THE OREGON DAILY 1 JOURNAL", PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH U8, 1901.
COUKCILSTOPS II
grand jury works
many big cases
THE NEW HOME, OF JEWISH CONGREGATION
FAIR DIDS COIillI
FROM HAK Y POINTS
CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH IS UNDER WAY
S'OOIi BOOKS TO BE PIKED f5W XT
THET VIOLATE LAW, WHILE ALL
TESTIMOST IB ALL IS OS LAHS
PKAtTD CASES, ISVOLTTSO PXOM-
. isehi people-asaxrj.ru abb
KEPT SECRET EASTS XS WASH
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LEWIS ASD ClARK COM3VHSSIOS
WILL OPES TESDERS POR COS
8TBTTCTI0S .WORK TOMORROW--
"TROBABLT SO CONTRACTORS WZX.B
BID MASTEB BUILDERS -WROTH.
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' V SKAS BEES TAKES.
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FORMS OF OAF.IBLING
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Slot machines and pool rooms will be
put out of commission In Portland If
L. J I X . U .....
late yesterday afternoon become the law
of the city and are enforced. . Money
' and crerrtfc paying machines are declared
unlawful, as well as those which pay
drinks. - The council was tender with
the cigar dealers, whose machines are
sot Included in the. ordinance.
The proposal to remove the city Jail
s to the clt y hall was talked Of lnf or-
: mally, but no decision was reached, al
though the members seemed to favor
.the proposition, and it is possible that
definite action will shortly be taken.
v The ordinance prohibiting pool rooms
was passed and the penalty placed at
1500 'The petitions regarding the pro
posed annexation .of Mount Tabor' and
Montavllla were referred to a special
committee, and every Indication points
toward the annexation. ' The - saloon
deadline proposal was held up until the
local option could be voted upon. To
cap the climax, the councllmen decided
that the full paid Are department was to
begin June 1. i
The ordinance prohibiting pool rooms
-was passed by the affirmative vote of
every councilman with the exception of
f rcu i . aierrni, wnose aesire icr oe ex
cused from voting was granted. Mayor
"Williams stated last night, however, that
he had not decided whether the pool
rooms should pay fines or be closed
' down altogether. Under the ordinance
a. fine' "f ISOO cnulri hn rillw-tei1 mm
each pool room every month. : In the
Portland club this morning there was
great deal of speculation as to the effect
of the new ordinance, but Peter Grant,
the proprietor, refused to make a state
ment concerning the new ordinance.
The slot machine ordinance was also
passed by the "aye", of every councll
. man -except Mr. Merrill. No machine
payings ln'check. credits, wines, liquors
or cash will be tolerated hereafter, only
those playing for cigars being outside
the ban.
1 The petitions regarding the proposed
annexation of Mount Tabor and Monta
vllla were referred to a special com
mittee consisting 'Of Councllmen Zim
merman, Slgler. Foeller,' Sharkey and
Bherrett. A delegation from each dis
trict was present, but they were not
called upon to present their arguments.
The committee was polled this morning
by telephone, end from all indications
it will report favorably to annexation.
The executive board reported that It
had decided upon 120,000 as the value of
the. franchise of the Portland and Bt
Johns Suburban railway. One hundred
dollars is to be paid during each of the
first five years, 1300 each, of the next
nve, J700 the next Ave, 11.250 for the
next Ave and $1,50 for the remaining
five years. .
The Morris street deadline for Alblna
saloons received a Cold reception In the
council chamber last night and may not
recover from the chilling frost. It was
presented in the form, of a resolution by
Mr. Flegel, and Zimmerman and Sharkey
spoke against It It was finally left until
after the vote on' the local option.
The building ordinance was not taken
up seriously owing to the absence of
Mr. -Bentley, but It-will be up for final
decision next meeting. ,
As previously agreed upon, the coun
cil appropriated 16,000 for the use of
the executive board in constructing the
dock and house for the flreboat at the
foot of East Washington street. v The es
timated cost fer the full-pald Are depart
ment for a year was 1162,320. By post
poning the new arrangement until June
1 a great deal has, therefore, been saved
by the city. Before adjourning the
council made provision .for the present
exigencies In the department
CASE A BAD TANGLE
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THE CELEBRATED CASE A TVS'
SUB TO THE LAWTEKS TT TO
. XEEP DEPESDABT CTVTLLT DEAD.
, The Luebcke divorce suit la develop
ing ona of the most complicated legal
snarls aver dragged across the court
records of this or any other state.
George J. Cameron. attorney for Mrs.
Xuebcke, added to the Interest of the
situation and Incidentally gave it the
anyrci or a Japanese puzzle this morn
lng by filing In the state circuit court
a demurrer to the two answers Inter
posed by Luebcke,
Theodore J. . Luebcke. Is now serving
a life term in the penitentiary. Ac
cording to the penal code, this places
him in the clasa of civilly "fcad ones."
Mrs. Sophia Luebcke sued hTra for dl
vorce on the ground that the statutes
provide life Imprisonment shall form a
cause for granting such a petition.
Luebcke filed an answer by his attor
ney, to which Attorney Cameron de
murred on the ground that a man civ
illy dead cannot defend an action. John
B. Cleland. presiding Judge, held that it
Is against the spirit of American law
to sue a man and then refuse him the
right , to answer for any reason what
ever. At that time he intimated that
life imprisonment cts a a divorce,
and that no other record Is needed., This
is th opinion held by the other Judges
and tbo leading attorney of the city.
Mrs. Luebcffar' however, refused tc
take the"' imprisonment as a divorce.
She wants a regulation decree entered
80 Cameron demurred to the answer
and the demurrer was overruled. ,&An
amended answer was then filed' by
Luebcke and now a demurrer has been
Interposed to thaf Thus the matter
stands: ; Mr. and Mrs.. Luebcke are
divorced; the wife is suing for divorce,
nevertheless; the husband is answering,,
though civilly dead. Mrs. Luebeks de
murs to the answer. Jf this demurrer
Is overruled a reply will be filed. Then
will come the hearing. The most in
teresting Query is whether a man civ
illy dead can be brought here to testify
In a civil suit - . ' -
SAXX.OB8 SETTTSS TO SKIP. '
Leon Marie Hunt, Eugene Marie dura
tion end Francis Joseph Le Menach, d
sertera from the French bark La Fon
taine, lying In the harbor, were returned
to the vessel this morning by Deputy
Marshal James Wilson, The 5 sailors
were arrested,, night before last in a
north end saloon by Deputy Marshals
Wortbington and Wilson, ; The men
agreed to return to the vessel and no
charges were filed against them. F.
Hurnnon Is master of the ship.
LUEOCKE
DIVORCE
The United States grand jury in ses
sion at the federal court yesterday had
under consideration the question of
alleged frauds in the acquiring of lands
in and about township U, south of
range 7 east, in whaCia now a ptfrt of
the Cascade forest reserve. The lands
were filed upon several years ago and
the work of the grand jury was to de
termine whether some of the settlers
were not "dummies." The land proved
upon .contains much valuable timber
and several of the claims' were, later
transferred to S. A. D. Puter. When the
Cascade forest : reserve was established
it took in these claims and the govern
ment was obliged to issue scrip to the
claimants for their land. The Jury fin
ished its deliberations at 6:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, but the result of
the findings Is being kept secret The
Witnesses subpoenaed are: . t -
Robert G. Pierce of Gates, Ore.: J.
A, W. Heidecker. Detroit Or,; Gertrude
E. Mores, William Galloway, Zllpha V.
Galloway and L. Jacobs. .Galloway and
his daughter - are resident of Oregon
City; and were formerly register and
clerk, respectively, in the Oregon City
land office, Neither were called yes
terday. ,
8. A. D. Puter was Indicted by the last
federal grand Jury for conspiracy to de
fraud the government, - and with ' him
Horace G. McKlnley and Marie Ware.
The cases will be tried at the next term
of the federal court.
v;? Postoffloe Bobbers Up.
The grand jury this morning took up
the case of. Frank Wilson," John Bell and
George Booth, charged with robblnghha
postofilce at' Blalocks, Or., during the
night of January 23, 1904. The prl.-v
cipal witness for the government Is De
tective J. J. Fltsgerald of the .Oregon
Railroad .A Navigation company. As
soon as this case 1 disposed of that of
Mike Doley, accused of robbing the same
postofilce a week later, will be taken up.
Assistant United States District Attor
ney W. W. Banks, Is 'conducting the
cases for the government.
The information charging Albert Har
rington with impersonating a govern
ment officer la set down for tomorrow.
The information charges that Harring
ton on, or .about December. L 19 OS,, at
Dallas, represented himself as a deputy
Inspector of the land office to Albeit
H. Dodd and Induced Dodd to relinquish
his homestead claim on 160. acres of
land. William P. Holman and Robert
J. McBride, .Jr., are also mentioned as
victims. It is alleged that Harrington
worked 'among the homesteaders . fo
the purpose of securing the land for
himself or others who desired the prop
erty for speculation. Dodd says-Harrington
caused him to give up his claim
on the ground that he owned too much
land. ;r ' ,' : ' ,.,
The 'case against Charles Cunningham
and others will be taken up Monday,
Cunningham Is charged with conspiracy
to- defraud the government
The C. Guy Wakefield case Will be ex
amined March 23. .
;The grand Jury, has brought to Port
land many witnesses and attorneys of
prominence both in the business : and
political affairs 6f the state. In the
Cunnlngham-Hartman conspiracy case
that is soon to occupy the attention of
the grand Jury, one of the accused, Hon.
George A. Hart man of Pendleton,, la at
present county Judge of Umatilla county.
Besides cthla he is . president of the
Hartman Abstract company and bas
for - several . years been prominent as
a politician and banker. '
Charles Cunningham, another of the
accused, has lor many years been en
gaged In sheep raising. He owns 20,000
acres of laria and his herds are aa
large as any in the state. He began
business In the early days without
money and is ' now ' considered one of
the richest men - in eastern Oregon. ,
Col. James II. Raley and District At
torney Thomas G. Hailey of Pendleton,
who will help represent .ue defense, are
familiar figures in the Demooratie pol
itics in Oregon.' Colonel Raley has been
a member of the state legislature upon
several occasions and Is still a power
In the party.' Mr. Hailey recently gained
renewed, prominence in Oregon by his
cliygof gambling. games in Umatilla
county. 1 He declares thaj so long as he
is district attorney no games will be
allowed to run, and that the payment
of monthlynnes will no longer be con
sidered In the light of licenses.. Mr.
Halter's Democratic friends are mention
ing him as a probable candidate for
congressman, i . :-'i
Col. Raley has been - In , the' city for
several days. Judge Hartman and Mr.
Hailey are expected tomorrow or Sun
day, ARRANGING FOR
. MINING CONGRESS
The Portland- chamber of commerce
met at 2 -o'clock this afternoon, and is
in conference with Secretary Irwin
Mahon of (he American mining congress
to discuss the coming annual convention
of the mining organisation. Mr. Mahon
this afternoon received a telegram from
President J. H. Richards of Boise, Ida.,
stating that he would arrive in Portland
this evening, in company with First
Vice-President Thomas JEwing of Cali
fornia. '.,'.' ''. -:'.., ;,'.; -
A meeting of the business men Of the
city and,,the, three officers Of tha min
ing congress will be held next Monday
night, at which time a general outline
of the program of the convention will
be framed.. Speeches will be made by
the headsof the local commercial bod
ies. Judge Richards and others,
Mr. Mahon said today that the pro
gram would be very attractive, and it
la the Intention Of the mining congress
to lend ail assistance possible to the
furtherance of the Lewis and Clark fair.
Judge Richards,- who will arrive to-
jright was formerly district Judge 'of
snosnone county, Idaho, and Is spoken
of now as the probable' Republican nomi
nee for governor of Idaho. When he
assumed the bench the docket waa
crowded with caxas that had been before
it for three yeifts. In less than six
months he had the docket cleared,' and
then he tendered his resignation. ,
TANNER CREEK
SEWER OPENED
' The Tanner Creek sewer was re
ported open at 8:06. this afternoon.
From Fire Engine company No. S The
Journal ' received a report that at last
a real impression had been made on the
debris and that tha waters were reced
ing rapidly. If waa stated that the city
workmen drove a pile into the debris
and ' then turned a ' strong stream of
water alongside Jt. After hard work a
big chunk of debris went out and now
the waters are running freely' ;
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The excavation for the, new temple
of , the Congregation Ahaval . Sholom,
Park and ,Clay streets, is almost com
pleted. . ; ' ; 1 ". '
i . The building which the congregation
will erect will . cost In the neighbor
hood of $20,000. ' Its dimensions are SO
by 100 feet The building will be about
two stories -high and will have a large
basement A fine gallery,, which will
seat HE people, will be one of the fea
tures of the building. The auditorium
will seat S20 people. The lower floor
besides having the auditorium will have
DESPONDENT GIRL
TAKES 01 LIFE
LTTLV POWZ.EB, SAZS TO 8B PROM
PORTXASD, COMMITS B VICTOR AT
BAX.T LAD OrnCERS ASKED
TO Z.OCATS BEB RELATIVES, BUT
TAH. TO SO SO.
(Journal Special Serrlet.)
Salt Lake City, March 18. Madge
Miller, after taking morphine, stood be
fore a mirror and shot herself through
the head today, Slfe had been despond
ent for . several days, because of the
life she was leading, and spent most
Ot her time reading the Bible. She re
peatedly exclaimed to her companions:
"Oh, what will God do to me for the
sins I have committed!" Her compan
ions tried to console her.". She sent them
out of her room,' then killed herself.
A search of her papers revealed a cer
tificate recording her marriage In Den
ver In 1898 to J. E. Jones. The girl's
name on the certificate is mutilated.: It
is believed to be Aurora TullronwelL
She is said to have respectable parents
in Portland.
The local police have been asked by
W. D. Evans, an undertaker of Salt
Lake City, to locate the relatives- of
Lulu Fowler, or Lulu Martin. The wire
says tha girl is dead, but gives no de
tails. The text of the message fol
lows! ''' , ' Y '';..:'.
."Lulu Fowler, or Martin, under name
of Madge Miller, dead here. .Locate rel
atives." Father lives in your city."
Acting Detective A. G. Vaughn ques
tioned all the Fowlers and Martins
whose names appear in the directory,
but none knew her.-
ORPIIEliM'S MANAGER
. WANTS N0.PR0FANITY
1 Al Onken, who arrived in Portland re
cently to become the manager of the
new f vaudeville house of the ?rpheum
Amusement - company, at Fourth And
Stark .streets, comes from a successful
management of the Coeur d'Alene the
atre of Spokane. Mr. Onken will Inaug
urate several rules in the new Portland
house that are novel so far as the usual
run of vaudeville houses Is concerned
All vulgarity, suggestivjmess, profanity
and the- like will bo carefully eliminated
from each entertainment
, "I would fine heavily any' performer
who dared to use the word 'damn' on the
stage," said Mr. Onken. -. '1 have tried
to run vaudeville houses both ways,
and I have found that the people in gen
eral like a show free from vulgarity and
immorality. Tha new house will be on
the Orpheum circuit and attractions will
come directly to Portland .from "'Ban
Francisco. The house here will proba
bly open about April 4."
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Preferred Stock Canned Good.
.Allen & Lewis' Best Brand,
PLAN FOR 'THE1, FEW TEMPLE AIIAVAI 8HOLOM.
E..M. Lazarus, Architect
a number of ante-rooms.' In the base
ment will be I6cated ' the chapel, the
succa, two.! school ro6ms, committee
rooms, a court room and lavatories for
the boys and girls. -,
' The building will be constructed of
concrete. The wall surfaces will havo
an Ionlo treatment. The general styte
of. the building will be a modern adap
tion of the classic. The interior will be
furnished In California redwood and
the walls' will be tinted. The celling of
the auditorium will be paneled and fin
ished in a solid tone of dull gold. The
lublding is designed by Edgar M. Lazarus.
The: former house of worship of the
MUST CUT COST IF
.700,000 IS GIVEN
"It means retrenchment."1 said Secre
tary Reed of the Lewis and Clark fair
corporation this morning . when asked
what would be the effect of the passage
of the appropriation of $700,000 by the
government for the 1905 fair.
"Should this apportionment be passed
by congress Ihe chiefs of the fair will
have to consult' many -plans now consid
ered will have to be given' up and re
trenchment in many ways will be forced
upon ua. - The fair must open on the
date set by law, adequate exhibits and
features must be presented and If we
receive several hundred thousand dol-
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OASTZED ASB ARTICLES OP IS
COBPOBATZOS , POB WARDED TO
SAI.EM WTLIi ARB CO-OPE RA
TIOS 07 AX.Ii ORDERS.
The Lewis and Clark Fraternal Build
ing association waa organized last even
ing at a meeting held in the city hall.
papers of incorporation were sent o
FRATERNAL BUILDING
NOW
ASSURED
saiem tms morning, xne incorporators
arej Frank Davey, J. E, Werlein, Paul
Pferdner, J, L. Mitchell and J. W.
Thompson. ' . '
' Those who' were in attendance last
night were enthusiastic and it was de
cided to push the work of launching the
association with ' great 'Vigor. Presi
dent Roosevelt ' Is to receive the first
certificate of stock issued. i This will be
presented by the G. A. R. The G. A- R.
informed the association that they
would present It with a flag for the
building when It was finished. . . '
The first real work of the association
wilt begin next week during the state
convention of the Maccabees, which will
be held in thle city Tuesday.
Committees were appointed last night
to properly approach . that fraternal
order. Director-General Goode has as
signed room 9 at-the Lewis and Clark
headquarters for the use of the associa
tion. In order to bring the subject of
tha association more fully before the
fraternal societiescopies of a letter, of
which the following is a part will be
mailed to ' the ' various .'. organizations
throughout the country: . '
"The purpose of this communication,
authorised by the Lewis mnd Clark Fra
ternal Building association, is to bring
to your notice at this time the fact that
the - fraternal societies of . the Pacifio
northwest have united In an effort to
have fraternity properly represented on
the grounds of said exposition by the
erection of a temple of fraternity, and
to this end organization ,has been per
fected and the association incorporated.
It is represented by some of the leading;
.-W. :' v' ts.! ,
congregation on Sixth street between
Pine and Oak streets waa erected In the
early 60's. The congregation was or
ganized In 1864 and in 1868 it became a
regular religious corporation Of the
state of Oregon.' " The 'ground upon
which the, first. .house of worship was
constructed was purchased for' 11,000,
while tf few days ago the same property
changed hands several , times, the last
transaction the property being sold for
121.000. , . .
' The first members vof the congrega
tion were among the early Jewish pion
eers of the northwest and although the
organisation has never had a very large
lars less than we anticipated our plans
will have to be modified.
"One retrenchment will be in advertis
ing. This is considered one of the most
vital thinas. And tha arivartlnlnv ininiint
will be allowed to exceed the apportion
ment li a run appropriation la given us,
hilt it ntt frhlM If.m milat K Ann.M.Mkl.
cut. I vxpected to begin the exploitation
uuijwiin .tune i, out mis may ne de
ferred for some months. There are
other Wflvii In vhl.h win A
be made if we receive only the amount
so far authorised, and salaries may be
cut as well as , some of the working
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business and foremost men of the city
Of Portland.
"It Is simply our aim at this particular
iu ran your attention to tnis mat
ter, to Inform you as to what we are do
ing, .and. ask youn hearty- co-operation
and support In return, kindly Inform
us If we can depend upon your society
to aid us in this great fraternal enter
prise, so that we may know Just exactly
where-, we stand." ...
COUNTRY DELEGATES
WANT A PLACE
Country delegates to the Republican
convention are holding a caucus In the
St Charles hotel relative to the nomina
tion of a county commissioner to suc
ceed William Showers. Whoever Is
their Choice it is understood that they
will demand the 'vote of the city dele
gates for him in exchange for that of
the country delegation for soma one of
tha other offices. .... Charles Cleveland of
Gresham, Daniel A. f Fisher of Colum
bia slough and W. I Lightner of Lents
are candidates for Bhpwers' place.
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. SRTPS PROU PORTXwlBD.
A letter was received this morning by
Crowe ,& Anderson, shlpllners, from
Captain Gray of the British ship County
Of Inverness. The vessel la now at Al
goa Bay, South Africa, where she arr
rived on February 11, after a passage of
103 days from the Columbia river. The
British ship Ardeneralg. i which sailed
fropn the mouth of the river on Novem
ber 8, reached the same destination,- so
Captain, Gray' says, after a passage of
61 days; The County of Inverness was
84 days reaching the v equator, and
shortly afterward was becalmed for
eight days, i Some pretty severe storms
were-encountered which had the effect
of prolonging the passage to no small
extent' Icebergs were seen in latitude
49 degrees south end 2$ degrees west
BTOB WXSSS OTP COAST.
Heavy .winds were reported at the lo
cal weather bureau Inat tilirht frnm rtt
tha coast and In the eastern part -of
wasningron ana Oregon. The storm cen
ter yesterday was off the coast; but to-
day it has moved farther 4nlnrf
and Is more general . throuahout
the central portion . of. the: district
number of members, those who were
connected with it were among the rep
reseptative Jews of the community. The
first president of the congregation was
li. uoodman. j ' . . :
The present officers are; President
to. Gilbert; vice-president A. Rosen
stein; secretary, Isaac Bwett; treasurer.
. Abraham; trustees. D. Soils Cohen. L.
Krouse, J. Dellar, J. H. Abraham and
Jacob Asher; . i
The congregation la now In a flour
ishing condition, and it is the Intention
of that body to build the church and
fully equip it for services without any
aem nanging over it
OFFICIALS CALLED
ISQUXSZTOBIAXi BOOT BRXSOS VP
SHERIPP ABB HATOB ABB ASXS
VAST POZSTEB QUESTIOSS
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, sxsvabcb op Vises ststem. -
The grand Jury in a cursory fashion
Is looking into the conduct of the various
county offices. Sheriff Storey was sum
moned before the Inquisitorial- body this
morning ana asked a number of ques
tions relative to the manner In which
his duties are carried out The 'Ques
tions asked by the Jurors did not'evlnce
an opinion that anything was wrong and
were merely In the line of general Inves
tigation. . County Auditor. Brandea In
formed the Jury a day or two ago that
he would welcome an investigation of the
affairs of his office.
Among the matters under ' considera
tion by the Jury is an alleged poisoning
case. Tr. Plummer was summoned to
give evidence regarding it today.
'Mayor Williams and Chief of -Police
Hunt were subpenaed yesterday after
noon to give evidence relative to gam
bling. They recommended that the sys
tem of monthly fines In vogue be con
tinued. Certain houses of ill Vepute in
the north end, including the Paris house
and a number of disreputable saloons,
are also being investigated by the Jury.
The Municipal Reform association is
conducting the crusade against gambling
and these questionable resorts. .' .;
APOSTLE CREFFIELD
GETS OUT OF COUNTRY
It is the belief of ' the colics that
Joshua Creff leld, leader of the "Holy
Rollers," now being sought on a criminal
charge, has made his escape from this
part or tne country. . He cannot be lo
cated, although great efforts have been
made. It was at first thought that he
was at Rainier, but he left there, if he
ever was there. ' . ; ;-..;-.
B. E. Starr, who signed the complaint
against Creff leld, calls at the police sta
tion every rew hours to seek'news of the
man who is said to have broken up his
home. But each time he has been dis
appointed.";' ;:-l."..,''''.tv'!fr.--'-';,..l.,,.t'--.
"I have an Idea that Creffleld has fled
the "country," said Starr today. "He
probably learned that a warrant was out
for him, amd took "the first opportunity
to make his escape. " His wife is at Cor
vail Is, I understand. r .
, JAPASESB DEPEAT REPORTED.
4 (Journal Special Service.)
Paris. .March 18. An unconfirmed ru
mor on the Bourns this artarnonn aavt
a great Japanese defeat had occurred.
It in believed thA rennrt rww mit ft ihm
defeat of 200 Japanese by a Russian
lorce or sou. ... ,.
BEFORE GRAND JURY
See O. At Co. ad, page 6. .
The state commission of the Lewis
and Clark fair-expects to receive be
tween 14 and 20 bids for the buildings
at . the 1905 exposition when it meets
tomorrow afternoon. It Is understood
mat. owvua vuiiirauiurB vui sena in Iwo
bids, Salem one or two, Albany one,
eastern firms three or four, one la ex
pected from Idaho, one from Spokane,
and six or more from local bidders.
The Commission has announce! that no
bid will be considered for an aggregate
sum of more than $275,000, and special
attention will be paid to the subcon
tracts, such as plumbing, wiring,' etc.,
in which the commission expects to dis
cover exorbitant charges, or at least ex
cessive ones. -' ,;w ? x j. : "
When the bids are: opened they will
be compared with the estimates of ex
pert contractors, engineers . and ' archi
tects, and where the bids greatly exceed
in any respect these -specifications they
will be rejected. The commission's po
sition is stated by its officers to be:
'.'i "We are not Imputing bad motives to
any ona , We desire local firms to get
this work If possible, but we are not
going to let a contract at an excessive
figure if we have to advertise, for an
other lot of bids or give up the whole
thing." .. ,
Master builders are "very wroth about
the intimation that they are endeavoring
to hold up the Lewis and Clark fair com
mission. . They state that the contro
versy which has arisen between them
and , the commission has been - wholly
misstated. At the same time they be
lieve they have Just cause for griev
ance, and they do not, hesitate t say,
so. Regarding his position.' which .he
sayfris identical with that of every other
master builder, President Bridges of the
association today expressed himself in
this wise: x' ' '-'
"We do" not complain about the plans
or the specifications for the buildings,
but we are strongly averse to the con
ditions which aYe belnir imposed by the
commission. . 1
Further than this he refused to talk
for publication. . . When pressed for a .
statement another member of .the as
sociation said: ; -"Too
much power has been given to ;
the superintendent of construction. He
Is clothed with authority to make any
changes that he sees fit in the plans
and specifications as . the work pro
gresses. And his decision is final; there
is no appeal from It : These changes
which he may suggest will have to be
made at the contractor's ' expense; no
difference how large an additional out- .
lay may be required, the contractor will
have to foot the bills. This is unjust
and provides sufficient grounds for us
to have assumed the position we have
President Bridges and A. Mclnnis say
that they do not intend to submit bids
for the contract, and give it as their
opinion that there will not be more than
two or three , member8v-of the associa
tion who will make an effort, to. get the
work. The Intimation that they are or
ganized for the purpose of putting up
prices on the fair buildings' they in
dignantly resent They say that ccm- .
petition Is just as keen among members
of the organisation as It la among the
Independent contractors. f,"
RABBI .
' am AnMi sa a. a ea am A St a BM 4B.
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After negotiating for six months. Rev.
Dr. N. Mosessohn of Portland has ac
cepted the position of rabbi of Temple
Emanu-El of Vancouver, B. C. ' A con
tract was signed yesterday 'Tor a term
of years. Mr. , Mosessohn will assume
charge of the new work April 10. ., The
Vancouver congregation is composed of
160 members and is accounted One of the
richest In the northwest
Mr. Mosessohn came here a few years
ago in response to a call from Congre
gation Talmud Torah. He has been
rabbi of the orthodox Jews of the city
for the past five years. ' : As a Hebrew
scholar Mr. Mosessohn ranks high and
has written several books in the Hebrew
tanguage. m is edttor or the-Jrwisn
Tribune. His ancestor-f or -1 4 genera
tions have been rabbis. Mr. Mosessohn
haa mastered the English, Russian, Ger
man, French, Hebrew,- Chaldean and
Aramean languages, ,1s a graudate of
the University of Odessa, of the Oregon
university, and . two Hebrew colleges.
Mrs. Mosessohn will accompany him to
the north, his two sons, David and . M.,
will remain in the city. The former is
manager of the Jewish Tribune, the lat
ter la assistant secretary of the chamber
of commerce. - -
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FIRST TRUE BILL
The grand -Jury returned a true bill
against A. DeGuelder, the' first' of the
present session, at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon. ' He is accused Of passing a '
forged check on the London fc San ,
Francisco bank at Portland 'on February.
27. The signature of T. N. Gilbert
waa affixed to the check, which was for
$200- DeGueldor is now confined In the
county Jail. ' , : - ,
Tne returns were made before John
B. Cleland, the presiding Judge In the
state circuit court, in department 3. Not
true bills were returned against the fol
lowing: .'.-:"' ':;;.'-?':,.rv'v",';; .v
Mary Palm, accused of stealing 40
from Victor Anaerson on March 7; Pearl
Hart charged with stealing '$40 from
John Prather on March 6. and John Bell
and Edna Palmatur, alleged to have vio-
lateq a statutory provlwlon. - '
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