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15 THE . OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,. .PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY. 6, 1807. AY LEAVE T OIi HIGH ili DRY JSaaJaJananaWJ " Albany Fears Chang in River Course Due to Present Great Flood. , RECESSION MAY COME 1 TOO LATE TO STOP IT Inundation Widespread loint, V1U Vlamage at That "Probably ; Greater Than So Far Reported . Conditions In Eastern Oregon. (Special Dtapatrh t The Jaoraat.l Albany, Or., Feb. . The river haa reached Ma crest here and la gradually ' fulling. The rlvar on tha north of Al bany la a mile and a half wide. Tha wires of the Willamette Valley com pany are down and Corvallla ia without any present hope of light, .-' changing lta bed -and leaving Albany ;and taking a new channel running al most due north from the city. At X o'clock the river became atatlon. ary at II feet. J CREST AT ALBANY "Pesperalg-ltmitlon Relieved Be- 1 moral Ixatkm Everywhere. . (ftperlal Dlipatefc te The loaraal.) f r AlbHny, Or, Feb. . The, Willamette has certainly been on the 'rampage of 1 the season, fed. by the melting anowa of the Cascadea and the coast range and 'by the precipitation of the paat few duya, ' but , the crest of the flood la thought td be here now and the fall la expected to ensue at one Late last evening tha Willamette river bad reached over It feet, with 'strong indication of a continued rise '' until Wednesday noon. Vast juantitlee of driftwood, Are coming down atream and the garden lands lying north of Albany, In Benton county, are altogether .covered with water. The current la ' raging and carrying everything before ? It. The Pant lam and Calapoola rivers, the " principal feedera of the Willamette,, : reached the highest point known. In the Hantlam bottom old residents say that they never knew so high a at age. ) People are living on raised floors and " Sunder all aorta of trying conditions in , the flooded districts. Many were forced '. to take refuge in the upper stories of ' , their houses to escape the rapidly rising , waters. The lowlands between Corral . lis and Albany and between here. and 'Jefferson are flooded and no doubt much fiotage haa resulted. Families have been driven from their homes and forced to aeek ahelter elaewhere. Alto gether more Inconvenience haa been felt - than during any period for many year, j The train running between Woodburn 'and Springfield Is cut off and cannot reach " lta destination; Tha- Cottage .Grove local waa three hours late yea terday morning and tha Corvallla -Kastern la experiencing all aorta of . trouble In running lta trains to the Hay and to the Front. Many, of the trains reaching Albany did so 'at great . rjek, running through vast stretches of water. I Frank Parsons, who resides near San- derson a bridge, had to be rescued by .Mi neighbor, and with the rising wat- . rs lost his house and barn. . Hla cattle are in much danger 'and may be lost. ) The buildings on the water front have been emptied and all preparations made o meet extreme nign waiw. ; The WKamette Valley company ia unable tt run lta plant by water power .and la forced to resort td engines. It 4ak from 1 to 1ft cords of wood a day and this at the prevailing prices make the generating of electric power an expensive-undertaking. : Report received late last evening are to the effect that a heavy slide occurred o.i the line of the CAB., going to the ) (ay, which will- require two or three clsye to clear away. .The trains run to ' Klk City. , He McKemle. the Calapoola and the two fiantiama are all overflowing and bringing torrents of mountain water down their courses. SIXTY HOURS OF STORM ArlliiKton Ileportg Feed ' Sitnatlon ' Hopefal ltlockado Contlnnea,. iSperial Dlapatefe to Tee Jnaraal.) . Arlington. Or., Feb. . The storm liss lasted sixty hours here. A Chinook wind has prevailed at Foasil, Dayvllle and Condon. The snow Is gone at these points but It la atlll raining here and there la four Inches or anow and aleet. Paul Jones, well known throughout it he United States as the owner of such famous horses as Misty Pride, Forest King end "Othera,. whose breeding farm is In the suburbs of this town, re ports he has enough to carry blm four ' days and thinks there la plenty or feed In the country. He does not expect anv-iona-imt admits this Is the rough 4 est winter weather of the past It yeara. ' One ' issue - of the dally papera reached thla city Saturday, and none rince. Ten cariosda of aocT"ar'erneTeTdy for shipment. The O. R. at N. la jiot moving a wheel in thla section. , The weather has cleared since I a. m. It la now quite clear with tempera' lure at 4 . degrees. Indications are that the storm is broken. It Is known that all the feed now tield in this county Ja owned by Smith Krothers' and Judge Mariner, In the Black district. 1.000 tone. Disastrous floods are reported at the south end of, the county. COWLITZ RISING With Immense Volume of Snow , Water ,Vet' to Hear From. taperlnl blapatr te The Jnerml.t KpIko, Wash., Feb. . The Cowlits river and the Coweeman have been Ma ins; steadily. Vant night the Cowlits had ranched IS feet and was still rising. It Is believed the present rise Is due merely to the water that has fallen In the lower Cowlits valley and that when the water from off the mountains gels herethe river wilt " gel nearly as high sa It did last November, when the nrMga waa carried out. . ' The Waahlngton Red Cedar Shingle company hsj, had to shut down on the Coweeman because of the high water. - BLOCKADE COMPLETE The Dalles Shut in Since Saturday ""."reed aind Foe I Famine. - U PHxtrs In The lornl t, Tli liallee, or., Keli. ,. No train has arrived n this rltv from the west since t-'aturday nlht and none from the east IS COLLECTED Result of Few Hours' Work by Y. M. C. A. Building Fund Solicitors. More than H.000 waa collected by the solicitors for the now T. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A. building today. The eaact amount reported at the- noon meeting waa IU.070, and the committeemen ex pressed satisfaction over the result of their work. One single donation or $3,000 was received - from - man - who refused to allow his name to be made publto and ' who signed himself "A Friend." . Colonel John McCraken gave 1600 for the new building. Oilier subscriptions ranged from $1 te (100 ami the general response to the appeals of the solicitors Is taken as evi dence of the worth of the systematic campaign that ia being made for the building fund. AH the members be lieve that the organisation which they have .perfected for . carrying on the work w the best one yet devised and feel more hopeful than ever that tha 1120.000 , needed to complete the fund. The amount reported yesterday waa tti and with today's subscriptions brings the total up to 17,052, leaving but little more than 1110,000 to be col lected. - Those whd'gava today were as fol low. A Friend. $1,000; Colonel John McCraken'. $600;- Nicolal-Neppaeh ewiH Ipany. Ooddard-KeUy Shoe company, A rnena, eaca iiuv; aivwq wura, i. n. Boott. George K. Walker, each ISO; J. Bhemahskl. J. T. BrumHeld. each $16; U. A. McNary, Harry Roberta, each ISO; W. U Ormandy,;Jg. House, Miss Miwy Bmltn, eacn iio. FUNNY MAN'S WIT 'IN POLICE TESTS Civil Service Commissioners, However,, Do-vNot Enjoy Jokes of That Vintage. -r- "What are the borders of the cltyf The front eara of the county. "What are the duties of a cashier in a Bank?" - . "Paper." - "What .amount .of .paper la. required to make one body or eheetT" "One to get away." "What people compose the Amerloans as a body of peopleT" "As to people." ... If the city civil service commission gets ita handa on the gasabo who wrote thoae answers' to tha questions given It will recommend him for a Job on the rockplle at Kelly's Butte for a period of 165 days. The commissioners like humor, but they do not want. It to come to them in the form of applW catlona. for positions. They know who the-man la but they suppressed his name for fear that If he should see It in the papers he might labor under the delusion that ha - waa a second Bill Nye, snd might trouble the editors with soma of hla effusions. . ' That's about as funny thing as I hare seen since I was -appointed , on the commission four yeara ago," , aald Chairman Willis when he read tha ap plication. "At that time we got an application from Pa rolmn o ftla n the queatlon. of keeping the peace he. wrote four whole-pagea. Answering the same question, -a, hu morist who evidently believed . that brevity waa the soul of wit, wrote lust alx letters. They were: 'Kep pea.-' " , letters. They were: 'Ken pea.-' " FERRYBOATS ARE CAUGHT BY FLOOD Webster Breaks Cable and Mason Is Also Forced to Tie Up for the Pay. Two ferryboats, the W. 8. Mason; on tha upper Alblna route, and the Uonel R. Webster, which crosses the . Wil lamette farther down, were caught by the driftwood and swift current this morning while attempting 'to cross the stream and were finally compelled to tie up for the day. The Webster parted Ita cable and was carried down stream for a considerable distance. Both ferryboats attempted to run on their schedule this morning. The Ma eon had no sooner atarted acroaa the river than It waa struck by tha heavy drift and current . and after making several attempta to gain the opposite Dank was compelled to put back. The Webster Broke her cable while near the middle of the river and It waa over an hour and a half before a ateamboat, which atarted after ber as soon aa the Iron rope broke, reached her and towed her back to the landing. No further efforts were made by either today to cross ins Willamette. SETTLERS TO BE GIVEN LEAVE Or ABSENCE (Journal gneetal gerrlee.1 Washington, Feb. 6. The senate com mittee on ' public, lands favorably re ported a bill today granting aettlera the right to be absent from their home steads in December, January and March. No credit la to be given orr.the full time required In commutation proofs, but credit Is given In flvs-year homestead cases. . t slnce Saturday morning. Six dead lo comotives lie between here and Trout dale. A train left here this morning for Portland, attempting to make the through trip. " ', . , The river la open- this side of the Memaloose island blockade, a few miles below tne city. Boats are running from Memaloose Island to take provlalona and supplies lo the north bank rail road contractors. - The Columbia Southern company la completely blocked east of Wasoo, with no tralnsi for several days.' The anow here is two feeratx Inches deep on the level. Cattle and aheea are suffering for want of feed. - Flock- masters say that If the snow continues many days there will be a fearful lose of sheep and cattle and In this city-a fuel famine. Embroidery Sale. ' ' Onvflf th off all embroideries at V Palais Roys). ITS Washington st, - Milwauklp Country Club. Rastern and California races. Take el I wood and Oregon City cars at First and Alder. SIX II f.lORE OF AG Alii ST Additional Facts Secured . Im v plicating Member of Front Street Robber Gang. KELLEY IS WANTED rrD nruro OIMrC r UK OTHER CRIMES I ' ',:! lYIaoiirr Has Served Several Term " KlHotvhere May lie Turned Over to State Officials Hearing Held This Afternoon.' Assistant United Mates District At torney James Cole said that he hud re ceived additional facts concerning Frank Keller, one of the men arrested for robbing the Sellwood and St. Johns post o trices, which la of such damaging char acter against tha prisoner that Mr. Cole may turn him over to the state eWHala 1 , 11 The evidence which Mr. Cole received against Kelley was to the effect that f-- - r s -Frank Kelley. the prisoner la wanted for several hoIdj i V vvii.i . , ,,.... . -' .... . ... Portland recently and shows him up as a desperate criminal Just what evi dence the federal attorney has against Kelley waa not given out, but that it is of serious Import la believed by thoae who have been working with Mr. Cole on the poatofflce cases. Kelley la tough-looking cuatomer and la known to hava served several terms in prison. Another development m the poatof flce cases today waa tha placing of E. D. Sutter, the cigar dealer who went on Wane's bond in the municipal court. under A 1500 bond to appear aa a wit ness In the case against the robbers. Sutter appeared before Commissioner Edward McKee this morning and de posited a certified checx in the amount named.' - " : Sutter has considerable Information agalnat the prisoners which- will help the government in ita case agalnat them. He lent Wane various amounta at times and was acquainted with members of tha gang. W. H. Green, s, member of the fire department, and employed at the engine-house with Turnbull. was arrest ed yesterday afternoon. Green bought a quantity of the stampa atolen from the St. Johns office from Turnbull. Just how many he bought Is uncertain. Green saya that he purchased only $2 worth, while Turnbull saya that 'Green bought It worth. Green talked yester day, but co: Predicted himself so often that he was taken before Mr. Cole thla morning and given another chance to talk. Mrs. Green, ' a Sweet-faced young woman, bearing tha traces of weeping over her husband's disgrace, visited w7herusoaBdliIa-marn1hrrd stayed during his sweating process. She begged Green to tell all he knew about the robberies. Green told the of ficiate that ha aold the atampa -to hla brother-in-law, Curtis Linn, and that he In turn had aold them to the firm for which he la -working. Mra. Oreen bore her husband out In this fact, atating that - she knew her brother had pur chased the stampa from her husband. t,1nn works for the Pearson-Page com pany, commission merchanta at 111 Front street. The hearing of Anderaon, Kelley, Ran klns. Carter and Green will be held this afternoon at t o'clock In the federal courtroom befrre United States Com missioner Edward McKee, I OFFICIAL AX AGAIN SWINGS 0W GAMBLING 4 That the authorities are de- 4 4f termlned not to allow gambling of any description to take the d ' place of the alot machlnea re- 4 cently dosed In saloons end ct- ""gar stores, was evidenced th1w e lliflmwn uy un oruvr. laauea Dy w d . Chief of Police t Orltxmachcr, placing the, ban on the games 4 known as the American handl- 4) 4 cap and bowling, which recently . made their appearance In Port- land. . The order to the captains of police la aa follows: "Instruct the officers of your ' relief to notify all proprietors, w owners and managers of cigar e stores, saloons and other places e having ' In operation gambling w -davlree . called the American w handicap and bowling alley to forthwith dispose of, snd cease w d operating Such machines, or w complaints will be made against them for keeping and operating gambling devices." . w e . Art Maarim Open Friday. Friday evening of thla week the Art museum will be open to enable all who are interested to see the unusually fine collection of etchings-and -paintings now on exhibition, Mrs. L,add a loan exhibit of etchings contalna many of the beat works of living etchers and Mr. Flelnch ner hn on exhibition a valuable collec tion of paintings. AH are Invited to at tend and no admission will be charged. Bell Iinponndfd Stork. Assistant t'ntted States' District At torney James Cole asked for an order In the United States, district court this morning granting permissionto sell l head of Impounded stock on the ITma tllla Indian reservstlon. Judge Wolver ton granted the order .and tbs Stock will be aold- at public gala. FlinFIIPF JU Ll IULIIUL Ml FY IlLLLL I RY'S VALUE OF BODY IS Though many damage auita against corporation hnue been contested in the circuit court during the past few weeks, little Satisfaction haa been obtained by the injured parties. Neither JuJkos nor juries have been at all liberal IniBHsess Ing corporation to pay employee or pat rons who have been maimed or crippled. A number of suits have been lost out right by the plaintiffs, and the average award haa not equaled I per cent of the sum asked for. - - , - "" sun to go against the plaintiff la that of John Carey . ...I ln.ll Ka T . .. ,1 .. 1 .4 ,i 'iiiiotu'f aj,ur cue, tunr pany and the, Portland Lumber company, reputed to-be members of the slabwood trust. Carey sked for 110.000 for a broken nose, broken leg and numerous bruises sustained while In the employ of the "slabwood trust" last spring, i HOUSEBREAKER'S TASTE RUNS ' TO EXPENSIVE EVENING GOWNS Portland haa been visited by . the steam-saw thief, the Ice-cheat burglar -and other fteak-crtnrmals. but what thief could possibly do with two hand some gowns Is a matter that la pussllng the detectives of the local bureau Of criminal Investigation. Sometime between :" and 10:14 o'clock laat night a housebreaker ef fected an entrance to the home of George Scoggln, 11 North Seventeenth BtreeL'-hnd carTTeaWay two gowns, 1 Valued at 12 apiece, belonging to Mra.4 Scoggln. The crime was discovered by tha family upon returning from the the atre and was immediately reported to the police. TAKE IT STRAIGHT FROM AND BE A COP, HE WILL SAY Applications for positions on the po lice ores are so scarce thst at a meet ing of the civil service commission this morning Mayor Lane auggested the ap pointment of a recruiting officer. He aald the duties of such an officer might he performed by a sergeant of police. Tha mayor did not say how the aer geant ahould secure tha-recruits, but It is presumed that it would be the duty of tha of fleer to halV every able bodied man he met on the streets and SECOSD STREET LOT FAST INCREASING IN VALUE Property Adjoining Police Sta tion Sells Now forTwenty Three Thousand. ' F. BoUam. of BoUam, Gruasl ft Hlg- ley, purchased yesterdaytha 15x100 foot lot on Becond street,' between tha police station and chemical No. l'a engine- house. The consideration waa 123. 60S. The property belonged to CDay Tarp ley and is occupied by a two-story frame hulldlnar tenanted by Chinese, Thla property haa changed hands three tlmea In the paat three montha. I. Gerllnger J bought It in the lata fall for 111.000, A few weeks later It waa sold for 111.- 000. Tha increase In value since the Gerllnger purchase haa been about to per cent. 1 , Samuel O. and Callsta Heraey have aold to I. Goldsmith a lot 100x12 at tha southeast corner of Davis and Twenty-second streets for , 111,750. A two-story 10-room residence ocouples the alte. . - FOR THE DEATH OF WEE" WONG WAN Won Kim. father and administrator of the estate of Wong Wan Nora, tha little Chinese child who was killed by a streetcar last March, haa filed a damage ault In the United States circuit court agalnat- the Portland Railway company to recover $6,000 damages for Wong's death. The child was killed on second street. between Morrison and Alder, in day light, and It la alleged In the complaint that the accident waa due to tne negli gence of the company. , CHANGE IN POLICE FORCE AT WOODBURN fdneetal Dispatch te Tha JoarxaL) ..: Woodburn, Or Feb. . Amoa Beach haa quit work aa marshal, handed In the Jail keys and taken off his atar, aa he Is not satisfied with' the way the city council haa treated him, that body having refused to pay for the time he waa absent from duty. E. E. Castle has been appointed to temporarily All the fDosltlon. Jack Riddle-vis on as night watch. . It la reported there win new be a stricter observance of. tha city lawa than formerly. FALLS IN RIVER AND IS FINED FOR BATHING George Miller lost hlsbearings short ly after midnight through over-tndul? gence In waterfront whlakey and fe'J Into the Willamette from the eaat end of the Madison street bridge.. For tunately for Miller tha watchman at the O. W. P. depot heard hla cries for as sistance and reacued him. This morn ing Miller waa nned 12 a dollar for becoming drunk and a almllar amount for bathing In the river without a per mit. - , -, ' -. . Indian Truant Captured. - touts La. Moose. It year old; Eddie Ashler, the aame age. and Ignatius Part, IS year old.' who escaped from the Chemawa Indian school, were ar rested about 4 o'clock this morning In the east side yards by Patrolman Adams and Burchell. Ashley, in attempting to escape from the officers, ran Into the river, but was hauled out by Patrolman Adam. Th three young "bucks" had Just ar rived In, Portland In a box car from Montana. Tha trio wer nearly fam ished. ' ' Mr. Scott With the Pope. (Jonrnal Bperial Herrlce.) Rome," Feb, t. Harvey W. Scott and family of Portland were received in pri vets audience by the pone, who Is re ported to have Shown much Interest In affair on th western coast of America. MAIMED - ONLY ONE DOLLAR Carey la a teamster, and his work was to hul slabwood from the lumber com pany'a mill over sn elevated roadway to a dump hole. The elevated roadway consisted of planka. which 'Were al lowed to get out of repair. -Chuck holee were formed and Into one of these the wheels of Carey's wagon dropped, the jur throwing the driver to the planking and causing hlra to-jeceive the Injuries mentioned. . ' ' -After a two-days' trial a Jury In Judge Gantenbeln's court decided that Carey was entitled to damages to the extent of 1. He will never get his 11, how ever, for upon him falls the burden of paying the costs of both partlea to the suit. The plaintiff waa unable to ad vance hla own preliminary oourt coots, and he Is now, therefore, worsa than pennl'.ess. . , . : , Patrolman Hogeboom was detailed to make an -Investigation, add found that the thlavas hsri, nntrrwl through. a -window. Aflier getting Into the house In this manner they went into the base ment - and then up the back stairs. Burned matches were found on the floor of every room, and a small writing desk In tha hallway had been broken open. The only artlclea found to be missing were the two gowna and a valuable al ii gator gi 1p."Oiie of "the dresses was ofr-tl aalof-gfax material. The gowna were made by Myrah Hillary, a well-known modiste of New York city, and valued by Mrs. Scoggln at 1250. . - advise him to apply for a position on the police force. Seoswtary McPherson aald thla course haa been pursued by the men in the fire department The firemen In ' the mill districts pick up every strong man they sea and aend them to the city hall with tha advice that they take the examination for positions -in the fire department Mr. McPherson said many good firemen bad been aecured In thla way. - - -. -t - MM GIVE TOW TRIAL - ' MATINEE EFFECT Crush of People Annoys the Pris oner, and Judge Orders the -. ' Court Doors Locked. (Jnaraal Special Barrio.) New York, Feb. 4 A vaat erowd flocked tJnto tha courtroom this after noon where Harry K.' Thaw I on trial for the killing of Stanford White. Gaily dressed women gave th dingy place the appearance of a popular matinee. The crush displeased Thaw, and the Judge ordered that the door be locked and that bo mere people be permitted to en ter. A number of newspaper men and one of Thaw's lawyers were shut out. Mr. Jerome began the afternoon aeeslon by citing opinions of the court of ap peals to the effect that lay witnesses were not competent to pass upon th mental condition of a defendant. Wrote Stories of tha Murder. . Reporter Green said he had written many stories about Thaw butconly one In which he had any personal knowl edge of the facta. That was written the day after the tragedy. W1 the others wsre written from reports tele phoned by other reporters. Thomas McCaleb, who waa called by Del mas, was member of the Thaw "ir" fer''eNa tt -e son-Square roof garden on the night or tne tragedy. McCaleb aald he was l yeara old and lived In San Fratncisca He left the table and walked along with Mr. Thaw. , - - "Near the elevator." he continued, "I neara tnree shots in rapid succession. Mra. Tnaw exclaimed, - My Ood, haa saoc ' "I looked around and saw her nala and trembling and noticed that she waa looking at a small crowd of people. I saw Thaw in th group holding hla re volver, but upwards in the air. "Mra Thow aald: Harry, what have you aoner why did you do Itr "Thaw aald, 'I aavad your life.' Then Thaw kissed her. Other words were spoken, but I did not hear them In the exottement, - , "We all got In the elevator. I said to Truxton Beale. . 'He'a killed a man.' When we reached th sidewalk Thaw waa arrested. "Thaw asked soma one to take his wife to the Hotel Lorraine and call Carnegie, hi brother-in-law." In answer to ,I)elmas' question, Mo Caleb aald Thsw's . rnanner waalrr tlonaL . . HANDS OF CONGRESS TIED OS LABOR QUESTION Judiciary Committee Says the House Lacks Authority on Child and Woman Labor, v I Journal gpeelal servte. Washington, Feb. . Th house tu. dlclary committee today reported that congress hss no Jurisdiction or author ity over the subject of woman or child labor. . - "Th act I operative when the pro duct la manufactured." aays the. re port, "when It Is unknown whether tha same be atate or interstate commerce. It would be Just -a--logical to argue that conarress can regulat th age. color, aex, dress or height of an em ploye or his hour aa to say it can ex ercise Jurisdiction ovef; the subject of woman ana cnua moor. Human Iteanalns Are Found. A portion of the trunk of a man was found yesterday afternoon in the liver near the Inman-Poulsen mill snd turned over to the coroner. The remalna were In such an advanced tate of docomoo- sltlon that Immediate burial was neces sary. There were no clues to lis Iden tity. The body had evidently been In th water for over sU months, , TRIAL OF ROBDERS BEGINS Rankins Tries toHide Face From Crowd in Federal Court Room. A crowd that filled every seat In th fi-ol'ral courtroom. Including the chairs in tho .Jury box, and that overflowed into th nixies when, the presa waa eo great that it was only with difficulty that i the doors could be opened, gath ered this afternoon to witness the pre liminary lcarlngef the postofftce rob bers before United States Commissioner Edward MoKee: - . Anderson and Rnuklna, bound to gether with handcuffs, were the first to enter the oourtroom. Kelley and Carter came at- their heel. . As Ran kins. who waa nearest the rati behind which sat th crowd. nnsseiT noron the room to his seat, he lifted TifTTTat Snd hand to hla head so a to shield his face from the spectators. He slouched Into his chair and kept hta face turned from tha Irrowd, for fear. It ia believed, of being Identified by somebody in the for other crimes than thosa-Jut-l which he waa arreated. - Willis H. Moxon, assistant postmaster at St. Johns, waa - tha first . witness called and waa I asked by Assistant United Statea District Attorney Jamea Cole to tell the story of the robbery of the poatofflce at that place. Mr. Moxoi the atolen Mr. Moxon told of the discovery ois atAtoptfeglstered lettera. missing cash drawer, containing ah 0)1 1 III In pennies, and of the damage condition of the door through which the robbers entered the office. . By questioning on the part of Mr. Cole, Mr. Moxon described the office, telling how the stampa had been atored In certain drawers and deska and the method employed In keeping up the of fice aupply of stampa to be sold. Postal Inspector K. C 'Clement waa the next witness and testified aa to the condition of th office when he arrived after being notified of the robbery. When asked by Attorney McDevltt, rep resenting Anderson, aa to whether he knew who robbed the office Mr. Clement replied: "No, 'sir. not peraonally." J. D. Chapman, clerk in charge of the postal station at Sell wood, -followed Inspector Clement and told of tha rob bery of the Sell wood office. , Mr. Chap man testified that th door had been tampered with and that he waa unable to turn the lock with hla key. - He aald that all th stamp drawers had been pried open by Jimmies and that he found two of the Jimmies, . which he -turned -over to- man -Wearing a star and who aald . he waa a detective. UDS STEAL $115 MID GO FORTH FOR AINESTK Elder, Aged Eleven, Lands In Re form School- Younger Aged " .; ."" but Seven. r - (Special Dlapateb te The Joernal.) ' Forest Grove, Or, Feb. .Two little lad. Doman by nam, aged 7 and 11 yeara, " appeared in town from Galea Creek Monday with 1115 on their per aons, which they had separated from their father, who lives on th old Whit place, .i - .. . . .. As" soon as they arrived they "began preparations to spend their wealth. First they went to Abbott', th Jeweler, and bought a gold watch, planking down the coin. ' They went next to . Golf hardware ator and purchaaed a .revol ver, telling the hardware men that the!! rather bad aent them Tor it. Thence the desperado ffifanta went to Bailey' mercantile establishment and bought a pair of logger' shoes, which they had fitted up with logger's calks. At Hol 11 n gar's second-hand store they bought a rifle and went to Sloan's hotel to put up for the night. When tbey presented themselves for registration George Sloan, the landlord. waa auspicious aa to their actions and phoned "thel waa Informed by th parent that tho lad had taken 1111. Sloan held th boy, - -- - - Yesterday th elder boy was aent to th reform school and th seven-year-old waa taken back home by hla father. -Where the boy Intended to go 1 a myatery, aa also , why they desired to break away- from th parental roof, aa it 1 aald Mr. Doman treated bis chil dren with kindness. - , The lads' mother 1 dead. HEARS ARGUMENT IN CASE AGAINST TYPE COMPANY Judge Charle E. Wolvarton heard ar gument this morning In the case of Elizabeth Hems, administratrix of Fred erlck Helns, agnlnst the American Type Founder' company. In wklch th com plainant seeks to recover damagea fof the death of her husband. The argu ment was on a motion to strike out a certain paragraph of the complaint, Henry McGinn appeared for the com plainant and Ralph Wr Wilbur -for the defefldjvfc-- FORGER GOES TO JAIL ' FOR TWO YEARS (Special Plapatck t The Joaraal.) -The Dalles, Or., Feb. 0. Charles Scherer, alias Charlea Johnson, pleaded guilty to obtaining money under falsa pretenses, forging checks en, merchanta here, and waa sentenced to two years' imprisonment. He wa arrested In Portland and brought to this .city by Constable Harper. LOS ANGELES ON BOTH .SIDES OF THE QUESTION . ... (.Toarnai dpeelal SerTlea.f '. Washington, Feb. I. -The president received a letter from the Loa Angeles chamber of commerce, saying the. cm sens uphold hla demand that, th treaty right of th Japanese be' protected, but deprecating the custom of sending adult-Japanaaa .to school with wblt children. . . New Spring Suits. At I-e Palais noysl. 171 Washington street . Building Permits'. Building permit wer Hsued today as follows: r To H. C. Kabl. two-storv dwelling, Broadway between East Twenty-second and East Twenty-third, JJ.5Q0; Independent laundry, for boiler, Ollsan between Third and Fourth, 00; J, lea ser, two-story flat. Thirteenth, bet ween Clsy and Market, M.OOO. v VALLEY IiEED OF Promoter of Alrlle - Line Meets Leading.Citlzens of That . " Region. . COMMITTEES GATHER .FIGURES ON TONNAGE To UeiKrt mt Meeting Tvro Werka Hence Lumber Interest That, Would Kxpand With Transporta tion. ' - , '' :-''"' ' . -'-'- (Sperlal DUpatr'h to The Joaraal.) ' i . Cocxallla, Or.,Fcb. I. A mas meet ing of Benton county eitlsens waa held yesterday afternoon In King' Valley to discuss ' plana with president Joseph, IllrsChberg of the Alrlle railroad. liJG (1 tnrougn King" Valley and Hosklns to- . I Minn. with k. Til. a. T- t Hlodgett. r-Abor--a-iMsen-wT present Committees were appointed' to gather statistics as to th amount of freight ' that would be available from Polk and Benton counties, aa a promising show Ing is all that. Mr. Hirschberg has re quired from that locality In his plan , thus far. although the right of way and .aojneupscrljj.Ugns 1 ic(juiim, sUtr. i. i i ii ' i i"" v '.".r The leadera in tha movement at' King's Valley are prominent cttisena ! ya. P. IjOgnn, H. Selfert, A. C. Miller and C. A- Franta. ,. . ' mica Begioa to Be Bntered. The ap from Alrlle to-Blodgett Is 14 miles in length and the railroad.' If j built, would tap one of th richest little valleys In the state.. It ia at present almost impossible to get freight out of the "valley at a profit- because of tha Inconvenience of the route, and Portland ' mall is about three days In reaching that place. Three tie mills are already In opera tion in the valley, besides a large saw mill owned by C. A. Frants at Hoskin and - a flouring mill . owned by J. P. Loiranat King's Valley. ,. If the railroad Is built, as seems en tirely probable now, other tie and saw mills will be put in, a there la fine tim ber in large quantities available for such purposes near by. A telephone message from King's Val ley at tne conclusion or the meeting; yesterday afternoon stated that another meeting Was scheduled "for two weeks hence, at which time reports will be submitted by tha commltteea appointed and definite action taken toward a be ginning of the wdrk. s, Mr. Hirschberg holds out every prom ise to the King's Valley people that tha road will be built. . SHE DID NOT CARE . TO DIE JUST THEN - .i.-, i ... t. . So Wife of Unbalanced Student of Theosophy Sent for the . Police at Once. ' John M. Winter, who conduct a ree taurant at iit First street, went crasy ' on theosophy yesterday and became !m-'':-bueff with the idea that he wa called upon to give hi wife' soul a through ticket to a new incarnation. ' Mra.' Win ter I neither young nor good-looking, tut for some reason she did not fancy taking her chances with th numerou - ' spirits loafing about th anteroom of life waiting to be born again, and she obiected. She did not know but what she might have to Inhabit th body ofwi f I I. ur 1-mvi.n ui wnn oinrr unpopular . vi animal, and she decided that she would . ramer in won cnuugn aiunv. But Winter waa obdurate. He 'told her to prepare for her laat day on earth as a restaurant man's wife. She tried to persuade him to let her remain by ffnlfl cantly In tha direction of th bread knife she decided it waa time to send for the police. When arrested -Winter became violent.- Thla morning he waa transferred-, from the city Jail to th county Jail, and thla afternoon the Ques tion of bis sanity will, be probed Into by tne county court, airs, winter swore to an Insanity complaint agalnat her hus band, and K Is pre liable that ha will be aent to the state insane hospital at Salem, ""v YEARS BRING CHILL TO LOVE'S WARM BREATH . - After SO years as the wife of Jen Peter Johanson. Marl Johanaon ha Meelded- that she -would prefer to -spend - the remainder or her days alone. To day aha Wiled suit In th circuit court asking for divorce and 120 a month alimony or In lieu of alimony S00 In rash. The Johanaon were married in Denmark in 1877 and have two grown--np children. ' Th wife - allege thst during the past three yeara her hus band haa grown colli, that he apeak her seldom and then only with a sneer, and thst he haa been guilty of cruel and Inhuman treatment of her. . UNIVERSALIS HOLD : ANNUAL ELECTION ' Election of officer was held laat ' evening at the annual business meeting of th First Unlversallst church which waa preceded by a dinner. Th nw of- fleers are: C. W. Tracy, moderator; Charle 'C. Loveland, vice-moderator; ; Mrs. I F. O'Connor, clerk; A. B. Davis, ... treasurer; Mrs. N. J. Duncan, Miss t. A. Averlll and Miss Nellie Gibson, stand ing commute. Rev. J. W. Corby, for merly of BuffalOv the new pastor of -the church, addressed the gathering and created - much enthusiasm among tha membera. ' ' - . , . OFFICES CLOSE AT TIME OF FUNERAL "Th Portland office of th New .York Central railway was closed an hour to day, from It to 1 o'clock, in observsnc of the -funeral of the company'" vice- . president. O. 3. Grammar. All of th company' offices throughout th conn- try war closed at the same hour. Mr. Y Grammar waa on of the foremost traf flo men of the country, and waa highly respected for hi personal qualltle by all th railroad men who knew him. 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