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11 ITS WANT MEETINGS ENDED Sixth-Street Business Men Pe tition Police to Arrest Socialist Orators. AiBMCTON 1UILMM3 ME THE MORNING OREGOlSIAX, FRIDAY, JUT 31, 1908. MERGHAfi SALE INTERFERE WITH TRADE Wordy Agitators Are Regarded as Nuisance and New Complaints Will Soon Be Filed In Mu nicipal Court. "Unmitigated nuisances!" That la the term applied to Socialist of the street-meeting variety by Sixth street business men from Washington atreet to Oak. And these business men are not confining- their dislike of the 9o Invective. They have formulated a petition, circulated it down Sixth atreet. with the result that the name of every business house from Washington to 8tark streets and a num ber of those from Stark to Oak appear on the document asking elimination by the police of these street meetings. The petition is now In the hands of the 1 1 ha nnH a ra aAHlimlnflr an in active attitude at this time because of a decision made by Municipal Judge Van Zante favoring the Socialists on Wed nesday. However, the Judge's decision was on purely technical grounds, the basis being that the complaints as Is sued by the City Attorney's office merely cited that Socialist orators refused to "move on" when so ordered by the po- - . . 1 J V. n .J lice. These aocumenis oiiuum uavu wt. ecribed the specific nature 01 tne onenses alleged, the court said. Think Complaint Were Proper. . It Is a very easy matter for the City Attorney's office to make out new com plaints covering other charges and thus to secure convictions, for the real Issue of "free speech" has not yet been tested. But the City Attorney's office Is hesitat ing because It is held that the office was right In contending that In purely quasi criminal proceedings a full statement of fact In a complaint is not necessary. If so it would be necessary to make long and tedious complaints In every case of drunkenness and thus every petty of fender who had the Inclination, plus the means, to hire a wordy lawyer, might defeat prosecution under a minor city ordinance. Either that or the City At torney's office would have to hire a score or two of men to make out technically perfect and complete complaints In every case. But whether Judge Van Zante can be brought to this way of looking or whether the complaints have to be made out in all their legal finery, complaints are to be made' out, and this very shortly. So the local Socialists may look for Inter ference at any time with their meetings on the street. The Sixth-street petition was drafted by J. Morton Conn, who has a nickel motion-picture show right Inside the meeting aone, below Sixth and Washing ton. It was circulated by J. A. Head and W. W. Metzger, Joint proprietors of a restaurant a few doors farther along. It Is asked of the police that they inter fere and break up these nightly meetings, as they are a great annoyance to the business men on the block. Rights of Taxpayers. "I think the merchants and business people who pay taxes for Improving and maintaining the streets ought to have some rights in the matter," said Mr. Head, yesterday. "I can't see the benefit of these nightly harangues. These So cialists assemble all down the block nearly every night and rant and shout themselves hoarse over their lmmaglnary grievances against everything and every body. "It Is annoying to every one who has to do business along the street. They congest Btreet and sidewalk and divert traffic to other streets, as people are re luctant In passing such an assemblage. "They were at it last night louder than ever, following their victory In the Mu nicipal Court They laughed at the po lice and said they couldn't be molested, end they weren't. But something ought to be done, for they are a nuisance and are doing no good etther to themselves or anyone else. Every business man on this block has signed the petition for their removal and It has been given over to the police. We look to the police to do their duty since there is a law under which these people can be made to move. If they have grievances against mankind and the order of things let them take their grievances out in the woods." DON'T WANT ENGINE HOUSE Irvlngton People Oppose Location of Fire Apparatus in District. An unusual situation has developed In the Irvlngton district, where the city wishes to install an engine-house. In striking contrast to most localities throughout the city, the residents of that beautiful section are up In arms against the proposition, and the municipal au thorities have decided to await the fur ther pleasure of the people there before doing anything else toward the purchase of a site upon which to erect the building. The Irvlngton district Is one of the most . beautiful In Portland, numerous large residences and paved streets being the rule, and the building restrictions are such that, it Is said, the city officials can scarcely meet them. The situation is made the more perplexing because of the urgent need of a (lie station there. How ever, although the authorities have not stated In so many words. It is evident that Mayor Lane and Fire Commissioners Marcus A. Flelschner and W. T. Peery will probably drop the matter until such time as the residents of the district ask for an engine-house. And if they never ask for It. the probability Is that -some other locality in that section of the city will get the house. The site was selected for the proposed engine-house at East Twenty-second and Thompson streets, and it was the inten tion of the Executive Board to purchase the property and start the construction of the new building. Objections being In terposed, the project was dropped, and it is now up to the property-owners of Irv lngton district to say if they want further fire protection. Knapp Driven From Exchange. NEW YORK. July 30. President Thomas, of the New Tork Stock Ex change, announced today that the gov erning committee has ordered the imme diate sale of the membership held by John Knapp, board member of the firm of Coster. Knapp & Co.. which failed on April 28 last, after the suicide of the senior partner. The governors further held Mr. Knapp Ineligible for reinstate ment, basins; their action on the methods employed by the firm AT GLOVES Dents HOSIERY WORK IS Hillsboro Line to Be Rushed by Oregon Electric. ALL OBSTACLES REMOVED Track to Be Laid to End of Road In Next Two Weeks, and Trains Will Be Running to Hillsboro by September 1. Practically all obstacles In the path of the Oregon Electric Railway's Hillsboro extension have been removed and a big gang of construction men resumed work yesterday on the new line into Washing ton County. Track will be laid Into Hills boro, says General Manager G. W. Tal bot, within the next two weeks and the line will be in operation. It is expected, by September 1. The right-of-way troubles that delayed operations on the Hillsboro branch have been practically all cleared up. Trouble was experienced In getting rights of way through the Bullet property in the City of Beaverton. but this has fortunately been settled out of court. The verdict rendered by the court in the case of the troublesome Reghltto property forces the Oregon Electric management to pay J180O for the desired rights of way across the onion and horseradish patches belonging to the Reghltto family. This verdict is considered satisfactory by the railroad company. It was over this tract of land the conflict between the railroad and the Reghltto family was waged, and the greatest difficulty experienced since the Oregon Electric commenced operations In this state. The only remaining right of way to be secured for the Hillsboro line consists of about six or seven acres near the west city limits of Hillsboro that belongs to the Tongue estate. The purchase of this land is now In process of settle' ment. Construction of the pole line to carry the trolley wires for the Hillsboro ex tension is following the track as it is laid by the grading gangs. . The pole line has now been put up as far as Beaverton. Some ballasting has been done on the new track between Beaver ton and Garden Home on the new line. while a gamr of 400 men are at work ballasting the main line between Port land and Salem. This work has been completed between Salem and St. Louis and ballast has been spread as far as .Donald. By Fall the main line will be In first-class condition for the fast opera tion of trains. The Hillsboro line. It is understood will be extended to Forest Grove and this road will form the first link In the line to Tillamook. The coast will not be reached, however, by the Oregon Electric ror some time, carerul surveys and con slderable preliminary work being neces- sary before actual construction work can De begun. Canadian Paclfc Official Here. C. E. E. Ussher. assistant passenger trainc manager ror tin Canadian Pa cific. with headquarters at . innlpeg, visited Portland yesterday to look ov-.t tuo i-osset:eer outlook in this territorv Mr. Ussher expressed himself as plensed with Portland and tho prospects here for a growing pasengir traffic for his line. He noted the r.ianr Improvements Portland has mado since his last visit Appointed Tariff Inspector. Hugh O'Neill, a well known railroad man of the city, lias been appointed tariff Inspector for the O. R. & N. lines In this territory. This position is one created by the railroads because of the order of the Interstate Commerce Com mission requiring all railroads to keep on file complete tariffs with all agents RESUMED At a time when our Fall stock was on the way, and the problem of adequate room was facing us, the Abington building fell prey to the fire demon, damaging our complete stock, more or less, and necessitating the disposal of it at ruinous prices. Fortunately, however, our entire damage was suffered by water, and none by fire or smoke. The tfoods we had on hand were brand-new. hih-rade. and the line was complete. The entire stock has been marked down and will be sold at once, not a single ON E-THI R D F O RM ER PRIC CLOTHING Carson, Meyer & Co. Paragon Trousers FURNISHINGS (Shirts) Cluett Manhattan Monarch Eagle The Very Best Imported Domestic Makes PEOPLE'S on the whole system where they may be seen by the public All stations on the lines of the O. R. A N. must be equipped with those tariff sheets for public inspection at any time. It is the duty of the tariff Inspector to travel over the lines of the road and see that the agents keep tariffs on file. He will check up the tariffs and help the agents In complying with the Interstate Commerce law. President of Monon Route Visitor. W. H. McDoel, president of the Chi cago, Indianapolis & Louisville, better known as the Monon Route, visited Portland yesterday in his private car, accompanied by a party of friends. President McDoel will travel over the Willamette Valley lines today, going up on the main line of the Southern Pacific and returning on the West Side division from Corvallis. he is on a pleasure tour, he says, as it Is his cus tom to come out to the Coast every lit tle while. He visited Portland about one year ago. TRAMPS KILLED IN WRECK Spilled Watermelons Furnish Feast for California. Boys. M ART S VI LLE, Cal., July 30. A north bound Southern Pacific extra freight train was wrecked at 8:30 o'clock this after noon on the Tuba River bridge. The ac cident was caused by a broken flange on one of the wheels. There were 20 tramps on the train. George W. Waller, of 1965 Sutter street, San Francisco, who was riding between two boxcars, was crushed to death. It is thought that one and possibly two more bodies are under the wreckage. A carload of watermelons consigned from Fresno to Grants Pass, Or., was thrown from the bridge Into the bed of the river and was carried off by scores of boys. The track was torn up for 100 yards. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Deaths. POLIS At Astoria. Or.. July 30. Bill Polls, native of Greece, aged 19. TOMLINSON On steamer Potter. July SO, J. E. TomHnson, native of. Iowa, aged 40. SCHOVEL At 411 Florence. July 2, Florence H. Sctaovel, native of Ohio, aged 52. THILKE At 6aH Hood, July 29, Ver non Thllke, native of Oregon. Infant. CRANDAL.Ii At Llnnton, Or., July .28, Ida A. Crandall, native of Oregon, aged 19. WATBRHOLTBR At M8 Tillamook. July 29. Kami In. Waterholter, natlva of Ger many, age4 64. LE CLAIR At Rome for Aged, July 27, Mme. I.e Clair, native of Canada, aged 69. ERICKSON At S12 Guild. July 26, Lil lian G. Erlckson, native of Sweden, infant. Births. LICKESS At 1804 Drummond, July 20, to the wife of John Llckess, a daughter. OKUtA East of city limits. July 29, to the wife of K. Okuda, a daughter. BATCHBLLEK At 14 East Fifteenth, July 28. to the wife of J. M. Batcheller, a son. LE BOl'X. at 191 Simpson. July 20, to the wife of F. C. LeDoux, a daughter. JENKINS At 834 East Thirty-third. July 18, to the wife of T. E. Jenkins, a daughter. POTTER At S43 East Twelfth. July It, to the wife of F. J. Potter, a daughter. HYDE At East Forty-first and Francis, July 12, to the wife of IS. A. Hyde, a daugh ter. DAI'S At Kelly and East Forty-first, July 11, to the wife of M. Daus. a son. Building Permits. A. M. KNAPP To erect one-story frame on East Ninth, between East Market and East Mill; 11700. C. T. SAILING To erect two-story frame on Belmont, between East Thirty-sixth and East Thirty-seventh; t2500. I E. CARTER To erect one-etory frame on Hancock, between East Firty-sixth and East Forty-fifth: S3000. J. B. KRASF To erect one-stroy frame on Commercial, near Btandena! $3000. SARAH BUROOTNE To erect two-story rrame at 147 Porter; 11200. Marriage Licenses. MOCL-BARRETTS Bayard H. MouU 23, city; Bonnie Opal Barrets, 1, city. N Al'NTON-H ENTRICH Frederick Naun ton, 21. city; Louise Hentrtch, 24, city. Wedding and visiting cards. W. G. 8mlth Co., Washington bids:.. 4tb and Wash. Rosenthal's wlnaows are money-savers. INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING WELL-KNOWN LINES i SALE BEGINS SATURDAY , NINE A.M. and CLOTHING GO. COMPLAIN OF RATE ORDER RAILROAJ&S FILE BILL IX LUM BER CASE. Declare That New Charge Is Rea sonable and That Commission Has Exceeded Its Authority. . Copies of the bill lately filed in the Cali fornia courts by attorneys for the South ern Pacific Company, asking for an in junction to prevent the operation of Will amette Valley lumber rates announoed lately by the Interstate Commerce com mission, have been received In Portland. The complaint was filed before the Unit ed States Circuit Court of the northern district of California by William F. Her rin and his attorneys. W. W. Cotton, of Portland, participated in the' preparation of the complaint and his name appears with the other attorneys. The complaint recites that the rate on lumber and lumber products from the Willamette Valley points to California terminals was fixed at to a ton by the railroad company In April, 1907. Then the suit filed against the rate by the Western jP .sisMisjrtsliiW ill ml 111 Ittiiiksifcii COTTOLENE is a pure and wholesome frying: nd shortening medium, made from refined cottonseeQ oil. There is not an ounce of hog fat in it to make food unwholesome, greasy and indigestible. As evidence of its superiority, COTTOLENE received Grand Prixe (highest possible award) at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi HATS Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' Associa tion is detailed and the decision of the Interstate commerce Commission in favor of the lumbermen and the order for the railroads to reduce the rate charged from to to a maximum of $3.65 a ton from the Willamette Valley to California points. It is charged in the complaint by the Southern Pacific attorneys that the Com mission exceeds Its powers In that It Is at once trying to exercise executive, legis lative and judicial powers. More spe cifically, the bill charges that the Com mission did not find the $5 rate to be ex orbitant in its opinion rendered on the subject. It is shown in the bill that the Southern Pacific made a low rate of C10 In 1899 from Portland) and other Willam ette Valley points to San Francisco in order to foster and build up the lum ber business in "Western Oregon, but there was no promise of the continuance of the rate. It is held that the former rates were unreasonably low and that the $5 rate is not unreasonable. It is asked that an injunction be granted suspending the enforcement of the order of the Commission pending the further hearing of the matters under considera tion, and that a date be set for hearing the merits of the case in the courts and further, that the members of the Inter state Commerce Commission be required to appear and answer in regard to the suit. The Mexican porter handles loads of 400 pounds with ease. The Swine and the Flower Oh me! I saw a huge and loathsome sty, Wherein a drove of wallowing swine were barred. Whose banquet shocked the nostril and the eye; Then spoke a voice, "Behold the source of LARD!" I fled, and saw a field that seemed at first One glistening mass of roses pure and white, With dewy buds 'mid dark green foliage nursed ; And as I lingered o'er the lovely sight, The summer breeze that cooled that Southern scene, Whispered, "Behold the source of COTTOLENE!" Nature1 s Gift from the Sunny South THE N. K. FAIRBANK item being withheld " John B. Stetson Crofut & Knapp FURNISHINGS (Collars) E.&W. Arrow Brand UNDERWEAR All Leading Makes NECKWEAR Keiser's Full Line 106 THIRD STREET ABINGTON BUILDING Winged "M" Springs Into Great Favor Club Buttons Were Never So Popu lar as Since Oregoa Athletes Won Honors In London Games. NEVER before in the history of the organisation has the Multnomah Club button been so popular as it Is now. Almost everyone you see on the streets wears one conspicuously. Tom, Dick and Harry have them In the lapel of their coats, while the girls are die playing them more generally than ever. Jewelers of the city who sell the em blems report that there is a big demand Juet now and the bigger buttons sell more readily than the smaller ones. To be strictly au fait, the man about town must have a Multnomah button where It may be observed by all he meets. The sudden jump of the club button Into such high favor is because Smith son, Gilbert and Kelly, all club mem bers, performed so successfully at Lon don last week. Before the world's championships were decided the but tons were not so numerous by far. The popularity of the club emblem is tion; and Gold Medals (also renresentinc hichest awards In each case) at the Charleston Exposition, the Paris Exposition, and the Chicago World's Fair. In fact, in every case wherever COTTOLENE has been exhibited in competition with other cooking fats, it has invariably been granted the highest award. COMPANY, CHICAGO !l!!llll'!,llltll(f;i(iiifTW'ttiif''rlVr(!n'HWIfJUHTH E S another form of hero worship, that will probably last until after the athletes return home and are feted and petted. Then the fad will die out, the buttons will disappear and the performances of the champions will be remembered In a general way only. This is fame. BETRAYED BY HIS THIRST Japanese Kills Enemy After Propos ing Friendly Drink. - SAN FRANCISCO, July 30. R. Tanska, proprietor of a Japanese billiard parlor, is dying at the Central Receiving Hospital from a pistol shot wound inflicted by F. Fuzuki, who conducts a sailors' lodging house opposite Tanaka'a residence on Stockton street. Last night the two men, who had been drinking heavily, quar reled over Tanaka's wife. Early today Fuzuki went to Tanaka's house and asked him to forget their trouble and come out and have a drink. No sooner had Tanaka reached the street than, without warning, Fuzuki drew a revolver and fired five shots at him, one piercing his stomach and in flicting a fatal wound. Fuzuki fled and has not yet been captured. Olympia Malt Extract, good for grand ma or baby. Only 16-100 of 1 per cent alcohol. Phones: Main 671, A 2467. 0 r