LACKAiAS
Cr.EGOIl CITY TO HAVE
SIC 8Y THE BAKD
Nineteen Enroll at First Meeting
Held for the Purpose of .
Organization. . ,
(Special rrtspetek to Tbe "'.,,,
Oregon CHy, April SO That Oregon
City la to have a real brass band is
quit apparent A meeting held last
evening lor th purpoa of taking pre
liminary steps tnwatd an organisation
vaa well attended and a a result 1 en
rolled a member of the organisation,
l rofoesor J. Oronroer or Portland has
been selected aa musical director, and
It la thought under hla directorship the
band will bs a success. Another meet
ing will bo held next Wednesday even
ing. when the tnembera will be ready
tor their flrst practice. The charter
roll will be .closed Wedneaday night
and those who wish to Join ahould aend
In their names at once. Tha following
are those who have already enrolled:
Charles Schnbeins, Will Walters, John
Moehnke, Out Moehnks, Frank Whlt
man, A. Rahtlald, J. Naeh. A- Fromong.
W. Kruger. K. Brandt. H. Sager. F.
Kaket. J. Meyerr, Kd Miller. W. Smith,
Albert Melvla and David Catto.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR
M'LAUGHLIN INSTITUTE
.
(Special Dispatch ta The JoanaeD
Oregon City, Or.. April 20. Tha third
of tha series of card partlea given for
the benefit of the McLoughlla institute
will be given at the reeldence of Father
HillebrandL Besldea card gamea the fol
lowing program haa been arranged: -
piano Mies Qladya Boys
Three Team at the Spring". Mra Beach
Mrs. Ed. Sheahan.
Violin (a) To a Wild Roe. .McDowell
(b) Gondoliers Song
Mendelssohn
Mr. Charles Measer Stow.
Soprano solo. .... .Miss Marie Frederick
Trombone "Toreodor Song from Car
men ,."......., Biset
Mr. Bert T. McBaln.
(Mrs. McBaln at tha piano.)
Lena (sung In .German) Hildacb
Mra. Ed. Sheahan.
Viola (a Engllah) Two Folk Bong
(b Irish.)
, '. Mr. Charles Measer Stow. ,
Ankle Second Time Broken.
(Sportsl Dtspstrst to Tbe Joaraal.)
Oregon City, April JO. Mrs. Alonso
Wlckham of this city who had the mis
fortune some weeks sgo to sprain her
ankle, yesterday whll attending to her
household duties, broke tN ankle In the
same place. Th fractur la a very
painful one and It will probably be
some time before Mrs. Wlckhsm will be
able to be about. '
WANTED!
Girls oyer 14 years to oper
ate sewing machines on
shirts Easy to learn Good
pay Steady work;
OREGON CITY WOOLEN MILLS
Oregon City, Oregon
THE LATEST
DOa OWNERS COMPLAIN
OF UNLICENSED DOBS
Assert ThatOn1y Seventy-Five
. Dogs of Three Hundred
Are Taxed.
Dlenatrh to The Jonraal.)
Vancouver. Wash., April HO. Owners
of canines of this city, who hav for
.r rait faithfully paid the annual
tax of SI upon their pets that the latter
may be kept from being picked up by
th noundmaater. declare that not on
half of the dogs in Vancouver ar ever
made acquainted with either th officers
of ths law or a dog license. A dosen
or more persons owning dogs, who reg
ularly pay th license fee, hav been
hoard of late to complain of the large
number of dogs that are allowed to
mam tha streets unlicensed. It Is de
clared that, although ther ar probably
inn iiiwt in Vancouver. , leas than 7S
licenses hav been taken out this year.
! Heal Estate Transfers.'
' jai.l THanatrh ta The JoaraaL)
Vancouver, Wash.. April SO. Trans
fers of real estate were yesterday filed
-rith rnuntv Auditor Kies. as xouowa
Dorothea Duback to George A. Falk.
land In section 4, townahip 4 north,
, rang 1 east; also land in section 4.
township S north, range 1 east. $5; K. C
Setoff to O. A. Falk, land In section SO.
township 4 north, rang S east, S600;
W. W. McCredla andi wlfs to K. A.
Blank, south half of northeast quarter
' of section 11, township S north, rsnge
-. I east, svu; Anion uiun w jm.n..
Ihner, land In section , township 4
north, range 1 east, 1260; E. D. Zlm
rolnger snd wife to J. C Woods, east
half of block II. East Vancouver, 110;
- Hilda A. McCrary and wlf to Oregon
a. Waahinetna Rutlwav company, right
of way In James Carty D. I C, SS.000;
the Title Guarantee tc Trust company
to same, right of way tn section IS,
township 4 north, rang 1 east. I6.S00;
Augusta C Bengatnn - to Howard A.
HM sere, atrip along block SS, Vancouver
llelghta. SI: Howard A. Btlgers to Wal
ter P. McKeene, eaat to feet of lots 1
and S, block 2S, Vsncouver Hnlgiits,
S350; jud C English to S. W. Thomp
son, weat half of southwest, qusrter of
ffftlnn . township I north, range . S
euttt, $1,000. - . ,
Tomorrow,
jnu will need some good perfume, tf
von really want the richest snd choicest
li-rfum you will enme to Olln'S drug
.iirn and ft ltouo.ueat des Amours.
When You Order
your lawn mower snd garden Imple
ments for summer don't forget the
flora as tk Corset."
Youmans & Preston
p'ol'M in everything In tha hardware
-. l.iiihth and Washington atreets.
COUNTY AND VICINITY
The Ureses City errv-e ef The Inarasl
Ik ted at Horn-ell A Jobm arss store, pbune
Mala INI. where Karl Lars. U at.ni. will
Mieod praupti Is euhecrlpltuaa. eoaplauita aaj
ari-ertlaeine-la. Neva It-ma kill or snoa
turn will ae appreciated aad raeelre rrauipt
atteetlea.J
ALMOST A TRAGEDY AT
TENTH STREET CROSSING
Scared Horse Gives Its Master
One Very Close Call and
Itself, Too.
(Special Mepareb to Tha snaraal.t
Oregon City, Or, April SO. Th un
lucky Tenth stret crossing of tn
Southern X'aelfl railroad cam near be
ing the scene of another fatality at
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr.
Van Tonge, a resident of .Highland, who
was drlvlna to this city, waa nearing
the jllde on Tenth street when he heard
tha approach of a train and halted nis
horse In order to let It paas. As tn
train drew near th horse Decome
frightened and daahed across ths track
In front of the swiftly moving locomo
tive. Luckily it crossed in safety, but
being scared started at a furious pac
toward Main Street, overturning iw
buggy and dragging th occupant for
some distance. Becoming dlaengaged
from the rig by th breaking of the
harness, tha horse started at breakneck
speed down Tenth street end would
have gone over th high bank Into th
river had It not been for a woman wno
was pasalng and shouted at It, bringing
It to a stop. . Those who had witnessed
th affair at one went to tn assist
ance of Mr. van Tongs, expecting o
find him terribly mangled, but upon
examining It was found that said from
few bruise and a saver ensuing up
he was uninjured.
TRAVEL IN ALASKA IS.
A HARDSHIP THIS YEAR
' (Special Dispatch ta The Joarrtel 1
Oregon City, Or., April SO. Th news
has been received her rrora Micnaei
Mulvey, who left March II for Dawson.
stating that th conditions In Alaska
are unuauaL He Is at Whit Horse.
where he Is waiting for a steamer, in
order to avoid the payment or-iize
stag far. Meala eost 11.60" each and
th rat for baggage is z cents a
pound. Th spring In that portion of
Alaska Is unusually severe, tn ther
mometer registering 18 degrees below
sero ever sine Mulvey arrival. There
Is two feet of anow and travelers are
compelled to stay a week In Whit
Horse on account ox tn storm ana tn
extreme cold weather.
PHONE WIRES RAPIDLY
GOING UNDERGROUND
IMnarlal Dispatch tn The Journal.)
Oregon City, Or, April SO. Th Horn
Telephone company Is now making good
haadwav In setting Its line underground.
snd It Is thought the work wll be fln
lahed In a short time. The Horn com
pany is. ths first to lay this system,
but as th recent ordinance requires
that all lines shall be removed from
the streets it Is thought tha Pacific
States company will soon follow. Th
atreets at th present time are lined
with wires, which Is a great detriment
to tb' appearance of th city.
NEWS OF VANCOUVER
Mntlce Tee Vaeeoevsr ernes ef The Joerail
la lorate4 at room S Coaisereial Beak bolM
ln. nttb a4 Mala etreete. doom Mala n.
vbefe eahscrtptloaa. eomplalnta, ed.erttee siesta
spS seers will be rerain see preapuy a
leaded te.CC. Olbeoa. area-
BLAUVELT BRINGS SUIT
OVER TITLE TO LAND
Asserts That Hugo Kreiget Was
Never Given a Deed to
Tin Acres.
(Special Dispatch te The Jonraal.)
' Vancouver,' Wash., April SO. A. J.
Blsuvelt has filed action tn th superior
court against Msg Otto Krelger, Julius
Krelger, Theresa Eggelston. Frank
Krelger and Hugo Krelger, t quiet
title to 10 acres In section S4, town
shin 4 north, range 1 east Th land
In question, along with 70 acres addl
tlonal, was purchased by th defend
ants In common. Later their interests
were divided and the property In ques
tlon became th property of Blauvelt
It Is alleged In th complaint that
Hugo Krelger, who waa given th 10
acres purchased by Blauvelt, never re
ceived a deed from the others interest
ed with him In the .80 acres. Blsuvelt
asks that tha court decree him to be
the lswful owner of the land, thus re
irinvlna a cloud from th title.
Marraret G. Stowetl has filed a petl
tlon In the superior court asking that
A. p. 8towll be appointed administrat
or hnnla non of th estate or Kiixa
beth B. Stowell. deceased, and also ad
mlnlstrator of th estate of A. W. StoW'
ell. deceased. Th petitioner Is
daughter snd heir of both estates. Elis
abeth B. Stowell. wlf of A. W. fltowell,
died In March, 104. and tier nusDann
wss duly appointed administrator of
her estata. On January IT, HOT, A. W.
Stowell died before th estate or hi
deceased wlf hed been fully adminis
tered. Th satstes consist of consid
erable property In this county. The
heirs are Walter, B. Elisabeth. Msrgar
st and Curtis Stowell, all residents of
Portland at th present time.
' Lecture on the Holy Land.
ISperlal Wa-wtch ta The Journal.)
Vancouver. Wash- April SO. Th
atereoptlc-n entertainment st th Chris
tian church last evening was well st-
tended. Rev. I. H Ha act th pastor,
exhibited snm interesting views of th
Holy Land snd Egypt, accompanied with
ay pleasing sddreaa on conditions and
dtiatoms In thnfj section of th , world.
This Evening Is as Good
time ss any for you gentlemen to
pl.'k out your Hart Bchsffner Marx
spring stilts at Tb Basaar. Store open
Drill 1 10 p. m. and Stetson hat will
he slven away fre with all suits from
f 10 to tSO, up to closing tlm. ghaned
ling Bros.
Th Journal, dally 41 a month, dally
and Sunday (te a moathi delivered any
where la Vancouver. :
looms FOR p WHO
IS UifDER GRAVf
Sheriff of Clackamas Sets Out
for Washington on the .
Trail qf Him. ,
(Special. Dispatch to Toe Journal)
Oreaon City. ADril SO Sheriff Beatle
left yeaterday afternoon for on of th
Washington cities in search of a nlan
charged with a very serious crime.
District Attorney Ely, who has been
working on th caa for some tlm. has
gathered evidence which he considers
very strong. It is thought th man will
be captured with but little trouble, but
to guard against all contingencies hla
name is withheld and the particulars
of th crlm will not b made public
until he Is behind th bars.
FRIENDS' LAST TRIBUTE
TO KEELER GABBERT
(Special Dispatch to Tb Job mat.)
Oregon City, April SO. Th funersl
of ths late Keeler Gabbert who area
at Portland Wednesday, waa held in
Eugene yesterday, interment being mad
beside , the body of his daughter, who
was burned to death some years ago In
a fir at St. Helena Mrs. Gabber!
cam to Portland and took charg of
th body, returning to Eugene yesier-
day morning. A larg number of old
friends attended th funeral and paid
their last respects, ' .
Local and Personal.
nrae-an Cltv. Anrll SO. Sola circle.
Women of Woodcraft., held He regular
martin laaf evenlns at th hall. No
buslneas of Importance cam befor the
meeting. - ..rl. .
Mrs. Viola OouTrey.v principal -
Barclay High school. waa pieasanii.
surprised at her residence Mat night by
a party of SS High school student
Csrd games were played. Ic cream and
cake were served.
Carl Horn, for many years a resiaeni
of this city, haa been graduated wiui
high honors from the New Tork Trade
school with . the degre of electrical
engineer. Hs obtained 100 per cent In
very branch except one, and in that be
secured a percentage of more than SB.
Ths usual services win do neia ai um
different churches In this city tomor
row. David Close Again at Liberty.
Oregon City. April SO. David Close,
who was arrested some days sgo at
Parkplac on the charge of Insanity,
eras yesterday released. It Is thought
th trouble was due to th excessive
us of Intoxicants and now that he Is
free from th effect he will probably
recuperate In a few days. Judge Ryan
vouched for his conduct.
Artisans Go Visiting.
Oregon City, April SO. Th local lodge
of Artisans left last evening by special
car for Portland, where they attended
a union meeting of several of th lodges
In and around Portland. An excellent
program wss carried, out, after which a
banquet was served. The party returned
feeling well repaid for their trip to th
metropolis.
Th Journal, dally 4 fro s month, dally
snd Sunday lo a month! delivered any
where In Oregon City.
ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Organization Is Completed' and
League Ready to Do Battle
With Cigarettes.
(Special Dtacetck te The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., tApril SO. Th
Vancouver Anti-Ctgarett league has
been formally organised by Organiser
Strubl and Is now ready for Its pur
pose, tbst of putting an end to th cig
arette habit especially among minora
The local league Is composed of school
children of this city and already a
large number have been taken into
membership. '
At a meeting held at th High School
building th . following officers were
elected: President Arthur Shumwsy;
vice-president, Fred Ferrellj seoretsry
and treasurer, Henry Trumbley.
"Hello Mir Tomorrow. . .
(Special tnapatck t The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., April SO. From
present indications the Auditorium thea
tre will be crowded on Sunday when
WUUs M. Ooodue's comedy, "Hello Bill,"
will be presented by Mr. Ooodue's own
company. The advance - sale of seats
has been extremely heavy and those
desiring good . locstlons should havs
their seats set aside early. "Hello Bill"
Is not what would be called a "horse
play" farce, but is plenty lively enough
to keep you from going to sleep. It Is
full of runny situatlona The company
presenting It her has played to crowd
ed houses In all of th principal cities
of th east.
- At Vancouver Churches.
(Spacfal Dfenatrh to Th Jonraal.)
Vancouver, Wash.,-April SO. Services
will be held st the various houses of
worship In this city tomorrow as fol
lows:
Presbyterian Tenth and Esther
streets, Bev. t. E. Snyder pastor. Sun
dav school. :45 a. m; morning service.
11 o'clock: young people's meeting, 1:30
p. m.f popular evening service, T:S0
o'clock. The subject of the pastor's
morning sermon will be "Man That Is
Born of Ood Doth Not Commit Bin." At
th popular eventhg serlce the pastor
will speak on "An .mpiy neart. -
Methodlst Episcopal riinin ana Co
lumbia" streets. Rev. T. K. Elliott pas
tor. Sunday school, :45 s. tn.; morning
service, 11 o'clock: Junior lesguo, t p.
m.i Epworth loague.-i:80 p. tn.; evening
service. 7:S0 o'clock. The pastor will
occupy the pulpit ai me morning aerv
Ice. The subject of his sermon will be
"The Psrabl of th Muatsrd Reed." At
ths evening service Miss Jones of
Seattl will occupy the pulpit and tell
of the deaconess work. Mias Jones de
sires to meet th young ladles st th
cloa of the evening service.
St. Luke's Episcopal East Eighth snd
C streets. Rev. W. C. Bheppsrd rector.
Services st snd 11 s. m. and 7:20 p.
m. The rector- will conduct regular
services tomorrow.
Baptist Eleventh and Harney streets,
DAY'S HEWS OF
EAST mULTNOLIAH
- .... .
Railway MatterAgaln to the
Front High Water Makes
Dairymen Uneasy. -;',
(Special DlapatHl a Tea JoaraaL I '
Cleone, Or., April SO. W. P. Keady of
tho O. W. P., Oebom Bros, of Monta
vllla. and several real estate men have
taken an option on tha south half of
H. f. Stone's farm for SO daya Mr.
Keady says tracklaytng will be re
auraed on Monday and a special car car
rying th O- W. P. company's officials
will be tn Fairview Tuesday or Wednes
day. The citizens r preparing to open
a keg of spikes when the car gets her.
ORGANIZER SCHRAM
AMONG THE CARRIERS
' (Special Dlapatrk t The Joaraal.) '
Cleone, Or., April SO. The. rural mall
carriers of Oregon, numbering ISO, are
preparing for their annual state meet
ing at Portland, June 1. S. and I. The
stats now has' SO members ana bis is
Organiser Schram of Cleone Is In the
field organising counties. He goes to
Oregon City Saturday. April S7. to or
gantie Clackamas county's IT carriers.
He W1U organise Multnomah county
May 1 with IS carriers, and will be at
Corvallls Msjr SO to finish th work be
gun there. "
At the stat meeting a delegate will
be elected to attend tb national asso
ciation at Atlanta, Georgia, this fall. A
full set Of officers will be- elected snd
the location of th next annual meeting
will b selected.
. Th state meeting will be entertained
by th oity carriers snd on day will
be given over to excursions. K. F:
Loop of McMlnnvllle Is president and
J. It. Golns of Albany secretary.
Rising Water Alarms Dairymen."
(Special DUpatrh ta The Journal.) '
Cleone, Or., April SO. Th Columbia
Plough is rising fast. Thursday at
Crane's bridge It rose a foot and three
Inches. Ths water Is now as high as
It usually Is In May. Th farmers are
growing anxious over th prospect of
exceedingly high water. Mill feed la
high and to ses th water orawllng
alcwly over the grass Is causing the
dairymen great uneasiness. It Is also
spoiling th sport of th boys In catch
ing catfish and chubs.
Local and Personal.
(Special DlipatrH to Tb Josraal.)
Cleone, Or., April SO. Born, to Mr.
and Mrs. B. P. Smith of Rockwood,
Wednesday, a daughter, weighing 11 H
pounds.
Mrs. Abbla Jacobs Is ill at th home
of her brother, J. J. Knight.
Walker Qulesenberg of Rockwood waa
In Portland on business yesterday.
Paul 'Fisher of Nashville, Or., writes
his brother Frank that he kiUed a very
larg bear last week. , '
DAY
IS
FOR BROOM
Initiative One Hundred Plans
Cleanup Campaign Better
Than Last Year's
A cleanlng-up campaign will o
planned at a meeting of th Initiative
One Hundred tonight to be held In
Artisans' halL Tb organisation will
endeavor to surpass Its successful work
In this line last year, when th school
children were enlisted, and many hun
dreds of loads of trash wer gathered
up all. over the city, and hauled away
at the sxpens of the Initiative On
Hundred.
"W would Ilk to enlist this year all
those) who helped lest yesr, and a whole
lot mors." said President F. L McKenna.
"It Is surprising to find th larg
amount of trash that la usually to be
found on vacant lota snd even on prem
ises that ar occupied. Th work last
year, whll not thorough, was pro
ductive of much Improved, conditions.
For a month after th campaign was
over ther were calls at my office for
wagons to haul away debris that had
been gathered up lata."
RAILROADS AGREE WITH
COMMISSION ON TEST
Uphold Right to Give Transpor.
tation to Publications for
. Advertising.
Chicago. April !. Western railroads
havs brought th interstate commerce
commission to an agreement on a test
of tha lsw which forbids th xchang
of transportation for advertising. Th
Monon first defied this law and has
been followed sines by many other lines.
Th Harrtman Unas hav nterd into a
seneral offensive and defensive cam-
Da I an which means so much to th
newspspsrs and other publications and
also means millions to th railroads.
It Is held that tt is legal for tb rail
roads to pay for advertising In trans
portation r anything else, so long as
th tariff rata ar charged. It Is also
held thst the lsw destroys ths right ty
enter Into legal contracts and Interferes
with lesal contracts already existing.
All data and arguments will be prepared
In advance so thst a 'Quick decision may
be obtained, tn the federal court Th
test suit will be brought sgatnst ths
Monon. representing all the other rosds
Rev. Robart Teatman pastor. BIbl
school, lo a. m.: morning service, 1
o'clock: B. T. P7 U- 0:S0 p. m.l evening
service. 7:80. Pastor Yestmsn will
preach st both the morning snd evening
services. Morning theme, "The Mystery
of Oodllness": evening. "Help Your
selves."
Christian Thirteenth and Orant
streets. Rev. I. H. Hasel pastor. Morn
Ing service, 11 o'clock; evening service,
1:10. The subject or Mr. .lasers morn
Ing sermoa will b "Which WayT" At
th evening service the pastor will de
liver the last 'Of his series of lectures
on the book or Revelation; subject.
The City of ood."
Christian Science Bonn' hall. Regu
lar Sunday service, 11 a. m.; Sunday
school. IS m.l midweek meeting, Sp. m
Wednesday; Th subject for tomorrow
win be "Probation After Death,"
APPROACHING
ILQ ILO CITY IS
SWEPT BY FIRE
.-.
Heavy Loss of Life Feared
Flames Render Twenty Thou
sand Natives Homeless.
fjoaraal gpeelnl gerwlce.)
Manila. P. L April 1. Ho Ilo, ths
capital city of the Island of Panay, was
swept by fire this morning and It is
feared th loss of Ufa wss heavy.
Twenty thousand ar known to be home
leas. e . -'
Th Are, which, was of . unknown
origin, swept across th city In sn in
credibly short time, th dry bamboo
huts snd roofs of leaves being con
sumed by the flames alraoat tn a breath.
6 rapidly did th fir spread that many
were unable to escape from their one
story shscka before tb flames were
upon them.
Whll th fire raged th noise was
terrific Ths hollow spsces In ths bam
boo huts hsated quickly and burst -with
loud reports. . All forenoon th sound
of ths burning city wss Ilk ths deafen
ing roar or battle. -
Late this- afternoon th authorities
had th flames under control snd re
stored a degre of confidence ta th
hearts of th panto-stricken natives.
SHIP ORANGES EAST
WITHOifT ICE PACKING
Carload Started as Experiment
-If Successful Will Revo
lutionize Industry. . i
(.normal Special aervtce.) '
Los Angeles. April !. The flrst ear-
load of oranges sver shipped eaat with
out Ic was started from Riverside last'
evening. If this test proves sstlsfso-
tory It will practically revolutionise
the Industry and will affect all tha fruit
Interests of ths state. It will do away
with tha necessity of devoting nearly
on third of th capacity of each car to
Ice. It will also be Important to ship
pers and growers , who await results
with keen Interest -
These oranges had ben la lcehous
storage for tour days to remove all
heat, and th car was cooled to a tem
perature of SO degrees. It was thsn
packed solidly with fruit Instead of
tho .ordinary load of SS4 boxes, S4
boxes were put In, this extra amount
being mad possible by the elimination
of the ic chambers. " O. Harold Powell
of th United States department of ag
riculture evolved th Idea of tceleas
shipping and personally directed tho ex
periment. He has been making an ex
haustive study of the causes of decay
of citrus fruit In transit
charged;
BY ANGRY HUSBAND
Ernest H. Wetxel. a mining aad tlm
bar dealer with offlc In the Oregonlan
building, and said to represent several
wealthv eastern lumbermen, wss ar
rested todsy by Detectives Flic and
Jones on a warrant charging him with
statutory offense.- Mra. Mabel cms
holm, who Is Jointly charged with ths
ssme crime in the information, waa aiso
taken into custody, but as th warrant
did not call for her arrest she wss re
leased upon orders of Chief Grlta-
macher.
Ths complainant la A. E. Chlsholm,
proprietor of th Hotel Oxford at Sixth
and Oak -streets, and husband of th
woman In -h ease. Mra Chlsholm hss
been acting as night clerk. According
to Chlsholm' statement to Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Haney, h has suspected
his wlf of Improper conduct with
Wetxel for some tlm and employed a
defective who Is said to hav secUfed
conclusive evidence.
Wetsel Is of imposing appearance and
evidently a man of mean. He came to
this city from Michigan laat year and
has been residing. In tho Oxford sine
Isst October. Wetsel wss not - greatly
perturbed over his srrest and maintains
thst he is th victim of a plot to black-
mall him.
GERMANS ANGRY WITH
THE LAIRD OF SKIBO
.
(Journal floeclal fterrlea.1
Berlin, April !. "Befor Mr. Car
negie undertakes to tell how Germans
feel about military conscription, let him
come to Germany and find out," is w
answer given her to th Pittsburg mag
nate's resorted comments on tn bur
densome and obnoxious character of
compulsory army service. Ths statement
that conscription . drives workmen ' to
migration evokes th retort that ml
grants working In Pittsburg factories
ar scarcely competent to speak for tha
German people, excepting, perhaps, as
socialists.
Tb attitude toward Carnegie's state
ment which la characterised as an un
pleasant incident Is typical of tno tons
of asperity and annoyance now permeat
ing German expressions on tn peace
and disarmament -question, upon which
It Is Insisted thst Germany is persist-
ently i misunderstood, ,
FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS'
POURS INTO NEW YORK
' ' a,iaasa.waS-wseaasBS
Nsw Tork. April -19. Th rush of
Immigrants from Europe continues, and
this year will b a record-breaker for
th number of arrivals of aliens at ths
port of New York. ' Vessels which
reached this port Tuesday and Wednes
day brought S,77 In th flrst and seo
ond cabin. Immlgatlon officers say
thess figures - max a new record for
the depa: ment. Several steamships
brought over S.00O passengers each In
s'.-erage. Ellis Island station, where
th Immigrants ar examined, is crowd
ed. Indications are that th great in
flux of Europeans, which began arly
in the year, will continue. .
MRS. CLAY WANTS TO
GET HER MONEY BACK
William Weber and William H.
Weber, proprietors of the Merchants
hotel on Third street, srs defendants In
a suit for SM which began in th cir
cuit court today. Th. plaintiff Is
Msry E. Clay, a clairvoyant November
4 lsat Mra Clay left her purs and
money with a clerk of th hotel and
th following day she got It back. But
so shs claims, ther was IS leas money
In It than when ah parted with It- The
suit was decided In ths Justice Court
against tha plaintiff, but was appealed
EVELYN REFUSES
TO GO Oil STAGE
Weary of City Life and Longs to
Co on a Ranch With
Her Husband.
(Jo-real Special areiea.)
New York. April !. Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw says ah Is tlrd of th stag, of
th city and of endless dressing. Sht
wants to go west and live on a ranch
with. Barry. 8h eirys that nothing on
earth would persuadeV her to return to
th stag.
"Dan O'Reilly told ma" sh said,
that a theatrical manager almost wept
on his neck, lamenting to think that all
this notoriety was going to waste."
Evelyn resented th criticism, of a
writer who found fsult with her be
csus sh didn't cry enough on the
stand. Sh said: 'I dld't want to cry.
I, bit flash and clinched my hands until
th nails cut to hold back th tears."
She confessed that sh laughed a lit
tle when Jerome Introduced her diary,
because it recalled funny things. sh
had forgotten.
Attorney D. M. Delmas today gave
out a statement saying that h with
drew from tha Thaw ess desplt th
urgent appeals of Tha w'a . relatives to
remain tn charge, because he thought
It beneath his dignity as an attorney
to conform to the demands of th r
rstlo prisoner.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
BY GOVERNOR MEAD
(Special' Plspatck te The Joarnal.)
Olympla, Wash., April IS. Governor
.ead hss appointed N. p. Bnowaiter,
Colfax, county superintendent of Whit
man county; W. E." Wilson, Ellensburg-,
rrinclpal of tb Stat normal scnooi ai
that nlacs. and E. C Hughes, member
Of th school board of Seattle, as code
commissioners ;to revise and codify the
cod of publla' instruction oi ins state
of Washington. Th superintendent of
publlo instruction is ex-offlclo chairman
oi tho commission, and th attorney-e-eneral
la ex-offlclo member, tb deputy
school superintendent being ex-offlclo
secretary of th board. This board waa
created by tct of ths last legislature.
and tharmeml . ar t observe IS months
without pay, xcpt necessary traveling
expenses.
HARRIMAN IN WAY OF
FRICK POLITICALLY
" (Jnsraal Special gerrtea.t
New York. April !. Ther ar ru
mors of friction between Frlck and Har-
rlman on account of Frlck's political as
pirations. It Is reported thst Frlck
seeks to succeed Senator Penrose, but
cannot get ths support of th delega
tion unless hs becomes a stancn sup
porter of Roosevelt H cannot pose
as . Roosevelt s friend and remain in
alliance with a man so obnoxious to
th president ss Harriman. Wall street
Is watching the Paclflca' slocks closely
for tJe reaults of Frlck's attitude. -
LONDON DOES HONOR .
TO LORD BEACONSFIELD
- (Joaraal Special Sen fa.) ,
London, April 1 Primrose day, other
wise th anniversary of ths death of
Lord Beaconsfleld, who died April 19,
1SS1, was observed la J-ondon todsy as
usual, though tn o-servanc does not
appear to be so general as in - years
past Floral tributes wer placed about
th Beaconsflsld monument In Parlla
ment square and ths grave of th fam
ous statesman in Hughendoa cemetery
was likewise decorated.
STEVEDORES REFUSE
UNIONS' WAGE DEMANDS
' (Special Dispatch te Th Jonraal.) '
Seattl. April It. All stevedoring
firms affected by th new scale of
wage Issued yeaterday by tha local un
loo of riggers and longshoremen have
decided that they will not grant ths de
mands mads by the union. Th pre
vailing sentiment among steamship own
ers and sailing vessel owners Is that
th new wag demands ar clearly out
of reason. Within two or three day
th shipowners and stevedoring firms
will hold a meeting and decide what
atsnd they shall taka as a whola
Tha Investigation of th Dakota wreck
was resumed this afternoon befor Ma
rina Inspectors Whitney and Turner.
Captain Franck Is expected to tak th
stand about Monday.
BIG increase; IN
SECOND-CLASS RATES
What Is believed to be an attempt
on th part of th Canadian government
to keep American newspapers rrora en
taring Into competition with Canadlsn
newspapers wss th recent rule adopted
by both countries relative to th posts g
rate on second-class man matter. Ths
nil 1 to th afreet thst postsgs on all
second-class mall shall ba at tha rate
of 1 cent for every four ounces, in'
stsad of 1 cent for each pound aa here
tofore. ( -
Postmaster Mlnto received an order
to this effect today and it will become
effective May a.
WIFE IS GIVEN MOST
OF HUSBAND'S ESTATE
' - Uoornal SDectal Service. 1
' Lo Angeles, April It. After having
been married 40 years, Mra Carolina
Flckw)rth, wlf of Edmund Flckewlrfh,
a wealthy ranohman of this county, hss
been granted a divorce on th ground
of cruelty. It . wss developed at the
hearing that the husband had become
addicted to ths use of liquor to such sn
extent that it brought trouble and fin
ally separation. Ther ar six minor
cmldrtn. Flckswlrth Is reputed to he
worth 1178,000, and the court awarded
S 100,00(1 to the wlf , -her larg share
being Intended for th support of their
children. This Is th largest amoant
awarded hers In rears In a case of
such a character.
FORCE SEATTLE SHERIFF
TO NAME JAIL MATRON
(Special Dtapateb to The Josraal.)
Seattl, April . 1 19. Th clubwomen
who hav been conducting a fight fur
three matrons at the county. Jail an
nounc that they will immediately tak
tha matter Into 'court to compel th
sheriff to glv ' them what they want
Th women will, through their attorney,
first sndeavor to Indure a Judge of th
superior court to order Sheriff flmlth
to appoint the three matrons, and If hs
then refuses to do so. will taks steps to
Impeach
impeach him. .
PENALIZED. FOR
11 DAYS' DELAY
Paquet, Cieblsc!. and Joplin Ar
Fined Thirteen Hundred by
the Water Board
For delay In -th construction of tha
great Highland water main.. Paquet
Gleblsch tt Joplin wer today penalised
tl.875 by th water board. Tha con
tractors wer delinquent 11 daya Their ,
part of th contract . amounted to
137.000 in round figure. By th ad
vice of City Attorney McNary th con
tractors were-given the. right only t
contest ths amount of ths penalty.
"They will not sue for th amount"
said Mr. McNary, after he had t con- -eluded
his address to th board.
Upon recommendation of Mr, McNary
a.bond of not leas than SO per cant of
tha contract for all Improvements waa
adopted by th board. - :
Communications from E. Quackaa-
bush. owner of th Piedmont watr
works, and Kublk Brothers, owners of
ths Woodlswn plant war rolvd,
Both asked for a rehearing on th offar
of th sal of their plants to th city.
Commissioner Allen said Kublk Broth
ers had Intimated that th board had
been Influenced by a "crowd of knock
ers who had not paid for thalr watsr
and whos taps had been shut off la
consequence." - Tha board decided ts
glv both Quackenbush snd th Kublk
a hearing at a special masting to b
held at 8 p. m. Tuesdsy.
51LLIAH LORIMER IS
. BOUKD FOR PORTIAKD
llinois Congressfhan Will Bo
Shown Many Courtesies
While In the City.
Congressman William Lorlmer of Ill
inois is expected to arrive la Portland
within th next few days, on a trip of
Investigation of western conditions. Th
Portland chamber of commerce will take
cognisance of hts presence her and
official attention will be paid to th
distinguished Chlcsgoan.
As Mr, Liorlmer Is a member of th
house rivers and harbors committee, h
will probably be taken by a commute
to Inspect th Colombia river Jetty and
lso th progress kf th work on th
Colllo cannl. .Tha visitor is regarded
as on of th practical polltlclsns, and
on of the most powerful In Republican
party politics In Illinois. Th Lorlmer
faction In Cook county and throughout
th stato Is alwsys to be reckoned, with
at Illinois convsntlona -
SWEDISH SINGER
INJURED IN WRECK
A telegram was received her this
morning from 'Viktor Nillson- of Minn- .
spoils, ststing thst Mm a. Anna Lund-
berg, tb Swedish soprano, who Is tour
ing ths United States, was injured In
the North Dakota train wreck of a fw
day ago and la now receiving medical
car In Mlnneapolia
Mma Lundberg was on her way to
th Pacific coast when misfortune over-
took her and th dates her ss well a
in Tacrma. Seattl and San Francisco
111 be canceled. Th soprano was to
sing in Murlark hall next Sunday eve-
nlng ander tb auspices of th Colum
bia singing goclsty.
A pecullsr coincidence In this con
nection is th fact that Mma Hellstrom,
th noted prima donna soprano of tb
Royal Opera ' at Stockholm, . was also
prevented from visiting th cities Of th
Pacific northwest on her recent tour
of th states by troubles on th rail
road. Owing to serious washouts on
th Northern Pacific and O. R. N.
Mm. Hellstrom wss compelled to csn- '
eel br engagements at Portland, - .
attl and Taooma, returning horn af- .
ter having appeared at San Francisco.
FOR FIRE PROTECTION
AT THE STATE HOUSE
(Special Dispatch to Tha Joaraal.)
Salem. Or- April 19. Firs Chief Da
vid Campbell of th Portland fir de
partment has filed his report rslsttv
to providing for better fire protection
for th ststs house, acceding to th
request of th stat board of building
commlaelonera. He declares thst th
attic la th moat vulnerable spot of ths
house; that Its floor should b so pui
In that It oould be removed Immediately
In eaaa of fire runnlns- under .'It: that
the attic ahould b accessible' to "rasn
men from the outside snd ths bulig
ought to be provided with fire escapee
on the north snd south ends, also with
balconies at ths lines of ths windows
of the second and third floors. - i'
Ths Inadequate fir protection st th
stato-ahouB was brought to tha attsn
tlon Vt th laat legislature by Chief
Savage of th local fir department
and an appropriation was mads for pro
tecting It. .......
It Is planned to Install a stationary
chemical engine and th hoe necesssry
for sending a t-S cnemicai stream ror
SO minutes with a tOO-gallon engln.
to any part desired. . J ,
TWO EUGENE CHURCHES
. VOTE TO CONSOLIDATE
i i
(Speelal Tttaratrk te Th Joaraal.)
Eugene, Or., April 19. Committees
from Congregational and United Dreth- .
ren churches of this city hav been no-
pointed snd will meet tonight for ths 1
purpose of formulating artloles of
aa-reement preparatory to a union of th '
two churches. Th Congregatlonalfrhev
held a meeting last night at which lt
was unanimously s greed to unite with .
ths TInlted Brethren church. Th let
ter held a slnn lar meeting soms time.'
ago. It TT" planned to merge the
churches Immediately. Rev. George 10.
McDonald, pastor of th JJnlted Breth
ren church, la 'to act as pastor until
this fall, when he expects to- go sast
to attend a theological seminary.
BAIL DENIED HESNEFK
CHARGED WITH MURDER
" (Special Dlapatrk te The Joaraal.)
Ioon Lake, Wash, April 19. Ball ha
been denied Ernest Heaner by ths su
perior court Heaner Is charged with
murder In th first degree in th killing
of At Everman her March SO. Over
man was found In company with Hes-
ner's wlfs near the shors of the lake.
hen Keener, It Is sllcgHt, crept tip and
killed Everman, who waa nnt over 10
' feet distant when th shot waa
was fired.