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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1907)
TOE- STYDAY ' OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JUXE 23, 1907. PEACE RESTORED E Chamber of Deputies Passes Wine-Frauds Bill, Re lieving Tension. GREAT MASSING OF TROOPS in Montpellier and Xarbonn Busi ness lias Been Resumed and Coin jntttees Placard Walls, Plead ing for Lawlessness to Cease. PARIS June 22. A profound sense of relief pervades the French capital to night at the check to the outbreak In the South, which Is described by ex-Premier Kibot as the wurst internal crisis in France in the past 37 years. The gov ernment now apparently is satisfied that it has the situation well in hand and that the overwhelming forces of troops garrisoning the whole area . effectually will prevent a recrudescence of the armed revolt against the central power. Such a mobilization of military force has not been witnessed in the republic. ' All the towns and many villages in the two dis turbed departments are armed camps. Tonight dispatches represent that a general surface calm prevails, although there are one or two storm centers in Isolated districts. There are some evi dences, too, of anxiety over possible de velopments tomorrow, Sunday, being Frances favorite day for a demonstra tion. Deputies Pass AVine Bill. The Chamber of Deputies passed as a whole and practically unanimously all the clauses of the wine-frauds bill pre viously adontecf separately, thus enabling the government to put the measure into immediate effect and remove the princi pal grievances of the winegrowers, and finally, the bishops In the disturbed dis trict have exhorted the peoplo to pre vent any further violence. The result. is that Premier Clemenceau is able to fclve his colleagues a generally hopeful report of the situation. A new feature of the situation was the statement made by the Minister of Justice today tnat amongr the persons arrested Jin connection with the rioting !n the disturbed departments were members of local Royalist Clubs, which bore out the Cabinet's claim that con siderable of politics is mixed up in the movement. In the evening there were a few in stances of disorder, especially in the neighborhood Paulhan, where a band of several thousand peasants commit ted minor depredations. Otherwise the day passed without any serious inci dent. Appeal for Peace. The local committee of defense of the winegrowers of Montpeller has placarded the walls of that city with appeals to the citizens not to resort to lawlessness. The wounded in the two conflicts at Montpeller hardly exceed ed oO, of whom the majority are sol diers suffering from revolver shots. Trainloads of soldiers continue to ar rive at Montpeller. The shops and cafes are all open, commercial life has been resumed and officers and soldiers are freely circulating in the streets with neither molested. Prefect of Montpeller M. LulHer, who was captured by peasants yesterday and held a hostage has been released. Beyond some bruises he did not sustain any In juries. Shops Resume Business. At Narbonne the shops are opened and business is being resumed. Senators and deputies representing the South called at the 31 y see Palace to night and asked President Fallieres to intervene personally to secure the release of members of the Argelliers committee under arrest as the surest means of in suring pacification. The president re gretted his office did not permit him to comply with the request. Mutineers Return to Barracks. AGDEX France. June 22. Six hundred men of the Seventeenth Infantry who mutinied yesterday and marched to Beziers under arms, returned to their barracks here this morning. SENDS VETOES FROM CFXL Mayor Schmitz Continues to Exercise Executive Authority. SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 23. From his executive cell In the county jail. Mayor Schmitz returned to the Board of Super visors last evening the municipal budget end a message vetoing the appropriation of I72O.O0O for th reconstruction of the Geary-street road. Schmitz. besides op posing the appropriation for the recon struction of the Geary-street railroad, also opposed the levy of a special tax of 2rt mills to raise revenue for the city government. Acting Mayor Gallagher said last night that Schmitz' right to pass upon the budget was not questioned by the board. The first clash between Chief of Police Dlnan and Acting Mayor Gallagher came yesterday, when Dlnan flat-footedly re fused to recognize Gallagher's signature as that of the Mayor of San Francisco. The signature was on a tight permit Issued to the Central Athletic Club for a series of six four-round boxing bouts to be held in Dreamland rink last evening, and before Dlnan would allow the doors to open to the crowd the promoters of the show had to bring to him a permit signed by Eugene E. Schmitz. I The application of Kugene E. Schmitz for a writ of habeas corpus and bail, pending the determination of the writ, was taken under advisement yesterday by the Judges, of the Appellate Court. Not until Monday will the Judges decide whether or not it will give hearing to the appeal. HOPES REMARRY GORDON t DlTorced Wife Xow Arranging Transfer of Property. OREGON CITY. Or.. June 22. (Spe cial.) Bertha Etta Lurch, who last week was divorced from Edward Sam Gordon, a wealthy Coos Bay lumberman, came here, from Portland today to see Gor don's attorneys, who are arranging the transfer of $6000 worth of his property to Mrs. Gordon, more generally known as Miss Lurch. The woman said that she had seen Gordon several tinges since her suit for divorce was granted last Saturday. She claims to be on friendly terms wITh the man who was infatuated with her for the last ten years, and who says Miss Lurch has cost him $C0,000 in three years. She says that she is going to Coos Bay next week with Gordon to sell her property and expects to marry him isain in a abort while. The stories of TO SUNNY FRANC her future plans are not confirmed by Gordon's attorneys, who say that he has no desire or intention of resuming his Intimacy with the woman. TROUT PLANTED NEAR ASTORIA Large Shipment Received From Clackamas Hatchery. ASTORIA, June 22. (Special.) A shipment of 1000 brook trout and 12, 000 rainbow trout has been received from the Government hatchery on the Clackamas River. The brook trout were planted in streams near Forts Columbia and Stevens, while the rain bow trout were planted In streams tributary to upper Young's River and running through property owned by Dr. Vaugrhn and C. V. Brown of this city. Messrs Vaughn and Brown will pro hibit fishing in the streams for three years, will feed the young fish for & time, and will also fence off with wire screens the portions of the streams where the fry were planted. , Heavy Wheat Yield Certain. CONDON, Or.. June 22. (Special.) Heavy rain has been falling here since yesterday evening. About an inch and a half of rain has fallen since 'that time and the ground Is soaked deeper than ever before at this time of the year. A big yield of Fall grain is ab solutely assured and many of the wheat men are expecting from 25 to 40 bushels to the acre, which will be the largest yield In the history of the country. Scott Jury Discharged. EUGENE, Or., June 22. (Special.) In the Circuit Court, in the case of Hoff man vs. Scott, a suit for the recovery of $4000, which the plaintiff says she let the defendant have to invest for her and which was not returned, the Jury was out 15 hours and, being unable to arrive at a verdict, was discharged. In the same court Morton Douglass, who plead guilty to the charge of bur glary, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. Oregon Commencement Opens. EUGENE, Or.. June 22. (Special.) The merchants of Eugene are dressing their windows In college colors for the commencement week at the University of Oregon, which opens tomorrow with the baccalaureate sermon at Vlllard Hall by Rev. Mac Wallace, of Detroit, Mich. Most of the decorations are in the lemon yellow and college grevn which are the college colors, but some are using red. and white, which are the colors of the senior class. AMERICAN BAIREUTH CAN BE ONLY A DISTANT DREAM. Mme. Schumann-Heinle Relieves This Country Should Support a Home for Singers in Need. MONTCLAIR. N. J.. June 16. After an active season Mme. Schumann Helnk, the opera singer, la spending the Summer at her country home on a plateau of the Watchung Mountains and overlooking the Passaic Valley. Patriotic loyalty to her adopted coun try Is Indicated by the huge AJherlcan flag which floats from a tall staff on the lawn In front of the house. When asked about the project re cently outlined by Mme. Nordica for establishing an American Baireuth, Mme. Schumann-Heink entered into a discussion of It with some reluctance, lest her motive be misunderstood, but at length, speaking from the stand point pf an artist, she said; "There is but one Jerusalem! one Rome, one Mecca. there is but one Baireuth. You may raze the Baireuth Opera House to the ground and ship it, piece by piece, to New York; send over the scenery, the artists, the musicians, dig up the very earth itself, but you cannot bring to New York the atmos phere, the environment, and the tra dition that surrounded Baireuth. These are and will remain forever sacred. "You may build a Jerusalem here with Its holy sepulchre," continued Mme. Schumann-Heink, but the feet of Christ have never trod in America. Or you may establish here a Mecca and the pilgrim will look at It and laugh. To attempt to do that is nonsense, and besides would be working against the laws of nature. It is all ridiculous, and besides there Is no need of it, for we have in this country every facility for the development of music that the world affords. In every little city in the United States there Is a surpris ing Interest shown by appreciative mu sicians in the advancement of mrolo of a higher order. The farmer out on the plains, if he has no opera house, buys himself a phonograph. "No, no. It is Impossible to establish an American Baireuth." declared -Mme. Schumann-Heink, with much earnest ness. "A National Conservatory yes, that would be a feasible undertaking. Not one great conservatory for the whole country, but several branches for different sections of the country under one management and supported, In whole or In part, by the National or State Government. It will all come in time. As soon as the idea assumes tangible shape, the American people, who are the most liberal and generous in the world, will cheerfully consent to pay a greater musical tax than at present." "What Is the height of your am bition, and what would you like to see accomplished for this country more than all else?" Mme. Schumann-Heink was asked. "It Is to establish a beautiful home for superanuated singers and mu sicians, their widows and their or phans," was the ready reply. "I would not have this institution regarded as a charity, but more in the nature of a pension a haven of rest for the men and women who, through illness or misfortune, are Incapacitated from earning a living temporarily or for all time. And I would have foreign artists who come to this country con tribute 24 per cent of their American dollars to this, institution. Just as they pay to the musicians' pension fund all over Europe. Voluntary gifts or per centage contributions from artists and musicians would, in my opinion, prove sufficient for all needs. This is my Ideal, and to this end I shall devote my best efforts." OFFICIALS NOT TO WORK Chief Operator and Manager Not to Take Strikers' Places. Upon the receipt of the news that B. S. Durkee, chief operator of the local Postal office and J. Dunne, man ager at Seattle, had left for San Fran cisco to aid in the handling of busi ness during the strike, Samuel J. Small, president of the Telegraphers' Union, notified Superintendent Storror that if the men were put to work the Portland and Seattle forces - of that company would be called out. It is said that Small was given assurance the men would not be put to wor MORE EVIDENCE ' IS HELD BACK (Continued from First Pass.) foundation for their impeachment of Or chard and the personality of any of the witnesses, they have summoned , here makes their general course quite clear. It Is manifest that they will endeavor to show that Orchard killed Steunenberg to be revenged for the loss of the Her cules mine, and several witnesses will swear that they heard Orchard tell the Hercules tale and vow that he would kill Steunenberg. They will probably show also that Jack Simpkins was a pris oner in the "bull pen" where a negro thrust a bayonet Into his chest, circum stances that gave the two common cause against Steunenberg. There will likely be a showing that all of the financial relations of Haywood and Simpkins came in the natural and regular course of conducting the busi ness affairs of the Federation. In this connection, as . well as to the grants of money and food to Orchard and his wife from Steve Adams,' the books and rec ords of the Federation will probably be produced. Orchard's testimony as to the alleged intimacy of himself and the Federation JOSEPH P REMINGTON, AU ' THORITY ON PHARMACY. 3 Professor Joseph P. Reming ton, dean of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, arrived in Portland yesterday afternoon and will remain in the city until Monday. Professor Remington Is one of the greatest livTng au thorities on pharmacy and kin dred subjects and is the author of a number of works on the subject. He is making a tour of the Pacific Coast for recreation. While here Professor Remington will be entertained by former graduates of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and other friends In the city. leaders -and his story of the events at Cripple Creek, extending from the first attempt at the Vindicator down to the destruction of the Independence sta tion, will probably be directly con troverted by practically all the men named by him. Many of them are now here, and they are expected to take the stand and swear he perjured him self. There will also be a general showing that the movements, acts and attitudes of Haywood, Moyer and Pet tibone during 1903, 1904 and 1905 were largely at variance and strongly incon sistent with the recital of Orchard. Hope to Prove Orchard Liar. ' The Bradley story will be subjected to severe attack and In this connection the discrediting testimony of Bradley himself will be used. There exists a strong showing that Bradley's house wa3 blown up by a gas explosion and not by a bomb," and this will be used to all possible advantage, Orchards story about the letters connected with the alleged plan to de ceive his wife will be, in all probabil ity, directly controverted and general ly discredited. There may be a show ing that Orchard did go to Alaska. Marlon Moore will be a witness for the defense, and it is understood that he will directly deny that he carried Orch ard's letter to Alaska. The legal aid extended to Orchard will be explained by a general showing that it has ever been the custom of the Federation to furnish counsel for Its members. It is expected that Haywood will go to the stand and that there will also be a strong showing as to his charac ter. The defense has upwards of' 150 witnesses, and it la estimated that it will take from three weeks to a month to present all of its testimony. ORCHARD HAS A BETTER SIDE Interesting Incident In Jail Life When Two Letters Reached Him. BOISE, Idaho, June 23. (Special.) There are some features of Orchard's career which have not been brought out in evidence. One of these, an incident occurring since he wan placed in the penitentiary, is oi particular interest. It was the receipt of a letter by him from one of those who were Injured by the explosion at the Independence depot. This man is named Ganey. He is living somewhere in the State of Washington. At some time after the confession made by Orchard. Ganey wrote the letter. It narrated that he was on the platform and that he lost one of his feet entirely, while the other was rendered useless. The writer told of having endured terrible sufferings and of being maimed for life, but assured Orchard he had forgiven him. The letter, which has been purchased by a magazine, is said to be a marvel of literary finish as well as deep thought. When It was received, the authorities thought It would move Orchard too deeply and for some weeks they kept it from him. Finally It was delivered and the prisoner made a reply expressing his appreciation of what had been written by his victim. These letters are to appear In the maga zine. 'interest Focused on Defense. Another letter that is spoken of as a wonder -is one received by Orchard from his first wife when she had heard from him for the first time In 10 years. It shows her to be a woman of education, re finement and character. This letter Is also to appear in print, having been pur chased by the same publisher. It is stated that when he read it tears came to his eyes, and he ordered an additional $50 to be sent to the wife. There 18 now great Interest in the course that is to be pursued by the defense, but illilllip V it Is not much that can be gathered authoritatively with respect to it. The wit nesses are arriving daily, but these, too, are kept as far as possible In seclusion. Some of them are even registered under assumed names. While the line of defense is not out lined. It Is known that witnesses will be put on the stand to contradict practically every feature of Orchard's statement, and for that purpose they are coming from every quarter. One of the interest ing stories in circulation is that a man named John Dempsey. who has .arrived from San Francisco, will testify he is the Dempsey who- received the registered let ter from Denver which Orchard told of having taken from the office in San Fran cisco at the time he was trailing Bradley. f Long List of Witnesses. Another story is to the effect that it will be claimed Pettlbone acted as banker for Orchard; that the latter made large sums gambling and deposited much with Pettlbone,. so he would have a stake if he had a run of bad luck. John M. O'Neill, editor of the Miners' Magazine, will be on the stand. W. F. Davis is here. He was head of the strike com mittee at Cripple Creek, and Orchard said he directed him to make an effort to blow up the Vindicator mine. Billy East erly is also on the ground, also Onie Barnes and D. O Coates, all of whom were mentioned by Orchard in his testi mony. Another is Joseph Mehilick, of Denver, whom Orchard said was with him" In several murderous undertakings, and Joe Malich, who drove the rig when they went to set the bomb to kill Gov ernor Peabody. W. W. Kemmerer, of Pierre, S. D., a former member of the executive board of the Western Federa tion, is on the ground, as Is Dr. McGee, of Spokane, and Eugene Engley, the lat ter having been Attorney-General of Colorado during the Waite administra tion. He claims to have heard Orchard threaten to kill Steunenberg. There are said to be between 50 and 75 witnesses all told In the city now, and It Is expected the number will reach 150 when they all get here. The state has a line on a great many of the men and will be able to use them on cross-examination. In many Instances It has been found what they propose to say on the stand and they will be confronted with accurate knowledge of their movements on the part of the state so that is likely to prove highly embarrassing to them. The records of every one who has figured at any time in mining troubles 'is in the Hands of the state and it will confront them on cross-examination. State Will Hammer Them Hard. It is supposed Haywood will take the stand in his own behalf, but it is not known whether his co-defendants will appear as witnesses. The impression is growing that the defense will be obliged to put Adams on the stand in an effort to break down the testimony of Orchard by Implicating him in so many crimes. Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Pettlbone and Mrs. Moyer are all regarded as probable wit nesses. . The fight throughout will be on the cross-examination, and the situation is filled with interesting possibilities. If an effort be made to establish a good character for Haywood, there will be some Interesting developments, as he was arrested in a house of ill-repute, where he had retired for the night after teiling his wife he had gone to take a Russian bath. The defense has been very anx ious that this shall not be brought out, and they may refrain therefore from in troducing any character witnesses. MAY BE IMP ORTANT TESTIMONY Mining Engineer Told by Orchard That ''Something Would Happen." BOISlg Idaho, June 22. An engineer named Arnold has told a number of persons that the day before the ex plosion occurred and 14 miners were blown Into eternity and many others Injured, he met Harry Orchard In that vicinity and engaged In conversation with him. He had met Orchard previ ously and knew him very well. The talk finally drifted around to the troubles which the miners were experi encing, and, lowering his voice to a whisper and with mysterious mien, Orchard said-: "Something terrible is going to hap pen tomorrow." The mining engineer was much im pressed by this portentous language and tried to elicit from Orchard an idea of what he meant by "something ter rible," but the multi-murderer would only shake his head." "I can't tell you what it Is," he said, "but mark what I am saying: Some thing terrible is likely to happen to morrow." Arnold remembered this language on hearing of the awful tragedy accom panying the blowing up of the depot, but could not believe that Orchard could be one of the guilty. He decid ed that Orchard could not have alluded to the blowing up of the depot, for If be had contemplated doing anything so terrible he would not have been like ly to mention it to anybody. "Now," said Arnold, "on reading what he said In court as a witness for the state In the Haywood trial, I know that is exactly what he did mean that the Independence depot was to be. blown up while nonunion miners were congregated on the platform." The mining engineer owns an Inter est in the Nellie mine. In Boise Basin. He is said to be now in Spokane, at tending court during the .hearing of mining litigation It has been report ed that counsel for the defense will try to show that Orchard could not have been concerned in the blowing up of the depot, and that his story to that effect is merely a manifestation of the peculiar form o mania, leading him at various times to credit himself with awful deeds which he did not commlt, as, for instance, the murder of John Neville at Goldfleld,- Nev. If the de fense should advance this theory, what Orchard is said to have told Arnold would be valuable as corroborative of his account of this heinous crime. HOTTEST DAY IN NEW YORK Four Deaths and Dozen Prostrations Day's . Record. - NEW YORK, June 22. Four deaths and a dozen prostrations mark the record for the hottest day so far this Summer in New York. Street thermometers regis tered as high as 93 shortly after noon. Break Endurance Race Reci-d. DETROIT, Mich., June 22. Four driv ers In the 24-hour endurance race at the fair grounds which ended at 10 o'clock tonight broke the world's record for this event. For Kulick. of Detroit, led with 1135 miles, 309 miles more than the best previous record: Herbert H. Lytte with 1109 miles: C. A. Coey, Chicago, 990 rSlles and Gardham Detroit, 957 miles, also ex ceeding" the previous records. GET ONE FARE FOR TRIP Educational Convention at Los An geles Adjusts Differences. CHICAGO, June 22. Secretary Shep ard of the. National Educational Asso ciation today announced that all the objections to the rates of fare to and from the convention to be held at Los Angeles have been finally adjusted. Under the arrangements as they now stand tickets will be sold for one fare for the round trip. ' ' HOT SHOTS FOR "TRUST BUSTER" Davies Says Department of Justice Not Altogether on the Square. . GOES IN FOR GLORY ONLY Man Who Got After Armour, De clares Government Prosecutors Overlook Many Cases Sends Sizzling Letter to President. CHICAGO, June 22. (Special.) "There Is no institution in this coun try which needs a more rigid investi gation than the Department of Justice of the United States." This accusation is contained In a personal letter which has been mailed to President Roosevelt by Edward George Davies, General Consignee. Mr. Davies is the man who exposed be fore the Interstate Commerce Commis sion the excessive icing charges through which the Armour car lines are said to have secured a monopolistic grasp of the fruit and perishable vegetable trade of almost the entire country. When seen today Mr. Davies refused to give out a copy of Ills let ter to the President, declaring that it would be discourteous. "And then," he added, "the President may be making an investigation which will result in a much-needed reform." Offered Money for His Proof. Mr. Davies admftted that he wrote some things which made the paper "sizzle" and that one of them was the charge against the Department of Jus tice. "And If the President should send for me," declared Mr. Davies. "I can back up everything I said. .1 have the proof right here in my office, and in one. case I was offered $1000 for cer tain papers I have, implicating a cer tain Chicago firm and a Chicago rail road in the payment of rebates." "And the President knows that I have placed important matters before the Department of Justice and have stood ready to furnish the proof, and that the Government officials have dallied along with the case, and have utterly failed in the administration of anything like Justice. There is one case now before the Government of' flcials in Chicago, and they know that I know all about It. I am anxious to have them call me, but they will not do so. They dare not. If they sub- penaed me I should refuse to go, and when brought Into court I should ex pose the whole pack of them. That is the opportunity I am looking for. Lacks the Square Deal. In his letter to the President Mr. Davies Insists that the present cam paign against corporations is not en tirely upon the level. He Informs the President that scores of flagrant cases are being overlooked in order that the Rockefellers, the Standard Oil and other big institutions may be attacked for the glory and the hurrah that there is In it. These 'are the mildest things Mr. Davies says In his Presidential let ter. "I have collected of fraud In under billing, false billing and general chi canery which the Department refuses to prosecute because there would be no glory in it." Mr. Davies has been the main wit ness in several Important cases which the Interstate Commerce Commission Investigated in the past and which re sulted In drastic orders. Important changes in the railroad methods or in suits by the Government. SAYS HE ACTED FAIRLY Employers' Agent Replies to Charges of J. Henry, a Laborer. PORTLAND, June 22. (To the Edi tor.) In reply to an article published in The Oregonlan of June ZL In regard to my sending a certain laborer, J. Henry, to St. Helens, on a Job where I had no order, I beg to state that I did not send Henry to St. Helens, but sent him as a tiepiler to the sawmill camp of Brough ton & Wiggins, at Goble, Or., In com pliance with their order of June 7, the same date that J. Henry left my office. J. Henry returned to my office on the afternoon of Thursday, June 20, and presented his ticket (in a very dilapi dated condition), it being impossible to identify the signature of the employer, and demanded his fare, fee etc. This I refused to grant on a moment's notice and requested that I be given time to investigate, in so far as two weeks' time had elapsed since Mr. Henry's leaving our office, but he was very oburate and caused my arrest Mr. Wiggins, of the firm - mentioned. -offered to pay Mr... Henry's fare and office fee if their foreman at Goble had signed the employment ticket, but Mr. Henry would not agree to this arrange ment, so the charge of violating the em ployment ordinance 'was Immediately dropped. - I have records on file lh my office to verify this, and make this statement so that no one, either employe or em ployer, will be misled as to my honesty and sincerity in their Joint interests. J. A. MORTENSON. SET FIRET0 BALLOON Peasants Bring Light and . Ignite Airship, With Fatal Results. VIENNA, 4une 22. Thirteen persons were killed this afternoon in a balloon accident near Debreczln. Hungary. Three aeronauts, two French officers and one Austrian officer, fell from the balloon and were killed. Peasants In trying to capture the. balloon approached it with a light and the balloon exploded, klHing 10 of 'them. FUNSTON. ADMITS REMARK Softens "Unwhlpped Mob" to Un controllable Element." SAN FRANCISCO. June 22. General Frederick L. Funston admitted tonight that in his letter to the Fourth of July committee of this city he used the ex pression. "Unwhipped mob," but that it was not directed against any set of men except what he terms the "uncontrollable element." William S. Shunk. HARRISBURG. Pa., Jiyie 22. William S. Shunk, one of the foremost engineers of the country, died today. Now, you who appreciate economy as fine tailoring1! Here it is mid-season again! Time to begin stock-reducing but the weather certainly doesn't look much like Summer. However, Summer goods must move, weather or no weather. We must keep our tailors busy all the time for that's the only way to keep superior help stead ily. So we make an extra concession now to our patrons and our annual Summer offering takes effect tomorrow. Unlimited choice of our entire stock medium and Summer-weight fabrics, goods right fresh from the best mills and bought for a full third under the price other tailors pay in this town who buy in smaller quantities (and you get the benefit of the saving). Cheviots in blues and blacks, thibets in all the correct shades plain grays, steel grays, silver grays, solid colors, stripes and checks. The very finest good and weights that most men wear here in Portland the year round. And with every suit at $22.50 or more, an extra pair of trousers free. Come before the lines become thinned out. Suits $20.00 to $40.00 GRANT PHEGLET, Manager. Elks' Building FIGHT BENT FARE Union Pacific Avers Rate Is Not Compensatory. SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT Railroad Also Seeks Restraining Or der Against Reduction In Freight Rate in State of Nebraska One Road to Obey the Law. LINCOLN. Neh., June 22. (Special.) The Union Pacific Railroad Company this afternoon filed In the Federal Court a transcript of the proceedings In the state court for a transfer of the suit brought by the Attorney-General to re strain the company from interfering with the operations of the 2-cent fare law, the freight rate reduction law and from disobeying orders issued by the State Railroad Commission. With the transcript was a cross petition asking for a restraining order to pre vent the railway commission from putting into operation the reduced freight rates as provided in the Aldrlch bill, and from enforcing th 2-cent rate law. The papers were filed by Edson Rich of the legal department of the Union Pa cific, and in his petition he alleges that the 2-cent passenger rate is not com pensatory and should the freight rates be reduced 15 per cent these rates would not be compensatory. He alleged also that to enforce such a law would cause his road a great reduction in interstate rates, and he cites as an example the suggestion of the Commission that people buying interstate tickets buy to the state line only. In fulfillment of a promise made by letter to the State Railway Commission, the Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad filed with that body a new schedule of freight rates for - Nebraska to become effective July 5, reducing all such tariffs 15 per cent, as the new maximum freight rate law required. The rates are also made to apply to and from Sioux City, Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley in Iowa. Earllng's Brother Goes Cp. MILWAUKEE. June 22. Announce ment was made today of the promotion Jewelry, Diamonds, Gut Glass, Novelties, Optical Goods And hundreds of other useful and beautiful articles in com plete lines from the hands of the leading designers and manu facturers. Our stock is so varied and selected with such cars that It contains everything worth while shown by the largest Eastern establishments. This is one of the many advantages found in trading where the stock Is complete to the slightest detail. Jewelers. Op tlrlams amd Dlamomd Importers. Corner of Third and Washington Sts. Portland, Or. men as well Beginning tomor row, an extra PAIR OF TROUSERS FREE with every suit costing $22:50 or more Trousers $4.00 to $10.00 OOLBt (DILVC9 Seventh and Stark Sts. of H. B. Earling, assistant general super intendent at Minneapolis, of the fit. Paul Railway, to e general superintendent In connection with the Pacific Coast ex tension of that system, covering 1700 miles of territory. Mr. Earling will have charge of all Western business of the St. Paul system. He will have head quarters at Butte. Mr. Barling is a brother of A. J. Earling, president of the St. Paul Railway Company. ECHO OP OREGON-PACIFIC DEAL Long-Standing Suit Decided Finally In Favor of Defendants. NEW YORK, June 22. One of the most complicated and long continued lawsuits brought in this Jurisdiction for many years was terminated in favor of the de fendants Thursday by a decision of the United States court of appeals of this dis trict. The title of the suit was "Hogg vs. Coe. and another." Named at Intervals In connection with the action were John I. Blair, Rowland Hazard, S. S. SantfS, and George S. Coe. The basis of the suit was the so-called Oregon-Pacific deal, In which it was alleged upward of 112.000, 000 was lost. This suit was brought on . assigned claims originated by subscribers to the syndicate fund against the estate of George S. Coe, former president of the American Exchange bank, who was the trustee under a certain syndicate agree ment formed for the purpose of re-establishing some of the railroad interests, and charged Mr. Coe with bad faith in the performance of his trust. TO BE COAL AND CAR FAMINE President Elliott Says Hostile Legis lation Is to Blame for It All. BELL.INGHAM, ' Wash.. June 22. Howard Elliott, president of the North ern Pacific Railway Company, in an interview here today predicted for next Winter a repetition of last Winter's fuel famine throughout the Northwest. Mr. Elliott says it wlll.be difficult to secure supplies from the mines, and an other car shortage is almost sura to occur. "Owing to hostile legislation and the high cost of maintenance, improve ments and extensions in the Northwest will be few and far between," said Mr. Elliott. Strikebreakers Not Coming. SACRAMENTO. Cal., June 22 Private advices to the Union are that only nine operators are aboard the westbound train reported to be carrying two carloads of strikebreakers to San Francisco and that they were brought out by the Southern Pacific Company to fill positions in this stater