TIIE MORXIXO OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY. JULY 19, 1D11.
3
REHVES
CIVIL 111 ISSUE
Idaho Senator Again Objects
to Federal Recognition of
Confederacy.
THREATS MADE. HE SAYS
Taylor of Tcntc Grills Northern
er WVn Regular Opponent, Will.
lam. I-eare Chamber, Rather
Than Hear Bitter Word.
WASHINGTON. July IS. When Sen
ator lieyburn launched forth In an
Impassioned speech on hi favorite
tr.eme. opposition to Federal recogni
tion of Confederate acta, hi usual op.
poDfBI. Senator Williams, of Missis
sippi, abruptly left the Senate Chamber
today.
It remained for Senator Taylor, of
Tennessee, to take up the Confederal
Issue, which be did In a scathing, grill
ing of lieyburn. And when tb talk'
Ins; was over, a vote showed Senator
Wtiltams had won In hie efforts to
secur consideration of a bill appropri
ating f 100.04 for a Confederate naval
monument In the Vlcasburg Military
Park.
Committee Approves Meaaare.
The Vlrksburg Park Commission and
the Senate commlt'ee on military af
faire having approved the measure,
Williams said It was desired to hare
the monument complete for the semi
rentenlal "blue and (ray reunion at
Vlrksburg In 111.
lleyburn declared It was "Intoler
able" that the deeds of Confederal I
armies should be recited In laws that
rail on the public treaaury for contri
butions. He characterised the history
of th war between the state as
"history of murder. He attacked the
newspapers of the country, deolartng
many of them disloyal and delighted i
to Mpnas their disloyalty.
Itrjburn TrlU of Threats.
II had been characterised as "
Inc the bloody flag In the Senate." he
aid. and had been so misrepresented
that he was receiving soores of anony
moua letters from "cowards. threa
rnlng htm with physical violence
reuse of his opposition to the use of
Government funds to reoogntz Confed
eral service.
In the course of the debate. Senator
Fmoot. of Clan, moved to adjourn.
The motion was defeated. 34 to 27,
Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, took
up th Confederate) Issue. "The war Is
over." he said, "tlm has pulled down
the forts and healed Us wounds. Th
men who wore th rray delight to
honor th men who wore th blue; but
they do not delight to honor th men
who never smelt powder, and who
stand her and unltmber their batteries
of bitterness against th simple pro
posal to erect monuments to Southern
heroes.
committee Is making through Its sub
committees In deciding; upon amend
ments to the present charter to con
form to th commission plan, th com
mittee last night authorised he ap
polnment of a special committee con
sisting of Mr. Lively. City Attorney
Qrant and Mr. Lombard which will
submit at the next meeting of th
committee. Tuesday night, a definite
plan of procedure.
Th disposition of th committee Is
to take up th present charter section
by section In committee of the whole
and amend I to meet th requirements
of a commission govemmen. This will
probably be th recommendation of th
committee as th most direct method of
facilitating the labors of th li com
mitteemen. At Its meeting next Tuesday night
the commute will also decld Anally
on the number of commissioners th
new charter shall provide for. their
salaries and th number -or depart
ments Into which the city government
shall be divided. At a former meeting
of th committee It was agreed tenia
lively that the commission plan should
embrace six commissioners and a
Mayor. A majority of the committee
men last night clearly favored a com
mission of only five members, one of
whom should be elected Mayor from
among their number.
Sentiment among the members of
STEVENS REQUEST
DETAINS PETERSON
Multnomah Sheriff Asks That
Murder Suspect Be Held
Few Days. .
PIANOS
FOR LESS
THAN COST
SOLITARY CELL IS TRIED
Case Weakened by Failure, of Wom
en to Identify In Him Man Who
Spoke of Slaying After
Begging- Dinner.
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,:.;;.:;. :
Mia Myrtle r. Abbott. Majtailae
Writer, Wh Iaslsta ae Saw
-luck Olck" Letter.
TAFT IS "BACHELOR" NOW
President. Secretary and Aide
'Keeping, Hon" In Washington.
WASHINGTON. July If, With most
all the comforts about him except th
eo! breezes from Salem Bay. President
Taft Is endeavoring to moke th hot
month he Is forced to spend In Wash'
Inston as nearly Ilk those he spent
in Beverly lait Summer as possible.
With Secretary Hllles and Major A.
W. Hutie. th President I occupying
bachelor quarters In th White House.
Almost every afternoon after th press
of executive business, th President
motors out to th Chevey Chase Club.
plays IS hole of golf and comes back
to dinner at th Whit Flous much
refreshrd. After dinner the three go
automohlling In the one big White
House machine.
Usually two or three hours are spent
in the motor trip, but the President
tries to be back In the White House
rady for bed shortly after midnight.
CHARTER GOES ON BALLOT
t nmnilv-lnn Derides to Have New
CJovernment Soon.
Submission of a commission form of
rharter to the voters of Portland will
be made at a special election on Jan
uary . 1MI. This was decided fin
ally at a meeting of the charter revi
sion committee last night. With one
exreptKin. the nine members of the
committee, attending the
the committee favors good salaries for
th commissioners on th theory tnat
only good and efficient men can be In
duced to serve the city when properly
compensated. At the same time It was
agreed by the committee that a cam
paign of education must be conducted
to apprrlse the voters of the provi
sions of the commission charter and
the reasons for renumeratlng the com
missioners adequately. This will be
done prior to the submission of the
commission charter for the approval
of the voters.
City Attorney Grant submitted the
preliminary draft of charter provisions
providing for the preferential ballot
In the election of all elective officers.
Br this proposed plan, successful can
didates for municipal office will be de
termined from a first, second and third
choice. The nomination of all candi
dates must be msde by petition. The
plan of the City Attorney was referred
to the committee on finance, accounts
and publlo utilities.
One of th principal provisions of
this plan of nominating and electing
city officers is the abolition of politi
cal parties. No candidate for office
can associate bis name with tnat Of
any political party.
In Its preliminary report, submitted
last night, the committee on public
safety recommended that the police
and fire department, public safety and
health departments, tinder the proposed
rharter plan, be consolidated under on
department and their administration
given to on commissioner. Blight
changes In the administration of tti
police department were also suggested
by the committee, which was author
ised to continue Its work of revision.
Efforts of Mr. Lombard to arrange
for semi-weekly meetings of the com
mittee were turned down. However. It
i decided to meet regularly every
Tuesday night, with the understanding
that the members of the committee
shall apply themselves diligently to the
task before them that the compilation
of the charter commission can be com
pleted by November s. next, the re
quired v days before it is to be sub
mitted to the voters at the special
election.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Jly 18. (Special.)
"I was here." said Swan Peterson, as
be was taken Into the home of the fam
ily of Frank Betchard. a mlllman at
Roy. by Sheriff Uaston. of Thuaton
County, and Sheriff Mass. of Clacka
mas County, Oregon. this morning.
Yes, he Is the man who had dinner
here Wednesday." said Mrs. Betchard.
Sadie Webster and Mary Sperouffshe.
Then reterson. after looking over
the kitchen, said he had not been In
that room. The women grew doubt
ful and when he said he had begged
breakfast and not dinner on Wednes
day, they said he was not the man
they had thought. This breaks down
one link in th chain of circumstantial
evidence woven about Peterson, but
It does not secure the release of the
man who Is suspected of having killed
Archie Coble and his girl bride as they
lsy sleeping in their home at Rainier
on the night of July 10.
I p to thla time Sheriff Gaston has
been directing the search for clews, but
tonight Prosecuting Attorney Wilson
said that he would have Peterson
locked up and kept by himself ror sev
eral days. In addition, all the ex
hibits of the horrible crime have been
put In the vauli Instead of being left
on display before the eyes of the cu
rious.
C. C. Cathey, of Portland, says that
while the women did not identify
Peterson, this does not clear him by
any means, aa the only effect of their
testimony would have been to make a
strong case against Peterson's verac
ity, as he declares he did not know of
the murder until his arrest Friday.
The man to whom the women referred
oould easily have heard of th crime, aa
it was discovered Tuesday night.
Cathey Is still In Olympla( while
Sheriff Mass, of Clackamas County, has
returned home. Sheriff Stevens, of
Multnomah County, has telegraphed the
authorities to hold Peterson for a time
and he will be detained here. The
authorities are still convinced that the
Hill and Coble murders were per
formed by the same person or persons
and every effort will be made to break
Peterson down and try to get htm to
confess.
He appears th same as usual, his
automobile ride today affecting him
but little. The County If mmlssloners
bare as yet offered no reward.
Buy now, buy to
day, for tomorrow
may be too late.
In a few days the
Hovenden Piano
Co. will cease to ex
ist.
Then you will
wish you had
bought that piano.
A piano bought for less
than its cost is surely a
good investment.
Not much money required
to take advantage of this
sale.
A little down and a little
each month will secure
one. See us at once.
Office Fixtures,
Shelving, Music
etc., at a sacrifice.
Desks,
Rolls,
HOVENDEN
PIANO
COMPANY
108 FIFTH ST. '
DRUM CORPS SCORES
SEATTLE 'FAIXS IS LOVE WITH
YOUTHS AD THEIR MCSIC.
Pot latch Official Greet Astoria
Boosters Wlien They Pull Into
King-Street Station.
were opposed to any delay In submit
ting to the people the proposed change
in the administration of municipal gov
ernment.
The date fixed by the committee last
nlcht Is the same time established by
the committee at a former meeting. A
d.siosttlon had developed among some
or the committeemen to defer the sub
mission of the proposed revised char
ter for another year. It was on mo
tion of Oay Lombard, seconded by Dr.
Andrew C. Smith and City Attorney
orant tnat the committee last nlgbt
decided that the charter should b
voted on by th people next January.
The only dissenting rot was offered
by George R Cellars. He explained
that he fjvored submitting to the
voters at the very earliest possible dat
the commission form of charter, but
lie contended that the committee should
nroceed first to drsft the amended
. harter and subsequently fix th time
when It should be submitted. The
Lombard motion also provided that the
City Council should enact an ordinance
appropriating sufficient funds to de
fray the expenses of the speolal elec
ts n necessary for the consideration of
th commission rharter.
This action of the committee means
that the draft of the revised charter
mu-t be completed and filed with the
Clfy Auditor not later than November
. rr (0 days prior to the date of the
special election.
Mr. Lombard Insisted that thla action
was Imperative on the committee un
less it desired to break faith with the
peope. He argued that the voters of
Port and were desirous of passing on
a co-amtsslon form of rharter at the
very earliest possible moment and
polnt-d unt that In deferring the sub
mission of such a charter to aa In
deflnVe date would be a serious breach
of fata by the committee with the
electors. IX O. Lively waa the au
thor f a motion Instructing the sec
ret a r of the committee to address a
letter to Mayor Rushlight. Inviting
him " attend the meetlnas of the com
rn'ttet and offer such suggestions re
lating to th revision that he might
have.
IrtsMtlsfied wita to progress u
RAILROAD MUST CUT RATE
(Continued From First Paa-e.
lamett Valley to ship to San Francisco
for much less than $4 per 1000 feet.
However, the decision establishes the
conference I principle for which th Valley mills hare
SEATTLE. Wash., July IS. (Spe
clal.) Seattle Is a slave to the Astoria
Centennial drum corps. Mustering full
strength of 60, these boys from 10 to
14 years of age each, who attracted
so much attention, at the Rose Festival,
paraded from their special Great
Northern train and captured the city.
President Douglas and General Man
ager Pace, of the Potlatch,' met the spe
cial train of Astoria boosters when It
pulled Into the King street station. It
was th Intention of the Potlatch offi
cials to Invest Grand Duke of Astoria
Henderson with the regalia of his of
fice, but the Bayor of the city by the
sea. made the trip from Astoria In his
automobile and is not due to reach
here until noon tomorrow.
Harry Hoefler. C. M. Celler and John
Galleghar representing the Astoria
Centennial Commotion and the citizens
aboard the special were furnished spe
cially decorated automobiles to ride In
front of the procession as It marched
from King-street station to the head
quarters of the Potlatch Association
In the Henry building.
Shortly after serenading the news
papers or this city, the drum corps
marched to the totem pole In front of
SPECTATORS FLEE BLAZE
lire In Heppner Film Theater De
stroys Adjoining Buildings.
HEPPNER, Or., July 18. (Special.)
Fear-stricken spectators numbering
more than 100 stampeded for the doors
of a moving-picture theater here last
night, when the pltcure machine ex
ploded, setting fire to the building.
Charles Collins was slightly Injured In
the panic.
In two minutes the building was en
veloped In flames, which spread to the
Swaggart building, occupied by a Chi
nese restaurant, and to the Atee build
ing. The theater building, owned by
the Star Brewing Company, and the
Swaggart building were completely
destroyed. The office of Phil Cohn,
next to the theater, was destroyed, and
about 1300 damage done' to the Atee
building. Heppner has no fire protec
tion, and a volunteer brigade fought
the flames.
UP
mn.A$fb Gb.
Merchandise of teril Ority,
"It's an 111 Wind That Blows Nobody Good"
100 Linen Suits at an Extraordinary Low Price
Special at $4.50
Linen Suits Selling Regularly at $7.50, $10, .$12.50, $15
lasted to accommodate the constantly
Increasing traffic.
Men now are at work replacing the
old 53-pound rails on the line between
Beaverton and McMlnnvllle with 75-
pound and 90-pound steel, and when this
protect is finished the line from the
Jefferson-street station to St. Joseph via
Newberg will be treated to a similar
type of Improvement.
Thla Is In accordance with the general
plan of the company to give the West
Side lines a standard construction and
to prepare for the electrification of the
system. However, the present activity
does not promise early steps toward elec
trification, as the rails are not being
banded.
The Fourth-street line from Portland
to Beaverton was equipped with heavy
rails last year. The line between Bea
verton and McCoy was laid with heavy
steel when the Wlllsburg cut-off was
built. The remaining track from McCoy
to Corvallis wilt be laid with 90-pound
steel next Winter.
sS
lew-'
From our New York office we received a shipment of linen suits. These came to us as a sur
prise, as we were not looking for further shipments of midsummer apparel.
With the arrival of the invoice we hailed with delight another opportunity of presenting to the
shoppers of Portland a SALE OF LINEN SUITS at prices never before known.
Our buyer, taking advantage of a great price concession on the part of a manufacturer, sent us
a shipment of the most stylish and up-to-date linen suits.
They fit in perfectly at this time of the year. Inexpensive, serviceable, stylish and practical. The
women who buy these suits will certainly have good reason to bear this sale in mind. We feel
certain that this announcement will interest enough women on Wednesday that by noon the supply
will be exhausted.
Suits made of natural colored linens with large sailor collars inlaid with linen in a contrasting
shade, and trimmed with fancy pearl buttons. The jackets are perfectly tailored and finished, and
all are in the fashionable lengths. Plain gored and plaited skirts.
We urge that you come early and take advantage of the offering. Our only regret is that there
are not 500 suib instead of 1 00. .. The sale starts this morning when the store opens.
sequences. The assertion that he can
not get a fair trial In Portland is Idle
talk.
"With respect to the assertion that
the purpose Is to bring him back to
Portland to bring civil suits against
him. It Is sufficient to say that the de
cisions quite uniformly hold that he
could not be served with civil process
when brought back under extradition
proceedings. Besides. If ho Is innocent
of wrongdoing, either civil or criminal,
why should he fear to have the courts
of Oregon pass on his conduct?
"If Mr. Wilde returns to Oregon he
will get an absolutely fair trial and
justice will be done in his case. If this
la what he fears, he should continue
his fight against extradition. If this
is what he wants he should return
without delay."
Mayor of Vancouver Sned.
VANCOUVER, Waah, July IS. (Spe
cial.) Suit against John P. Kigglns,
Mayor of Vancouver, and his wife, has
been filed In the Superior Court by w.
F. Kauffman, a contractor and builder,
to collect $650, alleged to be due for
work done on the Kiggins building on
Main street, between March and Au
gust of 1908.
The Turkish minister of war has decided
to lnfr-t1n watr Alters In the nrmy.
the Seattle Hotel and entertained 19 PASSES CALLED ILLEGAL
visiting Mayors who are in the city, I
been contending for nearly three years,
and will be of a decided benefit to the
future Industry In the Valley. While
lumbermen do not look for an Immediate
boom, they declare that the business will
be on a safer basis, conducive to grad
ual future Improvement.
Th Wendllng branch, upon which are
situated several Important mills, are
likely to benefit most, as the cut there
waa the moat pronounced. Portland lum
bermen predicted yesterday that the out
put from that district would be mate
rially increased.
EXGIXE FOREST FTRE CACSE
Lewis County Timber Burning; Ran
ger Call for 100 Men.
OL.TMPIA, Waah.. July 18. (Spe
claD A message telling that 100 men
were needed at once to fight a forest
Br that had started from a Northern
Pacific locomotive spark near McCor
mica, waa received In tbe office of th
8tat Fire Warden from the State
Deputy In Lewis County today.
Superintendent Albee. or the railroad.
was notified at once, and telegraphed
back that be had directed fils track
foreman to aid In battling the flames.
At last reports the fire had not yet
reached the green timber, but as th
woods are dry and a brisk wind Is
blowing the deputy fears he may not
be able to cherK ita progress. Th
state and association rangers are in
charge of the fight.
PoMofrioe Sunpncta Held.
MEDFORD. Or, July II. (Special.)
Suspected of robbing the Windsor.
CaU postoffle of 110.000. Richard F.
Carrol and James Logan are being held
here awaiting the arrival of a post
office Inspector from San Francisco.
The arrest was made following their
selling 1-cent stamps at several stores.
According- te the eemptstatlnn of the mln-l-r
of nnanrs for ths I'nlon of SnuTB
Af-ica. tb g "i1-ir.ininjr lnduiry of the Rand
aUU has a Ills of ISO years bafore It.
Including Mayor L I. Ttylor, of Van
couver. B. C and Mayor James E.
Wadham. of San Diego.
C B. Johnson, general agent of the
Hill lines at Astoria, traveled with the
Astoria special and kept the publicity
committee busy at every atop made.
More than 10,000 booklets were dis
tributed en route and hangers were
left at all the railroad stations between
Portland and Seattle. ,
The drum corps will meet the Port
land Commercial Club's speolal train
on tb morrow and esoort them to the
Potlatch headquarters.
BANKER TO BE ARRESTED
Proewutor Takes Action in Van.
courer Bank Case,
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 1A (Spe
cial.) Warrants were prepared today in
th office of Fred W. Tempei, Prosecut
ing Attorney, and will be served tomor
row on H. c. Phillip, president of the
defunct Commercial Bank of Vancouver,
and Gilbert W. Daniels, cashier.
The warrants charge the bank officials
with receiving money knowing the In
stitution to be Insolvent. This action is
result of a report aa to the bank's
conditons made recently under the di
rection of the Prosecuting Attorney.
Martin L Pipes, a Portland atorney.
has been retained to assist Mr. Tempes
In the prosecution. Mr. Phillips said to
night he was aware that the warrants
were to be Issued. Mr. Daniels Is at
present employed In a lumber mill at
EC Johns.
Common Carriers Denied Right to
Pay Advertising: With Tickets.
OLTMPIA, Wash., July 18. (Special.)
If a common carrier makes a con
tract with a newspaper whereby the
paper Is to be paid In transportation In
return for advertising, the contract Is
Illegal, declares Steven V. Carey, As
sistant Attorney-General, in an opin
ion to the Public Service Commission.
He holds that the law clearly specifies
that the common carriers, railroads
and steamboats, can charge no fare for
transportation "different" from that
set forth In their published tariffs.
Inasmuch as advertising is not In the
tariff sheets, newspapers cannot pay
for their travels with that medium of
exchange, and the opinion sets forth
many authorities for so holding.
WILDE HITS AT CAMERON
(Centlmisd From First Page.)
HEAVIER RAILS ARE LAID
SonUiern Pacific Place) 75 and 00-
Ponnd Steel on West Ride.
Heavy rails are being placed on all
the West Side lines of the Southern
Pad 3a and tb tracks are be lax bal-
Devlin, reoelver of the Oregon Trust
A Savings Bank, yesterday declared
that the contentions of counsel for
Louis J. Wilde were unwarranted by
the facts and unsupported by the law.
He Intimated that the attitude of Mr.
Wilde in the pending controversy was
that of a man who had something to
fear from a fair and Impartial trial.
Such a trial, said Mr. Clark, was as
sured Wilde If he would return to
Portland.
"The crimes with which Mr. Wilde
Is charged." said Mr. Clark, "were
committed In Oregon and this Is the
only place where they can be tried. It
Is preposterous for Wildes counsel to
talk about filing a bond In the Federal
Court In California. No actions are
pending there, either civil or criminal.
A bond of that character suggested
would be unknown to the law.
"If Mr. Wilde Is Innocent, the only
place where he can establish the fact
Is in the courts of Oregon, and he
should be the first man to demand a
vindication of his good name. If he
Is guilty, of course he naturally would
be reluctant bo return and lace the oon-
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Many of our patients have had
unpleasant experiences in having
new lenses made in case of break
age, therefore, we urge that yon
return glasses to us in case of
accident, together with your name
and you will receive prompt at
tention.
We send mailing package on
request.
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August 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16,
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St. Paul
St. Paul, via Council Bluffs.
Minneapolis direct
Minneapolis via Council Bluffs $63.90
Denver, Colo $55.00
Boston, Mass $110.00
St. Louis $70.00
New York, N. Y $108.50
Detroit, Mich $82.50
Washington, D. C $107.50
Atlantic City, N. J. $102.40
Sfoporers going and retnrnlag. Final retnrat limit October 31, 1911.
Call at our City Ticket Office. Third and Washington streets, for any
information desired. Also for sleeping-car reservations, or address
YVM. McM I It KAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or.
September
and 7.
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