THE MOUSING ORIG0XIAy. FRIDAY, MARCTI 5, 1909.
NEW LINE TO BAY
CITY M'GRATH SAYS
Hill to Operate Fast Steamers
on Portland-San : Francis- .
co Run, Is Report.
OUTLET FOR NORTH BANK
General Manager Clark, or S. P. &
S., Says Ills Company Is Nego
tiating for Ocean Service Hill
Official Denies tlie keport-
T. a. McGrath, of Portland, is authority
for a statement that a new steamship
company has been organized to operate
between Portland and San Francisco, ac
cording: to a special dispatch from San
Francisco, where Mr. McGrath is now
staying temporarily.
The steamers, according to the San
Francisco dispatch, .will be operated, it is
believed, in connection with the North
Bank Railroad, the Great Northern and
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, thus
affording James J.. Hill an entrance into
San Francisco.
M. G. Adams, general freight agent of
the Spokane, Portland &. Seattle Rail
road, declared in Spokane last night
that It was news to him if a new steam
ship company has been organized to
handle the business for his railroad, the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cific, but said further:
Slaking Arrangements, dark Says.
"We are arranging- for some steam
ship company now in operation to han
dle our business between Portland and
San Francisco, and, when this arrange
ment Is completed we expect to estab
lish through rates from Spokane and
all points east to San Francisco."
The service, according to Mr. McGrath,
will be firet class, and fast time will be
made. It is proposed that the trip shalj
be made between the two ports in 36 hours
by vessels capable of a speed of 22 knots.
'"There will be four boats," Mr. Mc
Grath is quoted as saying, "But I am
not now at liberty to discuss the mat
ter at any further length or to go into
details."
From another source in San Francisco,
comes the information that two steamers
for fast freight and . passenger traffic
have been -ordered . from the East, and
that the steamers will be ready for opera
tion within 90 days. It was first reported
that the steamers to be secured In the
East were to be the Tale and Harvard of
the Metropolitan Steamship Company, but
E- tV. Apsey. general manager of the
Metropolitan Company, in Boston, stated
last night that these vessels have not
been secured.
Yale and Harvard Not Sold.
"This company." Mr. Apsey is quoted
as saying, "is in the hands of a receiver.
It would be impossible for us to sell any
steamers without the receiver's permis
sion. The Harvard and Yale will re
sume their Boston-New York service
May 1."
No order for the sale of the Harvard
and Yale has been issued, says another
Boston dispatch.
The Great Northern official at St. Paul
denied that the Hill interests have or
ganized a new Portlajid-San Francisco
steamship, company. -Louis W. Hill,
president of the Great Northern, is now
en route to the Pacific Coast, expecting
to spend a month in California.
T. S. McGrath. who gave out the In
formation regarding the proposed Portland-San
Francisco steamship line, is a
resident of Portland, and president of the
T'nited Steel & Equipment Company. Ho
resides at the Arlington Club. He is
to be Pacific Coast agent of the new
line, according to San Francisco information.
SEATTLE PRIEST PASSES
FOUNDED MANY CATHOLIC IN
STITUTIONS ON" COAST.
Mgr. Prefontaine, Member of Papal
Household, Dies at Close of
Seventieth Year.
SEATTLE. March 4. Mgr. Francis
Xavier Prefontaine. member of the papal
household, and the oldest priest in this
city, died today, aged 70 years.
H established the first Catholic
church in Seattle in 1867. and founded
the Academy of the Holy Names, now
housed in a building costing $300,000;
Providence Hospital: a church at Port
Townsend. in the White River Valley:
and several Important Catholic Institu
tions of this city, which have since be
come notable.
His first congregation numbered 10
white people, men, women and children.
On September 24, by special papal de
cree, he was Invested with the purple
robes of the Pope's household by Bishop
Edward J. O'Dea, and won the title of
Monsignor. Without regard to denom
ination, he was universally loved - and
respected.
A solemn pontifical requiem wjll be In
toned at the funeral services at St.
James Cathedral on Tuesday, and old
friends among the laity will act as pallbearers.
RIGHT AT WORK ON NEW JOB
ROOSEVELT BEGINS AS EDITOR
BY SCORING ENEMIES.
Fays Respects to Yellow Journalists
and Those Which Foster Slan
lex and Cynicism.
'NEW YORK. March 4. The first edi
torial articles from the pen of ex-President
Roosevelt, which appears in the
March issue of the Outlook, deals with
the subject of "Journalism." It says In
part :
"Every owner, editor or reporter of a
conscientious newspaper is an asset of
real value to the community. We have
many newspapers, big and little, of this
kind. But we also have many that are
emphatically not of this kind.
"During the last few years it has be
come evident that certain newspapers are
controlled by men who have gained
wealth in evil fashion, who desired to
stifle honest public opinion and who And
an instrument in the purchased mendacity
of those who edit and write for such
papers."
Mr. Roosevelt then pays his respects to
"the apostles of that hideous yellow
journalism which deifies the cult of the
mendacious, the sensational and- the
inane."
In conclusion, he refers to another
Vtype of temptation which has great
fascination for men of cultivation and
which is quite as fatal to their useful
ness as yellow journalism." He says of
these:
"A newspaper which avoids vulgar
sensationalism, which appeals to people
of taste and intelligence, may never
theless do them grave harm and be
within, its own rather narrow limits ah
element of serious mischief; for It may
habitually and consistently practice a
maltgn-and slanderous untruthfulness
which, though more refined, is as im
moral as sensationalism.
"A cultivated man of good intelli
gence who has acquired the knack of
saying bitter things, but who lacks the
robustness to fight alone among men. is
apt, if his nature has anything of mean
ness or untruthfulness, to sit In clois
tered aloofness and to endeavor by an
unceasing output of slander to bolster
up his own uneasy desire to be con
sidered superior.
"Now. a paper edited by men of this
stamp does not have much popular in
fluence, -but it may exert a real influ
ence for evil by the way in which it
teaches young men of good education
that decent and upright men are as
properly the subjects for foul attack as
the most debased corruptionlst; that ef
ficiency and ' wickedness are inter
changeable, and that the correct atti
tude to adopt In facing the problems
of our time Is one of sneering and su
percilious untruthfulness."
WOULD END EXTRAVAGANCE
TAXPAYERS WILL- PROTEST
AGAINST BIG BURDEN.
Mass Meeting Called by Charles K.
Henry "Will Be Held at Helllg
Next Tuesday Night.
Taxpayers who believe a halt should
ba called in Portland over what they
term extravagance in municipal expendi
tures, are to meet at the Heilig Theater
next Tuesday night.
Charles K. Henry has taken a leading
part In stirring up a sentiment against
city and county officials for what he
terms a ruinous practice, and is the prime
mover favoring a mass meeting to con
Elder taxation.
Mr. Henry a few years ago organised
a committee of 100. which was instru
mental In putting a quietus on a plan to
build a new courthouse for Multnomah
County, claiming that a coterie of of
ficials had rushed the scheme through
without giving taxpayers an opportunity
to voice their approval or disapproval.
He now intends to suggest that a similar
organization be formed to investigate ac
tion relating to bond issues and taxa
tion. At the meeting Tuesday night it is in
tended to -inform citizens Just what has
been done in the way of Increasing tax
rate in Portland and propose a remedy
for what advocates of lower taxes assert
is doing the city grave harm.
They say the present high rate of taxa
tion is keeping away large enterprises
that might otherwise locate In this city,
and the remonstrants contend that a
public sentiment should be aroused to
stop any further spending of the people's
mousy on the scale of the last two years.
STEPHENSON IS ELECTED
Lands Wisconsin Senatorship by
Majority of ' One.
MADISON, Wis., March 4. Isaao
Stephenson was today re-elected to the
i
Isnae Stephenson, Wisconsin Mil
lionaire. Itc-Electrd to T'nited
States Senate on Twenty-Third
Joint Ballot.
United States Senate by the Joint Assem
bly on the 23d ballot, receiving 63 votes
out of 123 cast.
LABOR LEADER ARRESTED
J. H. Walsh Accused of Street
Speaking In Spokane,
SPOKANE, Wash.. March 4.-(Special.)
J. H. Walsh, National organizer of the
Industrial Workers of the World, which
caused the bloody street riots here last
month In which a policeman and a num
ber of others were seriously hurt, was
locked up in the City Jail today, charged
with street speaking. Since the riots the
Chief of Police ordered that no more
street meetings be held, and an ordinance
to this effect was passed, the ban affect
ing even the Salvation Army.
The Industrial Workers object to the
law and Walsh himself decided to test It.
SPOKANE PLANS REVIVAL
Ministerial Association , Secures
Services of Gipsy Smith.
SPOKANE. Wash., March 4 (Special.)
Gipsy Smith, the great English evan
gelist, who has been meeting with such
great success in the big Eastern cities,
has expressed his willingness to the Spo
kane Ministerial Association to come to
Spokane and conduct a series of revivals.
Probably a tabernacle like the one In
which Billy Sunday held his meetings
will be erected. The revival date has
not been decided.
. Horse Thief Found Guilty.
KLAMATH PALLS. Or., March 4
(Special.) Alf Wallis was found guilty
tonight of stealing 14 horses last De
cember in this county and shipping
them to San Francisoc Charles Lls
key, his companion, who had a separ
ate trial and was found guilty, will be
sentenced Saturday.
FINDS BOX OF GOLD
Richard Cornett, of Milwau
kie, Digs Up Treasure.
TROVE WORTH ABOUT $2000
Neighbors Vouch for Discovery of
Nuggets Believed to Have Been
Burled by Australian Miner
Twenty Years Ago.
Richard Cornett, of Mllwaukie. un
earthed, a treasure trove In his potato
patch yesterday that Is reminiscent of
Captain Kldd and his burled doubloons
of ruddy gold. A rusted tin box, packed
tightly with gold dust and nuggets, was
turned up by his spade. The box
weighed about 10 pounds. Its con
tents are said to be worth about 200.
The box was found Just 22 feet from
the end of an old rotted log. To mark
the spot where the treasure was hid
den, 22 spikes had been driven in the
log. The row of spikes pointed to the
place where the box of gold had been
burled.
Old residents of Mllwaukie say the
gold was undoubtedly hidden there by
an old Australian miner who lived on
the spot 30 years ago. He died without
telling the location of the gold. An old
resident of Milwaukle, well versed In
the folk-lore of the pioneer town, said:
"An old Australian miner lived and
died here. He said his daughter was to
come to him from Australia and he had
written to her where she would find his
treasure on the homestead claim he had
there. And he told me It was many
pounds sterling that is English money,
you know, but it was all for his daugh
ter. We did not think, it was true, for
his daughter never came, but we used
to dig occasionally over his place to see
if we could find anything. But though
we poked mighty hard, we never found
a thing."
Only a short time ago Richard Cornett
bought the lot on which the treasure
was found from T. R. A. Sellwood, a
well-known resident of Milwaukle. In
telling of the find, John, son of T. R. A.
Sellwood. said last night:
"We sold the lot to Mr. Cornett a bare
three months ago. If we had only dug
around some, the money would have
been ours. Cornett took the stuftT into
town and a Jeweler told him it Is worth
over J2000. Quincy Addition, where the
Cornett lot Is, was named after my grand
mother, and I have heard her talk of
some gold having been hidden (here
abouts. Richard Moran, who dug around'
some, told me of the "2 spikes In the log,
and after the tin box was found I meas
ured off the distance and found It was
Just 22 feet from the log."
Richard Sinclair, of Milwaukle, testi
fied to having seen the box. "It weighed
about ten pounds." he said.
Mr. Cornett declined to discuss his find
yesterday, but said he had found some
thing. The finding of the box of treasure fol
lowed closely the birth of a son to the
wife of Mr. Cornett, the lucky finder of
the buried Australian gold.
STILL SEEK LAST JUROR
SEVENTEENTH VENIRE IS EX.
HACSTED.
Up to Date 1350 Citizens Have Been.
Examined In Effort to Fill
Calhoun Jury-Box.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. Disqualify
ing prospective Jurors at the rate of five
an hour, the attorneys engaged in the
trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads, exhaused the 17th
special venire late today with
out discovering a talesman to occupy the
12th seat in the Jury box.
When court finally adjourned until to
morrow, the record disclosed that 608
citizens out of the 1360 summoned had
been actually Interrogated at greater or
less length, and in this respect the trial
has eclipsed the record of Abraham
Ruers trial, where peremptory chal
lenges were first exercised at a much
earlier stage.
The proceedings today were for the
most part of a routine character, a ma
jority of the talesmen being challenged
because of opinions relating to the de
fendant's guilt or Innocence.
Ernest L. Thompson, a manufacturer,
who was Interrogated during the early
session, was passed by the defense and
engaged in several sharp exchanges with
Assistant District Attorney Francis J.
Heney before he admitted a belief that
Mr. Calhoun was innocent. A challenge
by the prosecution was finally allowed In
his case.
Judge Lawlor will examine the 18th
special venire consisting of SO citizens,
torn orrow.
LAD KILLS THREE COUGARS
Boy of 19 and His Dog Bag Three
Monster Mountain IJons.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 4. (Special )
Into the County Commissioner's office
at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Roy Peters a
19-year-old lad from St. Maries, known
near his home as "Fighting Bob Evans "
walked with the skins of three big coil
gars, all of which he had killed with
the aid of "Old Ben," the best known
cougar dog in the St. Maries country
The largest of the skins, that of a mal
cougar, was nine feet from tip to tip'
but those of the two females were nearly
as large. Peters killed the cougars near
Santa, In the loops of the St. Maries
River. The hound had trailed the "var
mints" through the snow and treed them.
It took the boy but 20 minutes to bring
all three down.
Beside the bounty of SIS each given
him by the County Commissioners, the
boy will realize from $10 to 15 each for
the skins, making the adventure worth
to him $75 or more.
HOME COMPANY TOO SLOW
Spokane Franchise Subject to Can
cellation ' by Delay.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 4. (Special.)
After having spent approximately
$300,000 in buying a site, erecting a cen
tral building and doing much conduit
work. Corporation Cbunsel Hamblen filed
notice today with the City Clerk that
the Home Telephone Company's franchise
is subject to cancellation. Hamblen
states that, under the terms of the fran
chise, the company has not completed
the installation of Its plant within three
years, and it Is therefore subject to for
feiture at the action of the Council, but
AHEAD OF TIME ON SHIRTS
We are showing new Spring
styles in Shirts that are pleas
ing both as to color and design.
If yon watch our daily ads we
will keep you posted. Pink and
corn colors, with collars to match,
are the newest to Q Oft
date. Price Ss.UU
CLOTHIERS
166-1 TO THIRD ST.
before this forfeiture can be binding It
must be acted upon by the courts.
HARSH WORDS ARE PASSED
LIQUOR. ISSUE AROUSES WRATH
OF HOUSE MEMBERS.
Motion to Amend Idaho Constitution
by liberals Dcfca ted by
Close Margin.
BOISE. Idaho. March 4. Speclal.)
After a fight that approached bitterness
and during which personal references were
made and explanations heard, the House
today gave a resolution providing for a
constitutional amendment against the
liquor traffic in this State. S3 votes to 19
against it. but owing to the constitutional
requirement that such resolutions shall
receive a two-thirds vote, the resolu
tion was defeated by the narrow margin
of two votes.
i The. Ho,U8e defeated the bill chang
ing the Sunday rest law so as to permit
al.hV " 8T- Johnston.
Spring
Apparel
Now Ready
As soon as you're ready to take up
the question of Spring clothing, you'll
find us ready with a great line of
Hart Schaffner (k? Marx
fine goods new patterns, clean-cut,
smart, correct in style, of good qual
ity in fabric and tailoring, accurate
in fit. These are the important things
our clothes give a man, and they're
exactly the things you want.
SamlRos enblatt Co.
. Corner Third and "Morrison Streets
dec la rlnn the bill a subterfuge, designed
to annul the Sunday rest law altogether.
He waa strong in denouncement of the
pending measure.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the Btate Iand Board and the legal de
partment of the State to take the re
fusal of the Forestry Department to
lease State lands to the Supreme Court
of the United States for determination of
the State's rights.
The State Auditor notified the Senate
that there are Insufficient funds remain
ing of the $50,000 appropriated for the
tenth session to meet the expenses of
the House and Senate for the past ten
days.
The Senate went on record se passing
a community property bill alvlng all com
munity property to the husband in case
of the death of the wife and half of the
property to the wife on the death of the
husband.
New man Wanted In Canada.
Cleve Newman, wanted In British
Columbia on a charge of highway rob
bery, was arrested late last night at
Caxadero by Federal officers and lodged
in the County Jail. He will be returned
to British Columbia for trfal.
Newman is charged with having held
up the station agent and storekeeper at
Brtderville. B. C. on December 19. Bon
Hart, who t In iail In British Columbia
and Billy Newman, a brother. In Jail
at Spokane, are charged with complicity
in the crime.
l.o Angel Th. Convention of th. In
ternational Association of Chief, of PoUr.
will" tie hekl in I'ltliburc. instead of her..
n at nrt rlnne1
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CDOTHING COMPANY
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LARGEST AND LEADING FURRIERS.
Cor Fourth and Morrison Sts.
NEW
SPRING
ARRIVALS
OUTFITTERS TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
FRIDAY BARGAIN DAY
Unusual Offerings in New Spring Apparel and Millinery
FOR LADIES, MISSES and CHILDREN
"New Spring Millinery Sale
$10 Trimmed Hats For Street Wear For Only $4.85
A special offering in a sample line of new Spring Street Hats, made of fancy
braids, straws, peroxylene and horsehair, in all the new shades, beautifully
trimmed; regular values to $10.00; for Friday only $4.85.
HATS TRIMMED FREE
LAST TWO DAYS to take advantage of our offer to trim free all shapes and trimmings purchased in our un
trimmed department which we offered for one week only. This offer is made in order that the public may know
that we carry the finest assortment of flowers, foliage and shapes at the most reasonable prices in the citv Take
advantage. J '
SAMPLE SALE OF EVENING DRESSES
A special purchase of ladies afternoon and evening dresses which we place on sale in two lots.
Lot 1. $65 Ladies' Afternoon and Even
ing Dresses For $20.75
Made of excellent quality chiffon broadcloth in the
latest styles and colors, apricot, rose, taupe and
petuma; actual values to $65.00, for only $29.75.
Lot 2. Ladies' $40 Afternoon and Even
ing Dresses For $18.75
Of superior Panama and albatross, colors light blue,
heliotrope, tan, nile, navy and brown; regular values
to $40.00 for $18.75.
HOSIERY SPECIAL 19c.
Ladies' seamless Hose, in black and colors, of the celebrated Gordon dye; regular 25c values; special today at 19.
LADIES' SPRING HOSIERY SPECIAL 49c.
Ladies' plain and fancy lisle Hose; regular values to $1.25; specially priced for today at only 49.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR AT HALF PRICE.
Special lot of muslin Underwear, soiled by window display, for ladies and children, at one-half the regular prices
CHILDREN'S NEW SPRING BONNETS.
A complete showing for Spring of Infants' and Children's Bonnets, in fancy straws, embroidery and lace,
trimmed with lawn and dotted swiss; prices range from 75 to $7.0O.
" TIT TTlDn H.T CI ITTITTT l-f -!- -.- n .
In cream serge, poplin and all-wool Bedford cord, with black velvet trimming and fancy braid- nrices ranee I
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THESE TWO LINES.
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