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THE MORMSG OREGO:N"IAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1911. 3 PACIFIC COAST EQUAL DEAL Manufacturers Would pete for Missorui trict Business. Com-Dis- DISTANCE TARIFFS HIT Railroad Commissions of Oregon and Washington Submit Propo sition to Interstate Commerce Commission for Settlement. SALEM. . Or., Sept. 8. (Special.) With the purpose In view of allowing: Paclflo Coast manufacturers to com pete with the manufacturers In what Is known as the Missouri district for the trade In the inter-mountain coun try, as well as to place the entire. Pa cific Northwest on an equality as far as distance tariffs are concerned, the In terstate Commerce Commission has been submitted a proposition by the Joint commissions of Washington and Orec-on with that end In view. The tentative plan was submitted to Commissioner I.ane when he was In Portland recently. Nothing- tangible or definite has been settled, nor will It be until the Interstate Commission srives its answer. Under the Spokane rate decision, the manufacturers In what is known as the Missouri territory have practically three-to-one advantage over the Pacific Coast manufacturers. In other words. the manufacturers In the Missouri ter- 'rltory can ship Into the lnter-mountain country three miles to one ror ine r-a-elflo Coast manufacturers for the same money. It Is the nlan of the two commis sions to Iron out. or smooth away, the ineoualltles in the tariffs for a dis tance of 600 miles. This would stretch Into the inter-mountain oountry at least as far as Boise and give the man ufacturers on the Pacific Coast an even break with the manufacturers of the East. The Interstate Commerce Commission will take the matter fully under ad visement and will probably confer with the three commissions as to the relation of the proportional tariff. Last Summer Commissioner Gordon. of California, was In Salem and this matter was suggested to him. He stated unofficially that when the ques tion came to the California line It un doubtedly would be given favorable consideration there, and as a result In dictations point to an equality in dis tance tariffs for the entire Pacific Coast If the Interstate Commerce Cora mission decides to reach a conclusion favorable to the plan of the Joint state commissions. go to Servant Harry Riley, one of the three ellglblea, and that as soon as appointed he will be assigned to the first night relief, while Captain Bailey, who has held that command for two years, will take charge of the second night relief. Sergeant Joseph Keller, now In command of the sec ond night relief, and the man whom the administration openly wished to see get the captaincy, will probably go at the same time to the detective force. where, for an unannounced reason, a vacancy was left when the shake-up of a week ago took place. Sergeant Keller, since Chief Slover's elevation, has commanded a relief. Kel ler will be In his element In the de tective department, as he has a keen reliBh for that class of work. Appointment of a captain will neces sarily carry with it the appointment of Acting-Chief Slover to the full rank, as he Is technically only a captain at present, and there will be no vacancy until some disposition is made of his case. Beginning October 1 there will he an automatic shifting of policemen from one relief to another every 30 days, without regard to personal preferences. The plan Is in the hands of Chairman Coffey of the Police Commission, who was impressed with a similar rule ob served while visiting the department at Vancouver. B. C. Complete Infor mation as to the limits of beats and the locations of call boxes throughout HAWLEY IS 'CALLED' Leniency of Idaho's Pardon Board Scored by Jurist. ALL PRISONERS ARE FREED Belief Kxpressed That Freedom of Action of Body in Releasing Con victs Causes Liynchings, Shoot- ings by Mobsv Nlghtrlders. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 8. The leniency of the state, pardon board of this state In paroling and giving pardons to pris oners convicted of crimes against so ciety, thereby leading the public to tne sole purpose being to restrain the at tempted enforcement of the ordinance, Judge Gatena informed the officials that the mandate of the Circuit Court must be obeyed and In answer to question from Mr. Barbur, declared that the next offense will be punished by a Jail sentence, without the option of a fine. Deputy city Attorney Ben- bow, representing the city. Is threaten ing to appeal to the Supreme Court. He took several exceptions to the nil lngs of Judge Oatens. Attorney Shlvely put on the stand J. F. Kelly, G. C. Edwards and other vent cle owners, who swore that they had been arrested for failure to pay the ve hicle license 'fee. Chief Slover ' and City Auditor Barbur were also called and admitted attempting to enforce the tax, but declared that they -were en forcing ordinance 28.662, which con' gists of an amendment to ordinance 22,985. the one held Invalid by Judge Gatens. The Judge responded that he had de clared all nine sections of ordinance 22,985 Invalid and had enjoined the en forcement of the whole or any part of the measure. Pending further court decisions. Chief Slover last night ordered that no further arrests be made under the or dinance. FOREST GROVE NAMEi." PROMINENT SCHOOLS. EDUCATORS TO HEAD CATHOLIC COLONY IS PLAN Bishop OTlelHy Travels Over East ern Oregon. With Wtltam Hanley. BURNS, Or, Sept. 8. (Special.) Rt. Rev. C J. O'Reilly, of Baker. Cathollo bishop of the Eastern Oregon diocese, spent several days In Harney County the past week, and traveled over a large part of It as the guest of Presi dent William Hanley. of the Eastern Oregon Development League, in his auto. Bishop O'Reilly Is Interested, with ex-Senator Thomas Kerlns. of Utah, in colonisation of several thou sand Eastern Catholics on Oregon farms, and has been investigating sev eral localities throughout hie diocese to find suitable places for them. He was much pleased with the Blltzen Valley, Catlow Valley and' the Alvord section, and it Is possible that valuable tracts In those places may be secured within a short time for the purpose Indi cated. The bishop was three days In the auto, and covered a wide range. He aleo held services and preached to the buccaroos at several of the Hanley ranches and at Narrows, where he was well received by the boys of the saddle and the lariat, who had almost for gotten what a bishop or even a preach er looks like. HOP CROP IS NOT DAMAGED In Spite of Heavy Rain Pickers Go to "Work; Delay Not Harmful. FOREST GROVE, Or, Sept. 8. (Spe cial.) In spite of the heavy rains of the past few days, several of the hop yards began picking the first part of the week. The hops have not been damaged by the rain, but because of the several days' delay In gathering the crop, growers fear the hops may become overripe and thus a partial loss Incurred. Several of the hopmen have contract ed their crop for 35 cents a pound, but the majority of growers refuse to sell at this time. In order to secure pickers one yard is paying 11.25 a hundred, but the rest have held to the old rate of a cent a pound. Harvesting closed here at the end of last week. The crop, on the whole, was larger than expected, wheat averaging 80 bushels to the acre and oats about 40. Alany of the farmers are taking advantage of the rains and are begin ning their Fall plowing. PORTLAND MAN HONORED Photographers Association Sleeting at Taconia. Closes IQilPil 1 is. . r; t & r. . ' Ifc. . Jt - it X umar a t - ' ii k?SL Arm unn the city will be prepared in such form that every officer may have a copy, and the monthly shift will be made without further orders. In favor of the plan the advantages pointed out are the familiarizing of every officer with every part of the work, the even division of the "fat and lean" Jobs and the breaking up of cliques which have tendency to develop among officers long together in one part of the work. The change will affect men who have been continuously at one post for as long as four and five years. FOREST GROVE GROWS SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL TEAR PRE DICTED FOR'191 1-12-. O. M. Gardner Re-elected City Sn pertntendent and Professor Scott Named Htgb School Head. I Count I years FOREST GROVE. Or, Sept. 8. (Spe cial.) Wltb the re-election of Professor O. M. Gardner as city superintendent of schools, and the' selection of Professor William Scott as the new principal of the High School, the city schools of Forest Grove may have a successful year for 1911-12. Superintendent Gardner haa had charge of the schools here for the past three years and. through bis efforts, a four years' high school course was es tablished last year. He is an enthusi astic worker and hoes by another year that the district will eee fit to construct a high school building, which Is greatly needed because of the increasing attendance. Professor Scott Is a graduate of Mc- Minnvllle College, and comes to this city from the Dllley High School, where he was principal for the last four years. He is an energetic institute woraer. and has done much along this line in the county. He Is a promoter of athlet ics and assures contests in all branches during the coming year. Several changes will be nrougnt about in the course of study. Including the addition of a teacher's course and year of chemistry. Domeatlo science and manual training will be given more importance and better equipment. A physics and chemistry laboratory is to be established In the basement of the Central building, with complete apparatus. The attendance at the High school last year numbered 87. and that of the grammar grades at both buildings 488. Professor Gardner predicts a consider able Increase for the ensuing year. which opens Monday, September 18. The teachers for the year are: Hlrh School William Scott, principal. history, science; Mrs. Grace Shea, lan guages; Miss Anna Taylor, mathematics. Central scnooi Firtn sraae, .tnei joy. of Gaston; fourth grade. Edith 6talley, of Forest Grove; third grade. Pearl Cocke, of this city; second grade, Jessie Greer, of Forest Grove; first grade, Martin Martin. of Forest Grove." Lincoln School I- B. Herb el. principal; eighth grade, Lillian Horton. of ugene; seventh grade. Miss Martin; sixth grade, Catherine Chalmers, of Centervllle; fifth and fourth grades. Elsie Lathrop, of Port land; third ana second grades. Miss Arnold, of Portland; first grade. Myrtle Soroggs, of Forest Grove; C B. Gatchell, manual train ing; Mrs. O. M. Gardner, domestic science and art. TACOMA. Wash, Sept. 8. (Special.) At the closing session today of the annual convention of the Photograph ers' Association of the Pacific North west the following officers were elected: President. A. G. Churchley. Portland; vice-president. L. A. Sprague, Belling ham: secretary-treasurer. J. E. Ralston, Seattle; vice-president. Oregon, H. C. Diets, Hood River: vice-president, Washington, Miss Ruth E. Brown, Che Iialls; vice-president, Idaho, R. B. Himes. Sand Point; vice-president. Montana, Louis Hyne. Great Falls; vice-president. British Columbia, W. W. Moore, Vancouver. I KELLER MAY BE SLEUTH Riley Ijlkely to ;Be Named Captain Soon. The probable selection of a new po lice captain, and shifting of relief commanders to follow Immediately thereafter, were subjects of gossip in police circles yesterday. Rnmor was persistant that tha ooveted plum will Four Hurt on Linn ton Road. Dead Man's Curve, on the Llnnton road, opposite the United Electric car barns, caused injury to four persons early yesterday morning, when an au tomobile, seeking to avoid collision with a buggy, swerved from the grade and toppled Into the ditch. All the victims were men. The car was driven by a chauffeur for the Portland Taxi cab Company. F. F. Haley sustained an Injured knee, 'William Shannon hurt internally and F. R. Campbell sus tained severe cuts on the head. The injured were taken to the Lakeview Tavern and later to the Good Samari tan Hospital, where they received treatment and were later discharged. Fanners Welcome Rainfall. GOLD END ALE, 'Wash.. Sept. 8 (Special.) For the past 24 hours a rain has been falling over the entire val ley, which has made the farmers hap py. Threshing has not been completed, but the rain will not damage the un threshed ' grain to any extent Th roads were much In need of rain. The apple crop on non-irrigated lands will be benefited by the showers, as well as many large fields of Spring-sown belief that a man guilty of a punish able crime Is never given his Just dues, is held by Judge Edgar C. Steele of the district court of North Idaho as the direct cause for the lynching and shooting of prisoners by mobs or nlghtrlders who take the law into their own hand a This Is his charge as contained in a letter he has Just written to Gov ernor James H. Hawley in reply to a request that a grand Jury be called to Investigate Into the shooting of Pe ter Malllck, an Indian, who was cor nereS in the county Jail at Grangevllle, Idaho county, and killed like a "rat In a trap" because of his brutal assault of his educated Indian wife. Coming on the heels of the charge made by Judge Steele Is the action of the state pardon board ordering six penitentiary prisoners released from the state penal Institution this week. They were all pardpned. The list follows: List la Iiong One. ,'llllam Ace, received from Fremont County June 18. 1909; sentenced for live ars on tne cnarge or attacK. Clara Day, received from Bannock County May 20. 1910; convicted on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to from six months to two years. Edward Fltzlbbons, received from Ban nock County; convicted and sentenced to a charge of burglary for a term of 15 years. He entered the penitentiary July 4, 1909. John Davenport, received from Latah County December 23, 1909; sentenced to serve from one to 14 years on the charge of arson. L. T. McGlnnls, received from Bannock County December 18, 1909, to serve from six months to five years on the charge of re ceiving stolen property. L. A- Nuby. received from Nes Perce County October 81, 1909, to serve from one to 14 year on the charge of forgery. Judge Steele declares in his letter that the nlghtrlders at Grangevllle took it upon themselves to administer Justice In a manner with which they knew the pardon board could not in terfere. He says in part: Having held court in Idaho County for over 12 years, I feel that I can say of its citizens that there are no more law-abiding, law-enforcing class on the face of the globe than can be found here. Permit me to sug gest, however, that It appears from the ac tions of the State Board of Pardons, of which you are at present a member, that It falls to give proper credit to the intelli gence of the citizens and that the Board appears to believe that the Juries of this county and the trial courts do not under stand the conditions existing. Juries' Verdicts Set Aside. The Board of Pardons has set aside the verdlots of every Jury and the sentence of the court in every case of any Importance mat nave seen triea in tne courts in this county In the last 12 years, and In substan tiation of this contention X beg leave to call your attention to the list. Judge Steele names Rudolph Wetter, murderer of two men and crlppler of a boy for life, whose sentence to death was commuted and who the people of Idaho county believe will be pardoned; Henry Shlssler, sentenced for life for killing one Williams and paroled after serving a year; Bud Holt, sentenced for cattle stealing, pardoned; Richard Crea, sentenced for killing Tom Me Leod, pardoned; Max Geidl, sentenced for horse stealing, pardoned; Andrew Gilbert, given a life sentenoe for mur der, permitted to escape, and others. Continuing he says: The cases to whloh I have called your attention were tried In Idaho County, but the four other counties tn my district have fared similarly In proportion. I have had a score - of citizens ask me, "What Is the use of spending our money to send men to BolseT They only stay there a short time." In the last 12 years I have spent over $50, 000 of the money of the people of Idaho County In prosecuting criminals and not a murmur has been heard about the expense, and I would like to suggest that If tbe courts are to enforce the law the Board or Pardons should take a reef in Its sails and see whither It Is drltitlng. Tou have but entered upon the duties of your Important office, having only held the position as a member of the Pardon Board for eight months. Your training as a law yer and the record of your public life would indicate that you believe In law enforcement, and I have every confidence that you will aid In correcting the evil, which I firmly believe exists, and to which I have the honor of calling your attention. I feel that 'the Board of Pardons has been instrumental In bringing about a condition which resulted In the brutal murder of Peter Malllck . In hisxoell In the county Jail here. TWO OFFICERS ARE FINED Slover and Barbnr Taxed $5 for Contempt Mayor Forgiven. Aoting Chief of Police Slover and City Auditor Barbur were fined f5 each by Presiding Judge Gatens in the Cir cuit Court yesterday afternoon on the showing that they had been enforcing the vehicle ordinance declared Invalid by Judge Gatens June 20. They were arrested at the instance of W. B. Shlvely, attorney for the vehicle own ers, on warrants charging contempt of court. The case against Mayor Rushlight was dismissed on motion of Attorney Shlvely., The vehicle owners declared that they have no desire to make the city officials actually pay the fines or have them committed in default, their WEST PLANS ORANGES OREGON1 NAVAL RESERVE GOV- ER2VMENT XOT TO HIS LIKING. Tnder Existing Conditions Xaval Board Officers Are Also Reserve Officers and Andlt Accounts. SALEM. Or. Sept 8. (Special.) Unless Indications fail it Is probable that some substantial changes may be made in the government of the Oregon Naval Reserve by Governor West In the near future. From intimations that have been dropped In the execu tive offices it is understood that the present Naval Board of five commis sioned officers, which governs the af fairs of the Reserve, will see an entire change of personnel. Under existing conditions the five officers who constitute the board are also officers- of tbe Oregon Naval Re serve. Under these conditions the members of the Naval Board pass on their own conduct as officers as well as auditing their own accounts. It is understood that some of the ac counts which have been sent in under these conditions may have difficulty In passing the censorship of the auditing deparraent In the office of Secretary of State. Whether such things as tro phy cigarettes, clgarB, sandwiches and various other obvious means of enter tainment will be made the subject of warrants Is a question which probably will come before Secretary Olcott, and if his actions in the past In this re spect are any criterion for the future, it is probable the Reserve will havn to pay some of Its debts in another ban ner than through the appropriation for its upkeep. While it Is probable that Governor West will ask the present members of the Naval Board to sever their connec tion with that board, this does not mean that they will be asked to give up their rank. It will be the intention of the execu tive, from what can now be gathered, to merely'-ask the commissioned offi cers who now constitute the board to step down and out in their capacity as members of that board. In this event the Governor will name an entirely 1 new board of men who are not connect ed with the Oregon Naval Reserve. As the law provides that the members of the board shall be commissioned offi cers, it is barely possible that the Governor will commission enough men to serve out the four-year term. Whether the law allows the Governor to order the present members, who are appointed for four years, to step down and out is a point which has not been settled, but the Governor can ask them to resign, and as he is Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Reserve, it is prob able that they will do as he requests, as be could make It unpleasant for the board In many ways by refusing to approve their accounts or refusing to approve the rules and regulations which are made by the board. Recent difficulties which have arisen, particularly following the cruise of the Boston, probably will be largely re sponslble for the rumored prospective FREE DEMONSTRATION TRIP PER STEAMER JOSEPH KELLOGG 5 Ek.r5r5 ... -s g-- - - - - - JFo Factory Acres Special Steamer Chartered for the Day, Due to Return at 4 P. M. 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' We are now negotiating with six factories and one sawmill for location in Factory Acres. We are also negotiating with a company, controlling an inexhaustible supply of cheap coal, which contemplates the erection of a plant for the manufacture of gas, to be distributed for fuel in the operating of factories. This will create a source of supply of the cheapest known fuel. FACTORY ACRES is in the center of Portland's Columbia River waterfront and is by far the cheapest property on the Portland market If you are alive to the best chance you ever had to make money in Port land real estate, come to our office today and make arrangements to go on this free demon stration trip tomorrow. Office open from 7 to 10 this evening. Prices $SOO and Up an Acre Easy Terms MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents OFFICES, 522-526 COBBETT BLDGr. PHONES MAIN 1503. A 1515. action of the executive toward the Na val Board. 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