TTTE MORXlW OI?EGO?TCAX. WTOXESPAT, DECEMBER 37, 1911.
BOARD MINORITY
FAVORS BOND ISSUE
Between $500,000 and $750,
000 Needed for Replacing
Old School Buildings.
ULTIMATE ECONOMY SEEN
Rronmnirndation Not to Be Made at
Taxpayer' Meeting Friday, aa
Majority of School Board Ad
here to Present Polk-y.
Although the recommendation will
Dot be mads at the tiptyer' annual
mooting- Friday night, a minority of
the members of the Board of Education
favors the Issuance of between $100,000
and ITS.oO of bom!. In order to pro
Tide the neressary funds for repUcin
a number of the old school buildings
with modern, ".reproof t mrtures.
Thts proposed recommendation was
considered at the last meeting; of the
Board, but was rejected by a decisive
vote. I. X. Flelschner alone supporting;
the plan.
-For some time T hare been con
vinced." said Mr. K'elschner yesterday,
"that the dl.irlit should Issue from
lioo 110 to I ; OO.iiOO of bond and use
tn proceeds for tearing down the
touch. Failing. Shattui-k and Alns
worth eVhool buildings, on the !
Md. and the Buchman and Hawthorne
schools, on the Kast Hide, and replace
all of them with modern nreproof
structures.
Issvpwsesseata Badly Seeded.
-The buildings I have referred to are
the oldt that are used for schuol pur
poses and some of them are rapidly
aproachlng a dilapidated condition. If
the d:strlct feels that It Is not able to
do all this In one year. It would be well
to distribute the expenditure over two
years, but the work should' at least be
gin net season. There Is urgent need
for the suggested Improvmenta.
-The sooner we can replace these old
structures with new and permanent
buildings the better It will suit me.
and. I believe, the great majority of the
taxpayers of the district. The is
suance of the proposed bonda would of
course Include provision for a sinking
fund to the end that the bonds would
be retired at maturity.
The otlier bulldinga used In this dis
trict are In fair shape. Some of them
were built only recently, while others
have been provided with spacious addi
tions In recent years. I believe we
should levy a small additional tax
every year until we have succeeded In
replacing all of our school buildings
with modern structures.
"Annually the repair bl'Is paid by
the dietrlct are enormous and they are
Increasing every year. This Item, of
expense would eventually be wtped out
when the frame buildings are replaced
with the more substantial fireproof
structures.
M. . Munlv. another memher of the
Board, said lsst night that he was de
sirous of having the taxpayers of tha
district express themselves as to the
advisability of proceeding; wtth such
a bond Issue. W hile not opposed to
the Issuance of bonda wtth whli:h to re
plsce the old buildings now used. Mr.
Munly maintained that It was a mat
ter for the taxpayer to determine for
themselves.
"I favor continuing the present policy
of tha Board which constructa neces
sary grammar school buildings under
a direct tax levy as the money Is re
quired." ssld J. V. Beach.
raessbell Favara Present flee.
Although II. C. t'ampbell was not
reached yesterday, it Is known that
he entertains the same views as his
associate. Mr. Beach, and Is opposed to
the bond Issue plan. R. L. Sabin. the
tlfih member, expressed himself as op-p.-d
to any Chang In the present
policy of tha Board. He favors contln
uinz the practice of providing for new
grade buildings with funds by current
taxation.
The city and countv now have too
menv bonds outstanding and for the
hi.ol district to mak an Issue would
onlv add to the burdens of the tax
payer." said Mr. 8 bin. "There should
be no further bond Issues for any pur
pose except there exists a great emer
gency." The annual report of tha Board of
Fducatlon recommends that tha present
policy of the Hoard In the construc
tion of new buildings be continued.
This will be the report Jo be consid
ered at the annual meeting of the tax
payers Friday r.lght. Through a move
ment Initiated by the Civic Council last
week, hoaever. !t Is altoRether prob
able that an effort will be made to re
ject this portion of the Board's report
and at- the same time Indorse the plan
for a bond issue, adequately large to
provide for all necessary additional
school buildings aa well as the recon
struction of the old structures.
WOMAN AUTOIST INJURED
Inltrd Kallwajs Train Strikes Car
P riven by Mrs. II. V. Manning.
Ftruck by an outbound United Kali
ways train at Twenty-second and
Favler streets late yesterday. Mrs.
F.Ua Manning, wife of IL W. Manning,
a dealer In electrical goods, was
thrown forward upon tha floor of the
automobile In which she was driving
wtth her fsmP.y and was severely
shocked, sustaining Injuries to her
sptne which are considered serious.
The automobile, going west on tjav
lr street tt the home of the Man
nings, at Savier street, waa struck
In the rear by the train going north
on Twenty-second street, aud was
hurled about and knocked into the
curb. No other members of the party,
which Included Mr. and Mrs. Manning,
their twa sons and a daughter, were
Injured.
Mrs. Manning's injuries were con
sidered so serious that a Red t'rosa am
bulance was summoned to iake her to
her home, where she Is In a erltlcal
condition.
CULVER SEES FIRST SNOW
Crop Proeprcls I-ook (mkmI and
Farmer in Central Orrgon Happy.
CULVER. Or- Dec. ti. (Special)
The rlrst snow of any consequence to
fall this season is here and crop
trospevts for the coming season are
exceedingly good. Many acres of
potatoes will be planted this Spring
and a potato growers sssociatlon will
ba formed for marketing the product.
Tha crop will be sorted and packed
as carefully as are the fruits in the
fruit section of Oregon.
Thla year many potatoes were grown
Is this section weighing from two to
four pounds each. J. L. Wlndon raised
three and four-pound spuds this year
and one Till, weighed IS pounds. This
fanner lives to the southeaat of Culver
In the Haystack section and others
there did equally as well. On tha west
side of the Deschutes River is a ter
ritory of something like four town
ships that Is being connected with the
railroad here by a new wagon road
and bridge now under construction and
this section also will be a large potato
producer.
This section of tha country west of
the Deschutes lies from six to 15 miles
from Culver and has been Isolated
from railroad by reason of .the fact
that they were compelled to drive 40
to 59 miles to reach transportation
until this new road Is completed. Foot
bridges have been built for use while
the wagon road Is being built and a
mall service and postofTlce to be served
from Culver has been petitioned.
The Culver Development Leaitue has
been Instrumental In securing the con
struction of this bridge end also the
road now being opened. This or
ganisation, under the leadership of
F.dttor Toung. of the Deschutes Valley
Tribune, has done good work. The
president recently elected Is William
Boer I. owner of the famous Cove
Orchard, a leading farmer, and ha Is
carrying on the work In the Interest
of the entire community. The Culver
Development League Is not a town or
ganisation but Is composed of mem
bers consisting of farmers and busi
ness men and looks after the develop
ment of the farming interests as well
as the npbuivdtng of the town.
GAS HEATER FUMES KILL
WOMAN BAIHISfi IN" SMALL
KOOM SUFFOCATED.
Mrs. I-ulu Movers I Second Victim
In Vrar In Same Koom, First
Sufferer Keraplng- Death.
Fecond victim within a year of fumes
from a gas heater In the bathroom of
th tiouss at ISIS Moore street. Mrs.
I.ulu Meyers, widow of M. E. Moyers.
died last night, three hours after sha
waa discovered prostrate on the floor
of tha bathroom. Harry Otterson.
three weeks a Benedict, now living
at t Williams avenue a streetcar
motorman. was affected slmlllarly In
the same pluce almost a year ago,
and it was several days before he was
restored to health. Dr. O. W. Tam
lesle. of lotl Williams avenue, was
the physician called In both cases.
Mrs Moyers about 1 o'clock yester
dsy afternoon entered the room to
bathe, and lit the gas heater to warm
tha room. An hour later Mrs. O. 8.
Race, a roomer In tha house, who had
recently come, to live with Mrs. Meyers.
cum to the house, and. not receiving
response to her knock, looked about
her.
Finding a note on the tablet which
told of Mrs. Meyers' Intention to bathe.
Mrs. Race knocked on the bathroom
door, found It was locked and receiv
ing no answer, called for help. Dr.
Tamiesle was summoned and worked
over Mrs. Meyers for three hours. When
she began to breathe she was hurried
off to Bt. Vincent's Hospital in tha
Ked Cross ambulance. When doctors
there examined her. life waa extinct.
Otterson. who was 39 years of age,
was threatened with death under slm
lllar circumstances, but relief was
sooner In reaching him. Neither pois
oning from the gas escaping from a
leak nor suffocation from exhaustion
of tha air In the small, tight room
Is given as the cause of death by Dr.
Tamlesle. who points out that the gas
Jets were still burning clearly when
the room waa opened. The waste
fumes of the gas and the carbon di
oxide formed by the burning of the
oxygen, he sav. Is the cause.
PLUMBING HIS CITED
SIMMON'S SERVED OX IX) UK
POKTLAXB CONCERNS.
All Told to Appear at Los Angeles
In Connect km With Suit Against
Alleged Trut on February 5.
The suit by the I'nlted Stales to dis
solve the alleged Plumbers' Trust of
the Faclflc Coast has gathered in. as
some of the defendants, the following
Tortland plumbers and the Arms which
they represent: Charles Gauld. M. L.
Kline. 8. W. Hughes and H. D. Curtis,
These were served yesterday by
I'nlted Ptates Marshal Scott with sum
mons to appear In the United States
Circuit Court for the Southern district
of California, at Los Angeles, on Feb
ruary S. to answer the bill of complaint
that has been tiled against them.
This suit, brought by the. Cnited
States. Is one In enuity against the
leading plumbers on the Tactile Coast,
alleging that they have formed and are
a part of a conspiracy In restraint of
trade in the sale and distribution of
certain necessary plumbing articles.
Iietectlvea employed by the Inter
state Commerce Commission are known
to have visited Tortland three months
ago and made an Investigation of the
plumbing supply business In this city
and as a result the firms and indlvld
uala summoned as defendants yesterday
have been made parties to the suit.
It Is a civil, not a criminal proceed
ing and If It Is finally decided In favor
of the Government, damage may be
assessed against the defendants In such
sums aa the court may see tit and in
addition may direct that the combina
tion or trust, If one la found to exist,
must be dissolved altogether or crimi
nal action mny be taken against its
members.
TOO MANY RELATIVES HURT
Man Objects to Visit by Wife's
t ou-dn; Divorce Asked.
OREiHiN C1TT. Or.. Dec 2. (Spe
cial.) "What In hell Is she her for?
It seems as though you've always got
t'j have some of your d relations
around' here."
This Is the statement Frank It.
Berges Is alleged to have made to his
wife when her cousin waa visiting at
their home in Tortland last year. Mrs.
Berges brought suit here today for
a decree of divorce. She was married
to Berges in Watersville. Minn.. Janu
ary I. 190. and they have one daugh
ter. Hazel, aged 1 years. Though
Berges is a skilled mechanic and earns
$100 a month. Mrs. Berges says she has
been keeping boarders to support her
self and her daughter. She asks for
the custody of the girl and 125 a month
alimony.
Eva Johnson has brought suit against
James A. Johnson for a divorce. They
were married June 1. ISSi. at Ulllsboro.
Or. and ahe chargea desertion by her
husband in August. 190T.
Mrs. Jennie M. Mossman. who was
married at Portland. Or.. September is.
1S. to Fred C. Mossman. has Hied suit
for divorce. She says he deserted her
In February, lsus. and she aska to be
awarded the custody of their son. Earl,
aged II yeara
LAKEVIEW IS EAGER
TO KNOW
PORTLAND
Coming of "Iron Horse" Re
minds City That Oregon Has
First Claim.
W. LWR THOMPSON TALKS
California Makes Attempt to Cap
ture Trade of Lake County Rail
road Day Set for January
J Invitation Given.
"Lakeview and Lake County are not
only enjoying the prosperity which
has so long prevailed there, but are
also enjoying the distinction of being
en the railroad map." aald W. Lair
Thompson, a prominent Southern Ore
gon lawyer, of Lakeview, at the Im
perial yesterday.
"About 10 days ago the first locomo
tive engtna entered Lake County and
Lakeview. 'Many young people, born
and bred in Southeastern Oregon, at
that time saw a railroad for the first
time. Track Is laid Into Lakeview and
the work of ballasting will be com
pleted January 1.
'On January T tha advent of the
railroad will be celebrated by the good
people of Lake County who have been
waiting years for Railroad day. A
apeclal train over the Nevada. Califor
nia Oregon Railway will bring vis
itors from Reno. Nev Sacramento and
San Francisco.
Baalaeaa Uoea ta California.
"Of course, during all of these years
the business of Lake County has gone
to California cities, because nature has
made that great Interior country tribu
tary to San Francisco, and now the
merchants of those cities will Join with
us In rejoicing over rail connection
with the world. Wet people of Lake
view have always suspected there was
a world outside our own rich country,
but the rest of Oregon apparently has
never suspected the existence of the
greet valleys of Lake County, rich in
fruit, cereals and alfalfa.
"Now that Lakeview can be reached
by train, we hope to become more
closely related to Portland. We are a
part of the great State of Oregon, and
Portland merchanta should go after the
business there. It is really worth go
ing after. The wholesale houses of
Sacramento and San Francisco send
men Into Lakeview regularly and do a
profitable business. We would like
very much to entertain some Portland
people In Lakeview January 7. Railroad
day.
Land Betas Reclaimed.
"It may nqt be generally known
that In Laka County private capital
Is being put In irrigation systems to
reclaim some of the best land In the
State of Oregon and that within a
vear and a half at least one of the
systems will be completed, and Goose
Lake Valley, in which the town of
Lakeview is situated, will have nearly
100 000 acres of land under the ditch.
The Goose Lake Valley sys.em Is di
vided Into what Is known as the Drews
Valley Reservoir Irrigation System,
commonly called the Lowland Ditch,
and will Irrigate 62.000 wcrea of land,
and the Cottonwood Valley Irrigation
Reservoir System, which Is the high
ji..i. . m Irrlirate 20.000 acres
of land, taking the water through the
town of Lakeview ana aiuug mo
of mountains which forms the eastern
ii i. rwu Vailev. The land un
der this system Is of the character
which produced .Winter Banana. Pjjj
.. nHu at tha aDnle
mat oaww w"1" . . . - -
show at Watsonvllle, Cai.. for several
years.
"We people In Lakeview give a great
, i I fnn the rADld and suc
cessful construction of the Goose Lake
Valley Irrigation System to i. v. rtice,
chief engineer of the company, which
Is spending its money upon their faith
In Eastern Oregon. The coming of the
railroad will make It possible to bring
In the people to farm these newly
Irrigated lands, and the general belief
is that Lake County will' see greater
development during the next two years
than ever before.
Thorn xa May Be Venator.
"Although C. C. Chapman, of the
Portland Commercial Club, will very
likely call the matter to your attention,
I cannot resist the temptation to speak
of the next meeting of the Central
Oregon Development League, which
will be held In Lakeview nxt June,
the particular date to be determined
later. Portland merchants and people
genei-allv who are Interested in the
development of the groat State of Ore
gon, and In creating a closer relation
ship in a business way between the
metropolis of Oregon and those rich
communities lying esst of the moun
tains, cannot afford to miss this oppor
tunity to visit Lake View and Lake
County and see something of the great
future In store for the eastern section
of our state."
Mr. Thompson was a member of the
Oregon Legislature in 1911. being
representative from Crook. Harney,
Klamath and Lake. He Is being urged
i wi- f.i..it. to tifffome a candidate
for Senator from the same district next
year to succeed Lr. ueorge n. -ierry-man.
of Klamath Falls, who Will not
be a candidate for re-election. Mr.
Thompson has the matter under seri
ous consideration.
ASYLUM FARM IS PLAN NOW
Pendleton Institntiou Site of 840
Acres May Be So Utilized.
n 1 1 rr rir Ttr- SC. (Sneclal.)
That the 640 acres of land at Union,
bought several years ago for an East
ern Oregon branch asylum site be used
for an asylum larm in connciuun wn.-i
... i..,tni Orpcnn institution at
I no n" - - -
Pendleton. Is a suggestion made by
Governor West to the State Board to
day and It Is probable that the Boar 4
will aaK me
Board power to utilise the land as It
sees fit.
.... the land is being used
as an experiment station at a cost of
$7500 a year, saia ino uovernor. n
. i . when T believe
is nciu -" . . -
we could use it at a profit. If It were
used as an asyiura irm n uui ui
, . ..-i.i. turn vnrlment station
innners " ' -
work and I believe, even though we
would have to snip ui luviutio,
would be profitable for us to use it as
a branch farm."
CHILDREN GIVEN PRESENTS
Christmas Tree Held at Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society- Home.
- Many frlenda and neighbors as
sembled at the Receiving Home of tha
Boys' and Girls" Aid Society of Oregon
last night to attend the Christmas ex
ercises of the children, given under
the auspices of the Toung People's So
ciety of the First Baptist Church, head
ed by E. V. Floyd. v
Mrs. J. J. Kennedy, daughter of Su
perintendent Gardner, trained the chil
dren and acted as accompanist. The
assembly-room was decorated with
ropes of fir and Oregon grape and the
Christmas tree handsomely decorated"
with ornaments and Illuminated with
colored lights. The gifts, which were
donated by the Toung People's Society,
were appropriate to the children and
bags of candy were freely distributed.
A number of the girls and boys who
were out in homes in the city also at
tended and were not forgotten by tne
management. Dr. T. L. Eliot made a
few remarks. The programme con
sisted of songs and recitations by tha
children, of which there were ten num
bers. Tasso Swartx acted as Santa
Claus and the following members of
the Toung People's Society of the
White TemDle attended and assisted:
Messrs. Morgan, Lewis. Green, Taylor
and McCoy and Misses Hattla Floyd,
Agnes Eborall. Lydia Filter, Winifred
King. Mabel Lewis. Florence Lewis,
Florence Pollard and others.
PRESS CLUB JOY SECRET
TARDT MR. CIACS TO VISIT AT
JIXKS TOMORROW.
Star Vaudeville Attractions Will Be
Included in Stunts and Gifts
May Have Sting.
According to the calendar, Christ
mas ended at 11 o'clock Monday night,
but It will be revived with an aug
mented cast, new songs, new dances.
novel scenic and lighting effects, with
refreshments on the side, at the Port
land Press Club tomorrow night, when
the club will hold its Christmas tree
oartv.
The festivities will be, the Press
riuh's holiday Jinks, and Charles I.
Ryan, manager of the Empress Thea
ter, chairman of the entertainment
committee, which is arranging the fes
tival, says It will eclipse all previous
Jinks efforts. And he ought to know.
Every member of the club who can
tear himself away from work will be
on hand, and many will bring friends.
Already Li Hung Chung, the club's
houseboy, is complaining of his heavy
duties as Santa Claus. lA is caring
for the gifts that will adorn the:tree
costing 1 cent to two-blts until the
proper and crucial moment when Santa
fllaus begins his address and distribu
tion to the company. 1I will not be
Santa Thursday night. The laenmy
of Mr. Claus Is a secret.
The entertainment committee has en
listed all the vaudeville talent in town
to participate In the Jinks, and a startr
ling array of "stunts" will be unfolded
to the merrymakers. The committee
members say it will be an all-star pro-
irru m mo
The tree Is already on hand and It
will be draped behind closed aoors.
sgalnst the great, grand, gorgeous
illumination Thursday night. So says
Mr. Ryan. Owing to the lengtn ana
ihomteness of the Drogramme, the
festivities will begin promptly at 8:30
o'clock. Santa Claus' last call was
Issued from the entertainment commit
tee's headquarters last night; and a
"crowded house Is expected.
SENATOR CLAPP MAKES AT
TACK ON" "REACTIONARIES."
La Eolletle to Open Campaign at
Younsstown Tonight and Con
tinue All Week.
SALEM. Ohio, Dec 26. "People are
beginning to lose faith in platforms
and pledges, declared cienaior tiapp,
of Minnesota, here tonight opening the
Progressive'" Republican campaign in
Ohio, as he led up to the declaration
that Senator La Kollette was tne togi
cal candidate of true Republicans for
the Presidency In 1912.
Senator Clapp is the first of the La
Follctte speakers to Invade Ohio In
th ramnaiEn opposing the renomlna-
tion of President Taft. It rained .and
there -was a small attendance.
Referring to the reported split In
the Republican ranks in Congress In
recent years, brought about, lie saia,
by the struggle between the so-called
reactionaries and the insurgents. Sen
ator Clapp reached the climax of his
address when he declared that the out
come of those struggles had suggested
the name of Senator I -a Follctte as the
most available candidate to lead the
Republican party to victory in
He took occasion to assail the so
called "reactionaries." headed by Aid
rl-h and Cannon." whose policy .dur
ing the past four years, he said, was
to reverse the policy of the preceding
eight years, "which formed the bright
est chapter in tne nisiory oi nip ne
publican party."
"The real struggle of the "progres
sives' has been against reactionary
measures and the only hope of the
nroirressives." " he continued, 'is to
nominate men who will stand for "pro-
rresslve' policies."
Senator La Follette speaks tomorrow
in Younastown. and he and other
speakers will continue on the stump
at points In Ohio throughout the week.
NEWBERG FAVORS RIGHT
Iropcrty Owners Would Give Roads
Franchises on First Street.
NEWBERG. Or.. Dec. 26. (Special.)
At a mass meeting tonight property
owners unanimously voted In favor of
granting a franchise on First street to
the Southern Pacific and Oregon Elec
tric roads.
When the Southern Taclfic represen
tatives were here last Thursday night
they were asked by Councllmen if It
would be practical to have yie Oregon
Klectrlc use the same tracks with tho
Southern Pacific and they replied that
It would not.
The representatives of tba Oregon
Electric were asked the same question
today and they said It could be done.
Both companies are anxious to get on
First street and the Oregon Electric
also wants to run a line on Third
street from one end of the city to the
other and wants to put a line on Day
ton avenue from First street to the
city limits. 4 " '
A Stelnway Piano
for rent or sale. Call at once. Sherman.
Clay & Co.. Morrison at Sixth.
WEBFOOT OU IJRESSEVQi
The greatest shoe grease made. Pro
longs the life of shoes and renders
them absolutely waterproof- Lee It
during rain weather. At any stare
Conundrum: '
IUt took 3,003,000,000 gallons of
water to move Goldsmith's Hill
and construct Westover Terraces,
what will it take to move the lots?
I
AM of the firm opinion that and responses
to my Sunday ads show I'm right the
greatest power on earth in the moving of real
estatein the selling of it is about 3,003,000,000
pounds pressure of price.
Now listen:" Westover Terraces is no wildcat-something-
to-be -done-in-the-future sort of
proposition. The thing is done 3,003,000,000
gallons of .water did it. The hill has been cut
down. The dirt has been moved. And now
you can see the most beautiful high-class resi
dence property in the whole city of Portland
and it's in the right location.
' It's ready for sale 75 sites are ready.
To start it off to put it right before you so
that you just can't help buying I am offering
the choicest of these 75 sites at a price under a
pressure downward of 3,003,000,000 pounds! at
a price such that no wide-awake man or woman
in Portland can possibly get away from.
Here.it is: You get your choice, until 25
are sold, of 32 sites ranging from $5000 to
$6750, and of 43 from $4000 to $5000 size and lo
cation making the difference for the sum of $4000
With all the space in this paper at my dis
posal, I could not describe this property one
half as well as it will look to you when you see
it. Phone today or drop a line to my office to
make certain your engagement to visit Westover
Terraces before sale begins.
F. N. CLARK
Selling Agent Westover Terraces and Easfmoreland.
818-823 Spalding Building. Main 2113 A 7617
ABERDEEN IS READY
City Prepares to Meet Inva
sion of I. W. W.s.
KEEN OPPOSITION FOUND
Workers' Placard Boxcars and Call
Members to March Against Towii
Where Free Speech Is Denied.
St. Louis Band Starts.
ABERDEEN. "Wash., Dec 2. (6pe-
claL) Press reports to the effect that
250 -Worker! of tho World hare left
St. Loula to aid the local mcmbera of
the organization in their alleged "fight
for free epeech" have excited renewed
. in rerent I. W. W. trouble.
According- to advices from police head
quarters tonigni btwj ...
be taken to meet the contemplated
. i with tiu'tlr. slmlllarlv em
ployed when several doen leaders of
the organization we.
city.
"If-ISO members of tha Workers are
m AWdMn." was the brief
but emphatlo announcement of police
headquarters mis anemuuu, w mu
nllT6 1500 men on the borders of the
.(,. on the streets and In the rail
road yards to meet them."
The organisation 01 me epeow. w
llce appointed at the time of the flrst
atttack on the dtr Is still intact, the
members all being under orders to re
port at a given signal. Meetings of
the police will now be held and plans
will be perfected to resist the St. Louis
force.
The agitation of the Workers against
this city has not died down In Work
era' circles. Through their literature,
their correspondence and propaganda
of various sorts a crusade has been
preached throughout the United States
against Aberdeen.
Every boxcar between here and St.
Louis has been placarded with notices
calling the Workers to proceed against
this city. So far. all attempts have
been frustrated. Workers have been
coming In bands of three or four from
time to time. They have been met on
their arrival here and quietly sent out
of town by the regular police force.
The latest move of the organization
has been the posting of a notice offer
ing 5000 reward for the arrest and
conviction of the members of the spe
cial police force who have assisted. In
escorting Workers out of the city on
the two occasions In which the spe
cial efdeers have undertaken that task.
St. Ioals I. W. W.s Coming.
ST. LOUIS, Ma, Dec. 28. (Special.)
Two hundred and fifty volunteers,
members of the Indjstrial Workers of
the World, tonight departed from St.
Louis to enlist in the fight for "free
speech," which they claim is being
waged at Aberdeen, Wash. It is said
that 600 recruits will leave 'January
2 for Aberdeen, unless the trouble
there Is settled sooner. The organiza
tion claims a membership of 46,000
throughout the country. The 6t. Louis
contingent will travel "by freight" as
one of the leaders expressed It. None
will carry any money.
ONE REMARK COSTS $25
Prisoner Who "Didn't Care" Tries to
Talk by Signs.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 26. (Spe
cial.) One saucy remark to A. 3. Big-
bam, Police Judge, today made by Mar
tin Claffey will cost him J25. Claffey
was arrested for creating a disturbance
and Judge Bigham said: "I think you
are guilty, and fine you $25 and costs."-
"I don't care a continental what you -give
me," retorted Claffey.
'Til make it $50 and costs, then." re
plied the Judge, "and If you gay another
word I will Increase It to $100."
Claffey wanted to explain, and tried
to make signs with hts hands, but the
Judge was obdurate.
A Stelnway Piano
for rent or sale, Call at once. Sherman,
Clay & Co., Morrison at Sixth.
Robert Grants
The Convictions
of a Grandf ather
begins in the January
SCRIBNER
He touches upon modern
life in America with wit,
humor, and keen satire.
Money, Divorce, Woman
Suffrage, Education, etc
eta, are discussed. Fred
and Josephine and their
f amilycircle are certainly
an entertaining group.