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THE OREGON DAILY - JOVRNAt,- PORTLAND, - MONDAY EVENING, - -JULY- 18, 1904 - - ON ALL GAMBLERS Proprietors of Three Big Gaming Houses Arrested 1 and Released . on BaiI-fHiamesAre Notr "THAT "MEA"N"SO' MUCH" TO THE h Gosed But May Be Tomorrow: WARRANTS SERVED J. Information-charging the proprietor ' ,of tnraa gambling estsbllshments wltH 'breaking tht law were filed In the cir cuit court shortly after noon today by ''District Attorney Manning. Charges were preferred against August Erlckson, - Eugene Blaxlea and the proprietors of the Portland Club Peter Grant, Nathan Solomon and Harvey Dale. . , -. Bench warrants of arrest were Issued by, Court Clerk Marlon R. Johnson by order of Presiding Judge Oeorg and Tplacetf In " the hands of Sheriff Word for service.- Ball waa fixed at $100 In each case. The first warrant served by the. sheriff was upon Solomon at 1:10 'o'clock this afternoon. The others for whom warrants were, issued were- aftar ' .'wards served, cash bonds being given - by each man. . ,''., J ' '::') I Employes. of the bouse 'wer not In terfered with In any wayr no ' waa any --rfhe-.smbjlnt paraphernalia seised. i While the. proprietors of' ths thre i gambling houses were expecting to be placed ucder arrest, none of thm ceased -to carry on his business and alt the device were In full blast when service of the warrants was made. Gambling - i was continued this afternoon as If noUt Ing had happened. . .- ' Strong pressure. It Is said, ' was brought to bear upon Mayor Williams . yesterday to Induce him to let James McDevItt open a gambling establishment ln connection with the Orpheum theatre, .but he refused to consider such a prop- .osltlon. ' - . - '. -. ; "If the gamblers keep running their establishments we will lay more charges tomorrow."' said Attorney Dan R. Mur phy, representing McDevItt -"Of course, they may atop In .the meantime. All I '. care to say now la that -Jf McDevItt does not open the others will have to close." , . . Hurvev Dale aeemed mUch surprised ' when informed that a warrant was out I HIGH OFFICIALS" ' VISIT PORTLAND . President Howard Elliott, with a num ber of other officials of tha Northern : ,'paclflc, reached th city yesterday from a trip through Washington, and win r. .xnaln here for several iaya, - i nis alter noon Mr. Elliott an party will ba the . 'guests of General Manager Calvin of th O. R, N. on a river trip. - Jared How a classmate at Harvard ' with Mr. Elliott, and now a prominent attorney, is in th party. Arnqng the 'railroad officials are: J. M. Hannaford -of St. Paul, second vice-president; C. M. Levev of Tacoma. assistant to the creel ident; Thomas. Cooper of St Paul, land .commissioner: C. W. Bunn or Bt paui, general jrttunsel for the Northern Pacific B. 8. GrosscuD of Tacoma. general dl 'vision counsel:' K. J. Pearson of St. ,Psul, chief engineer; -O. 8. Pulton 'of . fort land, assuant general ireiani aen, 4,R. W. Cook of St Paul, private Jaocre . tary to Mr. Elliott: F, H. Pord, private secretary to Mr. Hannaford, and G. W. McDougal, secretary to Mr. Pearson. A. D. Charlton, assistant general passenger -.'agent of this city, will accompany th . party when It leave for Seattle wed ' .nesday morning. ' : President KUlott 4s very much pleased with' th outlook of the northwest and . (declared that crop conditions and busi ness generally are extremely satlsfac : tory. . H wa Jier laat November, but V declared that even In that time there had been a great Improvement in this . city. He is a director of th St Louis fair, and as such takes much .-Interest In , the Lewis and Clark fair. ' The officials will remain in Jls city -for severs' 1ny to acquaint tnemselves with conditions her and to learn the needs of Portland In connection with , their road. This afternoon they mad aH trip up th river and viewed th city waterfront They also vlslied the com psny's terminal ground near the union depot ' . - .., Tomorrow they will go to Gobi on a : trigv of Inspection and In the afternoon J will visit the grounds of th Lewi and Clark fair. "Local officials will show ithera the various point of Interest . 'about tp city.: Wednesday th party : ffo to Taacouver and from there to eeitie ana otner points in wasnington. ,whre they will remain a week or 10 days. "This Is merely a trip of Inspection-" 'said Mr. Elliott "I am hers to get ac quainted with th country and condl tlons so that when questions pertaining to th Interests of this section arise we ''will know what should be don. Most of th other officials are with m for ta same purpose. '. "I know nothing definite at this time about the question of the Puget sound outlet I think, however, thst such a . glgantle sndertaklng will not be con sldered until . after the fall oamDslan. The bridge across the Columbia to take the plao of th ferry will come In time, .in my opinion, but It la a question ( Whether It would pay under present con- aitiona. ' 'i. 'i General McArthur and hi party are In th city en rout to San Fnuiclaeo. Th party wilt-leave this evening via th Southern Pacific, General McArtnur and hi party hav been -In camp at American juk ror tn past week. ', IVY OR OAK POISONING hmstdialely relieved sad qslckly cared by -, Harmless, sltbosgh a most powerfnl besting agent I win arnd oa receipt of. e cents to ' .lrpogs.. A TRIAL DOTTIX FRCC n-Bend font wow. It-wlH I is sled lately Selleve and promptly rare laistt Bllaaj ama, rruv seat, iswi, etc .-. . Sold try Uadtng drwgglsta. Was ganwi wltbeeit my aigsatara, , IB - 1JMPr Prlno Street. New York. ' ami iti ar i '' lie disclaimed any con- mcBwt with the club, and Jocularly re marked that he "does not care to asso ciate with , Grant or Solomon In any way." . .'..,.' "The. Portland club ha nothing to say In this matter," said Solomon after service of ths .warrant In his case. "There la teally nothing to say. I wish to State, however, that Dale is not a member of this club." . "Will you. continue . to run "your games?" he was asked.' ' Solomon assumed a sphinx-like ex pression. - 1 have said there. 1 nothing to say," Was his only answer. . . District Attorney Manning1 stated that he did not .care to say anything for publication, more than that the court record will show what his procedure Is to be,.' , L When esked if hs intended To push the charge to a conclusion,' ha answered: "My function as district attorney is to sea that tha wheels (of Justice turn, not to block them." 1 When Msyor William wa asked re garding the rumor that strong pressure had been brought to bear .on him this morning to permit McDevItt to open a gambling house, ha mad the 'following statement: "Pressure was brought to bear on me from numerous quarters yesterday, but not today, to Jet McDevItt open. . I have declined to change my position In the mstter. - Chler of - roue - Hunt ana talked matter over this morning, and don't well see how J can change my post tlon. If "I let one man come ' I will have to' let down th bars and make Portland the Mecca for. gambler .from all over the country. The town would be overwhelmed. J nave "laid down rule and It will be adhered to, no matter who trie to- get me to change my front" ' v : . VARIETY MANAGERS OF COAST COMBINE - Vaudeville theatre manager on what I known as th continuous -circuit em bracing tl houses on th coast hav or ganised an association, the alms being social and mutual protection. At a re cent meeting held In San Francisco 10 managers were present Officer were also elected, and 6. Morton Cohn of the Star and Arcade theatre of this city wa placed on the arbitration board. Meetlnga will be held quarterly, th dif ferent cities In th circuit taking turn In th entertainment of tha manager. The officer elected ere a follows President, Ed Homan, of the Bell, thea tre, Oakland, Cal.; vice-president, Tony Lubelskl, of the Novelty theatre. Oak' (and. Cel.; treasurer.' Sid Grauman, of th Unique theatre, Snn Jose, Cat; sec retary, Archie Levy, of San Francisco; Executive board S. Harris,' ohalrman, Bell theatre, Oakland. Cal.; C W. Ood- ard, of the Acme theatre, Sacramento, Cal. Charles Murry, of the Broadway theatre, - Sen Frnnclseo, Cal. Sergeant' at-arms, Flskey Barnett, of th Novelty Grand theatre, Fresno. ' Arbitration board 8. Morton Cohn, of th Arcade theatre, Portland, Or.; M. Goldsmith, of Seattle, Wash.;' Henry Lubelskl. of the Novelty theatre, Denver, Col.; Alex Kai ser, of the Novelty theatre, Stockton, Cat; I. Lerner, of the Park theatre, Ala' meda. Cat r r- PORTLAND SALESMAN UNDER GRAVE CHARGE ' vapcUI rHaeateh to The Journal.) , Billings. Mont, July 1A Upon ad vices of th sheriff of Red Lodge. -Mont. James Mutch,' traveling for a Portland Arm, wa arrested .her yesterday even ing. " The charge upon which th arrest was made I th alleged drugging and taking to a questionable resort a young woman named ClarkV. " Miss Ciark say that she accepted an Invitation to lunch with Mutch and that It wa during the progress of th tneal that her entertainer "doped" a cup of cof fee and that she remember nothing more until she awoke next morning and was surprlsed'et her surroundings. The of ficers. It Is said, do not place much cre dence In th girl's story. Jsmes Mutch Is a traveling salesman for tha firm of Honeyman. McBrlde & Co. of this city. Mr. McBrlde of ths Arm for whom Mutch workd stated to day thst he bad a letter from Mutch dated Friday which stated that-he was then on hla way to Red Lodge. Mr. Mc Brlde said that he had beard 'nothing more from Mutch. - . FATALLY SHOT, ABLE TO RIDE ON HOME Walter Bnylan, a prominent farmer who lived six miles from Eatacada died yesterday morning as th result of wounds accidentally received while hunting Saturday. He was four miles from his home when he finished .hunting and mounted his home to return. - ' ; In drawing th rifle on tha horse af ter him the- trigger was caught on the saddle snd th weapon waa discharged. A steel bullet passed through th man's body, entering on th left side, pene trating a lung and emerging from the back. He rode home but It was several hour before surgical aaslstanc reached him. He waa thought to be recovering yes terday morning. While lying In bed be asked two of ; his i friends, who had called, to turn him over. They did so and he led almost - Immediately. He wa well know In th vicinity' and leave a family. .- DECISIONS RENDERED BY SUPREME COURT (Kpetlal Mapatrh to The Josrnal.) Salem, On. July Is. The suorems court today' reversed tb decision 'of th lower court In the ease of Ferguson . Ray from Jackson county, and also reversed th decision In the caae of Wells. Faxao Mr Co. vl Me ilnda 44nan tl affirmed th lower court' decision In the case of Wright Blodgm tt Co. V. the Astoria company, and also In the esse of - Hsrrlngtoa vs. Dma.-1 front astern Oregon.. . ' y ' . I for ihla arrest. . ' " ' f if is f "' I " wkm ;, PORTLAND GAS. MORO DELEGATES TO LEAGUE CONVENTION ' (Special Dlapatch ta Ths Journal.) ' Mora. Or.. July 18. At a mectlns- held in th Moro opera house for1 tha purpose of naming delegate to attond the Ore gon Development League convention, to he held In Portland, August S and t, the following wer tiamed: . . W. McCoy, B. F. Pike, L. Barnum. W. It Rngsdale, O. P. Hulse, Dr. O. J. Gof- fln. O. W. -Axtell, J, M. Parry, G. T. Parr, 1 C Ireland. After th meeting it wa decided to organise a board of trade to attend to th business of tha Stat Development league and to look after all local mat ter. , ',' . noma, rATAwr nrjimzs. ' ("peclal Dlapatck to Tta.'joarnaL) " Preaton. Wash.'. Jnlv II I i. unti. a well known pioneer, waa probably fa tally Injured In a runaway today by being thrown from the wagon In which he was j-idlng,One of the horses was killed. All inf flllnnv TIVm'm .. .... j w aMa m ,vii,nunuqncv IS handled on 76 Underwood 'Typewriters, . Chamber, Optician, i - ' Wholesale and retail. 119 Seventh St EVERYTHINO CUT HAUP (J4) IN TWO 24 LEFT Dunlap f icr Ladies' Walking Hats That originally sold for from $3.00 to $10.00 here, while they last, choice $2.50 Each- Robinson & Co. PERKINS HOTEL 289 Washington Street THE DIFFERENCE IN LABOR AND TIME Is much in favor of match and the turn Is all other fuels. Every'careful ; housewife should realize this. , . - . - - The DIFFERENCE From an ECONOMICAL VIEW POINT Between gas and other fuels may easily be learned by a call ' at this office. - , -s FIFTH -..'. . i' -. WHITE RIBBON DAY AT . (flpedal Ptapatrh to Tb JoursaLV Gladstone Park," July I. ..' "Whit Ribbon day" ha always bad a place on tha Chautauqua program, and today unusual interest ana activity are manl fest. The day breaking beautiful and bright the camp was alive and bussing almost at tn nrat peep or th sun, and a perfect chorus of voice broke forth all over the ground. Th gloom and chill of the past few day Is having it reaction (n hilarity and enthusiasm, and with th promise of good weather th crowd 1 being swelled by every Incom ing train. ' , Diamond Kedal Contest. An oratorical contest -1 th main feature of today' program. It 1 for a diamond medal and will be contested for by those who have previously won silver, gold and grand gold medal In similar contest. -- It will be under the auspice of the W. XX T. U. who hav decorated th stage beautifully in an ticipation of it. - Mr. Helen Harford, tha Very popular stat president,- has been camping on th ground sine the opening of th assembly and holds an lnstitut at W. C. T. U. headquarter every afternoon. These meetings are very popular and are largely attended. Mr. Saunderson opened today pro gram with a delightful snd appropriate reading. ' i n rouowing ar th con testants: Miss Lena Parker of Gaston, Miss Florence Barnett or Wasco, Miss Beulah Epauldlng of Newberg, Miss Ma rian Humbel of Portland. Th program for tomorrow follow I Morning . ' : . ' ' :li Class. . . ' , ';' " ' Afternoon ' .1:10 Band Concert. . 1 , 1:00 Sulof - '., ' .,. Lecture. "Th Literature of th West," Mr. Herbert Baahford, .th poet, of Oakland. Cal. -; 1:10 Baseball. . . ' .. . .. ' 7:10 Band, Concert . j . ' '. 8:00 8ola Lecture. Sunshine in Labor,". Dr. Thomas McClary of Minneapolis.,' a " ' Schedule of Steamer T. J. Potter. Th seaside steamer T. J. Potter will leave Portland.- Aah street - dock, for Astoria and Ilwaco a follow: July 1, Tuesday, I. a. m. July 10, Wednesday, a. m. July. 21, Thursday, ( a. m. , July 12,. Friday, a. m. , ' . 'July 11, Saturday, 1 p. m. , - Gat transportation and berth ticket at O. R. at N. ticket omce,. Third, and Washington street. 1 i , 7 Vlslbl writing mean the Underwood Typewriter. . David Harum By Edward Noymt Wittcott , Mew Edition Just Out . - 75c J.R.EWINQ .... BOOKS and STATION ERY?r 177 1-onrtk St - T, ML 0. A. Baildia. the gas stove. With lof a valve, the, fire - is we j. ne uir r iljxxin in SUMMER COMFORT Is so great that you can r readijy see that the time r to get ;a7gas stove :is 7 NOW ! A gas " range makes a hajppy summer. The DIFFERENCE in . SAFETY and -. : CLEANLINESS one of the chief argu- 7-ments for. gas as against AND YAMHILL f " " ' ' '-".' RIALHEUR CITIZENS MEETING AT VALE it Blips ten to The Journal) - .Ontario, Or., July 18. An enthuslastle meeting of the cltlsens of Malheur county waa held In th courthous at Val Saturday afternoon for th pur pose of organising a water-user' asso ciation, to co-operate with -the govern ment In th establishment of an lrrl gatlon ayatem for this section, for which 11,000,000 ha bean set aside by th seo rotary of tb Interior. Seated upon the platform with th chairman wer th following prominent cltlsens and government officials: J. S. Smith, chairman of the Malheur county board of trade; J. R. Blaokaby, prealdent of th Ontario chamber . of commerce ; P. E. Phelps; president of th Val Commercial club; B. A. Fowler. president of the Salt River Valley Wa- ter-Uaerr association ; John T. Whlatler, engineer In charge of th. Malheur pro jecj; C J. Blanchard, of th reclamation service, Washington, I. c; Fred J. Kel sel, of Ogden, Utah; Will R. Klng. C. W. Mallett County Judge B. C. Richardson, Commissioner O. W. Blanton, M. L. Har grove and Prof. O. H. Byland. Th meeting waa addressed by Prof. O. H. Byland, W. R. King, P. B. Phelps. T. J. Johnson, Fred J. Kelsel, C. W. Mallett, John.T. Whistler. C. 3. Blanch ard and B. A. Fowler. - v, ( About 15.000 acre of th proposed district ! now In cultivation. The reservoir will store enough - water - to supply th land to be covered by canals for two season, In case of drouth. Mr. Blanchard In hi, speech referred to th Malheur a "th finest valley of any section of th United Btates." Mr. Fowler In th course of his. remarks also paid a glowing tribute to thl sec tion and spoke of. the wonderful pro ductiveness of th soil. A motion bv Mr. Morfltt that tha .!. en accept government aid waa Unani mously carried.. - ., Upon motion of Mr. Blackaby, a com mute of li waa chosen, thre of which wer to b appointed by ' the" chairman and th other to be appointed by th different localities represented and to formulate article of Incorporation, se lect officer of . the organisation and suggest mean of raising revenue to de fray the expenses, of the preliminary work of the organisation, v Th following committee of IS wa chosen: J. 8. Smith, chairman; J. R. Blackaby, C W. Mallett B. H. Test, C. B. Beldlng, Ontario; F. M. Vine. Fred Glllerman, W. O.' Thomson, M. O. Hope, n. u. iong, vaie: v. W. Metcalf. Ar cadia; C. C. Hunt, Nyssa; C. L. McCam- man. Dead Ox Flat; EL F. Pratt. Owyhee. un motion in committee Wa In creased to 17, so to give a represen tative iron, willow creek and Bully creek. W. J. Scott and J. EX Johnson wer named to represent these two lo calities. Mr. Fowler wa also msd an honorary member of the committee. , About 100 cltlsens attended the meet ing, the Ontario delegation numbnrtne- over ' 80. Th localities represented wer Ontario, V.v- Aroadls, Nyssa, Owyhee, Bully oreek and Lower Willow creek. . . .' '... rata rmorxs SESTBTrorrra. (Journal Ppenlat gerviee.) " St Petersburg. July 11. A Threnigolt dispatch report th destruction of 110 house with the loss of several live by fir. . ... . .. 0 DMmMra, opttolaa, 1 Wbolesal and retail, ill Seventh St : but the scratch of COMPANY STREETS .-r" v EX-GOVERNOR MOODY FALLS FROM STREETCAR 1 Ex-Governor Z. F. Moody aulTered jM. ever laceration of th scalp thl after noon while endeavoring to, alight from an east-bound Washington street car. ou th corner Of Sixth and Washington street. Ha wa carried Into Row & Martin's drug atore, where It waa found that.bl injuries, though painful, wer not aerloua. . It waa th opinion of Mr. Moody that h slipped and fell after alighting from th car, ut Conductor Harrison,, who was In charge of th car, stated that the car had not quit com to a full atop when Mr. Moody endeavored to get off, facing tha wrong way. Bystanders who witnessed the accident corroborated th conductor's story. , n , , WOLLABER MADE LOCAL FORECASTER A. B. Wollaber wa notified this morn Ing that on August 1 he will b pro moted to th position of forecaster In th local weather bureau office. Whll h will remain as an assistant to Dis trict Forecaster Beals the. promotion means a larger salary and a ' more r sponsible . position. Mr. Wollaber ha been connected with th local depart ment fortth laat six year.. Schedule of Steamer T. J. Potter All BCBBIU ....III., a. ,. ULl,T Will leave Portland, Ash ' street dock, , for ASluri mil jwnvv, mm iuuu,i ' July is, xuesasy, y. a. m. July 10, Wednesday,. a. ta, ' T 1 July ll,"Thuraday, a. m. . July.lt, Friday, a. m. ' ,i :': July 13, Saturday, 1 p. in. '' , Get transportation and berth ticket at O. R. N. tlckt offlc. Third and Washington tfeeta. -, , y ... DCIB9 TO DSATX. (Special Dlanatch te The Joemsl.) Sunnyslde, Wash., July 11. Chester Dunning, aged 10, th son of Mrs. Emma Dunning, ' was kicked to death by a horse last night. ' ' 'i , To Ore.oo City and Canemah Park : by Trolley. . : , Sunday round-trip fat IB cant. Car with open trailer every 10 minutes. Muslo and dancing at th pavilion. Plenty of seats, swing and. tabl.a free for us of picnicker. Tickets at First and Aider and Hawthorn and Grand avenues. 1 i ax.x romrs sbao. - (sporlal napetrh te Th. Journal.) -Rnseburg, Or., July . 18. That the alk have not gone far beyond th realms of civilisation In Oregon 1 proved by tn fact that 15 mile west of here, one was found dead during th laat week. It had been shot In th side, presumably by om hunter. but had escaped only to perish. 9. Chambers, OpMotan. ' - ; Wholesale and retail, ill Seventh SU Build up th svstem: nuts pure, rich blood In ths veins; makes men snd wo men strong and healthy. Burdock Blood Hitters. At any orug store. . - D. Chambers, Opttelaa. - '-- Wholesale and retail, ill Seventh St a ' , : 1 -. .' ' Are You Going to Build a Home? -'. ''-' 1 . . If tOs lelN1 fT Tou flfurM on WINDOWS V J and DOORS - - -TooHl Snd It to your advantage to see us before you buy. We do ail kind of - General Mill Work LARGEST STOCK ? ., LOWEST PRICES r Central Sash & " i Door. Agency ; i Tl riBS ST. raom. afala r3. i ' i A New Comer. ; v Tb moat raoent valuable addition to . th Portland commercial world 1 th Underwood Typwriter, . visible writ ing, hlgh-grad mschlne, on that enr bodies all that Is good in th old-time "blind. ' or ,up-ld-down " .writing ma-; chlnea. and. at the same time has non of tha objectionable featurea ao familiar -to . operator. Th Underwood is quipped ' with ' a tabulator without extra cost. Tb agency i located tern-, porarlly at Mo. 15 Front 'street and Is In charge of competent, experienced typewriter men. Itchiness of th akin, horrible plague. Most everybody afflicted In one way or another. Only one safe, -never-falling cure. Doan'a Ointment , , At any drug store, 50 cents. 1 suffered for months with -' sore throat. Eclectrlc Oil cured me In twenty-four hours." , M. S. Gist Hawesvllle, Ky. mm ' V V.j KM CIVk.w V. Knock the Flics ZET 0NE-THTKir NOBE MIU ' Te Child'. "Ko-BcM.go kunir" ea ynnr stock. It mean, money la yeor pocket, fir raws glee -wM-htrd avir milk, and borer, do better and on less tea when protected from th. II lea. It require enlr a few Mond. to apply It; It eoats lea than He a day par bead. To can not afford to- do wltheut It. Aak T""t d- lar, or write today for 10-page book let , Portland Seed Co. i ' r"al Ho Oaaat Agants, rartlaad. Of.