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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1904.
COUNCIL THE BOSS
Power of Sheriff to Raid
Games Questioned.
CITY CHARTER IS QUOTED
Attorneys for Gamblers -Will Argue
Point in the Circuit Court Next
Tuesday, When Case of State
Against Grant Is Heard.
The argument-on tne demurrer In the
case of the State of Oregon against Peter
Grant, in -which Ed and A. R. Mendenhall,
attorneys, -will contend that the city char
ter of Portland repeals the state gambling
laws, so far as this city Is concerned,
and places the matter of suppressing gam
bling entirely under the police Jurisdiction,
has been eet for argument in the State
Circuit Court on Tuesday next. The hear
ing was set for yesterday, and was con
tinued because counsel desired .to obtain
some authorities from the state law li
brary at Salem, which are not contained
In the Multnomah Law Library.
As previously stated. Attorneys Menden
hall will maintain that all legislative pow
ers are confined to the Council under sec
tion 72 of the charter, which provides that
the Council "shall have and exercise ex
clusively all legislative powers of the City
of Portland, and no legislative powers and
authority, either express or implied, shall
be exercised by any other person or per
sons, board or boards, other than the
Council.
"The Council has power and authority
. . ( to exercise within the limits of the
City of Portland all the powers commonly
known as the police power to the same ex
tent as the State of Oregon has or could
exercise said power within said limits.
"To provide for the punishment for the
violation of any ordinance by fine or im
prisonment, not exceeding 5500 fine or six
months' imprisonment, or both."
Section 3 of the charter contains a grant
of general governmental powers, as fol
3ows: "The City of Portland shall be invested
within its limits with authority to per
form -all public services, and with all gov
ernmental powers except such as are ex
pressly conferred by law upon other public
corporations and eubject to the limita
tions prescribed by the constitution and
laws of the state, except as hereinafter
provided."
Under the powers granted to the Council
is authority to pass ordinances to prevent
and suppress gaming and gambllng
housee. Another section of the charter empowers
the Mayor or Executive Board on receiv
ing satisfactory information that any
house or room within the city, or within
four miles of the corporate limits of the
city. Is being kept as a common gaming
house or premises for playing for wager
or money, ... to direct the Chief of
Police or any officer of the force to enter
the house, room or premises, arrest all
persons offending the law, and seize all
Instruments of gaming."
This section even authorizes the police
to act outside of the city limits to a dis
tance of four miles.
Counsel win assert that under these
laws the Sheriff is relieved from the duty
of enforcing the state gambling laws, and
that the Sheriff Is only supposed to do so
when the matter of enforcing the gam
bling statutes has not been transferred
to a city corporation under a charter such
as Is In operation in this city.
The state liquor license law contains the
following clause: "Provided that .the pro
visions of this act shall not apply to any
city or town within the state now incor
porated." In thjs connection it may be stated that
this act was passed a number of years
ago, and numerous charters to cities and
towns in this state have since been
granted by the Legislature, and the Su
preme Court has decided that where a city
corporation has authority under Its char
ter to grant ilquor licenses the state law
Is inoperative.
PENALTY 18 HEAVY.
Walton Opens Eyes Wide When He
Hears What He May Suffer.
The trial of Charles W. Walton for
shooting Officer O. Nelson in August last
on a "Wllliamette Heights car was set by
tJudgw Frazer yesterday for Friday, Octo
ber 21. The trial of Walton on the in
formation which charges him with at
tempting to rob the conductor of the car,
was set for Monday, October 24. On the
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon, the maximum penalty is 10 years"
Imprisonment in the penitentiary, and for
jobbery "when the perpetrator is armed
with a revolver the penalty is from five
to 20 years' imprisonment.
Henry St. Rayner. attorney for Walton,
risked Judca Frazer to fix the amount of
hail, and the Court said $5000 la each
case was not too much. The attorney said
the prisoner would probably be able to get
friends to sign a bond for him to the ex
tent of $5000 and thought that amount of
bonds ought to be enough to cover both
cases. Judge Frazer 'was firm, however,
saying:
"These are very serious charges, next
to murder. The penalty in one case may
be as much as 10 years, and 20 years in
the other. $5000 ball in each case Is not
too heavy."
Walton, who was in the Courtroom ap
parently indifferent to what was going on.
raised his head quickly, and opened his
eyes very wide on hearing the Judge speak
of the penalties. Walton was neatly
dresaed and clean shaven and he shows
no effects of the beating he received on
the car at the time of the attempted
hold up.
Demurrers to the informations were
argued by Mr. St. Rayner and overruled.
the Court holding that both informations
were properly drawn.
Sheriff Seizes Slot Machines.
Under-Sherift Morden and Chief Deputy
Downey yesterday evening visited the sa
loon of Captain Schneider, at Montavilla,
seized two money-paying nickel-in-the-slot
machines and took them to the County
Jail. They also went to Grimes" place and
found two machines, which were' also
taken. Grimes has gone to Canada, and
a man named Caswell, who is said to run
a saloon at Killgaver, was found in
charge. No arrests were made because
the officers say they can find the offend
ers whenever they want them, and they
will keep the machines as evidence. Cap
tain Schneider was very wroth at the ac
tion of the officers, and wanted to know
why he was required to pay license and
hie competitor permitted to run .'unmolest
ed without license. The officers were not
aware that any such etate of affairs ex
isted, and bo took no action in the prem
ises. Information Against Schuili.
An information signed by Judge Hogue
holding Benedetto Schuili to answer on a
charge " of attempting to kill Domenlco
Marlclno with a knife on September 25.
was filed In the State Circuit Court yes
terday. Both Charged With Robbery.
An Information was filed In the State
Circuit Court from the Municipal Court
charging John Sullivan and Herman
Smith with the crime of robbery, being
armed with a dangerous weapon.
Mrs. Bynon Says She is -Deserted.
Suit for a divorce was commenced yes-
terday in the State Circuit Court by Nellie
Emmons Bynon against Augustus Henry
Bynon, and she also asks for the custody
of their two children, a, daughter and son,
aged respectively 12 and 4 years.
The litigants -were marled at Vernon la,
September 21, 1890, at which place Bynon
conducted a weekly newspaper. Mrs.
Bynon alleges that In November, 1899, he
secretly and willfully deserted her and the
children, and has not since contributed
anything for their support.
TRIBUTE TO MEM0BY.
Benevolence of Late T. A. Wood Ex
tolled by Friend.
PORTLAND, Oct. -4. To the Editor.) I
think an omission baa been made in net
making more extended notice of the life and
death of Thomas A. "Wood, grand command
er of the Indian War Veterans. I had
known air. Wood intimately for 17 years,
and It has never been my good fortune to
know as large-hearted and charitable a
man. I had knowledge during the hard
times of 1894, that he was paying the gro
cery bills of 12 families, without any claim
on him but their own distress. He was a
man who could not say "No" to genuine
distress. Few days ever passed that he did
not help some one, and not out of his abund
ance, for In 1894 his own fortune was slip
ping from him. and since he never regained
the lost ground. It was out of the goodness
of his 'heart and not of his abundance.
In all the years I have known him, never
but once have I heard anyone tell a story In
his office (and I was there much) that could
not have been told In the presence of ladles.
and never heard a word from him that
might not have been said in the presence of
anyone. His conversation with his friends
was mostly of spiritual things, of the life
beyond, and he seemed to live there In his
thoughts. There was a dignity of manner
about him which repressed rough men In
his presence. Ue was ever gentle and pleas
ant. Though he passed through trials, sor
rows and adversities which would have
crushed an ordinary mortal, he kept his sor
rows to himself and turned his face to the
world with new courage drawn from his
faith and communion with his Heavenly
Father.
Through all the Injustice which was done
him in his life I never heard him speak with
any bitterness at all of any one, with one
exception. Many times when others have
spoken to him in bitterness of those who had
wronged him. he would say: "Human na
ture is a strange makeup; undoubtedly that
man, from his viewpoint, thinks he is doing
right,' and so dismiss it.
From 17 years of quite intimate acquaint
ance with him, I annot believe that ho ever
intentionally wronged anyone. In the re
cent trial, in which ho was charged with
intent or attempt to defraud the Govern
ment, he was duxnfounded, for he knew his
own heart and his own Intent to be so far
removed from any such purpose that It was
hard to tell how to proceed to defend him
self from such an outrageous charge. I per
sonally heard almost all the testimony and
the addresses to the Jury, and I have talked
with one Juryman, and with those who have
talked with others of the Jury, and I feel
that only one man who heard the trial bo
lleves, in his heart, that Mr. Wood Intended
or bad any thought of wronging the Gov
ernment. There was nothing mean or sordid
In his makeup. He was always an enthusi
ast and may have undertaken business ven
tures which did not meet the Judgment of
others, but no one who knew the man could
ever believe he Intended to wrong anyone,
and the finding of that Jury, holding him
guilty of a crime, and against his Govern
ment, was too much for even his elastic
optimistic nature. He dearly loved the old
Indian War "Veterans, and their strong and
repeated assurances of faith In him was a
great comfort, but such a verdict to be left
as a heritage to his children was too severe
a blow to his upright spirit, and he suc
cumbed to it. For ten years or more he
spent his time and money freely to get the
pension bill passed that should do Justice to
the old Indian War "Veterans. He spent
thousands of dollars. I often told him that
he would not succeed, but he ssid what was
right would always succeed if one persisted.
Then I would say, "But you -will ruin your
solf financially," and ho would reply, "No,
when the bill passes I will secure pensions
for many and get enough out of it to recoup
myself." I warned him that the pension
attorneys were the strongest lobby in Wash
ington, and he would be crossing their trade
But up to the last, in spite of the revenge
that had been taken on him, he rejoiced that
he had followed the course he had, and
brought relief to his old comrades, even
though what with fees withheld, fines and
costs, it had well-nigh financially ruined
him.
He " was a rare soul. The city could ill
afford to lose such a man. Only those who
received benefit at his band, or such as
might by chance be present, ever knew of
his charities. He never mentioned them any
more than he did his sorrows, but I who
knew him so well know that his like Is rare,
and he was little understood.
E. T. JOHNSON.
Practical Missionary Work.
PORTLAND, Oct, 1. (To the Editor.)
Having been for some months connected
with the Episcopal Chinese Mission, I beg
that you will kindly grant me a small space
In your valuable paper to bring the mission
and its objects more prominently before the
notice of the public, in the hope and with
the firm belief that when they are known,
many will be willing to lend a helping hand
who, from lack of Information on the sub
ject, are not at present doing so. There are
about 30 young men, ranging in age from
10 to 25, and some few even older, who are
being taught In the evenings, reading, writ
ing, spelling, geography, grammar and arith
metic, and, what is of vastly more import
ance, the teachings of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. The boys are most attentive
and very anxious and quick to learn, and
for courtesy and general deportment are not
surpassed by the white scholars of any
school In the city. They mix during the
day with their countrymen, and who can
reckon the amount of good that may be
accomplished by their influence and exam
ple? These foreigners are here to stay, by ex
press permission of our Government, so
might we not Just as well make them good
citizens as leave them In Ignorance? Thou
sands of dollars are being spent yearly on
foreign missions, of which we never see.
though we may hear of the results, and sure
ly a few dollars might be spared for this
home mission which may easily be made of
untold benefit to our city and therefore to
ourselves. The pupils pay the teachers, but
there are rent, lighting and other incidental
expenses which press very hard upon men
who, as a rule, are working for small wages.
and most of whom send half, and many even
a larger portion of their salaries to help
their parents, whether here or in China an
example that ralght well be followed by
hosts of young white men who squander
money In saloons while the mother that bors
them is in dire need of the necessaries of
life.
If there are any among your numerous
readers who would like to take advantage
of the privilege of helping In this good
work, they can send subscriptions (which
will be duly acknowledged) to Mr. Cheng
Quong. superintendent of the Episcopal Chi
nese Mission. Second street near Main.
W. E. TYRRELL.
Expanding Country!
NAPAVXNEt Wastt, Oct. -4. (To the Editor.)
Our Democratic friends appear to dread cur
drifting as a party from the- good old Re
publican doctrines of Lincoln, Grant and Mc-
Klnley. Now. as an old line Republican. I
ask the gentlemen to be specific Tell us In
what way or where we have backslid. Only
as the country has grown larger eo have the
views of our foremost leaders grown to meet
the requirements of an ever-expanding people.
Bear In mind, voters, that the same party that
now reviles President Roosevelt with the worst
epithets in Webser'a unabridged has always
slandered and abused the purest and wisest of
our Republican leaders. The Republican party
has a past which it Is not ashamed of and It
will meet the future with no fear and no re
treating, having confidence that we have a
strong rear line in the Democrats who always
come up in -four or eight years and will then
occupy the position we now nolo.-
It takes gall to be a Democratic speaker this
campaign. Let the people of this Nation go
forward and not back. T. LANDOrt
NEW TELEPHONE- RULES
NAUGHT" IS TAKEN OUT-OF THE
"HELLO" VOCABULARY.
Management Introduces Regulation
Which Experience Proves Will
Save Time and Profanity.
With a view to the further Improve
ment -of the local telephone service, two
or three important, but Interesting
changes, or amendments, lately have been
made to the rules governing tho Port
land "Hello girls."
'Naught" Is dropped in favor of the
simpler and less mistakable "O." In fu
ture, for example, patrons will say,
"Main seven O six," Instead of "Main
seven naught six." Frequent experi
ence has shown that '"Naught," when
hastily spoken through the phone. Is
apt to be understood as "eight," The
wonder Is that "O" was not adopted in
the first place It being the easiest syl
lable, or rather sound, of the human
voice, the first expression of tho babe
and the last groan of the aged, and has
Indicated a heap of woe since Adam's
time.
No matter how soft the telephone girl's
voice, what patron of a line has not felt
exasperated, after a long wait, at hear
ing the gentle Inquiry:
"Dkl you get your numbor? " Of course.
one had not got one's number, and one
always suspected that the girl know It
before asking the question, which was
the fact. Of course, one felt mollified at
once by the
"ril-trv-them-acaln." But how much
simpler If she had said at I the start:
"I'm trying to get them for youl"
And that Is just what the second new
regulation prescribes. The change gets
rid of an Implied fib and an unnecessary
question, saves the temper of the pa
tron and saves some seconds of cen
tral's valuable time.
The third new regulation provides that
central shall not "plug-out" a patron
until she Is ready to answer his call. This
means that the natron -will no longer
hear the slight sound of the "plugging,"
which, in the past, has Indicated to him
that his "call" has been noticed. Under
the new rule, the service Is hastened by
the fact that If one girl Is top "busy" for
tho time being to get the number, another
girl may get a chance at It, which she
could not if tho call had been plugged.
"Most people," said Division Manager
Thatcher, of the Telephone Company,
yesterday, "most people measuro service
by the quickness of contral's reply. That
Is only half of it. It should dq measured
by the quickness with which you get
your number from tho Instant you take
down the receiver. Many of our rules,
which seem trivial to the uninformed, are
really very Important In their bearing
upon the efficiency of tho service. Em
ploying, as we do In Portland, between
300 and 400 girls, careful system and dis
cipline must be maintained, or the serv
ice would become chaotic Everything
must be as nearly automatic as possible.
Every girl must know Just what to say
to a question, and must say It without
hesitation, or time-will be lost and, before
she knows It. her board will be covered
with unanswered calls, and a lot of an
gry people will be Impatiently holding
their various receivers. Therefore, we
always frame the expressions that the
girls shall uso for each situation, and
she must form tho habit of using only
those expressions.
"Our whole idea," concluded Mr.
Thatcher, "Is to husband the tlmo of
the operator so that she can- mako quick
switches, and the public to whom we
sell our service be thereby satisfied and
buy still more from us. We are proud
of tho general character and efficiency
of our employes hero, and gratified at the
readiness with which they have always
adopted and followed all our rules."
Freaks of the Fishing Season.
Fine, plump shad, with fully developed
roe In them, such as come to market In
May, arc now being caught by fishermen
on the lower Columbia In their traps, and
are causing wonderment as to where they
can have been loafing all Summer. The
fishermen attribute this freak on the part
How Mrs Rehl Went on the Stage
Met an Accommodating Young Gentleman Who Was to
Introduce Her to Various Managers, but Who Took Her
Riding In a Cab and -Stole Her Jewels.
(New York Sun, Sept SO.)
Mrs. Albert M. Rlhl, of Philadelphia, a
church choir singer, who has appeared
also in amateur operatic productions.
came here on Monday and registered at
the Grand Hotel. There arrived at the
same time a young man who registered
as C. D. Hollis. of Boston. Both were as
signed to rooms on the second floor. .The
rooms were not near together.
Mrs. Rlhl tells the police that Hollis
was Introduced to her husband and her
self In Philadelphia. He pretended to bo
In the theatrical business in this city and
declared that he was Intimately acquaint
ed with managers. He made this state
ment after he learned that Mrs. Rlhl had
longings for the dramatic stage.
According to the story Mrs. Rlhl told
the poftce, Hollis made a good Impression
on her husband and herself. Ho said that
y,. Miiid holn her eet a good position here
on tho stage, and when he learned that
she had a good voice added tnat ne naan z
any doubt that he would be able to place
her In one of Henry W. Savage's com
panies. Savage, Hollis said, was a per
sonal friend of his.
That declaration made Mrs. Rlhl anxious
to come to this city. Her husband
who also is a singer, was willing.
On Monday night Hollis and Mrs. Rlhl
went to a Broadway theater together,
and to prove that he was known in the
show business Hollis showed Mrs. Rlhl a
pass. After tho play he suggested that
they look up some of his business and
personal friends in the theatrical world.
Mrs. Rihl was anxious to meet some man
agers. Hollis called a cab and they drove
up to Seventh avenue and One Hundred
and Eleventh street to a saloon and Sum
mer garden, where Hollis said many man
agers often -spent a quiet evening.
Mrs. Rlhl didn't like the looks of the
place, and as Hollis couldn't see any of
his alleged friends about she suggested
that they go. They got back Into the cab
and drove to a similar resort at One Hun
dred and Tenth street. This place wasn't
any more to Mrs. Rlhl's liking, and they
soon left it. Hollis excuse for taking her
to both peaces was that well-known the
atrical men often visited them.
From this second stopping place Hollis
called another cab and ordered tho driver
to take them to Hahn's at Seventy-fifth
street and Columbus, avenue. Hollis said
that Manager Savage would possibly be
found there. They had something to eat
in the restaurant, and while eating Hollis
suggested to Mrs. Rlhl that she remove
her jewelry.
"When I introduce you to Savage." he
said, "he will look you over critically. He
Is a peculiar man. He does not like showy
women and he hates to see a woman wear
diamonds. Take off your jewels and put
them In your handbag and keep a tight
hold of It."
Mrs. Rlhl followed Instructions. She
removed several diamond rings, a plain
gold brooch and a brooch containing dia
monds, as well as her watch and chain.
She was so anxious to make a good Im
pression that she even took off her wedding-ring.
She stowed all her Jewels, near
ly 52000 worth, she says. In her hand
satcheU and she held the bag herself.
The pair remained In Hahn's for nearly
an hour. At the end. of that time .Hollis
of the shad to the universally dry season.
The few shad coming in from California
are spent fish, poor and worthless. Con
siderable numbers of genuine chlnook
salmon are also being caught in thetraps
mentioned. They have not spawned and
look outwardly like prime fish caught In
July, but their flesh is pale and they
aro not fat. Why such fish are so plenti
ful so ktto in the year Is another conun
drum which no one can solve. As they
are practically of no value. It Is a pity
that they cannot pass up to some spawn
ing ground. In the same traps, the net
tine of which Is of smaller mesh than
ordinary salmon seines, many young Chi
nook salmon of all sizes, from 10 or iz up
to 13 or 20 Inches lonsr. are being caught.
.They are in fine condition and make de
licious eating. Many boxes of tnem are
sent to tho Portland market under the
name of grayling. The grayling Is a very
fine fish, akin to the salmon and trout,
but easily distinguished by its long and
high dorsal fin: but these fish from the
lower Columbia are quite different and
are really young chlnook salmon. The
market is well supplied at present with
catfish of tho small variety introduced
here, which aro being caught at several
points In tho vicinity of Sauvle's Island,
In fyke nets, and In such numbers that
the supply for market will be exhausted
In a month or two. The demand for these
fish from all parts of the state Is Increas
ing. Many fishermen say that fishing
with fyke nets ought to be prohibited.
ENFORCING- GAME LAWS.
Difficulties Met by Warden In Course
of Duty.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. Oct. L (To the Ed-
ltor.) As a sportsman, kindly allow me space
through the columns of your paper to con
gratulate Governor Chamberlain In refusing to
turn down John W. Baker, the present State
Game Warden. Mr. Baker has dona more and
eald less during his brief tenure of ofilce in
the protecUon of our feathered friends than all
his predecessors put together. I know from
personal observation whereof I speak. -Take
Yamhill County, for Instance. Time was. when
the game law was simply laughed at and made
a farce of, and hunters were wont to kill
birds Indiscriminately, both in and out of
season. That wasn't so many years ago, either;
perhaps three or four. It Isn't that way now;
the unlawful slaughtering of game birds has
dropped off wonderfully since then, and. In
place of decreasing, the birds are. actually on
the Increase. Dynamiting of trout was also
carried on to extremes, especially eo In the
Big Nestucca. that stream until a year or so
ago being practically depopulated, especially
so on Its headwaters. Through the instru
mentality of several McMlnnvlllo sports, as
sisted by a prominent physician of Portland,
this nefarious practice was finally broken up.
so that the stream fairly teems with trout
again.
Be that as It may, and In Justice to all,
Oregon is too thickly timbered for the game
warden to be of much Tiraetlcal use to the tax-
payer. Hero la a picture you may see almost
any day of tho year. Way over yonder across
that big timber-bordered stubble field a soli
tary figure emerges from the brush, pre
ceded by a pointer dog. Presently you see a
puff of smoke and hear a report, wherupon
the newly -deputized warden lopes out of the
bouse and hits the ground a-running, only,
when half wuy across the big field to be given
the ha-ha, ere the Impudent hunter dives
Into the brush out of eight. The better way
for the enforcement of the law Is for the etate
to equip each district with a balloon, place
a lynx-eyed minion of the law in the cross
trees and hover over the spot. Once a game
hog Is detected the big ship Is to scoot to the
spot, let down a grab hook and yank Mr.
Game Hog into the bowels of the basket,
and bear him away forthwith to the near
est baatlle for trial.
Not until the farmer is protected, I might
add. from the onslaught of sap-eyed town
and city sports, who stalk through his fields,
pastures and yards banging away right and
left, will- his boys and hired men ceoae In
the unlawful extermlnaUon of the Chinese
pheasant, since he raises the wheat for them
to subsist on. THOMAS H. ROGERS.
Singer to Wed Philanthropist.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 5. The en
gagement of Max Helnrlch. the singer
and composer, to Miss Anna Held, tho
German philanthropist, student and mu
sician has been announced. Miss Held
Is at present the guest of Madame Hel
ena Modjeska at Arden. Miss Held Is
no relative to the actress of the same
name. - The marriage will take place dur
ing the holiday season at Green Dragon,
the home of Miss Held.
said he was disappointed because Manager
Savage had not turned up. It was after 1
o'clock when they left the restaurant In a
cab. Bofore starting Hollis told the cab
driver to enter the Seventy-second street
entrance of Central Park and drive them
to tho Grand Hotel.
They came down tho West Drive and
had reached Sixty-ninth street when Hol
lis, Mrs. Rlhl says, grabbed her by the
throat and began to throttle her. She
dropped the bag containing the jewels,
and at that he threw her back In the cab,
opened the cab door and darted away in
the darkness with the Jewels. Mrs. Rlhl
began to scream Immediately. Policeman
McNamara, of the Park police, stood only
50 feet awayr He heard the screams and
saw the fleeing man. He fired several
shots at the thief and gave chase, but
lost him In the darkness.
When McNamara got back to the cab,
which had stopped, Mrs. Rlhl was hys
terical In the bottom of it. She was taken
to the Arsenal, where she told her story.
The next day all of Captain Mannlon's
detectives started out to find the thief.
Yesterday afternoon "they found in
Lang's pawnshop at 6SS Sixth avenue four
pieces of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Rlhl.
The Jewelry had been pawned an hour
before the detectives arrived and the man
who pawned it was 5400 richer. The detec
tives put a stop order on the jewels and
Instructed the pawnbroker and his assist
ant to keep their eye3 open for tho man
who had pawned them.
Not long after the detectives had gone
one of the pawnbroker's clerks saw the
man for whom the police were searching
passing the pawnshop and followed him
until he met Policeman Stelnmler. Steln
mler arrested the man, who said at the
Tenderloin station that he was Charles D.
Castleton, 22 years old, a gambler of 14
West Park street. Newark. As he was
about to be led back to a cell a young man
poked his head In the station-house door
and said to Cast'eton:
"Remember, now keep your mouth
shut."
In a Jiffy this second man was a pris
oner. He said he was Victor Anderson, an
electrician. He had 5240 in his pockets.
The other prisoner bad only 517. Castleton
Is the one who, the" police say, robbed
Mrs. RlhL He admits pawning part of her
jewels, but won't say anything else.
He and Anderson will bo remanded to
day to give the police a chance to get Mrs.
Rihl. She left the Grand vesterday.
Philadelphia, Sapt. 23. Mrs. Rlhl ap
peared not long ago with the Philadelphia
Musical Club In the "Chimes of Norman
dy" and other light operas. She has also
sung with a number of amateur organiza
tions. She and her husband have amassed
a small fortune and recently moved to
Bala, Pa., where they had built a country
house. -
For some months she has desired ar
dently to go upon the stage. To this her
husband was averse. Mrs. Rihl met Hollis
In New York. He played upon her am
bition and on Monday she went to New
York to keep an engagement that he had
made to take her to a theatrical manager.
Albert M. Rlhl said tonight:
"Mrs. Rihl did not go to New York with
Hollis. He met- her over thero by appoint
ment. Mrs. Rlhl Is now In New York, and
I won't tell you where." Mrs. Rlhl lsa
ENTHUSIASM IS CATCHING
REPUBLICAN MANAGERS IN EAST
WRITE FLATTERING LETTERS.
Big Audience at Fairbanks Meeting
In Portland Is Arousing Inter
est AH Over the CouVitry.
Tho chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, Frank C. Baker, Is
happy, contented and busy. He Is asking
everyone whether or not 20,000 Is the magic
number for November and In the mean
time Is taking off his coat and doing a lit
tle work in that direction himself.
Mr. Baker is happy because yesterday
he received a telegram from Elmer Dover,
secretary of the National Committee, In
which It is said: "The unprecedently
large and brilliant Fairbanks meeting In
your city Saturday evening Is winning
universal attention and admiration In the
East."
Besides that J. S. Clarkson, ex-chairman
of the National Committee, has wired to
headquarters that tho meeting of Sat-.
urday night was having a distinct effect
on the workers of the East. "The enthu
siasm of tho Went is stimulating our peo
ple In the East to a new energy for our
gram sent by Mr. Clarkson.
' The chairman is contented because he Is
sure that things aro looking brighter every
day foe the overwhelming success of the
party In November. More than 1000 people
from out of Portland attended the meeting
at the Armory on Saturday night, and
from all parts of the state favorable no
tices are beginning to spring up as the vis
itors return to their homes and tell of
what they saw and heard, at that time.
The manager of the campaign for Ore
gon is busy because he has yet a great
deal of work to do before the battle Is
over and won. Ten thousand lithographs
were received at headquarters yesterday,
Including a large number of single pic
tures of Roosevelt and Fairbanks. These
will b'e distributed throughout the city. A
vast amount of literature, pictures and
buttons Is now on hand and yesterday the
distribution was begun.
Fostal cards r.ro being sent to the mem-
birs of the Stato Committee asking that
tney decide when and where they wish to
hold special meetings. It Is probable that
these meetings will be commenced about
October 15 simultaneously over the state
and be continued from that time until
election day. Mr. Baker Is hard at work
on the piles of letters that are waiting
for him and will have his deskcleared In
a few days when he will give his attention
to the details of the campaign work
throughout the state.
THE PEOPLE VERSUS
BOSSES
Chicago Tribune.
T HQ Milwaukee Sentinel, the main -or-
I gan of the Wisconsin stalwarts.
thinks that the Tribune underestimated
the stalwarts when it said that their way
of arguing against a direct-primary law
was to accuse La Fpllette of ambition.
The stalwarts. It appears, would be
against a direct-primary law even If La
Follette had never been born", and they
would know why they were against It.
Their reasons would anpunt In number to
at least 15. Here follow those reasons
with comment:
1. Because the voters cannot have personal
knowledge of the comparative fitness of the
candidates with whom they are not acquainted
ana aro In danger of voting for persons un
worthy of trust and who would not, if known.
command their confidence and support.
Under the convention system the voters
have to elect delegates to the convention.
In case the delegates are pledqred to cer
tain candidates the voters have to choose
between those candidates. So even under
the convention system the voters, mav
have to make the tremendous intellectual
effort of which the Sentinel believes them
Incapable. But In most cases. It is true.
the de'iegates are not pledged. Then the
voters have to form an opinion with re
gard to the personal qualifications of each
delegate. This process Is as much more
diflicult than the other in proportion as
there are more delegates than offices. Un
der the direct primary system the voters
nominate one man for each office. Under
the convention system the voters elect
many men to nominate the one man.
Which system demands more of tho vot
ers.? Because the direct primary system nec
essarily keeps out of office everybody but of
ficeseekers and tends to swell the number of
that class.
Pretense aside, the office doesn't seek
the man once in a thousand times. The
man seeks the office. Is it better that
he should seek it from a boss or from the
people?
3. Because the expense of making a canvas
to secure a nomination Is a practical bar-to a
poor man.
On the contrary, money will buy a boss
far quicker than a whole electorate,
4. Because It gives the rich an advantage
over the poor.
See No. 3.
5. Because It authorizes nominations by
minorities which. In case of a large number
of candidates for one office) might be only a
small fraction of the people.
Is it seriously contended that boss nom
inations are made by majorities? In Chi
cago the boss nominations in the Sena
torial districts are often so made that
not a hundred people In the district have
ever before heard the candidate's name.
6. Because It subjects the people to the an
noyance and burden of two campaigns In
stead of one. .
The bosses who at present relievo the
people of the annoyance and burden of
going io the primaries htve charged such
an excessive price for their thne that the
people are driven now to doing their work
themselves.
7. Because it secures to men in office a
manifest advantage over new men and pre
vents rotation.
In other words, if a man proves bis fit
ness the people will keep him In office.
The politicians will not be able to throw
him out because he would not play with
them.
8. Because it takes from the people the
right to draft their own platforms and con
fers that power on candidates, which is put
ting the cart' before the horse. The people
should never surrender the authority to make
their own platforms and require the candi
dates to stand on them and carry them out.
If the people now made their own plat
forms and If the stalwarts of Wisconsin
had not repudiated several platforms this
argument would mean something. Under
a direct-primary system the candidates
would have to announce their opinions,
and if they failed to live up to those
opinions their next appeal to the people
would have its lnc5nveniences and em
barrassments. 9. Because the abrogation of the state
convention would mean the- disintegration and
disruption of party organisation.
It would. Of the present kind of organ
ization. Of the slush-fund, padded pay
roll organization. But there would be a
different and better kind of organization.
People with Identical opinions will al
ways organize.
MO. Because It enables men who could not
get a home Indorsement to seek office with
the same prospect of success as men in good
standing, if they- have the money to place
their workers In the field.
A man Is far more In need of a ."home
Indorsement" when his neighbors vote on
him than when h Is picked by the boss.
11. Because it legalizes and sanction of-
ficeseeklng and tends to Increase the army
of candidates, already too large.
Is' office-seeking now Illegal? And are
there too many candidates in Cook Coun
ty for the Legislature? Sixty for 67
places.
12. Because it practically, shuts oat feasjr
men who cannot and will not spend the time
and money required to secure nominations.
Those busy men who have time to con
sult the bosses but haven't time to con
sult the electorate will not be missed.
13. Because & system which makes nomina
tions expensive tends directly to demoraliza
tion and graft.
Sec 3 and 4.
14. Because it lowers the standard of
ciUaenshlp when nominations can be .'secured
by the free use of money in hiring workers
to circulate petitions and in subsidizing mer
cenary newspapers.
See 3, 4 .and 13. To say that money
would count for more in appealing to
the people thau it now does In appealing
to bosses shows more valor than discre
tion. 16. Because it Is the absurd and fanatical
use of an agency which has- undoubted merit.
on the same principle as giving the ballot to
men, women and children because it is & good
thing.
If the people are wise enough to elect,
why It Is absurd or fanatical to suppose
that they are wise enough to nominate?
The fact Is, as the Sentinel clearly
shows, that the direct-primary system
cannot be assailed without invoking and
revealing a distrust of democracy. The
object of tho direct-primary system is
simply to give the voters what they are
supposed even by the present primary
system to have the opportunity to make
their will felt in the selection of the can
didates who shall represent their respect
ive parties.
THEATER CHATTERERS.
Persons That Mako Themselves Ob
noxious to Playgoers.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct, 8. (To the Editor.)
The breesy, well-written article In Sunday's
Oregonlan under the caption. "She Got More
Than She Paid For," treating in humorous
vein of the annoyances endured by theater
goers at the hands of inconsiderate -people.
Inspires me to pen & few words concrning
these same public nuisances perennial chatter
boxes. When the hat-removing ordinance first
went into effect, at many theaters a sign was
exhibited at every performance just before cur
tain rising, which read: "Now remove your
hats." Would It not be a good plan, as a
protest against a itlll more aggravating nui
sance (In comparison with which a flare hat
would look lUce on individual butterplate) for
theatrical managers to display a sign reading
"Now hold your tongues?" This might sound
abrupt, perhaps even brutal, but with a cer
tain class of malefactors nothing avails short
of the knout.
During a recent performance of "Fedora"
at the Baker two rows of Innocent victims
were robbed of the pleasure they were entitled
to from the magnificent acting of Melbourne
MacDowell and Miss Ethel Fuller, because a
pair of hare-brained chatter-boxes thought
they were more entertaining than the play.
Indulgence In this ill-bred practice is growing
In Portland, and can only be arrested by pub
lic reprobation expressed through the press.
One might as well attempt to frown Mount
Hood off the map aa to frown down these
pachydermatlons transgressors, but the finger
of scorn pointed at them in cold type may
have some effect, and will at least strengthen
long-suffering victims to more strenuous re
sistance of their encroachments.
GEO. F. JONES,
Taxpayer Suffers Also.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 5. (To the Editor.)
The board of equalization Is In session. Tax
payers and "trouble-seekers," It would seem,
are causing the board no little Inconveni
ence. They ask fool questions and In other
ways betray an overzeal in their property in
terests. The writer la not at all familiar with the
-workings of the board. He pays his taxes an
nually, if sometimes unwillingly. He believes.
however, the tax collector Is more to be
feared than the "dog collector," and he or
the man or powers behind the collector ehould
be questioned and watched persistently, even
though soma times inconsistently. It has
been well said, "Man, drest In a little- brief
authority, plays such fantastic tricks before
high heaven as make the angels weep."
am sure that, at least, men weep at the
tricks of the authority that makes the taxes
fly. Over here In Alblna we have a concrete
example of just such tricks. Russell street
was replanked this Summer. The property-
owners, of course, will pay the bill. Before
the last spike was driven along comes the
city waterworks and tears up the planks to
lay a watermaln. Several other streets that
were recently Improved at great expense are
to be broken up for the same purpose. A
child would 'know that this cannot be done
without permanent injury at least to a plank
street, why, Mr. Editor, Is this Injustice Im
posed upon us? Have we -no protection, or
must we suffer silently and pay the taxes?
Why have we City Engineers, anyhow? Or
la the city divided against itself? If the
board of equalization is annoyed at the Im
portunities of the taxpayer, will the board
kindly remember what a hard-driven, much.
Buffering people we are? EfAST-SIDER.
Crossed Plains in '42.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Sept. SO1. To the
Editor.) With reference to this paragraph
from The Oregonlan: "There' were Forces and
Fomeroys In the Immigration of 1S12, but The
Oregonlan thinks these are some of the de
scendants." You are mistaken if you think
I am only a descendant or James Force. I
was born at the Uttle town of . Stockbrldge,
Mich., In the year 1830, and came to this
country with my parents when I was 3 years
old. In the year of 1842. and I claim that we
were the first immigrants to bring wagons to
what was then Oregon. We left our- wagons
at Fort Hall, coming the rest of the way on
horseback, i
My father and mother (James and Iucretla
Force), John Force, Aaron Towner and a man
by the name of Ely, I think, came with us.
Our Uttle party of five left the company and
came on ahead, stopping a few days at Dr.
Whitman's to rest up, and after securing
fresh horses from Dr. Whitman, who kindly
took our jaded horses and gave us fresh ones
In exchange, besides giving us a guide across
I suffered for a. long time -with a bad
case of Catarrh, and took a great deal of
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I had a continual headache, zny cheeks
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I tried local applications for some time,
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