The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 23, 1905, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Textw w 2 A V ' i " Ut in, y - H1Q AT-EM'-'; - - - 4 . 1 r - -. ( ... Ci7 CC:UILLC DAR ium ii A:0?.5O.COLUr.iDL.. gyjg'ai'cr: Htire VcrliTtaSfa3'-l-rCry-ic' Make wonderful speeches Render the greateet mute-01ve vent to tha keenest humor, and pour forth the beat cf averythlng the earth Asd vC rhttor'e Death Makes iCteamer Sea Foam From ; Port- 'ClxrJt cf V.'ytm!r.j Chilrmany land Crashes Into the frr r."r. Cr?-t. lr.-r::J A.c!ji Cinu'y's' He- ertmer.t frc VtSiih Re- V V ; -ill- ., - , FIGHT FAR MORE JCITTER V THAN PEOPLE IMACJNE ? : AvA3 Cr.cr ACtCClATCD v WITH 0. CHAFFEE iTakes Charge of Frcperty and f - When Sold Refuses Exe tutors Fto.'-v'..t - tapeclal Dispatch by Uw4 VW te The Jwntl) . . Denver,. April 11. That Mr Fannls , CUffn -Grant of San tMtn- nnHrM Vso-B"'from tha sale of the Kittredge i; , . ouuaing iut Thursday la due to tha gen ; , t erealtr of David H. Moffat, tha Denver -Millionaire, who -was one eCpartnex of .". ' Jerome B. Chaffee.' 4 x i ;s The organised tha V Ftret National l bank, and Banator Chaffee' waa at .pne r , ; tlma praaldant of that Institution.. Sen- , tor Chaffee Invested heavily in real aa C Tears after' the death of Senator Cnaf, ; . ia came the panic of 114. The estate j r. hd suffered reverses, and toe Kittredge .,, j oiock was aoout to Be aacrirtcsd. v r mortgage for I1S0.OOO waa held againat 'the block by the Northwestern Insurance - company and It made a demand for the : !.".', money under threat of foreclosure, -. .y David H. Moffat learned of the dlaas- , . .'ter about to overtake the daughter of ;- ifflis late partner.- He went, to tha front v ;,wlth an offer of assistance and assured cMrs. Orant that bar heritage would yet - be saved for her.-. vr-.-:-.-.- - - :2 The' notes were then taken up. ; The - -purchase price of the building Just sold i7';r$ cUy twice the old debt '"" '.-.J.' When Mr. Moffat made 'his final statement of his stewardship and asked ! to be discharged the court '"uggested , -that he had failed to present hU bill for - - executor's' fees against Kb estate. Mr. ' tMof fat's reply was:. .-. t 'f,.-i ii '"W were partners on the square when h was sllvs, and we will be partners . : ,on the square now that he Is dead. v. v"V. The executor's' fees, reckoned ef a I A- per cent basis, which Is allowed by law, .;" t would have riven Mr. Moffat mora than '..'SSA.OvS. f ' ' t , : . ' .:'''' M SAVES SIX HEfl Fishing party in Rotten Boat Is ; Swamped and Thrown Into m ' . -the Strearru Charles Pottare.' a 11-vear-old UA of til, Lorlng street, - rescued 'Six youns man from drowalnf In the Willamette driver off the foot of Eleventh atreet f yesterday afternoon.. Pottage waa row lnc alona- the shore when he saw the .boat containing the six men sink, and the snrttert tlwrfr art Thwr -were- Imen GRAVES - . V ,n .their neada . above water, and two ;': ;j r three wera atrlklnr out for the ahore. , -Voun -PotUss oeUjr, ordered throe of r them r a-, Uke, hold ' Of ''one srae ; of the . .. hoat n4 three. the. other side.,, They . , ma as airectM: and were towed to the . bent ... j - ,j '-.;-: -i The man were rllx Lesser of .this city -w.. ana. ntiiiam. Brnitn, My HarOJnc. p.. j, ShaHcroas, iadob Krutwlg - and Harry Jjavia. cesser state aner the aocldeat . that hla companions were friends of his .. ;' from nan Francisco who were spending :. -a few. months in Portland. The r desired 1 to go down the river baas fishing and - went to the foot of Eleventh street, where they rented a boat In the center of the stream they notice that tha boat waa leaking badly. They began to bail out ; the water, but" It run in faatec than they ' - could dip' It-out. . . T -s .-Vi : At this Juncture a steamer came up il Sir 'Mil IT .!!! ftfMLH thS skiff to fill so rapidly' that the oeca .' v pants saw-that H waa going t stake A- me water cam a over me gunwaie tney ' , Jumped nto the river, where they were . reiKXied by Pottage. . i . ti-".-- The young men lost all their fishing 1 ; tackle. The owier of the boat refunded .the money they bad paid for the rent Of it. ASKSrfflSCONSINTO 'AID .CENTENNIAL -...- . ' "The'' Wisconsin society of 'Portland, . Or., feels greatly humiliated at tha fall. . ura of Wisconsin to make an approprla . tlon !: the Lewis and Clark fair and ' strongly urge the passage of tha bill to be Introduced Monday by Senator Bell." -Vt , Such was the. telegram sent to Gov. ' ernor R- M. 1 Follette of "Wisconsin ' last nlxht by Jay 8. .Hamilton and John 1 Lamont by order of ' the "Wisconsin VJ society of this city. Twice before bills : providing' for an' appropriation for v axhlblt fron-lhat state have been pre ' aentsd to the legislature, but after paaa .' . Ing the senatf they were defeated i assembly. .' . ' ' riV'..Vf;'- ,' - v There was a large, attendance a( the '' , meeting of the society' last night, and , the action of the state legislature of - -Wisconsin, was .severely, criticised for - th stand taken -regarding the appro-' "V- prlation for a Lewis and Clark fair ea hlmt. ..". " : " ' - ' "; ' A paper prepared by President John K.Xollock waa read by H, U Powers, reviewing the work done by tha society - since Its organisation.- The society has directed lis greatest amount of energy ' toward securing an appropriation from " ' its slate for a Wisconsin - exhibit at .thdTair.--'---1- iBODY OF CAPT. P0VEY .'.! , . . mil 1 .., a nmtfr- -rnniv '. i. v aaii - unniar. iiua - t .. , , ' I The body of Captain Oeorge W. Po ' fey. "who died in Manila, February. 14. twill, reach Portland today and funeral (services will be-held at Finleye chapel J Monday afternoon at I o'clock. - He was 1(4 years of age and ' Is survived by n - .widow and son. beeideo two brothers. Je and David Prvay, f thiaoity..., J , .apain .povey. was well Known in L Portlsnd, wtere he had many friends. At tbe outbreak ef the war with Spat . he enlisted In the volunteer service and ., waa sent to Manila. Ha remained In ' .Manila after; peace, was restored' and Hve there until bis death, February 14. (4 He was a member of na order of .Knights of Pythias and also ef tha Bpeaih War Veterans' association. Tha ,bdy was shipped o Sent Francisco on .the t ran port Mhennsn and will arrive . here by express tomorrow. "" ' v fn l arvl-e ylll ha ecflddcted t" ' f t 1 i. r T Financial Circles Believe Object "Is to Cell big Colorado -v. Company. ii 4; (gpecial DiMtcfc by Leased Wire la Tbe Journal) Pittsburg: April II. In an .- Inspired article; the- Pittsburg ZMspatch, the or. gaa of the Wabash, publishes the following:- ' ,' , - ' t -' President Joseph t Ramsey's - retire ment from tha Wabash recalls a start ling situation. Invasion of the territory of the United States Steel .'corporation by Oeorge J. -Gould with .his Colorado Fuel eV Iron Company has resulted In such a severe boycott against tha Gould interests that tha Wabash has 1 been denied every pound of Its freight out of Pittsburg, and th corporation has prevented " Wabaah oonneotlon to make effective the tonnage- sontraet- left by Andrew: Carnegio. for consaniQtlon by those who purchased his Carnegio Steel company.' . ; ?. .-. . S.. 'Fruitless efforts to solve this prob lem have been -made by Praaldant Ram Bey, owing to Interference on the part of the Ooulds. Disoonragsd at the des perate prospect of making the Pittsburg terminal . -profitable without the corpor ation tonnage and with ether sets which urn wnnnva; invnoi imu nwniw, President-Ramsey decided to retire. There are ne personal dlffereneea be tween Gould and Ramsey. ' Hla- frlenda, however, have so embroiled him that tne Wabash s success is lmpklrea.7 : ". k ' Bedaced ' th aUssav -r'".. Soma months ago Mr. Gould, in or der to widen the field of the Colorado Fuel aV Iron company, - at the advice of Colonel P. J. H earns, formerly of Pitts burg, reduoed the ratea on the Missouri Paclf ie and ' other Gould lines to the east on iron and steel articles. In order that the Colorado company might In vade territory aa far east as Chicago. Thia rate, applied only to east bound freight and the Colorado company at once began flooding tha. territory form erly held by tha United1 States Steel cor poration. , i . -.; ' t :. , i.". ' . The steel corporation ' resented - thla. The American Steel - Wire1 company had a- rich trade in wire and wire nails of which Colonel Hea'rno desired a por tion and ho secured -It owing to the -new ratea.... . 'if . . - r ' A. rtiiil to Mr. Gould was given and' then' the traffic managers of 'the corporation, through Mr, Keffe of the American Steel sV Wire company,, their chairman, were Instructed by President Corey tJa. discontinue ,. routing - freight Over the Gould lines. TJp to that time the Goura line Included "the .Wabaah. Mlaaourlr Paclf lev Texss Paciflo'and D. eV R. '0.-iu!d had been receiving ship ments, amounting to huodrdn of thous ands or dollara a year. ,'-, a Lompl lea turns over - pipe purchased tee entirely Ignoring' expressed wishes of ine tarnegie people, served only to at bitter the. corporatlont of llciala ..against the uoum system. ,;?.-y. i s.v '"It Is declared by a corporation' official that President ' Ramsay was powerless to - prevent - thla situation, which was really created by Intimate frlenda' of Mr. ,Gould. ' -. , i r, - ... "' The, last Important act Andrew' Car negie did before be retired from V the steel business waa to sign ft . contract with Mr. Gould and Ramsay -to give tha Wabaah railroad -one . fourth of ths Carnegie Steel company tonnage In cen tral traffic territory If It would build Into Pittsburg and make connection " with the- Union rail reed. - This teenage means a,000,M0 tons of freight ft year. President Raraaay la reported to have become exasperated at the thought that ' . ' . corporation freight, although I It pos sessed . an almost Invaluable contract. Every move-he made waa frustrated. Frlenda of Mir. Gould say. that he la In rapturee over the prospect of the tonnage from Pittsburg, but that he la unwilling te concede the Colorado Fuel position.' There Is no doubt in financial Circles that. ha. das Ires taf orce the atael corporation to buy the big Colorado proposition Br and that he la playing every card with that end In view. The fight la far more bitter than people imagine.- It waa-the Pittsburg situation and not the cost of the Wabaah-PUUburg terminal I wnico lorceoj air. . jwnavy. wn. -4 . SEWING MACHINE CHARMS CHINA'S GRAND OLD LADY (Cepyrlght, - Hearst Xew Service. y Leased '--,.. Wire te Tea Jeareai. Part: April A Freneh " offlosr. who, returning from Manchuria, vlalted Peking, where he waa presented at the imperial court,, says that the dowager empress of China has been presented with an American sewing machine. Bhe Is so delighted with it that she haa de cided to order one for every lady at the court and intends to have regular sew ing bees in. the palace, to which daugh ters of. all the hla heat .Mandarine are to be Invited and try their skill on- the wonderful machines. The empress la at present even norl Interested In sewing machines than In the magnificent mausoleum which sht Is having built for herself and' on which aha. has spent nearly half ft mil lion dollars. She told ths officer that she had no Intention of dying for. seme I the splendid lines ne haa nuut into ntte-1 motion yesterday to strike out the eon burg could apt 'get ft portion' of 'thai .utational queeUon from the returns time yet and that she feels as well" as) to Mlse May Conner, a-telephone oper rver. She will continue (o bar tha actual stor employedTn the STTJames lolel of ruleV nf China, until the war between I iapen- and'RoseiS'ls ever Snd-he will then retire,-, . --s.,, ..- FOUR KILLED IN WRECK f '. mm a s asera a a ft a aasi a saasat ft. ft m a -UT lUNNtLWWINU IN s-.v. ... . v (Special Dteeatch by Uesed Wire te Tae JeorasO Chdyenne, Wyo., April XI. Engineer Nelaon. Fireman Hook, Brake man Irv ing and aa nnknown tramp wrre killed tee wrerfc atr Edeon -twnnel tnr ths Vslon Pacific. IIS miles west of Cheyenne to night, when the western" approach of ths tunnel caved la. and hurled. portion -of the-train under thousands et tons ef earth and rock. . The balance cf train was derailed. ' completely choline the long tunnel with telescoped and demo!- Relief trains. Wrecking outfits still hundreds ef laborers with steam shovels wtre hurried to the scene of the wreck from Rawlins snd LaramlS and ths tunnel ie now bain cleared. Tra Ins Will nTlnaTT to. pass for 14 soars and peeelbly not fee two days.- Passengers. ' -d , as ress will be transferred i . r t ooiuitala uatU Aha tuaael Is SAND ICUr;D FICHERIZS' LEASE REFERRED TO TAFT Government - Wl.'l Condemn the Property of Klamath Falls BUIS) i: Company, at Once (Wuhlaftoa Barea .ef Tbe Joersal.) Washington, April tl-Tbe death of Senator Piatt of Connecticut will create a vacancy in the chairmanship of the. senate Judiciary committee which Witt undoubtedly bo filled by tha selection of Senator Clark of Wyoming, who. Is tha ranking member of the committee. Thla will give the chairmanship of this com mittee, which Is one of the moat im portant In the . senate, to a western member for. the first time.,; . - , Western members of' the- sonata 'who.. are here recall that Senator Piatt baa been ft consistent friend of the west Ha was chairman of the committee on territories when Montana, .Washington, Idaho and North and South ' Dakotaa Were admitted aa states, end notwtth standlng tha decided opposition ef many eastern senators to the creating of these new states. Senator Piatt was the stead fast champion of - such legislation.? ' . - Ha also participated Prominently . In the - troublesome legislation relating to tha admission, of Utah to statehood, and on all statehood legislation acted on broad grounds and free from sectional. gm . --..--I- -i - -' - -- Senate Plait waa'also' on ef th f ew senators who did not "oppose irrigation legislation, v math Oond - Officers of the United eta tea reclama tion service have been notified 'by tbe war department that PrealdeutfHewklna of the Klamath "Falls Canal company haa made application to divert the waters .of the Klamath river for Irrigation pur poses. Reclamation service engineer have been unable to secure any satisfae torx response from the Klamath Falls company of the offer made for tha pur chase of ths .company's canal rights and improvements, and aa these stand in the way of general development. It la likely that condemnation proceedings will be taken to secure them. - i - General Mackenzie, chief of engineers, haa referred the question' of charging tbe Sand Island fisherman for seining privileges to Secretary of War Taft for settlement. The bids submitted for fish ing privileges, and the protest filed from the fishermen and others opposed to having the" government . make. charge for tbe prlvilegeajand all papers In .the case -havo .been . placed before Secretary Taft. ; Should the secretary follow precedent he will probably sub tain , the . recommendation off Major Langfltt to the ffao that; the ovam mant derive s revenue from the use ef Band Island.' It has generally , been re- th .ihir. .hou5' iThar w. ' . . w""r"iB"i. vnw.i.r w Individuals, although In some cases such charge has been, nominal. ' BRINGS STANDARD'S . MAntmiin ex a siilia A I lllKlirilS III 1 IMHwork tbey woeld be called on to do dur- aaa a was w - a w suaae Attorney General Hadlev Scores nnuuiei viwtuiy in uiv mis-. - - souri Supreme Court. (Special Mmatrh by Lraaad Wire is Tee learaal) eftTai auu--CTtyp AprltI. Trrtha T)ro- oeedlng agalnat the oil eompaalee In the supreme- court today, Attorney General I tUIUI.J .WV,W M. - . ., . . M, of the company brought the Standard's attorneys (.- to flme. Attorney Frank Hagennan of Kansas City representing the Standard agreed today to withdraw all . present objections to the Mlkeonrl antl-truat law, ths Jurisdiction . ef . the court and the sufficiency of the. Infor mation, at these objections , were set forth-lnr-the8JHwer"of ths Standard aad th. Republic companies If the at torttey. general would withdraw his mo tion. . - ;':. , t Thla the attorney general agreed to do. Aa the matter ataada under today's agreement, the defendant oompanlea have merely made specific denials as te the facta charged against them in the attorney . general's Information. . Under this arrangement the Issues of the -fact are now made tip by ths pleadings and the constitutionality of the Missouri antitrust law Is met In the pleadings. The attorneya for the Waters-Pierce company had previously filed the same kind of answer aa the attorney general today forced the Standard and Republic to file. The next step in the proceed ings will be the appointment by tbe su preme court of ft commissioner to take testimony.-...', nCaICe TUT UC Wll I ' . ' UtBltO I n nC III L.lm v VWED TELEPHONE USSIEfrf ZSS&SLiZrjS: .. , , , . i,.an j.. addition to the candidate. Ji (Speeui mepetea ay beaaea wire w Tse Mraii) New York, April t-Tha Philadel phia ' papers reported at - length today that .Thomas H. Stokes, a young so ciety man of that elty new engaged In business with tbe firm of Oeo. C. Flint A company, - 4i West ttd street, this city, wear to be married la a fsw days the -JUker city, f ' 1 Mr: Stokes tods-ynurrtedrnihari8ere was not a word of truth In the story. He said he had only 'met Miss Connor twice In his life and then merely cas- sally when lie had. to. wait in- the hotel while abe got ft number for him. ' -Thla report Is absurd." said Mr. Stokes, "and What Is more. It looks to me as If there waa malice back ef If -A (Oopyrfgkt, Hearst Hews, gervtea, by . Wire S The VIoeraaL) - Naples. April 1 1 When Kaiser WH. helm quitted the steamship Hamburg here, m -asked an -off total of ths pany If the suite which, had been spe cially atted up for his ase en the voy-l ae was to be left as It was. Ma waa told that fhe Suits would be Immediately dismantled. ' r The kaiser, sceerdlnaT to the Frankfur ter Zeltung, then aaM: rnat - -as- a great pity and will result la consid erable loss to ths steamship eompaay. I am sure, there are many Americans who would pay almost anything for the privilege of occupying the eabina and sleeping In the had which, had beea sand SCHOONER CAPSIZED ' BY FORCE OF SHOCK I No Lives Are Lost,' but Consid erable Damage Done to Vessel . I t1 Jch;WafiNot Wrecked.-' ; . :(8paeial Mspaloh te Tae fearoal,) San Francisco. April 21 The steam schooner . Bee Foam,., bound from Port land for -.this- port, collided wKh , the schooner Peia Norte off Coqwille bat last sight, and damaged tha latter so badly that abe capalsed. - . v .-, . -- Meager reporta 'received Indicate that no Uvea were tost. , The Dal Norte' a of floers and crew had a narrow escape from., drowning.- . Realising ..their .dan gerous predicament, it Is reported, they lowered a small- boat and managed fo beard th Sea Foam and will be brought -to thle city. v:. ..': '. .,.-n,' The-Del Norte la a smalt vessel bf only 97- tons net register. ;. She belongs to R. D. Hum v the Rogue . river can nery man, who operatea her down the coaat - carrying . salmon and - general freight.' The extent of the damagea sustained by the Sea Foam, If any. tiaa not been '-ascertained. , She la owned by Beadle Broa.'OX- an Francisco, ; '-The See Foam had -Sn board l9.ea feet of lumber which was supplied by the ' Portlands -Lumber company. - 6ha crossed the - Columbia, river bit C"7 Fri day morning on her maiden voyage In command of captain Miner wno came here from - the Bay - City to- assume charge of hernTha hull of the vassal waa built at Aberdeen, Washington,- and brought to Portland, where the ma chinery was installed by the Willamette Iron sV Steel Works. On her trial trip In the harbor1 the vessel gave entire sat-4 isf action and showed a speed oC.lt knots ad hour. It wag claimed that sh Is the fastest -steam eonoonsr of- har alae on the ooaat - When aha arrived at San Francisco It was tha Intention of the owners to place her ln oommlasion between. 'that port and Point Arena m-.the. lumber carrying trade, Sh- waa -also provided with apace for the accommodation of It passengera, buU no one 'but the of floors and crew were aboard of her. when aha left thla port. -, - -r . . 3 CMS AH UOUR , nOREFOItCARCRETS Portland Consolidated Practical- ''.4 ; ly Gives Th(s Advance-to y jl v Employes During Falr. - The Portland Consolidated Railway oompany's . conductors -and motormen, I uiri.hkwi . r tas m.n I eeived an ' answer Isst evening to the petition they submitted to the manage ment ft few weeks . ago asking for an Increase of cent an hour from May w wovemoer a. en acoount 01 eaaeu 1 in Ing tbe liewls and Clark exposition. The company grants an Increase of practt Mil v 1 rmnfm an Hour dtirint tha fair period. evening at the close of the .day's run. at each of tha barns. It provides for an Increase of two cents an hour, begin ning Jane 1, and continuing until Oc tober IS. At the expiration of that time a bonus amounting to one ceotjajiour win be jaia to eacn man wno has re mained In the employ tf the company and performed hla duties satisfactorily. Tbe company's statement ' explains at considerable length the . situation In which the Portland Consolidated 1 finds Itself at hl time., with large expenses for repairs and reconstruction, additional equipment necessary , to hasdls the ex position" business, end heavy expendi tures that are called for by extensions demanded by tbe public ' - - - Regarding the requeat by the men for free admission . to tbe ' exposition, the company says it is powerless to extend thla courtesy, as tbe exposition manage ment, to whom tbe request was a ubm it ted, decided that it would be unjust to admit streetcar employes free If the same privilege waa not given to em ployes of other corporations In the city. GLAFKE STATES HIS 5 PLATFORM TO VOTERS ; h iv- Candidate for Mayor Says Pres ent Laws Will Be Enforced - tis't xil He. Is Elected. CCr":' 4 Wood! awn hall was crowded last night ly the voters of the tenth ward to I bear the declaration of W. B. Olafke'a Thompson of Wedbama Kerr Bros., Charles Woodcock, W. H.-Adams and & Kmger delivered abort talks. Mr. Uiafke talked ef , the principles invoivea tn nis piatrorm ana campaign. He denied emphatically that he was machine man,- or that he had any cow. neetlon whatever with any faction. When I am alerted msroe.'' he satA T shall be. tbe mayor Of Portland, and the mayor, ef all Its people. There-shell be no discrimination, but Justice to all. "In regard to what I shall do-about reform, I can only say that I will en force every law as It stand a. Ma long as ths law' says all Saloons shall be closed between the hours of 1 o'clock a. m. and I o'clock a. sl, and that' there shall be no gambling. I will see to It that there is a chief of police who will en force, such laws. If I have to put a sew man in every month. "I snrmdeY nd pledge to anyone other than that given in my platform., and that pledge I win carry out faithfully, should I be elected." . .-, WHITE TEKPLE GAINS 1 MANY NEW MEMBERS .'';?i ,: i . y This will be a red-letter day In the history ef the White temple. ReV. J. Whltrsmh B rougher, pastor f that ehnrrh, nas announced that St persons will be baptised at todays services.' A number of ethers are expected. Most of them will be baptised at the evening service, Jlv. Brougher's evening sea men is td be ft topic, it t Vers Klecied OOaVVMBZA $7 JO eaArxoratoaTa ajtd oAjnro mm rnoMAMxa aimuii ro ' xasav; r.Tsts -' oo&vmbza' was rrasT m okajts saax. sanr awabs at-th woauv fipIlT ST. XAVJM, "1S04.V - KaU thla Ooapoft soday 1 not mwtnv.' ' OOUJPOST p XSQUUIT. -. . --:'" y. - '' . :'v . ijata.a . mw, .,,. r THE JOURNAI .--.Fifth and-TamhlU. ', T.A:sf,'-,"- 'Please send solicitor to my address' OFFER.. .'kamb -4- f0; DEER i CHECKS . Ifj IDEIR PLATES Rev.' Dr. F. B. Meyer Says Eng lish Churchss Take no i-, Brewer's Money. ROCKEFELLER'S CASH t ; i MAY NOT, BE TAINTED Eloquent British Divine Will Hold. Series of Meetings 4n Port land This Week. Rev. FV. B. Meyer, ' noted London preacher and writer, arrived last night and today will begin- a series of. meat. lngs, to continue for ft week. Dr. Meyer doea not profess to be an evangelist, bat says he la a preacher, and that ha doea hot conduct revivals but Matdena. Although, pastor ..ef the greet. Christ church. London, for many years, he has spent 'much timer In mission', work throughout ths world. - f--y "Duiing my whole life I have , felt myself- led to take up mission work,1 said he last night He haa conducted missions In India. Bormah, Syria, Jamaica, St. Petersburg ana. in many niuropean cities, ana nas visited the United States 10 times, . "I&verywhero I hsvs been," he eon tlnued. "great crowds of Christian people have attended the meetings and professed themselves greatly benefited.. ; Blnoe my recent meetings In - Los Angeles I have reoeived many letters which have given me great pleasure, because they., have stated that the result of mywerkr there hss been neepoch JwJhelalOBil uie 01 uai cuy. - 'In my meetings I do not make tbe use of cards or after-meetings, exoept, per haps, st ths close . of the mission; My addresses follow, each -other In -av plan so that the Interest leads from one on to the next like the links of ft chain. This Is say 10th . visit to. America. Perhaps ths greatest meetings I have ever attended In this country were held four years sgo In Chattanooga, Tennes see, tn Dr.- B rougher s church, wn from 1,000 to 4.000 people attended each ft week at the great Carnegie -rooms la New Tork, 'which were crowded' every night. "I say this not by way of boasting, but I am alwaye received by the Ameri cana - with great - cordiality.' Although new to thia part of the country, I will no doubt be oordlaHy received here, es pecially since I follow so closely after my rtend. Dr. Wilbur Chapman, with Whom I have been acquainted for years." 'Do yon favor the plan, ef holding re vival r was asked. , "Welt, you ask rather big question. he replied, "especially when you consid er that I have come fresh from the Welsh revival a and have seen that won derful movement that Is sprsadlng throughout Great Britain without adver tisement or without special preaching, and without the pressure,, of after-meet ings. ;- ' "I cannot but say, that I prefer that work which Is like the dawn or the ad vent of the spring to anything I havt ever seen. Wherever you cannot have that spirit I think If highly advisable to devise methods with which the people in great cities can be attired. I will de vote a whole evening, perhaps Wednes day night, to a narrative of the Walsh revival " ! )- '.',,,'-.'' 'Wheo asked whether he approved of Che action of Rev. Washington Gladden In opposing the. acceptance by -the church-of . a -glft-pff 100,00 from -John. D. Rockefeller to carry en tha work of missions, JiasaldL - L . - "I do not know enough about the Standard Oil company or John D. Rock. efeller to pees aa opinion on thla matter. I can say that In our country we refuse money from brewers sad- saloonkeepers, I do not wish to infer that Rockefeller's money Is tainted tn the same way aa theirs, hot Christian people have the light ts consider la what manner the money ts made which they accept. ' - Dr, Mayer will preach thin anomlng In the -First Congregational church. In the afternoon at 1 e'olork'he. will ad dress a meeting for men only In the Marquam theatre. ' At 1:10 o'clock be will speak to women only In the White Temple, and tonight be will apeak In the Flrat Presbyterian church. He will speak afternoon and evening every day exoept Saturday the afternoon service 111 be held in the First Frabytrlan and the evening In the White Temple, , . (aeertal ftapatt) by tesaed tfhs te Tha Jearsati Palm Beech, FU.. April I. Joaerh Jefferson is slightly ' improved, e elally aftea .having soe-t a t" Sight.' His fever Is lo rill prouucea tnrougn $ Columbia Graphophdne The satisfaction '. almost indeacrlbable. ' If yon .feel disposed to hear as little eomle opera, you can. If you want, to laugh.: yoy can. If you -want grand - opera, you can have It. 1 It you wish to hear noma good reading your ."'wish Is gratified, , AU . this end more, too, yon can -have without stir ring out f your easy chair. In your own home by means of our Special ; t offer, ; . - - . - .-' - - -. . BY SP2CIAL vwith the. Columbia Phonograph company, at III SeveaUt atreet. The . Journal la enabled to, make thla . Y ; ,,-, .v-i-:-1--- -t '; GREAT FREE OFFER, to iSc! scribcrs in Portlohd and Sufcorts Cut out the attached coupon and mall It to the office of The ' Journal, at Fifth and Tamhlll streets, and we will send our represen ' - tatlve to your home to demoaatrate and explain to you now yon can :) , - procure thla regular . . - - : , ,1 "' - . $7.50 COLUMBIA CVPHOPHOra FREE A LITTLE Y CAN CURE DEFECTS Juvenile; Court" Law . Ineffective ;,f as no -Appropriation Waa ' .' Made, for Salaries. r To large degree ths effectiveness of the Juvenile court, authorised by the legislature of lft. wUl be determined at the third annual meeting of the Oregon Prisoners' Aid society Wedneeday even ing in Unitarian, chapel. Recently It was discovered that the law creating the court waa defective in several partlculara. There la no provision for paid officers to execute the orders of the .court. .As ths law stands, tha Judge must depend on voluntary service by officers whom' he might appoint. - It la thought that, were thla defect cured, tba court might be organised In a manner to approximate the efficiency contemplated by the trant ers or tae statute. .. , Partial assurances have been " given that prevision will be made to pay the officers from funds subscribed by cltl sens. . This matter- will- be eonsidersd Wednesday evening, . when Presiding Judge. Fraser of the circuit court will advise with the members of tbe society, and. If possible, -arrangements will be made to Insure tbe financial aupport necessary to carry out the Juvenile court Idea, as It has been perfected In otber states. The program St that time will he . Address by Governor Oeorge B. Cham- Karl, In' "Oil, Mtrntm Prison." te. R W. Murphy) "Penal legislation la Oregon," Rev. Stephen 8. Wise, D. EM report of officers; election - of officers for ths coming yoer; vocal solos. Mrs. Fletcher Linn and Mrs. Anna Selkirk Morton. The ttfficers now serving are: Rev. W. 8. Gilbert,; D. D., president: Ben set tmgrrr-rtr president-and. -tiasursn Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, secretary: T.I rr.- strong. tgStJunsetTdlrsctorrXT D. - Lee,- Judge H. W. Hogus, William Wadhams, Rsv. S. S. Wlss, D. D., Alex andar Kerr. Judge 1 A. F. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Oeorge-'RuaseU. Rev. B. ' P. HHL D. X of Portland.' and R. J. Hendricks of Salem. ., . " rfc -"-.-' " EDUCATORS Vf LL BE . CHTERTAINCD Multnomah Teachers Preparing for Reception and Care of V Visitors at the-Fair Multnomah county school teacfeera ore making plana for. the reception of edu cators who -visit. tbe Lewis and Clark exposition. "" Rooms tn ' connection 4 with the Oregon educational exbiciit will be reserved and furnished, -where teachers of this' and ether statea- may, rest or meet acqoalntancea. At the meeting- of the ' Multnomah County Principals' club Friday Sight L. H. Baker of Woodstock Snd si G. Adams ef Mount Tabor were appointed on the committee . of armngsments ; The Teachers' Progress club, consisting 'of the. women teachers in the county, ap pelnud Mls Grace Cook ef Mount Ta bor, Eulah Strange of South Mount Ta bor.. Irene Hlgsiss of ' Portland. Julia 8pooner of Montavllla aadJrens Smith of Oresham. . ... City Superintendent of Schools Frank Riglet named the' following 'teacher from' the -city K schools for the coramltleef IX A..Orout, A, R-.Draper, K. J.Hadley. R. II.- Thomas, Misses Car- Use- Barneev-rFannle- Porter, . Eltar M- Brl'le. r ; t ' . 'R. F. Robinson, snperlntendent of the eduatlnnal. exhibit, will cell the commit tee together-next Saturday,, when, defi nite plana for the receptions will bo de cided, on.. - ''-?.' v . .'j.'.-: , .- , - -. mt m .ii.:.', i n i. ,. FRED BUTLER 'SCORES , X SUCCESS IN CONCERT If there was. any doubt In the mind of Fred Butler that, he had sung htm self Into the hearts of the - Portland people,' this . doubt waa dispelled last Sight when he raced crowded Bouse at the Whits Temple. Not only was ths auditorium t of . the ' White Temple crowded, but the' Sunday school room and the galleries were filled. The o Oaslon Waa - the concert given by Fred Butler, fbaaso with IV. J. W'llLar r" t. man, satiated ry 1 "rs. F1tcher l.lnn, S"pran. s-1 f v ' I " r v let, v I '. v -, I t. I the posseeslon Of one of these mschtnes Is AWtAKCOfcOriT VVI UIVU UllaLrlltvl CITY : FRArXDIS Plain Charges of Bribery Mada vj m si mi ,v btid - UTJisrs - 'j -;i Against City Officials. " HONEST MAYOR COULD SAVE PEOPLE VAST CUM Officers of Municipality, Said to ' Have Been Members cf n ( ; v Contracting Firms. 7 ? .y The open and direct charges mads tw irrA T. if.eein. in printed lest evening In Ths Journal, that there haa been extensive corruption la the city government In the past five years, has stirred" intense interest In further Investigation of ; these altered irregularities. Mr. Merrills charges were ao direct that they were almost an exact specification of the character ef certain alleged deals that have been carried through by persona who Bought official fsvors and who wore willing to pay. for them, , . Merrill's allegation In. one particular, la that contractora doing elty atreet wek . have systematically paid 40 to 10 cents a yard of graft to officials juiitiuiana, ana ui i iijs grail nas cost the taxpayers vast sums of money. He said hs had compared Portland prices for crushed rock work with those charged In Seattle, and that the great excess of the Portland figures waa ex plainable only by the charge that he fnadethat the- motuv had been sell to. officials and - W A' corruption fund that had been ao greet tnat Merrill stated that he conld guarantee that a mayor could effect a saving of $t(W00 annually. , Other Jobs Snekam Of. The ebargea made by District At tor sew Manning against Councilman Rum elln that ha offered to bribe William C. Elliott, then city engineer, for aa ad verse report of ths 161.000 bid of J. J. Maney on the Marquam gulch biide contractcoupled with Councilman Mir- Mire remarkable wBii.BKuons. have brought .out further stories connectlns city officials with still other tallesed Jobs that reflect ssiiously on ths Integ rity of members of the city eounoU. According to statements that were made laat evening by men who chUmed to have proof of their allegations, tha past three yea ra have witnessed a vir tual carnival of corruption that, once It baa been uncovered, will enable the representatives of tbe stats of Oregon tn rival Prosecuting Attorney Folk of St, Louis In a record of convictions. . ft Is alleged that certain prominent attaches of the city government have been members of firms .of contractors. covering their Identity, however, by op erating through others, and have taJn contracts i for the performance of crty work , at figures ; constituting! robbery of the taxpayera and property owners, f Killed rreaeaise for MeeAy. ; V In the. matter ; of letting and killing franchisee, according to : statrmests made last nlsht. there haa been aa ooen-' neea and persistency tn demanding and receiving considerations contrary to fhe statutes 'that"? If proved - will place in unenviable situations tboss whs are ao eused. ' .- '- ' - . ' .' - " v One job of which -1 have personal khowledge," Said a rltisen. "was the payment of a -total or $10,000 ta m'n-bars- of tin oounctl'as a- conatderatiun for the killing of a certain f ranol 'ee. Tli. namrerm nndarSfnndiajr at that t ' among those who' were Interested ' that the . franchise wad killed by Me payment of 'tbe I10.00S- to sis' memWs of the' council, end the charge was a a that .one of the members . bandied t sack, and distributed ths money ts t a others.'" . t -.' ,'V, -- , ' . t , Tha flrat' or port unity the people. I have to hear flaal presentations by t e prosecution sgsmot slleged city g 't ers wilt-be In ths trial ef B. M. K -r May 10. This csae, Charging ehtinf monjrfrom the city by raise pre. In connection with the Tenner cr. i sewer scandal. wlU lay hare faeta, i It Is claimed, that will throw c I the methods that nave been emr-iof I and enable the better understaiMlm j r " the sltustlon cf which so much 1 been beard. The prosecution, says I the evidence Is abundant to j. eve i chargsa :-t If" y kaiser. , ,.,v .. .... te be a LtUs gjx.. .j. I 1 '