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THE OREGON DAILY 'JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 30, - 1907. V"
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; Sheriff Stevens Invokes Aid
'of Marion County Court to
f detain Perquisite of Feed
; ; : ing County Prisoners
Strike at Petitions.
' V Sheriff Stevens hti taken hie prls
' oners' ;tecding .bill to the courts of
i " Marion , county. ' alleging irregularities
linthe referendum petition prepared by
the county commissioners of Mult
nomah county and expects to be able to
; have the petitions thrown out of court
,,aa soon as a hearing la had. .. One of
the principal polnta raiaed by Attorneys
' John F. ogan and Dan J. liaiaritey,
Representing Sheriff elevens, u tnat
the "warning clause" provided for. Jn
! the law. pas been Omitted from tha
, 'etltlons. There ara other Irregularly
ties alleged as well.
, Attorneys Logan and Malarkey went
to Salem yesterday and presented their
1 caae to Deputy Attorney-General I. 1L
Van Winkle. It will be taken up by
- the circuit court of Marlon county,
which, haa Jurisdiction, under the law.
'In a short time.
, If the attorneys are correct in their
contention tha decision throwing out
the prisoners' feeding petitions will
.also throw out tha referendum invoked
against the University of Oregon ap
propriation, sine the same point Baa
been raised against that proceeding.
HEALTH OFFICER
SCORES Willi
public Funeral Over Menin
j gitis Victim Endangers
I i'r Many. Lives. "
Disregarding the instructions of City
- Health Officer Wheeler, and thereby
'placing in Jeopardy the Uvea of drer
.two-score persons, Edward Holman, an
undertaker at Salmon and Third streets.
allowed public services to be held yes
terday afternoon over the remains of
the late Sergeant Stephen Hogeboom of
the police department,' who succumbed
to the dread cerebrospinal meningitis
.early Tuesday morning. ' '
- -r Since Ahe appearance- efc tha malady in
Shis citjr Pr. Wheeler Jhas ,used everj
'knon predRiHon fo prevent an epldem-
, a.. He ; expressly stipulated that no
" 'Services should be held at the chapel in
the undertaking parlors; and the funeral
director promised to abide by the order.
. Despite this. Holman took It upon hlm
,self to allow Hev. W. H. Hepps of Cen-
: .'tenary Episcopal church " to preach an
eloquent sermon at the bier in the un
' dertaklng parlors. Fifty people attend
ed " the obsequies. - The bereaved 'wife
1 ;and child and number of their Imme
diate friends, at the conclusion of the
' services, gathered .about the casket to
; take a last look at the deceased.
; Health .Of fleer Wheeter, in discussing
the matter this morning, made the fol
lowing statement to a Journal repre
sentative; - - Mi ' -T ,- . : ' V - ,
i "1 consider that the Edward Holman
eompany willfully' and deliberately vlo-
: la ted my orders relative 'to 'the conduct
i of the funeral of Polloe Sergeant Hoge
boom in holding public services in their
'chapsl. ;. Cerebro-splnal meningitis Is
'such a terrible malady that it behooves
tus to take every possible precaution to
.- 'prevent the spread of tha disease. All
medical authorities agree that the dls-
; ease is transmissible in some form, and
we cannot afford to take ohanoea. To
. advance the argument - that the body
, was embalmed and the basket hermetio
. ally sealed in, mitigation of the action
In allowing a large number of persons
to remain near the remains is untenable.
- "I intend to have an ordinance intro
duced in the city council at once cover
'ing such cases, and in the future all of
the undertakers will have to suffer for
, the sins of one. I mean that I will de
mand that private, funerals be held in
all cerebro-splnal meningitis cases, tin
fortunately, I cannot take any action
'against Hclman in tha courts, as the
ordinance does not include meningitis in
the , list of diseases where, my orders
must be obeyed."
, In the presence of all of the mem-
'bers -of the second night relief of the
police "department, under command of
.Captain Bailey, a large number of pa
trolmen from the other watches and a
, host of friends, the body of Stephen
: Hogeboom. was laid to r?st In Rlvervew
: cemetery yesterday ". afternoon at 4
O'clock. L '
POLICEMAN LETS
Did Not Stop Fleeing Thugs
Because Victim Did Not
Cry "Stop Thief."
At the very entrance to his home,
Horace A. 8tiles, a musician, residing
at. lit Mill street, was held up by two
young armed thugs at 11:80 o'clock this
morning and robbed of f J.60 and a gold
watch. . ' ,
According to the atory told by Stiles,
the footpads might now be behind the
bars had it not been for the gross negli
gence and lack. of foresight of Patrol
man C. W. Ruasell, one of the recently
appointed patrolmen. After , robbing
CIRCULAR SENT OUT BY K M. DAVIS
To the Liquor Interests;
Saloon 4 License $ 1 2 oo -to 1500
1.. m. oa Vis
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FAIRDAHKS SEES
STRENUOUS LIFE
Roosevelt Takes Vice-President
Out for Fast Walk
Across Country.
DEAR SIR:-
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(journst --w.w.r .. ,
stiifnntin. Ohio. May 10. -PresU
l - mnA nartv arrived here
Portland, Oregon? Ma vctbioo'' ocloc thl" mornl"ir-TU
, 7r-tf. a5loJ97 president greeted the townspeople from
' ,'. the rear platform sf the train,
The president wora ou. vice-rresiau.
Ight Fairbanks had little appetite zor
T T . f Davie an 1nArmrtAmrt fanAiA fr f Vit nMlmfi.t.t n - tJl 11. LJL 1 1.1. .V n
... - '-'" wvMUv..u..M---.tti, v0w.1uu;B5K.yoiij tlred wrly mtli WM .tiff this
support, and ask you.to make as many votes for L. M. Davis as you can.;By permission i &terim?lti thi4e miles
tTv&SXSr&X TntiVt ! 70U 10 Henfy Fieckenstein & Co., Liquors, 206 Second stree V with-whom -I, have fsome dealings. K LErWTp?. Rr. .ran-
. unM.. 4n h.i thnmurhftn; - ' road man and Guard . Jaroea . Sloan
I' have" lived in Portland over .sixteen years and owtTtbe Davis block'fcorner AlbinTa venue Med'b? & seT'the Vm". rairt"ks:
. . . . . - . 'lions less kept up easily and the threa
to Montgomery, down that thoroughfare
to Fourth, thence north to Mill, where
they dlssppeared.
Russell wss at the corner of Third ' t-A D j . VI; . e VI- ' . ' - - . .!" ?pt U?."11JL
and Montgomery streets, when the two, l ...wt .uv i.ui vu. vnu. a.wica iui suvuu, uuu i. iuu,uv -cucr9u OL rcaerson.
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men. with Stiles in close pursuit, were , , ...... . . . .
running east on Montgomery. The vie- vu must anacrsiana'Vnai uv ior your own mterest in tnis matter
tim or tna roDoery wss wmnuing nnnrj
to attract attention, but Russell, aa he J
afterward explained, made no attempt
to annrehend the fleeing thugs, be
cause Stiles did not cry -Stop thief."
The robbery occurred a few reel eaei
of the entrance to the musician s home.
Stiles, carrvlna- his snare drum under
his arm, had Just slighted from a- Fifth
street car and was walking rapidly to
his residence when halted at the mus-
sles of two revolvers in the hands or
the crooks. The men were sitting on
a stone ' wall, evidently waning ir
Stiles, who is in the habit of carrying
large sums of money with him.
The drummer was oraerea 10 tnrow
uo his hands, and, while one of the
criminals pressed a revolver agalnat
his head, the other rifled his pockets. ,
After ordering him to walk toward his
horns, the thieves took to their heels.
Your saloon t licensees igh enoughrnow Woo'perTyear? Tberejwilfbeastrongeffort
made to raise it to $1200 or $isoo.Do" you want Jthat No! Tneavoteand elect JLM. Davis?
and it will not occur. L. M. Davis. is. not a7anatic, but a fair-mindedsquar-dealing man, and be'
will be elected bv a bio maioritv' I.. M. DavU
j - 0 -A j . j - .... -- mr j m liivui V" WBUbU UUUCI U .
Mayor Mason, and be knows theduties of. the office, and will see;th(at yoiirinterests.are protected
aud that every man, or calling shalljhavea fairdealbejtsaloon-ikeepeT-br preache.
HENRY LAWRENCE
3IAS0N IS EDITOE OF
IVlJITMAN PIONEEK
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, Whitman Ollege... Walla Walla, Wash.,
'jMay lO.'r-Edward f., Mason, a member
Ol the cl8,ss,v6M08,''was elected editor
" in-chief of 'the Whitman College Plo-
neer. the official college paper, for next
J year. Walter C, Bells, editor this year,
'was re-elected, blit resigned immedlate
.ly.. and the jionor then went to Mason,
who has been-en-the -staff as local and
as news editor,, as. well as prominent in
kother linest of student activity. He is
president of th T.' M. C. A. and was
'a tnimber Of 'ttl 'Willamette debating
'team this year, as -wolf as literary ed
i itar of the College. Annual. Other mem
vbers of the staff were chosen as fol-
lows; : R. Maud i Maflory, '08; Walter
s" Eel Is, '08; Harry ' -De venport, '08 ; A r-
. thur .Stone. '0; Margaret Steel, '09;
vMay Worthlngton, '09; Ruby Porter, '10.
TO GIVE RECITAL
Woman's Club Has Engaged
Noted Boston Dramatic
Header to Appear.
Th Woman's club announces with
soma pride that Henry Lawrence South-
wick of tha Emerson School of Oratory,.
Boaton. has been engaged to give a re
cital for the benefit of the club, on the
evening of June 6. ' This is sn event
of more than usual interest in, this city,
and merits the attention of all who are
Interested In the best things of litera
ture and of its interpretation.
Mr.. Bouthwtck haa not been heard in
this city, but he Is well known among
all clUired.- people In the east as an
exponent of the finest philosophies of
life end a an expositor of the thought
of the masters of literature. He Is one
of our greatest Shakespearean Interpre
ters and a lecturer and orator of most
pronounced aoiuiiea.
For the evening's entertainment be
fore the Woman's club. Dean South
wick will present, "The Rivsis," by re
quest, And those who attend are assured
of an evening of unusual educative
value and of rare . pleasure. The press
of eastern - cities haa . contained such
notices as this from ' the Boston
Courier: "Dean Southwick Is a man
of delicate, true and sure intellectual
perception, a scholar as well as stu
dent, a Judicious expostter, a sound rea
soner and an inspiring teacher. He has
a convincing - earnestness, s telling dl
rectness and a kindly humanity."
The Brooklyn Eagle saya: "Mr.
Southwick is a speaker of marked
literarr talent as well as of dramatlo
powers far above the average witnessed
on the stage. The excellent Impres
sion made on his first appearance be
fore the Brooklyn institute was height
ened by his reading of 'Richelieu.' The
climaxes In the closing acts of the play
were taken with a fire end dash that
made the nerves tingle."
The recital Is Quite sure to be
social and literary success, and the
members of the club and their friends
hope that it will prove also financially
successful, for whatever surplus re
mains after the expenses are paid Is to
accrue to the building fund of the club.
MISS WATKINS 0PEXS
HANDICRAFT SCHOOL
Give ( the 'enclosed card"tb;tbeJboyVrdr
(number. Please keep this lettertrictlyconi6dential,yand.for our bestjnterest.y '
My-numberionibaUot.tS'397
Very:trulyVours, y l.
Phone. East 3054 . ' . lTmJdAVIS
The Above Is a Facsimile of a Circular Sent Out by L. M. Davis Asking Support of
Liquor Deealers in His Campaign for th6 City Council. 1 ' 1
LOYAL TROOPS
CAPTURE REBEL
Leader of Chinese Insur
gents Caught in Battle
Near Swatow.
Many Pupils Join Class and Course
of Instruction Will Begin
at Once.'
The opening of the handicraft school
under Miss Mildred Watklns was well
attended yesterday afternoon. The room
which has been selected, formerly occu
pled by the Administration restaurant,
ia admirably adapted to the purpose, the
great windows giving ample light Miss
Watklns gave a demonstration of the
Initial processes of metal work, cutting,
hammering and annealing, and she was
kept busy answering the eager ques
tions of her interested visitors. The
room was tastefully decorated for the
occasion.
Much interest has been shown In this
effort of the Art association to estab
lish a school of handicraft, and a num
ber of pupils have joined the class,
which will commence work at once. In
formation may be obtained from the'
; curator of the Art museum, .Mrs. Hugh
Hume, who la acting in the absence of
Miss Falling.
; GRANGERS PLEASED
: . A' WTTir TrnnTI T?TVPT? 'looking after the company's interests,
I , 1U111 MX I -Lai j ftnd lefl j.egterday on his return . trip
PERSONAL
C. S. Fee, passenger traffic manager for
the Southern Paolflc, is due to arrive in
Portland from San Francisco today or
tomorrow on a trip of inspection.
Vice-President Hoadley of the. Amer-
! lean . Fire Insurance company, Newark,
New Jersey, spent Tuesday in Portland.
(Joenil BptcUt Berriee.)
Swatow, China, May S 0. With the
capture of the insurgent leader tbla
morning In at battle which lasted for
houfs, It is believed that the Imperial
troops have ended the Chinese revolu
tion. One of the bloodiest battles ever
fought" here occurred when the troops
and rebels clashed, hundreds of the in
surgents being slain and tha death list
of loyalists being nearly as large. -
When the Insurgents were located by
the Imperial troops-the latter forced
the Issue and the battle ensued. No
quarter waa shown by the rebels and
every man taken prisoner was promptly
put to death. By a oiever maneuver ins
loyalists surrounded the rebel leader
and small band of his men and soon
had him In custody. As soon as it was
Discovered that their general was cap
tured, the rebels fled.
Washington, May JO. The gunboat
Helena has been ordered from Shanghai
to Amoy, thence to Swatow to protect
American Interests.
SIX KILLED III
SANTIAGO EIGHT
Rurales and Miners Clash
When Attempt1 Is Made to
Free Prisoners."
SMALL SNAKE INTERFERES
WITH GERMAN LUNCH PARTY
A German family, evidently rural, left
the car at the entrance of Lone Fir
cemetery during the memorial exer
cises, and with their load o4 flowers
and ample lunch basket trudged through
the dust to a shady spot near the fence
to rest The basket was opened and
odors of llmburger and sausagea arose:
balmily.
Suddenly meln frau ' of over 200
pounds' weight, let out a warwhoop,
and with a startling display of home-
knit hosiery plunged through the grass
for the fence which she mounted with
all the agility of K. The young man
of the group sprang to his feet, hurled
a loaf .of pumpernickel into the grass'
and promptly aide-stepped lke a French
dancing maatSTj- (l
Three members of the Grand Army
at once deployed and advanced to the
attack. There was a great clashing of
canes, with a disgraceful panlo and
route of the left wing. The valiant
center division tried the frontal attack,
suddenly halted, planted his stout cane
upright in the sod and made desperate
efforts to climb it.
Then a small boy mad a dash 'from
the rear and the last seen of the ene
my it wss being proudly sxhlbited to a
ring of other urchins at a aafe distance
from the highly agitated lady on the
fence rail.
The cause of all the excitement waa
a harmless garter snake slightly larger
than a lead pencil.
(Journal Special Service.)
Santiago. Cuba, May JO. -Six men
were killed and a large number wound
ed in a fight between the rural guards
and the striking miners today. Three
of the dead were from each side.
When the strikers attempted to force
the doors of the guardhouse and liber
ate some of their comrades who were
arrested during the previous riots the
fight ensued-
Conditions here are greatly improved,
as nearly all of the strikers except the
miners and tramway employes have re
turned to work, declaring that they will
participate in no further demonstra
tions.
ANNIE RUSSELL TROUPE
DELAYED BY ACCIDENT
Bridge In Cow Creek Canyon
Destroyed by Fire and Heilig
Performance Postponed.
Hood River,-Ori May JOMembers of
the Oregon state grange-are still arriv
ing. A number came in on th morning
trains and the city; is filled to over
flowing with the enthusiastic member
of the order. - Over 00 availed them
selves of the tree etcursion given them
by the .Mount Hood railroad. Before
leaving ' the ears ,on their return they
yelled. - - - '
"Hood River. Hood Blver, yoa are all
right, and we're ready for your straw
berries tonight?" . .
They express themselves "as very
' much pleaded with their treetment here
md some of thea wilt not leave before
' Sunday, '..'.::;. , 'ivv i
east. President Doremus of the New'
ark company died recently, and it is
thought likely that Vice-President
Hoadley will be promoted to the vacan
cy at the July meeting of the directors.
D. P. Cut ten, a multimillionaire of
Eureka, California, and an extensive
owner of redwood timber, is in Portland,
on the way to points. in British Colum
bia, where he has extensive interests.
Mr. Cutten expresses a pronounced par
tiality for Portland and is contemplat
ing making this city his future home.
He 1s a great friend, political and per
sonal, of Governor. Gillett of Califor
nia, and was largely Instrumental In
that gentleman' elevation to the gov
ernorship. 4 V." Vlvr,
Th habit of ..Southern pacific trains
of running, or refusing to Tan, on time,
haa caused another' disappointment to
Portland. This time it if the delay
of Miss Annie Ruasell and her corn
Deny, which' was scheduled to appear
at the Heilig tonight in "A Midsummer
Night's -Dream.,"
During the early part of the week
the Southern Paclfto habit caused a
day's delay in the arrival of Miss Hen
rietta Crosman and ber company, and
consequently only two performances in
this city. . .
Miss. Russell's train has been delayed
as the result of damage to a bridge
in Cow Creek canyon, in southern Ore
ton, and the company will, be unable
to reach: this city until tomorrow. Con
sequently there will be no performance
tonight Those who have purchased
tickets, according to, the- management
of the Heilig. may have seats reserved
for tomorrow night, ; , ,
A manufacturing plant in which, none
but cripples will be employed is to be
established In Cleveland. Ohio. - The
workers will be employed in designing
and perforating, cloth and Ivory button
making, apron and : waist sewing .and
lace mending b machinery., . . . ,, ,
PROHIBITION CIRCULARS IN
GERMAN USED. AGAINST LANE
It has come to light that an adroit
Attempt to turn the German vote .of
the, city against Mayor Iane on Mon
day next is being made by men con
nected with the Devlin campaign.
Circulars written in German and in
closing Mayor Lane's card, addressed to
the German voters of the oity have
been prepared and are now being circu
lated among- the German population of
the city. The circulars, or letters, set
out in clear terms that Dr. Lane has
promised to support all the principles
of the prohibition party and will work
along the lines of that organisation in
the future administration of clvio af
fairs.
- It Is the evident intention of those
people who are responsible for the let'
ters to prejudice the German voters of
the city against the candidacy of Dr,
Lane on the supposition thst anything
which tends towards prohibition or pro-
hlbltion doctrines will have the sure ef
fect of steering the great mass of the
German vote away from Lane and to
wards Devlin.'. '
Chairman Montague denounces the
attempt in round terms and states em
phatically that no one having any con-1
. .11 111. IL. ' - , 1 I
neuuuu Willi nm uioi WMniHUfjB IB re
sponsible tor the cirouiara .
COMMUTERS MUST RIDE WITH
THEIR FREIGHT ON. THE CARS
No baggage will be carried on the
cars of the Portland street railways on
and after Saturday, June 1. This is the
latest order issued from headquarters.
It does not apply to personal baggage
but to that class of articles more strict
ly classed as freight,. ,
In .explaining the new order Mr. Fuller
stated that the' rule had "become neces
sary for several reasons. Cars are
crowded and it has become quite a prob
lem to provide transportation for all
who want to ride without 1 carrying
freight. i
Besides this the practice has become
to be very much of an annoyance. Some
person will request a conductor to put
orr a crate of soda water at some corner
In the suburbs Stating that there will be
someone there to receive it Once In
awhile something valuable Is lost in this
way and the company is - held re
sponsible. " ' - - , ' ' ,
Mr. Fuller explained that under the
new rule passengers would be allowed to
take anything with them even of such
bulk as an dee cream ,f reeser, providing
they accompsny it, but hereafter noth
ing will be taken unless someone is with
it to care for it besides the conductor.
STATE FORESTRY
BOARD CHOSEn
ADM
firu
PDCMXTCn
In LU
ii until
Br LIVE WIRE
Leonidas S. Hill, E. P. Shel
don and . S. C. Bartrum
Chosen by Governor.
(Special Dispatch te The Joornal.)
Salem,. Or May 80. Governor Cham
berlain yesterday appointed three mem
bers of the state board of forestry, ac
cording to the provisions cf 'senate bill
No. 207, enacted at the last session Of J
the legislature;'. The- members serve
without compensation, but an appropria
tion of $500 was voted to cover the nec
essary expenses of the board. " The ap
pointees were recommended and are as
follows: Leonidas 8. Hill of Eugene, by
Lumber Manufacturers' association; K.
P. Sheldon, by Oregon Forestry associa
tion, and S. C. Bartrum of Roseburg,
from the United States forestry service.
The stats board of forestry consists
Of the governor, secretary -of state, the
state forest, fish and game warden, the
member of the Oregon. Agricultural col
lege who has charge of its forest work,
and the., three appointees of the gov
ernor.. - , '- A '.'' - . i ' A -'
The law further provides that the
board of forestry shall investigate for
est conditions in the state and present
report at the next session of the leg-
lslature, and that It secure the enforea-
Tacoraa.Lineman Has, Bones
Melte4 by Electricity, ,but
'Is Still Alive,
(Special Diipateb to The Josratl.)
Tacoma, May 30. While making elec
tric connections i in the . midst ; of a
myriad of wires at the top of a pole
yesterday afternoon William .Gray, a
liheman, In some . manner crossed his
arm with a wire carrying 2,200 volts of
electricity. The current ' shot ; thrdugh
the arm, practically;: ere jn a ting the
member up to tha shoulder. His hands
suffered most, his fingers burning to a
crisp, the bones melting down like wax.
The current,-almost twice the amount
used to kill a man In an electric chair,
held the arm as In a vice, until one of
Gray's fellow workmen pulled him from
the wire. At the hospital Gray is in a
most critical condition and may not
survive, the nerves of his entlrs body
being racked and shattered.,; with the
dreadful ordeal. V'""v. '-'- ..-.'
. -. . . - L.LI. J Tha.
soon Jell ne oinera r wuiiiu. .
walked over three hours up hill and
down. The first gtop5, was made six
miles out ' ' , - . M
"Let's get a glass of milk." sail the
prestdsnt. ,
"My favorite beverage,- puffed the
vice-president '
The farmer and his family hearty col
lapsed, when the president introduced
the psrty and asked for milk. ' He ssld:
"I'm the president ' and this Is the
vice-president: we came to psy our re
spects. It 'is rather warm; we waisea
out from Akron,"- ,
"Akron! "Did you start this morn
lnT" exclaimed the farmer.
About ( o'clock this evening," laughed
tne president.
The pace returning was even brisker,
and .they were at tha table in their car
st o clock. , : .' - '
MAN WITH BLACK EYE
MAY BE MUBDEBER
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Detectives are making a vigorous
search today for a man : with a dis
colored eye and a cut on his face who
was seen by a pnysician lasi evening
sitting In a gravel pit at Mount Tabor.
The polloe ere working on the assump
tion that there is a strong possibility of
the man being the author of the street
car holdup Monday night. 'The bandit
waa injured about the head In the fight
with the . motorman. . A report reached
the polios station that the same individ
ual was seen later at 'Irvlhgton and that
aectlen of the city is now being sooured
to disclose his identity.
berITerI.
to fight case
Alleged Wifeof Sam Gordon
Will Try to Prove Her
Marriage.' ' '
fSttMlsl iwtMich te The Journal) '
Oregon City, May 20.- Miss Bertha
Etta. Lerch' who alleges that she is the I
wife of Sam Gordon, a Coos Bsy lum
barraatv has not 1 given up hope of
making him own up that he is her hus
band and she alleges that she will fight
the case to a finish. It is rumored
In this city thst she has been In our
midst several times during the last few
days and that she has been calling upon
her1 counsel for the purpose of arrang-,
lng the details of the case. She is a
neat little woman and would not bo
taken for one wishing to force a hus
band on herself. There t re many here
who think that she is In the wrong, but
they also think that Gordon should
have gained the power of the courts
long before hs did.
The case will oome up for trial at
the next term of the circuit court which
meets in June .and the case will un
doubtedly draw a large number of speo
tators. Dlmick -4 Dlmick have been re
tained as counsel for the plaintiff and
It Is said that the fight will be waged
to the bitter end.
ALL STREETCARS
ARE WELL CROWDED
Every Car in the City' Is ; Pressed
Into Service for the Hol
iday Traffic.
PEIIDLETf PIEII
111 OE HE
D
State "Railroad ' Commission i
Will Go to Eastern Ore-;
. gon Next Tuesday", ;
MANY COMPLAINTS TO
BE-CONSIDERED SOON
Commercial Club mt Heppner Asks
New Train ' and Cottage Grove
;. Lumbermen Say Rates From Sag
inaw to Ashland Are Unjust.
' (Special pispateh' to The JoaraaL) '
Salem. Or,. . May 10. Several Infor
mal complaints have been filed with the
state railway commission and an extra
busy week faoes '-.the commlaaioners.
Next Tuesday the commission' will go
to Pendleton where a hearing will be
held to Investigate fully 'the feasibil
ity of putting a local train between
Portland and Pendleton. It has been
ascertained from various sources that '
the travel eastward from Biggs Is suf
ficient to demand local trains to Pen
dleton and possibly as far as Hunting"
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The commercial club of Heppner Is Jo
ask. for' the extension of the 'run-ak'
the Biggs local to Heppner. v V
The Western ' Oregon Lumber Msn
ufacturers association of - Cottage
Grove has also made an Informal com
plaint agalnat the rates on the South
ern Paolflc from Saginaw to Ashland
which went into effect August 12, 1908.
and which were then raised front f 1(0
to 12.60, and wblch.ls proving injurious
to the Interests of the lumbermen of
that section.
C J. Blmerai of Sllverton, secretary
of the Marlon County Lumbermen's as
sociation, appeared before the commis
sion yesterday end complained relative
to a spur' at Sllverton which is in
adequate to the needs of , the lumber
Interests of that section. '
The rate caae against ths Astoria A
Columbia River railroad haa been dis
missed becsuse the company has modi
fied Its rales at the request of ths
commission.-'
C B. Buchanan oV Co. of Cornelius,
Washington county, one of the leading
warehouse firms on the west side divi
sion of the Southern Pacific company,
has' complained to the commission of
ths discriminatory rates maintained by
the railway company, .
AT BOISE
SOON
ment . of- all , laws- relative : to forest
brush and field fires. The board will
meet June 6 in Salem to perfect an or
ganisation and plan for its work, t
Street railway officials announce that
the traffic today over the lines in tha
city and to points without the city
promises to be greater than was ever
known before, , xnis is aue to me un
usually great number of attractions and
clonics and from the fact that a per
fect spring day haa raiien upon, a hol
iday. Many people are taking advan
tage of the opportunity to get but into
the. country, ror tne iirsi summer out
lng. .;-V.: ' ;"
A picnic and double-header ban game
between two'-teams of ths Tri-Clty
league is the attraction at bu jonna.
Thousands of people are going to The
Oaks to witness the opening of that
Donular - resort The circus is attract
lng thousands of others, while many
hundred' will spend the day on Council
Crest and in the .city park. - There are
two games between the league teams at
the ball park,; Where many more thou
sands wlu journey. f
On top of all this .tremendous traffic
has come the services - at tne ceme
terles where lsrge numbers have gone
and numerous picnics at . Estacada and
other oolnts easy of .access, -.v. .?.'.
Every available oar is in service ana
many more could be used without gross
extravagance being charged against
managing officials. Mr. Fuller says that
the traffic this morning was marvelous
and will be exceeded this: afternoon.
Prosperity and development of Portland
alike is revealed by the increased pa
tronage -of the street railway.
COG ROAD BLOCKED .
... BY MAY SNOWSTORM
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. Colorado Springs, May 3 0.J The most
unseasonable weather on record - Is- be
ing experienced In central Colorado to
day. Snow drifts have blocked the cog
road to Pike's peak and there are several
Inches of snow at Cripple Creek. .The
mountains are covered. ,.-.,-H. u
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v Flfty-seten , years : ago, ', in certain
trades in New Tork City, Journeymen
received IB a week, and the foremen Is.
Twelve hours was a day's work, exoept
upon Wednesdays snd Seturdays, when
II or 14 hours vras ths rul , ;. . , , ,
Directors of the Interurban
Railroad Plan to Spend
. Large- Sum of Money, ;
f i ; W ' M. 1 ' ". : vf- 1 -i
. - (Sperhil Ptipatch fo The Jourwl.
Boise. Idaho, May 10. The BoisetA
Interurban Railway, company directors,
at a meeting recently held in Pittsburg,
which waa attended by W. E. Pierce, a
local director of the company, voted to
establish a park and en artificial lake
near this' city, and 1100,000 was set
astds for that purpose. - , . '
At the same meeting the directors
also decided to extend the Interurban
line down the Psyette valley and ap
propriated 1160,000 to do the work with.
In other directions during the year
the company will "spend vast sums .of
money on its road running out . or
Boise, and it will be one of the best
equipped Interurban lines In 'the north
west The road between Boise and
Caldwell, the engineer announces, will
be In operation about June 16. The
park to be established is to be called
the Pierce park and It will be slmils
to ths Oaks In Portland.
PLOW IS USED
BY STEVEDORES
Farm Implement Plays Im
portant Part in Discharg-
Uniy Shin's, (Mrffo-':
San Francisco, May I O.For ths first
time In the history of shipping, a plow
had to be used to aid in discharging
a cargo from the German steamer Am
man . while that vessel :was in port a
few days ago. The farmers' implement,
which never finds its way on board
ship except as freight was probably the
means of. saving the Kosmos company
thousands of dollars. v
Th nlow was -called into service to
kalst in disintegrating 1,000 tons of
nitre which had become solidified in
the hold and was so hard that ; the
stevedores were unable to gather even
a handful by the use of picks and shov
els. Captain Harry Ooodall and Cap
tain Bennett of the California Steve
doring company, which, looks after the
handling of the cargo of this port for
the German line, were in a ouandry
when one of the; stevedores Jocularly
suggested, that a plow would solve tho
problem. Captain Goodall Instantly
grasped the Idea and dispatched Henry
Spier to his ranch In Marin county and
had a plow shipped here. By means of
a block and tacxie tne piow was iur
nlihed necessary power from the steam
winch and from the outset the. schna
proyed a complete success.
NEW-YORK IS SCARED
" BY SA3X0B,S DEATn
Midshipman From' Brazilian Cruiser
Falls Victim to Dread Dls-
f'tuu:pt Bert Berl. , ;
wr Tisi-v. -Mv Sh. The authorities
are dismayed by the death of a midship
man from the Braslllsn cruiser Taomay
of tMiri berL.. Sailors ' brought ; him
ashore to the Wright hospital, and said
he had ' pneumonia. -, The - physicians ;
found it was bert ben, and hs soon. died.
This is ths first appearance of the
dlseaae here, but It Is declared that It -Is
not contagious. The 1 80 men and
officers on the Taomay may be sent to
Quarantins. , -..:,'.-.'': ' ' v;; :
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