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THE JIORXtyq OKEUUxiAX. Til UKSDAY, JtTJVB ' 9, lUlO. ARREST FOR LIBEL STIRS HOSEBUHG ;lra F. Rice Accuses James C. L Alexander of Publishing False Statements. : RIVAL LAND DEALERS ROW Friends Avert Fist Fight on Street, j and Alexander Bays Space in J Newspaper to Vent Spleen y "Arrest Then Results. I ROSEBURG, Or., June 8. Spec la 1.) Alleging- that James C. Alexander, f heavily Interested In Southern Oregon 1 real eeate and president of the Unrip qua Land & Water Company, with head quarters In this city, -wrongfully and un lawfully caused to be published in a ; recent issue of the Evening News, a local publication, statements of a libelous na ' ture, Ira . F. Rice, pioneer of Douglas County, and one of the best-known men ; n Southern Oregon, caused a warrant to : be Issued late today through District I Attorney Brown, charging the author of tho alleged false accusation with criminal libel. Mr. Alexander was arrested im- mediately and later arraigned, furnishing cash bail. ' " ) Trouble has been brewing between the j parties involved for some time, and a few months ago Mr. Rice accosted Alex ; ander on the street and accused him of ; selling worthless land to a local young man. 'Alexander resented this accusation, and a fistic encounter was only averted j by the timely interference of friends. K Since that time neither attempted to in terfere with the other until a few days ; ago, when Alexander inserted the adver . tisement which alluded to Mr. Rice as a . "knocker," and including a statement i that Rice had caused him - to cancel a contract for land and return a certain sum of money to Ervin FVies, a young , man who had previously purchased sev- eral lots in the Alexander tract near Roseburg.' ) Mr. Alexander alleged that this deal . was annulled through the efforts of Mr. Rice, who went to the young man -and . told him that he had been cheated. Further, the advertisement alluded to ' Mr. Rice as "the old reliable real estate - man who last year called the younger 't generation of real estate men swindlers. Owing to the prominence of the parties involved, the arrest has caused a sensa tion and its outcome will be watched with interest. Although the paper publishing the advertisement is said to be equally liable with the author, it is not probable , that the owner will be prosecuted; in fact. District Attorney Brown said last night that he had called attention to the danger of publishing matter of this nature, and expected no further prosecu , tions. Mr. Alexander said tonight, however, , that the fun had only begun. TUG KATIE MAY BE LOST Launch Leaves Vancouver, B. C, to Search lor Craft. SEATTLE, June 8. The 89-ton tug Katie, owned by the Seattle Towboat Company, left Seattle last Friday morn . Ing towing three barges of brick and 'gravel and has not yet arrived at her i destination, Vancouver. B. C. She was commanded by Captain George Kinney, a veteran navigator, carried a crew of eight men and also had on board Cap tain J. C. Rice, manager of the tow boat company. A launch has left Vancouver to search for ' the Katie among the Islands. The Katie was built at Baltl- more in 1902 for the United States Gov ; ernment and is a staunch boat. The wind was very heavy last Saturday and : Bunday and the tug may have been blown '. aground. Men who know the tug and her captain aro hopeful that nothing worse than an accident to the machinery j has occurred and that the . Katie has taken shelter in a cove of one of the Islands- ALASKA SHIPS MORE GOLD jVessel Carrying $150,001)' nn Way South From Fairbanks. SEATTLE, Wash., June 8. Another Bold shipment, amounting to $150,000, left Fairbanks. Alaska, for Seattle yes terday, according to private cable advices received here last night. Shipments ag gregating tl. 500,000 have been started from- the Tanana district since the opening of navigation on the upper Yukon. These shipments will be trans ' feried to Seattle steamers at Kkagway ; and it is probable that1 all will come into Seattle on the same ship. The Yukon Kiver Is open to naviga tion along its whole length, the first ' steamer for Dawson. Fairbanks and St. Michael having left White Horse today. Lake LaBarge, which Is a widening of ' the river between White Horse and Iawson. Is always the last obstacle to navigation, the ice breaking slowly. The 1000 Argonauts, who built boats ! at White Horse and went into camp j, while waiting for the ice to melt are now floating down the river to the gold fields. BANKERS GUESTS OF CITY Excursionists' From Minnesota Are Made 'Welcome at The Dalles. THE DALLES, Or.. June 8. (Special.) A company of 40 bankers and business men. principally from, Minnesota, who are on their return from a sightseeing and Investigating tour of the West, ac cepted the invitation of The Dalles Busi ness Men's Association' to stop here, ar riving from Portland on the 7 o'clock train tonight, and were met ,by delega tions of citizens waiting with automo biles who took them for. a drive about the country. " Upon returning they were taken to dinner at the Hotel Dalles and then the hosts and guests w'ent to the Commer cial Club rooms, where an informal re ception was held until the arrival of the 11:15 train, when the visitors left on their way East In their private cars. WALLA WALLA FIGHT OPENS City, Seeing Trade Slipping Away, Seeks Rate Betterment. : WALLA WALLA. Wash., June K (Spe cial.) Under schedule of rates fixed by the Oregon Railroad Commission and ef fective since May 20 between Portland and points in Eastern Oregon, Walla Walla's future as a jobbing center will be short-lived unless rates, relatively as low, are secured for the Garden City business men, according to the freight rates cornmitteer'appointed by the Com mercial Club. No time will be lost to see that better rates are secured for local Jobbers. Some pf them -do not hesitate to say that un less drastic action is taken at once this city will soon cease to supply neighbor ing Oregon towns with anything in the merchandise line at all. A miller points out that the rate on cotton bags to Walla Walla is 91 cents, while the rate to Milton, Or., only 10 miles distant, is 81 cents. A local man ager of a Portland house says It is cheaper to ship goods ' to Spofford and haul them here by wagon than to have them shipped direct to Walla Walla. The rate on pipe from Portland to Walla Walla is 65 cents, while Milton pays 57 ,........................T ' WELL-KNOWN" WOODBCBS CITI- I ' ZEN DIES AT AGE OF tl. f I iS. ! '"'''-A:P t i : .'. m t Lott R. Warn pole. - WOODBURX, Or., June 8. (Spe cial.) One of Woodburn's well-known citizen. Lott R. Warn pole, died here last week. Services were conducted at Belle Passi. Mr. Wampole was born In Livingston County, New York, July 8, 1883, and Is survived by a mother, three sisters and three broth ers. He was a member of A. F. and A. M-. I. O. O. F.. M. W. A., R. X. A. and Artisans. cents. A rate of 14 cents difference is made on machinery. it IDAHO RANCHER CAUGHT BY "MERRY" MICHIGAXDEK. Boise Scene of Wedding, Which Re sults From Correspondence Start . ed by Senator Borah. BOISE, Idaho, June 8 (Special.) De termined to find a bachelor-husband in the far West, especially in an irrigated country, where she could live on a large ranch happily ever afterwards, Mrs. Elvina L. Herberg, fair and not yet 40, of far-away Michigan had her most ardent desire fulfilled, for she met. through correspondence, her hus band. Jerry C. Likins, of Star, a small village in the Boise Valley, and is now Mrs. Likins. Senator W. E. Borah, of Idaho, played a prominent part in the guise of cupid. When, jerry Likins. once a business man of Boise, but now engaged in farming, read some six months ago in a local paper a letter forwarded to Senator Borah by a mysterious widow, who wanted to become acquainted with a Western man, and specifically stating she desired a rancher, he came to the conclusion he must be the one Wanted, and forthwith addressed a letter to the would-be bride. She was not slow to answer and for six months the cor respondence between the two was in progress. This courtship by mail cul minated in the agreement of the widow to come out frcm her home in Mar Quette. Mich., to Boiije, and if condi tions were to, her liking,, to marry Mr. Likins. Less than six days ago she started on her long journey, and Mr. Likins prepared for her reception. The happy couple adjourned to- the Likins ranch, where they talked over their prospective marriage, and, reach ing an agreement, set out for Boise, were married by the Probate Judge and are now on their fruit farm. GALLAGHER IS LOCATED WITNESS AGAINST CALHOUN IS IN VANCOUVER, B. C. ' Ex-Supervisor of San Francisco Ad mits His Identity, but Refuses to Talk About Ruef. . VANCOUVER, B. C, June 8. (Special.) Chased from New York to Seattle and there lost, the missing link in the prose cutions against Abraham Ruef and Pat rick Calhoun. "Gay Boy Gallagher," an ex-Supervisor of San Francisco during the Schmit- regime, was discovered to day by a World reporter, quietly residing in North Vancouver, the municipality across the' inlet, where he has been for the past three weeks with his wife and family, and wlre, he says, he will stay indefinitely. He was surprised at being discovered in his small but neat cottage, but admit ted his identity and said he was there re cuperating his health. He refused to talk of the Ruef affair or to intimate that he would ever return to San Francisco, where he is badly wanted. He has been living under the name of Gallagher end in such seclusion that even his next-door- neighbors were not ac quainted with the family. Groceries and other such matters have been ordered by telephone from the house, Gallagher hav ing been down town but once. He is said to have come here from Portland. - Bundy Heirs Get $25,000. DAYTON, Wash.. June S. (Special.) Ten heirs living In Oregon and Eastern Washington are to receive the property of the late Alexander Bundy, valued at $25,000. The heirs, each of whom receives a tenth of the property, are as follows: Mrs. Minnie Haynes, of Harrisburg, Or.; Sarah J. Bucher, of Grouse, Or.; Delia Mills, of Vancouver, Wash., and Harvey and Thomas, of Dayton; Robert, of Ham mond. Wash.; William, of Dayton, and Martha McNeal, of Starbuck, Wash. One-tenth goes to 10 grandchildren, be ing the children of Mrs. M. L. Haddock deceased. FIRE-BRAND TALKS Woman Implicated by Girl Is Held to Grand Jury. BOLD PLOT IS REVEALED Iass of 16 Tells How She Applied Match to House After Mrs. Deal Had Saturated Wood With Coal OH Burglary Involved. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. June 8. (Special.) Mrs. Maggie Jones-Deal was held in $1500 bonds to the grand jury on the charge of being implicated in the burning of Dave Shook's house on April 16. Cora Seaton's evidence was that the Deal woman saturated a woodpile in a woodshed with coal oil, while 6he threw a lighted piece of paper on the saturated wood. This was at night and the Sea ton girl then went back into the house and began writing letters. She said she and the Deal woman had taken $20 in gold and three bottles of whisky from a chest in the house, and that when they went into this, they expected to get $300 or $400 more, burn the house and leave the country. The Seaton girl and the Deal woman were suspected soon after the fire, but no definite proof was obtained until the girl told that she knew who set the fire, implicating a man who is dead. After telling this, she changed to others and finally told, the officers that she burned the barn and house herself, but was in duced to do so by Mrs. Deal. - What to do with the Seaton girl is puzzling the officers, because of her age, which is only 16. She probably will be sent to the reform school. She is being held, although no charge has been made against her. BENSON NOT A CANDIDATE Judge Not Out for Governorship. Governor Seeks Old Office. ; KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 8. (Spe cial.) "I am not a candidate for the Re publican nomination for Governor of this state and I will not be," said Judge Henry L. Benson, of the law firm of Benson & Stone, of this city, today, when shown an article in The Oregonian which stated that he would be a candidate at the coming primaries. Continuing, Mr. Benson said: "The statement that my brother's health is such that he will have to drop out of politics is without foundation. He Is now under treatment for an affection of the skin on his face, but this is yield ing to the treatment of his physicians, and I expect that very shortly he will be as well as ever. My brother, who is now Acting Governor of this state, will be a candidate again for the place of Secretary of State, and will remain a candidate. I have no idea how this story got started in Portland, and can say posi tively that there is nothing, absolutely nothing, to the report that I will be a candidate." PRICE OF. SALMON FIXED Columbia River Packers' Club Es tablishes Rate for Season. x ASTORIA. Or.. June 8. (Special.) At a meeting of the Columbia River Packers' Club this morning, the selling price of Columbia River canned salmon for the season of 1910 was fixed as fol lows: Per dozen talis, $1.75: flats. $1.90; halves. $1.10; one-pound ovals, $2.35; all key goods 5 cents a dozen extra. The differential on one-pound flats . is 15 cents a dozen, as against 10 cents In former yearly quotations. The pack for this season to date is 50 per cent better than last year at this time. However, the run is light at present. BANKER SEVERELY HURT Horse lied by J. W. Cusick Causes Him to Be Run Over by Buggy. ALBANY, Or.. June 8. (Special.) J: W. Cusick. president of J. W. Cusick & Co., and the Bank of Albany, and one of this city's leading business men, was severely hurt today. He was riding in a buggy with W. H. Hogan and leading a horse by a rope when the animal jumped and pulled Mr. Cusick out of the buggy, throwing him under one wheel, which passed across his body. It cannot be determined yet how seri ously he is hurt, but his condition is be lieved to be not dangerous. Artesian Stream Encountered. EUGENE, Or.. June 8. (Special.) An artesian well was discovered yesterday In Fairmont, a suburb of this city. The well is still pouring water from an inch- . All the Day Long You'll radiate cheerfulness if you start the day right. For breakfast Post Toasties with cream or milk. Sweet, delicious, nourish ing, fluffy bits of corn toast ed to an appetizing brown, "The Memory Lingers" P03TI-M CEREAL CO., Ltd. Battle Creek. Mich. J Entrance The Addition with Character Portland's Most Beautiful Residence Park Understand what high-class development and improvements, combined -with "rare natural advantages, will do towards making Laurelhurst the most beau tiful home spot in the entire Northwest. Ladd Park, with its attractive natural lake and beautiful forest trees, is located in the heart of this property. Laurelhurst is the best real estate buy in Portland today and, in fact, in the . " entire country, because it is more highly improved and restricted and lots sell for less money in proportion. ' LOTS FROM $900 UP acurelhunyf Co. and-a-half-pipe, three feet into the air. The water was struck at e. depth of 70 feet. The well Is on the side of the hill which is known as Fairmont Heights. ENGINEER LOST IN HILLS Xortli Yakima and Ellensburg Fosses Will Join in Search. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.,- June 8. (Special.) George Wilson, an aged engi neer of this city, who has been lost in the mountains between here and Ellens burg since May 30. will be sought by Sheriff's posses from North Yakima and Ellfnsburg. There la little hope of finding hlra alive. Columbia Is Falling Fast. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 8. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River is falling rapidly, having fallen eight inches dur- A Rare , Achievement A millionaire could command no better smoke than a Van Dyck "Quality" Cigar. Not if he . owned Cuba's choicest plantation and had his cigars marie to order, on the ground. For we get the choicest elections from ALL Cuba's plantations. And in our factory at Tampa, Fla., we employ the most skilled Cuban work men. Thus, by making our cigar in the TJ. S. we save import duty, which equals the cost and doubles the pric of every Cuban-made cigar. Van Dyck "Quality" Cigars No finer Savored or more lnxu riously satisfying cigar than ours are are sold at double the price. ' They sell as low as 3 for 25c tha greatest cigar value ever offered. And you have your choice of 27 diSerent shapes, in all degrees of mildness and richness. One Will Convince M. A. GUNST ft CO- Tb Hotm f to Laurelhurst at East Glisan and East 32nd Streets ITORS TO While visiting the many scenic spots pf Portland, do not neglect to take time to visit Ladd Park and Laurelhurst. The former is Portland's most beauti ful public park and Laurelhurst is Portland's most beautiful residence park. Each sets off and enhances the beauty and attractiveness of the other. See See Laurelhurst and realize what a magnificent residence dis trict is being created here. Take Montavilla or Rose City Park cars direct to the property. Take Sunnyside or Mt. Tabor cars to E. 34th st. and walk four short blocks north. Or call at our office and we will take you out to Laurelhurst in our autos. ingr the past 24 hours. The water gauge now registers 15 feet and 8 inches. White Salmon Gets Fine Building. WH1TU1 R A T.MftV WnsVi Tuna S Special.) George Smith has Just com- nn innn ma ciatso: LEAVE PORTLAND ARRIVE! ASTORIA ARRIVE CLATSOP BEACH. LEAVE CLATSOP BEACH.. LEAVE ASTORIA ARRIVE PORTLAND Columbia River scenery to historic and interesting Astoria; great lumber and salmon indus tries, wonderful Government jetty, glorious open ocean, salt air, clear beaches, forests and moun tain streams. ROUND-TRIP RATES DALLY $4.00, LIMIT SIX MONTHS; SATURDAY AND SUNDAY $3.00, LIMIT-MONDAY GRAND CENTRAL STATION , CITY TICKET OFFICES ' ' THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS 122 THIRD STREET PORTLAND! f pleted here a two-story brick store and office building at a cost of 13,000. The lower floor will be occupied by Smith & Smith, for a general mercantile business. Among the occupants of the upper floor are the Telephone Company, Xr. Russell, Development League and the police Judge. SEE AT I HOU PACIFIC VIA ASTORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER R. R. LIMITED TRAINS DAILY PARLOR CARS AND FIRST-CLASS COACHES . . 800 A. M, 8:20 A. tSO 11 !S A. MM 12UO P. M., Oi.lo . .12:40 P. M, 12:SO P. 10i4O . 7:20 A. M., 5KK P. M., :45 . 8:20 A. M, OitO P. M, 7i20 .12:05 P. M, lOtOO P. 10ll5 Terms 10 Down 2 Per Month 522-26 Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrison Phones Main 1503, A 1515 t'has. M. Rnrrowes Advg. Servlcw. With hardly enough In his pocket to pay his board bill, George Smith went into Washougal four years ago and opened a real estate office. In the second year ho was there. 1908. he sold over 60 farms, and when he came to White Salmon had cleaned up $11,000. P. P. M, P. M 2:30 P. M. (Sat. only) BilS P. M. (Sat. only 6:00 P. M. (Sat. only) 0:00 A. M. (Mod. only) 9:40 A. M. (Moo. only) 12:30 P. M. (Mob. only) P. M-, P. P. 31. OCEAN BEACH