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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.