THE OREGON DAIIY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9. 1807.
Ill WAtJTS 10 GIVE
ISliliPfliE
Mrs. Von Ciaussen Would Like to Hold Teddy's
Head Under a Hydrant and Jurn on the
1 v Watef--Asks for Insanity Commission
Jmraal Seeds! gervlee.l
Washington, D. C, April I. Mrs. Ida
Von Ciaussen called at tha White House
this morning In order to ses tha preei
t , dnt, but waa refused admlsalon by the
: executive's secretaries. ' She left a lat
ter demanding that a commission ba p-
pmmsu la inquirw - w-. ... j
tba president proceed with Ma lnvestl
' ration of her right to ba praaantad to
tha king of Sweden. . ' V ...
' Tha letter Mra. Von Ciaussen left for
- tha prealdent aald! "Mra. Von Clauaaen
bar a Prealdent Roosevelt at onoa to ap
point a eomroHtee of experts to make
aura that aha la of sounds mind before
, ba proceed further la thla caaa for aha
well knowa that when tha prealdent la
cornered ha haa a habit of appointing
avch eommltteee to help Mm out of tha
. ounouuiea, 1
' Qtw Xls Water Core. , ,
Returning to tha hotel tha woman
!: : - -.-..:,.. -"I'd
Ilka ta tire Booeevelt tha water
core. It would Juat do ane rood to put
his head undtr the hydrant and turn on
, tba water. Up to thla point I ware been
In perfect good humor, but when I am
treated with contempt by the govern
ment which I sought to keep from ridi
cule in Europe. I lose my temper."
"Don't you think tha letter I sent In
to tha prealdent waa enter aha eon-j
NINETEEN COUNTIES'SEND : '
DELEGATES TO GRAND JURY
4 That tha forthcoming federal grand
' Jury will be a representative one la
shown by tha fact that It of tba St
.counties of tha state are represented,
while -it different vocations are fol
lowed by. tha. I men drawn In tha
venire yesterday. - -.!
Nearly every walk In life la represent
ed from that of a locksmith to a cap-
' Italiat Farmers predominate and ex-
terday belong to the class wbo till tha
soil. Merchants come next In order
' three, while two dairymen are Included
In tha Hat Of the remainder there are
BEFUDDLED FATHER CLAIMS .
. BOY BABE IS DAUGHTER
' Fatherhood fell so happily upon a
' touii man that thla morning ha Jour
neyed three miles In order to report the
birth of hla flrat-bora - te the health
board. The attending physician, had
been ahead of him, bowever, and tba re
ports conflicted. Tha report of fhe phy
alclaa to Secretary Moore waa that tha
babe born waa a girl. Tha father as
serted that It waa a boy. .
"Do I look aa If I bad been drinking T"
the father Indignantly asked when ha
waa shown the report of the physician.
. "Ton certainly don't," answered Miss
Moore, "but we must accept tha report
of tha phyalctan flref " '
HATLESS AND COATLESS BALD-
' iirAnrn rADDioiiic ccPADro
nLnuLU i
"Oh. no. beH never get away," aald
Jailer Ben Branch to Captain Moore
when the police official warned the vet
eran patrolman to be on his guard
against John O. . Fabriclua, tha "church
thief," serving a tt-day sentence for
vagrancy. - " ' '
"1 dsi i;syxaiD soon Dunou . wm
well founded waa evidenced thla morn
ing when Fabric! u a, detailed to aweep
out the municipal court corridors, took
French leave. Tha prisoner escaped
BRISTOL WILL
HOT QUIT J2QW
Further Effort Will Be Made. to
, Bring Los Angeles Men to
V Oregon for Trial.
United Stetea District Attorney W li
tis m C Bristol received word this af
ternoon that tha United Statea supreme
courtj bad sustained tha appeal ef tha
Los Angelea man Indicted for violating
the federal land laws la Curry county,
Oregon,-la their, efforts to resist re
moval to Oregon for trial on tha charges
Included la the Indlctmenta.
4 Despite tha victory of "the Loa An
gelea parties. Mr. Bristol will Institute
new proceedings againat them and will
go to Loa Angelas and try tha oases
againat the men himself, s soon aa he
can get away from hla dutlea connected
'with the federal grand Jury, which will
. meet thla month. - .
The Los . Angelea men Indicted are
Olllellen. Kennx. Goodwin and Gould.
. They are well-known and t Influential
cltlsena of California and have eouaht
.refuge from every court possible. Anally
winning In tba supreme court. .
This, however, does not release "them
from the chsrges la the Indlctmenta
and Instead of being tried la Ore ran
rtvea them the opportunity to be tried
In California. Mr. Bristol does not see
it that way, nowever, and Insists that
tha men snail be tried la thla state.
Tne men appeaieo to tne supreme
court from the United Statea circuit
court ef tha southern California district
on a writ of habeas corpus.
r.lioots Husband In Bon's Presence.
(Jmreal rUl Berrin.l
fait Lska. irll t. As her 10-year.
mj son stood by iter side, Mra. William
T. liooley shot and killed ber husband
sa be stood at the telephone la thetr
home thla tnornln. Two- hours later
ti e Inquest was h"id and a lunacy com-
r ..sio'i arpaluted te pasa oa her sanity.
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tinned. Oh. Ife almost funny. I al
most had to laugh at the pompous way
In which the meaaenaer or aomebody at
tha White Houaa name out to say Mr;
Loeb -waa busy and eould not see me.J . .
I want o tell the world Oiat It I. an "HtS bu1cn.ry V Om.
rasa. Put It In big type that there l.lmo-t horrible kiiim
a conspiracy.
Jealoas of
To tell the truth about tha whole
matter, aald Mrs. Von Clauasen In a con
fidential tone, "the reason Mra. Oravea,
wife of the American minister to Swe
den, would not present ma to tha kin
of Sweden after he had expressed a
wish that"tbe presented, was that aha
waa Jealoua of my dress. . She, being of
tha diplomatic corps, waa compelled, to
wear the regulation court dreaa of black
with ridiculous short puffy sleeves.
When aha waa Informed of my gorgeous
gown, aha had an attack or heart fail
ure. " . . . . ' ; -
Asked whan aha waa going to leare
Washington. Mra Von Ciaussen aald
"Not until I hare made it ao hot that
they grant ma redress for my wrongs.
If I just get that lunacy commission
appointed, ao they oannot put me la Jail
for aaylng what I want to, I will tin
coTer soma things. . There la an up-
rlalna? in. Sweden. ' I may hare to ask
Graves what part. If any, ha la taking
In tha matter." 0 ... ,
a banker, a liveryman, tlmberman, hop
buyer, 'printer. locksmith, engraver.
manufacturer agent, fisherman, stock-
raiser, miner and sheepman. ,
i Multnomah county leads tha .counties
represented with the unlucky II. Three
of theae live outalde of Portland, namely
In Hoioreck, Montavllla - and Tremont
Place. Marlon la second with six venire
men to her credit Jackson cornea third
with five, while Baker haa four. Clat
sop and Douglas are a tla with three.
Six mora have two each, aa follows:
Umatilla, Union, Clsckamaa. Benton,
Lane and Linn. Waaeo, Columbia, Polk
and Tamblll each have one.
"WeH." said the father. "I thought
tha doctor aald it waa boy, I gueaa
I waa dreaming." - i'.'.v ''
Several fathers of young ladlsa who
happened to be In the health ..office at
the time assured him that he waa, and
ha left the room with; tha serene amlle
of the proprietor of a family. Bo happy
waa he that aa hour later ha aent up a
box of cigars to tha yewng ladles In tha
health office and a box of bonbons to
the male employes. It la needless to
say that tba bonbona were traded for
tha clgara.' .
r i
numuiuo uouni lo
without coat or bat and in view of
the fact that hla head la aa bald aa a
billiard ball tha police expect to have
no difficulty In locating him. '
Fabriciua la well known to the au-,
thorttlea, having bean arrested on sev
eral occasions for etealing from houses
of, worship and -consequently became
known aa the "church thief." . The pris
oner had but it daya mora to aerve and
la tha event of hla recapture will ao
doubt pay a visit to tha rockptle.
TESTIFIES TO
SAVE SOU'S LIFE
Mrs. Carritz Tells Story of In
.. sanity Among Other. Mem-
bers of Famlly.v ' .
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With law banging loose and eyes
staring vacant before him, Peter Oar
tits, tba murderer of Anton Orohe. was
led Into oourt thla morning to listen te
the testimony which will decide whether
or not tha law ahai, treat him as an ir
responsible madman. :
Tha It regularly called Jurymen wb
will listen to the testimony In tha e
are A. Mil la, Hiram Terwllllger,
B. Jones, J. C. MoOrew, W. N. lieu.
bree, p. Murray, George Suttle, N. Solo
mon, C. L. Cllne, C k Fox, W. O. Has
tlna and C J. Van Avery.
The st ran rest non-expert witness for
Oarrlta will ba hla mother. Mrs. Llssle
Verataten, who took the stand tha flrat
after tha opening of court at I o clock
thla afternoon. Mra Verataten told a
long story of Inaanlty and misfortune
In the family tending . to show oon
gental Inaanlty. She aald that bar own
sister and her slaters son had both
been adjudged Insane and now are In
matea of tha same asylum In. the etate
of Wisconsin. Her- own husband, the
father of Oarrlta. committed auiotde by
drowning when Peter waa but 7 years of
age. -
Expert witnesses to ba eauaa by oar-
ritaa attorney. J. F. Watte, are Dra.
William Houaa. W. F. Amoe ana w. u.
McNary. Dra. House and McNary have
both sworn to tnelr belief that Oarrlta
is tneane and a victim of feeble-mlnded-
nesa probably dating from -early child'
hood. .
' The Interests of tha people are' being
looked after In tha trial by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Adams. Mr. Adams stated
at the openlne- of the trial thst he will
do nothing to- prejudice tha minds of
the Jury sgelnst the prisoner; that If
the accused Is insane he wtshea to know
It, aa ha doea not wish-.to prosecute a
uruy aoaa ior uurdos
BUTCHERY If!
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-A JAP RESORT
Three at .Tacoma . Combine to
Murder a Fourth Principal ,;
') s In Deed Confesses!
Tacoma, Wash April t. R. Omatt, a
Japaneae labor contractor, waa 'found
dead, lying In pool of blood amid a
Utter of broken ohaira and furniture.
a Japanese resort rery early thla morn-
Inf.. M. Aloiiyasu, a' countryman of
Omatt, baa admitted ba waa responsible
for hla death, and that another Jap
anese, named M. Nakamura, also as
slated In the killing. Both7 of these
men were Immediately captured by tha
Omatt la one of tha
most horrible killings that haa taken
place in Tacoma In several t-eara, ac
cording to the police.' Tha resort" Is1 an
exoluslvely Japanese - club, devoted to
card rooms and restaurant boxes, where
Japaneae women resort The three man
mentioned were In a box last night with
a fourth Japaneae, whose name haa not
been learned. Suddenly there waa heard
Inalda tha box the crash of breaking
dishes, the thud of tablea being over
turned and tha amaahlng of furniture. .
' While tha proprietor of the place waa
tiring to' open the door, which had ''been
locked. It waa suddenly thrown open
and tha Japaneae, whose name haa not
been- learned, knocked him down and
ruahed down the atairway to tha atreet
At thla Instant eight shots were fired
In rapid aucceasion and then Morlyaau,
carrying a amoklng pistol In his hand,
daahed out and ran directly Into the
arms of Patrolman 8hock, who placed
htm under arreat Morlyaan waa great
ly excited and Jabbered while behig
handcuffed. I shot him," he -aald, "he
look after me ail day yesterday to kill
me; I wait for Mm and kill him."
In addition to Moriyaau'a confession.
Indicating deliberate murder on hla part,.
Omatl waa found to be unarmed and
defenseless. Four bulleta entered hla
back and two his braMt In,, add It Ion
there were numeroua knife wounda
about hla neck and head.
APRIL MEETING r
BEGINS TODAY
Women's Missionary . Society
Meets at Taylor Street
Church. .
The Columbia' River branch of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society of
the Methodlat Episcopal church la hold
ing its semi-annual meeting today- at
Taylot Street Methodist v church. Tha
aeml-annual meeting la April la alwaya
held there and the annual tmeetiag
moves from place to place. The reporte
of officers and committees occupied the
entire morning session. .A
The branch la In a better financial
condition than at any former time. The
paat half year the raoelpta from dues,
gifts and subscriptions' have bean $.
tlt.tt, and tha disbursements 11.701.
leaving a balance af ll.Ott. This ahowa
a gain over tha earns tlmo last year of
ttli.lt. The. treasurer. Miss Nsttle
Whitney of Tacoma la the successor of
her mother, who held the office for
many .years and left the work to ber
daughter when aha died within tha year.
Mrs. A. N. Fisher, corresponding sec
retary , who baa , Just returned from
uaiirornia, gave aa interacting account
of tha work of tha California branehi
one jamemea mo iaci uiii tne memDep-
ship of the Columbia river branch does
not Increase as rapidly as It should.
There are JT.000 Methodist woman In
tha territory and only- 4,000 are en
listed In tha foreign mlaalonary society
work. ' Many of tha older women are
called awav by death and there Is none
to take their places. , - .- v
Mrs. Fisher spoke particularly of
Mra Whitney and Mra Foster, both of
whom have died within the last year.
She -read Interesting letters from mis
sionaries In China, Japan and India.
Tha nits box committee reported that
114 boxes have been given out this year
and it la hoped to raise tha sum ' to
l,O00. - .- : - ... - . , .
Mra SL K. Upmayer, secretary of tha
young people's work, entered a plea for
all women to uaa their Influence with
tha young people to join, for their aid
would be needed when the older ones
gave up their active work.'' The after
noon was devoted to papers en mission
ary subjects. , ,
TOKEN IS GIVEN '
ELDER, PRATT
Evangelical . Conference '. Closes
Ministers Present Gift to Leader--,
Dlatrict Appofhtmentg Made.''
The United Evangelical conference
cloaed yesterday. Tha church waa packed
to the door both morning and evening
to hear Bishop Hell of HlghlandTTark.
His morning sermon was on "The Cer
tainties of Preaching and Christian
Living." . . ; v -
Presiding Elder H. I Pratt, of Port
l 1 ' district, was presented . with
n gold watch by the ministers . jf
i. ;s district. At tha mlaalonary meeting
held at I p.' m. over f 800 was raised
for home missions. ' ' - '
The appointments ; for the snsutng
ysar are aa lollowa;
.Portland oieiric nev. ta. i. zsaiiaa-
tvna, P. E. Brooks, O. O. Arnold;, Day
ton. W. 8. Plowman; HUlsboro, S, J.
Lindsay: Irrigon and Uklah. A. W,
Brickley; iareyette and uaston, gi. is.
McVlcker; Laurel, F. S. Locke; Ockley
Green, J. Boweraox; Portland first, A.
A.- Winter; Portland second, B. t S.
Hushes; St. Johns, CP. Oates; Trout-
dale, to be au polled .
Dallas District, H. L. Pratt. P. K.
Buelnh and Alaea, B. M. Wood, "A'atlae,
N. W. Baser; Florence, O. L. Lovell;
Independence, S. B. Lou re r; Klrig'a Val
ley, J. L. Bums; Lewlsvllle, M. I B,
Toung: Mapleton, K. W. Phelps; Salem,
H. A. Deck; Soda villa and Sweet Home,
C. A. Burrls. .
SPEAK AJ COMMERCIAL
CLUB DINNER J0NIGHT
Among the speakers who will discuss
the subject of "District Street Improve
ment" at tha monthly dinner of 'the
Portland Commercial club tonight will
be te A. McNery, I. Lang, H. C Camp-
W ii wwe . wr - s ww
NE17 HOTEL AT
PARK AND ALDER
Dr. Cornelius VVill Erect Six.
V 'Story Brick. Building -
T-: v 'on Corner. Vv-i
Dr. C W. Cornallua will beat within
SO days the erection of a atx-etory brilk
hotel and store building oa tha north
west, corner of Alder and Park streets.
jusi across nrt street from tha medl
cal and dental of flee bulldlna; bow under
eonatructlon by Baldwin A Downlna.
Tba ooat of tha Cornellua atructure will
be about m,oo. Tha ground floor will
be uaed for stores and tha remaining
nve noora win be fitted up aa a first-
class family hotel. While the atructure
wnr aot be of the ateel skeleton type,
such aa the Corbett at Fifth and Mor
rison, n will ba aupported with ateel
girdera and beams and oolumna of Iron.
Bennea, Hsndrlcka & Tobey are . prepar
ing tha plana and specifications for the
proposed atructure.
Tha Jor geason building at Third And
Main streetat although ' nearly com
pleted, ia - t be remodeled -at-an - ax
pense of $10,604 aid converted Into a
first class hoteL The original Inten
tion of the builder waa to have the en
tire ground floor utilised for bualnaas
houses and the upper floors divided Into
offlces, but Architect Kmll Schacht baa
been ordered to make tha neceaaary al
terations In order to convert It into
an up-to-date hotel. The new plan
calls for a dining room (0 by 100 feet
a grill, bar and lobby on tha ground
floor. Twanty-four suites ' are to ba
provided with hatha The necessary al
terations will ba completed by June 10.
Thla will ba the first modern hotel to
ba located on South Third street
ASKS $7,000 FOR
. INJURIES IK SAWMILL
Wind . River Lumber Company
Sued by Guardian of B." '
v-: A.Carner.7
. B. A. Oamer. by his guardian., filed
suit In the United States circuit court
this 'morning against tha Wind River
Lumber company to recover damagea In
the aum ef $7,000 for personal tnjurlea
received while working in tha company's
sawmill. The case comes up on re
moval from the circuit court, of Waaeo
county. . , .
Another ease brought Into tha United
Statea circuit court on removal from the
stats courts today was that of Ralph
Rogera againat tha Peninsula Lumber
company. In which Rogers seeks to re
cover 13S.000 fdr Injuries- which ha al
leges to bava received while working
for - the lumber company. Tha caaa
came from the circuit oourt of Colum
bia county. ,. -y.j ..
OFFICIALS TAKE
OATH OF OFFICE
St, ''Johns Guardians Begin New
; DBtle in ' Tbrlrtais Town .
''V Acroas the Blver. '..,.'.'
Mayor-elect C. K. Couch ' and other
officials In St Johns took their oath of
office last- nlahL - Thev aaauma their
iduUea at once. Recorder A. M. Kaaoa
fie in poeaesslon of tha one .arm-chair
that adorns tha spaoloua quarters la
the city hall and reigns' supreme today
as recorder, elty auditor, municipal
Judge , and ex-officlo Juatloe 'of tha
peace. - - . ' : .. ' -
Charles. Bredesdn was appointed chief
of police to succeed himself. - Other
officers will ba appointed later. Cle
nathe L. Goodrich retains his position
aa supervising architect of.the city halL
Police deputies ware provided by tha
mayor also last night ao that tha city
will not be without police protection. '
'TCvery thing la running along smooth
ly." said Recorder Eaaon, thla morning,
"and nobody has threatened to shoot
me yet" ' ' '
Mr. Essen is tackling bis work with
energy.' Mr. Thorndyke, retiring record
er, baa not yet decided on bis future oo-
cupatlon, . . .
DEMENTED MAN JUMPS '
: OUT OF CAR WINDOW
G. Baeoo, while supposed to
have been, demented. Jumped
through an open window of a car
- oa Southern Padflo train Na 10
at Clackamas station .thla mora- '
Ing and sustained serious In
juries. The man waa - found
lying by tha aide of the track by
' the crew of a following train and
brought to. this elty. Baeoo was .
removed 'to the Good Samaritan,
hospital for treatment and Is
thought to be Internally Injured,
Nothing Is known of his ante-,
cedents and the police have been
asked to locate hla frtende or
relatives. ,r . . .
ARCHITECTS ASK LANE'S -
.V VETO OF SHEPHERD BILL
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Several architects have asked Mayor
Lane to veto the Shepherd ordinance,
which limits the height of all build
in ga, except those built of ateel or re
enforced concrete, to four stories. The
mayor aald thla morning that ha would
not take any action In the jnatter until
be had further advice. The requeat for
tha veto waa made by Arohltecta Rich
ard Martin Jr. and Ernest Kronsr. -Mr.
Shepherd, who recently resigned from
the council, opposed tha request ' .
REGISTRATION CLERKS
'VERY BUSY TODAY
, ,i .
Tba registration, clerks at thf court
house wera extremely busy today. Vot
ers stood 1n long lines In front o(. ths
registration counter,' awaiting their turn
to be entered properly on the election
books. Up to noon 0t new names bad
been added and Tl changes In addresa
had been filed. . Teaterday 14 1 new vot
ers signed u$ and 111 changea of ad
dres were made. Tha entire number of
new namea on tha books at noon today
was 1,011. -
. Wednrsdsy is the last day for dls
aount on west side gas 'bills ,
DISBAR
TURNER
FROM PRACTISE
Supreme Court Shuts Out
Young Salem Lawyer Who
' Forged Land Entries.
(seeial fnsaatea to Tke JearaaLi
Salem, Or, April . In an opinion
per curiam the Oregon supreme oourt
ioaay oraerea tne aiabdrment of H. H.
Turner, . the ' young Salem lawyer, for
unprofessional conduct. Tha ' nroeeed-
Ings were Instituted by the Bute Bar
association for : Turner'a disbarment.
and the Information : charaea that In
August, ItOt. Turner wrongfully . and
unlawfully , forged a pretended assign
ment for the aale of school lands by
signing tha name of G. I. Rice, a flo
tltloua person, thereto, and attaching
tales certificate of acknowledcment
of such assignment, purporting to have
been taken before htm aa a notary pub
lic, and' that be forged soma II appli
cations for ths ' purchase of school
landa. '
'In bis answer Turner expressly ad-BsHav-
the -commission of- --tb acts
charged, that the matter of the signa
turaato applications for the purchase
af school lands and affidavits thereto
were antiquated matters of style and
form, and no longer binding on account
of long continued naage, and disregard
of their substance by tha vartoua school
boards. Saya tha oourt:
"It la unnecessary to comment upon
such a defenses - The-essence ef It la
that Turner' thought and believed that
because o there wera violating tha law
and committing crimes be was Justified
In doing the aame. A lawyer who has
no higher conception of personal Integ
rity or professional honor 4a an un
worthy member of bis profession and
should be disbarred. - '
' Judge Eakin reversed tba judgment
and ordered a new trial In the ease of
B. B. Seabreok. appellant., against1 tba
Coos Bay Ics 4k Cold Storage company,
respondent, an appeal from Cooa "bounty.
Lawrenoa T, Harris Judge. -
It waa aa action In" ejectment and
plaintiff's property was averted toax-
ivnu over upon oercara nam tsnus.
Beny Patltloa of fannlaga,
. A petition for rehearing la tho case
of tha atata of ' Oregon, reepondeot,
againat Jasper Jennlnga, appellant, was
denied In a per curiam opinion. An
amended bill of axeeptlona, which la
substantially a new bill, had been filed
without leave of court. It la not claimed
that the original bill , was erroneous,
but only that It did not stats thofaots
Iq detail.: Ths oourt said:
' "A bill of exceptions, weha settled,
signed and fOed becomes a part of the
record .and atands on precisely , tba
same footing Aa any other record, and
it will pot bo claimed that where par
ties have submitted $he cause for de
cision on a record made Jp either of
them can after tho declalon, cause a
new or amended record to be sub
stituted so as to add to or take front
the ouestlons presented."
Jennlnga was convicted of having
killed hla father, Newton M. Jennlnga,
September T, 1001,. and was sentenced
to hang. - .i- - 'i r
On November IL 1001," In an opinion
by Justice Halley, tbs Judgment of the
lower court waa reversed and a new
trial ordered. The time for rehearing
was extended on the application of tha
state and a new. bill of exceptions whs
presented.' - .. -.. '-.,. : .V- v'
. Other Lover Ooarts msvsrsed. "'"'
The case of Ada Callers. Marie Col
ors et aL, appellate, againat H. L.
Maaehem and Jesaph Lyona. in an opin
ion by Commissioner Xing the Judgment
of Judge Lawrence T. Harris was re
verend- The opinion holds that ths
court erred in -charging tha Jury to ths
effect "that an agreement for An exten
sion in time of the payment of a note.
If proved as alleged, would preclude a
recovery against Lyons, -
. In the' case of the Portland Iron
works, appellant againat C W. Willett
respondent, an appeal from a decision
of John B. Claland, Judge of tho circuit
court for Multnomah county, Commis
sioner Slater reversed the Judgment of
tho lower court, Willett Is a designer
and constructor of machinery.
and drawings and patterns he made
wars to be tho property of the plaintiff.
He perfected several inventions - and
proceeded to have - tham patented, to
which the company objected, claiming
Its right to tham. Tba Inventor brougnt
suit and won. ', " '
Chief Justice Bean affirmed tho de
cision of the lower oourt In ths esse of
J. Danby Budd, - appellant - against
Stephen Qelllr, eherlf f of Coos county.
and W. B. Andrews, respondents, which
arose over tho validity of a lien. - Two
i In which Mayor Harry Lane
figures are today before tha supreme
court - t -''.".it
AUDITORIUr.l THEATRE '
VILL S00H BEIPENED
f".-
Big Chicago Playhouse Leased
. for Ten Years fJf a Mil
lion Dollars;
. v jsersai social lie .? i
Chicago, April A 1 1,000,000 theatre
lease was consummated when W. A.
Brady, manager of tho Savoy and Man
hattan, theatres of New Tork, signed
tbs papers which will give bim tha
Auditorium theatre for 10 years at an
annual rental of f 100,000. The signing
of tho agreement with the Auditorium
association Involves ths Immediate pay;
mem 01 lou.wou. alteration - in the
houaa will be of a nature to St It for
the presentation of big apectaclea.' The
houaa proper will be arranged to ac
commodate 4,000 persona. .. , .
The Auditorium la one of the largest
theatres In the United Statea and, ow.
Ing to Its great slse and cost of main
tenance, is dark a largo .part of tha
time. It was dedicated. In 1191 by
President Benjamin Harrlaon, and the
following years, during tha Columbian
exposition, waa the scene of soms re
markable stage productions. . -
INDIAN FINED FOR A ?:
v PEDDLINp FIRE WATER
Albert Pox, a 17 -year-old India lad,
pleaded guilty In the United Statea dis
trict court this - morning to carrying
whiskey upon - tba Umatilla Indian
reservation and was aantanced -to II
days In tha Multnomah county Jail and
fined lit. . One reason Fox got off so
easily was due to the fact that M waa
arreated last September, since which
date he has been lying In the Umatilla
county Jail.
" "
Former Senator Pettlgrew, of South
Dakota, la aald to have vaatly Increased
his wealth during ths past year or two
la' stock speculation lit New Tork,
UHQ BOUGHT
TIDE FLATS?
Speculation ,RIf at to Present
' Owner, Although , Thought ;
' '. to Be H&rriman. . t
, What Is considered among real aetata
men to bo an unusually remarkable and
significant activity ta tho purohaao of
three mllea of tide flats weat of As
toria across Tounar's bay - within tha
last 10 daya bv mysterious buyers who
have paid for thla property an aggrej
gate aum of iioo.ooo. Theae nets nave
a frontage on tha deepeat water of the
Columbia harbor and resemble tho flate
at Seattle. Tha theory Is advanced that
Harrimaa Interests have become tnter-
eated In theae holdings and have cor
nered the beat harbor facilities on the
Columbia. All Indlcatlona point , to a
verification of hla statement - ' ' --The
property weat of the location.
about three mllea in extent as far as the
government . reserve, la controlled by
tho HU1 Unas. The Lytic road Is build
ing down' the Lewis and Clark river to
this point with no terminal yards to
receive It therefore It is thought that
tha site will bo made a big terminal
point for ' tho - Harrimaa llnea. - Tho
width of the strip Is from one mile
to one and a quarter miles. It Is backed
by a fertile oountry, lsvel and now uaed
as pasturs lands. A new town. Harn-
nian, baa Juat been laid Out In the . vi
cinity by aa Independent real eatate
man. ;
Tho transactions that have been mads
bava gone through the . hands of tha
A a tori Abstract company, principally,
but there have been other purchasers.
Tho flats. If filled to a depth of from
II to 11 feet . would bo admirably
adapted for terminal yards. Tba harbor
la deeper and batter, than ' that at
Astoria. .The location 10 about 1 miles
west of aad aouth of Smith's point
tho western moat point of Astoria. - It
haa sold for price ranging from (SO to
140 a front foot - .- "
mm
SLOT fiMClllllES
Wlckham and Schlussel Found
Guilty' of Operating De-
i : - vices and Fined.: -
i
A decision ef importance was ren
dered by Judge Cameron in tho polios
court this morning whan be found Al
fred Wlckham and Mark Schlussel. pro
prietors of a cigar store at 0 Wash
ington street guilty of maintaining and
operating niekle-ln-the-alot machines in
violation of the statute. .
'A fine of fli was imposed on Wlck
ham and tbs caaa of Schlussel was con
tinued for sentence. Counael for ths
defenaa Immediately filed notice of ap
peal and tho matter will now bo tried
In the circuit court In the event of
an adverse decision In tho upper tri
bunal. It la. ths announced Intention of
tho defenaa to carry tha matter to the
supreme court ' . --.',.';!.
Tha flxht which is betns made on tha
nickel devourers la believed to bo the
result of a -preconcerted plan on. ths
part oi the tobaeoonlata of tho city to
teat tho validity of the atata law. It la
understood that In aome legal quarters
It Is bald that tho statute Is unconsti
tutional. . v . . .
Under tho law It Is only necessary for
tbs prosecution to make out a -prima
facie ease,' l e. It Is only. Incumbent
upon ths stats to prove that the mrv
ehlnes Wots exposed for play In a pub-
llo place owned or controlled by tho
defendant Upon the filing -of tho com
plaints against Schlussel and Wlckham
tho prooecatlon did not allege that any
element of chance entered late tho op
eration of tho (machines and on this
ground the defenaa Interposed a demur
rer. - Judge Cameron after listening to
arguments from both sides overruled
the demurrer and after a week's delay
the ease came to trial this ihorntng.
The testimony of Detectives Kay and
Elonlln waa taken aa to the fact that
tho machines . were- exposed for ' play
In tha elsar store under the direction
of tho two daf endanta, - Several of ths
devices labelled . "salesmen" wars
hrauaht- Into . court for Inspection. -
After hearing ths testimony Judge
Cameron bald that tho evidence wag
nnnclustva and sromotlv found the de
fendants guilty. 'As ths defense hi
signified their Intention of appealing,
Wlckham was fined and Schluaael's oase
continued . for sentence , pending a de
cision from the circuit court
Chief Oritsmacher has II machines,
seised at the cigar store. In his pos
sessions Ths appeal taken by tba de
fense, however, prevents- him from
throwing tbs contrivances la tha river
or burning them in a oonnre, asanas
been suggested. .. .. -. ' -' ; "
FORESTERSTO - .
. . -HOLD RALLY
4 11 1 ' -
' Ths Foresters of America will hold
a rallv tonight at I o'clock at Fen-esters'
haU. Second and Yamhill atreeta The
members of the order rn Portland and
nelahborin cities will gather at the
hall at tha appointed hour for ths pur-
nose of marching to Arion hall, where
A. Dalgity of Astoria, grand chief
ranger, and other officers will address
tha meeting. Following the speechmak
Ing, the degree team will go through
rltualtatto work snd a number of can
didates - will be Initiated In the mys
teries of the order. ' -
At tha eoncluaton of tho exercises at
Arion hail, the members will return to
thetr hall for the banquet and recep
tion. It la expected that nearly all the
grand offleera of the Oregon jurisdic
tion will be preaent onlght. DeCaprlo'a
band will head the parade to and from
Arion hail and will furnish music dur
ing ths axerclaes snd banquet ,
, - ' Traveling Man Fined. '
H. a. Bacon, claiming to be a com
mercial traveler from Chlcarfb, who was
arreated in a Burnalde street resort last
night by Deteotlves Baty and Price on
a ' charge of carrying a conceaimj
weapon, was fined tit In ths police
court this morning.
I'
'Meeting of. Woman's Club. .
The educational department Of ' the
Woman's club will meet Thuraday aft
ernoon at 1:10, at the residence of Mra
O. M. Ollnea, III East Everett street
Mra F. A. Sanborn vAll address the
meeting on manual training In the pub
lic school v, '.. ' . v w ' .
, Wednesday Is ths laat day for dis
count' on west side gag bills.
iiooD-ifino
CREAK
RECORD
Famous Apple 1 , Town Bending
V Energlee to Greater 'Fruit,
7 Output This Yea. y
Hood Klvor STomtsea a
fruit records during ths approach lne;
season, according to the report of Com
mtsstoner Weber of Tho Da ilea, made
before tha aeml-annual seaalon of tha
state - horticultural board yeatarday
afternoon.' Large' numbers of trees are
being set out snd mora acreage added
every winter. - The weather conditions
have been more favorable than usual, a
lata season Is always found to bo tho
moat profitable one.
What la tho moat notable of now de
velopments In the apple country ta tho
gradual change of favorites that Is tak
ing place. The Newtowne are now tho
prevailing apple being setj out Ark an.
aas Blacks are taking ths place of tho
Spltsenbergs because of their eolor and
their batter snipping and keeping quali
ties The Dallea la aleo renewine? Its
interest reports Mr. Weber, and a great
many ireea nave peea planted this win
ter. -V
About I MOO trees have beoa slanted
la the oaatarn die trio t," reports Judd
Goer of Cove, with apples aad a harried
predominating. - Tha winter baa been
moot favorable, which corroborates tho
statements made yeatarday by tho Wlt"Ve,
lametto - valley ana Rogue river oome
miealoaers. The fruit prospects ef tho
entire state are unusually favorable this
year.- ;
The sali of Infected fruit will reoeivo
the attention of the horticultural board
thla season. Special Inatruetlons to tho
county Inspectors are being prepared by
Secretary H. M. Wllllama - AU fruit
wherever found, regardlaas ef where it
cam a from or where It la going, will bo
deatroyed by .these Inapectora. . Recent
oourt declaloha mads In tho Taktma
oountry under ' tho Washington law,
which Is tbs same as tbs Oregon statuto
regarding this matter, allows tho in
spector to Immediately destroy any aad
all fruit where any Uttle Infeotlos. la
found. - - - - r. .. -
The law does ' not ' require tbo In
spector to' sort out tho good fruit . It
will bo usaleaa for growers to aeTffl In
fected fruit to tho market. It will bo
deatroyed wherever found, lit her In tbo
bands of the wholesaler, retailor or con
sumer. '
The horticultural board completed tta
work yesterday afternoon, ,
CHARTER OF S IX TRAHP
STEAMERS FOR ALASKA
Sesnon Company Will Unload at
Nome With Huge Traveling .
y. ; Cable.Way. -. ) y',. ry::
fltoeetel Dlseatek e Tke JesraaLl
Seattle. April I. -John Seanon. . one '
of the best-known of the Nome opera-
tors, announced today that bo had-ar-rangoo
for, the charter - of era tramp
steamships to handle his freight ship
ments - this -seaeon. -The value of tho
coal, lumber, hay, grain, oils 'Snd other
oommodltlea to bo aent north by -tho
8eanon company will reach close to tho .
ll.000.000 . mark In . valuation. - 'Nome -
alao will bo supplied with 10,000 tons .
of eoaX In all 7,000,000 feet of lumber
will go to the Seward peninsula.
.The building of a traveling 'oableway .
by Seanon will Insure tho dlechargo of
vessels at the Bering seaport In all
klnda of weather thla eeaaon. Ths In- ,
shore tower Is already In place and the'
baas for the 'offshore tower Is at the
preaent time launched on the loo and
will soon bo dropped Into position mors
than 1,000 feet from shore. The base ,
will be held in place by 4,000,000 pounds
of concrete. - , '
Sesnon Is also building four largo
barges in Seattle to be towed nortS at
tho opening of navigation and will eon- .
atruot a tug to tow the bargea from tho
vessels to tho oableway, where tho
cargo will be taken ashore and 'unloaded
on the beach, .. - ,
THREATENED STRIKE IS
A COMPLETE FAILURE
("penal Dtspatrh ta Tke Jesrael.) '
Seattle, Wash., April 10. The strike
of local machinists of th Union Of Metal ,
Traders Workers of ths Pactfld coast .
failed of realisation today as wss or- '
dared by tho union, which ' bad pro
dieted that a tbouaand skilled mechanica
would bo out of employment today.
Only about 10 quit All tha shops are
paying more than tho scald to good ma
chinists whlls handy men get tl.ll per
day.- The wage schedule runs to 14.10
and the Maohtnlata union " haa only1
aakad for a general rate of 40 cents aa
hour. ' ,-:,
ASSASSINATED BARILLAS
FOR BURNING OF SALOON
(Jearaal Ipeelsl Berrlea.) '.'"" ,,
Mexico City. April . The polios bava
captured an accomplice of Joao Estrada,
wbo assassinated Baalllaa. Ths man nn-.
dar arreat also gives bis name as Es
trade. On his person was found nn
empty scabbard and ths knife used lit
the assaaalnatlon fits ths scabbard. Tho -reason
given by the aaaaaaln for tho -deed
Is that during Barrlllaa' admin- ,
latratlon a saloon belonging to blm was
burned by ocder of the government' ,
...
; . j Fined tor Brutality.
Harry Phlllipa,' alias "Shortr Hart-
man, arrested by Patrolman Craddock '
yeaterday on charges of saaault and ,'
battery and ualng profane language,
waa fined III lolhe police court thla -,.
morning. Phillips, without provocatlofOsl
TIClUU.iy vrjm . w " ......... w . w , .
world residing at 71 Fourth atreet ,
When taken Into custody for hla bru
tality, he turned nn the officer, and it
waa only with difficulty Phillips was
brought to Jail. , v , .
When arraigned :n court bo entered a
plea of guilty and waa fined III on tho
aaaault charge and $10 for the obscene
language used,- '
- Finds Missing Valuables. ' 1
Mr. Dolly F. Mating, proprietor of a .
loiielna hauaa at lit Park atreet laat
night reported tha theft of a retloulo.
containing cnecaa ana jeweiry approxi
mating 11.000 In value, but . tho - do
tectlvea had hardly started on tha ease
thla morning whan the woman found
the handbag and Ita contents Intact '
with tha exception of about $11 la cash.
Mra. Mallns waa entertaining two
male acqualntancea laat night and
shortly after tha departure of her
gueark missed tne antcnai. Bhe round
the bsg behind a sofa this morning.
with ths money missing. - ,