THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909. ANTI-SALDONISTS WEAK LORRYING place, although all refuse to be Inter viewed for publication Reed's friends got busy as soon as they learned of the plan, and the agreement being circulated la the result. Lorton has already been appointed. Gllham Is slated to succeed Mat Plies on the Board, the appointment being expected In a few days. , I If enough Senators sign the agreement It! will be up to Lorton and Gilham to orop Kees or else go out of office themselves. M'ARTHUR ENIGMA TO HIS FRIENDS Danger That Local Option Bill May Not Pass Washington Legislature. WEAR - BEER REFERENDUM Albany Emporiums Want People's Opinion, on Ordinance. ALBAXY. Or.. Jan. 13. Special.) To force City Recorder F. M. Redfleld to file a petition calling for a referendum - ,... a Vuta I i a na sAnl1v PLEDGES GOT NOT B NDING ; enacted by the City Council. Charles ILUlVwl-w I nmnrfitnr nf the Franklin House, a poolroom and near-beer empor ium, filed a writ of mandamum In the Stale Circuit Court today. Attorneys Percy R. Kelly and L. M. Curl, who represent the plaintiff, secured an order from Judge William Gulloway at Mc Jllnnvillo yesterday directing the Issuance of the writ and It was issued and served today. It directs City Recorder Redfleld to file the petition or appear In the Cir cuit Court next Saturday afternoon. Jan uary 1. at 1 o'clock to show cause why It should not be filed. The City Council passed an ordinance on December 29 prohibiting the sale of noar-bef r In this city. It carried an emer- Seems to Be Controlled by Unseen Force, According to Their Complaint. Favorable Exnre5lon on Iair Not I Hard to Evade First Class Counties Making Hard Fight on County Unit Provision. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 1J. (Special.) gome of ths members of the Senate who are sincerely In favor of a local option law are pessimistic concerning the adoption of a bill by this session of the Legislature, and least of all, an effective measure. The Anti-Saloon League Is attempt ing to engineer the passage of a bill prepared under Its direction, it Is said, but Is not showing a deep knowledge of legislative manipulation. The lead ers have been content with pledges from the members to the effect that they are In favor of a local option biil. This sort of a pledge. It is pointed out. Is easily evaded. Members of the Legislature who came here with the Idea that carrying out the Republican party's local option pledge In some manner was a foregone conclusion, and that the only fight to be made by the breweries and liquor dealers would be on the effectiveness of the bill, have been surprised by the strength of the movement against the passage of any bill at all. Pledges Often Ignored. Refusal to carry out the rledges in 'the party platform on Important Issues is not unprecedented In this state. Adoption of a Railroad Commission plank did not Insure the passage of a Commission bill by the Legislature next following the convention that In dorsed the measure, and the Commis sion bill was finally passed by a Legis lature In the absence of a party plat form Indorsement. The Anti-Saloon League's local option bill Is copied very closely from the Illinois law. The principal exception, and one that will arouse opposition from some members who favor a rea sonable measure, includes the county as a unit, the Illinois act making cities, towns and country precincts units for liquor territory. First Class Counties Oppose. Opposition to .the county unit will be strongest from the first-class coun ties, where the country vote would be likely to carry the balance of power and put the large cities, that in them selves would favor saloons, on the dry list. Among other features, the bill pro vides fofelectlpns upon petition of 20 per cent of the Qualified voters, as shown by the last preceding election. It contains the provision that If a county as a whole votes dry, every pre cinct must' be dry; while if Vie county as a whole votes wet. such precincts as vote against the saloons shall be dry. Some consideration In the preparation of the bill was given to the Oregon law. which prohibits subsequent elections on the issue In a district for two years after It has voted dry, but places no time limit on the next election in the event the district votes wet. It was decided not to Incorporate this provision In the bill, and the two-year limit is fixed In either event. JnEW OFFICERS INSTALLED Deputies and Clerks Announced for Various Departments. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 13. (Special.) State officers-elect took their offices thin morning. Treasurer George G. Mills turned over the office with KT5.SL: . in cash to Treasurer Lewis, who appointed W. W. Sherman, of Raymond. k-puty to succeed Jesse T. Mills, and named Mrs. W. V. Sherman as stenog rapher to succeed Mis Ruth Sypher. Attorney-General John D. Atkinson re tired and Attorney-General W. P. Bell took office, and named as his assistants "V. F. McGill. formerly of Kalama. eorge A. Lee. of Spokane, and V. V. Tanner, of Seattle. J. H. Schlvely took charge of the newly created office of Insurance Commissioner, and earned & A. Madge, of Tacoina, as oeputy. Ivte KerguMon. of Snohomish, who has be-en stenographer six years In the department as clerk, and his daughter Flora I. Schlvely as stenographer. The last Legislature, which created this of fice, named this as the maximum num ber of employes the office may employ In future, but made no appropriation for tlie time from now to April 1 next as salary for the Commlloner or for his clerk. Secretary of State Sam Nichols, E. W. Ross. Commissioner of Public Lauds. II. B. Dewey, Superintendent of Public Kducatlon. and C. M. Clausen. Auditor, re-elected, each reappointed his former employes. M. F. Gose. of Pomcroy, the newly ap pointed Supreme Judge wired today he would arrive Monday to begin his duties. TANGLE OVER WARDENSHIP Washlngtonlans May Loose Either Prison Boss or Board of Control. OLTMPIA. Wash., Jan. 13. (Special.) I'niesa Eugene Lorton and Harry Gilham wiil pledge themselves to prevent Cos grove's reputed plan to reappoint Frank Kees Warden of the Penitentiary, the S'liate will probably refuse to confirm the appointment of Lorton and Gilham as members of the "State Board of Control. Tonight one of the Senators friendly to Reed Is quietly circulating an agreement which every Senator approached le elgn Ing. pledging themselves to this course. Frank Keea was summarily removed by Govemnor Mead from the superintend ency of the Penitentiary because he was charged with having sold grain bags to peculators. When he finally was dis charged, he went breathing vengeance against Mead, and asserting his removal vu solely for political purposes. Kees, with Lorton and Mohundro, were the three main lieutenants for Cosgrove dur ing" the primaries. When Cosgrove was elected. Keea resigned as traveling repre sentative for a San Francisco house, and ba.i since been waiting to be reappointed. C. S. Reed, present superintendent, made a good record as Police Chief of Seattle, later on the Board of Control, and as Superintendent of the State Training School, and during his recent administra tion of the prison. Ke-s came here on the convening of the LegVtature. and the rumor promplly spread that ho was after the old position. In fact, Cosgrove men here admit that Kees has been practically promised the. PAST ASSOCIATES SORE AiBtxy r.iRL roninen OF COLLEGIATE DKBAIi.VO JLKAGIU. 1 . s ! -4 Bliss Rhoda Stalnaker, of Albany College. . ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) Miss Rhoda Stalnaker. chosen president of the Girls' Collegiate Debating League of Oregon, was the originator of the plan for this co-ed organization, and it was largely due to her efforts that Its formation has been accomplished. She was a member of the girls' debating team at Albany College last year, and the success of the contest between Albany College and Willamette University, which was the first co-ed debate held In the etate, prompted her to call the meeting in this city last Sat urday afternoon, which resulted in the formation of the league. A schedule of debates will soon be arranged and the experiment of an exclusively co-ed league, will be tried In this state for the first time this year. Miss Stalnaker is a Junior in Albany College and Is a popular student, prominent In college activities. Her home Is in this city. gency clause and was signed by Mayor Wallace on December SO. thus becoming a law. On January 7 a petition signed by more than 10 per cent of the voters of Albany was presented to Recorder Red field asking for a referendum vote on the ordinance. The officer refused to file the petition on the ground that the referen dum cannot be invoked on a city ordi nance earn ing an emergency clause. If the referendum petition Is filed, a vote could not be taken until the next city election in December, so by the mere filing of the petition the near-beer em poriums would have 11 months more to do business unless the City Council should call a special election. The opponents of the substitute drink will make strong efforts to prevent the filing of the petition. ESTATE MAY BE SETTLED Contest Is "Withdrawn, tlie Heirs Having Agreed to Compromise. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The contest of the will of V. H. Caldwell, In volving the dispostllon of a JT5.000 estate. Is being compromised out of court. The hearing was to have been resumed yes terday in the Probate Court here, but It was continued and the heirs admit that the matter la being settled. Negotiations have been In progress the past two weeks, but' are not yet com plete and nothing definite Is known as to the terms of settlement. It is presumed that each of the 14 children will receive an equal portion after the bequests made In tho will are paid. That the proposed set tlement, whatever its terms, is satisfac tory to the contesting heirs is shown by the fact that several of the children who have remained in this city to participate In the further hearing of the contest have loft for their homes. Caldwell gave the bulk of his big estate to seven children, cutting off the other seven with $300 each. George "W. Cald well, a Portland attorney, and William Caldwell, of tills city, were named as executors and also made trustees of a S10.0P0 fund for charity. Almeda Cald well, youngest daughter, and an Invalid, contested the will. This hearing con sumed four days and the contestants were to have begun the introduction of fheir evidence yesterday. TWO MURDERS IN COUNTY Both Fnlon County Slavers Acquit ted on Self-Dcfens Plea. LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) Homicides in Union County during the year IMS were limited to two, yet in both Instances the murderers were acquit ted on tho ground of self-protection. Karly In January. 1M8. a miner In Baker County had trouble with a blacksmith Just over the line in Union County. A dispute arose and was not settled un til the blacksmith had been- killed. The murderer, a stranger In Union County but well known In Baker City, was acquitted by a Union County Jury. The second and last murder In this county was the killing of a negro sheepherder named Johnson, near Telocaset, last Fall. Moore, a white employe oi the owner of the flock of sheep over which tlie trouble started, was abla to convince a Union County Jury that he aid the crime In self-defense. Shoes at factory ocst. Rosenthal's. Fulton Supporters and Other Antl Chamberlaln Men Declare That Speaker Before .Election ' Agreed Not to Oppose. SALEM. Or., Jan. IS (Special.) Speaker McArthur naa fceen an enigma to his friends ince the hour of his ele vation to the throne of the House last Monday. They complain that Jie seems controlled by some unseen force on tho Chamberlain side. They are at a loss to account for It. Some of the very best chairmanships In the House are evidently to be award ed to Statement men and McArthur's original supporters wi.o thought they were first in line to handle the good things, can only suck their fingers. Couplet! with this disappointment as to committees is apprehension over the Speaker's course In the fight for United States Senator. McArthur declined to attend the antl-Chamberlaln caucus in ; Willamette Hotel Wednesday night and l when pressed to go there retorted with an impatient remark that ho would manage his own affairs. AVns Anti-Statement Candidate. On the Statement No. 1 side Is unmis takable satisfaction. There It Is an open ' secret at least an asserted fact that ! McArthur pledged himself before the organization to Statement men not to stand in the way of their Chamberlain schemes. On this condition, McArthur received support of Abbott and. Clemens, of Multnomah, and, according to common report, that of several other Statement members. McArthur was originally the candidate of the anti-Cham berliin, anti-Statement forces. He was put on the primary ticket In Multnomah and nominated by that In fluence. By the same influence, after his election, he was made Secretary of the state central committee. He was made the candidate for Speaker by that same Influence which, led by Fulton's friends, conducted the Speakership campaign suc cessfully for him. Entanglements Alleged. But It complains that It now finds McArthur la not free from entangle ments with the other side. According to the version of Statement members, Mc Arthur will name Abbott, one of their number, chairman of ways and means, and Clemens, of the same camp, chair man of Insurance. I By the same version, Dodds, of Wasco, I also a Statement man, will head the com mittee on railroads. Campbell, of Clack amas, one of McArthur's steady op ponents on the Statement side, won the chairmanship of the resolutions commit tee, by first catching the eye of the Speaker with a resolution for such a committee, although. McCue, of Clatsop, anti-Statement, was supposed to be staked out for that place and tried vainly to win the Speaker's notice. It Is custom ary to name that Representative chair man of resolutions, whose resolution for that committee is adopted by the House. McCue's friends say that McArthur could have recognized McCue's resolution as first In line. They are at a loss to understand this recognition of the Clack amas man and say that Campbell, all through the affairs of the House, has received noticeable consideration from the Speaker, to the neglect of his orig inal friends. Turn-Down for Brady. One of the men whom McArthur has turned down is Brady, of Multno mah, first Statement man to support him for Speaker. It was supposed that Brady would be in line for "something fine," In the way of chairmanships. The position he wanted was head of railroads, to which It has been general ly supposed ( he would be appointed. But McArthur has Informed Brady that he cannot give him that chairmanship and the word has gone out that Dodds, of Wasco, is slated for the place. Brady was unable even to secure a 13 clerkship for one of his friends. He found Campbell and Orton. members of the committee, on clerks, blocking his way. Orton succeeded In placing his wife In a clerkship which Brady at one time had secured. i McCue-Bean Men Laugh. Friends of McCue and Bean, who were rivals of McArthur for the Speak ership, are laughing' at the antl-Chamberlaln leaders for failure of their ex pectations in McArthur. The followers of these two men say that Bean or Mc Cue would have "played" the antl CharmSerlaln game down the line to a finish; that they are both anti-Statement men and would not have compro mised with Chamberlain's supporters in order to win the Speakership. The supposition is that McArthur. in order to win votes from the Chamber lain side, put himself under certain obligations, which will necessitate his handing some of his first friends a "lemon" and will impair his usefulness as a fighter of Chamberlain. Duntway in Game. In the deal between Abbott, Clemens and McArthur, State Printer Duniway was a party, and breathings of repri sal are heard in the anti-Chamberlain ramp.. Mr. Dunlway's hostility to Ful ton and his avowed support of State ment One are recognized as Influen cing McArthur through Abbott and Clemens. It Is predicted that McArthur. in the award of chairmanships and committee places will treat Eastern Oregon Rep resentatives with especial favor, for the ascribed reason that he will in future desire support of Eastern Oregon for Representative In Congress.. Jamiiary Special C ewe Note the extremely low prices and then come and see the goods. You will not be disappointed. No second hand goods here everything in' first-class condition. The money-saving event of the year. 25c Best Table Oilcloth 10c Best quality Table Oilcloth, all colors, worth 25o ; special, per yard 10 $3.50 Arm Rockers Only $1.95 . 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These Airtight Heaters are reinforced with sheet iron, have nickel trimmings; sold reziv larlv at $2.50; special price $1.9 $3.00 Oak Stands for $1.75 JCo. 469: These little Stands are in the quarter-sawed oak, handsomely finishep, tops 20x20 inches; worth $3.00; to close out two dozenjif them we quote a special price of $l.o $4.00 "Sun" Cast Coal Stove $2.85 These are made of the best pig iron, ample ca pacity to warm an ordinary room; wrth $4, special close-out price $ 8a Men s Suits and Overcoats - $1.00 a Week First and Yamhill 5-$ONS Second and Yamhill Ladies' Cloaks, Suits, Furs $1.00 a Week FABLE LURED IE Skeletons in Wilderness Tell Tragic Tale. TIMMONS FOUND GUILTY Marlon Jury Reports on AVlfe Mnrderer After 35 Minutes. S.tLEM, Or, Jan. 13. (Special.) A Jury found C. Y. Timomna guilty of murder in the first degree at .12:45 o'clock this afternoon after having been out but 35 minutes. Tlmmons was convicted of murdering his wife. Es tella Tlmmons. on the night of October 21, 1908. He cut her throat with a ra sor, beat her head with an ax and then cut his own throat. Tlmmons was visibly affected by the verdict, and while being led to his cell fell to the floor and wept. From the fact that no stenographer was em ployed In the case. It is alleged an ab sence of transcript will make an appeal Impossible. BROTHER FINDS REMAINS Tragedy of British Columbia Be lieved to Be Sequel of Attempt to liocate Famed "Mountain of Gold" In Wild Country. TELEGRAPH CREEK. B. C. Jan. 18. A party "of prospectors has arrived here direct from Nahahnl River, the north tributary of the Liard River, 300 miles north of Telegraph Creek. The party Is composed of J. Morrison, William-Douglas. Dawson miners; C. J. Young, O. B. Moore, Albert and Charlie McLeod. They left Edmonton last May. Charlie McLeod. who guided the party through, tells a startling story which is corroborated by the others of the party, of the finding of the skeletons of two men 90 miles up the Nahahni River. "He is positive the remains are those of his two brothers. Frank and Willie, who left with Robert Weir and started from Fort Simpson In tho Fall of 1904, and went up the Nahahnl prospecting. They have not been heard of since. Up to this time It was believed that the men had continued their travels northward, probably to the Yukon or Tanana. McLeod Identified his broth ers by a watch, a ring and parts of their clothing. The remains of Weir were not discovered. He was a stran ger to the country and it is hardly probable that he could make his way out unaided. It is believed he Is also dead. The fact that the McLeod boys know the country well and at this point were only four day's travel from Fort Llard leads those who found the remains to believe that the men were murdered. Charlie McLeod believes the Indians could clear up the mystery, but he found their stories were conflicting. The McLeod boys were sons of Mur dock,McLeod, now residing at Edmon ton, and were formerly employed by the Hudson Bay Company, and were for many years stationed at Fort Liard. Robert Weir was a young Scotchman and came to Canada five years ago. It Is believed by mining men famili ar with the Telegraph Creek district that the two men whose skeletons were found lost their lives as a result of a search for a "mountain of gold," which has long been a myth of this district. Whether the men found this Eldorado and were subsequently mur dered by Indians or not, will probably never be ascertained. The story of this wonderful moun tain, said to be within 100 miles of the head of Telegraph Creek, was first brought out by Sam Gothard, of "Van couver, B. C who made a thorough prospect of the district in the early '80s. Gothard declared he had found a mountain composed of "rotten" quartz ore near the creek, and had blazed a trail to It. Since that time, many men have perished in the wilderness seek ing Gothard's fortune, but none have vet discovered it. It is believed the McLeod brothers were searching for this when they met death. Since finding his alleged bonanza, Gothard has spent his time trying to get his claim capitalized, but bis stories of the vast richness of the ore have been generally disbelieved. Josephine Experiments With 23. GRANTS PAS3, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) The County Court of Josephine County has fixed the levy at ten mills, the school board at five, and the city at eight, which gives to the -city and county the suspicious number "23." Just what effect this will have upon dilatory taxpayers is a matter of comment, but as the past year has been one of general business prosperity the figures may be a mascot. , Tillamook Jjevy 15 Mills. TILLAMOOK, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) The County Court fixed the levy for the county this afternoon at 15 mills for county and state. The levy Includes 8 mills for road purposes, which will give $20,000. Tho County Court Is desirous of building good roads the coming year. LANGFORO IKES MATCH WIMi FIGHT JOHNSON Ftf LON DON ON MAY 154. Twenty-Kound Go for $25,000 Purs Before National Club. Details Not Arranged. SAN" FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) That Sara Langford will likely meet Jack Johnson In a 20-round contest before the National Club in London on May 2i Is announced by Joe Woodman, manager of the Boston middleweight He denies, however, that he has signed articles for the fight, and says that Bat tison, manager of the famous London club, will have to make him certain guarantees before the match Is con summated. Late yesterday afternoon Woodman received the following cablegram from England: "London, January 12.-tequlre Lang ford 24th May, Derby week. Battison." Woodman says Langford will light on May 24 If the inducements are right, and they get their transportation and expense money. He eays, according to a letter he received from England, the purso has been raised to J25.000. Langford and Jackson were negotiating for a tight last Fall, but this was called off on account of the Johnson-Burns go In Australia. BOUNTY LAW IS ASKED Deer Being Devastated In Southern Lane County. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) A petition has been circu lated here to be presented to the Ore gon Legislature asking a bounty on predatory animals that are depopulat ing the deer at a rapid rate. Twenty five dollars on a female wolf Is asked. $20 on a male, and $15 on a cougar. Timber cruisers In this locality have during the past two years found hun dreds of deer caught by these animals. One cruiser estimates that 20 deer are killed by wild animals to one killed by hunters. Wolves and cougars are In creasing at a rapid rate, and If an ef fort Is not made quickly to extermi nate these beasts. It is said, the deer in Central Oregon will soon be gone. Gray wolves in large numbers live at the head of Mosby Creek, 20 miles southeast of here. Cougars are more numerous in the Coast Fork Range. 20 miles south of here, and on the Coast Range, west. These animals are hard to catch, and dogs will not fight gray wolves, for one wolf Is capable of light ing a dozen dogs. The cougars are cowards and can be treed and shot, but they are cunning and hard to find. Rosenthal's great shoe sal" Is on. Diseases of Men Varloocela. Hydroel. Ktrvou Deblluy. UlooA Folion. btrlcture. Ul. rroeiatlo troubl ana all other privi ai tiies are euccentulir treated and cured or me Call and e mj about your caee II Tou want reliable treatment with prompt . .. n -n f result. - . . . .tl lr.ni.p- Consultation frea ana J.nriat Office Call on or address DR. WALKER 181 Firat St. Cor. 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