THE; 3IOKNI2TG" OREGONIAN," FRIDAY;;; 3C&RCH 1SHM5. MM CENTRAL HEATING PLANT What the Banfield-Veysey Fuel Company Proposes for Portland. (USES WASTE FROM MILLS H Jtfnder lis Franchise Granted by the City Council, if Approved by Mnyor. Proposes to Sup ply AH Down Town. Portland wWl havo the largest and most Kaem central steam heating and re irigeratlwg p4attt west of Denver, and one of tbe few of its kind this side of the MtMterippi River, If the plans of the Ban-He-Veysoy Fuel Company, outlined at e meeting cf the City Council Wcdncs- Mtpfat. arc cHrrlcd out In their pres ent form. At tbv meeting mentioned, the Council Hunrod the ordinance granting the com H)' a franchise for the installation of tW system, and the measure is now awntting the Mayor's action. Until the cqmimn. is assured that the franchise will hi minted In its present form, no 4tntted statement of its proposition will be mudr Ur publication, but M. C. Ban MeML president of the corporation, which new conducting a laree fuel business a ts rttj. S'osterdas amplilled on the fftKtfscfee he laid before the Council and jtvc sewo intimation of the scope of the tcnJ-ot Wlint the Company Proposes. Summed up in a few words, the com jmay proposes to make the first real at torn ever made on' the Pacific Coast to utilise " a largo scale the refuse from the Min'rolik which, on Puget Sound and la mt other Western lumber centers, is burned hi huge 4ab pllos, or in refuse kwrsKTR -ictd near the mills, and in u4 araNtMl Portland largel.v used for fill ing ta low ground, or dumped into the rWwphy. to be carried away by the Sum mer floods. In ikii- city, to a greater extent, prob M. tlmn in other Pacific Coast lumber centers, mill stab:- are sold for fuel, and this cradiMill)' Increasing use for the re lor nuttcrta! has during the past five your given the looal mills an advantage wer their competitors elsewhere, but this h- JrtlH limited and cannot be ex p"ted to Increase in the same ratio as the lumbar output. On Paget Sound, 0s Harbor and In California attempts Wtee neon made to distill the refuse for the purpose of manufacturing tar, pitch, urpertn and valuable by-products, but fo far without pronounced success. The Banlleld-Veysey Fuel Company's wheme Is to utilize evers scrap of the "msde from the mills within a eonslder th rarihw- of Portland: not only the states, which are now used for firewood, bt the edgings, shavings, sawdust, etc.. we wel. creating a market for all the rfse material at prices which will provo m lurgr factor in the economical manu-SM-tttre of lumber and give the mills in 'Ms vctnit- a distinct advantage over titrate n other localities. Plnnt to Burn Kcfusc. A brtenj rtatud by Mr. Bnnflnld. his motpany proposes. If Its franchise Is granted, to erect a large central station w river-front property which has aireadj heen purchased, at a cost of J50.WO, and hrtng the mill waste in barges from miles arMKM! to the plant, there to bo burned m4r huge boilers, automatically stoked, t4 converted into steam beat and power mhI electricity tor lighting, heating and fnnmif act whig purposes la connection with tlie heating plant a forge ice. cold-storage and refrigerating plant can and will be economicallj op erated. novel feature of which will be the artiHrlnl ciollng of air and Its distri bution through heavils Insulated pipes for refrigerating purposes in the down town business and residence district, MHncthmg which lias ben attempted so tar In only jew of the largest cities of thp countrs' A Hke system of pipes, conduits, ca- and wires, all laid beneath the sur face of the streets covered by the pro wd franchise, will be used for the dis tribution of steam and eleqtrlcltj. For the pnsi 11 s'enrs a large central steam beattag plant, installed by local capital ist, has been in successful operation in ittle. and Denver has one still larger. WItH but one exception of consequence. ver buiness block in Seattle, Mr. Ban 1WS ist.-iieK. is now heated with steam froui the oetitral plant, resulting In a orke4. a b tement of the smoke nuisance. In Koth ihe Denver and the Seattle plants .-nal if noed for fuel. Cot Will He Heavy. Ntt hough the Banfleld-Vej'se.v Compans tmh se ready to announce the cost of the proposed plant, it Is probable that it wouht involve an ultimate expenditure of not ranch less than $600,000: a large frac kn of ouch a sum. Mr. Banficld stated y"tcrdas would be expended during the ratttg Summer in case the franchise is granted. It being desired to lay as much possible of the underground conduit -steni during tho dr season, when ex . nation work can be carried on cheaplj nod expedltlousls. it msh-j uihi nil Hica ui uuuui ten Ntoeks square on the west side of the river will be served with steam heat from the plant bofore December 1. in that event, and extensions made as rapidly possible jnto districts further removed fom the business center, where the first work would naturallj be done.. Sure of Vltitnate Success,. ."There is no doubt as to the ultimate fiecss or our plans, once we are granted our franchise,- said Mr. Banfield. "al ihough we do not expect to make a cent r profit for at least five sears. The bus new; must be built up gradually and for ears to come we shall be working for he future In the Greater Portland that is to be The phslcnl obstacles, however, Wl' easily be overcome. i have obtained figures proving that "" one New Jersey cits steam Tieat is be ing successfully .distributed at a distance i miny oinf-'ooi uiucks i rum xnc central I plan This indicates that we would be I able to beat private residences on Port land Heights in course of time. lTcatlnf: Problem Big One. "The beating problem is one the'most li'Mcult with which the owner of busi ness prop-rt. the apartment-house builder and the owners of private resl nces close in have to contend with. "onl Is i-carco and high, and the cost of hauling makes even sla'bwood an cxpen 've fuel. And owing to the absence of alleys, the handling of fuel of anj "kind after ita delivers- is attended with con siderable cost and trouble besides -causing unsightly litter on the streets and sidewalks.' , 'Portland Is .behind the times in this matter, but there are other and far more important considerations. The reduction In insurance rates that would . incvitablj follow the, installation of s. central heat ing plant is a matter that the business community should carefulls consider. ""It starve to reason that if heat could be furnished from a central station more cheaply than It could be produced on the premises, everj down-town business build ing, hotel and apartment-house would dis pense with its private heating plant, with Its attendant danger from fire, and that the Insurance companies could then be compollftj to make rate reductions. f "But even more important are the ad vantages the installation "of a plant such as we have under consideration would give the mlllmer. of Portland. The lum bermen oi this cits, who have more than 510,000.000 invested, are vitally interested in ans project which will enable them to dispose of their refuse at a profit, and their needs should be considered bs the cits'. Portland is now the largest lumber shipping port on the Coast, and in the mills in and about the city about 300 men are emploj'ed. In the logging camps an equal number are at work, besides tug boat crews and "river men. making prac tically G000 laborers directh Interested In the industry. "The mills pas' In taxes each s'car near ly J1.20i).O0&, yet. as everj' lumberman knows, lhe are compelled to furnish their own fire and police protection, be sides building and repairing mans" of the streets .they use. LaM j'ear these mills cut 55C.627.000 feet of lumber, and the waste Incident to this enormous produc tion, if all of it could have been disposed of for fuel, would have added a profit, of SO cents on each thousand feet of lumber cut. CsIiik JJcfus'e for Fuel. "For several years our compans has been buIng much of this refuse and sell ing it for fuel. Last year we paid Che mills $123,000 for slabwood. At the present time we-iirc pas'lng them $12,000 a month' for the limited amount we can handle, and have built up a -business of which the local paj-rolI last S'car reached $120,003. "It is ms honest belief that the mones we have paid the mills for slabwood dur ing the past few s'cars has been a large factor in enabling them to compote with the big plants on Puget Sound and under bid them on numerous large orders, there by bringing Portland Into the front rank us a lumber shipper. Ten Thousand Cords 3Ionthl.v. "1 have made a careful estimate, and can state that 10,000 cords of mill wood arc now used each month In Portland, but the output of the mills Is Increasing so rapldlj that the refuse Is constantls" ac cumulating, and that which cannot be used for tilling in the ground about the mills is now Ising below high-water mark, whoro it will be washed away and lost nt the next flood. "Were our proposed plant In operation, we could bring all this refuse to It in scows and convert every ounce of It into heat or power and utilize It as indicated bs our franchise application. This would save the cits n large part of the $1500 a day that is now being paid to the Stand ard OH Company bs Portland for fuel oil. "In view of these facts, and the fact that we hac evers dollar wc possess in vested here. I maintain that ms' attitude before the Council was justified, and that. In justice to the business communltj. we should be treated with a little more con sideration than strangers coming in hero to invest. If we were not alreads heavy investors we would not object to putting up ans bond within reason, but as It Is we think our good faith is sufficient's" shown. We are not onls willing, but ex ceedlngls anxious, to commence work on our ss'tem and rush it to completion at the earliest possible moment." "What the Franchise Provides. The franchise of the BanfloVJ-Veyses" Fuel Compans, as passed bs the Council, has a life of 2& years, with the usual char ter provision for the purchase of the plant bs the cits at its appraised value at the end of that time; it Is provided that all pipes, wires and conduits shall be laid un derground; that tho streets shall be torn up as little as possible bs the compans's workmen: that the grantee shall begin work within six months, and within two S'cars shall have its pipes and conduits laid within that portion of the cits lsIng O-etwecn the river and Twelfth street and Glisan and Taylor streets: that the grantee shall charge and colloct a reason able compensation for Its services, which shall in no case exceed 14 cents per kilo watt hour for electricity, for 100 hours or less, gradualls diminishing to S1 cents per kilowatt hour for 800 to 1030 hours, and flnalls to 2' cents per kilowatt hour for SOOO "to 10,000 hours; for heating, the maximum charge is fixed at $1 for each 1000 pounds of water condensed; and for cQldstorage. 23 cents per month por cubic foot. A compensation to the cits of I per cent per annum on the gross earnings is jrovided for. ST0RER OUT SINCE MONDAY Custom Ignored in Haste to Get Am bassador. Removed. VIENNA. March 22,-Secrotary G. B. Rives, of tho American Embassj-. todas informed the Foreign Office here that Bellams Storcr, the , retiring American Ambassador.- ceased his connection with the embasss March 19. and requested tho Austro-Hungarlan government to agree to the appointment of Charles S. Francis immediately. This the Foreign Office de clares is a most unusual proceeding. According to Europpan diplomatic tradi tions, Mr. Storer remains Ambassador un til the presentation of his loners of rocall. cither by himself or his successor, and until this is done this govornmont must regard Mr. Storcr as Ambassador from the United States. FRAXCIS WlLIi DO THE REST Not Essential Storcr Should Present Lictlcr of Recall. "WASHINGTON. March 22.-Altb.ough It is customars for retiring Ambassadors to present their letters of, recall to the gov ernments to which thes have been accred ited. State Department officials sas that such letters mas be presented bs the successor of an Ambassador in the lattcr's absence. The announcement to Austria-Hungary of Jin Storer's successor, the -officials sas. constitutes a notice from the Pres ident of the United States that his Am bassador to the country has been recalled. In Mr. Storer's case It will fall to Mr. Francis to present the former's letter of recall, unless tho State Department should determine that Mr. Rives notice of Mr. Storer's recall Is sufficient. Francis Welcome and Confirmed. "WASHINGTON. March 22. The Govern ment has been Informed from Vienna that C. S. Francis, nominated to be Ambassa dor to Austria-Hungary, will be accept able to that government. The Senate, in executive session today, confirmed the nomination of Mr. Francis. FIGHTING IN MINDANAO. t Deserters From Constabulary Lead Insurgents Against Troops. MANILA, March 23.-SpecIaI.)-Tho lat est reports received from Dapitan. Island of Mindanao, indicate that further trou ble is feared there as a result of the con flict between deserters from the constab ulary and a detachment of troops sent In pursuit. The natives have the assistance of a number of the discontented, all of whom are well armed, and two skirmishes have aireadj resulted. In one of which two de serters were killed, while a sergeant of the pursuers was killed and three soldiers wounded. Reinforcements h&ve 'been sent te aid the troop, IS SENT TO JAIL Gang of Hoodlums of Lower Albina Punished by Judge Cameron. TERROR OF NEIGHBORHOOD Twenty Days . Imposed Upon Five. 31embers, Fines and Five Days on Two and Juvenile Court Takes Two. "5KWER GANG" ROUTED. The most notorioua and troublesome hand ever operating In Lower Albina. known as the "Sewer Gan--."' has brcn routed by Patrolman J. J. Mur phy, tho dared to do his duty and "break" the organization of obnoxious hoodlums who o long went unpun iBhed and who detroyed much prop erty, frightened dofenvelens women and children, and beat men who bad the temerity to upbraid them. Stern Justice was dealt out to members of the "gang" yeerday morning in the Municipal Court by Judge Cameron, who was urged by Deputy City Attorney to take drastic action, because of the numerous depredations committed by the de fendnntr. Twenty days In the City Jail was ihc sentence imposed upon Ixulc Morler. Kddle Ward. Charles Hicks. Tim Burke and Leo Furlong; Charles and Alfred Pottage were fined $10 each and ent to Jail for five days; Henry Oaks and Fred McCllntock were turned over to the Juvenile Court, and Frank O'Nell. John Pat rick, Eylvester Subllcke and Frank Hunch were discharged. Not one of the parents of 13 5-ouths, accredited members of the notorious "sewer sang" of Lower Albina. ap peared in the Municipal Court yester- The Flirt Chapter. das' morning- to show interest in the fate of tholr sons. Boys who are said to have fine homes and who arc said to have been surrounded -with good In fluences as far as domestic life is con cerned, atood alone without advice other than that given by Attorney The .Second Chapter. John F. Logan, who -was specially re quosted to defend them bs" Judge Cam eron. "Where are the parents of all these boys?" was asked bs many as the evi dence was brought out through more than an hour's time A series of outrageous tricks, ending in the assaulting- and beating: of help less pedestrians and the breaking: of windows In Lower Albina last Sundas. led to the Imprisonment of five of the boss for periods of 20 days each, and never was a more pathetic sight wit nessed In the Municipal Court than when Bailiff Circle escorted the youth ful miscreants out of the room and locked them In a temporary receiving: cell of the City Jail. Thes" were later placed in cells on the third floor. So long: had the youths been tolerat ed by the police, so long: had they ter rorized citizens of Lower Albina and so long had thes carried on their dep redations in the vlclnlts that they seemed not to realize that they had at last come Into a placo where thej' would be severely dealt with. Thes smiled and nppearcd to think that to be in court was onls' a Joke, but when Judge Cameron imposed the sentences, a change came over them and thej were noticeabls thoughtful. Patrolman J. J. Murphs't one or tho oldest men on the police force. Is alone responsible for the breaking up of this notorious "gang," so far as making the arrests and haling thcvof fendcrs before the court is concerned, and Judge Cameron and Deputy Cits Attorney Fltzgqrald backed up Mur phs's actions Jn the hearing of the cases and. imposing the penalties. Lower Albina residents have for years been terrorized by this "gang" of youthful hoodlums, whoso depreda tions have grown worse from time to time until It was positive- dangerous for pcdcstralns to make the leasr pro test when insulted and abused by mem bers of the organization. "Women have been shamefully insulted while going" to and from their homes and defense less children have been beaten and in jured: some men who dared attempt to Interfere have been assaulted. When Patrolman Murphs' "was put on the Lower Albina beat, he determined within .himself to break up the "sewer gang-." He tried to reason with the members of the organization, warning- them that he would invoke the law If they persisted In their outrages. His counsel seemed of no avail, and out lawry continued unabated. Murphy then laid plans to bring: in the whole "gang," and while he was preparing' evidence, the snow that fefl last Sun day brought the matter to a crisis. Tho "gang went out earls in the morn- Lngvand remained out all day, during-j s EWER 1 Sip which time helpless pedestrians were mercilessly pelted, and two men were brutalls assaulted and beaten. This brought about the downfall of the "gang:." Yesterday morning 13 members of the organization were in court. Several pleaded guilts to charges of disorderly conduct, others to assault and battery, while stlfl others denied their guilt. Young Wo, a Chinese laundrs'man, was one 6f the "gang's'" victims. He was pelted with snowballs, hard as stones, as ho went to a bakery for bread, and. upon his return was knocked down and bru tally beaten. J. P. Houk. living at 3S Russell street, was another man singled out. He resisted the efforts of members of the hoodlum band to put snow down his neck and he was promptly felled to the ground and beaten by some of the gang" until he cried for help. He had Just been released from the insane asylum at Salem, and he told Judge Cameron that he did not strike any of the assail ants, as he feared be would have no means of defending himself If thes should have him arrested: his testlmons. he thought, might not be believed, -under tho circumstances. There being ample evidence of guilt, and five of tiro "gang" having been be fore His Honor prevlousls for misde meanors. Judge Cameron promptly sen tenced them to Jail for 20 days each. Two others were lined and sent to Jail and two were ordered Into the custodj of the Juvenile Court officers; others were discharged. Spectators crowded the courtroom to suffocation, but among the large number not one parent of the s'outhful defendants was to be seen. r "How Is the rotten show?" asked Al bert Pander of H. B. Nudlcman. as the latter stepped out of the Empire Theater, after having been to sec "Scotts, King of the Desert Mine." "You had best go in and see for our self." bltingly replied Nudlcman. "You can't make me go in." retorted Pander, heatedls. Other words followed, and Pander landed on Nudlcman's Jaw Nudleman caused Pander's arrost. Pander was fined $10 by Judge Cameron S'estcrdas. "That helps some, but I Just wish I had it within my power to compel Pander to go and sit through that Death Valley plas," remarked Nudlcman, as he left the witness stand. John Smith, the negro who slashed sev eral persons with a knife In a South Port land saloon Wednesday evening, pleaded guilts, and was held to the grand Jury. Perry Kerr, charged with stealing milk, was released, his case being continued In definitely. The lad was accused of steal ing bottles of milk from 'the home of a woman. He denied his guilt, and through the Influence of friends, who firmly be lieved him Innocent, his release was ob tained, and he will have his liberty pend ing good behavior. 'S GRY FOR HELP FJtOM 800.000 TO J, 000, 000 PEO PLE ARE STARVING. Red Cross Issues Appeal Tor Aid to Feed Them Until October. May Send Food. NEW YOItK. March 21 The New York state branch of the Hcd Cross to das Issued a statement as to the famine conditions In Japan, which sass: The famine In Japan, which has been en fddered for come time moderately eeriou. Is now knocrn. as the result of reliable private advices received by tho New York State Red Crasr. to be one of the mo ft terrible starva tion emergencies of modern times. The failure of the rice crop, which at one time was -believed to 1 limited to certain plaPts aaty la the northern provinces, has been found to be general in thoe parts of Japan, and conserva tive tl mates place the number of tarvlag Japanese from JOO.000 to l.OCO.OOO person. For this there Is no relief In sight until next October, when, new harvest will be avail able. The sum of $16,000,000 will be required to save the Japanese country people. A special meeting of the Japanese fam ine committee has been called for Mon daj. The committee Is now considering whether It Is wise to undertake the col lection and transportation of food as well as moncs. THE TRANSPORT1 BUSINESS Chamber of Commerce Sends Peti tion to Washington. Secretary E. C. Gilmer, of the Cham ber of 'Commerce, yesterday mailed to Senator Fulton, at Washington, a report showing whs Portland should be given part of the transport business bs the Government. The clerical force has been at work two weeks preparing the report and it is one of the moat voluminous documents that has ever left the Cham ber of Commerce. The condition of the harbor, as regards facilities for loading, berths, depth at different moorings and in channel, was featured. It also was pointed out that Portland should be given a part of the Philippine. Hawaiian. Isth mian and Alaskan trade, because of Its advantageous situation. Merchant Ships In Naval Maneuvers. LONDON. March 22. The Admiralty expects merchant ships, which, with car goes, will have a value of W.OCO.OOO. to participate in the Autumn naval maneu vers. BROTHERS MEET ssssssssssssssssssskT ssssssssssssssssssi IsssssssssstaslBttSllnliisssssssssl Tv". H. Tofete. ef Portland. J. D. Tobla. of The Halle. "U H. Tobln. president of the Oregon Securities Company, met hla. brother. J. D. Tobln. of the Great Southern Railway. Sunday at The Dalles for the first time. IV. H. Tobln is 32 years of age and J. D. Tobln Is about 37 years of ajca. but not until Sunday did the two brothers ever see each other. Not until four years ago did Sir. Tobln know that he had a brother. The father of the Tobln brothers was married twice. His first wife waa .the mother of J. D. Tobln and to his second wife was born TV. 1L. Tobln. Through an accident W. It". Tobln learned some months ago that his brother waa living in The Dalles and when he came to Tortland he called up on a long distance telephone. fThen W. 11. Tobln met his "brother at The Dallies Sun day he was amazed to find that he had another brother and' a sister living whom he had never heard of. Tbey afe the half brother and sister of"W. U. Tobla and live la Klna. Mo. Thlr names are 'Mrs. Eva. Tobln Toung anil Al fred Tobin. llBlllSBSSlBlSlBln y22PSBBBBBBBBSBsW Be sure WIFE ASKS DIRGE Mrs. Gheen Says Husband Is Intemperate. CRUELTY IS-- ALLEGED Declare- That She Has Been Greatly Jlumilintcd in the Presence of 1'rlcnds -by His Gross 3Ilsbchvior. Maude A. Gttewi. who recentlj sued George T. Gtoen. for support, yesterday begun procedlmK against Jilm in the State Circuit Court for a divorce. The' complaint contains sensational charges. Mrs. Gheen accuses the defendant of cruel treatment. She alleges that he drinks intoxicants to excess, ami that his con duct on such occasions is shocking and more disagreeable than tho beasts of the field and has sometimes occurred in the presence of her friends and relatives. She sas's that on one occasion, six sears ago. he slapped her face. She avers that he lias greatls humiliated her nnd has re mained awas bite nights, and when she asked the cause of his absence told her It was none of her business. She says. he has sufficient means to support her well and has not done so. bu squandered his means in riotous living with disreputable persons of both sexes. Mrs. Gheen fur tlier alleges that her husband has been seen riding' In his automobile in the pub lic streets with negro women, and was arrested for fast driving and it took the combined efforts of live policemen to take him to the cits Jail. Mr. Gheen conducts a confectioners and cigar business. His wife alleges that he is well to do nnd asks the court to order him to pas ?b alimons pendente lite. JoCO attornes's fees, and J10.C00 permanent aHmons. W. T. Vaughn and J. N.'Pearcy appear as her attomess. In the other suit Mr. Gheen interposed a defenso that his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, were the cause of all the trouble between him and his wife and that he had to support the whole family. This was denied by Mrs. Gheen. T. J. Clcctln represents Gheen as counsel. The suit for support was heard by Judge Cleland. who advised the couple to .make up. Mr. Gheen was unwilling to accept such advice and Instead caused the suit to be dismissed, and. Died suit for an abso lute dU'orce. The litigants were married ten years ago, and have one child. Patent Infringement Suit. Most of yesterday's session of the Fed- FOR FIRST TIME ee MALLORY t CRAVENETTE, HAT; HERE'S, a hat that is absolutely rainrproof. , Made, not of cloth, but of the very finest quality of FUR FELT. It looks like the ordinary hat, feels like the; ordi- . . ' nary hat, and meets every requirement met by the ordinary hat, with the added advantage of being rain- proof. Rain will not spot, streak It is modeled upon the same blocks which mold the famous MALLORY HATS and can be had in ' all the season's favored shapes and colors. f In two grades, $3.50 and $4.00.. It's the hat for every day rain or shine. Or it com pletes the rainyday outfit. Every prominent hatter carries Mallory hats including Mallory. Cravenettes. it isn't a Mallory, it isn't a "Crauenette." your hat has that trade mark on the sweat cral Court was taken up with the case of "Brie Manula. who is suing Kaleb Sunell for the Infringement of a patent which he holds upon a net leader machine. Both men are citizens of Astoria. After the arguments were closed. Judse AVblver ton extended the temporary Injunction, which had prevlousls been granted, re straining Sunell from manufacturing the machines, at the same time requiring the plaintiff to deposit a bond of 31000. which will be forfeited if the case is lost on final hearlnsr. Guilty of Hobblns Telephone Boxes. George Billings, a lad of IS. who stole nickels from telephone boxes, pleaded guilty In the State Circuit Court yester day. Judge Frazer Imposed a sentence of one year In the penltentlars. and re leased him upon parole. Billings must live a moral lire during the scar and keep out of saloons. Otherwise he will be rearrested and sent to prison to serve the sentence. The parole ss'stem has proved successful here except t In two cases. NOW TALK OF ANNEXATION MOXTAVILTjA. AND MOUNT TA BOR WILIi ACT. Petition to Be Sent to Portland City Council to Submit Propo sition to Vote. A combination has been entered into at Mount Tabor andi Montavilla by which a .concerted movement has been started for annexation to Portland, and a petition has already been circulated in the joint territory to bring about annexation under sections 14 and 15 of the Portland charter. These sections provide that wjjen a pe tition containing the names of IS per cent of the qunlltled voters qf the territors to be annexed is submitted the Council mas bs a two-thirds vote pass a resolu tion providing for the submission of the question to the voters in the territors and the cits. Therefore, if the Council acts favorabls on this petlton the question of annexation will come before the voters In June, of both Portland and the territors to be taken In. The territors Includes that portion of school district No. 5 which was left out at the last election and all of Montavilla. school district. With what was annexed at the last election the new territors, it taken in, would add between SOOO and 10.0CO to Portland's population. This combination does not mean that those who have been working for the In corporation of Montavilla wIH abandon their efforts, but thes will simply suspend operations until the question of . annexa tion is settled one was or the other. If the Council will give the people a chance to vote on annexation at the June elec tion the would-be incorporators will cease their work for Incorporation and Join the annexation movement, and all will pull together to carry the question at the June election. If the Council refuses to pro vide a vote, or if annexation falls at the polls, then all In Montavilla will work for incorporation. This programme was indorsed at the last meeting of the Mon tavilla Jmprovement league. Many have favored Incorporation be cause they had no hopes of annexation to Portland. Charles HHe. B. J. Evans and others have the annexation project in hand. The people of Montavilla are willing- to do most ans'thlng that bring Bull Run water to their homes. Every year thes suffer great water shortage, and this increases evers S'ear as the popula tion InmmiM Thpn ( a. B-rorolnrr shnrt- age of water at Mount Tabor as welL It is thought that annexation will carry bs a considerable majority In the territors af fected, If It goes to a yote but that would not avail If it were, defeated In Portland. Annexation wold merge the Mount Tabor and the Montavilla districts, the fofmer with 15 teachers and . the latter with 11 teachers, with the Portland dis trict. - Undue Extradition Haste Alleged. M A RSHFI EU), Or.. March 21. (To the Editor.) In The Orejfonlan of Starch 16 you speak of Deb's statements in The Appeal to Hearon. "While I a-free with you that he said very many things which it would have been far better to have left unsaid, yet I do not feel that h was entirely without Justification In hla tallr. The question can fairly be asked: "Were those men. Moyer, Haywocd and Pettl bone.sranted every privilege that the Consti taUor and all the rules of common law should have vouchsafed to them? From what I can learn thy were denied privileges of law In. the manner of their extradition front one state to the other. privilees that they had every right la fairness to have claimed. "When peo ple who claim to be, the representatives of Law cofnraeKce their operations by tho most .flagrant violations of law. why need they com plain that other people -lose respect. for law? If Moyer," "Kay wood ' and Fettlbone .aro pcal- j lively proves guilty aa charged, there are or fade t. band. very few people Indeed who will not say that they should euffer the full pcnaltj-. But the bullpen practices of the professed guardians of law. with the courts remaining ?llcnt to the Infractions there Imposed. It is not at alt surprising that people form opinions that are net favorable to either law or courtn. Had the court said to the authorities who held the men In the bullpena of Idaho and Colo rado; "Brine out your men and let them have their hearing- according to law; If, j-eu can establish their guilt. let them suffer the cnsequences. and where you fail to estab lish guilt, let thm go tree.' it would hae been different. But the courts remained si lent artU the people formed their own opin ions of the whole proceedlnss. Those in the pens who may have been Innocent felt usty. As for the rullty. it Is needle to ray how they may have felt. Don't blame the people too much for excited statements when such sly sneaks are made on the law. as was In the extradition of thaw men If they do, question the fairness of the final outcome. THOMAS BUCICMAN. WHAT LADYJN PORTLAND has never heard of the Julia Marlowe shoes, now on sale In all styles ' by REEVES SHOE COMPANY. . ' 120 Sixth Street. Cases Set in Supremo Court. SALEM. Or.. Marqh 22. (Special.) Clerk J. J. 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