THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL D.
MISTERS STICK PRONG
DISLIKES JOB
PRISOII'S DOORS'
M7AIT r.lELDRUr.l
CO PAT upon
DEULIiTS. OH
HIGH SECRET SERVICE .
M HERE TO TESTIFY
INTO BAKER'S CANDIDACY
OF A EDIUi.l
Pastors Oppose His Nomination
for Councilman and Indorss
. Rufus C. Holman." ' v
CHURCHES AND SUNDAY
: THEATRE NOT CONGENIAL
Object to Fourth Ward Aspirant o
Ground That Ho Voted With tbo
"Solid Sl" and Is Not on City's
; Tax boil v-":'vj'':''i';t:
Several ministers of the City are after
the scalp of- George I Baker, who
aspires to be a oouncllman from the
Fourth war. Yesterday la tha pulpit
they hJ4 hi sum P to unfavorable
romment ana ine " " " -
They -nave delved down Into hla pet
history and addaoe from It that ha la
not the right hind of a man to repre
sent the Fourth ward la tha legislative
bndy of tha city and have gone on
record as favoring tha candidacy of
JRufus C Holman. Dr, J. WhUoomD
Brougher, Dr. Clarence True Wllaon
, and Vr. F. Burgett Short all took a
shy at Baker yeswrday. v r ..''
Object to Show Mam.
Dr. Brougher In bis sermon aald that
Mr. Baker might make a good repre-
senUUve of tha north end but waa not
luted to represent tha fourth ward
where were some of ' the largest
, churches and best residences of tha city.
Ir. Wilson read a few points gleaned
tfrom the recordi relating1 to Mr. Baker
and Dr. Short said that a man who
opened hla show every da In the week
that he could get It open waa not his
lda of the correct representative from
the Fourth ward. ''
t This morning Dr. Broughar told of
th different ministers came to
nt.i iiita tha discussion.' . 1
"I am not basing my opposition to
' Mr. Baker alone on the fact that be
keeps his theatre open on Sunday, but
upon other grounds," he said. W
ministers met on Saturday afternoon
and discussed the matter aa a result
of which we drew up tha statement
relative ta the candidacy of Mr. Rufus
C Holman for tha council. - '
"At tha time of our meeting wa dis
cussed the record of Mr. Baker and de
cided he waa not a fit roan to represent
tha fourth ward by tha showing made in
(that record. ,..'..',";.--'.. ,. .,
Also a Bankrupt.
. "Mr. Baker for one thing Is a bank
rupt, having been discharged aa such
February it, 10. He filed his peti
tion In bankruptcy September 11, 1906,
alleging that hla liabilities were 111.-
Olt.tt. The only assets not exempt were
S.007 shares of stock of tha Northwest
Vaudeville com puny, of the par value of
16 per share. These shares were then
on deposit with tha London, Paris and
American Bank limited, subject to a
pooling agreement, tha terms of which
were not stated.. He had no other prop-
,' erty except household furniture, which
' he claimed aa exempt.
"The stock listed waa appraised at f St
and aold for that amount and tha pro-
Auita uaaJI nta rks Vl at -- -
t evug vam4 v oe.-T a w miw y a vuvMuiup
Out of tha sum John P. Logan, his at
torney, received 138.80 and the rest went
'to pay tha expenses of tha trial. ' The
creditors received nothing.
- "George L. Baker's name does not ap
pear upon tha tax roll of 1101," con
tinued Dr. Brougher. "Bealdea that the
; files of the Oregonlan-f or April II, U9,
: April It and May 17, tell of the details
of the election of William Storey aa
mayor by tha "solid six,' Mr. Baker being
In the chair and putting the deal
-through. . -. -,, ,.. . " ( :
One of tha "Solid Six."
"Again In the sama paper' on April
t, 100. It la ahowa that tha .council
WRITER OF OBSCENE LETTERS ". :
GETS OFF WITH LIGHT FINE
.. Peter Feldhausen' s previous good
character stood him In good stead this
morning when he -pleaded guilty before
Judre Charles E. Wolverton In the Unit
ed States district court of sending ob
scene letters through the .mail, and waa
fined- only tl&0. His tine could have
been, had Judge Wolverton seen fit to
' give him tha maximum penalty, tit, 000
and nine years In prison, -
Feldhausen sent letters to Myrtle
' Tomllnson, a young-woman living at
Mount Hood, In which ha atated things
that are prohibited by the federal atat
utea. He waa Indicted on three counts;
on each of which ha could have been
' given the maximum penalty of 15.000 1
DRY MAINS ARE VERY WET
AFFAIRS; SAYS
'The "provision of the bill providing
for dry mains for tha Are department
do not seem to ba understood by the
people,' said Fir Chief Campbell this
morning. "JAt meetings of various Im
provement clubs the main haa been dis
cussed and noma of the people who bava
epofcen of It have been underAbe Im
pression that they are to ba empty
mains and are therefore not a necessity.
"In fact tha mains are to be tilled
from tha tlma they are built. I They
NEW.YORK COPIES
THE FIREBOAT OF PORTLAND
-V.
i, -I
According to tha New Tork papers,
. th Empire City will Imitate tha da
S1rn of the Portland fir boat and In
stall Bra towers In two of the boats
Which It la now building. Tha flrat Are
DEMENTED ITALIAN t
ROAMING IN MARION
Salem, Or,' April X Anton Scap
pooil. a demented Italian from Sacra
mento, California, who got off the north
hound I'allfornla overland train yeater
rixy afternoon aa It was pulling out of
4ha reform school station. Is still at
Wire, Scappoosi I shout (0 yeare eld.
He on hi way to .1 larrisburg. Idaho,
to Wale on a timber claim and became
otmnied en route, lie waa accompanied
V ...
granted- tha street railway company a
franchise on Fifth street - eouth from
Jefferson gratia On May . 100, Is
shown tha details of the 1 1.1 00 graft on
street 'Improvements, while on June I la
noted tha laat vote of tha 'solid six.'
"In my opinion.". Dr. Brougher con
cluded. "Mr. Baker does not want to
get Into tha council so much to repre
sent the fourth ward as ha doea to rep
reseat himself and sea that no ordi
nances are passed providing, for Sun
day closing or other curtailment of his
theatre business. It la on account of
this record that I and the rest of the
ministers are opposing him. and not
simply because ha keeps hla theatres
opea on Sunday." '..i'. ' r
Mr. Baker makes reply to tha state
ments of tha ministers, evidently believ
ing that the aoft answer turneth away
wrath. Be aays that he Is a theatre
manager and that ha ha always tried
to make his productions clean and
wholesome. - - He takes tha stand that it
tha theatre la Immoral oa Sundays It Is
Immoral on Monday and that It ta a
harsh criticism to Impugn the morality
or tha thousands of theatregoers of tha
city by as attack on the motives, of
those who attend tha theatre.
" " Theatre Serve purpose. .
I am a theatrical manager and know
nothing else." said Mr. Baker this morn
lng. , "i have bean brought up la tha
theatre business. , I have always tried
to make tha productions sat out by
my companies an agent for morality and
not ' the reverse. My audlenoea are
made up of th beat and most promi
nent people of the city and were my
plays not moral In toae thasa people
would not patronise them. - -4.
"There are amusement-loving people
lust aa there are cburchgolng people.
Thousands have but one day to attend
the theatre and I can aee no harm In
providing a place for their amusement.
If these places produce playa which
are morally , uplifting In my opinion
they serve a good-purpose for they
keep those who would attend -some place
of amusement -from going to a place
where tha Influence-was not good. .
"I think tha ministers are unjust In
their criticisms, for whea they censure
tha Sunday theatre it la tha patrons
and not tha managers who are being
castigated., ..
oa xxa owm scents. , ...
"I am making my race for tha coun
cil upon my record aa a councilman In
1191 to 1100, and at tha present tlma.
If I am nominated and elected It will
make tha third terra I have served the
city In the council and had I thought
that my business aa a theatrical man
ager unfitted me for a seat In tha coun
cil I would never have come out aa a
candidate for- tha nomination nor al
lowed myself to be elected to serve out
the unexpired term, of . Councilman
Shepherd."
The Indorsement of Mr. Holman by
the ministers Is outlined la the follow
ing statement drawn and .signed' by
them: ..... -
.. vina Minister Sign. -. Z '
"Tha fourth ward has within ' Its
bounJs six of the Ymost . prominent
churches of Portland and a large num
ber o. the best residents. It Is extreme
ly unttlng that such a aectlon should
be represented In the council by - one
who stands tor tha open - Sunday thea-
tis, open sunday saloons and open gam
bling, ana whose record la against v
ery thing that w stand for In U.iS com'
munlty. In bur Judgment, tha best ln-
terests of this ward would be served by
the nomination of - Bufus C- Holman.
Signed: Francis Burgette Short, pas
tor First Methodist church; Clarence
True Wilson, pastor Grace Methodist
church; Daniel Staver, assistant pastor
First Congregational church; William
Hiram Foulkea, pastor First Presbyte
rian church; Andrew W. Wilson, pastor
First United Presbyterian church; li
8. Muckley, f pastor First Christian
church; J. Whlteomb ' Brougher, pastor
the Whit Temple; J. R. Wilson, 'princi
pal Portland academy; Ban-Esra Stiles
Ely, - pastor Calvary Presbyterian
church." . . .'
and three years In tha penitentiary.
Attorney John H. Hall made an ear
nest plea to Judge Wolverton , asking
for clemency for Feldhausen and pro
duced letters from- a number of prom
inent citizens of Portland, testifying to
the good character of Feldhausen. ,
In announcing his decision. Judge
Wolverton atated that because of Feld
bauscn's Ignorance of tha law and be
cause be had been a law abiding clti-
sen previously, he would deal lenient
ly with tha prisoner. He then announced
tha penalty and Feldhausen promptly
paid tha fine. He left the courtroom
with a smile on his fao and glad be
cause ha was let off so lightly.
CHIEF CAMPBELL
will be high pressure main, and tha
fl re boat can connect with -them at any
street in the mill, factory or business
district in which they ar laid. Ne
Tork Is now putting In a system. Mil
waukee, Philadelphia and Detroit have
tha system Installed already and Cleve
land, Ohio, has appropriated for mains.
Buffalo, New Tork, put in tha main
some tlma ago. The mains ar a pro
tection to property ana they are
needed almoat aa much aa tha second
fl reheat" , . v - - '
TOWERS ON . :
towers for a boat were designed by
Fir Chief Campbell of Portland and
were placed en th Oeorge H. Will lam a
The design was copied by Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and now. New Tork baa taken
It up. . , .,.
by hi sister-in-law, Mrs.' A.' Babboni,
and her 11-year-old daughter, all of
Bacramentn, Scappooet wa laat seen
st t 10 last evening two miles north ot
th reform school. Mrs. Babboni and
her daughter spent tha night at the re
form school.
The Tennessee house, Just before Its
recent adjournment, adopted a resolu
tion declaring William J. Bryan th
logical candidate of the Democratic
party for president In 10. There was
some opposition to the resolution, but
th majority n final vet waa large.
Mrs. Smith Did Not Cars to Bs
. ; Called Out of Bsd by
7;r-. ' Husband. . '
A. spiritualist with a mania for buy
ing clothes for other women than hla
lfe and allowing tha latter to 'dress
In raga, who was so proud of his mis-.
conduct -with' other women that - he
boasted of it to hla employes, and even
to his wife's brother and sister, who had
no use for hts wife except to call her
out of bed at unaeemly hours of the
night to Interpret spirit messages for
him such la R. B. Smith, better known
as "Buck" Smith, a half century old
butcher of St. Johns, according to testi
mony Introduced at his divorce trial to
day. - - ..
wife Calls Mint Masher. ,
Smith waa married In Vancouver,
Washington, In 187t. -Five yeare ago hla
wife left him at Rainier, Oregon, and a
short time ago ' he - sued for' divorce.
alleging desertion. " Mrs. Smith came
back with a croae-com plaint In which
she charged her husband with being a
spiritualistic- crank and an Inveterate
masher. - . -
, The; only sweetheart named by Mr.
Smith is a Mr. Bowers of Tillamook,
of whom Smith bragged to J. H. Miller,
his brother-in-law, and Anna Pomeroy,
hla sister-in-law. Once, for example,
the wife aent the man of the bouae to
town to market some eggs. Ha returned
without the eggs and without any cash,
and it developed - later : that he had
bought a pair of fane?, slippers for one
of. the "neighbor's wives, with the egg
money. At another tlma he ordered a
dress from Mra Smith's own sister, who
kept a store, and had It delivered to
another woman. -
' . Made Say Talk 'to Spirit.. .'
When Smith "got" spiritualism he
tried to convert his wlfa Ha Insisted
that she was a medium and eould con
versa with the spirits if she only would.
She obeyed his directions for a time, but
he would regularly call her out of bed
la tha middle of the night, make her
strike the proper atltude and halloo for
tha ghostly being to coma flocking
around ner. en anally tired of this
and left him. ...... i
The couple have one minor child.
Marie, a gin or is, wnoaa custody each
one wanta.
TWO-CENT FARE LAWS " r
AFFECT niLEA6E tfOOKS
Interchangeable Tickets Not to
Bs Honored In States Hav
ing Two-Cent Laws.
'. tJostaal Special aerrlea.t
Chicago, April .-On and after Mav
1 the Interchangeable mileage books of
the Western Passenger association will
not be aold or honored for local trans
portation in tha states which have
passed laws making's cents a mile the
maximum rat of far. . The- . tickets
will ba good for Interstate tripe when
one. or more of? the - states through
which the trip is made ha a legal rate
higher than t cents mile.
On 1,000-mile books good for t60.- or
at the rate of IM cents a ml la, there
will ba a refund of tt.(0 made to tha
.purchaser who complies with all the
conditions of the ticket. jTrons-Mla-
sour! Interchangeable mileage - books
will not be good for tripa wholly In
the state of Nebraska, but may be used
between points In other state and Ne
braeka. . : .....--, . . : ; .
Practically tha same restrictions will
be made aa M tha use of Interchange
able mileage book of eastern railroads
so long as there la a single state which
allows a higher rata than 1 cents a
mile. It la likely that tha Interchange
able mileage tlcketa of eastern roads
will ba discontinued within two years,
but the western roads may retain them
longer.'' '",.:', , '; 7 ' ', ;
HERF0RD DIES
.. IN BALTIMORE
Word waa received in this city yes
terday morning from Baltimore that AL
Herford, one of the best known prize
ngnt manager in th country, was dead.
The message announcing hla death came
to Chief of Polio Ontaraieher. who wa
asked to locate Harford's brother, W. M.
Herford, Who la supposed to bo living In
this part of the country.
Al. Herford waa Joe Gens' manager
up until a year and a half ago, and also
had control of young Peter Jackson.
me visited Portland with these fighters
about tnrea years ago.
M'MANUS VERDICT -:
. EXPECTED TONIGHT
(Special Dteaateh te the JerjrsaL) :
' Pendleton, Or, April Arguments
were begun In th McManus murder
trial, ez-Judg Samuel Whit of Baker
City taking th floor for th state. Io
his review of th case he stated that
when McManua abet Eatea he waa eight
or 1 feet In th rear of hi vlctom and
killed htm In cold blood for revenge.
He declared th story told by. McManus
on the stand could not ba true. In view
of the arrangements of tha place where
Est was shot , Ha said further that
even If tha atory were true and Bates
was attempting to pick the pocket of
McManus, tha latter .had no right to
shoot as the law declare a man mat
only do o In case of atrocloua felonies
or self-da'enae. -.;.. v
At 10:10 Whit concluded and after
a short recess Attorney I a. Esteb
of tha defense took th stand la behalf
of McManua Ha said McManua shot
a man who had attempted three time
to rob him. and McManua ws afraid
of being sandbagged and robbed and
probably killed.
Judge Fee will speak for the defense,
after which District Attorney Pbelp
will conclude for tha state. Tha ease
will then go to tha Jury. A werdlct Is
expected tonight -
WESTERN STATES HAVE
SNOW AND SLEETST0RMS
' ' . Jnanul Bperlal terrleD. '
Des Moines, la.. April St.
Heavy snow has boon falling here
since f o'clock this morning. .
Kansas City, April -If .Snow,
sleet rain and freetlng tempera
ture are - gnneral. throughout
Mlaanuri, Nebraska, Kanaas and'
northern Texaa today, "
Ey-Surveyor-CeneraJ Will Be Ar.
rested and Taken to McNeil's
Island This Week,.,
When Henry Meldrum. ex-surveyor
general of Oregon, returns from Wash
ington where he haa been testifying In
the Blnger Hermann trial, he will be
taken In custody and aent to McNeil's
Island to serve the sentence which waa
Imposed upon him last July for forging
applications for government surveya.
f Meldrunj was aentenced to serve three
year in mo penitentiary ana to pay a
fine of tS.tOO. ...
Meldrum la supposed to, e oil' his
way home from Waahlngton and United
States Attorney , William C Brtetol
asked ' tha court this morning that he
be apprehended Immediately upon his
arrival here and conveyed to McNeil's
Island. - ' . '
Mr. Bristol baaed his request .upon
the fact that the United States circuit
court of appeals had confirmed the de
cision of the, local court. - Judge Wol
verton directed that an order ba Issued
aa requested by Mr. Bristol and Mel
drum will be taken -to prison .when ba
arrives In Portland. , -.' .
COFFEY HAY BE
Union Republican Club Likely to
Pour Hot Water on Him
V: and Parsons.. . ;
Fireworks and oratory ar scheduled
to be turned loose tonight at too meet
ing of tha Union Republican club when
the organisation takes up tha considera
tion of candidate for municipal office.
especially that of mayor. Tha report of
tha city central committee will be read
and it la promised that tha name of
John B. Coffey and H. O. Parsons will
come In for some special attention by
the members. It la possible that still
others down tha Una will ba frowned
upon. .'."" .
The executive committee or the club
ha decided that It will ba unwise to In
dorse any candidate for mayor or to se
lect any ticket to ba worked for by the
club prior to . tha primaries. "It will
however, take some decided action re
garding those candidate who have not
pledged themselves to support the nomi
nee of tha Republican party. It 1 not
likely that tha official action of tha club
will make any direct difference to Mr.
Coffey -or Mr. Parsons or others, but
tha disapproval of those who have re
fused to stand br tha ticket will be
made plain to every one. ,
Besides tha meeting of tha Union
club to ba held this evening In tha Sell-
ing-Hlrsch building the Nolta Improve
ment association will meet on Killings-
worth avenue-to discus charter amend
ments. ' ,..,;...,...-,..'!,.....
- Tuesday night Democratlo rally In
Selllng-HlrBch' building.' East Side
United Push club at; tha headquarters
of tha information bureau , on East
Morrison : street - to discuss ' charter
amendments. Northwestern Improve
ment association to catechise prospec
tive eouncllmen at large on gravel pita
Wand to .discuss charter amendments.
Republican -club meeting Manley ball,
William avenue and Knott street -
Wednesday, night Independent ' He-'
brew Improvement club - at - Artisans
hall. Front and Glbbs streets.
. Thursday night Republican . club
meeting, Allsky ball. Third and Mor
rison streets. Rally by tha Brooklyn
Republican - and Improvement , club at
the Sacred Heart ball, Claywood and
Mllwaukl atreeta, i , ;; . ,
FLIRTING NEGRO "
PAYS $40 FINE
Q. Xaurence Joell, colored advertising
manager of tha Advocate, a weekly pub
lication devoted to the interest of the
negro community, who waa arre sted
upon complaint of pretty Edna Haua
ot 1810 TUden street for Insulting her
on Fifth and .Waahlngton atreeta about
10 days ago, waa found guilty In the
polios court this afternoon of disorder
ly conduct and . fined tit by Judge
Cameron. ..
The complainant In the caae Waa a
strikingly handsome, tO-year-old white
girl of tha Gibson type. According to
her testimony Joell approached her at
Fifth and Washington street after fol
lowing her for several block, and tip
ping hla hat said, "I'd Ilk to meet you
In half an hour." . td gun paid ao at
tention to the negro and upon reaching
Third and Alder street tha Insolent
fellow deliberately stepped In front of
her end batted hist left eye In strict ac
cordance with tha rules of flirting.
Misa Hau reported the matter to-
Patrolman Nelson and - J cell's arrest
followed. - Upon taking tha stand In bis
awn behalf' the defendant praotlcally
convicted himself.
Joell promptly 'paid his line and will
not appeal. ', v - ' '.
DOSE OF. DEADLY
DRUG ENDS LIFE
Sam Grover, an aged driver 'em
ployed by tha Holman Transfer com
pany, died at tha Good Samaritan hos
pital last night aa tha result of an
overdose of laudanum, For noma rea
son the caae wa not reported to . the
coroner and that of f leal waa unaware
of the matter until apprised of - the
matter through tha dally. press. Aa In
vestigation will be made, but aa far as
haa. been aaoertalned a rover's , ' death
waa due to an accident
Tha unfortunate maa waa TS year
of age and had been residing at the
home of Mra. B. A. Qlntr, 114 North
Ninth street. Ha complained of being
111 during tha past week and had been
using laudanum for his ailment. Yes
terday morning Mra Glnty found her
roomer In a stupor and aa ha did not
regain : consciousness after several
houra sne notified tha" police, drover
waa removed to the hospital yesterday
afternoon In the patrol wagon and re
mained In a atata of coma until th
time of hla death.- ----
' Kpaagh W1U Ik Hangt-d.
Washington, April t. The supreme
court today affirmed the lower court's
conviction of William Spaugh, aentonred
to hang for the murder of Sheriff Folk
of Iron county, Missouri ,
COILED
IIIGT
South Portland Hebrews May
v Indorse Zimmerman for '
Mayoralty Instead. . " '
The South Portland Independent
Hebrew club escaped being a part, of
tha Devlin Organization by tha skin of
Its teeth when It waa .created yesterday
sfternoon at-.Artisans hall, First and
Glbbs streets. A a It Is now the object
of th organlantn Is th betterment
of the members liid the formation ot a
body which can 'make united objection
to tha enactment of a 1 100 peddler's
license and various other things not to
the liking or advantage of th person
net of the club. - .- .
-According to th story-regarding th
formation of tha club eom of Mr. Dev
lin's friend conceived th Idea that It
would be a good thing for tha Hebrew
residents of South Portland to take a
stand Indorsing Mr. Devlin's - candi
dacy. A meeting waa therefore called
and Mr. Devlin, Mr. Kavanaugh and
some few others -were -Invited to at
tend. Mr. Zimmerman, however, dis
covered that tha meeting was about to
ba held and ' soma of his friends were
In attendance at th appointed time.
While Mr. Devlin waa apeaktng from
th platform Mr, Zimmerman's friends
war dlaoufalng -the situation In the
native tongua with the moat influential
members of the audience and aa a re
sult when th , Urn, for organisation
came I, Friedman, th Zimmerman can
didate for. president of tha 1 club, re
ceived SI votes over thre competitor,
all of whom war only accorded tl
votes. . N. Abrahams ws then elected
secretary upon the motion of Mr. Fried
man. '.-.' -"r "
Following the - organisation ' tha can
didates were . asked to retire and the
subject of Indorsement came up. After
some extended oratorical efforts it was
decided not to Indorse any candidate at
the Drat meeting and an ' adjournment
waa taken until Wednesday night The
Zimmerman foroea now say that If any
candidate receives an Indorsement It
will ba Zimmerman and not Devlin.
TELL JURY OF
ROBBERS9 GANG
Federal Authorities Are Placing
Evidence Against Men Who"
Robbed Postoffices. - ;
Members of tha federal grand Jury
commenced to hear tha evidence which
Aeslstant United Statea Attorney Jamea
Col haa prepared in tha famous Sell-
wood and St Johna postofflce robbery
caae tut morning, when' William J.
Mitchell, who ran down the gang and
solved their operations, : appeared toe-
fore tha Jurors and told them what ha
knew about tha robbere. -
Mora than SO witnessed lined tha cor
ridors of tha poatotflea. building thla
morning -ready, to testify against the
robbers. . "Among these were men from
all walk of life. Including Folic Officer
Sorenson, who waa shot In a duel with
tha robbers when they robbed tha Bell
wood office; Archie Turnbull, who waa
arrested with tha gang and confessed to
all he knew about the crowd; Claude 1.
Eggleaton, who bought torn of tha
stolen goods; Mlna Faubian, tha young
girl who found several of the shells
used by tha robbers in their light with
th officer; E. P. Marts, cashier of th
Southern Pacific Railroad company
Jefferson street station, to whom Wayna
tried to sell soma ot tha stolen stamps;
Assistant Poetm aster Moxoa of tha j t
Johna office, and . Conductor Morgan.
who ldentled Anderson aa one of tha
men he carried. out to Sellwood 'on the
night of tha robbery. , ,.
In addition to bearing avldeno In th
postofflce robbery cases, the grand
Jury la supposed to bare taken evi
dence today In a minor postofflce case
in which the offender haa Jiot yet been
a treated. When the Jury convened this
morning,- Foreman Ben Selling reported
tha indictment of Joe Day, an Indian ac
cused of carrying whiskey , upon the
Umatilla Indian reservation. '..Day waa
maictea (Saturday. -;- ..-,v t ,
CONSIDER FUNDS
FOR CONVENTION
Baptist minister of th Willamette
association held their -regular meeting
thla morning at the T. M. C. A. building,
Fourth and Yamhill streets. The prin
cipal item of business was th discus
sion of th method to be employed in
raising the fund for th atata con
vention which must ba dona during tha
months of May and June.
Last year tha amount raised by tha
churches of the Willamette association
totaled mora than $900 but It la pro
posed this year to . raise more than
1.-500. ' ' v v "." - r-j-
The erection of-.tha new Bunny side
mission to be known as th East Forty
fourth -street mission will ba begun this
week and will cost about 100. There
will be about 109 children that will at
tend this mission aa soon aa It la ready.
The new chapel of the Grace church In
.Montavllla will soon be completed at a
cost or looo. it wa also announced
that a church la to be wrgaaised at
Lenta next Sunday.-v . . .
Rev. Oeorge W. Griffin announced
that h had resigned a pastor of th
Immanuel church and would leav for
Chicago on Wednesday, II ha not
made any plana for the Immediate fu
ture, but will try to regain his falling
health. . Gov. Oilman Parker presided
at th meeting thl morning. ,
COLDEST APRIL NIGHT ' -FOR
THIRTY YEARS
' (RpeHal Dfepatch te Tee Joan I.)
Th Dalles, Or.. April t. Laat night
waa the coldest. In April for 10 years.
Tha thermometer fell to . 30 degrees
above aero. Early . vegetable were
damaged, but the fruit Is ail right Laat
reports say . peaohea and cherriea are
uninjured.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and Children. , ,
Ut Kir.. Yea Haw Ataj; Ectjtl
Bears tha
Signature of
UtiSStt
Captain Flynn of New York and Captain Bell of Seattle Among
Skilled Sleuths of Government Who Worked on Coon .
Counterfeiting Case.
That Asalatant United States District
Attorney Cole doea not Intend to allow
any member of the famous Coon coun-
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terfeltlng gang to escape Indlotment
th federal grand Jury wa shown when
It was learned today that in addition
to Secret Service Operative Thomas B.
Foster. Captain Buahrod W. Bell of Se
attle and Captain W. J. Flynn of New
York are In the city to teatlfy against
the counterfeiters. N
Captain Bell Is In charge of th Se
attle district and the counterfeiting case
will be the last one he will have any
thing to do with in an official capacity
because of his resignation from the ser
vice May . 1. Captain Bell had .charge
of the Coon caae and waa aaalsted by
Mr. Foater, who roundod up th crowd
near Huntington, Oregon.
Captain Flynn Is In charge of one of
tha . moat Important districts in . th
CAMPAIGN OF REFORM BUREAU
IS LAUNCHED AT SELLWOOD
Dr. O. U Tuf ta of the International
reform bureau discussed th leading so
cial evils of today at different place a Jn
tha city yesterday. In tha morning ha
discussed tha queetloa at Calvary Bap
tist church and . laat night before- the
Trinity Methodist Episcopal and tha
First United Evangelical congregations.
In th afternoon there was a general
meeting of the residents of Sellwood
when a clvlo movement waa organised
with William Irle. chairman; R. V.
BREWING COMPANY BREWS- " -.
TROUBLE OVER ATTORNEY
A row among tha board of directors
of th Portland Brewing company got
Attorney J. I Taugher a client at 150
par month. In two week the prevail
ing element on, tha board was ousted
and Taugher was told that hla services
would ba needed no longer, in - at
torney had hla , contract for seven
montha service In hi pocket however,
and ha now Insists that tha full amount
agreed upon, tS4l.lt. ba paid. Hla ault
for that aum la being tried tma axter
noon In Judge Sears' department of the
circuit court - :' -
Ben B. Btaudenraeyer, proprietor oi
I. eomnanv. resist payment oa to
ground that th action of tha board of
READY TO HEAR
OF SOLIB NINE
District Attorney Manning Invites
Councilman Cray to Sub- f
'V J mit Hit Testimony.1
District Attorney Manning today an
swered th letter sent by Thomas Gray,
counollman-at-larga, demanding that the
district attorney submit charges made
by Thomaa Qulnean to the grand Jury.
Th demand made by Mr. uray ta oaaea
unon a speech mad by Mr. Guineas al
leging that a combination known aa
"the aoltd nine" existed in tha council
and that It had bean formed to thwart
tha will of the' -paople.
In hi reply Mr. Manning oalla at
tention to tha fact that there la now
no grand - Jury In session except tha
federal grand Jury. Ha states that he
will not call-a 'grand Jury until after
the June election. - Ha aaya, however,
that If Mr. Gray Is In possession ot any
facta concerning the existence of any
such illegal combination and will come
to hla office ha will sit as a grand Jury
and hear tha evidence. He will also la
su a subpoena for Thomaa Guineas and
sea If ha know anything concerning th
combination. - '
The letter close with an explanation
of the law regarding criminal libel and
Invite Mr. Gray to call at tha district
attorney office and discuss tha matter
further. ..' . , , ' ; ' - . (,
CLOUDBURST FORCES TEN
TO PASS NIGHT IN TREES
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'"' (Jeernal Special gervka.)
Oklahoma City, April- l.-even were
reported dead aa th result of a cloud
burst this morning at Capital Hill, a
suburb. ' Tha Canadian river la bank
full and la still rising.
All the missing have been found ex
cept one man. Twenty - houses were
destroyed. The los waa $60,000. .Ten
passed tha night In treetopa on the low
lanua. " ' , "-: -,''.' :i ' i
FATHER OF MONTANA . :
MASONRY IS DEAD
' (Special Dwpatch te The Joeroel.)
. Helena, April K.-Tornellu Hedges,
"father . of Montana Masonry," dted
hero today, aged 75, from heart dis
ease. He was a native of Maasachu
sett. ' He Was graduated by lei and
afterward by th Harvard law school.
He came west and located at Independ
ence. Iowa, where for several year he
published ' newspapers. H , reached
Montana In I860.
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Reserve your seats now for a delightful afternoon's ride.
H.,W. LEAICKE COM PANY
'K , ; SIXTH AND WASHINGTON .
Main 550 Home Phone A 2337
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nn. of th- moat erricienc oiiuiri -
In the service.
f"& Dial n fiynn rovwuwy wv,w " -.
rTChfp,wllk,a00 tn- Honduras lottery
oaaea at Mobil. Alabama. While la th
city he Is at the Oregon hotel.
Mr. Foster will succeed Captain Bell
as the bead of the Seattle district Cap
tain Bell quits tha eervtce to assume
his duties aa president of the Puget
Sound Wood Products company. 1
Another secret service offloer In -Portland
Is Steve Connell. who escorted
Prince Henry of Germany on th trip
around th country. Mr. Connell waa
also in President Roosevelt' party that
came to Portland. . He will leav Port
land tomororwk- r. ' r
Mr. Cole wlrt probably present tha
evidence against tha counterfeiters to
th grand Jury tomorrow or Wednes
day. .
Bel ford, secretary : R. Flnley,
urer, and an executive committee eon
slating of C J. Bentley. E. O. Millar,
A, N. Poole and C V. Petach.
- The plan la to select Si or mora of
tha moat aggressive eltlsena of tha
district to work for a pur ballot and
a morally clean community. In a reao- :
lution th meeting axpreaaed It Indig
nation at tha Illegal voting at Sellwood
at tha last election and denounced th
proper offlclals for lack of seat in pros
ecuting tha offenders. - . v. .. -
dlreotors In hiring Taugher was Illegal
and without foroa and affect Ha aaya
that Jacob Meyer and Georg Wllhelm.
who, with hlmsalf, formed tha board
at that tlma, combined against him for
tha purpose of running him out of ui
Wlrm To help them do this they hired
Taugher, but be beat them In a tw
weeks' fight - .
August It Btaudenraeyer bought them
out became aol proprietor of th con
cern and notified Taugher that his
services would ao longer bo needed. Ho
declare that th company need ne
lawyer and that Taugher waa hired io
further the personal Interest ot Meyer
and Wllhelm and not that of the brew
ing company. , '
SELL BONDS FOR
DEVELIMIEIITS
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company Files Deed to Cover
Cost of Improvements.
A trust deed by tha Portland Railway.
Lltht dc Power company for tl.000,000
waa filed with th county clerk today.
8. O. Reed, treasurer of the company,
aays:- , ' ."
"This la to cover th expense of fu
ture development work, such aa under
ground systems etc. " Tha earnings of
tha company themseive ar Insufficient
to make the necessary extensions pro
posed, and these bonds will be aold aa
needed during' the next It or 11 year.
Thla trust deed haa nothing to do wttTF
othera ' filed by the Portland General
Electric company or tha Portland Bail
way company, which are underlying Is
sues on tba properties of - those corn
pan lea.
- "The bond of tha company will ba
placed on the eastern exchanges for tha
first time, and .will ba advertised In
the bond papers and thus placed regu
larly, on the bond market ao that east,
era Investors may purchase them, Tha
bonds bear 6 per cent Interest"
. This deed la for ona of tha largest
amounts that haa been named in any
Instrument filed with tha county clerk
for a long time.-
GONG GONG ROBBED
: ONLY HIS HELPLESS WIFE I
'. An Investigation 'by Detectives Prlo -nd
Baty of th reported theft ot 1(00 :
worth of gold Jewelry and Ito in cash
from tha rooms of Gong Gong, a '
Chines merchant at" It Second street '
last Saturday, has revealed that the ,
Chinaman robbed himself and pawned .
tha article In a Second street loan of
fice. Gong Gong waa taken Into cus
tody by the police, but a no charge
could ba lodged against htm ha waa re
leased. It Is understood that the Mon
golian carried away his wife's Jewelry V.
to secure sufficient fund to :buck the.
tiger" In Vancouver, Washington '
.y. TEA ;Vv:- ." '
How has so dainty, i a ;
drink as tea gone over the
world so 'far, and made i v
friends so many ?
Tear grocer reran roar moy If res deaV
axe acomisf Beet: tr T sia. ...
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