The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 25, 1904, Page 1, Image 1

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OOD EVENING.
. , Th Weatheri
'Tonight nd Tuesday fair;
to ast wind. ' i , -
'' ' '-.i ,. 'i. H. .lii'li'i' W ""mi'' ' " "
Weather So Severe That the Like Has
Not Been Recorded in - History
of the Districts. '
Thirty, Forty and Even Fifty Degrees Bdow
ZeroHot ' Unastial; Daring - Last i Few i
DaysFierce Winds Are Blowing, j
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Chicago. Jan. 25. Chlcago.ll below
aero; Toledo; 1 below; Bt. Paul, 33 be
low; New .Richmond, 46 telow;' Omaha,
12 below, with high prevailing wlnda.
Thl in the reeordi of the-)' terrible
weather today that baa been causing
general distres throughout the East
and Middle West. Iast aiight was the
coldest In the history of many sections,
and ibl morning brought but little
' milder climate In only a portion of the
country where Aha billiard ha been
- expending Ha fury. y- y ..y
, Several deaths JW been reported thua
far. and the loss of cattle (i said to be
' great In Northern Illinois and Indiana.
Kansas City- tut in a dreadful night,
and there is n letting up today, .f The
mercury dropped to only 8 , below, and
a atrong;; damp' ' hWth' 'Wind made it
seem ' as it the degrees pfeold were
much more Intense. Detroit suffered
with I below, and a heavy atorm Is. on
today, which has moderated the weather
some. , . . v ' i
y , , " . m in" 'i
wKxzujra tttjb . watt.
Flood contlna to sweep, the Ohio
alley. At Wheeling. W. Va., the weather
moderated considerably ana mi cauiwia
a rise of water. --Fully -one-third ot.th
, homes of the city are inundated, and
, in soma eaae - tha aeeond stories are
invaded.. 'New Cumberland la tfnder II
feet of water, -and Jn addition a fierce
bllr.aard la Taglng., Tracks on the rail
road ara covered and approach to tha
' toW Is difficult. Benwood is entirely
under water and residents have returned
to Martin's Ferry and other high place.
' St PauV Jan. 25. Minimum tempera
ture thla morning was i degrees neiow.
At Bismarck. N. D, 28. and at Superior,
Wis., 38. There is great suffering among
the poor of Bt Paul and Minneapolis,
TWO , S
sot at KnoHAJrr nuLmxarzs astd
ZIOAnH ' VT TO -A-UTTLZ
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OBM 0V TKX BAitEB WHO BB
C0TZB KOBBT AB9 BBT0Z.TXBS.
(Journtl Pporlil Serrice.)
The Dalles, Or., Jan. 2S. On Satur
day the general merchandise store of
W. JT. Marines of Blalocka waa robbed.
The robbera blew the safe open, secur
ing f35 and a shotgun, and after shoot
ing at Mr. Marines made their escape.
The police officers of The Dalle were
notified to look. out for them.-
J. Q. Fitzgerald, special agent for the
O. R. N. Co., arrived in The Dallea
yesterday morning bringing with him a
suspected boxcar robber. lie stated to
Chief of Police Wood that he. thought
he could locate these robbers as he had
been all day Saturday in the hobo
camp along the river in search of box
car robbers. ,
Fltsgerald and Wood left yesterday
for Biggs,, where the robbers were o
rated . in a trackwalker's cabin. Fiti-
gerald broke in the door and covered the
AFERODBERS
CAPTURED
lf( CABIN
BRYAN ISM GETS
A TU RNING DOWN
f (Jonrnat Special Service.)
New Tork, Jan. 25. That William
Jennings Bryan will not In any way con
trol the Democratic convention at St.
louts' is shown quite .conclusively by
the' expressions of several of the big
leader In Interviews s publlahed by
--the Herald. Out of 101 Interview 84
persons repudiated Bryan.
According to the -Herald free sliver
is a dead issue and Mr. Bryan' late
view are ancient in purport. : :
The following are some of the expres
sions of Democratic politicians;
Senator Newlands, Nevada Mr. Bryan
will not be our candidate and he is not
going to dictate your platform. Condi
tions have changed and opinion of men
on great y national question have
changed, therefore Mr.' Bryan' Individ
ual oprnion:, will not have the aame
value now. v
Senator Dubois, IddhoI am oppoeedr)
to Mr. Brjao attitude a eet forth In
his Nebraska speech and hi published
Interviews. The free silver. Issue is a
thing' of the pat. .
, Senator!. Morgan. Alabama I .have
Ceased to conslder-what Mr. Brjan says
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and the city officials are doing all 1
their power to assist those in need and
to provide comfortable places for them
to Bleep. Jo . the mun,ic)pal .buildings, The
aame conditions prevail , in Chicago,
where - a ' fearful cold north - wind la
blowing" and It la impossible to escape
It penetrating blast. : 4 ; " vf J " I
y tiooto' ftUBSiDnra. .f .v
Pittsburg. Pa.. Jan. 25. This city i
enjoying more dry ground today a the
flood haa subsided after early .hour thla
afternoon. Street are In a terrible con
dition, filled with wreckage and mud.
Coal 1 being distributed by city offi
cials, and provision are also needed.
C0LDS8T XV SXSTOBT.
Milwaukee, Jan. 25. Wisconsin ex
perienced the coldest weather laat night
of any state in tha Union and about la
herhle'tory.' ' New Richmond repprt a
temperature of is degree-below aero,
Hayward and Cumberland report 40 be
low, Superior 35, and Unity 88 below.
Oahkoah report tha coldest weather in
26-years, the thermometer 'registering
38 degree below sero.
. A strong northwest wind 'is blowing
and Iral'is throughout thn tr ere r
oingirregu4hMy.- v- w-v:
y CHIOAOO XTTTSnB.
Chicago,; Jan. 25-'Th cold wave thai
Is predicted for tonight will break; all
record. Within the last-24 hours the
thermometer reached 13 degree' beloW
sero at. 5 o'clock this morning, and 25
below la expected for. tonight; Three
person, were froien to death last night
Jacob Britt Joseph Olnssner and Mat
thew Kiperansklewe. The fierce wind
add to the discomfort ; . ;
At Detroit . the cold : wtather record
la broken by t degree below sero this
morning. George Quthwata, a laborer,
was frosen to death.-
men with a revolver making them prla
oner ana securing tne money, ome
nitroglycerin, fuse, dynamite caps and
two 45-caliber Colt revolvers. Th
robbers were surprised.. They gave th
names of Frank Wilson and Fred Roae.
A full confession was secured from one
of the men this morning. They ara old
hand at the business and will be taken
to Arlington for a hearing tomorrow..
GERMANS MASSACRED -IN
WEST AFRICA
(Journal Special Service.)
Berlin, , Jan. 25. Dispatches today
atate that rebels in German Went Afrira
north
...
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ar more aggressive near Htoffnung. OneTof us thought H should be used.
Qermaa officer and seven men were killed
and the blacks lost 40 killed In a fight
yesterday. Five thousand nativea are
now attacking the capital at Windhoek,
where, 230 German, mostly civilians,
have surrendered. Negroes are also
massacred. Five German farmer and
their families. 20 persons in all, were
killed near Windhoek before the latter
could reach the main body of refuge.
TBXA1T7BXB GOES WBOBCK A
(Journal Special Retries.)
Nashua, N. II., Jan. 25. Tha Naahua
Trust company closed Its door this
morning and , Treasurer John Goggln
was arrested charged with embenling
3100.000. The bank' last, statement
ahowed Ha liabilities nearly 11,250,000.
or aoe. h belong to the past. He
has a perfect right to hi views, but
he must not expect the Democrats who
were Democrat long before he was
thought of to be , influenced by hi n-
aiviuuai iiuuuns, '
X X AU Wrong.
, Senator Clay, Georgla-Ul da not care
to go into discussion of Mr. Bryan'
view on the Democratic convention. I
believe, however, he is all wrong and
will nave very little, if any, effect on
tne convention. '
Senator Culberson.- Texas Mr. Bryan
is entitled to hi oplnUfhs as to th hm
policy Of the Democratic party, but there
are a great many men In the party who
supported him loyally who cannot ac
cept hi recent utterances a practicable
under existing conditions.'
Senator Simmons, North ; Carolina
The sentiment of the Democrat of
North Carolina Is' clearly against any at
tempt to revive th silver issue, because
they consider it belongs to. the past. We
are Interested in th issues of the pre
ent. and In harmony rather than-in'fao
tional division. : J
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. The picture on the right shows the inner harbor of Sebastopol, where a
large Russian fleet Is lying at present, which 1 likely to be ent to the Far
East through the Dardanelles th only outlet to the Mediterranean, the for
tiflcatlon of which ar ehown in th plctur on the left. Turke,y i expected to
prevent the passage of the Dardanelles by Russlon 1 warships In accordant
with the treaty signed-after jthe Crimean war. ' . ' . '
lv5DKIMD!lMU"blJUO y
; A CLUB DISPUTE
Parliamentary: Qub .-Breaks; UpA ; Political
Scheme,'; SaysMfsl Wager-'Lack of Interest'
v Says, MrsaiHoyt-Still 'Another Storyi
The Parliamentary: club -disbanded -on
Thursday, January -21, -after, several
montha of work under the chief guid
ance of Mrs. Rose Hoyt, -who- founded
the club. Whatwas the cause of tha
club's .cessation of activity, r. and- on
whom ' rent th responslblltlyi for .the
sudden termination of tha organisation'
usefulness are polnts on whloh the, in
dividual members differ -greatly, -. .
Th Parliamentary club was formed
of 15 or 20 clubwomen and waa organ-.
ised last October.-. In speaking of th
cause or the hud dispersion, jwrs.
Wager, chairman' Of 1 th metnbershlp
committee, said:-- - ' i; r
Mrs. , Wagar' Statement. ' "
"The club wa not being used a some
In my
opinion, the, club was 'organised. not for
parliamentary drill, but. as a political
boost The clyb .did .not .perform . any
great amount ,of" parliamentary., work,
and when.thore who desired. to.: use the
club lor elflsh!purposes discovered that
this could not be. done, .they agreed with
th rest of us that the best, thing to do
was to disband."' , ..: ; t
"Was Mrs, Rose Hoy t, the founder of
the clutvthe one. who. desired. to. use th
orgnnizatlon as a political, weapon?" was
asked. ' ..'. ' ' ..,.-
"She wa. , I. belleya, be formed th
club for. this purpose that Is, to In
crease her' chance' for 'election "to "th
presidency of the federation.'- So" long
as this waa the chteCdesire on her part.
some of us could not see the value -of
the club, and it was mutually agreed to
dlsbar.d, and thl wa don." ' .
y.-;y--r krl'W jpui"''.'!..5:')
Mr.. Hoyt laid: '-"V
.-"The, Parliamentary,, club, wa ; dis
banded because Interest .waned..' The
club freauently ha,d only 'eight member
present, Its list had dwindled from ,20
to less than 15-membera and when there
I such a. lack of. interest It. 1. hard, to
do good work,', even with . the lew . that
SCOTT WILL HEAD
THE DELEGATION
(Waililntton buret of The Journal.)
Washington. Jan. 25. Harvey W.
Scntt of the Lewi and Clark commis
sion, left here yesterday for hi home at
Portland. He takes with him th asaur.
anc of the Oregon 'delegation in con
gress that he Is to head tha Republican
delegation t larg from Oregon to the
national convention at Chicago. "
- sziZOTxio lumra atTwrs.
'"!;' y '"(: y ,
. . (Journal Special Service.) , '
Indlanapall. . Jan. , 25. -The Theodora,
the first suburban electric sleeping ear
ever built in America;- costing 5JO.0OO.
was ourned in the Indianapolis Eastern
rar barns ttfdaSC' It wa to hv mads
ita inltjal trip between Indianapoll and
Columbua tonight, , -; , 1 ;
MONDAY EVENING,
RUSSIA IN t
come." - I -had - many thing 'to- occupy
my time and did not feel that I could
devote my-trengUi to-the club 'for tne
result that were being obtained, and
o we'dlsband6d.-y No,' there was no po
litical aid to the question at all, and
member that may , hay . made . .such
statement were,., let us say; mistaken."
" On of the ' leading j members of the
club threw further light on the case and
related some of the history of th club
tnai lea up to tne nnaie.
. -Aothftr.'
'"foj
, wa pouuc," sam, she. , "roi some
caus Mr. Hoyt and Mrs. Wager wer at
sword point, their feeling waa bitter
and Mr. Hoyt headed the majority party
in the club, making It very unpleasant
for, Mr. , Wager..' The final crisis cam
when th name .of, a candidate for mem
bership wa Introduced, this woman be
ingpresented: by Mrs.' Hoyt, .who knew
the name,' was, personally distasteful to
Mrs'. Wager,, because of trouble she had
in another club with . this candidate;
Mr. Hoyt used in my opinion, bad taste
irr forcing $h issue, and Mrs.Wager re
sisted.' At the meeting Thursday a few;
member admitted the candidate. to the
club and 'then disbanded I have lnc
been tol,d ,tht -those present, with the
exception of. Mrs. Wager, and "perhaps
one or two others, were mtmnnal frlpnria
'of Mr. Hoyt, who' held a copferenoe be
fore- meeting 'and adopted' a course
of action., ,1 ,know Mr;. Wager, has been
almost alone in her'stand lri the club and
that had she-been .mad of less stern
stuff she .would have withdrawn from the
contest weeks ago and I also believe that
the chief reason the club waa disorgan
ised waa because that was the' only way
Mr. Wager could be removed; whether
thl 1 - trua or- not , 1 another ' matter,
but ' I speak advisedly when -1 say I
hav good' reason " to believe what ' I
give a my explanation of th club'
death. It 1a unfortunate and la chiefly
due to two determined force, ' neither
of which would give 'way." '
FALLING SAWMILL ;
KILLS FRANK HILL
(Journal Special Servle.)
o- Welser. Idaho, Jan. 26. Frank and
Jasper Hill,' brothers, were owner of a
sawmill at Meadows, In thla county.
New reached her . last evening that
while piling lumber in th 'upper part of
the mill building last Friday afternoon
th entire builidng collapsed, burying
tne, twa rotner in ne ruin. When
taken out Frank HlU was dead and Jas
per seriously Injured and may die, Frank
Hill was unmarried. The brother hav
been ' in the mill , business for several
year and are quite well known. .
. - XXLLBS IV BITE X ' '
' (Journal Special Service.) ' .
Chinlt 1 Saxony, . Jan. , 25. - Two
army officer . fought a duel today in
which Lieutenant Scheubert: waa killed.
The quarrel "waa over a woman. .
ttttta
JANUARY . 25. 1904.
READINESS
1 .'
- Vi x.
DANGEROUS RIOTS
IN THE
Situation in Korea Very
Speak of Certain War Not Many Days
Distant Russia Tampers with BbiL-
j (Rpeeial Dinpateli to - TB Jonrnat.)
, Washington,' D. C. Jan. 25. No' fur
ther demonstartlon ar reported against
foreigners in Seoul today, atthough the
nri of Atnerlon marine in restoring
nrdnc. vi--icrdiiy has uiaJe the " native
bitter. ' Foreigner ar reported to be
much pleased with that prompt action
in the curbing of tha riot plrtt yester
day. Marine guard th American elec
tric Una today. , i ,
The war and nary department admit
th preparation for transport for th
reason of t sending ' more men to the
Philippines If the situation in tha far
East continue o trying. Oreat care
haa been taken diplomatically to asaur
Russia - that th movement of United
State troop ara purely of a protective
measure, , a many . uncontrollable Tac
tion exist in th disturbed countries
near what may b th scene of war.
Only about 7,600 men will be. moved
from America to Manila unless unfore
seen complication arise. More men
will follow, but not for om tlma.
soipxxms mm miox.
Seoul. Jan. 26. Mor trouble I being
experienced with Korean aoldtera today,
who have been terrorising in aisinct
about Pyajiiyang.-looting nouses ana
attacking retdent. Wealthy native
suffer most, and no control Is held over
ven th police. Russia ha dis
approved of Korea' declaration of neu
trality! in event or .war. ,
btjssia xnrrSTjrDS.
; St's Petersburg.'. Jan. 25. While ' th
nnniin government . understands ' the
.itii.tlon in Korea to b disturbed and
possibly threatening. It ha no Informa
tion that tn nuanon iu iv nimuiu
to warrant the landing of it larg Jap-
nasa force there. Ruasia freely ad-
mlta Japan' right, under tne, existing
eircumtanc to land in Korea a rea
sonable number of soldier to preserve
order, but the lanamg or an army ai
ROBBERS CRACK
RAILROAD SAFE
itatxobt at acrxTov jrxAmLT
I wbxcxzd bt nxrionoM ohxt
30 tXCmmZD CASK MOISTIB
; WTWT.-rTK-.MaJB CTKABACTXM UH
' mo OLpa Bxxurs .tkim- .
'(Joaraal Special Serrlee.)
' Milton, Or.,1 Jaa 25.-rThe safe In the
O. R. N tatlon-- - her wa blown
oper by afecrackera and robbed of $20
shortly after t o'clock this , morning.
As a result of" the"explosJon the side of
th tation on which the safe stood wa
badly shattered.- Window were broken
and the side door w blown 50 feet
away from th building across the rail
road track."" 'y; y, 1
Tha explosion ' wa o heavy that it
jarred many houses In the vicinity and
15 or 20 men rushed to the station, but
the robbera had son, leaving no clue
whatever. : y ',.' .' :t.
The robber gained entrance through
a window. They first tried to open the
cafe with .a hammer, and crowbar taken
from a blacksmith, shop.. but. When that
failed, dynamlt; was . used. .
Sheriff Taylor, of .Pendleton, haa been
notified and la now working on the ease,
Two rough character were in town yes
terday, but cannot be found today, and
It la thought they did th work. . The
railroad agent does not liv at the sta
tion. . Shortly before the af ' was
cracked the ch register was carried
from the Boxerln aloon at Freewater,
a town just across th railroad track
from , th station.; taken Into, an alley
and 'smashed. It contained , no. money,
but a gold watch ,whicii waa In It I
missing. ...
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FAR EAST
Gloomy and Forbodings
this stage of negotiations eould not be
viewed with equanimity. - , ;
MIKADO WOT ASXIOUS.
Toklo, Jan. 26. The mikado ta In no
way 'anxious - because ef -the delay of
Russia response to the latest Japan
ese note, and he says Japan is hot press
ing for an Immediate reply.:
"Russia will be given all the time
she needs," a minister 1 quoted a
saying.
The Rum has attacked the Novoy
Vremya for what It term tha consul'
stupid mistake about the destination of
th American warships in tha Aslatlo
situation, tha Novoy Vremya having
said American' warships wer going to
Yongamph'o, when actually their des
tination wa Olongapho, in tha Philip
pines. Th Rubs declare that a th
interest of America ar - commercial,
the - American government require
friendly relatione with Russia.
XVS8XA TAKPrXB WITH XATX.
' Yokohama (via San Francisco). Th
Trans-Siberian mall route is not to be
used much' It Russian officials consider
it necessary to censorlse newspapers,
and postcards carried by it, regardless
of destination outside the Involved ter
ritory, copies of Pari and ' London
ones received at Kobe and here and
even in China having been mutilated.
Malls going the other way hav eeu
seised. In many Instances.
Opinion- -aajatnet - thott - interested -In
trans-Siberian mails Is that the power
should make a protest against tamper
ing with correspondence, as the road is
In contract and had promised not to
allow the censorship of malls In transit.
Russia . claim that the' bags of mail
are sent, sealed and made up for gen
eral distribution ton. receipt In ' Ger
many. England and France. However,
the seal -of th sack must frequently
have . been ' broken, a complaints of
"Blacked out copy ara numerous.
BOGUS MINING MAN
COMES TO GRIEF
Vlncennes. Iiid., Jan. : 25. I S. Ad
ams. charged with selling bogus minina
stocks in Chicago, Milwaukee, 'Seattl
ana 'fortiana. was arrested here this
morning on a request from Chicago.
where charges wer filed by the Banker
association. Adams .was ' once held - In
Seattle on a similar charge..
BARBERS' BOARD i
IS NOT VALID
. Judge . George of the - state circuit
court this morning declared the barbers'
law unconstitutional, and under his rul
ing the barbers' hoard cannot regulate
and determine the qualifications of state
barbers. ,
, The decision wa based on the case of
the state of Oregon against H, I Brtgga.
The suit waa brought by the State bar
bers' board against Briggs who man
ages a barbers', college and has no li
cense from the board.
; Judge George declared the defendant
was doubtless guilty a charged, as he
had evidently violated the law requiring
all barber -to, be licensed, and in order
to allow, th state a chance to appeal
Brlgga waa found ; guilty, the" court
finding that he had committed the act
alleged by ; the state, but stating that
th ourt would discharge the defend
ant on motion, since the law violated
was not a, valid one. -
In rendering his decision on the va
lidity of the law allowing the ' state
board to determine the qualifications
of all barbers in the state, Judge George
said: .,....' . . 'it
'The case has . been . under advise
That The Journal la tha Only
Paper in Portland That Caret to
Print tha News. . ,
PBICE FIVE CENTS.
NT0
A Hundred and Twenty-
five Unfortunate Mk ;
ners Buried Alive
GRIEF OF RELATIVES
Explosion Caused an Awful Accident-
It Is Believed Tbat Many Were
Killed Outright and Others.
' ' Suffocate!
(JsHirnal Special Serrlee.).
h Pittsburg, Jan. 25. At 5:30 this morn- .
Ing an explosion occurred In th shaft
of the Harwick coal mine, near Che- .
wick and 125 men are Imprisoned in tha
mine.. The superintendent at 10 o'clock
sent to ChesWlck and Springdala for
physician, although none of th men
up ra that hour had been rescued. ' ,
Several hundred men are working thl
afternoon trying to make entrance to
'the mine where the entombed men are.
It la believed that many hav been killed
outright or suffocated. , Escape is com
pletely shut off a the explosion was so
great that it filled the shaft with debris
At thl hour, p. m.. hundreds of wo
men and children, wives, mothers, and
llttl one of -th unfortunate men ara
gathered -about th mouth of the haft
and thetr grief is lerrjble.T ' : " ' "
The min Is located a mile from Chea-
wlck and wa reopened two year ago
and was always gaseous, Ther ara
two shaft 100 feet apart and 200 feet
deep.- ;. y""j,i. ; '. :$.', .? , .
.The latest report from the company'
roU show between 150 and 150 men are
entombed, including th fir - and pit
bosse; y Three injured tipple men wera
taken to th hospital at Allegheny at
noon, whera on dld.:-'-y,-.;...y
Soon all tha men possible were put to
work and are struggling frantically to
reach the entombed men. who will ba
smothered unless they are speedily given
fresh air; ,l , ; -i :
Pending the arrival of the mine In
spector further effort to enter the mina
has been abandoned. ' About the mouth,
of the pit the air la heavy with a deadly
firedamp in auch volume a to caus tha
gravest fears tor the safety of th en
tombed miners. It la believed none ara
alive.- ;-. - .- ' .
, Attempt late thla afternoon wer di
rect! to force air- through the ahafts.
thub relieving it of ga and aavlng tha
men if any are still alive below. Tha
force of the explosion i Illustrated by
tha fact tha pit nut wa blown from tha
bottom of th shaft out through tha
opening and 100 feet Into the air befora
the debris settled back, then came a
hug gust of flame, and the tipple build
ing at the top of the shaft wa blown
Into fragments. Th scene around tha
shaft Is distressing, a nearly ail tha
entombed miner hav large famiiiea.
FEROCIOUS BEAST
BEHEADS A CHILD
Indianapolis, Jan.' 25. A large feroel-.
ous dog, belonging to William Barr. en
tered the family horn Saturday night
carrying tha head of a 3-year-old child
In his mouth, which had apparently been
jerked from th child's body while th
latter waa alive, It was reported to tha
coroner tbia morning. He has now gona
to Barr's, which Is four miles distant
from. the center of thl elty. The po
lice are of the opinion that. Barr la
afraid to report the case because tha
dog belonged to him.
dZXXBAX, BKATTXB OrJTJBZI).
Bakersfleld. ' Cal., Jan. 25.' (Jen.' Wil
liam R. Shafter was seriously injured
Saturday by being thrown to his knee
by a horse he wa leading. Ha la In tha
car of a physician at his ranch near
here. - Injury to the bona is feared. ,
ment by ' the ' court for- mm tlm n4
ha been considered , with care.. My de
cision wa not announced until I re
ceived; th finding of th supreme court
on the case of the sailor's boarding
house board. The barber' law of Ore
gon ia unlike that of othec states a it
places In the board' power the right to
determine the qualifications of all P--piicanta
for barbers' license and ren
der criminal the actions of those pur
suing their trade without uh llcensns.
This act should prescribe tha qualifi
cation of barber a other act doi an-t
the legislature has no power t give to
any board absolute control over th
qualification and required excelKn:te
of barber applicants ' )
"Regulation may b mad for th
protection of the public health, and hal
th legislature defined the reiulwment
to be expected of all licensed harhr,
and given th board power, to JI-nver
whether tlieee requirements wer bring,
lived up to,, then th law wouM Imv
been a valid one. But thw law from he
ginning to erid lit no rH'pH-t defltn-a It;
(Continued on Paite Ta),
A.