tH3 OREGON" DAILY JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND, 'T.I CI. 'DAY EVENING. 'NO VZMBEIt IWffllLERS cn::piAi;i nor; : -s. -' ' ' "' '.' ' '- , 'III I t . Tell County Court That' Sixty , Five Per Cent Valuation : Is Too High. w r - -: SAY THEY ARE ASSESSED MORE THAN WHOLESALERS Ueier Trunk Co Lipmsn. Wolfs 1 Co, Olds. Wortmtn ft Kin Rob- trta Bros, and McAllen 'ft McDoa- ncll Seek Reductions.. V- ; -. ",. Heavy retailors of th city appeared before the countjr court thla morning asking that .: th percent valuation fixed by th aof be reduced. ; Lat nrfk th commissioners decided to bold the Jobber to a. 71 per cent bal for valuation of, their unbroken package stock, and the retailers, carrying Block In broken package. S per cent. Ileade of th terse Urm givea the lower rat ine presented arguments thia morning to prove why . they ' were entitled to "s greater reduction. -r- " . ' Among thoa represented wera Old. Wortman King, Meter Frank Co, Mpman, Wolfe a Co, Roberta Bros., and MrA Hen McDonnell. Theae firma had been aeked by the county court to- ' appear , and .make atatementa regarding their atock March 1. Tha assessment returned for the five largest tabllsh menta were: Meier Frank Co... lots., noo; Olds, Wortman a King. $337,000; I.lpman. Wolfe a Co, I144.0V0; Roberta Bros, 1 110.00. and McAlleit a McDon nell. IU.000. These figures were ' de rived br Uklng per cent of the inven tory valuation of the stocks March 1. A . The geuerer complaint miw Djr me department atorea was that per cent for broken parkagea was not In propor tion to T per ent for unbroken atock. W. P. Olds reaented th principal argu ment made In thla respect. , Ha told tha t-bmmlssionera that , th commission charged by the jobber and th additional chargea necessitated" when the retailer acquired stock represented at least a difference In valuation of i per 'cent H. D. Rsmsdell of Lipman, -Wolf a Co, Dan McAllen of MeAllen a Mc Donnell and Thomas Roberta of Roberta Bros, aeeonded thee atatementa. Jullua Meier of Melr a Frank company bald that hla firm' had been aaaesaed out of proportion t th assessment of tha other department atorea.' Judge Webster particularly asked th department store men If th figures of th. aasasaor. really ropr cnted InWjfis, tory valuations March 1. Each manager stated' that-tf did, wltft the exception of Mr. Meier, whose firm had not aub mlttad a statement The store men ex pUlasd that .March 1 their stock was at th lowest point for tu entire-year. Tha commissioners win decide aome time today or, tomorrow what- shall be established aa basis of valuation. Th .argnmenta of th retail following cloe upon those of the Jobber, asking 1 rors reduction and partly .. upon th ground of disparity between wholesale and retail stock valuation, la con fusing. MAY NOT SETTLE MERIT SYSTEM'S FATE TONIGHT Because of th absence of School Di rector WlUlams from th city th board of school 'directors may not settle th merit aysteat question at tha meeting tonlgfft. It hae been th dee Ire of th hoard to have all the member present when th matter la considered.. - Of th aunt provided by th taxpayers a't tha annual meeting for an Increase In th salaries of teachera. $10,000 remain to be allotted, th distribution of th ther I20.0UO having, been provided for by th horisontal increae In salaries granted last spring. A resolution will be Introduced at th meeting of tb board tonight to dis tribute tha 110.000 to tba teachers Who derv an Increase in salaries. It i"f said that principal will receive a tlO a month Increase and th teachers In th High school uid grade teachers posses sing life certificate who hare taught lc tha crty schools for si year will be given ti a month tnereas. rr Ta'rsTgnienrihehatnnftrirana'D're1' Mara I)iah ami glalsehaas era aald In favor th resolution In .prfernee adopting th merit system. te ; Don't waste time in argu ment, come right down to the practical -question of - today Overcoats for every day. holi day and Sunday; the Chester field is the common-sense coat favored by the practical man. Its the regular "standby". the kind one -can hardly ' do ... . A ft witnoui y xvr special. z , Look at our window tomor rowsee the varieties in this style. , .. ';. .; I V If this kind don't suit your present wants, we know we have a kind that will. RiCiiCLOTHinsO Gus Ai!fm-Prc O tetter fer tn and oya. 1M a4 ! Third laV, V H ..l'l'v. SIlLOOIILiEH SCORE orE point Swamper Can Ba in .Saloon , After One o'Clock In tha -X ; ' Morning. ' n ? " CAMERON EXPLAINS THAT STAND WAS MISLEADING police Took Him Literally," Though, ' and1 Arretted Men Who - Wert J-Scrubbing Reaorts in North" End"In I Early MoniintjV It Pol In Judge Cameron drew' attention thla morning to a misleading atatement published relative to a decision de unred bv him regarding th violation of th ordinance requiring saloons to eloa their . doora at o ctoca tn me morning. . ' '' "l am quoted," said Judg Cameron, " urlnr that I will hold any saloon- man guilty of Violating th ordinance If any person Is, found In nio place after 1 o'clock'.' whether It., la shows thaf. he was present for tha purpose of making up cash, "swamping th plac out or not. Th law doe not ao pro vide and I cannot ao hold."'.." , Th claus OX th - ordinance appu- cable then was read by the court. provide that no licensed llouor-daler shall keep his saloojv.open between tha knur, nf l o'clock and i o'clock a, ra. or during the voting hour of any elec tion day, or "permit any person to nter r remain therein with a purpos of buying or drinking any vinous, spiritu ous or malt Mtuors or beveragea." What I said at that lime. " ronnnnw Ah court, "wag that no eaioon-aeeper should -as for more, than zu noura out of every 14 In which to aell liquor, and .kt twnm wna violated th la w de served to ba punished' and would be if the vldnc warranted, i can go no farther than tha ordinance. After making thia explanation th court discharged from cuatody a num ber df - men - recently arrested lor "swamping out th saloon a or master Bros, Frit and Erlekaon after 1 o'clock. NEW BOX ORDINANCE - IS LIKELY TO PASS Fom all indications the Wills-Ben nett box ordlnanc, providing for the elimination of boxes ffhd booths from all saloons In th tlty. will receive famrahle consideration at the meeting of th liquor license committee of the city council thla afternoon. Nearly every member of th committee ha declared himself opposed to boxes In saloons, but there la douot mat iney will all vots for, th measure. Councilman Wills. Masters and Wal lace favor tha .ordinance.- Counellmen JLnnand, Shepherd and VaughtThave hot expressed themselves regarding - ine measure, but It is tnougnt xnai in rar to bring th queatlon to. an nl they will annrove It. - One th ordlnanc re- celvtnlihTi rrrnmmandatlnn of tre 1 mlttee. there I no doubt among wose favoring it that It will paaa tha coun cil nd reoelve tb approval of Mayor Lane. ' ' Councilman Wllla will propose th revocation- of th licenses of all saloon men for 00 days wher convictions have been aecured against the proprietors In the municipal court for violating the ordinance. He hopes-by this method t put a atop to th unlawful practices of th saloon men. ; . PRISONER BOARDS TRAIN LEAPS OFF, IS CAUGHT In his ffort to leap from Patrol. man EL Burke, wbl had placed him under arreat on a charg of larceny yesterday afternoon, Charles Bog gees, aged ,S0 years, boarded a Southern Pa cine , train on Fourth street H a that h would be captured If he atayed on, tha train and Jumped off and. ran u Morrison strt. - By grlng bis revolver in th air while pursuing tb fugitive Burke attracted the attention of W. Rice, who grappled with Bog gees. He was taken to the city prison. In th police court this morning h showed a scratch "os his hand and declared it waa caused by th pollcematrr Hotter.-' Burke testified -the h- " 'r-, . Th case waa continued In order U secure th attendance of th conTplaln ant tn court. It la alleged that Bog. gesa got a man named Stuart .drunk In a saloon on th east aid and after ward accompanying him to room, where he robbed him of 120. RANDLE CHARGEO WITH FIXING FAIR WITNESSES . Deputy City Attorney Fltsgerald. In the' police court this morning, denounced James Randl. who, with W. Gibson, conducts th Lexington lodging-house st Second and Taylor streets, accusing him of "fixing" witness whom-th prosecution had called to prove that th anen hsve been conducting a disorderly house. Judge Cameron listened to Mr. Fitcgerald's statement and Immediately Increased the bail of Lulu Wilson and SalUe Tomllo to $100 each. Their former -bond wa"-furnlshd by Randle. The prosecutor alao Informed th court that he would How, under no condition, put either of tb women on th atand for th stat and instead of asking for leniency for' themwould request tt)af sever penalties - be Imposed after the trials of Randl and Gibson ar eon elude!!. . I , . ' Both women -entered pieaa or guilty Friday. ; . '', - - f ' ' :: TO TRANSPORT RAILS ' BY RIVER STEAMERS Slmms a Shields, the contractors who ar building th Northern Pacific' road down th north bank of th Columbia river, closed- deals thla morning for th steamers Volga and Stranger, which will be a Bed for . transporting material be tween construction camps. The Volga belonged to Joseph Supple, th ship builder,, and haa been-used In th -local harbor aa a tugboat Oeorge Walker owned tha Stranger, which haa als been engaged In th general Jobbing trad on th Willamette. ' Each of the ea sels haa a carrying oa pacify of about 11 Iahi - Th. . will k. their new seen of operation In a dTT or two. . Praaa Stewart atUMriag. - Th polio have been, asked to locate Frsnk L- Htewsrt. ared.lt years, who left hie home, 7Jt Whalen street, the night of October- :e with th intmtlon of going to Mncoln. Oregon.. ba not beeti beard of alnce then and his father fear that harm, may have corn , '. . w- ' i IEGEMAH TOOK METROPOLITflfl 00016,000 President 6f Ufa Insurance Company Speculated in Syndicate' ' Deals With Policy-Holdera Money and Cava Concern .,, ':. - . - as Its Share. a Quarter of the Profits. - (Journal Bpeclal Berrlee.) ; Msw. Tork, . Nov. .. Jl. Astonlshlnc revelations were made before the legia latlv Investigating committee that re sumed Its Investigational thla rooming,' by President John R. liegeman of tha Metropolitan Life Insurance company, who was recalled ' to th stand, v Th greatest sensation was caused wher liegeman testirteiS""thaf"r1e had" kept personally three quartere of th profit made In ayndlcat operation In which th Metropolitan - Life furnished th monev and tliat he had turnU ever a quarter of the profit to tha Metropoli tan a ita ahar forth us of th money.- . ' . - ' . . Heaeman anowea a suttemeni 01 in financial tranaactiona of hla company with the various brokerage firms. The ngurea abowed that . large rebatea had been allowed, by Jh company, on lnter- eat on personal accounts. He waa then WOULD FORCE COMPANY TO RUN MORE CARS Councilman Rushlight .Plans to Relieve Traffic Congestion .' . - by City Ordinance. . -: , Councilman Rushlight la preparing an ordinance making ' it a misdemeanor, punishable by. fine, for a etreet railway company to collect fare from -passengers required to atand in a car because of -lack of seats. ' He has' been investi gating th matter and after cor.ferenc With th city attorney haa reached the conclusion that-such an ordlnanc would be constitutional. - ' Thla ordinance will b for th purpose f forcing th streetcar companiea to furnish . sufficient - transportation Xacll Itlea to prevent the crowding of care. If no farea ar collected for pereona standing, he is of the opinion that the company would gladly put on additional cars. "The idea la all right, but there la some doubt that th proposed ordinance would better conditions." aald a city of ficial today. "If a car started from a suburban point for the city, all the seats might ba oeeupledjSRefor th car had gon a dosen blocks. Th car would then apeed toward tha city. leaving people waiting at every' street corner, xne railway company could not be forced to take, on pasaengera. when there la- no roojn ror them, under th provisions of tba proposed . ordinance. On thing 1 eertaln. I would rather-atand-rnp-twr-th car than wait for 10 -or te minute on a street comer when. X am. In ahurry to reach my office, i "Th ordinance might fore th cor porations 4ouonworcxaja.lt might not In th former case th .measure would be of: great: benefit. In th latter a greater atorm of protest than ever would go up from people re siding along tha railway lines." , BUSINESS MEN ON EVE OF GREATEST OF TOURS . "Oregon Bcautlea" ia th phras under a picture of a beautiful woman on the cover page of an elaborate itinerary published by th Southern Pacific pas senger department for 'th Portland business men's excursion to southern Oregon. ' Th description does not ap ply to th Hat of 04 business man whose namea ar given on an Inside page, but to th bunch of roses th. woman bold In her hand. Th contents and printing of th Itinerary ar admirable The excursion will leave Portland to morrow irnoon and return Friday even ing. Stops will b made at 64 places. Buslnesa men of town all along the route are. breoarlnc cordial receptions, Th excursionists will d greeted with bras baada, committees, and in various ways' made to feel that- they ar wel come. They will -b entertained with carriage rides, . aocial receptions and dinners, and In turn they will entertain i hondrcda cjtlxensonthelrjecla! train. tlie most BiuLuaefiil sweet el the. kin) in the history of the stat. Many let tera and special Invitations ar received at th Commercial club from business men between Portland and th Califor nia line, tendering entertainment, and aaklng for exact hours of arrival and departure of th train.r-" THOUGHT INCENDIARY STARTED SMALL FIRE Fir waa discovered at a residence at 845 Union avenue at. noon today. . It was preaumably of Incendiary origin, aa ther waa nobody In the house at th time and tha ilremen found a hand kerchief, eome kindling wool and rub bish pilsd on the front porch. On the report of District Chief liolden, who be lieves it ws Incendiary, the Are com missioners are making a rigid investi gation. . ' .' ONE GETS TWENTY-FIVE ' ANOTHER MAY GET MORE R. Schmld pleaded guilty to a charg of keeping bis saloon open after - 1 o'clock in th morning and waa fined 123 today. He waa arrested by patrol man Oustafaon. ,. ' ' ' Th sams plea was entered to a sun liar charg agalnat A. l Llcco. arreet'il by Pdtrolman Parker. -Aa thla la not D Cicoo'a first offense, Judg Cameron postponed his sentence until tomorrow in order to msk an Investlgatloa of th circumstances. - GRAND JURY INPICTS . EIGHT MORE FOR FRAUDS ' - . w - Jevraal Haedal Service. 4 . New York, Nov. II. Th grand ' Jury thi afternoon re turned eight indictment for Illegal voting. Six of those, in dieted were arrested on election day. Warrant hv been Issued for other. It I understood fhe jury has ordered other indlct- ments drawn. Those arreeted ar John Kroup, Albert rarer! Thomas P. Grady, John P. .Foley, alias Mead, Thomas P. Brrnnan and Thomas Hull, i It la reported that Kroup 4 .has ooflfepsed, Implicating on signer up. 48,500 PflO.IIS. Questioned-" at length by Attorney llurhea '-regarding ayndlcat trana actiona. " t Hegeman testlfled that he had mad a total prone r -. on synaicat opcratlona in which th Metropoliun furnished the money. Ovr l,00-waa turned Into th treasury a the Metro nolltan'a ahar of tha profit a of syndl- enta-Tiijerathmw ln"-whleh-.h-oompanp partlclpatedtTh rest he kept as per-. aonal profit.-but did not. reel any Im propriety In retaining it " - - John A. MeCali, preaident of th New Tork Life, was recalled and naked th address of Andrew Hamilton. He aald that ha bad heard that Hamilton waa ill either In London or Farm Mocall prom ised to cable Hamilton to come horn, or if unable, to rush an .accounting of h 170,000 which amount waa given Hamilton with th otner quarter million unaccounted for. - , . ' ' ' , ."" ;i Interesting . Program Arranged - for Sessions of Multnomah ) v ; , County Meeting. : ' - ! The Multnomah county Bunday school convention began Ue sessions at the Grace Methodist church thla afternoon. A number of deleirat wr . present from various points of th county rep resenting all denominations. Rev. W. d. Merrltt ia th out-of-towa apeaker on th program, and Mrs. Merrltt. also a prominent. Sunday achool workr, .will conduct on of th round-table confer ence. E. 8. Miller will have charg of th congregational singing and special choir work vry venlng, Th program followa: ' .' Monday t p. m., aong and prayer; I:':o p. m., organisation; 1:30 p. m.. de votional Bible study hour, "Th Master Teacher . Teaching to Win th . Sinner," John lv:7-2. Rev. H. C. Schaffer; S p. m., rollcall of Sunday schools; t:S0 p. nu. "A Training Claaa for Futur Teachera," Re. 4. Pr Condor; p. m., discussion; :1a p. m. report oi commie on nomi nations; 7:J0 p. m., aong and prayer; T:50 p. m.. address, "Reaching th Boys," H.-W. Stone; 8:20 p. tn.. solo, Mr a. K. B. Miller; 1:30 p. m., add rasa, "Our Inspi ration In Working for th Toung," Rr. W. C. Merrltt. " ' ' Tuesday a. m aong and prayer; r m., devotional BlblTrrnd7 "hour, Th - Master Teacher - Teaching th Wortfe of tb Wayward Boy," Luke gv: 11-14. Rev. Howard Smith; 1:69 a. m. a atudy, "What W Should Know About Our PupilaiMtav-WCVMrr4U5-10ia. m., discussion; io:zo a. m., next- sun' day'e lessoa ' taught, Nekemlan f Prayer." Nh. 1:1-11. Dr.- ciarnc T. Wlleon: tl: a. ' m.,J round-table : conferi ence, ' "Th Sunday - School Superintend ent," led by Rv. W. C. Merritf, J p. m song and prayer; 1:15 p. m., devotional Bible atudy hour, "Th Master Teacher Teaching to Pray," Luke zl: 11-1L. Rev. I J. F. Qhormley; 2 At p. m.. "Holding th rskAl.. In tha Oioluutl " fir H T. ttAf I p. m.f discussion; 1:18 p. m., winning th llttl ones through: (1) "Vradle Roll." Mrs. C. M. Klgglns, (2) "Begin ners." Mrs. C. A. Mordn.: (I) -"Prima, rles," Miss Ada Bell Brown; 4:1S p. m "Teaching to Win," Rer. W. C. Merrltt; 4:46 p. m., bualness; lao p. m.. song and prayer; 70 p. . nf.. address, "The Book W Us." Ur.' Edwin U House; 1:19 p. m.. solo. Mrs. C. O. Royle; 1:30 p. m., "Organised to Win," Rv. W. C Merrltt THIEF CONTINUES TO LOOT BAKER MAIL BOXES tSpedel rxanateh V The JoanxLI Baker City, Or, Nor. 11. Th known person who ha been rifling in dividual mall boxes In thia city atlll peralat in hla operations despite th efforts of the police and secret service man to prevent him and effect a cap- inside an Iron pip in front of th offlr containing check amounting to 3S for merchant In thla city. Another letter containing a check for 1500 waa found today in the rear of the Baker Light a Power eompenjre office. -. T data nearly IMOO worth of checks have been- foimd on th street, taken from the . postofllc. Suspicion points to a. 14-year-old youth, but as yet thr Is no incriminating evidence . against him, .4, . - ,. ARRESTED IN HAWAII FOR SPOKANE LAND FRAUDS - (Jeers)' Special service.) Honolulu, Nor. IS. -United States Marahal Hendry returned from Maul on the steamer Llketlk today, having in custody O. L. Brokaw of Spokane, who I under indictment by th federal grand Jury In Washington stat for land frauds. Tb prisoner was taken to Oahu prison.. .After a preliminary hear ing It 1 expected that Brokaw will be returned to Spokane. Brokaw gave him self up to the aherlff of Maul, , , BOATS COLLIDE, CAUSING DEATH AND DAMAGE ttnedal DametHi to The Jearaal.) Ban Francisco, Nov. 1J.- A a result of a collision between the gasoline schooner Nonpareil and th lighthouse tender., Madron oft Paclflo street wharf at 7:19 o olock tnia morning uecK Hand John Boer of th Nonpareil waa drowned. Captain Murphy aerioualy in jured and . tha Nonpareil badly . dam aged. . -. OFFICE-BOY FORGER ' N - - v SENT TO PENITENTIARY (Jearsal Seeetol serrlee.t New Tork. Nov. It. Harry A. Leon ard, th office boy who etole II6J.000 worth of securities by a forged check, pleaded guilty to forgery 4a the second decree and waa sentenced to an' Inde terminate eentence ia th reformatory today.. . . v : : " Morrl Hatha rreceVJ . .... Uqorjitl Special Sertke.) I .. rtnston, Nov.. 13. Morris Nathan wes leles'sad today and freed from- alt lekal censure in connection with the murder DIlUOIMilCDEriSt IIIBU8I0E88 Traffio Manager of the Northern , Pacific Telle-of Growth of Railroad Business,, LINES IN COMBINATION 1 FOR JOINT USE OF CARS Beat Evidence Yet Brought Out Be ' fore Railroad Commlaaion Shown s y'Bookf-TDf -Car-Serrice Aiaocia- tion. - (ipeelal Dlspatek fit Ta Jearaal.) ' Colfax, Waah.,' Nov. I J. Better prog fees la being mad in railroad Investi gation today, four wltnessea being ex amined at th afternoon session. Henry Blakeley, traffic manager of the North ern Paclflo at Tacoma, who occupied th stand all day Saturday, waa th most Ira portant witness. He declared that rail road rates in Washington should, be ralaed rather than . lowered, but ad mitted that th net Income of. the North ern Paclflo waa more than 11.000,000 greater thla year than last, and that the Northern Paclflo la working all ita own and other large carahopa . in eastern states to their fullest capacity, but is unabl to keep up with. th continued increase .of business on Ita lines and ta auffrlng from oar shortage. E. C Fleming, agent ureat Northern. Spokane; Qeorgo Adams. - chief clerk Great Northern freight office; F. R. Hanlon, commtaaloner Paclflo North west Car Service association, alao testi fied on unimportant details. , Hanlon in troduced tha book of rules of hla asso ciation and th Master Car Builders' association. Which shows that all roads of th northwest have contract for Joint buslnesa and exchange of cars. Commissioner McMillan declare that thla ia the -beat evidence brought out before the commission. Railroads can not claim it I a hardship for th com mission to compel them to do what they voluntarily contracted . among them selves to do. . Th commlaaion hopes -te finish th session thla evening. V PIONEER RAILROAD BUILDER DIES AT HIS POST ; '' ""'. ' ' -V'"' " ' J. H. Smith Did Grading for Northern Pacific and South ern Pacific Roads.. , J. H. Smith, a pioneer railroad con tractor. died yesterday-In California. wher he was ngaged 4n- oonatntetlon work for th Wstrn Pacific, He waa about it years of ager-snd leve- wJdow and one. ehUd..- j For yar or. mora Mr. smttn naa been prominent contractor on raQroad work. -In- th .pacific , noftuwest., h came, to the coast a quarter tt a cen tury ago. and participated in th build ing of a, number of the Pacific rada. Th firm of Hal Smith took contract for 'grading on th Union Pacific, and also the Northern Psciflc. ' About -10 years .s go the firm dissolved, and Mr. Smith mad new alliances. He finished th grading work on th interurban electric-between Seattle and Tgcoma, built th St John cut-off of th O. R. N and other roads. Th Paclfte Con struction company, of which ha was a member, built the Echo cut-off and th Condon branch of the O. R. N. For the past year h was engaged in Irrigation work In Nevada. A few weeka ago he went with Frank Huaon to Ban Francisco to begin work on tn western Paclfie, th firm having aecured a larae aradlnc contract irom in uouia system. H waa taken 111 and lived only a few dava. Mr. Smith waa twice married. During tha life of hie first wife h waa pros perous financially, and built a mansion on th top or Mount Tabor.' Reverses came, and h lost most of his property H wss a man of untiring Industry, and a shrewd contractor, whose Judgment of men and th cost of work could be re- PECULIAR-GAMBLING LAW IS HELD VALID (Jearaal Sseetal Servles.) 1 Washington. Nov. 11. Th supreme court today upheld, a peculiar Ohio law which permits any resident of tha stat to recover money lost at gambling re gardless by whom it Is lost. . A woman brought suit agalnat the owner of a building tn which the money waa loat and a lien agalnat the building created by th stat law waa declared valid by the highest court today.- , MAN AND WIFE ATTEMPT . TO DIE, ONE SUCCEEDS - - ; v ., . (gpeelat Dl.patrb te The Joornal.) ' ' Vancouvsr. H, C Nor. 13. W. Jack son, a mining engineer, ang wlf drank poison with suicidal intent whll eating dinner on - Sunday. Jackson Ja dead and the - wife' condition la serious. From what can he sacertalned Jackson planned with hi wlf to commit am- elde. ' They mixed th poison In a hot- tie of beer and then drank the content: ALFONSO IS WELCOMED ' -TO VIENNA BY KING . j, . . (Jooraal Special Service.) Vienna,- Nov. 13. King Alfonso ar rived her today from Potsdam. Em peror Frana Josef and .high official met him at tha atatlon and drove to the palace through-, lines of troop along gaily decorated streets. -. -L';'1 Oraf Waldre Floated?"?" ItfVWMI VHIll.l New Tork, Nov. It. Th liner Oraf Waldersee, which grounded Saturday off 1 Brooklvn. after atartlng for Ham- burg, wae floated thla morning. : SEVENTEEN JEWS ESCAPE WITH THIRTY MILLIONS 4444 Journal Special Service. 4) StocVholm, Nov. II. Seven- 4 4 leen Jewa. refugee, hav ar-- 4 4 . rived from . Ruaala with 110.. . e 4 OOO.ftflO in cash. They fled to 4 escape threatened ,erecutton. 4 4 ' 4 f rS'" . (f;-', I;, '-.'. f . i'infl' Wl i?w. nl TSfTTw HUblcni UUU11UUU A3 - TecGi Streets THE STORE WHERE FORGED DEEDS TO PAY FOB L One of the (Authors of 'Seattle Real Estate Frauds Believed h ' to Be in Prison. (Spsdal OUpstch to The JooroaU f Seattle. Wash,- Nov. 11. On of th author of tha local real estate fraud, Which are growing every day and foot up hundreds of thousanda. Is now be lieved to be in the county Jail under tha name of Bert Connor. Two month ago Connor, through a broker, W,' P. Mc Quillan of Seattle, purchased the Grand hotel . from Mra. Sarah. Orlngua for 13,000, paying 1260 down and giving a mortgage on 121 acre of land in Lincoln county, signed , by th Unlverlty-of Odeaaa. and . a.: deed! to .. ISO acrea . In Mecosta countv ia security. He im-I medtatery piacea tn property witn a broker tor salefor iz.ooo. Next day he got drunk and informed guest of th hotel that -be had mad barrel of money-' out - of - ignorant Swedea. Th man Informed i&g-jGring- us, who atartad a -detective at work onJ her own account, resulting in tn dis covery that th mortgag andilaed given her were bogus. Connor wae . then ar- reated. - Before being -taken- Into on tody he pnrchaaed th hotel of Mr. N. Jensen of Olive street for 14,(00. giving her a deed to land In Fentress county. Ten nessee, and a conditional deed-, signed by C. D. Hlllman of Seattle aa security for the money until paid. - Th Hlllman property Instead of being worth what it waa said ta be. was not worth mora than ISO and th Tenneaeee deed 1 believed to be forged. The day following th purchase from Mre. Jensen he eold her property for f too and had blown it in when arrested. This aftemdl officers expect to have four more complaint against Connor wherein he I charged with defrauding four men In Seattle In a almilar man. ner. He will hav a hearing tomorrow FALSE TEETH SAVE LIFE OF GAMBLER Bjftte Mont.. Wov-l. Bl'ly Semper, I a , gamoie., w buu. w j Wnother gambler. In tha Turf gambling- rooms at Anaconda "tnis morning, i n bulleTntrd th Jaw. waa deflected by a gold dental plat and Semper, spit it out. H lay under th tab) feigning death until hla assailant left. A phy sician aays 'it would have entered the brain if it had not been for the false teeth. He la not seriously injured. DEMURRER IS FILED BY J0HM, BENSON . (Journal Special Serrlee.t '" Washington, Nov. 1J-A demurref waa filed today, in the District of Co lumbia upram ourt.o ndlctmonts kgalhat John A."T9ensn, fh California millionaire charged with bribery In con nection with, land fraud case, and I th conspiracy cas with Frederick H Hyde; Henry P. Diamond and J.. H. Bchnelder, Jolntlylndlcted for defrauding th government out of California and Oregon lands. Th demurrer states that several count of th indictment are bad in aubetanc. s ICEBERG. COLLIDES - '4 WITH NOME STEAMER (Rpeclal Dfaipatfh' te Tbe Journal.) - Seattle, Waah.,- Nov.. U. On her trip south from Nome the eteamer Corwln while In mldocean struck ' an Iceberg, which caused her to spring a leak. The pumpa were kept going until her arri val here. She will go to tha Moran dry docks thia) afternoon for Inspection and repair. , ". REPORT SEEMS TO BE WITH0UT FOUNDATION -.. " (Sperlal DUpatck 1 The loaraal.) Aftorla, Or., Nov. II. No further par ticular hav been received,. from the steamer reported In distress Iff Tilla mook, yesterday. Shipping men her ar Ignorant aa to th fart and .th re port seem to be unfounded. , .- , , . . i . aTerthera Seearltlee lectlem. , ' (Josrnal Special Service.) . V -. New Tork, Nov, 13. Northern Securi ties stockholder elected today to serve for throe year th following directors: James J. Hill. 0orge F. Baker, Oeorge W. rerkirm, Nicholas T. K. Hunt, James N. Hill, th latter to succeed th late D . ..HLl2 . . : Fat - , . ;PCC2:u03v.- ' We are submitting, to you is as plain as daylight, easily un- derstood and appreciated by thousands: Our Clothing De partment, regelated by oup most- perfect credit system, gives you the privilege to se lect anything in the lines of - Suits, Cvcrccttsi cni Cravcccltcs J To pay a fraction of amount at time of purchase, and the bal- ; -v ance at .'.v $1 a Week Journal Cat This Out (Joed for $1.25 ca Pcrchsse '. y. of Overcost , Ce4 bmU Juurjr ta. WW . Eastern Ontffttlng Co, - eW . - lVisIalastoa and YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD L10IIEY RATES ARE L Calls In New" York Reach Twenty-Six Per Cent and Flue- . 7 ,tuations Are Heavy. ' - ' (Jovraal Special Service.) ' . "NwTork. Nov. II. (Secretary of th Treasury Lesll M. Shaw today author- , Ised the atatement that he will not go to th relief of the saoney market tint II -he la convinced that business Interests... ar likely to suffer. Bhoujd any bust ns concern be denied deserved credit at reasonable rates, the secretary say a h wants to know iha facts.. Th Inauranc Investigation la hav-' SENSATIONA ing a very weakening effect upon values In tn atock markti- Upon-th rectpt-" of Shaw's atatement money, rates went as high aa Jt per cent today, although th ctosing was at pf cent Th pools worked hard to keep the price rrom alio, ing off too far. Th strength in Ten. esse Coal waa remarkable, as was th -trading1- in.. Heeding. Lecontotlve and Railway Springs. The general market - ' la fully ) Vt point lower at the cloae of today's session. - . . PRISONER IS DRESSED :f :IN HEIGHT OF' FASHION " (Joornal Bpeclal Service.) . Denref. Col,. NoytH. Dreeeed Jp.the.V height of fashion, tall, dark and hand- aome. Arthur S. Hyman appeared In th criminal court thla morning to plead to a eharga of forgery, : after paying the sheriffs' expenee to California. . the 1 coat of th suit, and refunding ' the money h was charged with haVIng ae? . cured on a forged check, Hyman wa 4 allowed to go free.'. He had signed the nam of Hyman Berg Ca of Chicago to a check on a Denver bank. ,H waa arrested later tn San Francisco and after apendlng two weeka In Jail her appealed ' to hie father. It coat bin) , liy.to. PENDLETON PASTOR IS " r STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS . (SpetiaJJWtcttck t tte Jegraal.) , Pendleton, Or.,-Nov. 11. Dr. Robert Warner, paator of the Methodist Bpls- ' copal church of thia city for the past five years, waa stricken with paralyala t Hla horn in thla city yesterday and waa unabl to enter th pulpit . He wa taking an actrv part In th new church project her. . It suoosss greatly de pends on his condition. Th right side . f his face la totally paralysed and his ltmba seem affected. Th seriousness ' ef hi condition t not yet known. KING GEORGE OF GREECE - ON VJSITJ0 EDWARD 1 IOndon, '' No. 1 1. King ' Oebrg of Oreece. accompanied . by Princ and Prlncasa Nicholas of Oreece, arrived thl afternoon on a visit 'to his brother-in-law. King-Edward. He crossed the chan nel in Edward'a royal yacht, accompan ied by a squsdron of British warships. He was met at Portsmouth by Prince Arthur and escorted to Windsor. . POSSES ARE SEARCHING -FOR MURDEROUS NEGRO ....... j . t , , , j j. ,., . ,-n-'- -; (Jooraal Special' Servlee. ' ' ': - i- Lawton,-Ov T.. J."ov. 11 Pos this morning ar searching for th negro who last night shot sn kllledl Mrs. H. ." Stedmsn. wife of the Rock Island agent at Eblnger, while tha negro and hla confederate wor robbing the station. - ynjdrsd at Stallx. r '.,;'". (Special Dltoatdk t The Jooraal.) -, 1 ' Helix, Or., Nov. i--ri- M. Hopkins, man about 20 yenrrs Bt age, whll at- tempting to oard th' train' for Petidle- ton atfhla place, today, fell .and waa' seriously Injured 'Internally. .He was . takan on to Pendleton, wher h Is now .1 under a phyaloian's csre and tha serl- , ousness of hla 'condition Is not yet known. Hla parents reside In th east . and he has been making-. hla horn In Pendleton for some month. . ..V - 1 . "... Fnaeral of Mrs. Saatlafton. ' r . (Special Dtepatcb te Tke Jearaal.) . '; ' La Grande, Or., Nov. 11. Mra. A. & Huntington, on of th earliest pioneer of Union county, and a resident of this city for 13 years, was burled In this eltV yesterdsy. having died In Port Ian 4 frlday, wher ah was operated on rarly In. the week. . Her huabaiid. A. C Hunt Ington, was one of (he pioneer mer chants, and her daughter Kdlth la the, wife of oorge H. Curry, editor of tk La Orsnde Observer. - , f 4.4 4 PI Susan uenry