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THE MORNING OREGONIA,. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1903.
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"Guilty of Malfeasance"
Says E. C. Bronaugh.
"CHIEF OF POLIGE IS, TOO"
"They Should Be Proceeded
Against," He Asserts.
MINISTERS CHEER 'ADDRESS
Attitude of Authorities Toward Gam
bling and Sunday Saloon 'Char
acterized as Anarchy and
Lawlessness of Worst Type.
Extracts From Mr. Bronaugh's
Speech.
THE LICENSE SYSTEM Tho city
coffers are empty, and so -no will
All them with money stolen from
our oanks and business houses by
gambling employes; tho city needs
money, so we "will supply it at the
expense of half-fed children and
neglected wives; the city needs good
streets, so we will pave them with
the dishonored bodies of fallen
-women; the streets must be
sprinkled, and we will sprinkle
them with the tears of broken
hearted mothers and wives; the city
must be lighted, so we will light it
with tho hell tire of damned souls
led on to ruin, degradation, suicide
and perdition by the irresistible fas
cination of the gambling hell, fos-
tcred and protected by municipal
authority, and luring its Ictims
with the sanction of tho Mayor, tho
Chief of Police and the Municipal
Court.
THE MAYOR AND CHIEF OF PO
LICE The Major, by assuming to
set his will above tho law, and
arrogating to himself the power of
suspending the ordinary operations
of law in time of peace, and the
Chief of Police, by neglecting and
refusing to enforce tho laws ac
cording to his oath of office, are
guilty of malfeasance and should
be proceeded against accordingly.
&c
"The Mayor and Chief of Police are
guilty of malfeasance and should he pro
ceeded against accordingly," declared At
torney Earl C. Bronaugh, a well-known
lawyer and ex-Councilman, yesterday
morning. In the course of an bddress on
"Some Legal Phases of Lawlessness In
Portland" before the Ministerial Associa
tion In the auditorium of the T. M. C
A. Mr. Bronaugh made this statement.
The Mayor, he Bald, had assumed "to
set his will above the law" and had arro
gated to himself "the power of suspend
ing the ordinary operations of law In time
of peace." The Chief of Police, he
charged, has neglected and refused to
enforce the laws according to his oath of
office.
Mr. Bronaugh denounced the attitude of
the municipal authorities toward licensed
gambling and the Sunday saloon.
"The supreme legislative branch of our
state has declared gambling and the Sun
day saloon to be unlawful," he said. "The
executive branch of our municipality tells
us that these evils exist, and that they
exist with their knowledge and sanction,
and our officials propose that they shall
continue to exist without molestation.
This Is anarchy, because it holds the law
In contempt and sets the law at defiance.
This is lawlessness of the worst type, be
cause It Is the open, shameless avowal,
disregard and contempt of the law hy offi
cials solemnly sworn to enforce the law."
The address was heartily cheered "by the
ministers and "by unanimous vote It was
declared to be a perfect expression of
their beliefs. The address In full Is as
follows:
"Mr. Bronaugh's Address.
The first question suggested by our some
what paradoxical subject Is, "What ifl law
lessness?" Speak the word, and in our
Imaginations we conjure up visions of thlees,
Uiugs, cut-throats, bandits, highwaymen,
gamblers, pimps and whoremongers. But in
Its primary significance the word means sim
ply the condition or quality of being unre
strained by law or not submissive to tho law.
We shudder at the record of the reign of
unrestrained outlawry that has brought dis
grace upon our fair cltj, but if we are frank
and honest in our onaylsls of this subject, we
eball find that there are contributing canses
that hav e not their origin in the haunts of v ice
and crime. There is a spirit of lawlessness
abroad in the land that is seemingly Inexplicable.-
Almost dally we are chocked by
pew revelations of official corruption and In
fidelity to public trust, while our hearts grow
pick, at the dally record of sin and crime In
private life.
A few j ears ago "boodler" and "grafter'
wero slang words. The great father of lexi
cographers knew them not, nor will you find
them in the earlier editions of "Webster, but
"boodler" has worked its way Into the stand
ard lexicons of this day, and what American
is there who needs a dictionary to define
"grafter" for him as ho sees the word flouted
i before him. in the glaring headlines of tho
fially press. Pope eays: ,
Vice Is a monster of so frightful mlen
As to be hated needs but to be seen,
But seen too oft, iamlllar with her face
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
So accustomed are we growing to the con
tinual exposures of official corruption and
malfeasance that we are in serious danger
of becoming calmly reconciled to the existing
state of affairs as a necessary elL "What
mean all these exposures of official corruption
In the postal sen ice and in the administration
of public land laws? "Will they stop with
these departments or has this moral tubercu
losis permeated and Infected the fiber and
tissues of the Whole goernmental organlsm7
Our great magazines publish such articles as
"The Fall and Redemption of Minneapolis,' '
"Jerome vs. Crime." "A City Ashamed,"
"Corrupt and Contented," and the world learns
that American municipalities are corrupt, and
we aro led to belleie that Mr. Brjco was
correct In his conclusion that the American
commonwealth Is weakest where it should be
strongest in the municipality.
How far does this state of affairs go? Is
onr whole political and social sstem to be
corrupted and wrecked by this spirit of
renality? Shall it be said of America as
Jugurtha exclaimed of Rome, "Oh, venal city.
Boon to perish if she shall but find a pur
chaser!" It has been commonly said of many men
who are unscrupulous Id their political manip
ulations, that in their private,, personal lives
they are men of Integrity. "What an absurd
ity! There can be no .such Jokyll and Hyde
combination. In the moral world, at least,
there can be no such absurdity as a double
standard. As a man purposeth in his hearth
so is he. The man who is essentially honest
In his personal life cannot be a cheat In busi
ness or a rascal in politics.
Honest Cltizms Esentlal.
The first essential to incorrupt municipalities
Is honest citizens. There Is and can be only
one practical public moral standard, and that
Is the conviction of the average person as to
what if right and wrong. The ultimate rem
edy and the only absolute remedy for these I
evils that menace society Is the elevation bf I
the moral, standard of the Individual citizen.
Horace Mann once said: "Let but the public
mind become once thoroughly "corrupt, and all
attempts to secure property, liberty or life
by mere force of laws written on parchment
will be as vain as to put up printed notices
In an orchard to keep off the cankerworms."
Educate the moral natures of our citizens so
that when they stand as candidates for office
they will have moral courage enough not to
seek to placate the mongers of vice and crime
because of fear of defeat by their Influence;'
educate the moral natures of our business
men so that they will not refrain from pro
testing against open vice and crime for fear
their trade may suffer; yea, educate the moral
sense of all our moral citizens so that. In
municipal affairs at least, they will Instinct
ively rally to the support of a candidate whose
purpose Is to stand for the right, and then
there will be hepe of a sound public conscience
and fearless and thorough administration of
the law. An Incorruptible public conscience,
"void of offense," Is of far greater Importance
In securing righteous government than written
laws. The old Latin maxim. "Animus ln
corruptus alturnus rector humanl genesis est,"
Is quite apropos "We are told that evils exist
and we clamor for laws to remedy them. "We
are wrong. We commence at once at the
wrong entl. "We have too many laws now.
Sallust well said: "Corruptlsslmae reipubllcae,
plurlmae leges." The more corrupt a nation
the more laws she has. We need not more
laws, but a thorough enforcement of such as
we have, and to secure this we must have an
intelligent public moral sentiment demanding
their enforcement.
Through what course of tuition are the ris
ing generations of Americans to acquire this
elevation of moral sentiment? With the sev
eral commonwealths of our Nation banishing
from their public schools the Bible, the one
moral text-book which Is comprehensible to
all ages and conditions of men, and "one great
American municipality actually forbidding the
name of Jesus Christ, the great moral teacher
of all ages, to be even spoken In her schools,
the thoughtful citizen may well pause and
ponder as to what the harvest shall be.
Morals Keep the Law.
It Is true, as Mr. Wood observes In his
article In the December Pacific Monthly, that
"It is the morals of a people which create and
keep the law. not the law which creates .and
Keeps the morals." Blackstone defines mu
nicipal law as a rule of civil conduct pre
scribed by the supreme power in a state com
manding what is right and prohibiting what
Is wrong. But, bearing in mind that the
supreme power In a state Is only human,
must we not recognize that municipal law is
a human institution and unavoidably affected
by human Imperfections? Justice Story well
said: "Frame constitutions of govenlments
with what wisdom and foresight we may,
they must be Imperfect and leave something
to discretion and much to public virtue."
It was Wendell Phillips who said: "Govern
ment began in tyranny and force, began In the
feudalism of the soldier and bigotry of the
p.rlest, and the ideas of Justice and humanity
have been fighting their way, like a thunder
storm, against the organized selfishness of
human nature." It Is these ideas of Justice
and humanity, definitely and concisely stated,
systematized and harmonized, that constitute
the law. All government, except the despot
Ism, is founded upon a system of laws, and
It Is only under such laws defining the rights
of citizens and prescribing their mutual duties
and providing Just and humane remedies for
their enforcement that there can be any se
curity of person or property. Our Immortal
Declaration of "Independence commences with
this Incomparable annunciation of the funda
mental principles of liberty: "We hold these
truths to be self-evident; that all men are
created. equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights; that
among those are life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness; that to secure these rights, gov
ernments are Instituted among men, deriving
their Just powers from the consent of the
governed" This fixes the ultimate responsi
bility for good government upon the governed.
No system of laws can bo regarded as Just
which does not apply equally to all persons
amenable to such laws, or which docs not exact
equal obedience from all. Nor does that gov
ernment approximate the highest Ideal, to the
authority of whose just laws equal obedi
ence and concurrence Is not yielded by all its
law-abiding citizens. I use the words "law
abiding citizen" not without some hesitancy
and misgivings as to Its aptness, but for lack
of a more satisfactory expression. It must be
borne In mind that In every community there
are Incompetents, degenerates and the will
fully lawless, who yield no submission to
the law, except through fear of punishment
or enforced restraint. It Is not necessarily
to the discredit of government that these
classes exist, for they do exist, and while
time lasts will exist in spite of the law.
Wanton Disregard of Law
The law recognlzte two distinct clatses of
offenses, those designated as mala In ee, evil
In themselves, the perpetration of which in
volves moral turpitude, and those designated
mola probibita, or tnose acts wni.cn are
not wrong In themselves, but unlawful simply
because declared so by statute. Congestion
of population and the complex organization of
municipalities have demonstrated the necessity
ef " many laws which would have been quite
unnecessary in an earlier age, and the aver
age citizen seems to regard very lightly the
infraction of such laws. Many citizens have
thought it no great wrong to steal a march
on the city authorities on Sunday and lay a
wooden sidewalk within the fire limits. In
violation of the law. Others leave piles of
wood for weeks and even months upon the
street in defiance of ordinances requiring their
removal within a few days, thereby defacing
the city, and rendering It an object of ridicule
to the visiting stranger. We have ordinances
requiring every tenant to keep the sidewalk
in front of his premises at all times clear of
fallen leaves, also of Ice and snow; but bow
many observe the ordinance? There Is an
ordinance also prohibiting the casting of Utter
Into the streets, but within the month I saw
a man come out of a business house on Fourth
and Washington streets and empty a waste
paper basket on the asphalt pavement while
two police officers in uniform stood within 15
feet of him, watching his action, and neither
of them Interfered or even offered a word of
rebuke. The list of this class of offenses
might bo extended until we were weary. Some
would say, "Oh, but these are not serious
matters." Perhaps not of themselves, but
they Indicate a wanton disregard of authority,
and the pplrlt that actuates them is contagious
and leads to general contempt for law and
for tho authorities that should enforce the
law. It would be much easier to enforce the
laws against the graver evils that claim our
attention. If our citizens, who are Interested
la their enforcement, would show their respect
for law and the authorities by prompt and
cheerful observance of those regulations which
tfte welfare or eociety renders necessary.
Contempt for laws pertinent to things mala
prohlbita by those who should respect and
obey them, begets and encourages in the law
less, contempt for laws designed to prevent
things mala In se. I repeat. If we are frank
and honest In our analysis of this subject, we
shall find that there are contributing causes
that have not their origin In the haunts of vice
and crime.
We need not stand aghast at the revelations
of Minneapolis. Pittsburg, St. Louis. New
York, or Philadelphia. We may find plenty
to occupy our attention nearer home. There
is a trite 'philosophy in the observation of the
old negro, who said: "Don't you worry 'bout
de spots on dc sun. It'll take all de time you
can spare ter git de grease -pots off do little
wort' you llvin' In."
Portland a Lawless City
If one were to designate Portland as a law
less city, he would probably be assaliod as a
sensationalist, but that would be the plain,
unvarnished Anglo-Saxon of it. We have a
lawless city, for whe have a city whose laws
aro not enforced, and where law Is held In
open contempt and defiance. That robbery,
violence and bloodshed have rioted in our city
is not entirely due to the fact that we have
an Incompetent police department. Their
presence is due largely to the open and avowed
toleration of those vices which attract to our
city large numbers of the wilfully lawless,
and also to the fact that our police force Is
wholly Inadequate in numbers. If we had
four policemen where we have one, the total
number would still be short of the number
generally regarded as proportionate to aur
population. For this deficiency the taxpayers
must hold themselves responsible, for we can
not have an adequate police force without ade
quate revenue.
But the most dangerous form of lawlessness
with which our welfare Is threatened Is the
unmolested existence of positive evils In de
fiance of the law.
We have a law which provides "No person
shall keep open any house or room In which
Intoxicating liquor Is kept for retail on the
first day of the week, commonly called Sunday,
or give, sell, or otherwise dispose of Intoxi
cating liquors on that day." section, 1974 J
Bellinger and Cotton's code; but If you passed J
by any saloons yesterday you observed that
j they were open, and doing business as usual.
THE OLD
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE:
It will be noted that the gist, of the offense la
notVonly selling or disposing of the liquor,
but even keeping the place of business open
on the Lord's day is unlawful.
We have another law providing that if any
person shall keep open any store, shop, grocery,
ball alley, billiard-room or tlppllng-house, for
purpose of labor or traffic, or any place of
amusement, on tho first day of the week,
commonly called Sunday, or the Lord's day,
such person, upon conv lotion thereof , shall
be punished by a fine of "not less than $5 nor
more than $50; provided, that the above
provision shall not apply to theaters, drug
stores, doctor shops, undertakers," etc. Section
1068, Bellinger and Cotton's code. Theaters
were not In the list of excepted occupations
unUl placed there by the "reform" Legis
lators we sent to Salem last Winter. This
law, like the Sunday saloon law. is more
honored in the breach than In the observance
in this community.
We have another law which provides that
"if any person shall cell, either for himself
or another, or shall offer for sale, or shall
have In his possession, with Intent to sell
or offer for sale, or to exchange, or negotiate,
a ticket or share of a ticket in any lottery
. . . such person, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished," etc But there are persons
In this city whose only visible means of sup
port Is the vending of lottery tickets' as they
go dodging in and out of business houses for
that purpose, corrupting young men with their
nefarious calling.
Still another law provides that "each and
every person who shall deal, play, carry on,
open or cause to be opened, or who .shall con
duct, either as owner, proprietor or employe,
whether for hire or not, any game of faro,
monte, rouletta, rouge-et-noir, lansquenet,
rondo, vlngtun (or twenty-one), poker, draw
poker, brag, bluff, thaw, or any banking or
any other game played with cards, dice or
any other device, whether the same be played
for 'money, checks, credits or any other repre
sentative of value, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall
"bo punished by a fine of not more than $500
and shall be imprisoned In the county jail
until such fine and costs are paid," etc
Section 1044, Bellinger and Cotton's code.
Section 1055 of the code, by similar lan
guage, makes It a misdemeanor to conduct,
maintain, or operate nlckel-ln-the-slot ma
chines. Section 194D provides that "any person who
shall suffer or permit any of the acts or things
forbidden by or made punishable" by section
1044, "to be dono or carried on In any house,
room or shop or other building whatsoever, or
any boat, booth, garden or . other place of
which he is the owner," etc, "shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
Fhall be punished by a fine of not more than
$500," etc; and section 1947 provides that the
owner of any such premise's shall also forfeit
to the state twice the amount of the rent of
such building or other place for six months.
Section 1950 provides "it shall be the es
pecial duty of each District Attorney, Sheriff,
Constable, City or Town Marshal and police
officer to Inform against and diligently prose
cute any and all persons whom they shall
have reasonable cause to believe guilty of a
violation of the provisions of the act pro
hlbitlng gambling."
Section 1951 provides that "any officer named
In the preceding section who shall refuse or
wilfully neglect to inform against and prose
cute offenders against this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction shall be punished by a fine of
not less than $50 nor more than $500, and
the court before which such officer shall be
tried shall declare the office or appointment
held by such officer vacant for the balance of
his term."
Might Need Special Election.
We would soon need a special election to fill
vacancies if thlsvjaw should be complied with.
Section 104 of the charter of the City of
Portland provides that whenever the Mayor
or Executive Board ascertains or receives
satisfactory Information that any house, room
or premises is being kept or used as a gambling-house,
it shall be lawful for the Mayor
or Executive Board to authorize and direct the
Chief of Police or any officer of the force to
enter such premises and arrest all persons
therein found offending against any law, and
to seize all Instruments of gaming, etc, and
bring said articles into court, and the Chief
of Police shall cause such persons to be vig
orously prosecuted and such seized articles
to be destroyed, etc
Subdivision 48 of section 73, of the city
charter provides that no license shall be grant
ed to any person or persons to vend, deal in
or dispose of any spirituous, vinous, fer
mented or malt liquors within 400 feet, meas
ured on street lines, of any block on which
a public school building Is situated. Each
and all of these laws are openly violated in
the City of Portland, and no one Is punished
therefor.
There are questions of morality, of expedi
ency, and of economics, Involved in this mat
ter, which It would be exceedingly Interesting
to consider, but which, are not properly cog
nizable under our subject.
In the December Pacific Monthly Mr. C E.
S. Wood deals with some of these phases of
the question in an Ingenious and plausible arti
cle which we cannot review here fcor refer
to except to say that from p. legal aspect
the writer seems to me to argue from a false
premise In assuming that one has a right to
seek pleasure In vice If he is so Inclined. There
is a moral question Involved here that would
lead us Into on Intricate maze, and we have
not time to consider It. But there is an
ethical principle Involved, which. It seems to
me, settles the question contrary to Mr. Wood's
conclusions. As Mark Hopkins shows In his
work on "The Law of Love," a man cannot
seek the sinful pleasures bf Illicit sexual re
lations without Injuring another as well as
himself. Neither can a man gamble without
injuring another, for whatever he wins he
acquires without rendering any equivalent
value therefor. To soy to this that the loser
voluntarily assumed the chances of the game
Is no better answer than to say that the
adulterer should not be punished because his
guilty paramour voluntarily yielded her body
to bis lustful embraces. Mr. Wood is opposed
to the licensing of gambling, and I wish to
quote with approval some of his remarks on
that subject. He cays, "By a license the
moral weight of the law wlll.be cast In favor
of a dangerous vice. . . . Then, too, we
ought to consider Just what licensing gam
bling means In practice. It means that the
city or state Is willing to share In the proceeds
of vice to become a partner In wrecking homes
and making bankrupts and suicides. . . .
I do not think we need waste time over any
discussion of the wisdom of licensing vice;
the moral sense of the community 4s against
It, and rightly so, because licensing vice
seems to approve It, and certainly shares Its
profits,"
The "Licensing of Vice.
Of all tho abject, pitiable, nay. detestable.
arguments or excusses foV licensing vice by
the fining system, none Is so absolutely de
spicable as that the city needs the money.
RELIABLE
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God have mercy upon the advocates of such
an Infamous plea. The city coffers are empty,
and so we will fill them with money stolen
from our banks and business houses by gam
bling employes; the city needs money, so we
will supply It at the expense of half-fed chil
dren and neglected wives; the city needs good
streets, so we will pave them with the dis
honored bodies of fallen women; the streets
must be sprinkled, and we will sprinkle them
with the tears of broken-hearted mothers and
wives; the city must be lighted, so we will
light It 'with the hell fire of damned souls, led
on to ruin, degradation, suicide and perdition
by the lrreslstable fascination of the gambling
hell, fostered and protected by municipal au
thority, and luring Its victims with the sanc
tion of the Mayor, the Chief of Police and the
Municipal Court. God have mercy upon us I
What hope have we of elevating the moral
sen-e of the rising generation under such con
ditions? It were Juit as reasonable to raise
the children of a profligate under her Toof,
nourish and clothe them with the proceeds of
their mother's prostitution and expect them
to grow up Into high-minded men and virtuous
women, as to raise a generation of youth in
a city maintained and supported by the pro
ceeds of its own dishonor and the prostitution
of its laws, and expect that generation to
produce God-fearing, virtuous, law-abiding
citizens.
There Is no necessity for our citizens or the
Ministerial Association or Municipal League
to devote much time to the consideration of
the morality; or propriety, or advisability, or
expediency of the system of licensing gambling.
Merf may honestly differ in their opinions on
these phases of the question. But the su
preme legislative branch of our state has de
clared gambling and the Sunday saloon to be
unlawful. Tho executive branch of our muni
cipality tells us that these evils exist, and
that they exist with their knowledge and sanc
tion, and our officials propose that they shall
continue to exist without molestation. This is
despotism, because it sets one man's will
above the law. This Is anarchy because It
holds the law In contempt and sets the law at
defiance. This Is lawlessness of the worst j
type, because ltls the open, shameless, avowed
disregard and contempt of -the law by offi
cials solemnly sworn to enforce the law.
Mr. Wood says: "There is only one possible
way to prove that a law can be enforced, and
that Is to enforce It." Agreed! And I would
reply there Is only one way to .prove that a
law cannot be enforced and that' Is by the ab
solute failure of honest attempts to enforce It.
If the preponderance of public opinion la
against the enforcement of a law, then It
cannot be enforced and ought to be repealed.
IJut who con point to an honest attempt to
enforce these laws that has failed, or who
can point to an honest attempt at all to en
force them under the present administration
of municipal affairs?
"Guilty of aiolfeasance."
Honest attempts might bo made, and failure
result, but should we cease our attempts to
enforce the law because of failures? Were it
not better, like the legionary of Rome, with
his short sword, to advance thrusting and re
tire thrusting? Eutroplus tells us that the
Romans decreed that all the captives whom
Pyrrhus returned should be regarded as In
famous, because, although armed, they had
suffered themselves to be taken captive. Shall
we be less Infamous If, while armed with ade
quate laws, wo suffer ourselves to be delivered
In bondage to the forces of vice and crime?
This is the legal phase of the lawlessness
In- Portland. This Is the only phase which de
mands consideration by our citizens at this
time. The Mayor, by assuming to set his
will above the law, on,d arrogating to himself
the power of suspending the ordinary opera
tions of law In time of peace, and the Chief
of Police, by neglecting and refusing to en
force the laws according to his oath of office,
arc guilty of malfeasance, and should be pro
ceeded against accordingly. "?
And, finally, brethren, there Is great need
that you pray earnestly and unceasingly for
rulers and those In authority- that dlvjno
grace and wisdom may be given them to the
end that righteous government may prevail
and that our laws may be honestly admin
istered. At the close of the address C. E. CHno
remarked: "If I could I would like to
have a lot of colored dodgers printed,
bearing the Mayor's promises and the oath
he took when he was put into office. Then
I would like to get a small army of
boys and on each Monday morning have
one of these dodgers put Info every house
in. the city of Portland. IVwould not do
this one Monday morning, but every Mon
day." Want Fair Closed on Sunday.
During the course of the meotlng the
proposition to keep the gates of the Lewis
and Clark Fair closed on Sundays was
brought up. It was recommended that
some action be taken by the Ministerial
Association relative to this matter. It
was announced that petitions had been
sent to every minister in the city and to
those along the coast from Washington
to California, to be signed by them and
their congregations, requesting that the
gates be closed on the days mentioned.
Tho final decision was that each minis
ter should present the matter to hi3 con
gregation and secure a vote upon It.
Then he should sign the petition for his
congregation. These documents are to be
sent to tho officials of the Fair and every
effort Is to be made to have the Fair
closed on Sundays.
BOBBED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Paul J. Vial Loses Jewelry and His
Companions Are Arrested.
Paul J. "Vial, a well-known young man
of Portland and the manager of a Uthla
water company. Is minus a gold watch, a
diamond ring and a pearl pin, as the
result of a night's stay with some con
vivial companions at the White House, on
the Macadam road.-
One of the joung men now under arrest
In Seattle charged with implication In the
robbery Is Jack Allen, said to be the son
of a wealthy manufacturer of San Fran
cisco. He went by 'the name of Jack
Allen In Portland, but it Is rumored about
the police station that his name Is Allen
Bishop.
Vial, Allen and F. W. Meln went out
to the White House Thursday night. They
engaged a room lor the night. When
Vial awpke-the next morning his valuables
were gone, as were his companions. On
descriptions -sent out from Portland, De
tectives Byrnes and Easson arrested Meln
and Allen In tho Hotel Cecil in Seattle
Saturday night.
HT JJMt .e4 i?r , ?ft?stJ
The Best
Is None Too Good
for you or anybody else In dental work.
The best work 13 the cheapest, and as we
only ao the best work It will be to your
advantage to deal with us. as our prices
are also extremely moderate, considering
the aklll employed. "NO PAIN, NO DE
LAY AT SAXiKM we havo opened a branch
offlco In. the Stensloff building, corner
Court and Liberty streets.
DR. B. E. WRIGHT'S
DENTAL OFFICE
842 WASHINGTON STREET,
Corner Seventh.
FEES REASONABLE.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Offlco hours: 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.; evenings.
7:30 to 8:30.
Sundays. 10 A. M. to 12 M. Telephone,
Main 2119.
AUCTION SALES TODAY.
At 10 A. M. sharp at residence, 228 Davis
St., bet. 1st and 2d. H. Ford, auctioneer.
At 2 o'clock afternoon, at Ford's auction
house, 182 1st st. H. Ford, auctioneers.
At Baker's auction-house, corner Alder and
Park sts. Sale at 10 A. M. George Baker 8c
Co. auctioneers.
At Gllman's auction-rooms, 413 Washington
St., and 108 11th at., at 10 o'clock A. M. S.
L. N. Gllman, auctioneer.
MEETING NOTICES.
OREGON LODGE OF PER
FECTION, NO. L Special
meeting In Auditorium, Scot
tish Rite Cathedral, this even
ing at 8 o'clock. Work In
fourth, fifth and sixth degrees.
By order. VEN. MASTER-
GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTED, I. O.
O. F. Special meeting on Wednesday at 1
o'clock P. M. at the temple to attend the
funeral of our deceased brother. William J.
Hooser, from Finley's. Interment In Lone
Fir cemetery. A special Invitation Is extended
to sojourning brothers.
T. N. REED, President.
OREGON LODGE, NO. 1. K. OF P. Inter
esting meeting this (Tuesday). Refreshments;
intellectual by newly elected officers. Visit
ing Knights welcome.
PHILIP GEVUP.TZ, C. C.
ELLISON ENCAMPMENT. NO. 1, I. O. O.
F. Regular meeting this (Tuesday) evening.
December 8, at 7:30 o'clock. Important amend
ments to by-laws to be considered.
E-. E. SHARON, Scribe.
PORTLAND CHAPTER, NO. 3. R. A.
M. Special convocation this (Tuesday)
evening at 7:30. Work In the Royal
Arch degree. Visiting companions wel
come. By order of the E. H. P.
JOHN DEMPSET, Secretary.
MYRTLE CHAPTER Social aux
iliary card party Wednesday evening,
Dec. 0, at the home of Mrs. P. Neu,
COS Front st. All members of the
order are cordially Invited. Take S
MAROARET LUTKE, Secretary.
DEED.
HERTZMAN In this city, December 5, 1003,
Mrs. Olivia Hertzman. aged 72 years. Fu
neral services at her late residence, 390
Washington st., Wednesday, December9, at
2- P. M. Friends are Invited to be present.
Services at the grave private.
FUNERAL NOTICES.
MUELLER Sunday night. December C, Mrs.
Bertha Mueller, aged 09 -jyears, of heart
failure. Funeral at Finley's Chapel, Tues
day, December 8, at 2 P. M. Friends In
vited. Interment at Lone Fir cemetery.
CONNELL The funeral services of the late
James Connell will be held at the Cathedral,
cor. 15th and Davis sts , today at 10 A. M.
Friends and acquaintances respectfully In
vited to attend. The funeral will start from
the chapel of J. P. Flnley &. Son at 9.30
A. M.
CENTRO Friends, acquaintances and mem
bers of G. A. R. are respectfully Invited to
attend the funeral services of Alex Centro,
which will be held at the family residence,
313 5th st , at 130 P. M. today. Interment
Greenwood cemetery.
EDWARD HOLMAN Co., Undertakers and
embalmers, have moved to their new build
ing. Third and Salmon. Lady assistant.
'Phone No. 507.
3. S. FENLEY & SON, Funeral Directors,
cor, 3d and. Madison. Office of County Cor
oner. Lady Assistant. 'Phone No. 9.
DUNNING & CAMPION, Undertakers, 7th.
and Pine. Lady assistant. Main 430.
CLARKE BROS., FINE FLOATERS, Flo
ral deslgas, 280 Morrison.
F. S. DUNNING, Undertaker, 414 East
Alder. Lady assistant. Tel. East 52.
NEW TODAY.
Stamp Collections Bought
Address E 84, Oregontan.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On Improved city and farm property. Building
loans. Installment loans. WM. MACMASTER,
211 Worcester block.
JAPANESE GOODS
BAMBOO FURNITURE
A. TANAKA. 3(50 WASHINGTON.
JAPANESE CURIOS.
Just arrived, large shipment of holiday
goods. Latest sty les Japanese silk shopping
bags; flno Satsuma ware. K. N. KIRIYAMA,
207 WASHINGTON, NEAR 3D ST.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On Portland real estate at lowest rates.
Titles insured. Abstracts furnished.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
7 Chamber of Commerce.
$40 Lots
One block from street-car, on the Peninsula;
high, sightly, level, adjoining lots selling for
$150; only one block left.
BROWN, 351 STARK ST.
OPPOSITE LTBRART BUILDING.
REMOVAL SALE
GODFRET BROS., GROCERS,
374 Washington, cot;. West Park.
Good butter. 45c Dec roll.
All preferred stock and Monopole.
25c canned goods, 20c
M. J. B. Coffee, 40c grade, 30c
Eng. Breakfast, 50c grade, 30c
Spices 3 cans for 25c
All other goods at reduced prices.
FIRST A HOME
THEN EMPLOYMENT
Both are to be .had at St. Johns.
vTou can have your own home on payments
or S10 a month. '
Free Street-Car Tickets "
HAR.TMAN. THOMPSON & POWERS
8 Chamber of Commerce?,
AMUSEMENTS.
MARQUAM GRAND THEATER
W. T. PANGLE- Resident Manager.
Tuesday and Wednesday Nights. December 8
and 9, The Beautiful Rural Drama,
"OLD JED PROTJTY."
Presenting
ROBERT CRAIG IN THE TITLE ROLE,
Supported by an Excellent Company.
Prices Lower, floor, $1, 75c; balcony, 75c
and 50c; gallery, 35c and 25c: boxes and loses,
$7.50. Seats are now selling.
MARQUAM GRAND THEATER
W. T. PANGLE. Resident Manager
Thursday and Friday nights, Dec 10, 11.
matinee Saturday. Dec. 12, at 2:15 o'clock,
Mr. F. C. Whitney presents
LULU GLASER
in the comic opera.
"DOLLY, VARDEN."
Prices (both matinee fand night) Parquette,
$2; parquette circle, $1150; balcony, first six
rows, $1; last six rows, 75c: gallery, 75c and
50c: boxes and loges, $12.50. Seats are now
selling.
THE BAKER THEATER-
George L. Baker. Sole Lessee and Manager.
Phone Main 1907. This week, every night,
matinees Saturday and Sunday, "THE
LIARS," a society comedy in four acts, by
Henry Arthur Jones. preented by the favor
itee Baker Theater Company. Evening prices,
50c, 33c, 25c, 15c Evening curtain, 8:15.
Matinee. 25c. 15c. 10c; matinee, 2.15. Next
week. Henry Irvlngs great success, THE
BELLS," preceded by a one-act farce, ICI
ON PARLE FRANCAIS."
Cord ray's Theater -JiKm
CORDRAx" AND RUSSELL, Managers.
TONIGHT
AND EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK.
"Tho Head Walters."
HEADED BY
JOB KELLY. "THE PIPE DREAMER."
The biggest and best of the season.
"It's worth seeing" even at twice the price.
LIEBIQ HALL
74 Sixth St., Cor. Oak.
TONIGHT FR EE TONIGHT
CARLSON AND MCCARTHY
Entertainers for Llebig Staff.
MIRTH MUSIC MAGIC.
ILTvTNG AND MOVING PICTURES.
FREE, ALT'. FREE.
No Collection. Nothing for Sale.
McCarthy and Carlson in their side-splitting
and rlb-roastlng comedy sketch, en
titled, "Irish Justice" McCarthy In Irish
jokes and songs. Senorita Marltana, the
peerless Queen of Statuary. Fdsers, In her
historical and up-to-date Poses Plasque.
Sclentlfical Educational Lecture. Carlson,
the Wizard of the Twentieth Century, In
Illusions and Magic Supreme.
BMPHIB THEATER-
GEORGE L BAKER, Resident Manager
TONIGHT. TONIGHT.
TOMMY TRACEY
In
"THE BOWERY AFTER DARK."
See Tracey and Denny Box Four Rounds.
Prices Night. 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c; matinee,
10c. 15c 25c
ARCADE THEATER
330 Washington, Bet, Gth and 7th
AMUSEMENT PARLORS.
Open jFrom 10 A. M. to 11 P. M.
REFINED VAUDEVILLE.
FTVE SHOWS DAILYf-i-SQ. 3:30.
S:30 and 9:30. f
7:30,
ADMISSION IOC TO ANY SEAT.
NEW TODAY.
DIAMOND RINGS, $8 UP; EARRINGS, $13
up; old gold taken In trade or made over;
Jewelry made to order and repaired. Tln
gry, the Jeweler. N. E. cor. 3d and Wash
ington, over N. P. Exp. Office, upstairs.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
Our records are complete and up to date,
"tte furnish abstracts promptly.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On improved Portland Real Estate.
SECURITY ABSTRACT JS TRUST CO.
3- Chamber of Commerce.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
FIRST QUALITY SNAPS
20 acres, 5Va miles from city; good orchard,
fair house and barn,' chicken-house and
stable. Price, S1800.
480-acre stock ranch, 200 bottom, 100 clear
In grasa; 15 cows, all farming implements;
fair house and barn, $4000.
C acres and 6-room cottage home; 4 miles
from. Courthouse; hay, stable, chicken-house,
orchard, running water on the place; whole
fronts on gravel street Into city; price $180d.
W. W. ESPEY. room 1, Hamilton bldg.
SEE TREMONT PLACE, 25 MINUTES' RIDE
on Mt, Soott car; streets are graded and
water mains laid: lots 40x120 feet; with 20
foot alleys;. for $S0 each; $5 down, and $5
month. Come today and let us show you.
Houses built on easy payments. Pacific
Land Co , 1G7& 1st st. Office opens ev enlngs
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
$S50-5 ACRES. NEAR CITY. ALL IMPROV
ed; l1- acres In strawberries. $125 1 lot,
50x100, Klnzel Park. $1150 5-room house,
barn. 3 lots. 50x100 each: fruit trees and
berries; near car line. S. A. Ryman, G7
E. 9th St.. North, between East Davis and
East Everett.
WE OWN LOTS ALL OVER THE CITY. WB
cell them at al prices, from $150 to $2000.
We will build on them for you. You can pay
us In Installments. This Is your chance to
get a home. Portland Trust Company of
Oregon. 109 3d st.
PROMISING PROPERTY $15,000 FOR A
corner lot, situated between the two leading
streets with car lines, which should rise de-.
cldedly in value, and meantime returns C31
per cent net Interest. F. V. Andrews &
Co.. Hamilton bldg.
TWO VERY CHOICE LOTS IN ALBINA
Homestead, on Falling at., near new City
Park, which Is going to be Improved at
once. These are certainly a snap. Main
12t8 Taft & Co., SO 4th st.
6-ROOM, MODERN. UP-TO-D4T5' COT
tage, Holladaya Addition; large grounds;
corner. This cannot be beaten for location
price and terms. Phone Main 126S. Taft
& Co.. 80 4th st.
4-ROOM PLASTERED COTTAGE. LINCOLN
Park, on Oth St.; cheap and on Installments.
Owner is In Eastern Oregon, and has request
ed me to sell It. Phone Main 1263. Taft
& Co., 80 4th st.
1-
100x100 FEET. 30TH AND DIVISION, $1000
cash or installments. Apply to Mrs. Howe.
41st and Division. Phone Union 173. Also
other lots. Also 0-room house for sale.
5-ROOM COTTAGE ON KNOTT STREET,
handsome little home; bath, full cement base
ment; If you want nice home, look at this.
Phone Main 12CS. Taft &. Co., 80 4th at.
LOOK HEREl $505 FOR FULL LOT IN
Holladay's Addition, on Improved street: 1C
you are looking for bargains, don't let this
go by. Main 12C8. ,Taft i Co , 80 4 th st.
LOTS ON WOODSTOCK CAR LINE. 50x100
feet, for $150 cash or Installments; school,
church, ppstofilce, water works. Portland
Trust Company of Oregon, 109 3d st.
VERY CHOICE LOT ON KNOTT STREET,
near Rodney ave.; price low and on Install
ments if desired. Phone Main 1203. Taft
&Co.. SO 4th st.
QUARTER-BLOCK. HOLLADAY'S ADDI
tlon, on Broadway; under price of anything
in this 16calltyV Main 1208. Taft &. Co.,
86 4th st.
$1200. HALF PRICE 100 ACRES. 40 UN
der plow; 9 miles out, near electric cars.
O. R. Addlton, Lents, Or. Mt, Scott car. 5C
NEW 5-ROOM HOUSE AND LOT, PRICE
$1200; one-third down, balance Install
ments. Apply 871 East 11th st,. North.
FOR SALE 5 AND 0-ROOM COTTAGES;
0, 7, 8 and 10-room houses; Installment
plan. King, owner. Phone East 075.
WE BUILD HOUSES EVERYWHERE
easy payments; plans furnished. 612 Com
mercial bldg. Phone Main 1040.
$35 FOR HIGH AND" SIGHTLY LOTS ON ST.
Johns electric car line. Sherman D. Brown,
351 Stark St., opposite library.
$2S00-8-ROOM HOUSE. HOLLADAY'S ADDI
tlon: close In: also beautiful lot for $1000.
303 Chamber of Conunerce.
FOR SALE-C ACRES. $600 PER ACRE. AP
ply Mrs. Howe, 41st and Division. Phone
Union 173.
$300 CASH BUYS NEW 5-ROOM COTTAGE.
East Oth; price, $1200. 205 Morrison,
room 1.
FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS NEW. MOD
ern. up-to-date 8-room house. Phone Eait
075.
y
FOE SALE REAL ESTATE.
9-ROOM RESIDENCE; WITH EVERY CON
venlenee, on a corner lot. or a quarter block..
In the best location on 24th st. N. For the
low prices ask F. V. Andrews & Co., Hamil
ton bldg.
TIMBER iiSDS FOR SALE.
FOREST RESERVE SCRIP IN TRACTS
from 40 acres upwards; also recertified sol
diers' additional Porterfleld-Valentlno land
warrants and other kinds of land scrip. Ma-
" gannis & Son. 227 Falling bldg.
CERTIFIED FOREST RESERVE SCRIP IN
40s, 80s and IGOs. immediate delivery, bot
tom prices; also larger amounts If desired.
American Timber Company, 714 Marquam
bldg.. Portland.
FOREST RESERVE SCRIP FOR SALE IN
!&rge or small blocks, ready for Immediate
delivery. L. W. WhlUng. 408 Ablngton bldg.
FOREST RESERVE SCRIP FOR SLE IN
any aire tracts, ready for Immediate use.
W. G. Howell. 538 Chamber of Commerce.
FOR SALE FARMS.
THE FINEST HALF SECTION IN EAST
ern Oregon: 3 miles from a beautiful city
of 5000. fine orchard of bO acres; fine mead
ow land, everything fine; all ready to move
onto; restdenee worth $5000; two large barns,
creek running through farm, and never goea
dry. Call Toom 4 IS Dekum bldg.
D7 YOU WANT TO SELL OR BUY GOOD
farms or city property see me; I have bar
gains In fine farms, stock ranches and city
property, including the most desirable sub
urban residences in city. Address T. Withy
combe, with Investment Co., 244 Stark st.,
Portland, Or.
IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE IN ALL
parts of Oregon and Washington; payments
made to sun purchasers. For particulars
apply to WM. MACMASTER. 311 Worcester
block.
$10 A MONTH BUYS 10-ACRB FARM. '
$200 profit per annum per acre.
Write for booklet. It'a tree. Cll J st.
Wright & Kembrough, Sacramento, Cal.
10-ACRE FRUIT FARM. 22D AND FRE
mont sts.; price $5000. For terms see own
er, A. F. Sloper, 15th and Fremont sts.
A GOOD 440-ACRE STOCK FARM FOR SALE
by owner. Z. H. Davis. Corvallls. Or.
TO EXCHANGE.
TO EXCHANGE 14 ACRES, EASILY
cleared, fronting on Willamette River, five
miles from heart of city; will exchange for
Inside property ; will assume Incumbrance
or trade for equity In other property ; sur
rounding property all platted out. H 97,
Oregonlan.
TEN ACRES. UNINCUMBERED. ADJOIN
lng Woodstock, and suitable for platting, for
Improved city property; no objection to as
suming small mortgage. M 74, Oregonlan.
PIANO FOR FURNITURE. WB WILL
trade any piano in our stock for furniture.
Address B 07, Oregonlan.
WANTED REAL ESTATE.
WANTED REAL ESTATE; WILL PAY
some cash, balance very desirable mining
stock, for suitable acreage or city property.
Inquire 226 Falling bldg.
FOR RENT FARMS.
FEW ACRES NEAR MONTAVILLA CAR;
house, barn; room for cow, chickens;, fruit.
234V2 Morrison St., room 2.
FOR LEASE.
FOR LEASE NEW STORE ON FIRST ST.;
central. L. E. Thompson & Co , 22S 3d.
FOR SALE.
Horses, Vehicles and Harness.
$75 BUYS TEAM MARES. WEIGH ABOUT
2100 pounds, with good set heavy team har
ness. Call stables 15th and Burnslde sty.
i
SNAP $30 BUYS BAY HORSE, 8 YEARS
old, weighs 1100 pounds, with good set of
heavy single harness. 20 North 15th.
FOR SALE TWO PAIR HEAVY DRAFT
horses, harness and wagon. 320 Falling
bldg.
REMOVAL SALE Large stock vehicles and
harness, new and 2d-hand. 211 Washington.
DELIVERY WAGON AND HORSE FOR
sale cheap. Apply Leo .Larfield. Woodstock.
WOLFSTEIN buys ana selis vehicles, harness,
horses, farming implements. 227 Front.
HORSES FOR SALE BY W. E. JACOBS. 134
East 34th st. Phone Union 1832.
3 BAIN WAGON: SEVERAL NEW AND
second-hand wagons. 4 Gth sr.
Pranos.
$190 WILL BUY A STANDARD MAKE UP
rlghf piano, almost new, with $J50; must
sell. Uall at once 500. East Couch st.
FINE piano at great sacrifice; answer at
once; cash or $50 down. E SI. Oregonlan.
$300 new piano. $175; $250 piano. $125; Kim
ball organ, $33; one $10 Upstairs, 104 1st.
Miscellaneous.
SEWING MACHINES A FEW SLIGHTLY
damaged machines at very low prices
Singer, V. S , Domestic Wheeler & Wilson
and White: dropheads in oak and box tops.
At Wheeler S. Wilson and Domestic office,
S. S. SIgel. Agent. 335 Morrison st.
DOES YOUR ROOF LEAK1
Repair It with Elaterlte; It rolls, easy to lay;
needs no painting or coating; good over old
Iron, tin or shingles; best for new roofs.
Elaterlte Roofing Co., 10 Worcester bldg.
FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL GERMAN PIPE
organ; original cost $3500, at a reasonable
figure; cash payment or Installments. Apply
to Aug. Erlckson, Erlckson'a Concert Hall,
21 N. 2d st
COMPLETE STEREOPTICON OUTFIT,
double lantern, dissolving keys, gasmaklng
outfit, etc.; ready for use. 353 Yamhill st.,
Portland. Or.
STANDARD TYPEWRITERS FROM $J5; ALL
makes rented and repaired. Rubber stamps.
Notary seals, etc Cunningham's, 231 Stark.
Tel. 1407.
AN ELEGANT LOT SINGER, NEW HOME
and White machines, $10 each; New Royal
drop-head, $15. J. S. Crane. 350 Morrison.
TWO EXTRA FINB YOUNG COWS; ONE
fresh; other will be soon. Take Montavllla
car, get off at West ave. C. W. Davis.
ONE NO. 3 SIMPLEX CHURN. VAT, BUT-ter-worker,
etc.; only used three times; a
bargain. 353 Yamhill st , Portland, Or.
FOR SALE CHEAP NEW WHEELED IN
valld chair, fqr out or Indoors. 3S8 Brazeo
st., Woodlawn tar. Phone Eas SOS.
LARGE REFRIGERATOR. FIRST-CLASS
ahape, cost $75. at one-third price. 35J
Yamhill Bt., Portland.
TWO SECOND-HAND SAFES FOR SALE;
one small, one large. T 88, Oregonlan.
NEW PIANO FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.
013 Dekum bldg. Phono Clay S09.
HELP WANTED MALE.
1
MANAGER WANTED A NATIONAL CON
cern, with headquarters In New York would
like to correspond with men of ability, win
are capable of establishing branch ollcea
and managing a large business on salary
basis, they must be hustlers, strictly trust
worthy, well educated and able to lnve3t
from $1000 to $3000 In a thoroughly estab
lished and legitimate business; references ex
changed. Suite 502 Pioneer bldg., Seattle,
Wash.
WANTED FOR THB It. S. MARINE
Corps, able-bodied, unmarried men, be
tween ' 21 and 35, good character, must
speak, read and write English; marines
serve at sea on men-of-war in all parts oi
the world, on land In our Island possess
ions and at naval stations In the United
States. Apply at recruiting office. The
Chambers, 3d and Alder. Portland. Or.
NOTICE.
CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. THE
leading employment agency" oc the Northwest.
249 Bdrnslde st. Phone Main 3074.
WANTED MEN TO LEARN BARBER
trade; we aro prepared to continue our
business at the same old stand; call or
write for full particulars. American Bar
ber College Corp . 253 Everett st,. Portland.
MEN TO LEARN BARBER TRADE; ONLY
two months required; the only system and
only college teaching the trade. Catalogue
and Xull particulars mailed free. Moler
System College. San Francisco. CaL
WANTED EXPERIENCED YOUNG MAN
as stenographer and typewriter; must be
energetic and willing to work for moder
ate compensation; stato age and experi
ence. S 73. Oregonlan.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL TALENT
wanted; first-class engagements secured; am
ateurs prepared for the stage, stage dancing,
singing taught, Newman's Thr4kal Agen
cy, 813J4 Washington r-
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