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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER .23, 1S03. SCHOOL TAX LEVY JUUEfJILE COURT IS IN CONFLICT IS 2.5 LULLS TO Present ' Telephone -.' Company Objects to Way New Concern New York Philanthropist Be. J"lomes Interested In Den '' vers Success. ' Twenty-Four Men and Two . " Women So Decide for, , . . Portland.. " . ' ' . Is Doing Business. ; ' NEW POLES POKE V - THE FAITHFUL FEW HAVE TO HAVE A HOME V IN EVERY CITY Judge' Lfiidsey, ,Who Has Accom plished Much Good, Summoned to Conference to Discuss Plans for s Crest Work. ' i-T INTO OLD WIRES Not with complicated apparatus, but by the very; simplest ways in 'U ; VvvTr U vvi a . . Umiir c ti a ' o ti NO OPINIONS TO EXPRESS Can't Help It, Say Manager of New They File in. Take Seats, Listen to Concern, While Manager ' of Old T Reading; of Reports and About a Asserts It, Js Mere Spitework Half Dozen . Vote Movement to ' Matttr Taken Under Advisement Have System Abolished. , RIVAL COMPANIES '.' -..-'.''...'-. ' - " , - - : ". : 'v' : . ... SPREAD Tel Afelfef Mm V ' . ' What promises to be a lone and bitter war between tha Paclno 8tatea Tele- , graph at Telephone company and tha Home Telephone company has bean 1 started. The Pacific States " company . objects to tha manner In which the new company la erecting Its poles and string- Ins. US cables on Union. Rody and Hawthorne avenues. The company says ' that the Home Telephone company has j erected poles on the same side .or the ; street as It now occupies, so that the new poles extend among- . tha (wires, causing the wires and cables to be seri ously damaged. The old company also alleges that tha poles of the new com pany have not beep, erected at the edge of the sidewalk:;' and that Ita plats were ' not filed until: a portion of the work had been performed. ' all of which was in violation of the terras of Its franchise. The troubles of the two. companies were aired before the street committee of the city executive boar yesterday. "It seems .to me that the- have done thla work In, this manner simply, with a desire , to Injure and damage ouf plant, said Judge-1 -Cr H. Carey, who represented the,. Pacific States Telephone company, ' ( ' ., . ,- . ' ' W. M. Godfrey,' superintendent' of con struction -of the Home Telephone com pany, denied that his company Was dam-, aging the property of the old company, and said that In the erection of poles workmen were exerting much care not to Injure the poles of the rival com pany. ,. - , - . "Our main objection Is that we do not desire to be ahoved out of . the way to make room for the other company," aald , Superintendent Thatcher .of the Paclno States Telephone-company "The 'other com party has main leads on nearly all the- streets," said Charles E. Sumner of the Home Telephone com pany. "li(.we were forced to go, on streets on which there were no wires of the other company it 'would shut us . oat of the city entirely." . . "When you parallel our . lea da, . why not go underground?" queried Thatcher. do not know that we should be put to the unnecessary expense of putting our whole plant underground," was the reply.. v : , v i .'..: - A It was Ueclded by the committee that the old company shouldfile a complete list of all their main leads 'in- the city and the settlement of tha controversy was takea order advisement. ,--r- i. LOOKING FOR MOTHER TO! ? TEUHER OF SON'S DEfTH Detective' Hellyer in searching 1 for Mrs. K. M. Watson of Portland, to whom he will convey the newt of tha death of her -son, arvln Daniel Wat son. Tele grama -bearing the unwelcome message have failed to reach her. Detective Hellyer baa been assigned the task of locating tbe woman by Chief Grltsmacher, who was notified of Watson's death by the coroner of Spo- ks'ne.. Watson twas SO years of age. He applied to the Northern Paclflo for em ployment December 20, waa given a po sition and aent to Htllyard, Washing ton.-on the same day. That evening he -became 111 and died within a few min utes. Death is said to have "been caused by a hemorrhage. - - Just before hla death Watson gave the -name of hla mother' and aald that ahej lived at Twenty-fifth and Thurtnan streets, Portland. Telegrams aent to her at that address have been returned. . ' i V - A. Home Orchestra. . A-beautiful S50 orchestrelle In per feet, 'order, but in holiday rush waa marred to some extent.- can now be bought at f 174 off. Terms fit a month. Kilers Piano House. " The apeclal tax levy for school pur poses wss ffxed at i t mills at the annual meeting of the taxpayers of the Portland school district last night In the High school. Thla waa the only actual business transacted other than the read ing of the annual message of the direc tors and the annual financial, statement of the clerk of the district.' - There were 14 men present, besides two reporters, , and two women. No auggeetlona war made by any tax payer present as to the management of the publlo school system. Those who came entered tha room, took seats, lis tened In a half-hearted way to the read ing of the reports,: ail when- the mo tion waa put by the chairman to, adopt them and fix the tax levy scarcely half a dosen. voted. , Within SO minutes after the meeting was called to order it waa adjourned. Directors Sltton. Beach,- Wittenberg and Flelechner and tClerk Allen occu pied seats on the rostrum. Among the taxpayers present were J. N." Tea I, rep resenting the Taxpayers' league; W. MacMasters, Whitney U Boise. Rev. T. U Eliot, B. Leo Paget and Councilman Wallace. - ' ,, , vl ' v The directors, as well aa the taxpay ers, era becoming much disgusted with the farcical annual meetings when but a handful of taxpayera appear. They aay - it la well enough to have the meetings in a country school district or In small towns, but that in a city the alsa of Portland it la impossible to get many of tbe taxpayers together. No Identification la necessary and any taM tlon who desired control might atuff the meeting and manipulate tha affairs of the district -.. -.. In all probability aa effort will be made to do away with the annual meet ing of taxpayera -to all districts of th first class and leave the affairs of the school district entirely In the hands of the school directors. ", . - . GRAZY CHINAMAN THINKS :' HIMSELF A DISH After Bathing- He Stands Him self In. a Corner on Hit ; . , Head, to Drain. . , Carnation Vostoffioe Vaaaiaf . ' ' , - - Special Dispatch te Tbe Journal?)--. ' Forest Grove,- Deo. St. Carnation postnffice, whose existence has been threatened ever since its establishment, will be continued until February It. A Season's Greeting On rWeiv is greatly thought of 'in Silver or Cut Glass . The artiatlo-beauty so differently conceived in our lines, mikes tha token of pleasing acceptance and -' long remembrance. ' ; - - ; : THE ilLVER . C 'Z Je S2S-100S fine, stamped "Ster ling" as a mnrk of genuineness snd ' of proper weight ; to Insure the article of, merit,' - '. THE CUT CLASS lis S the -elegance of designing combined with that decidedly blue color aa to make the collection a rlafli bv Itself. a' I iiCLwTf1IH0aWA.SrllNGTCW S$fl' Laboring under tha delusion that hla head is a great big dish, Lung Tin hss been causing Jsiler, Harry Graft on no end of worry and trouble during the pest few days.. Yin la a young Chinese dishwasher, who waa committed to the county Jail as insane. ' There Is no doubt In "Oraf ton's mind that ' the chargea against Lung Tin are true. ; For three days tha Chinese was held In tbe county jail waiting to be sent to Salem. Most of the time he was locked In the padded cell. No one cared for the Job of bathing the son of the Orient, so be would be put In a .cell near a. bath tub. Instantly" Tin would duck his head under the water.' and hold It there untir he was dragged out; then1 tha Chinese would rush to a corner and stand on hla head, ' which ' position he would keep until placed tha other end up by the Jailer or a trusty. In his broken English., the insane man would explain that he wanted to give the dish a good wash and then stand it up in the corner xo dry. . ai outer times ne would tear every stitch of clothing from his body, declaring that ha was no covered dlSh. - . . ' .. . - t Once In i while Lung Tin thought himself a csged prise fighter, and his antics during these spells were comical. He would Jump around like an enraged flea, and tbe various positions in which ha placed himself and his fists were novel, to say the least. The "human dish" was taken to the Salem Insane asylum last night - YULETIDE HOBBY FOR - CHILDREN AT LIBRARY Tha Portland Library association hat reached the season of annual 'reports and every one la busied with them to the almost absolute exclusion of every thing elsej The library year closed last night and tonight there will 1e a meet ing of the board to attend to the routine of settling up accounts. The librarian. Miss Mary-F. Isom, has been given till about the middle of.-January to receive and arrange the reports from the - vari ous departments. The usual moathly meeting gives way to the annual--ire Tha paat" month has been a busy and prosperous one. with the attendance and activity steadily Increasing. 'A new plan . Just adopted la the placing of books at the fire stations. That tha fire men .who have not the time to visit the library may enjoy its benefits. Three stations have been supplied with books on varied subjects, and they will beureturned for substitution' when the men have finished them. Miss Isom Is anxious that the captains of the other companies make arrangements with her aa soon as possible. ' The children's room was an attractive plaoe during tha Christmas . daya. .-'A large yule log waa lighted in the fire place Friday; morning, snd to the de light of the children burned, till I o'clock Saturday night Th story hour came iFrlday afternoon and the children were seated about the fireplace In rows listening to Miss Haesler as she told Christmas- talea. ' Saturday again - tha children left,(he tables to gsther about the fireside, and at their request Miss Hassler spent tha afternoon reading to .bem. . , .-- (Jnaraal Sptrlal Bervlee.) Denver, Deo. II Judge Ben B. Und sey, whosa work In the uplifting of boys In the Denver Juvenile court has made .htm famous, has been aummoned to New Tork by qn of her rlcheat men, whose name the Judge refuses to give. He aaya the purpose of the conference will be the" discussion of plana for the -nationalisation of the Juvenile court work for- which ample financial backing will be furnished when a feasible plan has been formulated.. The New Tork phil anthropist contemplatea an organisation which other wealthy man have prom ised to Join, which will erect in every city a building or home-, for ita Juvenile Aid society.; A wealthy citisen has of fered to erect. such a building here on his owe account aa a memorial to hla boy, who died when young. Tha- local Juvenile Aid society-will furnish a plan for the national, organisation, which will merely be an expansion ef. the Denver nucleus...-. . r ' .. :'-': Truant Officer Used the - ' (Joaroa! Special Service.) Kansas Cityt Dec SI. Robert Page, a truant officer of the Roaedale district, haa established a whipping post for tru ants and Incorrigible boys. He whipped four boys lest night janglng In age from to 11 years, because of their breaking into a grocery store. Fage aays that hereafter ha will use tha whipping post InsteseVef the Juvenile court, which han dles criminals under 11 years of age. Ha aaya the Juvenile court acts too alowly and does not accomplish the desired re sults. Tha fathers of all four boys were "present and permitted Page to whip them. Page laid then across a ta ble In the city hall and whipped them with a leather strap. . EUGENE FAVORS MUNICIPAL ' OWNERSHIP : : " Citizens Working to Arouse En- thusiasm in Next Tues ; ; day's Election' , T j.r... Why, my own belief la that he la at bis home in Berkeley." As the secret service men have been ahadowlng the Puter home In Berkeley (for the past 10 daya thla idea waa some what- surprising. . But Mr. Bristol gave no explanation of hla conjecture. He remarked that he had .not been In Ban Francisco during hla trip. . ttt , ' Oregon Oases pslayed. Congressman - Hermann's, departure for Washington two dsys ago- makea It reasonably certain that his trial On the Oregon lndlctmenta will not take place for sometime,, possibly not Until con gress haa adjourned. - The chans in Mr. Haney's plans will result In delaying tha return of Judge Hunt of Montana to thla city. He la to .preside at the land office fraud trials, ss announced some weeks ago. trut under the present arrangements ha win not coma back to Portland before February. In the meantime Judge. Wol verton will hold court, hearing motions, demurrers and equity cases. No Jury cases will be called until the land fraud prosecutions are resumed. Klssoarl rrult Orowera. - - (Joeraal Special Serrlee.) "Kansas City, Mo.. Dec 28. With an attendance representing'" every . portion of the state the Missouri Horticultural society assembled at -the. Coates houae today and began ita lth annual session. An executive session this afternoon pre ceded the formal opening of tha gath ering thla evening when welcomes and responses will be delivered and ad dresses on horticultural topics msde by Dr. J. M. Stedman of Columbia.. R. a. Ran of at. Joseph.. Mies Adelaide Utter of Kansas City and ethers, - " ' (SdscUI Dispatch to The Joeraal.) Eugene, Orr, Deo, .21. Municipal' own ership la again before Eugene. At xeeetlne? of East Eugene - people last night to organise an Improvement club, a committee was appointed - to devtae jlana' for a permanent egranlsatlon. Resolutions were adopted ravoring tha installation of -at municipal light plant and water- works, and calling maas meeting of cltlsens to take vp the matter. - . - , " - At a recent apeclal election, bonds to enable the city to buy water and light plants were voted, but before the bonds were Issusd it was discovered that tha election was illegal. , Another opportu nity to -vote on the queatlon will be given the people next Tuesday. GILBERT GETS THE NEWS (Continued from Page One.) BRITISH ADMIRALTY " , TENDERS WARSHIP (Special Dtspateh te Tbe lenraal.1 i Victoria, B. -C..- Dec. J. The British Admiralty haa offered to- place H. M. 8. Dominion at the dlspossl of the Cana dian government to convey to Canada the body- of Hon. -R. Fref on tains, late Member of marine and flaheriee.who died in Paris on Sunday. On a. former occasion, wb,ej Sir John Thompson, thsn premier, dted In London, a British war- ship conveyed the body home. know whether butter is b if milk is watered ; if coffee has chicory in it;; if her r is pure, etc. powde in THEJANUARY "TU, - Ladies' Home Journal Last KtonthY Issue of A Million and Three Hundred Thousand Copies was- Completely Sold Out v 15 Cents on Every -News - Stand . THE CURTIS PUBLISHING' COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA '.- - --i ";.'.- I v ............ - ' ' i . f - X , "- '' n " -- N -' .-. k" ':, i '.' ' n- " . '.,,- :' '.:-. ... ' : ' :l . . '"'.' : When you consider the high character' of our-clothing' and the prices at ' which we are now offering it, you must appreciate the rnoney aaving import- ': ance to you of thia sale. i .t,-,,,': ' .;::.v.'.' ;, ;". 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Corner Third and Morrison Streets PARALYTIC GLOBE TROTTER - CAlOMANfl. - Jacob Count, Who Says He Was Born in Ohio, May Be De " ported to Australia ' TORTUBEOBY ECZEMA Body Hist of Sons. Cotjtd idtSleip ( Spent Huodridi of Dollars os Doctors, but Grow Worio. f URED BY CUTICURA FOR $8 "Caricara eared the life of m mother. Mrs. Wa. V. Oaria. of Stoar. Creek, Coan. Here waa the wrat recount claims that lie ia but ts years eczema a ercr aaw. be was narair able to eat or Bleep. Her bead and bods- waa maas of sorts, and aha despalred-of recovery. Finally, after epending hundred of dollara on doc tore, ffrowior " worse all- the time. iiring ia miser for years, with hair wmtenea from aanenof ana Door terribly disfigured, she was complete ly cured by twd cakes of Cuticare Soap, fire bozee of Cnticura, aad three bottlea of Cnticara ResolTrot. Ceo. C Paris, t6t W, JUi fit. X.?. 4iJmn Rpsds'l ferric.) ' San Francisco, Dee. St. After a Quar ter of a century of (lobe trotting, dur ing which he claims to have apent a for tune, Jacob Count arrived In San Fran cisco on tha steamer Ventura, from Australia Saturday and haa been denied landing- because he la a paralytic sod cannot prove that -he la an American cltlsen. J I .' ' oldV-but his hair la whlto'and iie is deorepltWold man In' appearance. His left leg and arm are useless. He will probably, be sent, back to Australia un less he can prove that ha waa born in Columbus, Ohio, aa he claim a He aaya that he left Columbua when 10 years old, after hla parents bad died and left him 120,000 and that he traveled all over the orient finally settling In Australia on a eheep rendu, fWhen the Immigra tion officers asked him how much money ha had ha produced III and said that he had a .much letrger sum sewed in his elethes, but aald that he did not know anybody in the United - States. The (lobe trotter, whom the Immigration of ficers believe to be something of a Munchausen, talks with German ac cent an3 dislikes te be Questioned about the United Statea, .-- .--- ' rrefenea Stock Ceased Oooda, - . Allen Lewis Best Brands. . ALLOWED CHILDREN TO LAND WITHOUT PERMIT (Journal ftpeclal rTM.) . -, .Ban Francisco, Deo. 18. The Oceanic Steamship company waa held to answer before United S)atea Commissioner Hea eock thla morning on a charge of having allowed five minor -' children to- land without permission of the immigration officials. The children are members Of the Hardy- family. Australian -natives, en route to Utah. - - '" , . . What's la a name ? . 1 J Everything! , stands for the best dentifrice ia the world. - ' j Form!: Liquid, Powdrr & Postt ASK TOUR DENTIST , - TAMMANY HALL AND MAYOR KOW AT PEACE Great Interest in Annual Reor 'ganlzation of the Famous j '-V Political Club. : (Jmvnal SpMlal afrvlee.) ! rNew Tork, Decj tl. Thla Is the day for tha annual reorganisation of Tam many Hall, and tha members and friends of the organisation, which practically controls tha political situation and pa tronags In thla city, are awaiting tha result with considerable Interest ; When Mayor MoClelfan announced hla candidacy for reelection two months ago the - relations ''between him and Tammany. Hall- seemed considerably strained,-and when Mr. McClellan was reelected. t waa feared that he might emphaalsa hla political independence by turning 'against Tammany Hall , and breaking air relatione with Charlaa P. Murphy, Ita leader. Since then, however, tha mayor haa assumed a much more conciliatory attitude and it" la under stood that the leader of Tammany Halt haa received satisfactory assurances from Mayor McClellan, which have al layed all feara of a break. It la understood that Mayor McClel lan, although he will, to some extent," maintain hla political independence will consider the wishes of Tammany Hall In ' wlir not makauapy appointments which -would be directly-distasteful to Chief Murphx. and the Other leaders of the, party. r . ) ; , Black Xawk War Teterana. (jMrn.l gpeclsl Ssrrlce.) 4 " -American Pork, Utah. , Dec. , tl. The Black Hawk war veterans of thla dis trict are holding .their reunion here to day. It will conclude with. a big ban' quet this evening. . - - ". a . M rJ-s- sr wr.Avo . Park snd Washington Portland. DruMi ,. - ut cbugui ui uauiy -. A; P Armstrong, IX. B Principal' Thouaanda of graduates in posi-. : . - -.1 a u . nuu,A iuiiui.u, yiaicu. cacn. ycg i more calls for help than we can meet rt. mo.' modern, beat eauiooed. ... uepartmentgj f usine,ihorthantl, ' Typewriting, Penmanship, : English, , Open all thi year. Catalogue, pen work free. Call, telephofie or write. '1'