THE OHEGQ1T DAILY. JO TONAL, rORTLANp, . TUESDAY EYENltfG, EEBBUABY 23. J004.
GEORGE KELLEY IS
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NOT BEING SOUGHT
Man Who Officers Say Planned Silverfield Fur
1 Robbery Is Still at Large and Police Don't
Want Him-:-Reasons Are Not Given
No eltert is being mad by the police
'to re-capture George Kelley, who Is ac
knowledged by the officers to be the
man who at least planned the robbery
of the sealskins from the Silverfleld Fur
company's store on the night of last
February 11. He was arrested with
Matt Cullen by Detectives ' Day and
Weiner February 14. was held to the
g wmd Jury under $2,000 bond by Munic
ipal Judge Hogue two days later, but
never furnished the- bond; was
"sweated" until Thursday: guided the
police to the stolen plunder that day
and,, was at once relea'Bed by order" of
District Attorney Manning. His pres
ent whereabouts no One seems to know.
The Reason given for Kelley'a release
is that there was no evidence to convict
him. On this point District Attorney
Manning,-; Chief Hunt, Detectives Day
hd Weiner and Manager Jacobs of the
Silverfleld Fur company, agree. V
Kelley admitted be was an ex-convlct
Cullen positively declared to the de
tectives that Kelley entered the resi
dence of Andrew Kan and got an Im
pression of his store key that a dup
licate might be made with which to en
ter the fur bouse through Kan's Jap
anese bazaar, and Kelley knew enough
about the robbery to recover the stolen
furs.
' District Attorney Manning said at
first that the police "had no business
to iet Kelly go."
- Later he said thathe had agreed to
the' ex-convlct's release, but says Kelley
should have first been committed to
NARROW ESCAPE OF
STEAMER NELLIE
Caught In the gale which swept-the
waterfront yesterday afternoon, the
cteamer Nellie struggled helplessly for
' time, but was finally blown against
the Southorn Pacific dock, just above the
steel bridge, on the east side of the
river. No material damage resulted.
c The Nellie belongs to Captain Boon -and
was coming up the river with two
barges In tow which were loaded with
" wood. A" fewTnlnutes" after Shehad
! passed safely through the draw ot the
bridge the wind began to blow at almost
. a hurricane rate. Tho vessel wavered
and labored In vain to make any prog
, rcrs. 8 he finally began to drift and It
soon became evident that with her un
- wieldly burdens in tow she was not
string, enough to hold, her position. 1
For' a time It lqoked as though .she
would collide with the bridge, and the
captain concentrated his efforts to avert
this. .She was within 2 feet of the
bridge when the wind subsided and the
craft wnt-crashipginto the dock. - The.
barge on her port side prevented any
great damage being' done. Had' the
bridge been -struck the steamer's smoke
LUEBCKE DIVORCE
IN LEGAL TANGLE
; Attorney J. J. Johnson has withdrawn
from the Sophia Luebcke divorce case.
He filed application for a decree on the
'statutory ground, that when one was
convicted of a felony he Was civilly
dead. 'Theodore Luebcke was sentenced
for life for murder. : ' -
court Attorney Idleman filed an objec
, tton that the-application was not with
in the limitations. Thls'was Upheld by
Judge Cleland. .'....
t, Mr. Johnson said,: "Under-. the dacls
jthm of . the-judge the .woman cannot se
vere a separation, which would" leave
Tword. For Instance, if she sells her
' property there is always a cloud on the
title, as it is possible for Luebcke to
tx released at any time and demand
this share, or Insist on assuming his
right as the lawful husband of Mrs.
PARK SCHOOL ON
: ORIGINAL PLANS
s The new Park school will be erected
, along the Same general outlines as the
oh! tructure, which was recently par-
tlaUy destroyed by fire, and will be a
wooden building. This was the decla
lon of the board of education at their
session ' held . today in the city hall.
The plans and specifications were drawn
up and submitted to the members of
... the board by Architect T. J. Jones, and,
, with a very few minor changes, are an
nounced completely satisfactory.
The plans submitted call for a build
ing that will cost In the neighborhood of
$45,000 or $00,000, and $28,000 of this
total will be forthcoming from the In
surance paid in by the companies car
rying policies on the old structure. The
CITY ENGINEER HAS
A NEW ASSISTANT
The working force in the department
of City Kngineer Elliott was supple
mented this morning when William H.
(jatvani commenced his active duties
n superintendent of the Issuance Of
building permits. Mr. Oalvsnl has a
separate office In the north wing of the
city hall and is expected to give a thor
ough and careful supervision of all per
mits Issued for new buildings, altera
tions pr repairs.
, The newly appointed superintendent
WOULD CLOSE THE
MT. TABOR ASYLUM
The courts will be asked for a re
straining order tomorrow citing the
members of the Sanatorium company
)) appear and show cause why a r
training order should not be issued
curopellliig them to close chelr institu
tions at Mount Tabor pending the set
tlement of a suit to; have them declared
a nuisance. 'J"1
-Simultaneously with the filing of the
ortr a suit will be placed on file for
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the county jail. Then there would have,
been something to show for the. release,
and the transaction would have, been
regular. .-
Manager Jacobs offered a reward of
$300 -for the return of the- skins. The
reward la still ' unpaid. Detective Day
says it will go to the man who gave the
tip that resulted In the return of the
furs. This may be Cullen, who be
trayed Kelley, or it may be Kelley him
self, for' he took the detectives to where
the goods were cached. .
As furs are very .difficult to 'dispose
Of. it Is the belief of many officers and
others that the -thief -who planned the
robbery had la view the reward that was
later offered. In fact, the first words
that Kelley said t Detective Day, who
arrested him, were: ."Larry told me you
are a good fellow."
The next day Larry, Sullivan came to
the Jail and had a short talk , with
Kelley. Apparently they did not know
each other. The furs, which Kelley had
buried under a house on Columbia street,
were speedily returned and Kelley'a re
lease followed. '
Detective Day admits that Cullen
cauaed Kelley'a arrest. Cullen even
went so far as to accompany Detectives
Kerrigan and Snow to Seattle, his object
being to ..turn Kelley and two other
criminals over to them when' they ' met
at 110 Pike street. In some unknown
manner the three 'failed to appear and
the officers returned with Cullen: Later
Cullen brought Kelley Into the case and
Kelley'a arrest followed.
stack and upper works would undoubt
edly have been carried away.
i. While the wind's velocity at Portland
yesterday afternoon Is given at the
weather bureau as 28 miles, there were
brief periods when It Is1 believed that
It was blowing at twice that rate. One
of these gusts caught the Nellie.
At Tatoosh Island yesterday here was
a rale of 7 miles an hour, at North
esd 6T inUes and at Seattle S miles. -
The Columbia river bar was rough thla
morning, but the wind ha dropped
down to 15 miles an hour.
During the past 24 hours the Wil
lamette river has risen .6 of a foot,
now standing at $.8 feet above the low
water mark. While the warm weather
and rain will aause It to continue rising
for a Jew daVs,, District Forecaster
Beats says there Is no immediate dan
ger of a flood. At Salem the river Is
18.7 feet above sero, which is a rise of
1.9 feet, since yesterday. At Albany it
stands at 15.8 and Is slowly rising.
The indications are for occasional
rains in western Oregon and Washing
ton. : t -, . . . t . . r .!
Luebcke In view of her lack' of docu
ments to establish her separation. I
think that the woman should have been
granted a decree. She has no other
ground upon which to make complaint.
Desertion cannot be set up as it was an
involuntary separation on the . part of
Luebcke. Nonsupport will not hold as
he is not In a position to provide for
her. None of the other causes for a
divorce applies. Her only chance la to
take advantage of the provisions of the
statutes which hold plainly that Luebcke
Is dead." ,'
'Attorney George Cameron now has the
case and said: "I will file an excep
tion to the applying . of the period of
limitation, and sue for a Judgment t,o
establish the civil death of the de
fendant, and show that it is not a case
wherein the husband can set u'p any
legal Tights as his conviction deprives
him of all right of civil action."
old basement, foundation walls and a
portion of the first floor, particularly in
the north wing, are still in good shape.
The feature of a brick building was
hardly touched upon. The members of
the board felt that the conservative pol
icy was tho best and unhesitatingly ac
cepted the wooden building proposition.
As regards general outline the new
building is a very artistic and conveni
ently arranged structure. There will b
some additional room and every modern
convenience as to plumbing, sanitation,
etc. It Is expected to be one of the best
equipped buildings for educational pur
poses In the city. Work will be (com
menced on the new building as soon as
the contract can be. awarded.
was formerly a civil engineer in the
employ of the Oregon Railroad & Navi
gation company. Later he was con
nected with the city engineer's depart
ment as surveyor and while not actively
working at his profession has employed
his time as an architect. He Is also an
artist and has written considerably for
publication. . .
Heretofore the duty of lusulng build
ing permits has been assigned to Chief
Office Deputy Shannon.
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removal of the Institution as a pri
vate nuisance. , The allegations which
will be made are that the insane patients
are permitted a freedom, thereby keep
ing residents in fear of harm, and that
the shrieks of patients disturb the .resi
dents by day gnd by night. ,
The complaint, which hnn been verified
by each of -the- five realdents who will
bring suit. Is now in the hands of At
torney Richard .Nixon, aasociated' In the
prospective case with Plait A Piatt
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The-problem of allowing uninter
rupted traffic on the Morrison" street
bridge during the erection ot the new
structure is far from being settled and
after a conference today between City
Attorney McNary, Mayor Williams and
representatives of the Pacific Construc
tion company, the contracting firm, it
was decided to hold a formal session in
conjunction with' the county authorities.
The date of this meeting has not been
named.
Vice-President Butler of the Pacific
Construction company insisted that his
company would not be liable for oicci
dents except on the sections where their
employes were' actually, engaged in
work and in a formal letter to the
mayor today argued that they should be
absolved from all blame where peopia
were hurt elsewhere on the bridge. The
principal feature of the communication
was the clause In which he represented
"that by allowing passenger traffic, con
trary to the wishes of the contracting
firm,, the city or county should shoulder
all damage suits resulting from - ac
cident." '
City Attorney McNary was called on
for his opinion as io the legal phase of
this proposition and he expressed the
conviction that the county would be
liable for any resulting damages of
claims, inasmuch as the bridge Was di
rectly under the supervision and charge
of the county authorities. Mayor Wil
liams suggested that representatives of
the county has asked to attend a gen
eral session and both the city attorney
and Mr. Butler agreed that this was the
best method of reaching a settlement.
"It is hardly likely," said Mr. Mc
Nary, "'that the bridge work can be car
ried on for seven or eight monthe with
out accidents of some kind and the
company absolutely refuses to be liable
for one cent' of damages unless the In
juries are sustained by people who
carelessly run Into danger within the
sons Where active work is being carried
on. That the company will take par
ticular pains to run no risks on this
plan, however, was shown In Mr. But
ler's statement that they Intended to
fence in every bit of work that was go
ing on."
According to the city authorities the
proposition of closing pedestrian traffic
across the bridge And allowing passen
gers to ride to and fro at a cost of two
cents per trip was agreed upon as the
proper- solution tto the , difficulty, but
such a protest was made by the people
who use the bridge to go to and from
work that the order was rescinded. It
has been decided to allow the people to
use the bridge all they desire, and at
any time, but the problem to be settled
Is as to what party shall be held liable
for any accidents that occur.
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In a petition to be appointed the guar
dian of his father. F. D. Love, filed In
the county court this morning, Royal F.
Love makes a number of sensational al
legations. He asserts that because of
excessive drinking and debauchery, his
father is wasting a large estate, and If
permitted by the court, will soon- make
himself a candidate for the poor farm
Further, he alleges his father's mind has
become weakened by his vicious habits
and he is now under, the influence of one
Bally Magulre, who haa Induced hlnrt to
deed her valuable property and will se
cure all his money un!6sB the court
appoints a guardian over him.
F. D, Love is the eon Of the late Louis
Love, who died and left an estate of con
siderable value. It is charged by Royal
F. Love that his father borrowed about
$2,000 on the strength of what was com
ing to him and finally disposed of his
holdings for $8,800, leaving the amounts
borrowed to be settled by the person
buying his interest. With this money
he is aald to have lived a debauched
life In 8an Francisco, and to have
squandered a large amount
Since the father's return to Portland
he Is represented as having purchased
a house and lot, which he was induced
to deed to Sally Magulre. The peti
tioner avers that what money remains
will be secured by the woman If he is
not appointed his Tather's guardian and
empowered to look out for his interests.
The petitioner also asks the court to
set aside the deed to the house and lot
executed by his father in favor of Sally
Magulre.
SALTER GIVES NO
CAUSE FOR DEED
Grieving over the notoriety caused by
his attempted suicide yesterday, Frank
Salter lays sullen In the Good Samari
tan hpspltal. He stated this morning
that he .had no reason to make public
for having attempted suicide by tak
ing laudanum while In his room at the
New Grand Central hotel. He has men
tioned nothing to any one regarding a
woman. It is thought that Salter will
be able to leave the hospital within a
few days. ...
Chief of Police Hunt this morning re
ceived two telegrams from brothers of
Salter. Will Salter of I. on Angeles wired
that he would send his brother any
money that he needs. J. C. Salter of
Spokane asked regarding the condition
of the Portland brother.
BIG DEMAND FOR
BOSTON I AN SEATS
The advance rale for the engagement
of the Bostonlans at the Marquam Grand
theatre has been one of the heaviest of
the season and Resident Manager Pangle
today said: "The house is practically
sold for the three nights engagement."
Hours before he box office opened .a
long line of people extended from the
sale window down Morrison street to
Sixth and around on that thoroughfare
for some distance and practically con
tinued without', Interruption , until all
thevbody of the theatre had been sold
out. -Nothing his approached the de
mand this season aside f for
tickets to "Ben Hur." , V
WIFE OF ELOPER
DANGEROUSLY ILL
Mrs.--Cr S.-: Alvord, who - was .deserted
by, her husband, who left for the. south
with the wife of Rev. T. H. Downs, a
Methodist minister of .WinlocK. la -at
the homo of her father, A.' G. DUc who
llvea oa 'the Cornell road, about 'five
miles from Portland. She waa yester
day taken home in a buggy from: the
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CARL S. ALVORD.
residence of Mrs. Lane, an aunt, who re
sides at Bunnyside. The grief at her
husband's departure and the excitement
and trip have left her in a dangerous
condition. Mrs. Lane said: .
"The poor girl may die. The shock,
In her critical condition, is dangerous.
At first she desired to have her husband
brought back, but she now has decided
that she Is better off without him.- The
Dlx family Is indignant, and as there
are a number of big, strong men con
nected with the family, it would hardly
be safe for Alvord to return at this
time. I have heard through a friend
that Mr. Downs, at Wlnlock, is taking
the blow very hard. He- has stated that
he will probably resign and return to
his old home In Wisconsin,"
The local police were requested to
take some action to punish the offend
ers, but had no Jurisdiction in the case,
as the authorities at Wlnlock did not
take the necessary legal steps for their
detention or recapture.
CATHOLIC BISHOPRIC
HAS RED LETTER DAY
(Journal Special Berrlce.J
Baker City, Or., Feb. 23.-Sunday was
a red letter day in the Catholic bishopric
of Baker City. One hundred visitors
from Portland, La Grande, Pendleton,
Walla Walla, Sumpter and other pqints
In the two states were here and enter
tained by the local Catholic parishioners
and the newly-instituted council of. the
Knights of Columbus. The Rt Rev.
Bishop C. J. O'Reilly, one of the char
ter members of the new council, as
sisted, in the entertainment of the
visitors and instituting officers and the
election of officers for the new lodge.
Baker City now boasts a well organ
ised council' Knights of Columbus,' and
It starts out under the beat auspices
and with a large patronage.
A large committee of 'the charter
members of the local council and mem
bers of the Catholic church here met
the visitors from abroad upon the ar
rival of the train from Portland Sun
day morning at 10:50 and escorted them
to the church, where mass was said. At
1 o'clock after luncheon the Baker City
council No. 84! was instituted by the
Portland degree team, Ben- L. Norden,
loader, assisted by National Organiser
James J. Gorman of Fall River, Mass.,
and Supreme Knight Edward L. Hearn
of Bostorr. "Tho charter members of the
Baker City lodge were put . through
three degrees and after the degree work
a banquet was, held In the Elks', hall,
which waa attended by all, including the
bishop and all the visiting brethren from
the different sections of Oregon .and
Washington. After the banquet the
Baker City council elected the following
officers for. the first term:
Grand knight, Charles T. Murphy;
deputy grand knight, I. B. Bowen; chan
cellor. J. H. Peare of La Grande; war
den. Will L. Griffin; recorder, Alfred J.
Durr; financial secretary, Albert A.
Carlson; treasurer, Tom E. Grant; lec
turer, D. M. Kelly; advocate. Tom Walch
of La Grande; Inside guard, John
Daugherty; outside guard, W..T. Smith;
trustees, 3." J. Hennesy of Sumpter,
James Garrlty of ' Island City, John
O'Connor of Baker City; chaplain,
Bishop C. J. O'Reilly; physician, - Dr.
William Lockwood Parker; assistant
secretary, Fred L. Myers of La Grande.
The charter members of the Bsker
City council are: I, B. Rowen, John
Burns, James T. Burke, Dan J. Ber
reault, J. B. Bowden, Albert A. Carlton,
Albert J. Durr; James J. Daugherty,
Alex. Elchhorn, Thomas E. Grant, Wil
liam N. Griffin, Michael Grant, John
Hyde, M. Jablenskl, Dan M. Kelly, Jo
seph Kelly, Charles P. Murphy, T. Mack,'
Rev, E. A. Olivotti, J. O'Connor, E. . T.
Reynolds, William .P. Smith, M. P.
White, , James Wohlgemuth of Baker
City; John R. Coyle, Fred L. Myers, C.
Newlln, J. B. Peare. Rev. J. M. J.
Reade, Thomas Toohey, Thomas . A.
Walsh, La Grande; Rev. George D.
Doyle, .Sumpter; James Garrlty, Hunt
ington; M. J. Hallly, Phillip Loy, La
Grande; Rt Rev. C. J. O'Reilly, T. J.
Sheedy, John M. Lachner, J. J. Dooley,
James F. Byrnes, Baker City; Tom
Walsh, W. S. Besnot, J. F. Logan, John
T. Currln, James McCoy, La Grande; J,
J. Hennesy,' A. J. Brown, Sumpter. ;
During the banquet many interesting
addresses were made by the visiting
brethren and the address of Supremo
Knight Hearn was of especial Interest
to all. Among the visiting brethren
from Portland were the Hon. John M.
Oearln. Hon. John Kavanaugh, Dr. H. P.
O'Connor, John M. Casey, Roger B.'Sln
nott. John B. Ryan, Edward Duffy, Dan
J. Coman, Burt C, Jones, John D. Mc
Gowan and Ben L. Norden, most of
whom made interesting addresses. '
One of the most prominent guests,
who was expected 'to be at the instal
lation ceremonies . of the Baker City
council, was Mr. Daniel ColwelL, the na
tion secretary of the order. Mr. Col
well Is one of the original, incorporators
of the order and a 'distinguished writer,
and one of the best-known Catholic gen
tlemen In the United Htates. Many ex
pressions of regret were heard from the
Knights here when it was enounced that
he could not b present. The toast'mas
ter called every gentleman to a standing
position snd all drank to this grand old
war horee.
'Many of ' the visiting Knights re
mained In Baker City until , yesterday
evening and left with the feeling that
the order had a good start in eastern
Oregon snd that the Baker City dio
cese of Bishop O'Reilly waa equipped
with a society that would at all times
look after the interests of the church,
as well as of the Individuals composing
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".After one of - the most dramatic
scenes witnessed. In t the state circuit
court' for many a day, Attorney W. T,
Vaughan K. waa deposed by Presiding
Judge Cleland as counsel for O. F.(
Ekroth, charged with assaulting 11-year-old
s Llssle Lehmer, this morning
and Attorney Sanderson Reed .was made
attorney of . record. The latter accused
Vaughan of abandoning his client after
securing his money, having seen him
but once in four weeks, while Arthur
C. . Spencer, assistant prosecuting at
torney, declared he was tired of the de
lay owing to Vaughan's inactivity.
Vaughan . protested that he had been
Jll and had never been, given an oppor?
tunlty ; to see the Information nled
against- Ekroth, If was then shown
that -the-prisoner himself had a copy
of the complaint.', -
Vaughan. addressing Judge Cleland,
angrily declared that he had been treated
dishonorably by the district attorney's
office. ' .,'.,''-,' ,
, "You heed not attempt to criticise the
office,' asserted Spencer emphatically
"I have had the conduct of this case and
ara responsible for everything done by
the office."
When Ekroth'a case caraa up Spencer
drew the attention of the court to the
faet that Vaughan had' neglected his
client. The assistant prosecuting attor
ney aald he did not wish to see any man
sent to prison because he was not de
fended. . - , .
, "Word, was sent me by Vaughan that
he was ill," added Spencer, "but -I un
derstand that he has been able to be
around and has been seen out for some
time."
Attorney Sanderson Reed said he vas
willing to act for Vaughan without
pay, as he believed the prisoner had
been virtually i abandoned by his coun
sel after his ftipney had been secured.
Judge 'Cleland asked a few questions
and then appointed Reed attorney of
record in the case. Reed entered a plea
of not guilty for Ekroth and was ginnted
two days in whlcTi to familiarise himself
with the case before it should be called
for trial.
During these 'proceedings Vaughan
was absent from the court. He came In
just in time to enter a protest, saying
he had been ill and could bring a phy
sician's certificate to prove it. He added
that he had never been given a copy of
the Information filed against Ekroth.
"The prisoner himself haa a copy, your
honor," asserted Spencer,' "and If Mr.
Vaughan has not seen it the reason is
because he has not aeen his client but
once in four weeks."
"That is truer volunteered the pris
oner. Then Vaughan mad his charge
against the office of the district attor
ney and -was rebuked by the assistant
prosecuting attorney.
On leaving the courtroom Spencer
halted to talk with a number of persons
in the lower corridor of the building
and was shortly afterward accosted by
Vaughan, who made a number of alle
gations along the Una- of his statements
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City Engineer EJliott has a new plan
for constructing the proposed bridges
spanning Sullivan's gulch at Union and
Grand avenues that he says will reduce
the cost of those structures by one-half,
at least. "I now figure that we can erect
good, substantial bridges there for about
$34,000, allowing $18,000 for the one at
Union avenue and $16,000 for the Grand
avenue Improvement. Our other plan
for combination bridges was contingent
upon an expenditure of about $65,000,"
he explained today.
Mr. Elliott started to work on the new
plans and specifications this morning and
will have them ready to submit at the
next session dY the city council, so that
if i adopted thf task of calling bids and
awarding the contract can be Instituted
without any delay.
" "On this new proposition."" further ex
plained the city engineer, "I am planning
for two combination bridges that will
require the use of much less steel
frame and that is what will reduce the
cost so materially. I am certain that If
my ideas are followed out the total cost
for both structures will not exceed $24,
000 and they will last for fully 20 years.
At the expiration of that time It will be
possible for us to carry out' the task
of making a permanent fill under the
bridges and then the question of a good
roadway there will be settled forever."
At first it was intended to erect two
steel bridges at a cost of approximately
$160,000 but the people in the district
proposed to be assessed so strenuously
opposed the scheme that the alternative
proposition of combination structures to
cost $65,000 was adopted. Still this was
too 'much to suit their pOcketbooks and
ynoyr under the stress of circumstances
the energetic city engineer has evolved
a plan whereby the bridges Cah be built
on a good, substantial basis for half that
amount.
BOOTH AND BRIGGS
TO BE REAPPOINTED
(Wiihlngton Bureiu oi 1n Journal.)
Washington', Tf. C. Feb. 2J. Senators
Mitchell and Fulton had a conference
last evening with the president and As
sistant Secretary Ryan ot the interior
department, relative to- Roseburg ap
pointments. As a result it is stated that
Register Booth and Receiver Briggs will,
be reappointed to their respective posi
tions without delay. Investigation has
shown nothing In regard to the office
named to Justify removing them or re
fusing to reappoint them. -.
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' . (Journal Specltl Merries.)
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 23. A cloud
burst occurred near Placervtlle this
morning and did- some damage, besides
raining the- American river two feet In
half an hour.
Railroad officials predict the highest
water in many years In the Sacramento,
river. The expectation Is -that ' there
Will be broken levees and flooded ranches
all . along the Sacramento, Yuba and
American rivers. - , . . m
SALEM SECURES
THE CONVENTION
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Tha Republican? congressional com
mittee of the First district was sched
uled to meet at 1:30 o'clock thla after
noon in the Imperial uotet, but at the
appointed hour the chairman, the secre
tary and a majority of the members had
not yet appeared, v The train from the
south was over five hours late. Vne few
members who .were on Vie ground gos
siped In the hotel lobby and debated the
probable time and place of holding the
convention. .' - - 1 : ';
"It wilt probably be held one day be
fore the state convention," said Judge
Thomas F. Ryan, : ; county." Judge of
Clackamas. That has been the custom
In the past. There is quite a contest
over the place of meeting. 8alem and
Independence both; want the convention,
and I suppose Satem will get it"
"Not much,", chimed In J. M. Stark of
Polk county.' "Independence will win the
eonventlon and it will be held in a fine
hall, which was built and; presented to
the a. A. R. The hall Will hold 2,000
people." ' .
"Well, I'll vote for Independence,"
said Judge Ryan, "but I think Salem
may have too many Votes for us." . ..
' It waa 2 o'clock when Dr, T. W. Har
ris, the chairman, and C B. Winn, sec
retary of. the committee, reached the
hotel, and .nearly 2:80 before the meet
ing was called to order. After the call
of the roll. Judge Ryan moved that tho
basla of apportionment for delegates to
the congressional convention be the same
as that adopted for the Republican atate
convention. The motion waa unanl
mously adopted. ..
i E. P. McCornack of Marlon county
extended an invitation to the committee
to select Salem as the place of meeting
for the convention. J. M. Stark of Polk
urged the claims .. of . Independence.
Washington county'a representative, E.
W. Haines, put in a plea for Forest
Grove. The roll call resulted in the se
lection of Salem.
The date was fixed as April 1 J, one
day before the convention. ,
CHIEF PROBLEMS
OF IRRIGATION
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The members of the state Irrigation
commission met thla morning at 10
o'clock at the offices of Snow & McCa
mant In the Concord building.
Zera Snow, member of the commis
sion, said: "At our meeting thla morn
ing we perfected our organisation by
the election of officers, and our discus
sion took In a general survey of the
water appropriation and legislation for
the benefit of all interests subserved by
the use of water. We also considered
what legislation, if any, Is desirable for
the purpose of making a public record
of the existing water rights which have
already, been acquired with a view of
ascertaining primarily where surplus
water may He, and with' the view of
making a public record of these rights in
the Interest of their owners.' Our dis
cussion also included the sifbject of
what are riparian rights and how they
can be controlled and whether it Is de
sirable to Interfere with them. ' We have
accepted the Idaho law on tha subject as
the expression of tha latest crystallised
thought on the subject. The two great
est questions aoe record of appropriation
and proof of use of the water. We also
discussed a plan to eliminate speculative
filings.
The national government can. do but
little for us in this state until the ques
tion of title la settled to its satisfaction.
We expect to co-operate fully with the
national irrigation authorities. We In
tend to -give our meetings the widest
publicity possible. - ' . ' - i
All of the members were' present
They are C. W. Mallett of Ontario.
chairman, T. G. Halley. of Pendleton,
secretary, H. F. Gates of Hlllsboro,
Henry Ankeny of Eugene arid Zera Snow
of Portland.
STRANGE PLUNDER
OF AN ANGRY MAN
J. P. Klipple became angry yesterday
afternoon while talking through a tele
phone at a saloon on the corner of First
and Sheridan streets,, yanked off the re
ceiver and put it into his pocket This
morning Municipal Judge Hogue con
tinued the case until next Thursday.
Bpectal Officer H. L. Heninger arrested
Kllppel soon after the telephone had
been demolished, and when the man was
brought to the police station a large
lamp reflector was found hid under his
vest.
CHURCH PROPERTY
GROWS VALUABLE
For the third time in four months
the property formerly owned by Congre
gation Ahaval Sholom was sold today.
The price received by the congregation
when it decided to build a. new syna
gogue was $17,000. That was paid by
Grlndstaff A Blaln. This firm in turn
sold It to R. M. Lamson for $20,000.
and today Lamson disposed of it for
$21,000 to a purchaser who withholds
his name. , '
BLASTXB PBXBTBB8' BAHQTXT.
The Franklin association, frequently
referred to as the local printers' trust,
held a banquet at -the Kruse cafe last
nlglit, at which about CO employing
printers sat down. "President W. A, P.
Bushong and Secretary George JV Peas-
lee were among those' present. Lee
Clark, a prominent member,' delivered an
address on the benefits of the organisa
tion, extolling the good work of the
past and calling upon all ' members to
work more closely together in the future
jtor mutual protection".
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A pan of 45 name of .'Jurymen to
serve during the March term of the
state circuit court was drawn this morn
ing "befork Presiding Judge Cleland by
County CUrk F., S. Fielda Chief Deputy
H. C. Smith and Deputy Marion A. John
son, The terra will begin March 7 and
about 35 cases,, including; civil and crim
inal matters,are to be disposed of,-,. The
following are, among the more important
cases: "
State of Ongon vs. Owen C. Stone.
The defendants is . accused of - inducing
people to buy worthless ground covered
with burnt stuVips in the belief they
Were securing Valuable timber lands.
He was convicted during the" flovember
term of court butvgranted a ne,w trial
and released dn bofids. - ' '. .
koop. Thla Is a- composite case, origin
ating in a criminal and leading to a
civil suit. Driscoll b charged with
beating Wynkoop at thV Couch School,
A Verdict waa given Wy)koop for $500
damages, but Driscoll obtained A new
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Stat0 of Oregon vs. Ahnle Pollard.
She and her husband, wete tried for
shoplifting and convicted, f he "woman
was sentenced to, serve three months and
her husband a year. Afterward she was
arrested and ' charged with1 stealing
money from a man at the New Grand
Central hotel. She la to be tried on this
charge. -. .-, , . '
The list of jurors empaneled ia as fol
lows: . " , - .- .' '
Alfred Abramson, driver N. Wj T. Co.,
$09 Sacramento J. D.- M. Abbott man
ager A, A D, Co.. SOS Taooma avenue:
B. B. Acker, capitalist 893 East Main:
Parker Adams, capitalist Portland; B.
Albers, vice-president A. B. M. Co., 547
Hoyt street; Russell Alexander, ' clerk,
1195 Minnesota avenue; J. J. Allard,
capitalist 655 Third street; R. S. Can
ton wine, clerk, 6$ 2 East Salmon; David
Caplan, Caplan Bros-, , 22$ , Eleventh
street; W. J. . Cook, merchant Slavln,
Or.; Alfred Egger, Egger Bros., Wood
lawn: A. J. Farmer, merchant Third
and Jefferson; Charles Fernau,-capitalist
563 East Morrison; Anthony Fer
rara, real . estate, 585 Kearney street;
James S. Fosa, real estate, 405 Haw
thorne avenue; Felix Freldlahder, Jew
eler, 20$ Thlreenth street; Henry L.
Frogatt R. R- $0 Sherman street; W.
B. Gadsby, merchant, 770 Marshall
street; George -Gamraie, stockman. S48
East Sixteenth street north; Charles W.
Gay, real estate. Mount Tabor; Phillip
Gevurts, furniture, 17$ First street;
John Good, farmer, 105 East ' Thirty
ninth street; W. A. Gordan, Ship, and
Com.. 25 Concord building; D. Griffith,
Troutdale, Or.i Thomas
Gulnean, capitalist $$5 Harrison; John
Hampton, expressman, 397 San - Rafael
street; Fred W. Hanson, clerk, 117 East
Thirtieth street; H. A. Haseitlne,-Ward-ware,
264 Stout street; Charles Hegele,
capitalist, 161 Fqurteenth street north;
Frank A. Heltkemper, Jeweler; 288 Mor
rison; Henry Hewitt insurance. Mount
Zion; Thomas D. Honeyman, hardware,
Fourth aad Alder; J. P.,Hartman, foun
dry, 60S Fourth street? J. B. Harring
ton, rear estate. 495 East' Davis; W, A.
Hathaway, real eertata, HO Eleventh
street;. W. J. Hawkins, capitalist 243
Fourth; W T. Jacobson, plumber. 481
Washington street; Louis Jaggar, mer
chant, (74 East Couch; Peter Johnson,
merchant. Palestine, Or.; T. A. Jones,
artist 21$ Seventh street; , Albert E.
Kern, publisher, 100 East Fifteenth;
J. O. Ktlgreen; contractor, 4 Second
street; Howard D. Kilhanv printer. 104
East Nineteenth; J. Harvey O'Bryan,
capitalist C$1 Hancock; J. 8. OtUs,
farmer. Orient; Thomaa Owens, carpen
ter. Gresham; Mlohael Owens, brick
oontractor, 395 East Davis;. C. O. Pick,
drayman, 891 , Union avenue; John
Proudflt carpenter, 858 Weldler street;
G. W. Pullen, farmer, Columbia Slough;
Thompson, Insurance, 264 Stark; Joseph
Van .Lee.. blacksmlUuJ42 East. Thir
teenth; A. M. Westrin, carriage maker,
461 East Tenth; N. Wolf, real estate.
City. .',.: '
THISTLE BANK jS
STUCK ON THE SANDS
. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Astoria. Or., Feb. 28. During a squall
last night the British hark Thistle
Bank, anchored - In the lower harbor,
dragged her anchor and touched on, the
middle sands, where she still is. . She is
in no danger and it ia fully expected
that she will come oft uninjured at high,
water this afternoon. '...
.The bark arrived at the mouth of. the
river February 18. She came up the
coast from San Francisco in ballast
The vessel is under charter to Balfour,
Guthrie A Co., of Portland to load grain
for the United Kingdom. She has a
net registered tonnage of .232.'
SENATOR MITCHELL
MAY SUCCEED HANNA
- (Watbtnrtoe Burets ot The Journal.) .''
Washington, Feb, 23. It haa been
decided by the committee on commit
tees of the senate not to select the chair
man of . the lnter-oceanic canals com
mittee until the successor to Senator
Hanna is chosen. This will continue
Senator Piatt as acting chairman for the
time being and . the permanent chair
manship will be between him and Sen
ator Mitchell., x :' ' :-.
HAZEL GREENE IS ,
GRANTED A DIVORCE
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Haxel B. Greene was granted a divorce
from Walter A. Greene In the state cir
cuit court this morning by Judge George
on the ground of cruelty, and the mother
was awarded the care of their boy, aged
six months. Greene is required -to pay
ui lunncr wue fu a njunm alimony.
The evidence, according o the decision)
showed that Greene had struck his wife,
blackened the eye of their baby by a
blow and finally driven Mrs, Greene from
home late at night. Geene denied the
charges and said his wife deserted him.
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XTSSXA, WILL PASBT TOM Z.IBSBTT
London, Feb. 23. Chefoo advices sy
that the .Russian are. making prepara
tions for a desperste sortie with its
bottled fleet ln Port, Arthur, and when
an repairs on me aamagea snips are nn
Ished the fleet will make a dash tor lib
erty. Russia claims to have six bat-.
tleshlps, three ' cruisers, 10 torpedo
destroyers and 25 torpedo boats In fight
ing trim. !..