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ti:3 ozzLoni daily journal. Portland, Friday evening. December 28, leoa. .
RUEPSEEKS
FROT.l NEXT
Real ' Reason of Defendants In
.' Securing Delay forT'lals for 7
Craft Exposed.- -
HAVE NEW UW PASSED ;..'
. CIVINQ THEM IMMUNITY
Argumentt of Transfer ;. of . Casct
From Judge Dunne's Court to, Gra
' htm's Court Schmits Accused of
, Seeking Delay.
(Jeers! Special Service .
' San Franc u-co, Deo. It. The secret
ef the fight Schmlta and Ruef are msk
Ing to dels y, trial was ntmM lut
night whan It wss learned from well
informed clrc fa that the saaoclated
grafters, aided by corporation managers,
hare a bold plan to save themselves
from prison. Their plan la to secure
the paaaasa 'at. the coming aeaalon of
tha leglilatura of a bt&-limiting the
power of tha grand Jury and poaalbly
- abollahlng it altoegther.
""'" Ruef ' and SehmKa,4t -4s ..understood,
have pledged themaelvea to deliver all
tha members of the leglalatura they
control to fight agalnat grand Juries.
Ruef and. hla partner In boodle are
aid to have agreed to forego all graft
that tha aeaalon of tha leglalatura might
bring into their coffere In consideration
of a grand jury bill being passed that
win aeep them out of Jail.
To await thia desired lecielatlon the
Ruef and Schmits cases are dragging
CHARGES POLICEMAN WITH
" : BEIn6 COWARD v
- Brother . Officer Says Fields
., . Failed to, Aid Him When
; He Was in Danger.
Charges of cowardice and allowing s
' ,' prisoner to escape may he lodged
f against Patrolman Fields with the po-
1 lice eommlsalon If an Investigation by
Chief Orltsrascher ahows that Fatrol-
, man Wade's allegatlona are true.
,. About 11 o'clock last night Wade, so
, companled by Fields, visited the Burn
: side saloon at Second and ' Burnalde
etreets and arrested Ed - Murphy snd
ji another habitue of tha place on charges
of -vagrancy. According to Wade's
' f story, Fields started to the-door with
) his prisoner, but Henry Maler, proprle-
tor of the place, grabbed Murphy by
i the arm snd refused to allow him to be
taken out. Wade ordered the aaloon
'. man not to Interfere, whereupon Maler
la alleged to have grabbed -the police-
man bv the ana.
1 Ae ho refused to release' his hold.
Wade was compelled te draw his club
and atrlka Malar over tba bead with Jf.
. Ar this Juncture the bartender, George
Webber, la said to have attacaea tne
-1 policeman and was likewise rapped with
, the ' club. - While hla employe engaged
S the .bluecoat In battle Mater-repaired
' ) to s rear room snd armed himself with
: a hatcheL -Upon entering the saloon he
: declared that He would nave tne pairoi
' man's life, snd Wsde lost no time In
' eovertne- the Irate man iwith hie re-
volver. .- . ' ' . ' "' '. r .1-'' '
During all of thia trouble Wade Bays
, that Fields stood br the door leading
' : ta tha atreet and either through fear
. or some other cause failed to render
any aaalstance. 'After Murphy naa
i finally been taken from the place and
! when on the way to the patrol bos
"Wade claims that Flelda oald. "Oee. but
. f thouaht that fallow would kill you.1
"I could hare been killed a dosen
times if I hsd waited for Flelde to eomo
' to mr esaletanca." declared Wada thia
morning. - "It cerUinly looks llks cow
&ntlca to me." - r
I Although Wade clalme that Flelda
had a man In cuetody before tha melee.
after the troublo wae over the man was
, not In svidence- end Fields nae not mx-
niKine what became of hid prisoner. '
Maler and Webber were later arrested I
for their Interference and reieasea on
1100 eaah bail. -Their cases will be
heard nest week. .
SAY THEY DO NOT KNOW
' WHO USEDJHE KNIFE
Investigation Is being made to ascer-
.., tain who la responsible for the etabblng
of Jamee Keegan and Jamee Tracy
, early Wednesday morning at ths corner
' of Fourteenth snd Ollaan streets. The
two men,: In company with about IS
: others were returning homeward from
'' the Eagles' Chriatmaa ball when s row
,. occurred and In the mixup Keegan waa
a tabbed In the breaat and Tracy In the
light arm. - .
' Both when quesl'oned yesterday by
Detectlree Mallet aud Hill were reluct
, ant to discuss the matter and declared
they do not know- the identity of their
, aaaallanta. The affair Is ahrouded In
considerable mystery snd the Investiga
tion, by the police, la to be continued.
IMPORTED WAITERS AT
: ' TONOPAH THREATENED
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-X (Josraal ppeelsl BVrvlee.)
Tonopah, Nev., Dec; !8. The reatau
' rant proprletora are ' Importing oooka
and waiters from Denver and Salt luke.
The Induetrial Workers of the '"World
Say they will bring 600 miners from
Ooldfleld snd mske trouble for the Im
ported waiters, who are expected to
morrow. TO GET BONAPARTE'S
VIEWS ON EXCLUSION
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(Joaraal apeetal lTTlr."
Waahlngton, Dec. XI. - United 8 tales
Attorney .Devlin, of San Franctaoo went
to Baltimore today to discuss with Attorney-General
Bonaparte the legal
phaaes of ths exclusion of ' Japanese
children from the schools of Bsn Fran
cises.' ' ',''-''
Sixty Owlets s Baker City,
t.i.
(Special Dispatch- Tke Jmmtllt
Baker. City, Or.. Dee. 18 Sixty
Baker City people have been initiated
into the new order of Owla. such an
order having been Instituted .in thia
. city.- 'Temporary offleera have been
elected as follows,3 C. U Wllllkin, Vice,
executive,' H. W. Shurtliff, . vtcer: Rob
ert W, Haines, secretary; C. A. Hosier,
treasure'; R. B. Torejr, master of the
. neat; William Miller, warder; H. . I
V Mitchell, sentinel. . u ,
.1 A- '
PROTECTION
LEGISLATURE
along on technical jnotlona before Judge
Dunne. Tha case of Supervisor Nicho
las. . accuaed of agreeing to accept
patty bribe on- tha sale of furniture to
tha- city, haa been delayed by technical
tact ice for -week "before Judge Lawler,
with the outlook for more jugfttng of
the aama nature.
Restaurant-keeper, Adler. Jndlcted for
perjury, la taking advantage of alt,legl
qylbblea In t reduced by hla aasoclates In
crime, hoping that he as well aa the
man who stood him up may escape. v' .'
I' Attorneys for Schmits appeared be
fore Judge Graham thia morning -.to
argue tha motion for a transfer of
8chmlUs case- from . Judge Dunna'f
court "In "order to secure a apeedy trial.
The'.eourt granted Schmlts'e application
for a continuation of the hearing until
Monday morning. Attorney Johnaon
for tha state, accused Bchmlta and his
attorneys of trying to bunko tha Judges,
merely trying to aecure delay, Inntead of
speed v trial. ' Schmlta fluahed under
the charge. The transfer of tha caaa
was opposed on the ground that Judge
Graham had no ' Jurisdiction, alnce
J 11631 Dunne had not consented to the
transfer.'. '
Other Oases Continued.
Ending the decision of Judge Ora
ham -on tha motion of attorneys for
Ruef snd Schmlta or removal of their
caaea from Judge Dunne's, court, the
trial of Ruef and Schmlta was continued
thia morning' by-Judae-Dunne until
Wednesday morning. The .court hinted
Its disapproval of the tactlca of the de
fense and as Id that ' If Schmits suc
ceeded If getting another Judge to try
hla case, Ruef would have to follow suit.
The case t Ruef and Chief of Police
Dlnan, charged with conspiracy was
called etnd the. motion to self aalds In-
aicimenia arguea. in cue was con'
( Uoued until lenday.
PUMPING LIVE FISH - FROM
LOS AKGELES NELLS
: : '': -7. "-v-:-.?.:-'
Ranchers Get Water Supply and
i . Finny Products From Un
derground Stream. -
(Jearael PBeetoi gerrVe.l '
Loa Anselea, Deo. t. Ranchmen at
Hynea, II miles south of this city,
srs raising great quantltlea of fresh
water from the earth'a deptha and with
about every stroke of the large pumpa
live fish, ranging in stse from f to 11
Inches are drawn from the underground
streanvand sent with a ruah down the
sluiceways to the irrigation dlWhesreorded.
The pumps srs many miles from the
nearest aurface waterway snd elx
miles from the ocean. .
Since the first fish waa . captured,
cleaned and fried many hundreds have
been killed snd the ranchmen have
ceased to wonder. Fifteen ranchee are
supplied from . ons pumping . plant.
owned Jointly, snd there la fish for all
and to spare.
No one seems to knew
-whether-or-not 'the fiah ean aee, al
though all have eyea.
. The ranchmen are Inclined to believe
that the Tah have been- carried under
ground 'from some, faraway outer
at ream and that they have mot been
shut away from the light long enough
to lose their sight...
ASK' ANOTHER PENITENTIARY
j'EST OF CASCADES
Committee Appointed . by Gov
ernor Mead Makes Its Re
port on State Prison. .
(Spastal-' Dispatch Tee Jimraal.t
Olympis, Wash.. Dec. IX The report
of the committee appointed by Governor
Mead to investigate condltlona at the
penitentiary has been- received. It
recommenda the building of an Indeter
minate penitentiary west of the Cas
cades; the eeparatloo. of employes from
convicts; modification of the extreme
form of punishment known aa hosing;
civil service . for the employment of
gusrds and employee; Increase in aalar
lea along the entire line; unlforma for
women prlaonera; Improvement of the
eewerage of the old prison; employment
of women In some active labor; the
enlargement of the dining hall and the
conatruction of a new bakery; the Im
provement of the water aupply; the
enlargement of the dairy barn and hard;
the removal of the Jute mill and ; the
doubling of Its capacity; s better sys
tem of distributing ths products of ths
Juts mill throughout ths state; the em
ployment of convicts on the public
hlghwaya and the conatruction of pub
lic works for the state; the conatruc
tion of a new hospital, and the removal
of the women prisoners to the present
Duuaing used xor a nospitai.'
FIGHTERS ARE FIT AND
null V mill IT fur- mi in
hwi l ine nuun
" Ijevmal flpMal gervtee.V V
' Tons pah. Nev,, Dec. IS. Everything
Is In resdlneas for the fight between
Gans and Hermann. A big crowd and S
large representation from the coast are
expected. The arena la completed and
la the finest In the country. Every seat
la In close range.
Hermann has let down In his training
and will box no more lest he injure his
hands. ' Gans, it is snnounced. , Is at
welkht. i
It la' expected .that the delegations
win negin to arrive tonight. The bet-
uf;vVr.oJ,Var,triadV.nnot
change. . . ' ..- . -T!v
The negroes plan s big possum feast
and ball for Gana New Year's night.
Hermann aays the fight will not go
over II rounds. - .
two very Distressing '
ACCIDENTS AT NEWBERG
tSeeetal Wp.M ts Tke lemaLt ,
Newberg, Or- Deo. II. While load-
Ing a car with lumber hook slipped
from S large timber and atruck W. B.
Covy on the Jew. breaking It snd
knocking out several teeth. While tha
accident la quite distressing no serious
reaults srs. apprehended.
.Qesplpe Ting Trial.,
(Jeursal gpedtl nVrri,, r
Ban Fraaclaco- Dec. 21. Judas Cook
todsy denied the motions for a chance
of venue end sppolnted a commissioner
to tske depositions In Hswsll snd set
the trial of John Slemaen, the gasplpe
thug, v charged with three murdera, for
January Uj "'-'
FE1ZEB IS MED
?F1RST PRESIOEUT
Organization of National Guard
Association Effected at Meet
y Ing This Morning.
MANY OFFICERS FROM
VALLEY TOWNS ATTEND
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Constitution and B 7-Laws Adopted
. , snd Association Elect Full Set of
Officers Among Whom Are Many
Well-Known National Guardsmen.
Organisation of ths National Ouard
association e Oregon waa effected at
s meeting of sctlve and veteran officers
of ths Oregon National guard St tha
armory thia morning. The meeting
waa called to order by Brigadler-Oen-era!
W. A. Flnaer, adjutant-general of
ths Oregon National guard, , who wss
elected temporary chairman.' Captain
It. H. Knapp was sleeted secretary.
A large number of the local officers
of the Third regiment were present and
among the visitors from other cltlee
were: Major fleorge O. Toran. Cap
tains Creed C. Hammond, John M. WI1-,
llama and Waldo I Cheahlre, and lieu
tenant Raymond Babb, Eugene; Captain
O. E. . Bartell, The Dalles; Cpteft
Frampton C. Broalus, Hood River; Cap-
ta'na C. B. Winn and Frank C. Btell
macher, Albany; Captalna Charlea A
Murphy snd Charlea Dicks snd Lieu
tenant Carl Ahrama, Salem;; Captain
F. W. Settlemeler, Woodburn; Captain
Abns B. Rogers snd lieutenants F. C,
Tyler and Thomas H. Williamson, La
Grande.
Am address of welcome on behalf of
the .Third Infsntry was msds by Col
onel Charlea E. MoDonell, commander
or the regiments A conatitution ana
bK-laws were then read and adopted.
Under- the conatitution all members
snd ex-members of the National Ouard
sre eligible to membership In the as
sociation. . .' -
The election of officers finished the
busineaa of the morning. For presi
dent General Flnser was nominsted by
Captain Hammond. General Owen Bum
mers moved thst the nominations be
closed snd ths secretary be instructed
to east the unanimous ballot of the
association for General Flnaer. Calling
Colonel McDonell to the chair. General
Flnser took the floor to oppose his own
nomination, but he waa declared out of
order, snd the ballot was csst with
only one dissenting vote, that of the
general himself. Upon motion of Cap
tain Hammond ths vote was not re?
Colonel Jsmes i jBeaonof Portland
and Major Oeorge O. Toran of Eugene
were unanlmoualy elected first snd sec
ond- vice-presidents, respectively. Five
honorary vice-presidents were elected,
aa followa': First vice-president. Gen
eral Owen Summers; second. Governor
Oeorge E. Chamberlain; third. Brigadier
General Charlea F. Beebe. formerly col-
onel- of the First regiment, O. N. G.;
fourth. 'Circuit Judge C U. Oantenbeln.
who recently realgned the colonelcy of
the Third regiment; fifth. Brigadier-
general Thomaa M. Anderson, U. B. A.
retired. Captain R. O. Jublta, formerly
lieutenant-colonel of the First regiment.
was sleeted treasurer; Rev. W. 8. Gil
bert of Astoria, chaplain, and Major F.
S. Baker snd Colonel McDonell, mem
bers of the executive committee. - The
other members of the executive commit
tee srs ths president, 11 rst, vice-president
snd secretary, t . -! - , ,
At the close of the- morning aesslon
Colonel McDonell, ontiehalf of the. Port
land lodge of Elke, tendered the mem
bers the use of tha rooms of the Elke'
club, snd also Invited them to attend the
Chrlstmaa festivities of the officers of
ths Third regiment st ths Armory to
morrow night.
This sfternoon sddresaes were deliv
ered before the association, aa follows:
Captain John R, M. Taylor, Fourteenth
U. 8. Infantry, "Guerilla Warfare and
the Methode of Meeting If; Brigadier
General Charlea F. Beebe, "National
Guard Association"; Colonel C U. Oan
tenbeln. 'Xeesona of Maneuvers"; Col
onel Jsmes Jackson, "National Reserve";
Msjor F. 8. Baker, ea. Girt, snd Rifle
Practice In Oregon"; Captain . W. - B.
Carll, assistant surgeon, "Medical De
partment"; General Owen . Summers,
Philippine Campaign"; general discus
sion on sny military subject.
GREAT PLOT TO OVERTHROW
CZAR OF RUSSIA
f-
Larger Part of Army Declared by
Revolutionists to Be In
volved in Scheme. .
(Joarasl Special Service.)
Boston, Deo. 21. Gregory Androjor
clch Oeoshunl, the noted Russian revo
lutionist who. escsped Siberian exile,
aaya that while the time Is not ripe .to
unfoldtthe plana, a great plot has been
completed o overthrow the esar snd
thst ths world will soon bs startled by
Ita developments. He declares thst the
lsrger part of the Russian army Is In
volved In ths revolutionary plot, though"
it dare not openly assist until the time
arrives for sn open outbreak.
Oeoshunl says he le bending all his
snergles to prevent hie people from
fighting ss Individuals and that he
flnda it extremely difficult to reetrain
them. .
CHRISTMAS TURKEY IN
- RAD SHAPE PHYSICALLY
to
:, , . ,
l'-' A .M.t hi w tftirtelmee turkev. noasem
sing sn elongated spleen, a torpid liver
and a generally disordered atomadh.
wilt be the eeuse of the arrest of W. H.
Luts,a fish dealer st Jefferson
street, this sfternoon.
The warrant waa eworn out by Viola
B. Wilson, who sllegaa tn her complaint
that the phyaloal condition of the big
bird was such thst It waa unfit to eat.
The fowl wea purrhaaed for the Christ
mas dinner snd prepsrations made for
the festivities on thst day, but the dis
covery of ths Irregulsrltlea in the tur
key's system put a damper on the ar
rangements for dinner snd caat a deep
gloom over the 'Wilson household.
An officer from the central station
waa sent late .hie afternoon te Lota'e
place of bualneaa to arrest him.
agrs. sy Alleges Desertion. '
. tSpedst ManeteS Tbe Juaniai.i
Baker. City, Or., Dec. . Attorneys
Olmstead St raver of thia city have
filed Suit' for-divorce In the circuit
court for .Molly- tV' sgslnst Thomas
risr aa the- e-rouad of desertion. .
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FLAGUAinS STILL
HIDING
Man Responsible for .Wreck on
Interurban Has Mytte-
riously Disappeared.,
i
(Special InepaicB ts Ths
. Tacoma. Wash.-, Dee. II. WlUlam
Quton, the motorman of the Interurban
train which was wrecked Wedneeday
morning -near Edgewood, Is dead. C. R.
Foas, the'' work train brakeman, sent
to flag the passenger train near Edge
wood Just before the wreck, is still
missing. Following the . wreck, Foss
csme to his horns In Tacoma, 'and hur
riedly told hie parents snd family of
whst hsd transpired, and hla fear that
ha would bs held .responsible and then
hurried sway.
Shouting snd waving his srms at
ths passenger train snd not the uae of
s flagyla the method Foss had 'to em
ploy la his sfforts to stop ths train, ac
cording to the story 8. I Foss, hla
father, says he told' him. Foss's flag
caught on a amall bush aa he waa walk
ing along snd he waa unable to loosen
It before the train was slmoat upon
him and to shout snd wave hie srms
wss sll he eould do to stop ths Ill-fated
train. .
"My son Charlis earns horns ssversl
hours after the wreck. I'm going out
Into the woods somewhere,' he told me.
I ssksd where, but he said that wa must
not even know, as people might try and
fores us to tell. - I told him that was
foolishness, that If he would lot me
know I snd his oldest boy would bring
him proWalona every two or three
daye." . .
A deputy sheriff srmed with a sub
poena la hunting-for Foas to summon
him to sppear st inquest, but thua far
has been unable to obtain any trace of
him, alnce he left home. Besldea his
sged father and mother, a wife and four
children have been left behind him. The
family came to Tacoma from Stevens
Point sbout two months sgo.
Six WITNESSES EXCUSED
; III THOMPSON CASE
' - 1 , .... . ' y ' '
Fellow Students Defense 'Feels
It Can Dispense Wittn Three
v Weeks Yet.
- (IpeeUI Dispatch ts Tas JearssL)
' Tacoma. Wash., Dee. II. Aside from
the testimony of Dr Phillips, a dentist
fpf.-8eat11e.who treated Cheater Thomp
son's teeth, that ofJameg-A. Kerr-a
Seattle attorney who took him twice to
eummer resorts, snd of R, W. Hunton, s
member of the nnlversity- fraternity to
which ' ths prtspner belongs, who said
he ehlded him for writing verses and
sonnets to Chsrlotts Whittlesey, the
main result today and yeaterdsy after
noon In Thompson's trial waa the depo
sition of seven witnesses, snd probably
the saving of a day In. the length of the
- va" " culu"f "
witnesses.
These witneaaea explained to the
court that thay were under subpoens
lor tne aoie purpose of showing the
sttitude of the defendant at tha Un!
verelty of Washington and his general
conduct in tha term and a half he waa
there. In moving to strike off these
witnesees ths . defense made - It clear
to -the court that It believed It had
fully eatabliahed In the minda of the
Jurors the conduct of Chester Thomp
son throughout ths school period of his
life. - The six university students were
excuaed and the atate reserved the right
to recall them If necessary.
.The testimony of Mr. Kerr substanti
ated in every detail the atatemept of
Will H. Thompson, the prisoner's father,
to the Jury. at.he opening of the case.
It bore largely on the summer outings,
where Cheater met Charlotte Whittlesey.
The peculiarity of the boy'e actions on
those occasions most Impressed the
mind of the wltneaa.
Hunton told of the writings of Ches
tsr Thompson to Miss Whittlesey. He
saw them as the home of Mlaa Olive
Voaswlnkel, to whom Chester, submit
ted his sonnets before he eent them to
Miss Whittlesey. Miss Vosswlnkel Is
sn Intimate friend of Mlaa Whittlesey.
Despite the . cutting off of the wit
nesses, neither side eetlmstes that the
final arguments to the Jury will be
reached inside of three weeks. This Is
borne out by ths fact that the rebuttal
of the stats will be Its strongest card
and that the defense Intends to put
these witnesses through a eearchlng or
dealA VIOLATIONS OF POSTAL
LAWS BEING PROSECUTED
Persons who have been evading poet-
sgs on first clses mall mater by enclos
ing It In fourth claaa matter are being
prosecuted all1 over the United States
by the postof flee department and Poa
tal Inapector O. C Richea of this city
has many cases which he Is forwarding
to Waahlngton. Moat of the cases are
in references to persons who Inclose
corsmunlcstlons In packages of coupons
which they eend to tobacco firm a in
exchange for premiums. The practice
has become so great that . the depart
ment le opening all packagea sddreeaed
to the large tobacco oompanles In all
parts of ths country for ths purpose of
discovering written communications,
which, are usualy requests telling ths
company which the aender wlahee in
exchange t(A the coupona ha la eendlng.
A penalty pf 110 Is levied by the gov
ernment in alt cases were persons have
been shown to evsds the., law la this
wsy.
BROKE PAROLE AND .
MUST DO HIS TIME
' (Special Dispatch te Tbe leornal.) -Eugene,
Or., Deo. II. Marvin Martin,
s young man living In this city, waa
taken to the- penitentiary by Deputy
Sheriff H. W. Graham yeaterdsy after
noon to eerve a two-yeare' aentence for
the larceny aa bailee at a horse. At the
November terra of the circuit court he
wss sentenced, but wss allowed to go
free on parole, pending good behavior.
A few nights sgo he became Intoxicated
and atole an overcoat at a shooting gal
lery here and waa arrested, whereupon
Judge-Harrla ordered him taken to the
penitentiary to serve hla sentence of
two years st hard labor.
. . ..
' Area Broken at Skatta mink.
... frtl l1.p.4cti te Tk Jearaat.t '
Newberg, Or., Dec. Jl.-I.aat bight at
the skating link a lad of II -fell and re
ceived a bad break In the elbow, which
will leave a bad arm the rest of his
days. The boy it restlna easllav
STKirorGEMIXCIJl
SUPP03T FROM UlmlOIiS '
- V.,
And Burton Predicts; Big Break
In Present Working Force ,
T" of Railway Company.
. " . '.
Vast svsry other labor union In the
city will give Its flnanciat' eupport-klo
the causa of. the striking carmen Is
looked upon by W. O." Burton, who le
n charge of . thaatrlke situation, ae a
significant-fact. Inasmuch aa the flnan
aJal aid rendered will permit of a long
drawn out and determined' fight on the
part of the atrlklng employes of ths
Portland atreet rsilway. - -.
Ar.number of, the labor unions In the
city have already sent In donations to
the carmen'a union, accompanied by the
announoement that a weekly sum will
be psld Into the organisation until the
present difficulties sre eettled. The
call for aid haa been received by ell of
tne unlona and financial support will be
forthcoming from them aa soon ss
meetings can be held and the matter
acted, upon. . In addition to thia money,
the'csrmen's International union la pay
ing each of the atrlklng carmen in Port
land 15 weekly, and thia will be con
tinued indefinitely.
"The faot that tha International
union keepa a surplus of 1100,000 con
stantly on hand to be uaed In assist
ing striking members on Just such oc
casions as the present one la encourag
ing." aald Mr. Burton this morning.
"So far as earning on the preaent
atrlka is concerned It can be continued
Indefinitely, the same aa it was a. short
tlms sgo In Jameatown, New York, when
the carmen... there., stayed out for 11
mot.the. i. . . .i ..I
"The atrlka here Is a quiet one, hut
It Is constantly gaining strength. We
expect snd can aafely aay that there
will be a hlg break In the preeent
working forcea of the streetcsr com
pany beflore long. The men now em
ployed realise that their conditions sre
unjust and ss quickly ss they eeef, that
we on the atrlklng Hat sre determined
snd mean to stick to ths end they will
Join our forcea. They have been com
ing to ue and reporting in ateady num
bers during the entire week and the
big break will come a little later. That
the company is feeling this constant
drain from .Its rsnks la ahown by the
fact that the service Is far below the
normal and outlying districts which
heretofore have had s 7-mlnute serv
ice hsve to be content with a ear every
II' orI0 minutes."
Mr. 'Burton would not discuss In de
tail what significance wae meant In, his
statement that a "big break" would
come soon In the working forcea, but
it la taken that the next time the local
union meats the atrlka problem will be
laid before the body aa a whole and
concerted action taken along definite
llnea with all members having a com
plete knowledge of the detalla.
SWEARS TO OBSERVE
PLEDGE SEVEN, YEARS
1 B. F. Ward, a blacksmith who Im
bibed too freely on Chriatmaa and the
following day.- and upon whom Judge
Cameron Imposed a fine that he ehould
take a pledge not to touch liquor for
aeven years, took' his pledge before
Fsther Black this afternoon and was
given hla frdedom,
T i. marnn , t mA A -OtrevA 4 K. t
the price of hla freedom would be a
pledge to abstain from sll Intoxicating
fluids for tha period of seven years, and
Ward dropped on his knees before the
Catholic prleat and took his vow. After
the pledge had been given. Judge Cam
eron Informed Ward that If he violated
ita provisions snd wss 'brought Into
court sgsin for being Intoxicated before
the expiration of seven yeare he would
commit - him ' to the rockplle for six
months. Father Black also told Ward
that if he wae not a man of hie word
and they could not rely upon his honor
to keep hie pledge, the next time he got
drunk he would sak Judgs Cameron "to
give Ward the limit.
Ward aald the matter was tip to him
now to keep straight and that hs pro
posed to keep his pledge. He said he
wouldn't go through another ordeal like
the one to which he haa Juat been sub
jected for sll the money on earth.-
SAYS WHITE, WIFE
WAS UNFAITHFUL
' Lewis Meyer, a Chinese, appeared be
fore Judge Bears In ths ststs circuit
court this sfternoon to secure a divorce
from his wife. Ella Meyer, a white wo
man. They were married eight years
sgo at Vancouver, Washington, by a
Juattoe of the peace.
Moyer charged his American wife
with Infidelity, . naming Henry Sch rea
der, an iceman, aa corespondent. Moyer
stated that hla wife told him ehe was
going to leavs him snd asked him for
money. He aald he gave her 1100 and
that aba left a day or two later for
Seattle and waa followed soon sfter
ward by Schroeder.
Judge Sears was of the opinion thst
a marriage between a Chineae and a
white woman was, void and wanted to
know the name of the Justice of the
peace who pronounced . the marriage
ceremony for them, j "?
No one could give this Information,
and Judge Seare declared that If the
marriage were void the court could only
declare It so. and could not grant a di
vorce from a void marriage The mat
ter was taken 'tinder advisement by the
Judge, and be will conault the authorl
tlee on the subject of marriages be
tween Chinese snd Americana
FARMERS' INSTITUTE IN
SESSION AT SPRINGFIELD
jl". (Special Dteimtra w Tke JimrnsL
Eugene, Or.r Dec-.-1 A farmers' In
stitute Is being held In Springfield to
dsy under ths auspices of ths Com
mercial club of that city snd conducted
by members of the fsculty of Oregon
Agricultural , college., The afternoon
program Is ss follows:
"The Draft Horee." Ty Proreaaor e. t.
Judd: "Dairying," by Professor William
Schomerlck; "Fruit' Growing." by Pro
fessor C I. Lewis. '
A general talk op agriculture by Dr.
Jamee Wlthycombe. s (-..'
In the evening "Types snd Breeds if
Livestock" will be discussed. There
will be a free public supper served. '
Bugene'e School Tax Levy,
("perlal Dlipetch to Tke JeorasM
Eugene, Or Dec 21. At tha annual
meeting of the. taxpayers of the Eugene
school district laat evening the school
tax levy for HOT wae fixed atH mllU..
It Is estimated that such s Ilfyy will
raise llS.&OO. Last year on S property
valuation of I1.K4.I4I from a 7-mlll
tax I1I.4I0.1T was raised, but the prop
erty vslustion this year Is much higher
than laat .-. t , .
Tkert ire saaay Wsas ass ta s4ay
gamswsd tha arttt Uteres yaw,
ArJ:CASSATT DEAD
III PHILADELPHIA
y w
President of Pennsylvania' Rail
road Company Passes Away
After Lingering Illness. ;
(Janraal gpeelsl Rerriee.)
-r Philadelphia-. Dec. 21. A. J. Caaaatt,
president of the PennsylvsnlaTUIlrosd
company, died thia afternoon, aged 7.
He eaught whooping rough while visit-
.'.r:4.:A;.''vkA
A. J. Csssatt.
lntr his grandchildren and has been 111
ee , - i - - re
fected with heart failure today.
. Alexander Johnaton Caaaatt was born
in Pittsburg. December I. Ill I. At the
University of Heidelberg he obtained a
liberal education,' and on his return
home he took a course In civil engineer
ing. In 1811 he entered the employ of
the Pennsylvania railroad aa a rod man.
In 1117 hs was superintendent of motive
power snd three yeare later he wae
made general superintendent of the sys
tem. In 1110 he was first vice-president
snd two yesrs Ister he created a
surprise by resigning his position snd
announcing hla retirement from busi
neaa For 17 yeare Mr. Caaaatt -took
no part tn the active bualneea of the
rosd, but In lilt wss persuaded to re
turn to ths Pennsylvania aa president.
Henry C. Frlck Will probably succeed
Csaaatt. Frlck is the largeat eha re
holder tn the Pennsylvania and waa re
cently elected a director. ,
TINY PERFORMER
EVOKES PROTEST
Nine-Year-Old Contortionist at
Theatre May Be Taken From
-. ' Her Father.
Numerous protests have been voiced
by Portland-woman "who have been
arouaed by the appearance of t-year-old
Pearl Marguerite Flaher in a contortion
act- at the Grand theatre. The little
girl appears with her father In the team
known as ths Fiahera.
A complaint was filed In ths Juvenile
court thia afternoon by Mrs. Millie R.
Trumbull. Fisher waa cited to. appear
in court tomorrow at I o clock and show
why his child should not bs declared
dependent, undev the provisions of tha
Oregon law protecting children, and
making It unlawful for any child under
It-years old to sppear in a publto ex
hibition. If It should be known thst ths child
IS not provided with a proper horns,
steps will be taken by the court to pro
vide her with one. It Is said thst her
father will have 'to give her fn to cue
tody of the. Juvenile court officer or
etop her appearance on the stsgs In
Portland.
Flaher' snd his daughter have' been
appearing together at the Grand theatre
aU week. Last night st ths " Elks'
Chrlatmas entertainment she sppeared
alone. Her age is sdVertlaed as I
yeare. - r
Many women of thle city who have
aeen the performance are Indignant and
hsve demsnded that the exhibitions be
stopped. '-'' ,"
MRS. BOYCE SUES CRAFT
FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND
Maggie Boyce. administratrix of ths
eatate of the late William Boyce, haa
filed a libel ault in the United States
district court, sgalnst ths barkentlne
Aurora to recover 15.000 for the death
of her husband, which she alleges waa
due; to negligence bn the part of the
owners and operators of the ship. --
The Complaint aeta forth that Boyce
waa killed at St. Johna while the Au
rora was loading lumber et that place.
December 11. Hoc. The llbellant alleges
that the only way-of boarding the v ea
sel waa on s narrow plank which waa
extended from the rigging to the dock.
IS feet above the water line. The com
plaint allegee that the, plank wae not
faetened and when Boyca attempted' to
go on board ho lost his balance and
fell to thd-deck, a distsnoe of II feet.
The complaint- allegea ' that Boyce
atruck hla head on the companion way
and died from Injuries received from
the fall. Russell Sewell appears for
the41bellsnt. .
STRIKING CARMAN . r
7 FINED FJOR ASSAULT
M. J.- Brulsy. one of the striking csr-
mofi, who wsa arrested yeaterduy by
Patrolman Anderson on a Charge of as
saulting Conductor . L A. l)avis on s
Vancouver ear, waa fined fit by Judge
Cameron today. Hmlay-had no de
fense to offer and apparently con
sidered himself fortunate In escaping
without a Jail aentence, aa he thanked
the court after the heavy One had bee
Imposed. i J
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES (
CLEARS. CASTELLANE
f Journal tneetal Sfevlee.t
Paris. Deo. II. The chamber; of depu
ties todsy confirmed f the election of
Count Boni de Csstcllanev' refuting thi
cherges of corrupt practices st the elec.
tlon.
Itching piles provnke profanity. ' but
profanity won't etir them. l.un a Oint
ment Cures Itching, t.i. !r r i t i r,l-
f f
ti-iiillng piles sftcr jt .. t,
At sas drug store,
I
,
iMfinise; ...
v SllDLluG
John F. Wentworth and Robert
- Merchant Are Accused by
. . Five Men. ";
CONDUCTED BROKERAGE
BUSINESS AT SEATTLE
Complaining Quintette Clslm to
Jisye Lost Nsirly Ten Thousind,
and That Firm Victimised Many by
Felonious Practices. ." .
- gpedsl Ptspstch ta The JnaraalV -
Seattle, Dec. 2 Warrants were Is
sued this sfternoon for the arrest of ,
John F. Wentworth end Robert Mer
chant, who, trading under tbe name of
the National Brokerage company, are,
alleged to have swindled cltlsena of
Washington and Oregon out of upward
of 1(0,000 during the past two years.
In amounts rsngtng from 1100 ta IB, 001.
Flvs men told Deputy Prosecuting At.
tomey Vandever today they had lost
f,100 through tha alleged swindling
operationa of the pair, "i
Merchant la believed te be In Se
attle, while Wentworth Is' said to bs :
conducting a slmllsr alleged acheme et
Balem, -Oregon. The chief of police et '
the latter placV haa bee wired te sjrrtst
Wentworth snd hold for extradition. --
Charged With rales Satsaeats.
They are charge with felony In mak. "
Ing falsa atatementa to stockholders of
a corporation by Its offlcara An of- '
flee and atoreroom waa fitted up ele
gantly two years sgo by Wsntworth and -Merchant
for a general commission
busineaa in farm producta The forme
was vice preeldent and the latter waa
secretary, both being directors. -.
Tho scheme, .It . was alleged by com
plainants, was to Intsrest the pubilo
with glowing accounts of busineaa
being done and sn offer to sell sn Inter
eat In the compsny. Merchant would
make a etatement of the affairs' of thai
corporation and the atatutory guars n-A
tea went with this certincate that If the
aaaets of Ths company were not within '
1100 of tha amount ststed the algner "
would place sufficient stock of his own
In the treasury to make up the totel.
Men who. wanted to buy put fatth in
theee atatementa. It Is claimed, aa the
ststuts makea it a felony for the offi
cer of a corporation to msks f alee
ststements of this character.
The man who brought the Information
to the proaecutlng attorney's office la
Alfred Adams of Spokane, who on July
10 laat bought a fifth Intereet la tbe
bualneaa for 11,100. Merchant made a",
etatement at the time that the aseets
of ths company were 114. If 1.40. After
even,ts showed that the Arm had ne aa-
seta, but heavy liabilities.
Others claim to have lost In like
manner, and A. M. Mecklen, when he
learned that - he had been victimised,
forced Merchant at ths point of a re
volver to pay back a portion of 12,100
he had inveated and the remainder in'
111 weekly Installments. The latter
were paid for only a short Ime.
The true condition of the firm wasf
not learned until Chsrles H. Lilly Co,
who had furnlshsd the firm with pro1
J.duce, aaked for a receiver and Arthur p.
Redmond wae appointed receiver.
DELEGATION TO LEGfSniTtJSE
VILL ORGANIZE TOslIGHT
Senators and Representatives to
Meet ' in Office of Attorney
j Frank F, Freeman.
- Permanent organisation of tha Mult- .
nomah county delegation to the stats
leglalatura will be effected tonight st
a meeting to be held In the office) of
Attorney Frank F. ' Freeman, en the
alxth floor of the Fenton building: Ther
are seven senstors and It repreeeata
tlvea ' from sthls county.
Tbs chairman and secretary of the
delegation will be elected tonight. Con
siderable Intereet la centered ta the
eonteet for chairman. Among the can
didates mentioned most prominently for
chairman are Senator A. A. Bailey and
Repreaentatlvee John Drlacoll and Frank
F. Freeman. It le believed by many
that Drlacoll is ths strongest candl-
date, and the ene moat likely - te be
successful. The -office of secretary Is .
not conaldered se Important, and smsll
sttentlon Is r-elng given It.
After the organisation of the delega
tion la effected, soma time will be de
voted to S discussion of proposed hills
affecting the Interests or thia county.
Repraaentatlve Freeman;, atated this
morning that there are about pro
posed bills to be considered. '.
HEALTH BOARD, MEETING
i ELECTION OF OFFICERS
(Special Dpetcfe to The Joe real)
Salem. Or.. Deo. It. The atate board
of health held Ite annual meeting here
yesterday and adopted aeveral reports
snd trsnaacted routine bualneaa The
reporte ahow that Oregon Is on of the
moat healthy of the atatea, being free
In a remarkable degree from epidemics.
The tuberculosis, problem waa discussed
at some length, but Sa far ss could be
learned no apeetal lawe were suggeeted
to the legislature. .
Tbe placing of the office of state food
snd dairy commissioner under the con
trol or tne etato poare or.hraita wae
dlacuaaed at aome length. The plan Is
not to do swsy with the office but
rsther to make the work of both boards
more, effective by eeverat changee. -
kThe members of the board are: Dr.
B. Picket of Med ford. Dr. K. A. Pierce
of Portland, Dr. Robert C. Tenney ef
Portland; Dr. Alfred C Kinney of As
toria, Dr. W. B. Morse of Salem. D. C
J., Smith of Pendleton and Dr. Andrew
C Smith ofFortlan6j. '
The officers choaen for ths ensuing
yeer sre: C B. Plckel, president; C A.
Pierce, vice-president; IL C. Teaney,
secretary. i : '
CHICK H0UGHT0? CASE
: IS ARGUED AT S'Lt::
(Sp.H.1 rH.iwtrk e The Jrn.l
Ralom. Or., Oec. 2 The hnr.ee
pua prooeedlnga in the ef
Houghton, the -convlrt. U belr i
gued to-lay bef'ire Jmlge W i. : - -
way. Attorney-sninl i'r
Aaslstant I. II. Van l'i" f
the atate ana Attorneys j
jMcDevItt sppear fuf 1
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