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THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU : PORTLAND'. - SUNDAY MORNING,' J, JULY 21, ID07. UIILUUI1U 111 3s. t 1 t- aMllM'-'-'Mmi. PRECINCTS East SIJe Districts;, That Weijt Dry (Two Years Ago Have Had Saloons AH the Time Those in Albina to Be Closed at Once. DECLARES SALOONMAN HAS NO INHERENT RIGHTS Judge Samuel B. Artman of Indiana Explains His Views .' on the Liquor Question at the First Presbyterian Church and Is Given an Ovation. Prohibition Order Was Not -uispenswg with the saloon la not violating the Inherent right of any cltlsen, for the reason that a aaloonman haa no Inherent rlahts." aald Judar. Samuel R. Artman of Indiana at the First Preabvterlan church last night The speaker was introduced by Judge irraier or the circuit court Judge Artman'a ideaa of the aaloon queatlon are novel and consequently In teresting. Me believes that a saloonman is verv much the same sort of an lndl vidual as other persons but that he haa no Inherent rights to carry on a traffic i "hi causes a name, aisrrace ana sur- ferlng. He quoted numerous authori ties in support or his contentions, "The highest courts, have held that Xiiiicreu uiiui u icui aim v,w "n nother. Id they have held that they hold no a or . Tlolf Afro iha Prailnito inherent rights whatever. That Is. they - nave no innerent rignt in running i Went-Dry-Mass MccUngi!?1bS Called for Tonight. In four precincts In East Portland that were voted dry at the eleotlon of June, 1901, saloons have been running wide open without question ever slnoe that election. Regardless of the fact that a majority of the voters of each - of these precincts declared at the polls two years ago that they wanted no saloons In their precincts, the saloon keepers have continued to sell liquor without hindrance. Steps to close all the saloons In Al ' bins whl be taken ton I ah t. for among the four drv nreclncts are 66. 66 am 67. which Include the entire business Dortlon of Albina. The territory em braced by these three precincts Is south from Fremont street to Hancock street, nd west from Rodney avenue to the .Willamette river. Mass BCeettnr Tonight A mass meeting 'ha a been called for o'clocK tonight at the romes rresoy terlan ohurch. Qantenbeln and Sell wood avenues, to discuss the situation. ' Dr. Tufta of the International Reform Bureau, haa unearthed the facts regard ing the status or tne local option in those precincts, and at the mass meet- Ins; will reveal his Information After the people present at the meet ing have been Informed that they have liad saloons for over two years In ory . precincts, a committee will te appointed "to wait upon District Attorney Manning to lay the facts before him and aak that tne order of prohibition Da enrorcea in those preelncta. There are at least 12 saloons In pre elnts 65, 66 and 67 which will be forced to move away from Albina if the pro hibition orders aro enforced, and In pre elnct 10 there are at least six saloons that enforcement of the law would close. How the Tots Stood. At the election In June, 1906, the vote . for and against prohibition In the four precincts was as follows: jJprednot 40 precinct 65 IPreclnct 66 Dr: ry. majority, lfo t .160 193 33 fFreclnot 87 ...... 44. 86. 40 J Through some oversight the order Of ."proniDition waa not enterea ty the 'county clerk for nearly a year and ralf, and though the saloohp had been ."voina oui ui extiienc. oy in voters In those four precincts they continued ; doing business as serenely as though . local option naa never Deen neara or. " It Is the purpose of the International JReform bureau to put a stop to this .(condition of affairs. The first blow ,' will be struck tonight at the three pre -clncts which are located together In wjUbina. Later it in the intention, to Took after the smaller districts In; pre- if In precinct 40 are all the saloons oil Hawthorne avenue and Grand avefrue south of Hawthorne. The territory -em braced In precinct 40 lies south of Haw thorne avenue to Division street and tyreat from East Eighth street td the TViuamette river. is It is not Known who Is to blame for Jr-the failure to entep. the prohibition otV on wnen ine inur precincts were voted 'dry, but It Is believed that It was due to the error of some clerk who over looked those precincts in preparing tha sraeri. longs to every one, but not to any indi vidual, and when you hear It said that a man has a. right to run a saloon be cause It Is his Inherent right you are very much mistaken. X of Common Benss. "You also hear of the common law with reference to the saloon 0 The common law applies as does the common sense law. and for. every sa loonman one hears talking about the common law one hears one talking about the common sense law. Numer ous courts have decided that saloons cause endless disgrace and shame and suffering and consequently have no le gal standing whatever." Judge Artman quoted Oladstone who said that the saloon la a greater curse, Inflicts more and greater Injuries than war. pestilence and tfamlne combined. He auoted Abraham Lincoln who In a speech at Springfield, Illinois, in ISii maintained that the saloon Is a cancer In society, satins; at its vitals and that It should be eradicated, root and branch. "If the existing laws be correctly In terpreted and enacted." said Judge Art man, "the saloon will be eradicated root and branch, without any other legal enactment whatever." Fnbllo Opinion Changs. "There was a time," he said, "whan the position was urged that the saloon sxlsts under the ssms protection ss that accorded other lines of business which contribute to the necessities of; life and when the right to so engage was considered an inallenabls and an Inherent rlfht and for about 10 year; after tha Institution of our government tha saloon business cua so exist. run- Jla opinion, howsver, has obanged, and as no oeiievea, ins uniy cunvi is that statsd and held by th supreme court of the state of South Carolina which maintains thst tha saloon busi ness Is of Itself a nuisance, and that It cannot be placed upon the same baals as otner pursuits. The speaker told of reoelvlng from tha editor of a legal paper a letter In which the editor aald ha bad been much Impressed by his rendering of the law, a legal business ever be a nuisance" To which but that ha wished him (Judge Artman) to answer ona question: Judgs Artman replied that he wished th writer to snswer four questions: "Can a business which is a nuisance ever be legal?" "Has It not been held thst before it can be prohibited It must be shown that a business Is In herently harmful" "Has It not been held that a saloon may be prohibited r "If thcaa three thlnra be true Is It not clear that the saloon Is a nuisance and exists UlegsllyT' This, he saio, naa not yet been answered. Campaign, jrot A Coatest. This contention between tha aaloon and the home, he aald. Is not a battle. It Is a war and no question ts ever set tled until It is settled right. Lincoln held that the country oould not exist half slave and half free; It la now time to realise that the country cannot axlat half drunk and half sober, and that the same f latr cannot be a protection to tha aaloon and a protection of the home. Judge Artman waa applauded re peatedly and long. Mr. fitona. secretary of tha Y. M. C. A.. announced the four appearanoes of John Woolley, the temperance orator, at the men'a maaa meeting at :30 at the Y. M. C. A., at 6:iS at the open air meet- n at Hawthorne park, and at the First Christian church in the evenlnc. A collection was taken to aid In carrying a similar case as that wmcn judge art man decided, to the supreme court of me united states. Jurist of 'Ability. Judre Artman is not only an author ity on tne question or wnicn ne speaxs, but a turlst of ability. He has devoted much study and Investigation to the saloon question and his views are en tirely practical. The subject of his remarks was "The Unconstitutionality of Saloon Licenses. The lecture st the First Presbyterian church last night was under the aus pices of the Municipal association. TRIG TO GET PACTS Superintendent Donaldson and Cogswell of Executive Boara Prosecuting Inves tigation of the Complaint Against City Employe. ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO MAKE CONTRACTOR HOWARD REIMBURSE Jail Break at Pendleton. ;'! (Special rlptch to Tha Journal.) , Pendleton Or, July 20. Three of the jive city jau prisoners made their es eape today and are still at large. The 'marshal was feeding them, preparatory ;to putting them on the streets to work. ;when they made their escape. Force" that's the word for Grape-Nuts Contractor Harry Howard, who Is charged with violating the terms of his contract In Improving Front street with Belgian blook pavement, will be com pelled to reimburse the city for his defective work If there Is any possible chance o"T so doing. City Attorney Kavanaugh will take up the matter to morrow in an eriort to noia Mowara of "his "bondsfnesTesponslble. v Members of the executive board are W(ensed over the allered actions of the contractor and point out that Instead of complying witn tne speoiricaiions calling for one barrel .of cement for every three barrels one ba of sand, he used arrel of cement for every ten or more oarrels or sand. This so weak ened the cement cushion that It crum bles In the hand when It should be hard as adamant. Cement for cushion purposes Is mixed only In small quantities, but an alert Inspector. Engineer Taylor says, can easily prevent contractor "from substituting a poor mixture In the work. Jack Rankin was the Inspector on mis particular joo ana as soon ss the oondltlon of the pavement was made known with the advent , of the United Railway company'a track, he waa 'discharged by City Engineer Taylor. Superintendent Alex Donaldson and C A. Cogswell of the executive board are vigorously prosecuting their Investiga tion of the complaint made against one of the officials of the street cleaning department who is suspected of selling city dirt to fill private property. They expect that all of the evidence will be In by tomorrow evening and If aufftcient definite charges can be lodged with the executive board. Superintendent Donaldson stated last evening that the alleged offense con sisted in selling to one of the Union avenue property owners dirt waahed down Union avenus by last winter's storm waters. The street cleaning force Is engaged at work near Highland street and tha alleged sale of soil took plaoe between the official and a property own er in mat vicinity. "We have been In the habit of plac ing this soil on the low places on un improved streets, thereby giving them a better grade. In cases where the haul to low placea has been exceedingly long, say two miles, we have thought It less expensive to give the soli te some prop erty owner rather than cart It away. This does not mean, however, that any member of the department has the right to levy tribute on the property owner and compel him to give over money under threat of stopping the supply. The sou is not good ror growing purposes but can hardly be beaten for filling." Mr. Cogswell stated that an Investi gation would be made by the committee on street cleaning just as stion aa all of the evidence could be collected and presented. 0 1 OF Tunsni. 35 (Continued from Page One.) HI Useful Strong Head. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat ."Ever take notice how much strength a negro has In his head T" said a man who Is always looking out for unusual things. "Well. I had ample opportunity to test a certain negro'a head carrying capacity while I waa In charge of a large printing establishment In Texas. "We had received a large shipment of paper of extra heavy weight, and none of the men employed by the firm seemed able to handle the bundles. Of course we should have had a freight elevator, but we had none. Well, about the time I had given up hopes of get ting the paper up to the third floor a negro came shuffling down the street playing a harmonica. He inquired If I wanted any one to do a day's work, and said be was a hod carrier, but was willing to do anything for a dollar, I thought of the paper and the third floor proposition and engaged him. "Well, sir, he took to it like children to candy. Maybe he didn't shame the rest of the negroes around the plant! In less than no time he had the paper stored away, and the work didn't seem to affect him In the least. The result was he got a steady place and was dubbed the Heavyweight Nifrger. The fellow toted every ounce of It on his head." SCOENS ATTORNEY'S LOVE FOOD "I wsnt to tell ypu about Grape-Nuts food, and my experience with it. "I had for a year or two, felt a gen eral debility creeping on me, and also suffered from flatulency, piles, etc., which I began to think was due to ad vancing age, now being 65 years old. when, in the providence of God. as I believe, Grape-Nuts was brought to my notice, and tried as an experiment. In a week I found a decided Improve ment in myself, and have kept Improv ing ever since, and am now being con gratulated on tne great Change in ray appearance by all aoqualntances. Not only so, but I feel 'I have reserve force o that 1 oo not reel wearied at night, although I " have worked continuously irom a. m. until v p. m. I recommend urape-Nuts to my friends and acquaintances, , and all of my family use the food, ana it Is on the table at every meal whatever else is omitted. I write this being desirous of giving vent to the grateful feeling I entertain for the benefits received, rrom me use oi mis incomparaoia food." The particular - elements whloh pro duces the feeling of strength is tha delicate particles of Phosphate of Pot ash, not the phosphate of the drug toga, out tnai wnicn is prepare a ay re and rumiftnea in the neia rains, xms aeucaie element, not oo- aarved bv the taste, is used bv Nature In connection witn ine amumen or iooa, to rebuild the gray matter in the nerve rus, so tha lilt- is verv feel the effects of this rebuilding with nantsrs throusrhou brain and aolar plexus, so the body and la the Plexus, so th nourished and rebuilt- is ver; at one thus sure to Jn a week. or 10 days, and this feeling growe and becomes fixed as . one be comes a steady, everyday " i-ueer of Grape-Nutav "There's a Reason.? Bead, "The Road to Well villa.' lnpkga -1 .. L Pt K'i .k tottering, rolled to the bottom of the high embankment on which the trains met. Many Women Tictims. The victims of the disaster were literally ground to pieces, and tonight ort la being made to identify a grue le pile of dismembered bodies, legs, arms, heads and Jagged remnants or torsos. The great number of women and children among the victims In tenelfled the pathetlo features of the disaster a hundredfold. Mothers went mad and children, terrified and blood- bespattered, dashed about in the con fusion and rummaged through the de bris, calling parents who never an swered. Smeared with blood, dust and cinders, those who escaped were well nigh un recognisable, and mothers were driven to frensy through their inability to dis tinguish their offspring among tha mangled dead or the frensled living. Volunteers rushed to the work of rescue and In a few minutes long rows of injured were laid out beside the track. The fate of many of these, how ever, was worse than that of those whose lives had been snuffed out at the first crash. Seat Intensifies Buffering. A relentless and blistering sun beat down upon the scene and In a few mo ments the condition of the mangled and Injured was Intensified, and the groans of the injured were magnified by the pitiful pleadings for water by dozens of the sufferers. The first physicians to reach the scene were two hurried from the city. As soon aa the word arrived every phy sician who could be reached hurried to the scene of the disaster, many taking with them their wives and neighbors to serve as nurses. A few minutes after the disaster word reached Ply mouth and Detroit, and special trains tearing doctors, nurses and supplies were hurried from these cities. rrslgrht Crew to Blame. As soon as the Injured had been looked after and disposition made of the dead, all of whom were Ionia neo- le, the officials of the Pere Marquette egan to Investigate the cause. It did not take them long to agree that the blame rested with the crew of the freight, which had received Instructions to the errect that the paseenger train had the right of way and to lay at Plymouth until the passenger had passed. The order for the passenger, which left Ionia less than an hour before the catastrophe, was clear. The conductor had the right of way direct to Detroit, "The responsibility for the wreck rests upon (he conductor of the freight train," said General Superintendent Trump. "He was given specif io Instruc tions to allow the special excursion train to have the right of way." 'Xfra Spe&ia or- O ntir is Suits FOR THIS WEXK Our entire stock of Outing Suits, including blue serges, will be put on special sale at the following great price reductions: $18.00 Values, Sale, $12.00 $20.00 Values, Sale, $13.50 $22.50 Values, Sale, $15.00 $25.00 Values, Sale, $16.50 $30.00 Values, Sale, $19.00, $35.00 Values, Sale, $23.50' $40.00 Outing Suits, Sale, $26.50 SPECIAL SALE of Men's fine imported and domestic UNDERWEAR Men's Negligee Shirts, $1.50 qualities at $1.15; $2 and $2.50 grades at $1.65 Special sale of Men's Fancy Waistcoats and Outing Trousers. The gentlemen of Portland are taking advantage of the splendid op portunities offered. Get your share. TLRMS OF S ALL STRICTLY CASH 1L eij, .0 CRAY 269-271 MORRISON Salem the meeting point with the ex oursion which was running aa a sps- rlnl A development of tonight is that as the two trains were speeaing lowara each other, everv despatcher and tele- f raph operator along the Pere Marquette Ine knew that a terrible disaster was to occur. The freight had scarcely left Salem before the blunder was realised. LOCAL INTEREST IN WRECK IONIA IN MOURNING Sadness Hangs Over Homes of the Victims of Wreck. (Publtih.rs' Press by Special Leased Wire.) Ionia, Mich., July 80. A black pall hangs over this city tonight Scarcely a home is not saddened by the news from Salem, where SS persons, nearly all of them from this place, were killed In today's wreck. Ionia "IS the terminal of the Pere Marquette. The Ill-fated train was an excursion made up of railroad men and their families bound to Detroit for a day's outing. Scenes about the railway station tonight are pathetlo In the ex treme. Friends and relatives of the dead and injured crowded about the telegraph office and scanned eagerly the bulletin board with its cons tan uy growing list of Identified dead. Confusion in the reports and lack of authentic details have driven rela tives of those who were aboard the excursion train frantic. At an early hour this evening, the trains bearing the first of the dead and injured re turned. With the victims came tne first batch of survivors and tne first authentic details. Early reports seem to have minimised the real extent of the horror. Tomorrow the first of the funerals, those of the worst mangled of the vic tims, will be held. The local under takers are unable to oops with the sit- I uatlon and a number of coffins and noaraaa wui uo orwugni num neiajnDor Ing cities. Special services wilr be held In all of the churches tomorrow. It will be the blackest Sunday in Ionia a history. BLAME IS FIXED Injured Woman Is Wife of Clement V. Ketehnni. Mrs. Lizzie Ketchum of Portland, who was seriously injured yesterday In th Pere Marquette wreck, is the wife of Clement V. Ketchum, 1291 East Alder street. He was advised of the Injuries sustained by his wife by The Journal last night and was anxiously awaiting some direct telegraphic information from her. The dispatches stated that one of Mrs. Ketchum's hands had been cut off and tha.t she was otherwise Injured, and it Is probable that at present she ij) confined In a hospital. Mrs. Ketchum went east on May 23 to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schwender, of Ionia, Michigan. She had planned to extend her visit with her brother living in Detroit, and had wait ed purposely to take the excursion train, which resulted fatally to more than a score of persons. Mrs. Ketchum's sister Is the wife of Dr. George Ketchum, who resides at 965 East Salmon street. M1IINNYILLE MILITIA OFF TO ENCAMPMENT 3S Independent Furniture Co. The Oaly Forollnre Store in Portland With Just and Seasonable Prices If you ire going to buy a single piece of furniture, furnish a room. or a home, whether for cash or on credit, if you are anxious to get 1 right prices and fair treatment, come to see us. You will not go away dissatisfied. Your money will reach the farthest if you buy from us. PRICES THAT SHOULD APPEAL TO YOU: (Special Dlapatch to Tba Journal.) MoMlnnville, Or., July JO. The boys of separate company F of the Oregon National Guard left this morning for the annual encampment at Roseburg. They were given a most entnusiastic sendoff by the citizens, who gathered In large numbers at the depot. The comDanv when full consists of 68 offi cers and men, but about 10 of; the boys are away at work for the summer and unable to go. Captain Mead, an officer who fought In the Philippines, organ ised the company early last spring and since has faithfully drilled them. Separate company P will form a part of the Fourth regiment, which is to be organised soon. The company's offi cers are as follows: First lieutenant, V, E. Cunningham; sergeants, J. c. lie Lashment, C. J. McKee, R. J. Butchers. W. O. Terry, L. S. Hopfleld; corporals, L. V. Hendricks, E. Lk Mlchelbrook, C. E. Wright, C. F. Aiken U R. Steward son. There is no second lieutenant. The boys will return a week from Sunday. CHEMAWA SCHOOL TO BE UNEXCELLED " ' ja ( ass fic sc ssj ' "Imperial Automatic Morris Chair," the most beautiful and most comfortable Morris Chair in Portland, $12.50 and up. Woven Wire Springs ...12.50 Top Mattresses $2.50 Kitchen Queens vjs.so Metal Beds. Just IHttt cat, bras knobs and brass rails head and ' foot, full size, tingle or three quarters, only Royal Brussels Rugs, 9x12, f IS Smith's Axminster Rues. 9x12. for 02T Matting, per yard, as low aa 15c All other goods priced low in proportion. Between Washington and Stark. 104-106 FIRST STREET OAMC Q OUTSIT Green , Front-' Buildings, This "picture if a photograph of Mr. Charles C. Miller, millionairess. who denies Lawyer McCurdy's declaration that aha la -about to marry hlttu .UrsA Miller la irom; Patrol Crew on Freight Train Disregarded Dispatcher's Orders. (Pobllibers Frees bj Bpaclal Lmatd Wire.) Detroit, Mich.. July 20. An Informal investigation has resulted in fixing the blame for the Fere Marquette disaster today In which SS lives were lost,. upon the erew of the freight train which collided with the excursion. The freight erew is said to have disregarded the despatched orders which were to make (Special Dispatch to Th. Journal.) Chemawa, July 20. The contractors at the Chemawa Indian school are rap Idly pushing the work on the 120.000 brick hospital and brick bakery, so they may be ready for use at the opening of tne ran term. Tne nospitai win nave all modern equipment ana the latest im proved methods of lighting, heating, ventilation and sanitation. The bakery will have an up-to-date oven and equip ment. In addition to the above, funds are also available for an extension to the electrical and steam engineering department, which work will also ba done by contract this summer. With the completion of these Im provements the Chemawa Indian school will have an equipment unexcelled by the Industrial Indian manual training schools, not only of the Pacific coast, but of the whole Indian service. ' Come Witfii Us Charged With Illegal Fishing. (Special Dispatch to The JoaraaL)" Astoria, Or., Jul v 20. John Gunder son and Christ Jensen were arretted to day, charged with fishing for salmon with a purse seine. Their trial aa been set forJMonday. . TO CASCADE LOCKS SUNDAY, JULY 21st On the .Elegant Steamer . IB , " ' Of the Regulator tine. Leave Alder Street Dock 9 s. m, retara .about 5 p. m. Fare for round trip $1.00. . Meals 50c Th '""y .on this trip it the grandest in the whole wei t. VVDE SURE Af'D !