THE MORNING OREGONIAN, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 190G.
ILK Of FRANCHISE
Twenty Popular Candidates in The Oregonian's Yellowstone Contest
Killed His Best Friend in a
Drunken Brawl.
Initiative One Hundred Pro
poses Change. '
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Counsel for the Defense Admits the
Shooting, but Claims That His
Client 'as Irresponsible
at the Time.
I They contain six
Purpose Is to Ask the Council to
Amend Front-Street Ordinance,
and If Refused to Invoke
the Referendum.
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A. X. Cummlngs. Lafayette Caples.
i J. T. Chinnock. G. W. Alln. Charles
A. Bauer. William B. Cobb. T. W.
ZfKler, B. W. Montross. M. Qulnn,
S George H. Keene. W. S. Gilbert and
G. Jiaker.
The second day of the trial of Gusta
Wlrtanen for the murdef of Matt Watllo
concluded with the evidence of Martin
Gruber, driver of the police patrol wagon,
who. with Serjeant Jones, went to the
scene of the murder at Seventeenth and
Pettygrove streets- after the fact had
been reported to police headquarters. He
tnld of finding the body and tne arrest of
Wlrtanen. and that those at the hotel
had been drinking, and told of the shoof-
ing. Sergeant Jones gave similar evi
dence. Both of these witnesses on cross
examination by Dan J. Malarkey, attor
ney for the defense, admitted that Wlrta
nen was tottering and appeared dazed
and stupid, and Mr. Malarkey on this
evidence thinks he scored a point. Dr.
O. H. Wheeler, city physician, testified
regarding the nature of the wound re
ceived by the man who was shot, and
Ieputy Coroner Finley told of the part
the Coroner's office took In the case.
This constitutes all the evidence so far
. adduced. The morning was taken up with
the opening speeches to the Jury by Dep
uty District Attorney Adams and Mr.
MalarVey. The Jury afterwards visited
the scene, and court was reconvened at 3
o'clock.
All "Here Drinking.
The opening .address by Mr. Malarkey
was a brilliant effort. He recounted the
event9 of the fatal night, covering all of
the details completely. Several men
were drinking, and when they could stand
no more fell down like soldiers, and were
carried upstairs by their companions and
put to bed. The party Included Matt
Hautala, Blake, Ktgisarl, Johnson and
Watllo and the defendant. Hautala and
Johnson came in late, having probably
been to the theater. Johnson soon after
went to bed, followed by Blake. The oth
ers sat up and drank 18 bottles of beer,
end then went upstairs from the saloon,
and Hautala called for brandy, and two
bottles were brought. Hautala finally be
came Incensed because Wlrtanen refused
ti drink any more. a:id beat him in an
unmerciful manner, threw him down
stairs and followed him into the street
and kicked him and beat his face Into a
Jelly. Mrs. Wlrtanen awoke and came
' to the rescue of her husband, and Hau
tala ran away, and has not been seen
since, and the police have been unable
lo ntrd him. Mr. Miilarkey then told how
Wlrtanen went to a bureau drawer, and,
securing a pistol, shot Watllo. who Vas
his best friend, without knowing what he
was doing.
Tells of Good Character.
Wlrtanen, counsel explained, bought the
hotel last Fall, and the saloon was at
tached to It. He had never been In the
, saloon business before, never was ar
rested, anil had always been a law-abiding
citizen. Intelligent, and a good mu-
. siclan.
Mr. Adams, for the state, spoke of the
; affair as a little combat among drunken
' men. and said Wlrtanen was not Justified
: :ii shooting or killing anybody, and should
be convicted.
The trial will be resumed today.
MATERIAL AYITXESSES MISSING
Trial of John Bishop on Larceny
Charge Is Postponed.
The disappearance of two material wlt
' nesses for the prosecution, Jacob Barde
; and M. Schmltzler. caused a continuance
of the trial of John Bishop on a larceny
charge yesterday morning In Circuit
Jurftje Scars' court. Bishop Is accused of
stealing 1500 pounds of wire valued at
Si00, from where it had been paced near
Oswego, belonging to the Portland Gen
eral Kleetrlc Company. The wire has not
been recovered.
The jury was drawn and the trial was
about to be proceeded with when Deputy
District Attorney Haney discovered that
these two witnesses were absent. The
return of the Sheriff shows that they
were both subpenaed May 14. Mr. Haney
informed the court of his dllemna and
'.said he could not proceed with the trial
without them. He had supposed they
were on hand, but had ascertained that
they had gone to San Francisco. Judge
Sears remarked: "If these witnesses were
regularly subpenaed I will give them some
. thing to talk about If they return to
this county. They will then know they
cannot disobey a summons of this court
just because they think they can make
money going away when their services
are needed at the trial of this case."
' Aa there was nothing else to do the
trial was continued until June 1. and
the Jury was Instructed to report on that
date.
Barde and Schmltzler are dealers In
junk.
MIT TO COLLECT FOR PIAXO
J. II. Brown, Defendant in Action to
Obtain Selling Price.
The suit of the Eilers Piano House
against J. H. Brown to recover for a
Weber piano was tried before Judge
Cleland yesterday, and was taken under
advisement. Mr. Brovpn came to Port
land from China over a year ago, where
he made a fortune. He purchased a mag
nificent home at Mount Tabor, and bought
the piano for JlOi'5. The contract was
made out in his wife's name. The house
Tas destroyed by fire, the piano In
cluded.' Mr. Brown expects the firm to
collect from his wife, and testified that
he made her a present of the Instrument,
which she was to pay for out of her al
lowance of S75 a month. He once sold
pianos, and admitted the one he pur
chased was first class. The only contro
versy is whether Mr. Brown or Mrs.
Brown shall pay, and the piano house
does not know If it can collect from
Mrs. Brown, but thinks it can from Mr.
Brown. Witnesses for the firm admitted
that they were well aware Mrs. Brown
was to receive the instrument, and made
the contract In her name at her hus
bands request, but It was the under
standing that he would see that it was
paid for, and stood responsible for the
payment.
Wife Dodges Divorce Summons.
Margie Cone is dodging divorce proceed
ings begun by her husband, A. B. Cone,
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f L Ethel Henderson. Santiam. tiladja Chamberlain, Fort land.
Mary Westorf, Amity.
Jeanette Manasse, Athena.
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Viva M arren, Weston.
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ONLY nine days more, and the great
est and most successful contest ever
conducted by a Western newspaper
will come to a glorious end. The several
hundred candidates who are striving with
every energy for victory, which means to
them a trip to the wonderful Yellowstone
Park and many other places of unusual
interest, can hardly realize that the con
test will soon be over. They are so ab
sorbed In the pursuit of the precious votes
that soliciting for subscriptions has be
come second nature to them.
Many of the young ladles who are shown
are leaders in their respective districts.
But It Is safe to say that not a single
one xt them Is sure of election. The con
test in all of the districts Is so closely
fought, and there is so much shifting of
the leaders, that It would be a physical
impossibility to pick the winners with
any reasonable degree of accuracy.
Applies to AH Contestants.
The statement that none of the candi
dates whose pictures are shown are by
In the State Circuit Court. They were
married In Stockton, Cal., May 10, 1902.
and Cone in his complaint alleges that
his wife deserted him November 20. 1905,
In San Francisco, and has followed the
occupation of a vaudeville actress and
box-rustler, contrary to his wishes. Sev
eral days ago Mrs. Cone came to Port
land,' and went tc her. sister's home at
Alblna. Mr. Cone learned of her where
abouts, and. accompanied by a Deputy
Sheriff, started for the scene to serve the
divorce papers. About the same time
Mrs. Cone started to board an eastbound
railroad train. The husband and Deputy
Sheriff met her a short distance from
the depot, but she proved too fast for
them, and succeeded in catching the train,
which was Just about to leave, before they
could overtake her.
Cone can obtain service by publication
of summons.
Jurors for Circuit Court;
The following men- were selected
yesterday to act as Jurors at the June
term of the State Circuit Court:
C. A. AgostiT Olaf Akeyson, George
S. Allen, Robert Abrahamson, . L. W.
Anderson. Krlc Anderson, John. Behr
ens, F. M. Batchlor, J. H. Burgard, K.
B. Beck, J. T. Barron, Oscar Bantx,
Charles Blaxom. G. P. Becker, John
Bingham. Sol Bluraauer. George Bam
ford, Charles M. Bequette, Charles
Bireher. A. W. Beldmgr. J. M. Church,
W. B. Chilcote. William J. Cuddy. Jr.,
Wilbur Campbell. J. L. Cline, C. -V.
Cooper, W.J. Corcoran, E. I Corner.
Jacob Cooper. Vln Cook. H. A. Chap
man, J. J. Cole. J. M. Cheever, Alfred
H. Culpan. H. H. Crosln. William A.
Cumming. Thomas F. Cuttle, J. W.
Cook, Joseph Delaney. James T. Dowd,
Daniel Drew, L. F. Danforth, W. F.
Edwards. R. D. Fulton. Joseph Folken
berg. William Goldman. Fred Howitt,
George Hartness, Richard Heinbach.
James Allard. Oscar Johnson, J. L.
Kline. Mier Klapper. C-. C. Kachold. J.
B. Kellogg. F. P. Keenan. M. A. Kaiser.
J. R. Kaser, E. E. King, William Kln
dorf. J. Kelb. Henry Kniso. J. iL
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Anna Parks.
Beule Hill. Medford..
Pearl I glow, 8outh Bend. Waab.
Dora Moody. Molalla.
Miss Callie Pomeroj, Rainier'.
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McCormick, jLebanon.
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no means certain of election applies to all
of the several hundred contestants.
Rarely, If ever, has there been another
contest in which the candidates were so
evenly matched. One day one girl will
be in the lead of the candidates in her
district, and the next day she may find
herself near the bottom of the list. What
Is true of one district is true of all.
The great final rush is on, and will con
tinue until the contest closes Friday, June
J, at 9 o'clock at night. No votes will be
received after that hour except those
which are sent through the mall, and
which were deposited in the postofflces
not later than Friday night.
But the candidates who are working so
hard and nobly for victory may be as
sured that if they are successful they
will have the trip of their lives. The
Oregonian proposes to make the trip as
great a success as is the contest itself.
It will do something that no other news
paper in the United States has ever done;
it will charter a whole special train,
which will be occupied exclusively by The
Oregonian party. No other newspaper in
the country ever chartered a special train
for the convenience of the successful can
Leader, George W. Lange, George
Leithoff, George P. Lenhardt. Axel
Larsen, John Mock, John Prideaux,- L.
E. Watts. Ben Witter, Henry Wolfe.
James Wood, George Willis, Marcus
Doremus.
Boy Sues for Loss of Hand.
Roscoe Magone, a hoy of 16 years,
whose right hand was cut off by a ma
chine (used for cutting wood Into shape
for making baskets, yesterday filed suit
against the Portland Manufacturing Com
pany, by his guardian, H. S. Magone, for
J10.000 damages. The plant of the com
pany is located at St. Johns, and the
accident occurred on February J3 last.
The complaint recites that young Magone
had been employed to perform simple
tasks about the mill, and had no knowl
edge of the machinery, and he was or
dered by the superintendent of the fac
tory to work at the machine. On account
of his lack of experience, it Is alleged the
boy put his band under the knives, and
it was cut off at the wrist.
Street Railway Sued for-Daniages.
Elisabeth Gallagher, by her attorneys,
Hosford & Brice, yesterday began suit
in the State Circuit Cpurt against the
Portland Railway Company for $10,000.
She alleges that on March 7. while she
was crossing Washington street at Its in
tersection with Seventh street she was
run down by a car and violently thrown
to the ground, and her face and head
were severely Injured, and her left shoul
der and the muscles of her back wrenched,
and she was permanently injured. It Is
charged in the complaint that the car
was. being run at the unlawful speed of
JS miles an hour.
Asks Damages From Car Line.
Frederick Proebstel yesterday sued the
Portland Railway Company In the State
Circuit Court for $10,000 damages for per
sonal injuries. On March , 1906. Proeb
stel was walking along Pippin street. St.
Johns, in front of the car. and he alleges
that the car came behind him, running
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Bertha Williams, Burns.
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Gertrude Randall, Cattle
Mary Ewlnjp, Marshland.
Portland.
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Miss Inga Aland. Tacoma.
didates in similar contests. The contest
in itself has established a precedent be
cause of the . great and remarkable en
thusiasm manifested and the tremen
dously heavy voting, and another prece
dent will be established by The Oregonian
in the entertainment of the young ladies
who win out in the contest.
Will Spend Fourth Here.
The contest manager plans to have all
of the successful young ladies in Portland
by July 4. After spending the Fourth in
Portland and being allowed ample time
to see all that there is to be seen In
Portland and the immediate vicinity, the
party will embark on "The Oreg'onian Spe
cial,'' as it will be known.
The party will leave Portland on "The
Oregonian Special" over- the O. R. & N.
and will return by the same route. As the
name implies, "The Oregonian Special"
will be a special train, which will be oc
cupied exclusively by The Oregonian
party. It will be one of the finest and
most elegantly equipped trains ever in the
West. It will consist of two Pullman pal
ace cars, an observation car, diner, baggage-car
and an engine. It will travel un
der a schedule arranged for the conven-
at a high rate of speed, and that no
bell was rung or any signal given to warn
him, and no effort made to stop the car.
He was struck and knocked down and In
jured about the head and body, and his
right leg was crushed. Hosford & Brice
appear, as the attorneys In the case.
.Gives Beer to Children.
Harold Hendee, a youth of 17, who
gave beer to several children younger
than himself, was sentenced to a year
In the County Jail yesterday by Judge
Frazer. and was paroled. Hendee was
convicted a, week ago on a charge of
contributing to the delinquency of
minors. He is too old to be sent to
the Reform School, and as the court
did not want to lock him up in jail, he
was given another chance during good
behavior. Judge Fraxer lectured him
on the error of his ways, and Harold
promised to work and redeem himself.
Begins a Divorce Action.
Emma A. Sjostedt has filed a divorce
suit in Columbia County against Andrew
Sjostedt because of cruel treatment. The
complaint was served in this city on the
defendant yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Hollingsworth. The litigants were mar
ried in 1899 and have four' children, aged
6 4 and years and 8 months respec
tively. The mother says she Is willing to
assume the burden of rearing the two
younger children.
Begins an Attachment Suit,
The Oregon Pine Needle Company yes
terday filed an attachment suit in the
8tate Circuit Court against the Hygienic
Mattress Company to recover a balance
due of $2530 on a bill for $5064 for pine
needle fiber and pine needle oil sold.
Accused of Stealing a Watch.
District Attorney Manning yesterday
filed an information in the State Cir
cuit Court against Frank Dennison.
charging him with larceny of a watch
and $15 from George Edwards. ,
Madge Orrell, Fayette. Idaho.
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Uzzie Uodffe. Spokane.
Mildred Looney, Jefferstin.
tna Palmer, !ma, nacb.
ience of the party. While en route the
members of the party will eat their meals
on the train, but at the various points of
interest where they stop off at any length
they will be entertained at the very best
hotels.
Leaders in Districts.
Following are the leaders in the differ
ent districts and their votes:
District Candidate. Votes.
1 Miss Susie Smith 154,210
2 Miss Emma Love 74,279
3 Miss Elsie Rometsch 218.502
4 Miss Alice Taylor 165.399
6 Miss Emma Hackney 11.000
6 Miss Tilly Daveneau '. 68,972
7 Miss Helen Goodwin 25.169
8 Miss Gussie Bottemiller- 97,047
9 Miss Dot Berry 74,465
10 Miss Gertrude Rast 67,628
11 Miss Agnes Wilson 82.237
12 Miss Heppie. Baton 47,535
13 Miss Myrtle Workman 54227
14 Miss Laura Garrett 10ll379
15 Miss Alice Boone 4c'ci63
16 Miss Nola Coad 150.391
17 Miss Rena Rowland 33771
18 Miss Gertrude Randall 65561
19 Miss Delia Wood 24691
20 Miss Grace Black 10J81
111 Miss Grace Wilkinson 86955
22 Miss Mildred Looney 111647
23 Miss Marie Mlckel 10l619
24 Miss Mabel Locke 24!o24
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At a special meeting of the Initiative
One Hundred In the roms of the Board
of Trade last night, called for the pur
pose of considering the franchise per
taining to Front street now pending
before the Council, it was resolved that
a committee of seven, including Presi
dent McKenna. be appointed to go be
fore the Council tonight and request
the body to Insert the words "or any
portion thereof In those sections of
the franchises relating to the acqui
sition of the roads by the City of Port
land. The idea involved In the pro
posed "amendment, as disclosed by the
discussion relating thereto. Is to make
It possible for the municipality to take
over any portion of either of the two
lines within the city limits it might
desire to acquire In the future.
President McKenna appointed M. G.
Munly. Seneca. Smith, R. W. Montague,
Rufus Mallory, P. L. Willis and Dr.
Emmet Drake as such committee, and
they were Instructed under the terms
of the resolution to report back to the
body at its next meeting.
Opposes the Proposition.
J. B. Laber. secretary of the Board
of Trade, contended that any amend
ment of the franqhises at the present
time would nullify the entire proceed
ings relating to the two measures, and
necessitate going over the whole mat
ter again. He thought such a step
might have a tendency to discourage
capital from Investing here, and sug
gested that the officials of the two
franchise-seelting railway corporations
should first be consulted with a view
of ascertaining their sentiments upon
the subject. If they were willing to
submit to the proposed chnages, he
said, there would be no necessity cf
going before the Council upon the er
rand indicated by the contemplated
resolution. His Ideas, however, did not
seem to. meet with much approval.
Those present at the meeting last
night were Dr. Emmet Drake and O.
W. Taylor, who officiated as chairman
and secretary, respectively. President
Francis I. McKenna, R. W. Montague,
Rufus Mallory, P. L. Willis. M. G. Mun
ly, George P. Lent, W. B. Chase, J.
Frank Watson, Edward W. Newbegln,
T. A. Ketehum, H. H. Emmons and J.
A. Gibson.
Most of the speakers were in favor
of Invoking the initiative and refer
endum in the event the Council de
clined to amend the franchises in ac
cordance with the suggestions set forth.
What Councllmen Say.
Members of the Council approached
upon the subject yesterday stated that
the various provisions of the two fran
chises were considered in committee
and before the main body for weeks
before the measures were passed- to
print, without any suggestions what
ever from members of the Initiative
One Hundred. To amend the franchises
at this stage, they say, would involve
entirely new proceedings and conse
quent delays, without being productive
of any compensating benefits to the
Vnlted Railways Company, the Wil
lamette Traction Company or the City
of Portland, and they express them
selves generally as being unwilling to
take such steps.
Several prominent Councllmen "yes
terday scouted the idea that the fran
chises could be defeated through pro
cess of Invoking the Initiative and ref
erendum, and hinted that the Initiative
One Hundred would even' experience
great difficulty in securing the re
quired signatures of 15 per cent of the
voting population to any such petition.
The two franchises will come up be
fore an adjourned meeting of the Coun
cil tonight, and present indications are
that both measures will be passed.
BUY GOVERNMENT BUILDING
Pence Company Secures Structure on
Peninsula in Guild's Lake.'
The Pence Company yesterday closed ne
gotiations for the Government buildings
upon the peninsula of the Lewis and Clark
Exposition grounds. The price paid for
the main Government building, with the
fisheries and territorial annexes and the
lifesavlng building, was $3000. The Gov
ernment building alone cost about $150,000.
There were two other bids for the build
ings, each of which was lower than that
of the Pence Company. The buildings
could be torn down and removed only at
considerable cost, so the Pence Company
was in a better position to bid for them
than any other concern, as Lafe Pence has
arranged with the Amanda Reed estate,
which owns the ground, to allow the
Co.. Lowrtl,
grown and there is
nothing; in our cocoa
but cocoa.
That is why it is
the most delicious of
cocoas.
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buildings to rer-iain upon their present
site.
Mr. Pence will utilize the buildings in
connection with the great industrial proj
ect of the Portland Development Com
pany, which has purchased nearly the en
tire Exposition grounds and most of the
buildings for the establishment of facto
ries. Mr. Pence has not yet determined
definitely what Industry will be located In
the Government building, but with slight
remodeling it will become an excellent
factory building. Mr. Pence expects to
fill in the peninsula with earth wa.hed
from the hills back of Willamette Heights
until it Is level with the floor of the Gov
ernment building. For this service he will
receive the use of the land for a term of
years.
Has a Narrow Escape.
County Surveyor A. H. Richmond, who
Is also chief engineer of the Portland Rail
way Company, had a narrow escape from
death yesterday afternoon on First street,
while trying to board a Sellwood car. Be
fore the car stopped a creamery wagon
drove rapidly past, leaving very little
space between the wagon and the car. Mr.
Richmond escaped with a slight bruise,
but R. G. Bonser, a deputy In Mr. Rich
mond's ofnee, was thrown down and his
shoulder was severely bruised and his
thumb crushed. A transit, valued at $250,
carried by Mr. Bonser, was broken.
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Latourelle. $1.25: Bridal Veil, $1.25: Mult
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Parties taking advantage of the new
local train, leaving here at 8:15 A. M., will
have six hours at Multnomah Falls, five
hours at Bonneville, and four hours at
Hood River and Mosler.
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