, ' bk MOKNTXG ORFfiOXTAy. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1914. a
RESERVES PREPARE
TO FIRE BIG GUNS
Subcaliber Ammunition Used
by Militia in Practice at
Mouth of River.
DETAILS BEING STUDIED
Many Corrections and Computations
Xecessary to Obtain Precise
Range for Rifles Control
System Is Complicated.
PORT STEVENS, Or- June 19.
(Special.) Great interest is centering
around the progress that is being made
Dy tne uregon reserves in woir m ui
lery training camp at the mouth of
the river. Each day a new phase of
artillery work la started.
Preliminary training has given place
to actual tiring 01 suD-canoer '"""-
i.j . I .-J 1 wnAv.ln tatrr.t. ttIVda
by the Government steamers past the
fortifications at elevens.
By the end of the week it is thought
hn DanrlfiA f CI refit nrantice will
be attempted. At present all efforts
are Dent rowara attaining
speed ind accuracy essential to mak-
, , Via final timkHm u cnm nl pt ft Rll C -
cess. It is expected that this year the
Oregon troops wm una ursi pia.;o
the lists of state organizations.
Before a shot is fired many factors
have to be taken into consideration.
Corrections are made for the curvature
of the earth, the velocity of the wind,
height of the observing instruments
above the water line at mean low tide,
density of the atmosphere, travel of
the boat towing the target etc.
Towers Obtain Information.
The exact information required for
firing must me from two range
towers, located a known distance apart.
This information is transmitted to a
room, called the plotting room, by tel
ephones whose connections and wir
ing are concealed in underground con
duits. There is said to be more than
30 miles of these underground cables
at Fort Stevens and the original cost
of Installing the fire-control Bystem,
of which this is a part, was in excess
of $500,000.
To make it possible for this Infor
mation to arrive at the plotting rooms
from the two stations simultaneously,
they are also connected with electrical
clocks that click at the exact instant
that the instrument readings should be
obtained, thus insuring that the an
cles of the target obtained from the
towers will correspond with the exact
location of the target.
Renri.nK Are Reproduced.
These readings of the tower instru
ments are reproduced on the board in
the plotting room, which corresponds
in every respect to a miniature map
of the field of fire; in other words, is
a replica of the river and harbor front
covered by the great weapons that de
fend the mouth of the Columbia.
In turn it is sent to the guns by
phone and speaking tubes, there it is
displayed in such a manner as to indi
cate the exact angle of elevation and
direction at which the guns must be
pointed to hit the target. Since the
target is traveling rapidly it follows
that the guns are set when fired bo
as to fire a certain distance in ad
vance of the target In the case of
the mortars as high as 60 seconds
sometimes elapses before the projectile
strikes after the firing takes place. A
mortar shell, weighing more than 1000
pounds, actually travels a greater dis
tance in height than it does in hori
zontal distance to the target.
Assuming, however, that a battleship
would be able to run this gauntlet of
cleverly arranged destructive force, it
would still be obliged to face a more
Insidious and deadly enemy in the
shape of the sub-marine mines.
These mines are hollow steel tubes,
anchored beneath the surface of the
water and containing either 100 pounds
of guncotton or a new high-power ex
plosive called crotol.
TRACK LAYING HITS SNAG
Slilwuukee Crossing Near Chehalis
Halts Willapa Branch.
CHEHALIS. Wash, June 19. (Spe
cial.) Owing to differences arising
between the Northern Pacific, the
Oregon-Washington and the "Milwau
kee" railroads as to the expense inci
dental to the latter road crossing the
tracks of the first named lines, north
of Centralis, track lading on the Wil
lapa Harbor branch of the Milwaukee
has encountered a snag. The three
crossings are but a few feet apart.
The -matter likely will go immedi
ately to the Public Service Commission,
and will be the first case of the kind in
Washington where the question of
three crossings is Involved. Unless the
three companies get together, the Mil
waukee's track laying operations south
of Centralia may be delayed for two
months.
CARRIER'S PAPERS STOLEN
Thief at Vancouver Takes 70 Copies
of The Oregonian.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 19. (Spe
cial.) An unknown miscreant today
stole a news sack containing 70 copies
of The Oregonian.
The carrier, John Marsh, Jr., had
started on his route and reached the
United States National Bank building.
Taking the number of papers he re
quired for his customers in the build
ing, he started up the five flights of
stairs, leaving his sack of papers at
the door. When he returned, the paptrs
were missing, and nearly 60 subscribeis
did not get their papers on time.
The police have been notified and it
is believed that the guilty person will
be arrested.
MOTOR DRIVEN0VER BANK
fclicrirf of Skamania County Has
Accident AVith Car Just Bought.
VANCOUVER. Wash., June 19. (Spe.
cial.) When Sheriff Gray, of Ska
mania County, with his family was
motoring from Vancouver to Stevenson
last night the machine went over a
bank.
Mrs. Gray sustained a broken arm
and was badly bruised, but the others
escaped.
isherlff Gray had bought the machine
here and was driving home.
PYTHIAN SESSIONS END
Idaho Chapter Selects Lewiston as
Place for Xext Meeting.
WEISER. Ida., June 19. (Special.)
Selecting Lewiston as' the next meeting
place and installing officers for the
year, the annual conventions pf the
Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters
adjourned this afternoon. The visitors
were given an automobile ride about
the city and valley.
At the morning session the Fythlans
appropriated 125 to the McConville
Monument Association fund toward
erecting a monument to the memory
of Major Edward McConville at Lewis
ton, who lost his life in the battle of
Santa Anna in the Philippines.
The officers chosen by the Pythian
Sisters are: Past grand chief, Laura
Edlin, Weiser; grand chief. Sarah Tan.
ner. Mountain Home; grand senior,
Fannie Harris. Grangeville: grand Jun
ior, Hazel Barnhart, Kellogg; grand
manager, Hattie Thatcher, Moscow;
grand M. of R. and C M., Eva Hahn,
Coeur d'Alene; grand mistress of fi
nance. Belle Jackson, Genesee; grand
proctor. Ivy Hatfield, no; grand guard,
Leona Grete, Silver City.
POLICE PROBE IS ASKED
BOISE LEAGUES SATS OFFICERS LET
BAWDY HOUSES FLOURISH.
Sworn Statements Allege Chief and His
Ajfrn tm Refused to Arrest as Re
quired by State Law.
BOISE, Idaho, June 19. (Special.)
Charges of wilful and continued neg
lect upon the part of Chief of Police
Webb N. Reeves, G. B. Hamby and
Leonard F. Routson, detectives, in han
dling vice in the city were laid before
the City Council this afternoon by the
Law Enforcement League.
Sworn charges are made by J. I.
Mills in which he prays that the Mayor
and Council investigate the accusations
and, if the men are found guilty, that
they be dismissed from service.
The charges are general in their na
ture and are to the effect that houses
of ill-fame have existed almost con
tinuously in the city since the officials
have been in charge; that they were
conducted in a notorious manner; that
the officials knew of their existence but
failed, refused and neglected to have
arrested the Inmates or proprietors of
these places.
It is also charged in the complaint
that Intoxicating liquors have been con
tinuously sold in the houses of prosti
tution and that no arrests have been
made for such violations of the city
ordinances.
The accused officers leave tonight for
San Francisco as witnesses in a white
slave case before the Federal Court,
and upon their return a full investiga
tion will be conducted.
GRAND ARMY MEET ENDS
Delegates; Enjoy Auto Trips and Re
ception at Tillamook.
TILLAMOOK, Or, June 19. (Spe
cial.) The 33d annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic, De
partment of Oregon, came to a close
Thursday with a Joint installation in
the skating rink, which was largely at
tended. ' '
The viBltors later were taken in auto
mobiles to see the dairy farms in the
neighborhood of the city and the wo
men of the Grange gave a reception
for the Woman's Relief Corps and the
women of the Grand Army of the Re
Dublic at the Tillamook Commercial
Club. Others went to the beach.
The sDecial train will leave tomor
row morning and the visitors will pass
a few hours on the beach and witness
the lifesaving crew drill. They will
arrive in Portland about S o'clock.
PASSENGER KILLS LABORER
Man Struck at Castle Kock Said to
Be "Dad" Harper, of Portland.
KELSO. Wash.. June 19. (Special.)
An unidentified man was struck by
a northbound passenger train Wednes
day evening just south or tne casue
Rnck denot and Instantly killed. The
only means of identification upon his
person was a cara or me unenun v.a.ie.
John Rugeen, proprietor, wttn xne
name "James Dolan. 101 Sixth street.
Portland, Or.," written on it. Officials
are investigating. The body is held at
Castle Rock.
James Dolan. 101 Sixth street North,
said yesterday that the man killed at
Castle Rock was an Iowan, past mid
dle age, who came West with the Sells-
Floto shows ana wno was Known .u
Dad" Harper. He was a laDorer ana
left Portland ten days ago.
POT MOUNTAIN1 SURVEY ON
Government Has Force on Railroad
Lands In Idaho.
t nTiTTCTAV THahn. June 19. (Spe-
AJJi Y AU V.'l - , -
.1.1 a ..vow nf Ramniment contract
l. I L. A V. . " -
surveyors passed through this city en
route to the Pot Mountain section.
where they will survey townsnip tines
on land included in the Northern Pa-
: I Tn!l.na.4 Wl-n Yl Several CTfiWS
have already gone into that district
this season lor preliminary wum,
i . i. .l morn than 100 men Will
be employed in surveying the upper
Clearwater country during the coming
Summer.
The country is so rough in the sec-
ha Di.vvwi thnt it is neces
sary to pack supplies in and form a
base. Later in tne cummer Buypnea
will be taken in from the Montana
side, but that trail is impassable yet.
EX-MARSHALJS FINED $50
A. H. Dowling, of MHwaukie, Tried
in Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 19. (Spe-
11 . . xt nnwXn? ev-Tnwn Mar
shal of Milwaukie and well known here,
was convicted last nigni in juui:
Kelso's court and fined $60 for assault
and battery.
Marshal Reed last night arrested J.
Hann and left him in a restaurant in
care of Dowling. The evidence showed
that Dowling assumed authority and
i . u..-- nvo,. thA hpflil with a "billy"
and kicked him while he was prostrate.
WIRELESS TAX IS PROBLEM
Washington Apportionment Based
on Miles of Wire.
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 19. (Spe
cial.) Washington's tax laws, enact
ed before the advent of wireless tele
graphy, provide the taxes of telegraph
companies, which are assessed by the
. . . .k.n V... HtatT-ihiitAil tn lh. vari
ous counties, in proportion to the miles
of line in eacn.
The State Tax Commission is unable
to determine what to do with the taxes
to be paid by the Marconi Wireless
Company.
Mail Route Bid Raised.
LEWISTON, Ida., June 19. (Special.)
Wilmer A. Dull, of Tammany, has
been ' awarded the contract for the
Lewlston-Waha mail route, at $1800.
When bids were first called for. Mr.
Dull submitted a bid a $1575, but the
surety bonding company, in view of
the parcel post business, felt the fig
ure was too low and would not provide
the bond.
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SPOILS SYSTEM-IN
FULL SWING AGAIN
Democratic Attacks on Civil
Service Are Out of Harmony
With Professions.
FIVE ONSLAUGHTS PREVAIL
Fourth-Class Postmasters, Deputy
Marshals, Revenue and Tax Col
lectors and Bank Reserve
Employes Seized On.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 19. Five times Bince the
Democrats came into full control of
the Government Congress has made on-
. , . . i Mt.,n eapvlra TTnur
siaugms on to .
of these attacks have been approved
by President Wilson, and the fifth
doubtless will be approver as u "
it is submitted. In addition to this,
Postmaster-General Burleson, soon aft
er coming into office, undertook to
abolish the Taft civil service oruer
applicable to fourth-class postmasters,
but was compelled to abandon his plan
because of aroused public sentiment.
Enough has been done by Congress and
i . a iimintetratioii to demonstrate
Democratic hostility to the civil serv
ice, notwithstanding tne piou ...
Baltimore platform, which declared:
...n.-- 1 ...t.lnlnr t( thft CiVll S6l"V-
X HO ...... n
Ice should be honestly and rightly en
forced to the end that merit ana aumijf
u.i, i.. u dtanHarH of aDDOintment
snu.ii uo mo t .
and promotion rather than service to a
political party."
Spirit of Taft Order Evaded.
. . rtnn...i YturiAKon. on as-
rDBimwiBi-ucusi-. --
suming the big patronage-dispensing
job under tne Aaouiuui , -A
known that he intended to revoke Pres
, j m 1 wtijfih ti I Aj'il fuurtn-
luem xttitr uv.. .
class postmasters under the civil serv-
ice. Immeaiaieiy mem
clamor and the Postmaster-General
changed his announcement. Then came
a strong demand from Democratic
members of Congress that the Taft or--i
i h ...I innp" ATious-h to permit
the turning out of Republicans.
This was too paipaoie a imuu,
n ,a.f.,.r.nnriil decided to com
pel all fourth-class postmasters in of
fice to take a civil service examina
tion, at the same time giving an
applicants an opportunity m
, J mv.. nlmi ia now in force. bUt
laeu. ii ci i. i . "i. .w - i ,i
It is not being enforced in true civil
service style, for tne rgnwui
partment mvariaoiy wn K1 -
t-. . n.mmTp f hnnnens to be
one of the first three candidates rated
at the examination, xne
barely pass, and yet will be appointed,
even though a Republican has made a
rating 20 points higher.
More Boom Made for Democrat.
i .i. iBd At bv the Post-
master-General, Congress passed a bill
taking Deputy unitea owies
from the civil service classification and
making those jobs political offices.
Then deputy collectors of internal rev
enue were legislated out of the civil
service and those offices were prompt
ly filled by Democrats. When it came
time to put the income tax law in
operation the Democratic majority in
Congress was careful to take a large
portion of the Internal revenue force
in the Treasury Department out of the
civil service, transfer the employes to
the income-tax service and thus make
it possible to discharge those who were
Republicans and replace them with
Democrats. This is still being done.
Then came the currency law, which
called for a large Administrative force.
The Jobs under the Federal Reserve
Board went on the Democratic pie
counter, too.
President's Discretion Absolute.
Not long ago Congress passed the
Alaska railroad bill, giving the Presi
dent discretionary power to make as
many appointments as he might deem
necessary, and authorizing him, more
over, to fix the salaries of his ap
pointees. That bill did not recognize
the civil service. Never in the history
of the Government has wider authority
been given any President to appoint
whom he pleased at whatever salaries
he deemed proper.
v- r,.,. la nnfddfrin2 a Sen
ate provision in the legislative bill
which appropriates xuu,uvv iw. d.a.
of "commercial attaches to be ap-
i - a v... .v.a fiajirAtnrv of Commerce
without examination under civil serv
ice rules, to travel aDroaa ana maae
trade reports to this Government The
na HatArmfnA the number of
nciiicw; i-
agents and can fix their salaries, and
his power is aosoiute.
CITY FORCES LAND ISSUE
Gang Invades Woman's Property to
Test Condemnation Act.
rtornnM riTV Or June 19. (Spe
cial.) The legal tangle between the
city and Mrs. Chase over property t
the edge of the bluff to be used for a
landing place for the municipal eleva
tor and for street purposes was brought
to an Issue today when a gang of men
under the direction of Street Commis
sioner Babcock invaded the land and
began grading. '
The action 01 tne city w
test the legality of the condemnation
i c ThA nroceedings will be
argued before the Supreme Court next
"condemnation proceedings were be-
v. v... ai After several
delays a jury in the Circuit Court
awarded Mrs. Chase 1S51. This money
was tendered to her, dui it was -
fused.
FORESTRY FORCE LARGER
Dallas Timberman and Corvallis In
strnctor Made "Inspectors."
c.rirM c Tuna 19. fSoecial.)
State Forester Elliott announced today
that he had appointed W. B. Fuller, a
timberman of Dallas, and George W.
t hooH nr th School of Forestry
at Corvallis. forestry inspectors, at sal
aries of 150 a month each. They will
be paid from the regular appropriation
of the department, nereiwiora mo cm
i ..nnBi'ttr.fl of suDervislng war
dens, deputy wardens and patrolmen.
Mr. Fuller will be assigned to the
Northwestern district, which includes
all counties norm oi lano ix
. . i i-.qa.onA Mountains, and Mr.
Peavy will have charge of Lane County
and all counties soutn.
FISHERIES MEET IS ON
Largest Gathering of Salmon Pack
ers on Coast Expected.
Acrnpti rtf .Tune 19. (Special.)
One of the largest gatherings of salmon
packers ever neia on tne x-acino uwi.
will be assembled in Astoria tomorrow.
1 The meeting will be attended by rep
resentatives of practically all the
salmon-packing interests on the Pacific
Coast, Including Alaska, and its object
is understood to be to perfect an or
ganization to be known as the Associa
tion of Pacific Fisheries. Among those
present will be F. Gorrell, of Wash
ington, D. C, secretary of the Canners"
National Association, who Is expected
to address the session.
The object of the Pacific Coast body,
it is asserted, is not to deal with the
prices either of the raw or cured prod
uct, but to take up matters relating to
the promotion and conservation of the
fisheries, such as procuring increased
hatchery facilities and the enactment
and enforcement of regulations that
will protect the salmon during the
spawning periods.
The Association of Pacifio Fisheries
had its inception at a meeting recently
in Seattle, when a movement was
launched to defeat the proposed initia
tive measure in the State of Washing
ton, a measure that would impose heavy
burdens of taxation on the fishermen
and the packers as well.
CANNERIES ARE VISITED
DATA OBTAINED AT PUYALXl'P AND
SUMNER FOB USES AX GRESHA9L
Two Washington Plants Expected to
Take In SLSOO.OOO This Year and
S access Here Is Predicted.
GRESHAM, Or., June 19. (Special.)
H. E. Davis, president of the Gresham
Fruit Growers' Association, and E. L.
Thorpe, secretary, have returned from
their trip to Puyallup and Sumner.
Wash., where they went to investigate
the co-operative cannery and methods
of marketing fruit. Their infomatlon
will be submitted to the association
at Its meeting for organization Mon
day night.
Mr. Davis, a practical gardener, said
today that, through the co-operation of
1400 growers, canneries at Puyallup
and Sumner were established on a cap
ital stock of 12341. Last year the re
ceipts were $878,756.22 and the balance
was $23,912.31. Mr. Davis Bald that the
present year's business of these can
neries will be about $1,500,000. He
pointed out that fruit which now goes
to waste in Multnomah County would
all be used at Puyallup, and from 600
to 800 persons given employment. "Mr.
Davis declared that from his investi
gation he is satisfied that Multnomah
County can do even better than haB
been done in the Puyallup country. The
land at Puyallup, eight miles distant
from Tacoma, said Mr. Davis, is valued
at $1000 an acre and a good per cent
is earned on that valuation.
"What is being done at Puyallup,"
said Mr. Davis, "can be duplicated here
In Powell Valley, if the farmers will
unite as was done In Washington.
CASH MAY GET RELEASE
MRS. MOLLIS IRWIN MIGHT BE
OUT IF SHORTAGE IS COVERED.
Relatives of Burnt River Poatmletreaa
Attempt to Raise Fund to Meet
Iosa In Accounts.
BAKER, Or, June 19. (SpeolaX)
An effort is being made on th"6 part of
relatives in the Burnt River country
to make good the deficit of Mrs. Mollle
Irwin, postmistress of Austin, who is
now in Jail at Portland awaiting trial
before a Federal jury on a charge of,
embezzlement o fabout 1 3500 of postof
flce funds.
This statement was made by C. W.
Linebaugh, postal inspector, who was
in Baker today on a short trip of in
spection in this district.
"I do not believe that Mrs. Irwin stole
the money or that she was morally
guilty of theft," said Mr. LInebaugh.
I do believe, though, that she was
morally responsible and criminally
negligent and therefore criminally
guilty. She did not make her reports
as required by law and the depart
ment takes no account of where the
money goes. All that It requires is
that the money be there when caiiea.
It is not there and Mrs. Irwin was un
able and has been unable to produce It.
Should the deficit be made good Mrs.
Irwin might be freed."
POST WILL INSTALL OIL
Bids for Two Big Tanks at Van
couver Barracks Open Saturday.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
June 19. (Special.) Bids for an oil-
burning and heating system, to be in
stalled in the post, are to be opened
Saturday, June 20, after which they
will be forwarded to San Francisco for
approval. The estimated cost is less
than $50,000.
The specifications call for two tanks,
one of 5000 and one of 10,000 gallons,
the smaller at the North Bank viaduct,
on the reservation, and the larger at
the pumping station, on much higher
ground. A four-inch pipe will convey
the oil from the lower to the higher
tank. Gravity will be used to dis
tribute the oil through the barracks
where it will be used as fuel.
A large number of contractors are
bidding.'
CLUB OFFICIALS IN COURT
Court Holds ' Association Amenable
to City Billiard Ordinance.
The right 'of the City of Lebanon to
regulate a pool hall and billiard-room
i . i - .(. .van thnnch onerated by
a club, was' sustained tDday by Judge
Kelly in the State Circuit Court here
i t rr ,,nnn HamllTTftr to the COfD
ill taDDma -
plaint in the case of the City of Leb
anon VS. Jonn Hi. opnnser auu narij
R. McCoy.
c i .. ifinv vara airrefited.
o(iiue
charged with violating two city ordi
nances. The lacis in inn w
stipulated and after the City Recorder
j t h.H anatalnArl t hit ordi
nance and found the defendants guilty.
the case was appeu u
Circuit Court.
$49,154 SUJT IS FILED
Jolin F. Hamilton, Astoria, F reads
Unpaid Note and Taxes.
icivtDTj ri Tun 19 fSneclal.)
A suit was filed in the Circuit Court
this morning by John F. Hamilton
against M. J. Kinney and John M.
Gearln to recover $19,154.59. alleged
to be due on promissory notes secured
by mortgages on real estate and for
ua naid by the plaintiff upon the
property in question.
The complaint aiso as&s iwr muiuw
fees in the sum of $2500.
Congress Urged to Adjourn.
rES MOINES. June 19. The Des
Moines Chamber of Commerce today
addressed a plea to Congress asking
that 1ody to adjourn and give tne busi
ness interests a "much-needed rest."
CHAUTAUQUAS
OPEN AT
Roseburg
Eugene
Lebanon
Corvallis
Dallas
McMinnville
Salem
The Dalles
Baker
Pendleton
For programme of any of above Chautauquas, address
ELLISON-WHITE CHAUTAUQUA SYSTEM
"Quality Folks"
Lumber Exchange Building, Portland
ROAD BONDS LIKELY
Offer of S. Benson to Hood
River Influences Sentiment.
ELECTION PETITION SIGNED
Portland Philanthropist Guarantees
to Provide Any Sum Required
Over $75,000 to Complete
Highway In County.
TiAnn TJTV'ITI) rtt. .Tune 19. SOS-
xiw i '
cial.) Local citizens feel assured a spe
cial election will be called to vote on
a bond issue of $75,000 for the open
ing of the Columbia River Highway.
More than 100 voluntary signatures
have been obtained to the petitions to
the County Court, though no petition
has been circulated.
The guarantee of S. F. Benson to ap
propriate any additional funds required
in excess of the $75,000 for the open
ing of the Columbia River Highway
between the Multnomah County line and
the town of Vlento has created a strong
Bentiment in favor of the bond lssue.
. Mr Benson's guarantee has been re
ceived by the County Court. It says.
"For the purpose of removing any
doubt on the part of the County Court
and the people of Hood River County.
Oregon, as to the contemplated $75,000
bond issue being sufficient to open
up the Columbia Highway for travel
and to gain support for the voting of
said bonds, I hereby make the follow
ing guarantee:
"In consideration of said county call
ing a special election to vote said
bonds In the sum of $75,000 and in con
sideration of the people of Hood River
County voting said bonds as above
stated, the proceeds thereof to be used
to open up the Columbia River High
way on the survey made by the Stat
Highway Commission, I hereby guar
antee to said County Court of Hood
River County, Oregon, that In case
said bonds are carried as above stated,
the proceeds to be spent under the
supervision of the State Highway Com
mission, that the proceeds of said bonds
will be sufficient to open up the gaps
between the existing stretches of coun
ty road between the western line of
Hood River County and Viento in Hood
River County, so that the said Colum
bia River Highway can be used by
vehicles and automobiles from the
Multnomah County line to the said
Vlento and in case said money is insuf
ficient to do said work, I hereby prom
ise and agree, in consideration of the
above, that I will make good any such
deficiency and pay to the County of
Hood River such sum as may be lack
ing to complete said road as above
specified." ,
County Judge Stanton says that the
O.-W. R. & N. is preparing blueprints
of the rights of way across Its prop
erty, and that contracts similar to those
signed by Multnomah County will be
presented to the county.
SPOKANE TREASURY SHORT
County Said to Be $15,995 Behind
in E. W. Evenson's Term.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. June 19. (Spe
cial.) Losses totalling $15,995 have
been sustained hy Spokane County
during the first year of the adminis
tration of E. W. Evenson as County
Treasurer, according to the State Bu
reau of Inspection.
Treasurer Evenson, Progressive, was
largely responsible for bringing of
charges against his Republican prede
cessor, Zach Stewart. The Bureau of
Inspection, in a recent report, placed
losses to the county during the four
years of Stewart's administration at
$70,000.
W. D. PRESBY IS DEAD
Goldendale Masons Will Bury Sen
ator and1 Lawyer.
- GOLDENDALE, Wash.. June 19.
x-i rxr tj Praahr. ex-Senator
from Klickitat and Skamania counties.
died at the residence oi ur. r. n.
llns. in Goldendale, at 4:30 o'clock P.
M. today.
For the past 20 years no ran ucon
the leading member of the local bar
. i a ......wiH. rAntitAtlin. He
ana iien .. . w -
had been unable to be at his office for
several months, mineral services win
t. hM m.t Coldendale Sunday, con
ducted by the Masons.
SUFFRAGE DAY IS JUNE, 13
So Says Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout in
Speech on Equal Rights.
CHICAGO, June 17. The proposal to
The Oregon
June 23
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June 25
June 26
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June 29
June 30
July 1
July- 5
make June 13 universal 'Suffrage dsy"
III iuiuiv J - "
accepted aa a result of the coincidence
during the oonveniion oi me vwm-i
. - . . i .. U'.m,n'a r'lnha U h.n
rcuorauuu v . . v ... - - .
both suffrage wi Indorsed and the
suffrage bill hem consmuiiuiun "
that day. .
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout president
of the Illinois Kqual Huffrage Annota
tion and member of the leglslatle
... ...... kut mApUnH fnr the nailltf
of the bill, said: "The month of June
win no longer DO Known ma p
of roses, but the month of suffrage. It
was in this month a year ago that
the State LeglBlature passed the eqiiul
suffrage MIL Today the Hupreme Court
upholds the constitutionality of that
act. Today aleo the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs, the largest
body of women in the world, pusaed a
resolution Indorsing political equality,
regardless of sex. The triumph of to
day is not a triumph of women or of
men, but It la a triumph for humanity."
That the Supreme Court's decision cm
on the same day with the general fed
eration ws not due to pre-arrange-ment,
but to good fortune.
ex-legIsilator 7s SHOT
NEGRO FIRES AT MA.N WHO TRIES
TO ASSIST IS ARREST.
Blacks Ordered Oat ef Sboekoae, Idaho,
and Feeling Raas High, bnt Re Far
ther Tronble Ia Experienced.
BOISE, Idaho. June 19. (Special.)
Shot through the lower part of his
lung, E. V. Bower, former member of
the Legislature from Lincoln County,
lies in a critical condition at Shoshone,
while James May, Town Marshal, waa
also badly Injured by Jack Edwards,
a negro dope fiend, whom the Marshal
attempted to arrest last night about
11 o'clock.
Marshal May attempted to place the
unruly negro under arrest, when the
powerful fellow turned on him, ana,
snatching his gun. beat him severely
over the head with it and shot at him
twice. Neither of the bullets took ef
fect. Edwards then climbed on top
of a westbound passenger train which
was about ready to pull out. At this
point. Bower seized a gun and at
tempted to arrest the negro, who shot
from his point of advantage, the bullet
taking effect in the lower portion of
the lung.
Edwards then Jumped from the coach
on which he took refuge to train No.
8, eastbouund, and made his escape, but
was later arrested at American Falls
and returned to Shoshone, where he la
being held pending the outcome of
Bower's wound.
Feeling ran high in Shoshone laat
night and all negroes were ordered
from the place by a committee of cit
izens and this morning nearly every one
had left. The excitement cooled off
during the day. however, and no trou
ble resulted when Edwards was
brought back.
North Powder Ex-Mayor Dies.
NORTH POWDER, Or., June 19.
(Special.) J. R. McLaren died at the
hospital In Baker early Tuesday morn
ing, following an operation. He waa
born in Augusta, Me., April 13, l$4f.
He came Went In 1882 and engagpl
When a grocer returns
a dissatisfied customer's
money, she keeps what is
left of the goods.
You see why,
vou.? We can't use
ken package
that isn't it.
her to have
find-out her mistake.
The goods are good;
they are the best sales
men we've got.
ScMlUs Bast waa raw
A Schilling & Company
THIRTY ATTRACTIONS
Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
and
Ng Poon Chew
(On Second Day)
Ciricillo Italian Band
and
Thaviu Grand Opera Company
(Fourth Day)
Ten Good Places to Spend a
Pleasant Week
In mining In Montana, and waa admit
ted to the bar and practiced law In
that atnte. He ram to Kaatcrn Oiesnn
10 or 13 yeara iiio. and lived a air
or two In Baker, coming from Uipre t
North I'owtler. LMirlnit his r-wlnt e
here he has held tr-e office ef Mavnr,
Councilman, aprretary. and waa Jus
tice of the Truce at the time if Ma
death.
POLICE JUSTICE ACCUSED
Knitx'iilriiirnt Charge1 Made A(alnl
IcwIa untr nrfW-rr.
OHEHAMS. Wash., June 1 -- K
clal.) Juatlre of the 11 are pVhebel, of
Mineral preolnrt. waa bnund ovr t
the Iwls C.mnty Kiipprlr Court today
by Juatlce Wtiiorpr at a hearing m
this rlty. Schahel ia charged with em
benxlemant. lrhll waa flH at $&
' This la the flrat tlm In the hlatxry
of the county lin a JtiMIt e waa aini
llaxly accueed. The offnae allM la
that Srhahcl aa Juatlre at Mlnrral col
lected a fine and coata amounting tn
:i from Mrs. K. H. Trim, and failed te
account fnr it. fvhabel haa a family.
His action la said to be dua to care
leaaneaa In handling hla bualneaa.
PASCO DEADLOCK BROKEN
George W. JEcnt Elwtrd Mayor lo
Succeed A. M. Johnaon.
PASCO, Waah., June 19. (Hpeclal )
The City Council met lat night la
an adjourned seaalon fro in the night
before and proceeded to elect a Mayor
to fill the vacancy cauaed by the ra
ignatlon of A. M. Johnaon laat week,
over which there haa bacn a deadlock.
A secret ballot was taken and Ueorsa
W. Zent, County fcohool Fuprrlntend -ent,
waa elected by a vote of five to
two over K. A. Pa via, a local attorney.
Ordlnanree were paaaed conftrmlni
local Improvement aaaeaamrnt roll
for maintenance of Irrigating dlMrlrte
A resolution waa adopted alao for the
formation of another local Improve,
ment district to pave Fourth atreel
from the library to the Courthouae.
FIRE FOLLOWS ROBBERY
Elderly Spokane Widow Itcalrn Into
rnconsclouvneat Ijoaes $ IS, 000.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 19. After be
ing beaten and choked Into nncon
aclousneas by burglars. Mr. K. ...
Leahcr, an elderly wealthy widow of
this city, was aaved from burning to
death at dawn today by firemen who
found her home In flamea after uni
dentified thieves had succeeded In their
fourth attempt to rob the premises.
Mrs. Leaner eatlmales her loas In an
tique furniture alone at $12,000.
Idaho Croim Are Earlr.
Lit' IC? 1 1'ilP-. ,, ,
practically all cropa of thle dletrlcl
re maiunim iiwih " " -
tnontn in agianri in iaua i'pi
The flrat crop of hay Is being cut and
larvrBiinpr win cm w ,.-. "
herrlea are at their height, the great-
- -i Ik. halna BhlnnaJ 1 aa
er poruuii vi i, . ,
carload quantltlea by aipre.a to Kaat-
ern points. napviina - r . " -7
never seen such abundance as the
cropa of thla year
don't
a bro-
of goods;
We want
it. She'll
eVnaittaa ei
San FrarKrraco!