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DAILY
I THE OREGON
JOURNAL', PORTLAND,' "MONDAY EVENING. 'APRIL' "9, 1ZZ3,
SL1ITH OUT AFTER
l SIX YEARS
Wilbur K. Newell Succeeds as
UPPER -COLUMBIA
FIVE . YEARS FOR
DAD CHECK UEH
STILL DUSY
TwoQrtJflctlm
FIFTY YEARS OF WEDDED HAPPINESS
ISJPEIIED
Mountain Ceh Makes Initial Run
AGED HAH
Charlet ' Andrew.- Sixty-Nine
President of State Board of
' Horticulture. .
From Celilo to Kennewick
in tyle.
Years Old, Sentenced to Term
f - In Penitentiary.
Losses to Police Total
List Long One.
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT
STATE MOST PROMISING
CITIZENS OF TERRITORY;
- CELEBRATE THE EVENT
Fertile Territory ' Is :' Opened " That
, "Will Be Tributary to Portland If
PLEADS GUILTY AT
TWO MEN THOUGHT TO
BE WORKING TOGETHER
THE LAST MOMENT
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Reclamation of Old Orchards Going
Forward Vigorously in Willamette
I Valley, Saya Mr. Smith, and In-
Telia .Court He Never Was in
Vf. Reeves and Hewett, Bradley ft Co.
Each Swindled by Crook Who Or.'
dered Goods Sent to Fictitious Ad" !
. dreaa and Took Changa.
Trouble Before . Stealing Bicycle,
Business Men Here Do Their Part
but Detective Say He Haa Long
! created Planting Reported.
' If Not, Seattle Will. 1 :
and Picturesque Criminal Record.
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The services of-E. L. Smith, who for
".' St years lias been the moving spirit
-j-of the state board of -Jiortlcultur ceased
T al the annual meeUiic held In the Cham
ber of Coramoroe todey. and Wilbur K.
: Newell, .his successor, assumed the relna
of office. Before the organisation of the
- new board was effected, a committee of
., resolutions wss appointed, and upon
their report, resolutions were unani
mously adopted by (he board expressing
, regret at the retirement of Mr. Smith
and appreciation of his -usefulness la
"the office during the. past si years ".
' :Mr Smith replied to the resolutions
feelingly. J.. If. -Reed was installed in
the position " of commissioner of the
.first district, comprising- Multnomah and
Clackamas counties, -in- the place of
Mr, Newell, whose advancement to the
presidency of the board left the com
misstonershlp of the first district va
'cant. The annual, reports were received
and read. They revealed- that the work
of the board was eminently satisfactory
throughout the state-.-'- t-
: Smith Talks of Work. '
Before the old board adjourned sine
die, Mr. Smith, as . retiring president,
"spoke tn relation to the work already
accomplished by the board. fle said In
part:...-" v.,7-.
. , "I am gratified to state that the hor
ticultural interests of Oregon - were
never In a more, promising, condition
than at present t It Is indeed true that
the number of orchard diseases and
pests hsve not materially decreased, bu
; we have well-known speclflo treatments
that regulate and control them.
' "My recommendation to our legists
tlve assembly, embodied in the eighth
biennial report of this board, that a law
be enacted providing for the appoint
ment of county fruit Inspectors, met
with approval and such legislation was
enacted.'. . .-.
, . 'The beneficial results which have
followed the appointment of the county
fruit Inspectors are too well known to
' require further mention here. Our State
Horticultural society has blossomed Into
new life and large auxiliary societies
have been organised In different por
tions of th -state. . - '
. Planting- Trees ta TsUsy.
' "In the Willamette Valley a campaign
of reclamation of old orchards Is be
ing vigorously waged and an Increased
planting of young trees over previous
years is reported. In all the principal
fruit-growing sections of the state
vast area of young orchards will come
Into bearing within the next three or
four years. In Hood River alone there
are about . acres of such orchards,
all of which are Yellow New towns and
ttpttsenbergs, - estlmsted to produce
three years later 400,000 boxes of fancy
fruit.. ;.. . ' . ; "
"Jackson county, however. Is now and
likely to remain the leading fruit county
of Oregon. It la first In apples, first
tn peaches, first hi pears, and I believe
first In grapes. Its orchards are large,
well kept, and Its growers sre up to
date in all that relate to their In
dustry. Immense planting 'of young
trees has been going on for several
' years past-
.' "Josephine county la a less degree
produces moat excellent fruit. Douglas
county has almost limitless possibilities
' for fruit growing and her prune orch
ards are among the best In the state.
'"East of the Cascades. Union Um
'tills and Wasoo counties must be classed
among the great fruit-growing counties
or the state, .. . .
BURCH CHILDREN WIN
v CASE AGAINST FATHER
Miss Gertrude Burch and her little
brother will not lose the timber lands
la Tillamook county, Oregon, left them
by their mother, who died In this city
during the spring of ltS4. Robert
Burch, father of the children, declared
that he had loaned his wife the money
to prove up her rights to the timber
claim, and he demanded that this land
be sold In order that he might get back
the alleged loan he made to his wife.
County. Judge Lionel R. Webster this
morning decided that the claim mode
by Burch against the estate of Mrs.
Msry Burch for 1458 should not be al-
' lowed, and that the timber land should
not bs sold.
v The girl, who Is IT years old, ststad
oil the witness stand that the money
her father had given Mrs. Burch In order
that the latter might prove up on the
Tillamook county claim had been done
. Jn consideration of Mrs. Burch's having
deeded ' over to her husband all her
right to a homestead In Minnesota.
Burch wss a well-known local timber
-eaier.Jlt li now said to be In Mln-
- nesota.
AFFECTIONATE LETTER
f SCARES MRS. O'BRIEN
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Mrs.' Kdward O'Brien, who came to
, Portland from Klamath Falls. Washing
ton, to meet her husband and on rail
ing to put in an appearance asked the
. aid of the police- in locating him, has
made a dlscoverythst Is causing her a
great deal of worry. She has arrived
at ths conclusion thst her husband hss
married snother woman.
Mrs. O'Brien has secured employment
at the Glendora hotel. Nineteenth, and
Couch streets, "he went to the post
. off Ice, so she ssys, to get her maU
Saturday and was handed a letter ad
dressed to her husband. She opened
the letter and found It to be signed by
a woman, and addressed to "Mr dfar
husband." , Mrs, 0Biim Is now more
agar then ever to have ths police suc
ceed In locating hep spouse.
, "1 want to find out about this letter."
-she said. "It looks to me as it some
body rosy have committed bigamy,"
TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED VOTERS
. Connty Clerk Frank 8. Fields is of the
opinion that by the time the books close
tomorrow afternoon at e'elBck at least
It.K voters wilt have Registered, en-
- titling them to take part In the primary
rlevtlon of April JO.. The counter fn
front of the registration department of
i lie county clerk office was lined with
IthK
anea all day today. .
The Open River' Transportation com
pany s 'Steamer Mountain (rem toaay
began Its run from Celllo to Kennewick,
Washington. The boat will reach Ken
newick tomorrow afternoon, and will be
met by a delegation of citlsens, who- will
make the event a gala one. It will be
the first time In the history of Colum
bia river transportation that a steamer
has landed that far up the stream for
commercial purposes.. . .
fp to this time the town of Alns
worth, at the mouth of the Snske river,
has been the destination of the Mountain
Gem. Kennewick ts on the north fork
of the Columbia, three miles above the
Junction of the Snake. It is opposite
the town of PsscOi and Is In the center
of a rich agricultural belt. Until the
Mountain Gem began Its present run
the town wss reached only by the North
era - Pactflo - railroad. It Is 140 miles
from Portland by water and SI by the
Northern Pacific tracks.
.The Mountain Gem. will be the first
steamer to land at the Kennewick
wharf. : Citlsens of that place have
succeeded In blasting out the channel
at Homily rapids, permitting the pas
sage of boats at all seasons of the year.
They hsve also begun ths erection of a
commodious wharf. r---
: Though the district Is naturally trib
utary to Portland and Its citlsens pre
fer to-be considered as. contributing to
Portland s supremacy, Brattle nasi en
tered - the - field that should be con
trolled by Oregon's metropolis. With
in a few days the steamer W. R.Todd,
owned by Seattle and .Ta coma, capital
lata, will be tn servlcs snd will be oper
sted between Kennewick and White
Bluffs,- 41 miles up the Columbia, -.
t Two gasoline boats are now operated
on that routs and are. well patronised.
Parties in - Wenstches above Priest
Rapids are contracting for a boat to
run between Priest Rapids and Kenne
wick. 1 . By means of these boats -the
Northern Paclfle wirh-bw enabled to de
liver freight In a territory never before
reached by boat or rail. ' Citlsens of
thst Immense district are anxious that
Portland merchants plscs boats jn op
eratlon between Celllo and Kennewick
and also through to Lewtston, thereby
oiverting the heavy traffic to Portland
which is now divided between Spokane
ana Beside.
MADE IN OREGON MOVES
TO THE MULTNOMAH CLUB
- The Joint committees, of the "Msde
In Oregon" movement were among the
unfortunate In the Commercial club tin
last Friday, being left without a place
of meeting. Their hesdqusrters were
in -the -tower-room -of the Commercial
club. .
This, however, will, not Interfere with
the progress of ths movement. The
soliciting committee sre out canvassing
again.
Ths Multnomah . Amateur Athletic
club, through -Ita president. Oeorse W.
Simons, volunteered the use of its .club-.
rooms as hesdquartera for the Joint
committees. ' .
The allied committees are urced to
be present at the meeting this evening
in tne Muunoman- club at I o clock.
ESCAPES PRISON BY
SHIPPING ON BALMORE
'Instead of going to the penitentiary
as a common tnier, Arthur Westermso,
aged It years. Is now on his wsy down
the Columbia on the British ship Bal
more, bound for Genoa, Italy. Polios
Judge Cameron decided that It would bs
better to send the boy to sea and give
blm a chance to reform than to Imprison
him. ... : . . .....
The lad was taken by Police Detective
Hartman to Jack Grant's sailor boarding-house,
where Orant outfitted him.
explained his case to the captain of the
aimore and snipped him ss a ship's
boy at SIS a month.
SEATTLE WOMEN HEIRS !
TO HALF BILLION ESTATE
fjoarnal SpeH.l Rerrlcs.)
Seattle. Wash., April t. Mrs. Alex
Doeig snd Mrs. F. J. Edmonds, slaters,
residing In this city, are among the heirs
to the estate of Sir Francis Drake, esti
mated worth a half billion dollars. They
received word today that the English
court .of chancery, after 300 years of lit
igation, had decreed that the estate shall
be divided. The sisters hsve written a
chancery specialist In London to look
J.terheir Interests.
JULIA KING ON TRIAL
- FOR SLAYING HUSBAND
(Special Dl .patch tn The Josrsil.
Helena, Mont.. April t. Julia King
was placed on trial In the district court
today on the charge of murdering her
husband. William King, In this . oity
on December II last. , A Jury. wa not
secured today.
MINERS AND OPERATORS
DISCUSS ARBITRATION
(Joersal ftpeelal Service.) '
New York, April Miners and oper
ators' of the anthracite regions held a
separate meeting this morning prepara
tory to the Joint conference this after
noon to discuss arbitration.
' At Taylor-Street Ohmrek.
. At thS Taylor-street Methodist Epis
copal church tomorrow will be held ths
semi-annual meeting of the Women's
Foreign Missionary society. The meet
ing will be called to order at :!
o'clock In the morning- and will con
tinue throughout the day. - Full reports
of the various officers and committees
of the. Columbia river branch of the
society will be read at the meeting.
Among the speakers will be Mrs. Wflma
Reus Keeney-who was a missionary' la
China for 11 years. ; All .who are In
terested In missions and mlsslunsrles
are Invited ts attend.
nsfsiisd gtoek OasLBed weoCs,
Allen sV Lewis' Best Bread, .
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Mr. and
At their home In Corvallis, Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Buchanan cele
brated the fiftieth' anniversary of their
marriage. . They have resided In Benton
county since llttz Mr. Buchanan came
from England to California during the
gold excitement of 1(4. In lBtt he was
WIUS WILD RACE
FOR HIS JOB
Second Officer of Arabia Rushes
Across Continent to Catch
v Vessel. ' , ;
MET BY STEAMBOAT AT r
COBLE RACES TO BAR
After Record Ran to Astoria, Belated
Officer Gets Aboard Steamer Just
as She Is About to Start Across
Bar Mad Not Minute to Sparc.
-Hadnr-'acrosa the" continent from-Kew
York, SVG. Voght, the new second of
fleer for the oriental "liner Arabia,' ar
rived yesterday Just' five minutes before
the steamor started across the Columbia
river bar bound for Hongkong and way
ports.' Hsd he been so seconds later, he
would 'have been too late to board the
Wg-frelghter;
When the Arabia arrive at rortiana,
oouple of weeks ago, her first and
second officers were slightly 111; and It
wss feared they would not be In shape
to return on the outward trip. Word
was sent to the New York office of the
Hamburg-American Steamship company
requesting that another officer for the
liner be. sent as quickly as possible.
Several days elspsed after receipt of the
message before a suitable man could bs
employed. .'
Whan Voght wss finally told to leavs
for Portland with all possible haste snd
ostoh ths Arabia bs rushed to the depot
without waiting to pack bis trunk. In
his haste he went le the wrong depot
and bought a ticket for Portland over
the Canadian Pacific by way of Van
couver. British Columbia, and Beanie.
This prolonged his trip by at least two
days..- On reaching tns sound he sent
word of his coming to the local agents
of the company.
Fearing that he would arrived too 1st
the company officials had a river steam
er la waiting at Qoble and Intercepted
him on his arrival. lie was then takea
on -board and a record run was made to
Astoria, where the Arabia was moored
In the lower harbor. Before the second
Of fleer- could get- stongslde theArabla
had steam up and was about to start
soross the bar. .
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC AT
, EUGENE IS ABATING
During the month of March It cases
of typhoid have been reported to the
stats board of health from Eugene. This
shows a decided - Improvement - tn the
Situation, there having been ltO cases
reported In February and TS in January,
making a total for the three months
of 27 cases, by far ths most severe
epldemlo of typhoid fever that has ever
occurred In the state- of Oregon. Th
people of Eugene sre anxiously awaiting
the installation of the new water sys
tem and the general feeling prevails that
unless prompt action Is taken In this
matter serious conditions will arise dur
ing the summer season. ...
--According to. the report of the state
board of health as a- result of their in
vestigation at Eugene In March, the city
can easily be furnished - with a pure
water , supply,-- which will absolutely
prevent the occurrence of a elm liar epi
demic. It Is the' Intention of the boarl
to compel samples of water to be sent
to ths board of health laboratory at fre-
quet intervals so thst the people will be
able to know the exact -character of ths
wster furnished to them, by ths .water
company.. . " . . ,
Samples of water sent by : Mr.. Cal
breath of Independence for examination
were found to contain lsrge numbers of
micro-ergs nlsms and' to be unfit for use.
GANS AND TURNER TO .
FIGHT MAY EIGHTEENTH
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(Speelst Dlspstck te Tb loersal.) ..
" Beattia. Wash.-, April I After a con
ference yesterday lasting several hours
Johnnie ReioV who Is here representing
Joe Gens, agreed for Joe to "make lit
pounds st-t o'clock- for Rufe Turner.'
The article call for the mn to fight at
Pleassnt beach May II. If Oans makes
111 pounds st o'clock Rufe Turner will
give him the fight of his ltf. j
Mr-
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Mrs. Robert L.' Buchanan and Their
married 'In. England to Miss Jane Gal
braith, and ths same year. returned to
Benton county, Oregoht io reside. ) ' :
One son, 'Andrew Buchanan of New
Tork City, wag the, ouly child absent
from Saturday's, celebration.. ..The other
children . present were:- - Mrs.- William
PATROLMAN SAVES LIFE OF
V SLEEPING MAN ;
M. Ukada Saved Frdhi Asphyxia
tion by Prompt Efforts of
1 ; -; Policeman Seymour.'. '
. Lying almost unconscious on ths flow
of a kitchen tn the rear of a restaurant
at 147 Morrison street.' M. Ukada,
Japanese, wsa. rescued from' asphyxia
tion early this morning by Policeman
F. Seymour. It was only by the merest
accident that his plight was discovered
Investigation by th policeman showed
that the Japanese had unwittingly- tried
to burn rags and sleep In the same room.
Ukada had filled a large tin pan, with
rags soiled by. grease and set fir to
tbem. They were wadded Into the pan
so tightly that they did not burn easily
but smoldered, and after awhtl gav out
dense volumes of smoke.
After setting fir to th rag th
Japanese lay down on th - floor to
steal a nap. When Seymour arrived on
the scene he was almost unconscloua
He was dragged Into the fresh air and
water thrown on his faoe, which caused
blm soon to revive. .
POPLAR BUNG IS CAUSE
OF CIRCUIT COURT SUIT
For the first tints In the history 'of
the local clroult court a bung has been
made the cause of a lawsuit that
will have to be settled by a Jury.
The Pioneer Wood Manufacturing com
pany ts suing C. H. Norrlln for SMS, al
leged to bs dus because a certain bung-
making machine. is said to have been a
failure. In the complaint filed by the
company it IS set forth that on Novem
ber,!,' 1806, members or the company
made a contract with . Norrlln to make
machine for the manufacturing of
bungs It la alleged that the defendant
guaranteed that the machine would make
as good bungs as a sample shown them.
And the mschlns wsa to turn out 20,000
good bungs a day.
The company's officers aver that they
paid for the material for the construc
tion of the machine and then took an
order to furnish M,W0 of ths small
wooden plugs, but that after ths ma
chine was completed It wss not as guar
anteed.
In Ms answer Norrlln says that the
sample bung was not furnished by him.
but by ths company, and that It Is made
of .poplar wood. whereas th . machine
as constructed is made to turn out plugs
of another sort of wood. He declares
that after the machlns was completed It
wss tested by officers Of the company
and accepted by them.. Norrlln states
that the company owes' him $20, which
he asks for In his answer. 1
PEOPLE OBJECT TO
VACATING STREETS
Ths proposed vacation ' of " trvlng.
Johnson, Kearney, Marshall, Quimby,
Northrup and Rallegh streets between
Tenth and Twelfth streets by the North
ern Pacific Terminal company will be
etrongly opposed by the people residing
in that neighborhood. It Is the deatre
of the petitioners to use the ground now
occupied by the streets in connection
with their railway yards.. They have
purchased all the adjoining property
and now contend that It will be worth
less to them for yard purposes unless
they are permitted to use the streets
for freight yards.
.The greatest objcctiontsrto" the Va
cation of Northrup street, which Is th
only one of the thoroughfare now open
to Front street. The protestors contend
that If Northrup street is losed.
In order to reach Front street they will
have to go many blocks around. .
On the other band. It Is said that If
the street are vacated the Northern
Pacific . Terminal company will build
elevated roads ths width of ths streets
over the yards on severs! of the streets.
TRIES TO STRANGLE
HIMSELF IN CELL
(Jouraal Special Service.) .
- Nevada, CaU April t. Mrs. John T.
Allen and her father, Alfred Jenkins Sr.,
who were stabbed , last night by ' the
woman's husband, are still alive,, but
Jenkins will probably die. Thl morn
ing Allen tried to strangle himself In
his cell with his suspenders, and wsa
almost desd when discovered. Vie luted
a short stick to twist his suspenders
around Ms neck until ths flash was cut
Alien wss erased by drink.
Children. -
Currln.,W. A. Buchanan, John and Mary
Buchanan, all of CorraJlls; Mrs. Henry
Veatch of Cottage Grove and Arthur Bu-
ffhanan ft Tn.v.1. Anm fWh.M
present were Willism . Currtn, Henry
Veatch. Mrs. Arthur Buchanan and two
grandchildren. Mtrgaret
Raymond 'Veatch.. . -
Currln . and
WANTED TO KILL
BANK OFFICERS
Crazy Man Comes From San
Francisco to Get Even" for
' ' Alleged Wrong.
ARRESTED WHEN ABOUT
TO ENTER INSTITUTION
Letter Received . From T. W.' Trott
Telling of Fancied Injury Results
in Stationing of J Patrolman and
. Capturing of Maniac Just in Time.
""Armed -WltR-a larg r vol TtrrTHT,
Trot t,, an Insane man, cam all th way
to Portland . from San Francisco with
th ev!dnt IntAnMnn A Iftlllnv th.
flclals of th Oregon Savings bank. Ha
was captured in the nick of time, by
-airoiman w. Courtney.
-u-jtmiiu,, lnr WTOt a ici-1
ter, addressed to th president of th
bank. In which hm made several rambling
statements. Hs said that the bank of. 1
flclals and the officials of the United
States Aooident Insurance company had
conspired to kill him and that he did
not Intend letting any such schema be
formed without being paid damages. lie
wanted to know what "they were going
19 W aDOUl 11.
The letter was given Chief Grlts-
macher, who opened communication
with. Chief of Police Dlnan of Ban Kran-
clsco, and It waa ascertained that Trott
naa spent a good deal of his tune hang
ing around Maloney's cafe, at fl Clay
street. He gave that addren In th lat
ter be sent - the bank from San Fran.
Cisco.
Learning that Uie man had not been
seen around . the cafe, on Clary street
for soms time. Chief Qrltsmacber nr-
urea mat ne might nave left for Fort-
land with tha intention of trying to
kill the bank officials. Patrolman Court
ney was placed at Sixth and Morrison
streets to do guard duty. He arrested
the man. on - description- this -afternoon
ss he was about to enter the bank.
When searched at police headquarters a
revolver and extra cartridges were I
fonnrt in hi. nnok.t. . . . , 1
SPEER ESTATE MUST
PAY FOR DEFALCATION
In the - federal court this mornlnar
Judgs Wolverton decided that the three
men who advanced Postmostar Alonso
P. Speer of Aumsville tl.53V3s to car
his defaclations from- the government,
are entitled to relmbusrement from th
Speer Brothers' estate, bankers.
The brothers, Alonso P. and M. Homer.
ran a store at Aumsville and Mehama.
The former was postmaster at ths first
named town. . Ha ambessled rnvern.
ment funds to help pay ths "debt of the
stores. When called upon to make good
to Uncle Sam, T. Johnson, W. O. Merrl-
f laid - snd P. Oonker took his note for
the sum involved, advancing the money.
On April 17. the firm went Into bank
ruptcy. '''.
Portland creditors objected to the es
tate paying the three - men mentioned
above the , money they had advanced
Postmaster Speer to liquidate with tha
government. The contention wss that
ths debt , was a private one. and that
The holders of ths note should look to
Postmaater Speer and hot to the estate
for their money. . . . ....
SEARCHING FOR SON'
WHO WAS KIDNAPED
'(Journal Special gerrlee.f .
Chicago, April t.Dr. U S. Byers of
Beeleyvlile, Indiana, is in this city In
search ' of his son, Richmond, aged 7,
who wss kidnaped two years ego. The
doctor ssys that ha found that th boy
waa taken by a -wagon tramp" appar
ently to serve ss an apprentice to crim
inals In the large city.
Byers says he- hs spent 135.000, trav
eled 40.000 - miles and ; devoted all his
time to finding his child. lis, declares
that he has found that there are 50,000
"wagon tramps" who ply their Its-lit-.
nngerei irgrrio in mis country. , .
efrrs Stock Ceased Sjeegg, ,
Allan Lewis' Bast Brand. .
- Charles Andrews was sentenced this
morning by Judge Clelaad to serve five
years .. ia 4 he- penitentiary- foe having
stolen a bicycle on March If front
north, end restaurant. Andrews ta
years old. and ' detectives . say that he
has spent most of his life In prison. ,
A Jury had been Impaneled this morn
ing In Judge Cleland'a " department -of
the circuit court to hear the case;' all
of the state's testimony had been pre
sented by Deputy District Attorney
Harry- Adams. The prisoner leaned
close to his attorney, 3. S. Wheeler, and
whispered, i ' ,
. Mr. Wheeler arose and informed the
court that Andrews hsd decided to
change hfs plea of not guilty to on of
guilty. - ' " ; ' .
"' "8tandiup7 cbmmandedT-Judg Cle
land to the prisoner. . 1 -
"What is your pleat asked the
court. '
"Oullty." meekly replied the prisoner,
who then made a plea for mercy. He
declared that he" had worked-ln-PoH-
land for 15 years,, and that this was
the first time that be had ever been tn
trouble. Mr. Adams soon convinced the
court that the prisoner's statement wag
untrue, nm o.ci '
served, several terms in vsrlous peni
tentiaries. Judge Cleland then sen
tenced the old man to another, term. - t
-Detectives Vaughn and Hlllysr. who
arrested Andrews, declare that the pris
oner has one of th worst criminal rec
ords held by any man on the coast.
They declare that In Andrews' younger
days he was ons of the most successful
crooks in San Francisco. Hs was a
member ef a gang that completely baf
fled tha nolle of the Bay Otty for
months -with burglaries so ds.lngt.tiat
the whole nation was startled.
'At last Andrews was nabbed," said
Detective Vaughn tbisTTnornlng, "and
sent to th Folsom penitentiary for 10
years, When lie waa released from that
prison,, ths California' officers made
things so Interesting for him that he
left thai stat and cam te Portland. He
has served several terms In the Oregon
penitentiary. One or thee terms w
from Mrs. U P. Thompson
SSS&ZES
Walla.
JULIUS PRINCE BEING .
" - . SOUGHT BY POLICE
The nolle believe that Goldberg
Mantolrer. a New York Arm of cloth
manufacturers, were th vlotima of false
representations mads by a mas tn this
city, who Is said to have assumed the
name of Julius Prlnc. Th opinion of
th authorities Is -founded on sa In
vestlgstlon made after complaint waa
received by Chief Oritsmscher from th
Wpn wio hva written 5oId
Derf; 4 MEOiyer thst he waa th head
0f the firm ot Julius mnots w., min
ufacturers of ladles', misses' and chil
dren's cloaks. He secured material from
the firm to the value of HS0.lt. Hs
gave his address as in uooanouga
building.
Investigation Shows' that' a man giv
ins: th nam of Julius Prince had
room at the Ooodnough building for
about a month and a half, leaving there
In January. At the time he left he said
ha would return about March 1. - So far
as could be, ascertained he has not re
turned.
REMEY FOUND GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
moectal rnssatrh to The Joersal.)
Helena, Mont., April t. After having
been out 41 hours, the jury In the case
of Camilla F. Bemey, the young French
man charged with the murder of Wes
son J. Oliver, son of the chairman of
tha Beaver Head county commissioners,
today returned a verdict of manslaugh
ter and left tha sentence- to the court.
He will be sentenced Saturday. The Jury
took ballots. The ease has occupied
lu" lww w "-
cost the county-upwsrd or K.ew. - ins
Iirsi uuu rvauueu in m hih.iwi.wh.
Remey Is unaffected by the verdict.
HERE TO TAKE MITCHELL
TO ANSWER CHARGES
Sheriff R. H. Richards of Asotin coun
ty. Washington; and Deputy Sheriff
Charles Monro of Nes Perce county,
Idaho, arrived In the city this morning
after Jack Mitchell, wanted in washing-
ton for horse stealing, and in Idaho for
murder. Mitchell, whose true name
said to be Frank Kvarts, haa not decided
whether he will go without being extra-
dtted,
Tjossa OHia Out ef Automobile.
William Llpman- who won th shoot
at Irving ton yesterday, lost a costly
shotgun out of his automobile on the
way back to town. It Is a Bauer gun,
With it he haa won many prises on ths
range; -
Oash for Tlremen's Tnnd.
Dr. C. F. Cendlanl, 41 North Fifth
street, sent II today to Firs Chief
Campbell as a contribution to ths fire
men's relief fund. - -
SCra, at a. Orlnua. ' ,
Mrs. M. S. Orlmm reached Portland
from her home at Scottsburg, Michigan,
Saturday. She will visit her daughter,.
Miss Alice onmm, in tnis city..
Tarra. Appointed at Salem.
(Joeraal Special Service.)
Washington, April I. Squire" Farrar
of Salem haa been appointed postmaster
at Salem.-. - -.-r--. -
Tirst Thing In Order. .
t TTrnm .Tea.'
-"And1 so' you have "three new little
brothers T" asks th. neighbor of the
little girl playing In the front yard.
"Isn't that nicer, v .
i4 "Tes'm."
"I must congratulate your nana.
Where Is her ,
''In the hous writing a letter to Mr.
I Roosevslt." .;. . ,
Despite the exertions of the nnllr. L
capture them, two or three expert pes-,
ser . of. bogus .checka-keep-ateadllytw
their work of mulcting the unwary
among the business men of the city.
Two more victims of ths bed check
manipulators reported their Irau. to th.
police this morning. . . -
Spurious checks were passed by a man
answering the same description by.-W.,-
-v main street, and Hewett.
Brsdley & Co.. 144 Wsshlnrtn .-..
The former lost about 110 and the latter
firm about f IS bv tha InnnxH... nt.
checks were drawn on the First National .
umnm ana signed "r. JC Lewis." Small
purchases were made of the firms and '
tn checks given in payment, the dif
ference In the face value ef the checks'
snd ths cost of the goods being given
the purchaser. ThS goods wsrs delivered
In both Instance, but wr not received
by th crook, who cava flcHtlnn. ad
dresses. .The checks ar now in posses
sion of Clerk Arcbl Leonard at nolle
headquarter. . .
fj-D- ScrltsmUr of th Enterprise ho
tel. Fifteenth and Savier atresia'
bunkoed out of "111.70 by-cashing .
bogus check for that amount a few daya
ago.. It .waa drawn on the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, made payable to
George WUson, snd was signed "J. H.
Bender." , -
spurious check for 11I1.4S waa
psssed on th Morgan Wall Paper oora
paay about th earns time by a man
supposed to be William Jacobs, whn a
also wanted for the earn ofTenae at Bel- '
llngham. Washington. It was drawn on
th First National bank of BelUngham ' .
and waa signed "West Sound Mercantile
company, per Ad kins." Only 120 lis
cssh was obtained. - ..'.'
Frank T. Rogers, a barber, whose shop
ia at 160 Alder street, renorted the loan
of 114 on a check drawn on a local bank
In favor of John W. , Leeds, and signed
"Ralph Patterson." , . 4
Descriptions tsnd Ja show-that not :
more than three men ar engaged In the,
work;-two are- believed to be compan
ions In crime, while the third appears
to be .working Independently.
BELIEVED TO HAVE-BEEN
Corporal Jameson and Private)
Stevens With Boat Have
: y -r"''." Disappeared.. . ?'
' (Spertal Dtapateh te Tka JeorsaLl -. -
Vancouver, Wash., April I Corporal'
Jameson snd Private Stevens of tha
Eighteenth battery are", missing and It
is believed they have been drowned In '
the Columbia liver. They have not been
seen sines Saturday night, when they ,
were in a rowboat and started down
the river fishing.
Members of the crew of tha steamer
Capital City, lying at the dock here.
beard yelling Saturday night, but a
search revealed no one. - An oar hss -
been found down the river about six'
miles. This is the only clue. - Both
men bore good records In the army.
AT
ER
Big Crowd Witnesses Prepara
tions for Actual Work on New
Columbia River Bridge. "T
(Sseelal Dianatrk to Tka lamLl
-i. Vancouver, Wash., April 0. The cais
son for the second pier of th Portland
V Seattle Railway company's Columbia
river bridge wss ' launched yesterday
afternoon at S o'clock before a large
number of local residents who had
gathered to see th Immense structure
slide Into the water. Many of those
who yesterday - watched the launching
of ths second caisson were also specta
tors when th first work wss dons on
the Union Paclfle bridge at the same
site It years ago. It Is with mors con
fidence that these persons now wfttch
tns progress of construction upon the
bridge they hav so long desired to
have built.
Bristol Appear fot Bsaast.
(Rpeeial Dt.twtrh te The Joarasl.)
Vancouver, Wash.. April 0. J, B -
Bennett, through his attorney. W. fi.
Bristol, baa filed his answer In ths suu
perlor court her to th suit brought"
by Henry Wyatt to enforce a partner--ship
contract for the building of two
sets of officers' Quarters at Vancouver I
barracks. Wyatt sued for $13,500, th
amount he alleges he would have re
celved from the contract. Jn the de- 1
murrer filed by Bennett's attorney th
claim Is set up that no cause sufficient
to bring sctlon had been stated In ffw
att's complaint; that no partnsrshlp ac
counting had ever been made, and that
if ths plaintiff was a partner with de-
fendant, aa alleged In his complaint, he '
rannot sue his copartner at law, as he
s trying to do. Further, that tha mat- .
tera and thlnga stated In : complaint -show
a pretended claim from liquidated
damagss bssed upon alleged partnership ----transactions
snd Is Insufficient In law .,
to entitle plaintiff to any recovery
herein. i - .
Ytw Depot at Oregon City.
' (Special Dtspatek to The Jeered.)
Oregon City, Or.,' April 0. The gen-.
eral 'traveling' agent of the Southern
Pacific oompany waa In the city Satur
day looking over the plans and specifi
cations of the new depot which will be
constructed here aa soon as the material
arrives. The new depot will be th
most up to date and best located be-
ween Portlsnd and Ashland. . It will .
be about 100 feet long and have three
department, baggage, freight and wait
ing mom. The company has for soma
tlms been figuring en building a new
depot !tt,thls otty. . . -.
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