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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. MAY 13, iwn. siioebs run settlers score TO PROBE ffiECK ill SUIT PORTLAND LAWYER WAS EASY . 1-,,. ;., ': .. : , ' S ' .. v.'- . '" - VICTIM OF TWO BUNKO MEN Deterrnlftetl to Discover ? arid Responsibility of Disas- ter at Honda. Cause j Test V Case gainst iolumblla v Southern Company. De ! 'cided for Them. ; : 'T " Mra mil Bnarial ' service.) i Los Angeles, May ll.If ever there mi a wreck in which a tnorougn mvw tl gat ion was made, it will be the. one (Special 'jMspateh t The ifatrasM tHnvin dr Mar is. Tha settlers have again scored in the conteet 'be tween them and the Columbia Southern at Honda. station In which the Uvea of j Irrigation company in western Crook St persons were snuffea out. , wnav county.' . in in cm w, w. v. v ever the railroad company may do, the vs. Columbia Southern Irrigation com-. Ghiinera are determined to Know just ' -mht Miad the disaster, who i re nonaibl and how the whole thing " From Santa Barbara has coma ; the tntinrniinn ihit the J fact that .the switch : at Honda waa not in perfect condition might' have been, due to the - work of wreckers, and thai polat will " be investigated, it la not generally believed that there la any truth in the rumor that .' the . mlaplaclng Of - that a witch at Honda, and the switch waa misplaced, waa the work of human h.niii rianlraedly : Intended to .wreck a raiL but the Shrlners want to know. Th. . a-anarallr, aoocDted . theory ; for tha mum of the wreck ia that the aand i KiAwina-. over tha track. and the ' aiwava blows over the track there, caused some obstruction in clos ing the switch, and ieft it open enough, even though it waa locked, to permit of a heavy train opening it and causing 1 ik. iwiimnt. . Whatever may have been the cause, the Shrlners here pro pose to know, and to tnat na a com mittee haa been appointed to n"" tha awk and several of the members of that committee are railroad . men. ' ' '' . Belief for Sufferers. nail tar tha Bufrerers and funds for the proper disposition of th bodies of the dead is available in uniimueu iuuu The whole treaaury of the ' imperial .n,in.ii Kna been - thrown open, . and whatever expense may be ' necessary win ha naJd. no matter what the cost If it wer needed, $1,000,000 would be atrallahla for that DUrDOSe, , f Ot -. the nany. decided her in tn circuit court. Clark, waa allowed 1200 damages for the lose of a crop tor which the Jury found, th irrigation company did not furnish -water in -190. v , - : This- was-a test case mad by th eettlera to determine whether or not they could be compelled to pay for wa ter .whether they ... received it or not. Th. company held that the charges wer not for water, put tor me cost of maintaining ditches and that ditches wer provided, although , Clark's lana waa not prepared for irrigation In the year 1005. The following year h waa refused water until tolls of th year previous had been paid, hence th loas of th crop. .-v. f; : : & -; j;.v.; GIRL IS CARRIED OFF VERYQUICKLY aa-a-aaaaaaaaaaaBaaJ-ajSaSBBWa "V"'. ' ' " ' ' Mist' May A. Stone Develops Meningitis Symptoms Satur day and Dies Sunday. . One death from spinal meningitis Is reported today. Miss May A. Stone, EES? orthHar VounciY could a g v- ..in... K.nv amount of I nts at -1 80 East Harrison street, oe- WA""VU" v; .i" Jv, J7- .V; th. I came ill Saturday evening. Dr. Arthur very moraiwr w -"T"" Th.- w.a .u.A In vaaterdav morn. m,nt,iA raah Yiitnirana or miiiuma t -v..-".. - - . I- k AIA 1mm . rht ...ni, and. aithouah Biansi . "Ti ? forl IoLlal tiK autopsy was held by Coroner Finley at nt Intention to form special train to i j t.mv bear th bodies of the deaa to tneir homes in the east, and glv each of the -victims of the disaster a runerai wmcn will be paid for by the Shrlners Of th , whol country. - V '''- - :? Funeral trains bearing bodies of the Honda wreck vtctlma leave Santa Bar bara tonight for th east Every build ing in that city bears a flag at half mast and several churches have held funeral services. Th injured ar do. ing well. Several of th Injured in Ban lAils Obispo will probably b taken to Los Angeles. ,' :. - r-;.....;. The dead are as follows: J. DougUs HPPl. Reading, Pennsyl ' van la. ' ' H. ,K. Olttleman, Reading, . Pnnsyl : vanla. A. I Roth; Reading, Pennsylvania. ; C. Gilbert , Steff, Beading, Pennsyl vanla. ''- . '':". ):: A. D. Wasson. Buffalo, New York. r Charles 8. Henry, 'Lebanon, Pennsyl vania. '--::..':. s J. W Cutter, Blnghamton, New Tork. Charles M. Lowing, Pullman con '. ductor, Buffalo. -':,: "v C. W. Austin. New Tork, agent for McCann's Tourist company. New Tora, 10 o'clock today, at which time Dr. R C . Tenney, secretary of the sUte board of health: City Health Officer Wheeler and other physicians declared It to be a genuine case of cerebro spinal meningitis...- ?vl?V'V ; y-:.'' . " Two deaths from spinal meningitis hitherto unreported that occurred Fri day, May 10, wer filed in the city health office this morning. They were two Italian' children living on Brooklyn street Olnosia Plana, aged I, and Leonard Gottuochv aged 40 days. Edward Stem me, attended by - Dr. Dammasch. on Fourth street near th Marquam gulch, la still alive but fur ther than that his physician cannot give any assurances.' At St Vincent s sani tarium there are. now six cases. 'They ar Grant Singer, aged C years, brought In yesterday ;;a baby, Ruth Garlet; Mlas Hattle Deeds, not expected to survive long; Clarence Johns; Julia Johnson and Charles BtoeckeL of the Pacific Month. ty, who has been at the Sanitarium tw. weeks and will, probably recover. - Dr, Hicks C. Fen ton says that Dr. Flexner of New Tork city recommends a free use of salt and salt solutions, and claims that th cerebro spinal men' I 4 , J AAnMM. .. .rl ... L .... 1 L. L. Langley, an attorney . with of flces in the - Sherlock building,: -cam home from Los Angeles yesterday ml nus 160, an expensive suit cake, a 40 suit of clothes and other valuables bor rowed, from the unsuspecting lawyer by a couple of confidence men in th4 Ar cad depot ( . . , t ' Mr, Langley says his lona residence in Forest Grove has -given blm an un auspectlng temperament and a belief in th honesty of all men, otherwise he would have suspected that h was being mad the victim of a bunko game be fore it:Was tOO lata, ..v.;. '.",;.:--..',' - .. Thre days ago he had purchased a ticket for Portland and waa waiting in th Los Angeles station for: his train. He had hooked the handle of his um brella over the counter, set his suit case beside him on the floor and was. talking to th young lady clerk in th information bureau. v-4t"-v 1. " I "A man brushed by him and a, mo ment later he noticed that his umbrella had gone with th man. Hastening af ter, the latter .he accosted him concern ing th property and after som hes itation. : the man anoloalsed lor iaa- Ina- tha Umbrella by mistake and turned it to Its rightful, owner. Mr. Lanaley smiled bis thanks and returned to the counter and found that during his short absence his suit case had dis appeared. Then he looked around to nna tne man who had taken his umoreua ana found that he. . too. had got out of eight In a FEDERAL COURT I INSPECT SCHOOL I'JOUED OLOCI! Ill IIORT I DilllO III QUilliER CITlf New Indictments Against) Ket- ; tenbach and Associates Were - Found at Boise. Superintendent Rlgler May Be Sent East to Study System of Trade Schools.' " (Special Dlipatch to The Journal.) " Moscow, Ida., May. la. The federal district court, with th newly appointed judge Dietrich on th bench, opened here thla morning. The land-fraud cases ar remarkably short space or i on th docket for this term. (All the de time. , Realising that a confidence game j t endanta ar present in person or by at- nad been played on mm, in roru.nu i torney. lawyer missed his train In order to not! fy the police, but they wer unabl to locate the missing suit case. Th lat ter contained a number of other val uable .article besides th wallet of money. -;..';' ROAD TO CRATER LAKE NOW - : - AWAITS ACTION OF COURT Th Paclfle A Eastern Railway- com pany will take over and complete the Medford Crater Lak railroad if th Jackson county court confirms the sal mad by Receiver 'J. F. Reddy to In vestors represented by George Estes and Dr. Stryker. ; Th company was incor porated today by the filing of papers with th Multnomah county clerk. 'A statement published to the effect that tha Medford and Crater Lak road would be financed by clients of th Ore gon Savings A Trust company was In error.. The bonds will b underwritten by a middle west company," said , W. Cooper Morris, cashier of th Oregon Savings A Trust company. "Should the sal go . through and b confirmed by th court Mr. Eatea. who ia now con nected with this bank, will probably sever his connection here and go to Medford end tax. charge of th road permanently." . It is said construction work on th line to Butt Falls will begin within it hours after th court signs th con firmation of sale, , which is expected to occur between this data and May IS. It is backedby eastern railroad and banking men. A bond issue of $700,000. will be necessary for financing th remaining : mileage now surveyed to Prospect on th headwaters of th Rogue river. ' William Dollar of Coeur d'Alene, who was indicted by tha last federal grand Jury and who haa not yet been ar raigned, will plead to his indictment this afternoon. . ;; The information cam out during the brief morning session that th . grand Juryat Bolae returned two indictments, on with five and one with three counts. Jointly against W. F. Kettenbach, George H. Kester, C. W. Robnett J. B. West and L N. Smith of Lewiston, and theae defendants will plead thla afternoon. Regarding the old cases pending against Kettennacn, Kester and Robnett their attorney, J. H. Forney, informally re quested that they be passed for the term, for the reason that their chief counsel, ' Senator Borah, la engaged in th trial of th Moyer-Haywood-Pettl-bon eases at Boise and will not be able to attend court her. This request was opposed by District Attorney Ruick. It la rumored that in caae th court de cides, to try them now, Frank Graves of Spawn, will ; take Borah's place as counsel. ;. i' ''' - Th grand Jury was impaneled today. and. Judging by th number of,witnesses who have already appeared, the indica tions are that there will be more land- xraua investigations. i s Cltv School Superintendent Rlgler, in bis quest among th eastern cities for tra-1 schools established In con nection with th.publlo schools, was only able to find them In on' of the cities where he had bean Informed such eshools existed. That city was Phila delphia. H communicated with Ave or Six Cities. '-..'K: ...:' -i v f : )-''.! Mr, Rlgler had been requested by the board to socur information regard ing the proposal to establish a similar Institution in this-city. A petition was nresented to th , directors ' about, a month ago asking that trad ; schools . be established in Portland. - , The board of education at one start ed th investigation and may send Su perintendent Rlgler to Philadelphia, Th proposal is to establish a large school on th nlan of th public school. whers "children niay f have th oppof. tunitv to study such trades as masonry. carpentry, plumbing, . tcv ' fr of charge, th schools to b maintained from th public school funds. , , , IlEl'i DRIDOE PLAII Whitney Boise and Others Op . pose Move to Delay Madison ' ' . ' Street Structure.' EACH WOMAN ACCUSES OTHER OF BEING. RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME GAfiuOT USE LABELS OF Mrs. Minnie English, accused of forg ing th checks that wer passed by Almeda Piatt before Judge Cleland In the circuit . court pleaded guilty thla morning to th charge of forgery. She had pleaded not guilty to the informa tion last week, and her trial was sat for tomorrow. . ' - This morning Mrs. English appeared in court and said she wished to change her plea. Sh will be sentenced Thurs day at th same time with Almeda Piatt I The Piatt girl charges that Mrs. English I forged th checks and taught bar tq paas them. 'Mrs. English lays all her troubles at the door of th Piatt girl, charging that th latter led he Into crime. ! Fisher Thorsen Company Re strained From Infringing cn 1 . Copyrighted Marks. TRANSFERS RECORDED DO NOT SHOW REAL VALUE OF PROPERTY T.. m..1a V Wn1arvn nailu " 18 ?,ndvi'"lr0d ,tiL'ltb!.tb of ?! T" two decisions to th Unltd States court this mornlng.r The first was th Stand ard varnish , works against th FiBhar, Thorson company, an action to restrain th defendants from using certain labels whloh th varnish company claims ex elusive titl to because of copyright) A demurrer was raiaed to th question by th defendants and th decision was on that alone. Judge wolverton over ruled th demurrer and ordered that th case be tried on causa. . " - men will be paroled during good be havior after sentenc has been passed upon them. . This course is said to have been decided upon because of the prev ious good reputation of Mrs. English, and the small amount Involved In the charge -against . th Piatt girl ;VT ;rV; W iingitis grms cannot survive in salt. VR. W. Sweeney" negro dining c fr. nnUm thlnka that this knowledge Lita- , . : .. anight well be mad known to th pub- Mrs. W. w, Essicit, Keaaing, re..i - . . ' uuKiujr nwuuioca. . at iuiiwi iiiai a .spray of salt might be used in th nose and throat passages through which th dlseas is - supposed to be trans svlvania Mrs. John W. Cutter, Binghamton .'New York. , . Mrs. Henry J. Fisher. Cleveland, Ohio. , Miss Cora Young, ClevelandjOhlo. . Mrs. Brumbach, Reading. Pennsyl vania. . ' George N. Haganman, Reading. Penn ' "sylvanla.' Benjamin Stolts, .Reading, Pennsyl- . -vanla. Harrison R. Handel, Reading, , Penn sylvanla. 1 ; Oliver F. Kaufman, Reading, Penn eylvanla. ; : " Harry MHler. Reading, Pennsylvania. 8. 8. Snyder, Reading, Pennsylvania. Richard Esaick, Reading,. Pennsyl vania." ' Miss Stolta. Reading. Pennsylvania. Thomaa J, prunlaqich. Reading. Penn sylvania. L. N EUenbor'gen, Allentown, Penn - nvlvania. ' Mra. L. , N. Ellenborgen," Allentown, Ppnnevlvania. ': ' ' ' ', Howard Moyer, Hatelton, Pennsyl . vanla.; " '" '-- Alonso ' B. Rogers, ' St Paul, Minne sota. Pullman conductor. Unidentified woman. probably Mrs, Marv C. Ivans. Reading, Pennsylvania. a. a. Blckford. . brakeman of - . Ban Francisco. DEATH LAYS HAND Oil "DBS. GRDS017 III OAKDALE Wife C of Assistant : Foreman of The Journal Dies in -', r::'lrCaUfornia.' : Relatives were notified today of the . donth of Mrs. W, F. Grunow of this city, who died at Oukdale., California. She wont to that place last February for the -benefit of her health, but grew worse tintil recently when the end came. Mrs. Grunow waa th wlf of W. F, Grunow, assistant foreman of The Jour nal composing room. Death resulted , from a sudden and severe 'case of con - sumption which developed as the result of n cold last summer. She became ill in November and in February was ac rornpanled by her father and sister to California, For several weeks .ber . re covery haa been despaired of. She is survived by her husband and a little daughter,' Besides her father and th sister who accompanied her south, ah is survived by a brother and sister who resid at Allspaugh; near thla city. Her father is R. J. Dean of Coqullle. The remains will be shipped to Co qullle for interment. HIGHEST COURT UPHOLD? THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW : (Journal Specta! serrtrt.) I . Jh. Washington, May ll.--The supreme court today in cas from Massachu setts Upheld the constitutionality ot the lght-hour Jaw a applied , to . public works. I Th court held, however, that mpu on dredges and scows ar net labor, em but. mechanics within tha meaning f the law and their employment more limn -lifiit hours was not a violation of i Uf. HAD WRONG HUNCH , ON END OF THE WORLD ; (fpeelal Dlapateh to The Jeoraal.) - Great Falls, Mont, May 18. The end of the world, due this morning accord ing to th prognostications of A.. W. Stanton, a formerly wealthy stockman, failed to arrive according to schedule and as a reautt the prophet and his ha -dful of followers are left penniless and stranded. Stanton recently received a "revelation" that the last horn would be tooted and the world go to th ever lasting bow-wows on May 11. Acting on thla inspiration he sold all his prop. arty, . wortn -several thousands of dol la rs, for 1160 and rented a house on Suburban hill ' Where, with eight, disci plea, he has been preparing himself, for the translation to heaven. For the last ten days the devoted band has been al most constantly in prayer. Stanton is thoroughly in earnest In his belief, but admits that be may have btcoro mixed in his dates. - As an svldeno of the fact that th realty transfers 'filed for record fall to dlsclos th true value of th prop erty transferred, the deed of Robert W. Wilson to M. J. Clohessy and asso ciates conveying 80 acres In South Portland gav the consideration aatl, while th real valu of th property sold Is not less than $50,000 and prob ably much greater. -' . .;. v In Saturday's list of transfers there were 20 deeds In ,which the considera tion was stated aa nominal. Th total value .of transfers for that dat as shown by th deeds was Ht.tM, but the real value was nearer 1200,000. The Arleta Land-company has pur chased from Angelina B. Richardson large number of lots In Elberta add! tion. the consideration, involved being 125.000. Th quarter-block at tha southwest corner of Irving and Eighteenth street haa been purchased by E. W. Spenoer from R. L. Cat for $10,000. BOY WORRIES MOTHER DOG ' AND IS. BITTEN SEVERELY SCANDAL COMING UP . , IN MINT AT DENVER (Joarnal Special garrlee.l ' ... Washlnffton,: May 1 Secretary .Cor teiyou ' haa , uncovered trouble In 'the Denver mint' He sent special agents to Investigate, complaints and found diffl cultles in-jthe way of getting the de. sired light ; to probe further. . It 1 is un derstood the disclosures point to the necessity - for - reorganizing- the service from superintendent down. The secre tary will take no action until he receives th final report or his agents. . HONDURAS TO BE ASKED . TO ARREST RIPLINGER fjooraal 8peclal Service.) j Olvmpla. Wash-. May li. Governor Mead this morning reoueated th state department at Washington, D. C, to ask the government of Honduras to arrest ex-City Comptroller John Ripllnger of Seattle,' who is cnargea witn tn emDez alementv Of 110,000 of the City's lunds and is a fugitive from Justice. MURDER INCIDENT OF v LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE .:'' (Jouro I Special Sarrke.) New York. May 1 J-Mnrder entered Into the longshoremen's striK today. . . , it t A T,. linn ' ,,.,. found dead, with his throat slashed and score of cuts on his body. A brass check identified him as a longshoreman. Two suspects hav been arrested. T Uniform Hank InsfalUtion. ; Astorlaf Or." May II. Company No. 1, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, at Its last meeting Installed officers aa fol lows: n. Captain, Charles Abercromble; first lieutenant C. W. Sprlggs; recorder, (A. J. Schroeder; treasurer, Fred John son; guard, Ludwlg Carlson; sentinel,. Turlo Nordstrom,. Tha installing of fl eer waa Lieutenant-General Herman Wise. . Mrs. Hln: Malchester of $00 Tills, Montavllla. renorted to the police, yes terday that her young son was attacked by three vicious dogs in the yard of Mrs. S. Card, 504 Spencer street last Saturday afternoon and severely bitten. Tha canines knocked the youngster to the ground and sank their fangs In three places, on of th wounds, ac cording to Dr. Brandon,' being serious. An investigation by a . patrolman shows that the boy was annoying Mrs. Card's dog and th animal, which is nursing a litter of puppies, fearing that her offspring would be Injured, sprang on the child. Mrs. Card has announced ber intention of . having : th dog. exe cuted. - . cm ins prize IN RACE WITH BOY G. W. Moore and Youth Reach ' I Tree Same Time, but the i " Former Gets Deed. . There is an unhappy small boy in South' Portland, who but for his diminu tive slxe and inability to cop with a strong man, would have today been the proud possessor of a Portland Heights lot The deed.'idroiiped from the balloon sent up yesterday afternoon from Port land Heights by D. E. Keasey, lodged tn"s-tre-near-Hh-outhTnd"f - th Fourth atreet Southern Pacific trestle. a. W. Moore, of tn Pacific Statea Tele phone company, who climbed th tree and secured the deed, had a close race with a small boy, both of them reaching the tree at about the same tim. . RUSHLCITY-S BUSINESS ! : DISTRICT BURNED UP. Rush City.. Minn.. May l$.--Tha busi ness portion of this town was destroyed today. The loss is izoo.ouo. . REGISTER NOW IF ? . YOU WISH TO VOTE AH ; unregistered voters in Portland will be given a last . chance to put their name on the i registration docks. , Acting upon ' - . . i . . it - tn requeai vi mo vny wiuuuu, . County Clerk Fields opened th registration books this morning at 11:20 o'clock. They will be ; open this evening until mid- night Tuesaay morning ma; w books will be open at 10 o'clock, and will remain open until mid- night . Wednesday they will ' will close finally at I o'clock in ' open at 10 in th morning, and voters who desir to cast, their ballots on Jun $ in the city election and who do not register St this time will be compelled to .fswear in tneir votes i pn mat : day before tney will be qualified. ' . . CRIUII IAL CASES HOT YET SET When Government Is Ready All Such Cases- on Docket Will Bt Tried. Out of 20 cases on the civil docket of the . United States circuit court which wer to havJbeen set down to be heard by tne jury that convenes next Monday, only four were set down be. cause of the absence of lawyers who represent th parties to the suits. . Judge Wolverton stated t.'be i would call- tha .docket again,-, tomorrow 'Viorn- ing. at which time th lawyers are ex pected to be in attendance. None of the criminal caaeawar set this morning. United State' Attorney William C. Bristol and Assistant united States Attorney James Col stated that they were not prepared at the present time to try th government cases, Mr, Bristol stating that' when che govern. ment started it Would wind up all the criminal cases on the docket-. This did not prevent Lawyer Charles F. Lord from entering court and asking for . the fourteenth times to, nave his case set down. Lord was . Indicted In the land fraud cases for subordination of perjury, and has been ' persistent hi his efforts td b tried. H stated today that he wanted to know when he could expect to get v Justice, but . could not find out Judge Wolverton refus ing to grant him an order to showthat he had made appearance, "stating .that such an order had been entered often enough in th past - ' ' The civil cases set thtr morning were as follows: Bertha Strang against the American Can company. May 21; Albert Llllenthal against ? J. R. Cartwright May 22; Elisabeth Heinx against the American Type Foundries company May 27; J. T, Williams against V. W. Brown, May 2$. - ' . . Appointed Electrician. Emery. Johnson ' has been appointed electrician and elevator' operator Of th postof f Ice building to succeed Pearca R. Miller, who died last week of spinal meningitis. Praf erred Stock Canned Ooods, Allea LewU' Best Brand. A special train carrying Rajah Tem ple. Mystic Shrlners, from Reading. Pennsylvania, which was wrecked Bat urday night at Honda station, a short distance out of Los Angeles, Will not be mad uo again for th trip. Th survivors of th wrecked train will ar rive in Portland next Thursday morn ing in two private cars, Madras and Oscura, r attached to ' Southern Pacific overland train No.' II. They will leav the' evening of th sam day over , th O. R. at N. for th east - Th wracked train consisted of seven cars, and was routed via Portland on th return trip. It would nave reacnea tnis city tomorrow andUocal Shrinar com mittees war preparfVg to give th ex cursionists - a- cordial welcome. The reck wiit cast a gloom over th recep tion to this and other exouralon parties of Shrlners who ar returning from th Los Angeles meeting. Two special car- parties arrived In th city yesteraay, attached to regular Southern tPaclflo trains. During the Jlmm will KEEP OFF CITY STREETS ZZ Iwi-'ZS. greet tneir oretnren ana se in city, A train of aeven cars carrying Medl nah temple, Chicago, is du to arrive her at 1 o'clock tomorrow , morning. They will go east over th ' Northern Paclfio and Canadian Pacific A 12-car train will reach . her at 1:20 o'clock Wednesday morning, carrying Syria tempi of Pittsburg. A Pennsylvania party occupying a train of seven cars, will arrive Thursday morning at 8:29 o'clock. Kim set temple of Brooklyn, New Tork. will reach here Friday i Frank J. Perkins, who it muoh inter' ested in th proposed new Madison street bridge, believes the new structure could b - constructed from Jefferson street to Hawthorn avenue Instead of from Madison street with less incon venience to traffic and to better advant-' age for carrying out th specifications providing for a higher grade at ' tha draw. . The plan would1 also be in har mony with th mov for - a ..viaduct reaching from . th east and to Grand avanue. ..:...-'! .-. Mr. Perkins has signified his intention of bringing the matter before th east aids clubs Tuesday night. Whitney L. Boise and . other prominent ast side residents are not willing that any mov should be mad at present that would tend to delay th preparation of th plans for th new bridge. As th meas ure - now stands it provides that the structure shall be built from Madison ' street and - an agitation for a change would dlay action. . - . Th property at th foot of Jef far son street was onoe owned by th city, but has passed under tha control of the railroad company, which now uses it as a terminal grounds. City Engineer Tay lor was one in favor ot a Jftfferson street bridge, but now thinks Q5cMbs advantages would be littl. p --. In regard to th schem of utilising th funds provided by th 2-mlll bridge -tax to make up a deficiency in. th bond lssu to build th eaat aid viaduct City Auditor Devlin says that it la out of th question, both from a legal' and finan cial aan4nnln Ha tha Southern California I ter amendment provides for' bridges other than those acroaa th Willamette river, and that th funds of this year and next will b wall spent to provide : for th construction of th union eve. un bridge, th East Twenty-eighth street brldg and other smaller lm provmnts. ...:..' SlIIIEIIS' CARS HERE THIS WEEK Wreck in ... : Has Cast Gloom Over Whole Party. , , . I'iOi'.lAIll COf FCI IS FEATURE- 0F& CASE L : C. Parrlsh. Seeks Reimburse- . ment of Money Spent ' on Mrs. Davis. ' . BALL PLAYERS MUST NOW 4 I i Chief of Police Gritxmacher la- sued an order to all patrolmen - this afternoon that numerous ,- complaints had . been received . anent the practice of boys in all parts of th city in playing ' ball on th streets, th police-, p men must enforce the ordinance prohibiting tha national game on the public hlghwaya Th chief 4 ' also calls attention to th fact ; that th Juvenile ballplayers who are wont to congregate lnvdVant lots, ' particularly Ladd's- field. ar In th habit of indulging in profanity in their excess of n- . thuslasm, and wants th patrol- mento take action. I - BUMP ON TIES OF THE SHANIK0 BRANCH ' - ' ' -a-. 1 Returning from, the sid trip to Sha- nlko at about S o'clock Sunday morn ing, two cars of the Portland business men's excursion train left th rails and gav some of the sleepers a sever jolt Ing. Th train - was running only about six miles an hour at th moment and no serious damag 1 resulted. Th de railed oars were a dining -car and on sleeper, v Th , latter contained Dr. C. W. Cornelius, R. M. Dooley, William McMVrray, Dr. J. W. Morrow, " S. M. Luders,; R. E. Sewell, C, L. Mastlck, T. N. Stoppenbach, Samuel Connell, J. H. McOung. J. K. G1U, T. T.- Burkhart. E. A. Bamford, R. D. Carey, Jasper Crane,1 C. H. English, J. P.-' Finley, H. W. Harris, E. C Johnson, C. J. Mc pherson, A. 8. Pattulo, B. L. Paget and C. a Unna. . . . " :" .' ' . .. As soon as th shock waa felt a brakeman pulled th alrbrak and the tram was stopped witnin aoout a car length. Th occupants of tb derailed sleeper wer routed out and taken into th coach. Th derailed diner and sleeper wer detached and th train pro ceeded without further loss of tim to Portland, arriving here at I o'clock. . NINETY MEXICANS PERISH IN DISASTER (Journal Special Service.) " ' Clfy of Mexico, May 12.-Ninety men are supposed to have lost their lives in a - firs -which started in the Tenares" copper mine at Velerdena,. in th state of Durango, last Friday night Th fire Is still raging.: and ie said to be beyond control. Thirty-five bodies Jiav been recov ered up to this time. ; Seventeen miners are known to have escaped. . ; Mettger' fits your, eyes for 21.' . 242 Washington street corner formerly at 111 Sixth street Seventh, if REGISTER NOW IF- . ,Y0U WISH JO VOTE ' All : unregistered voters In . 4 ' Portland will be given a last ; 4 chance to put their names on th a registration books. Acting upon 4 4 the request of the city council, 4 ; County Clerk Fields opened th ' registration books this morning T4 i at 110 o'clock. They will be , open this evening . until mid- e night.. ; Tuesday morning th ' books will be -epen at 10 o'clock, : and will remain open until mid- . - night -! Wednesday- they will ' . open at jo in in morning, ana ; will close finally at t o'clock in the afternoon. - ah unregistered 4 4 . voters who desire to east their - ballots on June 2 in the city- 'election and who do ijot register at this time will be compelled to 4 swear In their - votes on that - 4 ' day before they will be qualified, ' The coat of th casket In which Mrs. Dora Davis was burled is Involved in a law suit that la being tried before a Jury In Judge Fraser's department of the circuit court this aftemhon. -Th suit Is that of L.' C Parrlsh against It W. DavU of Albany. Parrlsh alleges that h was author ised by Davis to purchase a casket for Mrs. Davis remains, and ship them to Harrisburg, Oregon, for burial in May, 1105. In doing this, Parrlsh ssys he inourred expense amounting to 177. Parrlsh says also that Davis engaged him . to provide food, lodging," nursing, medicine and medical attendance to Mr. Davis, and that he furnished them from January to May, 1S0S, at a coat of f24. Parrlsh . seeks to recover 2222 - from Davis. ' 1 Th Jury was empaneled this morn ing, and th case continued until this afternoon becauaa tha wttnaaaaa tram morning at o'clock, tn a tram or seven Albany had not arrived. cars, and another special tram win roi-i low two hours later. The Shrlners will return east over the Canadian Paclfio with the excep tion of the Reading party, returning over the O. R- VN., and Imperial tem ple -of St Joseph, Missouri, which will return over the Northern,, Pacific. BOOM PORTLAND IN . PRESBYTERIAN PAPER LIFE IT.1PRIS0Nf.IEHT FOR C. A. Olympla, Wash., May 12.C. A. Dur- phy, who was arrested Tiaay nignt, charged with criminal assault was this morning arraigned in . the superior court He pleaded guilty and was im mediately sentenced by Judge Linn to If imprisonment in the pentltentlary at Walla Walla. . , When brought Into court Durphyvwas extremely nervous,-but told the court he was ready to plead guilty and did not want an attorney., In sentencing him Judge Linn said: r "Only one crime Is mere heinous than the one you have committed that of murder. I have talked with the officers and others who know the details of your act and it is the judgment of the court that you be sentenced to serve in the nenitentlary at Walla Walla at hard labor for the remainder of your natural life. Durphy's viotim waa Hope Tantis, a school girl. " . v, - WHITE SAYS MYSTERIOUS At a meeting of the association Pres byterian ministers held this morning a plan was endorsed to bring Portland and its growth : In . church work before a large portion of the United States by means of an article In The Interior de voted to this field. A committee was appointed to-arrange the details. The committee., consists of Rev, William Hiram Foulkes, Rev. , Ben Eira 8tlles Ely, Walter Ooss, Thomas Honeyman, a P. Lockwood, William M. Ladd. Roland R. Beat editor Of The Interior, will be in Portland th first week In July. An excellent paper on "Th value or Literature to the Pastor," was read by Rev. Mr. Landsborough of Oregon City. HEARS ARGUMENTS ON ; , 1 1NJUNCTION DISPUTE Judaa Charles B. Wolverton listened to araumenta regarding th granting of a' temporary- injunction in th case of J. H. Scott' against the - Marbleworkers' union, local BS- this mormng.i' ecott sets up through his attorney that he is qual fled to act as a cutter and settaasrtfi , I highest class of workmanship In his trade, while the union contend that he is qualified only to act as a bed-rubber or machine man, the lowest branch of work. No decision was made by Judge Wolverton. . - BILL THREATENS TO KILL DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR : DISTRIBUTING BOOKLET Am .a raanlt nf the . Saturday nlaht fight between "Mysterious Billy" Smith .nd -tha -White brothers a warrant was Issued from the district attorney's office todav for th arrest of Smith. He Is charged byJams T, Whit with threats James T. White, who was pardoned Saturday by Govemof Chamberlain from nrvinv a term in th penrfcantiary, Is the complainant. Ha recites in th com plaint th threats and language used k. smith, gmlth'i-esll has been fixed at 200, but he has not been. located. ;;. BATTLE WITH JAP .- LEADS TO ARREST J, G. Hilton -was arrested Patrol man GOltS tnis monuii " " v issault and locked up in the city prison. Hilton is accused of having strk J. Takahima on the head with a club. In flicting a serious scaip wounu. ian i falr - happened in ' a Jap restaurant at Third and Flanders streets. . Hilton was under the influence of liquor at the time and the assault is said to have been un provoked. - ' , TW" i ' REMAINS OF MRS. BRADEN ARE BURIED IN SEATTLE -f..;.,- ;;! '' i1-'. 1 : ' Mrs. Frank C. Braden, daughter .fit Mr. and . Mra;' Charles Fernau and - a former resident of Portland, died at Seattle Friday, and waa burled yester day afternoon at Rlvervlew cemetery. Mrs. Braden was a well known society woman -of Seattle and had many friends in' Portland who -mourn her death.- Mr, Braden is a traveling man. His son, Earl Braden, is 17 years of age. , , 1 Dr. J. Burnette, proprietor of the St. Louis Medical dispensary, at Second and Yamhill streets, was taken into custody today by Detectives Jones and Tlchenor on a warrant charging him with violating th bill postlnf ordinance. It is . alleged that Burnett caused to be circulated a " number of medical pamphlet which theftoolloe say are ob- . soen. Th physician-was released on 215 cash ball, and the cass will b heard In the police court tomorrow morning. MUST LAY RAILS ON J TWENTY-FIFTH STREET A resolution waa Introduced in the city council this morning by Cngjjell man R. A.' Preston compelling the fort' land Railways company to lay tracks on Twenty-fifth street The comnanv naa been able to postpone the laying -of tracks on this street until now because they did not have grooved rails as re quired. , A resolution was also passed ordering the establishment of a proper grade -on Hamilton avenue from the west line of Corbett street to the center line of Ohio. was ; avjoyaj indulgence twthundred years ago, ( , Tis yet ' 1 ' . ' ' - . '. ' I!" Jerk grocer retams year aieser tf qa doa't ! )Ik Schilling ' Best; we pay hi