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Newspaper Page Textv THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL "PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE, -15. lECJ. ( PEHSIONS TO AID SUFFERERS Novel Plan 'Proposed for . Distrj- bution of Cash to Fire and Earthquake Losers. : WOULD SPEND MILUONS IN ASSISTING REFUGEES Lump Suma for Women and Men, LaborerarArthrtt" end' Professional Men, as . Well as , Those , Whose Homes Were Lost. . - ' f ' ' (Jssrmal .Special Berries.) ' -San Franctsco, ; June- 1. Walter --J.-Bartnett. a member of 'the cltlsens , finance committee has . written from : Wsshlngton, D. C.,' , aeveral . letters to ' member of that i committee here -which ' because of their content have caused each a eneatlon that the recipients of the epistles have withheld them from publication for aeveral dejra. Bartnett doubts the leva! right of loaning a bis Tellef fund amounting to about I,00,Oo for building- purposes, as some of -the committeemen want to do. He Is alao positive that the board of supervisors has no Jurisdiction over the fund. He thinks the committee as trustee of the fund should distribute It quickly, most ly in cash and for a. variety of pur poses lor the good or the a la tressed ana for the good of the city. - Hers are some of the suggestions made by W. J. Bartnett for the disposi tion of the M.o.00.00 loan, of which 15.000.000 Is to be distributed In cash to ' the sufferers as follows:' Fifty dollars to every unmarried woman who -prior-to .April It was dependent on her own ex ertlone; $100 to each married man or head of family In refugee catnpe; SfiOO each to families who have lost wsge earners; ' ft SO to f00 each to widows whose children depend upon them; $100 O00-1- assist artiste and - professional men and women; $200,000 for tools for artisans; $1,000,000 to relieve the needs of families that may . require cars for some years; $100,000 to assist refugees to return to Sen Francisco; $210,000 for tsmporary homes for single men en gaged In the rebuilding of. Ban Fran cisco, and $70.000 to be loaned in sums not exceeding $300,000 to. owners of land ; to aaslst them to rebuild homes. ' Bartnett - takes the view that' this method of handling the fund will pro Serve the independence of the people and st the same time put the money Into- cir culation, v HtUKLfc UP WtLLa WAN RAILROAD STATION AGENT People living In the Vicinity of Wells. Benton county, have a grievance agatnat Wells has a depot, but no station agent, - . which causes (rest - Inconvenience to farmers, who have to camp at the sta tion -with .their, goods until the train comes along In order to make sure that their thlnm.nr a-a t a a wa a Thai flAntk. ', em Pact Ho business from Wells last -yeerniTHTOnted to $3,900. but the com- pany eiui rvTuaes to grani uie aeraana 1: for a station agent on the plea that the returns would not Justify ths ex pense. i r The sits for ths depot, five acres in all, was donated to the railway com pany and, considering the volume of ' business already dona and the aaaur ' anca of great Increase with improved , xacimiee. tne farmers or the north end badU-tratedckof an agent is re - tardlng the growth of Wells, and ef forts are now being made to convince the Southern Pacific company that It Is . exercising false economy and should at once grant the long-Ignored request. MAY PROHIBIT SALE OF ' - UNDRAWN POULTRY That ths ordinance prohibiting the ale or .undrawn poultry do paas waa ' ths recommendation to. 4he council de termined upon by the health and police committee today. - ' Ml. DaiMI A. C II ILtM I B IT I llpaaja tor. and Mrs. Ellen R. Miller told the com mittee members whst they knew about . poultry sold In an undrawn condition. Mr. BeMlng bad unpleasant recollec tions of an overdue chicken he had once ; tackled, and the recommendation was ... maae aeepiie tne protest oe Mr., uun- nlng, who though not a member of the committee had been Invited to get Into. " the discussion. xne committee siso recommenaea tne . passage of ths ordinance providing that -livery stables for more than aix horses must be .connected with the sewer. At ( o'clock Tuesday the committee will continue its work on the new build ing ordinance. HISTORICAL SOCIETY - GETS QUEER SPECIMEN D. T. Richardson of Rainier has pre sented the Oregon Hlstoricsl society with a curious skeleton thst of a green Ivy plant, which grew around a fir tree and choked It to death. The Ivy wan planted at Bt. Helen . in 170. The fir by whoae -sldeTIt was' planted seemed st lesst SO years old at that time. Gradually tit ivy grey un til it covered the fir, which all the time -.-was struggling for Its very life Jn the clutches of the Ivy. - Finally the fir of 1(04 burned the - Ivy and tree, too. .. The fibrous frame work of the Ivy wss found to be perfect after the fire, however, end Mr. Rich-Tdsony-a; pioneer, -paid St for a aectlon of the curiosity.- While attending - the pioneers' reunion her Vr. Richardson maa ths prewntatiun lu the Historical . society, . TRUSTY CONVICT RUNS AWAY FROM CAPTORS (Special rtlspatrk The JaarssL) i Salem. June 1. Perry Allen, a trusty working at the state prison farm, ea rs ped lsst night. He was committed to riison .from Coos county for a ststutory crime. He waa sentenced lo II years and had -seifved six. There Is no clue as to his whOreabouts. . Ainrr -ri-i niriiifr ' lIHCr IU UldMIdd - ,,CONVICTEQ FIREM'AN - ; i Hans Holts, ths firemen employed -on the fire host who- has been JcOnvlcted ,by Judge Cameron for beating hla wife, will be dismissed from the department by Chief Campbell with the approval nf the esscutlvs board. He will, of fourae. have the opportunity ta appeal tn . the civil servlge coram lesion. His - . ,j.aa a , . . . . J - 1 1 ruin ur o a ye w-uiv vuouty sii., J MANY OF STATE'S SHERIFFS Will. BE IMTIC . vV. . . 7" ' ' ' Election Returns Show That One Third of the Counties Have 'Chosen Democrats. - Democratic candidates ' for. sheriff fared well In the recent elections throughout the . stste. Baker county chose E. I Rand, Lane reelected Fred Flake, Samuel Grant was successful In Polk. Umatilla elected T. & Taylor, Union gave a majority to Frank P. Childress, Coos chose W. W. Gage, Benton elected' M. P. Burnett. - R. B. Beetle was successful In Clackamaa and Josephine chose W. J. Russell, According to unofficial returns from Malheur the Democratic candidate for .w..l aa. mI fan, a.A,a,a kaklna a n4 a preci net eastm g 1 -votes waa stni-4e- be heard from, curry. Grant ana nr-l ney have not ' yet sent In their otuclal returns. In several of ths count les Ue Democratic oandldate for sheriff Wss the only main on the ticket whS 'pulled through.: Her in Multnomah, county there Is a strong probability thst ths recount will add Tom. Word's name to ths list.- The- indications are that the second Mondsy of July will And ten or eleven Democratic sheriffs la office. This is on third of the total number la' the stat and Is remarkable constd eiing -the fact that ' the- Republican county tickets were generally success ful.. - - , I'';-. ... PASSENGER RATES- WILL BE REDUCED Effective July 1, passenger rates per mile on the O-K. N. and the Southern Paclflo lines in Oregon, and the Union Pacific In eastern Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, will' be reduced to S cents per mile.- Ths ehsngs will, not materially affect travel In Oregon, as ths local rates en the O. R. A N. and Southern Pacific In this state have been practi cally S cents since 10I. Through rates will, however, be considerably lowered. The action was taken at a .meeting two weeks sgo of passenger trafflo of ficials at Chicago, attended br A. l Craig, who today announced the chance. On tickets from Portland to Ogden, for Instance, the fare. now. $10. will be re- duced permanently to " y"nlformed ths police that he had gona in a Portland to Salt Lake the fare, now til. 10. will be about $17. Prom Port land to Boise the fare, now 111.10, Will be sbout tlf.If. The ehsngs of local rate in some parts of Rocky mountain territory will "be greater, aa on some parts of ths lines there the far Is now as high aa 10 cents per mile. ' A reduction that will be particularly noticeable to coast people will be a re duction -f th rat between Portland and San Francisco from - the present far of I.MO to sbout $$$.!.- ASSAULT CHARGE MADE AGAINST PATROLMAN With Dr. Harry F. McKay and other prominent Elka. a portion of the crew of tb Chicago visited the office of the city attorney this afternoon with the request for warrants for the arrest of Policemen Isakson and Klenlln. who are alleged to- have aaaaulted . them last night. Ths fight occurred at Third and Davis streets. A party of officers and others from the Chicago had been Invited to the Elks' club and .were returning to the ship when they met the officers. A fight resulted, and both sides claim the other to have been the aggressor. Ths party from the veaael Included Chief Yeoman Bnell. Chief Electrician Falconer, Chter Machinist Henry and Chief Quartermaster Lleesrasn. With them were W. C. Duesslng and F. N. Irwin, members of the Techau Tavern Quartet, -and Captain Badger, command Ing officer on the Chicago. The police men were Isakson and Klenlln. -. r The sailors laid their complaints be fore the police authorities this after noon, and not receiving the proper amount of sstlsfaction went to the city attorney's office. WESTERN UNION AIDED STRICKEN OF 'FRISCO ., ' (Joersil Special B-rrlee.) New Tork, June 18. Vice-President Clowry of the Weatarn Union Telegraph company says: . The action of th San Francisco spe cial committee recommending ths prose cution of telegraph companies is an out rags. Our company did mors to assist San Francisco than any other company or organisation in th United States. At ths stsrt ws threw open our wires for the us of the relief committee free of charge. We handled, and still handle, free messages sent to San Francisco In reference to relief work. BOY IS SENTENCED AND THEN PAROLED ' . R. D. Bolender. If : years -old, ap peared before Judge Bears in the cir cuit court this - morning snd plesdsd guilty to stealing from a dining car In the Northern Pacific terminal yards three bottles of whiskey, 20 bottles of cocktails and 20 packages of cigarettes. He wss sentenced to on yesr in the penitentiary and paroled. Bolender was psroled to Fd Lyons, manager of the terminal yards, where he has been employed for a number of years. - . J . PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO WADSWORTH PEPPERY (Jonrnal Special Service.) Wsshlngton. Juns It. It Is said th president's letter to Wadsworth disap proving the Inspection' bill contained tart eapreaslons. It Is said lt virtually accuses the committee of being subject to the Influences of the packers. 1 It decries ths court review manner of pro viding cost of Inspection and lack of provision .for Inspection. Wadsworth's reply is said to be equally peppery. FATAL" FIRE" IN"' ' SACRAMENTO HOTEL (Jaepsel Sneelsl aerrles.1 T Sacramento, Cal.. Juno It. Th First Chanc hotel 'and-six small buatneSa places were burned this morning. John Sullivan and William Riley were burned to death, . prove emmaledoux: "COMMITTED BIGAMY ' II (Joornsl Special Seroe. . ' StociJon,' Cel., June II. The prosecu tion In the ease of Emma Ledoux proved apparently conclusive!- today tfcat the defendant waa. not divorced from Mo Vlcar whan she married ' Ledoux. ' Feer of ' punishment, for this of fens Is claimed aa a. motive for tb murder. ... ' HtS STRONG CASE . AGAINST DOCK Prosecution Civet Damaging ' Evidence In Preliminary Hear- i ing of Assault Charge.' :t, WITNESSES IDENTIFY DEFENDANT POSITIVELY Prosecution Concludes Its Testimony and Defense Will Begin With Its Witnesses on Tuesday -AlibfMay, B Claimed by- Defens ev From ths evidence given at the pre liminary hearing juf Charles Bock, busi ness agent of the Bailors' union, charged with an assault with a ' dangeroua weapon, it la evident that the prosecu tion has a particularly strong . case against the alleged ringleader of the thuss who hoarded the steamer Jehan 4pouleen on the .night of, June 1 and murderously assaulted aeveral of the nonunion crew. The testimony of ths wifnessss for the prosecution is nearly all in and ths rass will be again taken up on Tues day. Pending the determination of the re sult of the injuries of the two sailors In the hospital. Judge Cameron refused to fls the amount of ball. From ques tions propounded by the defense It Is believed that an attempt will be mads to prove an alibi for Bock. The state wss represented by Deputy District At tornsys Haney end Brand and Specie Prosecutor . H. M. Cake. Bock was rep resented by Attorney Citron. Xansea Olve Xrldane. George Hansen was the first witness called. Inasmuch as he had msds statements -to the detectives implicat ing htm in the assault he waa instructed byjlh court that .h neednot answer any questions that . might tend to In criminate htm. He availed himself of thlM nh 1 a, (on He AmnimA h vt n a- In. boat to the Johan Poulsen and finally admitted that hv had mad' that etate- ment. - On cross examination he : testi fied that the police had promised him Immunity from prosecution If -he mad ststement of ths affair to them. Watohmaa Tells Story. ' 8. W. - Johnson... watchman on the steamer, testified to the crowd coming aboard. . He positively Identified - Bock as the man who had struck him with the .pistol and felled him to the deck. John son slated that he had flashed his lan- I tern rn-Beck'-face and was sure that he was the leader of the ruffians. In reply to Attorney Citron's questions If he could be mistaken If 10 persons swore thst Bock waa at a theatre at the time of the .trouble, Johnson une quivocally declared that he could not be mistaken In his Identification. John Qulrke, a sailor, told of ths thugs rushing Into ths forecastle snd that hs hsd seen the ringleader's fac In the flesh of the pocket lamp. Hs testified that Bock was the man and that ha could not be mistaken. He alao de clared that' Bock had fired three ahots. TeU of the right. Paul Woodward was next called and told of the fight on ths ship. After the fight in the forecastle he rushed on deck and was seised by two men. By ths flash of an electric pocket 'lantern carried by one of his captors he was abls to see Bock's features and Identi fied him as the man on trial. Accord ing to Woodward's testimony. Book thrust him In front of him when the csptaln appeared on deck and said with an oath. "You'll do to stop a few duI lets." . When the captain did turn loos with the Winchester, Bock said: I j "Well, boy a, I guess they mean business,-' so let us go." -J LEWISTON WOOL IS - PUT UP AT AUCTION (Hpeclal IMspateh re Th learaaLt . - Lewlston, Idaho, June it. This is "wool sales day," and many' growers have assembled her to receive sealed bids for their dips Itis expected het several large lots of wool will be dis posed of in the next few days. Whlls ths majority of woolgrowers entered Into the pool arrangement to hold until this date several smsll .lots were not Included, and three clips were sold in the past week. -Within the paat week buyers from th large houses have Inspected the wool, but owing to the fact that their presenc Is necessary at -Heppner. It la expected they will submit their bids by mall. Th sales made during ths past week brought It cents. CLERICAL ERROR STOPS WORK ON NEW SEWER A. clerical error was mads when the resolution wss pasred by the council providing for a sewer In Twenty-fourth street from the south line of 'Versteeg's sddltlon to Nlcolal street It should have read "south" Instead of "north." The sewer committee this morning, therefore, ordered th proceedings dis continued. A number of property owners hsd remonstrated, and investi gation showed,, where th mlstaks had been made. . . Th remonstrance of R, McLennan and'others against a sewer la Larrabee street wss overruled. FRED D. FISHER GOES AS CONSUL-TO HARBIN Uoaraal Special Serrlre.) Washtngton, Juns It. Th president he nominated Julian H, Arnnld of -Cal-j tfomia to be conaul at Tamsul, For mosa; - Oeorge C. Cole of West Vir ginia to Dawson, Tukoni Fred D. Fisher of Oregon to Harbin and Oeorge Nllft of Idaho to Annaberg, Germany, MORRIS MEMORIAL ocdipc nM ciikfnAv Li i-nviii- vn dununi OMemi f the ! Memorlal service in commemoration life and labor of th 1st Bishop Morris or Oregon will be held in Trinity church next Sunday evening at I o'clock. The speakers will be the Right Rev. Bishop Keator, of Olympla, the Rev; D. K. Lover Id ge of Eugene and Rev. William 8.. Short of 'Astoria.' Father Hay's Funeral. Hay Members of ths Order of Wash ington and friends of th femlly ere sll Invited to attend ths funeral services of "Father" Clark Hay, to be held at Fin ley's rhapel, Saturday, o'clock p. m. Members will meet st No. 2S0 Market street snd march In a body to services. Unterment at Lone Fir cemetery. - . 1 ' " - " . . . ' i TO RAISE -:C.U2ttJ RATE rai;:sTo:i Association Now Considering J Proposition to Make Cost Fourth Higher. , v IJoerul Special Service.) - Seattle, June l. Insurance rats throughout Washington may b la' creased IS. per cent by tb Washington Insursncs association, noting for the companies doing business In this etate. Jf the ralae Is mads It will bs over the objection- of Lee McKansle, chief sur veyor of the assoclstlon. , McKensi refuses to discuss ths raise of rates further than to say nn has been ordered.- 8peolal agents of the big companies here, however, ' admit that there la a disposition of the horn offices to rates their rates la Washington. -Jh-. Pacific .. board of underwriters, as the Svn Francisco orcmvlsaUon at insurance companies Is known, recent ly ordered-an Increase in California, Oregon, Arlsona, Nevada and Idaho, This board hee -no iurlsdlct ion -over In surance in Wsshlngton. : The Insurance men bar state that the Companies have been malting possibly S per ' cent on business - written here. The ' tact . that the fight for batten Are departments and flr fighting apparatus bavs be suooassful led tha . tssits to Sselar that tbsrs) 1a no arena for aa -lacrea In this statsu . IRA HUGHES WILL SERVE -' ' FIFTY YEARS Oregon City Man Say Sentence Is Result of Conspiracy of , HI Family ' ; : (Speelsl Dispatch to Tke Joe real.) Oregon- City, OrT,; June ' H. Fifty years in ths stats penitentiary la the fsts of Ira Hughes, who was yestsrdsy afternoon convicted of ths crlms of in cest Th second trial resulted In speedy conviction of th accused, after a dls sgreement by th Jury in tb first trial or- sns case. : Hughes msde an address to th court ssklng for leniency, snd stated that his wife and daughters hsd formed a con spiracy to become rid' of htm, but Judge McBrld said that he could find n room for leniency, taking Into consideration th testimony and clrcumstanses con nected with the case. Hughes la sbout 4 years of ags, and is afflicted with tuberculosis, snd . ths senteno means life Imprisonment for him. Th maximum penalty Is life; snd ths minimum is 0 yea re' Imprisonment. Hughes was taken to Salem by Sheriff H. W. Trembath. He was a resident of this elty with his family, up to a few montha ago, when he moved to Van couver, Washington. . . BOY SERIOUSLY -INJURED Fourteen-Year-Old Son of T. J. Thomas Has Leg Broken by Frantic Team. ("pedal Dispatch to Ths Jneraal.l Oregon City, June 15. The 14-year-old' son of T. 3. Thomaa. of Now Era was seriously-injured In a runaway ac cident in thla city early yestsrday aft ernoon. MrThomaa andhla aon started to drive up Main street from th woolen mills, with a large smoke stack In ths wsgon, whsn the horses bo came . frightened . and tor down th street The father grasped hla boy, but both fell from the wagon . and ths wheels ran over the lad. breaking bis leg tn two places. Ths team then raced madly up the atrset, ths wagon careen ing wildly, from side to side, and when opposite the postofflce David Williams, of Will lam a Bros. Transfer company, rushed out and, after a frantlo chase, succeeded in getting hold of ths reins and stopping the infuriated animals in front of Huntley's. .The big . smoke stack fell Into the street and served to frighten th horses . still more. No sooner. were th anVnala brought to a stop than they again started to run. but were checked. The boy was taken ear of by a physician and waa ssnt to a Portland hospital to receive treatment for hla injuries. CONTRACTOR GRANT IS -ASSAULTED AND KILLED (Special Di-patca te The Joe-sal. r I Arlington, Or., June It. Contractor Grant, who had charge of camp NO. S, near thla place, was assaulted yester day afternoon and died thla morning at the hospital In Ths Dalle. - Th mur derer is still at large. GOVERNMENT THANKED BY GOVERNOR PARDEE (Joaraal fceetsl Ser-tee.t Washington, June If .Secretary Taft has received a letter from Governor Pardee of California thanking the gov ernment for the part th army and other federal officers played In th San Francisco dlaastsr. KANSAN IS ELECTED -PRESIDENT. OF. EDITORS (Jeeraal Speelsl Ssrvles.f - Indianapolis, Ind., June It.- John B. Junklri of Sterling, Kansas, wss elected presIdehC"6fTne National Editorial" - soclatlon today. . Jamoatown, Virginia, was selected as next year's meeting' place. "I. O., Houghton Seed. Uouraat Special SerTlce. Cambridge, Mass., June 11.'- H. O. Houghton, the publisher, a member of Houghton. Mifflin A Co., died suddenly her today. ' - "JJ' 1 i aaa aa m . John Seeks Dead. - (Special Dlspeteh "te Tk learaal.) ' -Vancouver, Wash., June If. John C. Becker, for If years a resident of this city, died at' his horn In Esst Portland yesterday. - The cause of -- death - waa heart failure from which deeeased suf fered for several years. Th funeral will be held Sunday and Interment will bejn City, cemetery In thla city. Da ceased leavea a widow and two- chile dren, a son and daughter. The son. John, is a member of th United States navy. , Th eirealatloa of Th4 4Mumal la Vortlaad aad ta Oregon essoeda that mi aay .vtker Oregon awppet. COUNTESSm : 1 . r i ' t 1 u 1: The accompanying extraordinary snapshot of the Countett Anns and Count Bonl do Castellano was taken as .'. they were leaving the Paris municipal court. The elderly and bearded man between the two is Judge Ditts. (Joern.l Speelsl Barries.) - Paris, June It. George Oould's state- fment that -the affairs of th Count and Countess ds ' Castellans are ' adjusting themselves Is true in . th ssnss that very, effort is being made to prevent th threshing out of the acandalin open court.;..'".'.' - , . . ... .. ' Lawyers are aeeklng to arrange terras L1EAT TRUST BARRED FROM GERMANY FOR YEARS KaiseirHadlAbput Agreedto Abolish Restriction When New Scandal Broke. "" , . 'S ".'.' ; ' . , ' ' ' ' ' (Jonroal Spedil Serriee.) Berlin, June If. While the . kaiser s government excludes "Chicago tslnted rsnned meets" from ths home msrkets of Germany. It learned that 1,000 cases of this product wera recently delivered to the German troops which are Tight Ing in Southweat Africa Th exclusion law were circumvented by landing tb shipment at the so-called free harbor at Hamburg, which la outside th cus toms sons, whence It was resblpped to Afles. i This friendly attitude of th govern ment wss about, to find expression in a readiness to repeal the laws which have excluded the canned meata from ths fatherland eincr 100, when the meat acandal came. up. In the opinion of Secretary Atwood of th American aa aoclatlon of commerce In Berlin, the revelation . in Chicago have probably postponed aucn- action ror live years.- HEARST OPPOSING - BRYAN IN. CHICAGO i (Jearnsl Special get lice.) . Chicago, June If. The eudden launch Ing of the Bryan boom in Chicago has resulted in scientific dodging by both Mayor Dunne and th Iroquois 'club. Th mayor baa mans gd to avoid th cyclone and is still on the fence that runs 'between Bryanlam and Hearsttam, but ths Iroquois club, haa been less suc cessful. - . , ' ! ' At a heated meeting of'fO members of that Democratic organisation a reso lution .wss adopted atating that it be the "sense - of ths - members -present' that the executive, committee arrange a banquet ' in honor of the famous Ne- braskan as soon aa he lands in Amer ica. . - Th Hearst' tfjemocrsts 'fought the resolution tooth and nail. They com pelled th Brysnitea to admit that they were not binding ths club Itself by the banquet resolution. '',,. POLICE ARE PUZZLED ; OVER DIAMOND ROBBERY On - of th most pnssllng diamond robberies'- th-pollc- have - been .called upon to unravel In some tlm tias been reported by II. -Itr Jones of 6(3 Haw thorne avenue. : A diamond brooch, th property" Of MTS.' JOTies,vatoed t-tS9, has mysteriously draanpeared, and there appears to b a dmire on the part of the losers to surround the matter with great secrecy Mr. Jones is the wife of H. H. Jones, president ' of the Jones Lumber ' corn pen y. It has been her custom to keep the magnificent diamond ' brooch pinned In one of the aleeves of a dinner gown, hanging in a wardrobe. Mrs. Jones is extremely reticent about the matter and Inclines to th belief thst' ths brooch has been mlslsld. . PNEUMONIA GREAT .SLAYER IN PORTLAND ' Pnesmontaasjusual led all other dis eases which caused- deaths In Portland last month. According to the report of th city board of healtV Just' published, 1 deaths were brough sbout by this disease. , Lst montp also II were charged up to it.- . ' There were 14l birth and 131 deaths In the city during May. : - Aocordlng to the May report of the stste bosrd of health, also lust Issued. there were 1IT births and 141 deaths In Multnomsh - county, ..during th . st month. A"d there were. 11 cases of moaaleah-Durtng the. same, period. 10 1 - : J that will be acceptable to both partie. and which, : ahould th court consent, might result In no linen -being washed In public, th Judge granting ths divorce to th countess '' for ressons ' which; while sufficing to'fus'UfyTa 'fltclre. In rlh eyea of the public, would spar the feelings of third parties. - - . There la every likelihood that auch marriages were reported to. ths secre tary. Dr. R. C. Tenney. . - In the SI counties of Oregon there were 4It births and S.8 deatha and . 71 marriages. It Is probable, however, that the-reports sent by the outside physi cians to th Portlsnd office are Incom plete. i . - LOANJJFFICEIS VISITED BY THIEVES Burglara ar becoming particularly active in th city and the detective ar making a strenuous effort to ap prehend th criminals who have been responsible for the number of robberies committed recently. On of th largest hsuls msde by the crooks -waa -reported to th authorities thla morning. Th "loan nfnce--JBon. ducted by Dave Stain at at KorLh Third street was entered Wednesday night and Jewelry to th value of ItSO stolen. The plunder secured consists of six new gold watch, six second-hand watches, five dozen lockets and charms, 100 rings,, two revolvers snd four dosen watch chains. Ths windows and -door a of th place do not show any marks ot a Jimmy and how th thieve effected an entrance 1 shrouded In mystery. , BEGIN ACTIVE WORK ' ON PANAY RAILROAD ; (Joerasl Special Servlee.) Manila, Jun li Forty engineers left today for Hollo to begin- prelimi nary work for a railroad to the lslsnd of Pansy. Actual construction Will be-I gin tnis summer. y EMBRYO ATTORNEYS TAKE EXAMINATIONS " (Special Dlipateb te The JooraaL) ' ' Salem, Or., June It." Thirty-one can dldatea ar taking th examinations for admission to ths bar. Portland ' fur nishes the largest number. , 1 ' t 1 Edgar Baume, Popular Leading . 7Ti8. Man Tom tns uoiden Wert" Tonight. , Vtv an ' arrangement will be - reached, but- the countess haa alTTlerTsattarter r pared for a. fight, should th count dey'-J- cllne th more , than , ggrous - terms ... . he offers. It la absolutely denied that ehels weakening. - She - continues obstinate : as .to the control nt her children,-and th count will be compelled, to submit to their sole cars by their mother. PLANTS 14,000 POTATOES TO BET'ONE HEV ONE Luther Burbank Experimenting - . With Tubers to'SecurtT17"" Ideal. Variety. - , y (Joaraal Special Servles.) '.'J :: -Rosa, CaL, Jun --H. Four . Santa thouaand dinerent vanetie or potatoes -were planted at Bflrbank yesterday con--stitutlng a part of tb 14,000 species of the tuber family . with which Burbank . will experiment .this year. In his plans to give to th world another new potato., ' . The planting was watched by Dr. -Bhull.one of the Caruegle Institute scien tists, who Is getting data for treatises that' are to be presented to th vTOrld- as a correct understanding, scientific ally, of the Burbank work.. Th potatoes plsnted and .those that are yet to be planted ar of all aorta and alses, colors and conditions. - From these thoussnds - of ' potatoes th new potato ll tou com. Burbank dealrea that th new potato shall be more pro lific and that th yield shall be practi cally Jmpervlousjtojllseaasandofjunl-l form else. - . - SLIGHT QUAKE PROVES WORST DANGER PAST Sitn Francisco, Jun If. Dr. Omort of Japan, concededly the greatest authority on earthquakes In the world, la a state ment today declared that ths light shock experienced last night .is convincing in dication that a -repetltmn of th-heavy- movement of earth Is not to be feared. It simply provesihaU the earth Is gradua lly settling and la aclentlflcally re garded as absolute proof that there will not be snother violent quake. - Man With. Baker Thestrs ' Co. ' ia '( '.V ' I ' : '..."J,.;,".:.