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'TTTE SUNDAY OREGOIA PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 17. 1911. PIERCE CONFIRMS IE Eastern Capital for Great Merger Assured, Spokane Man Declares. ECONOMIES ARE PROPOSED Precaution. Attorney Ha fub mlttrd Detail to Department of Justice Senator Plle Said to Appro. SAN" FRANCISCO. Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) To wel.2 Into a tI09.000.000 hold trg company all the big timber ir.llla that ship by water from Washington anit Oreann Is the pian of Henry J. Pierce, of Spokane, who In his. rooms at the Palace Hotol Is conferring with lo cal representatives of the corporations which are to be merged In the deal he contemplates. Pierce arrived from the north yesterday, accompanied by Ms at. tnrney. V. H. Abel, of Portland, and R. F. Lytle and E. l Payne, leading- lum oer mtnultrturara of Hoqulam. Wash. Th. plan which Pierce has under way Is the blxa-est deal In the history of the Western lumber Industry. Pierce esti mates that half of the I I01.coa.o00 re quired for the merger will be needed simply to take over the varloua mills themselves, the other half to be used in buying the timber lands of the now separate companies, and In acquiring such additional timber acreage as may be necessary during the next IS years. The Spokane lumberman says he la as sured that IXrtO.ooo. coo wt;l be forth coming from Kastern capitalists. The contemplated merger Is to con trol 45 per cent of the l.ootf.OOO.Ooo feet of lumber that are turned out dally by the tidewater mills of Washington and Oregon. Pierce says he has already se cure, the signatures of mlllowners rep resenting one-third of the output of the tidewater mills. One of the principal objects of Pierce- visit here Is said to be to induce the Pope Talbot and K. K. Wood lumber companies, both of which operate mills In th. district the Pierce merger la to embrace, to enter the combine. Pierce said today explicitly that hla proposed merger was purely a plan to secure areater economy In the handling of lumber, and not at all a scheme for the manipulating of prices. To Insure his position, he aays. hla attorney has submitted o the Attorney-Oeneral at Washington a statement explaining- the details of the merger. . The statement, asserts I'lerca. has already been ap proved by several prominent authorities on Federal law. Including t'nlted States Kerrator Piles, of Washington. GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN ON ;ld HIM Meetlnff Monday Will Open Plan of Propagandlsta. HOLD HILL. Or.. Sept It. (Special.) Next Monday evening marks the opening of the campaign for the good roads bond Issue In Hold Hill, when a delegation of Medford good roads en thusiasts, headed by County Judge Nell and Commissioner Davis, will hold a meeting In the Wego Theater. Every one Is Invited to attend and hear the road-bonding question thoroughly dis cussed. The plana of the County Court, as outlined by Judge Nell at a meeting at Central Point. Include a base road run ning from the Josephine County line, through Woodvllle. Hold Hill. Central Point and Medford to the California line, to be followed In construction by an other base road from Applegata through Jacksonville, Central Point and Eagle Point Into the Butt Creek country, with a branch via tha By bee bridge Into Kams Valley. The meeting here Monday la ona of a series which Medford bond Issue propa gandists are holding In the smaller towns all over Jackson County. WIFE SUES STENOGRAPHED Woman Wants MO. 000 BecasM Husband Xo Longer Loves Her. SEATTLE. Wash, Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) Charging her hushand s former stenographer with alienating the affec tions of Ado'.ph A. Gust. Mrs. Sarah A. Oust commenced an action In the Su perior Court today against Pauline M. Miller for IIO.OOO dsmagrs. Gust Is a former resident of Hutte. and later of Prosser, Wash, and cam to Seattle two years ago. The wife tells th court that ha Is the possessor of $340.00 worth of prop erty. It Is charged by the wife that Mtsa Miller lost Gust's affection when Mrs. Uust married him. and that sub sequently Mlsa Miller came to Seattle and won hlra back again. Dlvorca pro ceedings are also pending In court, which are chargeJ to Mlsa Millers In fluence over the husband. Concurrently with th filing of tha a'.tenatlon suit. Edward J mid. attorney for th wife, asks suit money and tem porary alimony of 300 and an attor ney a fee of I jOO. WHEAT RECEIPTS BIGGEST Cilnnd FTcm First Pse.) th season opened being 171. TOO bushels more than Tacoma's and .0 bushels more than Seattle's. Utile Barley I-eft. Not only Is wheat trading on a Urge seal, tut buslnesa In other cerea'.a has been very active. Although the season has been opened only a short time, nearly all th barley crop of th Northwest haa been dis posed of. Portland buyers getting th greater portion of It. Except for th quantity used In th Northwest, all th brewing grade Is being shipped East. It Is estimated that at least 71.00 tons of malting barley will be dispatched to Eastern brewers befor th cloe of th year. Last year about .0.04. tona went East and two years ago, then th record year, the ship ments were : 5.000 tons. These heavy transactions In th grain trad, with th marketing of a big fruit crop through Portland, are aiding In keeping Portland's business In a highly prosperous condition. The awakening of Jobbing and retail trade, after th usual period of Summer quietness. Is also being felt. An accural reflection of the con ditions can b seen In th weekly statements of the Portland clearing house. For the past week th total clearings of Portland wer nearly BIG Lilt R PLANS half a million dollars larger than in the same week last year. Th Port land ahowlng was also a quarter of a million better than Seattle made In th past week. Portlaad Exceed The bank clearings of Portland. Seattle and Tacoma for the past week and corresponding week In the three preceding years compare as follows: preceeding years compare as follows: Portlaad. IBM 191.) 112 ll.Si(l..V-J m.i.-..-..j T.u7.7l Seattle. li.012.M 12.24.711 14..-iO.!"J7 V.'.ni.uu7 1IH lull tl'lH 1 U J!11 i4TT3.0t :n 17.1 44.1 ,., -Wt.J.ll 4.J-4.43- SOUTH BEND FIGHTS CASE Verdict or 910,000 to Schoolteacher t'ane New Trial. SOUTH BEND, Wash, Sept. It. (Special.) In accordance with a de cision of Judge Smith, of the Superior Court, delivered this week, the Ransom case will be retried, probably at th November Jury term. The first trial of MeWIXIVILLE, CHIEF OF POLICE SPRINGS SIKFRISE OX YAMHILL COVSTV. Peter Peteraaa. McMlNXVILLE. Or, Sept (Special.) Chef of Police Pe ter Peterson Is th first officer In McMlnnvllle to comply with a recent city ordinance requiring members of th police force to wear a uniform, and Is therefor th first also In Yamhill County to don the regulation "cop" at tire. He merits distinction beyond this In possessing a fin phy sique. He is six feet six Inchea tall and weighs ISO pounds. Chief Peterson waa born In Den mark and cam with his parent to th United States SO years ago. He la serving bis first eleatlv term aa McMinnville'a chief peaca officer. this case, which took place In June of this year, wn sensational and engen dered much 111 feeling among th peo ple of this city. Miss Bertha Hansom, whose resi dence la Portland ar.d who la a former teacher 1n th schools of this city, sued the city for $30,000 damages for al leged permanent Injuries sustained through falling over a timber nailed across th sidewalk on one of th streeta of this city. Th Jury award ed her $15.O0 and th city moved for a new trial. When th motion was argued a few days ago Judge Smith reduced th verdict to $10,000 and de cided that, unless this was satisfactory to both aides, a new trial would be granted. The city waa dissatisfied and a retrial was ordered. SCHOOLS OF STATE COSTLY Wailnrton Pays Out $1 1,435,33s for Education, in It 11. OLTMPIA. Wash, SepL Is (Spe cial. ) To run th schools of Washing ton during th year 111 It cost $11. 4Jj.:35. according to figures given out by H. B. Dewey, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. There waa raised, however, from all sources. $1(.. lso."J. the balance on hand on June $0. 111. being $4,713,564. In 1910 the schools cost $11,017,553. showing that In 1911 It cost over f 400.000 mora than It did In 1910- Inasmuch aa th last census gav Washington a population of a little more than l.OoO.uoo the figures Indicate that It costs every man. woman and child In the Stat more than $10 each far the support of the schools. By far the biggest portion of the ex penditures, or practically one-half of th total. $l.$T9.00i) went for teachera' salaries; I2.436.v00 was spent for schools and school sites, while $C09.00d represents Interest on bonds and $214. i' Interest on warrants, making prac tically $70.000 that goes for Interest. Out of th $K. 10.000 received by th schools $4.6$:!-004 came from special taxes: $:.::. 0u from th state and 12. 379.000 from th counties. The sal of bonds netted t:.551.O0O and ISIS. 000 waa received from other sources. "Agfj" School Graduate Honored. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallls. Or, .Sept. 1. Special.) C C. Clark, a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College and until recently connected with th de partment of agriculture of British Co lumbia. Is now superintendent of th British Columbia Land and Water Company's holdings at Kamloops. B. C, S0 acres of which Is planted to fruit. Mr. Clark graduated In 107 and after pursuing a post-graduate course at th same Institution was called to British Columbia. All peopL who er blind ride free of charge ui'On the etreetiars of Glasow. 6col- t :r-.. - p i v h - i . . . ! t - ' - l : tk- : :-- if t b: - . n- i . " : .' . ' : . :;.;- .. ' : : ' p, , :j REPUBLICANS HOPE TO HOLD ILLINOIS Majority in State Senate Is Enough to Prevent Demo cratic Gerrymander. CLOSE VOTE IS CONCEDED Aa to Senatorshlp, Which Will Be Decided by Joint Jiallot, It Is Admitted That Democrats Have Chance to Win. CHICAGO. Sept. IS. (Special.) Re publican chiefs, alarmed by reports that the Democrats may control the next Legislature, are busy figuring pos sibilities based upon the political com plexion of th 61 Senatorial districts. They calculate that only a miracle In politics would give Democracy a ma jority In the State Senate. This, they assert, does away with any alarm that the Democrata will re apportion the Senat at the next ses sion. If the Republican can hold the Senate, they point out. they would block any Democratic g-errymander by refusing to toncur In a Democratic th Democrats the benefit of all doubts. Republicans get a bare majority consisting of it votes In the upper branch. In the lower branch three members are elected from each district, and the Democrats stand a good chance to control that body In the event of a landslide. It Is asserted. ..nnkin a t Stake. 1. .naln nrlt imODf ReDUb- llcan leadera because of the United States Senatorshlp. wnicn is to oe v ., . , . i..i.i,iu The Sen- WCU UJF niw Mr..--. ator Is elected by Joint ballot of both branches and It is aammeu in- "'' crata have a chance to win. Those who do not believe It necessary for the Republicans to reapportion the state Congresslonally In special seaslon make the appended classification to prove that th Senate will remain Re publican. HnM-over Republican tate Renatore: lilrtct No. 1 Prancle P. J-ra1jr. District No. 3 Hamu-l A. Ettrlleon. -District No. ft Walter Clyde Jonrs District No. 7 William 1L MacLeaa. Dlelrlet No. 11 Carl Lundbers. Dinrlct No. 1 Albert C. Clark. Dlatrlrt No. 13 Nell Juul. Dl.trlct No. 31 will-tt H. CornwelU District No. S.I Frank A. Land.. Dl.trlct No. S.I John H. Oray. Dl.trlct No. 17 H. 8. MmiH. District No. SB H-nry -W. Johnson. Dl.trlct No. 41 Richard J. Dl.trlct No. 4t Charles F. Hurburgh. Dl.trlct No. 43 Uin Hr- Dl.trlct No. 4T E.lmund Beal Dl.trlct No. 4!l J'lhn M. Chamberlain. Jr. Dl-trlct No. 01 Douslas W. Helm. Even numbered districts In which Senators are to be elected and classed as overwhelmingly Republican are the th. Stb, 10th. 14th. 10th. Ud, J4th and Jth. . The 18 holdover Senators and the eight Republicans district classified as sure by the calculators would give the Republicans a bare majority of 2 in the upper branch. The Democratlo holdover Stat Senatora are: Dl.trlct No. 8 Patrick J. Carroll. Dl.trlct No. li Kdwaid J. r District No. IT Edward J. GlacklB. DlMrict No. IK John T. D-nvlr. Dl.trlct No. 21 John B. Madigau. Dl.trlct No. SrIohan Jl- Dl.trlct No. 27 John BroderlcR. Dlatrlcl No. Ill-John M. O'Connor. Even-numbered district In which Sen ators are to be elected and which are classified aa Democratic or that -night possibly be carried by the pemo"" Sre the Id. 4th. l!th. lth. lth 28th. SOth. 2d. 4th. th. $8th. 40th. 42d. 44th. 4th 48th and 60th. Should these districts go Democratic counting tha eight holdover Democrat ic Senatora. the Democrata would have fS member In the upper branch, or one less than a majority. Of the districts classed at a possibility for the Demo crats, Republican Stat. Senatori ar. serving In them now In the 2d. lZth. mh 18th. 18th. 4th. 44th and 60th districts. These districts Republicans Took upon a. normally Republican al though they y there 1. a PObllltjr of Democrats carrying them under certain conditions. muckSrIsIamed IICGE JOKE SPRCNG OX KEPRE. SEXTATIVE OF 17,500,000. Enjoyable Little Comedy Enacted on Steamship Northwestern Follow ing Report of Foundering. SEATTLE. Waslu Sept. 1. Spe- clal j -rha Taming of th Muckraker la th title of l'"1 comedy that waa staged aboard the steamship North western for th amusement of the pas sengers on that ahlp and th. edifica tion of th. refugee from th wrecked vessel Ramona. It waa a kind of a Chinese potpourri affair, lasting three days, with all of th. actors except on. playing also th. patt of tb. audience. William E. Smyth (pronounc. It Smythe." please, with an accent on th. -y." not "Smith") was th. principal actor. Smyth., according to th. passengers, put on mora "side." than a halibut dur ing tha ahort voyage. Ha told the passengers that h. waa the chief rep resentative of a newa publishing asso ciation that had 17.600.000 readera. W.ien the news of th. wreck of the Ramona was received on th. North western, he evolved a telegram which he dispatched via wireless. Then he leaned tack and remarked with a lofty '"vithln an hour so.000.000 people of the United States will be reading my acron.it of the Ramona disaster." T l. passengers stood for this "high and lolty etulf" till their endurance was exhausted and then the comedy was stased. At Ketchikan an un elgned telegram, addressed to Smythe. was thrown on the Northwestern Just aa that vessel waa leaving the dock. It waa to th. effect that Pinchot had been kidnaped and foul play waa feared. Smyth, gathered the passengers around him and delivered a lachrymoee eulogy on Pinchot. He wired to Seat tle, but hla great newa disseminating ors-amration for some reason or other did not answer, and hia r.ext three days were daya of travail and sorrow and a vatn search for sympathy. It was not until he reached Seattle last night tnat he learned that he had been "hoaxed." Albany Schools to Open. ALB ANT. Or, Sept. IS. SpeclaL) Albany'a publlo schools will open for the veer's work next Mood . G. W. Boettlcher, superintendent, has been at work all week classifying prospective students and getting everything In readiness for active work when the first semester begins. The teachera heretofore selected have been assigned to positions as follows: High school Lloyd Marquam, prin cipal; Maude Miller. Latin and Ger man: E. A. Hudson, science: Carolyn Dunston. history; Louise Blackwell. English: Francea Nelson, English; W. E. Woods, mathematics; Zllpha Gallo way, general; Alice Ireland, commer cial; Beatrice Ireland, commercial Central school C. 8. Bown, prin cipal and eighth rrade; Maude Laug head, first grade; Mae Roberts, second grade; Letha McCullough. third grade; Lottie Morgan, fourth ' grade; Ethel Eakln, fifth grade; Margaret Riley, sixth grade; Myrtle Worley, seventh grade. Madison school G. E. Flnnerty. prin cipal and eighth grade; Miss Tlerney, first grade: Grace Wellborne. second grade; Mamie McKnlght. third grade; Edith McCourt, fourth grade: Ethel Dwver. fifth grade: Mrs. Fraser, sixth grade; Mrs. Callle Blgbee, seventh grade. . Maple school Mrs. K: D. Byers, prin cipal and sixth grade; Haxel Rolfe, first grade; Mabelle Schultz, second grade; Mrs. Johnson, third grade: Margaret Stewart, fourth grade; Allc. Mark hart, fifth grade. DEBT IS DUE TO NATION LIECTEXAXT CAS WED HEIRESS, BUT MAY XOT RESIGN. General Wood Holds Commission in Army Is Xot Hike Civilian Job, to Be Laid Aside. WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. (Special.) In ruling that Second Lieutenant Stanley M. Rumbaugh cannot resign his commission In the Army, now that he has a rich wife. General Leonard M. Wood. Chief of Staff, holds in effect that the military service Is not to be compared with day labor, or any other civilian position In wtlch the obliga tion ceases when the employe has done his work and received his pay for It The Nation has been to th. expense of educating the young Army officer, the Chief of Staff believes, and Is entitled to at least four years of his service after he haa been fitted to make his service worth while. Even then, h. should not b released merely to marry. Lieutenant Rumbaugh was assigned to the Fifteenth Cavalry when h. left West Point As a dashing cadet ath letic and epauletted. he won the affec tions of Mlas Colgate, a New York heiress, and after his real service be gan he received a leave of absence for a honeymoon, with permission to apply for an extension. His wife's fortune having placed him beyond the need of employment with the Government as a means of livelihood, and even given promise of capital with which to em bark in. a more lucrative civilian occu pation, he has sought to resign. Some of the officers of the War Department have approved the resignation, but General Wood says no. He has ruled that three montha Is long enough for a honeymoon and that when the Lieu tenant's leave expires he "must report for duty at Fort Myer, where his regi ment is stationed. Th. fact of Lieutenant Rumbaugh s largely Increased Income because of his matrimonial alliance is held to have no weight and It appears that the- Inter cession of Influential friends of both himself and his bride was equally In effective. General Wood positively re fuses to regard a commission In the Army as a "Job" in any civilian sense. He insists that It should be a point of honor with a cadet to pay for hla board and clothes and education, received when the Government was receiving no service In return, and could not hop. to receive any unless Its cadets after ward served a reasonable period under the colors. GOOD NAME IS STAKE XAVAJJ OFFICER FIGHTLXG TO CLEAR HIS RECORD. Lieutenant Roy C. Smith, Who Says He Is Victim of Circumstances, to Appeal to Secretary. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 1. Lieuten ant Roy C. Smith, recently attached to the Saratoga, th. flagship of the Asiatic squadron, came ashore today from the Japanese liner Shinyo Maru with the statement that while he had no In tention of recalling his resignation from the Navy he Intended making a personal appeal to the Secretary of the Navy. The nature of the charges preferred against him have not been made public Lieutenant Smith stated that he had resigned at the request of Admiral Mur dock. without making a fight before a court-martlaL Th. word of other offi cers was against his, he said, and as his own statement was not believed, he felt that he could no longer remain !r. th. Navy. Smith declared he was a victim of circumstances and he hoped to clear his name after presenting his case at Washington. As he stepped ashor. th. officer was met by Lieutenant Charles P. Huff, of th. naval training station, with a re quest that he remain in confinement on the receiving ship Pensacola until the Navy Department has been heard from. Smith consented. MINE PAYMASTER KILLED Pennsylvanlan Robbed by Highway man of More Than SSO0O. PITTSBURG. Sept 1. David Steen, a mine auperlntend jnt and paymaster, was found shot to death in the road leading out from Carnegie, about 12 miles from this city, this afternoon. The motive for the murder was rob bery. The highwayman obtained more than 13000. Steen- was superintendent of Wilms Mine No. 2. which Is leased to his father. Today was the miners' pay day. Steen was formerly employed by the Pittsburg Coal Company as pay master. PORTLAND GETS MEETING South Methodist Church Conference Comes Here in 1(12. ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept It. (SpeclaL) After selecting Portland aa the next meeting place, the annual conference of th South Methodist Church ad Jorned here tonight after a successful three-day session.. The reports of the various pastors throughout the state showed the mem bership of the church to be-, increasing rapidly. The conference waa presided over by Bishop Waterhous. Tweeds, Gabardines and Rubberized. Mode and style above criticism. Made on Honor for faith ful service. BEN SM,iH.iiHiHimiinii!itHmMwir! BLACKMAIL IS REVEALED PLOT AGAINST THE MORJiOS CHXBCH IS EXPOSED. Money Demand for Photographs of Inner Temple Flatly Turned Down by First Presidency. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept The first presidency of the Mormon Church h. .vnosed a scheme to blackmail the church authorities by the sale and ex hibition of a series of photographs or alleged interior scenes of the Mormon Temple, into which no on. ordinarily is allowed to enter unlesa he be a de vout member of the church. In a letter received from New York. . ,u.nt lit thin cltv are xrom a 1 . - 1 - contained seven photographs which the writer offers to the first president No amount waa named. The first president replied that they did not desire to negotiate with thieves and blackmailers. It Is said by the church authorities . w . ,Ka nhntnmnlii nrobablv were secured a short time ago when the Tem ple was being cleaned. The church leaders say they do not care whether the photographs are pub lished or not adding by way of ex planation that 800 Gentiles wer. al lowed to go through the temple Just before Its dedication. POSTAL GRADES ADVANCED Xorthw est Offices Are Placed In Presidential Class. OREGONIA.N NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept 1. The following fourth class Pbstofflces will be advanced on October 1 to the Presidential grade, with Postmasters' salaries fixed as in dicated: Oregon North Portland. 1500; Es tacada. $1400; Redmond, $1200; Philo math, 11100. Washington Concrete, $1400; . Selah and AYashtucna, $1000. Idaho Juliaetta, $1000. For Men For Ladies ; In mannish fabrics, with dash and originality in every line. They com bine merit and fashion. Third Floor. McSIDl'8 Swfts A large and carefully chosen stock of cheviots and tweeds in the late shades of grays, blues and browns. Approved fashions. 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