THE-RBOOtiDAlLV JOURNALr-PORTLANIVUWEDNESDAY EVEjjlNCLMARCUlSTTlS.:
ME
SECOiMICKEFII
THE FIELD
CROVJDS FLOCIMO
lOiPHSSESlSAYS
DIFFERENT
KLCOUIICIL COr.ir.lITTEE
HEW MAYOR
. CROWDED
III-LIGTOIII'
FASHION SII017 ;
STORE
Explosion
RllS- COf,lPilIY PliEStlJTS ITS SIDE II
i .T..i ", .
; M tny Witnesses Mad No Oi
tinrtinn Between Cross and
Net- Bills.,
WHICH MAKES MUCH
DIFFERENCE IN RESULTS
XaielEx-
umber .01 opccmc
plained by Employes of Gail Com
pany Relative; Coe of Om Here
"and Elsewhere. "'; ::r::
'Testimony given yesterday hefore the
.council committee which -Is lnvestlgst-
uk tha' Portlana'Tla eonipany -niBdeit
:f plain-that In a number of Instances
complamta of gaa consumere have baen
without juat feundetloa It. was the
"gaa eompanye day In court and. inn
ployee of tha corporation teatlfled In de
. tail aa to each and avery tnaunea of
' alleged overcharge brouirht out In the
pravloua hearings. Tha total number of
'aa oonaumara who hava appeared be
' ton the-omnilttee to complain of ex-
iwssHtf aaa bills la leas than 1(1. aa mill
three quartera of thoaa aubpoenaed by
iw- nnniin atthar-failed to respond
-
"or declare on tha atand that, they had
." wo eanaa for complaint- "
7T While tna aaaalon wai chiefly devoted
to tha hearing of evidence - offered by
- tha raa company, ona wltneea, -Leelte
M. Scott, waa called In Jehalf ot. the
Oregonlan and teatlnad concerning the
J-price and coneumptlon of gee to other
.iiu rvAfl.imlnfttl(in brought out
be fact that ha had no knowledge of
i iii' ennditlona a-overnlng tna cost oi
. aneklna- aaa In these cltlee. Ha teBtl-
wlth Portland (aa, and a momenc taier i
waa obliged Tlo admit that aid nM
know that Akron uaaa natural gae.
WhoU Towa saoka. Say JtcOtnm.
Whan J. N. Teal, attorney for the
- gae company, remarked thatnot more
than 1 wltneeaee. all told, had ap
peared to complain of overcharge by
- the company.-Judge MoQlnn. the Ore.
gontan'a attorney, retorted vehemently;:
y "The whole town haa baen bnr." .,
"'Thefe Attorney MoOlhn. not Henry
McGinn, thafe apaaklng now," aald Teal
aareaatlcallv. ' -
- Kaxl Cleland," eaehlar" of th ga
- company, waa the flrat wltneaa on the
staad yeaterday. He waa quaatloned
apeclftcally aa to avarylnatance of al
leged overcharge for gaa that haa been
brought out by the Inveatlgatlon. The
ftret caae taken up waa that of 3. M.
Toomey, proprietor of the Barr.-hoteL
The wltneaa aald that. Toomey. In hla
testimony before the committee, -had
given the groaa amounta of hla bllla
and not ..the um he actually, paid.
Toomey testified that hie bill for De
cember, 10S. waa tsl.tt, while the aum
he actually paid waa but MI.SS. Simi
larly, he teatlflad that hla bill for
-Oenambw. lOTI.-. wjllA-e. - wit le nm
actualamount paid waa but 131.06. .
- i , Aeomt at7oomy. :
4.Mr. aeland aaid that Toomey had alx
"meters tar hie hotel, aad that a year ago
ona of tha metera waa out of order and
fallc il6 Tt gl ftefth e gaa that paacd
throueh It. When Toomey'a -attention
waa called to thle at the time, he ad
mitted that the meter had not been
working and be aettled for hie gaa on
u agreed baala, estimating the amount
that ahould bava baen ahown by thla de-
, t ectlve tneter. The meter ehowed that
only 21 eenta' worth of gaa bad been
uaedT while tt wag agreed between
Toomey and the company that the bill
ahould be lt.7S. Tet when Toomey waa
on the atand he made no reference to
thla fact but compared hie bill for the
. month In question with the bill ren
dered for the corresponding month a
, year later.
Taking up the complaint of George IL
-Howell. the wttoeea teatittsd that
Howell'a consumption of gaa ''waa from
twice to three tlmea aa much aa that of1
"TilChelghBorg-mor Hgurei WeT-Tia
BhowjngtMgJobethecaBe!.
Oreronlaa'a Bill.
: The Oregonlan'a gaa bllla were ex
plained by Cleland. An employe of the
Oregon lan had previously testified that
their bllla for tha last two years had
ahown an Increase, despite tha reduction
In the price of gaa. Cleland aald that
the increaae In 1(04 over the previoua
year waa le. and Xor 10 It w
iiet.tfc
"The committee will remember," aald
Mr. Teal, "that tha Oregonlan'a employe
teatlfled that' there . waa no Increased
coneumptlon of gaa, although two new
linotype machlnea were added to .tha
ST
OF
EUGENE LUETS
Retain Custom of Electing Two
Orators and Agree on Va
; rious Other Matters.
(Bperlil Dtapeteh te The JoernsL)
University of Oregon, Eugene, March
' II.-The Students' association of the
- atate university, meeting In Vlllard -hall
thla morning, decided after a heated
- diaouaalon to still hold to the custom
- of -electing two orators te uphold the
university in Interstate and intercolle
giate contests, the choice of who le to
"to bt left to' the Judgee xt the pre
liminary contest. ,
- A graduate treasurer who la te have
charge of ell athletic funda was alao
advocated. Regular 'varsity capa were
- adopted for the athletic teams, different
'a are to be awarded to different men
winnings potato In Intercollegiate oonteete
. only. - - .
Track team men 'tnuet win a total
-of i polnte before they are allowed to
wear no em Diem. , -
- - Baseball la acknowledged a college
sport and money provided to carry on
, the work and aa . emblem la to he
awarded to the men playing in all
Intercollegiate or championship . eon
. . testa.
. Other gamee are te be played only
- a - practice-, aamea. - Thla - action - pre-
vents the university team from playing
: gamee with the little oollegea, to the
honor of the other teara'a credit If the
latter ahould win,
IOWA PASSES BILL: - -
; V AGAINST OIL TRUST
ree Molnea, la., March St. The house
today paeeed the antl-dlartrlmlnatlon
bill aimed at the Standard till eompeny,
forbidding ell reductlone le si I fie com
petition. . A fine of i,oot and imprison
fled tilirt thr
there waa no Increase In tha amount of
work to tha Oregonlan of flea on acoount
of tha exposition." . ,
Oleland gave figures showing
tha- four month since tha exposition
closed Ihc Oregmlsn's bills haTa-hern
lesa by t0.40 than for tha correspond
ing months a year preTloua.
R. 8. Far r 11 waa ona of tha witnesses
subpoenaed by the-Oregonlan and when
on tha atand he had teat If led aa to tha
alia of hla (aa bills: Cleland atatad
tbatrjUhad given the ""p"
for three montha were said by Farrell to
have amounted to 11.16, while tha total
aum that, ha paid waa but 14.15. Mr a.
Howard had testified that her raa bllla
werelarger after chAnglngberresiaence
but aha had withheld tha Important fact
thatlnher former realdenca aha uaed
electric light for one h'alf the" hdUserr-'
jgg Bailey's Small Smw.
J.-W. Bailey, atate dairy endfood
commissioner,' waa .another, of "the witnesses-
who had complained of excessive
bllla and he haa teetlrted that ha uaed
(aa only for making- chemical tests In
hla laboratory. Mr Cleland testified
that be vialted Balley-e of no and found
there- 1 Bunaen burnera, two gae fix
ture for Illuminating purpoaea and ona
gaa radiator uaed for heating the room.
No ether heat waa uaed but tola radi
ator. ..u ..i
heaaea who had tniated tha investigat
ing committee by giving tha groee and
not-tha- net-amotintatof-hle bills Tha
aama thing waa done by H. C. Whlttler.
Mr. Cleland explained tha aystem of
reading tha meter and aald that bllla
often' coverTnoro then a month. - "Tha
meter readera aire aomatlmea unable to
gain acceaa to tha metera and before
returning for plokupa' they complete
th.t rr..itt, fhua making a "dlfferanc.
of eta or aeven daya in the ume . ox
reading, them. Thlg occurg every month
and In many inatancea.
i i
t detailed at lenath eiul a
numbarof questions" waTCTtahed by fho
membera of tha committee, especially
Councilman Rushlight i F. A. Jackson,
cashier of the gaa eompany. teatlfled
that the alot meter are frequently
found to contain . slug, waahera and
scrap of Iron, Instead of money. Where
the bllla era guaranteed by the house,
holder., the company l ie able to collect
the amount due, but In other eaaea ansa
results.' "The company would be only
too glad to be rid ot the alot metera,"
aald the witna. I !
w. n chaaa testified that during tna
six years that be waa city engineer he
never had any difficulty with the gaa
company on account of Ita uae of the
treete. but al way a found Ita employee
careful and ayatematlo. They were
fully aa careful aa the employee or me
water board and eometlmea more ao.
Charlea Bell, foreman or the gaa oora-
nuv-i ihnm teatlfled that prompt re
sponse la alwaya made to complamta' ot
leaka. .
Men are . sent ant immediately aa
rmn aa the comnlalnta are received,
aald the wltneee. j He -expiaineo ma
practice of the company In the matter
of testing and Inspecting piping and the
recautlona taken to prevent me escape
w -1 f : ,
- -Trtwn B-nowllna.- aspecior ior ..xne
company, aald that It waa hla duty to
Uat the ptplna and tor-thl pm poee he
vlslta ail nouses wnore pipea are uoim
ellned to question the care with which
the insnector does hie work, ana eaia
that he knew of two caaee where leaka
had been wrongly reported ee due to
the plumbing. The wltneaa did not re
tail thea caaee.
Leslie M. Scott I waa .then called to
the atand by Judge McGinn to present
some evidence aa to mo cwi w a
other dflea. The wltneee had a table
showing the kind of gaa need, ine price
to the consumer and the number of con
umara nar mile, in Chicago, Akron.
Cincinnati. Detroit and a number of
other eastern cities. Scott admitted
that ha did not know the prloe of coal
la theae oitlee, and therefore could not
testify aa . to the ,COttraiiingtne
gaa.
"Dnn't vou know that many of these
iti. era in the very heart oflha coal
producing' section, where th coat of
coai la mucn ie u n .
Wet Mr. TelL Scott admitted tha
thla waa ao. He alao admitted that In
T-r.a Anaelea. one of the cities cited In
hla comparison, the price of oil to lower
than anywhere else In the country.
The wltneaa waa obliged to acknowl
edge that a comparison of the coat of
gaa In Portland with the cost in other
cltie te unfair, without having a knowl
! 'of the condition in thoaa cltlea
arhir-h ninrn the coet of making gaa.
The Inveatlaatlon will be concluded
next rrldav evening, when the gaa com
pany will present some further evidence.
ARMY OFFICER ASSAULTED
BY CORVALLIS CADET
Lieutenant Dennis P. Quinlan,
Commandant of Student 'Bat
talion. Taken From School.
I TabpbbI anedttt gerrlce.)
Corvallla, vOr., March tl. Lieutenant
Dennla P. Quinlan, United Statea army,
haa been relieved from duty at the
Oregon Agricultural college and ordered
to Join tha Fifth cavalry. Mis renei la
on. account of the failure of the colle
giate authorities, to support him In hie
efforte to maintain aiscipnne.
assault made upon the commandant In
January by Roy McCully, a cadet. Each
Drinclnal nut tna Dlame on (no oiner.
McCully made a written apology, which
waa publicly read and aceepted by th
president of .the college, but which Lieu
tenant Quinlan rerusea io accept ana
referred the matter to the war depart
ment. .
Major Wlsaer waa aent to make an
Investigation and at Ita conclusion wrote
President Oatch requesting that the
cadet be directed to make a written
apology to Lieutenant Quinlan and re
questing that the president reverse hie
decision in allowing tha cadet to remalu
In college and refer the aama to the
faculty for action.
Preeldent Oatch did not comply with
the reaueat ot the war department, atat
Ing that the welfare of . the military
department at college made K impos
sible for him to comply.
Both president Oatch and Lieutenant
Quinlan refuse to discuss the matter,
yweaty Uvea fcoet.
- City of Mealeo,- March 11. The ter-
rifle gal which haa awept the coaat
of Vera Cms for the laat two daya
caused a lose of to or more Uvea.
Eighteen of the vlctlme .were flatter
men whoee veaaele went down la the
atortn and two of them were- pleasure
aeejeera, B. Btrlttmaiier and . jr'raacis
Kopena. . , -
SeahleChleTxe
Thresh Legal Phase of Case
raitstsctr
IN MEANTIME ALL
rrri OFFICIALS PArARE
Elactric J Strttt P-ay of Sonnj
-Ciy -Pleased to; Accommodate City
RepreaenUtiVe ' Matter Held Up
Corporation Council to Say Yea.
-1
(Special Dlipttch te Tfce JobtmI.)
. BaaltleV Waalw March ,S1. Membara
of the city eounoil .aadotharcitxfif
flclala will receive - no free atreetoar
tranaportatlon until Mayor Moora haa
thnrnuahlir threahed out- tha legal aa
pacta of tha matter to hla own aatta.
dUtrlbutton of tranaportatlon carda a
the 'matter now atanda, - ....
Ha abaolutely declined today to algn
the cuatomary ordera on tha Seattle
Electrlo company that ' would hava re
aulted In elty official receiving pasaea
good fur free tranwpertatlea during their
terra of -of loe. If tha paaea are not
Uaued the city " treasurer will have to
payaB6utreoo a. month-1 for etreetcar
fare for tha member of departmenta
traveling on official buslnesa.
- The mayor will at onoa ask the opin
ion of corporation counael aa to the
legality of accepting free tranaportatlon.
It la believed that corporation counael
who la now deprived of a paaa will de.
flare the naa vt tlieiu la peirottiy tegaii
The city charter provldea that no of'
flclal of tpe city anau accept rrre rn-
nortatlon or paaaea or any aina. xum
of the electric company pro-
aa aaMin
free of charge when on efflolal bualnaaa.
CONGRESSMAN PATTERSON
DEAD-OE HEART DISEASE
(Joaraal Bpeelei get rite.
Washington,. March 11. Repreaenta-
tiva George R. Patteraon. of Pennayl
ranla died suddenly of heart dlaeaaa at
hla residence In thla city thla morning.
Ha waa born In Lewleton. Pennsyl
vania, November t, lift, and educated
In, the public- schools and Lewleton
academy. He began hla buslnesa career
aa a salesman In the hardware bual
naaa, but for the paat 10 yeara haa been
In the flour and reea Dueineee ana was
gent -of the Mlnneapolla mine in cen
tral Pennsylvania. For many yeara he
wee active In polttice and often a dele
gate to local and atate convention He
waa elected aa a nepuDiicau imra uie
twelfth dietrict In 10I and reelected
In 10.. . - -r-'-w
MITCHELL MAY LOSE
CONTROL OF MINERS
I ruMl Bueelal Bsi ilM.I . :
Indlanapolla.- lud Marca-tU-Mlnra
and operator of the. ituni acaie com-
mltUe Ar..Jtnewlon 1
rinnra There ara II members.
VlowPresldeiit Lewie' Indusa lathe
Joint committee may reeult in hie be-nomine-
a leader eaual In etrength to
Mitchell and a rival to Mitchell Iw-thei
future. The men a personal ponciee are
Inimical What Lewis will do on the
scale committee le unknown. Specula
tive obsefvere aay that Mitcneii s con-
farenoes with Robblna. which resuuea
tin" KobbThr"
he leader
ahlp- of the operators? le-lao likely to
result eventually in aiiicneu w.
MARION DEMOCRATS
TO HAVE FULL TICKET
Snaetal Msntteb te The learnaL) '
Halem. Or- March 11. Marlon county
namncrata ara ta hava a full ticket.
At a meeting of the central committee
tt 1a atatad - that candidates will accept
nominations thua:
bTnfiehatorrrom Marion 8ndni
counties. Dr. W. H. Brrd Of Balem;
Benatora, W. T. Slater -and I). J. Fry or
Balem; Representatives, F. W. Benn of
Bllverton, William Boollard of Wood
burn, H. R. Crawford of Turner,
Philip Olever of Sublimity and August
Huckeateln of Balem. Other candldatea
are circulating petitions according to
law. .
TELLS STORY ABOUT
KIDNAPING OF CHILD
-flanraal gneelal Service.)
San Francisco, March tl. The police
today arrested a nuui wuvaw umww
refuse to divulge, but who they aay
tells , a storv of talking to a strange
Italian on a train the day following the
kidnanlne of the Toao child at coima.
The Italian, he aald, took the child to
Ban- Joee, where he discovered It waa
not , tha one . wanted. - The police are
looking for the auppoeed kidnaper. What
disposition waa maae or xne cnua nae
not been disclosed. .
BIG MEDFORD COMPANY-
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
- ' (SDeelal DIsDatrk to Th Jesrn.l.)
Ttfedf ord. - Or.. March Il-The Big
Butte Sugar Pins company held Its an
nual meeting yesterday and Increased
Ita capital stock to 11,000,000. Nebraska
and Michigan lumbermen ere interested.
The heavy timber holdings will he In
creased and tha capacity .or the mill
doubled. The movement indicates
erly extension of the Medford and Cra
ter Lake railroad to upper Rogue river's
Immense timber tracta.
THOUSANDS KILLED AND
DAMAGE MANY MILLIONS
(Jftainal fteeeUl gervlee.)
Tokio, March tl. It la eetlmated that
from 9,009 to i,000 were killed In a re
cent earthquake In Formosa. The whole
Island waa ahaken throughout Saturday
and Sunday. ' Many of the largest cities
were completely destroyed. 'At Kagl
1.000 natives and. aeven Japanase were
killed. At Btiye 0 -bodlee have a W
r-ady been recovered. The damage is
placed at between $40,000,000 and 150,-
000,000.
FATHER OF TEXAS
. .. 1 -SENATOR EXPIRES
- (Jeeraal geerlel awrtrs.)
New Tork. March 11. N. W. K.
Bailey, father of Senator Bailey of
Texas, died here ao the result of aa
operation today, lie wss a native ef
New Tork aad a reeldsat el Mlaaie-
King Attracts Throngs of
"Shoppersr
DISPLAY IN DRESS -
SALON ENTICING ONE
yrprft jghor Windows jtftjyT JTaalltnimo; cf Helena Blown to
iFloor. Rlch Fabrics . and Latest
Novcltiee ' Crowd Counters and
Tempt Vlaitora.
Tha ahow wlndowa of tha Olda, 'wort-
tnaa A Klnr department atora, which-)
a i -au x . ii.-a.ak aa.ar m i
Tnif HIS yi viiivvi jaiw '"wv'T
window; trimmer-haa ever dreaaed. are
theaa daya merely tha outward ahow of
tha gala attlra of tha whole atora. Beau.
efTectlv background la eomethlng more
than mere picture for tha cufiou
paaaer-by or tha gushing achoolglrl to
atop and admire... It t a work of art
uui .v.n thou jvha care nothlnc' for
elaborate dreeelng way atop to adrnfte."
in tha "umereni uiore, e n wrmi
lteelf. the dreea aalon la one of tha moat
Interesting place In town now. Pretty
modela are In the wlndowa downataira;
juat aa pretty onea -are upaUlra, and
there la more room for tha dlaplay of
the ' mamlflcent v gowna." TJa" ralaedl
promenade -platform haa been arranged
along ona and of the loom and hare the
llvina modela are on parade in aireex
anltaT remptlun guwna, eteulng gewna,
automobUlng -and walking .rattlre, - or
whatever coatume any one 'or ne -vie-
ltore may request The background la
cleverly arranged court aoena, la
wteer
ajshsi laeeujsBt MOMaad,UearomlaIDftmr
seen on wax figures.
The muunery ae-1
ha millinery de-
partment eamea In for lie there In the
promenade and after the ahow la over
Mr. Bamberger proudly uahare the
company Into hla department of hats
and bonnets mad blda them behold.. Th
entranoee are cleverly decorated with
eprlng belle, wrought one of millinery
bachelor buttone and tha other of roae-
tuda and aeranlums.
In tha othervdepartmente there le no
leea pains taken to make an effective
display of the spring stock. The para
sol counter la an especially praur ona.
French embroidered lingerie walete are
riven a aneclai counter for exhibition.
The light wool eprlng goods are cleverly
arranaed In that department on tables.
with a color for each table and rlb
bona and . f lowere and acceeeoriee . to
match.
Tha season would be kept in mind, in
spite of any weather outalde by tne
decorations throughout the atore. Vaaee
of olnk carnations are placed on some
f -the oountere. but -almost everywhere
are oalma. large and small. . xne z. w.
C. A. room, which le receiving Ita ehare
of attention during thle Interval of de-
licioue excitement, haa taken on nonaay
attire for the occaalon and pretty Jap
anese lanterna are festooned about. Ita
limit Oregon grpe and .hPliy lnq
Tha Infanta department la atiracung
much attention by its dalntlneee.--lretty-
footwear,
tiny . glovea In eolore
and
mlnlaluie
email reDroductlon of the grown folk'e
aiiahta. A little tot Is dressed In some
n-ha lovel white frocks and apee ner
elders aa ehe-paoea oack ana zorin
fore the fond gaae Of lnieresieo mnunn
.hn nnmnare her disparagingly' with
tnalii-awn littler darlings.
The display of enma, euver, cui giass
anaai
allng and the disposal or the nneat
ware In special chambers with dark
walla to ahow off their beauties and
with electrlo lighte to accentuate them
la clever. The opening which began yea
terday will continue tnrougn looay ana
tomorrow an.d opportunity will be given
avarv ona to Bee the store at Ita beat.
Muslo continues throughout the morn-
Ing and afternoon.
jOHH H AISEY-JOHES," BIG
LUMBERMAN, DEAD
- eaaasBBxasaawaaasBaxaB-jsxawaxa-a
Founder of Jones Lumber Com
pany, Prominent Citizen, and
Earnest Worker for City.
John Halsey Jones, founder of the
Jonee Lumber company, died at hla resi
dence, 116 Eaat Sixth street, north, at
t:10 o clock this morning. air. jones
waa 71 yeara, ( montha old, and for
many yeara had been a prominent work
er for the advancement ox tne city ana
atata.. ! -r . . . "
Mr. Jonee waa a native or New xora
and waa a pioneer sawmill man of the
northweat While atlil In his teens he
moved from the Empire state to Wis
consin, wher he became Interested In
tha lumber Industry. Ha left Wiscon
sin In 1161 for Orsgon. coming overland
1th an ox team, and aettled on tne
banks of the Clatakanle river. Later he
moved to--Cedap MlUaj waentngton
county, where he built and operated a
large sawmill until 1J70.
. Realising that Portland waa to be the
mill center of the Pacific coaat. Mr.
Jonea left Cedar Mills and moved to
thla city, where he began the bualnaea
that he waa interested in at the time ot
his death". Long before thle the man
retflrned to New Tork and married the
sweetheart at Ida achnol hnod-dayaHra.
Jonee died in 1076. Mr. Jonee advocated
the building of the Madison atreet
bridge. ....... .'. . .
He la aunrtved by four children: Mrs.
Elisabeth Louie Towns of Holyoke. Mas
sachusetts; Mrs. Lovlna D. Grlndstaff,
Mr. Bertha L. Bchalk and Herman H.
Jonea. all of Portland.
Funeral aervlceo wiy he conducted to
morrow afternoon at I o'clock from the
late residence.. :Bti WUllam O. Bllot
Jr.. castor ot the First Unitarian church.
will have charge of the eervlcee.
FOR FISH HATCHERY
. ON MORTON ISLAND
iwaaMnatna Bnfeas
Of tb I
;h IT '
Jmmial.
Washington, - March tl. The aenate
public lande committee today reported
favorably upon Senator Fulton'g bill
granting the lande In Morton Island to
nraann for a fish hatchery. The com
mittee will hold a special meeting Satur
day to discuss the timber and atone re
peat bill. It e expecxea me out
will bs reported favorably.
Isle of Flaee Treeey. ,
(Joaraal aoertel gerrire.)
Washington, March 1. The eenate
thla afternoon' considered the Isle," of
Plnee treaty. Foraker favoring 1U raU-
.fleaUoD, ;
OnXHIed,-Another Fatally- Hurt
and Others Injured at New
FIRE IGNITES POWDER
- STORED IN BUILDING
Piecea and Dan Roaai Loses Eyee
and Hurt Internally Property la
.Located at Town oniaaon, :
Helena. Mont. March ll.-Une man
waa instantly killed, another waa prob
AblyXatay thJUTed," and BeTerat.-Dtherg
slightly Injured aa the reault of an ex
plosion of powder at the New Bra mine.
If mi lee north - or . uowneena, .aroma-
water, county,, early today.. The dead: I
Jam Nlmrao, Helena, The seriously
injured: Dan Roes, "floating, miner, re
cently arrived from- British Columbia.
Ill die.
Fire started from unknown causes In
the air compressor at a ehafthouse In
which the powder waa stored. The fire
Ignited the powder, causing an expio-
eion. -Nlmmo, who. waa endeavoring to
conuol the flameev.wae literally blown
to pieces. Fragmenta of hla body have
been gathered together and ara being
ahlpped to Helena for burial. Dan Ross
waa frightfully lacerated, both eyea bt
Ing blown out, and ha waa .otherwise
Injured. . Other employee Buffered
alight Injuries, none of which le fatal,
or even refBMsoThe-ienoua.
The New Era mine le located at tne
town of Maaon and waa under lease and
bond to Allan C. Maaon of Helena. ' It
la being developed on an extenalva acale
producer, iximmo was me jorroer
owner of the Ne. wJEra mine, and hadlgniLPhielda and after a parley It waa
been a resident of Helena alnce 1117 s.
He waa a native of Scotland and la sur
vived by a widow, three boys and two
daughters. He wag well known through
out the state ae a atatlonary engineer
and mining man. " .,
SPECTACULAR CANDIDATE IS
VICTORIOUS AT POLLS-
Sherburn N. Becker Nominated
by Republicans for Mayor '
of Milwaukie.
- Joaraal Special Service.)
Milwaukee, Wla.. March 11. Aa a re
eult of the primaries held yesterday
Sherburn N. Becker waa nominated for
mayor- on the Republican ticket and
Mayor Roae renominated on the Demo
eratle ticket William Arnold was made
the aoclal Democratic nominee without
opposition.
secaer naa man a, ipwucww ckw
Daignr - He la the grandson of 8. B. Mr-
rill, whoss genius made the St. Paul
d, and a eon of Washington Backer,
president of the Marine National bank,
and haa aet a new pace for campaign
work In the Cream City. Hla career to
date beare a atrlklng analogy to the
early yeara of President Roosevelt. ,
- Like Roosevelt, Mr. Becker la a Har-
I he al
perlence ae a cowboy on the western
yeara ago by announcing hla Intention
to run for supervisor. Nothing daunted.
Becker started out determined to be
elected, end he waa. He signalised his
term in office by unearthing a county
printing ateal, and the next year the
county paid 'about 15,000 for printing
which had formerly coat it IIS.OOO,
Tiring of the county board, Becker de-
clded. to run for alderman. Agftln hist
friends laughed. Again he waa suc
cessful. .r:
STANDARDJJ1LWITNESS,
-THREATENED COURT
(Journal Soectal Bervlee.)
8t Louis. Mo., March ll.-t-H. Clay
Pierce sent word that r -he-era a too lll-to
testify-In the Standard - Inquiry thla
morning. Tha hearing waa adjourned
at .noon to April I to permit Hadley to
go to New Tork to reaume the taking of
depositions there.
Andrew M. Flndley, vlce-preeldent
and general manager of the Waters
Pierce company, waa on the stand this
mornlne. He proved eo etubborn a wit
neaa that Judge Anthony threatened
nunlahment. - Aaked why the llat of em'
ployee Is aent to the Standard offices,
the wltneea when preesed aald be didn't
know. - - - ' - ' - -- ' '
PREVENT CONTRIBUTIONS
TO POLITICAL PARTIES
(Joaraal Special Servtae.1
Waahtneton. D. C March 11. The
aenate considered the rate bill from the
start - today. Benator uioaraon ui
Texas introduced an amendemnt "prc-hthitlna-
anv ooncern engaged In Inter-
atata or foreign oommeroe from contrib
uting to political partiee ana providing
penal tiee.
Benator "Bailey attacked '"Dolllver,
charging hint with B violation of eonfl
dance. -r -:; --.r-'-.
The naval affaire committee of 'the
bona today favorably reported the bill
graduating the penalty for bAilnmrJ
the academy. - 1
MUSA ARRESTED. IN
JAIL AT HOOD RIVER
eeeeeeeee . e e e
t- (aneetel Diepetea te T omm.i .
Hood River. Or.; March 11-,
e f SUl MUSSj lias oven wrmw wiv ' w
brought to the city, where ha Is ' e
ev now in JaU. .- - j- - t -t.- -
GOMPERS' DELEGATION
PROTESTS TO ROOSEVELT
' Vrnal Knedal Serrtee.! '"
' Washington, March 11. President
Bamuel Oompers, heading a delegation
of 110 labor officials, thla afternoon
preaented to the preatdent a protect
against the Indifference which congress
displays toward the lawa recommended
by allied laoor. - - .
- . lenla Sees
LoulevlUe, Ky., March 11. St Louie
waa today chosen aa the nest plaee lor
holding the oewllns oonajea.
,TmpwancftJFor5eTloiritol?i
'A. Cook for Mayor by
Petition.
THIRD PARTY DUE TO r
- f " NOMINATE TONIGHT
Three-Cornered Fight " Ison- Whh
Llquor end WaterlMuea Cauc fof j
Debate One Faction Bars Door oh
-Other; : - "
plaeed la noml.
nation by St Johna cltlsens today, the
ticket belne that of what la called the
Taxpaara.CH,rogreaivarTarty: . Thetther Melerr-rFranlr- department .gtore rrr
nomlneee are, .for mayor, C. A., vooa:
recorder, W. L. Churchill; treaeurer. &
W. - Porter f councllmen-at-large, IL- W.
Brlce JfU.G Clark. : -Hurlburt;
councilman first ward. O. E. -Learned,
J.'H. Black! councilman second ward.
U Badge i K. C Thuraton. . r
. The ticket stands for the eystematto
improvement ot streets; tha proper aafe
euardlne of the olty'e lntereata In grant
ing franchises; tha municipal ownership
or aucn puoiio institutions as are
to the growth and welfare of the town;
an economical , administration; opposi
tion to any vacation of streets which are
of value to the Immediate growth of
the city. -
ir le probable that a third ticket will
be placed 1b the field headed .by, Coun
cilman Shielde. Tonight ia the laat op
nortunltr that will be granted voters to
place BohmeeaTtrTheTieldrand will de-1
tarmlna tha fata of tha third party.
'-The- ticket - nominated today . would
have been placed In the field laat night,
but the aeaalon of Mr. Cook's aupport-
,abroJcej)toby -HDU'L
voTerehSaded by douncITmenEawsJam
ea-reed to adjourn tha caucus.
At that time It was auppoeed that a
union between tha various temperance
factions would be formed today and that
a ticket would be nominated tonight by
both factions. This plan was defeated by
the petition ticket thle morning- and the
same three-cornered fight- that laet year
made the campaign Interesting le ' on.
To complicate matters, O. R. Down
haa entered the race for recorder, hav
ing filed' hla announcement aa an Inde
pendent candidate backed Jy no party
and with a- platform- orTjppoaltlon "to
the control or tne town oy ouisiue ovr
Doratlona. . -
The lBsuee of the campaign at prev
ent ere -the aaloon question end the
proposed erection of a munloipal watsr
slant. .The ticket nominated 1 daya
ago, headed by Fred Valentine, atanda
for aaloona ana tne present water aya
tem. The ticket placed In the field to
day Is antl-aaloon and for municipal
waterworks: tha ticket that will prob
ably be nominated tonight will be antl-
aaloon... ...-.''
WOULD GIVE CITY
D. C. O'Reilly Makes Surpxising
ew .Offer- for Franchise -;
rrf"rorttj5treet
D. C O'Reilly, an experienced railroad
an. one of tha builders of the Co
lumbia Southern, eubmltted an Offer to
the city council thle afternoon to build
a line on from eireec ana o ev
oity one half of all the net reoelpta
-wM k. nnst ftt operation
and malntonanct and pr c)nt on tM
I Mile J.a.ellaa- ! "mmi A '
lllrisrtryF",,,,'yM,p,,'"M,MJ 1 hi 1
- Mr. O'Reilly ettpumtee-that alt ether
persons or corporations shall' have free
h. una andJhalL haye equal
rights to uae It The switching charge
ahall be tl Instead ot 1160. as fixed In
the ordlaancee of tha United Railways
and the Willamette Traction company,
and ahall be reducible from year to year.
The city le to have the right to ao-
pa
to be revocable on breach of any of ita
condition
Mr. O'Reilly offers to give bond, and
Mnniudea hla communication as follows:
"The financial end personal credit of
the undersigned le well known nere, ee
alao hla experience In railway construc
tion anil one ration."
If the proposition receivee ravoraoie
annaldaratlon Mr. ITKaiuy proposes 10
organise- a corporation to build the line
and hold the rrancnisck
- The United Railwaye and Willamette
Valley applloatlona are being considered
by the council this arternoon.
PRESBYTERIANS OF
- ABERDEEN TO BUILD
'
(anarUt tManatrh te The Joaraal. 1 ' '
Aberdeen. ' Waah.. March 11 The
trustees of the Presbyterian church
have decided to build a new "church at
the oreasnt Bite on the corner of Broad'
wev and Flrat atreet The old building
will be moved to the rear of the lot
and Joined to the new part . The Manse
will be eold and a new one.Duut, aa-
Joining the church.
B0SSIC0X IS BROUGHT
BEFORE GRAND JURY
(Jaarnat BosHe! gervles.t
Clnolnnetl, March tl. George B. Cox.
Republican leader of thla city, was be
fore ths' Brand Jury thla afternoon In con
nection with the graft changes made
against the county treasurer. Tliden k.
French,-' former treasurer, h refunded
136.000 which he received aa "gratuity
from the banka during hla term.
DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE
' HEARTILY INDORSED
'We commend the Democratic offlce
holders city, oounty and etate for the
high moral policy they have puretfed
during their terms 01 omce.
This resolution waa adopted wlthou
a dissenting vote laat evening by the
executive oommtttee of the Democratic
eounty central committee. (
'. 1. v. SwMt fog Coast Una.
Chloaeo. March 11. The Chicago. Mil
waukee at St. Peul railroad hae ordered
116.000 tone of steel rails from the
Illinois Steel company, to eoet 11,(00.009.
The rails are te be need la the extenalea
of the line te Seattle,
-HALF PROFITS
Throngt-Orowd-Meierei-Frank,
Store on Occasion
. ,. Sprlng-Oponlngr
ORCHESTRA PLAYSAND ' " '
MRS. B LOCH-BAUER SINGS
Happleit Conceits Dlsplayad In Prod-
IgaUryof BiBfljnirTafletninis"
of Season UnuauaQy' Attractive
1 OoodtTMoat Attr activeljr8ho
.Women. andwomenandmor women
and now and then a man, attended the
mammoth aprlng-openlng reception at
laat evenings .The display j of wearing
apparel on the vlaitora vied' with that
on the counters, and while the cool
evening prevsntsd .the. former being a.
"springy" aa the arranged display, yet , -there-were
many elaborate coetumee ', ...
-that ahowed previous visits to the store, 7
it waa auggeeted laat night by one 01 ,
the crush that evangellets wishing to .
hold- women'e mass meetings might do
well to rent a department atore, for ' -surely
nowhere elae could eucli a tliiong
of eager femlnialtyr-wlth eyea -and earn
open, for information, be collected. -
"From"! to 10." the publlo invite- "
tion read, but at 7 o'clock there waa a
large crowd aeeklng admittance and In
rplte of the -throng -constantly-paaalng
in the crowd outside grew till 10 o'clock, 11
Hundreds had to be turned away ba-
cauee thoaa Inside seemed not Inclined
id cdmeuTrhoathhey-ned-tttt-
after 10. Tbe elevatora .were running
all evening to their full capacity and
the stars were even more crowded. From
the first floor the guest were taken to
the unner floors and then' back to otha
Into the etreet after a delicious taata of
cof reeTWaTerTTnorTas.--erved- by the -Nattonal
Blacult company unleae tha at
tendants were unable to eteer them away -
from the stalra. The crowd wae ee well
bandled aa waa poaalble, but still there
waa a premium on free passage, and,..-..-,
aa one expressed it, "Those that are In ...
want out aad. those- , that ere out- want
r.. Oreheatra Flay a. . ..- - J:""T'--- .
An orchestra of It pieces under the
direction of Professor Amsterdam waa
atatloned In the wrappers' balcony In
front of the main entrance and they .
played popular and classical eeleotlone.
Mra. Roe Bloch-Bauer sang 1 several " -numbers
and her magnificent eoprano - '"
filled the large building with ease. Bhe
wore an elegant gown of ailver-spangled
white - net. . Her aonge -were all of
spring.- . . - . -.' ' - .
Tall vaaee of ealla llliee graoed all
the counters and beautiful palms were
placed effectively In corners where they
would not Interfere with .the Crowd. -
The orcheetral platform wae -banked
with bamboo - branches and rubber
plant a. All the - women - derke wore .
white lingerie walata and the men wore
Daybreskv carnation boutonnieres. The
beada of the vartoue countere and de
parteaenta had vied with ene-anether te m
make a pretty display of goods and the ...
best and daintiest waa spread out before m
the gaae of the spectators, . The sprtaa-.
drees goods, ahnwlng tha new paatrl
ehadea and proving that the - lightest
touoh of oOlor will be modish In every- , 4
thing; the gloree and hosiery wnicn
will anateh tha costume in the slightest
detail of color; the exquisite laeea and ,
appliques which weave white , with
colors eo delicately: the ribbons In their
elaborate patterns and neckwear In -
made deelgne attracted special at
tention downetalreT - ' ""
Perhaps the largest part or tne erowa
waa In the dress salon where simple
and elaborate coetumee for afternoon or
evening wear were displayed on graceful
tnoriala. Tha millinery department ad-
Joining waa equally crowded and the
lateat atylea were ehown on models. Tne
upholstery department on the third
floor showed elegant new draperies. -
" The eprlng opening or thle yeer-wsB
generally acceded to be the largest and
moat aattafactoryln "the" hlet.01 y of the
store.' There were many praise a. not
Aniw n tha mneA ahown bv the man
agement, but of the beautiful atylea and""
pretty Ideaa of thle season which the
atore helped 10 anow last, nigni. ; , .
CENTRAL UNION WILL rt.
Twenty-five yeara ago thla evening
the Centre! Union. W. C T. U., waa .
organised In thle' city, and tonlghUn-
honor of the event, the union will now
a ellver annlvdreary banquet at the TV
W." C. A.' rooms. , e .
T. B. McDanlels will be toastmaatar.
He wUl be Introduced by Mre. Ida Bark-"
ley. preaident of the anion. Toaate will -
be responded to as follows:
Mre. Lucy H. Fv Addlton, atate presi
dent, of Lent, "The Hletory of the W.
C. T. U Judge J. F.' capiee. wno de
livered an address it the meeting when
the anion wae formed, "Old Friends."
Mrs. Ada W. Unruh. "Tha Mother of
Them Alt" Rev. E. N. Allen, The
Anti-Saloon League." '
Mre. H. A. Brown of Albany, "The Old
Friends" f Rev. IV 8. Muckley, "The Be- ,
lattone of the w. J. t. u. to n
Church": I, H. Amoe, "Proniottion--; ur.,
tt, L. Rader, "Woman Suffrage"! Rev. H.
a Shaffer. ."General Neal Iow" Mlsa
Layre, Gregg. "The One Btar." .
GIVING AWAY INSURANCE
FUNDS IS NOT A CRIME
(Joaraal RpeeUI Hervl.)
New Tork, March 11. District At
tornsy Jerome haa eubmltted an opinion "
to Justice O'Sullivan holding that the
giving of political contributions from, r
the funds ef a life Insursnoe company
by the effleera of such a company doea
not conatltate larceny . or any . other
crime. -- - ' -.'" .. 1 . 1 '
Maek Batver Shoote Wtfe. -v ,
' (Jesraal Spatial Berrlre.)
Loe Angelea. March 11-M. EL Pewer.,,
a hack driver of Portland, Oregon, ahot -hla
wife and then fatally wounded him- '
aelf yesterday because the woman re
fined to live with him. Both will prob
ably die.
-4w"
in W, -Utes. aoav
Judge W. B. Gilbert of the UnMed
States circuit court returned rrom Ban
Francisco thle morning and will remain
In Portland for aome weeke.
JBaaam.Teeaela Wrecked.
(Jmraal Speelal arviee. - ' -' 1
- Beaten, Maxoh 11. In the storms of
the last three days a dosen vessels were
wrecked and at least eight llvee lost
off the New England coaat'
A woman la a paradox. Bhe will talk
4 ter hewre about the value ef alleaee, -
ment la provided.
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