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Democratic State Central
Committee Fails to In
dorse Any Candidate.
TENOR OF MEETING SHOWN
Leaders Understood to Be Anxious
to See Myers and West Retire
From Race, so Party Effort
Can Be Concentrated.
WEST DEC LIVES TO STEP DOVTX.
The Democratic etate central com'
mltta mt lui evening at tha Im
perial Hotel, i counties belns rtp
nMBtad. Chalrmaa Alas Pr"
itfiar.
All day yesterday Damocratle
wartimes and party- laadara con
ducted what was tn reality a eloaa
cciporatlan assembly la tha lobblaa
of tha hoatalry. tha chlaf thama ba
in, -bow can wa allmlaata 'JalT
Mv.ra and Oa- Waat from tha sn
bernatorlal race and la John Man
nine tha right of way at tha pri
ma rtT"
Aftr trylna all day It waa aald
lut nlatu that Mr. Mrra bad aaraad
to withdraw If Mr. Waat would do
so. but that Mr. Waat refused.
: '
John Manning for Governor and tha
elimination of Jefferson Myara and
Oawald Waat from the raca waa tho ap
parent objet-t of the all-day and evening
sesalon of the State Central Committee
if tha Democratic party, which met
Thoradav In the Imperial Hotel. Adjourn
ment wa taken at It o'clock laat night
without the open Indorsement of any can
didate for any office, but as nearly as
could be learned. It waa all Manning with
the U members of the committee who
were present.
That the Democrats must center their
efforts upon one candidate for each Im
portant office, throw personal grudges
ar.I 111 feelings to the winds and "stand
paf for the ticket chosen at the pri
maries, was the tenor of the entire meet-Ire-
During the day. strenuous efforts were
made by loyal party men to persusde
Mr. Myers and Mr. West to withdraw
from the race for the Governorship. It
waa said that Mr. Myers had consented
to Wo so If Mr. West would, but that the
tatter had refused.
There aeems to be determination
imoni the prominent leaders to demand
ttiat personal ambitlona he mcrtftced for
"tl:e good of the party." which, so far
aa the head of the stats ticket Is con
cerned. Is strongly for John Msnnlng.
ex-Dtetrlct Attorney of Multnomah Coun
ty. t la aald ha will accept If a clear
field Is presented. He was present and
personally urged harmony In the party
lanks.
Juhllatlon In Evidence.
Judge Alex Sweek. chairman of the
committee, presided., calling the meet
ing to order shortly after o'clock.
Secretary John B. Ryan read the call
fr the - meeting and called tha roll.
Twenty-four countlea were represented,
and It waa aald by those present to be
one Of tha most representative Demo
cratic meetings held for months. All
were highly plessed with the attend
ance and there appeared to be Jubila
tion among the faithful. Several promi
nent local party men were on hand snd
gave hearty support to tha statements
of the committeemen, all of which
tailed for loyal and harmonious action
by thoae who wished the success of the
tl.-ket.
From until II o'clock, the party
representatives held merry sway, and
a!' had an opportunity to discuss tho
situation. The committeemen told of
the great prospect for success, which
they declared was In view, and all e-ava
it as gospel truth that the Republican
party waa about to be dissolved In Ore
gon and the Democrats placed In power
because of the recent assembly at the
Armory, where a full stste ticket was
Indorsed by more than IIOO Republicans
from every section of the state.
y Alt-Day Assembly Held.
Nothing waa said, however, on th
floor during the session last night as
to the aaembly-ln-fact. beld all day
yesterday by the comparatively small
number of Democrats at the Imperial.
That It was nothing leas thsn an as
sembly of Democrats, looking toward
the success of the party ticket In the
approaching campaign, waa admitted
by some of the most prominent mem
bers present. It differed only In the
number of psrtlclpants and the method.
tl-e Republican assembly being held In
the open with large numbers In attend
ance and the Democratic assembly be
ing conducted In the opposite manner.
There was the most harmonious sen
timent among every one present at
the session Isst night that the Repub
lican party la going down to defeat
be.ause of the assembly and conse
quent alleged disruption, and that the
Wmocrals must unify their action and
so arrange their matters as to central
ize the efforts at election on strong
candidates, one for each office In the
primaries, "to avoid sore spots afte.
toe primaries among defeated candidates.-
aa it waa put by various speak
ers. Nonpartisans Lambasted by Versteeg
Noa-partlaanlsm was denounced, par
tlcularty by E. Versteeg. a Portland
Wmwril. who "has supported Bryan
three times. Cleveland thres tlmea and
Parker once.- Evidently having In
mind the acta of George B. Chamber
lain while he was Governor and of Dr.
Harry Lane, while Mayor. Mr. Versteeg
"lambasted" the giving of Jobs to non
pertteans. and In this he wss loudly
apptaudea However, when he said the
.'.emocrats have no organisation In Ore
gon, he was opposed by Chairman
Sweek. who said the party is well
orssntzed.
Various members ft the central com
mittee spoka of tha prospect at the
polls, all predicting success If the work
should be properly conducted, and there
wss cearly an understanding among tha
committeemen aa to who ehould head the
state ticket. John Manning Is without
doubt the man decided on. and It would
be surprising. It Is said. If he did not
succeed later la gaining the lnelorsemnt
of the ieadera openly. He will not ac
cept, however, unlesa there le a clear
field and he Is assured of strong support
from all factions and candidates now in
. the field, according to the best Informa
tion obtainable laat night.
Maatrd A Democratic Jfewspaper.
George H. Thomas chairman of tha
Multnomah County Central Committee.
created a aensatioa when he said that
"The thlrg moat needed In this state at
the present time ;o Insure success la a
MANNING
R GOVERNORSHIP
re I . v Democratlr newspaper."
. "We Bead a Democratic newspaper
above all other things to win." aald
Chairman Thomas, and hi utterance was
applauded. .
John Montag. committeeman from
Multnomah County, ssid that the pros
pects are good for the party here If good
men can be secured to run for office and
party loyalty can be had. ,
Committeemen Thomas and Monlng
brought up the question a -to the bring
ing out of candidates, snd asked how It
could be done without an assembly or
"bosaism." which good Democrats, he
said, so much deplore.
Sam White, formerly state chairman,
said that good candidates must be sought
out and told by tha party leaders, tha
county com mitre men -or someone, and
made to run for office for the good of
the nartv.
"Is this Bossiimr asKea air. nnue.
"If It la. then make the most of It. We
must do it to win."
Manning Urges Loyalty.
John Mannlnc. favored of all avowed
or tentative candidates among the "lead
ers" for the Governorship, spoke briefly.
He called, too. for party loyalty and for
tha singling out of good men and true
for the offices, but particularly urged
the re-election of the Democratic Su
preme Judges, aaylng these positions
were of the utmost Importance.
Robert . (Joseohlne) Smith, of Grants
Pass, strongly fsvored the unifying of
the forces and especially lauded the idea
possessed by those present that the party
should limit Its candidates to one man
for each Important office In the pri
maries to avoid scattering of votes and
the giving tha victory to the enemy in
this manner.
Coming from Condon. Gilliam County,
the home of Acting Governor Bowerman.
Ramihiican aasemblr candidate for the
head of the ticket. Edward Dunn said
that even In the home of tne cnier or
tha asaemblyitea ha had hopes of Demo
cratic success.
o. p. ooahow. who Is a tentative canal-
data for the Governorship, and whose
borne la in Douglas ' County, spoke as
though he felt the party ha good pros
oeeta there. He was not quite so out
spoken for one-man csndldates, however.
as some of the others.
After sll of the m-mbers of the com
mittee hsd spoken and some others also,
the meeting adjourned, and political gos
sip hss it that at an Informal meeting
of the members and friends, an under
standing was reached that the word shall
be passed out over the state that It Is
the desire of tha central committee tnat
a clear path be given John Manning aa
the head of the ticket and support for
him be demanded from all.
Twenty-four Countlea Represented.
Delegates from 54 counties were present.
the following counties being without
Democratic representation: Columbia,
Crook. Grant, Harney. Klamath, Lake,
Morrow. W asco. W heeler.
The following is the II of delegates
present snd the counties they repre
sented: Baker. Sam White; Benton. J.
K. Hodges (prosy): Clackamas. H. G.
Starkweather: Clatsop. A. M. Smith:
Coos. Hugh McCain; Curry. T. J. Thrift;
Douglas. O. P. Ctashsm: Gilliam. Edward
Dunn; Hood River. A. J. Derby; Jackson.
Robert O. Smith (proxy); Josephine.
Robert O. Smith: Lane. L. M. Travis; Lin
coln. Tom R. Wilson: Linn. 8. M. Gar
land: Malheur. Thomas E. McKnlght;
Marion. A. M. Dalrymple; Multnomah.
John Montag; Polk, George W. Myers;
Sherman. W. F. Jackson: Tillamook.
Robert Inman (proxy): Umatilla, will M.
Peterson; Union. Dr. R. L. Lincoln;
Washington. J. C. Welsh (proxy); Tarn-
hill. T. H. Coldwell..
UNITED WIRELESS GOES
PORTLAND AJTD ST. HEI.EVS OF
FICES TO DISCONTINUE.
Corporation Will Confine Work to
Marine Business C. B. Cooper
Will Leave for Seattle. .
Headquarters of the United Wireless
Telegraph Company at Portland and sta
tions here and at St. Helens will be
closed today. Their disorganisation sig
nalises the termination for tha present
of efforts of that corporation to com
pete with telegraph lines on land. The
nearest . wireless station win oe at As
toria, where srrsngements hsve been
made to mslntaln It day and night.
C. B. Cooper, chief operator ot tn in
land division, who hss been In charge
locally and has superintended the main
tenance '-of the plants as well as having1
Installed stations on land and water In
this territory, hss been promoted to chief
operator at Seattle, where he will be
established by the first of next week.
The termination of its business here
marks the principal experimental work
performed on the Coast by the United
Wlrelee. so far as Inland business la
concerned, and it is admitted that ex
cellent results have been obtained In
testing the efficiency of the system In
distance work. At the same time, tha
financial returns have not been sufficient
to warrant a continuation of the service,
and It is planned to devote all energies
to sea work. In which the value of the
system waa ft rat illustrated.
The company haa plants aboard 100 ves
sels on the Pselfte Coast, with shore sta
tions covering them from Alssks to San
Diego. Including every large harbor and
tho where assistance might he dis
patched to vessels in danger. Mr. Cooper
has secured considerable buelneas in
Portland, the last contract being with
the Port of Portland for the plant on tha
pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer.
HEIRESS MAYJBEGIN WORK
Girl Worth Millions May Have to
Toll to Earn Living.
NEW YORK. Aug. II (Special.
Hilda Charlotte Edgerton -Morris. 1-year-old
daughter of Mra. Julia Watt
Morrla Curtias. who Is worth over 11,
090.000. may have to earn her own liv
ing. Mrs. Curtles" checkbook has been for
years under control of conservators ap
pointed to take care of Mrs. Curtlss"
cash because-she has been adjudged In
competent on account of Intemperate
habits.
Hilda, who will some day be worth
at leaat 12.000.000. had been living at a
private boarding school. School bills Of
te sra unpaid.
Referee William Klein, to whom the
caae waa referred, has reported that
owing to her physical condition the girl
cannot earn her own living at present.
HEIGH0 HELD FOR TRIAL
Man Who Fighting Scared Woman
to Death Accused of Manslaughter.
BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 11 Testerday at
Welser. E. M. Helgho. preetdent of the
Pacific Jdaho Northern Railroad, waa
held for trial In the District Court on
tha charge of manslaughter. H was
released on $S00 balL
Tha accusation against Helgho aross
from the heart failure of Mrs. Sylvia
Riegelman. of Omaha, who was visit
ing her son. Worler Barton, cashier
of the First National Bank of Welser.
Helgho appeared at the Barton home,
called Barton out and attacked hrm.
In tha course of tha fight It Is allege a
Helgho acted as though h ware about
to- shoot. Mrs. Riegelman fainted and
died la 20 minutes.
OLD GRIME SOLVED
Mis
;r Marquis Murdered
Lonely Castle.
in
POLICE ACCUSE SERVANT
Mystery of Seven Years Is Finally
Cleared by Confession .of Con- J
vlct In Galleys Faithful At
tendant Is to Be Rewarded.
PARIS. Aug. lz.-Speclal.-That mur
ri,r win out in time, thouch the Inno
cent may suffer meanwhile, has Just
been proved again py aiarums
opnients In a famous French murder
case.
About seven years ago the proprietor
of the chateau of Nolron-sur-Beze. near
Dijon, In Central France, the Marquis
. A Pnrc-DO t ft 1 VRRTI Of age.
waa found assaaslnated. The Marquis,
whose fortune was esumaiea uvc,
1.000.000 francs, was such a miser that
hla wife, a lady of quality from Besan
eon. after living shut up In the castle,
deprived of all society, attendance and
even sufficient food, had left him and
subsequently died.
After the departure of the .Marquise
the miserly nobleman beoame worse
than before. Everything about his
handsome estate waa allowed to go to
rack and ruin. The Marquis waa clad
like a beggar. In filth and rags. His
only attendant was a woman who lived
In the village of Nolron. She was J
at the time of the crime, and the only
service required of her by the Marquis
was to bring him each day a little milk
and -a handful of potatoes.
Miser Found Dead.
The miser washedV his own dishes
when they were washed at all, made
hla own bed and did all- the house
work. - Ko one waa ever permitted to
enter the door lest his precious hoards
should be discovered. His one delight
was In collecting and hiding banknotes
and goldpleees. and In evolving new
places In which to hldo them. Boxes,
clocks, corners In the attic, holes In
the ground, seata of chairs, loose bricks
In the chimney, all were utilised for his
rrcasuse.
One morning when Rose Tlssler went
as usual early In the morning to carry
the Marquia his breakfast, she found
the door locked, and notified the Mayor,
who opened the castle by force. Arnoux
de Corgeat was discovered halfway up
the staircase leading to the second
floor, stone dead. Lying In a pool of
blood. He bad been clubbed to death
over the head with an enormous blud
geon which was afterwards found In
the kitchen chimney.
It wss surmised that the old miser
had been reading 'Or writing In the
kitchen when surprised by the mur
derer and had thus been unable to use
hla pistols or- defend himself. He had
tried to escape to the upper floor, but
had been overpowered on the stairs and
felled with a broken skull. The doctor
who msde the autopsy for tha police of
Dijon declared that the crime was com
mitted the preceding night.
Careful sesrch of the castle led to
tha discovery of papers describing the
various biding places of the old mis
er's money, but these contained neither
bonds nor money. Robbery had been
tha motive of the crime and the mur
derer had found what he came for.
The Investigation was long and every
one despaired of solving the mystery
when one day an anonymous letter
came denouncing Rose Tlssler and her
husband. Jacques, sged 89. as the "au
thors of the crime." What gave a sem
blance of probability to this theory was
that the Marquis de Corgeat had left
40.000 franca to Rnae Tlssler In his
will as recompense for her falthfnl
service, and he had often told her of It.
Now as the old miser . had intended
shortly to shut up the chateau and go
to live with his brother In DIJon. the
lawyers decided that the Tlsslers. fear
ing that he might forget them and de
cide to change this portion of his will,
had resolved; to make away with him.
Desple their protestations of Inno
cence. Tlssler and his wife were ar
rested and put In prison, but as the
evidence was only circumstantial and
extremely flimsy at that they were re
leased after three months' detention.
Convict Finally Confesses.
Evil tongues and public opinion be
ing against them, they were obliged
to leave Notron and went to Beze, the
wife's native town, where shortly after
the poor husband died of grief and
shame. The tragic death of the Mar
quis de Corgeat has continued an im
penetrable mystery till now, all at
once, light has been thrown upon it
by the confession of the real murderer.
He has been discovered in the per
son of a "forest" man condemned to
the galleys In Guinea, where he was
serving a term of 15 years' hard labor
for attempted assassination In Savoy,
after the Nolron crime. This convict,
named Convers, made a confession to
a fellow prisoner, who denounced him
to the authorities, probably with a view
to lightening his own sentence.
Interrogated, Convers has made a
full avowal, and declared that he killed
the old Marquis because the miser had
only given him S00 francs when he de
manded his money from him. ' As he
knew him to be Immensely rich, he was
furious at receiving so little.
Convers is to be tsken to DIJon, to
appear before the Assizes of the Cote
d'Or. The lawyer who so long defended
the Tlsslers at once notified Rose Tls
sler that at last she and her dead hus
band were cleared from all suspicion
of crime, and the Joy of the poor wom
an can be imagined- The real assassin
will without doubt he guillotined.
SCHOOL INQUIRY BEGUN
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS TO INVES
TIGATE JEFFERSON HIGH.
Council Commended for Requiring
Fireproof ConstructionArchl-
tecta Competition Urged.
Resolutions providing for the investi
gation of alleged defective construction
in the Jefferson High School, thanking
ths City Council for passing the ordi
nance requiring Incombustible material
to be used in school buildings more than
one story hi height, providing for com
petition among architects for future
buildings and demanding an auditing of
the finances of the Board of Education
were pasaed at a meeting of representa
tives of various Portland Improvement
rlitbe at the Commercial Club Wednes
day night. Steps toward effecting a per
manent orranJzatton were taken.
The mee ting was presided over by ex
Oovemor T. T Geer. 6. W .Walkter
acted as secretsry. Representatives of
following clubs were- present: j
Seventh Ward Auxiliary". Mount Tabor
Improvement. 8unnyside Push. East Side
Business Men's. Steel Bridge Push. Wa--erly-Richmond
Improvement, Kenll
worth Improvement, Seventh Ward
League, South Mount Tabor Improve
ment. Portland Heights Improvement,
Rose City Park Improvement A commit
tee consisting of Frank J- Perkins, J. H.
Haak and S. W. Walxer was named to
draft a constitution for the Affiliated
Improvement Clubs, the organization of
which will be perfected at a meeting to
be held at 311 Lumbermen's building
Thursday evening. August 2S. Public
questions which the meeting last night
did not have time to discuss will be
taken up then.
Startling flgurea with reference to the
comparative cost of constructing school
buildings were presented by Ernest Kro
ner, an architect, who is superintending
the erection of a building at McMinnvllle.
He said that the cost of building a school
house of two-thirds fireproof material at
McMinnvllle Is 12375 a room and declared
that for 13500 he could build the rooms
entirely fireproof. Portland school build
ings, of frame material, . cost $4000 a
room. It was reported.
The resolutions brought forth consid
erable discussion, but no opposition was
presented.
The measure thanking the City Council
for passing the ordinance providing for
Incombustible construction of buildings
more than one story In height was the
first passed. The building Inspector Is
also included In the gratitude expreased
by tha meeting. '
A committee of three, to be appointed
by the president, and to be composed of
an architect, a practical builder and a
business msn. was provided for In the
second resolution. This committee is to
investigate reports of the alleged poor
condition of the Jefferson High School,
report at the next meeting and present a
report to the next meeting of the tax
payer. After calling attention to the fact that
the Board of Education la about to spend
$400,000 for the construction of a new
high school, the third set of resolutions
request the board to cancel all pending
obligations In that connection and ask
for competitive bids among architects,
for which a competition fund of $1000 Is
to be provided. The successful archi
tect is to receive none of this prize
money, but to the one whose plans are
the second best Is to be awarded S300, to
the next best 1200 and the live next best
$100 each as compensation for entering
the competition.
Should the Board refuse to arrange for
this competition, the resolutions urge the
taxpayers to withhold their approval for
the increased cost of constructing the
building.
Auditing of the books of the Board of
Education Is urged. It is set forth thst
no detailed statement of the finances of
the Board, except In a general way. has
been presented to the taxpayers for sev
eral years. It asks the Board to confer
with a committee of the organization, se
lect suitable accountants, have the books
audited and experted, the accounts seg
regated and a full report of the financial
management of the board presented to
the taxpayers at least one week In ad
vance of the annual meeting.
Taxpayers are urged to Investigate the
schools and conditions surrounding them
In their respective neighborhoods.
SHOT FIRED AT COUPLE
PORTLAND ALTO TOURISTS IN
FRANCE HAVE ADVENTURE.
Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson Have Narrow
Escape From Bullet Aimed by
. Occupant of Red Car.
a
.
PARIS. Aug. 12. (Speclal.)-When
Dr. G. Orlo Jefferson, of Portland. Or.,
and Mrs. Jefferson had traveled all
through Europe, visiting In an auto
mobile some of the most remote spots
In Italy. Austria. Germany."' Switzer
land Holland and Belgium without the
smallest Incident to disturb their Jour
r.el. they were ill-prepared for tha
strange and startling experience that
befell them on Saturday. '
Within 50 kilometers of Paris, com
ing from the direction of Rhelms. and
Just as they passed Le Ferte sous
Jaurre. on the way to Meaux. they met
a red automobile In the roadway. The
latter slowed down as It approached
the American couple's machine.
Just when the two cars were oppo
site each other, one of the men in the
red automobile drew a revolver and
fired point blank at Dr. Jefferson and
his wife. Dr. Jefferson was half
blinded by the flash of the weapon, but
although the bullet whizzed so close
that the concussion of the air caused
his face to tingle, his assailant evi
dently miscalculated the speed of the
two machines and so Just missed his
mark.
The red automobile was then driven
off at full speed. Dr. Jefferson says
that it carried no license number. He
says that he hss not reported the mat
ter to the police, as he knows no
French.
JACK BARRYMORE WILL WED
Famous Actor and Lawyer's Daugh
ter Get License.
NEW YORK., Aug. 1l-"Jack" Barry
more, the actor who appeared on Broad
way all last season as the star of "The
Fortune-Hunter." and Miss Katherine
Corre Harris, daughter of Sydney Harris.
t Uwt'fr went to the mar
riage license bureau this afternoon and
obtained a marriage license.
... , . i V aa mm 1Q Wnrf.
MISS Clin Tin -' u -e- v "
She said her father waa Sydney Harris
and her mother Katheryn Brady. Barry-
more gave nis name aa uiiii uai i j
. i j v. - hnra in the United
ana siu " " - v i
States and that he was years old. His
father's name was given ss nrrmn
Blythe snd his mother. Georgians Drew.
Asked when the marriage was to take
place. Mr. Barrymore siamraerea aim
what he afterwards described as his first
. r 1. TT. . V. n .nn,llHH With hl
stage rnsiu- n ,.. - ----Intended
bride and announced that he
could not answer the quentlon yet. It has
been reported tnat air. xiarria uk
posed to the marriage.
WOMAN DRINKS POISON
Note to Sweetheart Who Jilted Her
Results In Saving of Life. .
Follow ing a quarrel with Richard Gam
ble, a teamster, with whom she wss in
love. Mrs. Jeanette Fitzgerald, a cham
bermaid employed m tne jawaon nuic,
Flrat and Clay streets, drank a quantity
of poison in her room at 1:S0 this morn
ing. In an attempt to commit suicide. She
was discovered unconscious, nun mi
the office of Assistant City Physician
Zelgler and her life saved by the quick
work of the doctor. She Is now out of
dsnger.
When she recovered consciousness the
wotran said that she was In love with
Gsmble and, that he had Jilted her. A
note she wrote to him and thrust under
. . . w- nirrw Hotel, a few
11 IB owr, " 1
minutes before shs drank the poison. led
to the frustration of her suicide plans.
The note to Gamble read: "Good-by.
In a few minutes I'll be a corpse. God
help my poor children."
Mrs. Fitzgerald Is the mother of oar
children. She is divorced from her husband.
CITY WATER ADVOCATED
KEEN FIGHT ON IN SALEM ON
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Volley Town Expects to Pass Meas
ure Without Material Oppo
sition to Buying.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
While a keen rivalry has sprung up iu
connection with the vote on the pur
t tin Sulem Water Company's
plant next Monday, the consensus of
opinion now Is that the Council will ba
authorized to take measures w
k. nimiiiu The nnnosltlon to the
plan haa scattered circulars over the
bity, saying that tne newspapers w
refuse to print communicmuiia
mltted by those who are opposed to
buying the properties.
Editors oi tne papers aiuunj ,
such allegations, holding that In a few i
Instances communications have been
.naiverf anri t-elected bSCSUSe they COD- I
talned matter which was grossly libel
ous. . , .
One of the principal objections which
has been registered against the pro-
),..l., a menflmpnt ia a ClaUSO
therein which provides that extension
of mains snau De asseaaeu 6
property-owners. The Council has gono
on record as saying that the clause Is
merely for protection against real es-
tate promoters who mieui
....-tai,. nf the citv If SUCh a
clause should be omitted, and say- that
it will never be enforced against any
property-owner who desires a legiti
mate extension ot tne mains.
At a meeting of the Board of Trade
last night leading citizens further In
dorsed the policy of securing a municipally-owned
water plant. Among
those who came forward In the sup
T.f. nf tho mirchase were T. B. Kay,
Joseph H. Albert. A. F. Hofer, F. G.
Deckebach, JS. w. riazara anu j.
Hendricks. The satisfactory experl
ence which Medford and other Oregon
n a.i.v, Kinre ft don tine mu
nicipal water systems have been dilated
on and are playing a strong pari
the fight to obtain a superior system
for this city.
SEXTET OF NEWLY-WEDS
Couples Form Unique Partnership;
Arbitration for Disputes.
Boston Post.
Three brothers and three sisters, the
sisters being the wives of the three
brothers, have Just formed the most
unique partnership per sentiment and do
mestic economy that has yet been re
corded among happily wedded pairs.
The Bextet of newlyweds for the three
pairs have but recently been married
live together In a single cottage in a
suburb of Portland, Me. The cooking
and housekeeping ia- done on the part
nership basis and the household expenses
are provided for by the three husbands
on the same plan..
But what Is more singular and what
has already established a new and novel
precedent is the fact that whenever there
threatens to occur a Jar or rift in the lute
of love in this house the disagreeing cou
ple bring their troubles before the other
two pairs and these latter husbands and
wives act as a committee of arbitration
to make things smooth again.
The three husbands are Thomas, Ben
jamin and Fred Bustln, the three sisters
were, before marriage, Catherine, Agnes
and Melinda Hamilton. All six came from
Nova Scotia.
The Bustins freely admit that they con
sider their triple alliance an ideal ar
rangement. There are no domestic trou
bles that are serious enough to cause any
worry and by their unique arrangement
there are not likely to be any. Having
been constantly together since childhood,
none of the brothers or sisters ever
makes a move without consulting the
other two, and in this way peace is as
sured. The three couples live In a little brown
house In Deering, a Portland suburb,
where their husbands are employed in
the teaming business.
Their co-operative plan for settling do-"
mestlc troubles haa attracted the most
widespread interest.
CITY MAY BUILD BIG HALL
Voters to Be Asked to Authorize
Bonds for Auditorium. '
A public auditorium may be built by
the City of Portland, providing the voters
authorize an issue of bonds to pay for it
through proper charter amendments,
according to an opinion rendered to a
committee of "Live Wires" composed of
John F. Carroll, George W. Kleiser and
Robert Tucker, by City Attorney Grant
yesterday morning.
The committee called upon him in fur
therance of Its plans to build a municipal
convention hall, and, having obtained his
opinion that the project Is perfectly
legal, the "Live Wires" will continue
their efforts to have it constructed at
the earliest possible date.
ELECTRICS ,STAKES SET
First Route Surveyed Touches Al
bany and Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG. Or., Aug. 11. (Spe
cial.) The surveyors of the Oregon
Electric passed through here this morn
ing, setting stakes down Fourth street,
making a straight line across the bot
toms of the Willamette, practically
paralleling the line of the Southern
Pacific about 60 rods west of their
track.
The surveyors say that a splendid
route has been located between Albany
and this place. If this survey Is finally
established Albany and Harrisburg are
the only present towns in Linn County
to be touched by the road.
MEN TEACHERS IN DEMAND
Jackson County Examinations Give
No Promise of Relief. .
MEDFORD. Off. Aug. 12. (Special.)
Although there are several districts in
Jackson county that demand men
teachers, they are not to be obtained at
present. Examinations for teachers be
ing conducted at Jacksonville do not
promise to relieve the situation. the
55 applicants registered only two are
men. "
RAWN'S FRIENDS INDIGNANT
Late Illinois Central Official Impli
cated by Decree.
CHICAGO. Aug. 11 (Special.) The de
cree entered in Memphis Chancery Court
today met with considerable resentment
on the part of the friends of the late Ira
G- Rawn, president of the Monon Railway
here.
As the decree Is . interpreted here, it
purports to find that Mr. Rawn, presi
dent of the Monon- and formerly vice
president of the Illinois Central Railroad
in charge of operation, together with six
other former officials of the latter roaa,
held gtockMn the Memphis Car Company
which was Involved in the 1.500,000 car
repair frauds.
The decision implies that each of the
men named drew dividends amounting to
$16,000. Tire other former Illinois Cen
tral officials who are held by the decree
to have owned the same amount of stock
ss Rawn, Tiamely 150 shares, are:
Frank B. Harriman, ex-general manager;
William Renshaw, ex-superlntendent of
machinery; Joseph E. Buker, ex-asslstant
superintendent of machinery; Johp M.
Taylor, ex-general storekeeper; H. ' Mc
Court, ex-general superintendent of the
southern lines of the Llllnols Central, and
W. S. King, ex-superintendent of the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad and
superintendent of the Memphis terminals
of the Illinois Central.
The Memphis Car Company, on an
actual investment of $10,500 paid in by
Illinois Central officials, paid out in
dividends In less than three years at
least $128,600 and of this amount $112.
000 went to the seven named officials
of the railroad.
Each of the company's officials
charged with . being Involved in the
frauds whereby the Illinois Central
lost more than $1,500,000 made, it' is
said, $16,000 out of an investment ot
$1500, or more than 1000 per cent in
thirty months.
The decree is the first official state
ment that the late president of the
Monon, who died by a bullet supposed
to have been fired from his own re
volver, and the ex- general manager of
the company, Frank B. Harriman, were
involved in the conspiracy against the
Illinois Central.
In the minds of the attorneys and of
the offlclala of the railroad company.
It furnishes the long sought motive
for the suicide of Mr. Rawn, if his
death waa the result of suicide. The
proof, however, upon which the court
entered the decree Is not disclosed and
the decree was partly drawn from evi
dence adduced and partly by stipula
tion. Regarding the findings of the Mem
phis decree. Attorney William Barry
for the Rawn family says:
"The decree has no force and It is not
binding either upon Mr. Rawn were he
alive nor upon his estate now that he is
dead. It simply presents an agreement
between those who would have been ad
versaries. Why such stuff that has no
bearing upon the case should be put into
a decree I cannot see unless it was for
the purpose of blackening Mr. Rawn's
character and memory.
"There Is not the slightest thing In his
estate nor among his effects even to
warrant the suspicion that he ever owned
any stock In any car company nor en
Joyed any dividends from any car com
pany. I deny, and members of his fam
ily indignantly, that Mr. Rawn ever
owned any stock in any car company."
J T. Harahan, president of the Illinois
Central Railroad and the attorneys for
the company refused to make any state
ment relative to the decree. They all said
that tha decree spoke for Itself.
DESERT TO BE PLOWED
NOVEL RECLAMATION SCHEME
WILL BE TRIED.
Under Layer of Arid Hardpan, Canal
. Company Discovers Rich Soli
Near Medford.
MEDFORD, Or.. Aug. 11 (Special.)
To be used In the reclamation ot an
area between this place and Eagle
Point, known as "the desert," a 100
horsepower traction engine made by a
Racine, Wis., concern, and a gang plow
with 10 plows has been received here
this evening.
The so-called desert contains about
9000 acres of land on which the soil is
-u-iiA- luilnor iinriArlnlH with h ard DST1
at a distance of from six inches to a
foot underneath tne surrace. unuei
the layer of hardpan Is a deep rich al
luvial soil. The hardpan is but a few
Inches thick.
Fred N. Cummings, manager of the
Rogue River Canal Company, which
owns the bulk of this area, conceived the
Idea that by breaking up this hardpan,
the alluvium underneath would make
this soli the most productive in the val
ley. He has had the soli analyzed and
there la no question of Its richness.
In order to accomplish this, a sub
soil, plow, especially designed' by the
Wisconsin company for this purpose,
will be used. Three of these plows ac
companied the shipment of the traction
engine and the big gang plow. These
plows resemble the ordinary subsoil
plow, but are constructed in a more
substantial manner.
-The Investment of the company In this
machinery was made only after the
most thorough experiments, conducted
on the canal company's experimental
farm near Medford, showed that it was
possible to get results after breaking
through tne na.mpn.ii-
SAND 'FOR NERVES' SAKE
Walking Barefoot on ' Seashore Said
to Have Soothing Effect.
London . Dally Mirror.
Walking barefooted on the sands by
the sea is the latest cure for nerves
so a well-known medical specialist in
sists. '
"The good qualities of sea sand,
which, in many ways. Is as health
giving as ozone, have been universally
overlooked by holiday makers," he said.
"One of the most soothing and bene
ficial 'cures' a tired business man can
obtain is that of walking barefooted on
the sand by the seashore.
"The nerves on the sole and ball of
the foot are slightly irritated by the
small grains of sand, and so stimulated,
setting up an increased circulation of
blood throughout the body.
"Mentally, this exercise has a most
Invigorating effect. The nerves of the
feet telegraph to the brain, as it were,
how comfortable and refreshed they
feel, and the brain responds by feel
ing comfortable and refreshed, too.
"If you do not want to walk bare
footed wear shoes not boots so that
the sand may get over the tops and
at your feet.
"Then there is the soothing monotony
of the sands. The long, flat stretches
of yellow sand have a soporific effect
on the mind they Induce a feeling of
rest and detachment from she worries
of the world.
"Some enterprising man also should
open hot sea-sand baths at some resort.
Just as there are mud or earth baths
at certain German spas. These baths
are very beneficial In cases of rheu
matism and neuritis."
ABERDEEN CRISIS IS OVER
Country to North Is Blaring, but
Homes Out of Danger.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) That the whole country north
of Aberdeen appears to be ablaze but
that no homes are In danger, is the re
port of Henry Lents, a rancher, who
reached the city today.
Although green timber has not yet
suffered heavily It is feared that much
damage may result If rain is not soon
forthcoming. One arm of the fire is
today reported as threatening the
Monarch Logging Company camps, and
Gladness comes with a better under
standing of the transient nature of the
many physical Ills which vanish be
fore proper efforts gentle efforts
pleasant efforts rightly directed and
assisted by the pleasant laxative rem
edy Syrup of Figs and EJlxir of Senna.
Its beneficial effects are due to tne
fact that it is the one remedy which
nromotes internal cleanliness without
debilitating the organs on which it
acts. To get its beneficial effects al
ways buy the genuine manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
word was brought in that the men are
fighting desperately to save tha
buildings and equipment.
In Aberdeen fire again blazed tip in
the brush and the fire department was
unable to reach it with hose. Chief
Adam. Schneider and his men. after
hard work, managed to avert damage
by carrying the water all afternoon
In buckets and tubs. It Is expected
that other logging camps that are In
the path of the fire may report trouble
if rain does- not come soon.
a - ;
JOINT TRIBUNAL URGED
New Treaty Between United States
and Canada Is Suggested.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The suggestion
of a new treaty between the United
9tates and Canada and the establish
ment of a Joint tribunal in the nature
of an international traffic commission as
the means of effective control of through
railroad traffic between the two coun
tries, was adopted at a conference today
between M. Knapp chairman of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and J. P.
Mabee. chief of the Railway Commission
of Canada.
A Mosquito-Proof Steamer.
The Jonathan Holt, the first ocean
going mosquito-proof steamer, has ar
rived in the Mersey from the Clyde,
where she was built to the order of
John Holt & Co., of Liverpool. She
la the first ship of special design for
the Liverpool West African trade. Prof.
MaJ. Ronald Ross' recommendations
have been carried out by the owners
for mosquito-proofing all living quar
ters. Copper gauze fittings are pro
vided for all doors, windows, side ports,
skylights, ventilators and passages, to
prevent the malaria bearing mosquito
entering.
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