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THE. OREGON ; DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY- EVENING. APRIL) 3,'!1907. .
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KILDALL nUST!
AHSWER CEIAItG
lit CONFER
Oil
ILL CASHIER
STRIKE HAS HOT
DEEH SETTLED
RUEF'S LAWYERS
FIGHT FOR TIFalE
Telephone Investigation Is ' Re
newedOfficials of Both
Companies Called. .
RAILROAD GETS
HOmE SITE TO?
-COST 8150,000
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
Have Practically Decided ,on .
v Taylor Street Property.
E
RATE
IS
V
Railway Commission Lumber
Mill Men and Southern-
. ,
, j Pacifio Officials. .
Oarretson Says There Has Been
No Settlement and Nothing
to Indicate One. ; ,
Northern Pacific Advertises Car-
load Acceptances to All
i :.y''".! Points. . .
Judge Wolverton Decides'
. ; Shall Co to Alaska to
Face Jury. -
He
ARRESTED
ACTION
AGAIN
M. r Macaulay Must Answer
Xharg of Embezzlement byx
. . ' Lumber Company.
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. tJoaraal Spertet glc,t
Chicago. April 3 Blrlk Mutftr
Oarrelson and - Labor Comtnlaalooer
Nelll- dear having knowledge of . any
progress being mad toward th settle
rnent' of the threatened Btrlke. A mes
7 sage received front New Tork say-!ng-
that the strike waa Bet tied. Gar
' retson Bald: . V -
"Not only has there been no settle
ment, but there la nothing- anw to Indl
rate that there, will be a settlement."
A' hurried ummonsxfor the, assera-bling-
of the railroad labor 'chiefs was
, sent to the union headquarters this
morning. Immediately the commute
of 1 met and prepared to grant an
audience to Koapp and Nelll who are to
appear before them. - '
Late this afternoon ' Nelll addreased
the labor delegates, repeating proposals
-of -tire--manager. "He-ashed--the man to
Vaccept or present a counter proposal
,nd stated that he believed the-rail-'
road proposal, a fair one And Ah beat
the managers would advance. lie added
that the government would be pleased
If the men would accept and thus avoid
a strike. . The delegates went Into ex
ecutive aesxUin to consider th offer..
WILL WATCH LIQUOR
TRAFFIC AT WOODBURM
(A-Metal Dtaoateh Is The learaaLl '
Woodburn. Or.. April J. While th
saloon Interest of this etty gained 11'
rense at the city election Monday, th
proprietors have over them a law and
order mayor and council, and among th
fruits of the recent campaign is the
"organisation of the Law and "Order
league that was effected Id Association
. hall last night, st which time Hiram
Overton was chosen president. Wallace
Llvesay vice-president. E. P. Moroom
secretary and A. E. Austin treasurer.
, The president wss authorised by th
well-attended meeting to appoint an ex-
' ecutlv committee whose duty It should
be to see that all saloons observe to th
letter th ordinance of the city, that
: Joints be abolished, and other matters
pertaining to th good of th city be
attended to. It is the object of this
' league to- prosecute all Illegal voters at
Monday's city election.
Addresses were made at th meeting
by Walter L. . Too, , Rev, Leech, Rev.
Cook and others.- '. - .
PLAINTIFFS VERDICT-
- IN A GAMBLING CASE
(Special DtapaM te Tk JosrseL) ''
Salem. Or,-' April I. After some de-
liberation the Jury In th case of M. L.
liarrod against L. Hill brought in a
sealed verdict for the plaintiff for S3.
' In -the complaint, filed through his st-
tomey last December. M. L. ' Harrod
aeked- for twice th amount that he was
1 supposed to have lost on a gambling
' table in th defendant's resort, or th
. sum of $400, - Harrod averred that Bill
, conducted la connection with his-cigar
store a poolroom where gambling games
. wer carried on. He alleged that on
November 1 of last year he took a hand
: in a poker gam at Hill's place of busl-
ties and lost ISO;- that on' December 1
' he lost $109 and on December It he
lout fis. Th verdict caused conslder-
sble comment. - . ;'- .',
FORECLOSURE ACTION
- ; AGAINST A CHURCH
(perHi Plpt te The JoeraaL
Salem, Or- April S.-TO secure th
payment -of promissory notes aggre
gating 11.000. Oscar W. T. Muellhaupt,
son of the late Rev. Jacob Muellhaupt,
bas commenced proceedings In the cir
cuit court for ths purpose of foreclosing
a mortgage given by th German Evan
gelical Reformed Bethany church of this
city.. On of the notes amounts to 9200
snd wss executed tn fever of th plain
tiff on November L 1104, and another,
in favor of th Rev. J. Muellhaupt. on
the asm date for tl.tOO, which cov
ered the salary paid Mr. Muellhaupt for
hie pastoral services and which after
wards was assigned to his son Oscar,
the ptstntiff. .
FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST
: ; P0ST0FFICE NOT TRUE
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nJ (Jearssi Sperlai tarrtr..!
Washington, - April . Commissioner
Carter of Montana called at the White
. House todsy to talk to th president
shout th leaka hi th poatofnee da-
psrtment. ; Carter is a member of th
) commission appointed to Investigate th
methode -ef the department and inject
business methods into the present
faultv evstem. - -tt la -h..i m
Carter, ""that the money order depart-!
, ...... lu-ra ai.Dvv oany on account of
frand. but we are unabl to substaaU
ate these charges."
v NICARAGUA REGRET? -;
FORCE OF BIG STICK
i t-; .
'5 - ' . "l Saertal sr, t i f
1 'lnn-ton, April t. Philip" Browni,
, secretary of tn American legation, re
ports that the bombardment of Amspala
y ,"'AN,cl,"B-uans haa ceased. Brown
. bringing shout peace. :
Xftt-rTr- -Wr-srrsi won r minister.
-i.L V ..tn Prtment today
- with a letter from hla government ex-
v had found It advisable to interfere In
ths mstter of th. bombardment 'of
- Amspala by the Nlearagnan troops.
. Cor, "id not lodge, a formal protest
, Mjrcrs IWnt of Drain Kormal.
'' , Wrh te Tha Joeraal.t '
. berlaln ha appointed Renin. u
regent of the Central On gon State Nor
mal school at Drain to fin th va
cancy caused by th resignation of J
A. macs, or Drain. Mr. Mvn
serv shout a month, on account of th
provision
lalona of th act passed by th leg-!
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Woodmen's District Delegates.
Th Dalle. Or.. April i-ML Hood
enmp No. S. W. O. W., last night
elected th following .delegates i th
district convention st Pendleton, May
: J. I Harper. James Hnlpes, C. H.
I'rnwne, IMillllps. Oeorse It. Baker; sl
- C. A. Hunt, (ieorge D, Reed.
A. Heed. r. P. Taylor, r. 11. Watt.
in.t Inpectcr.
5 f dw-iisi-int
(Joarnal Special Rarvtae.i
San Franclaco. April I. The work of
selecting a Jury to try Ruef was re
sumed this morning. . The defense con
tinued Us dilatory tactics. Ruef la re
gaining th buoyancy- which he lost
during th supervisors' confession days.
The grand Jury thla afternoon re
sumed th investigation of th tele
phone bribery scandal, Mark Oerstel.
president of the Horn company, and
Gsorg Frtck. his law partner, were
subpoensed. ' F. W. Eaton, secretary of
ths Pacific Telephone company, also
waa called. No Indictments sre expected
before th end of th week.- -y
-The grand Jury spent nearly th en
tire day yesterday probing Into, th af
fairs of th Home Telephone company
and tb revelations wer such as to
anus even the members of ths grand
Jury,-lt hough- they are- pretty thorough
ly accustomed to graft developments.
By ' several - witnesses It was shown
that - a group - of four - or avs .... men
acting as agenta for ths real promoter
of the new telephone company war
appearing as different persons by means
of various trust and securities" compa
nies which they formed.' It wss shown
that during th last municipal cam
paign the graft dispensers of this venal
corporation placed their hands on- th
throat of the city and their money was
circulated to debauch voters. ' - '
: ' .Tried to .Bay Tuson raxty.
Strang -a it may seem, th money
was thrown Into ths lap of ths Fusion
party, headed, by John 8. Partridge,
which was intended to overthrow th
nil of Mayor Schmlts and corruption.
But Ruef and Schmlts won. Then there
waa a. quick change of
bas.... A.new
oi was planned and , th result was
th bribery of Schmlts. -th anservlaora
and Ruef. . .
I The attention of th grend jury was
devoted definitely to provlna th orlrln
of th boodle fund which' It Is charged
that A. K. Detwller rave to Abe Ruef
ror me purpose of buying supervisors!
votes to secure th Issuance of th
ll.soo.OOO telephone franchise.
" Ths evidence of unwilling wltnessss
snowed that three security holding com
panics of Lob Angeles and San Fran
cisco' furnished -th fund by a- JO par
cent payment on Home Telephone bonds.
In. laying bare th transactions . of
these auxiliary companies, Attorney
Georg F. Hat ton. on of th active
agents of th Horn Telephon company
sine Its Inception, wss grilled and
sweated by th inquisitors- until, h
emerged from' the grand Jury room
flushed and flurried. - !., ; .!
, Hatton told a remarkable story- - H
said th Western Trust company of Los
Angeles, Central Securities company of
Baa Francisco and the Ban Francisco
tt Northern Investment company war
formed all with - practically th same
directors. These companies took bonds
of ths Horn company-and contributed- as
a first payment tSSOtyOO.
Mayor Schmlts were bought to betray '
the city, whil Ruef received. a boun-
tiful attorne'e fee f.r facilitating- th I ,nr 1 , ,I,n T; r , .i "
dl.bone.ty. Half a dosen -then rated ast, "pK:'1'.m!ltJn ,V! .6i!f ?
mUlionaires are threatened with Indict-! thl" frn'" w " tahH tor Fro,,!t
ment as th result of ths evidence se- trTt. bJtu,, n,1c , wh,b to co"n?
cured yesterday. . J men'a choice, being beyond reach be-
Ab Rntf has loat his aid anil nartner ,
In graft and abame, .Chief of Police
Jerry Dlnaa, who was th reluctant ally
of th boss In th dsys of unobstructed
grafting. ' Dlnan la now Inspired by th
big stick' and Ruefs lost cause, and
wanta to cut loose from the wreckage.
He seeks safety-In confession.' snd will
take before the grand Jury a great mas
of evidence showing the lawless opera
tions of Ruef through th pollc depart
ment ' ' ,. i
In th da-ys of Haefs supremacy in
th administration Dlnsn had to atand
by and see ths boss gather the earnings
of fallen women and other boodle, while
the chief was denied a "fats'' per, cent
ag of th scarlet money. ' He now
wanta to aid In landing th curly boss
In the nat. ' . . . : f.. :
NO DAMAGES FOR . ,
f SLEEPY TEAMSTER
-ilf w teamster -goe. -lef,ln-th
bodv but himself If Ms horse collides 1
with 'an- 'ohstraction and throws hlrn f
headlong to th ground? '. 1 '.
A Jury in. Circuit " Judg Crawford's
court was called upon to answer this
question lest night. Easy, do you think?
Th Jury did not look; at It that .way,
for th member , engaged in -a four
hours' debate before they could . decide
upon a unanimous answer. ' ;
"No." waa finally agreed upon and
the damage suit of James H. Oatmsn
ssslnst the Pacific" State Telephone and
Telegraph company was lost The Jury
returned 'a. sealed verdict, wnion - was
reed this morning.
Nearly two year ago Oatmsn had
his eollar-bon broken by a fall from
hla wagon near the Intersection of Pow
ell and East Thirty-third streets. ' ; His
horse aolllded with, a pair - f. wires be
ing strung "by the corporation snd the
sudden stopping . of the vehicle sent
Oatman Jumbling from hi seat to the
ground. He sued for IS.P7I damages
snd got Judgment for lB0. The com
pany secured a new trial and Oatman
lost Ws case when h -carelessly- ad
mitted on the atand that when the ac
cident occurred he was dosing snd did
not really know where he was driving.
PORTLANOMANTSENDSr
' FIRST FAMINE DOLLAR
'' fgpeelal Dtepatrii te The Zoamal.)
Salem, Or., April I. Responding to
th proclamation recently Issued;, by
Governor Chamberlain calling -fdr aid
for the suffering Chinese who ar fam
ine stricken, the secretary of state yes
terday received the first contribution to
that TtAtdcnnHstlng, of silver dollar
sent by a .'ortiahder who" dtd-aot reveal
his name. l..s letter accompanying the
gift follows., and was addressed, "Secre
tary of Stat. Capitol, Salem. Or." '
Hon. Dear Sir: Am a poor man, but
w,"h to contribute a dollar toward th
relief fund for starving Chines. Not
having the addreas of the gentlemen In
New Tork to whom contributions are
sent would you pleass forwsrd same?
God bl- :s you. Respectfully, '
" ; AN OREUONIAK.
TO INVESTIGATE CHARGE
- ' OF GRAFT AT PANAMA
T " ' - , 'V -
Washlngten.. April -R- prrsntstlve
I'nniima fanal rnnimlealnn were todav .
,T,Ur"1 e U fully investigated by the!
.n . i chftriroa apply to
I k . of t-lothln ,
(Special Diapatch t The JoaraaL)
Tacoma, Waah., April I. Announce
ment waa made thl morning from th
ofllo of Assistant General Superintend
ent Palmer of th Northern Paclilo that
.ffuMv. t rul w Ik.t mm A will ruum th
acceptance -of oarload - shipments of
dead freight loaded for all points on
Its line. Th rosd will also receive
cars belonging to foreign lines, loaded
with any character of freight, destined
to points on Its lines.
This announcement means th com
plete removal of th embargo on ship
ments of lumber and ahlnglea which
haa been In affect for mora' than 0
days and will anabl the lumber man
ufacture ra In western Washington to
start their mils, many of which hav
been Idle for months. . '
During th em bar so th road sue
needed in moving thj thousand Bli
freight cars bound for eastern points
wliich had collected along th Una of
th road. . ; .. .
In favor of Puget sound millers th
rosd also announces that during th
nest month unusually hesvy shipments
of wheat will be mad from th a
side and th officials declare that floor
ing mills will hav no occasion -to re
peat their recent complaints which
hav reached th point of damag suits
against th railroad company.
DALLAS VOTES'NEW ?
; ADMINISTRATION IN
(tsettat Dlspetrk t TIM Jesral
Dallas. Or.. AprU l.--Th city elec
tion her was th liveliest contest In
lyear. Th- rsult,whlU dose, was a.
defeat of th present city administra
tion. The First and Second wards, cast
ths largest "votes In their history.' No
politics wss Involved, . sit candidates
running' Independently. For mnyor, A.
B. Mulr defeated Ed Blddl. th present
incumbent, by flv votes; for suditor
and police Judge. L. D. Brown defeated
D. P. Btouffer, present Incumbent, oy
thre votes. Th , result of the vote,
entire, was: For mayor, Ed Blddla 165,
A. B. Mulr 1(0; for councilman at large,
H. B. Cospee t5. no opposition; far
auditor and pollc Judge. L. D. Brown.
150, D. P. Btouffer 166; for councilman,
First ward, C Stafrin, ' no oppoaltlon..)
7 votes: councilman. Second ward, J.
M. Lynn St, IS. C. Shaw 47. and W. A.
Ay res, present Incumbent, 1 ' Third
ward. F. J. Coad . B M. Ray 47.
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ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND ,
BITULITHIC AT BAKER
fgpeHal tlapatek te Tke Joarsl.r -P.k.r
f it Or. Anrlt 1 Ullllam
Poll man. president of th Baker Loan)
and Truat comnanv.' It is announced, will
maktr application "-toth clty council
this evening for a franchise for an
loctrid street csr system. H refuse!
to disclose his backers, but as he is
"0WnJw " ""J" "r- "
Mrl ymhlng haa been Dreparod
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Pollman will build his -road as soon
ss a franchise la granted,' and thus avoid
the additional expense thst would be
entailed If ho wsited. until th paving-
was -laid. . . -. v
SALMON FISHERMEN
FIX SEASON'S PRICES
- (gewtal Dhoatc The aearaal.t
Astoria, Or-, April t. At a meeting of
th Columbia ' River Fishermen's . Pro
tective union th pric of salmon for
th coming sesson was fixed at SK
cents for small and 76 cants .for fish
. r nn4. a w mm . Vrt.AM
price are ball a cent nigner man tnose ,
of last year. The union appointed Al
bert Brumstrom aa llg-htkeeper at Band
island. Jt 1s expected th packers will
hold a meeting ahortly . to take action
regarding prices for the ensuing season.
ACCUSED OF STEALING
:FR0M WRECKED VESSEL
(Special DJapatck te Th JeuraaL)
. Astoria, Or., April .-John Robinson
and hla son Quincy were arrested at
Sklpanon late yesterdsy afternoon on
Information charging them with larceny
of blocks, ropes and chalna -from th
wrecked British bark Peter Iredal. Th
plunder waa found hidden under som
hay in .Robinson's barry The allege J
tbeft was committed - soon ' after th
bark : was wrecked.
GOVERNOR SPARKS WILL
TRY TO SETTLE STRIKE
''- (Jovnil' gpedal gervlee.l '
San Francisco, April . A special
from Nevada says: Arrangement hav
been mad whereby Governor Sparks of
Nevada will hold conference today
with a 1 eommlttea appointed by the
miners' union last night It Is hoped
thereby tobrlng about a settlementjif
the atrlk. ' r-y-,.
LEBERMAN GUILTY AND
T-r SENT TO PENITENTIARY
(gpeeJat mspatrh te The Jneraal.)
' Astoria. Or., Arrll 3. Arthur Leber
man, charged with embessllng f ,000
from the Fisher Bros,' compsny, pleaded
guilty before Circuit . Judge McBrlde
this 'sftemooa snd " was immediately
sentenced to two and a half years In th j
peniienwery. -r ..... .:,,w
tonight.'. . , :, '
"t ' Hosband Shoots Youth. , )
" Vit UaOTTMl Sseelat Serrlee.i
Sooka'h..n'sh., April 3. Al Over
man, aged H yeaTS.waa-Bhot JbrQUgh
ths hesrt lsst night-while sifting In I
the park by the side of Mrs. Ernest
tha aide of Un Ernpal
Hoosner, -a married woman with a di
vorce suit pending. -. Her husband la sus
pected. -. 'i' . : , .
Etelyn "Waits in Corridor. ;!
IJnoril Slal srrk.
New Tork, April I. Ths examlnstlon
of Thaw wan concluded at' :5S and hs
was taken back to th Tombs. ; Evelyn
left the court building. During th
examination she hsd waited In appre
hension in tle corridor. '
, AWWM. W UKTI lOWn,
Juneau, April I Municipal elections i
In. this, city, Douglas snd Kkaswsy yes-1
tir umiltel in victories igr all the I
v a cajauiue lea.
- Acting In behalf of th T. M. C
and th T. W. C. A.. C K. Henry closed
arrangements this morning for th pur
chase of th half block fronting north
on Taylor street, between Sixth and
i Seventh treats, for 11(0.000.. the ground
to b ussd as th sit of th new- hom
for th two associations. Whil th
purchase Is yet to be ratlfled by th
boards of directors of ths two organisa
tions, at their meetings his afternoon,
Mr. Henry states that 'ere Is no quee
tlon that It will be ' approved. Mr.
Henry has donated bis commission of
14,000. t :,, '.,- : . ... .
"You can stat positively," aald Mr.
Henry thla morning, "that , th new
building will be -erected-on this alt.
Th deal haa been closed and a part, of
tn purcnaa pric nas been paid.
Jib. Jxalt. hIockelected foxlh ..n,w i
home of th two associations belonga
to Miss Be rale A. Bakar. a niece of
J. C Alnsworth, and now In school- In
New Tork City. The negotiations for
thepurchass of th property wer car-
!rtd on with Miss Baker's father, who
a (raven nr in - Europe, air. ttaaer
cabled from Carlsbad deellnlng to sell,
but whan told to what uses th prop
erty Vas to b put-cabled, aoro days
later - from Paris, agreeing to sell.
'After paying for th coat of th sit
there will be left aomethlng over I300.
00 for th construction of th asso
ciation home. - This sum Includes 1100.
000 which will b realised from th
sale of. th. T. M. C A. building on
Fourth street It la believed that ths
building a planned will not coat thla
sum and 1 that a . comfortable surplus
will be left with which to furnish th
new truetur .
"Secretary H. W. 8 ton atated today
that no on had been authorised .. by
either the 7. M. C A. or the T. W. C. A.
to purchase a alt for th new hom of
th associations, and added that, while
it Is probable th Alnsworth property
Will be decided upon finally as th one
which will be purchased. It Is possible
that another sit may be bought
. Mr. Ston said another alt had been
offered this morning at th same pric
asked for th Alnsworth property, which
he personally favored aa th better sit
for iue new building. Mr. Ston de
clined to reveal -the location of this
property, but said that It was as well
located and th same sis as th Alns
worth property. - -v s.j .' .. ,
Separata meetings of th board of dl
rectors of both associations will b held
this aiiernooa and then a Joint meeting
of the boards will be held at 5 o'clock
to make a final decision. Th board of
director of th T. M. C .A. will meet
at 4 o'clock and th T. W. C. A. board
will meet half an hour later. All th
meetings will be held at the Y. M. C A.
building.
Mr. otone said that all that had been
1 Ann. in ntnni in th. nnrrhiu .r
th
j Aiasworth projerty had been don by
J several influential merabers of th T.
M. C. A. on their own initiative and
I without authority from either associa
tion. H said that this did not obligate
th associations to take th Alnsworth
property, am) that It would not be done
if a more suitable site could be pur
chased on term favorable to th aaso-
ciationa, .y ,, . ,
COTTACE GROVE'S ' MAYOR
. J. J. Jones, who will be municipal
executive of Cottage Grove, was
elected on the Citizens ticket. ' He
! !L yeartLPid and Jh8 lived. itt-CoU4
tage Urove 22 years. He Is a suc
cessful bnslness man and has han
dled large transactions. With him
were elected George Comer, W. L.
Hnbble and J. H. Bartels as council
men, A. H. King as recorder and H.
Eakin as .treasurer, ' j ,-(. ,-
CARS STOP DURING :;
FUNERAL OF G00DE
t All streetcar. trafflo in the city 4
i . was suspended this afternoon at
1 o'clock for ,10 minutes In honor
w of the- memory of Henry W, i w
4- Good , late president of the
Portland - Railwsy.-w Light w
e Power company. The action was
taken by ths local management
of th road as a msrk of respect 4
w to the-memory of the man who
has had so much to do with th w
w. upbuilding or th elect rlo light e
" spd street railway business of 4
J tion
w Portland and vicinity. Th ,ces-. e
or business her wss
simultaneous with - the funeral
4 - services in'i Chicago, wher th
w burial services were held. '
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. ! Pinner on the Skogatad. ""
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rav
a dinner on board his vessel, ths Nor
wegian steamer Skogstad. , to a few
friends. Among those present wer fap-J
tain jr. u. nngemann, Mr. and M ra.
Oscar Rruun, Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Las
sen, Mr. snd Mr. Harold Lang and
Mra. J. ' SUppen. , Tha dinner was a
most pleasant affair.'
The Bkogntad recently arrived her
to load lumbar for the orient and la
now receiving crtrifo at the mllm of th
lnman-Pouisen Lumber company. .
Well man in Amor lea.
(Jmirnal nerl.l Korh.t
New York. April S. Walter Wellmnn
rcscnea America rnrs morning, jie ex
P'fwi me . uimusi cnnnurm-n
In ths
J suuesss of his exploring exppdltlon.' '
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, Simon r. Klldall will hav to go to
Alaaka to be tried on m oharge of en
tering Into a conaplracy to defraud th
United States out of certain fish taxes.
This was the decision reached by Judge
Charlea -EL Wolverton tn th federal
court after listening to the arguments
la. th caaa for several days. -
Klldall waa arrested In Portland last
week and sought to resist removal to
Alaska for trial through a ' writ of
habeaa corpua. Klldall not only alleges
that h Is Innocent of th crimp with
which he Is charged, but also that ths
indictment , on which ths return
mad waa not sufficient to that It did
not charge a crime.
Jfndg Wolverton referred to th In
dictment and after analysing th docu
ment came to th conclusion that a
crlms waa specifically charged and that
tha-avldanca-ahowad .that -Klldall hsd
not. been able to overcome th charges
In fh indictment which were based on
probabl guilt.
Klldall was immediately turned over
to the maraha and will b taken to
Alaska tomorrow. Hs will probably be
taken to Juneau In th custody of Dep
uty United States Marshal William Qrif-
ft ths.
DEMOCRATS IVILL KN017;
CAHDipATES TOMORROW
v .... aMsavgaiBSSBjssajsga-Bja-aagaa . .
Special Committees Will Pre--;
pare Final Report This- -.r
Evening. ' -
ni h.ivnii r vortianj win trnnw
tomorrow Just whom of th faithful
will consent to plaoe themselves upon
th party altar tn th effort to oaptur
city- officios for themselves. Tonight
th special committees appointed by th
Young Men'a Democ ratio club, tb Mult
nomah Damocratl club and tb county
central committee will prepare Its flnai)
report to be submitted to th ratification
meeting of Friday night.' -
' About th only leak from tha council
has it that A. B. Ream, well known in
th city, haa consented to ' ntr th
contest for election to th city auditor
ship. - - '
Dan J. Kellaher filed his petiUon as a
mayoralty candidate on tb Republican
ticket yesterday afternoon and John B.
Coffey filed his todsy. Kellaher in his
statement , to the voters says that h
will be a mayor for th whole peopl if
elected and will glv a fair and honest
administration on business principles,
giving special rights or privileges to. no
interest either personal or corporate.
' Coffey la his statement says . hs is
after all graft and eivle corruption,
franchise grabbing and corporate rapa
city. - - - ' ,.''..'.. .-' f-'-. ..
A. A. Kadderly will enter th lists ss
a Democrat for lctlon to th council
from tha eighth ward. T. J. Coneannon
haa filed bia declaration from th first
ward. . He. is also a Democrat and tha
first on to file a petition, i John B.
Rysn Is a candidate for th council
from th fourth ward and Dr. Chamber
lain may enter th race for election aa
councilman at large. C. W. Piggott has
filed hi declaration aa a candidal from
the sixth ward whil George M. Hyland
la out for a seat aa councilman at large-
on th Republican ticket.
ELKS AND FORESTERS
BANQUET AT BAKER
' (Sperlal Dtmteb te Tke JosraaLt
Baker City, Or April I On a special
train ISO La Grande lodgemen cam to
Baker City last night, 109 being Elks
and th other Foresters. Tb Elk
held an Installation or officers and an
elaborate . banquet was given In . honor
of th guests. Th Foresters gar a
special entertainment and a aoclal ses
sion to their visitors. Elks' tempi and
Foresters' hall wer scene of gaiety
to a late hour this morning, when ithe t
two brotherhoods assembled for., tb
return hom, .-.,. : ., . ; ,.,
TWO NEW CANDIDATES
FILE DECLARATIONS
Dr. William M.reVeney filed i" th
declaration this morning of . his Inten
tion to become a candidate for election
aa councllman-at-larg on th republi
can ticket. Dr. W. L Cottell has alao
filed hia declaration of condldacy for
election; th council from th Kiftii
ward. . Both of tb prospective candi
dates ar republicans., i' r
SILVEY STUART ILL
IN FAR-OFF ALASKA
Friends of Sllvey Stuart, who lived
In thla city, will regrst to hear that
n has been seriously ill at Norn;
Aiasaa. ni is now improving.
It is reported that ths minins- out
look for -that section .of the. country is
not good for this . season on account
of the strike Snd that it is doubtful
if th output will be mor than o
half that of last yar.
PERSONAL
H. A. Eaaton of Chicago, who . will b
aoioist and chorister at th special
venirai cnnatlan church,
arrived today. . -
' Tries to End Her Life.
Brooding over domestlo difficulties
wnunvu mrw. Jim 7 tnapeil, Wlf . Of -a
Dartanaer employed in an east side sa
loon, to attempt to end her life last
night by swallowing a quantity of car
bollo -acid. Th prompt action of a
woman friend in th room at th Logan
House,. Union Avenue and East Alder
street, at that time, In knocking th vial
from her hand prevented Mra Chappele
from accomplishing her putdoss. r-itv
Vhyslctan Zlrgler and Dr. Bruc were
called to attend hr. They aav that w.
wlU' rocover. , ,
May Feel Lash of Law. '
Leo Wllger of fti-Uardlng street, who
waa arrested on a charge of assaulting
his wlf severs! daya ago, was bound
over to th grsnd Jury this morning
in th sum of I2B0. Th criftrewwith
which Wllger is charged Is punishable
by either imprisonment or the whip
ping post. According to his relative
he haa been in the habit of shualng
his wlfs snd other members' of ths
rfcousehold when Intoxicated.
(gpsrlal Otapatek teWTbe Jearssl.)
' Salem,-Or., April I. Lumbermen and
shippers of timber products In - south
ern Oregon and all along th Hn of
th Southern Pacific hav been invited
by th railway commission to meet in
Salem, Apru It, for a conference and to
dlsouss facts and conditions and the
taktng of such stepa aa may be deemed
necessary relative to th inability of th
shippers to secure oars for th ship
ment of lumber to Ban Francisco 4a?
points or Portland, and ths reasons for
th raising of th present rates of IJ.10
per thousand feet on rough lumbar
from Interior points to San Francisco
bay points to ft per thousand, after
April 18. MOT. i '
Th lumbermen claim that tb raising
of the rate wtll prov a great loss to
them and recently made an appeal to th
rallwsy xommiaaioa for relief.
- In accordance with thl request of
th lumberman th commission haa de
cided to investigate the matter.
Among the prominent lumber firms
which will be represented at this con
ference, between th commission, th
Southern Pacifio offlolala and th saw
mill man. ar th Western Oregon Man
ufacturers' ' association ' of . Cottage
Orov. th Booth-Kelly Lumber com
pany of Eugene, th Oregon V Wash
ington Manufacturer!! - association of
Portland and others.
This meeting Is not a regular hear
ing of the commission, but only a con
ference t ascertain th facts in the
controversy. Whether the atat com
mission haa Jurisdiction tn this matter j
or whether th case la on that come i
mora - specially under th regulations
of th Interstate commerce commission I
is on or tn question that may present
itself at the meeting. , . . ;
It la generally believed that an ami
cable agreement will be reached after
both aides hav presented thtr cas. -
I Ths railway commissions of three
I ,TUi "tL1 0,yj"P' Thursday.
gon stat railway commission will ba
among th visitors. Railway commls-
toners from Oregon, Montana and
Waahlngton will meet in conference to
discuss matters relattv to th railroad
bustnsss and most efflclent manner
to regulate and enforce railway legis
lation. -t is not thought th gathering
wtll have any particular official, slgnlfl
nc. : .,: ., v.,.,.
RELIEF SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS
Work of Matron of ChildMta'a Home
: Conuijidcd New Members "
'-.to'.ites-B-ji, ' '
v Th Ladies' Relief society held Its an
nual meeting at th First Presbyterian
Church yesterday afternoon and elected
Officers for th ensding year. Mra. P.
t. Mann who lias been president., for
alx years, waa again reelected with
compliment to her ability. - The
othr officers ar Mra. T. I Eliot, vice
president; Mra W. B. Ayer, second vloe
prealdent; Mra Hills Hugh, secretary:
Mra Martin Winch, treasurer. Tha ad
visory board consists of, Mra, Richard
Koehler, Mra C W. Burrag and Miss
Sallle Lewis, and the board of trustees
Includes William Ladd, Rev. T. I. Eliot.
Walter F Burrell, H. C Wortman and
H. u Pittock. ', ;v .:. ! ' .. .,
- Mrs.Mann in bar president's annual
report told of th condition at the Chil
dren' hom. an institution supported by
this society. There ar now t children
being cared for, and tha work la grow
ing steadily. Mra Mann's regret , waa
that sine the officers so seldom., solicit
funds peopl in general hav the erro
neous - impression that tha affairs of
the hom ar in a prosperous condition
and that the society needs no new mem
ber, which Is far from true. Mra A.
E. 8. Stearns, matron of th home, also
read a report of th work, and signified
th needs of th home.' By motion her
salary was increased IIS a month and
her work was highly commended.
Th Relief society is a non-sectsrlsn
organisation and moat of th. older
women In th city who Interest them
selves at all - in chsrlty -ar aoambers.
Th Children's hom 1 conducted at 817
Corbett street, and not only ar children
without parents cared for, but parents
who ar unable to car for them in aom
Instances leave their children there.
Tho whd art abl-py- imatrT for
th services and this helps very slightly
In th aupport. . s
MACCABEES WILL : . . ,
. ELECT REPRESENTATIVES
' Th fifth triennial stat convention of
th Knights of Maccabees wtll b held
Friday at Knights . of Pythias ball.
Eleventh and Alder streets. - Th co in
vention will be called at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon and Stat - 'Commander
Sherwood will prclde. i V
The purpos of ths convention Is to
elect sucrem representatives to th su
preme tent at Chicago In July and also
to elect state, officers for- th nsulng
year. '. j. '".'.,.. : , . . .. T-- . -
, Thursday evening Portland tent No. 1
will glv a recaption at Knights of
Pythias hall to the visiting delegates
and local membera There ar expected
to b SO or mor delegates tn attend
ance. ' At that time the work of th
order' 1 to be exemplified by th uni
form rank under Captain Lance. Th
work will be followed by a smoker and
lUnch. , '. : '" -,'-, ',.'.- '
REPORTER'S CAPTURE
TO FACE CHARGES
. ':v- .',-: .; . . . t : .4-
It la believed that Martha Almeda
Piatt, the young woman . who waa ar
rested Monday by Monroe Goldstein, a
Journal reporter ia guilty of still an
other of fens which will b charged
against her at once. Complaint - was
mads against her todsy by the manager
of ' Rosenthal's sho stor thst a wo
man, thought-to b tn accused, ' vic
timised bis firm , last Saturday by
means of a fictitious check for 110.
J. A. Duback of ,th Oregon Optical
company, today awore to a complaint
charging Miss Piatt with forgery. She
Is charged wun in same orrense or
J. A, Clemenson.-. : ' . . ,
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fhone Compantcs' Gross Recrlpta
" (Special DUpatck t Tb JeereaL)
Salem. Or., April I. -Two telephon
Companies yesterday filed reports of
thnir gross earnings with- the stats
treasurer. Th Pacific State Telephone
Si Telegraph company's gross receipts
amounted to 1476.031 snd thou of th
Sunset Telephon company to 111,091. ,
ti.000 from th Oregon Washington,,
lumbar company with which concern '
ha had been employed as cashier and
bookkeeper. M. Macaulay waa arrested
at th Union depot last night aa h was '
about to start for Salt Lake City.
This morning W. A. Dempaey. "man-,
agar of th concern, swor to an In
formation charging Macaulay with fel- '
ony embesaleraent. Ball was fixed at
11,000, In default of which th accused '
man will be remanded to' tb custody '
of th sheriff. Dempaey refused to dis
cuss th matter this morning other
than to atat that a shortage bad been
discovered and that Macaulay always
had- th utmost confidence of tb lum-'
ber compsny. -
. Macaulay left th employ dt tb Ore
gon gt Waahlngton Lumber company In
Jarrosry to accept a- better position -with
th Moraa-Brlggs Lumber company ' otu
Loa Angeles, California, with headquar
ters In thla city. It Is understood that -Macaulay
s alleged defalcations hav
covered a period of over a year and
th sum said to hav been stolen iswl
amounta - Macaulay Is married. -
CAPTAIN JSPIER
IN LINE FOR JOB
Captain J. Spier, formerly a master
of th United State transport Law ton,
and at- preaent harbor and rivr pollc
for th Unltd Statea engineers, will
be tb new harbormaster If th execu
tive board accepts ths recommendation
of th civil sarvio commission. Spier
was on of four applicants for tho,
plac and th only "on, who passed th
examination. . His appointment by th
executive board was recommended by
th commission. ,
Spier presented a number of reeom
mendatioaa On letter vas from R. C.
Hart, superintendent, of the United ,
States Ughthous establishment, anoth
er from Captain K. 8. Edwarda United
Statea inspector of hulls, and Captain
J. A. Brown. Captain Brown said Cap
tain Spier (peaks four languags Eng
lish. French, German and Spanish
' Th two points of Spier's letter that
struck- the commission particularly wers
thoa as to th dock approaches and tb
fresh drinking water. There la at pres
ent bo place . f ob a a mall boat to land
at. Aa to fraatrdrinklng water there is
littl on any of th docks. . Sallora have '
been in th habit of throwing down
their buckets snd drinking th filthy
Willamette water, and the United Statea i
martn hospltsl physicians hav aaid for .
yeara that thla la one of th principal -cause
of typhoid In th city. Csses of
typhoid hav been few. but moat of
them hav been caused by ths drinking
of rlvr water..: v :. -' -
REGALIA PLANT
DAMAGED BY' FIRE
K it K
Fir bmk out in th second story of
th building occupied by th Pacifio
Regalia company . on .First street, be-,
tween Taylor and Salmon at 1:10 o'clock
this morning.. An alarm waa turned In
from bos II, at 8eoond and Taylor
street. . Th blase which was confined
entirely to the second floor was sxtln-
gulshed la about ! minute. - . i
Psul Pferdner, proprietor of tb com- :
pany. eatimatee his los at 110.000, with
an Insurance of $4,000. H vslue his
plant at 155.000. Pferdner oannot ac
count for th origin of the fir. Ha
sava that h alone wss In th place yes
terday and that no fir of any kind '
was lighted during tha day. The plant
waa not In operation and .bad not beea
during th wintr. . ' ;
LAUNDRY. COMPANY
WILL BUILD SOON
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Th American Laundry company pur ..
chaaed yeaUrday th quarter block ' at
th northeast corner of Twelfth and
Everett streets from D. freed man. A
nominal consideration was named in lh ,
deed, but It is understood that th act
ual -purchase pric was in th neigh- -borhood
Of JI0.OOO. - , - ,
Msnager R. B. MeClung of the laun
drycompany says that plans ar ma
turing for th erection of a modern, up- .
to-date laundry building on th abov
It during th preaent yearj but thAt
nothing definite haa been fleclded 'upon
a towhn worls.on th building 1 .wliLi;
begin. , , . .. , -.. . ...
THINKS BINGER HERMANN
WILL NOT BE CONVICTED
C. E. Loomts of Eugen. formerly a
special Inspector of the Interior depart- .
ment, haa returned from Washington,
D. where b testified In th Blnget
Hermann -esse, firm in th belief that
the Oregon congressman will ,; not b
convicted In his present trial.
. .Loomls waa called aa a government
wltneaa because of his - knowledge -In .
th fsmous "11-7" cas. in which S. A.
I. Puter chiefly earned -,bla -tltl of
"Land Fraud King."
-- Loomla is reported to bav said that
th government- has a weak cas against -Hermann,
who is being tried for de
stroying official documenia - Mr, Loom
Is registered at th Imperial hotel and
will leave this evening for his hom in '
Eugen. . '-.,-7 ...-f,,.; - w .-,
VICTIM'S FAMILY ATTPNn
. FUNtKAL Or JAMES
Funeral services . over the 'remain .
of Rosen H. James, Who- killed Miss ,
Grsce Disney Sunday night and - then -shot
himself, were held thl morning
at :(0 from Flnley's (Undertaking par
lors. ' The remains were Interred in
Rose City - cemetery. Miss Disney's
remains will b shipped to . Warren, , .
Oregon, tomorrow night for burial. Th
funeral services todaV wer very sad.
Ths family of . Mlsa Disney attended
and membera of both families ar pros
trated at th terrlbl tragedy whtc,h f
has overtaken . them.
'
' For Dumping Waste.
C T. Brdwnlng, an employ- of th
Southern pacifio Railway company, waa
arrested by. Harbormaster Smith this
morning on a warrant charging him with,
dumping rubbish into th river. Brown
ing was accused of throwing oil refua
Into th waters uf th Wlllsmetl In
violation of th low. Th cas will b
haard Friday morning.
own nw vrn-