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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, FRIDAY. MARCH 30, 1906.
MELTED BYTHERGID
Bottles Buried by Steve Adams
Nearly Destroyed.
REMOVED BY THREE MEN
Stopper Is Supposed to Have Been
liooscnctl nnd the "Hell Fire"
Mixture Allowed to
Escape.
H)I3I. Idaho. March 23. (Special.)
At Pclelle this morning Detective
Tteloto wont out to tne old mill with
tte OMf f Police and others and got
ih rom4 of the tin can and bottles
rrfcel there by Steve Adams In Sep
tmfer. jt8S. The bottles were melt
Utt all wero where they had been
31ac4l wnder the cinder heap when re
Mttpi fn October. 1004.
Tte"r were thre men present when
tn rnval was made. These were
Jim 13yrl. GoorKe McConkey and Franli
Shuffor. They wer taking out timber
umhi which the pawmlll had stood. In
dlggtog to get a chain under a timber
the tin can filled with bottles was
Mrwk. They pulled one stopper and
otw t the men wan severely burned.
Tn the bottle was thrown out of the
buHMMg.
The bottles emitted such a smell that
tiw raw ns carried just outside the
bulMtag and buried in the cinders.
A wk or so later J. C. McConkey and
J. C Ryan saw smoke coming' from
the cimier licnp and trlod to put it out.
Tteey Mumped the place. It is sup
mnsd nue of the stoppers had been
ino.ttOd tn some manner in moving
th ran. HMd that n fire started under
the cllcrs which finally molted the
hot tW.
Wsnt the men tried to stamp the
fire owt they got their boots afire and
i4 41fflcMlty in putting it out. All
thse men have been seen and have
tola vke same story.
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT
Three Decisions Arc Handed Down
al Olympla.
OL.YMP1A. Wash., March 29. Even
bwo buetMind and wife have separated
im iMrl person may interfere to prevent
rAcwtcfttaUeti. nnd such separation Is not
profr defense in an action for damages
for nMmatloit of affection, says the Su
rmn Court todHy in the suit of Joseph
N. Morris against Maynarrt Warwick,
fmm Lincoln County. The order of the
Uwr court dismissing the section is set
io and a trial on the merits Is ordered.
JnAicmettt for defendant is affirmed in
the Jgrsii County case of the adminis
trator f the estate of W. H. Fiske
alnt the Merchants Bank of Port
Towwffwl, In which the estate sued for
4eqostt. The bank dofense was that
th! was a balance of 712.781 false credit
Fiake had secured from the bank by forc
ing the Indorsomont of F. Chevalier &. Co.
tn drafts and checks.
Judgment for defendant is affirmed in
th c.m of .Lewis Dusenbcrry, who sued
to fweclosc a mortgage on Columbia
County land given by William McDole.
McDote ciahnod an agreement by which
he paid the amount of the mortgage in
wheat, and the plaintiff claimed that It
stMMtM Have been paid in money. Wheat
was good payment under the agreement,
say tht Supreme Court.
JMMlwVSE DEMAND FOR LUMBER
Mill in Washington Arc Unable to
Handle Orders.
SEATTLE. March 23. (Spocial.)-An ab
normal demand for lumber from all parts
of tMs country and foreign ports has
overcrowded every lumber mill in the
f4tt. t!d up every log In the water, and
has Veeti responsible for increases in the
lmVr prico lists running from So to 510
jwr WJ over the price list of 1P04.
There- is not a mill In the state In a po-F-tTtHi
to Insure prompt deliveries, and at
on big office today that of the H. C.
Ootcon Lumber Company orders received
in tbe morning mall were thrown aside
that. If accept cd. would have kept every
mill Ue company controls busy for four
month. Other lumber offices are unable
to bundle the business offered them.
If tlc coming Summer proves to bo a
dry seawMt it will be extremely embar
rajing for th mlllmen. It Is a hazardous
undertaking to log during a dry Summer.
f'vr tc donkey engines throw sparks in
every dlrocttou. The dancer of fire will
r cr& that extreme caution will have
be escerciwd.
H Is already practically certain that the
Iwsgw. who should go into the Winter
wtth "UM.OYi.OOA fcot of logs on hand, will
nt e Mc to accumulate any surplus
r.ooks this Summer.
WHEAT IS KILLED IN SPOTS
Wotcrn Wlilttunn County Will Not
Be a Heavy Loser.
X!HFiVX. Wash.. March 2fl. Ltllls F.
Smttti. financier and "wheat king" of En
rtteott. questioned as to damage to the
whwst crop in Western Whitman County,
rtd:' '
"Tin: is r. great difference, varying
with the CMfercnt kinds of wheat, the lo
cality and the quality of the soil. In somo
localities practically all of it is killed. In
Mhors. a ismall portion, and in spots no
damage has been done at all. On the
stoim and west slopes there has been but
httle damage, while on the north hillsides,
where tJu cold wind struck It, the wheat
Is nearly all killed,
"Club nnd blucstem wheat seem to be
injured worse than the regular Winter
varieties. The damage runs from 20 to 50
per cent. but. as that is not a Fall wheat
country, and not more than 30 per cent of
the acreage is thus sown, the total loss
wtU not affect the general yield of the
rotnty to any great extent.
"Spring sowing was well advanced when
the cold wave came. Had the good weath
or continued a few days longer all of the
farmers In our section would have had
ther Spring wheat planted, and it will
auui but a few days now to finish the
Spring seeding.
PACK WILL BE MADE SMALLER
British Columbia Packers Will Run
Fewer Canneries.
ASTORIA. Or., March 23. (Special.)
r-". H. BarKer, or Vancouver, a.
general manager or mo Briusn uoiura
v.t TaiVfir Association, was hero to
day and said everything looks prosper
ous for the fishing industry in tho
North, although they do not expect to
jut up nearly the pack this season
that they did last year.
"In -fact," said he. "while our com
panv operated 21 canneries last season,
we "Will run but 12 this year, five on
the Fraeer and seven in the worth.
Last year -we packed 353,600 cases on
. u r-. am, wo ar makinc rtrcna-
ratlons to handle but 100,600 cases
this coming season.
"However, the market is .well
cleaned up, which Indicates good prices
and as there have been over 140.000,000
salmon fry turned into the Frascr
during the past year, -we bax-e excel
lent prospects for the future and con
sequently are feeling: greatly encour
aged. These were of course artificially
hatched, and in addition the natural
spawning beds arc fulL This is espe
cially true at Quisnell, where a dam
was built a few years ago and In 1901
hundreds of tons of salmon were killed
there. This dam has now been re
moved and as a result the upper
waters have since been swarming with
fish.
The Alaska pack' Is now well sold
out and I anticipate tha. we will be
able to get at least 51 per dozen for
this season's pack of Alaska reds."
FURNISH DITCH IS COMPLETED
Twenty Thousand Acres In Umatilla
County "Will lie Watered.
PEXDL.ETOX, Or., March 23. Special.)
W. J. Furnish announced today that the
Furnish ditch, which is to reclaim 20XH)
acres of land In the western end of this
county, will be opened Monday. Of this
amount of land. lO.OW acres are now ready
for water, and there are at least 18,000
acres more which can be brought under
the ditch.
This land is adjoining the blK Umatilla
reclamation project which the Govern
ment now has in hand. The Furnish ditch
Is 30 miles in length, while the Govern
ment canal will be 22 miles long and will
also supply water for 20.000 acres.
NEW RULES FOR SALOONS
MAYOR OF SEATTLE IS CLEAN
ING UP THE TOWN.
Licenses Arc Refused at Street-Car
Transfer Points and Closed
Boxes to Be Forbidden.
SEATTLE. Wash., March 29. (Spe
cial.) if Mayor Mooro carries out a
new programme he has formulated he
will mnkc life a burden to certain sa
loon men. He has declared against
licenses for drinklng-houscs at trans
fer corners, and is even now. holding
up two licenses that Involve a renewal
of old grants. Each Is located on a
corner where transfers arc made from
one street-car to another.
Before the week is out the Mayor
will have prepared a set of regulations
for the saloons that will be transmit
ted to the police dopartment for en
forcement. These regulations will pro
hibit boxos In the saloons save those
with open fronts, forbid the loitering
of women and will specify the degree
of order that must be preserved. The
instruction to the police force will be
based upon the Mayor's Interpretation
of the law.
Already the police hav raided one
up-town lodging-house where sus
picion was cast upon the character of
its inhabitants. A dozen other houses
are marked for a new crusade. The
first raid was ordered upon reports the
Mayor received and the others will be
attacked upon similar showings.
It has been shown pretty clearly that
the order to clean up the town will b
given in explicit terms, and will be
carried out. The new city executive
Js aiming most of his reform moves at
tho saloons.
LAWS ADVOCATED BY GRANGE
License Tax on Classes of Cars and
Express and Other Companies.
MACLBAY. Or.. March 29.-The State
Grange executive committee, composed of
It. G. Leedy. Austin T. Buxton nnd C. E.
Spence. has Issued the following, ad
dressed to "the people of Oregon": .
Th approaching Hctlon is one of the rooM
important In the history of the rtatr. Every
voter should carefully oonMdcr hl ballot be
fore casting It. Th ppl here and else
where are Just awakening to sec that Mic
tions are often a contest between the rights'
of the people and th corporate Kntereata.
Among the Initiative laws to be voted on
In June arc two put forward by the State
Grange. Patron of Husbandry, which have
been largely Indorsed, by the fanners, the
worklnRmen and the taxpayers generally. One
bill provides for an annual license tax upon
the gross earnings of oil car, lf cping-car
and refrigerator car companies. (Veto 31S X
yes on ballot.) The other provides a rimllar
tax upon pxpre. telegraph and telephone com
panies. (Vote 320 X yes on ballot.)
These corporations have been doing a prof
itable business in the Stale of Oregon and
have hitherto escaped paying any tax worth
mentioning. The expense of state government
are rapidly Increasing, and the burden of tax
ation falls more and more heavily upon the
owners of real estate. Other states have simi
lar laws In force, and relief ha come, thereby,
to thefarmer and to the man who owns his
home.
The Grange has labored long to recure a
more equal taxation in Oregon, and has pe
titioned for these laws in the expectation that
every taxpayer and fair-minded citizen would
support them.
The provisions of thene bills do not revoke
or change any law upon our statutes. They
seek to accomplish only what is right and
Just.
Printed copies are In the hands of the
County Clerkfl for free dlFtrlbuUoa. We urge
the citizens to examine these laws, and alt
others to be voted on June 4. The conservative
and substantial character of the Grange Is
a eufricient guarantee that these laws are
moderate In demand and In the direction of
necessary reform.
Connaughl Goes Fishing.
DUNCANS, B. C March 29. Prince
Arthur of Connaught and party arrived
here this morning by special train and
were met by automobiles and carriages
which conveyed the royal party to
Cowichan Lake, 24 milos from horc,
where two days will .be spent in lislj
Ing. The villagers crowded at tho
station and loyally velcomed the
Prince, who smilingly bowed his ac
knowledgments. After completing tho fishing at tho
lake, the party will run the rapids of
the Cowichan in a number of Indian
canoes, manned by crews of Quaml
chan Indians.
Ccntralla Needs an Opera-House.
CENTRA LI A. Wash.. March 29. (Spe
cial.) A proposal will bo made to the
Centralla Commercial Club at Its next
meeting to form a stock company and'
build a new opera-house for Ccntralla.
Manager E. W. Thomas, of the present
opera-house, has stated his desire to
build a new opera-houso and his friends
have urged him to put up a stone or brick
building. Mr. Thomas is not nnancially
able to do this, but with some help from
a stock company he believes that he
could hulld a new opera-houso that
would be a credit to Centralla.
Gets News of Brother's 'Death.
SEATTLE, March 29. Bernard Pejly,
British-Vice-consul at the port of
Seattle, received a cable this morning
announcing tho death of his brother
Lancelot, in Corea. There had been
no previous word of his Illness and the
Vice-Consul had been arranging for
the 'home-coming. of his brother, who
Intended to make Seattle his home
after May 1.
Killed by Runaway, Horse
UNION. Or.. March 23. fSpeciaD-Edith.
the 14-year-old daughter of C H. Clark,
of Union, while riding a runaway horse
yesterday, was thrown and so badly in-
jured that she died a few houxa later.
Dl IS BLOWN IIP
Linn County People Are Much
Stirred Up.
FIGHT FOR A WATERWAY
W. J. Turnldge, or Crabtrce Station,
Seeks to Secure All Rights on
the Roaring River and
Crabtrce Creek.
ALBANY. Or., March 29. (Special.)
A dam across Roaring River, near its
confluence with Crabtree Creek, In the
eastern part of Linn County, and at
the location of the mill of W. T. Lar
wood. was blown up with dynamite at
about 11 o'clock last night. This law
loss act marks the beginning of hos
tilities in a struggle for right of way
over ihese streams for logging, lum
bering and milling purposes, and Is
the first Indication Albany people have
received of the white heat to which
feeling over the matter has arisen
among residents of that rich lumber
ing section of Linn County.
March 7. W. J. Turnldge. of Crab
trce station, about ten miles from the
confluence of Crabtree Creek and
Roaring River, where the sawmUl ot
W. T. Larwood Is located, filed with the
County Clerk of Linn County an appli
cation to have the two streams abov.e
mentioned declared unnavigable water
ways, to make them a public highway
for tho purpose of floating and trans
porting logs, timber, lumber and wood,
and the use thereof a public use for
ruch purposes, and to acquire to him
self the exclusive right to regulate,
manage and control the stream for
the above-mentioned purposes and to
charge the public for such uses such
rate as may be reasonable.
Turnldge also reserved the right to
leas or sell his right. In return for
these privileges and rights. Turnldge
proposes to remove all obstructions
from the waterways and make them
open for lumbering purposes.
The streams for which Turnldge has
applied for an exclusive control arc
the outlet for timber from one of the
richest lumbering districts of Linn
County, and the exclusive control of
these streams has been estimated to be
worth many thousands of dollars.
There are already small lumber mills
operating along the streams. VJ'hen
active cutting of timber begins, the
privileges asked for will become a
valuable asset.
The mill of W. T. Larwood comes
within the territory which Turnldge
seeks to control, and Larwood and his
friends raised a vigorous protest
against granting the exclusive con
trol to Turnldge. Feeling In the com
munity has reached a white heat, and
when last night some unknown person
or persons fired a charge of dynamite
under the Larwood dam. blowing the
same out of the river and utterly de
stroying It. the war for control began.
The explosion was powerful, break
ing the windows In the home of Mr.
Larwood near by. and the flying debris
tore shingles from the roof of his
house.
Yesterday, prior to the explosion, the
residents of the Larwood commurAty
held a mass meeting and resolved to
protest against granting the privileges
asked by Turnldge. Today one of the
Larwood people stated that people
generally around there were subscrib
ing to a fund to rebuild the destroyed
dam. I'nder present conditions the
larwood mill Is Idle, the crook not
running enough water to operate the
mill without the dam.
UNITED RAILWAYS FRANCHISE
Forest Grove Grants Right of Way
on City Streets.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. March 29. (Spe
cial.) At a special meeting of the City
Council, held last evening, a new fran
chise was granted to the United Railways
Company, of Portland, for the construe
tlon of Its Interurban electric line along
the streets of this city. A franchise had
been granted the old Oregon Traction
Company, but it had lapsed because work
had not been completed In the time re
quired.
The new charter is much the same as
the old. and permits the road to come
Into the dty along the principal street
from the cast and makes a loop around
the business center of the town. The
franchise I for 25 years, and tho line
must be completed nnd In operation by
June 1. 1W7. or the right lapses.
SECRECY OP THE BALLOT
CLACKAMAS COUNTY PEOPLE
RAISE SETTLED QUESTION.
Citizen Who Will Not Give His Po
Iilical Affiliation Jlay Not
Vote at Primaries.
SALEM. Or.. March 23. (Special.)
Tho validity of that portion of the di
rect-primary lnw which requires a
voter to register his party affiliations
has been questioned by residents of
Clackamas County, who have presented
the matter io the Attorney-General
for his opinion. Mr. Crawford has re
plied, quoting the plain provisions of
tne statute, which says that no person
shall be permitted to vote in a pri
mary election unless he has registered
his party affiliation.
The Attorney-General says that in
view of this plain provislqn. It would
be Impossible for-him to hold otherwise
than that it is the duty -of election
judges to reject the ballot of any per
son who has refused to register his
party affiliations.
The point the Clackamas people
raise is that the requirement of regis
tration is a. violation of the secrecy of
the ballot, for such registration-gives
notice to the "world which party the
voter belongs to. This same question
was raised when the. primary law was
before the people for adoption, and It
was then shown that the primary law
violates the secrecj of the ballot no
more than did the old system of con
ducting primary elections.
Under the old system, the party pri
maries were conducted separately and
In order to participate in Republican
primaries a man must acknowledge
himself a member of that party, and
do it publicly. The only difference
under the present system Is that the
voter must make his party affiliation
known at least ten days before tho
election.
One purpose of the direct primary
law was to prevent the members of
one party from participating in the
primary election of another t party.
That end could not be attained
. without requiring a man to acknowl-
edge party affiliation. It was neces
sary under the old system and Is now
necessary- If a man wants to keep his
party affiliation secret he must stay
out of the primaries. And this was true
under the old system as under the new.
The direct primary law docs not.
therefore, make any change so far as
the secrecy of the ballot Is concerned.
If a man refuses to acknowledge him
self a member of either the Republican
or the Democratic party he will be re
fused an onp6rtunIty to participate In
the selection of candidates ftr cither
of those parties.
BREAK WAY OCT OF JAIL
Seattle Short-Term Prisoners Find
Easy Method of Escape.
SEATTLE, March 23. (Specials-Four
city prisoners, serving short terms In
what Is known as the "work" cell at the
city Jail, tore off a small plank and es
caped through the roof of the prison,
some time last night. A cedar plank, an
inch thick, was the only preventive f
an escape and the prisoners had no trou
ble in removing this.
This Is the fifth jailbreak at the city
prison within two yean, ami the second
occurring In this manner. Those who got
away were: James Dunn, alias Hender
son, an cx-convict with but one day of
hit 63-day sentence left to serve: W. Fo-
val. serving 30 days for disorderly con
duct; W. Livlngton. a tool thief, serving
63 days: B. Tracy, an opium smoker under
15 days' sentence.
BUILDING SMALL, BUT MANY
EGGS CAN BE 1LVNDLED.
Fish Warden Will Also Select a Site
for Plant on the Coqulllc
River.
COOS BAY. Or.. March 2J.-(SpccIaU
H. G. Van Dusen. State Fish Warden,
has Just let a contract to A. J. Savage,
of Marshfleld. to construct a hatchery
building on South Coos River, on the site
where operations have been carried on
successfully for the past five years.
The building will be something of the
style of the Wallowa hatchery, and will be
1W feet 6 Inches by 55 feet 4 Inches. It
will be equipped with hatching troughs
and it Is estimated lhat lO.CCO.COO fish can
be hatched each season.
"The building will be only about halt
the size of the Wallowa station, hut on
account of the mild climate here." said
Mr. Van Dusen. "wc will be able to han
dle a great many more eggs. We can
carry o:t more than half of the work out
In the open."
While hen; the Fish Warden will selcot
a site for a hatchery on the Coquille Riv
er, to he in readiness for Fall work.
Heretofore the heavy logging in tho dif
ferent forks of the Coquille lias prevented
the fish from going up the streams far
enough, and eggs were taken at the Coos
River station and hatched, and the small
fry taken over there in large milk cans
and turned loose when they were a couple
of inches long. Mr. an Dusen considers
the Coos River hatchery one of the best
locations in the West.
AFTER BOTH CONVENTIONS
Walla AValla Will Make Overtures to
the Big Parties.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 23.
(Special.) Walla Walla Is going to make
a try for the state conventions of both
political parties this year. The matter
was brought up In the Commercial Club
meeting this evening and a committee ap
pointed to take it In hand.
It Is said that the state administration
Is desirous of holding the Republican con
vention in Seattle, but a great many of
the politicians are favoring Tncoma or
some other city. According to reports
that come from Pugct Sound the mem
bers of the Republican state central com
mittee do not look with much favor on
the plan to hold the convention in Scat
tic, it being hinted that it is a scheme
to boost certain factional intercuts.
May Bar Saloons From Seaside.
SEASIDE. Or., March 29.-(SpeciaI.)
At a regular meeting of the City Council
of Seaside Monday evening an Iron-clad
ordinance was introduced raising saloon
licenses to $650 per year, prohibiting con
certs or music of any kind in tho saloons
and making licenses non-transferable.
This, the saloon-keepers allege. Is tan
tamount to prohibition. From present In
dlcations. If the ordinance passes on its
third reading. Seaside will be without a
saloon during the coming year.
The revenue from the saloons at pres
ent Is J210) per year, and the reason for
raising the license Is the need or the city
for more money.
Alloltlng Lands to Indinns.
HOQUIAM. Wash.. March 23. (Special.)
T. R. Archer, who is alloting lands to
the Indians in the Quinault reserve, to
day said:
"We have allotted 150 claims or 12.C00
acres. The land- being chosen Is along
the Quinault River and ocean. The work
Is now being done along the Coast Range,
but we find it slow, owing to Indians be
lug slow to take their allotments. The
work Is now about half done, hut I have
no way of telling how many Indians not
on tho census are eligible to have
land according to treaty rights."
Glen Scott Elected President.
PENDLETON. Or.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) The annual student-body elec
tion of the Pendleton High School was
helJ this afternoon. Glen Scott, the
leader of the dobatlng team, was
chosen president, and Miss Edna Zim
merman vice-president. o other of
fleers were elected, owing to the fct
that, though a large number of ballots
were taken no person could poll a ma
jority of the votes cast. A secretary
and treasurer win tncrerore oc elected
at a subsequent meeting.
Huntington Gets Electric Lines.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 23. An Im
port ant transfer of railway and electric
lines Involving has been recorded
here. All Interests of E. S. Babcock In
this city, consisting of trolley lines and
a steam railway to La Jolla, were made
over to the Los Angeles & San Diego
Beach Railway Company, or In other
words to the Huntington Interests, and
the announced Intention of the corpora
tion is to construct electric linos from
Los Angeles to Tla Juana. on the Mexican
border.
Garfield to Have Gymnasium.
GARFIELD. Wash.. March 2?. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of some 3D of the citi
zens of Garfield at the Hotel Carter It
was determined to build a gymnasium and
library 103x70. west of and adjoining
the graded school building at a cost of
JoOOO to rrOCO. The subscription was llbcr
allv started and a committee consisting
of I. J. Howard. J. A. DIx, L. W. Fotlls
and J. W. Roudcbush were appointed to
solicit additional subscriptions.
Master or the Ariel Married.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. March 23. (Special.)
Captain E. J. Splcer. of the schooner
Ariel, and Miss Daisy Smith were married
tonight in this city. The house was dec
orated with a profusion of cut flowers and
I the affair was largely attended.
S AT SEATTLE
University of Oregon Has Neg-
ative Side on Debate.
IDAHO VICTOR AT EUGENE
Argument Whether Interstate Com
merce Commission Should Be
Given Power to Fix the
Rnilroad Rates.
SEATTLE. March 23.-(SpeciaL) The
University of Oregon debating team de
feated Washington here tonight after a
splendid exhibition.' Oregon had the neg
ative of the question. "Resolved, that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
should be given the power to prescribe
reasonable maximum railroad rates in
cases brought before It. these rates to
tako effect within a reasonable time and
to obtain thence onward subject to review
by the courts."
W. C. Winslow. second speaker for Ore
gon, made the bit of the evening by a
vigorous oratorical effort. B. O. Dodson
contributed toward the victory by a log- j
leal speech and cool deliver, and J. C.
Voatch closed with a clear summary and
powerful appeal.
Oregon contended that the measure
proposed would not help the railroad,
because it would not touch discrimina
tions. Washington placed too much
stress on extortionate rates, tney satu.
when as a matter of fact rates In the
United States are not unreasonable: fur
thermore, the plan proposed would be a
positive harm to the public, shipper and
carrier. Oregon contended there are much
better means of rate regulation. "
The Washington men gave most of their
time to prove that rates are exorbitant
and that regulation by the commission
would remedy this evil. John W. Camp
bell. Stanley A. Griffith nnd Ingham
Hughes constituted the Washington team.
The decision was two for Oregon and ono
for Washington.
JUDGES DECIDE FOR IDAHO
Team From Moscow Has tho Nega
tive at Eugene.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
March 20. (Special.) Oregon's strong de
bating trio went down to defeat before
the Idaho team last night In Villard Hall.
Both teams evinced the most thorough
preparation, and the debate was ably car
ried on by both sides. The contest turned
on the work of the two leaders. T. B. Dod
son for Oregon and V. C. Price for Idaho,
and their forensic endeavors were the
feature of the debate.
J. R. Latourotte opened the debate with
a careful presentation of the facts that
extortionate and discriminative railroau
rates exist for which public sentiment de
mands a remedy. Roy Peebler. of Idaho.
followed with arguments to show that the
affirmative remedy was Inadequate, since
It clearly could not cure the private-car
evil or " the discrimination of terminal
roods.
F. V. Galloway upheld the affirmative
with arguments to prove that the remedy
was sufficient to cure evils complained of.
That power to proscribe rates would cause
Inelastic rates and be incmcicnt to cure
discrimination was the argument of Mc-
Keen Marrow, of Idaho, and then Dodson.
for the afllrmailve. proved the cxpcdlency
of the remedy as shown by the record of
the commission.
v n Price closed Idaho s debate by a
strong presentation of the unconstitu
tional features of the prospective rem-
edv. and left the case of the amrmative
In such shape that five minutes' great re
buttal work by Oregon's leader could not
gather it together again. The judges
were: W. D. Fenton. G. G. Gammans and
R. W. Montague, of Portland, and Chair
man I. M. Glen, of the University of Ore
gon. Their decision was unanimous.
Idaho Defeated at Home.
MOSCOW. Idaho. March 23. (Special.)
in tv. intrrnitofrlnte debate here tonlzht.
betweon the Washington State University.
of Seattle, and the University ot taano.
Washington won on a close decision, tne
vote of tho Judges standing 2 to 1. The
question for debate was. "Should the In
terstate Commerce Commission be given
mn-AP tn flv ji reasonable maximum rail
road rate In cases brought before It."
Idaho had the affirmative, and was rep
resented by Jcwett D. Matthews. Orland
r rarTvin and Charles A. Montandon.
Washington sent Margaret Heycs. Charles
Whalland ami t-loyu a. watneia to pre
sent tho negative. Hatfield proved tho
star debater of tho two teams, and It was
owing to his able work that the visitors
were able to win. For Idaho, Montandon
carried off the honors.
Tho participants all acquitted them
mivoc nu nnd the nuestion was thor
oughly threshed out. from an argumenta
tive standpoint. The popular view secmea
to be that Idaho had a shade tho better
of the contest, but the Judges took the
other view and gave the victory to Wash
ington. Mayor W. M. Morgan presided,
and the Judges were President Black, of
the Lcwlston Normal: Judge John O.
Bender, of Lewlston, and Judge J. G.
Hlnkle. of Spokane.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
R. W. Van Dyke.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Marclt 23. R.
W. Van Dyke, an old resident of Cen
tralla, died at his home here last night
from erysipelas and disabilities of age.
Mr. Van Dyke had been a familiar fig
ure to the traveling public for many
years In Centralla. where he handled
different daily papers. He was the
father of John F. Van Dyke, of the in
ternal revenue service at Tacoma.
Thomns !McCubbIns.
OREGON CITY. Or.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) Thomas McCubblns. aged 45 years,
a farmer residing at Logan, died of can
cer at his home yesterday. He Is survived
by a wife and six children.
Bond on Astoria TIdeland.
ASTORIA. Or., March 23. (Special.) S.
D. Adair today secured a bond for an
Eastern company on a tract of 10CO acrea
of tldeland. located Just -across Young's
Bay from this city and between xoungs
and Lewis and Clark Rivers. Tho
price at which the land Is bonded is $30
Tli Intention of the company
Is to dike the property, thus making It
suitable for rarming purposes.
Body Found In Wlshkah.
ABERDEEN. Wash., March 23. (Spe
cial.) The mystery of the disappearance
of William Anderson, aged 72. from Ho
qulam a month ago. was cleared up today
when his body was found floating In tho
Wlshkah River. It is supposed he com
mitted suicide.
County Clerk "Will Healgn.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) County Clerk Phllbrick will resign
his office, which would expire next Jan
uary, to begin at once the practice of law
In Hoqulam.
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RAILROADED TO PRISON
1TALIAX SAYS TWO WITNESSES
ARE PERJURED.
Alleges Women Told False Story of
Confessed Assault to Get Him
Out of the Way.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) Matteo Romano, serving a 14
year sentence for an assault with in
tent to murder Sebastian Uccl. has
asked the Superior Court to compel
Justice of the Peace Davis to issue
warrants for the arrest of the two
principal witnesses against him on
charges of perjury. A dozen affidavits
filed with the application declare those
witnesses confessed they swore falsely.
Romano was a young Italian who
made the mistake of falling In love
with Conchctta Rosettl. a young wife.
He met the glrl-wlfe at the home of
her mother. Mrs. Sebastian Feci. Later
Mr. Rosettl learned of the love affair
nnd Romano ceased his attentions to
the woman. About the same time Mrs.
Uccl decided she wanted a divorce and
a younger husband. She got the di
vorce. While Ucci was living alone he was
set upon on tne streets one day by-
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three men and shot in the arm. No
prosecution resulted because Feci re
fused to Interfere. But when attacked
by two men at his home one nigtu. he
entered a complaint. Romano was ar
rested. Both Conchctta Rosettl and
her mother swore that Romano had
confessed to them that he committed
the assault.
In the affidavits asking for the pros
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since confessed that Rosettl and Mrs.
Uccl Instigated the testimony, and
both because they wanted Romano t
get out of the way. They wanted to
separate Conchettl Rosctti and her
young lover.
This story was carried to the County
Attorncy and to every Justice of the
Peace In the county. All refused a
warrant, and finally in desperation
mandamus proceedings were com
menced. If perjury can be proven. Ro
mano's attorneys hope to get a pardon.
Notices or Candidacy Filed.
SALEM. Or.. March 23. (Special.)
Harvey El Cross, of Oregon City, today
tiled notice of his candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for Representative
from Multnomah and Clackamas Coun
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W. M. Slushcr. of Pendleton, filed his
declaration as candidate for the Repub
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Umatilla and Morrow Counties. He says
he will consider the vote on United States
Senator as a recommendation which he
will be at liberty to ignore if the reasons
for so doing seem sufficient to him.
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