The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 21, 1905, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextGOOD, R0AD5 MAKERS; ! ...... . Vje - WW I ll'TtlT UN AiNiNUAL MttlUNli MtmbFfiof the Association Gather From Air Parts of the United ' ; States and Will Devote S11m to the Question of i , , Better Highways .in Oregon. ' SECRETARY'S REPORT SHOWS HEALTHY CONDITION . Leading Engineers of, the Government's Bureau Will Present r r Views and Results of Investigations .That WjlTBe of - . Great'Servlce to Builders iHere. . " tclock thl afternoon I Caprlo '"'"wmtorlum on .h expo.l- tlon ground,-aa th opening i.uu. of the program of the fifth annual con sent Ion of the NattOnarOood-Road as sociation, which until Saturday evening will hear preached tha gonpel of Im ',.'. proved hlghwaye. Men eminent In the . movement that 1 rapidly galnlivg pres tige ai an lssunational In ecopo are here to asaisi in me.w"ra v. - "'; president of the aasoclatlon; R. w. '' director of the office of public roadi In quiry, Cntted States government; James W. Abbott, one 01 in (uywuiurui., mail valued road experts; E. I Power. .euiior vi iu """" - - , . , A. Randall, secretary of the National Brlckmakers' association: R- D. Chapin, chairman of-the road committee of the National Automobile aasoclatlon; Oeorge W. Cooley. president of tha Minnesota Gond-Roads association; John W. Scott, president of the Oregon Oood-Roada as sociation: Fran E. Baldwin, atereoptl coa expert and lecturer on good roads; T. P. , Rlxey, organiser for the national association, and scores of others of na tional and state fame. ' ----- Owing to- radical differences between . members of tha association over policy, some warm debates are looked for. Tha policy-of the association- will be . In a measure called Into question 'and de mands will be made for - alterations such as -"-will "make the plans to eon form to what the reformers believe will be necessary to make the organisa tion accomplish its mission. "' ' Sukjeota for Discussion. . -f -' It la hinted that the operation of ood - a - ininb win H nrmnsed. the or- ' ponents contending that in other ways the doctrine or improve niuwj. vm ... hatter he established,- - . . .- Discussion . will ' ensue when the Brownlow bill, introduced .by A member noirui from Tennessee, la offered for indorsement, although the funda '" mental proposition underlying the meas- ore national aid for roads will not be opposed by any member of the asso ciation. While this principle will be - :pupported," It may " be "' thai thla Ind - other similar measures may be voted not exactly Ideal in form, and amendments ma v be suggested. "T Every visitor who' expressej "an dplB-4- ion- en the- ubject. however... -wraorsea chit 1. W. Abbott andR. W. Wleatara - ! . n 8uuq mm ins uuimvi v . n roads propaganda national - aid. - stat aid and the adoption of what has bees madii!tnr governing Idea In the state ' laws of Massachusetts, New Tork. New Jersey nd Connecticut, where runda ar created liV the common wealtha, access tn which la nosslble only by the county : "appropriating a certain 'proportion of .tha coat of the road to be bullVtfhd lhs county funds may be- secured Only by the township subdivlslonthereof paying - Its share of the cost. . - ' ' (too Soads Matte of Xduoatlosv. . . mil 1 1 . mi lii m I Mv ha Hnn. In a W.n locality through organised effort. Mra. Caroline Olney of California will ex--plain how aha promoted the El Cam I no XI I mil nrnlurt far an Imnrnved hlah- way. from San Dftgo to Salona de ASSOCIATE ALUMNI HOLDS ITS MEETING Pacific University Exercises!eld - in Marsh Hall at Forest ... Grove. ; ' j . . T - (Special DIapatcfe to Tba Jwaall V--Forest Grore. Or.. Juh-ii. The AtBO. elate Alumni of -Pacifie university held its annual meeting last night In Marsh, hall. -Thar program, .open to the public, was n i 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ti j" Tf " P" ' '1, of Salt Lake- City, who haa spent two years In one of the ladies' aeflri narlea of the eaat., Her paper was on William Butler Gatea. a noted Irish writer of the Folk Lore. An addreas by Horace Ramsey. '. on the "American Heresy." Mr. Ramsey gave an account of hia experiences in Germany and how the Germane felt toward Americana, "saying that, the American- heresy waa "chasing tha almighty dollar." Soloa by M. O. Lnwnsdale. an old atudent of Pa cific. The-regular alumni banquet was served after the program. Th. truateea hrtri their regular meet ing In the forenoon, - President ' Ferrln presiding. The following trusteeswere . Rresent: Rev. E. ,fc?rH6ue...Mtlton W "Smith, F: -M. Warren "and Napoleon v Davis of Portland; Stephen A. Lowell, ' Pendleton: Rev..-Myron Eells, D. D.. Twana. Washington; Rev. C. F. Cla'p and Hon. Alanson Hlnmsn . of Forest Orove. ' ' - The regular academy exercises were held yesterday afternoon. Nine of the students were ushered into real college life. Al-very Interesting program was given, each member taking some phase , of tha book - Romola. The graduates - were: Misses Ruby Hid. Grace Connell Helen Chandler. Caroline Brown. Pear Peterson, snd BamueLXawrenre, Robert Imley, Jsmes Ward and Harry Hum phreys, - - i . FOGERTY'S ASSAILANT - - HELD TO GRAND JURY IS- Charles H. Howe, - tha Southern Pa rtne brakeman who shot young Albert Togerty at. Jerwilllger park because he waa out late with his it-year-old daugh Ver. was held to the grand jury this afternoon by Police Judge Hogue In bonds of $i00 for assault with a dan geroua weapon. r Howe admitted that he had done the ghoollng, saying that--when hecame upon the scene young Fogerty and an other hoy, named Verne Elkon, fled. ... 11 shot twloa at Fogerty, the second . ball striking him In the left- aide. Howe's lawyers endeavored t aa?r him ii a technicality, atattng that while k'he shot at Fogerty, the complaint ac cused him Of shooting at Elkon. Preferred Oaanad wooda. "Allea A Lewis' Best .Brand. , a - 7- THE Sonoma, along the rout followed by the Dominican fathers In travail ng from mission to mission llltflarl7 d.y. -We are simply educating the people, said Mr, Abbott, "and striving to create a demand for good roads. When the de mand haa been created, hen cornea the application of correct methods of roa m.itinr and "tha-demonstration of hot good roada should be built In a given lo-- ..1Kb ' . Close to the auditorium . where the conventlow-meeta 1s. a macadam toad, with aecttone showing the methods em ployed by the government,' and thla will be used as - an object-lesson - forthe delegates. When the convention waa called to order thla afternoon.. Rev Stephen 8. Wise gave the Invocation, Attoaney General A. M. Crawford, as the special representative of Governor Chamberlain, welcomed the delegates on behalf -at the state of Oregon. Mayor Wllllama offered the hospitality of the city, J. M. Thatcher, vice-president "of the Com mercial clubr""W. D. Wheelwright for the chamber of commerce, O. W. Allen for the board of trad and R. J. Holmes for -the Manufacturers' Association of the- Northwest, delivered addressee of welcome, and Prealdent Moore of the National aasoclatlon responded fol lowed by A. S. Mann. Vice-president of the aasoclatlon. The annual report of Secretary Rlchardaon was made, cotn mttteea were appointed and the conven tion adjourned to Inspect the exposition. -" Wort to Tomorrow.' j '.: - Hundreda of delegatea are here from all parts of the Pacific northwest and good roada enthusiasts from all 'states In the union. nd from Canada. - " " The aeaslons tomorrow begin at' 10 o'clock In the forenoon, when Martin Dodge will give an addresa of "What the Government Is Doing for Roads,'! President Scott of the Oregon associa tion will apeak on 'The Public Roads or vreann, a. jnvmiv m uio m-n-tle "chamber of ' commerce en "Good Roada and Good Business,", nj Ellery of California on "Tha Road System of Cal ifornia," William Jasper Kerr, LI" p., of Utah on "Good Roada for Colleges and Schools, Jamea Wlthycombe of tha Oregon Agricultural college on "Good Roada av - Factor In- Progreastve Agriculture" and Jamea W. Abbott on "Trans-Continental Hlghwaya." The committee to nominate officers for the coming year-will be -appolntedr : In the afternoon De Witt - W.. Smith wfll apeak on "The Road Movement In - .,...": - t.-.,.. .m-i vlct Labor Vnder the Trusty arid Re ward System." Judge L. R. Webster of this county on .'The Use of Convict Labor and County Prisoners on Public Road Work."; George. .W.'.Gooley --on ''Practical Road' Construction." Profes sor -T.o C Young of the University of Oregon on "Road Legislation,'.' E. L. Powers -of the Good Roads Magszlmr onThe Press and thR6ads7'ChBrles G. Canneld -on "Taxation for Roads," and H. B. Thlelsen of the Oregon aaso clatlon on 'The Roads of Germany." A resolutions committee will also be named tomorrow, whose - report will cause Interesting debate. Officers will be elected Friday. 8aturrt- will be Good Road day at the exposition, when appropriate exer. rises will be held. T T HOOD RIVER WATER BONDS FAIL TO CARRY Nine' Votes Short of Required Number and Another Elec- tion Will Be Held. (Special Oaipatck t"TmrJonraU Hood River, Or., June 21. The bond election held- here yesterday for a new water system foj Hood River,, calling ror xne lasuanre or tnj.vvj nrai rnorr gAge bolide, resulted lri'a lallUf 6f Ifii bond proposition' t(f carry, the vote be tng 90 for and (4 against, being nine short of the requisite two thirds vote. Considerable opposition to the proposed bond IsMU waa aroused on account of the fact that the money could not be used for any purpose r except for con structing new system, thus eliminat ing the possibility of acquiring ihe pres ent wator system. . .- The city council: has called another election1 to vote bonds for waterworks on July 14, In which proposition some of th obJecttonble-ieBture-B,re ollm. Inated. :- ' ' " ACT AS ESCORT FOR CONGRESSIONAL PARTY . A delegation of Portland business men, composed of E. M. Brafinlck. A. H, Devers and A. King Wilson, left this morning In th private car of General Manager J. P. O'Brle of the Oregon Railroad Navigation company, accom panytng Senator C. W.- Fulton to Ar cada to meat th congressional p.rty en route here to Investigate Irrigation. The congressional party Includes mem bers of the house and senate committee on Irrigation. " They will make a brief Inspection of the attuatlon in thie state and- hear reports from men who are In charge of these matters. An effort will be- made to prolong their visit to two days The party-will arrive In Portland Junens;ntrrimoilAlng train of the O. R. A N.. and will b taken to the exposition grounds, where a. luncheon will be given JheTm at I o'clock byey po sition orncisia. MATTHIAS POBSt DIES - INJOWA HOSPITAL (SpeHil Dtopetra te The loarnal.) ""Baker City, Or.. June 21. Mat thla Pnbst, for 10 years a resident of-Baker City, died yesterday at a hospital In Keokuk. lows. He was visiting', hi daughter at Milton, Iowa, when hei wa attacked with a sever throat trouble, which resulted quickly In his death. He was 12 years of age and. one of Ore gon most respected - pioneers. H leavea alx children all of whom resld tn Baker City. H will b burled In i in we J Iowa. OREGON DAILY :JOURNa, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE .21; IDENTITY OF WRECK . VICTIM DISCLOSED Clara Howard Is Mpntavilta'Girl - Who Was Hurt Monday Night In Auto Accident. REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS FOR A TIME TODAY Her Condition Still Serious as Is , Allen's '-- Chauffeur Says f Buggy Was on Wrong Side. ' Clara Howard la the name of the girl Injured Monday night In an automobile ...M.ni ' nr j ha Twelve-Mile" house. on the Baae Line road. She la aged It and haa-been living at Monta-lbera against GeorgjLaJ)ou;ay4hvnd-lTtrrf har1n; In the profits sna fiaa w-n """" . -.,.-st .;rw ,r- "Tv... th.t it in. I tha wllna fnnatruption comnanv do- vaara. and haa- been 1 rttla. Tlie-flrr l dellrtoor-ag tne result of her Injuries, ner rigm arm j broken and aha may be hurt Internally. She alao haa a number of abrasjona on her facet' ,' " ' ' - " "" "" ' ' ' ' Fred R. Allen ' recovered - conscious nesa last night t-B. yincen'e hospital, bnt his mind Is temporarily clouded. So far the physician bgyebeed' unable to discover a fracture of 'the skull. and the opinion la expressed . that . y hless spinal meningitis develops he has good chance of recovery. His delirium may-continue for several daya. H. Buckley, whoae buggy waa smashed by the collision with the auto mobile, came to town .yesterday after noon to learn who owned , the machine, lie asserts that unless he Is paid for his buggy, which, was purchased only a week ago. he wllfjlnstltute-ault -for damages,- "Sketch" Davla, the cnaurreur, as serts that Buckley has only himself to blsme for tha smashup. aa he waa on the wrong aide of the rqad when the ac cident occurred. Hla etatement la. cor roborated by .that of 8. 8. Baldwin, the chauffeur of an automobile behind the buggy and traveling In tha same direc tion. v - , Davis has a broken -llmo. - a badly scratched face, a bruised shoulder and one eve Is completely closed.. - Madge Grant, the other girl in the automobile, waa the only member of the party not injured. She called at 107V Stark street, where Miss Howard was first taken yesterday, morning, then dis appeared. . '""'".. MISS ILER DRAGGED " - -, BY CAR AND INJURED Miss Eva Her. aji employe of the Crown Millinery .company, waa dragged by a Morrison street car yesterday afternoon ' for -half a block and ywae finally thrown to the pavement. She waa taken to an office at S60 Morrison street and later to an adjoining drug store, where Dr. Aaron Tilser attended her. ,. Miss Her- face, right-arm and left hand were bruised, and though no bones were broken- -.multltu.dsof contusions and bruises were left as .tokens of her gparjanca. ,.,,.,. She states that the car started -suddenly when she had hold of the hand rail- and -that she -clung to-it thinking the ' car would atoptuitpefcfre. she could let go the car had gained a good rate of speed. In -falling she rolled almost -directly under the .hoofs of a passing vt earn. 6hwaableJtogO-J;o her home later. . . MUST PAY ANNUAL - " LICENSE OF PEDDLER (Special DUpatch to The Journal.) Salem, June " 21. Attorney-General Crawford rendered-aa opinion yesterday at tha request of a carriage manufac turer of Lane county in which he holds that If a, carriage maker trails hi car riages over the country to sell them he must pay the annual license fee required under the. act of 1905 concerning ped dlers The man who asked tha question also makes organs snd desires to peddle them. - Mr. Crawford held that the or gans -could be peddled without a llcens for such artlclea are not mentioned In the act. The attorney-general holds that th act of 1906 repeals all previous acta on the . same subject and-that no ped dlers' licenses -eed be paid except for the purpose mentioned In this act. ; V BAKER CITY YOUTHS - ACQUITTED BY JURY (Spoclal Dli patch to Tb Journal.) . Baker City, Or.," June 21. At the close of J-lHrar1f1Jl," Guy Weatcoot Ittad by the Jul J BfUf'fj M. minutes" delibrstUjnr: On "motion of the district attorney " yesterday . afternoon William Smith. Indicted for a similar offense, waa discharged.' - This ia the Case In which two young men enticed two girl under the age of It years Into a lodging-house snd detained them over night. The youthfulnesa of the boys Is aft that saved them.. .the girls presenting a pitiful alght in court, neither appear ing more than .a -child. . UTAH JOURNALISTS - -COME TO SEE THE FAIfJ ' The members of the Utah Press asso ciation and their wives arrived at t o'clock thla. morning Jo see the Lewie and Clark-exposition. . . - - They wer met at the I nlon station by members' ot. the exposition general press bureau and welcomed to the west em world" fair city.' Th Vtah visitor 111 enjoy the exposition all week. , The members of the California Pre association will arrive In a special train at 7:10 o'clock Thursday morning to spend several days In Portlsnd Visiting the Lewis and Clark exposition. PERCY MORGAN HERE - ON A PLEASURE TRIP Percy Morgan of San Franclaco, di rector In tfie ITnlted '. States . JattrmaI bank "of Portland arM relative of J. C. Alnsworth. Its. president. Is In the city for a fortnight' visit. Mr.-Morgan ia president of the California Wine asso ciation andn -important member of the financial community at San Francisco. He Is here for the purpose of. seeing the exposition leisurely sad ahoroughly, and says that hundreds of .Callornlans have' planned similar visits for th sum mer H-ws a. guest today at an" In- I formal luncheon. -atlha Arlington chibr IMPERIAL SHRINE TOU MEET IN LOS ANGELES ' (Joarsal Bpeil gerflee.l Loa Anaeles. June II. A telegrsm re clvd from Niagara rails' announces that next year tb. Imperial 8hrin will meet her In My. Th Fiesta de Lo Flore wUl b rvlv4 lot th atirlnara. GAY PAREE TCO ; ; CAY FOR TRAIL Owners of Other Shows Protest .'Against Disgusting Exhibition as It Condemns Entire Fair. ' BLATANT INDECENCY . SICKENS THE VISITORS Fair Management Does Nothing Despite . United Complaints Teachers Warn People. Although th aasoclatlon Of cpnoesston.- ariee at the exposition . exercises- a atlek-together" policy, there la a strong undercurrent of feeling among its mem- Pareer "bajred on . tha fact that it in- Jureer the business of other attractions on the Trail: It la so altuated that It ia encountered early by patrona of the amusement bridge. Th "barker' drags some Into, the show with- hi oily spiel, and . every time the door is opened a group of hirelings standing behind it applaqd madly, giving th impression to thos on th outside that enthusiasm is rampant, within. - - --- Flv minutes of th ahow la enough to disgust any spectator, and he come out "knocking" tha-Trall and, for that mat ter, th. whole fair. - On experience be ing enough, concessionaires ar com plaining that th visitors do not Invest In the attraction that ar "really worthy. , School . teachers 'of Portland have taken up th subject. and ar adviaing their pupils which of th ahowg to see. "Gay Parse" Is strongly condemned by them. - It Is classed aa a skln-gSme, pure and aimple, and the great wonder la that th officials of th exposition will allow It to continue In th face of the many vigorous protests that hav eached President Good. A great many children find their way Into the place, boy and girla being lured by th repre sentations of th '"barker" that It ia a 'spicy" entertainment. - Aa a matter of, fact, there Is nothing "spicy" about It. There is one disgust ing feature atrong enough to- nauseate the most, hardened variety ahow patron performed by a woman .whose appear ance 1 sufficient to Indicate that ahe can make a living in no other way. The whole program Is crude, uninteresting and insulting) to the Intelligence of fair patrona. ' The show depend solely upon Its name to mulct visitors. -That It la In the 26-eent clasa la adding Insult to Injury: MADAME HUFF DID NOT TARRY LONG Is Released by Circuit Judge and Hurries Away in Timfc-to.Es-- , cape New Warrant. ' --- Ten minutes after Maflame . Iteglnal Huff had -tucked Up . her , skirt .and dashed' out of the circuit court room, a free woman, thia morning, a telegraphic warrant to arrest her as a fugitive from Juatlce wa received by- Chief of Potic Hunt from Chief ot Folic Ilodgklns of. Oakland, California.' Mrs. Huff' seemed to have' a premonition that aha would be wanted, for sh secreted her self aa soon aa aha got out ot view and could not be found- by th police. ----- " Madame Huff was arrested last Fri day .jn i, telegraphic Information from OaklanU charging her with the larceny of 11.000 tn money and Jewels from Mrs. Clara Stearns of that city. Madame Huff was a clairvoyant, and Mrs. Stearns was one of her patrona. The money and jewels. It 1 said, were Intrusted to Madame Hud and aha left Oakland; later. When she was arrested in. Portland ahe turned this property over to the police. She was held In custody without any charge -against her and yesterday ahe sought to gain her freedom through habeas corpus proceedings. 'Her applica tion for k writ' against Chief Hunt was heard before Circuit Judga . Fraaer thla morning, " llunt waa not present, but Btatlon Officer Quintan, who represented him, said that no charge against Madam Huff had been entered at the city Jail. LDeputyDlHLrlnt Attorney Adams said no charge had been presented to him and he knew;J)Othlng about the case. -Then." said Judge Fraxer, "the pris oner Is- discharged from custody- t- 1 Madame j Ifutt d Mjiot -wait forany flitted from th courtroom and before the Brat spectator had reached the dodr ahe was descending the atairs at A rapid rate. SOME ONE CAVE POST STOLEN PROPERTY Remarkable Defense of a Man Charged With Larceny Who pleads Guilty. That J.- L. Post happened to be In the vicinity of the residence of A. R Hacker when It was robbed on tha night of May 6, and that he happened to be in pos session of the watch and chain belong ing to Hacker when ce was-arrested a few days later are facts' which his at torney, B. 8. Pague, contends are not proof that h 1 guilty of larceny from a dwelling. Poet wa - arraigned before Judge Fraxer this mornlnr on the Indictment charging him with the larceny ofth watch and chain rom the Hacker resWi dene. Mr. Pague said he could prov that Post a presence In the neighborhood on the night of the burglary wa due to iaccldent. He had been, sent out there on an errand, and waa In no. way con nected with the crime; le came Into" possession ot ine waien ana ine cnain that -made or the tinlr , HarKer wife In some wsy unknown to the attorney. The watch and chain, Mr. Pague said are in the possession of another per son or ar hidden In Portland. Th at torney hoped to be able to recover them and to return them to th owner within a week. -, . ' The argument tended to show that Post had been the tool of others, who gal, hlm-to-stand In Ih vicinity 'of th Hacker- .residence at West and Tabor avenue on th night of therohbry and to wear th watch and chain when they round officer were on their track. Pague ndmltted that If the case went to trial post would have a poor show of escaping conviction and Post pleaded guilty. The ...attorney requested the court to postpone' sentence until , he could recover and return the booty, an art which would tend lo mltigat th on ens. CKIL DEOnCES LAST GRAND JURY Says Body Was at Fay It in Crit. icism of Sharkey Who Is ' j .',.;. V;'Above lt.r,! '-' COMMITTEE SAYS FELLOW ' MEMBER IS QUITE PURE Allegation That Charges Against ' . Him Were Apparently Made ' for Political Purposes. " Councilman Zimmerman, Bentley and Whiting, the special commute ap DOlnted to lnveatigate charges : mad against Councilman Sharkey, acouaed by of th Wile Construction company do ing work for the city, exonerated . thepW,r1,rl,j vndlcate accused in their finding aa the result orfjorlty ofxJew York th Investigation recently neid ana -ae-verely criticised th grand Jury. Th report waa filed In the city council thl afternoon. - ' T Th report atatea that to finding of the' grand -Jury as regards the official misconduct on the part of -Councilman Sharkey la false In fact and was appar ently made by the grand Jury or their advisor for political purposes on the eve of the election at which Sharkey waa a candidate for reelection. The high office of the grand jury was used to malign a cltlsen In a report not-authorised by statute, and was debaaed for a personal partisan and political purpose. The commitee found that Sharkey waa not a member, of the Wtlea Conet ruction company, neither did ha ever share in the profits of th company. - NOT ENOUGH CARS FOR FAIR CROWDS California People Are Unable to 7 Secure Accommodations on North-Bound Trains.. A conaiderabl number of California visitors to Portland and th fair ar being lost, it I reported, by reaaon of inadequate aleeplng. xat facilities at th San Franclaco end of the route. The rumor Is tha"t aoutherh . California po p4 .who want' to com, to Pprtlandon tb night train of the Southern Pacific are obliged to wait from five t ten day before they ean get reservation. 'This' condition ought to b remedied. If possible, by the railroad company," said Secretary W. A. Mears of th Job bers' association, to" whom ' complaints hav been made by California friends, "I understand that nearly every one who cornea to th fair from San Tran Cisco prefers th night trip, and that a a result the Southern Pacific's 'over land morning train leave practically without - passengers - from that city. Whll .this I Very trying to. the "com pany's patience, . It - la Impossible to change pabllc "preference lp, these mat ters. If the people who want" to come to Portland ..cannot, coma at- tho-tim they aelect, they will not-come at all It seems that th better way to"do for th railroad company, as well a for th exposition, would b to Increaae the sleeping car accommodation on ..the night .train out of San Franclaco. I think .the matter ahould be taken up by Mr. Fee."' r ' . Complaints Tiave also been heard from point on the O. R. Ac N. line by people who claim tha company I not giving adequate-accommodation for .local busi ness... Mr. -Meara . saya If persona who hav real grievances will furnish him with, specif lo Instances whert people have failed to get accommodation on trains ho will bring the question in due form to the attention of local officials of the railroad. - v PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF HOAR (Journal Bptctal SrTle. Worcester, Maaa.. June 21. As an in troduction to hla .commencement address th president paid high tribute and compliment to theservtceirbT Carroll' IJ. Wright anty1 to4fc memory, of Senator Hoar, who waa" chairman of the uni versity board of trustees and, speaking to the studehla. the president said frnt "r "-,'' r" ' carry-your own welghti-jron cant -do anything for humanity until you can support yourself. I hop some day to aee certain readjustment of rcwarda. At present there ia too much reward for a certain class of financiers and too lit tie to the atudents and teachers. ' I hope to seo the coming, of peace between nations. Industrial as well 'as military, but what la wanted is peace with Justice. Put Justice first. It. will generally lead. to peace, but follow.lt wherever It leads." Th president wag driven to Holy Cross college, -where--hei made.., brief address to 4h students and then "took lunch at'- th home - of Congressman KtrekworHttoaTrndtt-o'clock left for Wllllamstown, where h wlll'remalu over night. . .. ' BOWERS TO ASSIST . TE AMERICAN INN H. C. Bower, manager of th Hotel Portland, was "- selected -today by th stock and bond holder of th American Inn to lend his Influence toward making that Institution a success. For som lima the local aentlemen who. ar in tested in the inn have been after Mr. Bowers, and the final papera wer ar ran ceit at noon -today. Mr. Bower intends to hav a,. full hand to give concert afternoon and evening on the lawn In front of the Inn. He will direct th overflow at tb Port land to the Inn and also hav th large banqueta held there. ' ' Senator Back la artl. The temer SensTor, of the Paclffc Coast 8temshto Company's fleets ar rived in Seattle thla afternoon, th first of this seasons ship to return from Nome. She V "th Puget sound Jun 1 with a full Trgi of freight nd a big paschgcrllt, nnd wa th flrt teamer Trom thoa'nlted Statea to reach Alaska this season. The voyage wa made In remarkably, quick tlmjj. . . " Crashed jr X.of. ' , , " itmlil lilnpatrh t The Journal) ColvlUe,' Wash., Jun tl Henry Vert, a wll-known farmer, wbrf lived west of here, waa found by hi wife, crushed to death by a rolling log.- Just how the log csme to roll on hlnl .Is a mystery. Tb bod!r;wim badly erushsd. H leave 1 widow and loar children. : - . UCS. OEPEfiCEOTS TO FORM NEV TRUST Present Theatrical Syndicate to ,Be Fought by Contem- plated Combine. TO OPERATE DURING THE COMINQ SEASON Mrs. Fiske Expresses Satisfaction l;'--but Has "Received No I , -! Information. ' "' - . (Joaraal aVdal eteliM.t '" New Tork. Jun 21.--A rival theatrical truat haa made lta appearance. It la announced that-Davtor-Belaacor L -Shu bert and Harrison Orey Flak hav com pleted plana, tr so" alliance to fight tha that includes a ma- managers, with prac tical control of the theatres of the United States. , , " Th naw syndicate will operat dur ing the coming theatrical aon. They will divide booking, and whll each manager will retain 'direct management of the. theatres In which he haa control, all will hav an effective working al liance by which discrimination by th trust can be fought. " In a short time th triumvirate or antl-truat manager will publish it plan and a etatement to the public which will benefit by lta action. -They rely on extensive publicity to acquaint" theatr-goers of the-country ' with the methods of the theatrical syndicate and th atruggl of tb Independent to pre sent; naw attraction. Whin Mra. Flak waa . shown th abov message ahe eapressed-eatiafao-tlon. . -!'I hafe received no Information on the subject." sh said "If. however, the report I true I think thflujlllanc described would "p of great benefit to the theatre of this country." She thought it extremely likely mat auch an aUlanoe should hav mad It appearance, for doubtless Shubert, who ha heretofore been ideniinea wun in trust ha been building theatre and ar. ranging counter attractions for.. Just such aft -action. -There la A report that hla attraction of which h ha lx or even beside his theatres in various cities hav not been given proper at tention by the trust and that thia na precipitated the -break. With Blaaco"a theatre and Flake's Manhattan theatr besides th dramatic paper of whioh he ia editor, th combination .should be a strong one. Is her opinlon. .-, . . KR1BS ON STAND IDENTIFIES LETTERS SBBBBBVBSMBBSBJgsaJBV Correspondence of Mitchell and Tanner' Regarding Land Claims Before Jury. At the afternoon eslon--of Senator Mitchell'- trial In .connection with .th land fraud cases Frederick .A,., Krib continued hla testimony. ; l- - Krlbs wa permitted to state that tne MOO more than the IM0 due Mitchell Tanner as first payment waa for John Van Zante, aa attorney fee and expense In, getting affidavit In regard to these land "There was-an examination mad of most of these clanms by th . govern ment," said Krlba. "X government Jigent. Stratford by name, wa hunting ilp the different claim and wa taking am davits In- support of th entrie." ' District Attorney Heney said he pro posed to show thst th firm of Mitch ell ft. Tanner, was employed to attend to this matter, and Van Zante waa merely Bent by them to get the affidavits. The court held that the wltnes hd testi fied M to" What purpoa. the 100 had been paid, but that the main point wa that th,500 went to the defendant The next question were regarding th second letter wrlten from th Mitchell A Tanner offlc regarding 40 elatma to be exoedited for Krlbs. Thla wss signed bv A. H. Tanner and waa on the firm' Iptterhrad. """ A third communication "wa th ub Ject of th next Inoiipjy. Krlb teatlfied that in February. 11. he -entefed Into another agreemenfwltb Mitchell ft Ten ner ldexieaitmne 16 a lotor claim, In which" list wss th laim of Stephen A. D. Puter. Wllnes said h wa ' to pay 11.000 for thla work, t&OO down and 1600 upon securing patent. Tnrienef written oyjuage l anner to Senator-Mrrchett 1rr regard to JhhT"WoTk waa after the latter hd gone to Wash ington, and waa substantially as fol lows: . ' - ----'' - "I am anxious, In the Interest of a client here,.- to ascertain tha present statue of the; following timber entries tn the Roseburg land district, of Ore gon. Would you kindly call upon th honorable commissioner of the general land office for Information, and forward th earn to me when furnished?" - A list of the lands Included in-thla. In the letter. ; ; .. NEW-PRESIDEJITFO M'MINNVILLE COLLEGE ."I,. .. ... - - . (Rpeclat Dispatch to The Joaraak) McMlnnvllle, Or., June tl. A meetv ing of the trustees-of McMlnnvlll col lege was'"hld yesterday, when a new president wa. elected, to aucceed Presi dent A.' M. Brumbach. he having re signed to take ther. ohalr of chemistry In lenver university, Qrahvllle.""Ohlo. Th newly elected president I Rev. K. B. Meredith, D. D ofjQltawa, Kama. He wa for 10 years president of Sioux Falls university. Bout a Dakota,, and la now general secretary of th Kansaa Baptist state convention. To aecur him for the presidency of McMlnnvllle col lege th trustees msd a generous ad vance In salary. Th announcement of hi election wa greeted by th atudent with prolonged" applauaeand th col lege! halls rang with enthusiastic yells. Commencement exercise of high merit ar now la progress. With a number of new teachers for next fall and a president of wld reputation and du catlonal prestige, the prospects of . the college are very bright. , V ... .J. BOY DISAPPEARS FROM IDAHO HOME (peettl Dl.p.tc to Tk InaraaLI Mace, Idaho..June tl. Walter Clark, aged 14 years. son of Mr. and Mra. John Clark, dissppeared from horn Monday. H was traced to Wallace, wher h drew $100 from th. bank, money 'that belonged to- him and his mother. It I believed h went to Portlsnd. h told hi friend h wa golnc to th Xaif." " , fiUILIflAGAlC'l. TRIAL FOR BRIBERY .-' 't Effort to Get Jurors to Hear Case Against Councilman ;: Made Today. QUESTIONS RELATE TO i POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS Crime Is Alleged to Have' Been f Committed In. dune a Year Ago.' r' ,. The second trials. of . Councilman . Charles E. Rumelin, indicted on the charge of hayJnf Offered. JUPtlblLiO-JB''-. CTTnilott" when the latter waa serving a city engineer, wa begun before Cir cuit. Judge Oeorge thl morning. Eight . Juror wer examined and accepted, by . 11 o'clock, when tha regular paael w exhausted, and special ventr for1 10. returnable at t jp. .m., wa iud by . th court..' ; ;" ' ,-,v ... - - '. , Th Juror who had been accepted at I o'clock wer: Charlea Dlen,iW. Hosmer W. H. ' McFarland. Frank V Bruhn. O. H. Lance, Hana Laraen. C. H. ' Andrew. H. N. Beckwith, J. Chalmer -r and Hamilton Brooks. Ths Questions asked th talesmen re lated principally to their political affll- latlon. If Republicans tbey were asked to which faction they belonged Mitchell. or'Blmon. - ... ..: , Tb brlb 1 alleged to hav been given on June 16,. 101. to influence -Elliott to report advrey on - tha J. J. Maney 161,000. bid for the contract to build the Marquam gulch Front street bridge, "" -Th teetlmony to be offered in . tni trial will be substantially tha aame that df th...flrt trial. City Auditor v. -Devlin and many other city official and member - of the executive board ara wltnesaea for both aide and the hla tor y of - th- tranaaotiona ' incident to . tho Marqusm gulch bridge contract 1 to be brought out in full. O -.''. When the Jury In the first trial re ported disagreement the ballot stood seven (or acquittal ana five for convic tion. - - ' .'.- - '.- 1 LETTER CARRIED 'CROSS - CONTINENT BY AUTOIST Hues, who arrived today from New Torknri-anaDt oraobllerfter-1- a trtp across th continent;' carried thia Utter " from Melville E. Stone to H. w. uoode; i "I hav a peculiar pleasure In com--Dlvlna- with a request that I send you a greeting to be conveyed by automobile across the continent - The century. which has Just passed waa chiefly not able as the century which developed Intercommunication. ..." It .wa : th -cen- tury out of wrtlch cam.th ocean teamshlp, the railway, th telegraph., the cable, th telephone, wireless teleg raphy, rotary and perfecting . printing . presses, stereotypingnewa-gatherlnj appliances and the newspapers. "But --nothing eo1d better Illustrate) " th progress f 104 year than com parison-, thla new - expedition by a, 20th century Oldsmoblle from th At lantic seaboard to tha land where roll) tha Oregon, .with that other expedition, of . Lewia and T"lark. which meant sir much for our-common. country nni tho' world'a civilisation. With all good wishes, I am. alncerely yours. ' , . , , .. "MELVILLE E. BTONE." , JOSEPH ALMER SEARS - UID TO RESTJTESTERDAY Th funeral .jtervlce of the lata -Joseph Almer. SeArs.' knownrt-hundrd-of Port landers .as "Al" Sears, were held . yesterday at Flnley' chapel. Third and Madison streets, r-lnc services wer con- ' ducted by tha--jff.avVr 8. - Gllbert-ahd-many people were present. Interment kwas in the family plot . at Rlvervtew cemetery.. A large number or beautirui floral piece were aentby friends. Th pall bearers were: George I. Thompaon, Oeorge Schultx, Clinton. Monroe, 8. K. Lockwood. Edward Maloy and J. Rueg . Boy Break Arm..,.!. " -. -Special Dltpateh te The Joarrat) ' Baker City. Or.v Jun"Jl. Louis Moomaw, aged 13 years, agent for Tho. Oregon Journal at this place, whll - engaged In th sport of pole-vaulting yesterday, broke-'-the none in hi -right' forearm. He spent a restless night. - tuoliuco" fhlti-ufir1l"jl"lt ter t" " - HOTEL ARRIVALS.- At the Iniperla-E. Kds-aMa. tmn Fraadienf C. R. OliieT, an Traneliico: Carrie Lee, Flint. Mlobln.n; J. T. - Hrla.- Roeetnirg; O. -" W. .Dunn. Jacksonville; r. XV. Benkin. Raee1 burs: A. M. anri J. W. Crawford, Salem; 1. V. Stewart. lTllle. (tregon: M. A. and J. O. Baker. ' McMlitnvllle: J. (I. BI- aid wife, nammentn. (.!.; MraAD. ft., atiwrart. SWet - (rTe: 8.- B. Illntna. Illll.bom; Tma MaeMabon) end Hnt Irl, Uapld City. Smith Dakota; Ik. "W. Knlr and wife. MoMlnnrllle; William BalrJ,-' New Vork; Ti M, Byien and r. MowMey. Idahoj M. Kweo. Saginaw, MlrhKanr O. i Wallan. Blllni(hnni; J. K. Stenle Idaho; Jobo Mmiq and T. B. Wore. Hpnkane; An. Cahlll and ' wife, Dajton. Waahlr.stnnt. at. U Ultehem-al . and wife, l.Tton. Wa.hlnirtop; Mra. Ella J. MefwrerfuPalteer- H. ,F,-All ao4 .Ifer-Twlar Fall.: W. M. Tayk and wife, JackaoDTlllti Jamea Wlthyeomtie, Corralila. At the PorkltMk-B. I'nd-hlll. Xaatle Korkt ' T. t. H. Barnea, New Tork; C. B. Jiih and family, m r"rtnelaeo; Mrs. H. H. fa son, Tneon. Artaona: W. M. Kale and Mra. William " Kll'hler. San rraneliwo; M. E. Ordway, U, rrnr.. Maarhnsette: Ulale Imaa, - ialoabura. . ' lllhwlai W. - C. tJreen. Beattlel VeTna H, Hrhllltng and Floranc M. Haun. Vt allow,, Oreron; O. O. ll.lman.AaMand: O. C. Kbit. hart and family, toe AngMeei J. J. Parldann. Snmnter; W. t. DaTldaoe. Bnlae: I. It. Hnnrk, Cheney. Waehlntnn; J. H. Clark. Baker Clf . J. g, Rbodee, Bnlae; A. Wearaoa and wlfo, V TJ..... ..,.. h. W. Hlmt and wife. PatenuiD. New J-mey; A. P. Keegwell, - Fmneiw; Mm. M. M. C.omlm.n. "Wm; . T. Corn will and family. Walla Walla; B. T. H. Btowell. Ca.bmen; A. O. Martin and lfe. Cnt tnnwnrd. Idaho; Mra. TJ. Hmlth and Mra. K.te gmlth. Has KMnelam: I. B. Kaaehprir and wife. B. B. Kawherg and wlh. vtaaeo; If 1. Kaw hers and wife. Alhert K",'rr5.,w"V1W',1i 1. H. Wootton sad wife. Belt Xa City: T. n, n..i... r r. r.lth and V. J. ralth. New VorkHI. a. LlMasart and -wife, S.attU - C. H. Call and wife, Pendlnton ; W. It. Wolih and wife and Mlaa Mary Walther. The Da Heal t. O. S. Miller, Corralila. ' - - At the pVh-t. "W.JJ. atwiiham. Blr.,. lnhaav Alabama; I, N. 8andefrm, T. I'arnanOT. Mr. BoatMi and daughter. M1M Effle Cot.hw K. P. Bates. P. K and wife. - -M I Smfliil, C. W. Brooke. Sam Waahen. helmii.. H. H. vIhl. W. T Burt and wlf., William Hebeara and O. K.- Bent and wffe, all nf New York: Jamea Haalam. Clnelnnatl; A, E Far. Chlraa-o; M. L. Uumbaum. ( blr.o j Mr. O M .Ceors. A.tnrla; A. U Valentine, H f Clonsb. Mr. 'W. C. Qreen, (II ef B. attlo- P. N. Mnrsan and wlf in O. Ntrkal, Mra, Nlrkil. M..IC. Urlffln. Mra. a. t. Mnrry, Ml loan Mrtiwen. all nf San Franrlaen; Jame mwAT wlf. and R11..1M Rle. St Lorfla: B. t. Keeallng and wife, t,og.npnTt. .. Indiana: M. If. Kelly. Ihilnth: r. W. Parana, a.slnaw: B. W. llone, Ilulnlh: A. larlre, rhlladelrbla; f. Vt. rarwma. B. W. Bow and M. U. K.lLy. all of mintbl J. C Henry and wife. St. rani; Walf-r Vaa Dyke. Mra. rrke and Ml.. Tan Dyke, all of Oakland; 0, j- ttaaer and Mlaa 'Made Haeer, Cnanell Blnffe," lows'; Kdr H.r. Medford; J. U Kron.n, bets ind wife, Bnffaki; W. (Ireen. Deayert t. .- Htenser and wife, Aitwa. Okki 0. H. Ueteabt, Detroit, r . -. - I .r' i