VOL,. XLIX. NO. 15,301.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WEST PLEADS FOR
BETTER HARBORS
BATHHOUSE JOHN.
IS LET DOWN EASY
GIRL BETRAYS
BITS OF ANDREE'S
BALLOON FOUND
8-STORY BUILDING
TO RISE ON FIFTH
BARE LEGS SHOCK
TOPHILADELPHIANS
'5
AS BLACKMAILER
ROUNDLY CHEERED
FIRST-WARD BAIL FORBIDDEN
BUT CONCERT MAY BE HELD.
NATIVES SAY. STARVATION IS
. FATE OF. EXPLORER.
RAYMOND DUNCAN MUST KEEP
, BOY "SENSIBLY" CLAD.
Oregon, Washington,
Work Together.
Mayor Busse Last Tuesday Gave Hla
Ultimatum Howl Arises for
Money Back.
Repenting, She Seeks
Bail for Both.
Another Version Is Party Met Death
in Fight With Eskimo Tribes
of North.
Lipman - Wolfe Lease
New Store.
Little Menalkus Must Wear Shoes
and Stockings or Father Will
Go to Jail. '
m a r j
ASDUITH
WORDS
Premier Lays Down
Party's Policy.
BIG MEETING IS ENTHUSIASTIC
4
TELL CONGRESSMEN NEEDS
Portland Man Asks for Colum
bia Improvement.
HAWLEY OPPOSES TEAL
Congressman Objects to Purchase of
Canal and Locks at Oregon City,
' but Advises Building a
New Channel. '
0HFX30NIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wanh
Ington, Dec. 10. Joint delegations, repre
senting Oregon and Washington, had an
hour and one-half hearing this afternoon
before the House rivers and harbors
committee In order to present arguments
In favor of liberal appropriations for
Northwestern waterways.
J. NT. Teal, of Portland, made the open
ing statement. In which he asked the
committee to appropriate all the amounts
recommended by the Army Engineers,
particularly for the mouth of the Co
lumbia and Celilo canal, both of which
projects, he said, should be placed under
the continuing contract system to Insure
early, completion. Mr. Teal also urged
the adoption of the 30-foot project from
Portland to the mouth of the Columbia.
He showed by figures how river Improve
ment In the Northwest baa forced the re
duction of rail rates, and predicted that
Celllo canal, when completed, would very
soon save Its entire cost
TchI Asks $300,000.
Teal also urged Congress to appropriate
300.000 to be added to a like appropria
tion by the State of Oregon , to purchase
the canal and locks at Oregon City.
Representative Hawley, who followed,
strongly urged liberal appropriations for
the ripens and harbors of- Western Ore
, gon. He pointed out the manner la which
local interests by bond issues and other
wise had raised large amounts to assist
In Improving their waterways, and argued
that people showing this spirit of co
operation should receive finanlcal assist
ance from the general Government.
The people of Coos Bay, be said, were
raising JSOO.ono to Improve their harbor,
and asked Congress to give them a 40
foot channel across the bar at entrance
to the bay. He favored the adoption of
the new project for Siuslaw River which
had been recommended by the engineers.
At Tillamook, lie said, the engineers,
notwithstanding the direction of Congress,
had made no survey, but had submitted
an adverse report. This.", he maintained,
was unjust, and he strongly' recom
mended that the committee adopt the
new project for this locality on which
Government and local interests can co
operate. Dredging should be done in Ya
quina Bay, he said, to remove bars re
cently formed In the channel.
Opposition to Canal Purchase.
As to the situation in Oregon Cltyk he
differf-d "with Teal, and suggested that the
committee make an appropriation for
building a new canal on the east side
of the river, rather than purchase the
existing canal and locks on the west side.
The new canal on the east side, he said,
would be shorter than the existing canal,
and could be built cheaper than the old
canal could be bought and repaired, and
when completed would be more satisfac
tory for navigation purposes.
Money appropriated by the state, he
said, could be used for this purpose.
Senator Jones and Dr. Blalock, of Walla
"Walla, spoke briefly in support of the
Columbia River improvement from its
mouth to Kettle Falls, and also for the
Improvement of Snake River.
Secretary Norblad, of the Astoria. Cham
ber of Commerce, stirred the committee
In a brief talk in which he pleaded for
the immediate completion of the improve
ment of the Columbia River, particularly
at its mouth. He said the Columbia Is the
only port of the Pacific having a hown
grade haul from the Inland Empire to
deep water on the Columbia, for ISO
freight cars, whereas, to all other Coast
ports two engines together can haul only
40 cars over the mountain grades.
The committee made no comments fol
lowing the hearing.
GREAT CONVENTION- IS ENDED
w Department Proposed and
Bonds to Prosecute AVork.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. What is de
clared by its officers to have been the
most successful convention of its kind
ever held came to an end today when
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress adjourned after a three days'
session. Representative Joseph E.
Ransdall, of Louisiana, was re-elected
president at the morning session, and
Captain J. F. Ellison, of Cincinnati,
was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
The new board of directors took up
the question of the date and place for
the next convention. Toledo, Ohio, and
one or two other cities sought to have
the delegates meet elsewhere than in
Washington in 1910, but the matter
was put over. It was declared at the
(Concluded on Page 3.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (Special.) Revela
tions In the City Hall to"day brought to
light that as long ago as last Monday
Mayor Busse flatly informed the Alder
men from the First Ward that he. would
not permit them to give. at the Coliseum
Monday night the dance which was aban
doned yesterday afternoon after a per
sistent crusade.
They were loath to believe that the bp
position which for 11 successive years has
been unable to stop the annual saturnalia
and night vice parade could be effective
this year, and went ahead with their
plans. Tuesday they were given to un
derstand that the Mayor meant what he
sakl, but, on the other band, was not
taking the steps out of a desire for pop
ular applause, but would let them relieve
themselves from embarrassment by mak
ing the announcement that they had
changed the plans for a ball, and were
going to give a concert.
Today throughout the First Ward there
was a howl from the men to get their
money back. 20,000 worth of tickets hav
ing been sold.
COOK NOT IN SANITARIUM
Intimate Friend Rallies to Support
of Explorer.
NEW TORK. Dec. 10. Charles- Wake,
an Intimate friend of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, rallied to his support" today with a
statenTent reasserting his confidence in
the doctors integrity and attacking the
credibility of Captain A. W. Loose and
George H. Dunkle, who have sworn that
tbev assisted the explorer In the prep
aration of data concerning the North
Pole.
The statement says In part:
"There is no shadow of doubt in my
njlnd that the story is a fabrication. I
ask nothing more than that the public
suspend judgment until the doctor has
sufficiently recuperated to take up the
battle against his detractors.
' 'Meanwhile. In the serenity of his re
tirement far from the road of the well
greased affidavit mills, he Is in entire
Ignorance of this latest tempest in a
teapot, and I propose to keep my pledge
by respecting his retreat. I can say, how
ever, that -he is not now and has not been
iij any sanitarium."
COOKE'S NAME BROUGHT IN
Second. Indictment. Brought Against
Woman in Warrlner Case.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 10. For the first
time the. name of EJdgar S. Cooke, of
Chleaero. has been legally connected with
the $643,000 shortage in the local office
of the Big Four Railroad, for which ex
Treasurer C. L. "Warrlner Is in jail under
indictment.
The grand Jury today returned a second
Indictment against Mrs. Jeanette Stewart
Ford, ."the woman . in . the case." She
recently was indicted, charged with re
ceiving stolen money, and by the true bill
returned today, she stands accused of
blackmail.
Although Mrs. Ford now is charged
witK two criminal offenses, she has not
been arrested on the new Indictment.
The cause for the delay is on the ground
that the woman is broken down In health
and her arrest might have serious consequences.
PEARY'S BOAT MAY BE SOLD
Famous Arctic Steamer Roosevelt
Offered to Astoria Firm.
ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 10. (Special.)
The Alaska Fishermen's Packing Com
pany received a letter today from Samuel
Holmes, a broker in New Tork, offering
to sell the company Commander Peary's
Arctic steamer Roosevelt.
The lefter states that the steamer is
especially adapted for sailing Northern
waters, and cost when new 150.000. but.
having accomplished her purpose, the
owners have no further use for her and
will dispose of the craft for 60,000.
JAPANESE ENVOY IN HURRY
Sails From Honolulu and Will
Hasten to Washington!
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. T. Tuchida,
newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to
the United States to succeed M. Takahlra.
sailed from Honolulu today on the liner
Tenyo Mam for this port according to a
cablegram received by Japanese' Consui
General Nagal.
The Ambassador is anxious to reach his
post at Washington as quickly as pos
sible and will take "the first possible train
for the East after the arrival of the
Tenyo Maru on December 16,
WOMAN SUES ZELAYA, JR.
Marriage Promise Alleged Broken,
$100,000 Asked.
. NEW YORK.- Dec. 10. Dr. Anabel
Zelaya. second son of the President of
Nicaragua, and a graduate of the medical
school of Columbia University, appeared
in the Supreme Court here today to de-
fend a suit against him for J1O0.000 brought
by Elizabeth Juliet Hero.
The woman asserts that young Zelaya
courted, her while he was a student at
college, and it hat he promised to marry
her. but that the young man's father
forbade the marriage.
CLEW SEEN IN HANDWRITING
Love Missives Resemble Let
ter Threatening Boy.
EXPERTS GIVE TESTIMONY
Law Master of Both Spcncerian and
Vertical Penmanship Parson's
Letter Is Combination of .
Two Methods.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Betrayed by his sweetheart,
who since giving testimony against
him has repented and now is seeking
bondsmen, Matthew Lav, 22 years old,
a factory hand, was arrested today on
the charge of threatening to kidnap
and torture the son of Mrs. A. N. Par
sons -unless blackmail were paid in
gold under conditions prescribed in a
letter received by Mrs. Parsons on No
vember 29. Law had a preliminary ex
amination this afternoon and was held
to the grand jury in $1000 bail.
Officer's have guarded the Parsons
home ever since the receipt of the
threatening letter. They have pur
sued clews, too, and a similarity of
handwriting led them to look at letters-written
by . Law to Miss Dollie
McKee, 18 years old, who lives most
of the time with her parents on
Evans Creek, Jackson County. The
young woman was found here and
taken to the office of the Prosecuting
Attorney, where she became indignant
in the belief that Law had tried to im
plicate her and declared that she would
help to send him to the penitentiary.
.. Tells,. Then Recants.
She pointed out the similarity' be
tween the writing of letters Law. had
written ..to--her and ' that received by,
Mrs. Parsons 4n November 29. Then,
at the preliminary '" hearing,' she
changed her attitude and was not so
sure about It. The officers . declare
that she and Law, whose little love
affair has not run. smoothly always,
have adjusted their differences, and
that she is likely from now on to be
an unwilling witness for the state.
The officers . believe, too, that there
are others in . the conspiracy. The
Federal Government has taken cogni
zance of the affair, and Postofflce In
spector B. K. Morse arrived today from
Portland to make an Investigation. If
he is convinced that the postal laws
have been violated he will take action
to brig the v case before the Federal
grand Jury.
Thus far, the case against Law is
circumstantial only. The testimony of
handwriting experts will enter largely
into it. Experts were examined at the
preftminary hearing today and com
pared the letter received by Mrs. Par
sons with other letters known to have
been written by Law. They gave the
opinion that the blackmailing letters
and the others" were written by the
same person.
Prisoner Good Penman.
Law is a good penman, a student of
both the Spencerian and the vertical
methods, as .Miss McKee told the offi
cials when she was examined first. She
had received letters, written both ways,
from Law, and sometimes he wrote a
(Concluded on Page 8.)
'HAND OVER
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec." 10. (Spe
cial.) Bishop Pascal, who has charge of
the diocese of Prince Albert, which em
braces the sub-Arctic country to ' the
north of that city, brings back with him
a story of the finding of traces of a bal
loon in which S. A. Andre, Swedish ex
plorer, atteriipted to, drift across to the
North Pole.
One of Bishop Pascal's missionaries re
ported to him that, while .working among
the Eskimos of the Arctic region, he met
a tribe which had soraeOf the plunder
of the' party with them. These natives
had in their possession a quantity of rope
of a quality which they could not get in
a barter from ships which enter the Arc
tic Sea.
When questioned, the Eskimos told that
many years before they had come across
two . white men who came down out of
the sky in a "white house." These men
had afterward starved to death, and the
natives ba'd seized upon the balloon, the
cordage of which they converted to their
usesJ
Bishop Pascal instructed the missionary
to return and get further details. .
A Hudson's Bay factor has the same
report in a somewhat different form. 1 His
story is confirmed from the London office
of the company, where It was sent In
official dispatches. According to the fac
tor, an Indian arrived at his" post on the
Upper Churchill in 1900 from an extended
trapping and trading trip along the bor
ders of the Arctic In Northern Canada.
The Indian told of having met a party
of Eskimos who had been hunting on one
of the islands of the Arctic Ocean, and
one day they beheld a peculiar apparition
in the sky. When i finally landed, three
men stepped out. They started to ap
proach the natives, who were in a state
of terror and made hostile demonstra
tions. One of the white' men fired a gun,
and a fight followed, in which the na
tives were victorious, killing all three of
the wanderers.
MADMAN FINALLY KILLED
Bullet Brings Down - Lunatic Who
- .. . Terrorized Countryside.
SHBEVB, . O., Jec. JO. After . . killing
Sheriff Jacob Bell, of Holmes County,
running wild for- 18 hours and terrorizing
the people. O: B. JSoley, an escaped
patient from' the Massilon Sfate' Hospital
for the Insane, was fatally shot and cap
tured on the farm of R. S. Wells, one
mile north of here tonight.
Just at nightfall the Mlllersburg posse
saw Boley running across an open field.
W. a Hoover, Town Marshal, called upon
him to halt," "and then fired, the bullet
striking . Boley In the abdomen. He fell
to the srround but fought savagely, kick
ing, biting and scratching until over
powered. -
He was placed aboard a train for
Wooster and died on the way.
WAVES WASH BABE ASHORE
Body Found on Ocean Beach Near
Columbia River Mouth.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) A
body found on the ocean beach near Ham
mond, south of the mouth of the Colum
bia River, today, is thought to be that
of Nellie Hunter, the little girl drowned
when the lifesavers' boat capsized in the
breakers at the time of the Argo wreck
two weeks ago at the entrance to Tilla
mook Bay.
The body was found by Captain Wick
lund, of the Hammond lifesavlng crew.
J. A. Gilbaugh, Coroner of Clatsop
County, will make an investigation to
morrow. SOME OF THAT PROSPEBITYWE
STRUCTURE MAY GO 12 STORIES
Present Location Olds, Wort
man & King to Be Razed.
COST IS CLQSE TO MILLION
Steel and Concrete Will Form Con
struction Material Another 12-
- Story Building Is Proposed for
East Side of Fifth Sfcreel?
. Announcement was made yesterday by
Lipman, Wolfe & Company that the
leases on the Corbett estate and O'Shea
Bros." property on the west side of Fifth
street, between Washington and Alder
streets, have now been completed and
arangements made by the Corbett estate,
O'Shea Bros, and William O'Donnell to
erect a gigantic store building on the
property upder a 20-year lease to Lipman,
Wolfe & Co. j
The structure will occupy an entire
half block, with .200 feet frontage on Fifth
street, 100 feet on Washington -street and
100 feet on Alder street. The building
will be eiglit stories high, according to
the plans as now prepared by Doyle &
Patterson, architects, but. the walls "are
te ,be made heavy enough to support four
additional stories, and it may be that by
the time the building is started a
contract will be let for a 12-story struc
ture. Cost Is Cfose to Million.
There will also be a full basement, and
this will be added to the retail floor space,
giving a total of 180,000 square feet, even
should the building be but an eight-story
structure. If 12 stories are built, the
total floor space will be 260,000 square feet.
"Under the terms of the lease the Cor
bett estate, O'Shea Bros, and .William
O'Donnell will build this "structure for
Lipman, Wolfe & Co., and will give a
20-year lease to the large retail estab
lishment. No provision ' is ' contained in
the . lease for-any renewal at the end of
the 20-year period. The cost of the. struc
ture is estimated-at from $600,000 to 700,
000, with the interior fixtures an additional
160,000 to 250,000, bringing the total cost
of the structure between 7 50,000 and $96,-
000.
Big Building to Be Razed.
The four-story building, corner Fifth
and Washington, now occupied by Olds,
Wortman & King, and owned In part by
O'Shea Bros, and the Corbett estate, will
be torn down. Never before in Portland
has any such substantial structure as
this been removed to make room for a
skyscraper.
Property Values Boom.
Announcement of this new project has
added wonderfully to the values of sur
rounding property, as establishment of
this big store on Fifth street, with the
Meier & Frank Company permanently lo
cated on the same street, leads to the
belief that this part of the city for years
to come, will be the center of Portland's
retail district.
The stAicture will be built of steel and
concrete, with the first, second and top
stories finished in cream white enameled
terra cotta, and the side walls in a warm
gray brick -and enamel terra cotta trim.
The building will be absolutely fireproof.
(Concluded on Page 5.)
HEAR ABOUT!
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10. (Special.)
A. J. Kinkaid. special agent of the Penn
sylvania Society to Protect Children from
Cruelty, today called on Raymond Dun
can, of California, apostle of the Pytha
gorean system of harmony, at his apart
ments and informed the Hellenic teacher
and his beautiful wife that they would
have to keep their 4-year-old son Menal
kus "sensibly" clad or show cause in
court why .they should not be sent to
jail.
Duncan was indignant over the threats
of Mr. Kinkaid, and ordered him from
the rooms, asserting that he would dress
his child as he saw fit. He warned the'
agent that If he attempted to enter his
apartments again he would have him ar
rested. According to "Secretary Mills, of
the organization,. It is not unlikely that
Duncan will be occupying the prisoner's
dock in the Central Police Court instead
of the platforms of the New Century and
Plastic Clubs, unless he provides Menal
kus with shoes and stockings.
COUPLE, NOW OLD, UNITED
Man of 65 Marries Woman Aged
Aged 52 Years.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 10. (Special.)
The marriage today of Josephus Glover,
66 years old, of Philadelphia, and Alice
Hopkins, 62 years old, of National City,
revealed a romance of many years. The
two were playmates In childhood days in
England,' where both, were born.
Mrs. Hopkins Is a wealthy woman. She
came to California several years ago in
quest of health. She was alone, and when
the fact that she possessed a consider
able fortune became known to land sharks
and promoters of "great" mining proper
ties,, she fell an easy victim and was In
duced to subscribe for much stock said
to be absolutely worthless. Acquaintances
here advised her to repudiate some of
her subscriptions on the ground of fraud,
which she did.
A Los Angeles brokerage firm sued her
in the local courts and was successful
in securing a judgment. Glover heard of
her troubles recently and came post
haste from Philadelphia to look after her
tangled financial interests. His old love
was renewed, he asked for her hand and
they were w'ert. '
POULTRY RIDES BRAKEBEAM
Two Hens and Rooster Enjoy Hobo
Trip Under Car of Grain.
SPOKANE. Wash., Dec, 10. (Special.)
Ed. Choate, conductor of the Moscow
train, found two hens and a-rooster rid
ing the rods when his string of . cars
pulled into Colfax Wednesday night. The
car they were riding under contained
wheat and had been picked up at River
side. At the time thetxainmen no
ticed the chickens at work eating grain
at a record-breaking pace, but thought
they had driven them all away.
The three tramps that stayed with the
car were promptly stuffed into a bag
the second time they were found and
taken back to Riverside on the next
train. The owner has been warned that
the next time his chickens travel they
will be confiscated to pay transportation
charges.
EAGLE CARRIES TRAP FAR
Bird Killed 300 Miles From Place
Where It Is Caught.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Last week an eagle was killed at
Ellison ranch, near Edgewood, in the up
per part of Siskiyou County, and on one
of its feet was attached a No. 3 steel
trap, which had apparently been on the
bird's talon about two weeks.
It has just been learned that on Novem
ber 22 an eagle -got Into a No. 3 steal
trap belonging to N. Greenslate, ot i-iym-outh,
Amador County, and carried the
trap away with it. It is believed the
eagle killed at Edgewood, which is Just
about 300 miles from Plymouth, In an air
line, is the same that carried off Mr.
Greenslate's trap about ten days before!
LOW LIGHTJRATE OFFERED
Forest Grove May Go to Flour Mill
to End Darkness.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Dec. 10. Local
citizens will propose "to the City Council
at its next meeting to light the city at a
flat rate much cheaper than the Welch
contract proposes. Councilman George
Patterson is one of the owners of the
Crescent flouring mill at this place, which
would put in a dynamo and operate the
plant from that place.
The city is still in darkness, and It is
safe to sav that nine to one are op
posed to granting the Welch franchise
for either 16 or 23 years.
VETERANS STILL DRINK
Abolition of Beer Halls In Homes In
creases Drunkenness.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The abolition
of beer halls at National soldiers' homes
did not make for sobriety among veter
ans, according to the report of the in
spector submitted to Congress today.
This report says there were 1025 more
trials for drunkenness In 1909 than in
1906, when the beer halls prevailed.
Republicanism at Stake Is
Theme of Speaker.
LOWER. HOUSE MUST RULE
Party Does Xot Propose to Abolish
House of Lords, hut Insists Vp
per Chamber Must Recognize
Its Limited Functions.
LONDON, Dec. 10. At a monster meet
ing tonight in Albert Hall, Herbert Henry
Asquith, British Premier, laid down the '
policy on which the Liberal government
is appealing to the country.
He repeated what had been said by
other ministers that, if it were returned1
to power, the government would demand
the limitation of the power of the House '
of Lords and he pledged that the liberal
party would grant self-government to Ire.
land.
AH Women Are Excluded.
The meeting was marked by great en
thusiasm of the audience,, entirely com
posed of men. Women had been denied
admission in the fear that there might
be counter -demonstrations by suffragettes.
Every corner of the hall had been
searched today for women, and a small
band-was routed out. But they managed. ,
to get two male supporters Into the meet
ing, who interrupted Mr. Asquith once
with cries of "Votes for women."
Republican Principle at Stake.
"I tell you in the name and on behalf
of the Liberal party," Mr. Asquith pro
ceeded, "'we have at this moment latd .
upon us a single task. That task is to
vindicate and establish upon an unshak
able foundation the principle of republi
can government."
Referring to the education and licens
ing bills, the Premier said that the gov
ernment stood, in the main, upon the
principles of the bills that the House of
Lords rejected.
Takes Fling at Suffragists.
Upon the topic of woman suffrage, Mr.
Asquith said his views were well known.
He had no reason to alter them, despite
the suicidal excesses of a small section
of the advocates for such a change.
Turning his attention to Ireland, which,
(Concluded on Page 4.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4
decrees; minimum. 41.2 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, moderate southeast winds.
Foreign.
Canadian missionary talks with natives who
found Andree's balloon. Page 1.
Zelaya says he will submit, though misun
derstood in United States. Page 5.
National.
Rules of Government for taking census.
Page 2.
Several large Western cities Involved In
white slave" traffic, says Immigration
Commission in report. Page 7.
Battleships Georgia and Nebraska collide.
. Page 2.
Oregon and Washington business men plead
with Congress for Improved waterways
in West. Page 1.
Domestic.
Couple aged 85 and 62, sweethearts In
youth, united again at Los Ange'e".
Page 1.
Special session of Illinois Legislature will
have stormy meeting. Page 3.
Red Cloud, last big chief of hostiles, dead
. at &6. Page 3.
Mavor Busse forbids First Ward ball but
will ullow concert. Page 1.
Philadelphia objects to Hellenic costume of
Raymond Duncan's son. Page 1.
Daughter of Portland man shoots wooer
who forced attentions on her. Page 3.
Hundred tifty negroes held in Savannah Jail
because of murder of white women.
Page 4.
Negroes held responsible for death of two '
women and dying condition of third.
Page 4.
Sports.
National League presidency fight now be
tween Ward and Heydler. Page 7. "
Bicycle race at Madison Square Garden
loses interest. Page 7.
Conference of Northwestern colleges to ar
range baseball schedule today. Page T.
Pacific Northwest. . .
Ellensburg man is said to have cornered
hay market. . Page 6.
Hamilton case expected to go to Supreme
Court on technicalities. Page 5. '
Young man arrested at Grants Pass for
threat to kidnap and torture boy: let
ters to sweetheart and her confession
furntsh clew. Page 1.
State assessment equalized at $694,013,836.
increase of $6.87.873 over 1308. Pag .
Alaska coal-land claimants contend that
only evidence against them is in state-
ments of Cunningham alone. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Adequate supply of potatoes reaches local
market. Page 15.
Strong cash demand for wheat in East.
Page 15.
Uneven movement of stock prices. Page 15.
Retail trade lively at all points. Page IT..
Captain Patterson loses appeal from local
Board of Inspection. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Local holders of Omaha telephone bonds
pool interests for mutual benefit. Page 10.
Wife of ' swearing dominie one of eight
spouses to obtain divorce. Page 14.
Bunnyside peopfca suggest Improvement in
car service to Josselyn. Page. 11.
Publicity In notorious Johnson case spurs
City Attorney to condemn delays.
Page 10.
State dairymen, in closing session, condemn
Portland's milk ordinance. Page 10.-Elght-atory
building will be erected at Fifth
and Washington for Lipman, Wolfe 4c
Co. Page 1.
Bridge engineers keep log showing - each
draw is open over two hours dally.
Page .
t
J '