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Newspaper Page Text, THE OREGON DAIfcY: JOURNAL, PORTLAND. . MONDAY -ETSNg-d. JULY A 1 IIIREilTEIJS LARGE DADAGE SUIT HARRY THAW'S INSANE AUNT LlIB VJEEPS m I'JIKlESSSTiO FOE POiTO o;;;i GiiuBLiiiG I1EIY TRIL M OCEiH RESORTS More Thar! One Thousand Per sons Journeyed to Seaside and Way Points Saturday.. v ;: ? r- r:.T. CrefHeld Pleads Not Guilty Mrs.' Annie Lloyd Declares That Land . Fraud , Defendant's Eyesi Effort Being Made to Establish I J Fill With Tears When He ; . Faces Judge. National House of Chance to ; Obtain Revenue,' t : and Esther Mitchell Is Given Week to Decide. . She Will Sue W. C. Baker for Causing Her Arrest. TELLS THE STORY OF EMPLOYES ARE ALUOWED ; - THREE HOURS FOR LUNCH SPECIAL TRAIN CROWDED """WITH PLEASURE-SEEKERS COURT SUGGESTS THEIR HER HUSBAND JAILED .it,! 4 HIS SERIOUS JLLN ESS , CANITY BE DETERMINED i 1 r ON VAGRANCY CHARGE Asks for Postponement o! Trial and Judge Hunt Takes Matter Under Advisement Defendant ' Accom- - panied br.Wtfc.anj PhyaicUru ' Far-Reachinf Reform to Malta Clerks ' Work Is Planned Pivine Sarah It Stud for thvPrice of in Elaborats Railroad Official Dedars Traffic So Far This Year Is Twenty Per Cent Greater Than Durinf Any Previous J Season Excursion Boats Scarce.- XVoaecuting Attorney Mackintosh De Woman Who Gathered Advertise- clares K Will Not Consider Judge Prater Plan lor Saving the State rqents for Pamphlet Spend Strenu but Morning J at Police Hcadquar : tera and in Municipal Court Bedspread. i ' Expense of Trial, . '-- ... - S I 'V ' Manatee ta ' The JnarntO Seattle, July II. Esther M Ucbell an-1 Mrs. Maud Hurt Creffleld wers sr- r signed la the superior court this mora ine before Judge Frater.on inrormauon charging them Jointly with murder in the first degree for killing George Mitchell. Mrs. Creffleld pleaded not . rullty. She was .represented by 8. M. . fchlDlsv of the firm of Morris Shipley, ' who freed her husband's slsyer. . Esther Mitchell was represented by Baxter . Wilson, a firm of young attorneys. She was given a week In which to plead. : -' After Mrs. Creffleld had entered a pies of not guilty Judge Prater stated from ths bench: , .- . ' ,:., "There was considerable evidence in troduced In the trial of George Mitchell to show that Mrs. Creffleld had been conrtned In an Insane asylum and that Esther Mitchell had become insane and was confined in the Boys" snd Girls1 Aid society horns In Portland. Taking this evidence Into consideration I think that It would be advisable If aa Insanity commission wss appointed to report to this court whether or not these women were sans or Insane when George Mitch ell was killed. If ths commission should report, thst they were Insane X should send them both to the Insane asylum and thus, save the county snd the taxpayers the expense of a trlaL 1 offer this as a suggestion to tbs prose-. cutlng ettorney." "Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh dldl not make any comment In court upon - the judge's suggestion, but declsred as he left the courtroom thst be would not consider the Judge's suggestion. "Tou can say for me." ssld Mackintosh,' "that ' these women will be put on trier" for murder In the first degree. If they were Insane, then It Is for a Jury to decide. X do not propose to wests any time with a medical commldeVm." - TZl'SEWELfOODEnD RAILROAD TRACK Portland Athlete Meets Tragic Death in Mysterious Manner V Near Halsey. ;-f Thomas' Brasel, a Solicitor employe! y the pacific States Telephone Tele graph company, .snd son of Mrs. K. Brasel of IS North Twenty-first street. wss round dead on the railroad track three miles north of Halsey this morn ing. His face wss crushed In Snd ths lower Jaw broken. Indications pointing . to his having fallen off ths train in some unaccountable manner. , , Brasel wss born In Portland snd is well known ss a former member of the Multnomah club's athletic team. The where it will be prepared for shipment to this city for burial. . Brasel was in Portland yesterday.. He earns to Visit his mother and to confer with bis employer concerning new work In the vicinity of Eugene. Mrs. Brasel had left for the sesslde snd wss not st home to greet her son, but he met his sister snd other relatives snd spent thi dsy with them until time to catch the : afternoon train for Eugene. Brasel wss If years of sge snd leaves - a- wife and -child t Every-) effort is being made to solve ths mys tery surrounding his death. ... MINOR DAILY GRIST. " -OF THE FOLIJCE COURT Esnerv Campbell, aa emnlnva nf rentage's theatre, was bound over la wait the action of the grand Jury this - morning on a charge of contributing te I the dellqnency of a young girl named Laugh. Bonds were fixed In ths sum of 1.(0. - A. a Park, Charged with obtaining ' money under false pretenses. In pass ing an alleged fictitious check on Dr. XV.- B. Holden was held to answer to the circuit court by Judge Cameron. His bonds were placed st -t7e in de fault of which he " remanded to the custody of ths sheriff. j V. Stone, arrested on a charge of - larceny, waived a preliminary examina tion and waa held to answer to the cir cuit court under 11,000 bonds. Btons was employed ss s bartender at . the Louvre and It is alleged that he abstracted ti from the ssfe in thst resort. R0MANCEJ0LD IN. FIVE SENTENCES ' J.--W. - Branln, a-'Portland "Western fnion operator, took a trip to Ths Dalles Saturday. . - On ths sama day" Miss Edith Johns arrived at Ths Dalles rrora Lawrence, Xahsas. ... . i Subsequently Mr. and: Mra J. Vf. Branln took the. boat for Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Branln ars spend ing their honeymoon In cosy qusrters at 4i Eaat Harrison street. ; Ths marriage at The .Dalies wss per formed by Rev. Merrill Boulton st ths parsonage. Mr. Branln's parents wers present. '-."" . , r.:RS. M'BETTY AND KING ARE AGAIN FREE Uoeraal ftpeetal Serrte ) New Tork. July II Because of In Sufficient evidence ths court today dls chsrged Mrs. McBetty snd Alfred King n the chsrge of Implication In the 110,000 diamond robbery. - ' ... 1 i I IS ' i i i ! . . . ..- . :m:.iN-FAvoRTT-- OF ARBITRATION (Joarsal Spsrlsl fterrVfe.i 'nadon. July II W. J. Bryan sd e4 the union thla afternoon fa- -g arbitration,.- :. ; , . el Zangwlll received a telegram t thst another msssscrs of Jews i planned for Saturday in Russia..- - . ' ' -. ' ' Vowing that she would immediately Institute a suit-for 110.000 damages against W. C, Baker, a well-known auc tioneer, for causing -her arrest (on a charge of larceny, Mra.. Annie Lloyd, ths handsome brunette taken Into cus today Friday ntgnt by Detective Car penter, left ths municipal court in high dudgeon this, morning.- after ths prose cution . had ' failed . to make: out a semblance of a case agalnat her. . . , . Mrs. Lloyd wss arrested upon com plaint of Baker, who alleged that shs had secured an advertisement from him for ft. IS upon ths representstlon thst shs wss en authorised solicitor for a booklet to be issued by the Women's club of this city. The complaint claimed that the pamphlet was never issued snd Mra. Wynn Johnson, president of ths club, maintained that ths letter of au thorisation, purporting to have been signed by Mrs. Breyman, waa fictitious. Mrs. Lloyd, attired in s fetching white duck outing costume snd dainty pink chiffon hat, appeared bright snd early at police headquarters, accompanied by s man whom she claimed to be her hus band, and Marlon B. Meachem. her attorney;- From ths time of her srvleal until the continuance of her case until next Wednesday. Mrs. Lloyd put in ssv sral strenuous hours. 1 As a preliminary to the hesrtng of ths case Detectlvj Csrpenter arrested her husband. F. A Lloyd, on a charge of -vagrancy;-andtn defauuof - IU0 bonds hs wss locked up In the city prison. This action brought forth a vehement denunciation of ths polics from Mrs. Lloyd snd before -she had antlrely recovered from this unlooked for sctlon on the part of ths polics her attorney cams Into collision with the authorities by visiting the Jell without an' order of the sergeant in ' charge. Meachem dared the police to arrest him for talking; to his client through thst bars without permission. - " - , Detective Carpenter claims .that Lloyd's trus asms is Albera, and thst he Is a bunko man from San Francisco, i It la also alleged by the police that Lloyd was ejected from the ball" park In this city for making "braes beta" TRIES TO QUASH ELECTION : FRAUD IICTLIEHI G. Plass Declares in Motion That Grand Jury Which Returned ; It Was Illegal. ' If a move mads by O. Plass, secretary of ths Mount Hood Brewing company. Is successful the II men indicted for com plicity in the Bellwood election frauds may yet escape punishment for their alleged Crimea In a motion filed this afternoon Plass seeks to quash ths Indictment sgalnst him on 'ths ground that the-excusing of Akeyson and the substitution or Rey nolds ss a msmber of the grand Jury invalidated the grand Jury as a Iswful Lbody snd therefore Invalidated all Its facts. . It will be remembered thst Akey son wss dlschsrged" from ths grand Jury st his own request because he wss a voter In the Bell wood precinct and because ha msds affidavit to ths sllglbll lty of -several electors a east- their ballots la ths recent election In thst precinct. , Plass. through his attorney, George J. Perkins, filed a motion to quash ths indictment sgalnst hlnv now pending In the circuit court. - The defendant, who waa charged with perjury, submits his motion on the ground thst the Indict grand jury was not properly drawn and im paneled, and wss therefore not a lawful body at ths tlms ths Indictment was found. - All these facts follow. It la alleged, because Olaf Akeyaon was accepted and sworn and then after the body was formed and began Its work wss' dis charged by the court without proper cause ana authority, being In full health. willing snd qualified to act. The brief points out ths fact that Akeyson did not vote for the indictment of Plass: thst his substitute, C. A. Beynolds, was not sworn or Impaneled according to taw. YACOLT POPULACE EIGHTS BIS - FOREST- FIRE Conflagration Which Threatens Town Destroys Five Million : ,vFeet of Timber. i -" (Special Dtspstek te The Joemsl.) : Vancouver, Wash., July II. Ths res idents of Tscolt slmost to a man spent Saturday night, and a part of Sunday fighting a forest firs that threatened the town with destruction. They were rewarded for their efforts" and ' this mornlna word wss received that the Are was under control and no further damags Is sspectea. The conflagration started Friday night from a brush Are. A strong wind started it towsrd Yscolt and It waa only sfter everything possible had been dons that Its progress wss . checked. several times Saturday night and yes terday morning ths big plant of ths Twin ' Falls Lumber compsny wss In great danger. A turn In ths wind st I o'clock Sunday mornlngsa red- the plant, 1 m- The only damage dons so fsr ss re ported Is to ths timber, about 1,000,009 feet' of which, was slmost completely destroyed snd about twice thet amount partially burned. A smsll cabin owned by a man by ths name of Nelson Is re ported burned. Ten ars not properly looking eat fot To. t ualesa jroa watok Tag roaraal Waat Aaa , - r . - I J V '' I'.: . :: I if : ' f . t.-H li. -.' - I " I j t I fil i t ' i ? .:. . . ? ' r III - - ; y i J j V ' This eccentric old wo man la shown hero Just ss shs sppesrad when found and arrested two years sgo In Philadel phia, where she lived In squalor, despite ths great wealth of her fern- 11 y. Bhe wss sdjudged Inssne and committed to the Friends' asylum. Philadelphia. It was from a secret Journey to tnia institution that for mer Judge William it. K. Olcott of counsel for Harry Thaw returned to hold a conference with the i, prisoner and his wife, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, In the Tombs. " Ex-Judge Olcott declared that his visit to Philadelphia was highly sstisfsotory to the defense, snd both Hsrry Thsw and his wife are reported to have been greatly elated by what the lawyer had accomplished.- At ths close of the conference at the Tombs It wss stated that Thaw had withdrawn -his opposition to a plea of Inssnlty. Shs ls Harriet Thaw, Harry Thaw's Injrano sunt. , , -, , - . THREE MEN. SWIM - FROM BATH-HOUSE-AT JHE OAKS --If yousn't get s sr or a Launch re turning from ths Oaks, swim. Ths fest Is not impossible, for It wss performed this morning by three men and ' they covered the distance In a little over two hours. J. J, Byrne, Nell Prstt and Frank Klesner are the long-diatance swlmmsts snd they did tbs stunt ss sastly as had 4 th,T -beett-flahea. Bymled. ths race, reaching ths Favorite boathouss at the foot of Morrison ' street exactly two hours snd two mtrtutes sfter diving Into the wstsr st ths Oaks bathhouse. Kles ner " and Pratt cams In two minutes Istsr. IN SUCKER LAKE Mystery Surrounds Drowning of Stranger Who Remains . : Unidentified." ; (Beselsl rMspatrfe te The JosrssLV Oregon City, Or July 11 Mystery surrounds the finding of the body of sn unknown msn in Sucker lake, near. Os wego, yesterdsy morning. - He hsd been In the wstsr about two wseks snd ths remslns were bsdly decomposed. Coro ner R. Ii. Holman was notified and went to the scene to make an Investigation and "hold - an mqnsst,thsJui y return- Ing a verdict thst the msn wss un known snd esms to his destb through drowning. Mr. Nelson ofOswego saw the man wading In the take about two weeks sgo snd noticed that he acted In a strange msnner, but forgot the circumstance. The man wss plainly dressed In a suit of light blus clothing. ' Whsn he wsnt la ths wster hs left his cost on ths bsnk of ths lsks and It had been seen there. He wss sppsrently sbout 86 or (0 years of ago. Absolutely nothing ts known of the identity of the msn, whose remslns were Interred in the Oswego cemetery yesterdsy Jby the coroner. -, .... MIZNER WANTS HIS "GOLD MINE" BACK (Jnarnsl Special Service.) Chicago, July St. Wilson Mlsner has srrlvsd . f rom Ban. Francisco and.. went toward his wife's homs this morning. It is believed hs seeks a reconciliation. FAMILY ENLARGED. Jadge Thomas Bfyaa Is How. ths Vappy Father ef Triplets. Oregon City, Or., July !. The- family of Judge snd Mrs. Thomas F. Rysn wss Increased this morning xrom I to I o'clock by the birth of triplets st their home In this city. - Two daughters ahd a s-make up-thl Interesting sddltlon. Ths mother snd children sre well, snd ths Judge Is receiving ths triple congrat ulations X hi aumereua Xrlanda, TO PORTLAND XL. Bannon and L-H Terwilllger rollowed the swimmers In a skiff, but wsre not called upon for aaalstsncs. The swimmers kept well together over ths sntlrs courss snd . followed the route tsken by the many Isunches plying be tween the city and tbs smusement 're sort They enjoyed the swim Immensely. The rsce wss pulled off simply to test the endurance of .the menMfc4 Klesner is swimming Instructor at ths Oaks and Byrne Is his ssslstant - Pratt Is a visitor 'from Salt Lake. Captain Larson of the Isunch White Flyer says ths swimmers covered a dlstanca - of IH miles. . . ;, i , ,f , MARRIAGE OF OAH TARPLEYt IS HOT LEGAL ' Land Swindler and His Bride Are ' First Cousins and Cannot Wed in Washington. Vancouver, Wash., July II. That ths marriage of Dsn W. Tarpley snd Miss Mabel rise or rortiana, who . were wedded here Saturday afternoon, waa 11 legal under the lawa of the stats of Washington has been discovered. It Is provided by the lswa of this stats that no closer blood relation than second cousins shall marry, snd ths man-las rnf aaturday-tn consequence "lsTOld be cause of the fact that ths prlnclpsls are first cousins. ... - The wedding was a quiet affair, but three witnesses being present. Mra Msiis Wsre McKlnley. the land fraud queen, acted as matron of honor, Qeorge eorensen wss nest msn, snd F. A: Wil son, a local saloon man, who witnessed ths marriage llcenae, was present ss an invited guest - .' .-, . After the ceremony the psrty repaired to a festal board, which hsd been pre pared, and at ths wedding dinner which followed ths wins flowed freely. . NOW THE QUESTION IS . -WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? - On Saturday 'last - Dan '' W, Tarpley, land . fraud defehdent e of Hl-1- fame, went over to e Vancouver to be .married to Mlsa - e Mabel Pike. The knot was tied. - ' The resaon they were not married In Portland, It Is slleged, w was because the two srs first couefne snd -could not be legally - -wd In Oregon. t Now it develops thst ths Wsshlngton Isw, whlls permitting the marriage of second cousins, forbids marriage of cousins of the first degree. Therefore it develops thst there really . wasn't . a . vsltd weddlna ' - I And now the queatlon Is, what e will Dsn W. Tarpley do netr - '' State Senator Franklin P. Mays,' de fendant In ths land fraud cases, who seeks postponement of trlsl on 'ths plea of ill health, appeared this afternoon before Judge Hunt in ths federal -court. On taking the stand ha answered one question snd then broke Into tears. - Hs wept perhaps half minute,' answered a few mors qusstloas ana wept again. Then he became .quiet and responded rstionslly to numerous inquiries made by ths -court, '-r ..-.- .?r' -Maya testified that his health began to fsll sbout six years sgo snd thst his weight had gone' down from 1(0 pounds to 141 H. Hs hsd been weighed. he said, just before ns csms into court. Speaking of -his efforts to regain his heslth hs said thst he had spsnt soms tlms In 'California. He wss (In thst state at ths tlms ef the earthquake, but left- there as soon sftsrwsrd aa possl bis, starting for Oregon, on the follow ing Ssturdsy. - When Judge Hunt ssked If his heslth hsd Improved Maya snawered between his sobs: - - "They tell me I am better, but I don't know whether they believe It or whether they ssy It to encourage me." , Further ths witness said hs hsd been unable to practice his profession snd hsd not been in his lsw offlcs sines a year ago last January. Maya declared that his heslth began to fall-long before the beginning of the lend fraud prosecutions. Hs admitted. however, that those proceedings mignt have emphasised his condition. In spesking of his' troubles hs said hs could not write letters because his thoughts became confused. '- Special Asslstsnt Attorney-Oenersi Heney next questioned Mays, testing his memory ss to a trip hs took to Wsshlng ton six ysara sgo. Mays told sbout srgulng ths. soldiers' homestead, meas ure snd of conducting proreedlnga-in re gard to land patents. This roncSsded ths examination of the defendant. . Mi via accomnanled to court by Ms wife and Dr. A. E. aockey, his fam ily physician. ' ' '; ' Another armful of affldavita were filed, and Judge Hunt took the motion for a continuance under advlsemsn. . Ex-Judge W, D. Fenton, attorney for Mays, snnounced tnat his brother, James B. Fenton of Seattle, would be associated with him In the defense. Government Prosecutor Heney - an nounced this afternoon that Mra Hogs bad consented to her husband being taken to St Vincent's bospltsl. and that ths United States marshal had mads arrangements to convey him there la an ambulance.:. 'i " ... ;. . SUCCESSFUL CHAUTAUQUA 'SESSION ENDS Although Management Was Pis- appomted in Some Things Assembly Paid Expenses. . rBMelal massteh te The Ieamtl.t Oregon City, Or., July II. The last day of ths thirteenth annual assembly of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua association was very quiet, ss becomes ths Sabbath, observance,, rellg-lou ssr- Ices being held la ths sudltoiium. There ars busy people In Gladstone park todsy as nrosr of the Tampers ars packing up preparatory to departure. after two weeks of pleasant recreation thst hss been Instructive and enter taining. The whole aesslon wss suc cessful, elthough ths management was disappointed In several particulars, chlsf among them being ths Illness of Rabbi Leon Harrison, who wss slated Bidden by physicians from appearing on ths platform. Professor R. B. Bsum gardt, secretary of . the Southern Cali fornia Academy of Sciences, who wss to have given two lecturea on astrono mical subjects, failed to keep his en gagements, but notwlthstsndlng" these lets-hour misfortunes, tbs vacancies on ths program wers filled acceptably. The Chautauqua paid Ita way this year, but made little money. The com paratively smsll attendance during the first wsek of ths assembly wss due to tbs extreme heat, and also to ths nn satisfactory transportation - facilities. It Is expected that anotfceruyear - ar rangements will be consummated With the Oregon Wstsr Power Blectrlo compsny to run cars right into ths grounds. This - will probably double the Portlsnd attendance. - Dr. B. K. Bsker. of Oakland, Cali fornia, preached the sermon yssterdey afternoon.. Ths . congregation paruo- Ipated In the responslvs reading snd sang "Hock of Ages" snd "How Firm a Foundation." Mrs. Imogen Hsrdlng BrodlSr the Chautauqua, soloist, rend ered a vocal solo during 'the service. Dr. Bsker is a msgnetlo speaker snd hss hsd Interested audlencea during the session. v . -1- In ths evening Dr. Chsrles Edward Locks preached ths sermon snd Miss Ksthleen Lawler sang "My ' Redeemer snd My Lord" (Dudley Buck). The congregation sang "Blest Be - ths Tie Thst Binds" and "Ood Be With Tou Till Ws Mset Again." In 'ths morning Rev. Howsrd N. Smith conducted the Sunday school, snd Parsons' orchestra made- ita flnet-epperanc-1n'-a- sacred concert at 4 o'clock. START WORK SOON. Oousti action of Traetloa . Company's BrldfS to Be Tadey Way, Oregon City. July 21. Chief En sines Donald of the Willamette Valley Trac tion oompsny has rented three seres of vrntinA at Wllsonvllle '.from . Pulses JS Aden for ths purpose of' 4 alts for bunk snd construction-houses. - Work will be commenced- without delay en - the new bridge across ths Wlllamstts at Wilson- villa for ths company a valley electrla Una. !'..'--, A Ohssrfml Broiioasl. I From Stray Stories. Hook Jonee Is ths most melancholy fellow I know, - - Rook I should think so. Indeed. He proposed to a girl ones by ssklng her bow shs would ilka ta be bis widow. 1 ' By Psul Vllllers. - ' , , v: (Jettrnsl Speeisl Service.) v; Paris, July It. Should ths French republic, once mors endeavor to Increase Its revenue by engaging In pursuits which ars condemned by a large ma jority of the population? Thla Is ths Question which is being eagerly dis cussed hers and all over the country-1 aver- sines Senator Oaudln do Villains Introduced a hill ' to sevlve ths stats monopoly In gambling. In introducing ths bill ths senator- pointed out . that the stats could gam an enprmous revenue ny treating n gamoung paisce on ths sits of Chateau Saint Cloud, where stood- previous to ths war of 1170 one Of the most splendid Institu tions of that kind In ths world. 1 Ths bill la being vigorously oppossd by reformers In all psrts of the coun try, and even ths minister of oommerce. Doumerg us, who hss ths reputation of being a very unscrupulous msn, mads a speech in which he ssld thst ths gov ernment could not possibly sssoclste Itself with such a proposal, snd on his reooramendatlon the bill was referred to. to a committee, where it Is now slumbering. - - ' . : Although It is not generally known, ths French government Is svsn now get ting large revenues from gambling, as It levies a high tax, ths "Paris mutual." on bookmakers. Psrt of ths proceeds of this tax is devoted to ths stats "horse breeding estsbllshmsnt and part to charitable purposK. . -.' .. . ' Three Xoors for Xaaoh. - Three hours Is the interval allowed for lunch In French government offices This generous sllowanra Is Included In the schsms reform 'instituted by Qeorge Clemenceau. minister of ths Interior. ' He hss ordered that time sheets shall be kept In every bureau, to be signed by every member of ths staff st I In ths morning and I In ths afternoon. - The working dsy Is seven hours. Ths three hours interval Is a concession to ths Incorrigible habit of the Parialans sf lounging In ths boulsvsrds and cafes st midday sipping sbslntbs. M. Clemenceau's reform Is ths begin ning of s far-reaching schsms to make ths government departments work effi ciently and to weed out Ineompetents, At present sbout ten men are employed to do ths work of one. . '. Saed foe Bsdsptsaa. ' Madams Sarah . Bernhardt Is being susd by s Brussels lacs merchant for S.T00 francs In payment for a bedspread. The cover, whloh waa originally In tended for a princess, took 10 women six months to mske. Mms. Bemhsrdt declsres that shs took ths sprsad only on approval and la perfectly willing to return It. but the Brussels desler ssys ths sctress hss had it three yeara. whloh is a pretty long time, to keep a thing "on -epprovel." -This sams mer chant Is In the habit of supplying ths divine Sarah with stockings at 71 franca a pair. . FRANCHISE IS TO BE FOUGHT Initiative One Hundred Will Ask . City Council to Change East Third Street Ordinance. PEOPLE'S RIGHTS NOT PROTECTEDrTHEY-SAY If Council Does Not Act, Mayor Lane Will B Asked to Use Veto, snd If This Falls Question Will Be Car. tied to People at the Polls. ., At ths neat meeting of ths city coun cil Seneca Smith, Rufus Mallory, P. U Wlllia, Richard Montague, Or. Emmet Drake and M. O. Munly, composing a special committee of the Initiative Ons Hundred, will urge a number of chsnges in ths proposed ordinance granting to ths Harrlman Unas a franchiss to build on esst Third street. The committee will try to make the franchiss conform to ths One Hundred's Ides of preeervlng the dty'a right at any- future me to take over the road on Third street to complete a municipal belt Una aystem. "The committee hss given ths ordinance- careful examination and has pre pared a report covering certain defects thst It will try ta have remedied, 'li said a member. "We object to giving ths railroad company a right to build a nsrt 'of ths 11ns thst will be essy and Inex pensive to construct nut will serve to bottle up sffectlvely ths wiols street and prsvent Its us by sny other com psny that may want to construot clear through ths city and fill and Improve the rsvlnes 'snd mud flats. Ths city should keep Its remaining streets in ths business districts In. such, a shsps thst they can forever be used on advanta geous terms by sll lines, and. t hers should be an option In every franchiss covering thoss streets lying within two or three blocks of ths river to permit ths elty to take over ths rsllrosds on payment of a fair valuation. "The committee will show thst Eaat Third street- la of vital Importance 1n this respect,' snd will ask the council to Insert clauses protsctlng ths city's rights for ths future. Should ths coun cil refuse to grant such modifications, tha- mayor will- be -appealed -to to veto the franchiss ordinance. When sll In termediate remedies fsll, there remslns ths right to go before ths people for their verdict at tbs polls." . ' " Old Jokes Use, ' ' From the -Tonkere Statesman. He Grarloue! Did you notice ths trrlbleBTnfltrhsf aUlOmdblle mads that went by. a little whlls ago Bhe No, dear; I waa peeUsc onions Xor diansr then. ' v - -v :' , Passenger traf flo to Seaside and way potnta, via ths Astoria at Columbia River railroad has been very heavy during ths past thrse days.- Saturday ths company estimates no fewer than 1.00ft persons left Portlsnd for Sesslds points during ' ths day, loo on tha 1 regular morning ' train and 100 on the afternoon speclsL Yesterdsy morning S00 people embarked from Portlsnd over the sams route. ' Company officials day that tha travel to Seaside for July so far la 10 per cent greatef than It waa during the corre spending period lsst year. This Is mors ' significant becsuss lsst year tha Port land , sxcurslqnlsts were materially augmented by the Lewis and Clark visi tors. ' Seaside alone now accommodates from 6.000 to 1,000 pleasure seekers. . . There was a shortage of1 excursion stesmers yesterdsy, and many of thoss who had planned to spend , the day-on ths river were disappointed. Ths steam- : er Telegraph did not get away for As toria becsuss of her broken cylinder heed, but shs will probably stsrt out In ' ths morning. The steamer Chsrles R. Spencer started for the Csscsdea, but., got nb farther than Bonneville. The accident to ths steamer T. 3. Pot ter Saturday morning, whsn a starboard cylinder head blew out, proved dls- . appointing to hundreds of peopls who " had planned to go to North beach, snd, ' to make matters worse-the -steamer Dalles City of ths Regulator Una was tied up for ths day to undsrgo her an-" nusl inspection.- - . . . .Tugs ars maintained at Astoria - to hsndis passengers bound for North bevm, so ths inconvenience will not be noticed much excepting thoss who are prejudiced In favor of the bis aids ' wheeler.' . , .: . ' UNDERWRITERS-BUREAU- ; HAS DONE GOOD WORK - That ths Portland offlcs of ths rire Underwriters' Inspection bureau took a hsnd In the clesn-up movement la this city Is shown by the seml-snnual report of W: R. Roberta, in charge of ths of fice here. During the six months snd Ing June 10, 44 buildings hers wers condemned sod removed sgalnst ons In Los Angeles, tl In Seattle and five In Spokane. - 'x ' Ths Insurance peopls have bean after defective chimneys, snd II wers re paired on orders of Mr. Roberta This has helped to eliminate one of tha ' principal causes of fires in this - elty. Gaspllns Ismps srs another menace and ' SO of thess were removed. Moss was ' removed from 111"- roofV TThs bursas representative Is also pressing ths Slectrlcal ordinance now before the" council, as well as ths messurs requlrvl lng wires to be disced under, ground.- "Every one of these wires should go' under ground," ssys Mr. Roberta. "Thar ars slways dangerous." HORACE MANN INJURED IN AN 0GDEN THEATRE. Horace Mann, tenor - and ' comedian. well known to Portland theatregoers ss a msmber of ths old Shields park comlo opera company and later aa lead Ingmen of Zlnn's travesty oompsny and a vaudeville artist, walked Into tha open-elevator shaft of ths Grand opera houss st Ogden, Utah, last evening- snd was so serlrtuily injured that fears are expressed for his recovery. Mean hss been connected with Srarloue theatrical enterprises In Oregon, Washington and Utah for several years past. - ELEVEN OUTLAWS CAUGHT- BY SHOSHONE VIGILANTES. ttesrnal gpeelal Serrfce.) Cheyenne. Wye- July II. Ths Sho shone vigilance committee hss caught slsvsn outlaws In ths pursuit of ths sssasstn of Prosecuting Attorney Moody since Friday, night They ars all charged with grand larceny. If quick ' punlshmsnt does not clear tha atmos phere, ths vigilantes ssy they will use ropes to end the osrnlvsl of orims. , - INDICATES THE DAY , A Pointer Pivoted to the Calendar ' .V'':- Assures Accuracy. .v--,'; : Many a man glances st ths calendar , over his desk, decides thst It Is a cer tain day of ths month and jots down ths wrong date. To svold such mis take ha may regularly cross out ths ' flays ss they-go- by- and hs' generally . does .ths crossing out thoroughly; but. when It is necessary to refer back,' of , course ths dates srs Indistinct... A bet ter method is ths sttachment of the In- dlcator shown In ths accompanying II- lluatrsUon. To tha top of tha calendar - C ' POINTS TO THE' DAT. . ' a pointer Is pivoted, this pointer divided Into two sections, slso pivoted.' By this meena lha twitnft me (h. InlAatAii Man k. dlrscted to any data on the calendar. " ' No ersslon of dates- la -necessary snd I accuracy is assurea. -v "There are many Waa Ada la todays . loaraal that wlU Uterest fom, . . .''-v. ' . .." V ):2: