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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 7. 1909. mmmm m.1 . : . i UWYER - QUITS TION HOT NEW YORK WOMAN WRITES A NOTEWORTHY PLAY. LAI KNOWN TO CALVIN Mrs. Stirling's Case in Peril Through Desertion. Are Showing the New Spring Styles in He and Bancroft Home From Honolulu Ignorant, of Har riman Shakeup. . SHAW'S PROMOTION COMES ART SCHAFFNER & I Rumor That Absence of Iaily Re fresher Is Out; Divorce Judfie Demands Tterorms Which Will Let Poor Get Divorce. AVOIDED HEARING NEWS CLOTHE - - . , . - - - 1 ll HER PROMO IfitU. t ysm:'- liiiiii MARX FINE Two General Managers Hetarn With v 'o Information, on Kill-Gould . Coalition Against Their Railroad System. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. . (Special.) Upon their arrival from Honolulu yes terday in the liner Mongolia. K. K. Cal vin, general manager of a part of the Harrlman railroad lines In California, a nd W. 11. Bancroft, who occupies a similar position as regards the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line, were fluked regarding the report that ha gained currency that they are to be called from their posts to occupy higher executive positions under Mr. Harri Tnan in the East. Know Nothing of Promotion. "I is tho first time wc have heard of . It," declared both officials, and Mr. Calvin added: "You see we have been away on a vacation and have had prac tically no news at all regarding any- thing that resembled work along our respective official lines.' My folks told . me when I went away that nothing short of death or serious sickness in the family would cause them to bother me. "When I left, and I think I can speak for Mr. Bancroft as well, there were no . Intimations of any changes to be made . and if there are to be any I will be surprised as any one yet. Yes. we have heard of the serious washouts that have taken place and have undergone : considerable 'Joshing on the part of i fellow-passengers about the happen ings In our absence." Ignorant of Hill-Gould Deal. Mr. Calvin also professed ignorance f the rumored coalition between, the Mill and Gould railroad Interests against Harriman. "I couldn't say a thing about it," he ald. "because I don't know a thing." Both managers expressed themselves as having enjoyed their vacations im mensely. During their brief stay they visited all points of Interest in the dif ferent islands of the group and in spected the work lii progress by the Government at Pearl Harbor. Through tho courtesy of Boarding Master Charles Stevens, of the cus toms service, both managers were taken ashore in the tug Golden Gate and thereby avoided the delay of four hoars' dockins. SALEM FRUITMEN UNITE Will Incorporate) $8000 Concern to Handle Troducti. SALEM. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) At an enthusiastic meeling of fruitgrowers at the Board of Trade- rooms this afternoon. It was voted to go ahead with the or ganization of- the 3alem Fruit Union, nearly every grower present signing the preliminary articles. Temporary officers were elected and over $1000 subscribed on the spot. It is proposed to incorporate at first with a capital stock of at least W. The union may combine with the Northwest Fruit Association and use the buildings which the association plans to erect in this city. Knos Presnall, who has just returned from Indiana, said that Spencer & Hogan, of Marion, Indiana, wish to come here and build a cannery to take care of the lower grades of fruit. L. M. Gilbert was elected temporary president and 11 C. Armstrong temporary secre tary. A meeting will be held next Saturday to complete a permanent organization. A committee was appointed to solicit stock subscriptions. FEAR FORT GEORGE IS LOST T-wo Months Overdue at Honolulu. Has 20 Person on Board. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Failure of the four-masted bark Fort George to arrive at Honolulu, for which port she sailed from New York on July 16 last, or to have been apolten anywhere since last August, has given rise to fears for her safety. At the offices of her agent here. I. B. Dearborn, it was stated today that while the bark had not been given up for lost, there were grounds for anxiety regarding her, as she was about two months overdue and the last heard from her was on August 27 last, when she was spoken In 11 north longitude, 25 went latitude. On board the vessel when she left . here for her trip around the Horn were ; Captain Fullerton and his wife and a crew of 18. She was laden with 2500 ' tona of general merchandise. 'EAST SIDE AFTER BUILDING Will Petition. Legislature for Equal Claim on Courthouse location. At a special meeting of representa tives of the United East Side Push Clubs held Vast night, action was taken with reference to a location for the new County Courthouse. It was the sense of the meeting that the East side -should receive due consideration. In furtherance of this opinion, it was resolved to petition the State Legisla ture Monday to pas a bill with pro vision that the East Side may have equal claim on the location with the older part of tho city. In case this action is denied by the Legislature, it was resolved to invoke the Initiative and referendum and put the matter up to the voters of the county to decide. HUSTON TOJMAKE ADDRESS Portland Attorney to Speak at Van "eouver on Lincoln Day. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. . (Spe cial.) S. B. Huston, of Portland, will deliver the address here Lincoln Day. Judge McCredie will preside. Mrs. A. 3 norland and Miss Alice Tooley will give readings, a double quartet, lead by j H Elwell will sing. Members of the Grand Armv of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps and the Spanish-American w ar eierans win be present. The entire corps of staff officers from Vancouver Barracks will attend In full uniform. The meeting will be held in the rrcsbyterian Church on Thursday evening, February 11. i - i X.mmmmmmmmaim 'NEW YORK Feb 6. (Special.) Mrs Katrina '- rask, the wife of Soen-er Trask. 'of Saratoga and New York, has written a Nativity play "which is being given in New York by the Ben Greet wmpany . and will be heard eventually in other cities. It is called '"The Little iiti,uh.m I The nUv Is based on an episode in the life ol 1 (I W 1 1 ' Christ, but tho ticure or jurist is never . ,,T L r-iiZ scene of the manger, an outhouse of an inn is shown, with the City of Bethlehem in tho distance; and through a window which lglo with the holy light, the characters on tho stage get a glimpse of the glory within. The play is done in a reverential fplrit and it was re ceived with great Interest when it had Its fir:t presentation in Brook lyn a few days ago. WEARY OF FIGHTING Coal Miners' Convention Will Punish Slanderers. FACTIONALISM DOES HARM Demands Made for New cale in Anthracite District More Au thority for Inspectors to rrotcct Life. TX-niAXAPOLIS. Feb. 6. After select ing Indianapolin as the place of meeting next year, the convention or tne Lnueu Mineworkers of America adjourned to night with the delegates singing "Amer ica." The scale committee, which considered the situation in the anthracite districts of Pennslyvania, reported at this evenings session. Various demands are made, among them an eight-hour day, with no reduction in pay, and the complete recog nition of the union. A 5 and 10 per cent increase In wages is also asked for men receiving less than J2 a day. John H. Walker, president of the Illi nois district, addressed the delegates and urged hearty co-operation in the support of President Lewis' administration. Penalty for Muckraking. The chief action taken today was the adoption of a resolution declaring against a recurrence of the factional disputes which marred the camfiaiRn Just closed. It was declared that "any member guilty of making or circulating or caus ing to be circulated false statements against another member ehall, upon be ing proved guilty, be suspended for six months and shall not be eligible to hold fflee in the International,' district, sub district or- local unions for two years." It was also decided today that in fu ture elections the popular vote will elect the International officers. A 12th clause was added to the pre amble of the constitution, as follows: Protection of Lives. "'For better protection of the lives and health of the coal workers, we demand that tho duties of all mine inspectors be made more extensive by having power at any time, after having made thorough Inspection, to order immediately the sus pension of any mine that Is found to be unsafe." The scale committee adopted the wage scale agreed upon by the anthracite dis tricts at a conference held at Scranton, Pa., last year. The committee recom mended that the officers use their best efforts to bring about a conference with the operators and left details of arrang ing for this conference with the execu tive board. The convention concurred in the report. The organiaatlon will not be represent ed at the International Mining Congress in Europe next year. WOOD ALCOHOL MAY KILL Four Tramps Found in Dying Con dition Xear Salem Brewery. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Four tramps were discovered In an alley at the rear of the local brewery this morn ing by the police. Two of them were nearly dead and several hours were re quired in resuscitating them.. The other two were unconscious and all were taken to Jail in an express wagon. They had been drinking wood alcohol and had fallen asleep In the middle of a mudhole and were nearly drowned as well as frozen. It is possiol two of them will not survive. JOKER GIVES PROHIBITION Sensation in Tacoma Over Provision in Proposed New Code, i TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.) A great sensation has been caused by tTopyright by Gustave Lorey. MRS. KATRIXA TKASK. the discovery that the new criminal code Just completed by the Code Commission provides absolute" prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquor in the S,tate of Washington. Section D5!, regulating the sale, of narcotics, reads as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, furnish or dispose of any opium, morphine, alcolold-cocaine. or alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative mixture or preparation of any of them, or any In toxicating liquor, except upon the signed prescription of a physician duly licensed under the laws of this state, which pre scription shall be retained by the person dispensing the same, shall be filed but once, and of which no copy shall be taken by any person." County Attorney Vaiidcveer. of King County, one. of thn members of the Code Commission, explains tho Joker as fol lows: After tho section had been drawn. It was suggested that rigorous provision should be made to regulate tho sale by druggists of liquor and accordingly the words "intoxicating liquor" were insorted as above. This section obviously applied to druggists, but the language "it shall be unlawful for any person to sell intox icating liquor" is very far-reaching In scope. . PORTLAND BEATS VICTORIA Y. SI. C. A. BASKKTB ALL TEAM WIXS GAME 29 TO 21. Visitors Lead at End of First Half but Are Held to No Score in Second Period. The Portland Y. M. C. A. basketball team defeated the Association team from Victoria, B. C, last night by the score of 29 to 21. The game was hotly contested throughout and at the conclusion of the first half the visitors had the advantage by a score of 21 to 18. The Portland boys displayed the higher class, though, and finished gamely by holding the op posing Ave to a no-score game In the last half. This feat was commented upon by all present, for the home team played a whirlwind game and ran up their scores with such accuracy and precision that the visitors were helpless. Among the Portland players to distin guish themselves were Sill. Young and Hartman, the latter displaying his usual splendid style, while Young was most aggressive when he entered the game. Whyte. of Victoria, was the star of the visiting team. He tossed eight baskets of the total score for his team. The Portland Association team plays here next Friday night with Willamette University, after' which it goes on the road for an extended tour of the North west. The teams lined up last night as follows : Victoria. Position Whyte F.. Pram ...... -F.. Cetticrew Rnsknmri ........... .C5. . Portland. .. Bill. Hartman . Russell Hartman. Young Sweeney Campbell G Sheets The referee was W. Reagan of New. berg. SALOON MAN NOW FARMER Aberdeen Liquor Healer Declares Business Needs Many Reforms. ABERDEEN", Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.) John Kahle. former proprietor of the Pioneer saloon. 412 East Heron street, who sold his saloon a few days ago to quit the business altogether and retire to a ranch, declared in a signed state ment today that the saloon must re form or die. He says that it is an evil aa at present conducted; that the senti ment of the people is against It and that it must purge itself If it would continue in business. He censures the breweries and the bartenders unsparingly and traces the "floater fleet" of two years ago to the drink dives and the dance halls. , "DRY" CAMPAIGN IN IOWA Opening Gun In Prohibition Fight Fired In Legislature. DES MOINES. Ia., Feb. 6. Repre sentative C. A. Meredith introduced in the House today a Joint resolution de manding that the Legislature take steps toward amending the state constitution so as to prohibit the manufacture and sale in Iowa of intoxicating liquor as a beverage. ' This is regarded as the beginning of the campaign for the adoption of a prohibitory amendment. I EDINBURGH. Frb. 6. (Special.) Mrs. Stirling is greatly upset and grieved by the sudden retirement of her barrister. Lord Advocate Shaw, who bad been briefed by her London solicitor, the Hon. Charles Russell, pon of the Baron of Killnwen. Mr. Shaw was to have ad dressed tho court Thursday on behalf of Mrs. Stirling.- It was the, gossip of the rourt that Mr. Shaw threw up the brief because he was to be appointed successor to Ixird Robert son as law lord, or member of the highest court of appeals in the. United Kingdom. Mrs. .Stirling's cause may suffer by the sudden change of lawyers, as tiie case is being tried without a Jury by a judge. Did He Get Refresher"? There, is further gossip to tho effect that Mr. Shaw's daily "refresher" was not forthcoming, wherefore' he retired from the ca.se, but this is. not believed of the chivalrous Scotch lawyer. It was significent when the judge postponed the. hearing of argument until Saturday that lie said: "This is a case of life or death. It is as important to the parties concerned as a criminal case." No Divorce Law for Poor. Persons without means have scant chance of justice ill the British courts. British justice is summary but costly. Sir Goret Barnes, president of the Divorce Court of England, said today: "There is one law for the rich and another for the poor." He tneant that only persons with means could get a divorce under the English system. Judge Barnes demands reform In the divorce laws, enabling even the poor to obtain divorce when their cause is Just. A ATTOIT.XF.V MAOMAHOX TKLLS OF KX-CASHIKR"S JLIFK Says He lias Been Working Hard to Secure All Possible for Receiver. Failure Laid to Hatred. L. H. MacMahou. of ' Saleiii.' attorney for J. W. Scrlber, whose troubles grow ing out of the failure of the Farmers & Traders National Bank at La Grande, have lately occupied mu-h public atten tion, returned yesterday to Portland from La Grande, whither ho had gone with Scriber to ad fust the bank's affairs. Mr. Mac Mahon had but little to say last night as to the reEult. of his trip but ho took occasion, in an interview, to make certain interesting statements as to Scrber's affairs from the standpoint of his attorney and friend. He sain: "Neither Mr. Scrlber nor myself lias paid any nttention to the legal aspect of his case, but we have worked dilligently to secure to the receiver the greatest pos sible amount of assets. To this end Mr. Scriber has spent many days helping Mr. Neidnor. the receiver, and lias rendered him great assistance. During the last two days I have been In La Grande and arranged settlements over disputed claims so that much costly litigation and its at tendant delay has been avoided. As a result of our efforts, the bank will pay out from 20 to 20 per cent more in divi dends than It otherwise would have done and the dividends of Mr. Scriber's per sonal estate have been materially in creased. In these adjustments Mr. Scriber arranged to pay in his examption of $1500 and a right to his salary to the amount of $50 a month for many years. His salary was tloO a month and for years he has left one-third Of it in the bank, paid one-third on his private ac counts and lived on the other third. "A dispatch from La Grande in Tues day's Oregonian stated that the Grand Ronde Electric Company had commenced action against Receiver Neidner to re cover several thousand dollars' - worth of bonds of the Grand Ronde Electric Com pany, alleged to have been stolen by Scriber. No suit of that kind has been filed, nor did Scriber steal any bonds. The truth is that certain interests located at La Grande have persistently given out false reports concerning the affairs of the bank to further illegal and unjust exact ments, which if acceded to by us would have seriously depleted the assets of the receiver. In line with this has been the false and utterly untruthful statement that' there was talk of lynching Scriber. and that I was trying to make a settle ment to prevent Indictments being found in that county. We have asked for no favors and our only concern at this time Is to assist those who have lost by the failure of the bank. "Scriber admits that lie did things he ought not to have done, yet the record will bear me out In the statement that all he did had for its- sole purpose the saving of the bank; and Receiver Neidner has publicly state1 that to characterise Scriber as a thief is unjust and untruth ful. Mr. Scriber never used a dollar of the bank's funds for private speculation, nor for himself, and his private life has been at all times beyond reproach. More than 20 years ago. Scriber went broke In Marion County, turned over all of his property to his creditors and got receipts in full. His assetta paid 75 cents on the dollar only, and he worked one year in a warehouse at 50 a month. The next two years he worked in the bank at Salem for $35, and on this salary he sup ported his family and seven years after his failura he voluntarily paid to his creditors every dollar ho owed them, although it left him without a cent. "For "ZL years- prior to this bank failure Stlber never had even one day's vaca tion, and for years he even did the janitor work in his bank to save ex penses. The man seemed to put his very soul into the bank, but his efforts could not overcome the relentless war that was waged against him by rival Interests, and today he is without a dol lar and 54 years old. So far ag he Is personally concerned I think Scriber does not care what the future holds for him and so far as I know no defence will be offered to the indictments that will be brought against him. But Scriber has friends by the hundred, and this state ment can be proven to any man who will go to La Grande to Investigate." WAR TALK IS NOT HUSHED (Continued From First Pase.) powers, plus 10 per cent. He has except ed the United States from consideration In this plan, giving aa a reason that the Suits, Raincoats vercoats and Topcoats o A Most Comprehensive Line of Also, the Clueit" and "Manhattan" Shirts Multnomah $j.00. Hats for Spring Wear Both Soft and Derby t HI United States is such a distance from Knaland, that her battleships cannot be considered as strong potential forces as the same number of ships of the nations nearby. BERLIN DOXS GALA ATTIRE Stupendous Preparations Arc Being Made to Entertain Royal Guest. BERLIN, Feb. 6. Preparations for the reception in Berlin, next Tuesday. oT King Edward, arc practically complete and cover the four days to Friday, when the King will leave. The decorations slong the route of march from the sta tion to the castle are being prepared on a sumptuous scale, and the population is showing great interest, in the visit and Anxious to demonstrate to King Kdward that Germany holds him in much good will. King Edward will be met at the sta tion by Emperor William and the Empress and all the Princes of the royal house now in- the capital. King Edward and Emperor AYilliam. seated in an open carriage, will head the procession for the state entry into tho city. CHARTER WORK IS DONE BOARD HOLDS LAST REGULAR MEETING. Few Revisions Yet to Be Made Be fore Completed Draught Is Sent to Printer. At last the work of getting up a new city charter is finished and the meet ing held last night by the members of the Charter Revision Commission was the last that will be held. However. In order to get the proofs of the proposed new provisions and the amendments ready to be laid before the Council on Wednesday, there will be a meeting of the revision committee yesterday at the offices of Richard W. Montague. At this meeting the few scattering cor rections that remain to be made will be completed and the whole thing turned oven to the printer. At the closing meeting some Import ant changes were made, first being the repeal of section 339, which takes away from the Council the power to remove the Municipal Judge. The commission thought, in view of the recall which the people have adopted, that it was not necessary to leave the removal with the Council and that the people should be the ones to cause a removal of a Police Judge. An amendment was also adopted giving the Council authority to appoint a Deputy Police Court Clerk, in addition to the one now in office. Enjoy Your Meals jy Simply Eating A Little Pleasant Tablet After Each of Them. A TABLET DIGESTS A MEAL. When digestion is perfect the fluids necessary to this process come natural ly to the aid of the stomach. They are of right proportion and do their work speedily and well. When indiges tion and dyspepsia are prevalent, these same Juices come slowly if at all, are weak and Insufficient or are filled with strong acids and alkalies. When such a condition exists each meal is a hardship upon the digestive organs. The meal should strengthen the juices, but on the contrary it weakens them, so that man by the very act of ea.ing causes conditions to arise which of themselves bring him pain and loathing for the next meal. By eating one of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets you mix the tablet with your saliva and it goes into your stomach a strong, vigorous fluid, many times more powerful than the natural digestive Juices. These tablets are made up from natural vegetable and fruit essences and are composed from Hydrastis, Golden Seal. Lactose, Nux, Ascetic Pep sin. Bismuth and Jamaica Ginger. There is the formula and one grain of It will digest 3000 grains of food in any stomach. Beside digesting the food it will give the blood the power to enrich the digestive fluids so after a time nature will take care of Itself. Though you have no stomach trouble one of these tablets after each meal la a powerful assistance to nature and is an excellent habit to make. Go to ar-y druggist and ask his opinion of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. We will abide his answer If he be an honest man. Thev sell for 60c per package. Send us your name and ad dress and we will send you a trial package by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 150 Stuart Bldg.. Marshall. Mich. ' The Iw eniieih Century Cabinet Store CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS LIHCOLN APPROVED 01XIE AIK "CAPTURED" ON' DAY KICH .MOND FKLL. Song Not (o Be Tabooed at Any Lin coln Celebration aEar as Official Orders Go. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. "Dixie" is a. National air and not the property of the South alone, according to a declaration today by Joseph Nlmmo, Jr.. one of the few surviving friends of Abraham Lin coln. Mr. Nimmo's statement was caused by a report published here that President Scherder of the Chicago Board of Educa tion had forbidden tho singing of "Dixie" at the Lincoln centennial. "That 'Dixie' is treasonable I am pre pared to deny from my personal experi ences." said Mr. Nlmmo. "Early one morning in the month of April. IS, tho news reached Washington that Richmond had been evacuated. There was a rush to the, White House. Soon Mr. Lincoln appeared at the window over the front entrance and replied to the demand for a speech. I well remember his closing words, which were:- " 'There Is a song or tune which I used to hear with great pleasure before the war. but our friends across the river have appropriated it to their use during the last four years. It is the tune called "Dixie." But I think we have captured It. At any rate, I conferred with the Attorney-General this morning, when he ex pressed, the opinion that "Dixie" may fairly be regarded as captured property. So I shall be glad to hear "Dixie" by the band.' "Ever since then 'Dixie' has been re gasded as a National air, beloved by the people of the North and of the South. The tune of 'Dixie' was composed by Dan Emmett, a Northern man,1 who wrote the words. It will remain for all time a truly National song, made eo by the good-natured humor of Abraham Lin coln." CHICAGO. Feb. 6. No order forbidding RAW FUR We are manufacturers of Furs exclusively and can pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE for .11 9 .... ,i r itro Si h I n US your furs and we wlli. pay you every cent tney are wuiiu. Price list and tag sent; on application. if R LIEBES & CO. JOHN F. PLAGEMANN. MGIb Latest Shapes in the the singing of "Dixie" at the Lincoln cen tennial here has been issued, according to Richard C. Hall, president of the Chicago Association of Commerce. Can't Agree on Wireless Law. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Still unable to agree on amendments to the Burk bill to require steamers to be equipped with wireless telegraph apparatus, the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries today postponed action on the bill until next Tuesday. Ce ntralla Wins Game. CENTRA LI A. Wash., Feb. 6. fPpecial.) The eentralia High School basketball team defeated the University of Pugflt Sound five here last night by a score of i:t to 4". WOMAN'S BREAST FOR CANCER! Any Lump in Woman'i Breatt Is Cancer. A new book of tho most wonderful discoveries on the cure of cancer ever written has been recently published by Dr. P. R. Chamlcy, the noted cancer specialist, who has for many years had offices at 696 'McAllister St.. San Fran cisco, Cal.. and has effected thousands of wonderful cures of cancers that have been pronounced incurable by other physicians. He successfully proves his astounding statement that "Any lump in a woman's breast is cancer" in this book. Ho has so much confidence In his ability to cure can cer that he offers $1000 If he fails to cure any cancer he treats before it poisons deep glands. He has devoted almost the whole of his professional life nearly forty years to this sper cialty and has reduced it to a science that has not been approached by any other physician. He performs no op erations with the knifo and his treat ments are painless. The book and his cures are creating a Ecnsation among medical men who recommend him as being strictly re liable. Tho reader may save a life by sending this to some one with cancer. 111 i w I i C lit. .en ELITE CHINA 8 GLASS CO. 352 Morrison Street Between Seventh and Park Cut Glass Hand-Painted China Art Goods Crockery and Glassware SALES DAILY 2 P. M. AND 7 P. M. 288 Morrison Street Corbett Building Portland, Oregon