The Oregon daily journal., March 13, 1905, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOUZUfW PCHTUUID. KONDAY E VENTirO. IIAHCH tt, rt3.
"TCP
U YE DAD ENOUGH,
m COUNCILMEN
:' 'v. t ' . . - .. -
Many Incumbent Will Not Try
I : TheJr Luck at the Polls
' ' Again. V
ONE OR TWO WOULD LIKE
THE POSITION OF MAYOR
Fifteen Will Be Elected in June
Instead of Eleven as In :
. the Past.-".
j ItftMtn eouncllmea are to ba chosen
ml the city auction In Juno. 10 of them
by - wmrda -and five at. Urge. 'At
in wit ' titer la but on . '- coundl
M . man at large, th total - member
; Ship being 11, It iiemi probable
tha a malorltr of the present councll-
tn wUi not. serve uala. ' -Several of
than ara outspoken In their declaration
that ther do not desire anatner. term;
others would be likely to encounter
oonoaltioii. , which make them dlstn-
- -aliaed to enter the race. , New aaplranta
tor seats la the council are numerous."
Under the proviaioaB of the- elty
' charter, tha terms of the councilman to
- - ba elected next Jitfie will no aeiermuieu
, by lot at their first regular meeting
Tha charter provides that "the couecll
. man at Urea shall ba divided, by tha
paatlng of lots. Into two ol asses, one of
i tare sad ona of two members, and tha
ward eouaellaaea shall ba divided-by tba
; casus at lota Into two classes or nva
LMcL. Tha seats of th ward councilman
of The nrtt clasi an of the council men
- at larva of tba first class shall ba ve
oated at tha aspiration of tha second
yaf from' tha commencement of their
, terms, and thos of tha seoond class of
each kind at tha expiration of tba fourth
. i from -tha - commencement of their
Xnt
Nona of tba oouncUmcn to ba elected
next June will knew until after ba
'takes off lea whether hla Jterm Is to be
t veers or four. . -"
. CouDcllmaa C K. Rumaltn of th first
ward Is . non-committal .. when asked
whether he azpacu to seek re-election.
It ts said, however, CHat be will not ba
. s candidate, and soma residents of tha
. ward have been casting about . for a
.candidate to saooaed him. Rumalla has
ibeen closely affiliated with tha Re
publican machine that It Is Very doubtful
whether be could be fleeted If ba war
to make th race. I
Matt FoaUer. councilman from tb
' second ward, has no ambition .to senr
again. - I don't want any mar of Jt In
- nUw," ha said with emphasis this morn
. lng. Among tba cigar dealers and sa
loon maa of tha .second ward FoeUers
-decision will probably excite no regrets,
for his attitude on tba nickel -in-the-alot
question has called forth much criticism.
Fred T. Merrill wants to occupy a
.. . larger political sphere than that of coun
cilman from tha third ward, ana pur
' poses running for mayor as ea-tadepend-,
ent oandldata. He expects support from
' the worklngmen, . as well, as from th
'Iniahiess men of the city. - -
' la tha fourth ward Councilman A. K.
lr Rentier will seek re-eleotioa, bat a aa
i ladependentjiot as th regular Republi
can nominee.
- T from the rifUw
- ' The flfthwmTd-has-wot baaa rcpro
wented la tha council since th first of
, tha year, when B, C Slgler resigned in
, order to take up his duties as county
assessor. A number of possible eaadl
. dates are mentioned, among them J. F.
! Booth. W. T. Mulr, Tyler Wfodward
aad Isidoro Ooldamith. Booths Is most
' frequently- mentioned aa tha probable
cboioa of th ward, but he la by no
. neans certain that ha deslrea the offloe.
i While he would bar bean willing to
tap Into Slitter's plaoa for tha unexpired
portion of tha la tier's term, ha hesitates
i about becoming a candidate now, sine
his election would mean' at leaat twa
' years In th off lea. and possibly four.
i Councilman Zimmerman probably will
. not seek to represent ' the sixth ward
' again, as ha la candidate for mayor.
la th seventh ward there Is prospect
tof soma active rivalry among aspirants
tor eounctlmanle honors. IX T. Bher
1 rett, tha present councilman, will seek
: re-election, but is not witnout appoei-
Ha la a Democrat aad the Repub
licans of the ward propose te elect the
bext councilman. - ,;.'
C. W. Boost president of the Port
'land wire works, has been rgd to run,
land may enter the field. He is the
choice of a number of the influential
Kepublloana of tha ward. A.'-O. Rash
light, a plumber, la said to be aa active
candidate for the Republican nomlna-
tlon. ' .
"j - it Is nndersteod that Joha P. Sharkey
will not seek re-election In th eighth
ward. As one of the machine members
icf the present council, he has been the
I bubject of much i criticism, and would
'encounter strong opposition If be should
J run 'aln. .
( The ninth ward will have to And a
alieoeaaor for councilman Albee, who Is a
oandldata for' mayor. It Is generally
eo needed that Albee could be re-elected
'to the council It .he. desired. . for hla
'course has been vary satisfactory to his
-"'constituent . . ;::
Councilman Flegel of the Tenth ward.
, 'does not desire another term, though It
jls possible that he might consent to be
come a candidate under oertala -oondl-'tkme.
: Flegel is a, Democrat, however,
- and the ward Is overwhelmingly Re
publican, ao that some of his friends are
" doubtful whether he could be re-elected
' if he should again seek the office. He
' has made an enviable record la the coun
cil. W. H. Moore has been mentioned
aa the possible choice of the Republicans
of tbe ward, bu he la quoted as saying
that be does not deal re to enter political
Ufa. . j -. -' -..
- Dr. Sanford Whiting, the present coun
cilman at large, does not Intend, accord
ing to bis frianda, to seek snother term.
There has been some dtacusalon as to-
possible candidates for the Ave place
S councilman at large, but it la ss yet
too Indefinite to afford lixltaatlons of any
lvalue.' '
MONTANA MAN FOUND
; : DEAD IN BUTTE HOTEL
v t - ....... ,. .
' ' (Jearaal special rrlc.) - '
1 nalena, Mont. March Jt. E. -W.
. Burdlck. former treasurer of Jefferson
county, was this morning found dead in
Ma room at the Butte hotel. The theory
la that he eommitted suicide, as h is
aid to have been abort $1,100 In his ac
counts when he retired from office oa
March' last. Hs was a wall-knowa
-resident, - )''.. ."" .J..v ,..
. i .' ii i i ' i i. i .
! ) VAUCXD. TO TBAOT OCZSTT.
- Oearaal gpertal aWrUa.) "
Waahlngtoa, D. C. March Jl.-Preal-cect
Ronaevalt addressed tha American
- Tract society st tha Grace Reformed
, rhureb yesterday. ' Joatlne Brewer, hon
orary vice-president of the aorlety, pre-
sided and mad a' brief addresa, setting
- ferU tba .vark cactlM a by, the soclaty.
fMlf,!! SENTENCE
FOR IIIGilWAYriAN
W. H. Cockran, Arrested With
Tools of Profession In
' Hand, Goes to Jail. :;
HAD REVOLVERS AND 5
, MASK CONCEALED AT DOCK
Friend Taken, But Prisoner Says
. He Had No Accomplices
in Intended Crimes. .
VTon admit that you intended holding
people up. We cannot punish you for
what you intended doing; but we : can
make It interesting oa other ground.
I hope that - you will sea fit . to
form." ' . (
With these words, as a nrefaee Police
Judge 'Hogue'thia morning sentenced W,
H. Cochran, alias Crawford, alias Cronin.
to serve 100 days In tha' county jail and
to pay a fine of 1208 on the charge of
carrying ' concealed a deadly ' weapoa
The prisoner is tha man, who was sur
rounded! by detectives and axreeted Sat
urday night -while taking a revolver and
slouch, hat from their hiding place under
the t). R. A N. Co. 'a dock, at tha foot of
Ash street, with the admitted Intention
of committing robbery.
.Detectives- Welner and Vaughn ar
rested J. C Clark, alias Charles Smith,
last night on suspicion of being an ac
oomplloe-of -Cockran.' " 10 ' charge was
placed against bun. - It is known that
Clark, or Smith, spent some time la the
Walla Walla. 'Wah., penlteuUary with
Cockran and was his chum. Bo" far no
direct evidence has been seoared that ha
was eoneerned In the plan to hold people
up In this city. He waa taken Into -the
police court this morning, and the charge
of vagrancy against aha was eentlnaed.
Hla relatives live In this city.
- Cockran denied that ha had an ac
complice In hla plan to break tha law.
Ha was aaked to whom belonged tbe
other revolver and the hair mask, hidden
with tbe bat and revolver wiucn a toox.
and replied that he did not know.
'You know, all right, said the court.
"Ton might as well say you don't want
to tall. W will give the maximum aea-
tence to you because yea have endeav
ored to keep the authorities, from bring
ing your partner, whoever he may be,
te juetloe.- ; . , --. -
GILLIAM COUNTY
AS DRY AS A BOfiB
Judtre Bradshaw Issues Order
. That Local Option Law ,
' Be Enforced.
Gilliam county la prohibition, ta fact as
wall as th letter of the law. Judge
W. I Bradshaw of tb. circuit court has
decided the case brought te compel thta
county - court to Issue the prohibition
order, pursuant to th local option vota
of last November. - -
- Attorney George F. Martin of this city
was asked to bring an action against tha
county court followtng the November
election." when it "became apparenV"thaf
the prohibition : order waa not issued.
Ha Instituted proceedings asking that
the circuit court mandamus the county
Judiciary. - In the answer filed by the at
torneys for the QUI lam officers, aa at
tempt waa made to go behind tbe re
turns and set up the fact that the order
for aa election was not regular' aad all
the requirements of tbe local option act
had not been oomplled with. To this
answer Mr. Martin demurred,, denying
the. right of the county court - te ques
tion the regularity of election proceed
ings, and It was upon this demurrer that
the decision has been rendered.
Rut In sustaining the demurrer. Judge
Bradshaw also laaued the order that the
county court proceed to enforce the local
option law aa established by the Novem
ber vote. The effect of this la te ter
minate th suit, and Gflllam county will
go visiting whea caring to indulge la a
spree,: . ' """ "
NO DECISION GIVEN
ON BOX ORDINANCE
Motion of Mrs. Failing to Dis
; '.Vmiss Suit Is Over-
---- - ruled.
(KaecUl Mapateh te Tha JoeraaL)
Salem. Or., March 11. la Ue su
preme court today no decision was ren
dered In the box ordinance case.
In the case, of the stale of Oregon
against Rogoway a motion for a rehear
ing was granted. Rogoway waa ac
cused of argon la Lebanon, 'and con-
feaaed when strung up to a tree. The
grounds for appeal ware a forced con
feaslon and the limited time allowed
the attorneys by the trial" Judge.
Petitions for rehearing were overruled
as follows: State of Oregon against
Orayr Wilder against Reed; Culver
against. Handle; Manchester Assurance
company against the Oregon Railroad
Navigation company; waiiowa county
against Oakes. .- .--.--.. -.- -
Failing agalnat Barren and Multno
mah, county. The motion to d lamias on
appeal waa overruled.
Lewla agalnat the First national bank
of. Portland. , A motion to relieve the
appellant from paying ooeta was over
ruled. y. - .
PANTHER HUNTERS
ARE ABROAD TODAY
Although a search for the panther that
haa terrorized certain neighborhood! In
South Portland resulted yesterday la tha
killing of a coyote, another hunt was
continued today. John Tager, who Uvea
on a farm on. Marquam h.Ul, Is in com
mand of the searching party..
The animal has frequently Visited hla
place at night, he says, and he has dis
covered what he believes to be the lair.
There were a desen. men In the party
that started out this morning, armed
with rlflee and with a large number of
doge. - -
" OXATX OP C. a. BAJtTZZh
Charles B. Bartel, a wall-known cltl
sen of Portland, died at his home. No.-) JO
East Sixth street north, this morning,
after a brief Illness. For a period last
summer Mr. Hartal was engaged In tbe
aSaeaeor's office, and had been identified
with various buslnaae enterprisea. .. for
the past all or eight years he had been
practically on tha list of retired business
tan. Ha was (I years of age at the
time or his death. vonem arrange-
meats will be announced, latex.
STRIKE BHSETTLED
AND r.!0SE f,!Efi QUIT
Plasterers Who Had Returned to
Work Yesterday Leave Fair
. Jobs Today.;' i
INCIPIENT RIOT IS ; '
quelled; by. officers
Electricians on Way to Ground
Met .by Pickets and a;
Fight Follows! v Li, i
The strike at the fair grounds Is fetlll
Unsettled and little effort Is being made,
apparently, to terminate it. " Some work
Is being done oa all the expoaltlon build
ings, although a force of perhaps 76
pickets la gathered in front of the main
entrance te the grounds, trying to keep
off all new-comers who have tbb ap
pearance of worklngmen. - -; - - -A
- There was an Incipient riot this morn
ing at the corner where the Washington
street cars stop for tha fair grounds. An
electrician named Will lam a. aald to have
been, imported : . from Ban Prancisco,
stepped from a car. carrying tools which
Indicated hla profession. ' He- had aot
taken more than a dosen steps when a
stalwart picket caught hold of his arm
in a "brotherly" fashion and remarked:
"You are not going to work, are your"
"I certainly am," was. the reply. "Let
'Then there was a mixup, tn' which the
electrician got the worst of it. He waa
knocked out Into the ) middle of tbe
street, There he grabbed a place of
board which had been laid -for passage
through tbe mud and struck light and
left at the rapidly gathering crowd of
strikers, but only one man came1 within
the plank1 a sweep. He got a hard blow
on the shins. It la -said. , By this time
the police stationed at th main entrance
were on hand and quelled the disturb
ance, trhtle the electrician went on his
way aad reported fop work, :
i ,. Plasterers Walk Oat,'
fhe principal change In the strike
since yesterday was the walkout at 10
o'clock this morning of about ft plas
terers wbo were engaged on the govern
ment building. Saturday alght a meet
ing was' held and soma sort of aa agree
ment patched up, according : to these
strikers.: under the terms of which they
returned to work Sunday morning. But
this morning they discovered the pi
one of several non-union men oa the
Job. They communicated their dissatis
faction to Contractor J. K. Bennett. Tbe
latter paid no attention to It and this
morning the plasterers joined their co
workers on the outside. v
Work Is going on, however, on moat
ef the buildings, and the contractors
claim that the backbone of the strike Is
broken. Contractor Wuerster of the
American Inn la figuring oa sending east
for plaster boards with which to finish
his structure. These boards are nailed
t a wall and no further work la re
quired. If this la done the plasterers
will lose about 17,000 In wages.
Chief Hunt received a letter this morn
ing ' from a member of the' fair com
miasloners. asserting that several work
men oa the grounds were assaulted
Saturday while boarding ears for their
homes. He was requested to Increase
tbe force of policemen at tn groonas
from foar to eight.
tit Amanda,
.esHSMPngllWvWiesaeWrwh jr. i -Til. , ,a
- Instructions were given Captain Grita
macher by the chief to send four more
men to the grounds at 4 o'clock this
afternoon to prevent scenes of disorder
when the workmen cease their labor.
Sergeants Slover and Hogeboom will be
among the. number. .
Secretary Henry B. Reed haa been no
tified of the appointment by Governor
Cutler of tbe Utah state commission, the
member being Wesley K. Walton, F.
W. Klahburu,- Rudolph .Kuchler and
Webb Green. Under their direction the
130,000 appropriation will be expended. -.
Mias Nellie Beardsley, 211 Morrison
street, who some time ago- offered to be
the better half of the first marriage
performed on the-Trail, on July 4, has
supplemented her letter with the modest
demand that "we receive I1.S0O for
doing ao." Miss Beardaley arrived at
this conclusion after receiving from Rev.
Benjamin, G. Taylor of Brooklyn the as
surance Chat be would be pleased to
Journey to Portland to perform tbe cere
mony. Mr. Taylor would be an attrac
tion himself, as he Is th minister who
performed the marriage ceremony In a
Uoa's dea at Luna park. Coney talaad, a
year ago, ' v-
- Xeataeky Bay. . " ,' ... .
'' August 1 ha beep designated as Ken
tucky day by Governor J. C W. Beck
ham. He will appoint Representative
Kantocktans to attend the exposition on
that day, and la his letter stating this,
tha governor expresses his regret tost
he waa unable to secure an appropriation
for an exhibit from his state.
- October 4 has been settled upon as
Pennsylvania day. Governor Samuel W.
Pennypacker having selected this date,
which is the anniversary of the battle of
Germantown. ,
In addition to the thousands of indi
viduals who - will . vlajt the exposition
and attend the great national conven
tions that will meet this summer, a
number bf state bodies and others of
a local character are planning to make
the trip. ' .'
O. A. V. Parker, president of tbe
Western National bank Of Hereford,
Tex., says In 'a letter to the Portland
Commercial club: ' ,
fThere Is an intense Interest here ty
the Lewis and Clark exposition. - I pre
sume you hava noticed that the. Texas
bankers have planned a trip In June,
which, of course, Indludea Portland."
(Specter Mapateh te Tbe Joereal.)
Seattle, Wash., March 13. At Ita
weekly meeting tha Seattle Building
.Trades assembly last night adopted res
olutions supporting tha Portland Build
ing Tradea strike against tha contractors
of the Lewis and Clark exposition build
ings and declaring against the "open
shop" at the fair grounds.
K strong sentiment exists among la
bor leaders to declare a boycott on the
Lewis and Clark expoaltlon In ease of
the suocess of th open shop conten
tions. .!; -
PATRICK DECLINES TO .
MAKE HIS OWN PLEA
(Jearaal BpVeUI ervlca.).' ,
New fork. March 13. Albert T. Pat
rick, the lawyer convicted of the mur
der of Millionaire William Marsh Rice,
was granted by the court of appeals per
mission to appear before H tomorrow to
light his battle for a jiew trial. Under
hdvlce of hla counsel, however, the con
demned man abandoned his intention.
. Asotra row,
-l
(Joeraal Special Service.)
Bryan, O, March It. Motion for a
Sew trial in the Letcher arson ease was
a railed today before Judga Donnelly. yA
decision wUI ba banded dowa tonight, ;
BIG RAILROADS PLAN
-TRANS-CONTINENTAL LI.'aE
. - -
0 ?. (Jearaal Special Service.)
, New York, March 11. A strong a
e rumor Is current on the stock e
- exchange that negotiations ' for , a
the consolidation of the New e)
- York Central. Union Pacific and
e the Northwestern, for the purpose
- of forming - a transcontinental
d line la progressing rapidly, and la
likely to culminate th latter,
, part of this month. . , ,
f
CITY MIGHT BE DARK;
LIGHT FOR OTHERS
President Codde Gives His Read
, lng of Contract for Light- : .
V lng the City. '
DOES NOT WANT TO PAY .
FORFEIT OF FIFTY CENTS
In T Discussion Toff Larze -Over
charge the - Mayor Agrees
With Engineer Wanzer. ,
H. W. Gooda la of th opinion that
th Portland Xieneral EBectrls company,
of which h la president, should aot psy
the penalty of to cents for every Jlghl
reported out. as pro vided la the -eon-tract
for street lighting with the. city.
He appeared- before tha light committee
of the executive board -today and stated
that It had o been the Intent of either
th company or the city at th time the
contract waa drawn to place such aa In
terpretation oa the agreement. . i
The occasion for tha meeting was tb
Investlgatlon-bf the statement mad by
City Engineer Wanxer, in which he
alleged that the city had paid 35.710 In
exoeas of the amount called for In th
contract with the Portland General Eleo
trlo company for ita street lights during
the past IS months, and refused to ap
prove the February bill of $MI. which
be argued was Incorrect. He stated that
while the contract called for a forfeit
of to eeata for every light reported out
a deduction, in favor of the city had
been made for only th actual time th
lights were out at the rate of 1 coats
aa hoar, tbe 'Tate which the city would
have paid the company had-the lights
been burning. -
-L-. Mayo Steads by Jtngiaeer. ': v '
; Mayor Will lama waa Inclined to In
terpret tha contract as haa City Engineer
Wanaer, but H. W. Goddard, tbe only
other member of tbe committee present,
thought a compromise should be reached
whereby the electric . company ahould
forfeit an amount to the city, oa the
basis of 0 cents a alght for the actual
time the lights ware out - - . I
H. V. Goode stated that some later-j
pretatton should be placed upon the- eon
tract other than that of Mr Wanaer.
He suggested that to 'adjust tbe matter
the i. policemen - should report to - head
quarters Immediately after they find a
light out. and that the officer la- the
headquarters notify tbe oompany.- By
this plan be stated tbeJOiellghtg, would,,
pa out ouy a snort ume. Ha finally
suggested that the oompany forfeit aa
amount to be rated oa tbe basis of to
cents for each light reported for th
actual time It was out" '
' City Dark, Others Serial
r Thla contract for city, lights is very
low." said he. "Such being th case, we
thought -when It waa made that we
might take oare of other customers aven
though we had not sufficient power to
supply all. We thought we might torn
the power off In a oertala aectlon or all
over the city aad supply our other cus
tomers, and the oompany would deduct
the amount these lights would cost the
city from the bllL
That may hav been your Idea, but
there Is nothing said about it la the con
tract." replied Mayor Williams.
"I interpreted this contract to read
that should any light be reported out the
forfeit should be to cents," remarked
City Engineer Wanaer. -r
"It seems to me thst the force, of the
contract depends on the Intent 'at the
time It waa drawn up." said H. W. God
dard, "Ton drew it up. Mr. McNary.
The contract never came before the com
mittee or the executive board for consid
eration. It waa signed by the city at
torney and the mayor." v , -,
There was a lengthy discussion of
how one was to know whether tbe lights
were out through the negligence of tbe
company or from some cause over which
it ha4 no control. ' - ..-.I"
j uteri m as Company Was aTagllgeat
Mr. Goods remarked that there were
many cases where tbe lights were -out
because of tbe company's negligence; it
attempted te keep them in good- condi
tion, and had men always ready to In
vestigate any dark area. It was sug
gested by Mr. Goode that the company
need not do this unless it desired, and
that there would be no need of It If the
to cents forfeit waa to be collected.
, "We . hold your bond of 1100.000."
quickly remarked Mayor -W!lliama,-Mto
keep tnena iignia nurning, ana ii you
were notified that lights were out you
could not afford 'to allow them' to re
main out although you were deducted 60
cents for each..". : , ,
"The company has a duplicate of tho
reports that are sent to me," ventured
Mr.. Wanaer, "and this shows that they
are satisfied with the way things have
been running."
"We bsve been allowing a reduction
for all the lights reported out without
attempting to arrive at the cause," said
Mr, Goods. .',.:
Torfeit for Bvary Light,
"The proposition Is this.? said the
mayor, "If a light m out the contract
calls for a forfeit of to cents. Tha ob
ject of thla penalty is te keep the lights
la good condition. If the company Is
negligent and the lights go out. the
ww.-. ir j -
City Engineer Wanaer suggested tint
if- the contract did not suit It might, be
modi fled by the executive board to meet
tho conditions dealrad.
"I desire some adjustment of : this
matter." said Mr.- Goode. "I "am not
willing Jo stand the to cents torfeit for
every light out but I am willing to da
duct at the Vats of 60 cents forth exact
time the lights are out"
"But there la no pro rata clause In
this contract," replied Mr. Wanxer. "It
appear 'as if- It waa meant to leave It
out." ' " ' -"" ' -
"That was Intended as the legal con
struction - of thla contract." aald
Mayor - Williams, referring to the to
cents exaction, "unmindful of what Mr.
Hoi man,' th attorney of th company,
says."
"I would rather not take up the legal
points In this contract." urged Mr.
Ooode. ' "I want aa amicable adjustmnet
of this matter." .. .y
No-decision was reached but th sub
ject will be given further consideration
py uo commutee, ( ., ,J1Z.j. .a.
llhCcAE'IlDM:
ranoAO DEATH
' . . i- -
Claude Branton In Scaffold Corv-
: fession Said There Are No
' ,v Successful Criminals.
MYSTERY SHR0UD3 DEATH
OF ACCUSED MAN'S WIVES
Fletcher Is Supposed to Have
Known Too Much Regard
- lng Last Wife's End.
' (Special Dispatch te The Jearaal.) '
Cottage Grove. Ore- March 13. Whoa
Claude Branton waa hung for the mur
der of John A. Linn a few years ago
at Eugene, he 'made a confession on the
scaffold of which th following Is an
extract: .
"There are no saocessfal 'criminals.
They may live and escape death at tb
hands of th law, but there ia an in
fallible, unceasing haunt, worse than
death. , I will swing out Into eternity,
there to meet ray benefactor and kneel
to beg for forgiveness. I haven't much
to . aay. J pray God that no maa will
run my folks down oa account of this.
They are Innocent" -
And now . John Branton, brother of
Claude, languishes In the Jail here,
charged with having attempted th mur
der ef his benefactor aad friend, Joha
Fletcher, in a cold blooded and heartless
fashion. ' . .: a- .,
Claude Branton' murder of Linn waa
neeuliarlv revoltlna. Linn waa sup.
posed to have money upon his person.
As he was asleep a pistol waa placed
to hla head and his brains blown out
Tbe body waa thrown into a large fire
It an attempt to burn It Finding thla
too slow, the body was chopped to pieces
with aa ax aad tad to th fire In sec
tions. . . ;r .:,-r T-.r-r
John Branton has been married three
tlmea. Hla first wife died at the home
on Camp creep east of Eugene, his sec
ond wife died suddenly under suspicious
circumstances at WalterviUe, His third
wife died suddenly a few months ago.
All the deaths were surrounded by aus
picious clacu instances, and Fletcher Is
supposed, lb base known too much of
tbe detail.
REGIMENT. TO PARADE
ON WAY TO MANILA
Before embarking oa the transport
Buford. en route to the Philippine Islf
anda, the Nlneteeth Infantry. U. & A,
now stationed at Vancouver barracks,
will parade in this etty.
- Mayor . Williams received aa accept
ance of aa invitation to parade hla men
la this city from Cot J. H. Huston, in
command of the regiment yesterday. It
follows:. .1 ...
"Mayor of the City of Portland: I
have the honor to acknowledge receipt
of your communication of tbe (th mat.
Inviting. my regiment to parade In your
city on the day of embarkation on th
transport en route to the Philippines,
ami tendering us the hospitality ef the
city. In the name of the officers and
enlisted men of the Nineteenth Infantry,
I thank yoa and tbe people of Portland
for the honor given us.- We will make
all th arrangements regarding the pa-
rada, as soon as I know positively when
we will embark. It will give aa great
pleasure to march through your city and
will enjoy tbe hospitality ruuy.-
Th transport Is now undergoing re
pairs, but will be ready to sail the last
of this month. "
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED '
BY CRAZED DENVERITE
- 1
y " (Jeeraal Spedal Serrlct.)'
Denver, Colo, March IS. C raxed be
cauae defeated - In a . lawsuit George
Schlatter, a teamster, yesterday armed
himself with a rifle and went gunning
for his legal opponent K. F11L Fill saw
him coming and tried te avoid dilm by
entering his house, but Schlatter sent a
bullet through hla head. ...Mrs. Fill
rushed to her husband's side and also
was shot falling dead beside tha Ufaleaa
body of her husband. dchlstler then set
fire to the nil some ana a sob or toe
Fills lost his life In the flames.
- Schlatter returned home aad barri
caded himself. Officers were aeat for
hla capture and he opened fir upon
them. Hundreds of shots were ex
changed with a result that Schlatter
was killed. Dr. Frank Dultn, police sur
geon, fatally wounded; Captain William
Bohanna. acting chief of police, and
mike Kelly wounded. Mr. Schlatter is
proatrated by the tragedy, ,
CAR COLLIDES WITH -.
: ' AUTOMOBILE WAGON
An automobile used as a delivery
wagon by the Swetland Candy company
collided with a west-bound street car at
Seventh and Morrison streets yesterday
afternoon. ' Guy Tracy, the driver, re
ceived numerous outs. The automobile,
which was practically demolished, was
waiting on the north track for an east
bound car to pass. The driver failed to
see the west-bound car approach. It
smashed into the automobile and Tracy
waa thrown to the street. .
"There seems to have been no excuse
for tbe collision." Skid Mr. Swetland to
day. 'The car was going up the hill and
could easily have stopped to avoid th
collision. Tracy waa waiting for an
other ear to pass, and failed to see the
west-bound car." .. 1
IF YOU OBSTRUCT
STREET WILL BE FINED
Declaring that he doea not Intend pun-
Inhtng smsll offenders without seeing
the larger ones getting their Just deserts.
Police Judge Hogue this morning di
rected the attention of the police to the
fact that the City Messenger 4 Delivery
company keeps a long row of wagons
against the curb on Thirteenth street,
north of Washington. He said some
thing should be dona , '
Patrolman Circle, who had Just gtvsn
evidence against Roy L. Travis, accuaed
of placing wood oa the sidewalk, said he
tried to get warrants for th delivery
company some time ago, but failed.
"You can get a warrant any time you
want' It" said Deputy City Attorney
Fitsgerald. "You don't need to mnke a
report to anybody, either. Just ssy you
hsve the evidence, and th warrant will
be laaued." ' " . ....
Travl waa found guilty of obstruct
ing the sidewalk and fined tit. , . ,.
.. raoTSCToa or oatxouos. r
'. tJooraal Special Service.) -Constantinople,
March . It. Th Aus
trian ambassador haa presented a com
munication to tha Porte demanding the
recognition of Austria as a protector of
Catholics throughout European. Turkey
and the recognition of 100 Austro-Hun-
gnrtaa schools throughout Turkey. -
fc:nt c? lav; rc?..
, JITGE CEUCGES
Is fc Teamster Hauling on. Piece
" Work a Favored Credi-' -
.Vr:--,vr'',:or?!. :';-J
. a v ' - V -aW
. Is the mad hauling, for another, and
receiving pay by the piece or -quantity
of material delivered, a laborer .and en
titled to the favored position . of this
class in; recovering from a bankrupt's
assets! v - ', . . -.-.
Tbe Important question has arisen la
the .objection filed la the bankruptcy
case of J. U. Rita1 of La Grande. Sev
eral claims against him were for hauling
lumber. . When he made aa assignment
these claims were presented as for labor,
and their owners asked, tb privilege of
preferred payments, as In all cases of
labor. - Other creditors contest the right
and Insist that tbe men hauling thus are
as ordinary claimant agalnat th assets.
The case -win be -presented to Judge
Bellinger. In the morning. G. G. Gam-
'Btsas represents the cridtors at large.
aad George W. Joaeph the men who did
the hauling. The provision of the stat
ute that will have to b Interpreted reads
as follows: . . . '
- "Wages due to th workmen, clerks or
servants, which have been earned within
three mofiths before the date of th com
mencement of the proceedings, aot to
exceed S300 to each claimant" are given
preference over other claim a. - Mr. Gam-
mans holds that a maa hauling with hla
own team. on a piece basis ia a con
tractor, experiencing all the conditions
of a business engagement and tbe fact
that he was on the oompany payroll or
received pay at tbe same time aa the la
borers does not affect his status. - ,
"Against thla position Mr Joseph mala
tains for the teamsters, that because a
maa receives pay for the work of him
self and team on a pteoe basta doea not
remove him from the workmen elaaa In
tended to be protected by the law. De
cisions defining the point have aot been
made, and the ruling of tbe court win
have general lntereat among all who
may be claimants against the property
of a bankrupt '
POSTOFFICE FOR EAST
SIDE IS ASSURED
Recommendation by M r. Hall
T Will Be' Followed by an
' Opening In April. ,
By the middle of April the east aid
branch will be opened aa a roil post
office. H. B. HalL assistant superta
tandent of tb department of salaries
aad allowances, who haa recommended
thla change, departed for Seattle Bun-
day, .but will return Wednesday, wnea
he will sign the recommendation . ana
forward it te Waahington, Tbe time re
quired for the department te. act. will
not exceed eight days, and in a raw
weeks Postmaster Minto expects that
th east aide branch will be opened as
a complete postoftlos, giving to in
business men sad' residents of that sec
tion all the benefits accruing therefrom,
There will be ruah work In getting
th Lewi and Clark postofflo ready.
It had been timed to open extempor
aneously with the fair, but putting' up
the building and equipping for this work
will require extraordinary haste. If It
Is possible te get all finished within
th prescribed tlms thla will be inatited
upon.'" -' "' - .
. Prior to the opening Of theraJr post
off Ice, however. Postmaster Mlato will
arrange for a carrier service at tbe
grounds, The men employed la thla
work will probably be the carriers to
work ' in the grounds during th rair.
They will eommenoe distributing mall
at th grounds as soon aa possible.
BURGLARS LOOT V
; ; : BANK AT GENOA
- (Jaaraal Spertai Servlee.) ' ' V .
Cincinnati, O.. March 13. Safe blow
ers secured $3,000 from a Genoa bank
last night .
It Is reported that fn addlUoa to the
cash; the robbers got tTt.OOO worth of
non-negotiable note. . Th safe waa
completely wrecked.
There la no clue to tbe robbers and
considerable mystery i surrounds . tbe
affair. Night watchmen were In the
Immediate neighborhood at the time tbe
hank was ransacked and the explosion.
although deadened by blankets that had
been wet and placed about tne Bare, was
tn all aoDearanoea ef terrific force, ad
joining desks aad the sides of th walls
show tb effect of the heavy charge.
No ona seems to remember having
seen any suspicious characters. Detec
tives are busy but reports Indicate thst
they are completely at sea.'. A .rumor is
prevalent that among the papers secured
were documents -which .may pertain to
the Chad wick ease snd that the probabil
ity of a new trial being granted her,
with the Intention to produce new evi
dence, led to the looting-of the safe. The
taking Of the money and other valuable
it i aii r vested, have been taken
to mislead the real purpose and may In
due Ume be returned. , , '
Burglars blew open the saf of th
Benton bank last night and escaped with
34.000. No clue to tbe perpetrators has
thus far been founu. It la believed the
men had spotted the safe some weeks
ago. quietly returned last night and,
after completing their Job, made good
their escape. -.,
FEDERATION OF LABOR'S
QUIET ANNUAL MEETING
' ' (Joarsal fleeetal Brr!cO I
Washington. March 13. The bfflcers
and members of the executive council
of the American Federation of Labor as
sembled for their annual meeting to
day at the general headquarters In this
city. The meeting, according to offi
cial announcement will be devoted al
most entirely to business of a routine
character, no matters of unusual Impor
tance or of Interest to -the general pudmo
calling for attention at the present time.
.A CAM FBOM
SCOTT,
Portland. March 11.- To th Editor
of Th Journal I desire to say, by way
of correcting soma errors in a local
newspaper which do me great Injustice,
that I never was In the- employ of the
Washington Life Insurance company, or
removed or discharged by It. I pave
been for .the past eight months em
ployed by Mr.. Blair T. Scott general
agent 6t tha company at Portland. I
waa his employe and repreaentatlve, not
the company s. I never made out on naa
anything to do with any report or ac
count, and I am confident the company
rmvtr aasertd that I aid. t do not be
lieve that any of Mr. Blair T. Scott a
reports were, padded, and I hav never
heard that tbe company contended that
they- were. I was In San' Francisco tbe
first four days of this week, making a
contract to take the agency of a promi
nent llf Inauranc company. That wae
the only trip I made to California, and
the only purpose of my tnlng.
HARRY B SCOTT.
CAPITAL TO CRACK
W. H. Taft Saya Portland Will
. Not Ce Able to Aecorrio- ?;.
, date Crowds. ; J
ROOMING HOUSES AND'' -h'' .';'
V HOTELS NEARLY FULL
Statement That Forty Thousand
, Apartment Are Available
: Said to Be Ridiculoua. .7,
"I regard th statement that there
ar 40,000 rooms available for exposition
guests as extremely ridiculous, and in
jurious In Its results to the city," Said
W. H. Taft of the Taft rooming houa
Arm, In th Ablngton building today.
"As a matter of fact there ia less than
one-quarter of that number -of rooms
to be had. In all kinds of houses and
residences." " i
Mr. Taft la In close touch with the
rooming house situation, and is regarded
as ona of the beat posted men In the
city In- thla line. His firm haa sold
nearly 3100,000 worth of -rooming house
furniahlngs and business since. October
last , He says a large number of room- -lng
houses were fitted up last year, but ,
today there la not more than an average '
of Ave vacant rooms In each house.
"There la not anion more than 100
rooming houses, of 30' rooms and ever. '
In th city of Portland." Mr. Taft con.
tinued. "With an average of live va
cant rooms to each house tods r. there
are but lltti more than 605 . vacant-
rooms or this sort in the city and will
there be any at all when June I arrives
Where are there to be found even 10.000
or 1,000 available rooms for expoaltlon
guests In this city? Th rooming pod-
h,Lm m Dn ... 1 .... W - - . - , I
rest as tne facilities have Increased, and
already the city Is practically full before
tne rare begins, we all know the hotel
situation,- There ia never any room to
spar ia tne hotels of this city In ordi
nary tlmea. I know of ona roomlna
Kooaevelt' here hired Ita rooma to two
ahlfts of people every .34 hours. Mn
walked the streets at nlxht and aot thalr
sleep lh daytime because they could not
get quarters for the night" - ,
H named all the roomlna houaea ia
the downtown" districts., and stated the
present altuattoa aa to each honse. With
only two or three exceptions, all were
filled. Three small hotels and apart
ment houses were planned the SUvev
neld hotel and the building to be erected
by L. a. Clarke for business and room
ing bouse purposes on .Washington be
tween Twenty-second and Twenty-third'
streets, and the stone- building now oc
cupied by .the poetofflc. which la to be
converted Into a hotel. Aa far aa known -
by architects and -builders, no other Im
portant hotel or roomlna r house is
Pianaed. .
"Rooming houses are , rented before
there a a hole made In tha ground by th
builders said Mr. Taft "All the houses
In tha city are now ready for business.
and nearly aU are filled. Th sO-room
house, which was sold a few dsys ago.
away out at the corner of Twentieth and
Washington, ia full. When houses at
that distance' from the business center -are
Ailed It It not difficult to understand
tne situation. - I do.net Include in mv
ramarka any of tha houses In the nlgU
borhood of -the fair grounds.
"I believe th outside residence die.
rooming problem. The people who come
here will not be here for a lenathv atav-
and they wlU seek places closer Mu Th '
city la. la my opinion. up agalnat' a bard
proposition to accommodate-visitors In
the city this year. I believe there ahould
be more houses and hotels built There
will be no slump following this fair,
more serious than some decline in rental
rates oa outside rooming houses. Th
rents are bow high. A large number nf
people wlU stay in .Portland, and tha
population will increase enough to keep
values aad . business growing right
along." . ,
VICIOUS GIRL SENT - : ;
-TO MAGDALEN HOME
Myrtle Stevens waa placed In the cub.
tody of the Magdalen home thla morn,
lng by Police Judge Hogue. - Daisy Mend
hall, aged It years, who waa endeav
oring to lead her astray, waa sentenced
to pay a fine of 110. which means that
she will serve &0 daya In the city Jail.
station ornoer Flic saw tb Mend.
hall girl taking Myrtle Stevens, who Is
aged It years. Into to rooming-house at
Front and Mala streets early Sunday
morning. He placed both under arrest
for being out after hours. t
Daisy Mendhall waa arrested by Sta
tion Officer Price and Detective Hawley
last May. in order to escape punish
ment she married a carpenter living at
Champoeg. She stole her husband's car
penter tools and sold them In thla city.
AdJt. E. c. Organ, matron ef the nal ra
tion Army Rescue home, tried to Induce
the court to let her take charge of the
Mendhall girl.
'No.", aald the Judge; "you could do
her. no good, and she would corrupt
everybody at the home." -r -
. . B7ZDSMXO Ol OBXa -
. (Special Dtanateh to Th Joeraal.)
Dallas. Or, March 18. An epldemld
of grip haa been passing around among
the Dallas people. There bare been no
death so far. C. Hughs, who hss been .
so severely sick with this disease, seems
to be about the same and the attending
physician gives no .hopes of hla recovery,
Many of the Dallas cltlsens -hav had a
sever tlra of It v
SOTTS .EMULSION
We dWt pot Scott's Emul
sion in the class of advertised
cure-alls : it doesn't belong
there. We hardly like to use
the word 'cure" at all, but we
are bound to say that it can be
used for a great many troubles
with great satisfaction. Its
ipecial function is to repair
the waste of the body when
the ordinary food does not
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nourish, and tnis means that
it is ' useful in v many . cases i
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wnicn are indicated dv ;wast-
ing.
Well esad yea a mmrpit bee.
COTT SOWini, m rearl
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