The Sunday Oregonian., January 12, 1908, SECTION TWO, Page 10, Image 22

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THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, J AX U ART 12, 1908.
CITY MECCA OF
MANY GATHERINGS
Coming Week Crowded With
State Conventions of Var
ious Organizations.
BUSIEST MONTH Or YEAR
Harness and Implement Dealers,
. Horticultural Society, Press As
sociation, Grocers and Owls
Are to Meet In Portland..
During- the coming two weeks an un
usually Urge number of conventions of
various kinds will be held In Portland.
There will be very many out-of-town
visitors to the city during the week 01
January 20 especially, and there will be
other featherings here from now until
the middle of February that will be at
tended by people in large numbers from
all parts of this state as well as from
other nearby states. i
Probably more conventions will do
crowded Into the coming, two weeks than
any other period of equal length during
the year. At this season it is more con
venient for most people to attend such
gatherings than at other periods and this
is the chief reason why the first month
of the new year will be so notable for
Its conventions.
The Retail Harness and Saddlery Manu
facturer of the state meet in Portland
tomorrow. Trade matters will be dis
cussed and the business outlook will be
considered. The gathering Is an Im
portant one to all in that trade. The
session will conclude on Tuesday. .
Orchardlsts Meet Tuesday. ...
The Oregon Horticultural -Society will
open its annual session in the city Tues
day and the fruit men will continue In
session for throe days. Matters of In
terest to fruitgrowers and dealers will
be discussed and there will be fruit ex
hibits. - , ' .11
' The National convention of Owls win
open on Wednesday. Members of the
order from all over the country will at
tend this convention and the policy of
the order will be outlined for the coming
year. On Wednesday the German socie
ties ot the city will also meet to arrange
preliminaries to calling a state convention
at a later date.
Members of the State Press Association
will gather in Portland on Friday, Jan
uary 17. The session will conclude on
Saturday. There promises to be a large
attendance of newspaper publishers fr.om
all parts of Oregon.
The Democratic State Committee will
meet In Portland on Saturday, January
18. Plans for the coming year's cam
paigns will be reviewed In detail. Elec
tions of committeeman will be held. The
annual meeting of the Portland Com
mercial ' Club will be held on Saturday,
when Ave members of the board, of gov
ernors will be chosen. The governors
will then elect their president.
The Oregon State Grocers' and Retail
Merchants' Association will open their
annual convention In the Alisky building
on Tuesday, January .21. The grocers
will continue in session for two days and
will be entertained while in the city at
a theater party and banquet. Trade mat
ters and business conditions throughout
the state will come up for consideration.
About 100 delegates from all parts of
Oregon will' attend.
Implement Dealers to Convene. ,
The Oregon Retail Hardware and Im
plement Dealers' Association will gather
here for the annual session on Tuesday,
January 21. This body too, will meet in
the Alisky WuldinR and will continue In
convention for two days.
The Pacific Federation of Implement
and Hardware Dealers will open a three
day convention In the city Thursday,
January 2J. This organization numbers
dealers from all the Pacific Coast cities
as well as from most of the Northwestern
states. Portland Is the biggest agricul
tural Implement and hardware distribut
ing center west of the jiocky Mountains
nni it lit niiturill that the dealers should
hold their annual gathering here.
On February 8. the city will be visited
by a large delegation of business men
from Spokane, Walla Walla and the sur
rounding country, who will stop here
on their way to California, where they
are going on an excursion. The visitors
will number 175 and will spend the day
here as the guests of the Portland Com
mercial Club.
A delegation from the Portland Ad-"
men's Club will leave Portland this week
to attend the Pacific Coast Admen's con
vention, to be held in Oakland, Cal.,
January 20-22.
Oregon people, are interested in the
Trans-Mississippi Dry Farming Congress,
which will meet in Salt Lake City,, Utah,
January 22-26. President W. J." Kerr, of
the . Oregon Agricultural College is a
member of the executive -committee for
Oregon and a number of others will go
from this state.
BANK MERGER IN DANGER
Heorganizcrs Believe Threats of
. Prosecutiou Are Inopportune.
"Knocking" by persons entirely disinter
ested in the outcome is credited with
having endangered the merger proposed
for the German-American and Oregon
Trust & Savings tanks. While a few days
ago the proposition seemed certain to go
through, things did not look so bright
yesterday. District Attorney Manning
put his expert., W. F. Ferguson,, In the
bank during the day to look Into the af
fairs of the institution and while the re
organisers court the fullest investigation
Into the mismanagement of the bank. In
which they had no part, they regard the
threats of prosecution at this time' as
inopportune. The reorganises propose to
take the institution and give it a clean
bill of health, but they do not want . any
hue and cry raised at this time that will
frighten away their prospective directors,
who are prominent business men of the
city.
After the merger is completed and the
depositors assured that they will get their
money, the reorganiiers do not care how
fully the men who wrecked the bank are
punished, in fact, they want the responsi
nie ones prosecuted, but they contend that
now is not the time, any more than it was
when the reorganization talk was first
started.
"The interest of the depositors is the
prime consideration right now," said one
who Is active in the merger yesterday.
"Their prospects of getting their money
should not be shattered at this stage "of
the proceedings by idle talk. These peo
ple who agitate the matter now are flirt
tng with trouble. They are about as wise
as people who explode firecrackers around
a gasoline tank.
"If the plan does fall through now, we
can tlx the responsibility without any
trouble and the 17.0U0 depositors will know
just' who is to blame. We will promise
'knockers' that they wlU set lull credit
for their activity if "the hammering they
do has the effect of defeating the
merger." ,
Meanwhile work is going ahead in good
shape at the bank. Expert Ph'aler ex
pects to complete his statement sometime
during the coming week unless the re
maining details require a longer time than
now - appears necessary. Immediately
upon the completion of this statement,
a showing will be made to the court and
to the public. It is believed the state
ment will prove the bank solvent. When
this statement can be shown to candi
dates, directors will be chosen and within
a short time thereafter, if all goej well,
the defunct bank will reopen.
OFFERS MONEY PANACEA
Interest-Bearing Circulation Notes
to Prevent' Crisis.
. '
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 11. (To the
Editor.) Many new ideas on 'finance
have recently been suggested, but the
most of them are from the very same
set of bankers wljo deliberately
brought the present financial crisis on
us. Any sane person ought to knowj
that any idea, or plan that they would
approve would be entirely in their in
terest or against the' people's tr Gov
ernment's interest. ..
' The control of our money system
shJould and must be placed in the
hands of our Government where it be
longs. Congress years ago, without au
thority and consent, sold our the
Government's right to issue money
and control our financial system, to
& few private-citizens, or bankers. For
"40 years, those bankers have had things
all their own way. By their scheming,
the people and Government have been
robbed of hundreds of billions of dol
lars in money, property and securities.
In the last six months they have robbed
the people of not less than nine bil
lions of dollars. It is true that the
most of this sum was water squeezed
out of the stocks and bonds those same
bankers had sold to. the people. The
people paid those bankers their good
money for these securities. Said bank
ers required those securities back, so
. they put enough money under lock
and key to bring on a money panic.
Now they are buying those securities
all back for 6 and 10 cents on the dol
lar. In a few years they will have
back all the stocks, bonds, etc., and
all the money less 5 or 10 per cent.
The whole system is wrong, and very
dangerous to our form of government.
The system, if continued, with the civil
service . law, will surely destroy this
Republic within a few years,, because
all' the civil service -men will soon be
on the pension list. This means 'that
within 30 years there .will be millions
drawing pensions, living off the peo
ple. All the millions of voters on the
pension list and" in the service will
Jin some way vote for their own in
terest, and that surely will be against
the interest of the whole people.
No contract should be legal unless
made payable in the full legal tender
money of the country. 'A dollar 'Is a
llromise to pay. Such a dollar Is bet
ter than a gold dollar if It is secured
2000 to 1, as our legal tender dollar
would be, because, all the gold, silver
and everything else in the country; in
cluding our honor, wpuld be security
for our dollar. It would not change
in value as our gold dollar does, or
hide away and go out of circulation
on account of money- being a little'
scarce.
Our Constitution ought" to be amend
ed to permit our Government to issue
not over $40 per capita the ratio,
should continue as the country's popu
lation should increase. Full legal ten
der dollars, the numbers of the same
not Restricted, would be fiat money
and of but little value. A. dollar can't
be a flat dollar if the Government can't
Issue over a certain' number of said
dollars according to its constitution.
If we had the United States Posto'ffice
bank and the full legal tender dol
lar, all the paper money, including
United States bonds,' would be taken in
THAT EXTRA PAIR
OF TROUSERS
Is what keeps' a man looking, creased
and domf ortable all the time.
We; will include an: extra pair of
trousers with your suit order, this
week, for the price of a suit alone.
NicoITs Special
Full black or blue cheviot or Thibet
Suit, with extra trousers of JOC
same or striped material.. P-J
Suit and Extra Trousers
$25 to $50
" . V ' " r .
Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. , n
Garments to order in a day If required.
Full Irejs and Tuxedo Suits a Bp c laity.
WILLIAM. J ERR EMST SONS.
108 Third Street.
Complaints are made that sailors of the
tramp steamer Germanlcus, loading here
for Australia, are housed In poor quar
ters and illy clothed. Several sailors
.made application to the Associated .Char
ities, which has brought the matter -before
the public.
-Several charters have been made the
past 24 hours for vessels which have been
laid' up in Grays Harbor. They include
the schooners Roy Somere, Lizzie Vance
and Allen A. - The Vance is at Cosmopolis
and the Allen A. at Montesano.
OWLS TO. ARRIVE TUESDAY
Local Nest Preparing to Welcome the
Birds From Other States. '
The Jocal. Owls, members of Portland
Nest, No. 4, Brotherhood of Owls,
threaten . to sit up a goodly portion of
next Tuesday night to welcome the in
vading forces from nests both .far and
near. Past Executive Gus C. iloser says
that some xt the Seattle birds with the
big round eyes are apt to flit In almost
any day, but , that the main flock will
scramble for the local perches about two
nights hence. ,
It .was a frame-up job that was perpe
trated on some of the unsuspecting mem
bers when the nest held its annual meet
ing last Tuesday night and selected a
new list of officers upon whose shoulders
will fall the burden of entertaining the
visiting feathery tribe. . .
One of the main features of the big
show the coming week will be the formal
installation of the recently elected offi
cials and there will be plenty of "high
Jinks" In connection therewith.
The outgoing officials took studious
pains, to protect themselves aafnst in
ducting the new crowd into office at the
annual session of the. local nest, which
was held, last Tuesday night, so that, it
will be up to. the new ruling birds to as
sume the responsibility of office either at
some special meeting between now and
Wednesday night or await the arrival of
the grand officers two days later and be
officially installed under their supervision.
The new officers selected at the meeting-held
the past week are as -follows:
1.
WAS HONORED PIONEER
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 11. (Spe-'
clal.) During, the year 1907,
Douglas County lost one of its
oldest and most highly respected-
pioneers in the death of A.
Benton Haines, Sr. Mr. Haines
. was born In Illinois in 1848, and
was therefore 59 years old at the
time of bis death, Mas 19, last.
In company with his parents e
crossed the plains in 1862, arriv-,.
ving in Douglas County In Sep-'
tember of that year. His first
two . Winters in Oregon were
spent at the home of his brother,
Joseph Haines, at Eckley, a
postofflce on the headwaters of
the Sixes River, in Curry Coun
ty, about 25 miles east of Port
Orford. ' In 1864 . he . ehlsted in "
the United States service and be
came a member of Company K of
the First Oregon Infantry,- in '.
' which he served for about 16
.'months and was subsequently
employed in-the Jndian Department at Jort Klamath agency. Re
turning to Douglas -County he purchased a farm near Elkton in '
Douglas County, on which he spent the remainder of his life. Sep-
tember 15, 1873, he was married to Miss Marietta Ransom, and a fam
ily, of 13 children resulted from the union. From 1870 to 1876. he
was postmaster at Elkton and by all who knew him he was es- .
teemed as a man of high Ideals and ability. He was liberal in his
views, a good provider for his family, a believer in. a good education, ;
and a warm supporter. of every means taken to build up a community..
He was loyal to his country, responding freely to all calls to im
prove and beautify his home and farm. His honesty with his neigh- J,
bors and willingness to respond to all calls, -for true charity- were f
proverbial traits In his character. . Under former condtlons he was al-
ways a delegate to his party conventions and,, while' nb . office-Seeker,
was several times mentioned-for prominent, positions. ' The. Weekly-
Oregonlan for years was his source to learn of the outside world, -but
in later years, and to the end, he -was a constant reader of The
'Dally Oregonlan.- :t - .
The Late A. Benton Haines, Sr.
and burned up. 'Silver and gold would
remain as it is. but not a legal tender.
The full legal tender would be paid
out or changed for gold. T gold
should then be stored away to 'pay
Government debts -. payable in gold..
Gold should not be paid out on de
mand, or sold, but retained as bullion
for future use in ca.se of war, etc.
Soon the United '-States would have
four-fifths of ail the gold in the world
stored away. Gold would continue to
come into the country and out of the
mines, but no one would want it as it
would not be legal' tender. Hence, the
United States banks would get it in
and charge for paper money the only
legal tender. ; ' :' .
To absolutely prevent any future
money crisis, the Treasurer should be
empowered to issue not over $600,000,
000 of interest -bearing circulation
notes to banks and others, in exchange
for state, city or school bonds, at not
over 75 per cent of their face value.
The interest should be 5 per cent for
the first six months, and 10 per cent
for the last six morrths. -
The above plans of the financial sys
tem, etc., is in the interest of the
whole people and Government. There
can be no other; It will for ever pre
vent any serious money stringency,
much less a real moey crisis.
A... J. SM1THSON.
Sailors Ask for Charity. '
ABORDEHM, Wash.. Jan. 11. (Special.)
Executive,- J: W. Howatson; vlce-execu-'
tive, E. J. . Carr; vicar,. Harry ; Fried
lander; secretary, Jay H.. Upton; treas
urer, William. .- North; nest physicians,
Drs.. Sam C. Slocum and Louis Buck. I
BrunnjWas 'elected trustee for three
years, f : Ca Puffer trustee for two years,
and George J.- Cairjeron trustee for one
year. . In addition ten delegates, including
the Ave above-named officers, were chosen
as delegates to the Grand Nest-sessions.
One of the.lmportant measures that will
be taken up at the business meetings of
the Grand Nest : will be the revision of
the constitution and by-laws and the re
vision of the ritual of the order. '
There will be. at least two if not three
theater parties., during the four' days the
Owls are' here, and- a banquet will be
held at a time which will best fit in with
tile-tentative business and pleasure pro
gramme. Arrangements are -being made
for an automobile sightseeing trip which
will embrace about all the places worth
seeing around town.
GREATEST SILK PETTICOAT
. ' Sale.
In the history of Portland; all colors; don't
overlook this opportunity. These are real
genuine bargains to be had at LePalais
Royal, 375 Washington street.
SPECIAL
MEN'S AND -BOYS' CLOTHING
Every Garment in the House
VASTLY REDUCED
if
MEN'S BUSINESS SUITS
$30.00 Suits reduced 20 00
$25.00 Suits reduced . 5Q
$20.00 Suits reduced 50
$15.00 Suits reduced 10 00
BOYS' OVERCOATS
$9.85
$6.25
....... ,,..$535
$3.50
.. $2.50
Boys' $15.00
Overcoats
Boys $10.00
Overcoats
Boys' $8.50
Overcoats
Boys' $5.00
Overcoats
Boys' $3.95
Overcoats
MEN'S OVERCOATS
$30.00 Overcoats reduced 0 00
$25.00 Overcoats reduced j gQ
'$20.00 Overcoats reduced
$15.00 Overcoats reduced j Q QQ
BOYS' SCHOOL SUITS
Two-Piece Suits In Plain, Knee Pants.
Boys' $12.50 Knee &n Eft
. Pants Suits $J.O3
Boys' $10.00 Knee &f Cft
' Pants Suits V" "
Boys' $7.50 Knee dC ft ft
Pants Suits. tpeJ.UU
Boys' $6.50 Knee Q J. ft ft
Pants Suits .PVJ VI
Boys' $5.00 Knee Cft
Pants Suits . . . . .S?&
Raincoats Reduced
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE
IMMENSE REDUCTIONS
Stock Will Not Last Long at These Prices
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO
Third and Oak
First and Yamhill
MOYER
PROTECTED BY JAIL
Prisoner Refuses to Accept His
. ' Freedom.
FAMILY THREATENS HIM
AVife and Son of Koxford Simpson
Ready to Use Violence if He .
Dares to Return to
' His Honre. .
Roxford Simpson, a prisoner- at the
County Jail, declined the offer' of friends
to furnish bail yesterday, declaring he
feared violence from his wife or son
should he remain at large.
That Simpson's fears are not without
foundation was shown late Friday after
noon during the time he was on. trial in
the State Circuit Oourt on a statutory
charge. His wife, grown son and two
daughters were arrayed against him,- de
nouncing 'him in the bitterest terms and
telling him it would not be safe for him
again to visit his own home. ,
.The trial was productive of an exciting
scene at its conclusion for the day.
Simpson first attempted to escape from
the courtroom but was prevented by
Sheriff Stevens. Then he was confronted
by his son, a strapping young man, who
said some very uncomplimentary things
to his sire. Mrs. Simpson then had her
turn at him.
"If you ever dared ' come near your
home again the neighbors . would rise up
and lynch you and we would help them,"
she said Jpitterly. " . . .
No sympathy is likely to be wasted on
the fellow when the nature of his crime
is understood. The complaining witness
in the unspeakable charge against him is
his own little . daughter: She took the
stand and made plain the wretch's guilt.
On motion of the, prosecuting attornty
the charge against Simpson : was dis
missed. But only so that a more serious
charge could be made one under which
the' fellow"'can be given a severe peniten
tiary sentence should the court so In
cline. Af the moment of dismissal Simp
son got up from his seat and started out.
At that moment there was no charge
against him. Sheriff Stevens, however,
stopped him at the door. He was taken
to a cell in the County Jail, pending In
dictment on the more serious charge. -
-The renting of wedding- outfits is a large
Industry in France. It frequently happens
that the clothes of all the participants are
hired for the occasion.'
SCORES GRESHAM JUSTICE
Lawyer Mendenhall Charges Coun
try Squire With Ignorance of Law.
I. S. Johnson, justice of. the peace at
Gresham, is charged with ignorance of
his official duties in a legal document
filed' with the Circuit Court yesterday
by A. R. Mendenhall. a local lawyer.
The charge is made in . order to have
a Buit re-entered for hearing on ap
peal; it. appearing that Judge'. Johnson
neglected the matter of filing a trans
cript. ' " .
' Mendenhall sets out in his petition
that right to appeal- the minor lit'la
tion in question was forfeited through
the Gresham official's Ignorance -v of
law. He quotes in proof of his charge
a letter in which Judge Johnson -freely
and -frankly admits his mistake lp fail
ing to file a transcript. Taking this
courteous letter as a basis . for his
charge, Mendenhall goes out of hl
way to- say. mean things about the
Gresham justice of the peace. In his
petition, he says:
"While I am aware that the justice
of the peace before whom said case
was tried is extremely ignorant of the
law as well as the duties encumbent
upon him by virtue of the office he
holds, nevertheless I did not think it
prevailed to the extent evidenced."
Judge Johnson states frankly in his
letter to Mendenhall that it was the
first case appealed from his court and
that he was Ignorant of the necessity
of filing, the appeal transcript. "
Mrs. Engling Gts Divorce.
Minnie Engling was given a divorce
by Judge O'Day yesterday from August
Engling on the grounds of cruelty and
desertion. They were married in' June,
1904. Engling abandoned her a month
later, returning after two years. He
was then very abusive and has .since
gone agajn. The husband did ndt ap
pear to defend the case.
RADDING LOSES IN COURT
Discredited Delegate Without Claim
to Seat In Convention.
E. E. Radding, discredited delegate
from the Painters' Union of this city to
the Oregon State Federation of Labor
convention ' at Astoria, experienced a
further defeat yesterday, when Circuit
Judge McBride. of the Fifth Judicial Dis-.
trict, sitting in this city, sustained a de
murrer to ' the complaint in the suit
Radding had brought against the officers
of the State Federation for an alternative
writ of mandamus, to compel the organ
ization to give him a seat in the conven
tion. President C. H. Gram and the
other officers of the State Federation,
through their attorney, J. J. Fitzgerald,
demurred to Radding's complaint, alleg
ing that it did not state facts sufficient
to constitute a cause of action. Judge
McBride sustained the demurrer and dis
missed the application for a writ of man
damus. Radding has the right to file an
amended complaint, but since the con
vention has completed its work and ad
journed it is not considered likely that
he 'will further press his suit in tne
courts.
Radding is the man -who is charged
with having formed a conspiracy with
Mrs.. Belle Waymire to Injure Mayor
Lane's reputation. The election of Rad
ding by the Painters' Union as their delegate-
to the Astoria convention was not
indorsed by the Federated Trades Council
but the painters would not recede from
their action. The suit against the of
ficers of the Federation, which was dis
missed yesterday, was the result of the
refusal of the state organization to give
Radding a seat in the convention.
It is reported that at the convention
of the State Federation, Radding further
earned his reputation for being a dis
turbing element In labor circles by or
ganizing a faction among the delegates
sufficiently strong to control the election
of officers with the exception of presi
dent, C. H. Gram, of this city, being re
elected over. William Mackenzie, also of
Portland.
CHORUS. TO BE ORGANIZED
Applications for Membership Will
Be Received by W. H. Bojer.
In connection with the Spring Music
Festival to be given in April with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra of 60, un
der the Heilig Theater management, a
chorus of 300 voices will be used for
oratorio and cantata work, presenting
"Fair Ellen," by Bruch, Cowen's "The
Swan, and the Skylark," and for the
Sunday afternoon concert the ever
popular "Messiah." It is expected thav
for the, performance of the "Messiah"
singers from neighboring cities will
join the Portland chorus. The work
of drilling the chorus is in the hands
of W. H. Boyer, who has had such re
markable success in this line of work.
All applications for membership in
chorus should be made to Mr. Boyer.
There will be a email fee, for which
chorus members will receive the privi
lege pf all the concerts and will have
music furnished them. The rehearsals
begin Wednesday, January 15, at Eilers'
hall.
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OF
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We' have more different makes
of high-grade pianos, and more
different makes of player-pianos
than" any other dealers in the
city. Come in and let us p.rove
it to you. '
We have, the only complete
player-piano on the market at
the present time, because ours
is the only one that operates the
entire keyboard of the piano
when played either way, and
there are many other reasons
too many to mention here but
wc should be glad to explain
them to you if you will but visit
our store.
Also a complete line of Phono
graphs and Records.
L Hovenden-Soule
Piano Co.
Cor. Morrison and W. Park 'Sts.
(Open Saturday Evenings.)
GOAL REDUCED
On account of the congested condition
of our bunkers and to' make room for
the cargoes that are due, we make a
Big Reduction in Australian Goal
$10.50 PER TON DELIVERED
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