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