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PASTOR SAYS WIFE WASTED HIS MONEY Rev. Mr. Barnhisel, of Tacoma. Testifies He Speculated to : Gratify Extravagance. DIVORCE CASE OUTCOME Stinistcr on Stand Weeps as He Tells of "Long Shots-' Taken on Real Estate and of Other Efforts ': Made to Get Funds. TACOMA, Wash, April 2. (Special.) Rev. Arthur H. Barnhisel took the witness stand today in his divorce suit and testified in support of his conten tion that Mrs. Barnhisel's extravagance forced him to speculate in real estate while he was pastor of the First Pres byterian Church of Tacoma, and that his wife's houshold expenses amounted to several thousand dollars each year. He enumerated his many local invest ments. Rev. Mr. Barnhisel said, he took 'Ion;? shots"- on real estate and in variably his speculations proved suc cessful, even to the extent of doubling his money in two years. He said he made a cash profit of nearly $11,000 during the five years he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and. bad. received $6000 from his father. "With these funds and his five years (salary of $15,900 and "honorariums" of ?2500, he said he did not have enough money to satisfy his wife's demand for extravagant things. The courtroom was crowded with spectators, most of them women mem berg of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Barnheisel was accompanied by Miss Charlotte Hay Dewey and Mrs. Nelson Bennett, widow of the late rail road contractor. Mrs. Barnhisel was dressed in a natty tailored suit of small blue and a purple check, black hat with purple plumes and violets and em broidered shirtwaist with high white collor. Rev. Mr. Barnhisel came to the First Presbyterian Church from Los Gatos. Cal.. in November, 1902. He married Mrs. Barnhisel at Los Gatos. where he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church tor four years. During his life In Los Oatos after marriage he was forced to borrow J8000, besides receiving a sal ary of S110 per month, he eaid. Rev. Mr.- Barnhisel wept during the recital of his story and Mrs. Barnhisel also wept as she sat behind her at torneys. One of the features of the afternoon session was the reading of several letters that passed between the couple while Mrs. Barnhisel was in California, notably one in which Rev. Mr. Barnhisel told her they had come to the parting of the ways and that 'I have sold my very soul to satisfy your hunger for things that could not satisfy." The letter ended by saying he would send her $150 a month in future to maintain herself. BAKER PUPILS MUTINY DISORDER MEANT AS REBUKE FOR TALEBEARER BEING HEARD. April Fool Joke Reported to Principal, Thru Llmbuign Cheese, Paint t and Chemlcala I'aed. BAKER, Or., April 2. (Special.) Mutiny has reigned at the Baker High School for the last two days, the out growth of some fun, started as an April fool joke. As a direct slap at Principal Elton for his policy in en couraging talebearing the students have painted statues of Lincoln, Wash ington and Franklin, poured ammonia and other chemicals copiously around the various schoolrooms and filled the professors' desks with limburger cheese. The trouble started when each of the four classes held meetings Tuesday and decided that, as an April fool Joke on the faculty, all the students should play hookey" April 1. Some one told Principal Elton and he called all stu dents Into assembly, threatened with expulsion any who refused to attend classes April 1 whether or not they brought excuses, and declared that no Jokes would be permitted. The next day the trouble started and It continued until today when a sem blance of order was restored. Some of the older students met and In an informal meeting declared the prin cipal should have turned the talebear er away. They outlined a plan of ac tion and the next morning the several large plaster cast busts in the assembly room were decorated with carmine lips and cheeks, blackened eyebrows and browned beards. Then began at various intervals the scattering of foul smelling chemicals. Several students com plained of being made ill by the fumes from the chemicals, but they were not allowed to go home. SUIT AGAINST COLFAX ON Commercial Club AVould Stop Action Brought by Citizen. COLFAX. Wash.. April S.-SpeciaL) Judge Mills, of Walla Walla, presided today in the suit brought against the lity of Colfax by Eugene Brown, charging that Councilman violated the Jaw by selling their goods to the city Attorneys for the city asked that the charges be brought direct against warrant-holders. The Commercial Club has taken ac tion to have the suit stopped, as only a few of the citizens charge any viola tion of the law. The club also went on recor.i stating that the city would not repudiate any debt contracted by the Cour.cilmen. FUNERAL CORTEGE BROKEN Vancouver Ferry Halts Second Half of Procession 3 5 Minutes. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 2.(Spe clal.) A funeral procession, on its way to Riverview Cemetery, Portland, to day, was broken in two parts when the Columbia River was reached. There were only 20 carriages, but this number could not be accommodat ed. After the ferry was filled the re mainder waited 35 minutes for the next boat. AID TO DEPOSITORS DUE If New Siegel Offer Accepted Prose cution May Pass. NEW YORK, April 2. Friends of Henry Siegel and Frank E. Vogel. the indicted JOnn ft man t , rf. 1 . .. - .1111.11 L ivi C lUCILUttiltS, nmue a. new oner m behalf of trie depositors of ths bank connected by Henry Slegel & Company it became known today. The offer, under which the 15,000 depositors might expect t;o have their losses made good, is con tingent on their willingness to refrain from prosecuting Vogel and Slegel. ac cused of grand larceny and other charges in connection, with their methods of operating their enterprises. Counsel for the depositors and for Siegel and Vogel conferred with Dis trict Attorney Whitman, whose atti tude toward the proposal suggested was not made public. Several days ago when friends ofrhe accused men made a somewhat similar offer amount ing to t50,000 Mr. Whitman let it be understood that he would not consent to having the indictments quashed, but that he might urge clemency if Slegel and Vogel would plead guilty. The of fer made ' today mentioned 3500,000. with a. promise of enough-money in ad dition to secure to the depositors resti tution in full. Under a. Supreme Qourt order signed today Henry Siegel & Company are au thorized to pay the Federal receiver of the company $100,000 to be used in making payments to depositors. SALMON TRAPS ARE SET FLEET OF TUGS AND PILEDRn'ERS BEGUSS SPRING WORK. Thousands of Dollars to Be Spent Be. wee Now and Time First Fish Will Be Taken to Canneries. BELLINGHAM, Wash.. April 2. (Special.) The fleet of tugs and pile-, drivers today began moving toward the salmon banks to drive traps for Spring salmon. Thousands of dollars will be spent between now and the time the SE. aro brou8Tht to the canneries. This is the first year after the big run of sockeye salmon, and, while the catch should be fairly good, the pack of this variety of food fish will not be nearly so heavy as that of last season. This is the off, year for humpback sal mon. Next season the sockeyes will be even less in numbers than this year, according to past experience,, but the humpback run will then againbe on. The Pacific American Fisheries will put in 18 or 20 traps altogether this season. Other canneries in this city and vicinity are also preparing to drive their first traps of the season. STATE WINS FIRST ROUND Railroads Admit Complaint Faulty in Washington Tax Fight. OLTMPIA, Wash.. April 2. (Special.) The State of Washington and the 30 COUntieS involved fn the. 'nrthA.n To cific and Great Northern suits over -. taxes won a round in the fight vesterrinv whn t Vi . .q t j .... acknowledged their complaints were faulty. While the railroads will be allowed to amend their pleadings In one par ticular, arllmnnla nH.m v.. . . ney-General Tanner may result In the ueing inrown out or court. The railroads contend that their "good will" is being taxed. The Attorney-General holds that the valuation should have been, as it was, on the value of the road as a whole and not on the value of KnikpH ran. separate entitles. The railroads' answer is that stores, newspapers and other businesses of similar character am aMAsflAd . that- physical value. CRITICISED MAN RESIGNS Foreman of California's State Print ery Quits Place. SACRAMPV'Tfl Anrll ci..i-v Frank J. Smith,' foreman of the state priming piant, nas given state Printer Richardson his resignation and the three department foremen probably will follow the lead of their superior and resign if the State Civil Service Commission insists on installing its efficiency system in the State Printing Office. Mr. Smith wrote his resignation and handed it. to Mr. Richardson March 7. after the Civil Service Commission had listened to a delegation from the print ing plant which criticised Mr. Smith's management of the institution. Tile Pivtl f rir ta frtmn, ;...(.. . Mr. Richardson have been at outs since the Commission announced it would in stall an emciency system. FRUITMEN CAN GET AID Yakima Growers' Association Plans - Loans to Its Members. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., April 2. (Special.) The Taklma Vallev Fruit Growers' Association has initiated a plan by which it will advance funds to its members for orchard operations. such as spraying, thinning, pruning. irrigating ana water assessments. The association will charge 8 per cent In terest and taking chattel mortgages on the crops as security. Advances for harvesting expenses will also be made by the association when fruit is de livered, as the condition of the market warrants and without interest charge. The association has heretofore ad vanced spray and other supplies, and toe present step is designed to make the grower independent of banks. Initiators Charged With Expense. OLTMPIA, Wash.. April 2. That the duty of checking Initiative petitions is clearly imposed upon the local regis tration orricers and that such expense Is not to be borne by the state are rul ings made In an opinion from the of fice of the Attorney-General today to the Secretary of State. This means that all of the local communities will have to bear the expense of checking the names of the signers of the vari ous petitions for proposed laws and that no relief can be procured from the state. The big cities tried to get the state to bear a share of the cost. Independent Phone Line Planned. HOOD RIVER. Or, April 2 (Spe cial.) Alleging that they are unable to get the Oregon-Washington Tele phone Company to make an extension of its lines into their community, the members of the West Fork Fruit Grow ers' Club, composed of ranchers resid ing west of Dee. have asked the State Railway Commission to make an in vestigation of the case. The fruitgrow ers' club asserts that unless It can se cure relief an independent telephone system will be established by the resi dents of the West Dee community. Dangerous Crossings to Go. OLYMPIA, Wash., April 2. (Spe cial.) The Public Service Commission has assigned Engineer Colgan to In vestigate dangerous grade crossings of railroads, with a view to their elimina. tion. The elimination of existing grade crossings Is a power that has not been exercised heretofore by the Commis sion. Mr. Colgan will prepare plans for the elimination of the more dangerous c osslngs and cost data. Xebraaka's tP12 mineral output vaa val ued at J1.480.5S2. TUK 31Qlt.LG OKEGOXIAy, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1914. SLOGANS ARE GIVEN G. A. Cobb, Aspirant for Gov ernor, and Others File. F. S. GRANT'S PETITION IN Republican Seeking Nomination for Attorney-General One of First to Complete Preliminaries Sev ' cral AVould Be Soions. SALEM, Or., April 2. (Special.) A. Cobb,641 Tillamook street. Portland, who filed his declaration today as an aspirant for the Democratic nomina tion for Governor, has the following platform: "I will earnestly endeavor to ascer tain the greatest needs of the people, and apply the remedy to the best of my ability. My policies shall be to decrease the expenses of the state, provide more convenient terms for the payment of taxes, provide employment for worthy unemployed, advocate good roads, strict but impartial enforcement of the law and absolute abolition of the liquor traffic" Mr. Hnnler Given Platform. William Hanley. Progressive aspirant for United States Senator, says: "I will stand for the development of the natural resources of Oregon for the benefit of Oregon's people. I be lieve these resources should be used as the economic basis far improving life on the farm by providing means for' good roads, irrigating our arid lands and developing electrical energy from water powers. I favor National woman suffrage, a larger share for the laborer of the product of his toil, more direct marketing between producer and consumer, the exclusion from our markets of goods manufactured by child labor and Improvement of the Columbia River. particularly from Portland to the' sea." "I stand for Woodrow Wilson." Is the slogai of H. M. Esterly. of Port land, who desires to be Democratic National Committeeman. Frank S. Grant, of Portland, today filed his completed nominating peti tion as an aspirant for the Republican nomination for Attorney-General. He filed his declaration several weeks ago and Is one of the first candidates to file his petition. John Van . Zante, of Portland, filed his declaration as an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for Circuit Judge. Department No. 6. Multnomah County. He gives no platform or slo gan. Aspirants For Lcfblatarc File. S. P. Peirce. Port Orford. Curry County. Republican candidate for Joint Representative for Curry and Coos counties, has the slogan: "Farmer and laborer. For payment of taxes In three payments; no penalty." i W. A. Leet. aspirant for Representa tive for Multnomah County, has the slogan: "An honest protection of every citizen's rights." D. M. Cartmill. Haines, Republican aspirant for representative from Baker County, adopts the slogan: "I advocate economy in public affairs and semi-annual payment of taxes." William G. Hare, Hillsboro, Republi can aspirant for Representative from Washington County, has the slogan: "Opposed to oppressive tax laws; favor economy In appropriations." Dr. A. K. Higes. Portland, seeks the Democratic nomination for representa tlve from Multnomnh County. His slo- . The Man of Fastidious Taste MiMf. 'mm f mm will find this the most satisfactory store for the selec tion of his Easter apparel. "Ben Selling" stvles are the styles the best dressed men evervwhere will wear on Easter day. A Great Easter Clothes Show Stein-Bloch, Atterbury and R. B. Fashion Clothes. Every suit is the product of a master tailor. The fin est fabrics from domestic and foreign looms. A multi tude of handsome browns, grays, tans smart line stripes that will be worn more than ever this Spring. Why not select that Easter Suit today? The utmost in good clothes at $20, $25, $30 and upwards Top off your Easter suit with a smart new Dunlap or Brewer Hat. BEN SELLING Leading: Clothier Morrison Street at Fourth gan is: "Lowes taxes and easier pay ment of taxes." "Quarterly payment of taxes: equal rights," Is the slogan of J. Tom Hall, of Marshfield. Democrat, who desires to represent Coos County In the Legislature. NO BUBONIC RAT IS FOUND Port of Hoquiara Officially Declared Free of Plague. HOQUIAM, Wash., April 2. (Spe cial.) The Port of Hoqulam Is and has been free from bubonic plague. This important fact has been proven by the work carried on here during the past three months by Ray Thurbcr. special deputy health officer, following plans laid out by Dr. J. B. Lloyd, of the United States Public Health Service. The plan prepared by Dr. Lloyd for Hoqulam was to make close search for dead rats about the waterfront, mills and shipping. Tardmen and dockmen aided In this work. Pendleton Rainfall Low. PENDLETON. Or., April 2. (Spe cial.; precipitation lor March was less than one-fifth the normal amount. being but -.33 of an Inch. There has also been a. deficiency every month so far this year, leaving a deficiency for the first three months of 1.80 inches. Notwithstanding this shortage In rain fall, crops never looked better at this season of the year, and farmers are not worried as to the outcome. Portland- Soon to Get Asparagus. HOOD RIVER. Or., April 2 (Spe cial.) On account of the warm days of the latter part of February und March, the Hood River asparagus crop will be on the market two weeks ear lier than usual J. H. Koberg. the largest grower of asparagus in the state, soon will begin ton shipments of the sprouts to the Portland markets. Thoroughfare Opinion Given. SALEM. Or.. April 2. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford in an opinion asked by J. IL Mulleson. of Dundee, today held that a farmer hav ing no thoroughfare from his place to a county road may compel the owner of other property to grant him one upon payment by him of damages. Boys Will Plant State Ground. OLYMPIA, Wash.. April 2. (Spe cial.) A squad of 60 boys will be sent rrom the frtate Training School at Che halls to plant potatoes In the tract of land purchased for the proposed State School for Girls near Grand Mound, ten miles distant, so that when the school la established next Fall they w'.ll be available. The board of con trol will award contracts for the con struction of buildings for the new Institution. on the cottage plan. April 20. Ask any owner of a Hupmobile regarding the satisfactory service this car gives. Furthermore, the Hupmobile is a guaranteed car. 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