THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY - EVENING, MARCH 27. 1907.
HOLD PURE FOOD
EXIIID1T HERE
SOLICITORS WORK HARD
TO CAPTURE BOUQUET
Everybody Gives Campaign Fund Grows Rapidly and the Desired
-Amount Will Soon Be Raised If Everybody Continues to ;
V - Assist the Popular Movement, " ,
ORE 000L1 10
THE POSTOFFICE
FIRST HEARIiJG
AT THE CAPITAL
HO BE
DU10ED PEOPLE
K! THREE CITIES
READY M l
Federal Official Now Examining
' Plans of Postmaster Minto
( for Improvements.
State', Railway. Commission to
Sit April Fifth Train Bul
letins Before It. V
Theatre to Be Repaired at Once
Report It Will Be Part of ,
Retail Grocers Plan Demonstra
tion .Which Will Include
7 ' Cooking Lectures. '
Confidence Man Found Victims
In Portland, Oregon City and
A Woodburn, and Tried Salem
the Orpheum Circuit.
.iAIiQUA.
1.'
At th noon luncheon today th SO
. committee and executive members of
th very body-give campaign (or the
T. M.C. A. building fund reported a
total of nearly $40,000 aeoured alnoe tba
100 started on the final campaign last
Monday morning, and leaves 160,000 yet
to be raised, or something more than
111,000 a day for tbe rest of the week.
No large single subscriptions were In
the total reported at noon today, and
the whole amount was chiefly -a poor
man's donation affair. The largest In
dlrldual subscriptions were from .1 E.
I.ytle, who Increased his former gift of
$600 to 11.000; the Noon Bag company,
that gave $160: Mitchell. Lewis at Ste
,ver. that added. $600 more, and the W.
P. Puller company, which added another
WO. .. ;
The prise .' committees at the noon
luncheon today were Non., 11 and t. No.
- -II having secured a total of $740.60, and
No. S 1517.' The first and second oom
mlttees on the list each day receive a
huge bouquet for their tables, and some
of the men bave worked harder for the
rapture of a bouquet than they ever did
for a $100 commission.
Today the wide red lines on the big
map at headquarters stretched out over
TURBANED TURK WOULD FILL .
BEN BIGLIN'S OLD POSITION
Abdul Bey, all the 'way from Turkey,
has applied to the civil service commis
sion for the position of harbormaater,
' and he wants-It. too. Moreover, he
wants his salary fixed at 1500 a month.
He aaya he cannot live decently at a
t smaller salary. The present salary la
.1100 a month. .
Abdul thinks he would make a fine
harbormaater. The commission was not
. prepared to express an opinion, but they
STATE ; FAIR GR 0 UN DS -
TOBE?lj)Cflrll
State Board of Agriculture Plan
to Apply Legislative ,
. . .' ;'r . Appropriation. ' h';'-;.
(Special Dispatch at The tarsal)
Salem, Or March 17. The atate
' board of agriculture met at the atate
house y ee tarda y and elected i W. H.
Downing of Shaw, president of the
board and W. H. Matlock of Pendleton
, vloe president to fill the place of the
lata Jasper Wllklns of Coburg, -. r
It was decided by the board to make
the Improvements at the fair grounds
immediately.. - The plan is to bujld 'the
new buildings In an oval, eaoh part of
ths livestock departments opening Into
" the Judge' arena, which Is also an In
novation. In the erecting of the build
ings a permanency will be sought and
It Is hoped the $10,000 appropriated will
amply oover the contemplated work. Of
the new bulldlnga there will be erected
five barns for cattle, to accomodate 100
head each, four barns, for horses, two
barns for sheep, one each for hoga and
goats and a Judging arena, making four
teen new bulldlnga in all.
, Tbe board also contemplates the es
tablishing of a park system and the
planting of shrubbery and flowers. This
will necessitate - the tearing down . of
the bootha Just north of the main pavll
. Ion. The main driving entrance will be
changed to a point west of Its present
location. It Is expected that most of
the work will be done with the aid of
eonvlot. labor and will occupy moat of
th summer. , V
Tho horticultural display at the fair
will be tn charge of I T. Reynolds of
Chemawa. J. R. Bhepard " of Zona and
E. Holloday of Brownsville. -
NAMES OF CONVICTS ON
PAROLE KEPT SECRET
(Special Dwpetrh to Tie osraaL '
Salem, Or., March IT. In accordance
with th new parol law and the pro
visions of the act denning the lnde-
' terminate sentence, Governor Chamber
lain tie paroled 11 prisoners. There
are more than II prisoners at th stats
. prison serving Indeterminate sentences.
Among th rules to which the prisoner
must subscribe after he has signed the
parol blank are that he must report on
bla arrival at his destination to tbe su
perintendent at th penitentiary; must
abstain from the use of Intoxicating li
quors; must respect the laws and con
duct himself as an honest atd good oltl
sen and make a monthly raport to the
superintendent, and, on his leaving the
atate, must report th fact. .
Th nunc of any of the convicts pa
roled could not be obtained, as the gov
ernor and th prison official have de
cided not to make the names of tbe
men public, with the object to enable
. them to make the best of th clrc in
stances that, arise before them with
out being submitted to undue criticism
and bounded by police and detectives,
wr often seek fo trap ex-convicts. The
Idea of the parol law is to give every
man a chance to lead a new life.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
REFUSE CITY POSITIONS
;.. ; ,;".
riv positions In . city departments
went begging this morning. Peter O.
Hunter, who had passed the examination
for assistant building Inspector, de
clined to accept the place. Albert K.
Dukehart also . told - ths civil . servloe
commission that he had no deelre to be
a fireman, John Frey, John Whit and
Henry J. Lueder said they did not ear
to accept positions in ths street cleaning
department 'The communications were
placed, on file. ? ; -
The commleaion fixed the minimum
height of applicants for positions on the
police force at flv feet and seven
Inches and th minimum, weight at 140
pounds. ,
, Memorable Day at V. of O. ' '
(Specltl DlapeteS T JeeraaLI
TJnlverelty of Oregon, Kugene,. March
ST. May S will he a gala day long to
be remembered In the annals of the uni
versity, for on that day Stnnford meets
Oregon here for the championship of the
rsclrtc coast. In the evening the Junior
clans will glv a grsnd ball. Commit
tees have been appointed to attend to
the arrangements. .
most of the business district of the
etty. To this morning the committees
had worked no farther north than Burn
slde street, but by noon today some
workers had penetrated to the terminal
yard district and solicitors were arguing
tbe matter with greasy engine-wipers
and grimy firemen. Until thla rooming
Yamhill atreet had been the aouthern
boundary for the committees, but at
noon committees had gone as far south
as Montgomery street, though only the
few blocks facing the plasa strip h&d
been solicited. Just how wide the ex
tremes are between the classes being
solicited today may be Judged front the
.fart that tne city and county Jails, tbe
waterfront roustabouta, the terminal
yards, the mayor's office, the elty audi
tor! the county judge, the 10-cent lodg
ing houses and the front street Junk
shops al) fell within some man's territory.---'
: ' ' '
Every day the work "of" 'the committee
Is -harder, every day the city aalesmen
who have tackled the Job are discover
ing greater trouble In keeping up their
average, but every day these , men are
working harder and dlaoover ; how , to
deal with men on tba isauj at atake, and
so manage to keep up the pace set ear
lier In the week.
told th turbaned Turk that If he would
stay in the country a little while and
get out his eitlsenship papers they would
give him chanoe to pusxle out a few
questions prppoeed at a civil service ex
amination. 'Abdul seemed to be willing',
and aald that during ths Interim, be
would try to earn a living as master of
one of th trans-Willamette liners, other
wise known as ferryboats. If the county
court would give him the Job. '
GIVEN MORE TIME
TFOR AGREEMENT
.-.i ' r-.j'-;'. ' . .. . ' f y'v- ;.v
This was the day set for the deoialon
by the county court in reference to the
franohlss of th Mount Hood railroad,
but Judg Webster announced from th
bench today that he would extend tbe
time until April IT, that sufficient time
may be given the property owners to
a (rree regarding the widening of th
road. .- J .
There ' Is a stretch of about eight
miles along tie road which the railroad
company wifehea to utilise- for Its road
bed, but property owners object because
of th narrowness of the road. It I
believed that some arrangement can be
made by which th property owner on
th section of th rosd wanted by the
railroad company will ae It to their
interest to donate a strip SO feet wide
for th use of th railroad.
IJHREE SALEM BLOCKS
, ; WITH BITULITHJC
(Special Dispatch te Ths JoeraaL) -
' Salem, Or March $7. After months
of delay th Salem city eoonoil last
night decided to pave three block on
Stat atreet with bltulithlo pavement.
Th pavement will extend from th west
side of Commercial atreet to th west
side of Church street The cost of th
psvlng will b tM.S01.SS to th property
owners. - All the . councilman ' present,
namely Churchill. ,, Downing, Fraser,
Good. Greenbeum, Haas. Jacob, Low,
Radcllff and Stockton, voted for th
ordinance. Th ordinano : haa been
carefully drawn up and contains an
emergency clause and will go Into ef
fect at one. Councllmen Bayene, Gea
nea and. Waldo were, absent and Mr.
Stole Is visiting In th east
. Another ordinano was also enacted
providing for application ot th Initia
tive and referendum to th city. -
REVOLT OF PEASANTS :;
SPREADS OVER ROUMANIA
'. , ' ? .- ,r,r,
. (Joaraat Special Hrtee.t
1 Vienna,. March - ST. Peasants are la
revolt all over the kingdom of Rou
manian The city of Bucharest IS In a
stag of siege and peasant are pillag
ing towns and villages all over the
country. Led by three students, S.000
peasants entered the city of Petreaou
to3ay, and destroyed many of th build
ings. Twenty-three . land owners have
been killed and 4S villages burned by
the peasant In Teloennan and Vlashtca.
Their movements are directed against
th Christian . land owners as well as
against th Jews. , -,
ANDERSON'S EMPLOYER
BENEFACTOR OF WIDOW
(Special Dtopatct te Tbe Journal.)
Canbr, Or., March 17. George v H.
Brown, th . farmer for whom O. " An
derson was' working when the latter
met his death by an explosion of dyna
mite last week,- has paid off th mort
gage on th Anderson farm, leaving
Mrs. Anderson a clear '. title to th
property. - Brown '' also ' paid all th
funeral expenses. Speaking of the In
cident this morning Mr. Brown said his
only consideration in paying the mort
gage and ths funeral expenses was the
fact that' Andsrson waa working with
him when he met death. Mrs. Ander
son's home consists of SS acre, all In
crops and a comfortable residence.
METEORIC CAREER OF I V
V WOODBURN CHECK MAN
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fSpedal Dtapateb te The JonraaLI
Woodburn. Or., March ST. Traveling
under the nam of Will turn Bell, a party
yesterday left hi check on a Victoria
bank for $ $0,000 at the Bank of Wood
burn, attended a meeting of th Royal
Arch chapter, promised the Masons the
loan of 1 8.000 on the proposed new
Masonlo hall, rented the lower part for
$71 a year, borrowed t(0. and took the
train for Salem, .where he waa taken
into custody last night He claimed, to
be a ISd decree Mason. His nam at
Victoria 1 John Wright In response
to telegraphic inquiry m Victoria bank
replied that Bell had no funds there. .
m 1 1 1
Fir Causes Heavy Loss. ',
(Joe mat Snertal fWvfre.) -
Elisabeth. N.- C, March 27. Fir in
th business section of the rlty this
morning caused a loss of 1400,000,
The' Portland poatofflcs'ls at last tn
danger of receiving another patch or
two in order that the employes may not
be so badly crowded as they are at
present . . . ',,''
Pursuant to thl recommendation of
Postmsster Minto, who bas aaked the
department for certain chances In tbe
building, F. W. Grant, superintendent
of construction of the United States
custom house and poetolTlc at Seattle,
cams to Portland thla morning- to
make an examination of - conditions
bare. : ',' . - '
, jnatforxa, STeeded. ' '.- '
Postmaster Minto has aaksd that a
platform be constructed on the Sixth
street side of the building for the con
venience of the mallhandlera In receiv
ing taall from the train a and loading
it upon the wagons for conveyance to
the depots or other places of shipment.
The great problem now confronting the
postoffle management Is room." AH de
partments are crowded and the. em
ployes are compelled by the arrange?
ment of the building to work with In
sufficient ventilation and without suf
ficient light. ( , , .- 1
To provide space and give added con
venience both ' Postmaater ' Minto has
also aaked that a change be - made in
the registry department. At the pres
ent time there la a space some 10. feet
square which leai j from the main cor
ridor on the south and to the registry
window. It Is the desire to move the
partition out to tho corridor, thus giv
In the registry department more room
and at the same time permitting of a
limited rearrangement la the other de
partments. :. - , ' ' ' . -
. The stamp window will be moved, ac
cording' to Mr, Minto' s plana, to the
south end of the corridor., thaa giving
the-stamp clerk a chance to have other
than artificial light and ' ventilation.
It la also desired to place Iron gratings
around tbe windows as an aid to trie
employee In handling the crowds and
at the aame time In giving a freer cir
culation of air. . ,
, Mr. Orant reached the city this
morning' from Seattle and at once be
gan his work of ' Investigation. He
went over the suggestions made by
Postmaster Minto with that official and
took careful notice , of . present , condi
tions. " Whether or not the department
will allow the requests of Mr. Minto
depends upon the report which will be
made by Mr. Orant. and as the neces
sity for ' ths changes Is evident Mr.
Minto Is confident that his requests will
be granted and that the work will be
commenced at one. 7 ,,'..
MAY ESTABLISH LINE ;
OF ALASKAN STEAMERS
' ' - (ftpaelal Dwpateh te Tbe JearaaD
' Seattle. March 17. With the view of
establishing new steamship line be
tween Seattle and Nome, Captain J.'H.
Bennett of the San Francisco shipping
and commission firm ' of Bennett 4t
GoodsH haa been In the etty for the
past week looking over th situation.
Captain' Bennett also, paid Tacoma a
visit to ascertain the freight outlook.
Should th Arm decide to enter th
Bering soaytrade ' two freight and pas
senger ' steamships having a combined
tonnage of MOO tons will be brought
to Seattle from Ban Francisco., r '
SALOON QUESTION IN . :
C : WOODBURN ELECTION
(Special Dteeetc te Tbe Joeraal.) -Woodburn,
Or., March $7. At a large
ly attended primary In this city last
night th following ticket was placed
In nomination: H. D. Brown, mayor:
A. P. Branlgar and Paul Souf. coun
cllmen; S. ' C Berry, treasurer; J. A.
Knight,- recorder; John Isler, marshal.
Many declined to participate, tbe meet
ing being alleged to be controlled by
th saloon element Th election will
be next Monday, when tbe saloon li
cence queetion will be again decided.
It Is probable that one or two other
tlcketa will be placed In th field. ,,
BURNSIDE STREET BEARS
V - HER FATHER'S NAME
Mrs. Frances Burnsid Canby, widow
of th lata B. L. Canby, of Vancouver,
Washington, died of spinal meningitis
at Spokane yesterday. Mrs. Canby was
a daughtsr ot Daniel ' W. Burnald. a
pioneer, of the early 60a. and for whom
Burnsid street was named. She leave
three children. Margaret. Burnslde and
Polly; a sister, Mrs. Jamea O. Wotod
worthi of St Paul, and two brothers,
Davis and Thomas, both ef whom re
side at Lewis ton, Idaho. B, L. Canby
waa for many years a resident of Van
couver. Washington, and died there in
101. Mrs. Canby will be burled In
Portland. Funeral announcement later.
SAYS HIS WIFE MAKES
LIFE A HARD BURDEN
Fred 1 V. Eggert required but flv
month to find out that he would not
be able to llv In peace and happiness
with his wife, Mrs. Maud Eggert nd
for that reason aaked the state circuit
court this morning to give htm a divorce,
Eggert alleged that Mrs. Eggert called
htm a liar, thief and many other vile
names; that she has beaten and struck
him and to add Injury to Insult hit him
with a hot Iron. Eggert enters many
other complaints against hla wife, which
show that the couple have not ' been
having a Joyoua honeymoon. They were
married In Portland, October SS, 190$.
TH0RNDYKE HEARING '
POSTPONED BY JUDGE
A small army of St Johns' politicians
besieged the county court room this
morning to hesr argument In th man
damns proceedings brought by D. C
Rogers, relator for Oregon, against W,
L. Thbrndyke, city recorder of St Johns,
to. compel th recorder to plaoe the
nam of Rogers as wall as 10 other can
didate on th election ballots at th
forthcoming election. They were dis
appointed, however, because th hear
ing was postponed until this afternoon,
when th argument will be heard be
fore Judge Sear. ;
California Floods Itacmllng. ,
' Stockton, March ST. Th crest of the
flood tn the San Joaquin river la now
down to about th mouth of th old
river. Th islands ar still holding out
and It Is believed they . are' safe. Fully
110,000 acres of reclaimed land tn this
county ar flooded and th damag can
not be estimated now,
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(Saeelal fHapatc re Tt Jnaraal.t
Salem. Or., March ST. The etate rail
way commission will hold a meeting at
the eapitot Tuesday, April 6, to consider
the application of Henry Hahn, chairman
of the transportation committee of the
chamber of commerce of Portland, for
an order providing for the reasonable
regulation, practice and service of bul
letining tbe time of arrival and departure
of trains which receive and discharge
psssengers at stations.
This Is a matter by which the traveling
publlo will be benefited and the action
of the commission In that reapect .ought
to materially remedy what la a great
Inconvenience to the publlo. ! -''
This will be the first hearing held by
the commissioners In thla city. A notlca
of the meeting haa been sent to all rail
roads In th stat. . ,
lOTICAHD HOSBiO -BROKE
UP FURNITURE
Blanch Coffeen has sued Rolls Cot
feen for divorce on the ground of cruel
and Inhuman treatment alleging In the
complaint which ah filed In the stat
circuit court thla morning that Coffeen
has been a 1 habitual drunkard for a
number of years and that on ona occa
sion he was drunk for three weeks.
Mrs. Coffsen alleges In her complaint
that they were married at Omaha. .Ne
braska. April S3. 1899, and that a short
time after their marriage Coffeen began
hla abusive treatment. She alleges that
Coffeen became drunk and broke up the
furniture. To add to her troubles and
to' humiliate her, Mrs. Coffeen alleges
that Coffeen told her he could have a
better time with other women than he
could with her. Mrs. Coffeen further
alleges that Coffeen' corresponded with
other women. , . t-
Mrs. Coffeen states In her complaint
that Coffeen la earlnng 1175 a month.
She wanta a divorce and 11,000 alimony
for the care of their two children, also
th piano which her father gave her at
the time of her marrlag and which her
husband f" his imei-isalnn
MHD OFFICE CLERK WAS
PAID 10 CENTS :AH ACRE
(Washington Bsraea ef Tbe Jsaraal.) '
Washington, D. O. March 17. WU
llara E. Valk, a clerk In the general land
office, at th Blnger' Hermann trial this
morning testified that he was paid 10
cents an acre for pushing through the
land desired to be passed ' to patent
for Benson and Hyde. -1
'Harlan, another clerk, swore that be
was employed by, Benson to give ad
vane Information regarding forest, re
serves. , .-: ,
Irwin Rlttenhous. formerly clerk -of
in cnier cierg, and also secretary to
nermann, is now on tbe stand. He was
Francis J. Heneys private - secretary
during the Investigation and prosecu
tion In Oregon of the land fraud cases,
and has been assigned to assist the dis
trict attorney her ' to prosecute tbe
Hermann trial. , It Is expected that Rlt
tenhous will glv Important testimony.
HORSE FAMINE IN '
LINN IS PREDICTED
1 - (Special Dlepatcs te Tbe JearseL)
Albany, Or., March 17. Th demand
for heavy draft horses Is unprecedented
In th history of Una .county. Every
dsy sees large number of th best
horses shipped to outside points. Fancy
prices prevail, and good teams readily
bring from $100 to 1(00. These buy
srs com from points in Washington
and San Francisco. It I aald that
many of th animals shipped from her
ar sent to Alaska and Seattle. The fir
In San Francisco has Increased the de
mand for horses for heavy teaming.
' Should th present demand continue.
It will have a tendency to take away
all th available horse and farmers
will be obliged to depend on old and
practically worn-out animals. There Is
a great willingness to sell, and . when
the price suits the owner of team or
animal a bargain usually, result. - ,
' It la not unlikely there may be a
horse famine in thee districts, and
th tiller of the aotl may find himself
greatly handicapped. .
Th greatest excitement ' prevails
among horsemen, and every possible so
lution offered for th Increase In the
pric of fancy horses. .
INDOOR RANGE F0R , .
GUARD AT ALBANY
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' " fspeelal Dispatch te Tbe Jnereat)' ' -Albany,
Or., March' ST. Captain Wil
liam M. Denny, of the ordnance depart
ment of the Oregon National Guard, ha
been In . th city superintending th
construction of an Indoor rang ' for
Company G, Third ' Infantry, 0. N. O.
Th Indoor range ar a great benefit
In improving the marksmsnshlp of the
men. The-regular arm Is used In this
Indoor work, with a reduced charge, and
th fascination of la Insld work dur
ing the winter month will be a large
factor In keeping the organisations re
cruited to full strength. Th rang waa
put Into us last evening and proved a
success In every respeot . ..
FARMER PLOWS OUT
WHITE MAN'S BONES
' (Saedal Mapateh s Tlia. Jnarnal.) '
Walla. Walla. Wash.. March ST. The
skeleton of a whit man waa unearthed
by O. W. Allen Just outside the city
limit yesterday afternoon while plow
ing. The coroner took "charge of the
bones. He pronounced them th remains
of a young man. He arrived at the con
clusion from th good condition of th
teeth. It I supposed the man had been
burled about 10 yeare. : Ther 1 nothing
to Indicate how he met death. ..
' Carnegie Indorse Teddy. '
., ' tJoeroal Special terries,! .
Wsshlngton, March 17. Andrew
Carnegie . today aald: "I Indorse the
president's attitude toward th rail
roads absolutely. He I th beet friend
th roads have and they had better ac
cept his moderate vlewa or be faced
with a man In the Whit Hons who
will approach the situation from an en
tirely -different standpoint.' . ,
'. I.. 11 , H 11 1 in 1 1 hi , .
' y referred Stoek Canned Oeoda.
Alien Lewis' Best Brand, . .
It was definitely announced today by
Alexander May, who, with ' others, re
cently purchased the Marquam Grand
theatre that contracts for the required
Improvements had been let and that the
house had been leased to the Imperial
Amusement company for theatrical pur.
poses.'. . ..,, - - -1
The snnouncement Is th first positive
Information of the disposition of the
famous old playhouse. However, It bas
not been announced what line of at
tractions will be offered at the Mar
quam. The Imperial Amusement com
pany was recently Incorporated by 8.
Morton Cohn and associates, and It la
aald to b likely that the Orpheum at
tractions will be offered at the Mar
quam.-. ' , i
Architects ar rushing plana, so that
th work of repairing the theatre may
be begun at onoe. When the place waa
cloaed It was estimated by the author!-,
ties that the sum of C0.0UO must be X:
ponded before It would be permitted to
be reopened. However, It la thought that
the house may be placed In thoroughly
Improved 'and desired condition at a
much leas figure. : . r :
' Th Marquam haa been closed sine
March U. 10. As a result of recent
transactions. 11 is saia mil ine nous 1
1 1 . . 1
and that soon after that date theatrical
attractions will be offered ther. -
BANKERS EXPECT
TO MEET HERE
Th executive committee of th Ore
gon State Bankers' association la plan
ning thla afternoon for th third annual
meeting of th ststs association, th
annual banquet and th place of meet
ing. All of the executive commute
reached th city this morning from dlfr
ferent parts of the atate and the meet
ing was called at S o'clock by President
E. V. Carter of Ashland.
While th plao for holding the meet
ing and banquet has not been definitely
determined upon, .and will not be until
the close of the meeting late this after
noon, It la very probable that Portland
will be decided Upon."' Owing' to better
banquet facilities and the added fact that
ail of th member of the association
can snaps their business to com to
Portland better than moat any other
place, this elty haa the1 preference. .
The Bankers' "association was organ
ised during th Lewis and Clark expo
sition, and th coming meeting will be
the, third annual event counting from
the organisation meeting. Th associa
tion haa grown very rapidly since its
creation until at ' the present time it
Includes practically SO per , cent of the
banker of th stat.
Th members of th executive commit
tee who were In the city today to attend
the meeting were E. ; Carter of Ash
land, William Pollman of Baker City,
Leslie Butler of Hood River. W. J.' Fur
nish of Pendleton, W. H. Dunckly of the
Ladd at Tllton bank, Portland; E. W.
Maine of Forest Grove, J. L, Ha r J man
or Portland, John 11. Albert or Bajent,
M. 8.. Woodcock of Cor va 111.
P0RTLANDERS ON
DAKOTA WRITE
Ths first Information that has come
from the Portland passenger who war
on th Ul-fatd steamship Dakota, that
went on a rock 40 mile from Yokohama
on March I, waa received thla morning
in ' letters to Portlanders. ' Th Port
land psssengers , on the Dakota were
Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Doernbecher' and
daughter Miss Ada Doernbecher, Miss
Sarah Forbes, sister of . Mrs. Fred O.
Buf f um, of Buffum Pendleton, and
Mr. Spencer, who was on her way to
Join hsr husband In Hongkong.
Th letters received thl morning
stat that th Dakota' atruck while go
ing at fairly good speed, and, deaplt
the extreme Immediate danger, th pas
senger wer thoroughly cairn and th
beat of discipline prevailed. . Th pas
sengers wer Immediately taken to the
nearest landing point, from where they
wer shortly, taken to Yokohama. Th
aocldent did not upset tbe plana of the
Portlanders, as they continued their
trip through th orient. The passengers'
baggage wasreported as lost.
NICKEL-IN-SL0T CASES
ARGUED IN POLICE COURT
' '.'..! , - ' '!";,. t
For nearly an hour this morning At
torney Ralph' Moody, representing Mark
Schluaael and Alfred Wlckam. . pro
prietor of th elgar stor at 10 Wash
ington street, who wer arrested Mon
day night on warrants charging thsm
with maintaining gambling devloea In
violation f th law, argued hla de
murrer to th complaint against th two
men.- " .,-'.
Moody contended that th complaint
did not recite fact sufficient to consti
tute a orlme, as It waa not alleged that
any element of chanc entered Into the
device.
Deputy District Attorney Haney and
Deputy City. Attorney . Pttsgerald in
their arguments held that th law pro
vide that th stats Is only compelled
to make out a prima facie ease L ., It
Is only necessary for ths prosecution to
show that th machine were exposed
for us In a publlo place controlled by
th defendants and th burden of prov
ing that the machines were not used
for gambling purpoaea was on th de
fense. Judg Cameron after listening to th
arguments announced that he would
take the matter under advisement and
glv his decision tomorrow.
PODHORSKY'S ASSAILANT ;
WAIVES PRELIMINARY
1 ' - (ioanal gpeelal Servlee.r k'
Gold field. Nev, March 17. J. C. Hlnea.
who shot and killed Count Pbdhorsky
her last week, waived preliminary ex
amination when taken to Hawthorne
thla morning to appear before th grand
Jury. W. F. Beard, a Seattle attorney.
Is on hla way here with Albert Cody,
a former deputy marshal at Nome, to
assist In Hlnea' defense. John Rnssone
of Seattle, a former business partner
of th count, wired to hold hla remain.
Taxes of Columbia and Linn. '
- (Special phDatrh te The Innrnal.) .'
Salem, Or., March - 17. Two more
counties paid their taxes for th year
HOT to ths stat treasurer yesterday.
Columbia county paid Its full amount
of taxea, tlO.lti. and Linn county paid
ttp.ooo. ,
, The Portland Retail. Merchants asso
ciation decided at It meeting laat night I
to hold a pure, food show early In the
fall. The place of holding th show
has not been definitely decided upon,
hut It will probably he In the Armory.
Th show will Isst two weeks and will
b patterned after th asm class of
entertainment that have been given un
der the auspices of tbe retail grocers
In several large, eastern cities during
the past two or three years, notably
Boston. Chicago and Philadelphia.
- Secretary Merrick has been working
out th plana for the proposed shew for
some time, A large number of the
national . manufacturers of , foodstuffs
have been ; heard from .and nearly all
express a willtngnese to take space in
the how hall and demonstrate . the
purity of their good a. - Oregon manu
facturers are also Interested and will
xhlbltand demonstrate their goods.
-VaudsvUie, musln and other feature
will be introduced to entertain tbe
crowd. Cooking lecture will also b a
prominent feature of the show. - .. ,
The retail merchant are enthustsstle
for. the enterprise. Secretary Merrick
says that wherever It haa been tried, It
haa proved big success. -
The organisation of a fir Jnsursne
company among th members of th re
tall grocers wa generally discussed at
last night's meeting. Th secretary se
cured ths names of 15 members who,
together, with SI up-state merchants,
ar to become th Incorporator of th
company. Th plan Is to start by limit
ing th amount of Insurane that any
on member can take to 11,000.
Herman Wittenberg addressed the as
sociation on th necessity of manufac
turer, wholesaler .and- retailer standing
together to maintain prices. 'Twenty
one new member were admitted to the
association. ,
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
FOLLOWS TRAIN WRECK
i Special Dispatch to The Journal.
4 New York. March 17. Indict-
4 ment . . wer - today returned 4
against the New York Cent rat 4
railroad ss a corporation. Vice- .
.president Albert H. Smith nd ;
- General Superintendent .Ira A.
4 McCormlok a' Individuals, charg- , 4
4 Ing thsm with manstaughtar as 4
4 th result of th wreck of the
Brewster Express near Woodland " ,4
on th night of February it, in
which 14 persons wer killed. .
'. .'...--.- 4
EUGENE CONTRACTS '
FOR BITULITHIC
(Special Dlspatob k The Journal.) '
. Eugene, Or.. March 17. -The Eugene
city council at a meeting last . night
awarded to th Warren .Construction
company -of - Portland th contract for
paving Willamette - street' from the
Southern Paclflo depot' to . Eleventh
street, a distance of seven blocks, with
bltulithlo pavement Th contract pro
vides that th pavement shall not be
laid before th Willamette Valley com
pany laya It street railway-tracks on
th street, work on which Is now about
to begin. At the meeting a majority
of the owners of the property on Fast
Ninth street from Willamette to Pearl,
two blocks, petitioned th council to
pav that portion of th atreet Prop
arty owners oh other streets are said
to b figuring on such a movement and
it Is probable that befor th summer
Is over almost th entire business dis
trict of th city will be paved.
FUEL DEALERS MAY BUY
ASHBURNING INVENTION
. (Jearsal Snedal Servlca.) ',
Altoona. Pa., March ST John Ell-
more, th cobbler, whoa Invention for
making beat from as has may change
th entire coal Induatry, may never give
hi discovery to th world. He Is .not
Inclined to talk of th process of whloh
he was lately so communicative. Hla
mysterious solution has been so success
fully demonstrated that It created con
sternation . among mine owner and
opera tore and th talk I that Ellmor
was offered xn almost fabulous sum by
men Interested In coal and oil if he
would deatroy hla secret or sail it out
right - . ;
SPINAL MENINGITIS k
KILLED HIM IN A QAY
(Mpedal Dtapateb te Tbe' JooraaL)
Chehalls. Wash- March S 7. Peter
Dershay, SO years old. mall stag driver
between unenaus ana Aipna, aieo, at 1
o'clock this morning. He drove th
tag yesterday morning and seemed In
the best of health. - The doctors pro
nounc th cause of death spinal menin
gitis, .-v.'' ' '
PORTLAND BOY CHOSEN
AS STANFORD DEBATER
. ' , ,'
(Jnaraal 8ptl gervtoe.t
San Francisco, March SI. Th Stan
ford debating team which will meet th
University of California in the Inter
collegiate eonteat waa chosen last night
On of th members Is C C McCoiloch
ot Portland. . , ' -
, Charity Ple No Good.' -Declarlng
that the ess waa on ef
th vilest thst he had ever been called
upon to decide. Judge Cameron today
found Charlea Phillips and Alice Keeley
guilty ot Immoral conduct and sentenced
the man to to nay on the rocxpne.
Mrs. Keeley will be sentenced tomorrow.
The woman Is married and the mother
of five children. 6he contended that
ah had been driven from horn by the
brutal treatment of her spous. Phillip
sought to show thst he had been ac
tuated by charltabl motives In taking
th woman under hla protection but
Judge Cameron was not Impressed by
this plea.
Russian Editor Assassinated. .
: I Jesrnel Special Sereira,
Moscow. March ST. An unknown
youth today ahot and killed Jollo. the
editor of th Ruehkl Vledomostl, ss the
Journalist wss leaving hla residence.
The youth escaped. Jollo waa a mem
ber of th first Russian parliament, ,
v Strike Threatens Another Road. ,
(Joeroel Special Ser1f.
Chicago, March 37. Th Canada
Northern wan today sdded to the roads
against whloh strike Is threatened.
making a total of 41. Th commute
la In conference today. - ' 1
(special Dispatch te Tbe Joe. rati. -Salem,
pr.. March 17. A smooth
confidence man whon lateat alias 1s
William Bell, wss arrested In Salem
this, morning by Marshal Gibson and
Deputy Sheriff Minto charged with
cashing a bogus check for I 50 on th
Bank of' Woodburn, J, M. Poorman,
caahlae of th- bank, signed -the-tnfor- -
mauon. . 1. . -
Bell, who operated at Oregon City
under the name of John. King, wear
Knight Templar 'and Elks'-badges and
had a - Christian Science text-book In
hi pocket when arrested. Ha appeared
at Woodbnrn Sunday and became ac
quainted with prominent Masons.
. Bell said he waa a heavy stockholder
In a Grand Rapids furnitur compsny
and that his , son had -Just married a
Portland girl. He wanted to set this
son up In th furniture buslnees . at
Woodburn and leased the, new Masonlo
building .In that to and paid a year's
rent In advance with a check on a Mont
real bank for 1760.
He then got Banker 'J. M. Poorman
lo cash a check for 1(0 and cam to
Salem armed with a letter f Introduo-'
tlon to George G. Bingham,- a local at
torney and prominent Mason. Befor
leaving Woodburn Bell deposited for
collection with th Bsnk of Woodburn
a check on Montreal for tlO.OOO,
Poorman thought thla looked auspi
cious and ' telegraphed Montreal, only
to find that Bell had no account there.
He Informed Salem officers and his ar
rest followed. Bell operated at Ore
gon City and deposited large checks on
various Canadian banks with the Bank
of Oregon City. In that town he had
Knapp'aY Kdebel cash a check for (20
and was negotiating for the purchase
of a hlsterio mansion on th bluff. . At
Oregon .City he went under the nam
of John King. It la aald that ha ob
tained money at Portland In ths sam
manner unaor suu inoinrr sum. .
nroT nr finno
DEOI UT IILWu
FROM IVALLOIVA
Elgin-Joseph Extension - to Bo
Pushed -May Be Finished by
Fall Big Wool Tonnage.
(Special Dispatch te The JoerseL)
, Joseph. Or., March ST. The snnounce
ment of th railroad officials that th
Elgin-Joseph extension would be pushed
to completion was welcome news to all
atlon by th O. R. N. In th way of
withdrawing th construction crew waa
doubted by many here, tnc the right
of way" deed carry revere! ve claus
In many case, and. further owing to
th fact that there waa no Indication
that any work was being abandoned.
. Where th Oradmrs Ar Working'.
' A u wvn umm OTWU VUVIW VJ .IIW wis-
tractor, Ertcson It Peterson. Between
Joseph and Enterprise J. M. Mitchell
haa a large fore at work grading, and
haa less than half th Job to complete.
Between Enterpris and Losttn th
work of grading la being rapidly pushed,
and It la understood to be completed be
tween Loetlne and th town of Wallowa.
Between Wallowa and th confluence ot
th Wallowa, and Mlnam rivers, which
Is locally known as "the bridge." th
line follow down th canyon of th
Wallowa river for is miles, and 01 una
ther remains hut about two mile ot
grading, , which ia 'scattered along In
various places. From "the bridge" to
th confluence of th MI nam and Grand
Rond river about three miles of heavy
rock work rmln to be done. Th
grading to th latter point from Elgin
haa been completed for aom month
and It Is. understood th laying of th
track on that section has , been about
completed. , ,
'-, Bi Tonnag of tl to Beach.
. Ther haa been a great deal of specu
lation as to th ttm whan ths Elgin
Joseph branch will be completed, many
thinking it would reach here early 'hi -spring,
but It aow seem that early next
fall will b about the date. It Is sup
posed an effort will be made by th
railroad company to have Its line com
pleted to "the bridge" by June, in order
to take ear of th Immena wool crop '
of Wallowa county.
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
LOBBY IN ILLINOIS
, noeraal Special Service.) . r 1
Springfield, I1L, March ST. A draatlo
meaaure to prevent th sal of tickets
to theatre, circuses or other place of
amuaement at price greater than a
pric to be printed on their faces In bold
typ passed th house this morning and
two railroad prealdenta, Felton of th
Alton and Harrlman of th Illinois Cen
tral and high officials of other line,
superseded thslr attorney and regular
agents as a lobby befor th legislature
today to addree th committees on dif
ferent queetion now befor th 'law
makers. ,
STRIKE OF, TRAIN MEN
, ; DEEMED SURE TO COME
(Jnaraa! Special Serrlea.t "
Chicago. March 17. It looks now Ilk
a strike 1 certain. All negotiations be
tween the railroad managera and em
ployee ended at S o'clock thla afternoon,
when the Joint aesslon ended. Ac
cording to th present plan the dele
gate will not meet guin, Th union
delegate will meet this afternoon to
decide what action to take.- They here
been Instructed by referendum "Vote
to call a strike If they deem It proper.
Reporters Are Excluded. ' .
(Journal Special SirvtueJ
, Chicago. March 27. The trainmen's
committee Is stilt In secret conference
this afternoon at the Auditorium hotel.
At the requests of the managers of the
committee, hotel detective onlerd nwi
paper men. to stsy swsy from th hotel
corridor.
. Lawyers From Other fit atca.
Salem, Or., March ZT Among H e
lawyers recently s1m!ttd te pri.
ln4th stst r O. V. Hhel.lnn if K.;i..
born, on certificate from M i l 1 ,
Ralph E. Fariinhar ef Portland, rn "
tlnrat from Idaho: Wlliinm '. 1 . ,
of Portland, on certltliMle frmn '
sots; R. D. Wlckham of I'- rumi,
rnanently admitted on mot i ,1 of j
K. Kollock of I-urtlund.