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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, S ATU1TD AY, 3IAT 20, 191G.
HEIRLOOMS TAKEN
AT MURDER HOUSE
Shirt of Slayer Now Is Consid
ered Size Too Small for
Bennett Thompson.
FLEEING MAN IS SEEN
Searchers Arc to Be Organized to
. rtenew Hunt for Ristniau'e Body
and Oddfellows Are Called
On to Assist Work.
Further weakening of the circum
stantial chain connecting Bennett
Thompson with tho double murder near
Tualatin Monday night and the
strengthening of the robbery motive
for the crime were developments of the
investigation. chiefly conducted in
Portland, yesterday.
Could Bennett Thompson, the sus
pect in jail at Hillsboro, wear a shirt
with a 15 neckband? Investigation yes
terday revealed that he wears, ordi
narily. a 16 shirt, and at the present
time is wearing size 16 V& because of
two small goiters on his neck. The
bloody shirt that the authorities are
now convinced was worn by the mur
derer apparently was size
She ot Vet Established.
That was tho figure deciphered on
the neckband by Deputy Sheriffs Bob
Phillips and George Hurlburt, of Port
land. The big &" could scarcely be
distinguished and .might have been a
"6." say the officers, t'hould measure
ment show that it was 16 the case
against Thompson would be much im
proved. Sheriff Reeves, of Washington
County, lias the shirt, which, so far as
known, has not been measured.
The overalls found at the house and
which were similar to those worn by
Thompson when seen early the night
of the murder by Deputy Sheriff Ward,
were not blood-stained, and were iden
tified yesterday as belonging to the
Jennings' home.
The murderer made away from the
Gore ranch with a suit of black cloth
with white pencil stripes half an irch
apart. Thompson wore a blue serge
tuit when arrested.
Robbery Theory Stronger.
Jewelry and family heirlooms are
missing from the Jennings house, and
the clothes bag, in which they were
hidden, is also missing. In addition
to rifling drawers and searching
closets, the murderer smashed open a
box containing a cornet owned by D. V.
Jennings, son of the dead woman, in
a supposed search for valuables. These
facts, combined with the failure of
authorities to find a cent of money in
the house, are believed to strengthen
the robbery as a motive theory.
The tin dispatch box found broken
open in the woods near the Gore ranch
did not belong to Mrs. Jennings, it de
veloped yesterday.
The search for the body of Ristman,
the" murdered jitneur, continued un
availing yesterday. A search which will
comb the entire Tualatin Valley is be
Ing organized for Sunday by Carl
Keinze, of 146 Second street, a friend of
the dead man. Motor cars will be asked
for to aid the searchers, who will be
. friends of Ristman and other volun
teers. The parties are expected to
start from Second and Alder streets at
$ o'clock Sunday morning.
' Oddfellows UrKfi to Help.
Henry S. Westbrook, deputy grand
master of the Oddfellow Grand Lodge
of Oregon, has issued an appeal to Odd
fellows throughout the state to exert
every effort to find the body of Ristman
asking their co-operation with the
. authorities.
Ristman, it appears, was a member
In good standing of Goethe Lodge, No.
, 329, Oddfellows, of Chicago. Should he
be found alive or his body discovered
the successful searchers are asked by
Mr. Westbrookto notify K. E. Sharon,
grand secretary of the order: Sheriff
T. M. Hurlburt or Mrs. Fred Ristman.
6016 Sixty-second avenue. Southeast.
Investigation yesterday revealed
witness whose name has been with
held. He said that at 2 o'clock in the
morning, Tuesday, he saw the crouched
figure of a man stealing along the rail
' road track near the Gore ranch in the
uirecuon oi nerwuou.
Shirt Mnd Blood Stains.
The shirt found by the officers
Thursday was. originally, white with
one-eighth-inch black stripes and
; mree-quariera oi an incn apart. ine
siW.f TTiflrk fin tllA fihirt-hnnrt woa almnct
obliterated bv wear, hut annearerl to he
- 15 Vs. Close to the neck-band where
the collar rubbed, on the left front,
was a darned and patched spot, with
b buuuiuer. jliiu paicn was ituuuL iwo
inches lnrtor anri one inch wl H
. There was no distinguishable laun-
. ory man on me garment. i ne snirt
una oia ana wen worn. xnere. were
" torn places beneath the arm-pits.
on i.ne ironc or tne snirt. ine irom
.oils red spots, doubtless blood stains.
On the back of the shirt was a large
carnea a Dieeaing ouraen on nis oacK,
A heavy gold watch once owned by
Captain G. A. Gore, jewelry that had
helonged to other deceased relatives,
and many keepsakes, some of trifling
worth and others valuable, are missing
from the Gore home where Mrs. Jen
nings was slain.
Heirlooms Are Missing?.
T. V. Jennings, the son, recalled yes
; terday that his mother had kept these
heirlooms at the bottom of a large
; clothes- bag that hung in her closet.
The bag was not to be found.
Deputy Sheriff Phillips does not be
lieve that the murderer knew of the
hiding place, but thinks that he came
upon the jewelry by accident as he
-appropriated the laundry bag as
suitable receptacle for the suit of
clothes he was stealing.
' The loss of the suit was discovered
. by A. P. Howlson. the fiance of Mrs
Jennings, who arrived at her home-yes
terday. He was on the verge of
nervous breakdown from the. shock
"and awfulness of the tragedy. He
; hoard about the murder Wednesday
.-night at Knappa, Or., where he is em
IPloyed by the Big Creek Lumber Com
; pany. He set out immediately for
Portland and the Gore ranch, arrivin
;early yesterday morning. At noon h
'came to Portland to assist as mac
as possible the officers at work on the
crime.
Lontf Suit Is Described.
A trouser and coat hanger had been
found on a bed in the back room of the
house, by Deputy Sheriff Phillips the
night of the crime, leading him to sus
' Ject the criminal of taking away
change of clothes.
'.' "A suit is missing," Mr. Howison told
the authorities in Portland yesterday,
"'It was almost identically the sam
goods as the one worn by Mr. Phillips.
It, was black, with tine pencil stripes
of white about three-quarters of an
inch apart. My name was ' inside the
breast pocket. The suit bore the label
of the Gold Bond tailors on Washing
ton street.
He was sure the suit was in the house
the last time he had been there.
A leather-covered case, containing his
cornet, was discovered by the son yes-
erday morning -under the bed on which
is mother had been killed. A deep
ash in the wood had been made by the
ledge with which Mrs. Jennings was
murdered, and the lock had been broken
with the same instrument. The sledge
as one sharp edge and was used as a
splitting maul. There were no evi
dences of blood on the case. The mus4-
al instrument was not disturbed, the
intruder evidently having thought the
ase contained money or valuables. .
Thumb Print Clew Exploded.
A tin dispatch box, supposed to have
ontained valuable papers of Mrs. Jen
nings, was found in the woods near the
Gore ranch Thursday. It was brought
to Portland and the thumb prints on the
box were taken by Bertillon Expert
Hunter at the City Jail. The prints
were found to be those of the jitney
men who discovered the box. Yester-
ay the entire clew was exploded when
the "missing" box was discovered, un-
ouched, on a shelf of the house, where
had been overlooked. The box is
upposed now to have been the prop
erty of a Japanese farmer who was
JACKSONVILLE PIO.VEKR LAID
TO FIXAL RESTING PLACE.
Jeremiah JVunan.
JACKSONVILLE. Or.. May 19.
(Special.) Jeremiah Nunan, aged
77, familiarly known over the
southern part of Oregon as "Un
cle Jerry," was buried here from
the Catholic Church today, fol
lowing his suicide by shooting on
Wednesday. Mrs. Nunan and his
daughter, with whom he had
been living at San Leandro, Cal.,
for the past three or four years,
arrived in time for the funeral.
For more than 4 0 years Mr. Nu
nan was a familiar figure on the
streets of Jacksonville, where he
long was prominent in business.
Ill health was the cause of the
suicide.
robbed of $45 and such a box 10 days
ago near the Gore place.'
The overalls found at the home of
Mrs. Jennings were not those Deputy
Sheriff Ward saw on Bennett Thomp
son early the night of the murder.
Also, they were not worn by the mur
derer. There was not a blood stain on
them, and Mr. Howison identified them
yesterday as his. Mrs. Jennings was
said by neighbors to have worn these
overalls when doing particularly dirty
Housework.
Secret Drawer Hides Jewels.
The diamond rings and gold watch
owned by Mrs. Jennings were not dis
covered by the man who ransacked
several rooms of her home. A sister.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, of Salem, found
these articles intact in a secret drawer
of the dead woman's sewing machine,
Known only to herself and sister.
Open dissatisfaction with the man
ner in which Sheriff J. E. Reeves, of
Washington County is handling the
murder case was expressed vesterdav
by those in touch with the Investiga
tion. He made no attempt to organize
a search for the body of Ristman or
tor clews to the murderer the night
the tragedy was discovered, or the Uav
loiiowing. He did not have a deputy on
the scene Wednesday, special or regu
lar. He put off dragging the river
until Thursday.
Sheriff Hurlburt Assists.
Every important clew has been de
veloped by deputies of Sheriff Hurlburt
in 'Portland and detectives of the local
police force. The local authorities have
put their men under the direction cf
Sheriff Reeves, but he has failed to
take hold of the situation, it is charged
and what they have discovered has
been on their own initiative.
Sheriff Reeves comes in for particu
lar criticism because he failed abso
lutely to follow up the discovery of the
torn shirt sleeve and cuff Wednesday
an important clew. He assumed tha
the blood-stained cuff was from the
shirt of the jitney driver, but when
the rest of the shirt was found Thurs
day, he announced that he' would bring
it to Portland tho next day to have it
identified by Mrs. Ristman. He told
Portland officials he would be here
yesterday morning. He later said he
would arrive in the afternoon. Uj to
an early hour last night he had no
arrived. Possibly he thought the trip
useless in the light of the publication
yesterday morning by The Oregonian
of the complete repudiation by Mrs.
Ristman of the theory that her hus
band wore such a shirt.
Boast of Conquests Reported-
Thompson, the suspect, is said by the
authorities to have been prone to brag
and rather vainglorious of his con
quests among the fair sex. He is said
to have remarked to Deputy Sheriff C.
A. Beckman several months ago, in a
boasting manner, "Oh, I know where
there s a fat Jane with plenty oi rocks
and kale."
A neighbor of Mrs. Jennings told the
authorities that the dead woman had
once told her that Thompson had said
that there was only one thing he
wanted to do before he died, and that
was to "get" the men who put him
behind the bars at Salem, and that he
wouldn't care what happened to him
then. Her fear of the man is said to
be common knowledge.
Ristman Had No Money Along?.
Charles Scrutton, of 222 East Thirty
fifth street, a painter who purchased
a new automobile for Ristman, was in
terviewed by Deputy Sheriff Phillips
yesterday.
"I last saw Ristman at 6 o'clock
Monday evening," said Scrutton. "He
had just paid $100 on his automobile
and had made a deposit of money at
the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He
was never a man to carry much money
with him and I doubt if he had several
dollars with him that night."
Two miles from the Jennings home
last night another suspect was arrest
ed, but when taken to Tualatin several
citizens recognized the man, who is
about 60 years old, as one who had
been doing odd jobs in the vicinity for
years and was a harmless individual.'
He slept in the Tualatin jail. last night
and probably will be released this
morning.
Dance Oivcn for Eugene Queen.
EUGENE, Or.. May 19. (Special.)
The Eugene armory was crowded to
night with dancers, the occasion being
the last public function to assist the
campaign of Miss Ldel Fraasch s can
didacy for queen of the Portland Rose
Festival. The feature was the "Rose
Queen Waltz," composed by Professor
Albert Perfect, of the University of
Oregon.
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GRAVE MENAGE TO
SHIPPING IS NOTED
Application of Seamen's Law
Likely to Work Particular
Hardship on Portland.
OTHER PORTS AFFECTED
Chamber of Commerce Cites lie-
ccipt of Letters From Owners
of Vessels Protesting About
Delays Experienced Ilcre.
In the application of provisions of
the seamen's law, developments are
held by the Chamber of Commerce to
ave been such that the future of
Portland's maritime interests are not
of the brightest, insofar as they will
be aff. cted by the attitude of foreign
vessel owners, who have objected
strenuously to detention experienced
by their ships.
The following statement was given
out yesterday respecting the situation:
Portland s losses that will be suf
fered as a result of enforcement of the
seamen's act are becoming a serious
topic in shipping circles. It is fore
casted that the community will be
heavily penalized in future business
unless there appears some hope of re
lief.
Oirners' Letters Disconcerting. .
"The only comfort in respect to these
penalties is the fact they will apply
to the Pacific Northwest equally, and
perhaps the Pacific Coast. It is con
ceded that Portland has been a little
worse off tha.i Puget Sound in the
matter of getting crews, because en
forcement of the seamen 8 act was at
tempted at the tail end of the season,
and when it would have been rather
difficult to get men under ordinary
circumstances. It is also recognized
that fie community is much worse oft
than San' Francisco, where there has
been relatively little delay owing to
the presence of a larger number of
seamen there than in the Columbia
River port.
Letters being received from owners
since announcement of the delays ex
perienced here are disconcerting. The
following is an excerpt from a letter
from one of the first victims of the
delay.
'I is our intention to place the
matter before the Ship Owners' Asso
ciation, as we consider the delay and
expense will prevent British ships from
visiting the United States, unless there
is forr-3 amendment to the act.
Community Held t Vault.
Another owner wrote that he felt
especially aggrieved at the delays here
and that he viewed the efforts made
or. the par,, of the community to
remedy the situation as not what they
should have been.
'Every shipper has been giving the
subject profound study. In some quar
ters there is serious apprehension that
the already critical situation, with re
spect to the movement of local com
modities to foreign ports, is going to
dc sadly hampered by this new cause.
A large number of idea? have been
developed as to what could be done
to remedy the situation and it is
hoped that out of these some practical
procedure may be evolved which will
mean the procuring of crews promptly.
it is also clear that the ship owners
of the foreign countries are not going
to be bulldozed into paying wages and
doing things with respect to the oper
ation and use of their ships which do
not meet the approval of the sound
business management of the people
wno nave developed the industry.
"If the United States is bent upon
enforcing theories that are not in
harmony with the principles that have
enabled foreign Investors to build up
their shipping business, these foreign
shipowners are going to avoid the
United States just as long as they
possibly can in procuring employment
for their ships. To that extent the
producer and the business of the
United States will be injured."
COOS BAY SCHEME ADOPTED
Sums Are Distributed for Improve,
ment of. Inlets.
MARSH FT ELD. Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) The scheme of improvement
adopted at the May meeting of the Port
of Coos Bay Commissioners for the vari.
ous inlets involves an expenditure dis
tributed as follows: Isthmus, $4200
South. $3800; Kentuck, $2000: Larson,
2SU0: .North, $500: Catching, $500; Wll
lanch, $200. Besides the inlets enu
merated, there are Coos River and
Haynes.
Coos River is provided for annually
by a Government appropriation of
$3000. which is devoted to dredging
shoals and removing snags which block
the river when freshets bring down
entire trees ana sinkers. A sinker,
two years ago, was struck by a small
gasoline boat, and one of the occupants.
Philip Fourier, lost his life when the
boat overturned.
Haynes inlet had been provided for in
a former appropriation by the port, and
is being dredged at the present time
The scheme of improvement contem
plates a channel that will carry three
or four feet of water at mean lower
low tide in all the inlets. Willanch
inlet has been the beneficiary of sev
eral thousand dollars' worth of dredg
ng before, but shoals occur frequently
and the work of keeping the channel
open is expensive.
Catching inlet also is given to shoal
ing, and is one of the most imnortan
and carries more traffic than any other
tributary, excepting Coos River and
Isthmus.
BIG LOAD GOES OX BEAVER
Liner Started South With Capacity
Cai'so of Oregon Products.
More than 2700 tons of freight were
aboard the "Big Three" liner Beaver
yesterday afternoon on her departure
for California, she having been de
tained a short time for the last of the
load to be stowed. Wheat is moving to
the Bear State whenever space permits,
and 400 tons -on the steamer was only
a portion of what was offered. With
500 tons of flour, some destined for
Central America, and the regular Cal
ifornia shipments of newspaper, cou
pled with rolls of the material for
Honolulu and Manila, squeezing was
resorted to as a means of getting all
into the hold.
On the passenger list were 100 names,
with other reservations made for As
torians. From now until the vacation
season opens full cabin lists will not
be in order, though following the Rose
Festival next month a rush is looked
for. The liner Rose City left the Gold
en Gate at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon and is due tomorrow afternoon.
UMPQUA BOND VALUE BISES
Delay of 1 5 Days in Sale Adds About
$5000 to Price.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) Since the tale of the Port of
Umpqua bond issue of $200,000. the
commissioners have found they in
creased the price about $5000 by post
poning the sale from May 1 to May 15.
The spot cash sale was about $2000
greater than any offers in the early
part of the month, and the commission
ers are asking bids for depositories,
with the practical assurance they will
benefit to the amount of $3000 addi
tional in interest from whatever bank
is made official distributor.
The money derived from the bond
sale will be utilized in the construc
tion of a jetty on the north spit of the
Umpqua River, plans for which, have
been drawn and specifications furbished
by Engineer J. S. Polhemus. of Port
land. The work, it is expected, will
not be started before the lapse of 30
days, for the transcript will be ready In
a week, and the attorneys of the bid
ders will require two or three weeks in
which to scrutinize the same.
LUMBER TAKEN" I'OIi if.WVAII
A. I-'. Coates Arrives to Work Cargo
at Cliarter I lute of $2 6.
Leaving up from Astoria at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the schooner A.
F. Coates, which towed into the river
at 10:45 o'clock from Hilo after a run
of 22 days, is due in the harbor this
morning and will berth at the. dock of
the Multnomah Box Lumber Com
pany to load a lumber cargo for the
return. The vessel is under charter to
the Coast Shipping Company.
In connection with the coming of the
Coates shipping men have found some
thing of interest in comparing the for
mer rate of about 9 a thousand feet
on lumber to the Hawaiians with $26
being paid that vessel. The vessel has
a capacity of 800,000 feet.
Invcrlogie Short of Tars.
Following more than a month's stay
here. with prospects that he will have
at least another week in which to be
come better acquainted with Portland.
Captain Ryder, master of the British
bark Inverlogie, faces an item of ex
pense for the future in the way of
postage in corresponding with many
new friends found. The delay is due
to scarcity of sailors and. though three
were signed yesterday, five are lock
ng to fill out the crew. The ship
came here April 12 from St. Nazaire
ani the wheat cargo aboard is destine!
for the war zone, so the ship will be
n homo waters again before the Fall
campaign wanes.
Hate Made for New Carriers.
Vessel owners do not feel that in
surance interests will hold to a rule
recently suggested that auxiliary ves
seis nnea with oil-burning engines
be convoyed by tugs when entering
or leaving outside harbors. It is be
lieved that as soon as the larger type
are placed in service and make a voy
age or two they will be extended the
same privileges as gasoline schooners
Tho Port of Portland Commission l!
to make a flat rate to and. from the
Columbia River on the new motor
ships.
Kona Damaged In Big Blow.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. The
schooner Kona. belonging to Hind.
Rolph & Co., of San Francisco, put into
AUCKiand, IM. Z.. leak ng and badlv
aamagea by a hurricane, according to
a cablegram received here today. The
vessel was 21 days out of Newcastle
Australia, for Port Allen, T. H.
Cargo has been carried from Tort-
land by the Kona and she has figured
in the Coast lumber trade since her
completion at Alameda in 1901. The
vessel has & capacity of 900,000 feet.
News From Northwest Ports.
GRAYS HARBOR. Wash. Mh v in (Sua.
cial. 1 Tho steamer Shasta, due tomorrow
rrom San Francisco to load at the K. K
Wood mill, will bo the first steamer ever to
load on Grays Harbor for the Hawaiian Is
lands. lndlammers have often carried
trays Harbor lumber carsoes there, but
never a steam vossel. The advance of freight
rates from 0.5O to $17 to the Hawaiian
islands since February 2tf this year un
doubtedly has been the cause of the tihasta
Delng chartered for this trade.
The stea-mer Daisy Freeman cleared from
tne Vinson mill today for San Francisco.
The steamers Solano and San Jacinto
cleared today for San Pedro, the formt-r
from the American mill and the latter from
tne E. K. Wood mill.
The steamer Celllo which cleared venter.
day with a cargo of I.IX'O.UOO feet of mining
timbers loaded In 1 hours, which is close
to tho record for loading that kind of
lumber.
The keel for the second Swayne-Hoyt
auxiliary a.OOO.OOO feet capacity lumber
schooner will be laid at the Schubach yards
next ween.
ASTORIA, Or., May 11. (Special.) The
schooner A. F. Coats arrived this afternoon.
i'O days from Hilo. Hawaiian Islands, and
goes to Portland to load lumber. Captain
jnorriB, her master, reports a pleasant trip,
excepting that on the second day out the
schooner ran Into a sale that carried away
tne roretopmast.
Bringing freight for Astoria and Portland
the steam schooner Coaster arrived this
morning from San Francisco.
The steamer F. A. Kllburn sailed today
lor San Francisco and way ports with frelgh
and passengers from Portland and Astoria.
The observer at North, Head reported thl
morning that a large tank was drifting ou
over the bar. a menace to nalgation. 'the
tank Is one of those built some years ago by
Contractor Petersen and was used to asnist
In raising the steamer Geo.' W. Klder, when
she waa sunk In the river near Goblc. Fo
a long time the tank was hung up In tho
slough at Stella and was brought out by
the recent freshet.
A wireless message received this morning
by the Cclumbla Kiver Packers' Association
states that the cannery ship St. Nicholas,
from this port, was 70 miles from th
mouth of Nushagak River at 8 o'clock las
night. tTnless Ico prevents her from entrrlnz
the river, she should reach her destination
today.
The British steamer King Malcolm ar
rived during thn night from Calcutta via
San Francisco with a part cargo of grain
bags for Portland.
The steam schooner Shna Yak arrived dur.
Ing the night from San Francisco with
freight for Asoria and Portland.
The Japanese steamer Xayachl Mara,
which discharged a cargo of oak logs an
sulphur at Portland, sailed this morning fo
Seattle, where she ia to load munitions for
v ladl vostok.
Carrylnr cargo of rtoo.ono feet of lumber
from Prescott. the steam schooner Alcatraz
Bailed today for Pan Francisco.
The steamer Edgar H. Vance sailed today
for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber from
the Hammond mill.
The steamer Necanlcum sailed this after.
noon for San Pedro with lumber for th
Hammond mill.
E. M. Cherry received notice today from
the owners of the stranded schooner Oak
land, that ail the bids for the purchase o
the vesse- had teen rejected. It Is tinder
stood the owners aru negotiating with a firm
which will attempt to float the schooner.
' The steam schooner Multnomah arrived
this afternoon from San Francisco en route
to Portland.
COOS BAT. May 10. fSpecIal.1 Engl
neer D. M. Charleson and a crew will com
mence the Government survey of tho Co
quille River between Handon ftnd Coquille,
a distance of -6 miles, tomorrow morning
The survey Is being made with a view of
dredging a 10- foot channel between the two
cities.
The gasoline schooner Rustler finished
loading today for Rogue River and will sal.
Saturday forenoon at 11.
The steam schooner Westerner will call
here next week for a cargo of 50oo white
cedar ties to be shipped at the Empire dock.
The ties are consigned to Kan Diego.
D. M - Charleson, who has served four
years as port engineer for the Port of Coos
Bay. has been engaged by the port com
missioners of the port of Umpqua to direct
the work of building their north Jetty.
The steamship F. A. Kllburn. from Port
land, and the Breakwater, from Eureka,
are due tomorrow morning.
Junior Engineer James IT. Polhemus. of
th dredge Mlchle. has been recommended
to the Civil Service Commission as a mem
ber of tho examining board of five members
for the Oregon district.
The gasoline schooner Pats. from Port
land, arrived at 'J o'clock this morning wlta
Coos Bay freight.
The gasoline schooner Tillamook will sail
late today for Portland.
The steam schooner A. M. Simpson is due
this evening from San Francisco.
Tide at Astoria Saturday.
High. I Low.
S:07 A. M. 0.7 feet! :2! A. M. -. . .-1.6 foet
2:48 P.M. ... I.a Iectl9::& A. At. ... 3.3 feet
TRAINING IS HELPED
acific Telephone & Telegraph
Company Encourages Men.
PAY IN ABSENCE ALLOWED
JEmplojes Arc Permit toil to Leave
Work for National Guard, Naval
Militia Duties, or to At
tend Training Canisi.
Kmploves of the Tacific Telephone &
Telegraph Company who are members
of the National Guard or Naval Militia
are to he encouraged to penorm an
heir duties in that service and win re-
rcii-A full nav from their employer
when that duty calls them irom tneir
employment.
This is one of the provisions oi a
resolution which was adopted unani
mously by the board of directors of
he company at a meeting in tan r ran
Tlie resolution further provides mat
any employe of the company desiring
to attend the Federal military ca.mp
will be excused for uch purpose ana
will receive full pay during his absence.
It ix nrovlded. however, that tne at-
endance at the training camp shall ne
considered to include regular vacations.
Any absence caused by Naval Militia
or National Guard service, however.
will not curtail regular vacations.
Hay of 1 ntrnlned Soldier Pswifil.
In connection with the adoption of
the resolutions B. C. Carroll. San r ran
Cisco general agent, ismied a statement
which is in nart as follows:
There is no denial of the fact tnat
world events are forcing the American
neonlo to a consideration of contingen
ies. unpleasant to contemplate, ana
probably remote, but a disregard of
which may possibly involve the Na
tion's life and honor. The maxim of
our forefathers tnat preparation tor
war is preparation for peace in finding
an echo in a constantly increasing in
terest in those things which mean Na
tional preservation and protection.
"If there were any doubts as to
military efficiency being a matter of
scientific and systematic preparation
existing over a long period, they have
been forever dispelled by developments
in the terrible liuropean conflict. The
day of the untrained "volunteer" is as
much closed as i that of the flintlock
and powder-horn.
Obligations! Are Itecognized.
"The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company has always recognized tha
it has civic as well as commercial obli
gallons, and in this spirit its board of
directors has officially taken cognizance
of present National necessities and pos
sibilities.
"It is to be understood on the part
of the company that this policy is
adopted with a view of encouraging.
but in no way coercing, its employes
to take an active interest in this al
important matter.
"The telephone company accepts its
obligations as a company to the Na
tion and wishes to show this recogni
tion - by such direct action as may be
poseible. It also recognizes the fact
Miat a better citizen is a better em
ploye and that in good citizenship there
is no element of greater value than
patriotism.
EAST COAST RATES HIGH
SAX KAMON WIM, MAKK VOYAGE
TO ATLANTIC.
Parr-MrCormlrk Iine Kinds it
mmry to Take Outxlde VeMeIs for
General Cargo Tkia Way.
High rates on the Atlantic have aain
proved more than owners could with
stand a .id the steamer San Ramon has
been fixed to ply on one or more
voyages to the Atlantic.
I II. Will iams, Portland representa
tive of th Parr-McCormick line, was
informed of the engagement yesterday,
The fixture early in the month of the
steamer Northland to operate in the
Puget Sound -Alaska service at abou
$3Cu a day for six months has made
it necessary for the company to take
outside ships to handle general cargo
this way and load back with lumber,
The Coaster and Bowdoln were taken
last week and yen terday the Daisy
r reeman was added.
The Coaster reached the river yea
terday from the Clolden Gate with as
phalt ard cement.
The slcimer Multnomah entered the
.ivcr it 6 o'clock last night from San
Francisco with S50 tons of miscellane
ous consignments and will discharge
here today, sailing with lumber from
St, Helens Monday. The Willamette
will start southward the same day and
thy will be followed by the Wapama,
which is due here Tuesday.
The JSha Yak, an arrival yesterday,
was cleared for San Pedro with 950.000
feet of lumber. The steamers Xehaiem
and Brunswick sailed from St, Helen
witn full loais. to be followed today by
the Johan Poulsen. from V estport.
31 Alt I XE LTULL1G EXCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUE TO ARRIVE.
Ntm.
From
Date.
Rote Cliy LofcAnKelea My
Northern Pacific... San Francisco... .May
Bream water. ...... an uieno May
bear .Lm A tig lea .iay
Beaver .! Angeles. .... .May
K. A. Kllburn San Uiego. ..... ..June
DUE TO DEPART.
Name. For Date.
Harvard. ......... S. K. to L, A May
W illamette. an Piego. ...... .My
Multnomah Son DIcku May
1 aid S. K. to i-. A May
Breakwater. . . .... an Dieao May
Northern i'acific . . .ban iiancisco. ..May
xiwbo City i.u A ngcle . . . . . . ...ay
Bear Los Anclca May
Wapama tan Diao May o
r . a. Kuuuro. ... . .aan uifo. ...... j una
Beaver . . .Un Angeles Juno
Marine Xotcs.
Repairs 'on tho stetmM-r Orahumona are
oeinB nurriea at buppie a yard and u i:
promised she win t ready the lat
next week, as she la to carry an excuri
made up o Itosarlans a week from today.
BrtneinK shipments of interior freieh
the stparntjr Twin Cities ia due today from
i.ewision ana -way points, and the is
to
dc sianea on me return Monday morn
injr. carrying a capacity load of mtr
chandlKc.
Taking advantage of the fact the Gov
ernment dredges Multnomah and W'ahk
aicum cannot worn in tne toiumbia. eve
though the rivera and harbors fnnda were
available, because of the current, consid
era bie overhauling is being done at th
uovernmen t Moorings, where t hey were
towea arter xmisning tne new channel
Slaughter's.
Minor repairs were made yesterday to
tne boiler or tne Kteami-r No Wonder.
the Thayer fleet. All other vessels of th
nag are engagu in log towing and the X
Wonder -will bo started out immediately
Captain Oliver brought the British steam
er King Malcolm Into port yesterday morn
ing from San Francisco and she b-rthed
at the Eastern & Western mill to be iined
with a grain cargo. The vessel nhift
Alhina dock to work the cereal, which
destined for Kngland.
It is reported from Fan Francisco that
Swe s. ne & H oy t are to take ad van tar
au wpilua is.ei.cl ou tho Norm Macule jtteaiu
r Yucatan for her purchase at $250,000.
It was rumored early in the season that
:;c, "( had been offered for the amp
by Japanese.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. May 19. Arrived Steamer
onter and .British steamer King Malcoim.
rom San Francisco. Sailed Steamer
Brunswick, tor 2an Francisco: Beaver, for
tn Pedro ia San Krancinco: Nchalem.
or San Diego via San Pedro: F. A. K.U-
urn. nr tan UUKO via way ports.
Astoria. May ly. Sailed at midnight.
iipanese steamer Msyachl Maru. for Se
ttle. Arrived at .i:lo -and left up at s
M.. steamer Coaster, from San Fran-
lio: arrived at 10:4. A. M. and left up
tUP. M.. schooner A. F. Coats, from Hilo.
ailed at ll::io A. M . sl.amer Alcatraz.
or San Francisco; at - P. M., steamer No-
nlrum. lor San Pedro: at 4:JO P. M .
teamer F. A. Kllburn. for San Diego ia
way ports. Arrived at 4:1. and left up
u 1. M. steamvr Multnomah, froiu San
Francisco.
fan Francisco, Mar ll. Arrived at 2
M.. st'.imer Santa Monica, from Co
lumbia River. Sailed at - P. M . steamer
Rose City for PorliamL Arrived at J:30
M.. steamer Northern Pacific. from
Flav.-L
Sau Pedro. Mav Arrived Steamer
Bear, from Portland via San Francisco.
Monterey. May 19. Sailed at midnight.
learner F. II. Buck, for Portland.
Kureka. May 111. Arrived at noon and
ailed at 3 1. M., steamer Breakwater, from
an Di.it and way porta, for Portland
1& Coos Bay.
Cotis Bay. May 1!. Arrived Gasoline
achiKinrr patsy, from Portland.
Astoria. May Ih. Arrived at S and left
up at :30 British steamer King Malcolm:
rived at S and left un at lO P. M . steamer
Shna Yak. from San Francisco.
San r rancisco. May i. Arrived steam
ers Yosemlte. from Grays Harbor: Wairuna
Rrttlshl. from Vancouver: Tellowstono,
rom Coos Tlay: North Pacific, from Astoria.
Sailed Steamers Rose City, for Portland:
. S. S. Saturn, fr Alaska; Adeline Smith.
for Com Bay: Fair Oaks, for Aberdeen;
Asuncion, tor rveicmaan.
Seattle. V ish.. May i. Arrived Steam.
ers lllrhlyo Mam t.Tapanesel. from t'ma-
flla: t olonel i- l.. oralce. from San Fran
cisco: Admiral r.vans. rrnm Southwestern
Alaska: Iiolphln. from Southeastern Alaska.
S.Hed Steamers President, for San Diego;
lumbold'. Alki. for Southeastern Alaska;
olonel E. I.. Drake. W. S. Porter, for
San Francisco.
Kirkwall. Mav 1 Arrived Steamers
Somm-rwlcan. from San Francisco.
Manila. May i. Arrived steamer Nann
Smith, from San ! rancisco.
Hongkong. May i Arrived steamer
ur-ioiie. from San r rancisco
Pl.tliidelnhla. May i:. leared steamer
SMr.ko Maru Sakai. for Japan via Nanalmo,
B. C.
Balboa. May Arrived Mntorshlp Su-
cla. from Christlania for San Francisco.
Marconi W ireless Reports.
(All no it ton reported at ft . May 19,
unirM otnrrwiMi untiinMiru.;
Matron. a. San Francisco for Honolulu. 466
mi e from San- r rancisco. May jn.
t'uxco. Honolulu lor Seattle. H04 miles
from Cano Flatterv. May is.
t oronado. a berrten for San e ranciaco, i
miles -couth, of Point Arena.
Adeline smith, san I- rancisco ror looi
Bm v. f.". mile north of San Francisco.
Heck, Monterey for I'ortland. mile
norm or Monterey.
icscmtte. San Francisco lor San 1'edro, -.U
miles north of Point Sur.
M Secundo. Point wells lor Kicnmona,
113 miles north of Richmond.
Asuncion. Richmond for Ketchikan. 6
miles north of Richmond.
Rose Citv. Sun Francisco for Portland, off
Bo!eta Head.
oiusa. (suavaniill for san Francisco. -yu
mi leu south of San Francisco.
Atlas. San Dirsn for Richmond. 176 miles
irom Hicnmond.
Speedwell. San Dleeo for San Pedro, cross
ing out i-an Diego Bay.
1 1 race Dol'ar. San Pedro for Fan Fran
cIhco. "T mil.'s t-st of Ssn Pedro.
Moffftt. to win bar ire Richmond lor
.Balboa. :;$7 miles south of llehtship.
Lilian. Kl Kctruiulo for Vancouver. 100
miles north of Kl Sejrundo.
emo. i , rays tiaroor lor san r rancisco.
ni ies south of lilanco.
w niamette. San i- r-incisco for Portland.
-u mites north or Hiunts Reer.
K rea k .v a t e r Kureka for I !ooa Ba x A
mn-s north of Kureka.
Uueen. Sail Fr.incisen f rr Koatt le off
i a i.tosn.
Iresident Sehttle frr San rninclwo rtH
mites from Vi-t or! a.
U S Porter. Mnnl.Tav In f- Pnlnt W oils
i or fori tun i,uis, oxt miles from Point
Wells.
Kllburn. Portland for Coos Bav. 4f miles
south of the Columbia River.
Mills. Martinet for Portland, OO miles
south of the Columbia River.
.1. Is. l.uenenhach. New York for Taku.
China, via Seattle. id, mile south of Flat
tery.
Vewteb Kntered Yeaterday.
British Steamer Kinir M a Ion 1 m ha:ia
from San Francisco.
American steamer Shna Yak. rarrn of
asphalt and oil, from San Francisco.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer Shna. Yale !i.".o foot
lumber, lor San Pedro.
FORGER SENTENCED AGAIN
K. A. Koinliie. Who Obtained S15.-
OOO, Gets 3 to 20 Years.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 19. (Spe
cial.) K. A. Komine. confessed forger
of checks and money orders aggregat
ing $13,000. and who waa arrested here
Monday after he had secured $185 on
three checks passed on merchants in
this city, today was sentenced by Judge
tiacK to serve from three to I'O years
In the state penitentiary at Walla
Walla.
Though but 23 years of afire he admits
serving; 44 months in thn Illinois tate
Reformatory, a. term in the Reform
School in this state, and he was only
recently paroled from the Washington
State Penitentiary, where he was sent
on a forgery charge from Snohomish
County for one to 20 years.
NEWS WRITERS ARE HOSTS
Candidates Itoccivc lOlectlon IIc
tiim nt 1'rot.s Club.
Open house for candidates, with clec.
tion returns as a special attraction and
music was held by the I'ortland Press
Club last nltrht. A Rood sized trather
Inif of candidates and their wives and
friends enjoyed the affair.
The scribes had promised in advance
that all Instruments of torture which
were used in the candidates' breakfast
last Sunday would be put away for the
occasion and the promise was kept.
Only onco did they break over the
traces and that was when a ballot was
faked to show that Dan Powers, legis
lative candidate, had received only two
votes in the incomplete returns from
36 precincts.
JUNIOR POLICE ELECT
Pl;ms Are Laid for Guard Duty
miring I-'et-itivuI Week.
The Portland Junior Police, number
ing 35 boys, will he on duty during the
entire Kose Festival, according to plans
of the organization made at Its meet
ing last night at 232 Chamber of Com
merce. Reports were also made that
the float of the organization for the
Festival is under way.
The election of officers resulted in
the naming of Klmer Peterson as chief.
Other officers elected were: J. Wolf,
first captain; T. Wood, first sergeant;
C. Hoffman, second sergeant: F. H.
Haas, ex-chief, head of the detective
department.
All boys who wish to become officers
for carnival duty will hand in their
applications before June 1.
STANDARD PRODUCT IS AIM
I-iOita ii berry Juice Makers to Confer
Willi Chamber Itureau.
Loganberry juice manufacturers and
representatives of the manufacturers'
and industries bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce will meet with State Food
and Dairy Commissioner J. L. Mickle
at the Chamber on May 31 at 10 o'clock
to consider the establishment under
the rules of the Commission of a sys
tem of standardization to protect Ore
gon's output of commercial loganberry
Juice.
Co-operation of manufacturers, of the
Chamber of Commerce and th- State
Agricultural College will le soi.gl.t in
walking out an effective syctuni.
MR. MOHLER RESTS
Union Pacific President to
"Loaf and Fish."
PRIDE IN WORK -IS FELT.
Humors as to Suix-rssir Already Cur
rent J. 1. I'arrcll, X. H. Loomis
K. i:. Calvin. W. B. Scott and
J. A. Monroe Mentioned. ,
OMAHA. May 19. Special.) Presi
dent Mohler. of the Union Pacific sys
tem, -who last niglit announced his com
ing retirement from railroading to take
effect July 1, will loaf and fish to his
heart's content as soon as he is relieved.
of his official duties. In an inter
view today. President Mohler said:
"1 am retiring; from my present man
kiiUntc position because I think 1 wilt
prolong my life by doing so. For 4S
years I have been under a constant
strain. You can have no idea what a.
constant battle such an office neces
sitates a battle with all sorts of leg
islatures, boards, politicians, business
organiza'.ions, organizations of em
ployes. Ajce Just Realised.
"I !! 67 years old. and I Just real
ized it the other day. Kor the first
time in my life I want to be a plain
A-.r.erican citizen, not to be bothered
with telephones and telegraphs at all
hours of the day and night. I want
to think cf something besides revenues
and maintenance.
"When July 1 comes along I shall
go with Mrs. Mohler to the Atlantic
seashcre, ret in'.o an old suit of clothes
and try to forget telegraphs and tele
phones and stenographers, and all this
stuff. 1 want to lish and loaf mostly
loaf.
"I must get my outings right away,
if I'm to get them at all.
"I may decide to come back to
Omaha and engage in business." he
resumed, with a smile. "I don't know
what business 1 would go into, but I
might"
Retirement Wholly Voluntary.
"Your retirement is wholly volun
tary?" he was asked point-blank.
"Absolutely," was the quick response.
"Why should it be anything else? Can
you point to a more valuable railroad
property than Union Pacific since I
have been its president? Is there a
better maintained line? Is there one
that has made more improvements,
more line extensions, or that has fur
nished better service than Union Pa
cific since I became president?"
"I never was with a railroad except
to build it up." he continued, with
pride in his voice. "My history will
prove that. Not one with which I have
been connected has ever done anything
but Improve and progress.
"After I have left the Union Pacific
as president I shall still hold some
sort of 'an advisory position, which viill
be detailed late--."
Mr. Mohler said that he has abso
lutely no advica as to his successor,
and thai he could not even venture &
guess.
"Just say that I am going to take
a long vacation one that I have earned
that is all."
Rumor. A. to Successor Rife.
Rumors of a possible successor for
President Mohler were rife throughout
the railroad offices
One of the first names mentioned
was that of General Solicitor N. 11.
Loom is. of the Union Pacific, with
headquarters here.
J. 1. Farrell. of Portland, president
of the Oregon-Washington Railway &.
Navigation Company, is another official
prominently suggested as Mr. Mohler s
successor.
K. E. Calvin, vice-president of the
Oregon Short Line, of which Mr.
Mohler is president, is also named.
W. B. Scott, president of the Sunset
Central Lines, is also spoken of.
While John A. Munroe, present vice
president in charge of traffic of the
Union Pacific, is spoken of. his friends
do not believe he would accept.
AIR MAIL RUN HELD UP
ACTION DK1.AVKD OX CONTRACT
FOR SKRVICK IN ALASKA.
-Vet Savins; of . S3LA5S Annually anal
Decrease In Time Required la
Kiprrtrd to Result.
WASHINGTON'. D. C. May 19. (Spe
cial.) By wireless, the Postmaster
General has instructed the postmaster
at Iditarod. Alaska, to advise Earl L.
By ers. of Iditarod. who suDmitted a bid
for providing aeroplane service be
tween Seward and Iditarod, that a de
cision upon the bid is being delayed
until a satisfactory bond is furnished.
The department is informed that
surety companies are willing to write
such bonds. The Postmaster-General's
telegram also asks what equipment
Byers proposes to use and when the
service could start if the contract were
awarded.
Desiring to give every encouragement
to the development of the aeroplane as
a carrier of mails, careful consideration
has been given to the financial and
service questions raised by the bid.
Mr. Byers proposes to furnish aero
plane service twice a week all tho
year for 1000 pounds of mail per trip
at a rate of 949.500 a year. There
would be an estimated net savin?
amounting to $34..jS a year and the
mails from the United States to the
Nome, Alaska, district would be ad
vanced from 20 to 21 days.
ENGINE COMPANY BANQUETS
Old-Timers Attend Keception at
Imperial Hotel.
An event that recalled eaj-ly memo
ries among many of the guests was
the reception and banquet given in the
Hotel Imperial for the Multnomah En
gine Company Benevolent Association
on Thursday night.
Charles H. Dodd presided as toa&t
master. Short addresses were given
by Abe Stewart, the eldest volunteer;
Russell Chamberlain, John Gottliardt
and others.
Judge Henry McGinn. Harry L. idle
man and Rev. A. A. Morrison were
among the speakers of the evening.
l'.pwortli Convention Ojaens.
SPRINGFIELD. Or.. May 19. (Spe
cial.) The Kugene district of the iOp
worth League opened its 13th annual
convention here tonight with 10 dele
gates in attendance. The picgianini:
includes a number !' aodrese?. Thcv
will be a picnic ii.pcr S:i l ;iri:-. ami .-t
onvent.on sertv.on Sn:i!:ty tbc M.
I son.