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6 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1912. iGENERAL HINTS AF BIG COAST DEFENSE : Chief of Staff Wood, U. S. A. Studies Situation on Pu get Sound. ITEM YEARS' WORK VISIBLE Official Says Plan Can Be Revealed More Nearly When He Returns From Port Townsend Realty Near Posts -Inspected. ' 'SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 8. Major General Leonard 'Wood, chief of staff f the United States Army, came -to Se Alt tnrinv insnentd Fort Tjlwton. looked over adjacent real .estate with a .view to extending the military grounds and sailed tonight on the Army steamer . Major Samuel Ringgold for Port-Towns-nd. where he will inspect the coast de fense works that stand guard over the entrance to Puget Bound. General Wood will return to Seattle In a few days mud then go to Tacoma to look over come military depots there and see property in the vicinity of that rity which: may be needed for military purposes, after which he will proceed down the coast, stopping at, Vancouver Harracks, - Portland. San .Francisco, Alonterey and Los Angeles. ' "When I return from the other Puget iSoond posts, I will be able to discuss prospective plans more fully said Gen ?ral Wood hefore leaving for Port Townsend "We are making our plans much as you would plan a city street here. Not all to be done at once, but to have a fixed plan so that in the fu ture when ; we are ' ready- - to make changes we wilt-have a system to fol low. . '"Puget Sound is well protected at present, I believe, but I can- discuss that question better after looking over the other fortifications. It is the intention of the "War De partment either to increase the garri son at Fort Law ton or to establish other posts in the Puget Sound dis trier. Enlarged posts will also be estab lished at San Francisco and Los An geles. These changes. General Wood said, probably would be brought about within the next 10 years. , At Fort Lawton General Wood met Colonel George Bell. Inspector-General of the Western Division, with bead quarters at San Francisco, who is vis iting the post on his annual inspection trip and held a brief conference with Congressman William E. Humphrey, of Seattle. GENERAL IS DUE HERE SOON Portland Business Men Prepare to Urge Vancouver Claims. It is believed by Secretary Glltner, of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, that Major-General Leonard Wood will arrive in Portland tomorrow or Friday. When information arrives this morn ing as to the time of his arrival and the length of his stay in Portland, ar rangements will be made immediately by the Chamber of Commerce and the r Portland Commercial Club to enter-c'-iain the General during hla stay. "s It is planned to give a large dinner ,!in Ms honor, that the leading -men of 'Portland may meet the Major and per sonally present the claims of the re "gion adjacent to Portland for the pro rposed establishment of a Government brigade post at Vancouver, Wash. The manuscript arguments setting forth the advantages of Vancouver, which have been prepared by the Chamber of Com merce, will be presented to General Wood. It is thought also that the pro. ' jectors of the proposed bridge across the Columbia River win urge tneir claims for Federal aid. Such a thor oughfare would add immeasurably to the military efficiency and convenience of this territory, it is held. The business men of Portland have not allowed the reported interview of General Wood while in Spokane, in timating that Puget Sound would in j all likelihood be favored with the' brl I gade post, to discourage them in their campaign for the post. Tney sun ieei that the superior situation of Vancou ver will convince the investigator that that place should receive the location, n.irino- him recent trio across the ! continent Jjajor-General Wood visited Fort Missoula and Fort Lincoln, in North Dakota, and Fort George Wright, Spokane. The latest word of his whereabouts received in Portland told j of his Journey to Seattle trom spoaane. ; It is thought that he will leave Seattle j for Portland tomorrow. j LIQUOR ELECTIONS ARE DUE ! Enterprise, Wallowa and Iostine to Decide November 5." ' EXTERPRISE,.Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.) ! City elections on. the question of per mitting the sale of Intoxicating liquor ' in Enterprise. Wallowa and Lostine, ' will be held at the general election i November 5. This makes four liquor ' elections In Wallowa County on that date. One will be for the county as . a whole ana the .others for the cities named. Orders for the elections in the pities ' were entered by the County Court at . its latest session, following the filing j of petitions. At present the county is ' dry. but. under a ruling of the Supreme Court last Spring, saloons have been licensed in Joseph, seven miles from Enterprise. Now a test is to be made ! In the other cities of the county as well , as In the county as a whole. ' ORDER N0J EFFECTIVE Railroad Commission Is Enjoined From Enforcing Rates. . SALEM. Or., Oct. 8. fSpecial.) A temporary restraining order enjoin ing the State Railroad Commission from enforcing orders in regard to rates and shipments on the Sumpter Valley Rail road was granted by Judge Galloway in Circuit Court today. The orders were Issued some time ago. but became ef fective yesterday. The commission de murred to the application for an in junction on the ground that the order was already effective. The company has also asked the com mission for a modified order in these rases, urging that the Scribner scale be substituted for the Spaulding scale, as provided for in the order and that green lumber be measured by weight rather than by scale.' CAR SHORTAGE INDICATED Railroads Refuse to Furnish Except to Customers. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.) Coupled with the car shortage that is affecting various localities and prom ises to be a serious factor in the hhj ment or crops this Fall, a car war has apparently broken out between the Spokane Portland Seattle, a Hill road, and the Southern Pacittc. a Harrt maa road, as is testified to by letters which have come into the hands of the State Railroad Commission. - The Astoria Box Company received circular communication from the North Bank Road in which that road stated it is notifying all of its patrons as rapidly as possible that it will decline loading on the line of the North Bank to points on the Southern Pacific excepting to -industries located within 4be shipping limits of the Portland Tarda. This letter was referred to the South ern Pacific and In response that com pany notified the confmission that It is pursuing practically the same policy in connection with shipments from points on its lines to points on the Hill roaa. They stated that the present situation indicates a serious car shortage and that they intend to furnish cars for : Z-Lj' ,.rTT -""--iTiir - Major-General Wood, V. S. A., Mho Will Arrive In Portland Soon. . their customers in the first place, and decline to send cars to points on other roads. ' ' JUDGE CHARGES PLOI HIMvLE, SPOKANE, SAYS "BIG INTERESTS" ARE AT WORK. Frame-Cp, to Eliminate Him as Judi cial Possibility Laid to Corpora tions of Inland Empire. SPOKANE. Wash., Oct 8. (Special.) Superior Court Judge J. D. Hinkle threw a bomb Into the political camp in this city when he openly charged that five Superior Court Judicial candi dates at the primaries were nominated by conspiracy on the part of ' big .in terests." The charges follow: A secret meeting of the agents of "big interests" was h,eld in this city early In September. The choice of five candidates lor superior judges of Spokane County. The printing of hundreds or anon ymous ballots carrying thesa five names. The dealing out of these ballots by railway agents to theix employes on Drlmarv election day. The suecessiui nomination oi mese five candidates. The shaping of plans to shut out all other nominees for Superior Judge on election day. Judge Hinkle says: "Since the change of venue law went into effect, in June, 1911, Post. Avery and Higgins and Graves, Kizer nd Graves, at torneys for the Washington- Water Power Company,- tne xracuon company and for other interests, have been taking their cases away from me, charging by affidavit that 1 was preju diced against them. 'A few days before the primary elec tion a gentlemen's meeting was secret ly held and a-Judicial ticket selected, upon which my name did not appear. In fact, it was not even considered. I was not on the eligible list. i The ticket was printed and there was so much secrecy surrounding that the printer label was clipped off. Saturday, Deiore me primary, me icket was placed in the hands of Our Friends and many other citizens." BORAH CONFIRMS ACTION Idaho Senator Would Talk in Wash ington, With Proviso. SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 8. (Special.) Senator Borah, of Idaho, in confer ence with Senator Poindexter. of Wash ington, todayr confirmed the announce ment that he would speak here under Republican auspices and said the only thing that might prevent his keeping this engagement would be the itinerary laid out for him by the Idaho State Central Committee. Mr. Borah said, however, that his speech, if he made one, would be dis tinctively "progressive" and intimated that it might be more satisfactory to the third party men than to the Repub licans. He declared that north Idaho looked "very good." but declined to express any opinion as to how Idaho would go for President or Governor. This is a year when one man s guess is as good as another's," he said. Mr. Poindexter said that he would not renew the cancelled Idaho speak ing; engagements in behalf of the Idaho Senator, as his itinerary was made up. EUGENE PLANT IS SOUGHT A. Welch Makes Proposition, hut Conncilmen Seem Unfavorable. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) A proposition to purchase the municipal power plant was made to the City Coun cil last evening by A. w elen, the pub lic utilities promoter. The proposition was referred to the finance committee. but according to remarks let fall by Councilmen at the meeting, it will not be seriously considered, as'. the city ' is fairly -well satisfied to keep the whole power and water plant in its own con trol. Mr. welch s proposition contemplated a 50-year rrancnise to sen electrics.! energy in Eugene, and also embodied a specific list of rates that should be charged the city for power for use of the municipal water plant and for street lighting. The citv electrical plant includes a 8400-horsepower plant at Walterville, where water is diverted from the Mc Kenzie River and brought three- miles and a half to the power plant; trans mission line, substations, at Eugene and a distribution system for commer cial and for street lighting.. The whole installation cost about 1 3e0.ooo. . Signalman Crushed hy log. CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct! 8. (Spe cial.) John Kautrain, a signalman, was Instantly killed in the Johnson Creek camp yesterday when he was crushed by a rolling log. rracii-aiiy every bone in his body was broken. .. SHiayW . .-7 TinWlsl, JURY SELECTED; WITNESSES GONE Men Sworn to Try Woman on . Murder -Charge in Pasco County. SENSATION IS EXPECTED Court Adjourns Cntil Warrants Can Be Served City's Society Expect Sensational Airing in Mrs. Christensen's Case. . PASCO, Wash., Oct. 8. (Special.) Just before the noon adjournment of the Superior Court today the Jury was completed and sworn, the following men having been finally selected to try the caseof Mrs. Anna Christensen, who is charged with the murder of her hus band on the night of May 31. D. F. Gower, farmer, Nunamaker; E. E. Wlshard, farmer, Connell; D. J. Sin clair, farmer, Kahlotus; O. O. Black, farmer, Connell; F. A. Hart, farmer", Connell; W. H. Moon, hardware mer chant, Connell; Louis Kleeb, lumber merchant, Pasco; R. L. Darby, farmer. Eltopia; -C. H. Gerkin, farmer. Eltopia; C. J. Toung. railroad employe, Pasco; Al Weber, farmer, Connell; C. W. Pat ton, farmer. Connell. When court reconvened at 1 o'clock it was found that- several important witnesses were missing, for whom sub penas had been Issued and served. Bench warrants have been Issued for these ' witnesses and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning, when it, is believed the . witnesses will be in court. - Important Witness Missing". One of the most Important witnesses upon whom a subpena had been served and who is missing is Bobbie Rouchet, who, it is alleged, was very intimate with the dead banker and whose tes timony is expected to be an interest ing feature of the trial. This woman is said to have been located in British Columbia and It is thought she is now in Spokane. The Prosecuting Attorney stated that he had heard that Bobbie was in British Columbia and later that she was in Spokane. Be also stated that he had some further Information that he did not care to state before the jury, and as the court did not allow the Jury to retire, this information was not made public. The statement made bv one of the attorneys for me deiense some time ago that Pasco society was to receive an airing of a sensational nature is believed to be the reason for the sudden disappearance of several witnesses. ' No Women on Jury. Mrs. Christensen is making her tem porary residence at the VUlard Hotel, walks to and rrom me uourioouse wkd her father. M.ip. Glenn, of Kent. Wash., and her attorneys, and quietly sits through the proceedings . on a chair apart from her attorneys. A. R. Gary, tne local contractor, wno is accused of being an' accomplice in the alleged crime, has also been an in terested observer of the proceedings thus far. Although four or five women were drawn on the Jury, none were accepted as Jufors to try the case. WOODLAND HAS SORROWS List of Casualties Seldom Witnessed In Small Towns Occur. WOODLAND. Wash., ct. 8. (Spe cial.) A list of fatalities and casual ties, seldom attained in small towns occurred here in a day. Early In the morning it was learned that Frank Able, a resident of the Lewis River Val ley for the past 45 years or more, had died at the residence -of L. Hopf here at an early hour. Death was due to diseases incident to old age. Interment will be tomorrow at the Etna Cemetery, near where he formerly lived on a homestead. The news had hardly been told before word reached here from Los Angeles that Joseph Wright, a Civil War veteran, had died In that city, but did not state the cause of death. 'Uncle Joe. as he was familiarly called, had ' lived here for about 25 vears and bad made tne trip to tos Angeles to attend a reunion of vet erans of the Civil War. He was nearly 83 years old. Interment will be made in the cemetery at that city in a plot provided for the reception of the bodies of deceased veterans. Then Mrs. Emll Thlel, wire of a well- to-do farmer just south of town, had both hands badly lacerated by the pre mature explosion of a mole gun that shs was attempting to set, and Mrs. Jane Miller, an elderly woman and a nioneer of the valley, fell and dislocat ed her hip. and, as she has been in poor health for some time, the accident may prove fatal. Mrs. Thlel was taken to a Portland hospital for treatment. FOOTBALL RALLY PLANNED Carl Gray Sends Word That He May Attend Eugene Celebration. EUGENE. Or., Oct 8. (Special.) A genuine football rally is now planned as a part of the Oregon Electric cele bration of October la. itay uoouricn. an Oregon alumnus and member of the celebration committee, made the sug gestion at the committee meeting last evening, and gave assurances that it would not be difncuit to interest tne university boys. He was accordingly voted an appropriation for red fire and directed to bring on the yells. To guard against the decorations be ing bedraggled by a possible shower, several thousand yards of fast color bunting has been ordered, and will be made up ready for placing by -Monday morning. The committee also found that the supply of funds had been subscribed so readily that there would be suffi cient on hand for prizes, and arrange ments were accordingly made to reward the best "Made-in-Eugene" float, best display of the products of the soil, best merchants' float, best decorated auto mobile, with, second prizes in each in stance. Prizes are also to be given for the best decorated building and best show window, as well as for the best showing by any fraternal order or other society. 1 Word has been received from Carl Gray, under whose direction as presi dent the greater part of the preliminary work on the Oregon Electric was done, that he is planning to be here, and will end his final word tax a day or two. - MEDFORD POLITICIANS WAR Bull Moose Barbecue Opposed by Regular Party Men. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) Medford was invaded by Senatorial candidates today, the occasion being apparently the Bull Moose barbecue at the fair grounds. . Ben Selling. Re publican candidate; A. E. Clark, Roose velt Progressive, and B. Lee Paget, Prohibition candidate, came In early, reinforced by J. Frank Burke, B. K. Kennedy and A. B. Carter, all of Port land. B. E. Kennedy is candidate for Secretary of State on the Bull Moose ticket. . All of the visitors, with the excep tion of Ben Selling, attended the bar becue and horse races and although the crowd was a disappointment. T. C Ramp. Socialist candidate for District Attorney for Multnomah County, en livened the crowd by speaking on So cialistic subjects. The barbecue, promoted by A. K. Ware, was opposed by local Wilson and Taft men. many of them being associated with Mr. Ware in the Coun ty Fair Association. They advertised in local papers that no Republican or Democratic speakers would appear and Mr. Ware came back by declaring they were trying to kill the Bull Moose celebration for spite work. He threat ened to read a letter, said to have been written by a prominent Medford man to a Portland club, discrediting the meeting, but the crowd was so slim that the reading was postponed. The affair has led to open hostilities a v tvo r trone Roosevelt man' Mayor Cannon, Wilson advocate, and Judge Colvig. Taft supporter, the latter two unitine-agaansi me nAnniA n-f Mftriford taking sides according to their political views. BUTTER ACT HELD VOID PRIVILEGE GIVEN" CREAMERIES CALLED DISCRIMINATION. Producers and Dealers Now on Even Terms,' Declares Attorney for Appellant In Case Decided. SALEM, Or., Oct. "8. (Special.) "That the law of 1911 making it unlaw ful for any person to cut from any tub or packed butter any roll, or square or print of butter and offer the same for sale, except the same be sold In wrap pers plainly printed with the words 'tub butter" Is plainly in contravention of the constitution of Oregon, which provides that all privileges or immuni ties, upon the same terms, shall belong equally to all citisens," was the deci sion of the Supreme Court today in the case of the State of Oregon versus Roy Godhue, appealed from Multnomah County. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Eakin. Goodhue was tried in the justice court in Multnomah County, convicted and appealed to the. Circuit Court, where the case was dismissed. "The fault with the statute is the proviso that permits an Oregon cream ery to change the form of tub butter manufactured at its own plant that has not been manufactured more than 20 days, into rolls or squares, and offer It for sale without branding it 'tub but ter,' " writes Chief Justice Eakin. "The decision rendering the act void win make it nosslble for all persons engaged in the making and selling of butter to compete witn sucn institu tions that operate creameries in Ore gon," said Attorney A. E. Gebhardt, who. represented the defendent Good hue. "Under the operation of this law creameries only were permitted to sell squares of butter cut from packed or tub butter without labeling the product 'tub butter." The creameries also were at an advantage of shipping Into Ore gon butter from other states and offer ing it for sale as creamery butter in stead of tub butter. When private in dividuals offered the product for sale, it was necessary to label it 'tub butter." The workings of the act were shown to be discriminatory and thereiore uncon stitutional. TREASURER KAY REPORTS Balance In General Fund of State September 30 Is $538,810.70. SALEM. Or- Oct 8. (Special.) The general fund of the state showed a balance of. S538.3iu.vu at me ciose oi hnsiness SeDtember 30. the end of the quarter, according to the report of State Treasurer Kay, which was issued today. A total of $993,736.47 of all state funds renresented the balance on hand for all funds. Disbursements from July 1 to September 30 amounted to i,4n- 123.62. - The balance for the common school fund, principal and interest, is 128,764, the receipts for tne quarter oeing 206.11 and the disbursements so&, 555.30. The balance in July was 8343, 123.19. The Agricultural College fund bal ance, including principal and interest is J8692.27, and the university fund, nrinciDal and interest 84850.77. The balance, in the insurance fnnd is 8102,846.86. In the inheritance tax fund the balance is 85000. 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