PROHIBITION AIDED
BY LAWLESS ACT
Mutilation of Excise Petition
Will Help Bring Dry State,
Believe Leaders.
CONCERTED FIGHT IN 1910
Anti-Saloon League at Meeting on
Tuesday Is Expected to Join In .
Campaign to Drive Traf
fic From Oregon.
Declaring that the multilation of
records In the Auditor's office came as
a special dispensation of Providence to
vindicate the cause of the Prohibition
Party and the Anti-Saloon League,
members of- both organizations profess
unbounded "belief in the righteousness
of their cause and, at the same time.
In the certainty that the general elec
tion In November. 1910, will see Ore
gon dry as a state.
In an endeavor to make Oregon par
ticularly unsatisfying to the thirsty
foul, the Prohibition party will endea
vor to secure, the election-to city and
state offices of men pledged to enforce
the prohibition laws.
The three organizations, the W. C.
T. v.. the Prohibition party and the
Anti-Saloon League, have been work
ing for the same end along different
lines the ultimate extinction of the
saloon in Oregon.
While the anti-saloon people are will
ing to legislate for the saloon and hold
it down, the Prohibition party says
it must be rrohibltion or nothing.
Meeting Called for Tuesday.
The Anti-Saloon League has called a
meeting for Tuosday In the Y. M. C. A.
auditorium at which will be discussed
the question whether the league shall
throw Its resources toward the end
that the whole state may be voted dry
in 1910. It Is hardly fair to call the
meeting a discussion, since it is to be
addressed by Rev. J. R. Knodell and
Mr. Knodell has made it perfectly clear
that the efforts of the league are to
he strained toward the end of a state
dry movement, and what Mr. Knodell
says usually goes in affairs of the
league.
It was ascertained at Mr. Knodell's
offices yesterday that the league would
actually try by means of the initiative
to drive the saloon out of Oregon be
fore 1911.
In this it was said the organizations
working towards that end had been es
pecially assisted by the alleged actions
of Relnstein and Breslau. "Directly
in answer to our prayers," said one
worker, and "we .have prayed for this,"
said another, although when pressed to
ask if they had specifically prayed for
a crime to be committed, both speakers
preferred not to make any further dis
cussion of the matter.
Although Mr. Knodell was not at his
offices, the case for the league was
well stated by his secretary-stenographer,
who said. "While we shall con
tinue to make a fight for local option
in all wet counUes that state they are
prepared for one, our main fight will
be on the lines of an amendment to the
constitution of the state proposed by
initiative.
Won't Drop Local Option.
"It is believed that all the bodies
righting for temperance, abolition of
the saloons or world-wide prohibition
will join together and enable this to
be carried. But the league will go
ahead with the local option work the
people demand It.
"The meeting Tuesday Is intended to
decide as to whether this shall be the
programme of the league.' If it should
be decided, victory is practically cer
tain with the support of the W. C T
V. and the Prohibition party.
"The Prohibition party desires Its
end by political means and by voting
Its' own members to office. The Anti
Saloon League is absolutely nonparti
san, embracing Republicans. Democrats
and Prohibitionists within its ranks.
A member of the Prohibition party may
be a member of the Anti-Saloon League,
but it is rare to find an antt-saloon
member who Joins the Prohibition
party.
"The Prohibition party is tied down
to its own political party. We can, on
the other hand, call on the best speak
ers from the Republican or Democratic
ranks to assl-t us.
"The league is working for prohi
bition along whichever lines will bring
It. The Prohibition party Is working
for the same end almost solely on
party lines. In fact. It believes the
desired end can only be wrought bv
strict party, lines."
Talks for Prohibitionists.
.k1 ffV a Promlnent member
?.f . th?, Prohibition Party, concurred in
this division of the organizations and
placed emphasis by saying: "For suc
lu"? lt." nece8sa-y to have officials
that will enforce the laws made. If
the constitution is amended we must
have prohibitionist officers who will
see that the saloons are kept closed
We are all carrying high the ban
ner, Oregon dry,' but the Prohibition
ists are bearing aloft the cry, 'Oregon
extra dry.' For Oregon to be extra
dry we need the officers."
w.'hiKf.1 .Sa,d the LeRBue and the
Prohibitionists had formed a joint
committee along the lines indicated,
and this had been subdivided into a
number of smaller committees to cover
the state.
Discussing the Reinstein affair, Mr
Paget said: "It is characteristic of
the saloonmen that they alwavs adopt
the most bungling methods.- This but
confirms my opinion that we are right
in having no sympathy with methods
to regulate the traffic, such are only
steps to perpetuate the business."
All Will Attend Conference.
A large number of the leaders of the
anti-saloon movement were out of town
yesterday. Some of them were in East
ern Oregon addressing meetings, but
It was understood they will all be on
M C A "con'rence" at the Y.
. ,Rey W- ," Foulkps S1 H was his
idea that plans would be formulated at
the meeting. Dr. Fouke is one of
the trustees of the Anti-Saloon League.
" t1 d ',d n0t, knOW whether Mr. Knodell
had plans formulated, but believed that
he had not.
ELEPHANT HATES PEANUTS
Nero, of Norrls & Roue Circus, Has
Forsworn Once Favorite Food.
Did you ever hear of an elephant that
would not eat peanuts? An elephant
who. when you tossed him one or those
double-jointed Central American kind
M 1 -
would simply turn up his nose, that is
to say his trunk, and give you the jun
gle stare? Such an elephant exists and
he Is scheduled to arrive In this city
with the Greater Morris & Rowe circus.
The name of this unusual elephant Is
Nero; "Nix-on-the-peanuts" Nero, as he
is known by his keepers. He Is a big,
fine-looking fellow with a' trumpet
like a fog-horn. You will be attracted
to him, but if you wish to foster his
acquaintance as you stroll through the
menagerie tents, don't show him any
thing that so much as looks like -a pea
nut. For Nero has forsworn the pro
verbial elephant food and this is the
reason:
Nero spent last Winter, In company
with his fellows, at the cirens head
quarters in Santa Cruz, Cal. The head
quarters Is located" in the lee of the
Santa Cruz liountatns and -beyond that
picturesque range are located the fields
of the San Francisco Peanut Company.
How Nero ever became aware that
there were peanuts beyond the moun
tain tops will forever remain a mystery.
Perhaps a little bird brought him the
message: perchance a favorable breeze
wafted to his nostrils a whiff of his
favorite delicacy. Be that as it may,
there came a day when Nero broke his
chains, and with a trumpet that could
be heard for miles, made straight for
the mountains. It Was dusk when the
big fellow made his escape and as
night came on his pursuers lost track
of him. The next morning his keepers
redoubled their efforts and late in the
afternoon they came upon him. There
was Nero entrenched In the center- of
the San Francisco Company's choicest
peanut field. He had rooted up the
greater part of an acre -of the bed, and
he had eaten so many peanuts that, as
"Tony" Harris, the . head keeper, still
solemnly avers, a shower of peanuts
accompanied every blast of his trumpet
for days after his capture. The big fel
low had realised that which is. prob
ably the fondest dream .an elephant
can have; he had eaten his fill. But
from that day until this, Nero has
never been able to look a peanut in the
face. '
HEARING OPENS MAY 3
FEDERAL INQUIRY INTO MER
GER TO BE RESUMED.
Government Hopes to Bring Out
Facts That Will Have Impor
tant Bearing on Result.
One of the most important hearings
in the suit of the United States Gov
ernment against the Harriman merger
will be that held at Portland and open
ing May 3. It is known that the Gov
ernment hopes for much from the Port
land session, expecting to secure evi
dence here that will do much toward
dissolving the alliance between the Un
ion and Southern Pacific systems. "The
hearing of testimony here will prob
ably occupy three days.
Judge R. S. Lovett, general counsel
for the Harriman lines, will be here to
defend the railroad interests at the
hearing and he will probably be as
sisted by W. W. Cotton, - counsel for
the allied lines in this territory. C- A.
Severance is expected to examine wit
nesses for the prosecution.
Additional witnesses have been sub
paened for the hearing and Special Agent
McK-anzie and Attorney Huested, who
act for the Government in working up
the prosecution, have left the city after
interviewing witnesses and directing the
summoning of those In a position to give
testimony on the subject of the merger.
Sylvester 1 Williatna , .
- J . waoici in
Chancery for the Federal Court, district
uia.n, win conouct the hearing here.
He will also preside at an Inquiry into
the legality of the merger to be held at
Salt Lake City on April 27, coming ere
at the conclusion of that session.
Much is hoped from the . Portland
hearing. The probing of traffic condi
tions here by the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the subject of the
merger raised the hopes of the investi
gators and when the former hearing
was concluded, they expressed them
selves as confident that evidence had
been secured that would bring about
the dissolution of the merger. They
hope at the forthcoming taking of tes
timony to substantiate everything
brought out at the preliminary hearing.
It is understood that the operation
of the Harriman steamer lines between
Portland and San Francisco will be a
strong feature of the prosecution. The
effort will be made to show that since
the merger of the I Southern and Union
Pacific there has been no competition
between the rail lines and the steamers
to California. The closing of the Sac
ramento gateway will also be brought
out, and the results to shipping Inter
ests shown.
W. H. Hurlburt. formerly general pas
senger agent for the O. R. & N., has been
served with a summons to appear at the
forthcoming hearing. Drake C. O'Reilly,
also formerly of the Harriman service,
has been subpenaed to appear and tes
tify. Traffic conditions on the Willamette
River between Portland and Valley
points are also to be shown up by the
testimony of witnesses, the prosecution
seeking to establish that the ownership
of Willamette River boat lines by the
O. R. & N. has removed competition be
tween that company and the Southern
Pacific in the Valley territory.
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THREAT MADE BY JOSSELYN
Hawthorne-Avenue Cars Will Not
Cross Bridge South of Madison.
In the event that the new bridge is
erected on a location south of the present
structure at Madison street, the Haw
thorne avenue and Vlount Scott cars will
not be routed ovei it. This decision has
been reached by the operating officials
of the Portland Railway, LTght & Power
Company, who find that it will require
these cars to go at least six blocks out
of their way to and from the city.
As an operating proposition, it has been
found that the routing of these cars
around by the location to which it is
proposed to change the Madison bridge
would throw the current of travel out
of a direct line and would be inconven
ient and confusing. Therefore, the two
lines mentioned that formerly crossed the
present Madison bridge will not cross
the river, but will leave from the East
bide asvat present.
It is believed by officials of the com
pany that to route these cars across the
new bridge would be to discriminate
against the property on these lines in
favor of other lines coming into the city
on a more direct line without a detour
In the opinion of President Josselvn of
the Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company, residents along these lines
should do all they can to defeat the
movement to change the location of the
Madison bridge from its present location.
CANXOT GET PAVING BLOCKS
Street Railway Company May Be
Unable to Finish Street Work.
Where to get a sufficient quantity of
Belgian stone blocks to complete the
track work mapped out by the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company for
the Summer is puzzling officials of the
electric company. Practically all the
stone blocks that the quarries can furnish
have been contracted for already and yet
there are not enough in sight to do all
TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, FORTLAXD. APRIL. 2o.
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Karpen Guaranteed Upholstered Furniture
When in the Eastern market, early in the year, our Mr. Morgan secured for the East Side the
famous KARPEN line, which is familiarly known throughout the whole country, and every
where recognized for what it is the accepted standard of value, merit and artistic excel
lence. Karpen Guaranteed Upholstered Furniture has been continuously, consistently and
nationally advertised in the.best magazines for more than 10 years; therefore we need only
say that our first carload of Karpen goods has arrived. Our floors are too crowded to show
same and we must make a
Quick Clean-Up Sale of Rockers and Parlor Suits
now on our floors, the quicker the' better -therefore the best inducements will be offered to
morrow, Monday, when you may secure any of them at 25 per cent reduction spot cash only
at these prices, since we make no profit Tuesday the special reduction will be 20 per cent
auu ' cuueoua y iu , u jx Will pay VOll
to come early. Compared with special
reductions of 50 per cent as often ad
vertised by West Side dealers, these
may sound tame, but our goods are so
priced that 25 per cent is the limit of
our possibilities and we're proud of
it. Firms who advertise special 50
per cent cuts merely advertise the
fact that their Furniture is priced
excessively high, and should convince cua
tomers that theirs are places to be avoided.
the paving between tracks to be carried
out in the paved district this season.
The company is swamped with its street
work. The Union avenue paving and"
other big jobs have caused the company
to enlist large forces of laborers and dif
ficulty is being encountered In getting ex
perienced foremen for the work. It Is
extremely doubtful If the company can
accomplish any more street work than Is
at presentplanned, if Indeed the work
already in hand, owing to the shortage
of material. - A total of 1,750,600 stone
paving blocks has been contracted for.
but this is not enough to complete the
work already In jiand. Plenty of other
material and sufficient workmen are
available and the work will be rushed as
fast as possible but company officials
wish they toad other sources from which
to get stone.
Wisconsin central closes
Absorption by Soo Lines Causes Lo
cal Office to Be Suspended.
As the result of the Soo Lines gaining
control of the Wisconsin Central, the
Portland office of the latter road will
close May 15. James Clock, veaeral
THANKS! THANKS!! THANKS!!!
MANY, MANY THANKS?
MORE THANKS!! -And Then Some!!!
We feel so very, very grateful to the public for the enormous patronage given us during our first 16 months
V?re bus"esS WrdS fa" Uttly to C0DVey any Portion of our deep feeling in the
matter. Early m our business expenence the public showed, in a practical way, its keen sense of apprecia
tion of reasonable Furmture prices, with the result that our business grew by leaps and bounds. In fact, it is
well known that our remarkable achievement was THE COMMERCIAL PHENOMENON OF 1908 Not
many months had passed before most everybody was familiar with our slogan and could not fail in properly
answering the question, if
Others Pay Rent eg Who Can Sell the Cheapest?
Our wonderful success, surely demonstrated the fact that we supplied an urgent demand for good Furniture
at reasonable prices, and the best proof that we actually saved the people thousands of dollars is the very
large volume of business done each month, for it would be absurd to claim that thousands of people would
forsake their regular marts of trade and flock to a new and unknown firm on the East Side. This continued
and growing demand for high-class Furniture at prices which we have been abl6 to establish is exceeding our
capacity, and we shall begin at once the construction of .
Another Large New Building, Covering a Quarter Block
to be used exclusively for Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, etc. The building will be of reinforced con
crete with five floors for displaying samples. It will be one of the very largest exclusive Furniture stores in
the city, an honor to the East Side, and a further proof that the East Side is the proper location for a success
ful Furniture store-the natural, economic site. This quarter block is also on the corner of East Stark and
Grand avenue, just across Stark from our store. In the business center
West Side Quarter Blocks Cost $300,000 and More
mereas an East Side business site-a quarter block-costs only a few thousand dollars. There is easily $250,
000.00 difference, and inasmuch as interest and taxes amount to 8 per cent, or $20,000.00 a year, it requires
no expert mathematician to prove that the West Side burden is too great for any Furniture store to bear
and hope to sell any ways near reasonable, or to compete with the East Side, whether the firm rents or builds
as above stated, the East Side is the economic site. It is already the great distributing 'point for agricultural
implements, and will surely be the great retail Furniture center of the future. Furniture is too bulky to oc
cupy high-priced locations. In big Eastern cities, notably Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, etc., the largest
Furniture houses are far out from the business center.
W. L. MOKGAX
61-63-85
QRAJMDVE
agent here, and two others In his office
" " leiirea irora the service
George S. Taylor, traveling agent for the
Wisconsin Central, will be retained in the
rTie ,t the eneral representative here
of the line and his offices will be in the
Canadian Pacific headquarters on Third
street, near Alder.
V. L. Freeland, of Chicago, assistant
general freight agent for the Soo Line,
tZ"1 ho,ldin a B"n"ar position for
?.iWnS,'n C?ntra'. n Portland and
H, A lV?8e,,the local omce yesterday.
His trip to the Coast is for the purpose of
consolidating the . Wisconsin c'nM and
Soo Line offices. He has Just closed the
Spokane office and will make other
changes In the Pacific Northwest. Mr
h"6 Wl" be that f traveling
freight and passenger agent for the Wis
consin division of the Soo Lines.
WOMEN ALL DECEIVERS
Deacon of Massachusetts Church Has
Much to Say Anent Fair Sex.
Jo,iTlS"ED- April" SI.-!..,,,,
John P. Sayles, a wealthy and influential
church member, has sprung Into the ltoe-
1909.
GEORGE T. ATt'HI.EY
CORNER
51RK
ILLiUUBfl CCD CilT"35
light by an unqualified arraignment of
Woman" in some of her unlovely as
pects. The occasion was the annual din
ner of the South Congregational Church,
ana some of his critical observations wera
as follows:
"The gossiping woman surpasses all
others for downright devillshness. She
hasn't an equal. She Is the worst foe of
society, nesponsible for troubles innumer
able. If I had my way, I would banish
her to the land of .Siberia or relegate her
to the Infernal regions."
"From time Immemorial men have tried
to know woman, but her points are as
numerous as a buzz-saw, and Just as end
less. Playing with a woman is just as
fatal as playing with a buzz-saw.'
"It - is- stated that woman was created
for the delectation of man. I take Issue
with this statement. She was created to
deceive him. She tasted the apple and
offered It to the man. He tasted and
thought It good, but it proved everlast
ingly bitter. This shows that she is
smarter at tricks and displays her faulty
nature. Adam was the first man de
ceived, but not the last one."
"The gofsip gets husbands and wives
into a quarrel, brothers and sisters into
antagonisms. She disgusts the minister
with his flock, and the flock with the
Have You Seen Our Win
dow Display of
Circassian Walnut
Bedroom Furniture?
In a carload of high-class Bedroom
Furniture received a few days ago
we had a large quantity of Circassian
Walnut, and have the most complete
line ever shown on the East Side.
What can be more beaut if id than a
bedroom suit in Circassian Walnut?
"No home can be so elaborate as to
outclass this beautiful Furniture,
while our price is within the reach of
the modest purchaser who has but .i
small sum to put in a bedroom outfit.
It is becoming very popular; is" much
easier kept clean than mahogany,
and is more up-to-date.
We have an extra large stock of
Dressers in Birdseye and Golden
Oak, particularly the latter, and have
some interesting special prices this
week which you'll need to see to appreciate.
S. H. MORGAN
minister. Her tongue is like an adder's
fork, distributing Its deadly poison in the
house, in the neighborhood and in the
precincts of the sanctuary."
Maniac Subdued by Officers.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 24.-Special.)
Oluf Mlkkleson, of Sandy, who was
committed to the insane asylum yester
day afternoon, flatly refused to allow the
straps to be placed around him this
morning. Deputy Sheriff Baker was
called and with three men promptly sub
dued the belligerent maniac. He was
handcuffed and taken to Salem on the
morning train.
Rue Arrested In Albany.
ALBANY. Or.. April 24.-(SpcciaI.)-"W
1111am Rue. charged with violating the
local option law at Independence, was ar
aeSt,fu thU aften by Sheriff
fl" He KaV6 bonds to appear in
the Circuit Court of Polk County at the
next term.
' Horna-Jsy. the naturalist, and -now
doctor of the New y0rk Zoo, tried to be a
real estate man in Buffalo once but uld
not reals -th. call of th. tcael wild
SOUR STOMACH
m Tt "5MM feel like new
man. I have been a sufferer from dys
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
1 J beea UklnS medicine and
other drugs, but could find no relief onlv
for a short time. I will recommend
Cascareta to my fnends as the only thing
for indigestion and sour stomach and to
n-VZ . bowels in Rood condition.
T.hey are very nice to eat."
Harry Stuck! ey, Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Itabl? Potent. Taate Good.
1(2 fV.Nr Stek- Weaken or Grip2!
iuc. zac. c. Never sold In balk. The trrZl
"ln" '"t .tamped CCCT (BnaranlSed ts
car or yonr sooner back. a-
jgAYOCEAN
The back page of Section
Four will be a revelation to you.
Read what is being done now.