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THE MORNING OREGON1AN. TUESDAY, MAY 12, lOS.
E MAY BE
DENIED A SEAT
Opponents Will Endeavor to
Bar Junior Senator From
the Delegation.
TAFT CONTROL IS CERTAIN
Fulton Will Probably Be Chosen One
of State's Representatives and
George H. Williams May
Head the Delegation.
So confident are the Taft and Fulton
men of controlling the Republican state
convention next Thursday that -many of
them are demanding that feTnator Bourne
tie rejected as a delegate to the National
convention. Bourne's hostility to Taft's
nomination and to Fulton Is driving his
opponents to foiling Bourne's desire of
sitting in the National convention and to
instruct Oregon's delegates for Taft.
Should Bourne be selected in spite of the
big forces against him, the Taft and
Fulton men will demand that the Oregon
delegation be instructed for Taft.
The overwhelming Taft sentiment of the
delegates to the state convention bodes
111 for Bourne and would look dismal for
any other man not favored by Bourne's
luck in the game of political chance. It
would seem that Bourne Is butting against
a solid wall and not making it even wob
Me. At least two-thirds of the delegates
to the state convention favor the nomina
tion of Taft. as shown "by authentic re
ports from the several counties.
Bourne's Chances Are Poor.
How the Bourne men expect successfully
to cope with this sentiment makes con-
v siderable wonder in political circles. Why
'e should wish to be a member of a dele
gation that will be pledged or instructed
ror a candidate whom he says Bryan will
defeat, and whose nomination he is striv
ing to prevent is another strange matter
in POIILIL'HI vuu-n.
Tne eight Oregon delegates to the Re
publican National convention will be Taft
men, according to all signs that make a
forecast of a convention trustworthy. On
account of the fight Bourne Is making
against Taft, the convention is expected
to take care that each member shall obey
the will of the convention. So intense is
tliis demand becoming that rejection of
Bourne as a delegate, in addition to the
turn-down of his faction in the state con
vention, will create little surprise. Jn
view of the big odds against Bourne, it
will create more surprise if he shall be
named as one of the delegates.
The Fulton men, thus far, are in com
plete mastery of the situation. Fulton's
alliance with the Taft forces has put
him in a very strong position. Fulton's
election as a delegate Is a probable out
come. This would mean Jo Fulton a
signal victory over Bourne and would af
ford the Fulton forces revenge for
Bourne's fight on Fulton in the primaries.
Names That Are Mentioned.
Other men mentioned for National dele
gates are George H. Williams, Dr. H. W.
foe and R. E. Sewell, of Portland; C. A.
Shelbrede, of Marshfleld; W. I. Vawter,
of Medford; B. L. Smith, of Hood River,
or Malcolm A. Moody, of The Dalles.
B. E. Kennedy or C. A. Johns, of Bake
t'tty and Jeff Hurd of Jajskson County.
Hurd and Kennedy are Bourne men and
the Fulton forces will fight them. Dr.
Coe is regarded with suspicion in the Taft
camp, on account of his intimate relations
with Bourne. For permanent chairman
of the state convention, George H. Wil
liams is likely to have the support of the
Fulton-Taft men.
Four of the National delegates will be
chosen by the state convention to repre
sent the state at large, two by the con
vention of . the First Congressional Dis
trict and two by the convention of the
Second Congressional District.
M!ore candidates will appear for Na
lional delegate than there will be places.
The surplus will be partly disposed of in
choosing candidates for four Presidential
electors. Two candidates for that recog
nition have already appeared J. D. Lee,
of Portland, and Charles T. Early, of
Hood River. Both are well known men.
Others, spoken of are John I Rand, of
Baker City, and Butler, of Condon, Sena
tor Bowerman's law partner.
COUNCIL ROOMS LEFT OUT
Plans for Seattle's Palatial City Hall
Heveal Glaring Defect.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 11. (Special.)
A mystery that makes the dark se
crets of Poe's stories sound like the
Rollo books was discovered at the City
Hall yesterday. The Council room of
the new City Hall has disappeared.
The disappearance was uncovered by
several Councilmen. They called for
the latest floor plans, which have been
prepared by Architect Clayton Wilson.
To their horror, the plans have been
nicely drawn up without the Council
chamber. Everything else is provided
for. The City Engineer's department,
the departments of Public Utilities,
Buildings, Streets and Sewers, Con
troller's and Treasurer's offices, all are
there. But no Council room. v
A hurry call was sent out for a
meeting of the public buildings and
grounds committee. Heads of depart
ments and clerks were called In. The
plans were spread out on a table and
then everybody went out on a still
hunt for the missing room. The Coun
cilmen questioned the architect, but he
declared he could not account for It.
Architect Wilson received instruc
tions to make up plans for a new-room.
ONLY HANDFUL OF BONES
Human Remains Exhnmed at Stan
ford Have No Names.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., May
31. The mysterious graves located on the
hill back of the Stanford campus were
opened today by the university authori
ties. In addition to the peculiar casket
unearthed several weeks ago by vandals
and supposed to contain the remains of
the companion of Peter Coutts, another
smaller iron coffin was found, together
with nine wooden caskets! The remains
In every case save those encased in the
metal boxes were In the last stages of
decomposition,' little remaining but a
handful of bones or a wisp of hair.
The discovery of the little iron, cas
ket resting beside that of the one for-
merly brought to light has added to the
mystery, but has done little toward a so
lution, as it is unmarked,, as was the
other.
In the entire graveyard, as such tho
plot evidently was, not a single head
board or tombstone has been found and
the identity of all the bodies is lost for
ever with the transfer of the remains.
Tilt site where the bodies were unearthd
BOURN
today will be used as building lots. The
remains were placed in separate coffins
today and taken for reburial to the Alta
M-csa Cemetery at Mayfleld.
JOHN P. BETTS IS DEAD
Shipping Commissioner Here for 25
Years Succumbs vto Pneumonia.
John P. Betta, for the past 25 years
shipping master for Portland sailor
boarding-houses, died at his home, 1088
Thurman street, at 3:35 o'clock yester
day afternoon of pneumonia. Mr. Betta
was attending to his duties as usual
last Thursday. Friday he remained at
home suffering, as he supposed, from a
severe cold. Saturday and Sunday his
condition was improved and it was not
Until late Monday morning that the dis
ease showed alarming symptoms. At the
time of his death his wife, daughter and
brother wre with him. The funeral will
be held from, the Scottish Rite Temple,
Fourteenth aid Morrison streets, tomor
row at 2 P. M. The remains will be
cremated.
John P. Betts was born January 31,
1S50, in Nova Scotia. His mother and two
sisters still reside at the old homestead.
Captain Al Betts, bar pilot of Astoria,
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and Captain Harry Betts, of New York,
are brothers.
John Betts removed to California 34
years ago and had lived on the Pacific
Coast continuously since that time. He
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Photo by Moore.
The I.ate John P. Betts.
had been resident of Portland for more
than 30 years, during which time he was
prominently identified with the shipping
business. Mr. Belts was a member of
Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P. O. Jn.,
and was also a high Mason, being a
Knight Templar and a member of the
Mystic Shrine.
LEONE CASS BAER MAKES CHARACTER
STUDY OF SUSPECT EDWARD H. MARTIN
Personal Interview With Prisoner Leaves Impression of Strange Blending of Traits of Good Breeding and Natu
ral Ability With Depravity and Mental and Physical Cowardice.
BY LEONE CASS BE5AR. !
HAVING only lately returned from an
interview with Edward Martin, I
have the following to say about the
man who is occupying luxurious quarters
In our beautiful City Jail:
I found him not at all hard to approach
or difficult to talk to. In fact, he dis
cended from his comfortable divan in a
most leisurely and nonchalant manner,
as If It were an every-day occurrence to
meet an Inquisitive female who wanted to
make a character study. In view of the
fact that he has talked to about 57 varie
ties of reporters, policemen and other
evils, It Is to be presumed that he is
used to the art ere now.
With clothes in disarray and the gen
eral scheme of his reake-up like unto a
breach of the peace, he looked me straight
in the eye and greeted me politely, apolo
gizing at the same tlnje for his personal
appearance in much the same words and
with certainly as well modulated voice
and deferential bearing as you, Mr. John
Henry.
In figure he Is about 5 feet 9 inches, and
!his tall, lean body seems accentuated
In height by his near-military air. He
Is thin, he says, owing -to close confine
ment, but even so, he is angular and
well-knit, rather than muscular. (As an
avoirdupois disperser I rather imagine ho
tel life in the City Jail would put the
flesh-reducing trust out of commission.)
Martin has the eye of a trickster and
the visage of a New England sewing ma
chine agent; His head is ' splendidly
shaped and covered with a crop of waving
light brown hair, streaked prematurely
with gray. He Is decidedly what a mat
rimonial agent would call "sandy com
plected," The tonsorial artist had not
made his daily call when I saw the pris
oner, and so his face was picturesquely
adorned (spare the mark) with a golden
fuzz that reached up into the white
patches that serve for eyebrows, adown
the sides and chin of the long, lean face.
His eyes are most peculiar; they era
EARLY ON GROUND
Many Delegates on Hand for
State Convention.
PROXIES MAY BE BARRED
Bourne Element Hopes in This Way
to Gain Advantage, but Fulton
Taft Forces Are Not
Much Alarmed.
Active buttonholding of delegates to
the Republican state and Congressional
conventions will begin In earliest today.
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THE O. R. N. DEMONSTRATION TRAIX. .
A majority of the delegates, carrying the
necessary credentials, will be here not
later than tonight, having arranged for
hotel accommodations, beginning today.
With the Taft headquarters at the Im
perial Hotel In charge of G. t. Fulton
and S. C. Beach, many 'of the delegates
who are shouting for the Secretary of
War have made reservations at that
hostelry. A liberal supply of Taft cam
paign buttons is on tap at the Fulton
Taft headquarters at the Imperial, and
these are being distributed rapidly.
"There really will be nothing new to
report until the convention is assembled
Thursday," said Mr. Fiilton yesterday.
"Latest reports merely confirm our ear
lier predictions that the state and Con
gressional conventions will 'be controlled
by the friends of Mr. Taft. Since we
first claimed a majority of the delegates,
other reports have been received which
give us a decisive working majority. It
has developed that some of the county
delegations we had figured for the
Bourne-uninstructed-delegatlon people
will be allied with the Fulton-Taft men."
Apparently, being up against big odds
in their desire to organize and control
the state convention, the friends of Sen
ator Bourne, It was reported yesterday,
will undertake to prevent seating In the
convention all persons holding proxies.
It has been noised about for several days
that the Fulton-Taft crowd has been de
cidedly ambitious for the last few days
and has secured the proxies of a number
of the delegates from the outlying
counties. It Is intimated that the
Bourne people believe they will be able
to make a better showing by excluding
from the convention other than regularly
elected delegates, particularly since it
has come to their knowledge that most
of the proxies are held by the opposition.
However, the Fulton-Taft forces are not
alarmed over this threat on the part of
the Bourne contingent, feeling that they
will have more than enough bona fide
delegates in the convention when it con-
pale blue, round and dazed like a chick
en's, and absolutely without character
or expression, but his eyelids are regular
vaudeville acrobats The lashes are non
descript in color and are long and thick
as a girl's, sweeping his cheek when he
peers at you through their screening. The
right lid, especially, droops a touch of
paralysis, he told me. The pupils of his
eyes are abnormally large, owing to the
denial of the morphine an habitual user
of . the ' drug having mere pinpoints for
pupils. His eyes are ever moving now
they rest on his questioner a moment and
then they slant and turn and droop and
leer In a pitiably affected manner.
His nose Is straight and well-molded,
his features are in proportion, his ears
small,and well-set. and his brow is high
and white and narrow.
But his mouth and chin are most weak
pitiably so, the lips thin and drawn into
womanish smiles, and his effeminate- chin
long and narrow In contour.
He has a network of fine lines cross
hatched about his eyes and the skin be
neath them is blue and drawn. Sharp
lines accentuate his thin nostrils and he
writhes and twists his lips when speak
ing. When he smiles, which Is often,
his whole face lights up ajid looks kindly
and happy.
When he talks he drawls, and I am in
clined to think -it is not affectation, in
spite of the mocking elaboration of ut
"terance and the restless eyes and cynical
mouthings. While not handsome, he Is
decidedly well-bred and pleasing in man
ner. He is Irish, but in physique he does
not at all bear out the conventional idea
of an Irishman for Martin has neither a
long upper lip, a brogue, nor Innate wit.
Martin goes in for literature: he reads
Darwin,-. Huxley, Kipling. Kendall and
Dickens, is very fond of detective stories
and has written for the New York Sun,
Herald, World. Times and Journal. Me
thinks from a sartorial standpoint he
looks literary
' He is a Roman Catholic and says that
his religion is the greatest of consola
tions to i-lm now. Ha asserts that "inno
venes to thwart any plan that may be
proposed by the Bourne element to gain
an advantage.
NEW CLUB ON PENINSULA
Organization yill Promote Interest
in Hose Festival.
Delegates from the Peninsula civic or
ganizations met In the enginehouse on
Albina avenue last night to discuss the
part that section should have in the
Rose Festival. Charles Patton presided
and six clubs were represented. A com
munication from George L. Hutohin, of
the Rose Festival Association, was read,
asking that a representative be ap
pointed to confer with the management
of the asfociatlon. J. H. Nolta was
named as the representative.
It was decided to call the organization
the Peninsula Rose Carnival Association,
and its object Is to Interest the district
in the Festival. It was decided to hold
a mass meeting next Thursday night at
the library room at Peninsula station,
arid the secretary was instructed to send
letters of invitation to the principals of
all the public schools "and also to the
home training circles, of that portion of
the city to attend. One of the plans Is
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to have an excursion to the Peninsula on
the St. John electric line during the Fes
tival. Amusements
What the Press Agent Say.
"The Ileir to the Hoorali."
A true, unexaftgerated picture of the free
and hearty Western life and character Is
found In Paul Armntrong's noted play, "The
Heir to tho Hoorah," which the Baker
Stock Company Is presenting this week for
the first time here at popular prices.
At the Star.
There Is a carnival of comedy at the
Star Theater this week wnere the Arm
strong Company t presenting Its latest
musical success, "The Merry Widow's Re
turn." This is a show which all will want
to see who have heard of the "Merry
Widow" waltz or seen the merry w 3W
hat.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Seats Selling for "Mrs. Wigga."
Beats are now selling at box-office the
Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington
streets, for Liebler & Co.'s production of
the famous character comedy, "Mrs. WlgRS
of the Cabbage Patch." This delightful
play will be the attraction for three nights,
beginning, next Thursday, May 14. Special
matinee Saturday afternoon.
. Francis Wilson Coming.
The attraction at the Heilig Theater, Four"
toenth and Washington streets, for three
nights, beginning next Monday. May 1$.
will be the distinguished American come
dian. Francis Wilson. This famous player,
supported by an excellent company, will
present the delightful comedy. "When
Knights Were Bold."
Grease, paints and professional suppllss at
Woodard. Clarke Sc Co.
i San Jose. A stage coach left the road
near the Ouaaaloupe mine tsunaay mgnt
and plunged its ten passengers over a ten
foot embankment. Peter Illo, A. J. Murray
and O. M. Macfarland were hurt, none of
them fatally.
cence Itself Is a consolation but tho
church is a staff."
His hands are a revelation, they do not
go with his poetic, dreaming irresponsible
temperament at all. They are very short
and the fingers are stiff and hard, the skin
is rough' and they show hard work, but
the wrists are not Indicative of strength.
The palms are calloused and the nails are
broken and show marks of manual labor.
If a fellow has in him a genuine and
real longing to be a blackguard, It Is, of
course, a very -fine luxury for him to be
able, to fulfill his desire, but he pays a
price for the luxury.
Martin is a college man, a law graduate,
a West Point man; the best fencer at
West Point; an all-round athlete of repu
tation; an Army officer who has seen
service in Cuba.
The siren song of the poppy lured,
ensnared, and finally conquered him; It
has destroyed his mental, moral and phy
sical forces. He is a coward, a pitifully
weak thing, grateful for a kind word and
afraid of his own shadow. He is the sort
of a man who would rifle a money
drawer, pilfer your watch or steal your
purse, but he is so weak and effeminate
that personally I don't believe he cduld
chloroform a cat or kick a dog he is
so absolutely unfit and childishly lncap-
aDie.
He is not clean of heart nor hand nor
act. He has been a lazy and Indolent
servant; he has not improved his con
dition in life by bringing Into active serv
ice the latent talents given him by his
Creator. He has employed methods that
law and equity reprove. He has forgotten
that "his body, as well as his soul, are his
charge, and they will be returned defiled
ana scarred.
He is polite and soft-spoken and dis
posed to irony rather than denunciation
A liar or a thief will be a murderer if he
is given the nerve and opportunity. Mar
tin has neither. He Is the sort of man
who wouU deal from the bottom, do the
cutting himself, and welsh on the kitty.
But murder?
Well, that's another story, - .
MARTIN
S INDICTED
Formal Charge Against Wolff
Murder Suspect.
NEW WITNESS IS FOUND
James E. West Believes He Saw the
Prisoner in Pawnshop Before )
Tragedy, hut Is Not Positive.
Early Trial Is Expected.
Edward H. Martin was formally
charged " with the murder of Nathan
Wolff, yesterday, when an information
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was filed with the Circuit Court by Dep
uty District Attorney Stevenson. The
charge Is that of murder In the first
degree anfl the Instrument of Wolff's
death is fixed as being an ax.
Speedy trial of the case is expected.
Presiding Judge Gantenbein, of thd Cir
cuit Court, having saved several emer
gency dates from the overcrowded court
calendar which can be made available
for the Martin case.
The police have added another partial
Identification to the already long list of
people who saw "someone just like Mar
tin" hanging about Wolff's place the Fri
day nIght of the murder. It is believed
that a small army of people could be
found, did the occasion arise, who would
swear to having seen the American bat
tleship fleet in Guild's Lake the night of
the murder.
James E. West, a painter living at 181
First street, is the latest recruit to the
army on Identlfc.ation. He was passing
Wolffs place the night of the murder:
it may have been the night before, but
he doesn't think so. At 5:55 o'clock he
saw Wolff talking with a stranger.
Wolff seemed alarmed, giving a quick
glance at the sidewalk as West passed.
He took in that detail, noticed what the
other man in the store looked like and
passed on. He's pretty sure It was Mar
tin, but, like the others In whom the
police are putting great faith, West says
he can't quite be positive In his iden
tification. .
If it was Martin that West saw in the
store, he must have disposed of his vic
tim In a remarkably short space of
time, for Dr. E. Voose, who was buying
a diamond on the installment plan from
Wolff, called at the Wolff pawnshop
about 6 o'clock, found the door locked
and no evidences of anyone inside.
Martin was kept at the City Jail yes
terday, although his transfer to the
County Jail will occur as soon as the
identification army grows less numerous.
He Is being plied with morphine to keep
him alive and sane.
SEEKS PLACE ON BALLOT
HAMILTON'S PETITION IS BE
FORE COURT TODAY.
Judge Gantenbein Will Consider tlje
Status of Independent Candidate
for Railroad Commissioner.
The petition of A. N. Hamilton, inde
pendent candidate for Railroad Commis
sioner, for a writ of mandamus against
County Clerk Fields, to compel him to
place Hamilton s name on the ballot,
will be taken up by Judge Gantenbein,
of the Circuit Court, at 9:30 o'clock this
morning. The petition was filed yester
day. Mr. Hamilton went to the Court
house Saturday to file his petition to run
Independently. He was informed by Mr,
Fields that the proper way was for him
to file the petition with the Secretary of
State.
On this subject the law Is silent, the of
fice of Railroad Commissioner having
been created since the law relating to the
filing of petitions was enacted. Should
Mr. Hamilton be unsuccessful in his suit,
his name will not appear on the ballot, as
It is now too late for him to file his pe
tition witn tne secretary ot state.
WALTON WOULD EVADE TRIAL
Lawyers Question Authority of Dep
uty District Attorney.
The allegation that a Deputy District
Attorney has no legal right to sit as a
grand jury to secure evidence in a case
and that he has no authority to file an
Information, is made by the attorneys for
Charles Walton, in a motion to quash
the Information against Walton. Judge
Cleland will decide the question this
morning.
Walton Is charged .with having shot
Policeman Ole Nelson on a Portland
Heights car. tjpon the ground that the
District Attorney failed to give an op
portunity for Walton to plead, the Su
preme Court awarded him a new trial.
The time for trial has not yet been set.
Judge Cleland is also to decide the mo
tion of James il. Levell, and others, de-
fendants, to strike out the amended com
plaint of Halite Buoy.
Voluntary Nonsuit Taken.
In the case of Annie K. Larsen against
the Pacific Mail Order Company, which
went to trial before Judge Cleland, of
the Circuit Court, yesterday morning, a
voluntary nonsuit was taken. Mrs. Lar
sen had alleged that she bought 15 shares
of stock in the company for J1350, with
the understanding that she could have
her money back within a year if she de
sired. It Is the assertion of the company
that at the end of the year the money
was offered her, but she refused it.
Later she changed her mind, and wanted
the cash.
Frits Company Owns St. Paul House
That the St. Paul House, at 264 North
Third street, is now the property of the
Hugo Frits Company, Is the assertion
made in a complaint filed by the com
pany against J. W. Gunn. It is alleged
that the premises were transferred to
the company by August Erickson. Sep
tember 1, 1907. Gunn is being sued for
$330, it being alleged that he rented the
place from Erickson for two months, be
ginning February 1, 1304.
Fined for Selling Tobacco to Minors.
Five local dealers in tobacco and cigars
were fined $5 each by Judge Bronaugh,
In the Circuit Court, yesterday morning.
They had pleaded guilty to a charge of
selling tobacco to minors. They were
first taken before the Juvenile Court,
where they pleaded not guilty. Presid
ing Judge Gantenbein announced that
all similar cases are to be vigorously
prosecuted.
Court Notes.
R. G. Hamilton has filed suit in the Cir
cuit Court against Fred W. Wagner.
Hamilton alleges that Wagner assaulted
him September 13, 1907, permanently Injur
ing his left eye. For this he asks JL'ou
damages.
Dr. George Maule was acquitted last
night by a jury In Judge O'Day depart
ment of the Circuit Court, on a charge
of obtaining money by false pretenses.
It was charged that he presented to D.
L. Houston a check for $5, having no
money in the bank with which to make
payment.
Carl Matson has brought a divorce suit
against Grace Matson in the Circuit Court.
He charges her with Infidelity, naming Ed
Huffsmith as co-respondent. The couple
were married May 1, 1901. They have two
children, aged 5 and 3 years, of wjom the
father asks the custody.
Because she tripped and fell upon an
Iron door leading from the sidewalk to the
basement of a hotel on North Seventh
street, Mrs. Jesse L.. Goldie has filed suit
In the Circuit Court against L. E. Hamil
ton, the proprietor, to recover $5050. She
asserts that the door was insecurely fas
tened. The accident occurred October 12,
last.
MOSTLY FOR RENTS, WAGES,
ETC., SATS A. E. BCTTSER.
How Will License Revenue- Be Re
placed? From Churches and
Ministers? He Asks.
PORTLAND, Or., May 11. (To the
Editor.) Permit me to say the follow
ing few words in reply to the Bermon
which the Rev. Clarence True Wilson
preached last night in his church.
I will accept the figures which he
gives as to the number of ealoons and
their receipts as correct. Now, here Is
the way this money is disbursed:
For renu. conservative estimate...! 422,000
For wages, mostly to heads of
families 1,670,000
For light, etc 60,000
For painters, carpenters and other
mechanics . . 20,000
For City of Portland licenses 340, li(X
For United States revenue licenses.. ll.lloO
For county and state licenses paid
br.ealoon men.... 25.OO0
For charity 13,000
2,402,600
Receipts estimated by Dr. Wilson. .$3,146,400
683,800
which amount, divided by 437, leaves
about $1350 per saloon. Considering
that the saloonman must payfor his
goods out of this, it follows that while
the few in the business may make a
little money, most of them just make
both ends meet and no more.
The following three Items, which the
reverend says could be paid for if the
receipts of the saloons of which he
speaks were used In a "legitimate man
ner," viz.: the lighting of the streets,
$100,000, the maintenance of the
Fire Department, $100,000, the improve
ment of public school buildings, $100,'
000, .and the Police Department, $14,
000 are all paid by the saloon men
now, Inasmuch as they are paying over
$350,000 a year to the city for the priv
ilege of doing a legitimate business.
Where will Dr. Wilson get money to
replace this $350,000? By increased
taxes, of which the churches and its
ministers pay-none? Does Dr. Wilson
perhaps think that if the. saloons were
closed he could improve the funds of
his church and get more valuable
property which could be withdrawn
from the taxable list and thus double
up on the now already overburdened
taxpayer?
Drunkenness, I am sorry to say, has
Increased, according to the statistics of
our Police Department, since the sa
loons are closed on Sundays a species
of prohibition. And in Albany, accord
ing' to reliable information, more min
ors are drunk on the streets of that
prohibition town than here. In the .big
City of Portland, with Its open saloons.
Of the wages, which, according to
my figures, are distributed by the sa
loon business, fully three-fourths are
spent for the very things which the
doctor mentions, namely, groceries,
clothing, merry widow hats. etc.. so
that, after all, nearly the entire receipts
or tne saloons go back Into the chan
nels of trade preferred and recom
mended by the reverend gentleman.
A. E. BUTTNER.
829 Kelly street.
San Pedro Shipping Notes.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., May 11. The
steam schooner Daisy Mitchell, from
Willapa Harbor, arrived today with
lumber.
The steam schooner Bowdoin, Captain
Larsen, departed for Grays' Harbor to
day to reload.
The steam schooner Cascade disposed
of her cargo today and left for Portland.
The schooner Ruby finished discharg
ing her lumber today. She loaded 40,000
brick and sailed for Belllngham.
The steam schooner Homer. Captain
Morris, six days from Portland, today
brought 20 passengers and 600 tons of
grain.
The steam schooner Claremont, five
days from Grays Harbor, arrived today
with lumber.
Poll Tax Law Repealed.
ST. HELENS, Or., May 11. (To the
Editor.) Does a man holding an honora
ble discharge from the United . States
Navy and drawing a pension have to pay
poll tax in the State of Oregon?
A SUBSCRIBER.
(The laws requiring the payment of noil
tax in Oregon have been repealed.-This
Is true both in the case of Section 3041,
requiring a poll tax of $1, and of Sec-
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lou May Think
You know something
about player pianos, but
unless vou have- seen the
A. B. CHASE ARTIS
TANO you are behind
the times in plaA'er piano
construction. It em
bodies all the "latest de
sirable features, with the
OBJECTIONABLE ones
eliminated. The ARTIS
TANO is therefore an
artistic instrument. The
music roll and expression,
devices are close togeth
er, so the eyes can watch
the hands and expression
marks at the same time,
thus enabling the opera
tor to obtain the most
delightful musical effects.
DON'T THINK of pur
chasing an ORDINARY
player piano until you in
vestigate the A. B.
CHASE ARTIST ANO.
It is different, superior
a step in advance of all
others. We have player
pianos from $500 up, and
make a liberal allowance
for your old piano in ex
change. Sherman, Clay S Co.
Sixth and Morrison Streets
'Opposite Post Office
VICTOR TALKING MACHINES
tion 4827, which required citizens to pay
a H tax or to put In two day's at road
work.)
Anderson to Be Sentenced Friday,
Joe Anderson, the alleged murderer of
Harry Logan, a railroad engineer, on the
Fourth-street trestle in South Portland
last Fall, Is to be sentenced Friday. He
was convicted of murder in the first de
gree, the penalty being death. His mo
tion for a new trial was recently denied
by Judge Bronaugh. The case will be
appealed to the Supreme Court.
Helena. Mont. A soaking rain has fallen
throughout Montana for the last three days
and has been of great benefit to the range
and crops.
Young women are often great
sufferers for want of proper advice
at just the right time.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., has
always issued to young girls a spec
ial invitation to write to her about
their sickness. She is a mother,
and fully understands.
In nine chances out of ten your
case will be just the same as those of
the young ladies whose letters follow.
LYDIA E.PINKHAFTS
VEGETABLE C0F.1P0URO
is what you need to restore health.
Miss Ahby F. Barrows, of Nelson
ville, Ohio, writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
" When I wrote to you I was very
nervous had dull headaches, backache,
and was very irregular. Doctors did me
no good. Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and your advice made me
regular, well and strong. I am now in
better health than ever before."
Miss Elsie L. Hook, of Chelsea,
Vt., writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
" I am only sixteen years old, but
Lydia- E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and your advice have cured me
of sidecche, periodic pains, and a ner
vous, irritable condition after every
thing else had failed."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizziness,or nervous pros tratioa
Why don't you try it ?
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