THE 3IOi;NIG OHJEGOIA'. WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBER 21, 191V
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TACTICS TOWARD
TONS
CHANGED
Tacoma's Street Railway
Company Officials Join
Improvement Clubs.
MANAGER WILL PLAY SANTA
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iernhlll Folk Will B Paid Cash
fV.rha.tf and War Against Com
pany Declared Off Mow by
Stone tt Webster Is Blocked.
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' TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 2ft. i Special. )
Ts"-ma'a a'reet ::r company pas
adopted sew tactics In its ri-larlon to tt
patron Offcfals of the company are
Joining the "tmprormnt" ctulw aiwl a
ovl method haa he-n adopted In re
timing to th KernhKl peopl th cash
trhlB ordered or the rourtA
. On Thursday nJaht U. H. Bn. fntml
manager of the Taeom Rallwav A
pFWr Company, will play Santa Clam
yr PVmhllllte at a bir meeting to b
in Mason's Hall. He will distribute
In cash to iiersons to redeem the
efel e;teh fr receipt lted bv th
oompany following the row. famous block
of mivr IT. !. -when tne rcrn
Mi:its began, war for S-ccnt farca to
tlr cltv
Irrnliill War Close.
tii'mrflnc the witmnui of a suit n court
iMfr th rate of fare, the company baa
ca'.:cted W renl. and Issued, little red
tfe-keta good for 6 cent each, to b re
deemed In rm the company lost the
alt. Th suit having been lo. th
cmpany I now r"lnjc to make good.
-Patron who traveled the line rrjru-
larly have from C to or XM worth of
tare tickets. Many are In tbe handa of
speculator, who boucht them up aa the
month dragged by wltft no decisloo from
tba court. Thera wtll b apeechea at
Thursday right' meeting and It will
murk tha closing chapter In Frrnhlll's
streetcar ir.
rrrho Taroma Rallaay Fowrr Com
enjr ha found a new way to deal with
rrproventcnt cluba which In tba past
v been tha chief thorn In tba com
pany's flesh by Initiating many a move
ment that baa nus.il new ordlnancea and
so littla worry for the company. L If.
Fean. general manager. has Joined tba
twoirtl. Avcnuo Improvement Club and
las become one of lta active member.
6nerl Superintendent Rounds, a new
afrlcial. Joined tba Sunset Club and
,a lucky enough to be elected delegate
to tha Improvement League, composed of
representatives of all tho club.
J. Better Scrvic Promised.
t Tonight at tba West Knd Club Manager
tv-an and hla aupertnteadnnt appeared aa
tlie principal speaker, their addneaoca
dealing with the car arrvlca and tbelr ef-
rrts to better It-
Tha new tack tbe company officials
Dave taken Is mining friends among tha
fciprorcment cluba and they -eapect It to
jcevrnt many a protest coin to tha
J1 inl. lpal Cemmls.'don. to b molded Into
nie pew ordlnauca restricting1 the com
pnr perati.iasi
. Work on tho l-ake Tappa power plant
ro)ect fluma line, which cross tha
unty road at Deiringer. was stopped
bis morning by the tton Webstar
epntrsctors. In view of the fact that
4rnvNl deputy sheriff were placed on
guard by ttie county yesterday. Tbe
rmpacv hss been pursuing Its work
af hutldlnc tha bug power plant re
gardless vf county roada and without
Jikinr nermtts. Iarnln of tbla; the
ounty Commissioners at once plavced
armed men on guard. The county will
apple to the Keaeral courts for an In
junction aaslnst the company to compel
tt to sevure permit, and then rcfuae to
tssua frnilt until the Stone Wehater
lateres's py some $ni. delinquent
taxes duo on lis street rallaay line.
NO RECEIVER APPOINTED
tank tsamlncr Hopes to Und Way
f. trint nf Vim-ouirr Tinslf.
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iVANX)l.VJ3l.
lal ) J. I- Molt
Waab.. Dec. a 9pe-
oliundro. State Bank fclx-
m'rer. who rto?d t CVannierclsl Bank
of Vaneourvar yeeaerday'mornlns;. said to
TiiBht that the lay had been spent by the
bark officers and stockholders In securlnir
additional securities on their loans, and
Llir-.m what rash possible. He does
it dresre to appoint a receiver, unless
compelled to do eo. a that would com
tiUcate DMtters atul would ba a VTeat ex-ja-ue
to the hank. ll- will not appoint
a '-erelver If h- run avoid It.
I here Is a aeneral feeling cf confidence
s-'iti the depositors that the bank will
iig'niatelv pay full vslue. and no demon
setatlon of any kind hsa been attempted.
lB'wever. the bank's failure to open la
tl ard Mow to the city. The county has
IKtt fu In the bank, placed thera by
iT.nk Ulrhrnlauh. tteaaairer. The un
ty CWrk. tad dn'ltcl al out of the
ceninty money there.
120 DIRECTORS PRESENT
Member of County School Hoards
Meet In Vancouver.
VANCVCVKR. Wad.. IVc. -rpe-rLM)nr
hundred and twenty school
alrevtor of the tt school d trlrta In
Clark Courtv were present today at the
annual maetins. H. B. Dewey. State 8u
yerlt t-ndent of Bubllo Inatructlon.
pleaded for better oritanlaatlon among
farmer to obtain -new schools and said
l is: the education of the children In the
country rihould not be directed toward fit
ting them for city life but for l:fc In
t..e country.
A. i. Burrows, superintendent ef Kins;
Count, made two aUlresa on teacher'
ett-ic and the directors' opportunity
fir ding g'icd.
CHUM WILL MARK GRAVE
Almost l'orgottrn Burial IMace to
Be Designated by Monument.
WAtJ.A WALJJk. '"Ik. Dev.
fSrerlal -After ht body baa Iain -
yaar In tha om"tery.' bar grave un
narked. the memory of 0 r. Walter
aid ha .revived by County Emtfneer
Wtakie. a bej hood ehuru. alio by cbanca
dltei-Oey-d that Ma p'aymste of school
vs tn Tennesrea wss bnrW here.
Tt-e tlane ware frleods In the Sou'.k
tra rtjt."e When tlie srew up they
earae West to seek .their fortune and In
jai Waftar died. Wiakle kn-w lua friend
bad dVl but only recently dtsoarad his
luld p!re. a s'-ib will marg"::a naw
uoul a marble stone csa be secured, to
replace It. '
I.arv variety of leather novelties for
kelidJLatUaxrUTnuU Co,UJ th sL
WHITE SALMON'S
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WHITr AIION". TVash.. Dec. 10. (Special.) White Salmon's new school house, the cost of which when
fully completed aocordtn to plana will be 1.000. It Is of White Salmon brick, covered with ocnKnt
which not only glvea a neat appearance, but preserves the brick. In the basement will be the erlrls and
boys' lunch rooms, gymnasium and fuel room. The old building of five overcrowded rooms Is shown at
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WOMEN SEEK VOTE
Suffrage Petition Filed for
Next General Election.
DECISION 2 YEARS HENCE
Abigail Scott Donlway File Initia
tive Petition With lO.gOO Names.
Secretary of State Fixes 817
as Kcqutyite Number.
SAI.KM. Or, Dec. 10. (Special.) An
Initiative petition bearing 10.600 sig
natures was filed with tbe Secretary of
State today by Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunl
way. Initiating a proposed amendment
to tha constitution which will allow
woman's suffrage In Oregon. This
amendment la to ba voted on November
t. 11S. and Is changed sllnhUy from tha
amendment aa voted on at tua general
election on November S last.
The amendment reads as follows:
"In all elections not otherwise pro
vided for In thia constitution, every
cltlsen of the United States of tha ajre
of 21 years and upwards, who shall
hava resided in the atate during the
six months Immediately preceding such
election; and every person of foreign
birth of the aae of 21 years and up
ward, who ahall have resided In the
atate during tha six months Imme
diately preceding; such election ana
ahall have declared his or her Inten
tion to become a cltlsen of the United
Statea one year preceding such elec
tion, conformably to the laws of the
United States on the subject of nat
uralization, shall be entitled to vote at
II elections authorized by law."
Signatures Being Checked.
This : the first Initiative petition
that bas been submitted for the next
general election. The Secretary's office
Is now checking; over the signatures.
and If It la found that the Signature
number mors than S17 the petition
wl'.l stand.
The Secretary's office has worked
out tha basis for tha number of sig
natures on Initiative petitions for the
next election and will use the plan
that It has now adopted.
Under tha plan to be used by. tne
Seoretary'B office It Is arx-ued that the
constitutional provision that the re
quisite number of alsners ahall be t
per rent of the whole number cast for
Justice of Supremo Court, means ( per
rent of the whole number east for oos
office, as tbe office la In the aingular
as designated in the constitution.
Total Vote Tlaced at 121.817.
Consequently the Secretary's office
has taken the votoa for tbe highest
or each party for the alx-year term.
These vote are as follows: Bean,
3I: Slater. 3I.9-I0: BrlRht. 13.(01. and
Myera. ll.ill. Tbla Includes a Repub
lican. Democrat. Socialist and a mem
ber of the Prohibition party and tha
total vote is i::.T0S. The total rota
for the respective candidates In th
four-year term is but 1 11.81 T and the
four receiving tha lilaheat number are
used as the basis. Kight per cent of
i::.7i9 Is MM.TI or In round numbers
'SIT. which will be used aa tbe num
ber of votoa requisite on an Initiative
petition.
WOMEN PICK DOCK DESIGN
Tacoma Committee of Awards In
cludes Four Stenographers.
TACOMA. Wash, Dec. 30. i Special )
Roy 8. Mason, a draughtsman In the City
Knslneera' office, submitted. tbe municipal
dock deaisn adopted by tha Conunlmlon
today snd the tzo prise waa awarded to
tin. Krmnd place and a prise of $150
went to J. C Stanley, of Seattle.
Four women were among the Judges.
tl-y bring stenographers employed in
City lla'l vfflees. The other Judges In
cluded the City Controller, an, MnWant
My Attorney and license inspector, a
contractor, two naaevaper reporter and
the Commissioner
ft waa a noteworthy gathering;, few of
the Judges knowing; a blueprint from a
fashion plat. Kich of the four wamrn
thought Mason's sketch the nicest and It
an. The d-rgn . provide) for a four
mory -bullatu with KO-fool tower and a
dock not unlike that of tha Grand Trunk
Pacific to Seattle. The coat will be XiaP.tto.
MOVE FOR WORLD. PEACE
I'nyle Sam.Shogld Be Nations' Po
liceman, Says .Writer.
roBTLAXb. Pee. f To the Edi
tor.) I notice In The Oregonlan of re
cent Issue occasional references to the
ubjee.- of universal peare and the
means to accomplish It. and they bring
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE IS OF BEICK, CEMENT COVEEED.
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to mind that seversl year aifo the
late Harvey W. Scott admitted to Tha
Oregonlan's columns a communication
by me. as pertinent now as then, which
In substance I desire again to repeat.
In every-day life, we see it every
where made manifest that a uninformed
man with a club under his coat-tall
moves about In awful majesty, com
pelling acquiescence to the mandates
of constituted authority and almost
without a word of command. That he
Is an entity and a flfrhting one. with
that club handy If made necessary, and
the foreknowledge of every recalcitrant
that behind hlra Is the force of a thou
sand men to uphold him. lies the puis
sance of old possessed by tbe Israel
ites, where the Bible tells us, "one
should chase a thousand, and two put
10.000 to fllBht."
.On this earth of ours, we discover
aggregations of people who have
armies and navies, f.nd aim to keep
themselves more or less equipped for
war. - Many of them deplore the con
ditions that constralna the present
status quo. The sinister designs of a
few swashbucklers In tha family com
pel not only all these but dozens of
littla brethren, who are of less conse
quence In power, to subsidize armies
against the day of wrath when some
big power desires to gobble them up.
Of this clsss I will mention Greece,
Switzerland. Belgium, the Netherlands,
Bulgaria. Servia. Denmark, Sweden.
Persia and Afghanistan, and those of
the South American Continent, and
Morocco snd Algiers.
Now lot It be supposed, and for In
stance, forgetting the predatory In
stinct that In an unfortunate hour lured
our own -country in- the rabies of for
eign conquest, that all ashamed of
Itself, coming-to a realisation of Its
purpose, the United States should say
to the other eight of lta congeners:
"I. Uncle Sam, herewith propose -to
you in a compact with any other two or
more of the war powers, that we unite
In a league to compel universal peace;
that to that end, until at least five
powers have so allied, we will main
tain aur navies and armies to our usual
fighting standard, and after that com
mence an era of disarmament. " This
league and covenant Is a perpetual one.
unless at least five years' notice of
withdrawal by any government desir
ing so to do Is given., it Is made with
the express design and purpose to say
to the balance of the world, that after
th signing of this obligation, any na
tion, big or little, that thereafter de
clares warfare against any other na
tion. Independent state or country, will
do so with notice that all the navies
and armies of the alliance will be em
ployed against that disturber of the
world's peace." .
Along with this fundamental propo
sition would also come the arbitration
board to -settle all manner of disputes,
each signatory power to have one
member, for the cause of universal
peace Is as much to one person or power
as It Is to a million.
It Uncle Sara can be Induced to
stand out like a man and make thia
proposition, how long does any one
tblnk It would take until two powers
out of the eight others Great Britain,
Germany. Austria, Italy. Japan, Rus
sia. France and Turkey would be
eager to subscribe to such an alliance?
How long after two of the above
named powers had Joined, would it be
that all tha little countries would
scuttle to get under cover, and make
secure from the aggrandizement of tha
swashbuckler nations?
I don't think tt would take six
months to consolidate the earth to a
programme of universal peace, where
In the words ef Byron, "tho hoarse
war drum would cease to best, and
man be happier yet."
We want three policemen like tha
United States, Great Britain and
France, or any other combination, to
set the movement on foot and then the
mlllenlum. CHARLES F. CHURCH.
STATEMENTS IN CONFLICT
Maud Anblan Repudiates Affidavit
Relative to Money In Note.
WAIXA WALLA. "Wash., Dec 20.
(Special.) For the second time disput
ing under oath her prior sworn state
ments. Maud Aublan has filed in the
Superior Court here, through her at
torneys, a denial of th affidavit re
cently filed and acknowledged before
William P. Swop of Portland. Sh
says she never understood the affidavit
to contain, and does not believe It did
contain, the substance and purport ef
the one filed her. The suit came about
through, a mortgage given Harvey
Smalls by Mrs. Maud Aublan for S2.0.
This the court decided Smalls raised
to 11250, and ha was aantenced on a
perjury charge on the evidence Intro
duced. I-ater. Just a few days sgo. an affi
davit signed by Mrs. Aubisn. stated
the original amount was t-'2S0. after
sh had sworn on the witness stand It
waa but 1250. Now aha states that
Smails came to her and represented h
wsnted a sympathetic statement to
show Governor Hay to secure a pardon,
and that sha gav one before. William
P. Swops, but sha says it was not
this one. The sffidavlt of today's fil
ing was beore Henry S. Wcstbrook of
Portland, where the woman now lives.
BE CONVINCED.
Call and examine our diamonds, st 212S
per carat. Walter Lord CO., ill
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Photo by Hutchins.
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Little Light Thrown on Death
, of Charles Montrose.'
KIRK MAY BE ACQUITTED
Evidence Against Accused Man Is
Circumstantial and Bulk of
Testimony Tends to Show
Saloonkeeper Innocent.
KVERETT. Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Although four witnesses were examined
this altcrnoon In behalf of the state the
mystery of who killed Charles Montrose,
at Monroe, is as deep as ever.- The state
endeavored to build up a -chain, of -circumstantial
evidence which would indi
cate that the crime was committed by
Charles Kirk, proprietor of tbe Elk bar
at Monroe, who is on trial for the crime.
George Wright, a hostler.- waa one of
the witnesses examined and the stute
sought to Impeach Its own witnesses
when he failed to males his-evidence as
strong as that given at the Coroners
inquest. The state endeavored to show
that Wright was friendly with Kirk and
was Inclined to shield him but the court
headed off this line of procedure.
On the other hand, E. ifozelton, own
er of a feed and sales barn, gave
stronger testimony against the accused
than at the inquest. He was sleeping
In his house about 100 feet from the
Klk bar, was aroused by a shot, testi
fied he thought he saw a haze, like
smoke curling out from the door "of the
saloon and saw a man who seemed to
be drunk, staggering around the front
of the saloon.
He testified that the sign "Elk Bar,"
in large electric letters, was burning and
there was an abundance of light. He
heard two men running and thought he
heard thera laugh. He said the man who
waa in front of the saloon seemed to
vanish from sight suddenly. All this he
viewed while sitting up In bed.
A. B. Hopper, night Marshal, was
about a block and a half away from the
Elk bar when he heard the shot and lost
no time in getting to the scene. He
found Kirk aiding the wounded man, oth
ers also being present. He found blood
to the north of the saloon, but there
was some on the lower steps and on the
sidewalk, nearby. He used a bullseye to
find the traces of blood. Montrose died
without talking.
i All three witnesses testified that the
revolver made a loud report as though
fired In the open and not In a room.
This testimony is wholly opposed to the
state's contention, however, as It Is con
tended that the revolver was fired in the
saloon.
DAYTON BOYS LIKE GAMES
t'avorilei Diversions Are Dice and
Billiards; Now Denied.
DATTON. Wash., Dec. 20 (Special.)
Tiny, harmless-looking dice boxes are
selling cheap as souvenirs here today.
Games of chance were yesterday put un
der the ban by District Attorney R. M.
Sturdevant, following complaints that
boy have been losing their wages
At th same time the prosecutor noti
fied billiard halls and places of question
able repute that boys are not allowed
In such places and that violations will
be prosecuted.
Fifteen store and several billiard halls
and other resorts are affected. Dice
throwing and billiard-playing by boy
has been common here.
STEVENSON TO ADVERTISE
Board of Trade Elects Officers and
Prepares for Campaign.
STEA'EN'SON. Wash., Dec. . (Spe
cial.) The Stevenson Board of Trade has
elected new officers and authorized the
expenditure of flooo in an advertising
campaign. The new officer are: Presi
dent, A. C. Sly: flrst vice-president, Sam
Sampson; second vice-president, John
Wachter; third vlce-prepldent. W. T.
Jackeon: treasurer, H. E. Sawyer; sec
retary. Colonel A. R. Greene.
A commit lee was appointed to arrange
with tho North. Bank Railroad for space
rr Its depot for an exhibit building.
Th building will be unique, the founda
tion being built entirely of petrified wood.
The opper portion will b of plate glasa.
Municipal lighting; Is Issue.
FORFST GROVE. Or.. Dec. 20 fSpe-
cial.) It is expected that there will be
two tickets in the field at the city elec.
tlon January i. Both, however, will go
on record for hard-surface pavement.
The board of election will consist of
Charles Staley. Daniel D. Bump and J.
C. Clark as judges and Marion Mark
ham and -Kd Boos as clerks. The ad
ministration ticket will favor contin
ME IS MYSTERY
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ued municipal operation of the electric
plant. This feature will be opposed by
the other faction. ,
FRY ARE NEARLY READY
Superintendent or Hatcheries on
Tour of Inspection.
VANCOUVER. -Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe-cial.)-J.
M. Crawford, superintendent of
the state fish hatcheries, has been in
the city after making an Inspection of
state hatcheries. He said tonight that
the Kalama hatchery was full of Chi
nook salmon, 7,000.000 eggs being hatched
there, to be ready for distribution with
in four or five weeks. They will be
distributed from the middle of January
until March 1.
The Wind River Hatchery is also full
to capacitv, but it Is smaller, having only
about 3.5OO.O0O eggs of Chinook salmon.
Tho Lewis River Hatchery. wher
salmon are hatched, has about l,O0,O0O
fry. but the season there will be later.
The Basket Creek Hatchery, near Ya
eolt. this county, is in good shape.
About 100.000 Eastern rainbow trout eggs
are expected to arrive soon, as will
100.000 Eastern brook spawn from the
Vnlted States Bureau of Fisheries of
Washington.
LAUNCH STRUCK IN FOG
Small Vessel in Collision With
Steamer, but Makes Port.
PORT TOWNSEXD. Wash., Dec. 20.
While bound here from Ballard last
night with a heavy scow In tow. the
powerful launch Starling, owned by H.
S. Garfield, of this city, was run Into by
.. . .(earner IrOQUOiS, Of thS
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Seuttle-Belllnguam route.
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The Bteei prow wi -
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the oik lauuvn
the impact nearly toppling the smaller
craft over, crushing in her Umbers and
demolishing the rail. Temporary repairs
permitted the launch to reach here In
safety the waters being unusually calm.
A dense fog prevailed at the time the
two vessels came together, and it was
responablc for the collision. No one was
hurt aooaro eun?r
CORPORATIONS IN ARREARS
Names to Be Dropped From Rolls
Cnlcse Taxes Are Wid.
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Unless the officers pay the money
due several hundred corporations will
be stricken from the rolls of the Secre
tary tl Stale on January i.
i . - .. BnMiM.nc ement made by 1. &1.
Howell. Secretary of State, today.
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Under an act pi m - - -,
. . . ii An.nn.-ttnnR two vears la
arraara on their annual tax fee are to
be stricken ana air-auy
. . i tK. al months of
nave Deeu uii'i" ' ' -
grace allowed other delinquents expires
this month, so unless the money Is paid
. m r.MKoi BTnr then the
names will be taken off the rolls and
new companies may naveinem.
BLACKSMITH ASKS DIVORCE
Calvin T. Tatton Alleges Wife
Elopes With FTed C. Dimeler. j
SALBM. Or., Dec So. (Special.) Calvin
t ..... .... um- fil-r a i! I f In '1 nr-lli t Court
against Gussa M, Patton, asking for a
divorce, alleging that his wife eloped
with Fred C. Dimeler, a hostler In a local
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PICTURES
PICTURE
ICTUR
Thousands Upon Thousands of Them
From 10c to $500 Each
Take Elevator to
Fourth Floor
And inspect our Art Gallery Over 5QOO
square feet of floor space devoted to the
largest and grandest display of framed .
and unframed pictures of every kind on
the entire Pacific Coast
Six Expert Picture Framers
Can do a lot of work, but if you want your
picture framed for Xmas you must hurry
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
Fourth and Washington Streets
25 Department Drugstore
Five Entire Floors
livery stable. Patton states that his wife
borrowed $200 from him to defray
Dimeter's traveling expenses ' to Cali
fornia. One Frassr is also named in the com
plaint as -a corespondent and it is said
this Fraser is a traveling salesman, ut
further than that the complaint does not
specify the identify of Fraser. Patton la
well known among race horse men,
having for years been a blacksmith for
them.
WARRANT OUT FOR DOCTOR
Contempt of Court Charge Placed
Against Idaho Physician.
WALLACE, ' Idaho, Dec. SO. The
Sheriff's office Is hunting for Dr. J. C.
White, former medical practitioner of
this city and lately physician to the
Milwaukee Railroad Company's con
struction camps at Avery.
Dr. White Is alleged to have fled the
state and District Judge Woods has
issued a bench warrant for his arrest
on the charge of contempt of court.
White is plaintiff in a divorce suit
against his wife, now In Pittsburg, on
charges of infidelity. White was or
dered to supply transportation and suit
money to hla wife to defend the action
and failed, It Is alleged, to do so.
School Election Call Illegal.'
SALEM. Or., Dee. 20. (Special.) Ac
cording to an opinion handed down by Attorney-General
Crawford today a recent
THE) TELEPHONE AT CHRISTMAS
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THERE is no need ior you to be -worn out
by holiday preparations if you make good
use of your telephone. . . "
The Bell telephone companies have found that just
before Christmas the number of daily connections is the
highest for the year. The telephone has become a neces
sity of the holiday season, because without it most people
would not have time to do what they have planned.
Christmas cheer extends beyond the city limits, and
the universal Bell System helps to carry it throughout
the land.
The Pacif icTelephone &
Telegraph Co.
Brery Bell Telephone I the Center ot
th System,
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caH for a special school eledtion at which
It was voted to spend $32,000 for a-new
school In East Salem was- not. In itself a
legal call to vote for the expenditure
of such money and the Attorney-General
advises that this portion of the - work
of the meeting be omitted in making cer
tification to the County Clerk.-.
Connell Scene of Brutal Mnrder.
CONNELL, Wash., Dec 20 Tony Cpl
lucla, an Italian trackwalker, was mur
dered and robbed . three miles weBt' of
Lind on Sunday morning by three men,
and a trio of Italians waa arrested near
this place Sunday night, charged with
the crime.
A trackwalker on the Milwaukee road
about half a mile away witnessed - tho
murder at that distance. The three
men, all heavily armed, had .over $400
in their possession, the sum known to
have been in possession of the murdered
man, Collucia, who had saved the money
with a view to making an early visit
to his native country.
Bridgcmcn Jotv Enjoy Rest.
Harry Richmond, in charge of ths
Morrison bridge, was the most jubilant
member of the bridge force yesterday
because of the decided decrease in
traffic a a result of the opening of tho
Hawthorne crossing. Since the old
Madison-street bridge was closed and
the work of razing it begun the Morri
son crossing has borne most of the
travel thereby diverted and with the
movement again normal the bridge
tenders say that the quietude prevail
ing is most desirable.
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