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DESERTERS G0; .
OFF III BOATS
TRAIN DLOUE
MORS FIND
MILLING JO
OREGOU'S L1ATGII
ODY ALLEGES
ILLEGAL NAniES
1'IOOLO BE HELP
III
TAFT GUILTY
C0L1L1EIICE 800II
FOR GOLDFIELD
POIITCOLILIISSIOII
ftS DEEfl DROKEfl
V.orney Makes Statement That
f.ny denatures to McKenna.
Petition Art Not Votera. 7
CAYS CITY AUDITOR i t
MUST CHECK UP LIST
Devlin Offers Reward or -Apprq
hensioa of Pcnon VTho Btole Por
tion of "Petition Denies Office
11m Been CtcUma. ' ? X ......
According to ft sommunlcatlon submit
ted by Ralph E. Moody, who la acting aa
attorney for persons ba did ot" name,
the Hat of paraona who signed the Initia
UTa petition for tha enactment of the
McKenna ; liquor ordinance was not
mimed "genuinely" In the language of
"the street. " -." '
Mr. Moody did not make a direct
charge of fraud, but Indirectly ha aald
that a great many people who wera not
entitled to registry had signed tha peti
tions. It waa reported, Mr. Moody aald
In hla statement, that many of tha elf
nature were not genuine. Ha aaka that
tha auditor Inquire Into thera aa to their
genuineness. - In hla communication, Mr.
Moody aaya that tha power to Investi
gate la mandatory and not discretionary
with the auditor, and tha investigation
must ba made at once.
Under tha terms of Mr. Moody's let
ter,' City Auditor Devlin haa authority
to check up tha registration of tha city
at once. Ha may himself or by a depu
ty look 'aver the rolls of the Bounty
clerk to sea that there .has . been no
false registration.
In theaame connection. Mr. DevMn
offered a reward of t&OO'for' evidence
leading to tha detection of persons who
might have stolen portions of the Mo
Kenna ordinance. Mr. Devlin had been
accused of eareleesneea aa custodian
of tha petition. He declares, with a
record of 17 years behind him, that tha
accusation Is without foundation. ' In
fact, and that alt tha petitions brought
'to hla office hare bean safely guarded.
TO BE
Feely, a Sanltorlurn Employ,
Charged With Entering Nob
'." Hill Residences. V ; .
As tha result of the vigilance of the
detective and plain cloth ea squad de
' tailed to patrol the streets In tha aristo
cratic section.- Will Feely. an employe
of the North Pacific sanltorlurn and R.
L. via. supposed le , ba tha crooks
wanted for tha eueeesalon of aensatlonal
burglarlea, wera arrested In a saloon
at Twenty-third and Waahlngton streets
by Detectives . Jones. . Tlchenor and
Batv.
lTpon Inside Information secured tha
.detectives started out on the theory
that a cripple wca concerned In ' the
recent orlmea and Faaly, who la mlnua
his left hand at the wrist, fitted tha
description to a nicety. ,.. . . -
Admit staving Ona. . " ,
Both Tla and Faaly wera under the
influence of liquor and upon being Sub
jected to a severe "sweating tha latter
admitted having a 'blue barrel gun In
his - possession Thursday night. ' He
waa unable to remember what he did
with tha weapon and waa equally for
getful aa to movements. a key to a
room Im tha Oregon hotel was alao
.found on Feely and may prove to be an
Important clue. . V
Soon after-tha arrest of Via and
Feely. Detectives Mallet and Hill took
Millard Roberta, soother employee of
the North Pacific sanltorium. Into
'custody on susplolon that ha wsa Impli
cated In the robberlea. Roberta after a
searching examination admitted that be
.owned a revolver and that , Faaly had
borrowed It Thursday v night As there
wa nothing upon which to hold Roberts
neSrae allowed to go but will ba kept
'under surveillance.
. In the police court this morning tha
two prisoners pleaded not guilty to tha
charges of drunkenness and In order to
'allow the detectives an opportunity of
, making a thorough Investigation the
cases wera put aver until Tueaday. In
,the meantime both 'men will ba bald
without ball. , . . ., ,
INDUCEMENTS OF SUMMER
, SCHOOL AT, UNIVERSITY
(Rseeial btenetea e The IostmI.)
University of Oregon. Bu gene, - Aprtl
- Tha university summer school will
begin June 14 and last six weeks, to
August t. Those atundlng . will ba
enabled to enjoy commencement week.
, The subjects which will ba offered
ere ma thematic, chemistry, Bngllsh
literature. . Latin, - education, nature
etudy, German, Spanish, French, physics
and history. Thera la a possibility also
that library soirees will ba offered.
Two lines of work will be followed, one
lor teecnere ana one or students who
wish to do work without tha aim of
teaching. Tha registration fee will be
lit Including every expense eo far aa
tne university la concerned.
Jary Loses No Time. :
After being out leas than Ave min
utes, a Jury In Judge Gantenbetn's court
decided that Roy Whltehmiae and Susan
Murray wera guilty of Illegal cohabita
tion. Whltehouee waa sentenced to Ave
months on the rockptle and Susan Mur
ray will have to spend tha next three
months in the county JaJL -
ERICKSON TO PAY
FOR BEER
To be beaten Into Insensibility with
t.rr bottle and then punched, la the
i-e with the broken pieces Is woraa
n to ba knocked down and Jumped
i hi til your ribs crark Just tt
tin wore. So decided a Jury In
Krnear'e court yeaterday eve-
. i the midnight of July II last
. it I 'rlrkenn. a Purnelila street sa-
k.p.r, aw Hnns Wurms. his br-i-r,
s"t Into a rlKht In the former's
n Wurms knocked Frlrkaon
i ktil j imped on him and fcrtckeon
ROBBER
Coot Da Would Benefit by
Formation of Such an
Official Body.
"Coos bay and tha eoaat got S100.0OO,
Instead of J 10.004 as published reports
stated, for a dredger. Tha machine will
ba built this year, and work of Improve
ment commenced Immediately there
after," aald Peter Loggia, . of North
Ben.d who haa returned from alx montha
of successful work at waaningioa in
tha Interest of tha coast towns. Ha
waa assisted In tha work by Orvllle
Dodge of Coqullle. and. good results
were also obtained for that port.
The fact la now recalled that a move
ment started by Portlsnders at Cooa
bay to encourage , the creation of a
harbor commission and a port district
for taxation of property and raising of
Improvement funds, haa not yet bean
carried out by tha people on tha bay.
It la regretted by those who advocated
It that the project waa not realised and
tha deal red law passed at tha last ses
slon of the legfslaturV - :' - '
Had It been dona, tha Cooa bay busi
ness interests and property-owners
would now be In good condition to carry
forward their harbor Improvements
practically ; under the direction of a
local commission, with which the United
States engineers could confer On mat
ters of h-rrbor work. The .Cooa bay
reople will probably yet organise auoh
a commission, and at tha next aaaslon
of tha legislature present a bill giving
such a body legal existence.
-I very much regret to hear that tha
eommlaslon suggested by Portland peo
ple waa not formed, and aa act passed
by tha legislature. Thla ' plan la re
garded at Waahlngton aa tha vary beat
plan of proeeedure by a city or harbor
desiring such Improvements aa we aax
for." said Ms. Loggia. , The, Portland
plan of -carrying on harbor improve
ments la an excellent one, and Is eo
recognised at Waahlngton. .
During hla stay in Waahlngton Mr.
Loggia met a number of railroad build
ers, and It la paid ha succeeded In in
teresting ona of tha powerful railroad
magnates In tha opportunity that la
presented for n transcontinental Una
running eastward from Coos bay.
OWN THEIR OWln PHONES V
AND WILL OWN OWN STORE
(ineaatl TManatre to The JearaaLl
Smock, Or, April .Tha Smock A
Tygh , t allay Independent Telephone
company la progressing nicely. Tha
line la completed and all In good work
ing order, with It members. It 'phones
on the Una and mora expected soon.
Tha .company la In good financial con
dition. Tha line Is paid for and thera
la !S In the treasury. -
Tha company proposes to extend tha
Una on to Tha Dalles thla rail ana hopes
inside of two years to reach Portland.
Tha people of Smock are wideawake
and they believe when they pay for a
thing they should own It themselves
instead of giving It to aome large oem-
nany. - - .
Tha people of Smock propose to put In
a. store here. and own and control Jt,
and atop paying auch large profits on
what they consume, buy at wholesale
and soil at actual coat. " ' ' -
WEST OF THE PALOUSE
' IS NORTH COAST'S LINE
(BpaeUI Dknwtek The loarsal.)
Waahtucna, Waah- Aprtl a-Tha
whole district la full of railroad sur
veyors ' and there . la much activity
throughout thla and of Adams and
Franklin counties. Tba North Coast
surveyors have left tha mouth of tha
Pa. louse and passed through bora the
first of the week. They will go into
camp at Cow creek and wlU follow tha
Una from tha creek down tha west side
of the Palo0.se, recently run, whloh wlU
complete a location survey.
Tha expectation haa now been - aban
doned of aeeklng a location down tha
aaat aide, Tha fanners throughout this
district will put a stiff price on taa
land through which the railway com
pany expects to obtain rlgnt of way.-
BALL OF KNIGHTS AND
"LADIES OF SECURITY
-'-V ... -
Oregon City, April . -The Knights
and Ladles of Security made their final
preparations today for thalr sixth an
nual ball, which will be given tonight
at Armory halL Tha committees have
worked hard to make It a success and
big crowd la expected. Paraona' or
chestra will furnish tha music A late
car will ba run for the Portland people.
who will arrive here about o'clock. ,
" 1 1 " - ' " s
Three New Convict t Bnlem. v
(Itaadal Dxtpatetj t Tb- Jdsraal.f
Salem. Or.. April t. Three mora
prisoners wera delivered to the peniten
tiary yesterday. They , were Miguei
Vara and Frank Hernandea, who weVe
found guilty of larceny In a ator'e at
Klamath Falls, and who will serve three
years' sentences.' and Arthur lyCDermaa,
who waa found guilty of larceny oy em
besslement In Clataop and was sentenced
ta two and ona half rears.
' Supreme Court Caaes Dated. .
(geedal Dlanatrh ta Tba lonrsal.) 1
Salem. Or April . The following
eaaes have been aet by tha Oregon su
preme court: April 16, Burns vs. Ken-
nedr. Curnr county! Hume va. earns.
Curry county; April IT, Hume vs. Burns.
Curry : county;. April II, . Mues vs.
Bowers, Multnomah county; leBrun Vs.
LeBrun, Marlon county. ' "
Comford Killed by Falling Tree.
Aberdeen, Waah, April ' .Ed 4.
Comford. aged XT yeara and s resident
of Chehalls aounty for years, was
killed yesterday at tha Clemmona camp
near Monteaano by a falling tree which
truck hla head. - He was unmarried
and had eonsAaerable property. .
BARKEEPER
BOTTLE BEATING
seised a beer bottle end nearly beat his
employe's heed In. Wurms sued for
110,000 and Eiickson filed a cross com
plaint aaklng fur 110.000 from Wurms.
Tha testimony aa to who started the
fight was eonUedtotnry, so the jury de
cide to assess the Injuries of each and
to build an equation by placing a sum
of money with the severer Inlurles.
They derided that Worms was hurt the
worst ejna that the extra hurts are
worth about S. Frlckson will there
fore have to pay his former bartender
that sum In United States gold coin.
Sailor Are Not Molested While
Leaving the British Bark
Jordanhlll. ' ..
THREE FATAL FALLS 4 '.h
V FROM THE RIGGING
Member of Crew Declare Footxope
Not ,8f, but Captain Keneally
Savs the First Man Slipped, Bring
' Ing Others With lUm. J- V(
Soma 1( sailors deserted from the
British fourmaated bark Jordanhlll
while aha was at anchor in tha middle
of tha stream tha other day, and last
night when tha veaael waa at Green
wich dock to begin discharging cargo
only a couple of hands, excepting a few
aoorentlce bora. remained on board.
The eallere want ashore- In. boat-,aant 1
alongside to take them off. No at
tempt waa made to atop them, eo it la
aald. .v ' ... ":
.-nr?-.. to t.
coming and I this wUl jrevert to tie own-I
ars unleea It la turned Into a fund con-i
The ' men had mora or laas money
trolled bv the English board oft trade.
It la aald that tha aallora;who deserted
have written to tha old country that
they left ' money - behind, hoping to
thereby prevent It from falling to tha
ahlp. . ... .. . , ., . ' : -..M -L,
'.. rkiae Kan xniad. ,. .
On her way out from -Europe tha
Jordanhlll ran Into aome severe weath
er and three men fell from the tigging
to tne deck and ware crushed to death.
They wera launched over the rail Into
tha aea and tha matter reported by Cap
tain Keneally upon reaching Astoria.
British Vice Consul Cherry hsld an in
veatlgatlon on board of tha -vessel, and
aooordlng to Captain Keneally, earn to
the ' conclusion that the . death of . tha
Bailors waa ue to an unavoidable ac
cident. ' 1 .'';',
. The sailors who cams ashore seem
to differ with tha captain somewhat
in describing tha accident and It la
possible that action will ba taken by
tha relatlvea of tha dead men to hold
tha vassal liable.
t . Contradictory Stories. '
Tha sailors say that "the three men
were standing upon tha foot rope of
the for yard when It suddenly gave
way and precipitated them to tha deck.
Captain Keneally aaya that tha rops did
Hot give way. but that ona of tha men
missed his hold and la falUng, grasped
-ona of his comrades, with tha result
that tha latter pulled tha third man
from 'tha yard.'
Captain Keneally aaya tha Bailors
have spread thla report In order to get
even, as considerable ; animosity ex
isted on board. ,'.: i . -'
LET LIQUOR SELLERS
: FOLLOW FOOL SELLERS
'. ; . ' ' ' . '
' ' ' ' ... "
W. C: T. U. Leacls Temperance
.Element In Siege of State ,
... Fair Board. '.; ;'V 7:
. '.....: i .: .... . . " '
Reiem. Or.. April . No sooner has
the state board of .agriculture abolished
pool selling and book making at tha fair
than tha radical temperance element
l4 bv tba W. C T. U. Importunes the
board demanding that It abolish the bar
privilege at the fair grounds. ; , j
There are thoae who maintain that
the board dare not be so radical, alleging
the doing away with the pool selling
and ' the bar privilege would seriously
handicap the success of tha fair. It la
said that ' the precinct In which the
grounds are altuated la a dry precinct
and that all humidity of a beverage sort
should be removed from that vicinity.
The fair board aome .. weeke ago
awarded the bar privilege to William
Brown of Portland under sealed bids and
an effort at tMa time to rescind Ita
action might lead to legal complications.
The movement or tne temperance peo
ple appears to be strong but It Is not
thought they will endanger the success
of the fair, aa It la practically Impos
sible, this year at leaat, for the atate
fair board to take action In that regard.
The action of the board la prohibiting
book making haa been praised from
many quartere and haa been attacked by
the racing element ' . . ' '
The members of the fair board are
facing a serious dilemma The Question
. 4a nine to netronlse the
arises.
f.Mv m i
falrr
VARCOUVER HIGH VIHS
. DEBATE I'JIIH COLFAX
.. ;;; .:,- "'( 11 .. . . 1 ," -":. .''.;
And Thus Earn Place In the
f State Contest to Be Held
VlC:.. Five Weeks Hence."' v
. Vancouver. Wash.. April Before
an audience that filled the Methodist
church last evening, the debating team
of the Vancouver high school came out
..... nva. the team of the Colfax
high school. By winning lsst evening
the local debaters earn the right tw de
.. Mntaet tnr the cham
pionship of Washington at the Unlver-
alty of wasningion oa er
The teams of tha Auburn and Sno
. i-w wiw iMnia itabatad laat even
ing at the latter place and the winner
of that debate wui compete who Van
couver at Seattle. "
Th. -uhieot debated waa the ship
subsidy nusstlon. Vancouver had the
affirmative. Tba aeoeiere were i"t
Strlckler and Samuel A. Klmbrough for
Colfai and Fred Bennett and Charlea
for Vancouver. State Senator B. M.
Rands waa the presiding officer. The
Junges wera Frank Kreager, superin
tendent of schools of Olympla, F. F.
Nalder of Washington state college, and
Professor Alien . rjennaun ui u-
university, Seattle. -
, ureal prmiaw m Bi.vu " 7 , J
both teame for the manner In which
they handled the Question, wnicn to or.
national Importance ana soope. n w
. Mn., ....i, mafehetl Amhatm and it
wna not until Benator Rand read aloud
the votes of tha Judges that any one
could even guess at the result Tha
vote waa two to one In favor of Van
ennver. Tha first vote announced by
the presiding officer wss In favor of
the negative and the next waa for the
affirmative . This brought the excite
ment uo to fever heat. When the third
vote was announced in favor, of Vancou
ver, the elioere that went up testified
lo the Intense Interest In the contest. .
Large Shovel Gangs Clear 0. R.
A N. Track and Belated East-'
ern Travelers Arrive Here.
Tralna delayed by a landallda between
Cascade Locks and Wyeth on the O, B.
aa N. mala Una last evening transferred
their passengers, and. travelers wera en
abled to proceed to their destinations.
Tha morning trains today were held andJ
Portland bound trains arrived bare, about
I o'clock.
The slide was a rasultjf tha con
tinued ralna of tha last few days loosen
ing the mountainside and bringing down
enough dirt and rocka to cover tha track
from four to 10 feet deep for a distance
of about 40 feet. , All the men who could
work to advantage wera rushed to tha
soana yeaterday, and by .hard ahovellng
they suoceaded in clearing tha obstruc
tion today. A elide of thla kind la aald
to be hard 'to handle for tha reasoa that
removal of tha maaa on the tracks per
mits more dirt and rocka to elide down,
and It la alwaya problematical aa to
how'long a time win be reqalrert0 "re
move and atop a slide In rainy weather.
The last winter season haa broken tha
record for blockades on tha O, R. at N.
own-f1" Une between Portland and The
Mrlous landslides have
.... , tlm.. n .11 mrrio
at different tlraea held up all trarno
from II hours to three days. , Sometlmea
It has ' been necessary to dispatch n
steamboat from-Portland to aome point
on. the Columbia to serve aa a transfer
boat for passengers, and travel haa been
kept moving east and weat by thla
mesne, -The Interruption to t raffia haa
been very aeriona. and tha O. R. A N.
company la confronted with a problem
that will engage the earnest attention of
Its engineers to put a atop to the land
allda trouble In the Columbia .river
gorge. .' .: ' ' ,' ' - - 1
UNION OIL COMPANY . "
. PATS MP. OLE DUES
Dupont Powder Company Files
. Its Papers Molalla Electric "
I V' Line Has Incorporated.
(Special Dispatch ts The Soereel) " -'
Balem, Or., April (.The Union OH
company, after having transacted busi
ness In this state for three yeara with
out, conforming .to tha Incorporation
Kiwi of the atate of Oregon, yeaterday
filed Its declaration of purpose to do
business In this state and paid MSS.el
due as fees for. the years ISO. II 08
and ltot. This Is due to the energetic
efforts ' of Corporation Clark Drennen
In calling tha attention of the com
panies to their delinquency. , Tha Un
ion Oil company Is organised under
the laws of California, has Its main
office at Loa Angeles, and. haa cap
ital stock of 110,000,000. It .names
Milton W. Smith as Its Portland at
torney.' - ; .; " ''
The biggest corporation '. that nag
filed articles of Incorporation for some
months Is the E. I. DuPont de Ne
mours Powder company, capitalised at
tcs.000.000 and organised under the
laws of New Jersey with its main of-J
flee at Hobokeiv New Jeraey. - It waa
formed In ltot. It namea as Its agent-
George EL Wlllman of Portland.
.The Oregon City. Beaver Creek
Molalla Railway company, with a cap
ital stock of 1100,000, professes that
It will construct a railway from Ore
gon City to Beaver Creek. Highland,
Liberal, Holalld sTtd Soda Springs and
than will go southerly to tha southern
portion ' of Clackamas - county. The
business office of the company ' will
be at Oregon City and the Incorporators-are
Thomas F. Ryan, Grant B.
Dtmmlck. E. O. , Caufleld and J. W.
Sherwood. -
The Allen Orchard company win buy
and sell and 'raise livestock ana- au
kinds of fruit, grain, hay and vegeta
bles. The Incorporators are W. O. Al
len, P. E. Snodgrasa and E. B. Cham
bers, tha capital stock la 910.000 and the
main office will be at Eugene, . V
The Three Rivers' Creamery associa
tion haa for its Incorporators W. W.
Condor, J. J. McGlnnte and H. M. Far
mer. It haa a capital stock of 12.100.
Mount Jefferson' lodge No. lit, L O.
O. F- of Madras has filed artlelea. The
estimated value of Its property la I M0.
The Incorporators are John T. Disney,
N. H. Plnkerton and J. TV. Livingston.
The Warren Improvement company's
incorporators are P. H. Lund. J. A.
Beegla, R. O. Hasan. M. F. Haaen, WlU
jjkm Rsimlus and W. J. Fullerton. Its
. .. i
os pilar nuca a,wv nu . uiMn w-
YOUHG STUDENTS HOLD :
BIB ANiaU AL REUNION
, The annual reunion of students and
reception to Incoming members of the
Behnke-Wslker business -college waa
held at Elks hall last night and more
than 1.000 persons attended. An en
joyable time waa had by all.
' A program of tnualo and recttatlona
was well carried out ana heartily appre
ciated by the young men and women In
atendanca. In addition to a regular
program by the students, Mrs. Barber
aang several aolos with accompaniment
by Mrs. Edmunde. Following came' a
piano duet by , Miss Hendrikson and
Cleaver. -:.-- .
At a late hour the T. M. C A. orches
tra arrived and helped the merrymakers
psss the remainder "of the evening with
delightful music 1 Refreshments were
served in the crnrse of Uie evening and
the affair was pronounce!! the most suo
oessful ever held by the students.
KLAMATH'S TAXPAYERS "
-tr-fx COME IN PROMPLTY
' (Special Nepateb ta The loarsaL)
Klamath Falls, Or., April . Nearly
three fourtha of Klamath county's
taxes, which amount to considerably
over 1100,000.; have already been paid
la
Within 14 hours HO sacks of matt
were received at tha Klamath Falls of
fice, on the breaking of the blockade
dus to recent waehouta,'
' :. Portland Lecturers at Engnne. ,
ISpeHal tMenstra teTke JearaaLl
University of Oregon, Eugene, esprit
.Two Portland men of prominence
will apeak before the university In the
next two weeks. Judge H. II Northup,
the well-known lawyer, will talk next
week on "The Two Rebellions; or the
boys of '71 and '1." The following
week Judge Fraser wilt address ths stu
dents on the juvenile court at Portland,
of which ha Is tha haad, ' .
Forgery Charge Against Real Es
tate Broker Sustained
' ' In Verdict. V-
ONLYvTEN MINUTES ' '
A'. TO REACH DECISION
Aa Final Effort, Ta.ft'i Attorney
Declare) Dicta and Blmonton Con
spired Axalnst Him, bat Deputy
: District Attorney Disprove This.
W. H. Taft. real estate man and In-,
auranoe broker, who for months main
tained palatial offloea on the ground
floor of the Chamber of Commerce
building, le guilty of forgery. So de
cided a Jury In Judge Crawford's de
partment of the circuit eourt this morn
ing, after being out but 10 enlnutee.
Taftrecelved.lh verdict without nr
show. Of emotion. He has been there
before. He once served a three yeara
term In the Oregon penitentiary for a
almllar offense. It is likely that he
will go there for a much longer term
thla time. The fact that It, Is his sec
ond conviction, Is not the only thing
agalnat him. -.,.''.
If tha district attorney doea not con
sider that the sentence imposed later
by the eourt la severe ' enough, there
are a half dosen or more eases prao
ttcally aa strong aa the present, one,
which the official may pre as against
Taft. J-- V , '- ..: -;
-. Cam Soaroely Zaoape. .. ,
, Immediately after tha verdict waa
read, W. K. Mcoarry.'one or Tart s at
torneys, announced that an appeal would
be taken to the supreme court. It la
unlikely that Taft can be eared from
the penitentiary, however, " for ' If ' one
case falls through the district attorney
will take np another. Twenty years Is
the extreme penalty a forger may pay.
In order to prevent Taft from gain
ing hla freedom, should the Jury In the
ease. Just closed aqult him. late yester
day afternoon Manning filed a second In
formation' agalnat the- prisoner. The
Information waa almllar to tha first.
Taft was charged -with Uttering
forged note with Intent to . defraud
George IX Peters. The note In guestlon
was for 280 and purported to be signed
by J. JS. Thurston, a fictitious person
age who' was supposed to own furni
ture On Park street,; - '. .
' v' " OonaWr Charge B3Hed. .-"
After the prosecution rested yester
day afternoon, the defense made a dee
perate effort to secure the discharge -of
the prisoner V technical grounds. A.
EL Clarke, McOarrys partner, made a
masterly argument 'to back his motion,
bat the eourt decided) against him. The
defense then refused to put on any Wit
nesses, but submitted the .matter to the
Jury on arguments.
MeOarry, In hla argument, attempted
to make, out a ease of conspiracy on the
part of J. H. Pieta, Taft'S formar part
ner, and B. M Slmonton, vloe-presldent
of the Amea Mercantile agency. Ha
accused Diets and Slmonton ef being In
a conaplracy to send Taft to the peni
tentiary In order that they might get
hie property. In reply. Deputy District
Attorney Moeer showed that Wets and
Slmonton bad tried to get Taft out of
hla so rape instead of trying to get hint
Into It. . '' : '- ' . - v;
IVAS SCARED THROUGH A
SEVENTH STORY lWl
Saved by Landing on Fire Es
cape Took Next Train- :
V Back to Nevada.
. (Jearsal Ipeetel ServtaO . "
Los Angelas, April (.During an ex
citing clash over a Tmelneee deal be
tween A. 1. 'FlUgerald of Chicago and
J. W. Hicks of Ooldflald. the latter
leaped . out through ' a seventh story
window of the hotel Alexandria at I
o'clock thla morning. Belated people In
the street were startled by a wild cry
and crash of glaaa, and aaw the man
drop Into apace. ' :.
i The next Instant, however, he landed
on a fire escape and was saved, then
leaped through another window Into the
room of Frank Steele and sought pro
tection from Fltagerald, who had torn
off his collar and tie and frightened
him out of hla wits. Fitsgerald, who Is
better known In Chicago as "Red Fits,"
entered Into negotiations with Hicks,
who had Just come In from the mining
region with money, and they had gone
to a room to close the partnership deaL
Fitsgerald, who la almost a giant in
also, claims that Hicks, the little man,
refused to give him a correct statement
of the f tnancea, and ha finally became
so exasperated that he took Hlcka by
the coat collar and shook him up. Hicks
then made his flying leap and later took
the first train for Nevada. -
NEW ORDER PREPARED - 1
T TO STOP LAND FRAUDS
': i ' (Jnemal perlet ftervtea.)
Washington, April (.To head off a
repetition of the land frauds In the
west the department of -the interior
will shortly promulgate a regulation
under whloh upon the kllghtest trace
of coal or metal being found, the geo
logical aurvey will be Instructed to
investigate. The result will be that
many thousand of aoree that ars now
called agricultural will be declared min
eral lands, ,
NEW YORK MAYORALTY "
- CONTEST CAN PROCEED
' (Jfteraaf Special ervles.l
New Tort April . Mayor McClet
lan'a demurrer to the attorney-general's
proceeding to teat the right of MoClal
lan to the mayoralty waa overruled to
day, the effect being to permit the atate
to try the case on Its merits. In view
of the fact that the legislature . has
passed ths recount bill, tha attorney
general la not likely to proceed at pres
ent. -",.'
MORRIS FOUND GUILTY 4
OF DOUBLE MURDER
III i i. t" .'
(Jearnal SpeetaV gervlea.) "
New Kirk, Okla., April Wood eon
S. Morris, a gen 01, one of the wealthiest
men In Oklahoma, waa today declared
guilty of "murdering Woodford P. .Cits
sidy and aon over a land lease qiArreL
Morris was eentenced to life Imprison
ment aj hard labor.
Stearri Shovel to Be Moved to
McKenna Junction by V
theO. R.& N. 1 '
Orders have been Issued by tha con
struction department ef the O. R. aV N.
company to hurry the work of laying
tha rails on the .stretoh of new track
between McKenna Junction and Maegly
JuncUonso that the big ateam shovel
now operating on the lower peninsula
may be transferred to MoKenna Junc--on
and put to work scooping out tha
north approach to the tunnel that the
O: R, A N. is preparing to bore through
the peninsula. ' ' . . . " . . v
Several hundred feet of a out will
have to be made In connection with the
north approach to thla tunnel. On the
Willamette end of the tunnel no ctft is
necessary. aa"the work will kegln at
bridge level through the bluff . under
Willamette boulevard.
,The action of the O. B. N. . con
struction department In issuing - the
above order would Indicate that actual
construction work wlll begin on the pe-l
nlnsula tunnel within tne next i aavs.
REGISTRATION IS
SLOW . THIS YEAR
V'j'V;..1 '. 'v"::
Registration for tha spring election
has so far been extremely light. Though
but eight days remain on which voters
may register, np to last night but 701
new names had been added to the roll,
and but H changea had been made.
Two yeara ago." aald County Clerk
Flelda today, despite the increase In
population, the registration waa con
siderably heavier for the same period.
Nine daya before the closing of the
books I4S new names were added and
i changea ware made." V
Registration closes on April It. A
uk .ram imt Monday will be the laat
day to get your name down. The place-j
to register Is at the county ciera s omoa,
on the first floor of the county court
house. Fifth and Salmon streets. From
now on until April II registration
elerka will be at your service until
o'clock at night. .. .. - . ; y ,
NEW LODGE PLANS
TO BUILD A HOME
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The Stopers of ths World, sn order of
mining men, recently' organised In Port
land, and with thla elty as Its head
quarters, te already discussing the ambi
tious project ef erecting a lodge build
ing In Portland. The order le scarcely
four montha old yet It has a flourishing
organisation la this city, Los Angeles
and Spokane and will soon organise
lodges In Denver and Seattle.
Among its members In Portland are
many Influential and prominent business
men. who are Interested In mining. No
definite arrangements have as yet been
made looking to the location or char
acter of tha building to be put up, but
one of the cardinal principles of the
order requires that each stops or lodge
shall own its own lodge building as
soon after org-anlsatton as practicable.
ATTACK VALIDITY OF . '
: THE EDDY TRUST DEED
eV ' Jesnal Special Servtee. ''"". e
e Concord, N. April The e
e first legal step to meet the sur-., e
4 prise sprung by the defense In
e the Eddy suit, by naming three
e .trustees was made today when 4
e Vjounael for the plaintiffs filed a e
d- supplementary bill In equity at- . S
e tacking the validity of the, deed e
4 of trust given by Mrs. Eddy. The
e plaintiff a now ask that the deed e
e . be vacated, alleging that . tne e
s ' grantor. Mrs. Eddy, waa inoom-
4 potent to exeoute li. ,
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CENTRAL AMERICANS
r MAKE PEACE AGREEMENT
i ' v,
(leomal SpeHa) SwtIm.) 1
Waahlngton, April . A conference
was held today between Aaalstant Secrar.
tary of State Baoon, Mexican Ambaasa
dor areel; Calvo, mlniater from Costa
Rico;- Toledo of Guatemala and Me J la
of Salvador, who la also representing
Honduras. Bacon's conferees represent
all the countries ef Central America ex
cept Honduras, Ths conference may re
sult In aome permanent peace agree
ment. After the Central American dip
lomats left ths atate department one ef
the conferees announced that a tentative
agreement had been- reached and ex
pressed the hope that It would work out
eatlafactortly. - ....
SALEM DELEGATES TO
WOODMEN CONVENTION
' (ItaeetarDlepefeh ts Ths 'nerval.! '
Salem, Or April (.Salem Camp,
No.' 118, Woodmen of the World, haa
aelected delegatee to attend the district
convention of the Woodmen of the
World that will meet at Portland, May
t. Those chosen are A. L. Fraaer, T. L
Frasler, A. I. Harvey, J. W. Longcor,
4. A. Williams, Dr. Altman. F. R. Cap
per, J. A. Dickey and Neighbors De-
laney. Savage and Chapman. Special
Organiser J. D. Beakey waa present and
read a telegram from Head Consul L I,
Boak on the splendid growth ol the 'or
der. . . v . ' ;
TWO CORPORATIONS FILE
u ARTICLES WITH CLERK
Articles of Incorporation were filed
with the county elyk today aa follows:
Trl-clty Baseball league; incorpora
tors, H. K. Smith, C. A. Part low and
M. R. Whitehead; capital mock. 1100.
Kelso Tie company; Incorporators,; D.
P, Camer-jn. U C. Strnie and W, B.
Stowe; caplUl stock, 11.000. - ,
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Chicago ITas Two Mayors.
fjoaraal Special mV.
Chicago, April . Thla city la gov
erned by two mayors. Dunne is mayor
until Busse'a election la approved by the
council, but to prevent Dunne from
making any appointments Busae wsa
sworn In today. This makes Imnne'g
every-' official act subjeot to Busse
revision. . -'
' ' ' . . Mrs. Gordon la fead.
' (onrnal ftpeelal genioe.)
I4I, Cal., April . Mrs. Iaura Ie-
J'orce Gordon, the eecond woman ever
dmltted to practice law before the su
preme court of trie tlnlted'fitates, died
hare tills morning with pneumonia.
That Is Copperfield, Which Was
Founded by Two Plucky
. Women.
TWO ELECTRIC LINES
.; WILL SOON REACH IT;
y-r ; 1 ;
Ox Bow Poworr to Do Delrrored to
Traction Lines nd Other Power
' Users Will Make an Eldorado of
Easter Ore-goal . '.''.
" fRpeetal Waeetch te The JearseM
- Baker City, Or., Aprtl a. "As soon aa
the Ox Inv power project la completed
and the electricity Is to be had, two ;
-new electrlo lines will be constructed to
center In the new town of Copperfield.
On Snake river, at the mouth of Pino
creek,", declared Colonel James Harvey
Graham." who" nai Just returned ; to this -
city from the copper belt: '
One road will run through the heart
of the great Idaho copper oampa in the
Seven Devlla country, to Landore. The
other will follow Pine creek and Up the, ,
Cornucopia gold district. , " '
, Tha town of Copperfield, sprung Into
existence overnight, is a true western
camp.Saloona are being erected. Gam-'
biers are already on the ground and
stakes are high. Hotels are planned''
and until auch time aa they can be cone
atructed the Inhabitants are Bleeping In ,
tents and stablea. Everything ts boom
ing. ','-'..'" ' ' -; '' J-
s Two .Women Started 1. ' ? -TWO
' women were the pioneers- of,
Copperfield. Meadames Day and Knapp
of Pins Valley having taken alx !
horse teame into the new, town with
lumber - and ; supplies end ..started .tha
"Hotel Magpie." Until the building can
be erected these plucky , women have
established their business at the Vaughn
ranch house. .-.'.'' "
J. C Wolfe of Pendleton, In partner
ship with Colonel Graham, will open a ,
drug store. Bert Vsughn has already
established the -Topic" cigar atore and
Is starting work on saloon. The Ho
tel Magpie la already open temporarily .
and the new building ta under way. . J.
McHenry of Baker la building a saloon.
Mr. Murphy of Ooldflald has a black
smith shop. Gua Anderson- and Nelson -Brothers
of Bourne have lumber for s '
saloon. Two livery and feed stablea are .
under way. Grant Thornberg of Oran
He will build a hotel. Pete Howard of
Sumpter will run a barbershop. - J. A.
Vaughn, who received 110.000 lh cash,
for the townslte, has selected three lots
and has ordered lumber for a hotel.'
Besides the several hundred men who
will be employed In driving the three
tunnels for the Ox Bow project. Mr.
Thompson, the railroad contractor, haa
secured a portion of the town alts sport
which he will quarter BOO men as soon
as he can bring them In. '
sola. .
Mr. Thompson has a large crew at.
work now building a new wagon road
that will give him a haul 10 miles
shorter than going around by Eagle and
Pine valleya to reach Copperfield. The
OX Bow power people are assisting tn ,
the onatmotlon. v The people of Halt
way, Eagie -and Pine valleys have
raised U,09 to build a wagon road from
Halfway to Intersect the new Thomp
son road. -.. '
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' WORLD'S RICHEST CAMP r
What Returning Explorers Found
..;.' ta Oregon's Copper BelW.
MMflil nianatefe aa The Joorael
Baker City, Or, Aprtl I. Flowers
are blooming on the banks of Snake
river, wagonload after wagonload of
supplies Is being taken Into the great
copper belt and Investors are leevlng
for the Scene of the great deposit dally.
The boom of the eastern Oregon wpper
belt is on, ' -. - -' '' . .
A party of mining men has Just
returned from the Snake river country,
where every foot of development work
reveals richer ore end -whore there are
more fortunes lying on the surface than
In any other undeveloped dletrlct In tha
world. . This party, eon-prtolng Prank
Pearce and J. F. Moore, both veteran
mine managers, and Charlea Murphy,
the attorney, visited a number of the
Snake river mines and ars even more
enthuataatlo now than 'before, declaring
there never was anything like It In the
world .before. " -
WHEN OX BOW. GIVES POWER
Then Will (he Gold niO Mlno Tleld
Its btnts'amfcmS. ;4J.
(Usertal Dtseatah te The JoernelJ
Baker City, Or, April t. With the
completion of the Ox Bow tunnel . pro-,
lock when electrlo power can be hn
at a reasonable figure for the opera-i
tlon of mlnea In thla district, the Ojil: I
Hill mine, one or tne oioest anq riune-. ,
of eastern Oregon, will be reopened.
Arrangements are under way and new
maohlnery will be Installed as soon as
power can be secured from the Ox Bow.
The mine already has a complete equip- ;
ment with the exception Of ths electrical ,
machinery. - -' .'''"''
That the Oold Hill mine, 10 miles
south of Baker and one and one fjt""" ;
miles from Neleon siding on the O. B.
N, Is ons of the greatest in eastern ,
Oregon has been settled for yeara. It
la already well deyeloped. there being
more than a mile of underground work
completed. A legal tangle having been
etralghtened out, the-Conqueet company
has a clear title and -will proceed to
take out the millions of dollars uncov
ered before them for so long. . . .
- Thla property Is free milling, cut ny
a 1.400 foot tunnel and with a depth of
from 1.000 to 1.100 feet, Thirteen gold
ledeea have been cut and there Is
enough It 50 ore in sight to run VlJ
ou-STamp-mill ir ov jvmim, ... - , ,
could be handled, with ateam equlpmnt.( ;
for f 2.E0 a ton. Ore running more than ,-
It la uncovered, however, and in plaoea . j
the values are much higher. When the ; J
Ox Bow ts completed and-power can f
ba secured at a low rate the cost of
milling wilt be reduced to a minimum. . J
WILL DRILL OREGON . - !
DRILL GIRLS IN SONG v t
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(SseHal Dtoperrt te The Jen ml.) t
Salem, Or, April C. Professor Mar-
tin K. Robinson of Portland was yeater- ;
da commissioned by Oovemor Cham- ;
berlaln aa musical director of the Ore- ;
gon Girls' Drill company to the James-
town exposition. The company la be- ' t
Ing gradually commissioned, having a '
commander, a chaperon, an attending '
physician and a musical director. There
Is considerable-opposition to ths Indian
uniform which Oa to be worn by the
i