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:m system on IlilllLlAIl ROADS Wizard Will Not Continue: as President of the Various , Roads In System. (Joans! Special Serrfce.t "' '.i oWnT Ap7tTl..-A ,S?n preesloa prevails among rUd Uet Herri man will not be poeltlea of president of. ths ' roeda la ths system which J" h mmt. ThU o not meaa tB" iJ? to retire or that he la la any "JL hi control ot th. immense P"Ple which he feu controlled M long and so successfully. . But wblleno """"" ment of th. fact baa been none la looked for In th. Imrnl future It s matter of f m, that after the next annual """; the different roads the title of prartM vics-presiaani. mn . -- - - . y. rh.imiii of the board of directors. .- . ' .. Under thla plan A. h. "' , ju" !, pacific W. H. Bancroft or tne uni Line, and J. P. O'Brien of the Oregon Railway Navigation company. The plan la almllar to that now In effect on the Oould system. It will give greater Individuality to each of the separate roada, while at the aame time maintain ing the preaent harmony of manage ment - ' Together with the change In the exe " cutlve heada of the roada. a etrsngthen lng of the board of director la looked for by the addition of new men who would aoare with Harrlman the In creased reaponelblllty which haa come with the great growth of th ayatem under hta management . - i. J REPUTATION OF IIERLlAdli GOOD Senators Carter and Teller and Others Testify. In Favor of ' Accused Politician. i (Wasntnrtoa Borwa et Th JesrsaL) : Washington. April II. The defense, had lta Inning In th Blnger Hermann trial, putting on the ataod Senator Car ter of Montana, oommlaaloner of the general land office In lStl-t. who a wore to Hermann' good reputation to this day. - - .. ! .. & M.' Stockslager, land oommlaalonar In ' lS-, and General 8. 8. Burdett commissioner from 174 to 117. alao testified to the earn effect, th last two saying that when they left office they took with them auch books as . Hermann . destroyed. , Burdett ahowed -.nmm,.mmm MnVwk AAntainlna lit letter copies, it seml-offlclBl. 11T per taining to other departments and th remainder personal All three said that , they round no such doom wwi .um Schiller Hermann swor that h never received a letter from his tamer in a franked envelope. - " . ' ' James Casey, clerk of th land office, for th defense testified that George Bo reason had wanted Hermann to rec ommend that It townahlpa be added to th Cascade reserve. The government then brought out that Hermann wired Mitchell that he had recommended In cluding tt ot the . townships desired by Sorenson. , Lawyer Brltton of Washington swore to Hermann s good reputation at the preaent time, ( When asked by th gov ernment with whom be talked to leern that hie reputation was good, Brltton said W. A. Richardson, .'the commis sioner' succeeding Hermann; Frank W. Mondell. congressman from ' Wyoming, and assistant commissioner under Her mann, and Frank B. Kellogg of .h counsel for th government, now with tne Interstate commerce commission. , , Senator Teller and. Representative Mondell testified as to Hermann's good . repute. , , , -.. " : ... - ' I CAR SHORTAGE : CASE IN COURT Judge ' Charles XL Wolverton heard . argument today In his private cham bers on a motion to quash th man damus proceeding Instituted by th Northwestern Warehouse- company to compel the O. It at N, Railroad company to furnish the warehouse company with lta nronortlonate share - of cars for hauling wheat and other grains from eastern Oregon and Waahlngton to Portland. i W. W. Cotton appeared for th re II- ' way company and in hla argument stated that no discrimination had bean made against, the warehouse company and that the responelbtllty of th rail way company did not compel It to load the earn once they war delivered at th warehouse. a . Mr. Cotton mad his argument In ex plaining that 'When the warehouse com pany had stored its grain In warehouses .used by. several competitors that th company could not be held responsible ' If en firm got them, although they 'were Intended for another.. Ths arguments on the motion were continued this afternoon and will prob ably occuny today and ths better part of tomorrow. . " SEVEN NEW CARDINALS V CREATED BY THE POPE -Oosraat Sneeial Serrlee.t " Rome, April H. At a. secret con sistory this morning the pope crested cardinals ss follows: Kavellart, Pat rlach, Venice; Rlnaldindo, Papal Nuncio to, Spain; Lorenielll, ex-Nuncio to rarls; Luallrti. archbishop, Palermo; Merrier, archbishop, . Mallnee; Mafar, archbishop. Pan; Aqulrrey Carcla, bishop of Burgos, Ppaln. INSANE MURDERER GOES TO ASYLUM TONIGHT .... 1,11 1 . t Peter Qarriti, who shot snd killed Anton Orohs. a saloonkeeper on Wstsr street, several weeks a to, will be taken in the state insane asylum at Salem this e ontns- la charge of one of the deputy riffs. i . 1'urlnf the psst few days since he a1Ju1wl Insane, Uarrits hna shown urtmltull signs of his mental weak i md it present talks and mumbles t r in a meanincleea snd unln t i. ,i.i manner. REMOVE CAUSES CIIILD-VICTIf.l OF WAR FIRST BORII LIVING j . .... . . . . .. . .,,...-. . it Roosevelt Expresses Opinions on , Universal Peace in Letter ; to Peace Congress. . .'' (Joeraal Special Service.) ".' New Tork, April it. America's wel come to th delegates to the peace con ference was extended this afternoon by Secretary of State Root for the na tion,' Oovernor Hughes for ths state and Mavor McClellan for ths city of Mew York. Kvery walk of life Is represented smong the peacemakers. The veterans, 1-4 hv ttAw, mnA 11 a n flnmmftnderi. 1 are numerous. Many distlnguisnea for eigners will speak tonight. A letter from the president to Carnegie expressing re grets at hla abaencs was read. . Roosevelt's, letter to the peace con ference says he believe the general arbitration treaty will be ths moat Im portant matter for The Hague to con sider this summsr. He hopes the powers of Ths Ha cue will be Increased. The Hague conferees paid adequate salaries and says Be ininss ins ramoviu Seldom If ever haa thsrs been seen In this city such a gathering of learned men as that which filled Carnegie hall today at the opening of th regular ses sions of th national peace congress. Ths Initial session was given over wholly to th formalities of welcome in honor of the many distinguished par ticipants from both America and Ks rope. - Andrew' Carnegie called the gathering to order. Th session this evening is to be de voted to "International - Views of th Peace Question," with Addressee by th Rt Rev, James' "Bryoe, the British am bassador st Waahlngton; William T. Stead, r the English- writer and peace advocate; Baron d'Estoumelles de Con stant of Franc. Baron Deaehampa of Balgiura, Hearten Maarten of Holbtnd, Secretary Oscar 8. Straua, Mlsa Jane Addams of Chicago and others, , BORAH DAT JUTE HPT TO; I5FIKE ROOSEVELT . fWaahhistea Bsraa ef The test sat I Washington, l. C, April It. It Is be lieved her that Senator Borah of Idaho will bring strong preasurs to- bear on th president to Induce him to stop tha ohargea before the Idaho federal grand Jury, whjch resulted In his Indict ment. Borah haa demanded that th charges go to ths attOrnsy general be fore the courts of Idaho act further. Hla friends claim that th Investigation waa prompted by the Mover-Hay wood Pettibone labor leaders who are charged with complicity in th murder of Gov ernor Steunenberg, who thua seek to show that the murdered man - waa not such a hero as the prosecution allege. It la claimed here that Steunenberg waa involved In the land frauds equally with, jDormn it ins ie.uvr ie iotqitw. n,&-Be- ator DuBola refuae to talk, reaenttng a request for th facta. MRSIIJIL AT I'OODBURU . HITS SUSPECT, I'ITB 60S rSpeeUt Dispatch The foersst.) ' Woodburn, Or., April II. Marshal Riddle- was arrested last night by Con stable Beach on a warrant sworn out before Justice Hayes, charging him with aaaault on Pete Meehan with a danger ous weapon. Earlier in ths evening Riddle accosted Will Mehan an th lat ter Issued from his saloon with a par cel, and demanded to see the contents of th package, which proved to be papers. . . Rld.e , then walked eS and Meehan and the crowd hooted at him. He turned back ' and, suspecting that Meehan had been taking liquor out of the saloon on that day, told him ha was under arrest. Pete Meehan remon strated at thla and a raised can In Rid dle's hand slther fell or was knocked out cf It." Riddle then pulled his gun, which both th Meehans seised, but the officer fired It and with tha weapon struck Pets Meehan on the head back of the ear, bringing him to his knees and making a bad though - not serious wound. J Riddl entered a plea of not guilty and - was bound over In th sum of 600 for preliminary hearing tomorrow mom lng at 10 o'clock. Bonds were quickly furnished by Major Randall and Coun cilman Altnow. There was considerable excitement at the time of th trouble, which occurred soon after th baseball game, and was wltneaaed by nearly 100 people, ' ,. TELEGRAPHERS' UNION : ? HOLDS MASS MEETING ''"""''" (jsanai Special Serrles.I New Tork. April 1. In response to a call laaued by 8. J. Small, president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America an open mass meeting of the telegraphers of New Tork and vicinity waa held at Tammany hall yesterday afternoon, about 1,000 men and women being . present and much enthusiasm being shown. Speeches were made by President Oompers of the American Federation--of Labor - and others con gratulatlng the telegraphers on th ad vances mey naa received- irom tne Western union, and . Posts! Telegraph companies. , A RUN ROAD PARTLY BY t : RULE PARTLY BY.GUESS .. ..-. ,, , (Josraal Special Sernea.i - Hammond, Ind, April II. Prosecutor Boone of this county, who ' conducted th prosecution against Engineer Oar noure, who tiad charge of the Baltimore tt Ohio train which waa wrecked last November, killing 1. aald thla morn' lng he was glad Galnour was acquit- ted, because the "rules of th company were never Intended to be enforced. They were mad so. If they were obeyed to th letter, no train would run over 10 miles an hour." He further said the "defense proved that th road waa run partly by rule and party by guesswork, end when a - wreck occure they throw the blame onto the shoulders of their employes." NEWBERG CASE IS NOT't j ; SPINAL MENINGITIS Newberg. Or, April H. It has ben determined that the child of James Mer rltt,who is very ill. haa not aplnsl men ingitis, although ths first doctor on the esse celled It that The doctors who now hsvs ths vase pronounce It brain trouble. The child Is sllU very sick, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND.' MONDAY Inquest Over.Babo Thrown Off Train Shows This Mother at Portland Hospital. (Special Dispatch The Joeraal.) Roseburc. Or- April 18. The coro ner's Inquest over the body of th baby found on th railroad tracks at Myrtls Creek Saturday returned a verdict this morning that the baby , was born alive and was killed by being thrown from th train.. Three doctors examined the body and they say th lung show th child breathed after Its birth. The mother of the child. is in tne uooa Samaritan hospital at Portland In a pre carious oondlllon. She - will probably be brought to Douglas county to meet a charge of manslaughter. The husband of the woman was st the Inquest, us la a New Tork traveling man and was married to ths woman six months ago In California. '' Th 'MyrtI Creek ' ohlld victim's mother Is 111 at the Good Samaritan hospital, Her husband's name Is H. Nash, but nothing Is known of slther th man or the woman by th authori ties at th hospital. She waa removed to the hospital on her arrival here Sat urday, In a serious condition. For a time it was feared her condition was serious, but It is now said shs will re cover. Bhe has told the authorities nothing of herself or of her husband. Mr, Nash Is not known at th hospital. VIOLENT QUAKE SHOCK RECORDED Seismographs - Show Temblor Stronger Than the One That v Shook San Francisco. ' (Jeersal toeatal aerrle.t Albany, April 14. The strongest and longeat earthquake shock recorded sine th semlograph waa Installed here be gun at :14 this morning and oontlnued for ever two hours. The record .was much more pronounced than that made by th-8an Francisco quake year ago. The maximum vibration was so great that it swung ths pendulum dear off th recording eyllnder. ' Official of th stat geological sur vey aay th difference In time between here and Mexico Indicate that the quake recorded her was later than th on at Mexico City. It la believed th later quak has not yet been reported. i" Washington, April II. The govern ment leemograph here recorded ' th earn quak a th on recorded at Al bany. . Th weather bureau aaya there la lndloatlon of a tremendous upheaval at a dlatanoe about squat to that at Val paraiso. Mexican Quake Continue. , (Jeorssl Special Service.. ' Mexico City, April H- Earthquakes oontlnu at this city, and eover a wide ea. Reports from tha surrounding country now Indies t that th ahock was felt over 100 miles from Potosi to Oaxaca. , . . I . ij,-. Andrrmo Volcanoes Active. . ' (Jeersal Special genius.) " Buno Ayrss, April 11. Andean vol canoes In th territory ef Rio Negro are actlva, - SENATOR PATTERSON MUST PAY HIS FINE (Josrsal Special Carries.! " Washington, April IS. Senator Thomas M. Patterson of Colorado, who was found guilt of -contempt of , th supreme court of Colorado fr printing In hla two papers at Denver Improper articles growing out of ths Colorado election oontest cases, must pay th fin of 11,000 which was Imposed by the Colorado court Th supreme court of ths united States today dismissed Ben ator Patterson's appeal. 4 Justice Harlan dlasented, saying that tha guarantee of a free press and free speech in th constitution meant Just what It said. Senator Patterson endeav. ored to defend himself by offering to prov th truth of th artiolea he had printed, but was not allowed by th uoioraao eoun to aa mie. ARRESTED FOR STEALING MUCH COPPER WIRE Ed Doyle and Jamas Pagan were ar rested this afternoon by Detectives Jones and Tlchnor for stealing 150 pounds of copper wire from th Port land General Electrio company. Fagan has served time In the Walla Walla penitentiary and was arrested her two years ago for larceny. Both men ars bad characters. . ; H. W. Roberts, who recently cam to Portland from Wichita, Kansas, was arrested by Bridge Tender Kelly at the Madison street bridge this afternoon. Roberts was under ths bridge on for bidden ground Inspecting the operation of the machinery and was arrssted for trespssslng. , Little Ruth Fern strayed away from her mother this morning while the 1st ter was shopping In ons of ths depart ment stores. Ths child was found by Mrs. Otto Denk at Second and Madison streets thla afternoon and taken to po lios headquarters where shs waa given In charge of th frightened mother. GLEASON'S MANDAMUS ' CASE 13 POSTPONED , , , . Th case of William Gleason. a mem ber of the Bsker stock company, against County - Clerk Fields, on writ of man damus, was postponed until tomorrow by Judge -Sears on sccount of snother suit which occupied the time of ths court Gleason brought mandamus pro ceedings to compel th admission of his nam to th register. FISHING FLEET PUTS ' OUT. AT ASTORIA .(Special Dispatrk te The J norm) ) ' Asnorla, . Or.. April IS. The fishing season opened at noon today. Quite a large number of boats went Out proh sbly 100.. This evening will see many more out The city Is full of people making preparations for th season. MIST in SEWER LEVY Property Owners In Northeast . Srn Part of City Protest Irv--ington Assessment. Residents of th east slds from Union avenue east to the city line and from Prescott to KlUlngsworth will hold a special meeting tonight at th Presby terian church, ICast Twentieth and Vy gant streets, to protest sgalnst ths pay ment of taxea for the purpose of eom- f listing the lrvington sewer. They fear f thev submit to the . special levy agslnst them further assessments will be mads on thslf property for improve ments elsswhere In the city from which they will derive no more benefit then they will receive from the lrvington sewer. The protest to be msds will In. elude every property owner affected la the district The meeting has been called by Pres ident Jeorge B. Frank of the Northeast Improvsment club, and it Is expected that fully 100 residents or that portion of ths city will attend to voles their sentiment. T All day yesterday President Frank's horn wss visited by ssst sldsrs, who demandsd thst a special meeting be called immediately to take action against ths Isvy for th completion of th sewer mains In a district'' from which they derive no benefit - Th lvy runs to $21.40 per (0-foot lot snd the residents . declare to ' be charged auch aums for ths Improvement of a dis trict foreign to their locality Is an out rage against which they will protest vigorously. The Immediate causa of th indigna tion meeting Is ths assessmsnt notices received by residents last Saturday. Thsse notices stats that right to pro tost against tha payment Is granted within 10 days after data , The notlcea are dated on April I, but were not mailed until April IX. and war re ceived the day following. Th residents will demand to know why they were held until a date so late that It la im possible to offer a protest in th Urn specified. " - Th assessment has been mag ror th purpose of extending the lrvington sewer 100 feet lrvington adjoins ths district upon whloh the levy has Veen made, but according to th residents ths sewer can never be of any benefit to them, owing to th slop of ths two dis tricts. . CAFE JUST FOR WORKIUG MEN Property Owners on North Third Plan Establishment Sim l liar to Chicago's.' ' Within ths year Portland will prob ably have a workingman'a eafa. pat terned after like Institutions In New Tork, Chicago and other large eastern cltisa ' B. EL Merges, wno owns ths 100 feet In the osnter of ths block fronting on ths saat slds of Third street between Gllsan and Flanders, has ths matter of srsotlng the necessary building under consideration. Mr. Mergss la negotiat ing with the owner of th two lota Im mediately east of his property, and fronting on the west slds of Second street with an Idsa of having ths pro posed building extend entl rely through th block. . ' In Now Tork and Chicago than cafes dsvoted exclusively to us of working men have become wery popular and proved a success from tbs start Ths proposed building will be 100 by 100 feet and lthr four or five stories in height It will contain a large read ing and writing room, restaurant and bar, billiard and pool rooms, cigar standa, tub and shower hatha .and every other essential to ths comfort and con venience of worklngmsn. It Is probabls that ons or two stories of the building will be fitted up aa living-rooms to b rented to transient worklngmsn. Mr. Mergss has mads a thorough In vestigation as to th practicability of such an undertaking In fortiana ana has become convinced that it will prov an immediate sucoees. He and his as sociate in th undertaking are on th lookout for a proper man to take chargs of and manage ths Institution. In svsnt ths croleol is carried out a man from the east who Is familiar with tha management . of ' such oafes will be brought to Portland and put In oharg of ths institution. AWAIT GRAND JURY'S OPENING Witnesses ars already appearing about th postofflos building - to give th testimony desired from them for ths federal grand jury which convene Wednesday. ' Although these persona are not? wanted at this tlms, thsy seem to take it upon themselves to bs on hand sarly. ' i Other evidences of th coming grand jury ars shown In th activity of ths officials. Assistant united Btats At' tornsy Jamas Cols has been going over the evidence in the cases against m men In Jail In order to secure Indtot- msnta acalnat them early in tne ses sion. In fact . these cases will be th first ones dlsnosed of by th Jurors. Mr. Col has been having ths aid of Postofflcs Inspectors Riches, Camp and demerit as well as that of Secret Serv ice Ooerattv Thomas B. Fostsr, In gath ering evidence against ths persons who have been arrssted I or roooing posior flceev misusing ths government malle, counterfeits and othsr Crimea Thess men were Identified in th work of runnlac down ths arreated .men and will . be Important witneasss against them. ' ' T. B. Nsuhausen, special Inspector of the interior department, has been very busy for. several weeks with a large corp of assistants collecting evidence against land-fraud men who will be In dicted by th grand Jury. Mr. Nu hsusen snd his assistants hare been working until midnight for tjie psst two weeks. . Unltsd Ststes Attorney Bristol haa announced that he. Is ready for the Jury whsn It convsnes. ITnef Decision Tomorrow. '. (Jonroel Sneeial Servlea.l Von Angsles. Csl., April H. -Owln to the failure of proper papers in Abs Ruef's application for a writ of habeas corpus to srrlvs here, the decision of the eupmme court on which depends Ruef's liberty, will not be handed down until tomorrow. ' , . EVENING,: APRIL 15, 1S07. rilRf.1 DEBATE UPOII BAPTISM Baptist Ministers Divide Upon Relative Importance of That Important Rite r Tha Baptist ministers at their slon this morning discussed thoroughly "The Doctrine of ths Wra Bupper, undsr ths leadership of Rev. W. T. Jordan of tha Central Baptist church. Hs took ths stand thst ths division of th church Into, denominations and sects dated from the splitting on ths subjects ef baptism and thst separation -at the "Lord's table followed on tnac ,ns alao hsld that baptism. Is ths door to th ehuroh and on this point a number of the speskers took exception. 1 .- Dr. C. A- Woody held that baptism Is only a prerequisite .-to church member ship but not the door, for that does not sdmlt a subject : Thsr was a warm discussion on th point ss alao concern ing whether the communion is a church ordinance or merely a ceremony adopted by custom.- The principle of excluslvs communion as practioed by th Baptist church was ehampipnsd by ths statemsnt that com munion Is fellowship and harmony and harmony cannot sxist where ther Is difference of opinion. ' Next week Rev. E. M. Bliss Is te take nn tha next densrtmant of the subleot under the head "Th Administration of th Ordlnanca" Announcement was mads that rates have been secured to- Spokane for the B. T. P. U. convention this month and It la expected : to send . several hundred delegates from Portland. . There will be aa effort to secure a ear or two. . MENINGITIS LAYS PHYSICIAN 101. Dr. R. P. Robbins Is Believed to ; - Be Dying of the Baffling ' ; 'V Malady., . Dr. Ray P. Robblna, a well-known east sld physician. Is dying at St Vin cent's hospital, ' a vlotlm of spinal meningitis. B Is th fourth victim of th soourg during ths past week, and it la expected that others la tha city afflicted with th baffling disease will die. ......... Dr. Bobbins was taken seriously 111 sjrtday. Hs rapidly developed alarming symptoms and waa removed from his home. Oil Belmont street, to th hos pital where his suffering hsa been In tense. So far as known hs was not ex posed to ths disease, and tt Is thought to bs ths result of his continued hsrd work and exposure to bad - weather whloh undermined hla constitution, Xdttte Olrl Ala Strloksa. Ethel Rowell, the tt-year-old daughter of W. M. Rowell. 114 Grand avsnus, la fatally 111 with th dread meningitis and tt la not expected that ah will recover. Mrs. Peterson, of Peninsular station, is anothsr who is afflicted with ths malady and her condition thla morning was such aa to cause anxiety among her relatives. City Health Officer Dr. C H. Wheeler fumigated th public library this morn ing and fit la expected that the Institu tion will b opened again tomorrow. Herman Mathue, a 17-year-old , mes sengsr bey employed in th library, waa taken llUwlth menlfififla last Wednesday and sxplrsd Saturday night - . Dr. Wheeler aald this morning th fumigation of ths building would b of benefit In destroying any diphtheria or scarlet fever germs sxtstsnt as well as proving a precautionary -measure against ths spread of meningltla '. gaz Oases la Tare Weeks. ' There have been no new oases report ed to the city health department sine Dr. Robbins was taken 111. , Since th first week In April tlx persons hav been attacked by the dlseass. Four of thsss are dead, on Is critically III and not expected to recover, whll th sixth has chances or recovery. - Spinal meningitis, different forma of which ars known as brain fsver and spotted fsver. Is sa Inflamatlon ef ths lining lying next to th spinal cord. It may exert Itself first at any point along ths spins or show Its first demonstra tion at th baa of th brain. 8oonr or later, however, th latter is affected and death ansuea ' .., Doctors Teel alslplsss. Th dlseass Is peouilsr in Its actions, baffling to medical skill and Quick In Its fatal results, ths percentage of mor tality of those afflicted with ths mal ady reaching It per cent Medicine and drugs seem powerless to stay ths rav ages of ths dlseass and medical science has yet to produce a remedy. Some of th city physicians' who hav been treating; spinal meningitis hav given hypoderml Injections of mor phlna But thin Is given only to alle viate the Intense pain which accompan ies ths affliction and -not as a ours. ' A beneficial .or; curative treatment for th dlseass has yst to be discovered, v TIM HORN 10 BLOW - FOR THE RIGHT HEN ... , ..v; sss-as-s-aw . Municipal Association Hopes All " City Candidates Have Not ; Yet Appeared. Th Municipal association win hav a meeting tomorrow evening at" which the city political situation will bs dlscusssd and preliminary plans Outlined for the campaign now oponlng. Members of ths association stats It Is not probabls that any decided stand will b tsken by ths association at this tlma - "All ths candidates hava not yst mads thstr appearance, we hop," said one member today.- "We are waiting for aoma good men to corns out aa candi date before the time Is up and it ts not likely thst ths assoclstlon will In dorse sny csndldstss prior to that tlma However," hs concluded, "ther may be something doing at th meeting tomor row night" It Is an assured fact that th asso ciation intends to ' tako a very actlv part In th coming battle. It is now engaged In seeing, what can bs dons to bring ths MoKenna high license- petitions back to Ufa This will not bs settled until after tha registration, clerks havs finished their work of sorting out th registration cards sa that a certain and aurs check can be made of, tha signers to the patulous, . ... TOGA HOT TO BE SCOROED Chamberlain Not a Senatorial : '.,' Candidate,- but Is Not ' ; Declining Yet ' (Special ntspateh ts Tbs JesrsaL) Spokans. Wash.. Aorll IS. Governor Chamberlain -of Oregon when asksd last svsnlng If hs would be a candidal for aenator. aald:- "I am not a candidate for ssnator, but do not aay that I will not accept ths nomination under any circumstances,' for I do not know what conditions msy eon front ma , I want to gst out of public life and I at first, refused to accept tha nomination for governor, but her I am, and I hav four years yet to serve, my term expiring January ' 11, 1111.- Ths senatorial election comes up In -two yeara" . - :. Conoornlng ths Initiative and referen dum law In Oregon he said:' - "It haa been a success so far as I know. At ths last election th Demo crats all voted for th Republican can didate At th election, the laglslatlv candidate are supposed te- el gn-s state ment that thsy will support thstr party oandldato or will not Many of them refused to sign any statement but I don't know that it mads any differ ence In th election, sav la th case of on man. Ths Idea Is to hav th legislator elect, the man -who has tha -Uargeat number of votee.' It la a good law and will wOrk out Its--own solution In time.". -. The - governor roasted ths United States senate and said It was th most corrupt part of our government and th only way to start a fight for purer government -- was to sleet senators by popular vota ' Hs said th senators themselves in variably stood In th way of amsndlng ths constitution to elect senators by di rect vote, but h believed th direct primary would help wonderfully to rem edy thla aa all legislature candidates oould then bs pledged. Then th man who receives th hlgheat number ot votes should be elected by th legis lature. EXPENSIVE PEACE FOR : PIANIST TO PUT seleerton not an tha program at th after-theatre concert In an of th lead ing hotels last Saturday night and on that caused quit a stir among th feahlonabls throng In attendance waa th arrest of F. R. Bchlkora, pianist of ths orchestra, on a warrant charging him with threatening to slay his wife. Dssplts tbs plsa of tha management that Sohlkora bs permitted to finish ths concert, th pianist was hustled off to polio headquarters by two plain clothes men. Clad In tuxedo. Immacu late whit shirt front and all th other Uttl Incidentals which go to msks up regulattoa evening attire, Sehlkora pre sented a most incongruous figure at th station. In default of 11,000 ball the musician, spent th night In th city prison - and was - released m " his own recognisance yesterday by Judge Cam sron. 1 ' " " - '- . - Accosnpaalsd by his attorney, A Wal ter Wotfe, and Timothy Flood of the Dyrlo theatre, Sehlkora appeared in the polio court this morning and filed a bond ot 1150 to keep the, peace. Flood signing ths bond. - Ths marital difficulties of Sehlkora and hla wlf s eover quits a period of time and finally culminated In the sep aration of th ooupl about three weeks ago.'- ., ' ---.'-- , - SOCIALISTS IN UNDER -- NEW PRIMARY LAW '. (Rperla! Dtepatea ts Ths JesrssL) ' flpbksne, April 15. Unable to partici pate In th primary election for the rea son that they did not poll AO per cent of the vote at th last election, th So cialists of this olty, on a decision in their case rendered by Judge Polndex ter, have decided to put a full ticket In the field for the coming municipal elec tion by holding a nominating convention on the aamsidsy aa th primaries are held, which they are permitted to do under th provisions of ths nsw primary law passed by th last legislature.- Ths Socialist ticket will be headed by C H. Bungay for mayor. This municipal campaign Is th first aver held in tile stats under the direct primary law. The contest between the two Republican candidates. Herbert Moore and W. J. Douat for mayor prom ises to be close. Floyd Daggett pres ent Incumbent Is tbs only Democratic candidate tor mayor, and his nomination Is assured, aa Is that of Robert Falrley for comptroller and at. H. Egglsston for treasurer. . Registration la tha hsavlest sver known la Spokans for a city election. Nearly 11,000 names are on tha books, with two mor days In which to reg ister. . - . , . TWO SHOTS FIRED IN TR0UTDALE SALOON ROW (Speelat Dtspsteh te The 'Journal.) " Troutdale, Or, April It. In a row In Larson's saloon last night Kid Bat ton took two shots at tha bartender, Hans Mortts. and fled. Sheriff Stevens wss potlfled and soon reached th scan in an automobile. He found that Hatton had started , east on a frslght train or on passenger train No. 0. He notified point east, and It is hoped Hatton may be apprehended. . ' FREE METHODIST CHURCH DEDICATED AT WOODBURN '.. . - '. ' (Special Ptepatsh t Tbs JesrsaL) . . - Woodburn, Or April . it. Ths new Free Methodist ehuroh sdlftcs In this city was dedicated yeaterday morning. District Elder Coffee of Portland deliv ering the dedicatory sermon. A collec tion was taken and amounted to enough to pay off the remaining Indebtedness on ths building. . ANOTHER MILKMAN FINED FOR . , ; SELLING ADULTERATED ARTICLE . James Hewitt, IT1 East Gllsan street, gainst whom a Case wss filed recently la tb Juatlc court on a charge of adul teratlng milk which h waa exposing for sale and did sell, wsa tried Satur day. Hewitt I among a number round ed up recently by Stat Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey on similar . ohargea, . ' -. - V TELL TALE TAGS Oil ROOLI-IIIIEF Evidence Found That McBride' Operated in Seattle and . . . Also In Spokane. Much evidence has been accumulated against WlllUm McBride, the "room JP worker" arrested in ths Empire lodging house last Saturday night by Detectlvea ' Inskpep and Klenlin. Two storage receipts from Besttls and , Spokans found. on ths accused man show that be has been operating under tha aliases of Steadman and Wheeler. From the fact that McBride has a roll stored with- ths Eyres Storage company. 111 ' Railroad avenue, Seattle, and a sack with ths Oriner Truck eV Storage com pany of Spokane it Is th theory of th ' detectives that h may b wanted la ' thos cities for a series .of crimes sim ilar to thos for which ha waa arreated her. Of tha plunder, const sting ef II suits of clothes, ll pairs of shoes, two overt, . ( coats and two watchss found In Mo-, ' Bride's room, five parsons hav so far ap peared t claim some of'ths property), ' IX C. Beach of tl North Sixth street whose room : was entered March Is Identified - a pair of shoes aa hla pron srty this morning and swore to a com plaint agalnat th prisoner. O. w. Smaliay put in a olalm for a 140 suit of clothea, aa extra pairow trousers and a pair of shoes and als filed an Information. The wearing ap parel waa stolen from Smaller room ' on Aprl I. . D- N. Oabarino of II1H Water stress, who- lost ths 140 gold watch found on McBride, likewise appended his signer tor to a felony complaint , . In addition to these charges th ds tectlve hava ascertained that McBrtda la tha thief who effected aa entrance to . th room f A. Howard In tha Standard rooming house, March II. and carried away two suits of clothes and a pair of , shoes, mmn STRIKES NEGRO WITH HIS SUIT CASE Atlanta Editor Shows Decided Views on Race Question When -, Negro Porter Intrudes. (Joeraal Special Berrlee.) Augusta. Oa April IL Tha railroad and race problems were joined on a train between Atlanta and Augusta Sat urday whea Thomaa Watson, ano th candidate of th Populist party for tha. presidency of the United States, and ' now tha editor of a magaslns in At lanta, engaged In an altercation with a railroad porter, whloh ended In blows. Watson waa on a Pullman ear and was annoyed by tha slow time made by the trains aad by what he termed th lack of courtesy shown him by ths road offlclala He and th conductor engaged in a talking match, in which th porter Soon .became a party, th negro taking the road's slds of the question, - ; Thsn Watson grew excited and landed ths porter a blow la th face with hia grip. For a while It looked ss If serious trouble would result between the negro, Watson, his friends and ths conductor, but finally an atmospbsr resembling pesos waa restored and th parties con. csrnsd were given an opportunity to care for their Injured heads and hurt feellnga , . HARRISBURG EP WORTH , LEAGUE'S ELECTION .. - .. ' (Speeltl Oiapatck te The Joeraal.) ' Harrlsburg, Or April 18. Tha Kp worth League chapter Saturday svsnlng elected officers for th ensuing year as follows: President Professor I B. Gibson; first vice-president Mis May Rlgga; second vice-president Miss Ines Tborass; third vice-president Miss Es ther Ollbertson; fourth vtoe-prestdent Mrs. E. K. Vpmeyer; secretary, Francis Phelps; treasurer, Lloyd Shlslsr; organ 1st. Miss Estle HUL Aa delegates to th convention at Eugeas May I. 4 and I, Mre. E. E. Vpmeyer, Miss Msy End loot t Mlsr Area McClain and Francia Phslps After ths business maetln th mem. bars rsrtook of s supper prepared by the members of the slds losing ths re cent membership contest The young people ars highly slated with th growth of th leagua . . ; . . . , . PEACE IN CENTRAL V ; AMERICA IS CERTAIN '', V . ,0"l Special Berrlee. ' Tegucigalpa. April it-Peaoe In Cen- -tral America la now certain. Arrapgo- , ments are la progress for a metlnsvher tweea President Zelaya of Nicaragua and ths president of Salvador, probably upon an American battleahlp, to nego tiate terms. Secretary Brown of tha United States IsgaUon haa been In La Union, Salvador, for th last two wscks to arrange for the surrender of Bonllla, the deposed prssldsnt of Honduras. Mr. Brown, who has been acting for Salva dor to bring about peace, says th president of Salvador has accepted the considerate proposals by President' Zelsya for a peaoe conference which will be held In the port of Amapala,' President Zelaya has expressed his an- ' prsoistlon of th friendly office of th United States tor bring about peace. . Ten Thousand for Injuries. ; (Joeraal Special Service.) Mlddlstown, N. T., April II. During the Isst presidential campaign. In a railroad accident between Coshes snd Mlddlstown, Austin Anderson of West -Tow wss ons of those Injured. .Last spring hla son Robert was lnjused In Mlddlstown by being run over byTwa cara, so thst th amputation of ons foot wss necessary. Father and son hav aettled with the company without ' any axpenss to themselves, th com pany paying 110,000 damagea but who engaged counsel and fought the charges. ' - , After a trial which lasted only a few moments Hewitt waa found guilty of 1 selling milk which did not contain the percentage of. butter fat snd other nu tritive -Ingredients required by law otherwise watered milk and was fined 2S by Judgs William Reed. Tbe-flne, waa promptly paid . " ,
