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ta THE SfORXiyG OREGOSIAS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1912. t innni nniiii pp n i n. i i UUbft UUIiillllDDlUN f!WaS6v vs MOOSE LINE-UP IS ONLY SPECULATIVE Presidential Electors Will Be Named at Salem Conven tion Next. Tuesday; THIRD TICKET IS AGITATED Robert Service, of Baker, Would Be Candidate for Railroad Commis sioner, and George F. Rodgers Would Oppose Hawley. Whether the Roosevelt Progressive party at Its convention In Salem next Tuesday will do anything: more than nominate candidates for Presidential electors Is a matter of speculation Members of the new party In this county will not hazard a guess. If Roosevelt when In Portland Wednesday made any recommendations as to a third ticket In this state, the leaders of the Bull Moose organisation will not admit it. Primarily the purpose of the state convention is to nominate candidates for Presidential electors. Candidates for elector were nominated at what was supposed to be a state convention of the party In Portland In July, but It afterwards developed that the party had not effected a legal organization. Circulation of petitions creating the Progressive party was then resorted to and these petitions were filed at Salem this week. It now becomes necessary for another convention to ratify the work of the July mass meet ing. This will probably be done. Candidates Are Ready. At the Salem convention, however, the subject of nominating candidotes for state ofTices, or of indorsing candi. dates already in the field will be dis cussed. If it is decided to bring out candidates for the various state offices, Robert Service, of Baker, will seek the nomination of Railroad Commissioner. Nothing is known as to what other nominations are contemplated or who will seek recognition. In addition to the state convention, a convention will also be held of dele gates from the First Congressional Dis trict to consider the advisability of naming a candidate for Representative In Congress from that district to op pose Representative Hawley, who has been renominated for the office by the Republicans. If a Congressional candi date is nominated. George F. Rodgers, of Salem, who was permanent chair man of the Bull Moose mass meeting in this city in July, will be the nominee. Delegates Will Be Volnnteera. Both conventions will be attended by volunteer delegates from the various counties of the state. Since the new party has just perfected a necessary legal organisation, no method has been provided Tor selecting delegates. As a result, it will be possible for any member of the new party In any county to qualify as a delegate to the two gatherings. Although a report Is overdue, the committee appointed by the Bull Moose organization In Multnomah County to decide as to a third ticket In this county has not made any recommenda tions. SPECIAL VENIRE IS CALLED Only Three Passed for Cause So Far in Tanner Case. Only three veniremen have been passed for cause to date In securing a Jury to try Willard Tanner on a charge of murder in the first degree In Judge Kavanaugh's court. It was found nec essary yesterday to summon a special venire of 25, the regular panel having become exhausted. Tills caused some delay. The prisoner's mother is remaining constantly at his side and is manag ing to keep her feelings under control. Only when it became necessary yes terday to take the defendant back to his cell during court adjournments did she exhibit any grief and then her eyes merely filled with tears. She evidently remembers the formal objec tion entered by Deputy District Attor ney Fitzgerald when she created a scene in the courtroom. Several veniremen were excused yes terday because of objection to circum stantial evidence, of which the state's case will partially consist, or opposi tion to the death penalty. Judge Kav anaugh's rebukes of Tuesday seemed to bave some effect on W. C. Camp bell, senior counsel for the defense, as he met with fewer objections to his questions to veniremen and con sumed less time in examining yester day. He allowed Joseph I Hammersly, his associate, to question one of the men in the box. AT HEILIG WAS LEADING WOMAN FOB THREE SEASONS WITH RICHARD MANSFIELD. REAL ESTATE MAN II, JAIL Harry Melvin Arrested at Instance of Young Woman's Family. Expressing her realization that she had been deluded by Harry Melvin, a real estate operator with officeB In the Buchanan building, Marie Pitts. 19. tes tified against him In Municipal Court and caused him to be bound over to the grand Jury. Melvin refused to take the witness stand in his own behalf. The girl told of meeting Melvin In Bandon, her home, and of receiving his advances. Then he came to Portland and wrote her to Join him, sending money for the trip. The girl came and was taken by Melvin to the Venable Hotel, where they lived as man and wife. A brother of . the girl received an agonlzedLletter from the mother and made an Investigation, which caused htm to appeal to Detective Hawley, who made the arrest. Melvin has been in jail several days, unable to furnish balk As he went back to the prisoners' box yesterday he directed a steering look at the brother, who. at the time of the ar rest, had struck him In the face. Toung Pitts made a spring for the prisoner, but was Intercepted by Bail iff Johnson. HEAVY IMMIGRATION LIKELY "Colonist Rates Will Only Prevail for IS Days This Season. Exceedingly heavy colonist travel to the North Pacific Coast and California is expected when the Fall colonist rates - go into effect September Z5. Passenger departments reported yesterday that reports from many parts of the East Indicate that the trains to Oregon. Washington. Idaho. California and other Coast states will be heavy from the beginning of the special rate period until its termination October 10. The colonist period this year has been limited to 15 days Instead of from 30 to SO days as in the past.. fmmun j. .. ...... ... ' i ... . . mwi-miMH.im.m .rmuiu..,.s $ i J1L 3.-4J ROFl.l.K KSOTT AND MAYO METHOT IN SCENE FROM THE BRILLIANT ROMANTIC COMEDY, . "THE AWAKENING OF HELENA RICHIE." That committee appointed by Andrew Carnegie, the laird of Ski boo, not skiddoo, mind you. should pin a hero medal on Roselle Knott, who Is to appear at the Heillg tonight in "The Awakening of Helena Richie." Also, the Committee of One Hundred, which has charge c the reserved seats in the Academy of Immortals, founded by Helen. Gould, should check off a niche for Roselle. True, she never saved a life so far as the record stands nor -has she written a treatise on the occult science of baking biscuits without the aid of dough, either of which would enable her to "get by" the hereinbefore mentioned committee, but she has succeeded in something just as difficult. She has hold your seats for a moment, the denouement Is about to burst she has the distinction of having been a leading woman with Richard Mansfield for three seasons. Every player in the country, as well as every show-wise show-shopper,- can appreciate the significance of the statement. And Miss Knott holds the championship long-distance record as a Mansfield leading woman. Aa a rule, a leading woman with Mansfield lasted about a month. In fact, the number of ex-Mansfield leading women in this country Is only exceeded by the number of last Burvlvors of the Noble Six Hundred, the youngest soldiers in the Civil War, and the remaining body servants and nurses of the late Father of His Country. , BOY OF 5 KiDiPED Mrs. William Jensen Appeals to Police Department. FATHER'S FAMILY BLAMED Mother, Whose Home Is at Fair banks, Cannot Get Another Steam er for Alaska Cntil June, Hav ing Just Missed Iast Boat. With her hahv bov supposed to have been kidnaped at the Instance of Its father, hitherto thought dead, the lasi steamer in nine months leaving for her home in Fairbanks, Alaska, and having had no sleep for two nights, Mrs. Wil liam Jensen, formerly Pearl Walker, a Portland girl, appealed to me ponte A..A,.j4a.. rr al J In fBI-nVAHnO' the DOV. She lays the charge at the door of her mother-in-law, Mrs. J. H. Hamilton, 1031 East Twenty-second street, norm. The boy, Gilbert, 5 years old, was about to leave with his mother for c.D,tia n ih Inst .toflirier leavlntr for Fairbanks before the season shall close, when, last Tuesday, a woman calling herself Mrs. McDonald went to r v ' K I I o ! U " . f , - - H v ' V Vj I j' T ivj i I a. i ' K !i t T Gilbert Hamilton, Whose Mother Believes He Has Been Kidnaped. the home of Mrs. Jensen's father, Rob ert Walker. 692 ,Ten!no avenue. Bell wood, and asked permission to take the child to a photographer so that she might have a picture of him after he was gone. The mother was not at home when the permission was given and the child taken away. Trail Leads to Albany. He did not return that night and the anxious mother, with two previous al leged kidnaplngs in her mind, made a frantic search. At the Hamilton resi dence she found no one at home. Think, ing her mother-in-law might have gone to Albany. Mrs. Jensen went there Wednesday, but could find no trail. In quiry among the neighbors around the apparently deserted house led her to believe that the elder woman was hiding with the child and she asked the police for assistance. Sergeant Peachln was directed to make the In vestigation. F. W. Hamilton, the father of the boy, was a railroad man, and Mrs. Jen sen says that he has been supposed to be dead She now believes that he is still alive and that it is at his behest the child was taken. She was divorced from Hamilton over three years ago, after an assault alleged to have been committed upon her and her sister by him on the street. He was held for the offense in Justice Olson's court, but was released by Judge Gatens. Two Kldnaplna-s In Fast. m i j.tn. li a and divorce proceedings, says Mrs. Jensen, her child was stolen irons' ner. yjaa J .n T) ( rr,-ra a nH T-COVAred him. jiuiducu iu .'ae Again he was secreted in Portland for four days ana was touna Dy me At the time of the loss of the child. - TAnaAn 9A hours In which to meet the last steamer- for Fairbanks, she says, but she deferred departure and cannot leave now until next June. Felony information of child-stealing was Issued yesterday by the District Attorney against Mrs. Hamilton, on complaint of Mrs. Jensen, and the war rant was turned over io uewtuiw Moloney and Hepner. Officers who visited the Hamilton home yesterday found the place in charge of Mrs. U.TY,ntnn'a e nn IS .&r. Old. WhO Said that she had not been home since Tues day, the day on which tne cnim Disap peared. xi t Bttvm will commence suit for heavy damages on account of her anguish and also oecause mo of the child has prevented her from returning to Fairbanks, where she held a position paying her ?150 a month. At 8 o'clock last night the jury came Into court and asked the court for more definite instructions as to what constituted first and second degree murder and manslaughter. The in structions were given and the jury retired. ' ; BOYCOTTS NOT URGED IXMBERMEX TESTIFY IX GOV ERNMENT HEARING. - Former Official of Association Sbts Manufacturers Were Requested to Sell Through Retailers. In the investigation being conducted by the Government to determine whether the Northwestern Lumber As sociation is a combination in restraint of trade, the principal witness yester day morning was E. G. Griggs, presi dent of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, who is a prominent member of several similar lumber organiza tions. He testflied thaV these organi zations were for the mutual benefit and information of the manufacturers of lumber and were valuable in these directions, but to. the best of his knowledge no Arm, individual or cor poration had been boycotted because it had not conformed to the ethics of the organizations. , A F. Biles, vice-president and gen eral manager of the Central Door Lumber Company, came from a sick bed to submit to additional cross-examination. He was originally produced as a witness for the Government. He testified that his company was doing business with 27 of the 87 members of the Retail Dealers' Association and he never sold directly to the consumers when the local retail dealer was in a position to supply the material desired. The afternoon session was taken up with an exhaustive examination of J. H. Dunlop, a former official of the as sociation under investigation and pres ident of the Wind River Lumber Com pany, of Cascade Locks. He said that the organisation was one entirely for the mutual benefit and information of its members and that boycotting an In dividual manufacturer for selling di rectly to consumers was never at tempted, but he knew of several In stances where manufacturers had been Informed that it would be to the best Interests of the general business if reputable retailers were permitted to handle their territory without outside interference. Cottage Grove Peaches Condemned1. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept 12. (Special.) Following the condemning of 250 cases of peaches shipped here by the Rogue River Commission Com pany, of Medford. Fruit Inspector Clint Stewart has announced that no dis eased fruit of any kind will be allowed to be put on rale. TO EJECT HOLDER Right of Northern Pacific Ter minal Company to' North Front Street Questioned. AUTHORITY IS IN DOUBT Condemnation Suit to Be Started Against American Can Company to Clear Site of Proposed' West Side Dock. Hoping to get speedy results In ousting the Northern Pacific Terminal Company from Its occupancy of right of way on North Front street, from the foot of Fourteenth street to Nlcolal street, over part of which the company has laid a double track since the first objection was raised to a single track there, the Commission of Public Docks yesterday concurred in a letter to the Council. In which It Is asked that steps be taken in the Interest of the dock project. The first reference' to the right of way. was made In the Spring, and mem bers of the Commission assert that the terminal interests have no authority for their occupancy of the thoroughfare between those points, either in the form of a municipal ordinance or grant from the County Court. Counsel for the railroad contend that the laying of tracks Is fully covered in an ordinance, but the Commission is inclined to the view that the permit was only to the old city boundary. City Attorney Grant, in an opinion received by the Commission and read yesterday, holds thatln the ordinance referred to by the legal sponsors for the company, it does not undertake to confer rights to con struct tracks north of the foot of Four teenth street. The Commission has gone on record as against the street being used that distance north, saying It should be kept clear of tracks, .unless they are necessary to reach docks, or are a part of a belt line operated under municipal control. Waterfront Authority In Doubt. Consideration was given an ordinance regulating the construction, repair and alteration of waterfront structures, but It will not be offered for passage until the members have digested its provisions. The measure is the out growth of a condition in which the question has come up as to which mu nicipal body or official has authority to grant building permits on the water front. The ordinance seeks to pre scribe that applications mustf be made for all work, the same as in the city; that automatic sprinkling systems shall be used; Are walls must not be over 500 feet apart and all existing buildings deemed unsafe shall be re moved. -Seawall construction or solid fill to the harbor line will not be permitted on the West Side between Stark and Couch street and between Flanders street and the Broadway bridge, or on the East Side between East Alder and East Couch streets and East GUsan and the Broadway bridge. Pier and slip con struction will be permitted from the south line of lot J3, block 37, Sherlock's addition, to the north boundary of the city, on the West Side, and on the East Side between Hawthorne avenue and East Yamhill and from the north line of Essex street. -Albina. westerly to the harbor line at University Point, the south line of Olln street extending westerly to the harbor line. Benbow Renders'Oplnlon. That part of the ordinance regulating construction takes in the territory from Market street to the north boundary of the city, extending from the harbor line back to Water. Front and North Front streets, as the . first parallel street exists, and from the center of McKenna avenue, on the East Side, southerly to East Clay street. W. C. Benbow, who was retained re cently in a legal capacity, gave It as his opinion, based on authorities, that the Commission had Jurisdiction along the waterfront that was ample, while for certain purposes it can be extended to the first parallel street The general Jurisdiction, he said, extends fromthe harbor line to the meander line. A letter from City Attorney Grant was read dealing with details of con demnation proceedings to be started against the American Can Company, which controls a portion of the site for the proposed West Side dock between the foot of Fourteenth street and foot of Seventeenth street He said that the plant was almost entirely below the high water line and in his opinion that property belonged to the state, and was used for factory purposes instead of continuously for dock purposes. Suit for Dock Site to' Start. In speaking of compensation growing out of the condemnation proceedings he' held that the company would be en titled to damages probably for the land above the high water mark, for Im provements thereon, and for the wharf on the lower land. The question Is whether state land so situated may be used for other than wharf purposes. It was ordered that Mr. Grant be re quested to proceed with the suit with all dispatch. An agreement was en tered into with the company regarding the proceedings as to details that will expedite the proceeding, the Commis sion not releasing any legal rights. Letters were read from New Tork, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Or leans officials as to measures in fore there dealing with the regulation of waterfront construction, and particu larly those governed by building codes and sanitary provisions. George W. BaHes made application for permission to repair a dock on the West Side, between Burnside and An keny streets, the property being 50 by 70 feet The matter was referred to Chief Engineer Hegardt. Mr. Bates said that the work would be temporary, as later he expected to improve all hold ings there permanently. A. W. SMITH UNDER ARREST Real Estate Operator Charged With Statutory Offense by Girl of 1 3. Charged with a statnory. offense against a girl 13 years of age, a niece of his wife, A. W. Smith, a real estate man with offices in the Chamber of Commerce building, was arrested yes terday afternoon by Deputy Proba tion Officer Fisher, of the Juvenile Court An Indictment against Smith was turned into court yesterday by the grand Jury and the arrest was made on a bench warrant which was imme diately issued. He Is about 40 years of age. -"The girl informs me that he took her across the state line to Lyle, Wash., where they occupied the same room one night and, if this is found to be true, we will also seek to have a charge of violating the Federal white slave statute preferred against Smith," said Mr. Fisher. According to the Juvenile Court of ficers. Smith sent his wife to the sea shore, while the girl remained at his residence, 67 East Eighth street where Familiarity breeds efficiency Our experience has brought us in touch with so many different phases of eystrain that our familiarity with varied conditions enables us to exercise an efficiency in your behalf that those with less experience cannot offer. Our knowledge of the right thing to do enables us to do the right thing by you THOMPSON !& 209-10-11-Corbett Bldg. . Fifth and Morrison Second Floor she has been making her home. Her mother is dead and her father has been absent Smith's bond was placed at S1500 and has been furnished. He conducts bis real estate business under the name of A. W. Smith & Co. MUTUAL AID IS SUBJECT CO-OPERATIVE STOKES TO BE ' FOSTERED- HERE. Albina Project, Is Said to Have Xot Only Reduced Iivlng Cost but Improved Citizenship. Several prominent Portland persons, interested, in reducing the cost of liv ing, attended the first meeting of the Mutualists' Association of America held yesterday at the Commercial Club. Plans were discussed for the estab lishment of a central co-operative store in Portland and the formation of a complete chain of mutual groceries at various points over the city. Dr. C H. Chapman,- after being in troduced by E. P. Rosenthal, reviewed the history of co-operative enterprises in Denmark, England, Scotland and Belgium and expressed surprise that Americans had been so tardy in adopt ing the plan. "In Des Moines, Iowa," he said, "by the mere fact of establishing a munici pal market which is practically co operative, the price of foodstuffs has been actually reduced 35 per cent" F. W. Mulkey heartily indorsed the proposed movement and held that "our patriotism, if nothing else, Bhould ac tuate us to undertake tnis to neip lower the cost of living." Rev. J. D. Corby, Rev. Albert Ehrgott and Miss E. F. Baldwin strongly favored tne plan. Miss Baldwin told of the salutary effect of the movement upon the peo ple at Albina, where such a store has been In successful operation' about three months. She declared that the system had not only reduced the cost of living, but that it had served to bring the citizens together with a com mon purpose and to engender a whole some spirit throughout the neighbor hood. A central committee is being formed, which will meet weekly and formulate plans to multiply these stores In var ious parts of the city and state. SWIMMING POOLS POPULAR Thousands Enjoy Public Resorts In Parks During Summer. The public swimming pools In Sell wood and Peninsula parks proved this Summer to be most . attractive. The record for the season at the two places was 36.226. The Sellwood tank, which was open the entire season, received a total of 19,946 bathers. The Peninsula pool, which opened July 1, not having been completed in time for earlier use, was visited by 16,280 persons. These pools from the outset, when Rent Your iano TE0M A LARGE LINE "of Standard Makes Seldom you are allowed any variety or quality when renting a piano. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF PIANO RENTING ' Kohler & Chase Inc. 375 WASHINGTON STEEET The House of Coats From Maker to Wearer at First Cost Offers an Early Season Coat V Opportunity for Today IrlV and Saturday. f;:::$30,000 Stock of Superb AU- weatner .'RAINCOATS ' IVr.ISTT SI.IP-ONS AT A SAVING OF ff ' 20 TO 30 PER CENT Ladies' and Men's Tan Rubber Slip- Ons $5.00 Values, $2.75 Don't wait until the weather com pels, but see what we axe offering for today and Saturday: Ladies' and Men's New English Gaber dines, English Slip-ons and All Weather Coats. $25 Values Open Saturday Night Till 10:30! ilflj II J M I .v1 liif IB II SAINCOAT 343 WASHINGTON STEEET One Door Above Seventh Street COMPANY 343 Inaugurated by Mayor Simon two years ago, have been the chief attractions in the parks, drawing patronage from every section of the city. Salmon Poacher Arrested. KELSO, Wash., Sept. 12. (Special.) Deputy Fish Commissioner C. W. White has been quite busy keeping the fishermen on the Lower Columbia within the law. The Fall season opened yesterday at 12 o'clock and already the Commissioner has taken up Roger Ris ley and his trap for violation of the Washington laws, which prohibit flsh-ing-in the waters of the Columbia and tributaries between August 25 at noon and September 10 at noon. The case will come up for trial at Kalama, Wash. The Russian government has put the labU hunters out of business for three years. SCHOOLS AJiD COLLEGES. i BUSINESS COLLEGE WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON WRITE FOR CATALOG The School that Places Jom in a Good Position For Manly Boys D Koven Hall has notable record hi thor.J ouKhly and cleanly pre- panne boy ior cojibss. cn.iai itiNtmetlon In lan guages. Delightful healthy! location on Lake Stella- I coora, near Tacoma. Term ooens Sept. 12. Write, tor catalog. D. 8. PUT-FORD, Principal. So. Tacoma. Wash. Primary and Grammar School of Portland Acadmey Organized to do the work of the grade in seven year.' An experienced teacher in each grade. Attention chiefly to funda mental subjects. A well equipped gymna ium and open court under roof give oppor tunity for indoor and outdoor exercise and play In all weathers. An experienced direc tor in charge. Boys and girls are received as young fx years. Pupils from Mt. Tabor can reach the Academy without change; from other districts with one change. Provision made for safe conduct to and from school of primary pupils from Irvlngton, North Portland and other parts of city. Par ticulars furnished on application to tns office, corner 13th and Montgomery. Cata logue on application. A SPLENDID SCHOOL For YOUNG MEN and BOYS College. High School and Commercial ; Courses. Grammar Grades Taught to Boys Over 10 Tears. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Portlaad, Or. Rev. Joseph Gallagher, C. S. C Write for Catalogue. MILITARY ACADEMY POBTLAND. .OREGON Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Fall Term' Opens Monday, Sept. 18. Piano Studio LOUIS H. BOLL TEACHER OK PIANO. Special Care With Children 300-1-3 Tilford Bids. Western Residential Schools Distinctively Christian Non-D-nominatlonal BRAEMAR A hish - class residential and day school tor girls of all agea. SHAIIGKVESST HEIGHTS, VAKCOUVUlt Large grounds, magnificent build ings, with every modern appllano for health and comfort. Staff unequalled; every teacher a specialist in her own department DR. E. D. McLAREN 4 Stanley Court Vancouver, B. C. mJm Park Avenne and Ford StreetT. r I'ortland, Or. 1 Fall term begins September 16. Now pupils are requested to register Thurs day, September 12. Old pupils Friday, September 13. Collegiate, academic and elementary departments. Frnnch and Germ.in, music, art and elocution. Spe cial attention to younger children. For catalogue address The Sister Superior. SCHOOL OF THE PORTLAND ART ASSOCIATION Instructors. Henry Frederick Wenta, Mary Hortenae Webster. 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. 191 S. Studios in the Museum ot Art. Flfta and Taylor streets. Circular upon ap plication to Anna B. Crockor. curator. Piano School E. L. HETTINGER MISS REN EE BETTINGER Residence Studio, Main 3978 815 LOVEJOY ST. LAW DKPARTMF.NT. INIVERSITV OB OREGON. Portland, Oregon. nf ihr vears. leading to degree of LL. B. N . . . and emoracing -v ui ui n, " eluding moot court ana debate work, can didates prepared especially for admission to bar Faculty of seventeen instructors. Lo cated In heart of city. Adjacent to courts. For catalogue giving entrance requirement! and full iriiormmiou Mum. . vj lard, riecrrlary. 2U Central Bldg., Portland.