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TIE MORNING O REG ONI AN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 190S. TRAFFIC II UNISON ber of the Louisville Detective Depart ment, which terminated in the shooting end probably fatal wounding of Miller.' FIRE ON OFFICERS SEEK RELIEF IN ARMY Railroads and Wafer Should Be Used Together. NEWLANDS JELLS IDEAL Rivers Should Carry Heavy and Railroads Light Traffic Nation al Board Devise Plan of Transportation for Nation. x CHICAGO. Jan. 30. Senator Francis G. Newlands. of Nevada, was the principal speaker tonight at the banquet of the Traffic Club, held at the Auditorium. His address waa upon "The Co-ordination of Ball and Water Transportation." The Bpeaker dwelt upon the necessity for the combination of rail and water transportation, water being used for car riage of cheap and bulky products and rail for higher priced articles requiring quicker delivery and able to pay higher charges. He Insisted upon the arranging of both styles of transportation In such a way as to secure the cheapest and quickest transportation of American goods to all parts of this country as well as abroad. t Senator Newlands urged the formation of an organization In which the chiefs of the Engineer Corps of the Army, the di rector of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Panama Canal service, the forestry service and other departments should work together upon comprehensive plan's. The action of this board, he said, should cover all questions relating to the Im provement of rivers, construction of canals and kindred matters. The general demand, he said, for Na tional action as to water transportation will Include National action regarding railway transportation and will necessi tate the creation by the Nation of great corporations which are to handle the commerce of the country. Railroad Receiver Resigns. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. A. C. Frost, presi dent of the Chicago & Milwaukee Elec tric. Railroad Company, was today, at his own request, relieved of his appoint ment as operating receiver, by Judge Grosscup. DOUBLE WEDDING ROMANCE Brothers Marry Sisters After 13 Years of Love-Making. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 30. (Special.) A double wedding tonight at the home of Mrs. Nellie Stacy closed a romance which bepnn ynars ago in this city, when two brothers. R. C. Huckaby and E. B. Huckaby met and loved Hattie A. and Georgia A. Stacy. The Huckaby brothers today obtained licences to marry the girls of their choice, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. G. I. Cuddy to night, at 8 o'clock. Miss Hattie and Miss Georgia Stacy have been employed for some time past as telephone operators. Twelve years ago the Huckaby boys left Tacoma and wn-nt to Texas, and It was not until three months ago that they returned to this city to claim tliclr brides. Through all the years of absence, however, they remained true to their first loves, and their romance ends tonight in the double wedding. DEEPEN COLUMBIA'S CHANNEL State Will Expend Money In Im proving River at Kennewick. OLYMP1 A. Wash.. Jan. 30. (Special.! The Attorney-General has rendered an opinion that the K5.O0O appropriation made by the last Legislature for the Improve ment of the Columbia River above Celilo Falls may be spent for improvement any where on the Columbia between Celilo and the mouth of the Snake or above the Junction of the Snake and Columbia, This opinion is in a letter to Colonel S W. Rnes&ler in charge of Government work on the Columbia. Application has just been made to the Colonel for the expenditure of a portion of this money in improving some rapids between Kenne wick and Priests Rapids. Under the. favorable decision by the Attorney-General Colonel Roossler will probably dis patch the "Wallowa" to Kennewick. ALDERMEN IN STREET FIGHT Political oRtv Leads to Blows in Little Town of Ortlng. ORT1NG. Wash Jan. 30. (Special. V As a result of th political row that has shaken this town for yejirs. Jim Cope land, a Councilman, and Frank Rud titck engaged In a list fight on the streets ht-Tf last nixht. For some yaaxs the faction hearted by J. C. Taylor controcd jolitl'al affairs In this town and sur rounding precincts. At the election last month the. reform forces elected a Mayor and two members of the Council. The other three Counci nien are holdovers. Copelend being of the number. They are all Taylor men. When the Mayor sent in his appointments for Town Marshal and Town Clerk, the three holdovers refused to confirm. This re sulted In a deadlock and the Clerk and Marshal of the old Taylor regime are Still In office. CUT IN PRICE OF STEEL Considered at Conference of Big Concerns at New York. NKW TURK. Jan. About 70 vteel Im'n. rnrj!'.ntinp the 1'nltPd States Steel Corporation, the Republic Strel Company. l':e Frthlehem 3;i Company, the Jo-es & l.iiighlin S5;e-1 Company and the Penn slvH!ta Steel rumnary, were in confer ence In this city today and tonight. None of ihos... present would ta!k. but it w:vs slated umiftlc'aly that the subject which h;id kept the steel men in cr'er encp so lonit was a proposal to reduce the price of steel in general and particularly the price of steel rails. because II is feared that lu ..f the depression the railroads would not buy rails this- ear and would postpone their extensions' un b' :he iiT'ce of ste! was placed low enough for them to make It an objei for tliem to buy now. PORTLAND MANAGER SHOT C. D. Miller. Theatrical Man, Will Probably Die. MEMPHIS, Jan. 30.-A trivial dispute as to the manner of dress of C D Miller, of Portland. Or., stage manager of a theatrical organization appearing at a local playhouse, led to an altercation In a saloon here, late last night between Miller and J. T. Jones, a former mem Thousands of Unemployed Are Ap plying for Enlistment. NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Driven by the intense cold and the general lack of de mand for all sorts of labor, nearly 2000 men applied for enlistment at the nine Army recuriting stations in , this city to day. . Few of them passed the rigid phys ical tests now being enforced. The num ber of men sent to Fort Slocum for iinal examination was estimated at 100. While it was said that the unemployed situa tion is somewhat relieved the number of applicants for the Army m steadily increasing. WORKMEN' BEGGING FOR FOOD Closing of Steel Works Causes. Ab ject Poverty at Seneca. BUFFALO. Jan. 30. The office of the Superintendent of Poor at West Seneca was besieged today by BOO men begging for food. The partial suspension of the steel and iron Industry there has caused much suffering among the foreign laborers. CONDITIONS BEST IN CITY Most Favorable for Citizenship, Says Bishop Walden. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30. Over 500 -delegates and many more visitors at tended the first inter-denomlnational missionary conference ever held on this Coast, at Calvary Presbyterian Church, today. The conference, which was pre sided over by Rev. John F. Wilson, will be in session until Sunday night. Bishop John M. "Walden, of New York, secretary of the board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was the principal speaker today. That the con ditions of city life are better for the making of citizens than those of rural life was the startling statement made by the Eastern .bishop. 'I would trust the interests of this country to the people of .the citietf sooner than to any other section of our country's population," he said. Paying a tribute to the Roman Cath olic Church, he said: "Aside from any consideration of the religious value of the Roman Church, its priests are a mighty police power for the preservation of order and de cency among the alien population of American cities." THINKS WAR IS CERTAIN Japanese Clash Inevitable, Says French Naval Captain. PARIS, Jan. 30: Captain Maurice Loir, an expert attached to the naval reserve, in a lecture before the French Maritime league tonight, gave It as his opinion that war between the United States and Japan was inevitable at some later date, because the industrial and imperialistic ambitions of the two nations were bound to bring about a clash. Captain Lofr also declared that France needs a Roosevelt or a William to awaken the nation to the necessity of developing her declining maritime interests. JAPAN MAY BE SEEKING IiOAN Rumor Follows Presence of Vice Minister In Paris. PARIS. Jan. 30. The presence in this city of Relzero Wakatsuki, Vice-Minister of Finance in the Japanese Cabinet, has created fresh rumors that Japan is seek ing a new loan. FOURTH VICTIM IS FOUND Corpse With Head Crushed Testifies Against JBavori. FLORENCE. Colo., Jan. 30. A fourth body, that of Joseph Minichiello, was found today buried in the Neronl truck garden in this city. The man's head had been crushed in with a blow, apparently with an axe. Antonio Neroni. alias Bavorl, a prisoner In the County Jail at Canon City, is charged with the murder of Joseph Minichiello and also of Dominlok Mini chiello. Ericola Buffetti and Mrs. Frank Palmetto, whose bodies were .dug up at the garden January 20. GOULD'S MANSION BURNED Destroyed by Fire at Ibss of $500,000. . LAKEWOOD, N. J., Jan. 30. King's Court, one of the show places of Lakewood, the residence built some years ago by Gcorpe Gould for his son, Klngdon, was destroyed by fire to night. The building was valued at 500.300. Since Its erection it had been occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lloyd Herbert. Neither Mr. Gould nor Mr. Herbert carried any insurance. MRS. LOSS GETS DIVORCE Granted Decree 48 Hours After Complaint Is Piled. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. (Speciai.) Mrs. C. H. Loss, wife of the contracting enfrineer. of Portland and San Francisco, broke the world's record for divorces to day when she was granted an Interlo cutory decree 48 hours after the com plaint bad been filed. There was no con test. Mrs. Loss charged desertion. Portland Delegation to Hood River. The Portland dnlejration to the third annual banquet of the Hood River Com mercial Club will leave tonitrht at 6 o'clock in a special car for Hood River. The members of the party are: Governor icoree K. 'hamoerlain. H. M. Cake. Ar thur P. Tifft F. S. Stanley, C. S. Jackson. Fon Sicffa. J. F. Carroll, C. A. Morden, K. N. Blythe, Albert J. Capron, F. B. Beach. H. C Campbell. C. F. Swigert. Oeorse W. Simons. R B. Lamson. B. H. Fiske. F. A. Jones. Joseph Bunivant. T. "W. B. London. Tom Richardson. John M. SVott. W. R. Olafke. F. rreseer. F. J. Fellrvws. Rev. T. L Kliot. Colonel David M. P'.inne and wife. H. Beckwith. Newton Ckirke. EL Shelley Morgan. Judge Munly. Marcus Talbot. John D. Coffey, A. C. Jackson. R. B. Miller. F. A. Seaiy. Dr. c. A. Macrum. S. M. Mears. Judge lianten hein. Dr. B. E. Wright. At the conclusion of the banquet, the members of the party will return to the car. which will ie at tached at Hood River to the Overland train arriving in Portland tomorrow morn ing at S o'clock. . Schaefer Defeated by Sutton. DETROIT, Jan. 30. George Sutton, of Chicago, defeated Jake Schaefer. of Chicago, tonight at the Detroit Ath letic Club in 1R.2 balk-line billiards, 400 to 17. Sutton made a bigh run of 100 and an average of 23 8-17. Lisbon Conspirators Keep Po lice Squad at Bay. TWENTY ARRESTED LATER City Is Outwardly Calm but Tense Kxcitement Follows Frequent Rumors of Plots and Raids by the Police Force. LISBON. Jan. 30. For the purpose of escaping the censorship the following dis patch is sent to the frontier for trans mission: ' Lisbon Is outwardly calm, but there is a steady Increase of nervousness and ex citement among all classes of the popula tion owing to the constant rumors of plot and counter-plot, and the persistent activ ity of the police, who daily and nightly examine the houses of suspects and make arrests. On the night of January "29 there waa a bloody light in a small restaurant on the outskirts of Lisbon. Suspecting the presence of a crowd of consipratora, the police surrounded and raided the res taurant. The authorities were right in the surmise and they found the plotters armed with revolvers. The policemen were met by a volley of bullets, and one of them was killed and four were wounded. The conspirators managed to keep the guardians of the law and order at bay until they made their escape. Later the same night a score of suspected agitators were arrested and imprisoned' in one of the fortresses. There is almost a reign of terror among the Republicans- and dissident Pro gressists, and several of the leaders of these parties, including Deputy Almedia. Deputy Costa and discount Reberia have been thrown in prison. The house of Senor Alpoin, another of the dissident leaders, is under constant police sur veillance. Acting on Information received from the secret service, the police have raid ed several houses and discovered large stores of revolvers and ammunition. A lieutenant of customs and many indi viduals were arrested and charged with conspiracy. A government organ declares that the recurrent agitation and demonstra tions spring from the same source as the recent plot to proclaim a republic, but that the government Is determined to adopt all measures necessary to en sure order and the preservation of the monarchy. WILL XOT PROCLAIM SIEGE Public Opinion in Portugal Supports Premier Franco. LISBON. Jan. 30. An official note Is sued today denies that the government intends to proclaim a. state of siege in Portugal and declares that a majority of public opinion supports Premier Franco. The police today discovered a new store of arms and confiscated them. CHARITY IS MISAPPLIED John Burns Scoffs at Methods and Gives Germany Hap. LrONJiOX. Jan. SO. Participating In the debate in the House of Commons tonight on the question of the unemployed, John Burns, president of the Local Govern ment Board and labor leader in the House, denounced the unscientific dis tribution of religious, philanthropic and private charity, which, he declared, was unusually misapplied and diverted to the wrong persons. He told one of his own experiences recently when, after an of ficial function, he joined 3000 of the un employed at the Victoria Embankment. "I was in my court dress," he said, "hut pulled my hat 'over my eyes and looked miserable, and I got my bowl of soup and hunch of bread." Mr Burns admitted that pauperism in London is on the increase and said, it would continue to grow as long as indis criminate charity prevailed. Turning to the tariff reformers, who, he said, were accustomed to compare the prosperity of Germany under protection with the condition of free trade in Eng land to the detriment of the latter, the labor leader declared that there was a less percentage of pauperism in London than in Berlin, that the health of the peo ple here is better, and that Berlin beat London In nothing but the measles. Mr. Burns statement that the scheme of Herbert H. Asquith. chancellor of the exchequer, for old age pensions would provide for 1.000.C00 people, at tracted much attention In the lobbies afterward. Nothing hitherto had leaked out with reference to the Intentions of the government, but It was generally as- Open All the Time" ABSOLUTE SAFETY OFFERED DEPOSITORS No interest paid on commercial accounts or daily balances. 4r INTEREST Paid on Term Savings Accounts By the old gold tried and tested German -American Bank Corner Sixth aid AMer St.., Opposite Oresronlaa. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE ENDS TOMORROW IN EVERY DEPART MENTEVERY ARTICLE REDUCED DRESSERS IRON BEDS CHIFFONIERES TOILET TABLES BRASS BEDS DINING TABLES BUFFETS CHINA CLOSETS SIDEBOARDS DINING CHAIRS LIBRARY TABLES BOOKCASES MORRIS CHAIRS COUCHES DAVENPORTS HALL SEATS ' HALL MIRRORS HALL RACKS MUSIC CABINETS LADIES' DESKS ARM CHAIRS SETTEES ARM ROCKERS OFFICE FURNITURE CHILDREN'S CHAIRS DRAPERIES CRIBS BEDDING GO-CARTS CARPETS RUGS LINOLEUM STOVES RANGES CROCKERY GLASSWARE G R ANITE WARE iTOULCKtMT It 0000 J COMPLETE-HOU5E-FURHISHER5! s3 i arc iroua mm mm in J tnmd that It would propose a pension of 6s weekly In certain cases. It so, Mr. Asquith's scheme would entail the an nual expenditure of Jt5.000.000. Metzger. jeweler, optician. 342 Wash. Eugene Preparing for Grangers. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 30. (Special.) Preliminary preparations are already being made for the State Grange con vention, to be held here in May. It Is hoped to make this, as far as the city can, the best meeting: the Grange has ever had. The homes of Eugene will be thrown open to. the visitors, and the commercial and social organ izations will unite with the citizens in doing everything possible for the pleasure and comfort of the visitors. South Carolina 'Will Not Go Dry. COLUMBIA, S. C, Jan. 80. The pro hibition bill was killed in the House to House today, 64 to 53. Let your borne beer be Schlitz because of its purity. Get the good without the harm. In our brewery, cleanliness is carried to extremes. Even the air in our cooling rooms is filtered. Every bottle of Schlitz beer is sterilized, to insure freedom from germs. And all Schlitz beer is aged for months, so that it cannot cause biliousness. Be as careful of your beer as you are of your food. Ask for the Bmvery Bottling. Common beer is sometimes subsHtxtcd for Schlitz. To avoid being imposed upon, .s&tdkat the cork or crxrztm -is branded Order Schlitz, and be sure of it. Sberwootl 2fc Sberwoody 8 Front Street, Portlawi 4 de Milm sjr 3 I-