THE 3I0RX?O OKECJOXIAN. THURSDAY, " MARCH 7, 1912.
jHOME RULE ACT OF
I 1910 IS HELD VALID
: Supreme Court Declares Cities
; Can Pass Their Own Liquor
; Laws, Apart From County.
RULING FOR ENTIRE STATE
Trt banal Ovrrturir Conviction of
Sprlnsflcld WhUky - Seller on
Ground That-III I.lopne V
I.csally Obtained.
; SALK.M. r.. March . Special.)
u 1 folding that th home rule amend
. mmt of 191 U e.f-xecuUnr. that
; cities and town utaml aa separate en
; title and that the existence of pre
j clnrts which extend partly within the
! border of a city and partly without d
not Invalidate an election held with
f proper procedure under the home rule
amendment, JuntUe Mc Bride. In an
opinion of the Supreme Court yester
day. Interpreted that amendment. The
ajueattona Involve are of statewide im
portance and affect every city and town
that ha attempted t vote as a unit
under the amendment. Justice Burnett
dissented fir reason given in State
ts. Schluer. B Cr. It.
The case In question that of the
Ftat actnt I'erklns, or what I more
familiarly known as the -jSpringcneld
' home rule case "
Tna train point involved was whether
tua two county election precincts In
which princnrld la situated included
uttde territory and electors.
The defendant Perkins was convict
ed of the rrlme of selling in toxUai tnz
J.-juors without a license and. havms;
been sentenced to pay a fins of lit and
costs, appealed.
raeta awa t rt.
The fact were substantially a fol
lows: At the rrneral eleetlon h-M In
June. rOS. the whole f UQ4 County
became prohibition trtitory and there
haa been chance In the county
Status until the present time. The on
of iiprlnicrirld on November 7, 1911.
tiat hetD4 the date of the rexrular city
elation. Tote. aaslnst prohibition
within It border hy a majority of 3t).
Tti County Court then made an order
tit tb sale of into lea linr liquor
should be permitted in iSprinirneld. A
Ilrensa was Issued ! the defendant
J'vrklns and pursuant thereto he be
gan the hustnes of r-Cl!n.r Uqnor
and hin a rr- t and conviction followed.
Justice McBrlde. In ht opinion. ys:
Tne sole qtietlon here I whether
cr not the ton of prinsneid had au
thority to hidd a local option election
under section 2. article XI. of th con
stitution a amended In 114. common
ly known a the 'home rule amend
ment,' while county prohibition wa In
force aa a whole, where the two coun
ty election precinct In which Spring
field wa situated included outside ter
ritory and elector.
-la State v. Hchluer (Or ) 118 I'ac.
1eS7. and State vs. Ilrarn nr. 115 P c.
li: 117 Pacific 412. we discussed sjen
ermlly the effect ' of the home rule
amendment on the local option law
and It may be taken a settled that the
effect of such amendment uaa to di
vorce all municipalities from the coun
ties of which they form a part and to
create separate entitle or unit for
1h purnie of puttina Into effect the
local option law. lie for the amend
ment the county wa the la r area t unit
and :he election precinct or city ward
wa the smallest. The whole of an
lncurKratel city w:t a I so made one
of the units or subdivision within
whh-h a local option election could be
held. . . We have then four sub
division In which a vote mtxht he
taken, 1 the whole county. (?) any
prectnet in the county or consotloa
i.on of precinct. i3 any ward In a
city and I) the city Itself. . .
Meat laleatloa ToM.
'These provisions of the law were In
existence when the home rule amend
ment wa adopted and furnish ample
machinery by which any city or town
may vote at it re-rul.ir city election
under the question of local option. The
Intention of the amendment w a to
trive cttle exclusive control vt the
liquor traffic and to make cities, a to
their minor ward or precincts, the
irreater unit. Previously the county
bad been the irreater unit. The effect
of the amendment w a to repeal so
much and no more of the local option
Jaw a permitted voter outside the
municipality to have a voice tn deter
mining the statu as to the sale of
It'iuor. but to reserve to the various
wards and precincts of the city the
same nshta that were previously po
aessed by the county precinct.
"In the City of Sprinvneld there
was onlv one municipal ward or vot
Ikk place when this vote wa taken,
though other have bn created and
wilt be In operation at future elections.
Counsel for the state have suKKestcd
that if the city Is permitted to crt
the precinct or ward In which the
local option elections are held there
1 danger that ther may do so In such
a manner that the residence district
will not have the riarht to protect
themselven or perhap w ill only create
ne ward or precinct. But the answer
to this ts thai th county authorities
mlsht. if C.ev saw fit. no gerrymander
the city In hivlnc out precincts a to
accompl.sh a like result.
(uaty aad CI ilea Differ,
"tn the rase at bar e have an In
stance of a prohibition county with
an antl-prohlbitlon town, but tn Marion
Countv. for instance, we have an anti
prohtbitlon county wttn at least two
municipalities. Wood burn and Stay ton.
peromely prohibition. It due tot eem
to the writer of this opinion that It
warn the intent of the home rule
amendment to make It effect depend
upon tn wtu ox trie bounty Court, so
that one torn n may have whisky forced
Upon It and another prohibition until
the court sees f.t to arrange county
precincts so a to Include oi.ly city
territory.
"The contention of counsel Is not so
much that the constitutional amend
ment require additional legislation to
put It into execution as that the
iVumy Court of Lane County must
Sive it t-ons-nt before SpnnirrwiO can
lake advantage of the permission
ytvrn to town and cl tiea to re m u late
it-.e license and sale of liquors. To re
capitulate, we are of the opinion that
the home rule amendment is self-executing;
that the municipality as a
whoif stantl a the areater un It and
the various wards or precinct, if tnore
thn one exists, are lesser units. Just
as the election precincts are the lesser
unit in the county at iare; that the
procedure preliminary to submit tin
the liquor question to a vote should
be by petition to the County Court and
order of that body and hould follow
In jjener! the local option law: that
l ie nonce for the election should be
posted by the Sheriff and return made
as therein provided. Thi will ;lve
t -e effect to the amendment whicn the
people contemplated when 11 was
adopted, and all these things were
done In the cape at bar.
The Judgment of the Circuit Court
will be reversed and the cause re
manded with directions to discharge
the defendant."
(wort Decide Other Case.
Other cases beside the Grover-Haw-thorne
case today were as follows:
Nick Kovachoff vs. St. Johns Lum
ber Company, appealed from Multno
mah County, N. G a tens. Judge: .af
firmed In an opinion by Justice Bur
nett. This cam involves the factory
Inspection law, assumption of risk,
neitlifrence of a fellow servant and
contributory nelience. It Is an ac
tion for damages It which the plain
tiff received a verdict of J300O in the
lower co!irt. which Is affirmed.
Harry II. Cloyes v. Anthon Eekern.
appealed from Multnomah County, C
I. Uantenbein. judce: affirmed in an
opinion by Justice Burnett. The plain
tiff in thi case sought to recover
120.000 a commission on an alleged
contract. The lower court found for
the defendants.
F. V. Leadbetter vs. L. Pewtherer,
appealed from Multnomah County,
Hobert G. Morrow. Judse: affirmed by
Chief Jutl Kakln. Thi wa an ac
tion to recover $1700 alleged to be due
aa rent under a lease. Findlna In
the lower court were In favor of the
plaintiff for the amount sued for.
Sit You Oune et al. vs. O. W. Murd.
a the . Hurd Packing Company,
appealed from Clatsop County, J. U.
Campbell. Jude; petition for rehear
ing denied in an opinion by Chief Jus
tice Kakln.
FAIR DIRECTORS MEET
MII.TXO.M All COl-XTVS SHOW
Si" PER 1 XT EX IKXTS X AM EI.
Automobile- Iuy, w IVnlurr. This
Year, It I'lannrd fur Saturday,
I.at Vuj Out Soon.
GUKSHAM. Or. March . (SprrlaL)
Th. board of director of the Multno
mah County Kair AMH-lallnn hrM a
merlins rtertiiiy ani made further
arranfrmt ntfi tor th annual fair to b.
hrhl tier n'xf SptiMnber. Superin
tendent fr this ywir were nimwi
tentatively, subject to revision tf any
should decline. They are aa follow.:
Aarlulture J. W. Tonenil. Trout
dale; hnrtlrulturfc II. A. Monta
villa; florl department. It. W. ;lll.
rieone: llvettnk, t'harlea Cleveland,
;reh.im: milk and butter tent, IL 1.
.Mullenhoff. - re. ha in: poultry. J. W.
S Indie. lA-ntu; domentlc wleire, Mra.
t. A. Kajitman. Orwoham: art. Mr. K. U
Thorpe. Urexham: Juvenile. Theodore
IniKKer. t;rejihant: Kroundff. A. F.
Miller. Sell wood.
Automobile day. a new feature, was
approved. It wa de bird to Klve the
automobile eople the free. ue of the
ra'-e trai-k on Saturdav. they ti ar
range their own nroKrammo. That
dale will come on September It. and
will be the cloning event of the) amuse
ment features, the three previous days
having- been annnunivl aa horae-raclnic
days. It Is believed that the automo-
blllsts will tak up the matter with
considerable enthusiasm and brlnff a
bir rrowd with them.
The premium list will be Issued dur
ing th. latter part of this month, and
Will bo Itlven wide circulation.
HUSBAND WAITS IN VAIN
WllTC DOKS XOT CHAXCiE HER
MIXn. AS MOR1.EY IIOITD.
Divorce Suit Filed Afler Promls
Ha. Item Kept Diamonds Given
as I'nrt of Settlement.
1.S ANGKL.ES, March . (Special.)
"1 hope you will change your mind
and return to me. I believe you will
realize your mistake and will wait two
years for you."
These are the parting words James
Morley. former baseball magnate and
sporting celebrity, is credited with hav
ing uttered to his wife when she left
him in February. 1910. and went to San
Francisco to live. Tiie two years were
un today: she had not returned and
Morley filed divorce proceedings on
arounds or desertion.
The suit is no surprise to the friends
of the popular clubman and his wife.
formerly Miss hwaiu, of. Kedlands.
When, afler 10 years of married life.
she decided she wanted to live apart
from her 1-tishand. he endeavored to
persuade her to change her mind. It is
conceded by their menus, lie railea
and then settled $10,000 on her. This
was In the shape of diamonds which
Mr!cy. a connoisseur, had collected.
In addiiion to his sporting Interests
Mirley is a figure in many enterprises.
For a time he manuged the "Lucky"
itatdwtn Oiikwood Hotel at Arcadia, re
cency destroyed by fire.
RATE INQUIRY IS RENEWED
Further Arguments Advanced by
Willamette Valley Interests.
or.KGOXIAN NKWS BCREAU.
Washington. March s. The In
terstate Commerce Commission today
began further Inquiry Into the South
ern Pacific freight rates between Cali
fornia and Oregon points. At a pre
vious hearing the carriers sought to de
fend the present adjustment of rates,
but the Commission was not satisfied
with the showing made and ordered
the production of additional testimony.
The commercial Interests, represented
by William R. Wheeler, of San Fran
cisco, and Udward M. Cousins, of Port
land, endeavored to demonstrate to the
Commission that the rates are based
on an entirely illogical and unreason
able theory. In that a similar sone of
terminal rales, which applle, to Cali
fornia points, is not accorded to Ore
gon cities In Cie Willamette Valley and
Southern Oregon.
DEATH SEQUEL TO FIGHT
Merchant Drops Dead From Heart
Failure After Scrap With Rival.
SAX FR.OiClSCO. March a. After a
fii right over money matters. Achilla
llliH-k. a ataithy merchant of thla
city, dropped .lead in his place of
business today, presumably from heart
failure brouubt on by the excitement
of the encounter.
James Wolf. Block's antagonist, was
arrested and charged with manslaugh
ter. Wolf also is a merchant.
( lark Farmers to Hare Lllil.
VANCOUVER. Wash- March . (Spe
cial Farmers living In the country
on Fern prairie and other communi
ties near Washougal. will soon have
electric lights In tlielr homes, as well
as telephones. The Western Light
power O'rvpany. which hss a power
plant at Wa!:oiigal. has p'tioned the
Count v Commissioners fa right tfi
place poles along the county roads .to
these pieces, so as to stipply electricity
to its prospective patrons.
SUN WILL GO TO PEKIN
CHINA'S PRESIDENT MAKES
MOVE I"OH ORDER.
Pcspcradocs Itcportcd to Be Enact
ing Scenes of Horror in Canton.
Gunboats Guard Vessels.
I'K.KI.X. March k t'haaa Tina Fa,
mm Inpjortaat eitT oa th. railroad about
ISO aillea Hiltiml of I'ekla, waa added
yesterday . the Hat of places which
have sees looted a as hnraed. o de
tails have reached here, bat It la thouaht
there aeed he fear for forelaaer.
there beeaaae the mntlaeera ererrsKW
art oheervt.K the aasae rale of aot
foaehlaa; atraaa;era.
NANKING. China, March ' 6. In an
effort to restore order and Inaugurate a
stable government it Is understood that
Dr. Sun Yat Sen and his advisers have
decided to go to Fekln and make that
city, for tho present at least, the capital
of the new republic This step is re
garded as advisable on account of the
mutinous spirit evinced by the troops
near Pekin and the general unrest.
The plans provide for tne removal or
the entire machinery of the republic
Dr. Sun Yat Sen the acting President,
and Li Yuan Ileng. the Vice-President,
will be accompanied by all the members
of the Cabinet and by the Assembly.
The officials will be guarded by 2000
veteran troops and picked bodyguards
of so men. It Is believed 'hat the act
of removal will Itself restore order.
It Is estimated inoo people were killed
In th. eourse of the recent fighting be
tween the republicans and the villagers
outside the British concession at Wei
Hal Wei. The republican troops now
are In complete control of the situation.
Responsible Chinese assert terrible
scenes are being enacted daily in Can
ton and its vicinity. These persons de
clare that If the state of affairs were
known abroad, the foreign powers
would interfere and put a stop to the
slaughter and looting. One leading Chi
nese, who refused to comply with the
demands of desperadoes, found that In
his absence all his family had been
murdered ecept one boy.
Th. merchant vessels along the West
River are now escorted by gunboats or
torpedo-boats.
PORT OF VANCOUVER PLAN
tcial Election Called to Authorize
lis Establlhnicnt.
VANCOCVKIl. Wash.. March S.
(Special.) To authorise the establish
ment of a Port of Vancouver and for
the election of the Commissioners of
such a port, the County Commissioners
today called a special election to be
held April t, ISli. The Port of Van
couver will Include ttie whole of Van
couver and an area along the water
front of the Columbia Klver and ex
tending back several miles.
It la estimated that- there are about
$7.000. 000 of property In this proposed
district at an assessed valuation of
one-third. A shallow place about SRftO
feet long In the Columbia River below
Vancouver and on this side of the
mouth of the Willamette River Is to
be dredged. It Is proposed to make a
proposition to the Government to as
sist In making this channel deeper and
to assume part of the expense. For
this purpose It Is proposed to levy a
small tax In the district.
This matter has been taken up and
boosted by the Commercial Club of
Vancouver and It Is generally believed
-iiy I
that It will carry without practlc
opposition.
DEFENDANT TO BE JUDGE
Councilman Miller to Hold Trial of
Self In Saloon Case.
THE DALLKS. Or.. March S. (Spe
cial.) The City Council at its meeting
last night ordered one of Its own mem
bers, I. II. Miller, to : ppear at a spe
cial meeting. March 15. and show cause
why his saloon llcensi should not be
revoked. The Councilman will not o-ly
be defendant at the hearing, but will
be one of the Judges, Indications being
that the question is so evenly divided
among nine Aldermen that Miller's own
vote may decide the case in his favor.
Miller runs the Columbia Hotel. His
bartender was convicted by the Jury in
the Police Court, November 16, on the
charge of selling liquor to a minor.
Miller appealed the case to the Circuit
Court, which, two weeks ago, threw
out the proceedli.i because the appeal
was defective. When the City Council
considered the applications for saloon
licenses the first of the year. Miller
was given a tempo, iry pcrm't pending
the outcome of the action in the Circuit
Court.
LEAHY GOES TO PRISON
Trusted Employe of Construction
Company Guilty of Embezzlement.
NAMPA. Idaho. March . A. C
Leahy, former bookkeeper in the of
fices of the Utah Construction Com
pany. In this city, was sentenced
by Judge Budge in the District Court
at Caldwell to serve an indeterminate
terra of from on to 14 years in the
Idaho Penitentiary and was taken to
the prison at Boise today to commence
serving his time. Leahy was arrested
here last Thursday, charged with the
embezxiement of about $1000 of the
company's funds. When taken Into
custody he admitted his guilt and when
arraigned. In Probate Court he entered
a plea of guilty. Leahy is a young man
snd was one of the trusted office men
of the Utah Construction Company,
with which he had been associated at
various times for several years.
"SHIP TR'JST" UNDER FIRE
House Adopts Resolution Including
Railways in Scope.
WASHINGTON. March t. The House
has unanimously passed a resolution
calling for an Investigation of the al
leged "shipping trust." by the commit
tee on merchant marine and fisheries.
The resolution, reported to the House
bv the rules committee, was Introduced
by Representative Hardy, of Texas. It
directs the committee to make a thor
ough Investigation of the practices of
all steamship lines.
The committee also Is Instructed to
ascertain their ownership, if possible;
If they are owned by railroads or by
persons who own controlling Interests
In railroads.
PLACE FORJ-EPER SOUGHT
Inspector Beck Not in Favor of Mak
ing Him Light Tender.
TACOM V. Wash.. March . (Special.)
Henry- I Reck, of Portland, inspector
of the Seventeenth Lighthouse District.
Is In Tacoma on a regular inspection
trip of his district and primarily to
investigate and report to the Govern
ment on the feasibility of making John
Kuskln Karly, the leper, tender of the
stake light at Kagle Island. Mr. Beck
said tonight that he certainly should
not recommend that Karly be given the
position, as the present keeper of the
light a man named Johnson had held
the place 2a years.
"Primarily it certainly would not be
justice to ask Johnson's removal to
make way for a leper," said Mr. Beck.
"Johnson Is the only man who would
accept the position in 18S7, when the
II I II L v. roiauiiPiiru, nu no vvvrsv ii
for much less pay than others wanted
I . . . ....vii-K.J a t. i
for the same work. I found In my in
vestigation at Eagle Island today that
the residents are also very much op
posed to having- Early or his family in
their midst. Some of them are very
strong1 In their opinions on this sub
ject. About the only thins the Gov
ernment could do would be to permit
hi residence there. He would not be
allowed to cut any of the timber, as
the woods give mariners an echo dur
ing thick fogs. Just what recommen
dation I will make to the Department
I cannot of course say now."
3-YEAR BILL MODIFIED
SUBCOMMITTEE DRAFTS XEW
HOMESTEAD PROVISION'S.
"Settler or Family" Required to Live
on Land, Instead of Giving
Leave of Absence.
WASHINGTON. March . The sub
committee of the public lands commit
tee having in charge the Borah-Jones
homestead bill has agreed tentatively
to several amendments which will be
luld before full committee for adoption.
Instead of granting six months leave
of absence, the bill will provide that
the "settler or his family" shall re
side upon the land at least seven
months In each year, and before final
proof Is made will require that a
habitable house shall be erected upon
the land, as evidence of intention to
make it a home.
No provision has yet been adopted
requiring any specific amount of cul
tivation, thla subject being still open,
but an amendment has been agreed
upon making the bill applicable to all
pending unperfected homestead entries,
so that. If It Is passed, homesteaders
now striving to comply with the law
may secure title after three instead
of five years' residence.
The amendments adopted will not
meet the opposition raised by the In
terior Department and further protest
from that quarter Is expected.
ACTOR AND BRIDE TAKE DIP
M. W. Brown, With Wife, Takes
I'lungc Daily In Ocean at Seaside.
SKASIDK, Or., March t. (Special.)
Melville W. Brown, who recently closed
a successful tour on the Sullivan &
Consldine circuit with the dramatic
sketch entitled "The Value of a Dol
lar." which attracted attention In Port
land when It was produced at the em
press Theater last October, arrived
here a few days ago accompanied by
his bride whom he married recently in
Kansas City. He has leased a desir
able residence on the boardwalk, where
he will pass his time writing new
Bketches to produce next season.
The copyright office at Washington
notified Brown today that he had re
ceived copyrights for two of hla new
sketches entitled "Hands Up" and "The
Man Who Kept His Word." He in-
i.n.i. to nlav one of the leading parts
in "Hands Up." which will be pro
duced before the coming Summer.
An audience of 50 of the residents of
the city were entertained by Brown
and his wife yesterday when they took
their daily plunge In the surf near
their residence. This is an unusual
slirht here in the Winter time, although
the water Is only a few degrees colder I
than in the summer, wnen nunureas
are to be seen bathing every day.
DIVORCE SjJIT SHADOWY
Curtains on Woman Doctor's Bath
room Windows Betray Her.
NEW TORK, March 6. (Special.)
Shadows of a "short, fat man, with a
big nose and a bald head," floated to
and fro today In the evidence In the
Supreme Court. In a divorce suit
brought by Dr. Alexander Abrams
against his wife, who is known pro
fessionally as Dr. Amelia Fendler.
Mrs. Rupert, widow of the Janitor
of a building at 1391 Madison avenue,
where Dr. Fendler had an office In
1908, Introduced the shadow into the
case. Mrs Rupert sart the elevator
man in the building bad told her that
Henry Wolff, a San Francisco men
chant, waa Dr. Fendler's friend. She
added that Wolff was a short, fat man,
with a bald head.
Later Mrs. Rupert said she saw the
shadow of such a man on the curtains
of Mrs. Fcnlcr's bathroom In the morn
ing and heard sounds and saw shadows
that Indicated to her that Wolff was
taking a bath. In the meantime, she
said. Dr. Fendler was to be seen in
the kitchen of her apartment, prepar
ing breakfast.
WOMAN SENTENCED TO DIE
Order Sets Precedent in Massachu
setts Criminal Action.
PLYMOUTH, Mass., March 6. For
the tirst time In Massachusetts crimi
nal procedure, a woman, Mrs. Lena
Cusumano, of Hull, was sentenced to
death In the electric chair by Judge
Quinn tn the Superior Court here.
Enrico Mascloli, who was convicted
jointly with Mrs. Cusumano for the
murder of the woman's husband In
September, 1910, also was sentenced to
death.
Both sentences are to be carried out
In the week beginning June 2.
QUEEN'S ILLNESS GRAVE
London Disturbed by Reports Con
cerning Health of Dowager,
LONDON. March C. (Special.)
Dowager Queen Alexandra, who has
been 111 with influenza for several
weeks, is not progressing as speedily
toward convalesence as her physicians
expected.
Disturbing rumors hare say her con
dition is extremely serious.
Claims of Settlers Urged.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. March . Representative Haw
ley today appeared before the commit
tee on claims and argued favorable ac
tion on the Senate bill to pay the claims
of Sherman County settlers for Im
provements and lands they lost by rea
son of the Supreme Court's decision In
the overlap land grant case. The bill
carries approximately $350,000. Haw
ley Is hopeful the bill will be favorably
reported-
SUFFRAGE WOMEN CLASH
ASSOCIATION DECLINES TO AF
FILIATE WITH LEAGUE.
Exception Is Taken to Manner of
Forming Advisory Committee
of Societies.
Taking exception to the manner In
which the equal suffrage advisory
committee, nominally composed of the
Ave principal equal suffrage societies
In the city, was formed last Saturday,
Intimating that the obvious purpose
was to break away from the old state
organization and its head. Mrs. Abigail
Scott Dunlway. " speakers yesterday
afternoon, at a meeting of the National
couege Equal suffrage Association re
cently formed here, urged that the
association decline for the present to
affiliate with the league and after
spirited debate carried their point. The
meeting was held In tne T. W. C. A.
The friction came after Mrs. Henry
vv aldo Co, president of the association
who had attended the conference al
which the Joint committee was formed,
had announced to the meeting the
action taken, and asked the association
to ratify it. She explained that the
joint committee was formed merely
tor the purpose of conference. The
purpose was to have delegations of
three from each of the five societies
involved, that they might meet and
compare notes, and work with greater
unity. ."None or the members of the
committee, she said, would have any
executive or legislative power and
were to report to their respective or
ganizations after each conference. Mrs
Cos said that she felt the purpose was
one with which no suffrage worker
could be out of harmony, and asked the
-association to name Its delegates to the
committee and ratify Its formation.
This was Immediately objected to by
Dr. Marie D. Equi, who said that while
she favored Its Intents and objects she
did not approve of the manner in which
tho equal suffrage advisory committee
was formed. "The call," she said, "did
not come from the proper source. The
forum of the Women's Club, from
which it emanated, is not even an or
ganization. The invitation should
properly have come from Mrs. Duniway
on behalf of the State Equal Suffrage
League, and with that as the hub and
center we should have rallied around
it. And yet the forum workers had
the audacity to come out and attempt
to form an organization that would
practically leave out Mrs. Duniway and
trick her Into the bargain. It would
be Just like Teddy Roosevelt trying to
cut Taft out. If we are going to get
into a central committee let us get into
the right one."
Mrs. A. C. Newell, who represented
Mrs. Duniway at the conference Sat
urday, was present at the meeting yes
terday, and while she agreed that Mrs.
Duniway believed the call for the cen
tral committee had Come from the
wrong quarter, she was satisfied with
the result and had agreed to appoint
the delegation of three to represent the
state league In the committee. Despite
statements from ' others that any 111
Judgment In Issuing the call should be
overlooked and the plan ratified. Dr.
Equi Insisted that the committees
should not be recognized. "If Mrs.
Duniway agreed, she agreed under
stress," she said, "and it Isn't the
right thing to do."
Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, president of
the State Women's Press Club, argued
for a recognition of the committee.
"Consider that you, as organizations,
have the right to act," she said. "You
are exercising your own Independent
rights, and would do so whether the
call had come from the old state organ
ization or the forum, so don't let us
wrangle over that little point. After
all there Is no necessity for the call to
have come from Mrs. Duniway or from
any other quarter so long as it was
issued."
After the motion was made to send
a delegation to represent the associa
tion -on the committee, it was decided
to send a committee of three to repre
sent the association at the conference
meeting next Saturday only, that the
committee might not be altogether Ig
nored, pending further action. Dr.
Equl. Miss Emma Wold and-Mrs. C.
Edward Grelle were appointed for this
purpose.
COOS BAY WANTS RAILWAY
Hush McClaln, Business Man, Urges j
Activity to Hold Trade.
"The people of Coos Bay are hoping
the Southern Pacific will soon begin
work at the Marshfield end of Its pro
posed Eugene-Coos Bay extension,"
said Hugh McClain, of Coos Bay, at the
Imperial Hotel yesterday. "We have
expended considerable money dredging
our harbor and otherwise improving
our shipping facilities and believe we
are entitled to the railroad for which
we have waited so long. One steam
schooner will this week load a cargo
of 3,500,000 feet of lumber at Coos Bay
for shipment direct to China.
"Our business men expect soon to
arrange for a hearing before the com
mercial organizations of Portland,
when we will present the necessity df
increased Interest and activity on their
part If the Coos Bay trade, which now
comes almost wholly to this city. Is
not diverted to San Francisco. We
desire to awaken the business men of
Portland on this subject and have them
realize the situation that this trade
may be lost to them If they do not ex
ert themselves."
Mr. McClain is a prominent business
man of Coos Bay. He was the Demo
cratic nominee for Railroad Commis
sioner in the last general election.
KIMMEL JURY DISAGREES
Religion and Lodge Affiliations
Canse Discord in Deliberations.
ST. LOUIS, March t. The third hear
ing of the Kimmel Identity mystery and
insurance contest ended in a mistrial
yesterday, when the Jury, which had
been out 73 hours, was discharged by
Federal Judge Amidon.
The Jury at the finish and through
most of the recent Dalloting, stood 9
to $ for the plaintiff.
Explanations made by various jurors
of their attitude showed that dissent
had Increased rapidly in the last few
hours of their three days together and
that religion and lodge affiliations had
an important part in keeping them
from getting on a common ground.
LAD'S GENIUS HARMS HIM
Kye Blinded and Face Skin Burned
Off Boy Testing, Explosives.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 6. (Spe
cial.) His face burned into a charred
maaa and blindness in one eye is the
reward of Renlus for Charles Sonnick
sen, tbe 14-year-old son of Charles
Sonnlcksen, who was experimenting
with an explosive that he was com
pounding. The boy, who is of an In
ventive turn of mind, was mixing:
brimstone and other materials In a
four-ounce glass receptacle, when the
Cx plosion occurred. His face was so
lose to the flame that the greater part
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all who travel the valley roads, be
cause of his prize ten-acre strawberry
patch about three miles from the city.
He has attended the berry patch alone
for the last two years' and because of
his &ge and the success he has met
with the lad has often been the subject
of praise as a genius.
Smooth Shave Saves Dr. Fong.
BAKER, Or., March . (Special.)
After arresting1 Dr. Fong on the charge
of practicing" medicine -without a license
and placing the mart under bond for a
week while they investigated, the au
thorities found they had the wrong- man
when the trial came before Justice
Patterson today. This was brought
out by the testimony of Mrs. Phillip D.
Murray, who said the one who treat
ed her had a moustache. District at
torney Levens then dropped the case
apai nst the smooth -shaven Fonjr and
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will try to catch the other man" who
is believed to have left the state.
Seattle Man Succeeds Lawrence.
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ernor Hay today appointed Harry K.
Wilson, a Seattle attorney, to the place
on the State Public Service Commission,
made vacant by the resignation of
Chairman J. C. Lawrence, who quit
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