THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1914.
COLLEGE II MEN
ROTABLES CAUGHT BY CAMERA IN BEAVER-WHITE SOX GAME AT SANTA MARIA
club in 1912, "but I shall support him
in calling for another annual meeting
and a legal election of officers. I have
a list here of the members of the club
THe "Balmacaan"
a new soft
Bristol 1
and only those who formally joined it
and contributed to its support during
OPEN TOURNAMENT
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the campaign are entitled to call them
selves members, or to vote iu elections."
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RULING TO BE MADE
ONTRAF
FIG TRADING
Washington U and 0. A. C.
Lead . in First Northwest
Conference Meet.
EUGENE MEN ELIMINATED
Criiversity of Oregon to Be Out of
Competition Tonight Amout, of
-Corvallis Team, Suffers In
' jury and Forfeits Match.
The first Northwest Conference
wrestling meet opened last night at
Multnomah Club, with the University
of Washington and the Oregon Agricul
tural . College winning most of the
events. The University of Oregon and
Washington State College were the
other contestants.
In the first bout of the evening,
Jackson of the University of Orfegon
was thrown against a table and
stunned. The match went to Blom
berg of Washington State. Several de
visions and a fall eliminated' Oregon
from competition tonight.
Amoutt of the Oregon Aggies suf
fered a dislocated elbow and forfeited
the bout to King of the Washington
Aggies.
H umrnary. preliminaries
108 pounds Blomberg, W. S. C, decision
over Jackson, U, of O. (first round). Jack-
ion stunned In fall against a table. Time,
9 minutes, 33 seconds.
115 pounds Dickson. University of Wash
ington, won from Fuji Makl, U. of O. Makl
quit after fall off the mat at end of U
minutes.
110 pounds Pearcey, O. A. C, decision
over Campbell. W. S. C; full round of 10
minuets. Fearcey on top, 6 minutes and 5
seconds.
108 pounds King, O. A. C, decision over
Yamada. u. of W. Full round 10 minutPS.
King- was on top 6 minutes and 43 seconds.
125 pounds Gridley. W. S. C. fall from
Martin, U. of O. Time, 53 seconds. Gridley
on top 51 seconds.
125 pounds Bolin, O. A. C, decision from
Gal. U. of W. Full round.
135 pounds King. W. S. C, decision when
Amort, O. A. C, dislocated elbow.
135 pounds Hobi, U. of W., drew a by.
145 pounds Mosby. O. A. C, fall over
Savage. W. S. C. Time, 7 minutes and 47
seconds. Neck hold.
14.V pounds Hancock. U. of W., fall over
Carl. V. of O. Time, 7 minutes 56 seconds.
l!.'imo'ak on top 4 minutes 39 seconds.
158 pounds Cornwall, W. S. C, fall from
King. IT. of O. Time, 4 minutes 59 seconds.
158 pounds Alworth. O. A. C, no deci
sion from La Chappelle. U. of W. Alworth
won toss-up and got place in finals.
XilCEXSE LAW TO BE TESTED
Athletic Club Director Arrested for
Staging Amateur Bouts.
LOS ANGELES, March 20. George
Towie, amusement director of Los
Angeles Athletic Club, was arrested to
day on a charge preferred to test the
city boxing license law. Towle refused
to pay the $150 license required by law
for the amateur boxing tournament now
in progress at the club Between repre
sentatives of Oregon and aCIlfornla
athletic clubs.
Towle pleaded not guilty and was re
leased on his own recognizance for
trial March 27.
The boxing tournament was con
tinued tonight without further arrests.
SELLWOOD CONTEST ON
General German's Forces Said to Be
Ahead in Battle for Members.
Sellwood Young Men's Christian As
sociation membership contest is pro
grossing satisfactorily, and there will
be a report of the situation at the
meeting tonight. It was announced
yesterday that the side of General
German was In advance of General
Charter's side.
The contestants are: General German,
Mrs. W. D. Palmer, Mrs. J. W. Caldwell,
'Mrs. C. L. Whipple. Mrs. Alice Snell,
Kenneth Poole, Carl Kicks4n. Forrest
Low. H. M. Huff. A. N. Wills on one
side, and General Charter, Mrs. . E. B.
Kelly, Mrs. V. Kellard, Mrs. O. D. Stan
ley, Miss Bernice McKim, Dr. J. W,
Lehman, George Martin, Robert Poole,
L. H. Morgan, W. A. Campbell. Tracy
Colt and O. D. Stanley on the other
side. A get-together meeting was held
in the association parlors Wednesday
night. Both Bides came together in a
social affair Friday night, and tonight
a report of the campaign will be heard.
The first prize is a gold watch, the
second a leather oak rocker and the
third a silver sjgar and creamer or
urooreua.
ATTACK ON MAYOR DENIED
Mr. Daly Says He Didn't Compare
JIt. Albee to Jellyfish.
City Commissioner Daly yesterday de
clared that be was misquoted and mis
represented by the Dally News In an
article purporting to be an interview
with regard to his opinion of Mayor
AJbee,
Among other things the News says
Mr. Daly said "our Mayor isn't a Mayor
at all, at least not fit for one. He is
as minus of backbone as a jellyfish,
and has about as much will power and
brains as a new-born babe."
Mr. Daly says he has said nothing
that could lead to such an article. "As
a matter of fact I have a high regard
for Mayor Albee," he said.
CONTRACT BREACH PROVED
J. B. Tillotson for Second Time Wins
Verdict for Losses.
For the second time a jury in Circuit
Judge Davis' Court has returned a ver
dict for J. B. Tillotson against the Pat
terson Fuel Company for breach of a
contract to remove timber. The verdict
returned yesterday was for $1197.16. In
November 'Tillotson was allowed $2580
by a Jury, but Judge Davis set the ver
dict aside and ordered a new trial on
the ground that the evidence submitted
did not sustain the verdict. Tillotson
sued for $20142.17, charging that a
contract to cut timber from the Hud
delson tract, back of Fulton, and move
it to the river, had been broken by the
defendant company.
Mayor Gill Coming.
Hiram C. Gill, Mayor of Seattle, will
come to Portland April 2, and will talk
at a meeting of the,, public markets
committee upon the movement for pub
lic markets in his own city. Eugene
Brookings, of the Progressive Business
Men's Club, chairman of the joint com
mittee of clubs which Is handling the
campaign in Portland, communicated
with Mayor Gill, and received his prom
ise yesterday that he would come to
Portland on that date.
Germany produces about 32 per cent of the
world's potato crop. Russia 20.2 and the
JL'nited States S.8 per cent.
:.;iws ML x: n H
SEALS DARK HORSE'
Famous Big Leaguer, "Kid"
Gleason, Prophet.
O'LEARY WILL BE USEFUL
Assistant Manager of While Sox Says
Howard Has Good Man in
( Charley, but 7 Months'
Grind May "Get Him,"
SA.NTA MARIA. Cal., March 20.
(Special.) San Francisco is to be a
dark horse entry in the Coast League
aerDy this year, in the judgment of
K-ld Oleason, famous big leaguer, who
is assistant manager of the ChicaKO
White Sox.
Gleason piloted his regulars against
the Seals and Oaks in two six-game
series and he thinks San Francisco's
ball club is far and away the best of
the two. The Kid really doesn't think
much of the Oaks. Devlin's flock won
nly one game in five or six. whereas
the Seals broke even.
Jimmy Johnston hadn't been turned
over to the Seals when we met them
last year," remarked Gleason during
the Sox-Beaver game here St. Patrick's
day. "So I don't know how much dif
ference he made. "Rut T do knnw that
the Seals today'are a vastly superior
club to the aggregation we met one
year ago at this time.
" "Charley O'Leary will be much more
useful to Del Howard than most fans
imagine. He is fast as a bullet, but
there is some danger that he will not
be able to last the pace out here in this
seven months" grind.
"This is a fast league, however,
added Gleason, "and you need some of
those wise heads to steady your club in
times of slump. It is all well and good
to have young blood, but when young
blood strikes a bump old blood is the
only remedy to check the attack of the
hoodoo man.
Gleason says there is no chance at
all of -Berger going to Los Angelea
Ping Bodie, ex-San Francisco star, is 15
pounds overweight, but he seems to be
able to tote it around without the need
of a perambulator.
Buck Weaver had not joined the team
when it met the Beavers. Nor was
Manager Callahan along. Callahan was
off on a two days' excursion to Sacra
mento to inspect his yannigan outfit.
PRISON LOBBY CLEARED
SENATORS FIND NO EVIDENCE OF
$50,000 FUND.
Prison Labor Contractors Not Foand
Guilty of Using Money to Defeat
Unfriendly Legislation.
WASHINGTON, March 20. "There is
no evidence here of any $50,000 fund,"
Senator Overman, chairman of the Sen
ate lobby committee, said today at the
conclusion of the committee's investi
gation of reports that such a sum was
being used in Washington by repre
sentatives of prison labor contractors
to defeat the Hughes bill to restrict
marketing of convict-made goods.
The chairman's remark, which ap
parently closed this latest phase of the
committees' inquiries, was addressed to
Edward Boyle, a Chicago attorney and
formerly treasurer of the National Con
ference of Charities and. Corrections.
He has opposed so-called anti-conviqt
labor legislation for years as legal rep
resentative of a group of manufacturers
having prison labor contracts.
Mr. Boyle told the committee that
an injustice had been done by the in
timation as to lobbying, and asked that
a full investigation be made. Senator
Overman said he was willing to call
any witnesses Boyle might suggest,
but that the subject seemed closed.
SLAVES' RIGHTS ISSUE
RIGHT OF INHERITANCE TAKEN
TO HIGHEST COURT.
Negroes All Over United States In
terested In Outcome of Appeal
From Tennessee Tribunal.
WASHINGTON, March 20. From a
little farm of 87 acres, owned by John
Jones, an ex-slave in Shelby County,
Tennessee, has coine to. the Supreme
Court a question affecting negroes all
over the country. The question is
whether former slaves are entitled to
Inherit from their brothers and sisters.
who were likewise ex-slaves.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee.
when the present Senator Shields was
S3,
its Chief Justice, .decided that ex-slaves
had no Inheritable blood. Will Jones,
one of John's brothers, has brought
the case to the Supreme Court, seeking
a reversal.
W. H. Harrelson, attorney for Wil
liam Jones, today filed a brief of his
arguments in the case, which probably
will be argued orally tomorrow.
"This is not a question of social
rights between the negro and the white
race, but the question involved in this
case Is a question of civil rights, said
the brief. "Our Supreme Court has
sought to put a brand on the negro,
who was, forced into involuntary servi
tude, against his own will, and who
served his master without compensa
tion except food and raiment and in
many Instances both food and raiment
were exceedingly scant."
The attorney asserted that the de
cision that an ex-sjave "could have no
property rights ana no inheritance was
in violation of the 14th amendment to
the Constitution.
"If a decision of this character is
allowed to stand," he added, "then it
opens the leeway for discrimination and
abuse of the rights and privileges lb
mankind, white or colored."
LIQUOR CASE TAKEN UP
GRAND JURY HEARS EVIDENCE IN
TROITDALE CHARGES.
When Authority of District Court Is
Questioned Deputy Prosecutor
Takes no Chances.
Evidence that John Larson, husband
of Troutdale's Mayor, L. Helming and
Bert Edmondson, Troutdale saloonmen.
have been selling liquor to the minors
of the town was presented to the grand
jury yesterday after attorneys for the
saloonmen had resisted a preliminary
hearing before District Judge Dayton.
The hearing before "Judge Dayton
was opposed by Attorneys Upton ana
Banks, who argued that the District
Court of Portland had no Jurisdiction
over any crimes which may have been
committed in Troutdale, and read the
statute creating the court, which pro
vides that the jurisdiction of the court
shall be in Portland. Judge Dayton,
after hearing the arguments of attor
neys for the defendants, postponed fur
ther hearings- in the case until Tues
day.
Rather than take a.chance on Judge
Dayton sustaining the contention of at
torneys for the saloonmen and dis
missing the charges- against them,
Deputy District Attorney Ryan, who
has had charge oi the Troutdale inves
tigation, took the witnesses directly
before the grand jury, which was in
session. If the inquisitors can com
plete their examination of the witnesses
who have been subpenaed by Deputy
Sheriff Sandifer. a report may be made
today, otherwise the case- will go over
until next week.
OLD PEOPLE HEAR IVIUSIC
Symphony Orchestra Kehearses Be
fore Guests for Concert Tomorrow.
Men and women from the Old Peo
pie's Home were guests of honor at a
rehearsal given yesterday morning at
the Hellig Theater by the Portland
Symphony .Orchestra, when music
chosen for the concert tomorrow after
noon was played over, with successful
results.
The list of guests also included pupils
from the eighth and ninth grades of
15 public schools in the city, and teach
ers. Carl Denton, conductor, gave a
short talk on symphony music and
the kind of programme selected, and
thanked the management of the thea
ter for the use of the building for re
hearsal purposes.
The orchestra members gave an espe
cially fine rendition of the Schubert
"Unfinished Symphony in B Minor,"
and showed that they had thoroughly
mastered this symphony and other
numbers selected for rendition.
STUDENT RULE PLANNED
Steps Taken for 'Self-Government at
Monmouth Normal School.
MONMOUTH. Or March 20. (Spe
cial.) Preliminary steps for self-government
were taken this week by the
students of the .Oregon Normal School,
when a tentative committee was ap
pointed by the Btudent body to con
fer with the faculty regarding plans.
The committee Is to report to the
student association and as soon as the
necessary arrangements are made, the
new system will'go Into effect. It is
probable that the powers for govern
ment will be placed with a student
council. ,
AY. F. Woodward Will Speak.
W. F. Woodward will be the speaker
at the luncheon at the Commercial Club
today at noon. His subject will be:
"The Oregon Hygiene Society and Its
Place Before the Nation." The Oregon
Social Hygiene Society, of which Mr.
Woodward is one of the officers, has
attracted wide and favorable attention
in other states through its activities,
and he will review these achievements
in his talk today.
Argyll, San Diego for San Francisco, 230
miles south of Port an Lois. : -
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ABEERDENVVILL BID
Grays HarborWarits Club in
Northwestern League.
VICTORIA TEAM IS DESIRED
Fans Pledge Cash to Bring Canadian
Franchise Over Border1 Hoquiam
and Montesano May Help to
Obtain Funds Needed.
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 20 (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen will have a team in
the Northwestern League this season
if Manager Wattelet, of the Victoria
club, is willing to accept a reasonable
sum for his franchise. "Chub" Phil
brick and S. K. Bowes, who yesterday
undertook - to promote the scheme, ob
tained $4008 toward bringing the team
here. They were so pleased with the
work that they telegraphed to Watte
let and D. E. Dugdale, of Seattle, ask
ing for an offer on the Victoria fran
chise. The plan is to organize a stock com
pany, capitalized at $15,000, and sell
shares to interested persons. Subscrip
tions obtained yesterday ranged from
$100 to $1000. Montesano will collect
$1500. Hoquiam is expected to con
tribute $2500. '
Baseball enthusiasm was never more
intense pn Grays, Harbor and fans are
certain that a Northwestern League
franchise will be landed. If the club Is
brought to this city Aberdeen fans will
spare no money in making a pennant-
winning team.
INDIANS DEFEAT T 5-4
CHEMAWA BALL i TEAM SHOWS
CLASS AT EUGENE.
Frequent jKrrors -1y Collegians Help
Visitors Win First of Series of
Two Games C. Blgbee Stars.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
March 20. (Special) Chemawa Indian
baseball players nosed out a victory to
day in their first of a two-game series
here with the University of Oregon
nine. The final count was Chemewa
5, Oregon 4.
The Indians bunched three safeties
in the first frame which, coupled with
a walk and an error, netted four runs.
In Oregon's half, C. Bigbee walked,
stole second, advanced to third on an
infield out and scored on Blgbee's long
fly to Saunders. Nelson whiffed the
breeze, retiring the side. Score:
Chemawa 4. Oregon 1.
Hungary's two-base hit in the sec
ond was the only feature of that ses
sion. Oregon men were disposed of in
one, two three order.
Oregon registered again in the fourth
when Lyle Bigbee reached first .on
Hungary's boot, advanced to second by
M. Bigbee's sacrifice and scored on Nel
son's safe poke through short.
, Bryant and C. Bigbee evened up mat
ters in the fifth, when a walk and hit
put them on the bags. With the bases
full. McDonald walked L. Bigbee, forc
ing in Bryant. M. Bigbee hit to short.
registering C. Bigbee. Score i all.
This ended the scoring until the first
of the ninth. Lane reached first on
Cornell's boot, stole second and scored
on Walker's safety over second.
The stickwork and fielding of Car
son. Bigbee and the all-around ability
of the Chemawa team as a whole were
features of the contest. Oregon errors
were frequent.
The lineup:
Motschenbacher ....C Lane
Bryant P McDonald
Nelson .tlB Walker
Cornell 2B Adams
C. Bigbee t-S Downle
A.nnunson 8B Hungary
M. Bigbea Lp Jim
Fenton ..C. .......... . Saunders
Lb Bigbee R Crawford
R. H. E.I R. H. E.
Oregon 4 4 6Chemawa ....5 7 2
Umpire, Rader.
Crooks Knocks Out Buckeye Lad.
UMATILLA. Or., March 20. (Special.)
-Bobby Crooks knocked out the "Buck
eye Lad.' 'of Toledo, in the fourth round
of a scheduled 10-round bout here to
night. "Buckeye Lad" fainted in the
fourth round, suffering intense pain
from a blow in the groin. The bout
was the fastest ever seen in Umatilla.
An effort Is being made to rematch the
men.
Skaters in Competition.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. March 20.
Competition for the amateur figure
skating championship of America and
two other championship events started
here today. The contests are the first
to be held in this country under the
international style, recently adopted
by. iilie Skating .Union, of America. .
Interchange of Shipments
. From One Competing Line
to Another Requested.
PHYSICAL LINKS ARE ASKED
Oregon Electric, Southern Pacific
and Corvallis & Eastern Involved
in Plea Heard at Albany by
Railroad Commission.
ALBANY, Or.. March 20. (Special.)
Following a hearing here today the
State Railroad Commission took under
advisement the matter of requiring the
Oregon Electric. Southern Pacific and
Corvallis & Eastern railroads to make
a physical connection of their lines at
Albany for an interchange or traffic.
It is the first time a complaint has
been heard under the new amendment
to the Railroad Commission act permit
ting an interchange of traffic between
competing lineand the decision in this
case will form a precedent regarding
physical connections between different
lines for this purpose in Oregon. Chair
man Miller, of the Railroad Commis
sion', said it was one of the most im
portant matters so far as traffic is
concerned ever brought before the
Commission, "
The connection of the lines, if or
dered, would be for an interchange of
traffic only in carload lots and on a
main-line haul. It would not apply
to switching on the two lines in this
city. In other words, it will r.o: per
mit a man shipping a car to Albany
on the Oregon Electric to have it
switched to his warehouse along the
Southern Pacific, or Vice versa. The
question as to whether such a connec
tion would affect switching here was
raised by Southern Pacific representa
tives and the Commission ruled that
the complaint in this case was not suf
ficient to raise that issue. It will take
a new complaint to bring up that ques
tion. . :
Railroads Drop Contest.
The Oregon Electric officials did not
appear at all to combat the complaint
and with this issue of interchange of
traffic for switching purposes ruled out
the Southern Pacific representatives
did not contest further. The testimony
of the coihplainants was taken and the
case submitted without argument or
testimony for the railroads. This
brought to a sudden termination a
hearing which, it was expected, would
continue two days.
The case heard today was filed by
John Willis, E. A. Chambers and W.
L Chambers, wood shippers, residing
north of Albany. The County Court
of Linn County appeared as an inter
venor with a request for the connection
for 'the purpose of interchanging cars
of gravel and crushed rock for road
building from one line to another in
this city. The complainants who re
side near the Oregon Electric testified
that without this proposed connection
at Albany they would havg to haul
wood for several miles if they wished
to ship it to any point on the Southern
Pacific or Corvallis & Eastern.
When, the hearing began Attorney
Fenton, representing the Southern Pa
cific, raised the question of switching
and the Commission sustained his con
tention that it be ruled out under the
issue raised by the complaint. He then
asked that shipments from competitive
points be not considered.
"Maln-Llne Haul' Explained.
In other words, he asked that the
question be Confined to interchanging
traffic from points where only one
road ran. This would have barred
shipments from Portland. Salem. Har-
risburg. Junction and Eugene, where
both roads have stations, from inter
change over the proposed Albany con
nection. The Commission ruled against
him on this point and decided that if
the interchange of traffic were per
mitted at all it must be on all property
offered provided it was a main-line
haul. The Words, "main-line haul," it
was explained, would bar out switch
ing only. Traffic on any branch line,
such as the Albany-Lebanon, or Wood-
burn-Springfield lines would be a
mam-llne haul, though not on the
popularly-called main line of the
Southern Pacific.
Chairman Miller and Commissioners
Campbell and Aitchison were all pres
ent at the hearing, which was held in
the Circuit Court room of the Linn
County Courthouse. Attorneys W. D.
Fenton and Ben C. Dey, of Portland,
appeared for the Southern Pacific, and
Gale S. Hill, District Attorney for Linn
County, appeared for the County Court
as lntervenor.
Among Southern Pacific officials
present at the hearing were F. L.
Burckholder, superintendent: H. A.
Henshaw, general freight agent; John
M. Scott, general passenger agent, and
james tt. Muicnay, assistant general
xreignt agent.
FACTIONAL STRIFE GAINS
SPOKANE DEMOCRATS FACE WIDE
SPLIT IN COUNTV RANKS.
Official Organisation Election Which
Put V. T. Tuatia In as President
Declared Illegal by Opponents.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 20. (Soe-
cial.) Factional difference's in the Spo-
Kane (jouniy uemocracy have precipi
tated this week a wide open fight and
local leaders today are announcing
ineir intention or going down the line.
even if there iould be evolved a spilt
ana a aouoie county organization.
W. H. Murphy, formerly acting presl
dent of the Spokane County Democratic
Club, the official campaign organiza
tion, declares that the election held
last Friday, at which V. T. Tustin be
came president and George Canfleld sec
retary of the club, was illegal. W. H.
Cochran, chairman of the County Cen
tral committee, says Mr. Murphy is
right and that as chairman he will sup
port tne can tor a second meeting and
an election at which only club mem
bers will be allowed to vote.
Mr. Tustin stands pat on his election.
says Mr. Murphy is no longer an offi
cer of the club and will refuse to recog
nize any call tor a meeting other than
that which he makes himself.
The' break is an outgrowth of the
patronage tight which lasted all through
4913, with a few new slants by the In
troduction or tne senatorial campaigns.
Julius Zittel, at the r riday meeting.
was put up as an organization candi
date for president of the club and Mr.
Tustin as an insurgent, the votes of
those present giving Mr. Tustin a de
cisive majority. Tests on the other of
ficers, that of secretary.eing next in
importance, showed the anti-organization
faction was in control all 'down the
line. .
"This Is Mr. Murphy's fight," said Mr.
Cochran, chairman of the County Cen
tral .Committee and president, pt the
HOOD RIVER EGGS SHIPPED
Orchardists Are Now Beginning to
Kaise Chickens.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Since the Hood River Valley has
been shipping apples in commercial
quantities never until last week have
poultrymen been able to supply the lo
cal demand for eggs. During the years
when the many young orchards were
being developed the ranchers devoted
their entire time to the industry. New
comers failed to purchase chickens and
most of the rural residents purchased
their eggs and butter. However, dur
ing the past two years many chickens
have been raised in the valley. The
orchardists have been practicing a lim
ited diversified farming, and fowls may
now be found in almost every farm
yard. "During the past week," says Craw
ford C. Lemmon, a local produce man,
"we have been shipping cases of Hood
River eggs to outside markets."
LET STATE DO IT MASON
Legislative Aspirant Opposes Coun
ties Building: River Highway.
HOOD RIVER, Or., March 20. CSpe-
ciaL) A. I. Mason, who has announced
his candidacy for the Republican nomi
nation for joint Representative from
Hood River and Wasco counties, de
clares he is opposed to the expenditure
of county money in the building of the
Columbia River highway.
"I believe it is unjust," says Mr. Ma
son. "to ask the counties along the Co
lumbia east of Multnomah County to
contribute money in building this road.
When this expensive road is built, con
necting Western and Eastern Oregon
I believe that it should be done at the
expense of the state. It would have
been just as reasonable to have asked
Oregon to have built the $10,000,000
locks at Celilo as to ask our district to
build our portion of the Columbia high
way.
SLAIN W0MAN DEFENDED
Grand Mound Rancher's Stories
About Wife He Killed Denounced.
CENTRAL1A, Wash., March .(Spe
cial.) Sheriff M. tlorkle and Coroner
Sticklin were at Grand Mound yester
day obtaining evidence to be introduced
next month at the trial of Hamilton
Douglass, the rancher of Grand Mound,
who last week shot and killed his wife
at their farm home there. The officers
interviewed neighbors of the Douglass
family as to the family life of the lat
ter. The people living in the vicinity of
the shooting are bitter against Doug
lass for telling what they say are false
stories as to the character of the mur
dered woman.
H. D. Walker, a brother of Mrs.
Douglass, arrived here Wednesday
night and will take his sister's body
back to Odell. 111., for Interment.
RAILROAD WORK PUSHED
Contractor for Milwaukee's Branch
Establishes Camp at Chehalis.'
CHEHAL1S. Wash,, March 20. (Special.)-!.
A. Sandell, a sub-contractor
on the construction work on the Mil
waukee road's branch through Chehalis
to Willapa Harbor, , has established a
camp near Prindle .street in this city
and just as soon as the weather will
permit will begin grading.
A further cut will be made near the
Holy Rosary Academy, the cut going
close to the building as at present lo
cated. Bridge work across Dillenbaugh
Creek, in the southwest portion of town,
is well under way.
GRAVE DIGGING NO SNAP
Work Hazardous, Says Lodge Asking
Protection Under Law.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) Grave-digging in Kllensburg is
an extra hazardous occupation, the
Kllensburg Lodge of Oddfellows avers
in writing the Industrial Insurance
Commission in an effort to have the
grave-diggers of the lodge cemetery
protected under the workmen's com
pensation act.
The use of explosives to blast out
graves causes the hazard, the lodge
claims. The Commission is investi
gating the case before making a defi
nite ruling.
Isolating Leper Is Asked.
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Lewis County Commissioners
and the various commercial organiza
tions of Chehalis, Centralia and Win
lock telegraphed Senator Jones and
Representative Johnson, last night,
urging them to use every, effort to gel
the Government to permit the placing
of Christo Katajisto. the'' Wlnlock
leper, at Diamond Point, where other
lepers are kept in colony life. The un
fortunate man is said to be in a bad
condition. His feet have been affected
for about six years, during which he
I . till
Ipor the sick or convalescent
J for the tired or overworked -for
the man of sedentary habits.
Cyrus Noble.
W. J. Van Sehuyvef & CO., General Agents
Portland, Oregon. '
A. HAT in Tvliicli many
men and young men "will
find style and comfort thin
Spring; and Summer a
really clever model which
Is adapted to the fedora
or high-crown telescope
shaping. In hlue. array or
deal brown. Bow on the
three-quarter. The BRIS
TOL, the bent hat for the
money. In Its many shapes
and styleM. is sold exclu
sively In Portland at the
shop of
Buf f urn &
Pendleton
Morrison Street
Opposite Postof f ic j
did not know tho seriousness of his
ailment.
HUSBAND FAILS THRICE
WOM V.V 3 TIMES WED TO SAME MAX
ASKS DIVORCE THIRD i'lMIS.
Intermittent Married Life, Broken and
Mended Often in 2G Years, Again
In Court at Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 20.
(Special.) Hilary Blehm considers that
in 2t years she has given Phillip Blehm
a fair trial as a husband and now for
tho third time she is seeking a divorce
from him. Two previous attempts
have been successful, as thuy have
been married throe times.
Her complaint filod today gives an
account of their progressive matri
monial experiences. First married in
Russia in 1888, they lived together for
a number of years, then Mrs. Blehm got
a divorce. In Heppner, Or., January
21, 1903, they again, heard the words
that made them man and wife. They
remained together until Juno 10, 1910,
whn the court was again called on to
undo the" work of the minister. De
cember 27, 1910, they were, married
again.
During their intermittent married
life they have become parents to seven
children. Mrs. Blehm charges her hus
band with drunkenness and with hav
ing beaten her and threatened her life.
She had him arrested Sunday on a
wife-beating charge, but he forfeited
his bond. She secured a restraining
order to prevent him from molesting
her.
Bugler's Body Arrives Home.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 20. (Spe
cial.) The body of L. C. Schotield. a
bugler in the United States marine
corps, who died recently in a military
hospital in Japan, arrived in Centralia
for interment this afternoon. The
body was received at the train by a
detail from Company M, Second Regi
ment, Washington National Guard, and
accompanied to a local undertaking
parlor. Young Kchofield was the son
of C. R. Schofield, a well-known resi
dent of this city, and formerly was a
member of the local militia company.
I'nion County Out of Debt.
LA GRANDE, Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Marking a wide contrast of
Union County's financial condition at
present with that of 16 years ago, when
the county owed $280,000 with no cred
it and having to pay about one and a
half times the worth of all improve
ment work which she had done. Coun
ty Treasurer Frawley in a few day3
will call in all outstanding warrants
amounting to about J25.000, which will
leave the county free of debt.
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