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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1910)
s IS THOUGHT Politicians Believe Harding Will Be Beaten in Ohio Governorship Race. CINCINNATI IS IN DOUBT mch Depends on. Following of "Boss" Cox on Election Day. Ilcpublicint Hope- to Control Incoming State lislatnre. COLUMBUS. C Oct. Jft (Ppeelal.i On week bfore the election In this state the consensus of expert political opinion Is that Governor Judson Har mon will he re-elected by a safe margin over his Republican opponent. V arren O. Harding. ,,, The Republicans are hoping they will be able to control the Legislature and elect a successor to Charles Dick, but even In that thev may be disappointed. The present l-esrislature stands Repub lican bv a lead of 31 on Joint ballot. If the Keraocrats win over 17 members they win be able to send a Democrat to the United States SSenate. I,x-al Isucs Confusing. The general situation Is much con fu."l bv local Isnue and political Jeal ousies among the Republican leaders. James R. Garfield has fallen In line for Hard'ng. ho Is of the old "Foraker school." but the Koraker speeches tak ing a rap at Colonel Kosevelt s "new Nationalism" and other "policies" ap parently have not done the party any good In bol.terin-r up Its chances. There Is great Soubt about how Ham pton County. In which Cincinnati Is locat-d. will go. "Floss" George Cox Is not a strjna- Har-llng man. although It was the Cox coup In the state con vention that broucr.t about the nomi nation of the Marlon editor. Nor Is Cox ntrr to hlp the Tsft or Hoose ve't cause. Much depends on the action of the Cox follom-lng on election day. Republicans Are- Krlglilcned. In a state sense. Governor Harmon's treatment of the street car strike here l-i Columbus dues not seem to have hurt him seriously. There Is local dlsaflec tion amonr labor unionists, but this la llkelv to be more than made up for by the business element of the state, which likes Harmon, by disgruntled Kepubll rans and by a prospective big stay-at-liome vote. That the Republicans are thorourhty frightened at the outlook is Indicated In the rushing of "heavy Huns" In the wind-up of the campaign. Koraker's return to the speaking tour at the request of the state committee angers the Insurgents and will prob ably help Harmon more than Hardin. (AXXOX SKEMS SCKE OK JOB Canvas. of Speaker's District Indi cates His Re-election. PANVILLR. Ind- Oct- J9 Special The Democrats privately admit that talk of defeating "Uncle Joe" Cannon for Conrress la merely for its general effect on the country at large, and that there Is really no chance of beat ing him unless there should be an un precedented political earthquake. It la considered doubtful If William L. Cun dlff. his opponent, trained a aolltary vote a a result of Bryan's Invasion of the district. Cannon himself Is so little worried about the attuatlon that be baa desert ed hia own district and hae been cam paigning In the neighboring Indiana towns with a brasa band. Notwith standing the general howl against Can non by the newspaper the people of his district are aa strong as ever for Mm. Some political wlseacrea In New York and Chicago affect to believe he will be relegated thla term, but a rarefal canvass of his district gives ne ground for these predictions. POSTAL REFORM IS ASKED Oregon Officials to Act on Extension of CItII Service. The Oregon League of Postmasters, a branch of the National League of Postmasters of the United States, will meet in annual session on December 3 at the Portland Commercial Club rooms. Printed notices to this effect have been sent ont by Addison Bennett, pf lrrlgon. president of the organisa tion. Sessions of two days' duration have been held in previous, years, but it is thought that all business can be transacted in one day this year, with the addition ef a night meeting. Postmaster-General Hitchcock baa been Importuned to be present, but has replied that be will be unable to at tend in person. However, bo will send a member of bis Department. The Ore gon League embraces postmasters of the second and third class, as well as assistants. President Taft's recent action in plse ing additional postofflce employes, in rludtng a great many assistant post masters, on the civil service list, bas met with the approbation of postmast ers generally. The next reform sought Is the placing of fourth class post masters on the classified JlsU Nearly all the state leagues have passed reso lutions requesting that Congress pass an act providing for this at its next session and the Oregon League prob ably will take similar action. BRIBERY IS NEW CHARGE (Continued Trom First Pu they expected for "swinging such a JeaJ-" While this new evidence was being piled on top of the evidence already In the hands of the October grand Jury. Assistant State's Attorney Arnold today worked on two' indictments that, nnless some unexpected circumstances arise to prevent. wlU be returned in court to morrow. Other Jurors "Reached." Every effort has been made to draw the indictments in such a manner that they will stand fire. Bat the most sig nificant fact of the new series of revela tions concerning the Jury-fixing scandal is the apparent one that more Jurors than MeCutchen were "reached." While nobody connected with Mr. Way man's office would discuss the develop ments of the case today, it is generally admitted that it would have been Impos sible for MoCotchen. who is retiring and timid of nature and diminutive of stat ure, to have influenced the other U men to acquit Browne in the face of con fessions of bribery that were a part of the evidence against him. Then came the investigation of other Jurors that led up to the discovery of the champagne dinner and general Jol lification. Exldence was uncovered that. It is declared, may. result in other HARMON CHANGE GOOD Indictments, to be finally voted on tomorrow. It was reported tonight that a par tial confession had been secured from another of the Jurors who voted to free Browne. This could not be veri fied, however, as Mr. Wayman was out of the city and could not be reached by telephone, while bis subordinates refused to discuss the situation. Signal Code Adopted. One of the important features of the Stacy's confession, it was revealed to day, consists of his story that his deal ings were directly with Attorney Erb stein. He was taken to a point In Mil waukee avenue, where he met Erbstein in an automobile, be said, and discussed the qualifications of MeCutchen as a Juror. Representative Erlckson. says Stacy, in troduced him to Erbstein, who also asked "If MeCutchen was all right" Stacy says thst he assured the lawyer that be was. Then came the later meetings, he said, in which MeCutchen was told of a sig nal code by which he was to accept a smile and the word stick." whispered in his ear by Stacy, as a signal that he was to be paid for hie services In re turning a verdict of acqultal for Browne. When this feature of the Investigation was presented to Erbstein today he sim ply smiled and called It "rot." U Wayman's detectives have made such a report they only showed what poor detectives they were." said be. "Mr. Wavman had me shadowed by half a dozen detectives sll the time the trial was In progress and I am surprised that they would make such a report. "As for McCntchen s story. If he made OHIO'S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, WHOSE RE-ELECTION IS PREDICTED. 4 ii . i i is r i v .t-r W : I -r, yJ'-il ..f .... J Jl'DVOX HtRMOX, IX LATE POOR WITH ADMIRAL BODLEV D. ETA.XS. such a statement. I can only say that It is a lie. 1 never Ulkcd to the man. he never called at my office snd 1 never paid him any money. "The atory la ridiculous on the face of it. because of Its clumsiness. Does It seem probable that I would have Uiat man come to my office to receive money under those circumstances? I think It shows that it is untrue on the face of It. "As a matter of fact. I am running for the office of States Attorney, my posters are out and this fact is well known. In view of my candidacy I am not surprised st anything Mr. Wayman doea It Is a case of the volcano over there getting Into eruption again." The two men who made the confes alona Involving Attorney Erbstein were carefully guarded by Mr. Wayman's de tectives today. At their own request they were taken away from the Shenan doah Hotel, where they spent Satarday night, and placed in another North 8We hotel, where they remained tonight. Both men expressed the fear that the inves tigators who surrounded them several times, even In court, Saturday, would attempt to reach them if they knew where they were to be found and do them bodily injury. FOOTBALL HERO DYING GAME AT TACOMA MAT CO I XT OXE VICTIM. Norman Pike, YVhltworth Captain, Injured In Pacific University Content Death Expected. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. . Speclal.) Norman Pike, captain of the Whltworth College football team, who was hurt In yesterday's game with Pacific University, is lying at the point of death' tonight at the Fannie Paddock Hospital with a rupture of the Intestines. He wss oper ated on late last night, and while he withstood the shock of the treatment it is now believed thst he will die. The Whltworth captain was hurt, at tempting to tackle Captain Ward, of the Pacific tram, who was making an end run. Pike reached for his opponent standing up straight and was struck In the abdomen -by one of Ward's knees. He fell to the ground with a. groan, and as it was evident that be was seriously hurt, he was carried to the dressing rooms and later taken to the hospital. Pike suffered Intense pain throughout the evening snd It wis deemed expedient by the attending physicians to perform an operation. He was not in condition to play in the game, but as captain of the team ha In sisted in taking the position. Ho had been sick for two or three days previ ously and earlier in the season had sus tained a severely wrenched back in a football scrimmage. A few minutes after the game started yesterday, he fell and hurt his neck and ths game had to be stopped for three minutes. Shortly afterwards he collided with Ward and sustained the injury which sent him to the hospital. Throughout the game Ooach George Case, of Whltworth. complained bitterly that the Pacific University players were "kneeing" the Taeoma men at every op portunity. Coach Convlll. of the Pacific "U- team said as far as he could see there was no attempt at "kneeing" on the part of his players. Pike Is a freshman at Whltworth Col lege and la years old. Until recently his parents lived In Ontario, Cenada, but feveral weeks sgo they came to the Northwest snd are now staying with relatives at Richfield. They were notified and are now at his bedside. MEYER VISITS IN CUBA Secretary of Navy Arranges Call on President Gomes. HAVANA. Oct. Ml The United States dispatch boat Dolphin, with the Ameri can Secretary of .the Navy, George von L. Meyer, arrived' here this afternoon after a rough trip from Miami. Secretary Meyer will remain In Ha vana until tomorrow night, when he will go by train to Santiago with Minister Jackson. Tomorrow afternoon he will visit President Gomes. Pin GATES BIGGEST llf WILD Each One of 92 Great Doors Is as High as Six Story Building. COST WILL BE $5,500,000 One Entire Steel Plant Is Busy Man ufacturing 60,000 Tons of Bfate rlal Needed Destruction Will Bo' Very Difficult. PITTSBURG, Oct. 30. The largest gates In the world are being made In Pittsburg for the Panama Canal. Anyone of the S2 of them, for there are to be 46 pairs In sll. will be about as high as a six-story bullfllng. 65 feet wide and seven feet thick. The structural steel that will go to make them, will weigh 60.000 tons, or more than eight times as much ss was used to build the Eiffel The mighty portals designed to admit a world s commerce irom another, must withstand a tide of criti cism, as well as a tremendous pressure of water and possible convulsions of earth. For years the controversy over gates or no gates, locks or sea level, has been the dividing issue of the canal problem. In the face of fear in some quarters that the foundations on the Isthmus are not sure enough for locks, that earthquakes or water pressure would dislodge them, and that an enemy's mines or accidental explosions might n iiMim them the Government has begun to build the gates. Gates Cost $5,500,000. The coat will be 5. BOO. 000. The builders are the McCUntlc, Marshall Steel Con structlon Company, half 'of whose inde pendent plant here has been given over entirely to the gate contract. UI tne 60.000 tons of steel required, the heaviest single pieces will weigh sbout is tons. These will be the base girders, which are seven feet wide and which will be placed much like the first floor girders of a skyscraper. The series of girders above them will range from l.S feet apart near the bottom to five feet apart at the top, and over the skeleton structure thus formed a sheathing of water-tight armor plate will be bolted, much after the fashion of clapboards on a house- Dimensions Are Given. The thickness of the plates will range from an Inch at the 'base to 7-lt of an. inch at the top. The weight of a single gate will be about 00 tons, and the dimensions are 77 to 82 feet hlgn, CO to 65 feet wide, and 7 feet thick. The thousands of individual pieces, numbered and fitted to go together. like children's blocks, will be shipped by steamer via Baltimore, and with them will go 400 skilled structural steel builders from Pittsburg to set them uo. The advance guard of ex perts leaves here In December, and the first work prooaDiy win Degiu early In 1911. It will take three years to complete the Job. The location of the 46 pairs of gates will be: Twenty at the Gatun dam, on the Pacific aide. 12 at Pedro Miguel and 14 at Mlrsflores. near the Atlantic en trance. The gates are designed to hold back water 47.4 feet deep, in a channel 110 feet wide, which nveans a pressure of 1.000.000 pounds. Dcbtructlon Is Unlikely. Engineers point out that even if a t re nter dous explosion or esrtnquake snouia damage or destroy one or more sets of gates, no great disaster would ensue, for all locks are to be made in duplicate to accommodate traffic In both directions at once and the wreckage of one set of locks would only necessitate the diver Ion of commerce Into another set. But violent earthquakes have not oc curred In the Panama region for more than two centuries end it would require a mlghtly siege for an enemy to destroy the locks. Each lock will be ample for a ship 60 per cent larger than any vessel now afloat and it has been estimated that aa many as 100 ships may be han dled in a single day. There are no locks approaching these in size. The famous Suez canal Is a sea level affair, and the few gate lock canals would have to combine their gatea to equal the slse and strength of the great doors of Panama. Northwestern People In New York NEW YORK. Oct. 30. (Special.) People from the Pacific Northweat reg istered at New York hotels today are as follows: From Portland At the Cadillac. C T. Tomllnson: at the Breslln. L S. Mar ton, C. Jennings, J. N. Casey; at the Seville. F. Powell. From Seattle At the Imperial, J. A. Miller; at the York, U M. Grant; at the Martinique, E. W. Andrews, Jr. at the Grand. W. K. Smith. From Spokane At the Hoffman, R. Bourhean. 100 Horses Killed in Explosion. CHICAGO. Oct 80. One hundred ex pensive draft horses were killed, a num ber of workmen had narrow escapes and considerable property damage resulted late today when a large steam pipe burst In a barn ax tne union owes aaras. Ex-Mayor Rose Denounces It And yet that law has been on the statute-books of Oregon for six years, and is in the law, word for word, for which Mr. Rose pleads so earnestly the local option law. The search clause is in every crum ps! law of every state in the Union. Why have not the liquor men and their aid society the courage and honesty to admit thisT They must deceive the public or their cause is lost. , "Prohibition Is a Fallacy" So ex-Mayor Rose declares. The fallacies of prohibition cannot hold a candle to the FALSEHOODS of the liquor men and their aid society. Read the following telegram, received. in Portland Satur day afternoon: Topeka, Kansas, October 29, '10. It is with feelings of regret and shame that the undersigned are compelled to denounce as misleading and false the statements of the Mayor of the capital city of Kansas concerning conditions in our state. We condemn him as a traitor to his city and state, and wholly unworthy of the high position he holds. Our prohibition law is the most drastic and far-reaching ever passed by any legislative body, and it is well enforced throughout our city and state. There is not one open saloon in Kansas, and the statements of Mayor Billard are an outrage upon our city and state. Our state is exceedingly prosperous. At least 75 per cent of our people stand solidly for our laws. The National Association of Manufacturers and Business Men, and outside brewery associations, organized by one Hinkle. from Milwau kee has perfected a local organization in Topeka of which Mayor Billard is vice-president. The sole object of this organization is to aid and assist the liquor forces in other states where prohibition questions are pentuiig. W. It- STT'BBS, Governor of Kan sas. F. D. fOBl'RX, Sec State Board of Agriculture. & I,. rOPKLAJTD, See. and Tress, the A. T. dt S. K. Hy. Co. D. r. LEAHY, See. to the Gov ernor. ARTHUR rtPPF.R, Pobllsher Topeka Dally Capitol. II. T. CHASE, Editor Topeka Daily Capitol. F. I I.OVEI.AXD, Pastor First M. E. Church. A. W. IWILLS. V. P. the Mills Dry Goods Co. T. R. Ml'LVAXK, Pres. Bank of Topeka. The Attorney General Has Knocked Down the Man of Straw Which the Home Rule Association Set Up. Read this excerpt from the address of Hon. E. C. Bronaugh, former Judge of the Circuit Court. Speaking of the home rule amendment ' he said: "It is merely a repetition of the famous, I should say infamous, Reddy bilL That bill was snowed under deep by the voters of Oregon two years ago. "I notice what purports to be an opinion by the Attorney-General of this state, answering in the negative the question as to whether or not this proposed bill will put it within the power of municipalities to nullify the criminal laws of the State of Oregon. I did not know that anvbodv had announced the proposition that it would. The liquor f w - STRIKE. ROLLS OH Express Companies' Troubles Grow Over Sunday. MORE ORDERED OUT TODAY Leader of Teamsters Declares Total Strikers Will Bo Increased to 10,000 if Necessary Griev ance List Announced. NEW YORK. Oct. 30. That the striking express drivers and helpers in tend to continue the fight here with vigor and that, if necessary, it will be extended throughout the country, was declared today by Vice-President Hofl man of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Mr. Hoffman said that all drivers and helpers of the express companies in Brooklyn would be called out tomor row, and that in addition the employes of the smaller express companies in Manhattan would be ordered out. This, he declared, would Increase the number of men on strike from dOOO to 10.000. '. M , . Hoffman added that he had received a letter from the National president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters informing him that word had been sent to all the organizers of the Brotherhood throughout the coun try telling them to organise the drivers and helpers and stable men of the ex press companies so that they could all be called out if necessary. As yet. no demands have been sub mitted to the express companies. This will be done some time during the week At a meeting of the strikers today a tentative list of grievances was drawn up. It includes a demand for an 11-hour day. with one hour for luncheon: and an increase of tS a month for all men who are now receiving $75 a month or ''xone of the express companies made efforts to deliver goods today and the strikers were quiet. VANCOUVER STORE BURNS Fir Department Slow In Getting Water on Flames. VANCOUVER, "Wash.. Oct. JO. (Spe cial.) Fire here tonight destroyed the Mission Cigar store, between Seventh and Eighth streets on Main, and badly damaged a shoe store on the second floor, entailing a loss of $3000. The cigar store was owned by Mrs. Annie McHale. who believes that the blaze was caused by a defective flue. One of the unfortunate features of the fire was the fact that it waa 12 minutes before the fire department was able to get water to throw on the flames, there being considerable delay In getting steam in the steamer to force the water. DIET HELD LIQUOR CURE Vegetarians Saj- Their Plan Takes Away Appetite for Strong Drink. Here's a new answer to the liquor ques tion: Be a vegetarian. To prove the correctness of this theory, SMFMOUS W. MVARRA V, Pre. 'the State Savings Bank, Topeka. J. A. TROUTMAN, Ijiwyer. THOMAS PAGE, Owner Mid Continent Mills, Pres. Shawnee Bank and V. P. Prudential Trust Co. JOHN MARSHALL. First Assist-, ant Attorney-General of Kan- J. W. ROBINSOJT, Merchant. KOBINSON, MARSHALL A CO. F. M. STA1II, Supt. Kansas State Temperance Vnlon. AVD THREE THOUSAND IV DIOANT CITIZENS BY A STANDING VOTE AT A MASS MEETING IN AUDITORIUM LAST MtiHT. (Paid advertisement.) members of the Vegetarian Conversa zione will meet at 601 Yamhill street Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock and show the people that abatinance from meat diets effectively and permanently takes away the desire and craving for Intoxi cating drinks. Mr. and Mrs. Braumwell Booth, of the Salvation Army, whose children have been vegetarians all their lives, have testified again and again to the efficacy of a vegetable diet in curing the thirst for liquor In the cases of the men at their rescue stations, say the vegetarians in announcing their meeting. The editor of the London Clarion, they say, testifies that after using a vegetable diet for three months he lost all desire for liquors, declaring that they tasted to him like medicine. Members of the local organization are making efforts to enlist liquor drinkers who want to cure themselves of the habit into their ranks. They say that a trial will convince anyone. They make no particular appeal to the present army of "teetotalers" excepting to secure their aid in Influencing others to quit eating meat and thereby automatically quit drinking. DIX MAKES FAST TRIP TRANSPORT REPORTS WRECK IS PHILIPPINES. Crew of Army Boat Say Reason for Quick Voyage Is Desire of Offi cers to Join Fiancees. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 30. (Special.) Completing the smartest passage in ten years' service between Puget Sound and the Philippines, spick and span in every department, the United States Army transport Dlx docked here at noon today. In addition to her splendid sailing record, in which she logged 319 miles in a day's run, the Dlx landed 520 horses and mules at Manila, losing not one on the voyage over. News was brought from Manila by the Dlx that the passenger transport Warren, Captain Randall, narrowly escaped being wrecked by running aground on Mlndoro Island September 11. While carrying a large number of troops from Manila to Tarmy Station at Lucena the tranaport took the beach in the darkness. Relief was given after two days by Army mine planters and Navy tugs. Lieutenant A. It. Bump, commanding officer of the Dlx. waa dispatched from Manila to act as quartermaster for the forces aiding the vessel. He says the vessel was hard and fast ashore and was rescued only by rare good fortune, and excellent work by the aiding ships. The Warren was driven far off her course hy typhoon squalls. She is one of the largest of the army fleet operat ing on the Pacific to Manila. In a report transmitted to the trans port department officials. Lieutenant Bump lauds the new De Forest wire less outfit Installed on the last trip, communication for a distance of 2400 miles having been established. Jokcsmlths aboard the vessels at tribute the quick passage over to the anxiety of five officers who soon are to be married, to reach their sweethearts.- The Dix will at once load a large number of horses for Honolulu for the Fifth Cavalry. She departs on her next trip to Manila. in January- SENATOR ROUTS WORKERS Street Seeks Protection of Police and Council From Legislator. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Oct 30. (Special.) While at the home of his sis ter. Miss Nicolas, State Senator Abner G. Kerns, of Wallace, tola afternoon routed men have put np a man of straw and have asked the Attorney-General to knock it over for them. Nobody who has studied the law sup poses for a moment that it will enable municipalities to annul the criminal laws of the State of Oregon. But it will do a few things which I would like to place before you to medidate upon. "Perhaps yon know that we have in this state a law which provides that no license shall be granted to a person who has been convicted of selling liquors to minors, or permitting minors to loiter about his saloon; that is, it is the law except in the City of Portland. "We have another law which prohibits saloonkeepers from selling liquors to habitual drunkards. There is another law which prohibits the opening of saloons on Sunday. There is another law which pro hibits the licensing of saloons within a certain distance of a public school building. The proposed, so-called home rule bill will put it within the power of every municipality to evade those laws. Now, Mr. Liquor Man, will you ask the Attorney-General whether that statement is true or not? And see what he says. "I am not here tonight to abuse anybody. I am not here to abuse men who may disagree with me. I am here to express surprise that the liquor men should have been shrewd enough to secure such an ar ray of reputable and honorable men to stand sponsor for their bill. Many of those men I know personally, and I know that, if the true inwardness of that bill had been explained to them, their names never would have been at the foot of it, and their influence never would have been back of it. "There are other things this bill proposes to do. Has it struck you that it is at all significant that the clause, 'subject to the constitu tional and criminal laws of the State of Oregon,' comes before the clause relating to the suppression and regulation of the sale of liquor? There is also a clause put in the end for the purpose of misleading I can see no other purpose for it 'Subject to the provisions of the local option law of the State of Oregon, within the limits of the municipality.' "It is provided in this act that no municipality may amend its charter so as to be in conflict with the criminal laws of the state, or with the provisions of the constitution; but this act does propose in effect to amend the charter of every municipality so that that munici pality may enact ordinances, regulations and laws which set at de fiance the laws of the 6tate regulating the sale of liquor. It will also practically nullify the local option law, because, if you read the criti cism of The Oregonian this morning, you will note that The Oregonian called attention to the fact that it would practically do away with pre cinct vote and will limit the operation of the local option law to the municipality as an entirety. It will do more than this. In many parts of the state where there are small towns there, are large precinct3 which include a whole or a part of the town, and a part of the country as well.' This law gives the right to the municipality, as a whole, to vote upon the local option law, but there is no law that gives a part of a precinct outside of a city the right to vote upon the question of the prohibition of the sale of liquor, and therefore all such precincts out side of the municipality will be deprived of that right. Also in the municipality, in many cities where it is not possible to carry the city dry, a vote may be had upon a precinct, or combination of precincts. "That is true in the City of Portland, and in many of the parts of the city people who do not want the saloons in their residence neigh borhood have voted their precinct dry. They would be deprived of that right if this bill becomes a part of the constitution of the State , of Oregon. And think of it. I say this is the most outrageous and audacious assault that has yet been made upon the rights of the peo ple of this state. "Then again, if this amendment is adopted, if any county or pre cinct votes dry, it will be within the power of the liquor men to create a new municipality, however small, within such dry territory, which will be invested with authority to license the sale of liquor within the municipal limits and thereby corrupt the whole district and set at naught the will of the people." a crew of cement workers placing a Vurb on Fifth street between Reed and Foster, according to the police. Some time ago property owners complained of the form the curb was left in and asked the Council to have another installed. The Council ordered the change and Foreman James Huehs and crew were making the change when Kerns appeared and ordered them to stop work. After being pursued by Kerns, armed with a double-bladed axe, according to the offi cers, the men fled and telephoned for the members of the Council and the po lice, all of whom appeared. Withdrawal Silverton and Forest Grove ( Jefferson-St.) Local. Effective October 30. Southern Pacific trains No. 7 and No. 8. between Portland (Jefferson street) and Forest Grove, also train No. 27 and No. 28, between Portland and Silverton. will be withdrawn for the Winter. Oregonian Quoted on "Home Rale" THE OREGONIAN EXPOSES THE FALLACY OF HOME RULE' In a leading editorial on the 29th inst. the editor of The Oregonian, com menting on the "Home Rule" bill says: ". . . Able lawyers have come for ward w'th the argument that the amendment a worded would, if adopt ed, give the right of control to every Incorporated city in the state. In other words that it would remove the restric tions now on cities in the matter of permitting gambling, operation of pool rooms, bookmaklng on horseraces and similar vices prohibited by general statute. "The 'Home Rule" amendment has one weakness In that it makes no dis tinction between cities and towns and incorporated villages. There should be some limitation in order than an in corporated village adjacent to a large city or town that Is dry could not be colonized, vote 'wet' and the liquor traffic be carried on without license or regulation. It would be possible if the constitution were so amended, and Roseburg. for example, should vote to abolish the saloons, that a village would be newly Incorporated on the outskirts of the city, be colonized by the saloons, permit the sale of liquor without restraint, and demoralize the larger city. If Portland voted to sup press the sale of liquor, it would be perfectly reasonable to expect the sa loonmen to move to St. Johns or some other adjacent town and there, by force of numbers, control the result of a local option election, choose their own regulating and enforcing powers, and draw their trade from Portland." Thus it is clearly evident that the aim of the Home Rule amendment is to fasten the saloon, with its dives and brothels, on every section of Oregon. To this opinion the Attorney-General of Oregon gives additional confirma tion in his opinion, saying, "That the amendment vests in the City Council, or in the people through the City Council, the exclusive power to control and regulate, or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors." The brewers and liquor dealers believe that a cor rupt'on fund will dispose a given City Council to vote for the saloon Interests. THE "QUELLE" CASE FURNISHES A GOOD ILLUSTRATION ON COUNCIL CONTROL OF LIQUOR DEALERS. CAN ANY DECENT CITIZEN STAND FOR SUCH A LAW? Vote 329 X No. J43 X Yes. 844 X Yes. (Paid Advertisement, LAW 100 MILES TO SAVE FATHER We have the following letter from C. H. Rlvenburg, the Chester, Mass., druggist: 'I inclose check for your account with great pleasure. About four months ago my father, aged 73 years, was told he was dangerously ill with Bright's Disease by a first-class M. D., and for two or three months was under his care. He gradually be came weaker and was in bad condi tion before I knew the nature of his trouble. I at once traveled about a hundred miles to see that my father commenced to use the Renal Compound and now Wish to report to you that his doctor says the danger is all passed and there is not a trace of albumen. Is this not a wonderful cure, taking into consideration the fact that my father had Diabetes for many years before the Bright's Disease developed? Today he and we are all happy at his recov ery. You may use this if you wish. My father is James Rlvenburg, 217 Clinton avenue, Albany, N. Y. Yours very respectfully, C. H. RIVENBURG. If that druggist had not traveled a hundred miles and Insisted on his father changing from the admittedly futile orthodox Nitro-Glycerine, Digi talis, Basham's Mixture, etc., to the Renal Compound, the inevitable would have happened. Notwithstanding the progress of our boasted civilization, we are still living In the dark ages and prejudices of the past, for thousands are at home this moment dying in homes and hospitals from kidney dis ease, a majority of whom ought and can recover. But their friends must take something like the interest that caused Rlvenburg to travel a hundred miles to see that the change is made to the right treatment. We desire to hear from and advise with every case not yielding. NEW DEPARTURE The Cost of Interments Have Been Greatly Reduced by the Holman Undertaking? Company. Heretofore it has been the custom of funeral directors to make charges for all incidentals connected with a funeral. The Edward Holman Undertaking Com pany, the leading funeral directors of Portland, have departed from that cus tom. When casket is furnished by us we make no extra charges for embalm ing hearse to cemetery, outside box or any services that may be required of us except clothing, cemetery and car riages, thus effecting a saving of fia to $75 on each funeral. THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAKING CO. 830 THIRD ST., COR SALMON. Vim, Energy And A Keen Exhilaration RESULT FROM A BATH WITH HAND SAPOLIO In hot weather it revives your energies and stimulates the skin to healthy actio. "The Bath Refreshing" . AU Grocers and DmtttatM . v