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In
GOOD EVENING
Journal Circuhlicn
' i THE WEATHER. - ; , 'f
Yesterday
Occasional rain tonight and
Wednesday; moderate southerly
brceae.
Was
VOL. IV. NO,' 189.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, r OCTOBER 24. 1905 FOURTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO . CENTS. SJKWroir3
DROPPED ?SI1
ABROAD LOQTirJG
" ' '. ', '..". ' r f -' ' : .
G UK OF .6,000
Emery; McClintock, Actuary of
,the Mptual Life, Say That
v Late Investments Yielded "
, . Smaller Returns, .
POLICY-HOLDERS ARE
SAFEGUARDED BY LAW
Statute Does Not Permit Additional
' Mulcting Orange Bank to Be Ii
I veatigated TarbeU'a . Costly'1 Tripa
. Around Continent Hyde'a Sweet
heart Returns to New York. '
4
(Joarasl Special Sot(m.)
-.New, York. Oct, 24. Emery McClIn--.
toebvjtctusry of the Mutual Life Insur
ancs oompany, was ths first witness
this morning before the leglsletlv in
vestlgatlun commutes, which resumed
, Ha sessions after a three days' adjourn
ment ..McClintock; was called upon by
President Richard A. McCurdy to glvs'
; explanation of matters In which he him
' self prof eased ignorance, and waa ques
tloned ss to why, in spits of Increasing
' surplus and business, dividends to pol
. ley-holders had ae greatly decreased. -
McClintock stated that his salary was
125.000 a year. He gave ths history of
life Insurance during the past 40 years
snd reviewed the numerous failurea of
Insurance companies In the early '70s.
New methods wers then adopted wtf h
greet success, r . - v,
. -. Explains lose Of Strides. .
McClintock explained at length ths
' . dividend system. A committeeman
asked him to- re-explain, snd he gave
: a technical dissertation upon- why the
policy-holders' 'dividends dropped.
This he stated - was due to the fact
that the rata of Interest on investments
. had dropped snd money did not com
mend the return that it formerly did..
' "If ths dividends dropped below 4
per cent, would tils ' policy-bolder owe
1 you anything?" , asked Committeeman
, Rogers. '.'. :
"No. because ths law would not permit
If replied McClintock. ' n
When the investigation of ths loss ts
policy-holders In dividends Is com
. pitted the commission will taks up the
investigation of ths purchase of the
'.controlling interest In ths -Orange Na
tional bank of , .Orange. , New Jersey,
; which In addition to the Morrtstown
Trust company Is said to have resulted
- in many changes to the , betterment of
the McClintock. " ,
Following' the Mutual will corns ths
instigation of the Equitable and ths
' examination of James Hasen Hyde and
Gaga K.' Tarbell. The latter will bava
to explain some of his spectaculsr trips
which he made in Hyde's car to agencies
at ths expense of the Equitable. .
TarbeU'a Xxpencive Trips. . ...
In 1801 Tarbell decided to visit the
Pacific coast He used Hyds's magnlfl
" cent private car, for which It was nec-
csaary to purchaso 1 first-class tickets
, from New York to Ran Francisco, and
he took with him a valet. cook, a man
servant and maid.- His companions were
his Vlfe, Miss Annie . L.. Amend t, his
. - iii udii a year secretary., ana a woman
stenographer. At all the large cities
of ths west Tarbell entertained agents
or trie company, public '. officials and
prominent men at expensive banquets.
Ths trip la stsd erix-weeks.- ..........
James Hasen Hyde's return to New
York is said to be due to ths arrival
here from Newport of Mrs. Admiral
Charles W. Baldwin and ' her-beautiful
. granddanghter. Miss Edith Deacon, -to
whom Hyde la reported to bo .engaged,
. who will live at the .Waldorf-Astoria
- this winter. - ,.....,...!.....,..
TRAIN IS SNOWBOUND -V
FOR A DAY IN MONTANA
(Special THspatrk to The-lonrnsl.t "
i i Butts, Mont, , Oct . 24.A passenger
' train of severaX. coaches was snowbound
. for a day on ths Montana railroad, ac
cording to advices from Harlowton to.
'night An Immense drift of snow was
encountered between Harlowton. and
1 Garnelll. and 'aid effort to dash through
resulted In ths' train getting stuck eo
- badly thnt It reqnlred 12 hours' work of
v a large force of shovelers to free ths
,. ears,-- - ', .
, ' Ths Montsna road traverses a remote
. sectronr'bf ths stats. Last wlntsr a
train was lost for sight dsys as ths re
sult of deep snow. Ths railroad - Is
. without telegraphlo communication.
Heavy snow at this time is very un
usual. .,
SAYS CANAL WILL BE
OPERATING IN TEN YEARS
(Joeraal Ipeelsl Serried.)
Washington.- Oct 14. General Isham
Randolph, ths man who bnllt ths Chi
cago drainage canal and who Is - mem
ber of the consulting engineers of ths
Panama canal, today sxpreased publicly
his belief that ths Isthmian ditch will
be completed and In operatloa within
1 years. Ha says that 14.000 men will
at least be needed on ths Job.
C0RBETT AND M'GOVERN
; MATCHED TO FIGHT
'' ' (Journal iperlsl BVrrtr.) . '
aanjFrsnrtsro. Oct 14. Charlie Pol
lock of Philadelphia, who la ' looking
after ths Interests of Jack O'Brien on
the coast, received word this morning
that Young Corbet t snd Terry McQovem
were today matched to fight before ths
National Athletic club In Philadelphia
next Monday night at catch weights, six
rounds.
English Capitalist Says He Will
Torce Construction of the
' Portland. Nehaiem & Til-
i ' ; lamook Railroad. ; ;"J
HE SAYS LYTLE IS ' .
, n IN WITH HARRIMAN
Declares That Failure of Atlaa Con-
'( atruction Company Need Have No
Effeet on Building of Road Lytle
Denies That Southern Pacific Is In.
terested. ' i ; ' "
Individual, members of ths board of
directors of the. Port!a"nd. Nehalem
Tillamook Railroad company are threat
ened .with a suit by H. Melville Walksr
and ths London Snare dc pebenturs com
pany to -compel ths Portland company
to accept the sum of 13,560.000, deliver
the t, 000, 000 bond issus proposed under
ths contract between . Mr Walker and
ths Portland company and proceed to
construct ths railroad as projected be
tween Portland, Nehslem and Tillamook. -I
It la said ths money Is ready, and the
English financiers Insist- upon going
ahead with arrangements msds on the
right of wsy between Hillsboro and
Banks prior te ths failure of Edward
Records and ths .Atlas Contracting . tk
Supply company.
Mr. Walker arrived yesterday In Lon
don, from New. York. 'Prior to his de
parture from New'- York 4is received
news of ths efforts that are being made
to dispose of ths rights - of wsy and
franchises of the Portland, Nehalem aV
T411amook ' road to the Lytla Interests,
and ho aerved' notice on the Portland
directors of the road that he would not
consent .to any change of the program.
Demands That Work Oe Ob. '
Mr. Walker said that he had mads
ell- arrangements for floating the bonds.
and demanded that they be delivered
Ss sgreed upon, at the pries stipulated.
and that the company proceed upon con
struction of ths line as begun. He said
the failure of Reoords was wholly im
material, and was simply an incident
In the matter, and that ha would find
a new contractor to talte up- the work.
: In a letter to ons of the local directors
of ths Portland company, under date
of October li: 106. he wrltea:
"I note the efforts you have made to
get rite to cancel the agreement I have
with ths railroad company. In. the first
place Mr. Lytle, who offers to take this
road. Is a personal ' friend of - Elijah
Smith. In point of fact Mr. Smith has
notified me that Mr. Lytle expects to
build the road and that he sn sgent for
Mr.. Harrtman snd the Southern Pacific
Railroad company. It Is the old story
over again, where your company will be
again caught" I wrote you ths other
day that we would not on any account
cancel the con tract which we have with
your raldroad company. - I am perfectly
willing to provide a contractor In the
place of Mr. Records. But your com
pany must keep Its agreement with ma
I leave for London tomorrow. Saturday,
therefore you can understand that 1
hare not much time to discuss the mat
ter. But I wish you to distinctly un
derstand that we do not care with whom
you enter into a contract I shall still
enforce the sgreement which you have
with. me. . .In the meantime I shall go
on, completing my . arrangements with
my people in London, under your con
tract. ,
. "It Is no business of mine and I am
not at all affected by Mr. Records not
carrying through his , arrangements
With your company."
Meetings were held In ths offices of
E. E. Lytle, president of ' ths Pacific
Railway ft Navigation company, and
William Reid, secretary of the Port
land. Nehalem ft Tillamook, In ths Wor
cester building yesterday afternoon tt
endeavor to determine ths fsts of the
project for construction of ths proposed
road from Hillsboro to Tillamook. In
Mr. Reld's office wers - gathered ' the
stockholders of ths P N. ft T. snd In
ths office, of , Mr. Lytle wers his at
torneys and representatives of . the
Hillsboro board of trade. , .
(Continued on Page Two.)
ITIHTFJ
Ths venersble fraud who presides
over- ths editorial - destinies of ' the
morning paper mskss. pretense of a
part in a local drama for which hs is
peculiarly fitted. He would havs ths
public believe that hs Is a "reformer,',
a protector of, the public, while hs
rests secure In the' possession of pelf
snd power which he won in devious
and dubious wsy a
This editorial ogre would have ths ,
publlo believe that Ths Journal Is sn
"organ of plutocracy" In ths face of '
ths life he has ' lived as a servant op
money, and as ths ghoul of greed snd .
avarice.. . If there ever was a newspa
per thst ran its hand deep Into ths
publlo purse and took therefrom ths
public money, with no pricking of con
science, that newspaper Is ths one
this frenetic fellow uses ss ths Im..
plement Of his personal , Interest, '
whether It be financial or political.
Scott would havs ths people believe,
by reading, the Otegonlan, that Ths
Journal la owned and controlled by
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DEFENDANTS PLEAD
NOT GUILTY
Idaho Land Frqud Trials Begin at
Moscow- Speedy Trial ; Is
Requested by Defense.
(Speelsl Dispatch te The JoarnaL)
Moscow, Idaho. Oct J4. -The . land
fraud cases were called in ths federal
court at 10 o'clock this morning before
Judge Beatty; and Messrs. George It
Kester, William Kettenbach, William
Dwyer and Clarence Robnett entered
pleas of not guilty to ths charge of con
spiracy to defraud the government out of
Its public lands. W. E. Borah and I. N.
Smith, counsel "for the defendants, stated
that they were ready for the trial.
District Attorney Ruick stated that
the grand jury was about to be lmpan
eled; That "a? large number of witnesses
had been subpoenaed, and that his time
would be fully taken up before that
body for an indefinite time. Mr. Borah
asked him tq set a time for the trial
and to designate which defendant was
to be' tried first To this suggestion the
district attorney replied that ha would
give them smple time to get their wit
nesses and arrange all details.
Mr. Borah, responded that the counsel
for the defendants preferred to exercise
their own discretion and not wait upon
the Judgment of the district attorney;
that while there wss no desire to press
the trial of ths case to the Inconvenience
of the prosecution, he felt that the de
fendants had rights entitled to consid
eration; tr.at they bad been indicted and
entitled to speedy trials; .that three
months had elapsed since the indict
ments, and that they were at least enti
tled to get a day setst this time and
to have notice "as to which defendant
It was the Intention to try first.
The district attorney still declines to
divulge his program, but the court will
give blm until tomorrow morning to set
a time and to designate which defendant
will be tried first .
Ths federal 'grand Jury la being Im
paneled tnjs .afternoon. It Is expected
that oj Indictments will be returned.
It Is rumored that Senator Heybursi may
become .involved in the investigation.
MRS. ROGERS TO BE
FREED FROM EXPENSESTSr" cr,,m,."",,ner"
-L.
' (Jooroal Snsfltl Berries.) ' '
Washington, Oct. - H. The law per
mitting papers in docket cases to print
records of the United States : supreme
court waa Invoked ' today to aid Mary
Rogers, ' the Vermont murde'ness, who is
trying to escape the death penalty.' Thb
chief Justice ordered-the-woman to be
freed from all expenses.- ,
1 " W " ' 1 1 1 -.ii . . .
Mr. Vr.- M.- Ladd, when he knows and
has sdmitted to several gentleipen-In
personal conversation that Such Is not
ths case, snd lhat his Insincere stand
la nothing mors or less thaa ''newspa
per , policy and diplomacy." ., Scott
knows thnt ths undersigned Is ths
largest stockholder snd bondholder In
The Journal; knows that Mr. Carroll
Is not nor am I, ths "dummy" of any
man. and In his heart of .hearts wou)
confess ths' same, but -he prefers to
lie In print to serve bis mallrrteua and
venomous purpose, . t - Mi'.,
For three- years past, ever since the
beginning of The Journal under ths
present management ' It hsa . been
known whs the stockholders were. Ths .
full snd complete list, ss printed in
the morning paper, hss been circu
lated In hundreds of printed copies .
throughout Portland and Oregon.
Why? - Simply because' the standing
of the. men wss a -testimonial to. the'
strength of . ths paper, a rock of
Gibraltar sgatrist just such plrstlcaf
attacks, ss would . bs msde "from
covert" snd "into ths open" by those
who ones had "a good thing". In their
AAAAAAAAA av a. A. A. A. A. a a. A. A a a A a a a a
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CITillS
OVER BRIDGES
No Glaring Adyertiseinents ; Will
Be Permitted to Deface the H
Draw. Rests. -i ' 'i
No glaring signs will bs painted 'or
advertisements plastered on the draw
rests of the bridges across the Willam
ette river. , The protests' of the cltlxens
sgalnst the proposition, and the strong
denunciation by the city executive board
ef the attempt by the county commis
sioners to let a contract to private par
ties tp use the bridges for sdvertislng
purposes, have been effective." '
As the result of a conference between
County JudgfvU'abster and Mayor Lane
yesterday afternoon, an understanding
regarding the matter was reached. The
former admitted to the 'mayor that he
did not approve of using the draw rests
for advertising, purposes, and thought
the county, had no right to .let' such a
contraot, and that the power to regulate
such matters rested with the city execu
tive board. - - ,
the mayor"'- said this morning that
ths executive board had already placed
tts attitude on record In the resolutions
unanimously aaopiea r riaay condemning
requesting them to refrain from
entering Into any contract 'At the next
regular meetlngof the board It will be
definitely decided that no advertisements
shall be. placed oil the bridges. ' -
- sjhlp ' on ' atawaUaa Beef.
Honolulu, Oct. 24. tThe ship Ernest
Beyer,' from Newcastle, Is on Diamond
reer. She hag a( good chance of being
floated off. .-...,.
. control of
ths
newspsper situation
' "here
. tserore . I entered this Held I pre
pared for- war,' nrst making sure of
full- control In both letUr "and spirit
or the destinies' of The Journal, and
that control still rests with . me In
-apite of Scbtt's pawing and bellowing.
snd bo ons 'elfs has raised hand or
voles ag-lntt It ' - i
The "Bully of the Tower" says: i
"Mr. Iadd, more than others. has
been spoken- of by the Oregonlan, be
cause hs Is the chief promoter, has
' supplied most of the money through
his bank. Is-treasurer of the concern.
isnd Is the chief adviser and director
with . whom, the . dummies constantly
confer and from whom they get their
main orders. Bonds for a very, large
sum, covering part of ths money lost,
ars of record st . the county court
house, running on Interest payable at
the bank of Mr.'Idd."
Mr. . Idd Is not the "chief pro
moter" of Ths Journnl, snd Mr. Scott
know hs lies when he says It; has not
"supplied most of the money"; Mr.
Scott knows he lies when he writes
this! In fact Mr. Ladd haa contributed
A A A A A A A A A A A A i A A A A A A A A A
. FIGHT
nm rm'TTV IT T ttsa.. TT Nr ll
Police Seek Strange . Man Who
Pursues Boys and Girls of
Qckley Green With a
Ready Lash.
POUNCES ON VICTIMS
ON WAY.T0 SCHOOL
Follows Some of Them for : Blocks
but Always Escapes Before Help
Comes Work of Volunteer Chas
tiser Not Appreciated and Detect
ives Are on Hia TraiL . ..... .-
' Frightened by the peculiar actions of
a man believed to be a maniac, who pur
sues them and lashes them with a whip.
(Continued on Page Two.)
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At the top if an exterior view of No.
28 East Twentieth street; New York,
" where " President -'. Roosevelt was
bom. In the center is the room in
which he first saw the light of day
and below is a portrait of the presi
dent at 21. The house is now oc
' cupied by the Roosevelt Home club
which will there hold a banquet in
celebration of the president's forty,
seventh birthday next Friday.
teel Srldgs Closed Tomorrow. .
The) steel drawbridge will be closed
October 26 and 2t, from 1 a, m. to S
in. on account of necessary repairs.
The public is notified that they may not
bs inconvenienced more than necessary.
THE JOURNAL IS
FROM THE. OBEGONIAN COCOANUT
'less thsn ons seventh of ths money.
Mr. Ladd is nominally treasurer of
The 'Journal Publishing company, but
does not' concern himself other thsn
as a member of the board of directors,
Isfues no orders, "main" or otherwise.
'The interest on The Journal bonds is
nor paid at "the bank of Mr. Ladd,!
snd ths coupons on ths bonds so show,
which Is snother exhibition of Scott's
malignity snd venomous disposition to
manufacture evidence ' to suit , his
selfish purposes.
i. Scott takes occasion to herald ths
prosperity of his papers: states how
well" they sre doing and how popular
(.they are at this time. In this hs pro
testeth Overmuch to justify any. ons
in believing him. The fact of ths
mstter Is, the success Snd prosperity
of The Journal is""tH burr under his
mule's tall and svery .time ' he
switches ths appendage ths -more It
hurts, until hs simply cannot help
from bellowing with pain In the edi
torial columns over which hs presides.
If It cnuhj bs shown to him tomorrow
that Ths Journal wsa "no more," Im
mediately hit passions would suh
stds and ths, frequent- attacks, '
A AAA A A AAA A J
Robbers Boldly Dynamite vault and
Walk the Streets Firing at Every
...thing and Everybody. ,
h Running Battle With
and Two Robbers Are Wounded, Bat Band
of Burglars Make Good Their Esape.
- (Joeraal pedal arvtas.t
Rldgevllle. Ind.; Oct 14. Burglart
this morning dynamited the ' Bank of
Rldgevllle, securing fS.OOO, snd then
proceeded to shoot up ths town In Jesse
James style. In ths running battle with
cltlsens following Cashier Branson snd
two of the robbers wers wounded, but
all ths bandits msde good their escape.
Posses havs started in pursuit.'
For over sn hour the town was st ths
mercy of the bandits, who boldly walked
ma aireeis, inwiins m vv.ijnumi u.
sight and apparently taking their time
about leaving. . Electrlo lights wers shot
out and every one who showed himself
at a window or on the street had bul
lets fired at him. Several who wers
aroused by ths explosions snd firing snd
started to see what the matter waa neat
haaty retreats when ths bullets pattered
about them. - '-, -
There wers seven In the gang or rob
bers. Four of them wers stationed ss
pickets around the bank to prevent in
terruption in the work. Entrance was
forced by the others, ths plate glass
tndtfws belng 'smashed. Tne xirst
charge of nitroglycerin, exploded st 1
n'eioclc but did little damage. A second
explosion Is minutes later looseneu- mm
doors of .'the vsult and aroused Cashier
R. C Btanson. who lives near tne nana.
HOLDS HER HEAD JU
SCALDING IVATER
Octogenarian Woman , Seeks a
Hideous Death in a Tea :
' . . kettle.. :,:
(Joornil Special Srrlce.) '
' Kalamasoo, Mich., Oct 24. Mrs. K.
Champlln, aged 8, for years a resident
of Three Rivers, Michigan, committed
suicide laat night by putting her head
in a kettle of hot water and holding It
there until life waa extinct Her face
and head wers fairly cooked.
Some time ago Mrs. Champlln with
her husband and many other old people
of Three Rivers joined a religious body
known as "Mind Healers." Repreaenta
tlves of ths cult went to the village
snd secured members, most of whom
were wealthy. Four months ago Champ-,
lln died after a month's suffering, re
fusing medlcsl gld. - Since then his aged
wife has taken morphine. -
She ssked Tier daughter: for soma of
ths drug and being refused the .old
woman slipped from ths house, carrying
a kettle of hot water. At the corner of
ths house, where It was Impossible to
sse her from tne street., sna piungea
her head Into the kettle and her lifeless
body was found soon sfterwsrd. "
SAFE CRACKERS LOOT
. M'MINNVILLE STORE
v (Special nispttck te The Joarnal.)
McMlnnvllle, Or., , Oct 24. Last night
the safe in Schomus Co.'s store was
cracked snd 1150 tsken from It A hole
wss drilled beside the combination and
a bolt forced Into It until the back plate
was forced off. No trace was left of
ths burglar and no . arrests hsvs yet
been made. . No suspicion rests on sny
person hers.
DDAWING MILK
paresis, as well ss fits, would pass
into local history. - ... - v
But Ths Journal Is hers to-stay,
and the success it has met with la
: but a msrker to thst of which It hss
most generous snd fruitful promise.
It now being prepared to prove thst
.Its circulation In Portland and Ore
gon equals, if It does not exceed that
of the dally Oregunlan or thsr Even
ing Telegrsm.'
, And here ths public, thst has ap
proved and encouraged The, Journal
-in the most liberal fashion with its
patronage, can find the true resaon
for Scott's attack upon Mr. Iidd and
, others, as well as for ths exhibitions,
pretty frequent of lata, of a partly
dethroned intellect that ones was
politic, tactful and running as well as
powerful snd forceful. It Is pitiful
to contemplate thst ths light that wss
once so bright and -j cheerful haa
.reached - the flickering stsge, threat-
enlng to pass nut entirely by Hs own
forces of elimination. But such Is the
soan of tire. In the meantime give
the r-'f more and , more rope . I
M i rst to Mm.
C. t. .
Gtizens, Bank Cashier
j Branson, thinking an attempt at bank ,
robbery might be in progress. ; hastily
ran down ths street toward ths bank,
but as soon aa hs was sighted, ths bandit
plcksts opened firs upon him'snd Bran-
son retreated horns for hlsj gun. He
went then to the home of President. M.
T. Sampton, aroused the latter and the
twd turned In a fire alarm, arousing ths
people generally. .' '
In the meantime the - thisvea had
forced the doors of the ssfs and by ths -time
the citlaens had gathered . the
cracksmen had obtained their plunder.
All -electrlo lights were . turned on and
the cltlxens sttempted to. surround, ths
bandits. They were . too panic stricken
to accomplish their purpose. Ths rob-,
bers had evidently little fekr Of cap-. '
ture and deliberately walked ths streets,
shooting out the 'lights snd firing at
svery man that showed himself. Many
shots wers exchanged In the darkness.
Cashier Brsnson' receiving a flesh wound .;.
In the head. The 'bandits wers heard to
say that Branson bad shot two of them,
which was confirmed by blood stains
lfound at daybreak...
- A large posse started out at daylight.
Great excitement prevails and If - ths
burglars are caught violence Is feared.
The entire countryside is participating ,
In the' man hunt and a speedy capture
.la sxpscted. ' , J, - - - . ;.
SHIPPERS" TO 01
BENEDICTS
No More Sweethearts or Wives
for Those Who Sail the
. ''-' ;; V SurgingMain. : :;, ,;; ,
Married men ars being driven off the
sea and forced to look for employment '
elsewhere. " r
The owner of the Hamburg-American
liners, which sre plying .regularly be
tween Portland snd ths fsr esst sre
ths first to declare war against ; bene- .
diets. While ths steamship Arsgonts.
which arrived last night., was lying at
Hongkong. Captain Schulta waa relieved
of the command of the vessel for no
other reason than ' that he had a . wife
and family. The vacancy was filled by
Captain Ernst a young man who haa
never entered Into any matrimonial al
liances, r " :- , . .; - 4 .:
At ths ssms time. First Officer Kir.
berg waa succeeded by O- Vogeler and
Chief Engineer Hukan by E. Funnecka.
uotn of . these old officers sre married ;
men, and every one left on tbo ship is
single. In specking of the changes this
morning. Third orricer Tesas remarked:
' "You might announce ths fact that
If there are any nice American young
ladies st Portland who are In search of
husbands they might look ua up.- Wg
are on the eligible list, and If ths In
centive la sufficiently ' strong I think
we might be Induced to give up our sea
faring life." . , . ......
It is said that the same plan will bs
followed out on the other -steamers of
ths line lust aa soon ss suitable un
married men can be found to take. the
places of those who have families. Ths
ruling will havs ths effect of forcing a
large number of grlsaled . officers to
shore to maks a livelihood. '
Whtle no detailed reasons-have been
given but 'Tor the Introduction of this
new order of 'affairs, th generally ao.
cepted theory Is that ths msrrled men
were constantly asking for leave of ab
sence to visit their families,' who reside
in Germany. It la supposed that ths
owners arrived at . ths conclusion that
getting single men for ' the positions
would eliminate further difficulty. (.
FIFTY PRISONERS v I
; . REFUSE TO ESCAPE
(Journal Special 8erTle.t -Sen
Bernardino, CaL, Oct. 14. Harry
ward, serving a six months' sentence
for. vjall-brenklng. John French, els
months for besting a board bill; Ed
Walker. 100 days for larceny; .Wesley
Stewart 20 days for carrying eoacesled
weapons, sawed their wsy out of ths
county Jjsll early this morning snd s
eaped. They secured sew left by
workmen Fifty other prisoners refused
to escape. ; ''?
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