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T1 mm oris A Pons. San Francisco. Foster A Orear; Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis News Btand; 1.. Parent; N. Wheutley; Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.; United News Agency, 14 Va KUdy street; B. E. Amos, man ager three wagons; Worlds N. 6.. oO A. Sutter street. Oakland, Cal. W. H. Johnson, Fourteenth and Franklin streets; N. Vheatley; Oakland News btand; B. id. Amos, manager live wagons; v elllngbam. E. ti. I.ohlileld. Nev. Louie Follln. Kureka, Cul. Call-Chronicle Agency; Bu reka News Co. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1S08. PROFKHSOR BOWDEN'S HERESY. After all, Professor Bowden's opln- Ions upon marriage and divorce are much the same as those of other peo ple. When one learns what he really believes. It seems like something of a hardship that he uhould have been dis missed first from Vassar and then from Cincinnati University for holding views which are so commonplace. The hardship appears to be all the greater when one remembers that Professor Howden has not taught his opinions in his classes nor even made them public except In explanation and defense. He adopted them after deep study of so cial questions and kept them strictly to himself. One readily admits that a professor who Insists upon teaching heresies has no' proper place in a col lege for young women like Vassar, or In a sectarian Institution like Cincin nati University; but If his views are entirely private and his students know nothing about them, what harm can they do even If they are unusual? Professor Bowden's experience rather tnds to Indicate that academic free dom is a good deal more talked about than practiced in this country, espe cially in our private universities. Stripped of some verbiage which sounds a little terrifying. Professor Bowden's opinions amount to this, that he believes in marriage but would establish It upon "comradeship" In stead of love, though he Is willing hus band and wife should love each other If they can. One may imagine that by "comradeship" he means friend ship. He approves of marriages which tire mere matters of business or con-vorfh-ncp; ho would remove the stigma from divorce and grant a separation whenever the parties cannot live to gether In peace; and finally, he would reward, or pensiom, maternity. Now as to marriages of business or con venience, they are the rule in France, where domestic life is as pure and comfortable as it Is anywhere In the world. There Is a great deal of Idle talk abiut the Impropriety of French family relations, but it is mostly the result of ignorance. Such men as Philip Gilbert Hamerton and Barrett Wendell) who really know the French, report that their domestic life Is most enviable. Monarchs, rich people and the no bility have always married for business reasons, in every part of the world. Surely there is nothing essentially wicked In arguing, as Professor Bow den does, that we should all imitate these lofty examples. There are plenty of philosophers who think they can prove that love Is a good deal of a nuisance in human affairs. If you want to see its genuine results, they tell us, go to the police courts, the criminal calendar and the slums. Friendship may not be the very beet possible basis to build married happi ness upon, but It has the merit of per manence, while love is proverbially both blind and fickle. One may say with certitude that no marriage can be perfect without friendship, though something mora may be needed to make it ideal. Perhaps, after all, friendship is the ripe or mature state toward which love inevitably tends as time passes, nor can we say confidently that the change Is for the worse. Happy indeed Is that couple who can feel assured that the burning passion of youth will pass on into the serenity or lasting friendship. And If it is well to end with friendship, why Is it not well to begin with It? We venture the guess that boy and girl love is a thing which the majority of sensible people are glad to be well rid of, though per haps they would not like to miss it from life altogether. " Concerning divorce Professor Bow den's views are entirely In harmony with the every-day practice of the courts. They make some parade of limitations and restrictions upon the privilege of dissolving the marriage bond, but as a rule they grant divorces whenever the parties can show that they are not able to live together in peace. Some devout people are, or pretend to be, shocked by this free dom; but most sensible observers are agreed that it is a wholesome safe guard for the morality of the public, that It promotes the stability of the home and fosters the welfare of chil dren. Nobody is bettered by compel ling a man and woman to live together if they detest each other. Especially is it absurdly wicked to urge such peo ple to become th'e parents of children. As long as divorces are legal and the good of society demands that they continue to be legal, it is impossible to understand why a stigma should at tend them. Probably Professor Bow den's views concerning divorces would not displease one man in ten, taking the country as a whole; but to talk of rewarding maternity is a different matter. Maternity is fully as dangerous as war, and the woman who bears chil dren confers the greatest of all favors upon the state. Besides that, mother hood unfits her for other occupations and leaves her In her old age without either strength or means of livelihood. unless she has a husband living who will take her support upon himself, or unless she can rely upon charity of some sort. At present we reward ma ternity by permitting the mother of children to starve with her family when misfortune befalls. Without adopting Professor Bowden's views upon this point, one must confess that a good deal might be said for them. As a matter of fact, they have actually been adopted by the Government so far as the wives of pensioned soldiers are concerned, since each child in the fam ily draws a certain sum from the pub lic annually. We see, therefore, that Professor Bowden's opinions carry but a, very faint odor of heresy. A college which feels compelled to dismiss him for holding them must have reason to fear that Its respectability stands on weak foundations. TAKING OYER, OREOOJf CITY , LOCKS. If the decision of the Oregon Su preme Court shall stand, as it ought, Oregon has a plain and complete means of acquiring title t the canal and locks at Oregon City. The act ap propriating money for aid in construc tion of the canal and locks provided, among other things, that after twenty years from completion of the locks the state should have the right to take over the same at a valuation to be determined in such manner as the Legislature may provide. The Su preme Court has held that In accept ing the appropriation the canal com pany acquired title to the locks sub ject to the conditions of the act, and that these conditions remain as a limi tation upon the rights of corporations to which the canal and locks have been subsequently transferred. The decision of the court is so clear ly in accordance with reason and com mon sense that it is difficult to under stand how any one could have argued otherwise. To permit a corporation to accept money upon certain condi tions and then later refuse to acknowl edge the binding effect of the condi tions would be preposterous. All that now remains is for the Legislature to provide that suit shall be brought for the purpose of ascertaining the actual value of the property. The value can be determined by taking intq consider ation the original cost of permanent work, the net, profits of the operation of the canal and locks, and the cost of duplicating the property on the oppo site bank of the river. The state really owns a one-tenth interest in the locks, for it is entitled to receive one tenth of the net profits. ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINE. The Alaska steamship proposition, which, like the poor, is always with us, is again doing its regular Spring "stunt." It does not make" much dif ference whether the earth is "aflush with May" or "aslush" with Novem ber, the Alaska steamship project will no more "down" than would the ghost of the late Mr. Banquo. Sooner or later the people of Portland will awake to the fact that We are permitting to go by default a large volume of trade which naturallyand logically belongs to Portland and the Columbia River basin. It is not ignorance of the extent and value of the Alaska trade that pre vents this port from establishing direct steamship connection with the rich northern land, but instead a mild In difference which is characteristic of Portland when the matter of invading a new trade field is under considera tion. Portland business men have a fairly accurate line on the dimensions of this trade, which has made Seattle great. for they are now shipping through Se attle vast quantities of Willamette Valley products and merchandise from this" city. There is, of course, some money in the business, but neither the profits nor the prestige attendant are at all in keeping with the possibilities. So long as Portland merchants are content with the comparatively small amount of Alaskan trade which they can secure by jobbing through the Se attle houses, they can hardly hope to increase their trade with the far north to very great proportions. Portland merchandise or produce shipped to Alaska through Seattle, in a steamer starting from Seattle, will receive scant attention as an advertisement of Port land; but if It goes forward In steamer sailing direct from Portland it will give the Alaskans an Impression that there is such a place as Portland With completion of the North Bank road into this city, Portland' will be the terminus of two great transconti nental railroad systems which find an outlet at Portland ovea the most eco nomical grades leading to any port on the Pacific Coast. This, of course gives Portland a decided advantage over other ports as a point of trans shipment for through business. Con struction here of the largest packing houses west of the Rocky Mountains will, of course, make Portland the best market for all kinds of meat products, which are consumed In such large quantities In Alaska, and Oregon vege tables, fruit and dairy products can be sent direct to Alaska to much, better advantage than by the present meth ods of trans-shipment at Seattle. Perhaps the most certain method to be followed in establishment of a line to Alaska Is through development of the great coal resources of the north ern land. Portland annually import from Australia large quantities of coal in addition to that brought from do mestlc points by rail. In quantity and quality the Alaska coal is equal to any demands that can be made on it in Portland, and, with this much-needed fuel supplying return cargoes for an Alaskan line from Portland, this port would have a decided advantage over the Puget Sound ports, which offer no market for coal. The Alaskan steam ship line is somewhat slow in develop ing, but when it is finally inaugurated, as it surely will be, we will all wonder why we were so slow in taking it up. KILLING THE EGO PRODUCER.. "When the most fertile land in the world produces so much less than that of poorer quality elsewhere, and this low yield shows a tendency to steady decline, the situation becomes clear. We are robbing the soil in an effort to get the largest cash returns from each acre of ground in the shortest possible time, and with the least possible la bor." . In such language James J. Hill, at the White House conference at Washington last Thursday, discussed our suicidal methods of agriculture. On the same day Professor Wlthy combe and his assistants from the Ag ricultural College at Corvallis were using practically the same language and exactly the same argument ,in their speeches before the farmers of Umatilla, one of Oregon's richest coun ties. .The warning Is not a new one. It has been sounded in notes of varying degree of alarm for years, but the practice of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs continues. The farm ers of California found wheatgrowlng such an easy method of becoming rich that they continued cropping their land to the premier cereal so long as It would return from four to eight bushels per acre. The startling rapid ity with which nature took revenge for such wasteful robbery of the soil is shown by the fact that while ten years ago California exported nearly 250 cargoes of wheat, for the past two years the product of the state has been insufficient for home consumption and California wheat cargoes no longer figure In the world's markets. This riotous waste of the soil's best prop erties is at full blast In many locali ties in the Pacific Northwest, but not in all. Umatilla County offers an ex cellent illustration of the reclamation of wheat farms and their conversion into fruit and garden patches in which there are rotation of crops and careful cultivation. At one end of the county the wheat barons still hold sway, and single in dividuals are farming thousands of acres of land cropped to wheat. At the other end, diversified farming, fruitgrowing and truck, gardening have replaced , wheat as a crop and small farmers are taking from ten and twenty acre areas of land greater net profits than entire quarter sections of wheat land yielded in the palmiest days of the Industry. Incidentally, fruitgrow ing and diversification of crops are returning to the soil the most essen tial properties that have been ex hausted by constant cropping to wheat. It is not yet too late to put in prac tice in Oregon the system of soil pres ervation and scientific farming taught by the experts who accompanied the O. R. & N. demonstration train, and when such methods are indorsed and urged on the people by men like James J. Hill, there should be no hesi tancy nor delay in putting them in practice. Oregon should take advan tage of the painful experience of the older states and lock the stable door before the horse is stolen. AN UNIQUE FESTTVAIj. A rhododendron festival is to be held in Florence, the busy, and picturesque seaport town of Lane.County, May 20. The coast line is gay with rhododen drons just now and the festival In honor of this beautiful flowering shrub will be largely attended by people of the county surrounding Florence, from as far out as Eugene. The rhododendron, the state flower of Washington, grows as 'plentifully and blooms as luxuriantly along the Oregon coast, and later in the Oregon mountains, as along the coast and in the mountains of Western Washington. When the discussion regarding the choice of a state flower was before the Oregon Horticultural Society, some years ago, the claim of the rhododen dron to this distinction was urged; but, as is well known, the Oregon grape (berberis aqulfollum) won the honor. The choice was regretted by many at the time, but it has come to be gener ally accepted as appropriate. This fact does not, however, prevent Oregon from sharing with Washington in ad miration for the gorgeous rhododen dron when In bloom. The festival to be held at Florence today Is the first public honor that has been paid to this hardy, indigenous shrub. Portland is in the mood just now to applaud the spirit of enterprise and appreciation that finds expression In a flower festival. Nature has been kind to the people whose homes and interests have been established on Siu- slaw Bay. Among other things, she has given them a grand flower for their May festival merely for the gath ering. May the occasion lead to the Introduction of a multitude of enter prising people of the surrounding country to the possibilities In undevel oped resources that -abound In the coast region of Lane County. Feeling the need of a word not found in the dictionaries, the New York Independent has coined the word "transvert,'' a noun. We already had the verb ."transvert," meaning "to cause to turn across." The Independ ent uses the word "transvert" to Indi cate persons who have changed from one religious organization to join an other, without, apparently, having changed their religious beliefs. In ex planation of the meaning of the new word, the Independent says that "to call them converts Implies approval to call them perverts expresses dlsap proval; they are transverts men who pass across the line," whether for good or 111." Possibly there is a place for the new word in our language. More probably half the people will call such persons converts and the other half will call them perverts, leaving very few to consider them transverts. The curiosity that has led thousands of people to the Gunness farm, near La Porte, Ind., within the past ten days, is of the grewsome type that for merly fed upon public executions, and being barred from this feast in most. If not all, of the states, still takes what crumbs of comfort it can pick up about morgues where lie the bodies of criminals or their victims. The plcni is a new form of expression of gratified curiosity of this type, and seems to be greatly enjoyed, since, hundreds spread basket dinners last Sunday on the grass in the Gunness pasture, that is popularly supposed to cover a corpse to every six feet square of land. The strange thing to people of ordinary sensibilities is that any one should have a desire to visit a place or cham ber of horrors, and again, that in yielding to this desire idle curioBity should be able to take an appetite for sausages and sandwiches along. As an example which would stand as a warning to others. It might have been best for society had Mrs. Gun ness, the champion brute of her sex, baen captured and publicly and prop erly executed. And yet there is some thing eminently appropriate in 1 the manner in which she met death. There was undoubtedly time before the fires of this world were hurrying her on to those of another in which she could reflect on the crimes she had commit ted and the misery she had caused. If there Is any means of communication between this world and that over which Satan is supposed to preside, we can well imagine the spike-tailed ruler of the lower regions fleeing In terror at the approach of the murderess from Indiana, for certainly the under world, even pictured in its worst possible light. Is too good a place for such a fiend. The wheat market in Chicago scored another sensational advance yesterday. the May option gaining 3 cents per bushel. It is, of course, impossible at this distance to determine to what ex tent manipulation figures In the hilari ous wheat market that Chicago has of fered for several months past. One thing is certain, however, that It would be Impossible by any known means of manipulation to keep prices up so near the dollar mark as they have been for several months unless there was a strong feature in underlying legitimate conditions. If the European market continues to absorb all of the world's offerings at the present high range of prices, a scarcity which may make dollar wheat seem cheap is not improbable before another crop Is available for export. The spirit of progress' in Russia does not seem to be unanimous, or at least there is a difference of opinion as to the kind of progress it Is advisable to invest In. The budget committee of the Douma has just rejected the minis terial demand that four battleships be laid down during the coming year, and Mr. Witte Is In violent opposition to the project for a new railroad along the Amur to give Russia a Pacific out let over her own lands. It has been many years since Russia succeeded in launching any kind of a project that attracted the undivided support of her people. Under the employers' liability act a railroad employe Is entitled to recover damages for an injury, even though caused by the negligence of a fellow- employe. Commenting upon this, the Saturday Evening Post remarks that the injured person is still compelled to hire an attorney to collect the amount due, generally being compelled to pay the lawyer one-third of the amount re covered and frequently suffering the injustice of being sold out. A sure. prompt and complete means of collect lng the claim is desired. Justice de mands as much. The Woman's General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church has collected $6000 for work among the mountaineers' of the South. Barbarlanism and heathenism have run riot in the region selected for so long a time that a much more arduous task confronts the society than would be found among the poor, benighted Hindu and other far-away heathen who in the past have absorbed such large sums of American missionary funds. A consignment of babies' cradles. valued at $400 each, carved and silk canopied, imported by the Marshall Field Company, of Chicago and New Tork, were held up recently in the lat ter city for a 60 per cent ad valorem value by the unsentimental officials who stand at the receipt of customs. This is a tax that ought to arouse the righteous Indignation of the President and call forth an urgent message on tariff reform. Having had no desire to cause do mestlc infelicities anywhere in this state( The Oregonian -learns with re gret that the early delivery of the pa per in the Willamette Valley has pre clpitated many controversies over the question whether it is the duty of a wife to get up and bring in the morn ing paper so her husband can read It before he gets up in the morning. Of course Emma Goldman ought to have the right to speak wherever she can; but what right has the Y. M. C. A. to invite her to speak in its auditor ium, unless the T. M. C. A. wants the public to draw the necessary inference that it Indorses her peculiar doctrines, or at least that they are deserving the countenance and consideration of de cent and God-fearing people? It is a great relief to learn that there are no religious obstacles to the Sagan- Gould marriage, for Madame Anna is a Protestant and the Prince has no scruples about becoming one. So the church can't Interfere and the police won't. A Cayuse chief, residing on 'the Umatilla reservation, has bought an automobile. Before he gets through with it he. may find that busting bronchos is not such dangerous work after all. Continuous rains are afflicting Cali fornia. Tough to live In such a dismal country, where it is likely to rain thir teen months In the year. These late rains will make a bumper hay crop in Oregon, and, as there Is a shortage In California, the price should be unusually good. "My little bride to be," was what Tom Piatt called her. But it was a marriage knot to be. This is the day we get to see the fleet go by. The words "go by" are used advisedly. The Washington Democrats hating Indorsed prohibition, it's up to the Kentucky Klick. Now for some sunshine to put the color and flavor In the strawberries. Mr. Bryan will probably be able to carry Alabama next November, too. HOrSE GETS DOWN TO WORK Cuts Out Everything to IlindeT and Passes Many Bills. WASHINGTON, May 13. The House today again showed its capacity for work, and with adjournment in mind, continued the cleaning-up process. The conference report on the legislative ap propriation bill was agreed to; confer ence reports on the agricultural and fortification appropriations were re ceived. The bill making an appropriation of $500,000 for representation by the Unit ed States at the Tokio Exposition was passed, as were also the two omnibus bills embodying 40 separate measures having to do with public land and mat ters in the territories. Pending a vote on a bill providing for the issuance of leases of public land in the Panama Canal Zone, a re cess was taken until tomorrow. The omnibus territories bill, embrac ing 15 measures favorably considered by committee, was passed, under sus pension of the rules. The various pro visions of the bill deal exclusively with legislation pertaining to the territories. the most Important or which Is one regulating the sale of liquor In Alaska. The passage of the bill in "this manner was to limit the debate to a minimum, to obviate at least 14 roll-calls. By the provisions of a bill, the Sec retary of the Navy Is authorized to ac cept and care for gifts, such as silver services presented to vessels of the Navy. FAIR ELECTIONS IN PANAMA Taft Tells of Agreement Which Will Secure TI:cm. WASHINGTON. May 1 ".--Secretary Taft today announced the terms of the agreement he reached with the Pan ama government on his recent visit there, which, it is believed, if carried into effect, will guarantee the abso- ute Integrity of the elections to be held in July. The agreement Is iden tical with that telpB-ranhed fullv In the Associated Press dispatches fast Saturday from Panama. Panama Is to appoint an electoral commission to In vestigate the complaints of all parties and in this the United States is to Join. COMMISSION ON RESOURCES Newlands Proposes Body to Investl' gate Whole -Subject. WASHINGTON, May 19. Mr. New- lands of Nevada today Introduced a bill for the appointment of a National commission for the conservation of nat ural resources and defining its duties. The President Is authorized by the bill to appoint a commission of 15 members for the investigation of all questions relating to the conservation, use and control of the resources of the United States, for navigatron, irrigation and municipal supply, prevention of floods, prevention of waste in mining, etc The commission is to report to Congress annually. CAUCUS ON INJUNCTION BILL Republicans of House Will Decide Policy Tonight. WASHINGTON. May 19. A Republl can conference will be held tomorrow night to determine the attitude of the majority in the House toward me pas sage at this session of the law to re. strict the courts In the issuing of in junctions as demanded by labor leaders. Raises Naturalization Fee. WASHINGTON, May 19. The Senate committee on immigration today or dered favorably reported the House bill amending the laws in relation to the naturalization of aliens. The commit tee amended the bill by increasing the frees for naturalization from $5 to $10. Continue Porto Rlcan Regiments. WASHINGTON, May 19. The Senate to day passed bills providing for the con tinuance of the Porto Rlcan regiments of Infantry and authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay, Alaska, to a private corporation. IJVELY FIGHT IN HARRISBURG Keystone Democrats Lined Up on Bryan Issue. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 19. With both Bryan and anti-Bryan forces claim ing control of a majority of the delegates to tomorrow's state convention, the gath ering promises to be one of the liveliest ever held, by the Democratic party in this state, rne isryan supporters are oemanu lng of the convenlton that the four dele- gates-at-large to Denver be instructed to vote for Bryan. Colonel Guffey, National committeeman, Is opposed to Instructing the delegates- at-lange for the Nebraskan or any -one else. Both the Bryan and Guffey forces have made slates for the officers of the convention. Tammany Will Send 650 Men. NEW YORK, May 19. Tammany Hall will be represented at the Democratic National convention at Denver oy delesatlon 650 strong. Five special trains have been engaged and accommodations for the entire party have been secured In Denver hotels. It is estimated that the cost of the trip to the Tammany delegation will be at least $100,000. Each man will pay his own expenses. WILL SEEK CHURCH UNION Methodist Episcopal Conference Favors Absorbing Tj. B. Society, PITTSBURG, Pa., May 19. The spe clal committee from the M. E. Confer ence that met here yesterday with overtures to the Methodist Proteotan Oeneral Conference to return to th parent body, was so well pleased wifh the results of their mission that before leaving Rev. John G. Goucher, o( the committee, announced that upon thel return to Baltimore the M. E. Confer ence would act upon a proposition to send an overture requesting union to the General Conference of the United Brethren Church, which meets in can ton. Ohio, next May. BlshoD Thomas C. Carter, of th United Brethren Church, who Is here In the interest of the union of that de nomination and the MethodlBt Protest ant and the Congregational Churches, said the action of the M. E. Conference would have no effect toward retarding the latter union, which has been under consideration several years. Cotton-Spinners Ask Protection. MONTREAL, May 19. The striking cotton-mill workers last evening de posed President Glganac, who Opposed the present strlKe, ana timii uuellett was elected In his stead. The council also appointed a delegation to wait upon Rudolphe Lemleux, Federal Mln ister of Labor, tomorrow and notify him that he was expected to settle th strike at once by seeing that the cotto Industry was given a measure of pro tection sufficient to allow the manufac. turers to meet the competition of th United States mills and pay ltoing wages to tnelr employes. FROM EUGENE Portland Business Men Asked to Join Excursion to College Town. EUGENE. Or.. May 19. (Special.) The Eugene Commercial Club, The Uni versity of Oregon and the Southern Pa cific Company are making extensive plans for the excursion that Is to be run from Portland to Eugene, June 24. to dedication ceremonies of the new Southern Pacific station here, and to visit the State University. A commit tee of business men will soon call upon the leading business men of Portland to invite them on behalf of the city and nlversit.y. The excursion train will reach Eu gene about 11 o'clock in the morning and the exercises In connection with the dedication of the new station will take place at once. The visitors will be the guests of the city until evening. when the train will return to Portland, eavlng here at about the close of the ay. In the afternoon the visitors will ttend the annual commencement excr- Ises at the University of Oregon. HARTOG HURLED FROM STAGE,"' Manager Eugene Commercial Club Injured Near Mapleton. EUGENE. Or., May 19. (Special.) News reached Eugene today that the Eugene-Florence stage went over the grade on the Siuslaw river last evening hrowing out the passengers. John Har- tog, L. K. Bean and W. W. Calkins, all f Eugene, and gainfully, though not seriously. Injuring Mr. Hartog. The accident occurred about seven miles this side of Mapleton. Mr. Hartog was taken to the Swiss home for the night and driven on to Mapleton this morn ing. Mr. Bean and Mr. calkins walked on with the driver to Mapleton last night. The Eugene people were on their way to Florence to attend the Rhododendron festival. Mr; "Hartog was to deliver the principal address on this occasion tomorrow. COON'S ACTION APPROVED Revokes Extradition Warrant for Robert W. Fullerton. ' OLTMPIA, May 19. Acting Governor Coon, who revoked the extradition warrant for Robert W. Fullerton, the young millionaire who was taken from trie custody of the New York detec tives in San Francisco for habeas cor pus proceedings, said that when he honored the requisition of Governor Hughes, of New Yerk, for the extra dition of Fullerton he was not aware of a later practice requiring a pre liminary arrest. He has since learned that Fullerton was not allowed an op portunity for a hearing in this state, but was taken to California, where it appears a new warrant has been taken out by the New York agent, and where a hearing will be had. The action taken by Acting Governor Coon has in all instances had the approval of the local officers of this state. NEW CHARTER IS REJECTED OOrvallis Citizens Prefer to Elect Their Chief of Police. CORVALLIS. Or.. May 19. (Special.) A new city charter, framed with much labor and patience, and Involv ing the best features of the Portia it and Salem charters, was defeated here in the city election yesterday by an adverse vote of 172 for and 238 agalnst- One feature that was opposed is that the Chief of Police is made appointive by Mayor and Council, Instead of elee tive by the people. The chief factor in the defeat, however, was the gen eral unfamiMarity of the voters with the terms of the new instrument. Officers were elected in yesterday's contest as follows: Chief of Police, J.- D. Wells; Police Judge. G. W. Den- man: Treasurer, Z. H. Davis; Council men: First Ward. J. B. Irvine; Second Ward, D. A. Osburn; Third Ward, Gene M. Simpson. It Is probable that the new cnarter will be resubmitted later. Tacoma Waterfront News. TACOMA, May 19.-rhe British elp Hilston, Captain Corrance, left port this morning with a full cargo of lumber for Rotterdam. The German shin Alsterkamp will be gin loading today for Iqulque. She Is under charter to lirace uompany. With 600 tons of ore from the V est Coast, the Norwegian steamer Eir is due at the Tacoma smelter. She will load here for W. R. Grace & Company. The steamer Governor returned here today to take 500 tons of wheat for San Francisco. She left out late tonight. The steamer Montara, of the same com panv's fleet, left port this morning with grain for San Francisco. She will finish her cargo at Seattle. May Name Tennessee Man. SEATTLE, May 19. A special to the limes from Juneau, Alaska, says ad vices received by delegates attending the Alaska Democratic convention In session here are to the effect that Thomas Cale will not stand for another term as delegate In Congress from this territory. Accordingly there will be no occasion for indorsing him on a non partisan ticket, and the Juneau conven tion will have to select a candidate to run under the Democratic emblem. Rob ert Jennings, a Juneau attorney, now in Nashville, Tenn., has signified his will ingness to accept. Alaska Democrats will instruct for Bryan. Astoria's Shipping News. ASTORIA, Or., May 19. (Special) The Italian Bark Emanuele Accame ar rived in this' city this afternoon, 157 days from Hamburg with a full cargo of ce ment for Portland. Captain G. Gavl, master of the vessel, reports an unevent ful passage, excepting that during the past three days he was in a strong Bouth west gale. On April 29, Captain Gavl spoke the British ship Verbena, which sailed from here on April 11 for the United Kingdom in 12 north. 121 west. The Verbena wished to be reported "all well." Salmon Fishermen Disagree. ASTORIA. Or., May 19. (Special) A conference was held here this afternoon between members of the Columbia River Pound Net and Seiners' Union and rep resentatives of the Columbia River Pro tective Association in an endeavor to right some agreement relative to the two pending initiative fish bills, but after a thorough discussion no agreement could be reached. Making It Safe fqr Sightseers. ASTORIA, Or.. May 19. (Special) Supervising Inspector Birmingham and Local Inspectors Edwards and Fuller were here today checking up the life sav ing equipment of the various vessels which will carry excursionists to the points about the mouth of the river to morrow and issuing special permits to those who will go outside the bar. Albany Entertains Boosters: ALBANY, Or.. May 19. (Special.) The Eugene Commercial Club will make an excursion to Albany next Tuesday even ing. May 2S. The boosters of Lane County's capital will spend four hours here that evening Rnd the Albany Com mercial Club is making suitable arrange ments for their entertainment. INVITATION IABBE ESTATE WORTH $231,129 Appraisers Fix Value of Property Left by Antolne Labbe. The estate of Antolne Labbe has been appraised at $231,128. The report of the appraisers'. William Mackenzie, Robert Livingstone and William MacMaster, 'was filed in the County Court yesterday. A large part of the property lies In Couch Addition to Portland. The estate is- a joint one. In which Blaise Labbe, John Labbe and Antoine Labbe held a third Interest each. According- to the appraisement, lots 6' and S. In block 38. at the northeast corner of Washington and Second, streets, are worth 200.0i. A one-third Interest Is valued at JH6.6S6. Lot 8. in block 174, on the southeast corner of Sixth and Wash ington streets, is worth, according to the figures on file, J214.S9R. The third Interest of the deceased is valued at J71.66S. The west 32 feet of lot 8, in block 16. at the southeast corner of Second and Washing ton streets, is worth $45,000. Antoine Labbe's share Is given as worth lla.OOO. The values placed on the one-third In terest In Couch addition property are as follows: Lots 1 and 2, block 61, on Flan- street, between Ninth and Tenth. inw; ots o. b, l ana s, diock ei, on vhismu street, between Ninth and Tenth, $16,000; lots 2 and 3, block 50. on the northeast corner of Eiehth and Everett streets. $10,- ! 00O; lots 3, 4. 5 and 6, block 105, between Burnside. Couch. Fifteenth and Sixtenth streets, $10,833. Five shares of stock in the Oregon Cen tral Railroad Company are not appraised. At par they were $500 a share, or $2j00. TWO WIVES PLEAD DESERTION Chris Peterson Also Seekn Divorce on Statutory Charge. Suit for divorce was filed in the Cir cuit Court yesterday by Ruby B. Mr- Connell against Henry McConnell. on the ground of desertion. She asserts in the complaint that she married Mc Connell in San Francisco, June 28, 1901. and that six years later, while they were living In Salem, he left home and never returned. The couple have two children, aged 6 and 4 years respective ly. The- mother asks the custody or the younger child, stating that her hus band Is in possession of the other. She also asks the payment of $100 attor neys fees. Marie Fewlore Is also suing for divorce on the ground of desertion. She says she married L. W. Fowler in Portland, May 1, 1902. He left home December 1, 1906. They have one child, 4 years old. Chris Peterson married Viola Peter son at Ogden. Utah, September 4, 19J2. He has brought suit to obtain a divorce on a statutory charge. He names L. St. Johns as ce-respondent. The couple has an adopted child 1 year old, of which the husband asks the custody, asserting that the wife is not a fit per son to have It In charge. STITT DEFEATED IX SUIT Court Grants Divorce to Wife of Former Policeman. W. O. Stitt, who was for 15 years a member of the Portland police force, but who Is now employed at the Wil lamette Iron Works, failed yesterrday to win his suit for divorce. Judge O'Day, of the Circuit Court, gave the decree to Mrs. Gertie Stltt, refusing to believe the statements made by Stitt regarding his wife's unseemly conduct. Mrs. Stltt was awarded the custody of her two children, and $30 a month ali mony. Dr. C. E. Bogue is made defendant in a suit for divorce filed In the Cir cuit Court by Mrs. Minnie M. Bogue. She asks for the restoration of her maiden name, Willis, and for one-third of the community property, valued at $30,000. The suit makes Mrs, Hattle Bogue, Dr. Bogue's mother, a party to the suit, It being alleged that the doc tor transferred to her a large part of his property. The wife says her husband threw a knife at her, pinched and kicked her, and ridiculed her speech by referring to her as "Stuttering Sail." They were married at Roseburg, in March, 1905. Estate Admitted to Probate. Upon the petition of William M. Ladd, the estate of Mary Bell Holmes was admitted to probate in the County Court yesterday. The will makes Mr. Ladd the executor, to act without bond. The estate is valued at $7500. James Thornton Gardiner, a brother of the de ceased, is to receive $3500; Serena M. Gardiner, a sister-in-law, $500; William Munson Gardiner, a nephew, $1500; Miriam Gardiner. a niece, $1000; and Helen Conway Gardiner, $1000. Milton W. Smith Sued. Suit to recover $5000 has been brought by the Columbia Valley Trust J Company against Milton W. Smith. The complaint has been niea in tne circuit Court, alleging that Smith signed a promissory note In favor of D. C. Pelton on March 10, 1908, and has failed to make payment. The claim was as signed to the trust company by Pelton. LOOT SAFE AT ARLINGTON Robbers Work Combination and Get $7 0 From BaUonr-Gulhrle. ARLINGTON, Or., May 19. (Special.) On entering the office qf Balfour, Guthrie & Co. this morning. Henry Thiessen. local manager of the com pany, discovered the safe open and the cash drawer gone. That the perpetrators of the -leed were experts Is shown by the fact that they worked the combination. They then pried out the cash drawer con taining about $70 and made good their escape. Checks were not taken. Marshal Gray was 'notified as soon as the robbery was discovered, but at a late hour had not succeeded In find ing any trace of the thieves. The only clue so far Is the fact that some boys saw two suspicious characters near the warehouse at dark yesterday even ing. DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST William J. Jones, Who Left Iowa for Oregon in 184 7. NEWBERG, Or., May .19. (Special.) William J. Jones, a pioneer of Che halem Valley, who emigrated to Ore gon from Burlington, la., in 1847, died at the home of his son-in-law, Peter Ornduff, on Chehalem Mountain, last night- Practically all his life since coming to Oregon has been spent in Chehalem Valley, where he raised a large family of children. Old Soldiers Excursion Guests. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 19. (Spe cial.) A special train will leave Gen tralia Memorial Day for Tacoma. The train has been chartered by the Com mercial Club, and ail old soldiers of the Civil War, whether Federal or Confederate, and the Centralia Eagle band will be the guests of the Com mercial Club. The Invitation was ex tended to all the old soldiers and their wives, who live In Centralia or vicin ity. Colls Huntington Sammls. SANTA MONICA, May 19. Collis Huntington Sammls, a nephew of Collis P. Huntington, died at 1 o'clock today of cancer of the stomach, aged 65 years.