THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 10O8.
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ACCUSED OF ARSON
John Phcnline Charged With
Burning Dwelling.
RESIDENCE OF HIS NEPHEW
rnclo Who Had Quarreled With
Jam Mullen I Caught leav
ing Building Just After
Blase Breaks Out.
Und.r elrpumtncii whlrh point em
phaticaily to Incendiarism. Are com
pletely destroyed the one and one-half
frme cottage at Fourteenth and Siskiyou
straeta. on the Irvlnsjton race-track prop
erty, at o'clock laat nlaht. John Phen
llne, agel 47 yearn. In now locked up in
th City Jail accused of havlnir m
liclnuMy net fire to the bulletin through
spite. Hla accusers are James Mullen,
an ax-flreman, and wife, who occupied
the cottage, and with whom Phenllne.
who la Mullen's unci, made hla home.
There la euffldent direct evidence against
Phenllne, who was aeen to leave the
nullfllna just aa the fire hroke mit, to
cause the police to hold him until the
matter caji be thoroughly investigated,
when It la probable a chanre aaainit him
will be prepared by the District Attor
ney. Presumptive and circumstantial evi
dence against Phenllne la very strong
and the police express confidence of con
victing him for arson.- That Phenllne
and Mullen bad a quarrel on Friday last
In which Mullen struck Phenllne and the
latter threatened to fix" Mullen and his
wifa ta a point brought out by Investi
gation made last night by Policeman
rrugg. The fire broke out while Mr.
Mullen waa away at work and Mrs.
Mullen waa alone in the yard where she
waa busy transplanting flowers.
Phenllne. who had been away from the
house alnce the day of hla threat to "fix"
the Mullens, suddenly appeared yesterday
and entered the house. Mrs. Mullen did
rot call to him but supposed that he
had returned on a friendly mission, and
had forgotten the quarrel. A few mln-
ntea later he came down from his room,
which was upstairs, and immediately
amoke and flames burst from the room
he had left.
Joe Glnbesh, a contractor superintend
ing work on the race-track grounds, saw
the fire and accompanied by Joe v tllett
and O. H. Loomla, teamsters, and George
OrundJach, timekeeper, ran to the dwel
ling. Another man notified Mr. Mullen
who waa driving a team four blocks
away. These men caught Phenllne and
held him until the arrival later of three
policemen, who took him In charge.
Mr. Mullen, having had experience as
a fire fighter, took command of the situa
tion and by hard work he and the other
men saved nearly all of the furnishings
of the houae. The Are department an
swered the alarm but the blaze had
gained such headway that it could not be
controlled and the building was burned
to the ground.
When taken to the police station, Phen
line maintained a sullen attitude and re
fused to give any explanation of hla
conduct. Mra. Mullen, the principal wit
ness against Phenllne, waa completely
prostrated by the occurrence and could
not go down town to swear to an in
formation before the District Attorney,
so the police held Phenllne under the
nominal charge of disorderly conduct on
. t,lio complaint of Mr. Mullen. The mure
serious charge will be sworn to today
I cannot understand Phenline's
i-lion." said Mr. Mullen last night.
"There Is no doubt In my mind but that
h did this to even up his Imaginary
grudge against Us It la true that we
had quarrel last Friday. He used pro
fane Isnffunae to my wife -end when I
remonstrated with him, showed fight, and
I Just had to strike him. There was
nothing In the world we wouldn't have
done for him If he had kept sober ana
peaceable. He might have lived on with
ns forever If he hadn't been a drinking
man. lie la my uncle and he and I took
soms clearing contracts together this
Winter and got nlong aplendlilly except
for his occasional sllpa with liquor. He
first came to live with us when he and
I took the clesrlng contracts. He treated
my wife so shamefully In my absence
that t will never forgive him and 1 II see
thst he Is prosecuted on this charge."
Mullen for several years was a member
of Truck fompany No. I, of the port
land fire department, but resigned last
August. He occupied the position of care
taker of the race-track gTounds. The
cottage was the property of Diamond A
Rountree. real estRte dealers.
WHAT MMGI.H TAXRRA nlKOI.KCT.
Real Opportunities Far Reform Are
Overlooked sy Them.
PORTLAND. Or.. April 15. (To the
Editor.) If the Blngle-Taxers are ac
tuated by the altruistic motive they
pretend, and wish merely to level up
opportunities by an attack on an "un
earned Increment." making such bear
all the burden of taxation, why do they
not tackla the corporations owning
franchises. Hy far the heaviest tax on
Portland property Is the street assess
ments. There Is now pending In the
courts an amendment to the charter
practically taking all voice In the mat
ter of street improvements away from
property owners, yet forcing upon
them much the greater part of the
costs, probably about 90 per cent. The
result of such rapacious proceeding
will doubtless be the formation of a
corporation pool for the Improvement
of streets, an advance In prices, a reck
less expenditure involving millions of
money for which abutting property
will be bonded. So fat a graft will not
lack for those to take advantage of It.
So pernicious a proceeding was not
evolved for Innocent purposes.
Yet the Single Taxers.are not satis
fied and speak melllf luously of "un
earned Increment." Their measure la
not a tax measure. It is a Socialistic
measure for confiscation by the state
of all lands a reversal of the estab
lished system of enoouragement by the
state of the absorption of the public
domain Into private ownership. So
revolutionary a proceeding would
needlessly disturb evlstlng values and
economic conditions. and probably
would precipitate a panic in our none
too well settled present stale, it will
mark thn beginning of a political class
war between the most respectable,
safest and conservative elements of the
people on the one side, and a combina
tion of the Irresponsible riff-raff un
der the leadership of rapacious capital
ists seeking franchises and exemptions
on the other.
The landowners of Portland tech
nically own the atreets and pay the
costa of same, yet franchises have
given the actual ownership of these
streets to corporations, which pay for
them an annual sum of fison. . .
A city block contains 40.000 square
feet of private land and J7.II00 square
feet of street. Mny of these streets
and crossings are dedicated almost as
completely to the use of the street
rallwavi ss la possible. Their fran
chise fixes ths fare at 5 cents. Their
earning power is such that. I am told,
the combined franchises, with attached
plants and rights have been capitalized
at $30,000,000. Let a conservative In
terest be figured on this capitalization,
or on the "land value" of the streets
they use, and you will find that Instead
of $1500 aa the annual value of these
franchises, you will have at least
1150.000. Yet, your Single Taxer has
made no kick here, either on the $1500
income to the city or the 6 cent fare
paid by the people. And there is no
doubt about the Income-producing
value of the streets being common
property, although costs are assessed
to the abutting property instead of the
City, and the enormous Increase in the
stock values based on their use being
an "unearned -Increment." Here la
where the millions of the grinding cor
porations come' from here and from
tariff and trust-protected manufac
tures like steel, flour, lumber, wool,
paper; and not from the ownership of
land. If these people own land. It is
only as a necessary contingent, and
they will get rid of it the first oppor
tunity. They are not farmers and
want no land. They have better game,
and the Single Taxers are, as they well
know, helping them do that game to a
turn. In a modern democratic state,
the land belongs to the common peo
ple; other ownership Is temporary and
abnormal, your Single Tax sophistries
to the contrary notwithstanding, and
in fastening all tax upon the land, you
apply a remedy more destructive than
the disease. A better remedy for the
abuses complained of would be an
honest, energetic, intelligent, self-respecting,
clean citizenship, exacting
and compelling a Just enforcement of
the laws we have, rather than this
vain "projlekln" with Illusive schemes
to fatten on the possessions of others.
There are laws and procedures and
personal habits galore to preserve to
the people the unearned Increment. If
they do not use them, It la their fault.
It takes both good laws and good men
to enforce a good principle. If a good
law Is left in the hands of bad men,
the good men have no recourse against
their own weakness, and no amount of
new legislation or unearned Increment
will ever benefit thrm.
J. B. ZTEGLEIt.
ENTER TiTsTpARIlOE
SOI-TIIKIIV OTIEGOX CITIKS TO
BE KKPUKSKXTKn.
One Hundred Kugeno Men Dressed
In White Will Form Division
of Festival Pageant.
Grants Pass, Roseburg and Medford,
according to reports received yester
day from Q. B. Thomas, representing
the Portland Rose Festival Associa
tion, will have representation of one
kind or another In the "Spirit of th
Golden West" parade, which Is to be
one of the lending drawing cards of
tne week of festivities In June. Mr.
Thomas has been making a thorough
canvass of the cities of the Wlllamcttt
Valley and Is now in Southern Oregon
He declares In his report that the
festival Idea has taken strong hold In
all the places he has visited.
It Is not clear from the letters re
ceived rrom lilm that the above-mentioned
cities will enter floats In the
parade, but ho has addressed .commer
cial organizations in each place and
they havo voted to participate In some
way which will show their spirit of
Kiigene... Instead of having a float as
originally Intended, will probably ar
range for a separate division in' the
All-Oregon' "street pageant. A long
distance telephone communication
from there yesterdy Intimated that a
delegation of 100 men. all garbed In
white and carrying white parasols
would be the entry of the university
'"" mi pnnicuiar cavalcade.
The East Side Improvement ors-an)
zations affiliated with the United Kast
Side Push Clubs are taking zealous
Interest In the plan to hold a general
house-cleaning day sometime before
ine ween of the festival. The Kast
Mile Business Men s league Is assum
ing the responsibility for cleaning up
.1 ifiiu.ii ousiness district, while the
Kenllworlh Improvement Association
Is endeavoring to enlist the support of
the 2.-1 district push clubs In the genr
eral scheme to rid that portion of the
cny or ail rubbish and refuse.
The scope of the nlan fs so broad flmt
Mayor Lane may be requested to de
clare a civic renovation day. when
business will be generally suspended
and everybody young and old Join
hands Id the munlclpnl houseclennlng.
Similar campaigns are conducted an
nually In a number of Eastern cities,
particularly In old New England, and
there are plenty of New Euglandcrs
In Portland who are taking an active
Interest In the movement.
The Business Men's League and the
Federation of Improvement Clubs of
the East Side are a unit on the propo
sition, and about half the roster of
Individual clubs stand ready to clean
up their own districts.
Senator' Bourne has been naked to
keep the. festival people advised as to
the situation In' the battleship con
troversy. Cadets from the Oregon Agricultural
College. Jit CorvalllS. mav he n feature
of thn Roso Festival. 'President Kerr, of
that Institution, is making arrangements
to have a regiment of cadets participate
In the exercises here early In Jun. There
are' 12 companies In tho cadet regiment
and it Is believed their presence here will
add greatly to the success of the parades
during Frstlval week.
FAST TRAIN SERVICE.
Commencing April 21, the Canadian Pa
cific will place in effect a new time card
via the. Son-Spokane route, giving a 67
hour running time Portland to St. Paul.
The equipment Is the mst up-to-date of
any operated tn the west. Electric-light
ed trains. I.lhrsry-buffet-rompartment-
observallon car. Excellent dining car ser
vice. I-or full particulars apply at ...e
local omcc, 143 Third street
' ON SALETODAY.
Women's moo and tis.no samYilc suits at
$a.Ri; 38-Inch black taffnta silk. 93c; SSc.
sieevcioss usie vests. - black voile
skirts. JS.45; women's silk lisle hose. 2oc
a pair; men's 1.2S soft front shirts. 79c.
Special reduced prices on children's white
dresses. McAllcn A McDonnell, Third and
diornson streets. - -
'BUNS, BUNS, BUNS!"
Honor the gold, old custom and delight
your palate; order Hot Cross Buns today
or tomorrow. Either . Washington or
Morrison-street branch. Royal Bakery &
Confectionery. '
14 I X I.CONOKIWfc.MAjr W. R. F.I.I. I.
Has steadily lined ' up with Rnusevolt's
anti-trust policies at Washington. Vote
to keep film there.
KCM.F.R B. MSNOTT 84.
Kor District Attorney.
"Indict by Grand Jury."
Both Senators from Western Oregon
and the Representative from Eastern
Oregon. Vote for ex-Governor Gecr for
Congress.
Swell tan shoes at Rosenthal's.
More proof that Lydia K. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surglt'a.1 operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes :
" I waa a great sufferer frsm female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso
lutely necessary."
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley
bourne Ave- Chicago, 111., writes :
"I suffered from female troubles, a
tumor and much inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vefjetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands 01
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,di7iness,or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
M rs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has (raided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Lipman -Wolfe's 'OWL'
CUT-RATE Drugstore
Sells Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound at CUT RATES
Devilfish on Display in
Local Market
firasplns; Crentnre of the Deep,
niiKht In I'UKet Sound, Is I nn.
cree Sample of Seattle Spirit.
VHEN it comes to a matter of real
W fishing. Portland must take off
Its metaphorical hat to Seattle. A
specimen of the deep-sea "things'
caught In the uneasy waters of Pu
get Sound Is on exhibition In front of
a Third street market In the shape of
a devilfish. In the annals of pisca
torial achievements along the Willnm
ette and Columbia Rivers, no record Is
made of the taking of a devilfish; Ore
gon fishermen yank from their watery
habitat such fish as salmon, black bass.
carp, perch, cropple.. salmon trout
sturgeon, but the first devilfish Is yet
to be caught feeling its tentHCled way
In the only fresh-water harbor of the
I'acinc,
The brute with long rows of suck
ers strewn along Its several uncanny
arms, looks like an advertisement of
the Seattle spirit grab hold of every
thing In sight and hold on as long ns
there Is anything to be had out of It
Figures on the placard announce that
the devilfish Is 12 feet long and
welghefl 65 pounds when taken. Tho
placard evidently was made In Port
land, for If the data hail been pre
pared In Seattle, judging from what Is
usually sent out from that city In tho
way of statistics, the fish would he
something llko 1200 feet long and
weigh hundreds of tons.
Devilfish of larger dimensions than
this one have been displayed In Port
land before. Several years ago one
weighing 12.t pounds was brought to
this city from the Sound and created
much interest.
The fish now on exhibition is tho
first o'no seen In this city fur some
years and surprised comments are
heard from the spectators. One look
ing at the fish yesterday afternoon re
marked: "Well. Ill he durned; I
thought that talk about devilfish waa
all bosh, hut that thing doesn't seem
to be a fake, even if it did come from
Seattle."
INCREASE IN STAMP SALES
Eleven Days of April Show 20 Per
Cent Gain.
Tt n with urh frefjupney the Tortland
Poatoffico establtphr nw recnrrln in the
volume of buHnw tra unacted that tho
nn ounce rnfnt of anothrr -aU-p forWHrri
attracts but little attention. IIowevfT,
during th first 11 days of this month tho
utamp Halo at tho Portland offirp apro
Rntod ?:i1,8fi.4L HSHtiiBt $17,425.W for tho
corronpondlnj? porlod last year. This
represents an Increase or 20 per cent.
something' never before approached In the
history of the Portland office.
"There are only two reasons for this
rrmarkartlo increase in thw postal re
ceipts of the. Portland office," said Post
master Minto yesterday. "Foremost of
these is the increased imputation of. this
city and secondly, some, of tho merchants
are sending out their catalogues and
other adertisius; matter earlier than
usual. But asiie from this, the business
of the office is gradually approaching
enormous proportions; ' Yesterday in the
city depart ment there were cancelled
stamps on 41.000 letters that were mailed
for city delivery. This Is tho larRcst
number of letters, first-class mail, that
has been posted In the Portland office in
any one day in Its history. If tho record
for the month of April continues, the re
ceipts for the month from stamp sales
will exceed those of L.ecember, 1WT. which
Is the high record of the local office.
THE PRICE OF CLOTHING
Has Been Greatly Reduced.
On account of the reduction In the
cost of manufacturing good clothing we
have made a general cut In prices of
from 10 to 30 per cent on all lines of
men's and- boys' clothing. This cut In
prices is in keeping with our policy to
give our customers the full benefit of
every dollar above a fair and reasonable
profit for this store. We invite the
trade of men who want good clothing at
reasonable price. Brownsville Woolen
Mill Store, Third and Stark ut recta.
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i . ESTATE OF W. S. LADD I
I j I OWNERS OF LADD S ADDITION
jl F. W. Torgler, Sales Agent, 106 Sherlock BIdg., Portland, Or. 1
Small Boy Gives Lesson
in Electricity
Dr. C. It. Itaffetr T.etirnn That for
rent Will Not Run Backward, and
If In Automobile la la Opera tloa
A grain.
WATER will not run uphill electric
ity will" not run backwards. Dr. C.
IT. RnfTety has boon a member of the
water committee lonir enough to have
learned Its qualities, but he had to be
shown that electricity would not run
backwards. JIb owns an automobile
that runs sometimes and sometimes docs
not run. Just how seldom It runs and
how often it does not run Dr. Raffoty
alone can tell, but ho won't. How
ever, recontly he had a powerful engine
Installed In his automobile, so powerful,
he declares, that he can easily climb
telephone pole and scale the side of a
10-story sky-scraper. But In spite of all
those Improvements, the other day the
auto stopped when Dr. C. H. was on the
way to a meeting of the water commit
tee and had only half a minute to make
miles in. That waa on Kast Alder
strpet between a foundry and vinegar
factory.
When in difficulties of this sort r. C.
IT. dearly loves to have a crowd around.
He always feels better, and Is less In
clined to swear with a lot of people look
ing on. He tried to reason with the auto
that It "ought to" go, but it wouldn't
budee. Then he got red In the face and
remarked: !:!.!;!!!!!!!:! but it
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Mr. Ladd Contradicts
False Rumor
THE rumor circulating to the ef
fect that lots in LadcPs Addition
were being sold only under a
ninety-nine-year lease is entirely un
true. There is not and never has been
the slightest foundation for the report.
We have never in the past enter
tained such a scheme, nor will we con
sider any proposition to lease lots in
Ladd's Addition.
A full Warranty Deed, as well as a
complete abstract, is given to the pur
chaser of every lot.
Lots can be purchased on the in
stallment plan, with easy payments and
interest at six per cent.
Every deed will convey an absolute
title, with no restrictions or reserva
tions, excepting only those Building
Restrictions required to insure the
best class of buildings.
wouldn't budge. The congregation gath
ered around th auto, and the workmen
looking from the vinegar factory and
foundry encon raged Dr. Raffety with
smiles and advice. Finally a small boy
stepped up and said: "Mister, your elec
tricity Is runnin' backward. Gimme a
wrench." "With a few turns the boy had
adjusted things and the auto began to
breathe, cough and groan and show signs
of recovering consciousness.
Dr. C. H. tossed the boy a shining sil
ver dollar and whispered to him, "Don't
say anything about this." to which th
boy replied. "Of course I won't." Then
Even in it3 early stages Catarrh is a most Jistress5njj"ailment, caused by
the stuffy feeling in the head, ringing noises in the ears, watery eyes,
difficult breathing, continual "hawking and spitting," etc., but when the
blood becomes thoroughly saturated with the impurities which produce the
disease it becomes a serious and often dangerous disorder. Then the bron
chial tubes are attacked, the bladder and kidneys diseased, and often the
lungs become affected by the constant passage of impure blood through
them and Catarrh terminates in Consumption. The impurities and poisons
in the blood which produce Catarrh can never be removed through the use
of sprays, inhalations, washes, etc. Such treatment cannot reach the real
cause, and their use alone should never be depended on to cure the disease.
S. S. S. cures Catarrh by cleansing the blood of all impure catarrhal matter.
It goes down and attacks the disease at its head, in the circulation, and
removes every trace of the impurity that is causing the trouble. Then aa
rich, purified blood is carried to all parts of the system the symptoms grad
ually leave, the health is improved, and S. S. S. makes a permanent cure of
the trouble. Special book on Catarrh and any medical advice desired sent
free to all who write. the SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. GA.
the machine went down the street liko
thing of life.
STAR BREWERY.
The famous bnCk beer of the Rtar
Brewery will be on tap beginning Hat
unlay. April 18, Orders for bottled
bock beer will receive prompt attention.
14 ! X 1 CONIRKHRMAN W. R. KU.H.
Is doing effective work at Washington
for veterans of two wars. Vote to keep
him there.
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DANQCROU8. If you anwt call, writ fog
si nptota blank and circular. Inclose 4
ants la stamps CON "FIT A Tf ON FllEJg.
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