud-guard. He was thrown to the pavement with force enough to daze him, but he picked himself up without assistance and al most ran in front of a streetcar. Morey denies that he put on speed af ter the accident. He says that he waited until he saw the boy run into his home before leaving. PERSONAL MENTION. R. B .West and wife, of Hood River, are at the Oregon. W. E. Taggart, of Enterprise, Or., la registered at the Imperial. C. O. O'Leary and wife, of Seaside, are registered at tne imperial. J. D. Sherwood, a prominent business man of Spokane, accompanied by his wife is at the Portland. Dr. Ij. Fox, a prominent physician of Rosaling, Neb., with his family, is reg istered at the Cornelius. Albert W. Martin, superintendent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road, accompanied by his wife, is in Portland on a tour of the Pacific Coast. 1 hey are staying at the Portland. CHICAGO, June 22. (Special.) Oregon people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: At the Congress Albert E. Arode, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Astor. At the Great Northern O. J. Wilson, Hood River. Columbia County' Pioneer Dead. DAYTON, Wash., June 22. (Special.) Ij. C vvmnett, pioneer of 18C2, and prom inent Columbia County farmer, died yes terday of paralysis, aged 50. He had been an Invalid for five years. Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Bundy Cemetery, Rev. B. C. Miller of ficiating. Although born in Iowa, Mr. Wihnett crossed the plains to Oregon at the age of 1 year. He was one of the first white children brought into this section. He leaves a wife and 10 children, all residents of this county. Dysentery, is a dangerous disease but can be cured. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has been successfully used in nine epidem ics of dysentery. It has never been known to fail. It is equally valuable for children and adults, and when re duced with water and sweetened, it is pleasant to take. Sold by all dealers. BRIEF VISIT MADE BY CHIEF W1LKIE After. Accompanying Prince to Sound, Head of Secret Serv ice Comes to Portland. BAD COIN MEN ARE FEW Federal Official Declares Counter feiting: Is at Minimum, Due to Co-operation of Banks and 1 Government Detectives. ) Slipping quietly through the gates of the Grand Central Station, John EI Wil kie. Chief of the Secret Service of the. United States, yesterday visited Portland. He stole away again last night with no more, noise than was occasioned by his entry. The man whose career has been the subject of many magazine stories of re cent years, and who Is supposed to be the original Vorke Norrey, the secret agent for the Department of State who prevented a war -between7 Japan and the United States, .has just completed a tour of the United States as the escort of Prince Hiroyshu Fushlma, cousin of the Mikado of Japan, whom he. placed aboard the steamer Wisconsin at Seattle without a single serious mishap having marred the trip, from the time of entry at the Port of New York more than two weeks ago. The steamer sailed from Puget Sound Tuesday morning. Prince Fushima Is an admiral In; the Japanese Navy, and was accompanied by the Princess and a large party of friends. It is understood that the visit was In tended by the Japanese Government as an assurance of the friendship of the Ori ental nation for the United. States, and that Chief Wilkie was personally request ed by the Secretary of State to look after the safety of the party because of the admiration Japanese officials entertain for the man who has made the secret service of the United States the most dreaded by criminals of any in the world, and whose knowledge of the inner work ings of the intriguing and anarchistic so cieties of the Old World seems to stamp him a wizard. Plans of Prince Changed. "There is no significance to my visit to Portland'- said Chief Wilkie, as he leaned against the safe In the office of Steve Connell, In charge of secret service affairs In the Pacific Northwest. "Prince Fushima originally intended to sail from San Francisco, but the breaking out of some infectious disease 'aboard the boat sent her to quarantine. After learning those facts, we changed our plans so as to catch the steamer sailing from the Sound to Japan, and had a leeway of only 13 hours to catch the vessel. 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I hour stop for repairs. Then one of the cars developed a hot box, and we were laid up again. At the crossing of the Wisconsin River the bridge was found on fire, and all hands were called upon to organize a fire brigade. The Prince Joined in this incident, and. was at no time uneasy. Many Good Coins Returned. "I was enabled to look after the Jap anese party for the reason that X wanted to come to the Coast and because there is nothing doing in the counterfeiting line at present. If I were a doctor looking for patients, I should say that business was mighty poor. We are Keeping the makers of bad money where they can do little harm. At this time I should say that there Is less counterfeit money in the country than for many years. Many of the coins sent to us by banks and mercantile concerns as bogus are really good. They have been cracked, and in that way lose their metallic ring. I presume that we receive an average of three such coins a day, ami return them to our correspondents. "The circulation of counterfeit money has been largely reduced through the co operation of National banks and the clearing houses. In most of the cltiel we have an arrangement with them where by any bogus bill or coin shall be muti lated or stamped as counterfeit, and then returned to the depositor. "The law makes any employe of the National bank responsible for returning a counterfeit bill or coin to a customer unless it has been marked as a counter felt. The officer returning such money without marking it becomes a conspirator to pass counterfeit money, and is equally guilty with tho bank patron who later unloads the bill or coin on another. We have a case now pending In Denver against the teller of a National bank who returned an unmarked bill to a customer who later got rid of it. Both men are under arre." Chief Wilkie left for California IsTst night, and will be back at his Washing ton post within one week. Roseburg Will Pave. ROSEBURG, Or., June 22. (Special.) The Clark-Henry Company, of Sacra mento, Cal., was awarded the contract for 40 blocks of asphalt paving for this city at a price of 11.69 per square yard last Tuesday. The "-work, it is an nounced, will be commenced not later NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS We have a limited number of our combi nation city and state maps left which we will close out at 25 cents each to Ore gonian subscribers. One map to a per son. Call at city circulation desk. By-o, Baby Bunting! Papa's gone a-hunting To buy some MILKFLAKE BABY FOOD To make Ms baby fat and good. ' '. PePe realize that a cross baby is almost invariably an ill fed baby.. The problem of finding a food that will agree has in the past been one of dread, for every unsuccessful experiment leaves the baby m a worse condition a little closer to death. 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The Burns & Utter sawmill, which was destroyed by Are six miles nortn of here last Friday, is to be re built at once.While the loss of the mill was a heavy loss to the owners, who had jiiRt Installed complete new "ma chinery previous to the Spring run, they say they are going to order more ma chinery at once, and will have the mill again in operation before Winter. The loss was about $7000, and there was no insurance. immer -Service" to orth each WILL BE INAUGURATED BY THE Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company's Palatial Steamer T , Jo Potter" Friday, June 24, 1910 Leaving Ash-street Dock at 8:30 A. M. daily, except Sunday (on Saturday at 1:00 P. M.)1, going direct to Megler, making immediate connection with the Ilwaco - Railroads trains for all North Beach points. - VIEW THE SCENIC COLUMBIA IN DAYLIGHT BY A Magnificent River Ride of Nearly One Hundred Miles of Delightful Scenery Send for our beautifully illustrated booklet, "Outings in Oregon." SEASON RATES FROM PORTLAND, good six' months $4.00 THREE-DAY SATURDAY TO MONDAY RATES 33.00 CORRESPONDING L0"W RATES FROM ALL O. R. & N. AND S. P. POINTS. Eaggage intended for this steamer must oe delivered at Ash Street Dock at least thirty minutes before leaving time. . For further particulars, reservations, etc., call on our City Ticket Agent, 3d and "Washington v Streets, Portland, Oregon, or write to WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent