TTIE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 19, 1911.
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SEATTLE DOUBTS
BURNS
DISCOVERY
Conclusiveness of Detective's
Graft Evidence Is
Questioned.
CONSPIRACY CRY MADE
WappcnMela Protege ot Plnker
ton. Rival of Land-Ftaad
Slentb. Sorters, Say Few.
F-i-Chlef Saja Little.
SUVTTLE. Wui. Feb. II. -(Special
Has Detective W. J. Bums "rot tho
amis' on C. W. Wappensteln. Chief of
Police during the administration of Jlsy
or GUI. or Is the former secret service
cfflcer. who made a rreat reputation la
tho land fraud ctm. merely carrying
cut a sustained bluff ?
Tho question arplles with tremendous
f jrce to tho situation In fattie today,
but It will not bo answered until attar
t.v.o ex-Chief or Police has boon In
dicted and fares his accusers In court.
Certain It Is that at tho outset of tho
(riHBt disclosure. whV-h already has
been a seven-days sensation. Burns was
Muffing: but whether ho has succeeded
la stampeding the members of the so-
eatled vt-e syndicate Is open to question.
On his own behalf. Hums has said that
The has a stack of evidence a mile Men.
and doesn't jseed any more: and on the
other hand, there Is a fiat denial, by a
very few that there ever was such a
thine as a vti-e syndicate, and by a mora
numerous array that If such an organi
sation ever flourished here that fact can
not bo erovrd.
There Is not tho leavt doubt that Burns.
annealing suddenly In this ety-at tn
very moment Oeorre W. Dtlling became
Mayor and Claude Bannlck. Chief of Po
lice played bis cards WHO acuienss ana
faiesso. Its took columns of news paper
apaco In telling how ho had "got tho
goods on Wappy; how tho members
of t ho syndicate bad become panic
stricken with the result that each had
tictrayed the others; how further die
closure, thongs not reeded, would bo
-! vel from those ahoso guilty arts
-aero already known. If they
make a statement In their O'
Vefore Prosecuting Attorney
JIurrhy. Having continued
cared to
sn behalf
John F.
extremely
voluble for three daVs. Bums suddenly
baa closed op tight as a clsm. and Is
row discreetly dumb as to what he ex
pect to accomplish.
"Wappj" Cries "Conspiracy."
Wappensteln Is not talking much: but
Ire has said that nobody would welcome
a Grand Jury rroro than ho.
"I want It." ho says, "because I am
tired of tho stories that have been print
ed In these reports that have not tho
lightest foundation la fact. Tho people
who are fighting mo hare simply dug
up the say-so and hearsay stuff that has
tneen gathered from time to time slmo
I entered fflco. It has been a con
spiracy from start to finish, prompted by
elfuh and spiteful motives, and It has
had tho effect of making tho name of
eattla a reproach la every city In tho
T'nlted States. Tho court, not tha news
paper. Is tho place to pro ire whether a
man Is Innocent or guilty.
It Is oafy a coincidence that Allen
THnkerton reached Seattle a day or two
after Burn 'had sprung his trap,
baited for Wappensteln. Tho e-Chlef
of Po'lce Is a rtnkerton man. tho pro
fe of William A. Plnkerton. who has
always thought highly of Ms abilities
In the lino of work that made tho fam
ily famous. There Is another fact that
may have prompted Wappenstetn'a re
mark that back of tho investigation
was tho spur of "spiteful and selfish
motives." It Is that tho Burns Infec
tive Agency has taken from tho Flnk
ertons the contract with tho American
bankers' Association for running down
safecrackers and other thieves, who
have tho daring to try to break Into
banks: but tho 1'lnkertons on their own
account have mada notable captures
of bank robbers. .
Tn support of his claim that ho has
the "goods on Wappy." Burns has been
quoted as saying that ho has extracted
confession, among others, from Gld
Tupper and Clarence Gerald. If thin
1 true, tho other side Immediately asks.
"Whr. then, tho necessity for a grand
J'iryr-
Club Krcord With Barn.
Since Wappensteln Is tho man wanted
before atl others, and tho Prosecuting
Attorney baa tho evidence, there Is
every reason why tho case should go
to trial on Ir formation. Instead of tho
cumbersome and expensive method of
Indictment, but Wappensteln. who has
declared that ho would welcome a
speedy trial rather thao an Inquiry that
r-ur drag along for a year, has indicated
confidently that, "they can't prove it-"
Tupper reputed connection with
graft cornea, not so ranch from his own
ership In a saloon at (SI Sixth Avenue,
a from tho charge that ho was presl
cmt of the Northern Club, a gamblers'
organisation: and It Is said that Burns
bee certain records of that club, which
e will bso with telling effect when tho
time comes.
Hums' finesse appears la tha method
I.e. employed, against Tapper. Tha
Oetectlvo nabbed his quarry tho Instant
Wappensteln waa drtvea from office, oa
tho theory that as long as Wappensteln
remained Chief, fear of him would close
the mouths of witnesses. Burns, there
fore. reaMted hia helplessness until
J'innlrk had .been sworn In. At that
Instant Tupper became his prey and.
It Is declared, that In tho third-degree
process that followed, tho president of
tho gambling club gave tho whole gam
away.
A similar report has been circulated
about Clarence Gerald, widely known
aa tho proprietor ot tho cafe bearing
his name. Gerald's relative standing
la the community may be guaged by
tha fact that In tho week, proceeding
the Jeffries-Johnson fight, ho waa a
somewhat conspicuous figure at Reno,
-where ho was once a waiter In Thomas'
restaurant. It was a great triumph for
Gerald, that no the Sunday before tho
fight ho could entertain at that very
restaurant, a group of lively Seattle
millionaires, and they went by auto
mobile, fully 14 ot them, to tho feast
winch Gerald spread In tho establish
ment where, a few years before, ho had
been only a humbla employe.
Gill's Hands Clean.
Now cornea Bums, saying that both
Tupper and Gerald have "coughed up'"
all tbey know. But have they 7 that Is
tie qetr!lon. Is it really "tho goods on
Wsppv?" Will tho ex-Ch!ef of Folic,
whose adroitness snd ability have won
the admiration of a Plnkerton. escape
from tho net an adversary weaves about
fclm? Caa Burna "provo Itr
The one man, whom both sides are
I-aving aiono la "HI" Gin. Ho Is not In
volved. "Nobody doubts hie honesty," Is
the edict that has gone forth from tho
Prosecuting Attorney and his powerful
allies. The conclusion only emphasises
(he statement made months a to that
; ail GUI needed to do to retain his office
to Lave removed Wappeostala as
CMef of Police. But Gin. with the
loyalty and stuboornnets for which he Is
noted, flatly refused and the Mayoralty
of Seattle la the price he has paid.
A comment from a unique oourre has
appeared In tho North American Times,
of Seattle, ono of the few Japanese dally
newspapers published In tho United
Stales. It discusses the effect on busi
ness, rather than tho fate of tho men
accused, as tho result of the recall
election, saying In part In Its English
section:
"Some business men down town who
bare been getting fat by feeding on tho
worms of vice and lawlessness may sur
fer a reduction In tho bulk of the bus!
nesa that they hare been conducting so
fsr. But there Is no reason why too
city should be left In a state of disorder
and Indecency Juex because these lew
worm-eaters want to smaas their putrid
pennies- If tho reform ad ministration
hurts their business, they should change
the.r business Instead of expecting the
city to accommodate them by compro
msjlng with them. The new Chief of
Police. Bannlck. Is a young man. As ho
has been on the beat around the J a pa
neea section of the city's downtown dis
trict, ho knows all about the conditions
exlatlnc there. Wo are g!sd to have a
THIRTTEX - VF.AR - OLTI LID
Witt ORtTORIC.tL HON
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I. B. Boveea, Jr.
BAKER. Or, Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) Tho above cut la that of
I. B. Bowen. Jr.. son of I. B.
Howen editor of tho Morning
Democrat of this city. Tho
young man la IS years of ago
and waa tho winner of tho High
Hchool and Eighth Grade ora-
orical contest on Lincoln day at
St. Francis Academy, tho young
man representing tho Eighth
Grade. -
man who knows us. and who. knowing
as. can give ua attention, either In way
of protecting us. or If we have dono any
thing wrong In punishing us. In both
situations wo are willing, nay rather
anxious, to help the Chief and bis sub
ordinates In the work of putting tho city
oa Its beaitry legs."
TAGOMA PADS MOST
CEXSUS BCTtEAU 1SSCES STATE
MENT OF RETCRXS MADE.
WASHINGTON PLAN
FOR WEEK HEAVY
Legislature Outlines Discus
sion of Many Important
Measures.
SOLONS GET DOWN TO TASK
Portland Enumerator With bnt One)
or Two Exceptions, Take) Cor
rect Figures, la Said.
WASHINOTO.V, IX C. Feb. 11. Spe-
daX A statement Issued by the Census
Bureau today on padding of census re
turns from cities, shows that more In
accuracies were found In the original
returns from Tacoma than from any
other city In the United Platen, while
Portland stands second and (Seattle third.
Tho statement givea the population of
tho various cltlea whero padding was
i discovered, tho first column being the
population as originally returned, and
tho second 'column the number of names
cut off by the Census Bureau. North
weetern cities are:
rnrtlsnd 2t;.V 1S.T4S
A trd n . l.tll l.tv.H
llelllnsham 27. 1W4 I.jve
t'wntriftitA S.OU 7"4
:vrtt 2. "U 1MH
llequalm S.1M
MenlMae ' 3.UH4 4!o
Mtcie H.J 11. it
Feakane u0..1 t:M
Ticomi liezTo si:."-:t
Walla Walla -iu.73 VUW
The report states that many cases of
padding where known wrongful Intent
Is shown against enumerators have been
reported to the Department of Justice,
and prosecutions are likely to follow in
tha near future. It has heretofore been
announced, however, that with one or
two exceptions no deliberate attempt at
fraud la charged against Portland enu
merators. Several prosecutions are like
ly In Tacoma.
Taking tba country as a whole It Is
probable that tha population Is slightly
overstated by tho Census Bnreau. de
clares Director of tho Census Bureau
Durand In hia annual report, "but
whether the margin of error la a fraction
ot 1 per cant or amounts to as much as
I per cent, no ono can positively Know.
That 1t should exceed S per cent Is cer
tainly extremely Improbable."
This statement Is made In tha course
of his discussions of the IS cities which
were overcounted. Declaring his Inten
tion to make an Investigation of cen.
sus-taklng abroad, to discover means
for materially Improving the work In
tha United States, tho director slates:
"It may be that the present methods of
taking tho census here are as nearly
perfect as is possible."
It was necessary after careful inves
tigation, the director says, to correct
the population figures for some 11 cit
ies ot tho United States, whose census
rsturns had been Inaccurately made or
"padded." either Intentionally or
through carelessness or error.
Tsklng up the cost of the census
taking, the director thinks It will ex
ceed Its original estimate by J1S1.000.
The entire coet of field work on popu
lation and agriculture was abont Sa.gSS,
lot. an Increase over 1900 of about II.
117.(04. or approximately JT4 per cent.
Compensation Act, Insurance Code,
Connty Unit Act, Initiative- and
Referendum and Road Bills
Are la Grist.
OL.TMPIA. Wash.. Feb. IS. (Special.)
Tho legislature has really got down to
hard work and has tor Its schedule next
week a number of measures considered
of much importance. Such meaaures as
the worklngmen's compensation act, the
Insurance code, tho county unit or local
option bill, the bill revlrang the banking
laws and tho bill amending the present
highway law will come up fur final action.
The Senate will consider for the first
time' the initiative and referendum bill.
the House having already passed two
bills on direct legislation, one amend
ing the constitution permitting the Initia
tive and the other providing for the op
eration of the initiative and referendum.
It la expected that these bills will have
hard sledding In the Senate as it la
known tlist a large percentage of tho
members are not eitrongly In favor of
direct legislation. It is understood that
the rVnate Is about evently divided on
tho direct legislation Issue.
Insurance Code Itetlscd.
The Insurance code which was drafted
by a special commission appointed by tho
Legislature two years ago. has been
amended In commlttca to such an extent
that It has been found necessary to re
print It. The revived bill Is ready for
consideration and will go to third read
lng Monday nlglit. The bill Is unusually
long and It Is expected that It will take
four hours or mora to resd It. Accord
ingly, discussion of tho measure will
not be had until Tuesday. There la con
siderable oppoaitlon to tho bill, coming
principally from Insurance underwriters
ot Pan Francisco and many of the agenta
In this slate representing tho San Fran
cisco Interesta
The worklngmen's compensation bill Is
on tho calendar for Monday in tho
House. Inls bill Is attracting unusual
attention and It Is expected that It will
bo discussed thoroughly before It la put
to anal vote. The measure a-as Intro
duced by Guvnor Teata, ot Tacoma.
"It la an act declaring for tho com
pulsory Insurance of all persons employed
in bssardous employment In the State of
Washington, and while the principle la
not new to students of political science.
It has not yet beon tried to any great
extent, said Mr. Teata
Costa Consume Funds.
"Under present conditions very Uttl
of the money paid out by tho employer
or by the Insuranoe companies for him,
reaches the Injured person: the larger
portion of It being absorbed In tha costs
and expenses of trials and attorney fees.
This act provides and designates what
Is hazardous employment, and fixes tha
rata ot premium to bo paid by tho dif
ferent classes of employers. For In nance.
all sawmills would pay a certain per
cent upon their pay rolls. Just as they
now pay the casualty companies, which
amount goes Into what Is known as the
accident fund. Out of thla fund there
shall be paid to tha injured person what.
ever amount may be due lilm under the
schedules as arranged In such bllL If he
wens killed, and left a widow, she would
be paid a monthly sum of 30 until
tha sum of teMO has been paid, and If
the deceased left surviving him a widow
and children, she shall be psld the sum
of f3 for herself, and Jo each for the
children, not however, exceeding the sum
of IB a month; tho said sum of S3
month to be paid until the said sum of
HCuo is exhausted.
l'rompt Payment Demanded.
"In case of partial disability, the
amounts vary; and the amounts fixed
In tho schedule to bo paid the Injured
person must be paid at once, regard
less of any act of the Injured person
contributing to said Injury, except
where a person wilfully Injures him
self. Tha administration of this de
partment, which is to be known as the
Industrial Insurance Department of
Washington. Is to bo lodged In a com
mission of three, at a salary of $3690
a year." In addition to the premium
to be paid by the employer, there Is also
to be created the "first aid fund," of
which tho employer pays one-half, and
the employe one-half; the amount
varying from H cent a day each to t
centa a day each. The act also has
necessary restrictions and limitations
compelling employers to safeguard machinery.
One of the big fights likely to take
place In the Senate before the end of
CERTIFICATES
OF DEPOSIT
"Wo issua tho following
interest 'bearing . certifi
cates of deposit:
On 10 days demand... 2
On SO days demand. VA
On 60 days demand... 3
On 90 days demand... i
On 6 mos. fixed time. .3
On 12 mos. fixed time. 4
These certificates are
issued in any amounts re
quired. . , .
Merchants
Savings & Trust
Company
S. W. Corner 6th and
Washington Streets
ft. U. Fear, Presldeat.
V II lard Case, Vlce-Pv"-O.
O. Bortanseyer, Cashier.
B. M. Ualdea, Asst. Cashier.
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH .FROM THE NEW HAWTHORNE LIFT BRIDGE.
the week will be over the county-unit
bill. Of the 42 members of -the Senate,
It Is understood that 2S ara lined up
for the bill, leaving 17 as the minority
to oppose It In behalf of the "wet" ele
ment of the state. This bill is said
to be In direct lino with Governor
Hay's political scheme and Its pass
age la the senate seems certain. The
House will probably defeat tha meas
ure.
The new banking code Is also ached.
uled to go to third reading In the Sen
ate In the week. This bill provides
for a guaranty banking fund for the
protection of depositors of state banks.
The measure has been discussed little
recentlr but It Is understood that pres
sure Is being brought against It quietly
and It Is doubtful if It will pass.
The bill relating to tho improvement
of publlo highways and providing for
the payment of the cost or roads has
been made a special order for Monday
afternoon In the House.
Farmers Against It-
Farmers throughout ths state ara
making a hard fight against this bill,
and particularly against the provision
of the bill that virtually places the
State Highway Commissioner In abso
lute control of road construction. This
provision gives the Commissioner the
power to Investigate and pass upon
tha merits of any road Improvement
demanded. The farmers believe this
would place too much power in the
hands of ths Commissioner. They want
every county to do its own road-build
lng and still have its share of the state
road funds without being under tne
dictates of the Stat Highway Com
missioner. Jdost of the opposition to the meas
ure comes from the eastern part of
the state. The West Side seems to be
lined up for the bill as It now stands.
Some of the members of the House
want the highway tax rut from 1 to
H mill. In accordance with the Senate
aotlon taken on this subject several
days ago.
. Members of both houses seem to be
favorable to the bill Introduced In the
House providing for the appointment
of a board of five commissioners to pre
pare preliminary plans for a Washing
ton State exhibit at the ranama-Paclno
Exposition In San Francisco In 1916.
The exhibit and bulldlnp are not to
cost over 1250.000. The bill Includes
$:S,000 for the commission.
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lAtwite
Photographed for The J. K. Gill Co.
GRAND JURY PROBE STARTS
Seattle Saloonkeeper Jtlrvt Witness,
Said to Have Confessed.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. IS. The grand
Jury called to Investigate charges of
grafting In the Seattle police depart
ment began bearing evidence today, half
a doxen subpenas having been. Issued as
soon as the Jury was organized. Judge
John F. Main in his charge to the jury
urged expedition. Indictments are ex
pected in a few days, a great mass of
evidence being already in hand.
Gideon Tupper. a saloonkeeper and al
leged member of the vice syndicate, was
the first witness. According to Petectlve
Hums. Tupper has made a full confes
sion and turned over his books, contain
ing evidence of the vice syndicate's pay
ments to the police for gambling and
slave-pen privileges.
The buildings numbered are: 1, Selling; 2, Corbett; 3, Yeon; '4, "Wells
Fargo; 5, Spalding; 6, Kailway Exchange; 7, Chamber Commerce- Gill's.
The photograph was taken from the top of the bunkhouse of the Lift; forty,
feet above the towers and two hundred feet above the water. Gill's.
Ilave YOU an office in any of these buildings? Gill's.
Or do you contemplate moving into any of them1? Gill's.
Or are you located in any of the older buildings! Gill's.
Briefly, whether you are a professional man, a retailer, a wholesaler, a job
ber, a manufacturer or a corporation, you certainly are interested in Office Fur
niture and the smaller accessories. Gill's.
No matter how little or how extensive your requirements may be, if you
want to save money Gill's; if you want quality first goods Gill's; if you
want a Desk, a Chair, a Filing Cabinet, an Addressing Machine, a Duplicating
Machine or a Lead Pencil, WHEN you want it come to Portland's greatest
office furniture store Gill's.
Shall we send a representative, or will you call? Gill's.
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STATE COST LEAPS
Washington Appropriations
' Are$l,200,000Higher.
SOME FUNDS CUT DOWN
have grown much In the two years and
the appropriations for them are all con
siderably larger than the funds appro
priated two .ye s ago. The Baiversity
of Washington this year will get S 16.
000. while two years ago it received
$672,322. Other Institutions will re
ceive similar Increases.
The various appropriations are.
For Governor's office
'jieuien nt-Jovrnor omc .......
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Atlorner-Gnneral
State Auditor
State Treasurer
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Land CommlKilODer
Runeiior Courts
State Board of Control
BOO
330
131.8T0
3J.OS-0
;i8.tK0
2U.670
li.4ttO
SS.UjO
1H8.0O0
120.000
au.200
POISONS NOT FOUND
ANALYSIS INDICATES MABEL
KING'S DEATH NATURAL.
Corrallls 'Bacteriologist Falls
Find Ptomaines in Intestines of
Girl Who Died Recently.
to
Legislature Generous With Educa
tlonal Institutions and Asylum
Owlnjf to Great Growth Juto
Mill Sum Is Knifed.
w-iT.T-xtPTA. Wash- Feb. 18. (Special.)
According to the budget oi ptn
for operating state Institutions for the
coming; blennkum. compiemu iuua,
tha Joint legislative committee on ap-
proprlatlons. it win cmi vyu."b."
.hnt 11 SOO.0O0 more to conduct Its
business than it cost the state for the
last two years. The total estimate of
. skiarAAAA in afiiTtrl
)Ar'VIIO--e - -w
ramnartlftn With ttl6 aDDrOpnU"
fund created two years ajro suuwe
some items nave Deen icuuv-cu
ers Increased materially, inn appro
priation for the Jute mill at the Walla
Walla penitentiary two yearn
$275,000. while tho amount suggested
. nmpnt committee is $191,540.
For the ttate Horticultural Commls
nrrioA hut I1Z.200 was appro-
nrii.i two venrs tiro and tho present
v . ml- -,AA AAA Tha
amount recommenaea i
ddltlonal funds are to pay uio
- ... . ...Vr.p.t. In
penses of rieia inspectors
the state.
Educational institutions ana asyiums
Vancouver Veterans of J'paniih-American War Hold First Reunion
Leahy Tries to Stop Inquiry.
TOFEKA. Kan, Feb. 18. David D.
Leahy, private secretary to Governor
btubbs. who has made charges against
the Kanaas S-nate. Is ready to quit. At
noon today Mr. Leahy sent a lengthy
letter to tha Senate asking that tha
Investigation end. He makes his plea
on the ground that It Is costing the
state too much. The Senate refused to
hava the case dropped and It will be
resumed Monday.
earnest Library Is Proposed. '
ORA.VT3 PASS. Oa.. Feb. 11 (Spe
cial.) There Is a movement In this city
backed by tae Men's Club to make
application to. take the benefit of the
Carnegie Library building plan for a
public library- So far as reference
and reading books ara concerned for
pupils the. publlo school library Is suf-
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TEN MEMBERS OF COMPAJtT G, WASHINGTON VOLUNTEERS.
Tax Commissioners ... ., 2-?,?.'i I
State Library
Law IJbrary
Traveling Library
Labor Commissioner ...............
Railroad Commissioner
Board of Health
Dairy and Food Commissioner
OH inspector
Insurance Commissioner
Stat Veterinarian
Horticultural Commission
Mining inspector
Bank Examiner
Fish Commissioner
Fire Warden
Hotel inspector
Western Hospital for Insane
Eastern Hospital for Insane
School for Blind
School for Deaf
Northern Hospital for Insane
State penitentiary
Training School
Soldiers' Home
Veterans Home
Institution for Feeble-Minded
State Reformatory
University of Washington
State College
Kllensburg Normal ................
Belllngham Normal
Cheney Normal - --
State Bureau of Inspection Public
Offices
Capitol
Governor's mansion
State Fair
Southwestern Washington Fair
pay Judgments against state
Board of Equalization
Payment of deficiencies
Public printing
Tax on state lands
For miscellaneous purposes . .
7.U00
18.1)00
6.000
8n.ro
85.200
40.000
42.600
18,800
S9.SO0
12,500
100.00
8.400
88.400
No trace of ptomaines or of other
poisonous substance was found in the
intestines of Mabel. King, a 5-year-old
child who died a week ago shortly after
dinner. Information to this effect was
received yesterday by Coroner Norden
from the laboratory of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, where an analysis was
made by Dr. Peterson, bacteriologist.
This leaves the authorities at a loss
to account for the fatal Illness of the
15,200 child and tho severe sickness that seized
Si m ' tno ntl,e"' a"1 several other children rf
47T306 i tho family. Acute inflammation of the
428!287 j Intestines was tho d'rect cause. Fur
43.481 I ther Investigation is to be made as to
the contributing cause.
B15 475 Coroner Norden says he Is now satis-,
153,703 ' fled that liver eaten by the child had
128.420 ' nothing to do w'th her death. Nor is
there anything to indicate poison of any
nature had anything to do with tha
tragedy. The fact that nearly the en
tire family was seized with the same
ailment after eating dinner indicates
that there was a common cause and that
tho cause Hkely proceeded from tho
2S-400 food
Monday Dr. Norden will confer with
City Physician Wheeler and the State
Board of Health and further inquiry
Into the cause of death will be made
If those officials deem it necessary-
25i.000
105.512
350,000
818,000
635.000
110,000
1 as. 000
125.0U0
43.000
10.874
30,000
H.000
1.784
400
31400
94.210
23.078
839,872
VANCOUVER. Wash, Feb. 18. (Spe
cial.) The flrst reunion of Company O,
Washington Volunteers, of the Spanish-American
War Veterans, was held
Saturday night at the home of Glen N.
Ranck, who was sergeant of the com
pany. These soldiers enlisted nere on
the declaration of the war with Spain,
and sailed from Ban Francisco for Men
Ill in April. IMS. All served It months
and several re-enlisted.
Its men In tho. picture are all real-
dents of Vancouver, and are among
her prominent citizens. They are R. L.
Boyer, Charles W. Hall, Ira C Cresap,
George K. Thompson. H.. N. Swank,
Glen N. Ranck. Fred W. Tempes. Arthur
Fletcher, Charles A. Hasson and Chris
A. Dunnlgan.
Ira Cresap Is sheriff of Clark County;
C. W. Hall Is an attorney: George E.
Thompson constable ot the county; H. N.
Swank Is proprietor of ths Swank
Company.- -storej Glsa N. .Ranck, bas
twice been elected representative from
this county. s editor of the Independent-Chronicle
and tho father of twins, a
boy and a girl; Fred W. Tempes Is
prosecuting attorney for Clark County;
Arthur H. Fletcher Is proprietor of a
large abstract office and banker; R. L.
Boyer keeps a clothes-cleaning estab
lishment; Charles Hasson is a Govern
ment clerk, while Chris" Dunnigan Is
sergeant of Company C First Infantry,
Vancouver Barracks.
ICE EMBARGO IS LIFTED
Steamers Caught Off Cape Breton
Escape From Imprisonment.
SYDNEY". C. B- Feb. IS. The ice em
bargo along the shores of Cape Breton
has been partially lifted.
Tho steamer Bruce, ' which maintains
communication between Fort aux
Basques, N. E., and Piortn tyaney.
reached Loulsborg last night after a
weak's imprisonment in the ico off Low
Point. The Bruce, during part of her
bondage was In great danger as the
grinding floes threatened to crush in
her sides and tno ico puea up dov
her rail. So serious was her predicament
that her 60 passengers left her and mada
their way on foot over tho Ice to tho
mainland.
The government ice-breaking steamer
Stanley, which also had been caught n
he 4oe. freed herself yesterday ana
sailed with tha mails for the Magdalena
Islands la the Gulf of St- Lawrence.
Appraisers of Vogt Estate Named.
THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. IS. (Spe
cial.) Tho County Court today ap
pointed as appraisers Of tho estate af
the late Maximilian Vogt. H. M. Beall,
of tha First National Bank; E. O. Mc
Coy, superintendent ot tho Wasco Ware
house Milling Company, and M- A.
Moody, of tho Moody Warehouses. The
appraisement will be concluded . some
time next week.
Suit of Opera "Xsobel" Begins.
MILAN. Feb. 18. Trial of the suit
Instituted by Pietro Mascagnl, the com
poser, and Eduardo Sonzogno. the music
publisher against Lelbler & Co.. of
New York, over tho cancellation of a
contract for the production of the
opera "Ysobel. was begun today. The
defendant firm was not represented.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs asked that
they be awarded damages.
Catholic Woman's League to Meet.
The Cathol'c Woman's League will
hold Its annual meeting Wednesday after
noon at S o'clock, at 311 Stearns build
ing. There will be an election of officers,
and reports will be read by the presi
dent and secretary. All members are
requested, to bo present.
Confederacy Seml-Centennial Held.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Feb. 18. The
semi-centennial of the formation of
the Confederacy and inauguration of
Jefferson Davis was celebrated with
exercises on the Capitol portico this
afternoon. Addresses' were delivered
by Governor O'Neal and General George
P. Harrison, commanding the Alabama
Division, United Confederate Veterans.
Frnltmen to Do Own Marketing.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 18.
The Yakima Horticultural Union trus
tees today adopted resolutions to mar
ket during the coming season through
Its own salesmen to avoid the consign
ment auction.
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