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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. SATURDAY ' EVEftTNO, APRIL' 13. 1007. CHIEF 110 SHIRT TALES OF 170E FILL THE lllli ROMAN'S CLUB HOLDS r.ioriAGHAfi is GUEST OF IIOfiOR BAR TO OFFICE Senator Fu!tW Declares Fac tional Affiliation! Moore Mad A No Difference. , WAS INDICTED VERY Mrs. Frederick Egbert It Elected President After Spirited Strug gle Between Rival Factions of the Organization President Johnson Wields Gavel , With Effect. V Large Number, Sit Down at - Commercial Club Dinner to ', Wiley Indian hjeadman ' Entices Valiant Brave Into Breaking ; Law of White Father. Staunch Supporter Says So but Pleads Politics Jail Till June T..- for, Chapman, Maybe. . ' Many Peopls Pour Sad Stories of Wrong Jnto Patisnt Ear of Police Officers. Noted Professor. . nooDYisn no ADMITS-DORA BETRAYS FRIEIID LIVELY ELECTION - 1 1 Th undercurrent - of xcltemnt which has characterised the campaign preceding tha annual . election of offl oara of tha woman's club was alao present at yesterday afternoon's meet ing and at times the excitement roar so high that the preeldent'e . gavel and voice were repeatedly called into action. ' On with -leas elf-oommand and leaa knowledge of parllnmentary matter might easily have been Tattled" -at the eituatlon, but Mr. Wynn Johnson, the retiring president, ably eustslned her reputation for handling difficult sit- nations with ease and with her tact and coolness she prevented the dla and smoke of the conflict from obscuring tha real Issues.. , -.. ' . . ' , Two raettoas ka Club. 1 . " "- Tbs club was pretty evenly divided Into two factions. The one party head ed the ticket with Mrs. Frederick Eg bert sunnortlng Mrs. Robert Lutk tor - ftrsvles srealasat. and -Mnu- James Moffatt for second vie president. The opposing party, which has been sup tMed to renresent .' tbs younger and more ambitious element, whose support- era, it la uld. had dream of a new . clubhouse and of more elaborate so elal functions, waa headed by lira. A C. Newlll. with Mr. Nina La rows for first vice president and Mrs. Edward Jaerar for second-vice president. Victory perches on the banner of Mrs. Eggert's party, although the vote ran so closely that Interest did not 'lag at any stare ef the proceeding. Mr, uun Iway made' the nominating speech for Mrs. Eggert gracefully ' refuting the charaea of ill health and propoeed ab sence which were th leading capital of the opposition. Dr.- Mary ' Thompson Disced Mrs. Newlll' nam Is, nomina tion, and th battle was on - ,' Mra. Xrffsrt' SUf Majority. ' ' The vote for president ran as follow: Number entitled to vote, IT!; number voting. 171; necessary to a choice, (I. Mr Eggert received 101 vote and Mrs. - Newlll . Mr. Newlll moved to make the -vote unanimous, but waa overruled by the chair on a question of parlia mentary law. For first vloa-prsaldent th vote ran so closely that It iwas necessary to tak a second ballot, the first resulting as follows: Mrs. Latka, tl; Mr. Nina Larowe, It; neceaaary to a choice. On the second ballot Mrs. Lutk stood 15 against Mrs. I row 77, and was therefor declared elected., More Ballot Thaa Toters. Th contest between Mrs. Moffatt and Mr. Jasgar for second vlce-preaident was also very close, but resulted In a victory for Mrs. Moffatt, . The real DROP NICKEL, PUSH THE , LEVER AND GET A NICE CIGAR-- Slot machine are again In operation la Portland. Thl morning a cigar store oa Sixth street placed on of th money eater on th counter and it hungry maw ha already consumed many stray nickels. - But this machine belong to a dif ferent family from those which have recently caused ao much dlaturbanco la police circles. The Sixth street variety ' exchange a cigar encased la a celluloid FAMILY PURSE STICKS TO PALMS OF ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ARGONAUT 80 strong wa 11-year-old Eugene Spenoerc desire t travel that prior to departure on his tour of exploration be transferred th content of th fam ily exchequer, amounting to lit. to hi own capacious pockets, without - aay regard for the financial-em harassment that would result to th family. 'Ia company with two lads of th sama age, named MoCauley and Allison, voucs- Spencer started . yesterday In search rf adventure, but the . trio of 'youthful - wanderers war apprehended JOHN HENRY PAYS FINE FOR DOCTORING HAMBURGER STEAK John Henry, manager of the People market snd grocery, Ztf psrk street, was fined Zi yesterday by Justlcs Relfl for selling adulterated food and paid tha fine. John Henry I among a num ber wh were recently gathered In by Food Commlasloner Bailey for adulter ating Hamburger steak. He Was charged with putting sulphites 'In Hamburger In order to make It salable when other wise It could not hav been disposed of to his patrons. Thl I the third time that Henry baa been convicted 'of thl ESTACADA'S MAYOR WILL FACE . : v PENITENTIARY ON MONDAY NEXT '' J. W. Reed, msyer of Estacada, a banker and building contractor, will ap pear for sentence In tn circuit court Monday morning. . -j, - Several months ago a jury In Judg Frsser's court found Reed guilty of In ducing electors to vote illegally. ' Out of the It persons arrested for partici pation tn the famous Sellwood election fraud cases sit but Reed went scot free on a technicality. The contractor moved ZIG-ZAG UP A STEEP STREET Th parking, of Johnson ' street from Fifteenth to Twenty-fifth street wss rec cm mended by the council committee on sirets yesterday afternoon.. A petition for the Improvement of, the street with Mtulltlilc iavement waa laid over Until the next meeting. W. B. Ayer spoke In 'nvnr of the petition, but Earl C Bron t:h and a number of other property ctwnxra objected , on the ground that iumi would be unable to sscend the I I over s narrow roadway and 'a i 'li pavement. 1 rnnnurh aald that sven now 1 ,.-( ! Iiava to follow "Switchback' crux of th situation cam during th lection or th treasurer wnen an ir - regularity occurred In the vot ndtn chair ordered the vote taken over. Th w. r - M Rankin snd candid. w.raMra.N. came In th hair announced aa Irregn- larlty. - - Some of th member were on tneir feet at one, lnalatlng that the chair naa no lJ"tlon "nlV',-. ,..t .Tdd that the number of voU. east the number entitled to vote. A eom-l mlttee had been Dlaced at the door to n ... V L..un. a .nter. lag th ooretary had besnble to keep to vote. " ' " ' . I 'Mra. Weaver. the mother of Mra. 1 Bom who waa on of th canaioaiea, h.n mnvsrf- that her daughter r oausnter D ai-1 lowed to aay whether th vote ahould k. i,ir mm.' hut waa overruled by the ohsl-wbo-j-uUd-thia-inotlon- aad all other motion out of frdr at thl tint, saying: "There I an Irregularity In the vote and th vote must be taken over. All Talk a OS. ' . For a time ther wa much ado; some of the club Instating that such a ruling waa a reflection on th members of th rab. - Several tried to make motion at th same time and confu sion wa Imminent when by repeated whacks of th gavel and by atrenuoualy Insisting on parliamentary proceeding Mr. Johnson was at last enabled to be beard and to carry th proceedings to action. .- -.. i The Irregularity wa doubtless caused by soma of the member depositing thslr ballot and immediately leaving ine hall, and by other leaving their ballots to be denosltad. In sr.lt of th presi dent's former ruling that such a pro oeedlng was Irregular and would result In throwing th ballot out. After aa actual count of th member present had been mad by th two secretaries and th door closed while the vote ws counted it waa found that Mr. Rankin had been elected by ft votes against 41 for Mrs. Boss. The other officer iMcted are, recording secretary, Mrs. Jay Smith: corresponding secretary, Mra, Antoinette! Stiles; financial secre tary. Mr. W. H. Fear: auditor, Mra: T. P. Wise, directors, Mrs. A. King Wilson and Mrs. & M Blumsusr.- s V . A protest ws Introduced against th plan of sending a delegation of Oregon girl to Jamestown attired aa Indian and a committee ws appointed -with power to act. The committee consists ef Mr. Q race Watt Ross, Miss Helen F. Spalding and Mra. J. a Prltchard. . cover for vry t-cent pleoe placed In the slot. The alckej la dropped, the lever pushed down and a second after ward a Havana In clear celluloid make Ita appearance at th bottom of th ma chine. ' That'1 all ther I to It, hut th noie of Its action will probably result la po lice investigation, and after . they've looked It over they will probaby be able to se th Joke., at Albany last night and win b brought back to thla city. Th. Spencer rild "at 107t East Twenty-fifth street and th other lad live In th sunt district. According to 8pencer per, who I a barber, th money taken by hi son represented th entire aavinga of the family. ' To mak matter worse on of the other children wa permanently Injured from a fall some time ago and th medical atten tion for th child ha proved vary ex pensive. . offenss In th Justlcs court and before Justice Reld. Th fln each time ha bn f IS. " , ' - "If Jack Henry come back again on thl charge I will giv him th limit, which I think la , 1100," aald Justlc Reld thl morning. - r . - Th food commlasloner Is still on th trsll of unscrupulous butcher and dairymen who are adulterating their products. The chemist Is - gathering more samples and more revelation may be forthcoming In a few day. for a; new trial, alleging partiality on th part of Trial Judg Fraser, but thl morning Judg Fraser , denied th mo tion and , ordered Reed .to appear for ssntsnee. ' ' j- Th penalty for th offense Is Impris onment In tbs penitentiary for from "e to thro years, or a fin of from 1108 to 1 1,000, or both such fin and Imprison ment. Reed ha been out on bail ever sine hi arrt. ' method In order to reach Twenty-fifth street. Parking -would reduce th width of, the street to tl feet Teamster would b anabl to reach th ton of tha hilt : . To bring that matter before tha anna. ell th committee recommended that the Street be parked. - Remonstrants will be given sa opportunity to be heard at th meeting of the council-Wednesday afternoon. ' , , ' Troop' Train Coming. , Southern Paclfl official In Portland hav been advised that- the Twenty eighth Infantry, field artillery, will leave San Francisco torn arrow afternoon for Vancouver berracka. , They will ar rive at Portlsnd early Turadsy morning In specUl troop train. . The company . constats nf four commissioned officer SURE ana nv enustea men - Factional affiliation had no weight ln the selection of Charles W. Moor . -- ,,.,, .-., f ' ' . reiver of " IZ'XL-t, Z ,T..".IaZ e"" . . , l Mtor Fulton who I. lathe city 'n " ' :., tK. Mpt I f .ifhnr n-natnr Rourna or myself to i . . e.ntion.1 histot-v of any Thera ha been Teat deal of misunderstanding about th. .ppo,trant pf th land of no. men " ,, . 1.1... : 1 . ' l"" ""- rMtr..u-u aldered in candidates recommended to u w( flrt thj)( thay clMn mnA competent men and second that they be Kepubllcene. . , ' . rKj.i.k.. vr. ' tj . - 1.. . . ... lh(, . . . , tn. , .- , . past or war at th present men opposed to Mr. Moody or any other man. W tltnal dispute or factional history, Arassoa Boora' rrtoad. , ; j Mr. Moor ha been known to m for a long tint," continued th senator. "Mr. Arneson I have never met per sonally, but he 1 a man wall known to Senator Bourne, and on la whom h baa every confidence." The story Is going th round that th appointment of both Mr. Moor and Mr. Arneson have not given the best of sstlsfactton to soras of th old guard who had been consulted In regard to the appointments. In th words of on well versed In th situation, th commute of Inspection asked to select men for th place by Senator Bourn and Ful ton Is "up In th air" over th naming of th two men.- Several consider It a Moody victory, and aay that th man elected hsvs Moody tendencies. That to their mlad la a groat disadvantage. Brother of Bourn' Secretary. Ko on eem to know who Mr. Arne son la Th principal mean of locat ing hi 'Identity seems to b by th atatemeot that b I th brother of Mis Arneson. Senator' Bourne's prlvat sec retary. , Many , fear that he ha been affiliated with M. A. Moody la th past. Th faithful are worried over the de velopments, and srs looking Into th matter to see whether or not th polity leal, record of tfie appoint will mak him qualified to hold office. Senator Fulton will b In th city for a abort time on bualneea. He will startj on his trip through the Interior of the stat about th first of May. DOORS OF HOPE CLOSE . 03 nURDERES 6ARRITZ Italian Boy Ordered Committed to Asylum When Sane I-v-' Must Hang. - - - " Peter1. Garrlt will go to th lifsane asylum at Salem 'tonight. - Presiding Judge Soar of the circuit court issued I an order committing him this morning. t, BnJ ch.nge straightened out. Un The. order Include a clauss directing!,,. An, that the murderer shall be returned to , the sheriff of Multnomah county and held for trial for first degre murder j ahould h at any time be adjudged aan by the asylum physician, FIVE CAUGHT IN OPIUM C DEN RAIDED AT HOQUIAM (Speetel Dttoate ts The feerssL) V Hoquiam, Wash April It. Three men and a woman were arrested in an opium joint in thla city that was raided by th police early thl morning. All were under tbr influence of th narcotic and were In the realm of dreamland when th officer broke In. The place -had been under auaplclon for aoma time and the arrest caused no surpris,-'. On of th prisoners, named Wells,, ha been before the police before on the nam charge, while th other hav - been known to be dope Senda Thl I th second raid on th joint In the laat fsw months. HE PREFERS DEATH TO v DISGRACE AND DISEASE ("pedal Ptmteb te The Jnaraal.) Pendleton, Or., April It. Despondent over his recent conviction and th rav ages of aa incurable malady. Jease'Row- ! ley laat evening tried to end hi life In th county jail with a solution of cyan Id of potassium. While other prison ers jrsr not looking h drank nearly a pint A physician waa hastily sum. monea ana ssvea nis lira Me admit trying to commit suicide and declares he -will yet do so, rather than go to th penitentiary.) He waa convicted of rob bing a man In a saloon. - He Is of a well-to-do family of th state of Waah mgton and In tlm will fall heir to con sldsrabl proprtf. PASTURE 0F.WENAHA ' EXTENSION ALLOTTED '" (RpMiai IHepateb to The JaersaLt Pendleton, - Or - April 1J. Beventy thousand acres of land In the newly; created extension of the Wenaha re-1 aerve wer. allotted laat evening. Many i stockmen met with Rangers Schmlts ' and Oreen. Only four different lots of sheep were given grazing permlta for thl aectlon or th reeerva The ar th property, respectively, of the J. B. 1 Smith Livestock company, Riigg Bros., I Jo Connelly and Dan P. Smyth. This ' addition was recently : made to the Wenaha reserve by order of President Roosevelt . - SPINAL MENINGITIS CASE AT NEWBERG : f ' t. , ( (Sperisl Diapatek ts The JeeraaL) Kewberg. Or, April It The e-year-old daughter of J. Merrltt Is 111 with spinal meningitis, and no hope of her recovery Is entertained. -Th family re cently moved to Newberg. The little one haa been ailing most of th time alnc their coming and a week ago ws tsken seriously HI." '". . . ' Astoria Pally Suspend. " Astoria, Or., April It. Th Dally Herald, which was started aa the of ficial city orgnn laat January, suspended publication this moraine. C J. Curtis, sdltor and proprietor, will start a week' Iy in th endeavor to huld th city priaung. At luncheon 'at the Commercial" club today a party of distinguished Catholics were guests of President W. C Modson. Profsssor James C, Monsghan,- tha guest of special honor. Is front Washington, D. C. where he occupies th office of chief of th consular division of the depart ment of commerce and labor. On Invitation of Presldsnt Hodson Professor' Monsghan talked to the tod aseemblsd members at luncheon. - H was received with enthuslssm. -He re ferred eloquently to th great posalbll- ! viewed brt.fi the sreat increase In th llies or me rmcmo oonnvni, ana - re r - - - - -- . --- - - - - . ... world's wealth in the laat century. He aald the world's wealth since 1(79 haa Increased more thaa la all the years prior to 1870.- Th country with the greatest future. - said th speaker, 1 th country having th best school and the largest amount of raw materials. Qermany has the greatest schools, h declared, but the United States la th Other in th party at luncneon were Archbishop Christie, Father McDeavitt, Father Thompson, Father O'Hara. Bdt tor Sullivan of the Catholic Sentinek. and Tom Richardson. . . ' . Professor Monsghan is on a lectur ing tour of the coast- He will mske an address at Woodmen of the World hall, corner, of Eleventh, and Alder streetsv nex't Monday evening, on th aubject, "The French Situation." ' He apok at. Butt and Spokan en rout to Portland, CHANGE YET FOR raillA'S BILL Voters Registering So That Names"on Petition May Be Legally Forceful. ": ' ( - .t ' ' ', ''y Fresh hop 1 springing up la th breast of th - friend of McKenna'a tl.009 license ordinance and thay are now confident that the petition will yet find ' It way upon th ballot for th consideration of tha voters. Tssterday SO votsrs visited the of fice of the county clerk and registered. Today large crowds hav been lined up all day waiting for turns to comply with th law. Out of thl crowd th McKenna license worker allege they can ptok many who signed th petition and then forgot to register. When the cards have been - sorted out ' and the registration, book straightened up the license ordinance backers predict that ther will be 'found name enough 4o giv th petition a fir pi footing upon the official ballot.. , -, S StUI tm BonM, County Clerk Fields says that It will be well toward th and of th com ing week before the registration cards .,, w. -a a .k. 1.,.. MrK. ai-- n. w. kn for thera will be no mean of checking th- ,nd f,ndtng thow WQO h' . racnti- resi.terad. The checking of th petition by.tho books as they now stand has been practically-completed and will be fully dons by Tuesday of next week. At that time the worker will be ready to begin checking up by th new cards a soon a 1 possible. : ' , ,: SfeXsaaa Teal Baoonragsd. - ' "TV feel much anoouraged," aald Mr. McKenna thl morning, "From th re port that have bean mad to m I feel confident that th petition will. hav auf Sclent name toplac It upon th ballot iany of those who signed th petition Without being -registered hav . , alnc placed their namea on the books. Thsy were legal voters, but had neglected to comply with the registration law. Their doing so will give a sufficient backing to th petition, I feel confident. 7 UCEY SAYS THOMAS v . V IGNORED THE OPTION Jam D. Lacay Co.. filed ault In th United State circuit court today agalnat Thomas Thomas to recover 116,. 114 for alleged breach of contract ' According to th complaint filed,' the parties , entered Into an ; agreement whereby the Lacy company was to pur chase a tract of land - belonging to Thomas in Polk county. The plaintiffs allege that an option was given them by Thomas for 0 days st $ 4.000. Later the price wa raised to $5,000. Whan th tlm th option expired-Thomas, It I alleged, refuaed to selL- Th plaintiffs allege that at the. data th property waa worth ttl.204. and that they hav been damaged In th sum sued for. . PACIFIC'S DEBATERS , WIN CHAMPIONSHIP (Special Dispatch t Th Journal.) Newberg, Or., April It. Th debate between Albany college and Pacific col lege 'took place In the college cnapei last evsnlng: Th question waa that of government ownership and control of rallroada Paclflo wa represented by Clarenc Brown, Psul Maria and Ralph Ree, on the affirmative. J on es Steele nnd Dlrchett of Albany had the negative. J Pacific won by two point to one. th judge ' were A. King Wilson 'and Attorney Hoaford of I'ertland and W. H. Ragsdala of Moro.- The result decides the state lea g us championship. BLOOD-THIRSTY SAILOR - IS HELD IN DURANCE telmerBovlec, a seaman on th French hip Bayonne, now lying In th harbor, waa arrestsd at ' Columbia dock No. 1 yesterday by Patrolman J. M. Thomp son on a warrant charging him with threata against Ufa - Captain Albert Huev of tha Bavonn is ths comnlsln- snt and alleges thst Bovleo threatened to slay him over aom trivial matter. Upon the calling of th caa In th po lice court thla morning Captain Huey failed to put in an appearance and th hearing wa continued until Monday., Earthquake at Kingston. - (Jreraat . Special Sertlee.) ' s ' Kingston, April U. Ti.e worst earth quake alnce the one that destroyed the city occurred today. . It did little dam- Chief No Shirt of the Umatilla Indian reservation Is a very wily Indian, If th story told by his companion In oupa. Jbn Luke, another Ipdlan, to Judge Cfiarles K. Wolverton, In the United State diatrlot . .court thl morning', I true. j.'V.: - . ; . -y ! .- Jim waa found guilty of carrying Whis key on the reservation without .having resorted to th prescribed - oourss of curing 'permission-from th war de partment and waa sentenced to Serve 0 day In the Multnoroalh county Jail and pay a fine of 2S. . Jim admitted his guilt and then ' proceeded to tell how Chief Mo - Shirt, without . regard for. Jim' loyal friendship or tot Jim' per sonal liberty, enticed him by ' clever strategy to carry the whiskey on the reservation, and then how Chief No Shirt, who 1 an older and wiser man, drank the whiskey without endangering the risk of being t summoned , before the courts for his act ,v Jinr stated that Tl Is ayoung man about to year of eg and continually amoke the pip of peace, with hi -whit brethren despite th fact that b Is a brave warrior and perfectly able phys ically to-whip his weight In wildcat Jlra added that while In this perfect condition he went with Chief No Shirt to Pendleton," where they proceeded to fight whiskey. Not being able to drink enough la the eastern Oregon city, they purchased several flasks, under th di rection of Chief No Shirt, and started for th reservation. '' From Jim's story It ema that oa th Journey to their ' horn Chief No Shirt fell to eogttajlng upon' th fearful con sequence of carrying whiskey upon' th government reservation If the govern ment official detected them in the act No Shirt wanted th whiskey and wanted It badly, but h did not want to be arreated for carrying It on th reser vation. He thoaght over the question and then all" at one wa seised with a brilliant idsa whereby he.could have tlie whiskey and at th kudi tlm esoap punishment. . i , , H turned th precious liquor, over Into the aafe keeping of Jim .' Luka Later - he aided him In 1 drinking the ardent spirits. - Jim unsuspectingly car ried In th whiskey and was af terwasd arreated. ' . . 1 , Although Chief No Shirt had evolved a very 1 sunning scheme (to avad the. law. Assistant United State Attorney Jamea Colo 'took another view of the matter and will doubtless hav No Shirt arreated. . ,.,: CAR VASHER FELT L1AD THIS MU Emll Osterle, a ear waaher employed In the Northern Pacific terminal yard, wa arrested by Patrolman Ace Welch thla morning on a warrant charging him with assault snd battery. . Emma Osterle, the wife of the accused man, swors to th complaint today. She al lege thst upon arising to prepare th morning meal for her four boarders, her spouse became enraged because he ws awakened and dealt her a stunning blow on tb'head.' Th eoupl reslds at 211 North Fourteenth street and have three children. In default of $100 ball Oa terla waa locked up In the city prison, nd will b tried next Monday. v VICIOUS DOG IS AT : SIXTEENTH AND L0VEJ0Y -:. ,- - '- Q. Waller of East Twelfth and Esst Salmon street complained to the police last night that while Ms- wife and 4-year-old son were passing a houss at th northeast corner of Sixteenth and Lovejoy streets yesterday afternoon a small dog attacked and bit th child on th leg. According to Waller, the same animal bit Mra Hart man of 6 Love joy street several day ago. , Chief Orltsmacher ha directed that th owner of th vicious canln be notified to either mussl th dog or warrants will b se cured.. ,' , ..';." ( ,. ., HARVEY'S BRASS WINS : A R0CKPILE SENTENCE :; - a s ...-. C Hsrvey, who wss srrested several day ago by Detective Hill and Mallet on a charge of larceny, waa sentenced to 4t days on ths rock pile thla morning by Judge Cameron.' 'Harvey waa found In the act of attempting to siell 10 pound of braa stolen from the A 1 Wins car- shops,- to a second-hand dealer on Water atreet ' A there wa nothing to directly Implicate him with th ' theft the charge was reduced to vsgrancy. The brass was found to be a portion of the plunder stolen by several boys who are now awaiting trial in th Juvenile court . . '.-''-.-' BEATTY LANDS PARTING ; ; BLOW AT CORPORATIONS ' (ftpertal Diapatek es Th JonrsaL) Boise, Idaho, April it. This evening Judge Jamea H. tteattyewlll step down from .the federal bench and turn -the judgeship over to Judge F. 8. Dietrich, recently appointed to the position. Judge Beatty will soon start on a trip around tha world, accompanied by Mra Beatty. ' Last .night -In dismissing th grand Jury h mad "a - notable address, ad ministering a rebuke to those corpora tion which pretend to uphold the law Unit which hav been th first to violate ft. It I thought he had In mind th caa of L. Q. Chapman of th Barber Lumber company, who went to Jail for contempt ' 1 r . Bank Prealdent Indicted. ' IJearnal flpeelal. flervlee.l ' ' Mobile, Ala, April It. The federal grand jury today Indicted Albert Bald win, senior president nf the New. Or leans National bank. Chapman rilysme, Frank T, Howard, David Morris and Al fred Morria, all New Orleana :capltal lata, on charge of violating th anti lottery law. .-, '"''. Judge Carey to Speak. Judge C H. Carey will spenk at the T. M. C A. udltorlum st I o clock to night on ,nLlabll1ty from Ownership." Much Interest, haa been evinced on th subject and a Urge audience I expected to be present to hear the address. Garfield Dismiss Charges, Y (Jfinratl gpeelal Bervie 1 Washington, C, April Secre tary of th Interior J. R. Garfield tody dismissed chsrges against Douglass n S- 1 I n a M . . k. H.l.a..,!... servlc , - 1 - ' 1 Snerlal Damatca ts Ths JoarssLl ' Boise, Idaho, April it. Many rumor ar afloat her regarding th almost drastic work of th federal grind jury. That ' aa indictment waa ' returned agalnat United State Senator W. K. Borah In connection with the timber caaea Involving v the Barber 'Lumber company, charging conspiracy. Is admit- I ted by th Dally Statesman, and 1 th general talk. The Statesman hs al ways been a stanch supporter of Borah. It ascribe -the indictment to politic. Rumor has It that several other prom inent men la Boise, two of them leading attornaya, have been caught by Indict menta - It Is reported that L, O. Chap man, manager of the Barber company, who was committed to th county jail Wednesday for contempt of the federal court. Is alao among thoss Indicted, aa well aa other member, of th Barber company, i Th Federal official hav guarded their move closely and will kar-iita. T-r-: r' v .7:. :T7f. : It Is rumored that O'Fallon. - special agent of th government, haa gong east to get Calvin Cobb, - president of the Statearaaa Printing company, ' who la supposed to know something about tim ber cases. . . Lsts yesterday the federal grand Jury mad an extended report to tbe court and Judge Berry excused It till Jun IT. It Is thought several additional Indictment will .be -Tetutnsd at thst time. ,. . ,. - .. ' . ,- v Owing to th fact that th grand Jury adjourned till June If-, the only way Chapman can gain hi liberty be for a that date 1 through a writ of habeas corpus from Judg Gilbert of Portland, which It la thought h will not grant - United Btatea Marahal Round say several agalnat whom Indictment hav been returned Will be arraigned thl afternoon, .", .-.;...'".,.- "DUKE"; ROSSI ILIPOSTER OS BOTH SIDES THE SEA Now In Jail In Italy for Fraud-- :, Hs Bunk'osd Manyjjn ths -''i Inland Empire. -:: ,t ("pedal Dwpateb ta Tbe JosrssL) Lewlston, Idaho, April It. Ia-a letter received her today frons-th director f th prison at Santa - Maria Capua tere, Italy. It I officially atatad that ke" : Rossi, th fictitious scion of thift anclsnt house of .Turin and" heir to ountle millions, whose meteoric career startled Spokaim and Lewlston people two yeans ago, I now confined there for a long term for fraud.. ' .. Rout while la i Italy represented him self as the adopted son of aa American mlllloaalr and cut a wtd swath. This and other offense placed him behind .prison bare. . - -.-..V Roaal, . whoa real nam aa given by young Italian who declared it was hi purpose to build an electrl Una from Lewlston to .Grangevtll and to build a mansion on Craig mountain, rivalling a Floren tine palace. - lie .announced th purpos furthermore of making Lewlston th Intellectual center f th - Inland . Em pire. He represented . himself aa th heir of a famous Italian win merchant and, took a Spokane man to Italy with him when he went In support- of hi spire confidence and enabled him to borrow hundred of dollar from ad miring members Of th local Italian colony, . wno now oxpreaa aatlsf action that Rdssl I paying th debt for hi fraudulent pretension. 1 - - FUGITIVE LAD r :. . IS CAPTURED La Barge Escaped Through ' Car l . Window' bat Return and Coni ' mlta Another Crime. V Bert La Barge, an 11-year-old youth with a long criminal record, wa ar rested last night at Front and Madison street by a detective on a charg of larceny. La Barge' I accused of hav ing stolen four paint brushes from th Ptsher-Thorsen'eompany. - . ; About alx months ago La Barg and Fred Cobb were arrested for the theft of several suitcases ana considerable weartng apparel from a room In th (bb building. Both lad . war con victed In th circuit court and sent fenced . to confinement in th . reform school. Whtl being tsken to th re formatory by Mrs. Lunls. wife of the superintendent. La Barge, on the pre tense thst be was 111, wa allowed to visit, th lavatory and Jumped off th coach whll th train wa traveling at a high rat of speed. i - - Tbe youth- made hi way ' to Seattle and only returned to thl city a few day ago.. Jo La Barg, an ldr brother. Is now serving tlm In th Sslam penitentiary and a younger sis ter I confined In th Boys' and Girls' Aid society. - La Bargs will he given a preliminary hearing oa Monday and In view of hla paat record -will no doubt be committed to th penitentiary If found guilty tn th upper court ) v THOMAS LEWIST0N DIES ' OF, APOPLECTIC STROKE ,' 1 : ' ": Thomas Lewlston, a son of E. Lewis ton, a pioneer hotel man, died at the county hospital of apoplexy laat Thurs day. . Kidney disease waa a contributory cause. Mr. Lewlston hsd suffered from epilepsy for yeara, and a trip h made to the Philippines for ths. benefit of his health only increased his mental and physical troublea He returned to Port land aboht seven year ago, but a h waa unable to perform any labor wa cared for by th eounty. Mr. Lewlston waa born In Portland. , Hi father, mother and , younger brother ' died - a number of yeara ago. -r- ' - , ). . -. Flooded Track Repaired. , (last ' Side " lines of th Sacramento division of ths Southern Paclflo were opened today for operation for the first tlm sines th California floods. Th company haa been operating all train via th west aids lines. . Ths worst washout wss Between Dsvls and Sacra-1 men to. This has Just been repaired, and trrlns Noa II snd It today were run from Davis to Bacramsnto and Roe- vllle, and north to Tehama, , the-prim director I. Jowph ParrallC 7 ' jj Jnt'r'ViZ?Tt0J7': I remembered here aa th youn;Ivrtomo,TOW I a plaf Mra Keith, residing In th old Bishop Scott academy building at Nineteenth' ana couch streets, haa reported ta th pollc that a watch wa stolen from her horn about thro weeks ago. Detective hav been detailed on the case and sus picion I directed toward a woman. .The manager of 1 Peters on'a stables, , Esst Fourteenth treet'and Union ave nue, complained to th authorltte today that two young man hired a rig at a O'clock yesterday . afternoon and hav not yet returned, Th animal ls-de-scribed a black, weighing about 1,100 pound, and th vehicle wa equipped,, with rubber tires. - An excellent descrlp- , tlon ha been furnished and th deteo. . Uvea kxpect to capture tbe thlevea - Bob Olllln, a plumber at Tenth and Morrison streets, notified th pollc to- . day that hi workshop In a nsw build- " Ing a-Fourth and.Bumald trtwaa entered by thieves last night and 10 pounda of lead and a gaaolln furnace carried away. Burglar vlalted th place laat week and stole a ejuantlty of valu- ' able toola It la th opinion of th no- llc that th crime hav been commlfV ted by some on residing In ths vicinity and thay ar working on that theory. J. Meyers, a tailor at lot Main street, complained to the bureau of criminal Investigation this morning that a young man cam to hi shop yeaterday and aaked to be shown some suitings. Dur ing th temporary absence of th pro prietor th fellow selected a light sum mer ault and mad hi escape. AT THE THEATRES . Laat Time "Free Lance" Tonight. Ths laat performance of jolly Jo Cawtborn tn John Philip Sou' mili tary com la opera, "The Free Lance," will be given tonight at th Helllg theatre. Fourteenth and Washington treeta Thl excellent company of ar tist ia presented by th big theatric! firm of Itlsw Erlanger and I without doubt th best oomlc opera Portlsnd has had this season. Ton csn't afford to miss It Curtstn at 1:11 o'clock. Seat selling at theatr boa offlcn. - One Chance Left fo Weatern Drams 7 That great Morosco plsy. Th Judr rand ths Jury" has been pronounced bn or the very best production ever given by th famous Baker stock company. At tb Bsker this week It hs proveJ Immensely popular. ' Tonight' perform ance la th laat for Gillette' play. "Th Admirable Crlchton open tomorrow. GJJIette Play Next Week. ,' Th -Admiral Criebton.' next week's attraction at th Baker, will always b associated with th nam of William Gillette. It Is th story of a butler who becam the leader of his formsr mas ters when ' the party- wan ehiowrecked. ov play a prominent part In thla worth seeing. Better Meet "A Stranger in, Town." t Tonight's performance I th last op portunity to witness that - wonderful combination of mirth and muslo known aa.lA Stranger In town," whloh ha I th patrons of the Emolre this week. ) It' a how to mak you laugh, and th air aung In It will stick In th memory. M.1!a 1241V . . - That Unhappy Bridegroom. ' Haw would you Ilk to b a bride groom for a few short hour and And that you had to go to Jell T Sound mslsncholy, doesn't ItT But a thla story la Interpreted at th Empir In "Hallo, Bill," next week's attraction. It Isn't a bit melancholy. Anything but that for "Hello, Bill" Is brimful of fun. Tomorrow afternoon' la th first prformanca "--,-' ,'The Gamekeeper."'-, .',. -W Tonight,' tomorrow matinee and nlghf ar th only "chance left to e Th Gamekeeper" at th Lyric It I S de licious play that ha mad hundred -of new friend fo th theatr during the week. Two performance tonight 'nd tomorrow night, the flrst at T:ll o'clock. You'll be sorry If yu ml Th Gam, keeper." Get th Lyric habit - . . - ' ; "Actom the Potomac." Following out it policy to giv flrst class production at popular prices, th Lyric theatr will next week present th mAVt famous civil war play, "Across th Potomac. It' will b glvnwlth full cast tha comnanv belnr enlarged for the bill. Scenery and costumes vrUl be tru to detail. Seat aal openrTo- I morrow evening. . ,'.'-'.," "Our New Girl." Tonight.' tomorrow , afternoon" and evening will be the laat. three per formances of th rattling fare, "Our New Girl" which th Allen atoek com pany I giving thl week at th Stat theatr. Beets for, th remaining per. formance ar now on sale. For next week th mansgement has selected th famous weatern drama, "Northern Llghta" which will b a winner. y,- ", ' New BUI Soon. , , Monday ther will be a complete chsnge of program at th Grand but In tha meantime th ' patron of th house will find a lively and diverting vaudeville show holding the boarda at this theatre. There ar singer, dancers, oomedlaaa, musical artiat and other and thay combine ta give a typical high grade entertainment and on which you nouia se eeror ji is loo jat. : I . , - CUMMINGS HOME IS SOLD TO MRS. CHARLES RILEY Mr.- Charle Riley has purchased th IX- W, A. Cumminga home at tt Hoyt treat between Twentietn and Twenty first streets, for 11,000. Ths lot Is 0K 10, adjoining tbe North Paclfl Sana torium on tha west, and Is occupied by a handsome eight-room resldenoe. The sals w'ns mads through th agency of D. B. Mack I. ,... . Ollbert ; Hunt ex-msyor of Walla Walla, VtCaKhlngton, and a larg menu factdrer of that place, Is at ths Port lsnd hstel. He Is accompanied by Mia, Hunt sikV the Misses Hunt . F. A. Nolsn of St Paul, A. R. Roger of Minneapolis and C, M. Youmnn of Winona, Mlnneaota, are prominent east ern timber men at the Portland hotel. Q. A. Westgate of Albany Is at tb Imperial hotel. . . a r