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Newspaper Page Text16 THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 11. 1916. WILBUR'S WHISKY FOUND E Destruction of Supply Ordered, but Notice of Appeal Pre vents Early Execution. FRIARS' CLUB IS INVOLVED Orficers Tell of Buying Drinks With "Kicks" at Kesort and Neighbor Says She Saw Demi john Carried Away in Car. "vVe read in the Bible that Christ was able to turn water into wine, but I doubt the ability of Mr. Julius Wil bur to do a like miracle in Clackamas County." This was the comment of District Judge Arthur C. Dayton yesterday, when he declared the eight barrels of liquor, that had been discovered in the basement of Mr. Wilbur's home, tech nically guilty of being a nuisance. Mr. Wilbur was suspected of using this liquor to supply the demand for ginger ale highballs at the Friars' Club, of which he is manager. The public destruction of the liquor was ordered by the court, but this ac tion was stayed by the notice of appeal given by Attorney C. W. Fulton. The liquor in question was confis cated in a raid on the home of Mr. Wilbur, at 554 East Nineteenth street, conducted in conjunction with a de scent on the Friars' Club the night of February 6. The club was found to be operating- on a strictly dry basis that night. There was hardly enough evidence to warrant a. charge of bootlegging against Mr. Wilbur, thought the prose cutors, for in a criminal action all rea sonable doubts must be assuaged. It was believed that in a civil action against the liquor, which required only a preponderance of evidence for con viction, the state would stand a better chance of success. There is still a pos sibility of the prosecution of Mr. Wil bur criminally. Circumstantial Evidence Given. Testimony of officers who said they had purchased drinks with "kicks" in them at the Friars' Club a week pre vious to the raid, and of a witness who yaw Mr. Wilbur leave his house with a demijohn, which he hid under the robes in his automobile, was the chief offer ing of the prosecution. The defense stood on the technical grounds that the presence of liquor in the home of Mr. Wilbur did not constitute a nui sance. That Mr. Wilbur had testified in a hearing in the Federal court that the liquor was purchased by him for the use of his mother, Mrs. Caroline Grant, was asserted by Walter F. Geren, spe cial agent of the District Attorney, on the stand, but Deputy Sheriffs Ward and Phillips maintained that Mrs. Grant told them that she was afraid the presence jot so much of his liquor In the basement would make trouble for her son and that she had warned him against having it there. The prosecution, conducted by Depu ty District Attorney John Collier, made capital of the tact that neither Mrs. Grant nor Wilbur would take the stand for the defense. Pnrrhaw of Stock Related. J. D. Walsh, former secretary of the W. J. Van Stuyver Liquor firm, testified to the purchase of four barrels of whisky, one of gin and one of brandy from his firm on December 28, by Mr. Wilbur. Mrs. Belle Leabo testified to seeing Mr. Wilbur put a demijohn into his automobile before starting away from home one morning. The reason that the raid on the Frairs' Club the night of February 26 failed of its purpose, according to Dep uty Sheriff Glennan, was that "every one in town knew that "the officers were going out there." The Deputy Sheriff told of speaking with Julius Wilbur about getting "real" drinks, with fruitful results. Deputy Sheriff Day on the stand tes tified that the cherry bracer which he took when he first arrived at the Friars' Club was "not very good." The drinks improved wonderfully after Deputy Glennan's little conference, Deputy Day said. "You- are sure the drinks vou had the latter part of the evening were different from those served you when you first went in?" asked Attorney Brownell. "Yes, there was a change in drinks and a change of prices, too," replied Mr. Day. SISTER SUED BY BROTHER $25,000 Kslate of Dead Relative Cause of Action. A month before William Bradley Rust was declared insane by physicians of the County Court and committed to Salem, he deeded, for no consideration, propertv to the value nf r; unn his sister, Mrs. Mary Benner, accord ing to William Wallace Rust, who has filed suit in the Circuit Court to have the conveyance of property declared null and void. The sister is administratrix of the estate of Mr. Rust, who died in the asylum. The plaintiff in the action contends that for years Mrs. Benner had not engaged in any gainful occu pation and that she did not receive money of any sort from anyone except from, her feeble-minded brother. PERSONALMENTION. J. J. Hinton, of Centralis, is at the Eaton. Charles Wright, of Seattle, is at the Oregon. T. W. Lusk, of Silverton. is at the Perkins. R. W. Taylor, of Pasco, is at the Perkins. " J. Frank Spinning, of Echo, is at the Imperial. It W. Martin, of Eugene, is at the Imperial. A. W. Nietman, of Seattle, is at the Nortonia. Horace Nelson, of Newbergr, is at the Cornelius. A. Hunter, of Bend, Or., is at the Portland. Mrs. C. R. Higgins, of Astoria, is at the Seward. - Joseph Hecht. of San Francisco, is at the Nortonia.. J. K. Romig. of Baker, is registered at the Oregon. John Coulter, of Vancouver, Wash., is at the Eaton. E. R. Oden, of San Francisco. CaL, is at the Eaton. Dr. Quentin Tucker, of Forest Grove. Is at the i'trklni Scott E. Gordon, of Stevenson, Wash is at the Nortonia- J. L. Meehan. of Seattle, is .regis tered at the Eaton. Stephen Mahoney. of Toronto. Can., is at the Cornelius. lu A. Reed and family, of Redmond. re at tne imperial. , George H. Webster and family, of 1U A G Calgary, Can., are registered at the Cornelius. Edward Murphy is registered at the Oregon from Yacolt. J. H. Price, of St. Helens, is regis tered at the Imperial. Jane Andrews, of Salem, is regis tered at the Cornelius. C. A. De La Mater is registered at the Norton ia from Seattle. O. C. Finellson, box manufacturer of Raymond, is at the Oregon. John L. Henderson, of Tillamook, is registered at the Perkins. R. M. Henningsen, of Oakland, Cal., is registered at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. Clifton, and sod, of New Zealand, are at the Portland. C. M. Marron, of San Francisco, tele graph inspector for this district, is at the Seward. v W. A. McDougall left yesterday for a trip to Chicago, New York and other Eastern cities. Mrs. A- C. Mitchell." of Seattle, wife of the manager of the Butler Hotel in that city, is at the Seward. George Rogers, prominent business man and Commercial Club official of Salem, Or., is at the Portland. CHILDREN ENJOY MUSIC LirrLE TOTS AKD GRAYBEARDS HEAR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Last Rehearsal for Season Drang Ap preciative Audience of Varied Asea. Popular Numbers Flayed. Sunny-faced children from the public schools and gray-haired men from the Patton and Mann home and Altenheim crowded the Heilig theater yesterday morning and enjoyed the final rehear sal of the Portland Symphony Orches tra for the season. Waldemar Lind was the conductor. and the rendition of the first-class pro gramme was listened to attentively. Several of the adults in the audience had in their youth played in big orches tras and were delighted when familiar music of their long ago was played. A few of the younger children got rest less before the end of the long pro gramme and they started to descend the stairway from the balcony. Someone giggled. "Aw, youse kids cut that out. Keep quiet as you go out. can't you?" said an usher in a stage whisper. The hint for silence, was heeded. Children who arrived at and departed from the theater did not do so in order of drill. They left "any old way." The Jefferson High School students are lauded by theater ushers as being the most easily handled crowd they know. The students behave like little soldiers and keep excellent order. The final spmphony concert or the season takes place tomorrow afternoon. MARINE INTELLIGENCE- Steamer Schedule. DIE TO ARRIVE. Xamc. ' From Bf-aver ls vngeles Northern Pactflc.iSan Francisco F. A. KUburn. San LMepo Bear Ixs Angeles Geo. Y. Elder Sa LieKO Breakwater Sau Diego DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Harvard S. F. to L. A Date. In. port In port Mar. 1-2 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 20 Date. Mar. 11 NorthernPaclfic. San Francisco Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Beaver. . . . Los Angeles . . San Dlesro. ....... . . S. K. to U A . . San Diego . . I-os Anjselts , Celilo Yale F. A. Kilbum. Bear. Cieo. v. Elder. . . ,Mn uipro , Wapama San Dieno Breakwater San Diego Portland-Atlantic Service. DUE TO ARRIVE. . Name. From Honolulan Xew York , Georgian New York DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Georgian Honolulu Date. Mar 14 April 1 Date. April 4 Marconi Wireless Keports. (All position reported st 8 P. M. March 10 unlens otherwise deifEnateti.) Aroline, Seattle for .San Francisco, off Gravs Harbor. Drake. Richmond for Vancouver, 000 miles from Richmond. Tierrtn, Monterey for Linn ton, fogbound off Astoria. Motfett. tow In e bare 03, Richmond for Balboa. 30S miles south of San Francisco. Asuncion, El Segundo for Ketchikan. i!6 miles from El Sfpundo. Grace Dollar, Kan Pedro for San Fran cisco. 47 miles north of San Pedro. Atlas. Richmond for El Segundo, 40 miles from El Seundo. San Juan, Balboa lor San Francisco, 20 miles south of San Diego. Y'acht Cyprus, San Francisco for New York, anchored at San Pedro. Matsonla, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1590 mils out, March 9. Wilhelminu, San Francisco for Honolulu, 4S miles out. March 9. Hyades. Seattle for Honolulu. 764 miles from Flattery, March 9. Manila. San Francisco for Singapore, 570 miles out. March . Columbia. AntofaRasta for Honolulu, 1100 miles from Honolulu, March 9. El Sefrundo, Honolulu for San Francisco, 68 miles from Honolulu, March 9. Y'ucatan, Honolulu for San Francisco, 24S miles from Honolulu. March 9. Transport Sherman, San Francisco for Manila, &4l miles out. March 9, Chiua. Honolulu for San Francisco, 411 miles out, March 9. China. Honolulu for San Francisco, 94 miles out. Centralia. ' San Francisco for Mexico, S3 miles from San Francisco. Lucas. Richmond for Seattle, towing barge 91 from Richmond. Buck. Point Weils for Monterey, 75 miles from Monterey. Congress, San Francisco for San Pedro, five miles south of Pigeon Point. Yosemlte. Grays Harbor for San Fran cisco, off Blanco. Willamette. San FranciFco for Portland, off Northwest Peal Rocks. San Ramon, Hoqutam for San Francisco, 340 miles north of San Francisco. Mills. Portland for Martinez. L'S4 miles north of Martinex.. Waparra. St. Helens for San Francisco, 25 miles south of Blanco. Queen, San Farncisco for Seattle, off Face Rocks. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. March 10. Arrived Japan ese steamer Bankoku Maru, from Yokohama via Victoria. Astoria, March 10. Arrived at 8 and left up at 11 A. M., steamer Bankoku Maru, from Yokohama via Victoria. Arrived at 2:w P. M., British ship Alice A. Leigh, from Dublin. San Francisco. March 10. Sailed at mla night. steamer Daisy Gadsby, for Portland. Arrived Steamer F. A, Kilburn, from San Diego and way ports, for Portland via Eu reka and Coos Bay. Coos Bav March 10. Arrived Steamer Breakwater, from Portland for San Diego via way ports. Hongkcng. March 8. Arrived Steamer Shinyo Maru, from San Francisco. Yokohama, March 10. Arrived Steamer Tacoma Maru. from Tacoma for Hongkong; Kumi Maru. from Tacoma. . Mejillones, March 9. Arrived Steamer Ohioan. from ban ran Cisco. Pago Pago, March 8. Sailed Steamer Sierra, from San Francisco for Sydney. X. S. "W, Shanghai, March 9. Sailed Steamer Can ada Man from Hon (rk one for Tacoma. San Francisco. March lO. Arrived Steamers Hoqulam, from Grays Harbor Persia Mam (Japanese), from Hongkong Oleum, from Seattle; Ctrmel, froi Willapa: Adeline Smith, from Coos Bay. Sailed Steamers Melville Dollar, for Tacoma: Cen- tralia. for Maratlan ; Daisy Gadsby, for fortiand scnoor-er ueienaer. ior Papeete; shir Falls of Clyde, for Honolulu. Seat tie. Wash., March 10. Arrived Steamer Tu1l Maru (Japanese, from Kobe. Sailed Steamers President, for San Diego; Admiral Schley. Tor ban ranclsco; Jeffer son, for Southeastern Alaska. San Pedro. March 1V Arrived Steamer Bear, from Portland via San Francisco. Ar rived btearr.er Kowdoin, from fortiand. Port Allen, March 9. Sailed Schooner Beulah. lor Columbia River. Astoria, March 9. Arrived team er Shasta, from San Pedro, Dunedin. March 9. Arrived Steamer fe.au rl, irom san FTancisco. Veels Entered Yesterday. American temer J. A. Cbanslor, cargo of oil, from Port san Luis. Yeseli Cleared Yesterday. American teamer Beaver, general cargo, for San Pedro vta San Francisco. American steamer J. A. Chanslor, ballast. ior Monterey. American steamer Coaster, cargo of lura ber, for an Francisco. PORT HERE ALASKA BOAT Big Motor-Driven Vessel May Be Followed by Others to Form Fleet. HOME COMPANY IS OWNER Local and Seattle Capita I Intend to Construct Several Deep-Sea Ca rrlers Much Ton na"e Believed Available. Portland will be the home port of a combined freight and passenger carrier. twin screw ana driven by Diesel en gines, to be completed in eight months. She may be followed immediately by a sister ship and probably by others, to form a fleet for the Alaskan trade. The vessels are to be controlled by an Ore- on corporation with a capitalization of $200,000. financed by the Alaska- Pacific Fisheries, of Portland. "When commissioned the first vessel will engage in the offshore trade under a special charter and that business may draw the second carrier because of high freights, but with the return to normal conditions on the Coast the vessels will operate to Alaska. The lumber capacity of the first ship will De l.boo.uoo feet and her dead weight capacity 2000 tons. It is estimated sh will handle 60,000 cases of salmon under deck. The pioneer of the fleet will be built at Seattle, negotiations having been closed for a lease on a yard site on the East waterway there and the con struction will be under the supervision of Nilson & Kelz. Material has been ordered and the work Is to be rushed. Cannot Be Built Here. Charles A. Burckhardt. president of the Alaska-Pacific Fisheries, made the announcement of the shipbuilding yesterday and said it was originally planned to have the vessel turned out on the Willamette or Columbia River but all yards being busy and facilities for constructing deepwatermen being limited, it was necessary to shift the scene of operations as a means of hav ing the vessel delivered on time. Mr. Burckhardt is to be president of the corporation to operate the vessels and R. M. Semmes, of Seattle, formerly general manager of the Pacific-Alaska Steamship Company, known as the Ad miral line, will be vice-president and general manager of the company, while John H. Burgard and F. O. Burckhardt will be directors, with another resident of Seattle to be chosen. Captain Jo hannsen, who was master of the Chi cago, Bertha and other vessels in the Puget Sound fleet, is interested and will command the flagship of the fleet. Dimensions of the first vessel are: Length, 230 feet; beam, 41 feet; mould ed depth, 19 feet; double decks, speed 10 knots, with oil-carrying capacity suf ficient for an operating radius of 8000 miles. Her engines, which have been ordered from the New London Ship & Engine Company, of Groton, Conn., will be of the six-cylinder type, each of 360 horse power. She will have cabin accommo dations for 42 passengers, with 33 in the steerage, and the first-class space will be increased when she enters the Alaska trade through the addition of a deckhouse amidships. Preparing for Second Boat. "We have taken steps to insure ma terial being available for the second vessel," said Mr. Burckhardt. "Whether she is built at Portland depends on de velopments and that does not mean that the company will cease its efforts on completing two ships. They will fit into the Alaska trade admirably and will prove economical to operate. Be fore joining in the plans it was in sisted that Portland be the home port and the headquarters of the company be in Oregon. Officers of the Alaska-Pacific Fish eries routed considerable of their pack from the north on steamers of the Portland Steamship Company when the Alaska service was maintained from here, and evinced a deep interest in the success of the line. Mr. Burckhardt intimated yesterday that it rested largely with Portland Interests whether the vessels would later run from Port land to the north. He said it was a matter of pride with himself and asso ciates that they were to provide the first motor-driven vessel of size to make Portland its home port. SLTRVEY OX AT HOOD RIVER Soundings at Entrance to Coos Bay Finished and Unipqna Work On. To ascertain exact conditions at Hood River with a view to providing more adequate landing facilities lor steamers and to obtain exhaustive data on exactly what would be required to meet demands of river commerce there. a party of surveyors, acting under di rection of Colonel Potter. Corps of En gineers. U. S. A., has begun work. Colonel Potter received telegraphic reports yesterday that the survey or the Coos Bay bar had been finished and the crew on duty there would pro ceed to the Umpqua to complete sound ings of that entrance. Betterments ob tained through dredging at Coos Bay were proved last season and the main interest now is to learn whether the channel has been maintained during the Winter. dock: work now advancing Contractors Ordered Paid on Esti mates of Work Since Storms. Since stormy weather in January and February, progress is being made on new work under way for the Commis sion of Public Docks and at yester day's session estimates filed on behalf of the Brayton Engineering Company, which has a contract for erecting warehouse B, in the rear of Municipal Dock No. 1, amounting to 924,045, were ordered paid, which means $21,640.50 will be turned over to the firm, 10 per cent being withheld. The warrant to be drawn in favor of J. A. Backstrand for the erection of a second floor at the Stark-street municipal boat landing, based on the last work completed, amounts to $2950. S3. Receipts from all sources for two weeks were $7326 and claims approved totaled $832.36. Coal Bunkers at Drydock. Coaling facilities to be provided by the Port of Portland Commission, which will exhaust prospects of inter esting British Columbia coal operators furnishing the fuel before negotiating for Australian or.other deliveries, prob ably will be located on the St. Johns drydock property, owned by the Port, where there is space for such a plant. R D. Inman, president of the Commis sion, has expressed himself in favor of erecting the most modern bunkers that can be contracted for in the event the coaling feature is carried out as de sired. Alice A. Leigh Arrives. Speculation indulged in during the past week as to where the British bark HOME FOB Alice A. Leigh finally would make her appearance in ending her voyage from Dublin was set at rest yesterday when she Was taken in tow off the Columbia River at 10:30 o'clock and brought in side. The vessel was listed for Port land, but some thought that because of weather conditions off the coast she might 'make one of the northern har bors. The ship had been out since Oc tober 21. Her engagement is to load a grain cargo under charter to Strauss & Co. SAILORS PREKER FISHING Its Superior Attractions Make It Dif ficult for Ships to Get Crews. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. March 10. (Special.) Difficulty in obtaining crews with the required number of certificated seamen, due partly to the approach of the fishing season, has again become a serious problem with sailing vessels operating out of Puget Sound. . In January three vessels put to sea without the required number of certificated seamen, their masters sub jecting themselves to a fine of $300. They ran that risk rather than remain in port for an indefinite period. The schooner Encore, now in port lumber laden for Australia, is delayed in getting away by the difficulty in obtaining certificated seamen. Captain Olsen, her master, may follow the ex ample of the chips that sailed in January. The approach of the fishing season offers superior attractions to seafaring men, the rate of wages for fishing be ing far greater than that offered by merchantmen. STANFORD LIBELED AT TACOMA Federal Court Assesses $20,00 0 Against Barkentine. TACOMA. ' Wash., March 10. (Spe cial.) The barkentine Jane L. Stan ford was libeled for $20,000 in the Fed eral Court today by the Puget Sound Tugboat Company. The complainant sets forth that on January 9, while the Stanford was being towed to Port Townsend in ballast by the tug Pros per, she was struck by a gale in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. It is alleged that the captain of the barkentine re fused to cast his hawser and the ves sel was driven high on the Port An geles spit. Severol of the company's tugs worked for some time to get the Stan ford offshore. Negligence is charged in the first instance and, upon this ground as well as for assistance ren dered, is damages asked. WHEAT SHIP DEPARTS TODAY Notre Dame. d'Arvor Loses No Time After Getting Cargo Aboard: The French bark Notre Dame d'Arvor, which finished loading late Thursday, was cleared yesterday and leaves at daylight this morning for the lower harbor. The vessel has a cargo of 122.192 tons of wheat, valued at $131,968, and goes to the Azores for orders. Strauss & Co. is the charterer. The ship reached the river February 17 from Melbourne and lias not been detained since getting rid of her bal last. The French bark Joinville is ready to be cleared, and the next in line will be the British bark Trtdonia, The Alice A. Leigh, which'.arrived yesterday from Dublin, will remain in the lower harbor for a day or two, as there are no berths at ballast docks here now. TWIN CITIES AT LEWISTON Long Season of Navigation Expected on Account of Heavy Snow. LEWISTON. Idaho. March 10. (Spe cial.) The steamer Twin Cities, of the Open River Transportation Company, arrived here tonight. The boat was loaded to capacity, which is about 250 tons, with merchandise for the entire inland empire. At present but one boat is in opera tion, but as the season advances the Teal and Inland Empire will be placed in commission. On account of the deep snows in the mountains the stage of water will permit the boats to operate until late in the Fall. Coaster May Go to Mexico. On clearing the steamer Coaster yes tedday for San Francisco with a lum ber cargo measuring 675,000 feet. Cap tain Sears said he thought tue ship would be returned to the San Francisco-Mexican trade, in which she op erated for several months under the flag of' the California South teas Nav igation Company. When in that service a temporary extension was made from her house forward on both sides to in crease her capacity for general cargo, and while it adds to her gross tonnage. Captain Sears said the reason for not removing it was that she would proba bly run south again. News From Northwest Ports. COOS BAY. Or., March 10. (Special.) The steamship Breakwater, in creeping up the bay this morning In a dense fog, ran aground on a sandbar .and was delayed until 4 this afternoon. The vessel will sail for Eureka and other south points at 2 in the morning. The steamer Speedwell, which arrived at 6:15 this morning from Bandon, also struck in a sandbar in the fog, .but backed off before the ebb tide! Tiie tug L. Roscoe, from Florence, sailed at 1 P. M. The gasoline schooner Relief sailed for the Stuslaw River at 3:30, having on board freight for the several towns on the river. The gasoline schooners Roamer and Rust tier sailed with full cargo for Port Orford and Gold Beach at 2:30 this afternoon. ASTORIA. Or.. March 10. (Special.) The British bark Alice A. v Leigh arrived 1.18 days from Dublin and will load grain at Portland. While in the English Chan nel she sighted a German submarine, but managed to elude the craft. About three months ago one of the sailors fell from aloft, striking on his feet, and he is still laid up as a result of his injuries. Captain Mackenzie, master of the dis abled schooner Repeat, received notice again this afternoon that his vessel will pro ceed to Aberdeen for repairs. A tug from that oort will be sent to tow her around. The Japanese steamer Bankoku Maru ar rived today from the orient via lirltisn Columbia, with part cargo for Portland. She will load lumber for a return cargo. The ship Ruece has been shifted from her Winter quarters to tne coiumDia itiver Packers' Association wharf to load can nery supplies for Chignlk Bay, Alaska. The Coast Guard cutter Manning sailed ioday for Seattle via tirays waroor. The gasoline schooner Mlrene arrived to day from waldport with cargo for Port land. The steamer Edgar H. Vance sailed today for San Pedro with lumber from, the Ham- mnnd mill. The steam schooner Santa Barbara cleared this afternoon for San ITranclsco with lum ber from Westport. The gasoline schooner Anvil sailed today for San r ranclsco. Marine Notes. Captain Charles E. Anderson, one of the Columbia River bar pilots, was in the city yesterday from Astoria. As the steamer Celilo is working a capac ity cargo of lumber" at St. Helens, her de parture for San Francisco has been post poned until tomorrow. She was to have gotten away today. On the departure of the steamer Beaver from Ainsworth dock at 3 o clock tnis aft ernoon she will have a full cargo, yet there will be freight left. The general cargo movement from Portland to California har bora baa been heavy for months and there is no cessation in prospect. Colonel Cavanauah, Corps of Engineers, V. S. A, who arrived here from Seattle Wednesday to insoect property at Portland and the mouth of the Columbia River that was assembled for condemnation, left last night for his headquarters. Hailing from Port San Luis, the oil tanker J. A. chanslor was entered yesterday with 4'J.OOO barrels of fuel oil. United States Steamboat Inspectors Ed wards and Wynn have ordered that tbe a nual inspection of the steamers Paloma and J. N Teal take place today. The gasoline carriers Efin and Delia and the tug Henry J. Biddle are to be inspected Monday. leaden with coal for delivery aboard Light vessel Ko. iS. ihe tender Heather went out- OREGON POLITICAL GOSSIP H. L. Wallace Out for Democratic Nomination for Sheriff of Multnomah County Candidacy of E. E. Blanchard for District Attorney of Jose phine County Recalls Famous "Bull Bill in Legislature Republican Clubs Arrange for Meetings News of the Candidates. H. L. WALLACE, of 266 Harrison street, Portland, has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff of Multnomah County. He is the only' Democrat so far to enter the field for any county office here. "I thoroughly understand the full duties and functions of the Sheriff's office and I would - effectively execute them." says Mr. Wallace in his state ment of candidacy. "My principal hob bies would be the conservation of peace within my county and the prompt serv ing of processes placed in my hands. I would appoint none but intelligent, courteous and thoroughly reliable deputies. My motto would be: 'Justice to all and injustice to none.'" Mr. Wallace has lived in Portland for the past ten years, and in the time has been employed in the Merchants' Saving & Trust Bank, the Bank of Sell wood, the Citizens' Bank and the Hart- man & Thompson Bank. He was a candidate against Tom Word for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff in 191. Mr. Word winning by a small margin. E. E. Blanchard, of Grants Pass, Jose phine County's able Representative in the lower house of the 1913 and 1915 Legislatures, is a candidate this year for the Republican nomination for Dis trict Attorney. Mr. Blanchard is wide ly known in Southern Oregon, and while in the Legislature never lost a chance to help his district. One amus ing incident of his legislative career was the famous "bull bill" he intro duced In the 1913 session. This bill pro hibited "any bull of one or more years from running at large in Josephine County." Such a law was already in effect in Jackson County, and the fun arose when it developed that Mr. Blanchard wished to extend the edict against bulls of "one or more years" into Josephine County at the insistence of a constit uent living on the Josephine side of the Josephine-Jackson line. This con stituent had been greatly annoyed by the action of a jackson County neigh bor who turned his bulls of one or more years into Josephine County to graze on this man's fields. Every member of the House took a personal interest in the success of the measure. There was such a rush to speak in its favor the night it came up for passage that Clarence L. Reame's, now United States Attorney for Oregon, who was in the Speaker's chair at the time, had to enforce gag rule. The bill went through the House by unanimous vote, the Senate following suit shortly afterward and Governor West making hasto to sign the measure. Joseph W. Beveridge filed his dec laration of candidacy yesterday for the Republican nomination for Countv Clerk of Multnomah County. "Courtesy economy, efficiency," is his ballot slogan. Much interest has been manifested already in the Republican rally to be held in the Eleventh-Street Playhouse next Wednesday night. March 15. at 8 o'clock, at which Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia Univer sity, of New York, will deliver an ad dress. The rally will be under the auspices of the Oregon Republican Club. Dr. Butler will be Introduced by John McCourt, president of the club. There will also be a musical programme. W. B. Steele, of Gresham. has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Commissioner of Multnomah County. His ballot slogan will be, "Full value for all money expended." Preliminary plans for a big city-wide membership campaign were approved at an enthusiastic meeting of the mem bership committee of the Oregon Re publican Club, held in the office of G. W. Allen, chairman, in the Board of Trade building, last night. The first phase of the campaign, which is to be conducted along the lines of that which proved so successful In the reorganization of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, will begin to day. Members of the club will start this morning on a canvass of all the office buildings in the downtown section. This canvass is to be completed by Tuesday night. The results will be tabulated and plans for carrying the canvass into the- residence districts will be discussed at a luncheon of the members of the membership commit tee at the Hazelwood Wednesday noon. One member of the Oregon Repub lican Club from- each of the big office buildings was assigned to the canvass of his building at last night's meeting. Reinforcements will be sent out from the committee as needed. A lively con test to bring in the largest number of new members is expected, especially as J. Fred Larson, who was in charge of the Chamber of Commerce membership canvass, is to be one of the active workers in this campaign. Francis L. Michelbook, of McMinn ville, candidate for the Republican nomination for State Senator from Yamhill, Washington, Tillamook and Lincoln counties, is" strong for pre paredness. He has been captain of Company A, Third Infantry, Oregon National Guard, of McMinnville. for the paet three years. The Sellwood branch of the Oregon Republican Club will meet at 8 o'clock Monday night in Wall's Hall. East side yesterday. When conditions are favor able the lightvessels are usually replaced by a relief vessel so as to steam Into port for bunker supplies, but In this case the old jnethod was resorted to. Captain Osterhus. of the Norwegian bark Ollvebank. has been asked to carry a few loganberry bushes on his next voyage to Europe so they might be introduced In Norway, but he fears that In getting through the tropics tbe plants would be killed. Captain O. W. Hosford plans to get away at noon today with the tug Anne "W-. which he sold to the Alaska Railroad Commission this week, it being stipulated that the vessel be delivered at Seattle. Coming here to load a lumber cargo, the schooner Beulah sailed from Port Allen Thursday. She reached there February 19 with a lumber cargo from Grays Harbor, which port she left January 11. Arrivals yesterday included the Japa nese steamer Eankoku Maru, from the Orient via British Columbia, and she begins discharging inward cargo at Municipal Dock No. 1 this morning. The vessel loads 150O tons of Shanghai freight at the North Bank later and then goes to the Clark & Wilson mill for. part of her lumber cargo, more of which will be rafted from other mills. It is believed she w-111 take on about 4.000.000 feet in spite of the' other cargo being included. ( ' Tides at Astoria Saturday. . High. Low. 5:15 A. M T.6 feet T.12 P. M 5.5 feet; 0:54 P. M. .1. feet Columbia River Bar Report, NORTH HEAD, March 10. Condition of the bar at 3 P. M. Sea. smooth; wind, south, four miles. Oregon City Jitney Law Effective. OREGON CITY. Or., March 10. (Spe cial.) County Clerk Harrington re ceived Friday a mandate from the State Supreme Court, ordering Its recent judgment in the jitney ordinance case of Oregon City to be put into effect in accordance with the ordinance. The high court reversed the Circuit Court of this county in deciding the case, hold ing that the regulations by the city were constitutional. Under the ordi nance, which became effective on re ceipt of the mandate Friday, every jit ney operated must have a franchise from the city. v : it II. L. Wallace, Candidate for J Democratic Nomination for Sheriff of Multnomah County. f Thirteenth street and Lexington ave nue. The announcement is made that a number of speakers will be heard in brief talks. Members are invited to bring wives and friends. M. D. Shanks, or Condon, has an nounced his candidacy for State Sena tor from the Eighteenth District, com prising Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler Counties, to succeed Senator W. H. Ragsdale. Republicans of Gresham, in Eastern Multnomah County, will meet tonight to organize a branch there of the Ore gon Republican Club. There will also be a speaking programme. Among those invited to talk are Elmer S. Mc Cormick, of Gresham, candidate for County School Superintendent, and H. Daniels, of Portland. Far be it from the boys up in Grant County to let the ofice of Sheriff, which pays the handsome salary of 84000 a year, go begging for want of someone to go after it. Already six good men and true have announced their willing ness to sacrifice themselves on the altar of politics for the good of the people. J. D. Combs. J. W. Tracy, John W. Ambrose. Fred S. Blinn and M. V. Adams are seeking the Repub lican nomination. W. W. Howell is so far the only candidate for the Demo cratic nomination. Grant County pays its Sheriff the best salary of any county outside of Multnomah, in which the Sheriff's salary is 84500. SALEM. Or., March 10. (Special. t As a candidate for delegate to the Na tional Democratic Convention from the Third Congressional District, com prising Multnomah County, George A. Lovejoy. of Portland, today filed his declaration with Secretary of State Olcott. "For Woodrow Wilson, on his record, first, last and all the time." is the slogan which Mr. Lovejoy asks printed on the ballot opposite his name. In his official statement to voters he con tinues: "I believe that the welfare of the United States depends upon the re election of Woodrow Wilson as Pres ident. He has been tried and found equal to the administration of that great of fice and this is no time to experiment with a new man. He has been faithful to this democracy; peace, progress and prosperity have naturally followed. He has exhibited genius in the man agement of international affairs, and if I am elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention, I pledge my sup port to Woodrow Wilson and the prin ciples of the Democratic party.' " Simon Caro. of Roseburg, today filed with the Secretary of State declaration of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Representative in the Legislature for Douglas and Jackson Counties. . "Strict economy, in taxa tion and appropriations, consistent with efficient government," is Mr. Caro's slogan. E. B. Tongue, of Hlllsboro, has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for District Attorney of Washington County. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. March 10. (Special.) xi. r . Mclnturff, Salem attorney, has filed declaration of his candidacy for the Republican nom ination for Representative in the lower house from Marion County. His slogan is "Rural credits, road improvement, indirect taxation, more efficiency and less expense." SALEM. Or.. March 10. (Special.) Captain A. W. Gowan, of Burns, today filed declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for State Sen ator from Grant, Harney and Malheur counties. Mr. Gowan Is an attorney and a resident of Eastern Oregon for more than 30 years. He was a mem ber of the lower House in 1893 and also served as State Senator during the sessions -of 1895 and 1897. "Rural credits, irrigation, drainage and inducement to capital for indus trial development" is the slogan adopted by Cap.tain Gowan. HEW ZEALAND PLAN BIG COMPREHENSIVE RURAL CREDITS system IS USED. Aid to by 22,000 Settlers la Pointed Oat Edmond Clifton, Who Is Studying Trade Here. A comprehensive state system of ru ral credits, operative for the past 24 years in New Zealand, under which system 22.000 advances have been made to actual settlers, and with only 37 foreclosures, has been, aceording to Edmund Clifton, of "utmost beenfit to the people" of his country. Mr. Clif ton was in the city yesterday on his way North. He was one of the mem bers of the New Zealand Commission to the Panama-Pacific Exposition and since the exposition closed has been studying trade conditions on the Coast from Southern California to Canada. Under the system of state extension of credit to actual settlers. Mr. Clifton yesterday said that the total advances had meant a monetary loan of approx imately (72.000.000, and that all the 37 foreclosures had been liquidated without loss. He declared that the rural credits system had stimulated wonderfully the dairy industry of that country. The money Is borrowed from Eng land at the rate of 3 per cent, or was before the war began, and Is lent to tho settlers at an advance of practi cally 1 per cent. That 1 per cent has proved sufficient to pay the cost of administration. Milking machines are being introduced In some parts of the south coast of Australia. The Sydney Herald says that one installed on a Rocky Hill farm is proving a success with two men some 45 cows can be milked and the separ&tins done in an hour. new line mm Salem-to-Bend Railway May Be Matter of Near Future. SURVEY SAID TO BE MADE Head of North Bank Denies Oregon Elcetric Is Behind Scheme. Independent Interests Are Sugrsrested. Surveyors, working between Salem and Bend, have started speculation as to possible railroad construction be tween those two cities at an early date. A temporary survey of this route waf made some time ago and it is now re ported from Salem that a large force of engineers is in the held making the survey permanent. Reports are current at Salem that the work is being done for the Oregon Electric Railway. To this rumor an unqualified denial was entered last night by L. C. Gilman. president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, with which the Oregon Electric is allied. Mr. Gilman heard of the reports before leaving for Spokane last night and an nounced that the lines he represents are not contemplating a Salem-Bend extension. There is an impression anions rail road men that the survey may be an undertaking of independent interests that hope, after completing the loca tions, to interest the Oregon Electric in the project. The survey work was made without any publicity and is said to be practically completed. The stakes of the survey are now placed clear into Salem. The route be gins at the old Orecron Electric depot in that city, at South High and Trailc streets, running out South High and southeast through Stayton and Mehama to Mill City. Surveyors at work on the line said they understood construction was to begin within 60 days. Coupled with the Salem-Bend project is a report that the Oregon Electric is to extend its Forest Grove line to Til lamook this Summer. Men heavily in terested in coast property declared yes terday that they received this infor mation from an authoritative source. However, this rumor also met with de nials from Portland officials of the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle. CONSPIRACY 15 .ALLEGED INSURANCE COMPJLNY STOCKHOLD ERS WANT RECEIVER OUSTED. Case Against N. W. Ronntree and Other Officers of Union Paclfle May Go to Supreme Conri. That their petition to oust N. W, Rountree, receiver for the defunct American Life & Accident Insurance Company, from his position on the grounds that he was appointed during a friendly, collusive suit brought by F. E. Rowell, may be appealed to the Supreme Court, Attorneys C. L. heal don and Ralph R. Duniway. on behalf of stockholders of the American Life, filed a motion yesterday with the Cir cuit Court for an order to allow the filing of an amended petition. If Judge Gatens refuses to entertain the motion an appeal probably will be taken in the action against Mr. Roun tree at the same time as the suit of the stockholders to recover $100,000 in assets they maintain were fraudulently obtained by the Lnion aciric Lite In surance Company is taken to tne higher court. The motion probably will be heard this morning. The amended petition alleges that the suit of Mr. Rowell was for the "sole purpose of appointing a receiver to take control of the American Life out of the hands of its board of 3i rectors and to place it in the hands of a receiver who would be controlled by parties to the suit." It further asserted that the court was used to assist the Union Pacific Life, and Messrs. Morton Gregory, A E. Braden. S. A. Madge and A. McGill officers of the Union Pacific Life and American Life, "to carry out a con spiracy to loot" the American Life of 1100.000 in assets. Several irregularities are alleged and the petition asks for an order of the court to make Mr. Rountree. Mr. Rowell and the American Life show cause why the appointment of Mr. Rountree should not be declared null and void. A demurrer against the original pe tition was sustained by Judge Gatens. SANDY CLUB HEARS TALKS Sirs. Heller, of Portland, and Others IJiscuss Rearing of Children. SANDY. Or., March 10. (Special.) Under the auspices of the -Sandy Wom en's Club, a well-attended "better baby" mass meeting was held at the Methocfist Church Tuesday night. The church was artistically decorated. Mrs. Harriet Heller, assistant superintendent of the Boys' and uirls Aid Society of Portland, spoke on -The Well-Born Child." Dr. Bachelder spoke on "The Care f the Baby: How Its Future May Be Determined." "Commercial Food for Babies" was the title of a paper by Mrs. Blanche T. Shelley; "Infant Mor tality as Compared With Other Deaths," Mrs. Lenarta; "Errors in Handling Children." Professor Warren, principal of Sandy Union High School. A spe cial musical programme was rendered. IS EASILY RELIEVED BY CLEANSING THE BLOOD S S. S. Gires Quick Relief by Toning; Up the Blood. Yes, but how? A natural question The answer is that you must cleanse your blood by stimulating it to healthy, vigorous action, so that it wil throw off the germs and impuritir that cause Rheumatism. The action o the wonderful blood purifier. S. S. S.. i- to practically renew the lite blooaj giving it vigor, stimulate the flow, making it throw out the germs and the poison impurities. The excruciating pains of Rheumatism, whether it is tho shooting, stabbing Sciatica, the grip ping agony of muscular Rheumatism, or aching arms and legs that break up sleep, will be entirely relieved by S. S. S Don't use nostrums and drugs. Take the blood bath Nature's blood tonic. S S S. Get it at any druggist's, but insist upon S. S. S. Let us tell you about blood diseases. Send for booklet. "What the Mirror Tells," or if yours is a peculiar case, write Swift Specific Co.. Atlanta. Ga., but begin txo&uneDt at once.