THE JIORXIXG OREfcoXIAN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 4, 1913. IB CASES I Ofl APPEAL BE SETTLED Judge Gantenbein Will Handle Those Coming From Mu nicipal Court. ACCUMULATION IS HEAVY Deputy CHy Attorney Sullivan to Prosecute More Than 100 Cases Arc to Be Disposed Of as Quickly as Possible. Appealed cases from the Municipal Court, which have been lying neglected In the Circuit Court for more than a year, during which more than 100 of them have accumulated, are to be dis posed of immediately. Presiding Judge Morrow having assigned Judge Gan tenbein to the exclusive work of hand ling these cases. Judge Gantenbein and Deputy City Attorney Sullivan, who will prosecute the cases, conferred yes terday and a general call has been sent out for all the attorneys concerned to appear Thursday, at which time the cases will be set for trial. Police officers who were the wit nesses in the trials In the lower courts look for few convictions, particularly in the older cases, because in many in stances the witnesses have disappeared or other causes have supervened which make conviction impossible. Many cases probably will be dismissed at a stroke of the pen, on account of the hope lessness of securing convictions. Quick Action Desired. What the police and the officers of the lower court are hoping to see es tablished is a continuous provision, whereby the cases appealed may be tak en up immediately while the matter is fresh. Only in this way. they say, can the practice be broken up of tak ing frivolous appeals, merely for the purpose of obstructing justice. It has been the experience of the past that the cases in which public policy most demanded quick and con dign punishment are the very ones sure to be appealed, to lie hidden until the emergency which called them forth has passed by. As a consequence the Municipal Court, which most nearly reaches the little tragedies of the com mon people, has nearly lost all effi ciency and influence for good and has become merely a medium for register ing perfunctory punishment against petty and habitual offenders. Kill In Sentenced. An instance of the paralyzing ef fect of delayed appeals was seen In yesterday's docket, when Charles Hill was given a penalty of 90 days and $200 for keeping a house where morphine was sold. He was convicted of a like offense a few months ago and took an immediate appeal, which Is still pending. In the meantime, it is asserted, he has returned to his prac- j tlces. With him, Ed Fitzpatrick was given an equal sentence. In another eae J. H. Cooper and Alfred Taylor -were sentenced to 90 days and $200 for having hypodermic needles. Hill's bond on appeal was fixed at $1000. manager of the Northwest Harvester Company, is at the Multnomah. J. H. Van Zandt, of Falls City, is registered at the Perkins. E. Jackson, an attorney of Los An geles, is at the Portland. A. Malcolm, a merchant of Echo, is registered at the Perkins. T. W. R. Nelson, of Boise, Idaho, is registered at the Portland. Morris Schnal, a merchant of Tilla mook. is at the Multnomah. E. F. Balton, a Hood River merchant. is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Calder, of Van couver, are at the Multnomah. J. G. Glnner, of Kalama, and wife are registered at the Bowers. W. H. Kinsey, a banker of Cleve land, O., is registered at the Portland. Mr. nd Mrs. E. B. Lemon, of Cor- rallls. are registered at the Cornelius. A. J. Lamar, a prominent cotton grower from Nashville, Tenn., Is at the Multnomah. S. T. Houser. manager of a large smelting concern in Helena, Mont., is at the Portland. y J. B. McGrane, proprietor of the NEW MANAGER OF POSTAL TELEGRAPH OFFICH BEGAN LIFE AS MESSENGER BOY, V 4 1 it A Vitjo. f ;v - Vv J. t f i , ......A ,. . ! B. S. Durkee. JURY MAY PASS ON WAKEFIELD CASE If Case Is Taken From Judge Cleland Change of Venue Will Be Asked. MORROW REFUSES TO ACT Beginning- work 24 years ago as a messenger boy, B. S. Durkee, on September 1 became manager of the Portland office of the Postal Telegraph & Cable Com pany, one of the most important posts of the kind on the Pacific Coast. Durkee succeeds John Annand, who has become manager of the Portland Commercial Club. His first work was with the Western , Union in this city when, at the age of 12 years, he began deliv ering messages. He soon became an operator and was one of the first telegraph men to use the typewriter and in 1903 went to New York, where he won first prize for speed and accuracy in receiving messages with a type writer. His record of copying 97 messages, averaging 10 words each besides the addresses and signatures, in one hour, still stands. For the last 10 years Durkee has been chief operator in the Portland office. He is married and is a member of the Masonic fraternity. WILSON MEETING CALLED Women Especially Invited to Help Xon-Partisan Movement. A meeting tf men and women, with nut rppnrH tn nnlitlfnl nnrtleM will he held in the auditorium of the East Side Library at 8 o'clock tomorrow night for the purpose of effecting a non partisan organization to assist in the Woodrow Wilson campaign in Oregon. The proposed organization will be entirely Independent of the various party campaign clubs and will be open to members of all parties and to women who are not yet members of any party. It is for this reason that all women who are Interested in the candidacy of Wilson are urged to attend Thursday night's meeting. Among those who have called the meeting are: R. W. Raymond, R. J. Furbeck, E. F. Cannon, C. L. Meach, Henry I. Seddon, C. M. Rynerson, R. B. White, Frank C. Simmons. I. Swett, Mark Gill. W. A. Montgomery, W. S. Ashur. William T. Foster, E. J. Mautz, O. C. Bortzmeyer. M. M. Mathieson, J. J. Sayre, E. A. Lundburg, Pwight A. San born, Howard Stewart, Albert S. Bibblns and Eben Mounce. MOUNT M'KINLEY IS GOAL Two Expeditions, One Led by Wom an, to Try Ascent Xext Spring. SEATTLE. Sept. 3. An expedition to climb Mount "McKinley next Spring has been organized by C. E. Rusk, editor of the Prosser, "Wash.. Independent, re puted to be the most skillful mountain climber In the Pacific Northwest, and Merl Lavoy, who was a member of the unsuccessful Herschel Parker expedi tions of 1910 and 1913. Rusk, who is a member of the Portland Mazamas, led an unsuccessful expedition to the mcuntaln in 1910. Herschel Parker and Belmore Brown have announced that they will not try again. Miss Dora Keen, of Philadel phia, who climbed Mount Blackburn last Summer, is considering an expedi tion to Mount McKinley. If she goes she will take the men who conquered Mount Blackburn with her, and who live at Kennecott. Alaska. The Rusk-Lavoy party will leave Fairbanks late in February. Lavoy already has dogs and much equipment. Bellinger Hotel of Lewlston, Idaho, I at the Imperial. J. T. McCormick, president of th Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, Is at the Multnomah. T. D. Chamberlain, secretary of the Pullman Company, is registered at the Portland, from Denver, Col. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Brumel, of Cleveland. O., are visiting Mrs. Sam uel Rosenblatt, who has just returned from the beach. Mr. and Mrs. A. HImmelbauer, of Helena, Mont., are at the Multnomah and w-ill remain in this city during the coming winter. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bramwell, of La Grande, are at the Oregon. Mr. Bram well Is Interested In the sugar enter prises at La Grande. Miss Elizabeth Rohns. formerly of Detroit. Mich., who will enter the University of Michigan this Fall, has been visiting Miss Ruby Severand, at 11SS Boston avenue, for several days, LAUD SHOW SITE IS UP MOLIXE PIXW BCILDIXG EAST SIDE CONSIDERED. OX PERS0NAL MENTION. M. H. Hartwell. of Salem, is at the Annex. C. R. Foote, of Hoquiam, is at the Imperial. William Howard, of Medford. is at the Perkins. G. E. Fox. of Victoria, B. C, is at the Portland. W. B. Presley, of Goldendale. is at the Cornelius. F. I Stewart, a banker bf Kelso, is at the Oregon. W. E. Pierce, a Boise capitalist. Is at the Oregon. Clark Wilson, a banker of Helena, is at the Portland. M. Warner and wife, of Spokane, are at the Cornelius. J. C. Barthold, of North Yakima, Is at the Cornelius. F. M. McClund and wife, of Albany. re at the Oregon. F. M. Clark and wife, of Eugene. tre at the Multnomah. F. E. Hill, of Grants Pass, is regis tered at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bigelow, of Se ittle, are at the Annex. W. E. King, an applegrower of Hood River, is at the Oregon. C R. Skofield. a Centralia timber wan, is at the Perkins. A. R. Blewett. of Spokane, general Xational Guard Armory and Gipsy Smith Tabernacle Talked Of. Women to Be Interested. Although the board of directors of the Northwest Pacific Land Products Show, in luncheon session at the Com merclal Club yesterday, did not definite ly accept the recommendation of the committee on location, it was intimated strongly that the big show, November IS to S3, will be held at the Moline Plow Building. 320 East Morrison. The committee on location, of which F. W. Hild Is chairman, favored the site on the East Side, but also sug gested the National Guard Armory and the Gipsy Smith Tabernacle. The Moline Plow building was regarded in the report as the most feasible loca tion because of its convenient proxinv ity to railroad and streetcar line traffic. Two full floors and a base ment are ai-ailable in this building. It is quite probable that the matter will be decided definitely next Friday noon wnen a large booster luncheon will be held at the Multnomah Hotel. The arrangements are in the hands of F. W. Hlld, W. H. Chapin and W. E Coman. They will send out letters of Invitation to all those who have sub scribed to the fund being raised for the coming exposition and to all those who have taken an active interest in its success. It is expected that 100 or more will attend the luncheon. John S. Beall, the president of the show, presided at the board meeting yesterday. In addition to the considera tion of a location, ways and means were discussed to attract further sup port from the business men of Port land. G. E. A. Bond, manager of the association, announced that the women of Portland should also be interested in the products show.' as ample op portunity would be given them to win valuable prizes for the exhibition of preserved fruit. Jellies, jams, bread and other manufactures of the housewife. L0WRATE TO STATE FAIR Via Oregon Electric for Shriners, Woodmen and Everybody. $1.50 round trip from Portland to Salem every day this week. Return limit Septercber 9. All tickets good on all trains. Oregon Electric Ry. Out of total adult mhlte male popula tion of iss.rtCM in the Transvaal, nearly 30. OOu are unmarried men. Kavanaugh "Will Pass on Contention of Contractors' Attorneys City Will Resist All Moves to Transfer Jurisdiction. Should Circuit Judge Kavanaugh grant the motion to take the case of Robert Wakefield & Co. against the city from the hands of Referee Cleland, to whom he referred it, and order a Jury trial, which, it Is believed, he Is almost certain to do in view of the sit uation created by the demand of the City Council that it be done. Attorneys Mannix and Coovert, representing the plaintiffs, will apply to Presiding Judge Morrow for a change of venue. . The lawyers do not believe that it would be fair to the contractors, espe cially In view of the public agitation which has arisen, to. try the case before a Multnomah County jury. Judge Morrow Refuses to Act. The two attorneys and Deputy City Attorney Tomllnson, representing the city, appeared before Presiding Judge Morrow yesterday and the latter pre sented the motion to take the case away from Judge Cleland and have a Jury trial. Judge Morrow refused to entertain the motion, referring the at torneys to Judge Kavanaugh, who re ferred the case and who. Judge Morrow insisted, is the proper person to con sider and pass upon the motion. Judge Morrow absolutely refused to accept any responsibility in the case. Attorney Mannix mentioned to Judge Morrow that an application would be made for a change of venue, but the Judge even refused to discuss thisques tion, remarking that this Is a question which could not come up till the mo tion for a jury trial had been disposed of. He did not indicate definitely whether he would hear this motion him self or refer it to Judge Kavanaugh, refusing to commit himself in any way. Judge Kavanaugh, who is now occupied with the Hazel Erwin murder trial, said he would find time today or tomorrow to pass on the motion for a jury trial. City Will Kijcht Chance of Venue. Mr. Tomllnson announced that the city will strenuously resist the effort to secure a change of venue. Mr. Man nix stated that he is willing to have the case tried in any county of the state where the influence of an afternoon paper, which printed bitter criticisms because Judge Cleland was hearing the testimony, does not extend. The editor and a reporter of this paper have been cited to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court as has also Councilman Magulre, whotJ Introduced at a session of the City Council the resolution which led to the belated demand by the city for a jury trial. Judge Cleland has finished hearing the plaintiffs' testimony, the taking of which occupied more than five weeks. barley from San Francisco to United King dom. 40a. Chartered by Strauss & Co. E. B. Jackson, schooner. 615 tons; lum ber from Grays Harbor to Valparaiso tor orders. 63s Od. Chartered by W. R. Grace ft Co. Kokomii. schooner. 4S2 tons: lumber from Puget Sound to Honolulu. $7.50. Ry&Ja. Norwegian steamer, 3626 tons; wheat from Pilget Sound to United King dom of Continent, 50s. KThartered by Port land Flouring Mills Company. R. W. Bartlett. schooner. 473 tons; lum ber from Grays Harbor to Callao. 62s 6d. Chartered by W. R. Grace A Co. W. H. Marston. schooner. 1110 tons; lum ber from Puget Sound or Columbia River to v alparaiso for orders. Chartered by Bal four, Guthrie A Co. Sehome. schooner. 620 tons; lumber from Grays Harbor to Honolulu. 7.50. English Monarch. British ateamer. 3207 tons; wheat from Portland or Tacoma to United Kingdom or Continent. 4Ss 9d. Chartered by Balfour. Guthrie or Co. Manila, schooner, 647 tons: lumber from Grays Harbor to Caliao. private terms. Chartered by buaaen & Chnstenaon. Aloha, schooner, 742 tons; lumber from Grays Harbor to Callao. private terms. Chartered b sudden & Chrlstenson. Sals ABERDEEN ARRIVES IX" PORT Steam Schooner Is Here for First Time In Two Years. The steam schooner Aberdeen ar rived In port yesterday for the first time in two years, although previously she was a frequent visitor, and is now n command of Captain Mahoney, form erly master of the steam schooner Tahoe. During her absence she has been under contract to the City of Oakland and engaged in towing gar bage to sea and dumping it in deep water. She brought from San Francisco 200 tons of general merchandise and 300 tons of cement, which she is discharg ing at the Oak-street dock. She will load lumber at Westport for San Francisco. SHIP SUBSIDY IS URGED CALIFORXIAXT POIXTS OCT X'EED OF MERCHANT MARIXE. Hostility of Interior States Prevents Aid by Congress, Declares Representative. Congressman Knowland, of Califor nia, has long been known as an advo cate of legislation favorable to an American merchant marine. Yester day, in an interview, he told about San Francisco's shipping needs: 'Shipping statistics show that the disengaged foreign tonnage at the present time is 6398 tons and at the same time last year it was 14,841 tons and the tonnage now engaged Is less than that of last year by several thou sand -tons. 'The fact that there are not enough ships in sight to care for the Cali fornia crops is a strong argument in itself in favor of the ship subsidy bill and the furtherance of the merchant marine propoganda. On every hand It is aamlttea tnat something should be done to place our flag on the ocean, but wnenever leg islation is proposed to encourage the American merchant marine the serious ness does not seem to be appreciated by the Representatives from the inter ior states. The granting of free tolls to American bottoms through the Pan ama Canal may have some benefit, but It will be necessary to convince tne voters of the Middle West, who now practically control CongTess on such matters, that this country needs and urgently . needs, a merchant marine.", LISTIX'G VESSEL IS FEARED British Steamer Xetherpark Leaves Portland In Bad Condition. When the British steamship Nether- park, with a cargo of lumber for Port Pirle. was taken from her wharf here a few days ago she had a list to port that almost put her side in the water and at the time it was feared tnat sne would lie broadside in the water. Bv skillful management she reached Astoria, where, under the direction of Captain Crowe, surveyor for the un derwriters. some of ner cargo wai hifted to place her on a somewhat even keel. Experienced shipping men, who saw the vessel before her departure are fullv under the belief that if she ex periences any bad weather she will be heard from during me present ween. 6 VESSELS ARE CHARTERED Scarcity of Tonnage for Grain and Lumber Keeps Up Rates. Coast charterers during the past few ays have announced a list of 16 fix tures for grain and lumber. Scarcity of tonnage continues to hold the rates p to stiff figures. A list oi tne latest charters is as follows: Aloena. schooner. 83. tons: lumber from Puget sound to West Coast. J. tv. Cllse. schooner. 712 tons; lumber from Willapa to Valparaiso. Bourbakl. French bark, 1157 tons: barley from San Francisco to United Kingdom. 40s. Chartered by Strauss Co. Columbia, schooner. 5R4 tons; lumber from rays Harbor to West Coast. Duns Law, British steamer. 2602 tons; barley from. San Francisco loptlon of mer chandise to United Kingdom. 41 &d. Chartered by Baltour. Guthrie & Co. Due 3 Auraale. French barn, 1U44 tons; t BEAVER'S CARGO IS HEAVY OXE Total of 2450 Tons Will Be Taken South This Trip. When the steamer Beaver. Captain Mason, sails this morning for San Fran cisco and San Pedro she will carry 380 passengers, her first cabin having been sold a week in advance. Her freight will consist of 2450 tons, and this includes 1600 tons for San Pedro, which is the largest single ship ment ever made from Portland to that port by one of the regular coast liners. This shipment consists largely of paper and canned goods. Ship Crews Being Paid Off. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) The crew arriving from Bristol Bay on the ship St. Francis is being paid off this afternoon and the crew ar riving on the bark W. B. Flint will be paid off tomorrow. The crew of the ship St. Nicholas was also paid off today. It Is estmated that approxi mately $110,000 will be distributed as wages among the men belonging to the crews of these cannery ships. Marine Xotes. The steam schooner Hoquiam is at Rainier, loading lumber for San Fran cisco. The schooner Eric has been chartered to load lumber at St. Helens for Val paraiso. The Japanese steamship Unkia Maru has arrived at Rainier, where she will load lumber for the Orient. The schooner T. P. Emhigh, with cargo of lumber for Valparaiso, was towed to sea yesterday. The steamer Alliance sailed yester day for Coos Bay and Eureka with freight and passengers. The steam schooners Daisy Freeman and Shoshone, with cargoes of lumber for San Pedro, went to sea yesterday The steamer Grahamona, Just finished at Supple's shipyard, will be launched this afternoon at 2 o clock. The British ships Killarney and Gal gate are at Linnton discharging bal last and will begin loading wheat on September !. The British steamship Strathardle with a partial cargo of redwood for Sidney, sailed from Eureka yesterday for this port, where she will load more lumber. The motor schooner Delia, which runs coastwise from this port, was lifted on the ways at Supple's shipyard yesterday for calking and having a new wheel put on. For use by Porter Brothers in their railroad operations near the Siuslaw, Joseph Supple has completed a barge that is fitted with tanks to carry 700 barrels of oil. As a result of the recent rains the Willamette River has risen two feet and is still rising. This will insure good navigation until the regular Winter rains begin. The new steam schooner Camlno owned by Swayne & Hoyt, and one of the largest of her kind ever construct ed, will arrive this morning from San Francisco with 61.000 sacks of cement and 500 tons of general merchandise- The Standard Oil Company steamer Atlas and its barge No. 93, arrived yes d5 "re - -it Aits3ai3 I S3 i 3 as ii !K -ft n .Mil 'IfcO""- : rt-f' I Z L'i II . New RicFimond Hotel Fourth Awe. and Main St. SEATTLE Absolutely fireproof. Conveniently located. All outside rooms. Sates: $1 per day; with bath, $1.50 ' J. 5. McTERNAN. Mtwr SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. BRASFIELD & PORGES 'FOR MEN WHO KNOW 1U THDtD STREET RAILWAY EX. BIDG. PRICES 20 25 30 Sailed at noon, steamer Rose City, for San Pedro. Arrived at noon, steamer Aurelia, irom coiumoia itiver. fomt j-,odo3. sept. s. fassea at 10 a. m steamer W. F. Herrin. from Portland, for .Monterey. Monterev. Sent. 2. Sailed Steamer W. S. Porter, for Portland. Eureka. Sept. 2. Sal ed British Strath arae. ror Portland. Asioria, sept. 2. Arrivea at 7 A. M.. Dartf W. B. Flint, from Kogsrlung. Left up at 7:30 f. m., Japanese steamer LtiKai Maru rso. z. L zard. bent. 'Z. Passed uerman bark KeinoeK. irom Portland, ror London. Seattle. "Wash.. Sept. Arrived Steam ers Titan. Teucer. from Tacoma: Captain A. F. Lucas, from San Francisco; Dlrfgo, from ooutncasiern Alaska, fallen steamers L.ee- !anaw for Nome; Umatilla, Buckman, for San Francisco; President, Sado Maru, for Tacoma. San Francisco. Sept. 3. Arrived Steam ers Serapis. from Hamburtr: Tamaloals. Au relia. from Columbia Rfvcr; Nann Smith, from Coos Bay: Norwood, from Gravs Har bor: Johan Poulsen, from Raymond; City of i-an a ma, irom Ancon; -Mongolia, irom Montf. Kong; urays waroor, irom tirays Harbor srnooner Mahukona. lor Gamble. Bailed- Steamers City of Puebla, for Victoria; River- siae, zor Port Angeles. Colombia River Bar Report. Condition at the mouth of the river at 5 f. smootn; wind, northwest. Zi mileu weather, clear. Tides at Astoria Wednesday. Hiffh. T,nw :17 A. M 57 feet!ll:06 A- M....3.0 feet o:ai i. m .i ieet IS STEAMER UTTZXLIGEXCK, Due to Arrive. Name. From Date. Beaver Ban Pedro.... In port Isthmian Eallna Crus.. In port Roaooke San Diego.... In port Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook. ... In port Anvil Bandon Sept. 2 Bear en Pedro. ..-Sept. a Breakwater. .. .Coos Bay.... Sept. 5 Geo. W. Elder; .San Dies;... Sept. V Rosa Cltv.....an Pedro. .. Sept. 9 Nevadan Sailna Cruz..ept. l'J Lyra Eallna Crux.. &;pt 36 Kebraskan Sallna Crua-.Oct. 4 To Depart. Name. Fas? Data, Bne H. Elmore Tillamook.... Sept. S Anvil Bandon Sept. 4 Beaver Ean Pedro... Bept. 4 Roanoke -San Diego. ...Sept. 4 Tale S. F. to L. A.. .Sept. 4 Harvard S. P. aUA.. Sept. 6 Breakwater.... Coos Bay.... Sept. 7 Isthmian eallna Crux. .Sept.. 5 Bear Ean Pedro... Sept. 0 Alliance Eureka Sept. 10 . Geo. W. Elder. San Dlego...-Sept- 11 Rosa City. .....San Pedro, .. Sept. 14 Nevadan... I.. alma Crua.Sept. 18 Lyra Eallna Crux. . . Btpt. 30 Mebraskan... . .Eallna Crua. .. Oct. 8 terday from California 'with cargoes of fuel oil, which they are discharging; at Portsmouth. They will sail again today. The schooner Matthew Turner fin ished loading lumber at the mill of the Portland Lumber Company yesteraay for New Zealand. Before sailing she will be taken to St. Helens to have a new jiggermast stepped. The bar tug Tatoosh, of the Puget Sound Tow Boat Company, has finished towing barges to Alaska for the sea son and is back on the Columbia River bar.- The little steamer North King, tender to the Nushagak River Cannery oi tne Portland-Alaska Packing Company, which arrived from Alaska a couple of days ago. has been placed in Winter Quarters at Goble. r-antain Anderson, of tne scnooner Ludlow, has reporter to me nyaro graphic office of Portland that on August 17, in latitude 46:16 north, Innsritude 125.09 west, he sighted a spar 50 feet long and 18 Inches in diameter. Movements of Vessels. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 3. Left up at 8 A. M., steamer North King. Arrived down at S A. M schooner Wm. Nottingham. Sailed at 8-30 A M., barkentine Thos. P. Emfgli. for Valparaiso. auca j i-.o' r. ji.. nenuirn naisv FreemAn andV Shoshone, for San Pe dro. Arrived down at 5 P. M.. British steam er Clan Maelver. San f rancisco. tpi. -i. jirrivea i - --v. M., stsamer Tamalpaia, from Portland. V ICE COMMISSION CHARGED WITH MISSTATING FACTS. Roonilng-Hoase landlord Defends Tenants and Calls Commis sion's Ways a Joke. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 3. (To the vice Commission Gentlemen.) I nave reaa wltn much Interest your secona report on the vice situation in Portland and the interpretation you have put upon it. I have also studied the , joker which you publish in it without a key. I own a building at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Washington streets, the upper two stories of which are used as a private hotel called the Netherlands. If I have Interpreted your map correctly, you nave classed tnis as an Immoral place. I have been renting property of various kinds and for various purposes for the past 35 years and I believe I am rated as an honest, conservative and con scientious man and landlord. This is the nrst time my integrity or morality has ever been publicly attacked. I erected the building in question about four years ago. refusing to en tertain the proposition of upper stories until I secured a tenant of unques tioned character. I loaned the lady the money to furnish it with at eight per cent with no commissions to any one. 1 thenjuilt as convenient a place for her as my past experience had suggested, giving all light rooms and plenty of baths, making her rent 18 per room, which was 13 per room un der the market at that time. She saved $1500 oft her furniture by paying cash no small profit' to begin with and the house was a great success. After two years her health failed and the lease was transferred to the present tenants. Mr. and Mrs. Bushong. I looked carefully Into the character of these people before consenting to the transfer. I found them to be refined. genteel people, and ones who would no more countenance such proceeding as you intimate than would any of you people, who represent this com mittee, think of introducing such char acters into your own homes. In addi tion to this, I have always kept an eye on the class of roomers there; 'the moving condition in their lease on the subject you are investigating is as fol. lows: 'It is the intention of the lessee of these rooms to conduct a rooming- house therein, and this lease is made on the express condition and agree ment that no Immoral person, or per sons, or undesirable tenants shall be allowed therein. It shall be conducted as a first-class rooming-house in every respect conforming to all the ordi nances of the city. No single male roomer eball be allowed to take a woman to his room. No single woman shall be rented a room unless she has some regular occupation or means of making a livelihood. Married couples must be required to furnish satisfac tory' references as to their respecta bility. No room shall be rented tran sient. A failure to observe these clauses shall operate to the immediate cancelling of this lease.'" I understand your committee has ab solutely refused to give your evidence in these cases. I beg to inform you that I have placed this matter in the hands of my aftorney with instruc tions, if he can legally do so, to make you either produce your testimony in a court of legal standing, retract your statements concerning my property, or commence proceeding for criminal libel. I regret exceedingly the course you have pursued in this inquiry and the unnecessary odium you have brought on our fair city and Its good name. You have advertised us by your ac tions all over the United States as the most immoral city on the Pacific Coast. This was not only unnecessary, but very unjust. The vice conditions, while admittedly bad, are no worse here than in Seattle or Los Angeles and not in the same class with San Francisco at alL Your method of getting informa tion in this matter is, in my judgment. despicable matter, and one that hould never have been used by honor- ble men. You hire a man to attempt to prostitute another man for the sake of evidence, and such evidence is not worth the paper it is written on, as Is evidenced In the case of Witness Franklin -in the Darrow trial recently eld In Los Angeles. I protest most earnestly against this persistent wash- Suburbs of Oakland, California. Fall Semester Opens August 20th mm i 12 If Students admitted who offer fifteen recommended units from accredited high schools and preparatory schools, with acceptable testimonials as to character and purposes. - Twenty-one departments including languages, an cient and modern, sciences, with well-equipped la boratories, arts, theory and practice, history, litera ture, music, home economics. Degrees A. B., B. L., and B. S. conferred. President, LtTELLA CLAY CARSON, A. M, LL. D. For catalogues address Eegistrar, Mills College P. O., California. .TheCamparuIS Business College roiBIHPorrw'0" ATTEND THE BEST Send for Catalogue. I. M. WALKER, Pres. O. A. BOSSERMAN, Mgr. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE This great institution opens Its doors for the Fall semester on September 20th. Courses of Instruction include: General Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Hus bandry, Dairy Husbandry, Bacteriology. Botany and Plant Pathology, Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture. Entomology, Veterinary Science Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical En glneerlng. Mining Engineering, High way Engineering, Domestlo Science, Domestic Art, Commerce Forestry, Pharmacy, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, English Language and Literature, Publio Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art. Architecture; Industrial Pedagogy, Physical Educa tion, Military Science and Tactics, and Music. Catalogue and Illustrated literature mailed free on application. Address: Registrar, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls, Oregon. School Tear Opens September 20th. PORTLAND ACADEMY Will open September 16. Office hours 9 A. M. to 12 M. and 2 until 6 P. M. Fits boys and girls for college. Gradu ates enter on examination Harvard, Princeton. Yale. Brvn Mawr, Massachu setts Institute of Technology; on cer tificate Arnhertt. Cornell. Williams, Smith, Vassar, Wellesley, Gouclier, Heed and other colleges and universi ties of the Pacific Coast. Well-eauirDd laboratories in Chem istry and Physics. Field practice in surveying. Departments In charge of college men and women. Classical, Scientific, Modem Language and Com mercial Courses. Gymnasium under skilled director. Track and field athlet ics. The school includes a thorough Primary and Grammar School. Cata loyue on application. For Manly Boys De Koven Hall has i notable record In thor oughly and cleanly pre paring boys for college. Special Instruction In lan guages. Delightful healthy location on Lake Stella- coom, near Tacoma. Term opens Sept. 12. Write for catalog. S. PULFORD, Principal, 60. Tacoma, Wash. thrift 1 j BUSINESS COLLEGE 1 WRITE FOR CATALOG School that Placet Yon in a Good Position UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Department of MEDICINE Chartered by the Regent 1887. Twenty-sixth annual session opens Oc tober T. 1812. CCKRICULCM A course of four years duration, of eight months each, leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine, REQUIREMENTS OF ADMISSION A successfully completed four-year high school course ; and, in addition, one year of col lege wort, embracing biology, chemistry, physics and a modern, foreign language (preferably German). LABORATORY FACILITIES Ample fa- cilitles for practical, technical training la the departments of anatomy, physiology, pathology and bacteriology, chemistry and pharmacology under special Instructors. CLINICAL ADVANTAGES The large city hospitals. Including Good Samaritan. St. Vincent's and the Multnomah Hospital, of fer excellent facilities for clinical teaching; and the Portland free dispensary Is con ducted under the auspices of this college, tu affiliation with the People's Institute, and tho Visiting Nurses' Association. The class es are divided Into small groups, with a view to more Individual Instruction. Op portunity for Internships are offered In tha 1.arlous hospitals at the time of graduation. For catalogue and particulars address Dr. Kenneth A. J. , Mackenzie, Dean. Medical Department. University of Oregon, 83d and Love Joy bts., Portland. Or. Western Residential Schools Distinctively Christian Non-Denominational BRAEMAR A high- class residential and - day school for erlrls of all ages. SHAUGHXESSY HEIGHTS VANCOUVER, Large grounds, magnificent build ings, with every modern appliance for health and comfort. Staff unequalled; every teacher a specialist in her own department. DR. E. D. McLAREN 4 Stanley Court Vancouver, B. C. LAW DEPARTMENT. UNIVERSITY OS OREGON. Portland, Oreffon. Fall term opens September 17. 1012. Course or tnree years, leaaina to aearee 01 l.u. a and embracing 20 branches of the law. In cluding moot court and debate work. Can didates prepared especially for admission to Bar. vacuity 01 seventeen instructors, lo cated In heart of city. Adlacent to courts. For catalogue glvlnr entrance reauirementt ana run lniormation aaaress . natter uu lard. Secretary. 214 Central Bide Portland. Piano Studio LOUIS H. BOLL TEACHER OF PIANO. SPECIAL CARE WITH CHILDREN. 300-1-3 Tllford BIdj. A SPLENDID SCHOOL For YOUNG MEN and BOYS College. High School and Commercial Courses. Grammar Grades Taught to Boys Over 10 Years. , COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Portland, Or. Her. Joseph Gallagher, C. 8. C. Write for Cataloa-ne. L MILITARY ACADEMY PORTLAND. OREGON Send for Illustrated Catalogue. hL n m n;nn fa J n gTrt vtt ' " ! ? P' g " Boarding and Day School. Based n Provisions Made by Legisla ture. 1911, for Standard Normals. Accredited by the State. Opens September 9. lull!.. An efficient corps of trained teachers. Large and complete practice school. Domestic Science and Agriculture Departments, Musia and Art. For particulars address The Hecretaryv Convent of Holy Names, Villa Maria, Oswego, Or. SCHOOL OF THE PORTLAND ART ASSOCIATION Instructors, Henry Frederick Went. Mary Hortenae Weliater. CLASSES Drawing;, modeling;, life, portrait, advanced-painting, sketch and illustration, composition, design, craft work and art lectures. Also evening; and children's classes. Fourth year begins October 7, 1913. Studios In the Museum of Art, Fifth, and Taylor streets. Circular upon ap plication to Anna B. Crocker, curator. HARTVIG NISSEN'S SCHOOL 0FMECHAN0-THERAPY OPENS SEPTEMBER NINTH. Thorough course given in therapeutic mas sage and gymnastics, anatomy, physiology and kinesiology as taught by Mr. Nissen at Harvard University for '22 years. Call or write for particulars. 654 Love joy at., near 20th. Tel. Marshall 2707. Piano School E.LBETTINGER MISS RENEE BETTINGER Residence Studio, 815 LOVEJOY ST. Main 3978 MISS CATLIN'S Boarding and Day School for Girls OPENS SEPTEMBER 18TH 161 Twenty-third St; North, . Portland,' Oregon. Ins; of dirty clothes when it can as well be done down cellar. There are some rooming--houses In this city which are not what they should be. Had you desired to know which they were you had only to call the first messen ger boy you met and he could have enumerated them on his fingers for you. and the information would, I will venture, to assert, have been nearer the truth than what you have. With this information in your hands you could have gone to the landlord guilty and either by persuasion or threats have quietly and decently changed the whole situation and none but the in terested parties would ever have known about it. It is now household talk to children from whom such mat ters should be kept as long as possible. MARTIN WINCH. G. Keller Again Disappears. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) Q. Keller, a painter who left here mysteriously about two years ago and returned after making a visit to his home in Switzerland, where he had not been for 4 years, is again mlsslriK, having drawn out what money he had in banks. HOTEL STEWART SAN FHAflGISGQ Geary Street, above Union Square European Plan $1.60 a day up American Plan $3.00 a day up New steel and brick structure. Every modern convenience. Moderate rates. Center of theater and retail district. Oncarlines transferring all over city. Electric omnibus meets trains and stami s.