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VANGOUVEH CITY CLERK ARRESTED J. E. Harris, Accused of Short age, Released on $300 Bail. WILL REPAY ALL, HE SAYS Jeclres if Discrepancy Kxilel, It Was I'nirHcntional Accountant Houch Thinks Shortage Will Xot Kxceod 51 00. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 4.-Oie- cial.) J. E. Harris, for 10 years City Clerk of Vancouver, was arrested at 9 o'clock this morning at the St. Charles Hotel. Portland, by Sheriff Saprington. of Clark County, on a warrant charging him with larceny by embezzlement, is sued by Judge Scanlon. Harris was subsequently- arraigned here and re leased on O) oonds, which were fur nished by M. R. Sparks and Frank J. The warrant for the arrest of Harris vait Isssued on c'linj.hiir.t of Jani'.s J. I"a.Iden., one of Harris" bondsmen as City Clerk. Harris had p'ven an o(Ii eial bond for his other bondsman bring J. W. Wentworth. The warrant iiiarsing lareeny by embezzlement was based on indefinite roports made by two expert accountants. I'atrkk Hough and K. R. SchonVld. They have been exam ine the books of Harris- since Tuesday morning, having been appointed by the Ctty Council. Vh-n the warrant for the arrest of Harris was issued late Thurs day nt-lil there appeared to be a short age In the Clerk's accounts of about .. but it is now believed that the dis crepancy w not exceed $ItO. Had Planned to Go South. When arrested Harris was on his way to California, having arranged to sail from Portland at 4 o'clock this after noon. He was1 to have been accom panied by Mrs. Harris, who left this city last night and joined her husband in ' Portland this morning. They were bound for Redwood City. Cal.. where their eon. Ieroy Harris, lives. The fam ily had already shipped their household goods. At the primary nominating election November 10 last Harris was a candi date for renominatlon as City Clerk, but was defeated. He appeared to worry considerably over bis defeat and on the following Sunday, November 1j. took an overdose of laudanum. He immediately notified his son, who summoned a phy sician, and the effects of the poison were counteracted. Following this, ex perience. Air. Harris was treated for some time at the hospital here and was discharged from that institution only a few days ago. Accountants Kxamiuing Stubs. The Investigation of Harris' books does not go back farther than the year 1306. as the statute of limitations runs against any offense that may have been committed prior to that time. His ac counts for the years 1906 and 1907 were found to be correct, but a discrepancy of $73 has been discovered in the ceme tery and license funds during the last three months. As City Clerk. Harris kept blank receipt books, and it is from the stubs that the accountants I are checking up the funds of the of- fice. Before the real condition of j Harris accounts can oe iariin n win be necessary to compare his books with those of the Treasurer, which will be done tomorrow. If there Is any short age in Harris' accounts with the city it has developed during the last three months. Patrick Hough, one of the txpert ac countants who Is examining Harris' book.?, was recently appointed to serve as City Clerk In place of Harris, whose term does not expire until January 1. This action was taken at the request of Harris, who explained that he de sired to bo relieved of the office In order to remove to California. Shortage May Xot Exceed $100. "There probably will not be found much of a shortage in Harris' accounts," said Mr. Hough tonight. '"It does not look now that the shortage will ex ceed $10e. The arrest does not appear to have been warranted from the facts, but was the result largely of street rumor, coupled with the plans of Mr. Harris to remove to California." '"I cannot see how it is possible that a shortage could exist.'" said Mr. Harris, following his arrest. "If there is a dls : repancy in my accounts with the city, it certainly was not intentionally creat ed, f am prepared to make good any portage that may be found in my ac counts with the city as its Clerk." There is no disposition on the part either of Harris bondsmen or of citi zens generally to prosecute him if he makes good with the city any shortage that may be disclosed from the ex amination that is b-'ing made. Harris is about 3J years of ago and has a wife and two sons. FINISH GRANGEVH.LE LINE Koad to Interior Idaho Keuriy for Operation. T.EWISTO.V. Idaho. Dec. 4. (Special. A party of Northern Pacific ofticials, In clud'ng Vice-President Hannaford. Gener al Manaser Nutt. General Western Freight Agent Ulakely. General Passen ger Agent Charlton, Division Superin tendent Beamer and General Aent Jor dan left Lcwiston on a special train yes terday for a final inspection of the new CuMesac-Grangeville line before it is turned over to the operating department of the road. This line has been com pleted into Grangeville and it is ex pected that it will be opened for regular traffic; by Iecember IS. This is the eastern end of the line which in connection with the l.ewiston-Riparia road, opened last June, will form a direct route to Portland. The fact that the linal inspection is being made by Northern Pa cific officials only, suggests that for the present only Northern Pacific trains will be run Into Grangeville. and that the Joint operation of the line from Grangeville to Riparia by the N. P. and O. R. N. will Vie postponed. The printed tariff sheets for the new line were received at the lo cal Northern Pacific office yesterday. PROTEST AGAINST RATES Spokane Jobbers Propose to Take Case Into Federal Courts. SPOKANE. Dec. 4. The Spokane Jobbers' Association. representing ubout M0 of the principal shippers, met this iporvlnf to D'oteat against the increase in freight rates announced by the transcontinental roads to go in ei fect January 1. The Spokane advance Is approxi mately 10 cents jl hundred. A com mittee was appointed to draft a formal protest which will state that the trans continental railroads will be enjoined in the Federal Courts against putting the rate into effect. The foundation was laid for a new rate case. This case is not to interfere in any way with the Spokane case now pending before the Interstate Commerce Com mission. Copies of the protest are to be sent to the members of the Commission and to each of the transcontinental roads. VALE READY FOR CONGRESS Lilst of Speakers Arranged for De velopment " League Session. VALE. Or.. tec. 4. (Special.) Ar rangements for the Oregon-Idaho De velopment Congress, which convenes here December 17. are now well ad vanced, and while many of those In vited to address the congress are un able to attend, a very Interesting pro gramme is assured. Among the speakers secured are Gov ernor Chamberlain, who will speak on the possibilities of state-aided railroads: Colonel K. Hofer. who will read a paper on "The Rattle for a Greater Oregon;"' C E. S. Wood, of Portland. "The De- LAST HORSECAR ON COAST NO LONGER IN USE f ' ALBANY CAR STARTING ON LAST RUN TO BARN. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) The old Albany horsecar. which for many years .as been the only one in active operation on the Pacific Coast, made - its last trip . last Monday afternoon and the trip was made a memorable event. A big crowd of men boarded the car at "Second and Lyon streets, overflowed the interior and the platforms and mounted the roof to ride on the last trip. Work on the electric line has progressed so far. that the old horsecar could no longer reach the business section of the city from the depot. Elec tric oars will be running here by the first of next month and the old horsecar is off the run forever. velopment of Oregon." Judge Lionel R. Webster, of Portland, who will speak on the subject of "The Oregon Good Roads Programme;" W. R. King, "The Law of Water Conservation;" Walter Griffiths, of Caldwell, on "The Malheur Project," and others. The Coos Bav railroad project, the Malheur oil Held and other propositions" affecting the development of the re sources of the state will be discussed. The committee on arrangements is m.-ikinir nrovislon for tlie entertainment of the delegates to the congress and first-class accommodations will De se cured at the hotels. The proceedings will be enlivened by a banqut on the evening of the ISth. and other entertain ments are being provided. HARNESS HARNEY RIVERS Nevada Capitalists Plan Power Plants in Southeastern Oregon. BURN'S, Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) There is good prospect of important development of electric power In Har ney Valley in the near future fhat will set things humming-. George S. Nlck erson. a well-known civil engineer, whose headquarters at present are In Winnemucca. Nev., has been taking measurements for several months along the Donder and Blitzen River in the northern slopes of Stein Mountains, the result of his investigation and calculations being that a man repre senting heavy capital has riled in the County Clerk"s office a claim to a water right on that stream of 4800 cubic Inches, or 120 cubic feet per second, the Intention being to build dams, flumes, etc.. and riei-elop an immense power for generating electricity to sup ply the entire Hirney Valley with light and operating force. The real parties behind this deal are the Wlngfield Interests, the wealthiest mining people operating in Northern Nevada. They are men of unlimited means and their advent Hi this section Is hailed with pleasure. They have taken an option on a large ranch in the . neighborhood of their proposed power site and they have men on the ground making ready for active op erations. TACOMA AFTER BUSINESS Hopes to Divert Shipping Trade Which 'ov Comes to Portland. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 4. (Special.) Action that will tend to do away with the boarding-house method of shipping sailors in this port will be discussed at a banquet to be given by Foreign Consuls in the near future, and a plan similar to the one now in use In Portland will probably be adopted. Measures for di verting shipping to this port, which is now going to Portland, will be discussed, and recommendations will he made for the Improvement of local shipping con ditions. An attempt .will be made by the Consuls to do away with the "blood money" now required by the board ins-house master for signing sailors, and the entlHng of sailors from the ships and "shanehaing." which is said on the water front and in the shipping firms to be Incident to this system. The means employed will be either the formation of an employment bureau or the direct .hiring of tne sailors by the Consuls without regard to the boarding house masters. OIL WELL SPOUTING GAS Operations at Ontario Interrupted Cntil Fire Is Put Out. ONTARIO. Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) Oil drilling operations were Interrupted here today by explosions of gas. Water from the irtno-foot wells shot 100 feet into the air. The gas in one of the wells caught tire and it was with difficulty that a huge boiler was lowered over the flame and the fire smothered. The operators are determined to con tinue sinking the wells until a flow of oil is encountered. There Is Intense ex citement in the city, and many visitors have been attracted here. Olympla Beer. lr tne water.- Brew ery's own belULng. Fbjne( Ai&ld sjL A I1SI. GONTESTWARMS UP Exciting City Election Cam paign in Ashland. TWO BANKERS CANDIDATES Voters lining Vp as Supporters of Business Men's and Citizens' Tickets City Improvements Is the Chief Isiue. ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 4. (Special.) In terest in Ashland's annual city election December 15 has become Intense, and promises to be the liveliest affair of its kind here for several years. There are two tickets in the Held, the Business Men's ticket, headed by Charle W. Root for Mayor, and H. V. Carter, 'i i i : ; cashier of the Bank of Ashland; El L. Mullt. cashier of the First National Bank, and R. P. Nell, a prominent business man. for Councilmen. The Citiren'e ticket is headed by R. N. Snell, at present Coun cilman, who is out for Mayor, with the present Mayor, W. F. Loomis, as its can didate for Councilman from the First Ward, and William Myer and F. W. Moore as Councilmen from the Second and Third Wards. The Business Men's ticket, which is also believed to be backed by the anti-saloon league forces, has Issued a platform, de claring for civic Improvement, for paved streets and for the municipal lighting and power plant now under construction, and against the taking over of the .contract w'ith the Gold Ray Power Company. The Citizens' ticket projectors have thus far confined their campaign to .crying "bankers'" ticket at the other fel lows. The wet and dry lines have not yet been clearly drawn, as it has been generally accepted that Ashland is in the dry column to etay. City Recorder Eg gleston and Treasurer Eubanks have as yet had no opponents to enter the lists against themg and are not aligned with the opposing tickets for the Council. Several charter admendements are to be voted upon. One provides for a nomi nal salary for Mayor and Councilmen and another extends the tenure of office of the Mayor and Recorder to two years. LOWNSDALE IS THANKED Marion County Horticulturists Com mend His Efforts. 9ALEM, Or., Dec 4. (Special.) The Marion County Horticultural Society has adopted the following: Resolved, By the Marlon County Horticul tural Society, that a.m Oregon fruitgrowers we are profoundly appreciative of the serviced of M. O. Isownsdale of La. Fayette, In hav ing established a reputation for the entire Willamette Valley as an apple-growing sec tion which it never enjoyed before, and which placea our regioo in the first rank with the most famous apple-growing sections liy hia work and enthusiasm and sacrifices of time and money he haa added to the rep utation of the whole state and haa tremen dously enriched our commonwealth and ben efited every fruitgrower' in the Willamette Valley financially by Increasing the value of orchard lands and the market value of our products both In the present and for all fu ture time. We commend his appointment a 'mmi9ftioner of Horticulture to the Seattle Kxpoaitlon. SLAIN IN TARGET SHOOT Centralis Man Stops From Behind Tree in Time to Keccive Bullet. CENTRA LI A. "Wash.. Dec. 4. (Special.) James Devlin, a prominent young man residing at 112 Washington street, was accidentally ehot and Instantly killed to day by Robert T. Ready, a painter, liv ing at 218 West Magnolia street. The two men. In company with two others, were hunting near Null's Crossing on the Kastern Railway & Lumber Company's line. They were shooting at a target and Devlin was marking the shots. He was standing behind a tree near the target while Ready was preparing to shoot. Just as Ready pulled the . trigger Devlin stepped into range and was Instantly killed. News of the accident was sent to Cen tralia as soon as possible and help at once left for the scene of the tragedy. WITNESS IS THREATENED Man AVlio Can Clear PrlHner Xotl- fied to Hold His Tongne. SEATTLE. Dec. 4 Threatened with death at the hands of the officers of the whaler Bowhead because of his in tention to testify that Joseph P. Gard iner, who is under arrest at San Fran cisco for the murder of Joseph Cardo near Point Barrow, committed the act in self-defense, John Griffith, who is held prisoner here as a witness with P. K. Aldenbach, declared this morn ing that he ran away from the ship at Dutch Harbor and boarded the The tis. He characterized the whaler aa a hell ship, saying that nothing but death, starvation and tyranny were en countered on her from the time Bhe left San Francisco last March until her return. According to Griffith, two men es caped at Kast Cape on the coast of Si beria, r;inr '-"ost cttatr death n I In ill mBm 11 B i l l H is for men's Hats, Haberdas'hery and Hose. We supply all their needs, From their heads to their toes. Make your h o 1 i d ay selections now, while the picking is best. 166-170 Third Street. the Czar's domains rather than endure the miseries sustained on shipboard. Griffith declares that two men died at Nome as a result of abuse, overwork and starvation and that one man was handed over to the revenue cutter The tis in a dying condition. He said the killing of Cardo waa the culmination of a long series of per secution and abuse heaped upon Gard iner by the dead man, who was a petty officer, and that the killing was neces sary to save his own life. OBJECT TO FREIGHT RITE OREGO.V PRIM: PACKERS PRO TEST AGAIXST ADVAXCK. Freights to East Have Been Con stantly Increased, Asserts Wil lamette Valley Association. SALEM, Or., Dec. i (Special.) The Southern Pacific Company having an nounced an increase of 10 per cent in the freight rate on prunes to Eastern mar kets, the Willamette Valley Prune Asso ciation today applied to the Railroad Commission for aid in fighting the ad vance. The rate heretofore has been Jl per hundred, but has been increased to H0. In discussing the increase the association says in its letter to the Com mission: "This will mean an unreasonable and unjust discrimination against the prune business, and one which will give the Industry a decided setback at a period when it Is Just beginning to feel that It has a right to exist. During the writer's recollection we were permitted to ship prunes anywhere to the East in carloads of 20.000 pounds, making a minimum car load cost of a little later this was advanced to 24.000, then to 30.T(00, and finally to 40,000 pounds, which is the present minimum load, making a mini mum carload cost of $400. . . . Busi ness waa eagerly sought for when J'iOO was charged and we see no earthly rea son why the rate should be advanced at this time." As this rate applies to interstate traf fic, the Oregon Commission has no Juris diction, but will aid the association In presenting the matter before the Inter state Commerce Commission. TREASURER MAKES REPORT November Receipts $258,173 and Expenditures $413,923. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Dec. 4.'-(SpeciaI.) The State Treasurer received $8,173 in November, of which $141,601 was general fund, according to a statement Just Issued by State Auditor C. W. Clausen. Of the general fund receipts, but $35,409 came in taxes from the counties. The largest other amounts were $70,169 turned over by Land Commissioner El W. Ross from salefl of tide lands and fees, JS195 collected by the Secretary of State from corpora tions, $11,728 state liquor licenses. $575S in heritance tax and $21S6 for grain inspec tion. The disbursements for the month ag gregated $413,923. Of this $131,794 went to the support of state institutions, the State College getting $30,830 and the uni versity $13,790. Toward the expense of the state offices about $34,000 was spent -and $21,437 went to pay interest on state bonds. For the A.-Y.-P. Exposition there went $61,368. PRICK OF BRIAR IS FATAL Scratch on Thumb Starts Blood-Poisoning, Canslng Death. SPOKAXH Wash., Dec. 4. (Special.) Pricked in the ball of the right thumb by a sharp briar while working among berry bushes in her garden last July, Mrs. Mary Kerns died from the effects of the trifling accident yesterday at her home, 169 Post avenue. Little attention was paid to the mlna- invigorates and builds up the devitalized, undermined sys tem, whether it be from disease, worry or overwork. It strengthens the mind, the nerves and the muscles; it builds up the whole body as nothing else will do. Be sore to get Scott's Emulsion. The numerous cheap imitations and substi tutes will not do you half as much good. Send this ad., fear ceqts for postage, men tioning this paper, and we will send yon a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World." SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl St, New York CLOTHIERS AGHRISTMAS TIME SUGGESTION TO OUR PATRONS ONLY PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT 147 SEVENTH STREET ture puncture inflicted by the tiny briar when it first began to give her pain. Shortly afterward bloodpoisonlng, set in and at the time of her death the deadly disease is said to have permeated her entire system. Mrs. Kerns was 40 years old and leaves a husband. J. F. Kerns, and mother, Mrs. Bsste Campbell. The body will be sent to Colville, Saturday morning, for burial. BUYS DRINK, THEN FIRES Will Mack Wounds Miles Carter, oi Grants Pass. GRANTS PASS. Or., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Will Mack shot and probably fatally Injured Miles Carter, proprietor of a soft drink establishment. In this city at 9 o'clock tonight. Mack went into the place and ordered a glass of near beer and, after drinking it, refused to pay for It and when pressed for the payment, turned and fired point blank at Carter's head. Carter saw him drawing the gun and dodged, so that the ball entered the left shoulder, passing downward and out at the back under the shoulder blade. Mack immediately left the place, starting toward the river, but was captured by Sheriff Russell and a deputy. Mack has lived here about six months, coming here from Idaho, and has the reputation of being a bad man. He Is now in the County Jail and says that he Is not sorry for what he did, and would do it again. Mack and Carter are total strangers, Carter claiming that he had never seen his assailant before tonight. VISIT APFI In SPOKANE, December Will Sell PORTLAND Dates of Sale, Dec. 6, 7 and 11 Limit Dec. 15 Inquire for full particulars at the City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon. WM. Mc MURRAY, General Passenger Agent ii 111 i ' Registered V. 8. Pat. Offloa I Have you seen the latest electric lamp FOR THE HOME FOR THE PARLOR DINING ROOM or LIBRARY? 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