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FOR GA11ERS
Xti of th rollo Department Xedglng
Xlmaelf Behind ft fence m X Tear
. Aooordln" to Hi Own Statement, that
X Kay Bo rat on th Carpet 07 Whet
So Term XI Xnemlea Chief Bo-
ordo to Bo Xept Straight
" "I must protect myself against those
who are not In sympathy with me and
.'with my cause." said Chief of Police
Hunt dramatically this morning as- he
addressed a small crowd of Officials
'gathered in the office of Police Courf
Clerk Olson.
"I want my records kept straight for
,'if they are not there will be another
exaggerated report of a Dig graft.' I
am willing to co-operate with you In
any' manner." he concluded turning to
' Ur. Olson Who responded with the same
Sentiment
The occasion of the chiefs talk was
the matter' of Issuing gambling war
rant. Hereafter no ball money will
l accepted by the court's officers until
" after the gamblers have been brought
In on warrant.
' Im Xlmaelf Technically Arrested.
The case In question was that of
John Green, who conducts a poker game
at It North Sixth street When the
officer went to servo a warrant on
Green two weeks ago he found the
gam closed and the proprietor gone.
AJreen appeared yesterday at the clerk's
office and said he had been to, Spokane.
Now that ho wss back he wished to
open 111' game. Accordingly he planked
down $10 to represent the amount he
would pay upon being arrested and re
leased upon bait
The action was technically an arrest
and the money was accepted by Clerk
Olson, who Issued a warrant charging
Green with gambling and showing that
he was out on ball, when the war
rant ' was cent to Chief Hunt' office
for hi signature that official went to
the clerk's office and expressed the con
viction that .' the ft ret warrant should
hare been used. Mr, Olson took another
View of the matter.
Xow Zt Wm Settled.
Thereupon the chief delivered hlm
.self of the speech in which he ex
pressed much solicitude regarding the
keeping of his books. He feared that if
the record showed two warrant for
Green and but one arrest there might be
an investigation. The matter was set
tled when the chief signed the second
complaint and the first was marked
howlng that here had been no gam
when the officer called two week ago.
Many of the Chinese gambler have
been In the habit of calling when they
, thought they were due to be arrested
and depositing ball money. Hereafter
thla will not be accepted until It Is
hown that they were arrested on war
rants and In this way there will be no
clash with the police department
JUDGE HOGUE FREES
MYSTERIOUS BILLY
: MysterIous" Billy Smith wa hot
punished for striking William Corcoran,
a sailor.
"I thought I wa kicked by a mule,"
said Corcoran In telling the police how
it felt to be puntbed by a former prise
fighter. r .
On the stand Corcoran said that Smith
had assaulted him In a North End sa
Joan Saturday night without provoca
tion. He had done nothing to arouse
Smith' Ire. but the pugilist sent him
down and out
Smith's witnesses testified that it was
another man who struck Corcoran and
that "the sailor wa mistaken in telling
who did It Judge Hogue was unable
to tell who wa testifying to the truth
find the case was dismissed.
John Dallr. a small wiry man, who
assaulted Smith and knocked him down
in a . street brawl Monday night, was
fined lit In the police court yesterday.
CALIFORNIA ESCAPE
IS'RUNDOWN
' .Officer Carpenter and Resing did
some rapid detective work when they lo
csted Louis Dalton after searching for
"him ah hour this morning.
"Dalton Is now being held by the po
lice for Sheriff R. R. Veale of Contra
Costa county, California, who says he
- want Dalton to answer to a charge of
, betraying a young woman. The message
v was, received this morning and before
v' noon the officer had their man under
lock and key.
, , Dalton was found working at the
- wholesale house of Lang & Co., where
ha been employed for but a few
days. His mother. Mrs. George Zeller,
resides at 228 Madison street When
he left California he said he was going
to Washington with a surveying party.
RAILWAY CLERKS
-WANT UNIFORM SCALE
(Journal Special Service.)
-' 1 Chicago, Oct 21. Railway clerks here
Are preparing to make a demand for a
uniform wage scale before the first of
next year and organisers are at work
all over the Country who are meeting
with considerable success. It Is as
serted that railway clerks have missed
recent prosperity, as the time passed
without touching them. They think -it
better late than never and propose to
organise now .and better their condition.
FOR KEEPING OPEN
" AFTER HOURS
. J. LeJune.ti saloonkeeper, whose place
' it business Is at Sixth and Glisah streets,
was arraigned in the police court this
. morning charged with keeping open after
hour. His case was continued to tomor
row. The police claim that the saloon
men ,ar obeyingjthe closing order With
but feweeeptions, the result of the re
cent crusade against them. ; . -
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- Journal Special Service.)
Honolulu. Oct 21.ihe French bar
Connectabl Terichmont sunk en. the
iTigate shoslsjOctopet-J-B. Capt ttoabt
"end" seven Survivor Ian4e4rt-Jiihatt;j
'. Sixteen other are missing.
FRAUD INTIMATED v
IN IRRIGATION DEAL
Recent dispatches from Washington.
D. C, quoted K. H. Newell of the geo
logical survey, chief engineer In charge
of all reclamation work, as saying:
The people of Oregon, in contrast with
residents of other Western states, man
ifest little or no Interest la the great
ubject of irrigation."
Again Mr,' Newell . says: "The men
who are actively booming Irrigation are
those who control large tracts -of land
lying under proposed Irrigation projects,
and these men are working solely in
their own behalf t
It 1 denied by many that Oregon peo.
pie 'lack Interest In Irrigation. As to
the active work of corporation In re
claiming the state's arid lands there
seems to be no doubt but that Is no
more than a private Individual would do,
or more than many are already doing.
Under all the circumstances there can
be no harm In looking Into so Impor
tant a matter.
Under the Carey act, the state hav
ing lrrlgabl lands may receive from the
federal government . such portion of
those land, not' exceeding 1,000,060
acres, In any one state as they may Ir
rigate and settle. To make the law-effective
for Oregon, the legislature two
years ago enacted a law by which the
state land board could appoint a state
agent to -select Irrigable land for which
survey should be made and plans de
vised by an engineer, to be commis
sioned by the state for that purpose.
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The engineer doing this work was to
be psid by the parties who might con
tract withthe state for the irrigation
of the land. ' These engineer became.
for the purpose, state engineers for Ir
rigation in Oregon. But when the par
tie came here and state agent were
sppointed to select lands for them and
state engineers were named, it appar
ently occurred to the executive officers
that the men commissioned were not to
be trusted, because they received their
pay from capitalist. These were the
one who were entering Into a contract
with the state. Then It proceeded to
appoint another state engineer under J
precisely similar commission. Its duty
was to report on the report of . the
state engineers previously appointed.
and thla engineer, like the others, was
to receive his pay from the companies
precisely as the former appointees had
received theirs. .
Xaj. Sears Speaks.
Mai. Alfred F. Sears, the civil en
gineer of Portland, was connected with
the matter. He says:
"There was a suspicion that the en
emie of Irrigation devised the scheme
of proposing this Inspecting engineer
for th$ purpose of planning for doing
tne work at so low a ngure mat capital
would refuse to touch the projects.
However, most engineers generally have
seen enough of these political schemes
to place the figures high. This would
give the supervising engineer an oppor
tunity to scale them down, and yel
leave the Interests of Capital properly
protected.
"The engineer appointed, George L.
Dillon' of San Francisco, Is a gentleman
well known to his' profession. He Is
thoroughly experienced In Irrigation
work, and Is In fuH sympathy with hon
est enterprises. He was. like Caesar's
wife, certainly 'above suspicion' of be
ing made the tool of designing politi
cian or others. The result was, that
the original estimates were advanced
by the engineers of works and In ac
cordance with the duty to meet the
scaling down process.
"It is well known that Influences
were set on foot by the cattlemen and
sheepmen in Crook - county to prevent
the irrigation of the extensive grazing
lands In the valley of the Deschutes.
The pretext advanced was that the
Carey act threw the public lands of
the state into the hands of private cor
porations. "The fact'ls that private corporations
had long been In the enjoyment of these
lands to the exclusion of all settlers
save the employes of such corporations.
"Several capitalists, recognising the
the facilities for irrigation In the valley
Of the Deschutes, selectetd lands, made
surveys, and have closed contracts with
the state for Irrigation. I
HOW MIKE WORKED MR. E. Z. MARK FOR HIS TOBACCO
THE GARDENER Bo
rforra, Oi t'lnka Oi'll hov.t' mke th'
boss also tcape m in terbacker. Oi'll
Jlst mix torn av thl horsehair wld
th' terbacker In me polp an' tmo;e
,lt near Mist her Mark' winder.
There is an Interesting fact regard
lug the man who was chairman of the
legislative committee drafting the leg
islation to' make the Carey set effective.
After passing two years In the study of
the act and active opposition thereto,
he was again made chairman of the
com m lute on irrigation In the last leg
islature. .. . '
railed to Correct Zrror.
"With all this experience and study,
this chairman of the committee has thus
far failed to correct those provisions of
his earlier work that made the Carey
act the instrument pf those corporations
that were absorbing the best lands , of
the state. Some of the companies have
already begun work and are now under
full headway in the construction of
irrigation syatem."
Though not inclined to talk further
in the matter, MaJ. Sear finally made
this admission:
'The contract of the company for
which I made the survey in the valley
of the Deschutes Is now hung up in'
the department of the Interior at Wash
ington." "Why is this the case, major?" asked
a Journal representative.
"Professedly because It Is timber
land. . It is covered with- black pine
poles. It Is, however, to be said that
under a mistaken impression that
utterly arid, land on which some yellow
pine grew was a proper subject of work
under the Carey act, I did. undoubtedly,
place the canal line on higher land than
It should have occupied and on paper
higher than Is shown by the stakes on
the ground. If thl high land should be
occupied with the Irrigating canal, the
state allows the company $9.75 par acre
for the work of irrigation.
Should thl timber land be cut out
and the line be brought down to where
the stakes are planted, the territory pf
Walker basin can be Irrigated! for IS per
acre, leaving a margin of at least $2 an
acre to the irrigation company. The
truth is that region is exceptional In the
fact that water exists - within from
three to six feet of the surface all over
It extent. In my first report to the
company I estimated that the Irrigation
would cost IS an acre. I showed a dla
gram of the strata below the surface to
the water. About a foot of this 1 vol
canic ash, a foot or more pumice,. and
then a vein of water-filled gravel over
lying clay. Windmills will serve to Irri
gate the entire territory very cheaply.
"In many places the cattlemen have
made "ramps or slopes down to living
water,' which is found within a few feet
of the surface."
"Don't you think It your duty," asked
the reporter, "to notify the department
of the interior and the state land board
of the change In the line you mention?"
The major replied:
"Of course, and I have done so."
POSTAL SLEUTH IS
THROUGH WITH CASE
(Journal Special Servlcy.)
Washington, D. C Oct 21. Bristow,
the head 'of the . postal Investigation,
has submitted his report to Postmaster
General Payne, who Is given credit for
the investigation. Acts of men under
Heath are severely criticised, although
Heath Is not named. Beaver and Ma-
chen are scored, and the reorganisation of
their bureaus is recommended. . The
abolishment of Machen's office 1 recom
mended and the Inspectors are praised,
'PETXTXOX BT HE IB.
Agnes King has filed her petition in
the county court for the appointment of
Charles J. King as administrator of the
estate of Charles F. King, 'deceased.
The latter died at Phoenix, Ariz., Oc
tober 10, 1903. He was a resident of
this county and left real and personal
property of the value of $2,000. Peti
tioner Is his swldow. The helrs-at-law
are Charles J. King. 26 years old;. Mary
A. Keith, 23 years old; Alice C. Hamp
ton, 21 years .old; Carrie E. King, 19
years old; George F. King, 14 years old,
and Albert P. King, 8 years old.
2. MR. E. Z. For the lov of
heaven, John,' what kind of tobacco la
that you are.amokingf It Is fearful.
- JOHN, THE GARDENER They do
ay, sur, that th' only way OI should
amok thla terbacker waa on a gravel
train going noinety molle ah fi6ur, an'
OI ahould amother It.whliy OI . wlnt
- through a town. ' Butt ur' tha beat
OI can afford. j , . - -J
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ESCAPES UNDER THE
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When the name of Fred Fox was called
In the police court this afternoon Fox
wss not to be found. An investigation
of the "bull pen" showed that he was
missing and an Investigation showed
that he had leaped over the wall of the
prisoners' pen -and dropped down upon
the benches.' It la thought that the es
cape was , msde after 1 o'clock. The
officers in charge of the prisoners and
courtroom did not see the boy escape.
His course was plainly Indicated "by the
dust which he brushed off the top of
the wall and the dust marks which he
left upon the benches. It is believed
that after raising himself over the side
of the pen, which is eight feet highland
several feet : lower than the celling of
the courtroom,' he concealed himself
under the spectator' ' benches and
awaited an opportune time to go out
the door. The escape was probably
made a short time before court adjourned
when the spectators had gone.
During the past five days there has
been an epldemlo of bicycle thefts in
Portland and a dosen anxious riders
are looking for their mount.
Since- Saturday about 15 bicycle have
been .stolen from office building and
stores in the center of the city. Most
of the machines have been taken while
the owners were gone but a few min
utes. Five disappeared from the Orego
nlan building, while the thieves have
also visited other office building. The
police have recovered four or five ma
chines and .Detectives Kerrigan and
Snow have In their possession a Ram
bier bicycle which wa taken from (he
unamDer 01 vommerce tne nrsi 01 tne
week. v
Fred Fox, aged' IS, is under arrest as
a suspect The boy admits that he stole
a wheel from the Chamber of Commerce.
He say he rode It to Forest Grove,
.where he left It at a farm house.
Fox', parent live In South Portland
but the' boy ha left home because he
claims he cannot get along with his
step-mother.
The detectives have also recovered a
Pierce wheel. Detective Hartman found
one yesterday, while Patrolman Toung
discovered a stolen wheel discarded ' In
a vacant lot In East Portland. The po
lice are busy today returning them to
their owners.
The officers are of the opinion that
the thieves are a gang of boys.. The
officers are watching all pawn shops for
stolen bicycles. This morning Henry
Hoffman, whose wheel was taken from
the Oregonlan building, secured a search
warrant lor a rnortn Tnira street pawn
shop but he could not find his property.
The police state that the owners are
largely to blame for the thieving, for
they are careless in leaving their ma
chines unguarded. In Portland very
few riders lock their machines when
leaving them in - buildings or on the
streets and the ease with which they
can be taken, is a temptation to ' boys
and men who are Inclined to go wrong.
KASIinS XOTXst
Astoria. Oct. 20. Arrived down at t
p. m steamer George W. Bldef.
Redondp, Oct 20. Sailed, schooner
Samar, for Portland.
Astoria, Oct" 21.--Conditlon of the bar
at 8 a. m., moderate; wind northwest;
weather cloudy.
Arrived at 9 a. m., schooner Joseph
Rubs, from San Pedro.
Bailed, at 9:10 a. ni., steamer George
W. Elder, for San (Francisco. ,
BEXTXSTS AXBESTED.
(Journal Special . Service.)
San Francisco, Oct 21.-11 coast
states have opened a campaign against
dentists practicing 1 without licenses.
The California state - dental commis
sioners caused five arrests today.
3.-M R. E.X Well,. John, I'll tell
you what I wilLlJo. 1 don't want to
deprive you of your pipe; but It, you
don't amok It to-day I'll bring you
thla evening a couple of pound of
fine, good tobacco. 1 j
JOHN, THE GARDENER Oi'll day
eur, an' fank ye. ' ; . ' c.
DEADLY GAS
TWO
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, Oct 21. Joseph B. Al
len and Lena Coughlln were found dead
In a room together at an O'Farrell street
lodging house yesterday afternoon by
the landlady.
The couple have been keeping com
pany together for some time and It 1
said by their friends that they were
shortly to be married.' They came to
the lodging house. late In the night and
IT IS EASY FOR
POLICE FAVORITES
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A rather peculiar case, under the
guise of an ordinary transaction, went
through the police routine last night
and passed through the mills of Justice
in the police court today. But the
affair presented such , unusual features
that when the facts were brought to the
attention of Municipal Judge Hogue he
asked Assistant City Attorney Fits-
gerald to Investigate.
Arrested by John Roberts, now a
a night watchman, , but formerly
special officer, J. Beals deposited 110
ball for his appearance In the police
court on a charge of disorderly conduct
He failed to answer to hi name and the
money was forfeited.
An Investigation showed that the 'po
lice authorities were very kind to Beals,
releasing" him on the smallest amount
possible on a charge of disorderly con
duct. The offense consisted in firing a
pistol at another man, which 1 not dis
orderly conduct but assault with a
dangerous weapon.
, Another question yet to be answered
la why , Roberts made the arrest His
power as special policeman was taken
from him last week, . but Chief Hunt
says that he has the power of any clti
sen to prevent a breach of the peace.
Beals Is a bartender employed In
Henry Lau's saloon at Second and Couch
streets. t Tony Gallagher, a notorious
character In the north end, wa In the
saloon shortly after 6 o'clock last night.
It is claimed that he became Very an
noying. Finally, to frighten him away,
Beals fired off A' revolver, whereupon
Robert appeared and arrested him. .
Instead of holding the man for as
saulting Gallagher with a dangerous
weapon or discharging firearms within
the city limits,. Robert placed "disor-!
derly conduct" against hi name, and
the lowest possible bail yas, fixed and
jeais went nis way rejoicing.
When Judge Hogue heard that a ha
man life had been endangered he ordered
the matter looked into.
"I was standing in front when I heard
tne snot,- saia KODeris toaay. "jfrom
what I know of the case, Beals was al
most justified in doing what he did, be
cause this man Gallagher had been an
noying him for some time. That Is why
I made the charge -easy."
Chief Hunt said that while Roberts
was not an officer any more, he still had
the right of any person to make an ar
rest where he saw a threatened breach
of the peace.
Henry Lau is a saloonkeeper who was
a witness against Roberts at the recent
investigation, but when it came to tell
ing his story before the commission Lau
forgot what he had previously stated-j
to tne lawyer ror me prosecution. 'iTHIs
may have had something to do with the
ease With which Beals got off.
MABBXAOX UCSXSES.
J, W. Payne and Anna May Rolling.
Wllford H. Gross, of Walla Walla,
Wash, and Grace M. Houghton.
SENDS
TO ETERNITY
secured a room. Soon afterward tbey
sent out for liquor and nothing further
wa thought about their presence In
the house until late the next day when
the landlady smelled escaping gas and
on investigation found the two dead to
gether.
The coroner Investigated but found
no reason to believe the death . were
due to anything but an accident, the gai
having been blown out but left turned
on. .
PAGAN LOTTERY .
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By pleading guilty to operating lottery
games four Chinese were fined less than
half what it cost Wing Hlng Tick, who
fought the case l.i the police court last
week. t
After Tick' conviction several of the
defendants of the many arrested In last
month's raid told Assistant City Attor
ney Fltsgerald they were willing to say
"guilty." After several days of parley
ing they came Into court this morning
and were fined.' Sing Wah,'Wlng Hlng
Foh, Lee Sang Wah were fined 130 each,
while Boo Woo was forced to plank down
125.
Judge Hogue ordered the oases against
the following dismissed, upon motion of
the city attorney: Ke Long, Sue Gee,
Ah Sung, Lee Toy, Wong Chunk and
Leo Gardner. These, men were charged
with visiting lottery games, but the tes
timony of, the arresting officers showed
that they bad simply been sitting about
the stores when the raids were made.
The Chinese frequented a Chinese gro
cery store, while Gardner showed that
he went to a Chinese laundry to get his
linen when he was caught by the police.
The other ' cases will be tried later.
Tick's appeal Is now In the state circuit
court.
SUNSET SWINDLE ;
TROUBLES NO MORE
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco. Oct 21. Having
amassed a fortune of jnore than 1100,-
000, George W, Rumble was arrested
by postal authorities for using the mails
with the purpose to defraud. He was
the president of the Sunset Mining com
pany and found victims In every state of
the Union, except In California, where
the mines were supposed to be located.
Complaint is made in tne present in
stance by G. M. Leaner, of Fremont, O.
and F. T. Terry, Milwaukee. -The com
pany had ah office In ' the Chronicle
building where were exhibited nuggets
represented as coming from the mines
and visitors were prepared for by salting
the sluice boxes.
Xnoltlnf Trouble.
"So you really think automobile are
dangerous." Interrogated the man from
the East
"I should say," replied Amber Pete.
"When the first one came out to Eagle
Eve there was an argument over the
way to pronounce chaffeur and six cow
boy were-shot Chicago New. ;
, - Soent of th Season.
Tou may shake, you may worry
- The coat a you will, ' .
But the scent of this mothball
Will hang 'round It still.
, New Tork Press.
-MR. E. Z, (that evening) John,
here ar two pound of good tobacco.
' I paid on dollar and a half per pound
for It Now, before' you run out let
" me know and I .will get you more. I
don't want you to amoke the. vile atuff
you have -been amoklng.
- JOHN, THE GARDENER Many
Vanka, aur. (Aside) OI teuld yes Oi '
could. ' ' '
There ha been much adverse com
ment over the action ot the street com
mlttee In agreeing to vote favorably
UDon the franchise e-rantlna- F. t L.
Wilkin the right to erect free drinking
water fountain on the principal busi
ness thoroughfares, which is expected
to be ratified by the city council thl
afternoon. , , ,
The member of the council are net.
unanimously In favor of the scheme- la
th first place.. In-fact,-the measure
came near meeting with defeat at the
hands of th committee, but with the
term of year reduced from . 16 to ,
and giving the street committee th
right Ao act upon th location of any
fountain, the commute agreed to
recommend It for passage. This prac
tically mean that whenever th com
mittee ses fit to chang It mind it can
ahut out the fountain entirely, to ;U
practical purpose at least " '
The main objection raised against th
fountain is that they will be unsightly
obstruction on th street. Th foun
tain 1 seven feet, high, 11 Inches- in
depth and about 82 lnchea In width.
These are to b used advertising
receptacles and It depend upon the
eathetlq taste of th committee after
they se on of them In operation upon
whether they will b allowed upon th
treet at alL
Th company backing the proposition
Is the Sanitary Drinking Fountain com
pany, of which Mr. Wilkin 1 a prim
mover. It 1 claimed that they are now
giving ' satisfaction In Seattle, Lo
Angeles and other cities where- they ar
in use. . , .
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(Journal Special Service.)
Ban Francisco, Oct 21. A strange lit
tle romance has been revealed by th
probable death of Arthur Raven, second
officer of the wrecked steamer South
Portland. He wa the officer who took
charge of the raft made of hatchf. .
A clandestine courtship, a secret wed
ding and finally divorce proceedings, now
pending In the court of San Frannclsco.
are the. heretofore unknown chapters-In
the lives of th second officer and . hi
Wife, Margaret Raven, who was book
keeper In the employ of F. Maloy, a
bookbinder at 422 Sacramento street'
The young woman was known to her
friend and the work! br her maiden,
nam of Margaret McGo, - 1: The fact
that tha unfortunate youu- officer ha
probably perished on the coast of Ore
gon bring from his friend and ad
viser. Attorney W. H. R. McMartin, the
statement that this stalwart mariner
and the pretty young bookkeeper had
been man and wife for nearly two years.
Margaret McOovern 1 the niece and
possible heiress of James McGovern, a
millionaire mineowner of Montana. Ar
thur Raven wa an ' ambltlou man,
whose chosen field of labor was .the sea
Six feet and four Inches In height wavr
lng'dark hair and handsome features.
e promptly won the heart of the young
heiress. -,
About two year ago they were made
man and wife In Oakland. . Notwith
standing the triumph of Cupid, th un
relenting uncle was not forgotten, and
In view of the prospec of being be
queathed a portion or all of her uncle'
fortune, It wa thought wise by th
young woman to refrain from mention
lng their marriage until such time as
the consent of th unci could be as
sured. The business head of the wife
gained the day, and It was agreed that
Margaret Raven should continue to be
known as Margaret McGovern.
Married life progressed favorably with
the young couple for nearly two years,
when finally the husband's aversion to
the bonds of secrecy precipitated the dif
ferences which resulted- in the divorce
proceedings, instituted a few weeks ago,
Mr. Raven Insisted upon an acknowledge
ment of their marriage to the world and
to their uncle.
The wife retaliated with a suit for di
vorce. Charging him with willful neglect
LEAPS INTO RIVER
BUT IS RESCUED
Jennie Tork attempted aulcld by
Jumping Into the Willamette - la sight
of a hundred people at 8:20 . o'clock
this afternoon. ' ; "
When she rose for the first time a life
preserver' war thrown her by one ol ,
the men on the dock of th Regulator
line. She grasped It thankfully and
wa hauled ashore.. When dragged
from the river she wa unconscious.
but It 1 believed that she will recover.
Jennie Tork live In , the Tacom
House on Stark street, between Third
and Fourth streets. . She quarreled with
a male acquaintance in the Royal Cafe
thl afternoon.- Then she telephoned
to a woman friend whom : she asked
to walk down Stark street with her. r
The friend compiled. ' A the women
reached the dock Jennie Tork handed
her purse to her companion. ! ; :
"My key- Is-ln the- pocketoooK,- sne -
said. Then she ran to he edge of- th
dock at the foot of Stark street and
Jumped off.,--, v.-i : '.'.' "
, k .Xla rrfrne. ;'v:
He Life 1 simply one grand chase.
If you are not among the pursuer you
must be on ibf the pursued. ,
She-:-Will you run with th hound
Or fly with the deer? r', ,-r- .
He 1 will fly with you, dear, if you
please. Kansas City Journal. -.
xo Xonrer Xt .. ' .
It 1 true, I one called you 'the, light
Of my life.
Twaa before you wnt out every nlsht,"
said hi wire. :
, - .'Philadelphia Pro. ;
SECOND
OFICER
' " Big tradartakiag.. ' , : "'. .
"Talk about birtJobs," said the Cheer- !
ful Idiot while trying to look serious. ; V
vveii. aia ine victim, 'wearuy. .
"Wheeling West - Virginia . may be
some and iansingMicnigan may o , .
rather a big surgical undertaking, but
Flushing Long Island isn't such a . tin ,
little sanitary tunt" Baltimore Amer- .'
lean... . - ,.