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I n THE BrORyTN'G OREGOyiAy, TmrRSPAY, ?f AT 8, 1913- I. i i i Hit PROGRESSIVES TO HOLD CONFERENCE Cummins, Who Extends Invita tion, Says Leaders Will "Talk Things Over." NAMES NOT - ANNOUNCED Advisability of 'Hdldlns National Convention Next Fall Will Be One of Subjects IMscnssed. Hadley to Attend. WASHINGTON. May 7. Progressive Republican Senators, Representatives "and state leaders will confer- Infor mally In Chicago" next Saturday or ""Monday to discuss plans of the party ! and the advisability of holding; a Na tional convention next FalL Senator Cummins, leading: the move ' ment, has extended invitations to lib eral leaders of the Republican party : who did not Join the Progressive par : ty after the Chicago convention last June. Senator Cummins said today lie was not ready to announce names of several Senators and Representa tives who would attend the confer- ; snce. ' , "It will not be a reorganization conference," Senator Cummins said to Gay, -but one merely to talk things TSenator Borah, another Republican Progressiva leader, talked today with Senator Cummins about the confer ence. Some of the other Senators said to be in sympathy with the confer ' sac plans and who will attend If possible, are Brlstow, of Kansas; Clapp, Minnesota; Kenyon. Iowa; Follette, Wisconsin; Works, California; Karris. Nebraska; Oronna. North Da kota and Crawford. South Dakota. Ex-Governor Hadley, of Missouri, is lso expected. HADLEY EXPECTS TO ATTEND , Plan for New Basis of Kepresenta- ; tion to Be Presented. KANSAS CITY. Mo. May 7. Ex-Governor Hadley said today he expected to attend the conference of Progressive Republicans in Chicago. Tfte conference. Governor Hadley said, would be of much the same nature s the Governors' conference, held a ' year ago In Chicago, when Colonel Roosevelt was called upon to become a ; candidate for President. Governor Hadley said he probably ' would present the plan for changing the basis of representation in the-National convention which he had pre pared for the Republican, convention last year, but did not have an oppor tunity to present. SPOKANE PROBLEMS BIG Wage Scale Questions to Be Settled by Voters in November. - SPOKANE. Wash, May 7. (Special.) ""'-W'!thout further action of the City Council in submitting the matter to referendum, the voters of the city on November 4 will be called upon to de ride between the following proposl- Abolltlon or retention of the city $3-a-djv wage seal. Rejection of the above propositions ' and adoption of a modified $3 scale, applying only on work done directly ' by the city and not affectlns contract work. This aspect of the matter was brought out today and hinges on the success of the movement of organized labor to hold up the operation of the Atnnnrm amending the wage scale adopted ty the Council Monday. : REBATE CHECKS SOUGHT Kxpeeted Hallway Decision Starts , Quest for Evidence of Payment. , MILWACKIE. Or, May 1. (Special.) . since 1S08 the Portland Railway light & Power Company has been ' giving rebate 6-cent fare checks be tween this place and Portland pending : the final decision of the rate case in the courts. In case the United States Supreme i Court decides In favor of Mllwaukle these rebate cheeks will be worth 8 I cents each as the company muat redeem them. Many thousands of them ' are in the bands of citizens of this ' place, and it is declared that a few have accumulated a large number by i purchase. Many thousands never would be re i deemed in any event, but In view of the decision soon being duo everyone la bunting up rebate checks. ; I NATIVE OF. OREGON DIES ; Mrs. Mary Carolina Stewart, Born In ' 1 8 5 , Survived by Zrg Fam Ily- : PLEASANT HOME. Or., May 7. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Caroline Stewart. ' died at the home of her sister. Mrs. Alice Cannon, at Pleasant Home, May S. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ' George Huston and was born near Har . rlsburg. Linn County. June 9. 1S59, and ' was married to J. U Stewart December. ! 1"7, and is survived by the following children: Mrs. Clara Dole. William and , '. Clara Stewart, of Rainier, Or.: George, . Claude, Ray and Meiln Stewart, of 1 Walla Walla. Wash, and Oscar, of 1 7-iM rw Th funeral wax conducted at Stone. Or, near Oregon City, with ; Interment in neaaan iew twoowtj t CLATSOP TO GET NEW ROAD ! Olson Bros. Secure Contract for I Kinney Enterprise. 1 ASTORA. Or, May 7. (Special) A : , n. 4. m h built in t ji r w . . ; Clatsop County. It will start from a point near uorawi rr. g9 fKr east aa use in uu ', raver. , TMttit thm Keaalde lorcreTS. swu ... , - ' . . Mntnpt to bullii the DSTO OCl . " " " - 1 line, and It is reported that work will '. be commenced on tta construction at . t-v. in,MMta Kjkhlnd the entnr- uui. A a i prise Include tho Kinney estate of which daarsnaii j. Msoir v I MERRY TO VISIT CADETS Army Captain, Soon CorvalUs Guest, ; Related to Davenport. rrnvT.T.T.1 f)r Mir 7. (Soeclal) fmMln W. T. Merrv. of the General ' Start of the United States Army.. who ! to lnssect the cadet corps of the Oregon Agricultural College. May I. is In a roundabout way related to one of the oldest and most famous families of Oregon the Devenports. Captain Merry is the brother of Mrs. A. I Davenport, of Aberdeen, WashA Mr. Davenport' being a first cousin of the late Homer Davenport, noted cartoon ist. Mr. Davenport's brother, after whom the town of Davenport in Eastern Washington is named, is now 84 years old. but Is straight, erect and appar ently hale and hearty. He makes his hnme with his daughter. Mrs. A. I Paine, at Hoquiam. He delights in nothing more than to recount tajes oi pioneer days in the Northwest, though he is a keen student of affairs of the day, especially of polities. Captain Merry is the youngest General Staff offlflcer of his rank in the Army, his appointment to the 8taff coming as a reward for excellent service done in the Philippines, from which he re turned but a few months ago. His present trip covers the entire United States and includes many schools and universities. He will visit his sister la Aberdeen on his way from Corvallis to Seattle, where he will inspect tha cadet corps of the University of Wash, lngton. He Is a New Yorker, and was appointed to West Point by the late Vlve-rresldent Sherman. : t FUTURE HEARINGS SET ARMY SCANDAL IS HUSHED SUDDENLY Captain Merriam Consents to Let Wife Get Decree if Government Permits. STAINED NAME IS FEARED RAILROAD OOM3nSSION "OCSTS . SOIPTER ROAD CASE. As Result of Satisfactory Agreement Reached on Joint Rate Qnestlon Action Dismissed. : SALEM. Or.. May 7.(Special.) In addition to disteisstng' a complaint filed by J. E. Johnson against the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company and'the Oregon-Washlnpton Railroad, Company, the State ' Railroad Commission set. a number of cases for hearing. In this complaint it was charged that the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company did not provide a Joint rate witn tne last named railroad and it was dis missed because an agreement had been reached which was satisfactory to all the parties. Probably the most Important hear ings set were those of J. A. Ensinger vs. the Nevada-California & Oregon Railroad Company and the town of New Pine Creek against the same com pany. In both complaints it was charged that the railroad company has moved the depot from New Pine Creek across the California line to Falrport and that it la Inconveniencing the people of New Pine Creek. In the complaint filed by the city, it is also alleged that the railroad officials own property in Fair, port and that it was for this reason that the depot was moved. The hearing will be held on May 27 at New Pine Creek. Tho other hearing set was I. H. Doble vs. Southern Paclflo Railroad Company, May 20, at Salem. . He at tacks penalty charges made by the company when the baggage checks are lost. Application of tha Paolfio Telephone & Telegraph Company to discontinue Its station at Blodgett May 16. at that place and applications of Waldport Telephone Company and Taehatas Tel ephone Company for permission to file a new schedule. May 17, at Newport, were reoorded. Husband to Become Defendant in Desertion Charge If Action Will. Not Bo Considered Justifica tion for Court-Martial. SAM FRANCISCO,-May 7. (Special.) A sudden and unexpected halt in the sensational divorce suit oi captain Henrv C. Merriam. U. S. A, against Mrs. Bessie C. Merriam, was called by Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham im mediately after the : commencement of the afternoon session today and as a result ' the morbid crowd which has packed the courtroom during the three days the trial has Deen in progress probably will never hear the remainder of the details . which ended in the the estrangement of the Army officer and his wife. Judge Graham stopped the proceed ings before they had fairly begun, after the noon receas. and asked tne attor neys for both sides to confer with him in his chambers. A few minutes later the principals in the domestic tragedy were called in and the resulting con ference endi d in a teptative agreement, whereby the Captain is to stop press ing his suit, with its ' sensational charges and attendant notoriety, and permit Mrs Merriam to secure a de cree by means of a cross-complaint al leging desertion. Only one thing stands in tho way of such an ending to the now famous case, and that is the attitude" of the United States Government (Captain Merriam is willing to let his wife se cure the decree on the ground men tioned, provided this course will not be considered by the War Department as a stain on his name, or as Justin cation for a court-martial. Before court convenes tomorrow his attorney, Walter Ldnforth, will . en deavor to be certain on this point, and if he finds such a course will be ap proved, the cross-complaint of the wife will be filed Immediately and the case disposed of without further sensation alism. SUPREME COURT TO DIVIDE Chief Justice McBrlde- to Preside Over Two Divisions After June. SALEM. Or, May 7. (SpeoIaL) Two divisions of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice McBrlde presiding over both, will be created when the two new justices Charles L. McNary, of this city, and Judge Ramsey, of McMlnn ville, assume their offices on June 3. According to plans, one division will hear cases one week and the other the next. Announcement has not been made what the personnel will be, but Justices Moore, Burnett and Ramsey may compose the first division and Justices Eakln. Bean and McNary, the second. There are now 150 cases ready to be heard and the court, upon convening, will direct its labors toward disposing of them. The five Justices of the present court have rendered opinions at the rate of six a week, and when the court is Increased to seven, it is expected that it will average 10 a week. Tho court Is now in session in Pendleton, and while the Justices will return this week, it is not likely any cases will be beard until the new Justices take their offices. Big Engine to Break Ground. ENTERPRISE, Or., May 1 (Special.) G. R. Matthes has arrived in Wallowa County with a caterpillar engine with which he expects to break several thou sand acres- of new land here. He brought the outfit from Sherman Coun ty. The. first job will be breaking 250 acres belonging to W. R. Holmes, on Trout Creek. In the past few years, since the real development of the coun ty's agricultural resouroes began, it has been difficult to get men enough to break the new land. Everybody had work enough on his own farm. Hence the wiork has gone slowly. With the power engine it Is hoped to hasten the great task of getting the ferule acres In cultivation. Sheepmen's Supplies Destroyed. ENTERPRISE, Or May 1. (Special.) The cabin at the McFetridge sheep camp, on Swamp Creek, north of Enter prise, burned a few nights ago. destroy ing supplies and riding outfits worth several hundred dollars. The men In the camp, working through the lambing season, were sleeping In a tent 60 yards distant and knew nothing of the fire until the night herder cams In at day light. Veteran's Funeral Arranged, VANCOUVER. Wash, May 7- (Spe cial.) The funeral of Philip Christ. the aged Vancouver Barracks veteran will be held Friday at 10:30 o'clock from the Knapp Chapel, in this city, Rev. E. B. Collier, rector of St.. Lake's Episcopal Church, will officiate at the ceremony. Ayer's Sarsapariila Ayer's Sarsapariila is a tonic, a regular tonic There is not a drop of alcohol in it. You have the steady, even gain that comes from a strong tonic. Ask your doctor all about this. J. O. Att Oo, LootiII. Kmc EUGENE BANKERS HONORED Group Three Perfects Organization andV Discusses Taxation. EUGENE. Or, May 7. (Special.) Bankers of Group Three of the Oregon State Bankers Association perfected organization today, discussed taxation of banks during the afternoon and then closed the meeting with a ban quet tonight. A score of bankers from Lane and Douglas counties attended. Coos County was not represented, but there were several bankers from Port' land and one each from Salem and Albany here. The officers elected are as follows: Chairman. Alexander Martin. Jr. Eugene; vice-chairman, J. M. Thoren, Roseburg: secretary, H. ; G. Keeney, Creswell; treasurer, Herbert Eakln, Cottage Grove. The executive committee consists of W. H. Fisher. Roseburg: W. C. Wash burne. Junction City; Jess R. Lawell, Alyrtle Creek; Alexander Martin. Jr, Eugene; H. G. Keeney, Creswell. Aberdeen to Greet Farmers. ATTRRTyRPTV Wash XTo w 7 ren. ClaL At lftAftt 30t) fnrmarm will K guests of the Aberdeen Chamber of commerce next Saturday, when a free dinner and lectures on improved farm- f n C methods will h, thn nttrc-ftimn The services of C, L. Smith, agricultur ist oi ine uregon-Washington, have been enlisted for the day. Other com mercial bodies of Chehalis County are loinins in thft mnvAmont whlnk la paratory toward the establishment of hjp umce ot county rarm expert. 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Jury Ex pected to Report Friday. DETECTIVES ARE CALLED Pollc Begin Investigation of "Bachelors' Club," Conducted by "Wealthy Men and Accused by Girl of 1. LOS ANGELES, May 7. Tne end of the county Grand Jury's probe into alle gations of the existence of white slav ery in Los Angeles seemed tonight to be In sight. County officials conneoted with the inquiry said they expeoted the Grand Jury to make a report on its Investiga tion next Friday and hinted at the pos sibility of more Indictments at that time. The Jurors bad several witnesses be fore them today, many being members of the city detective department who were connected with the arrests of girls an 1.4 n havA f rjtn 11 An tftri tha Jonouil. the so-called hotel conducted by Mrs. Emma J. Goodman, alias Josle KosenDerg. Sirs. Goodman Is expected to appear tomorrow before Judge Willis of the criminal department of the Superior Court to enter pleas to two Indictments charging her with pandering. The Bachelors' Club, an organisation 6f wealthy men Quartered In an exclu sive sectloiyof he city, was subjected to a police investigation today, follow- I jH.Mn.n... mnAfl hff R lS-VBSr-Old girl of certain alleged -acta of some of r..n niiK,i. thn rirl who was de- ; a in .nnnAftinn with the present latiiM ... vice probe, made a statement to police officials, it is saia, involving meaioei of the Bachelors" Club, which resulted. n Iks laitianflA nf a. warrant for the arrest of one person, whose Identity was not made public pending execution of the warrant. . . . Vanconver Lumber for Japan. wr a -KTri t r itt Wanh.. Mat 7. f Snn- VAiuu , u. .. wM-.., -- trial.-) The Du Bois Lumber Company Is sawing 400,000 feet of lumber to be used in the shipyards in Japan. The order will be completed py jam . "Complexion Secrets of an Actress" In a recently Issued volume bearing the above title, the author says: "Con tinuous use of grease paints, rouge and the Uke, had ruined my complexion. My skin was colorless, wrinkled, coarse and punctured with large pores. In England I heard of the virtues of mer colised wax; my first experience with this marvelous substance convinced me it was more valuable than all cosmetics combined. Now whenever my complex ion begins to go wrong I get an ounce of mercolized wax at the nearest drug store, spread on a thin layer of it be fore retiring, washing it . off . next morning. The was. after a tew such treatments, seems literally to fbsorb the worn-out cuticle, when a brighter, healthier, younger-looking skin ap- PeFor the wrinkles and enlarged pores, I began using a solution of saxo Tite one ounce, dissolved in a hair pint witch hazel. Bathing the face in r, . n Bwh u xnnn relieved the Ytion-most Vondertuny."-Adv. THE WEEK-END SPECIAL TO SEASIDE GEARHAET IN SERVICE FOR THE SEASON BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY lO LEAVE PORTLAND . . . .2:00 P. M. ARRIVE ASTORIA. . ...5:00 P. M. ARRIVE GEARHART.. .5:47 P. M. ARRIVE SEASIDE .5:55 P, M. RETURNS SUNDAY- EVENING Leaving Seaside 6:30 P. M., Gearhart 6:36 P. M., Astoria 7:15 P. M., arriving. , . Portland 10:25 P. M. LIMITED TRAINS These trains are run on fast schedules, carry parlor observation cars and large coaches. GO TO THE BEACH EARLY Make hotel, cottage and camp arrangements. Round Trip Fares $4 loyumit $3 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MONDAY v Tickets, Parlor Car Seats and Details at Office CITT TICKET OFFICE, FIFTH AND STARK STS. SOUTH BAXK STATION. ELEVEN TH AND BOYT STS. Choose the House You Like and We'll Build It for You in Lindenhurst On a Lot 43x156 for $150 Down, Balance Like Rent You choose the plans you like and we will build you a , beautiful home in Lindenhurst. Lindenhurst is just one block from the Montavilla carline close to the Mt. Tabor School enjoys an excellent view of the city sidewalks are in so is the water and gas. The lots are large there is ample room for a small ten nis court or a good-sized gardenin 6hort, the property and the district surrounding present all the requirements of the discriminating homeseeker. If You Haven't the Ready Cash, Here's How You Can Take Advantage of This Remarkable Offer. If 'you haven't the ready cash to take advantage of this offer, you can pay a small deposit on your lot pay on it as you can, and when you have paid in a hundred and fifty dollars we will immediately start the erection of your home. There are no strings to this offer, and it is backed by a reliable company standing high in Portland's busi ness circles. " Only 22 Houses to Be Built, So Act at Once There are only twenty-two lots left in Lindenhurst, and therefore this offer is limited. Be early and get the choic est selections. Call up and we will be pleased to take you to see the property at any time suiting your convenience. How to See the Property If you telephone us we will arrange to take you out, but if you prefer to go out alone, take the Montavilla car and get off at 60th street, walk to 1516 Glisan street, where the tract office is located. The Investors' Building and Trust Company 400 to 410 Yeon Building In addition to the popular hot luncheon, Phil Metschan is providing delicious cold meats and cooling ices for those who pre fer a cold luncheon. It is but one example of the constant effort of the Imperial Grill to satisfy and please. - Luncheon Fifty Cents A small corner grocery in the suburbs, instead of in creasing its stock, invested the money in a WHITE MOTOR TRUCK The owner is now able to do business over the entire city and turn his stock over again and again during the year. The White Company E. W. HILL, Mgr. In the Business District 69 BROADWAY for Your Convenience rrj&'in is 5 u-:is Ml ml it .'.V. 1! 1