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Newspaper Page Text7 onncoN DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 0. 1CC3. STEEL ; TRUST . TO SE X1AN niAY BE III CITY DEMOCRATS OPEfl POOR MJITATIC CAr.lPAIGIl . WMM FILES SUIT -: IEIIUID ir.iPiiovEr,iEiiTS UNGUIS Combination to CbntroTPr ices ot latent Medicines Declared lation. of Sherman Jooral Sptal Berries. 1 . Washington, Mar . Th government today filed suit against th drug trust, -which Includes tha Proprietary associa tion of America, tha National Whole . -sale Drusslst association and tha Na tional Association of 7ittairT)rugglte, - who-ar alleged to- have ombined -to tlx prices to be maintained by retailers tn violation of .the anti-trust law.. An official statement on the matter -Issued by -- Attorney-General Moody :aays: ,-:-.--- : " '" ' "Tha government today filed In tha 'circuit "court" of the United States for tha district of -tidiana a petition for an injunction against certain" associations, corporations and individuals, compris ing what la known as the drtig trust. 'The parties defendant specifically -"named In the bill hare apparently- com bined tog-other to control the prices, at whieh proprietary medicines ' -and drugs shall be sold to the consumer ARKANSAS GOVERNOR SPENDS, SHORT TIME IN r - '' "' v Jefferson Davis, governor of Arkan--aas and political warhorse of the Demo cratic party, arrived " in Portland this rtth bis wife Thar ant on ft .from Spokane. Theytook rooms at the -Portland and will leave for Tacoma this .afternoon. " - " ' f am not on political business," said Governor Davis this morning. "My wife end I are merely traveling through the going along ai easy auci m iu. ourselves as -we can. - We will take . . a ....I PUPILS GIVE $450 &TPHPFUII05 School Children -Turn Over .This :"; Sum to Relief .Com- TWICE THIS AMOUNT- ,TO BE FINAL TOTAL Total ' of Local Subscriptions Now ' Lacks but a Few Hundred Dollars of Reaching the Quarter-Million Mark, " V "-" ; ," "V "-r- An amount -of $469 ; raised by the "'. over to the .7 finance commltte this .morning to be added to. tha San Fran- Cisco .relief fund In the hands of tha , local -relief committee. This amount Is less than- half what the children ex pect to raise.. Thia with other sub ' scrlptions received today brings the lo--tal to .14M04.40. lis school children began the work. -raising -a relief fund -immediately faithfully at it. Each child was asked . to contribute- such an amount as could b ' afforded and anyjnoney-that- he might raise In other ways, toward the -school fund. -The students entered Into the work with a will and by doing odd :UbIIJu.cts-pr-ihetr-own handiwork and in various ways raised from k few cents to dollars,which they turned In to their teachers. The t each- en. declare that thia sum is not hair '-the total amount that-will be raised but rather than keep back the funds until all is Inthey decided to turn over the 1460 on "hand. Tha pupils have set their mark at $1,000 and .they will most r likely attain It. - . The finance committee la stllr artwork on Its accounts and disposing of the funds and supplies that have been con tributed. ' The contributions todsy were ss follows: . . -v- Public school children I 450.00 " . Employes of the Oregon 7 Washington Lumber Co.., , .17.60 Grain Handlers1 Union No. - . - tI.-Alblna - t .10 . Total ' 14S-60 .Previously, reported S14t,6S.40 - Grand total .1141404.40 AGED NEGRESS TRIES TO BESIEGE STORE Mrs. 'Mary Smith," an aged negroes, - whose antics have caused her to be reported to the - police on several oc-4 - essions, ts-accuaeq ox deploying .haras I t in front of J. F.' Border's store, im Third street, yesterday, with an arsenal of stones and attempting to storm the works. Bordsr took the missiles away from her by- strategy-mnd gave - then to the polios. r - ' - ' The negress has received considerable attention on account of her peculiar ao ' tions. Her favorite occupation ' is prowling around - tha city" in the- day time carrying a lantern like Diogenes, the Greek cynic. Asked what she is searching for she always replies: i . "I'm - a-lookln' for them tur-r-rlble people what did all that murderln' in ; the White House." : CHINESE MURDER CASE GOES OVER UNTIL JUNE - . - . v Jew Nun will not be tried this month -' for, the -murOef of-te-Ttek-Tee on Jan- uary'10. Presiding Judge Sesrs yes- "terday granted a motion to continue the . case until June IS, In spite of the vls - , ' orous protest' made by Deputy District Attorney Qua C. Aloser, who said that HlegaLandJn m X: Anti-Trust Law. through ratall druggists in violation- o: the Sherman antl-truat law. "No retail druggist can obtain goods from wholesale druggists or a manu facturer of proprietary medicine unless such retail druggist becomes a member of the National Association of Retail Druggists and In "order to" become a member a must agree to observe the established price at which such pro prietary medicines shall -be" sold to the consumer. "If such a retail druggist, after be coming a member of the National Asso ciation of Retail Druggists, cuts the prices, in the sale of articles to the consumer he Is to be immediately placed on a list of what is known as ggres slve cutters,' and thereafter the drug gist is unable to obtain from the manu facturer, who Is a -member of the pro prietary association, or from the whole sale -druggist Who is a-.member ot the Wholesale Druggists' association. - any eomrnodltle which are manufactured or sold by them." ."'.. trip to Seattle anil Tacoma and then return slowly' back to Arkansas." Governor- Davis was delighted with what he naw of Oregon. He ssld that PORTLAND .,iijiaJOTa3ttrnr I Arkanaaai . He rn kaasss..Hs rnds'iromntlBgTCCC morning and 'then retired to his room for . a -few hours' rest . The - veteran southerner is determined to live for a long time yet, and he takes the best possible care of hia health. "This 1s-Tegular-Arkansaa-weatherpt he said smilingly, as he wiped the per spiration from his forehead preparatory to going to his room. . the esse wasTtr,fed last'Februaryv r the Jury standing nine for first degree mur der, and three for - manslaughter; the case was to tiavs been retried in March, but waa postponed to April; when April cam another postponement waa secured until May 14. ... It is now the contention of the de fense that the San Francisco' disaster has caused a scattering of tbsir wit nesses, -and 1L wtll be ImpoaaQtle to have tham all together within a wee fc. Mr. Moser - held that -each, delay made . It harder for tha state, which has many witnesses, some of whom, want to leave the city. -..This is the second murder case set for this term of the circuit court that will not ' bo tried. -Paul Musa-wsa to have been tried last Monday for the murder Of 'Julius -Jr-Knbnr-but the caae-was dismissed upon the motion of Deputy District Attorney Adams, H0LDS RECORD FOR BREAKING INTO JAIL John Bell holds' the prise "as the most arrested man In Multnomah county dur ing tha past fsw months. Arrest No. S was credited to Bell's list this morning whsn Deputy Sheriff .Sum Downey took him In charge. fZ- fl-f"? rJt admission to 7 Judge Framer during a session of the juvenile court that caused the Jurist to order the man sent to Jail. After spending several days under the care of Jailer Harry Grafton Bell was released upon , tha promise to sin no mora. He was' charged with a statutory crime, a Mrs. Palmetler playing a promi nent part tn the case. . Several weeks laterlf7Ws-4earned. that-BelL-waa- not obeying his promises' andf-ar bench war rant was Issued for his arrest,' .At that time he -was In tha hospital, suffering from a sprained ankle, Ha la eald, to have renewed his promise and was then released. . . ;:...' . Another bench warrant waa issued for hlg arrest this marnlng, -; CHINESE DESCRIBES""- rtrrrrGREAT-EARTHQUAKE Thrilling With the memory of his awful experiences during the earthquake and lira In Ban Francisco, Wong Chew Nam, a Chinese who formerly lived In Portland, embalmed his sensations on the white page and mailed It to Police Judge Cameron who has known him for 11 years. The , Introductory paragraph is as follows: - " "Honored Sir When I left you some three years agtj, my now residence Is In Sad Francisco, which last month had a terrible earthquack.' which Shook us very, very -Vwr Dale." TT Nam then goes on to relate that he is, now InjOakland, California, but that in a few weeks hia company wuT re build In San Francisco and then he will one more tread the streets of China town. i .. .... v ; ., . i .. . - In picturesque language, Nam relates the loss of 1100, ' all his elothlna- and all his ornaments. He stSds hia letter by asserting that all the" Christian Chi nese are "thanking tha Savior for spar ing their lives." IIBIEJLEQR SELLINGL LIQUOR TO MINORS Robert J, Baird, a former bartender la tha saloon at 48 Union .avenue, la ote trial before a Jury in Judge Fraser's department of tha circuit cour't on the charge of having sold liquor to a minor. The complaining witness is Harold Hen dee, aged It years, who declares that Baird sold him a smalt bucket of beer on April 14. While on. the witness stand1 In his own defense, Baird said that he had been in th saloon business for IS years and had never 'sold a drop of liquor to a minor.' He said that he had-never seen young Hendee until the boy wai plaoed on th witness stand this morn ing. - - - Several boys and girls under IS yesr of age testified that Hendee had secured the beer from Baird. - School Superintendent Qalts. . (Special rHapatrh to ghe Journal. I ftoaeburg. Or, May I. Superintendent of Pu bile School A.- M. Baundtr has resigned, , ; Special Agent of Corporation Aiure7Sari Francisco That -XShe May Have "Enough Iron.- PRICE TO REMAIN; SAME. : :'7-r AS BEFORE DISASTER Gu Mains Being Rapidly Repaired ' Looting Continues in Many Parts ' of Burned District Despite Watch r fulness of the Soldiers. (Joureal Bpecal Serrlce.) ' ' San Francisco. Ma 0. -Special Agent Backus of tha tJnlted B tastes Steel cor poration told, the general committee on rehabilitation this morning that San Franolsoo-oan - have- all the -steel -eho wants within ths next yesr and the corporation will attend to the trannpor Ut ton-of the-Mtme Ha- thtnlfs--60,000 tons will be all the city , can handle within a year; but adds they can have 100.000 tons If necessary, and th prle will remain the same '.as before In this city. i . lt . . Gas main's are being rapidly repaired. The 10-lnch main oh Van Ness avenue m now tinder pressure and the Western addition will soon be supplied from iu 1 General Batea. president of th Red Cross society, acting aa special messen ger from Secretary Taft, expressed sor row at th recent disaster. He con gratulated the committee on the excel lent bualneas management of th sltua- Jamea D. Phelan annonced that- money subscribed to date totals $4,100.000. Looting still continues despite- tho watchfulness . of the, soldiers,. Eight men were arrested this morning whilo making off with several hundred dol lars' worth of loot from the ruins of the Washington brewery. In the North Beach section? Bluelsckets-TronY - th cruiser Boston last night captured four members of a gang engaged in stealing ALL-ORGANIZATIONS "AID - 'FRISCO VICTIMS ;V Churches arid LaBot Unions Help ; . ' Their Brothers jnJthe A,..-... ... Bay City. . .. ;. ' The fraternal feeling that exists b" tweeMUajidandnncl8coJs shown by the number-ot 'Organisations which "have given financial aid to their parallel organisations in the south; I Labor organisations, churches and re ligious societies have done their best to help put -the San Francisco organisa tions on a working basis again. Almost all of tha churches in tha city have sub scribed to their owns- denominations tn the stricken district, and tha First Bap tist church at a rally raised . about 11.000.. Tha-Flrst congregational-church sent a check for about 1110 immediately after the catastrophe to Dr. Brown of the First church there to he used In im mediate relief work. The other churches of the denomination all gave small sums and Monday Dr. E. U House will go to San Francisco, to investigate the best means -of. aid, The First church here Is planning to raise a large' aum soon., The T. M. C. A. has raised M17.45 and expects to increase It to 100 be fore the, week is out, to be sent to the T. M. XX A.. j, . Among the working leagues, the prin ters subscribed 1 M Jo ttje general local tund an4 ha veSenO 00 to cash to the printers In San Francisco, Besides this they have expended H00 in the care of refugee- printers who have come to Port land. The horseshoe rs . have sent 1112. SO. The painters, because they were sot-holding meetings, did not make their subscription In a body, but all subscribed personally to the general fund. ' RAILROAD PRESIDENT-HELD " IN $10,000 BAIL" Heads of New York Central and ust Plead No Guilty of Rebating. - . Uoomal Special Serviet J New York, May . Nathan Guilford, president, and Frederick L. Pomeroy, traffic manager of the New York .Cen tral railroad, war held In 110,000 bail each to answer to the chsrge of con spiracy to violate -the federal law pro hibiting the giving or receiving of re bates. A formal plea of "not guilty was entered. Lawyers entered like pleas for th. sugar trust case 4 which went over; 1 - - - CONGRESS ACTS TO ASSIST. CALIFORNIA ( Joaraal Special gertlee. ) - Waahlngton, May . For tha purpose of assisting California, the house com mittee on public lands authorised -a favorable report on the bill to pay Cali fornia five -per cent on cash sales of public lands. This amounts to about 100,000,.:: Other western states have already been paid under the enabling acta--of admission. ' The Senate today decided that th Elkln amendment to the rat btll pro viding for th divorcement of coal and oil ownership from transportation car rier rbould take effect In 1001, NICHOLAS WILL VISIT ' HIS FATHER'S TOMB (Josraal Special Service. - f ' St. Petersburg, Msy 1. The csar ar rived at Peterhof today, ready to enter th. city Thursday. He will visit his father's, tomb and proceed to the win ter palace for the douma, NICARAGUAN MINISTER -, VICTIM OF ASSASSIN "Onarsal Ssseial Sn Washington. May t. The minister of foreign affairs of Nicaragua has been assassinated, according to the American eharg d'affaires at San Jos, Cost iUatw . ( - - - ' i. ' Escaped Lunatic From California x- AsylumrBeliaYedtoz.Br TnPortlahd: Frank Slattery, an Insane patient who escaped, from the Napa asylum in Cali fornia during tha excitement Incident to the great earthquake on April It, is believed to be in the vicinity of Port land. ' Chief of . Police Qrltsmacher re ceived a letter yesterday from J. Slat tery. a brother of the missing lunatic, who lives at 201 Sixteenth atreet. East Oakland, California, asking him to try to rina tne man. The fugitive- Is said to have expressed frequently a desire to "travel to the northwest,, and to have said a day or two before he mad hia escapevthat h-.- intended going to Portland If he ever got a chance. He la described as being It years old, weighing about 114 pounds, t feet t Inches tall, dark-complexioned; with: dark eyes. He Is sld to be of a quiet disposition and not dangerous. I ' Nine other persons have been Inquired for at police headquarters In ths last three days. The Hat ia larger than for so short a period In a long time.. It is as follows: Dora Scott Inquiry made by Mrs. 'J. Richards, 451 Alder street. . For . a while-the missing girl - worked "at th Golden West hotel She Is said 'to he large for Jier age, whloh is about 1 years. Ray-SHver--Hls-sg-l-l' years and he was employed aa laborer at Eleventh and Morrison streets. Inquiry Is made by his employers. Alfred r-JS.- Bmlth Haaifcean : missing since April so. in notice was maae oy Mrs. CF. Peterson, -0 EsstTenlh street."- V" . ":."....' '"; .... - Charles M. Toole Lived at St. Johns and worked in the Portland mills.' Dis appeared from mills 1 p. m. Monday. His age Is 11 years.'" ' "T" ' " Oeorg Bird BadhenWOrkIng"Jat Frits' theatre. Hsa not been ' seen since May b. Report made' by his wife, who lives at 14 East Seventh street. Georgie Hughes Missing from Vaj couver, wasnington, . since nunuay ruing. Lert nonie with th an- i"'l Inn of Vlsltlnl -i4Si-lier-father he fears that harm has befallen her. " Oeorg Elton Lived with Mrs. Brey man. at 446" Hall street Aged 11 years. Believed to have gon to Tacoma. Fred Taylor Horn is on h east side. Aged 1 years. Supposed to be in the company of the Elton boy. "Christian Leasing Wsa employed "oft a ranch near Portland. Missing for some time. Inquiry-by H. R, covers-" ton of Fairmount, Indiana. HURT WOULD GIVE MONEY wo rretev nwenrtl ' JOEffllP.llTCI Father-in-Law of i Dead Holy ; Roller Leader Says Crime - Was Justified. - - -.VKo on deplores murder more than I do, but In aome eases murder snust be done: 1 -wilt- help nrls a purse-to- defend George Mitchell, for I am glad that he killed my son-in-law. 'Joshua Creffleld deeerved to die if ever sny man did, and had it not been for the fact that I do not believe in murder he would have left this world long ago." -O. V. Hurt, father-in-law of i'Joshua" Creffleld, the leader of the Holy Rollers, whom George Mitchell shot dead In tha streets of Seattle Monday, arrived in Portland thia moraine; on his way home from Seattle. - H left hia daughter b-4 hind, aa ah will be wanted In Seattle as a witness at the trial of Mitchell. Hurt 1 a merchant of Corvallla, J do. notwautthspeopl to think that I believe In murder," he aald. "for I do not. Yet' George Mitchell wa Jus tified, and if be had not killed that man others would have done it. That I know It was beat that the killing took place in the open, and that-there was no mystery attached to It. Mitchell talked, to no one about his intended ac tion. or-my-poor . dau gh- loved this man and aha stuck to him h rough everything. She mourns ..over his death. She saw to it that he was given a private funeral, even though it took almost" evr"77piny-that shs pos sessed. ".-."""" " -'1 am going back to my home In Cor v'aTli8.'T am "a"TJdr niatfnd'TailirraTi tend to my business. I -cannot-pay all the expenses of th defense of Mitch- utl-am-wllllnr to contribute or k a-A m 9tvtA fni hia Amfmnum ." DAUGHTER OF ITALY GUILTY OF FORGERY Pretty, trembling Rosa Barbate Luccl ana, native born of . sun-kissed Itsly, stood tearfully" before Judge Wolverton this morning and pleaded! guilty to th charge of forgery. . Bh had signed tha nam of Michel Vernola to a postofflc money order for 110 on November ot laat year and her detection and 'indpt ment had speedily followed. M Bh had needed the money, she toip the officers and she did not realise that she was committing a crlm agnlnat th government. - United Stat District Attorney Bris tol waa touched by the tearful beauty of the child of Genoa and appealed to Judge Wolverton J.O. make th .sentence other than lmprlsohment. V "It would be too bad." he urged, "to end such a young girl Rosa Lucclanl to a penitentiary cell." ... It is probable that she will be given a fine late thia afternoon, when she Is to b sentenced. ... LAND BOARD ACCEPTS v BID OF H. L,C0RBETT (Special Dispatch to Th Journal.) Salem. May !. At a meeting of th stat land board held yesterday for 1,(10 acres of swamp bfnd located In Harney county Henry L. Corbet t bid St.Sett- an acre for ttO acres and 13 an acr for th remainder and was swarded th land. , It la altuated In section 11, It and It, township 16, rangs jf east, In Harney county. r A --.- INFERNAL MACHINE 1 UNDER FOLK'S WINDOW (Joanaf Bpeetal S--lee.) Jefferson City, Mo., May t An In fernal marhln waa JTound under Gov ernor Folk' window by a man mowing the lawn this afternoon. It was loaded with nitroglycerin. No arrests hav been ' made. Th governor hellvs It th work of a crank,-- - , - - Chamber of Commerce Will Ask ovciT7or Better Fire- ' . Protection;-, COMMITTEE AT WORK . ON REPORT. TO MAYOR ' ' ' ,4' . City Wnr Be . Urged to Take Im- mediate Steps Toward Bettering vConditiona ' for ' Fighting Fires Underwriters' . Report Considered. The Are protection committee of the Portland chamber of - commerce . will meet soon to consider recommendations that are, to be jMissedup jio th. city council and Mayor .Lan for increasing th fir protection. It Is said Portland 1 far from being Jn condition to. com bat a great conflagration, and that the fate -of-Banr- Francisco fs regarded among business mert as a startling lesson to thls'elty. The eommtttee la composed at Henry Hewett, J. Couch Flanders, James Man ner. L. Allen Lewis and Max Flelsch ner. They will be celled tn meet to morrow, or the following day at " th Chamber .of-Commerce. Th report re cently Issued' by .the.nntlonM j3os4 of fire underwriter on th city of Port land and Ha., fir risks will be -gone over carefully. ' Ths committee will cull from It the salient feature and make up a report f "exigency recom mendations. The city council will be asked toadopt as many- Improvements as the funds available will permit, even. If necessary, to bond the city to secure sufficient fire protection end remedy hazardous -conditions. V 5-;-- The board of lire underwriters some months ago sent Inspectors to this city, Who made- complete investigation of conditions 'and of th" fire apparatus and fire fighting organisation of Portland. In an exhaustive report 'they have set forth these conditions and arrived at C"Tt"'l"1 "pon which tlie fire Insnr. surance that must b pat6trjr-prr tlons at' the Alblna pumping sta tion, ; some of the plsnk psvements, the condition of the' fire engines, the. manner of construction of msny of tho frame buildings in the ' business dis trict, and the condition of the fire-hydrant's. "- A lar.- nfimber of their conclusions are believed to be well taken, and, -the .(Chamber- of r commerce committee will undertake to -Impress on the city council the "great import ance' of Immediate action to remedy th most Imperative . needs for fire protec tion. It-is pointed out that Portland is largely a city- of wooden buildings, and once fslrly under way, would sweep the eanlte the most heroic errorts ot the fire fighters. - y COMPTQN SAYS ENMITY LOST HII.1 HIS JOB ' Tell$IClyir.SeWiceiCommi88ion That Spite -of.. Superiors Caused Dismissal. T. 11. Compton, the deposed instru- tment mau In the city engineer's office. who appealed to tne civil service coin mission for reinstatement, sttsmpted to convince the commission this morning that the . engineers .who had testified against-htm had a personal dislike for him which was at the bottom of th attempt to oust htm from his position. He testified that Engineer. McMu lien had disliked, him for . nearly two years. . Compton sttempted to show that En gineers McMullen and Chapman were hard mn (o work for. especially the latter. Thomas Harding was called to teatlf y to thia,- He ssld that Chapman' manner was surly snd frequently an-E-erdhlm.snd - that .Chapman's crew always worked longer than the- .other crews in th department. ....' -xrosa-quest iop4.-rftyChap- man, Harding admitted that be and Compton had frequently complained about working longer hours than other employes In the department. Engineer Taylor explained that alt thcrwg war on dutxlhgzsarn length of time, but that those. which quit:f lrst-.ln order f orthera toJbe s t the office at t o'clock. I '- The matter- was taken under advise- 1 111 pnt ty thrTomm MANNING OFFERS TO -HELP FREE MITCHELL District Attorney John Manning has written to Kenneth Mcintosh, prosecut ing sttorney at Seattle, asking an op portunity to appear before ' the grand jury which will investigate th killing ot Creffleld, so to give Information a to th murdered man's character and record of crime In Oregon., Mr. Man ning said In hia letter that th hia opinion! ueorge Mitchell, wno- guiea w-rerriiiu,-ia bad done a Justifiable act and abould I; not be punished. He related the history of Creffleld's trisl, conviction and Im prisonment in this state. . The prosecu tion wsa conducted by Manning.-- WILL NAME PRINCIPAL" . FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL T If favorable to the member of the! school board a special meeting will be held tonight for the purpose of -electing! sr-nrlnclual for the new east slds High school.-"A morig-lnS ppHtHTir' TOP 7h8TknownTharhe"ls riiadelT6f-TTm4y"Te position ar many prominent edu but the choice will lie. It Is said, be tween "Principal Grout of the. Ladd school. Principal Jenkins of the Holman school, H. II. Herdmsn of th-Portland academy and R. R, Steele of the Portland High school. - - , '-es D0WIE AND V0LIVA DECUREA-JRUCEtl!l..? , (iearsal Special fervlre.) -. Chicago, May . A truce between DdWle and Vollva by which Joint con trol; of Zlon City Induatrles Will be ar ranged until October Is announced by Dowie's attorney. A triumvirate is to hav charg of th affair. John lb Wllsoa Is Star. Kx-8enntor John L. Wilson of Wash' rngton, owner 'f the geettle Post-Xn llgencer. Is In Portland today. He Is on hi way to. Oregon City to cloa a con tract with th paper . mill . ther for Super for hi plant. . ' ' ' ' " -.' ' ' ' ..'V -.' . .. : ' .'.'..;' State- Central - Committee Con----venes Toay With Good -v'' ." - , Attendance. - . The Democratic state central eomm.lt tee is' holding a meeting, this afternoon at the state headquarters at the Lang hotel. The meeting was called to or der and is presided over by State Chabv roan Ales JBweck and .Stat Secretary John U. Byun is acting. Th attendance is unusually large and many of the commlttmen are present from coun ties in the ar distant parts - of .. the state. .All the couo ties except four are represented, cither by th .committee men In -pereolt or by proxy. The fol lowlpg committeemen -answered the roll csllv, tlackamaa, H. L. Vaughn; Columbia. K H. Mitchell; Gilliam, J. W,. Spover; Oraivt. VC-:Coxad; Joseph ine, J. O. Booth;' Lane, J. D. Matlock; Llrnv-SV-y'M.-Oarlandr-Marton, W.- H. Holmes; - Morrow, - Henry - Blackmani Multnomah,- K A. Peeryj Polk, George W. Myersr-Wallowa. W." Wr White; Wasco, L,- K.-' Morse;. Washington, .J.. N. Wall;'. .KamhllkH. L. McCann. : . Th proxies for the' committeeman from the remaining -counties were held by Chairman.- Alex Sweek, .Secretary John B. Ryan. Judge .WHllarh Galloway." J. V. Matlock, V. C. Cozad and others. . . -r . v The purpose of the meeting is to map out a plnn of campaign. . Without ex ception the members of the committee ay that-tt -trend of-the csmpalgrr is to ignor party lines and to vote for the beat and most competent 'men for of fice, Ther is, they say, a growing sen timent for a nonpartisan - bench that looks favorable to the election of Judge Halley. - - -' v,-- ' , - I- TheMultnOmari" county "centra T' com mittee will hold a meeting tonight st the headquarters on Seventh street,- be tween Washington snd Alder. The can didates for county office have been In vited to be present and the details of the city and county campaign will be mapped out. The session will be an. ex ecutive one. The1 Young Men's Democratic club. and the Multnomah Democratic club, .'will y i PenWwraHi- county lit-afluwrterw. Dr. James Withycombe. .Republican Thursday night st Oregon City and will spend that night In Portland. He will make" an address 'Saturday night st Al bany and he will fill in the intervening night at some town within easy reach. The state committee haa -not yet ar ranged his itinerary for th rest of th campaign. ' A number of . Republican spellbinders -"wilt accompany' Dr. Withy combe on hia toiir through the) state. Hon.. J. D. Matlock, Democratic can", dldate for state treasurer, who is in the -City, - says the prospects - for th Democratic ticket in. La nv county are excellent. He says that Governor Halley will ' get a vote far exceeding hen asked -tf he-, believed that he would b elected h sald "If th election wer. left to nvy own county I whuld b." HOT WAVE HITS PORTUND BP' THE BELT While Yesterday Was No Record Breaker for Heat, It Was Hot Anyway, v. Old Sol certainly worked overtime yesterday and dealt out summer weather with a vengeance. Portland sweltered In th blistering heat and ther was a run on th cold drink dispensaries. Dis trict Forecaster Beals gives the - com- foiling information that cooler weathrr will nrevall today. It will Drove com. 1 forting to the stout gentlemen who suf fered from the hot war to learn that the thermometer only reached t d grees, wheress on Msy it, 1IR7, th mercury xl Imbed to SS degrees. On April 21 of this year-10 degree was noted. . .. , In the month of Msy last year-th hi ghest tern per t urowa -it -degrees. farnd three yearw prvhBSv on My ii. l0t, the weather bureau hss a record at 0 deareea. On May S. A 186. the rec ords Show thst the thermometer " hit " . . - - - - . . Th not speii was oue eitner.io ay-i k iianifc heatlwg ar an area of low. pre: SUMIlJ',"ner',.'t' by tne air nnwing rapiaiy over in III irifl vaiirjf( aim ins jaiioi ji sroii,' C FAVORABLE REPORT ON -INDEMNITY LAND BILL (Wsshinitoa Bereas f The Jmiraal. 1 Washington. Msy . The senate pub lic Isnds committee todsy reported favorably on the. bill which has been passed by th house - granting settler title to Northern Paclflo landa between Portland and Wall u la and permitting the railroad to select Indemnity lands. Presumably this is the bill which was ntroduoed for the purpose of establish ing the title of settlers on th Northern Paclflo "overlap" land grant. FUTURE OF HOTEL - : TO 'BE DECIDED The near Xuture of th Hotel Portland may be decided at th meeting of th board of directors-this afternoon. They will take up the question of the renewal of the lease on the hostelry, . Manager Bowers may be given the lease, ss It la warded . to the Norman Brothers, or I given to parties who are not now known I to be contenders. CONTRACT AWARDED FOR FITTING STEAMER A contract for tha construction of the vi inn rc ri aviwr ,. i..v'i wiuvflnf waa awarded to th Willamette Iron Works this morning. Work will b rushed on this contract, as an early de livery Is i.called for. The contract for th hull of th vesset-wlU be let soon. CANADIANS SEIZE -AMERICAN SCHOOLERS t '' Wl l III . Uoorsal ScTlal Bert1eo.i . North Sydney, H. C, May . Two American fishing schooners wer seised by Canadian cru. era and charged with illegally f ahlr.g to-ay. ' f Health Officers Find Deplorab!) t-:r Conditions In That Part , V. - V.'-Of City. : . OWNERS ARE ORDERED . TO REMEDY TROUBLE New Sewerag System Needed to Do , Away With Septic Tanks and Cess pools Other Psrts . of City Are Complaining of Situation. City . Health Officer Wheeler and Plumbing Inspector Hey discovered de-' plorable sanHary conditions yesterday on Portland - Heights where they went tb 'invesHgate" the" complaints which have -recently-been- mad by residents of that suburb. ..Tbey discovered -the overflow from five septic- tanksrunnlng Into. Ravenavlew drive and- th stench from this overflow was what ha given rise to manyof th complaints. , Both the health officer, and the plumbing Inspector this morning not!-', fled th owner of "thee tanks to rem edy the conditions: They recommended thst the overflow should either be con ducted Into a I cesspool or by surface drain tile two feet nhder ground. ' It rs--betl-ved,jJhowevrr that the situation ' will pot be satisfactorily remedied nntll' a new sewerage system - is Installed, which will do awsy with septic tsnks and cessnoots. " - - v. - v.-.- The plumbing Inspector, Is si wgys , having trouble with the residents of' Fulton. The -conditions there are ex tremely bad. Dosens of residence hav no mean of disposing of - their wast except In ahallow .vaults and cesspools, and - the- wrm . weather -coming pn th condition there will grow worse, if not remedied. This morning over 20 notice were issued by the inspector-to property owners to make proper connections with sewers which have been laid in that dis trict. . ... umerou -eoejiplaleit of bad sanita' ! ennUlwws tn Mrrmklyn have been rt- pHyij.''i'JTUi:ilpiumBiHgTiiirp?ctof.r &sp tie tanks and open "vaults are said to he the cause of the complaints, but the 111 UIHln'WiUIUS IS III remedy to be applied until the pro posed: Brooklyn sewer Is built. - Pro ceedings for building the sewer are" now well under way and it la expected that before many week the contract will b let. -7 .-. . -; t -. THREE f'ORE ARRESTS MADE FOR UKD FRAUD I Wise on sir umbermen Are- f Taken Into Custody by Of- queers ot we Law v -: Thre more arrests of Wisconsin lum bermen, charged with complicity In Or gonland frauds, wer made yesterday at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The accused men are Joseph Black, 'John C Black and August-Anderson, lndicfrd Jointly with Sumner A. Psrker of Ashland. Ore gon; -Leander Choate, James . Doughty, Benjamin Doughty. Thomas Daly and James Brsy of Oshkosh. Wisconsin, ml Jsmes 11. Drlscoll, formerly county clerk of Klamath county. The Oshkosh defendants were arresl- 7d lsst week snd th details of the in- uiciment wer- published at that time. It is charged that the defendants were engaged in a conspiracy for th acquisi tion of timber lend In ths Lskevlew die- . trlct, through fraud, a ad tbsy succeed-' cd tn getting soms 10,600 acres. A lrgnuroberOfpopl jwet Induced ta tnk up claims, falsely swearing that - Th ntrie were made for their own us and benefit, and the land . waa then ,ttirnd-Towr-o-ThOshkosh Land X ' Timber company, the corporate nam .' under which th .defendant wer operating... Th Indictment recites the psyment of 11.400 to J. W. Hamaker, former United States . commissioner In the Lskevlew . dltrlcthut-ntnr deceased, and chargea insi me money was paid as a bribe to Indue him to certify to fsls affidavits ana proor or entry. Th payment .was made April to. 1(01. Th evidence luHmllt tk. 4 ,7. ' -.- -" . 7r -- - Jury Jthd oirwhich th Indictment waa " baaed wa-gathred by Bpeclat Agwnta " wi uiuon na 'vv. vr- (method, .mnlonj t ... ... manv other caaea In which eastern tlmbermen were seek- -- limberrr7 . . " . "" ' . 7 " - N0; FORMAL HEARING : T OF J0WER TRIAL ; j " ' A- ' Owing to th fact that Thomas O'Day waa era-aged in toe trtal'ef another cas this morning no formal hearing wa had In th cas of W. 8. Jowerv th Chines arrested several weeks ago on a statu tory charg. although thia waa th tint set for th trial of th appeal from th sentence Imposed by Municipal Judge Cameron.. Instead of a formal hearing th matter was dlacussed in the cham bers of Presiding Judge Sears. N on was present at th discussion but Deputy Olty Attorney J. J. Fits gerald, Thomas O'Day and Anna Ptett. aged It years, who was arrested at th same tim as Jowsr and who Is ths com plaining witness against ths Chinese. After the attorneys and witness had left th chamber Judge Bear stated that Mr. O'Day had aald the Chinese would , plead guilty to th charge. Th girl ha -been held In the city Jail during th past 41 days, but will be allowed her freedom. It is ssld, upon her promise noeturhlorreratlveaahdlea J'a morsf" life. Municipal Judge Cameron fined Jower ttOO and sentenced him to SO days In th county Jail. Th Chinese hss been out 4-on bonds. . .'. Z.' . Ann Pltt. when released from cus tody by th police this morning st th HNmcluston of th trial of Jower In th circuit court, was taken to th horn of her stater, Mrs, Homer Smith, 44 ltr tsnbetn avenue, by Ueorge R. Btrayer of th Btrayer north end mission, where sh secured persons 1 effect Bh will be placed aboard a train for Inde pendence. Oregon, this afternoon and will live ther with another sister, Mrs. Nancy Hsrlsnd. 7 WU1 BrtaUa Ladle. Mrs. P. A. f pence will entertain the ladles of tha Third Preptbyterten r. and their frlnds for th be-- t 'i ' Ladle' Industrial society. and Ice' cream re' henre. May.lt. from "J to i MM. Ding!, I'-v , CorUn. , ! f.: