The Oregon daily journal., August 23, 1907, Page 8, Image 8

THE '. OREGON i DAILY; JOURNAL; , PORTLAND, , FRIDAY V EVENING, AUGUST - 23, . 1CD7.
HELEN'S LOVE LETTERS
HONORED GUEST
CALL ON TOOLE
BUG CHS
0 F Er.lBEZZLEr.lEHT
READ IN . COURT
OF Wl
TO H
JENNINGS SIMS
AT GRANTS PASS
ABSENT ATTORHEY
SEVERELY SCORED
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TO COX
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Judge Grants Divorce Decree and Awards Alimony to
- Wife of Vancouver's Former Postmaster Upon Hear-
. ing Feverish Epistles Written to Her Husband,
, . . tit-1
...i. troublei between former
Postmaster lUUton Cox of Vancouver,
Washington, nd his wife were Anally
' adjusted In local circuit court today De
fore Judge Gsntenbeln. when an abso
lute divorce and 150 monthly alimony
,., .iiowed Mrs. Cox. Defendant waa
not in court nor waa he represented by
an attorney.
Evidence of a very aenaatlonal char
acter waa offered by Mrs. Cox. the only
witness in tne ce. dh iiiaviu,w
court that her husband bad beenl guilty
of unfalthfulneaa since lMl lj-kit
knowledge. Mrs. Cox stated that she
married Cox at Denton. Oregon, October
SO. 1184. One aaugnier uvea, t
' 'tin Cox aald aha waa flrat Informed
Of her husband's unfaithfulness by the
fatber or Helen riageianu. rur wwrat
years love letters of the moat passlon
ate sort have been passing between the
pair and a bundle mai wouia com'
v inrt&hiv fill an ordlnarr drawer Inter
cepted by. Mrs. Cox waa offered In evi
dence.
Xasbaad Make Lot to Aaotnez. ''
, " Clandestine meetings were proven In
Portland, Oregon City and other places.
Mrs. Cox said ahe had appealed, to Rev.
Dr. Hill, her pastor, when Cox Anally,
after kissing her good-bye one night,
wrote her a letter telling her to get a
divorce and that he would gladly pay
tmm S1AS nMlhlv lllmMIV
"Later we. Axed the matter up and f
condoned the many offenses," said Mra
Cox. "But he kept right on corre
.. spondlng with Helen and saw her as
often as he could. When he was away
: from home, sometimes at Oregon City
and then at Seattle and other places, he
always told me he went on business.
Later I learned that he waa always in
i the company of his inamorata."
i The father ot Helen, it appears, tried
everything In his rower to break off
aiiaonuent existing between hie
durralUan Cox. He even threatened
to kill Cox, but he could accomplish
nothing. Once he established his daugh
ter la the millinery business at Mt
Angel, but Miss Flageland would go to
Portland and other cities and meet Cox.
Seles's lore reverie.
. Cox thought to deceive his wife by
having letters come to hia postofflce
box addressed to "Miss Mary Roberts,"
"Miss Brown" and "Mlii wil.nn in
some lnstanoea even the right name was
used. All letters were along the same
Una and each .waa written in the same
lunmiH nana.
An extract from one letter was par
ticularly Interesting and caused a ripple
v Muinwr inrougnout tne courtroom,
even the ' dignity of the court giving
war. It was:
SWcethMft. rinn'f hrln m mAnv
flowers today. I have secured room IS
at a new. boardlnar houaa In Ore van CHtv
and it would not look right for me to
come home with audi a large supply.
Frank Freeman Sends Word
That He is Going on
a Vacation.
JUDGE WEBSTER VERY
INDIGNANT AT MESSAGE
When Support of Children Is at
Stake, Judge Says Attorney Should
Be Willing to Forego Hia Pleasure
for a Time.
it would set people to thinking. Just
a urn, franco rose or two will da Oood-
oy, my own true love, Helen."
Cos Tanoouyar'a Toriar rost master.
Cox at present la tnnnol In tha
wholesale flour commission business in
mis cuy.witn ornrea in tha common
wealth building. He Is well remem
bered owing to his annolntmant durln
President Cleveland's first term aa post
master of Vancouver over tha nrnfeat nf
the Democratio leaders of that city and
the cltlsena in general.
Later on when Brvan waa tha nnl.
date for election he wag a warm Bryan
ite. As the election approached and
Cox saw that he could not win he be
came a McKlnley man. but tha Renubll-
can machine dumped him out of office.
Tne next appointee received many
nasty letters after appointment aald by
those who should know to have been
written by Cox because of Jealousy.
"It strikes me. that an attorney can
postpone his vacation trip for a day or
two when the support of children are at
stake.'' Indignantly commented Judge
Webster in county court when Btate
Representative Frank F. Freeman sent
word by one of his attaches that he
could not be on hand to defend O.'K.
Partln. charged with non-support of his
Thinks That Is Place Where
He , Can Soonest Live
, Down His Past
'
WONT TALK ABOUT
HIS FATHER'S DEATH
Sayg Only That Both He and Ilia
Sister Dora Were Innocent Ex
pect Ills Casg to Be Dismissed at
September Term of Court.
STREET BOARD HOLDS
PROTRACTED
SESSION
Sun Goes Down Before Mem
bers Decide Upon Sewer
Extension Wrork.
Members o. the executive board street
committee and street and sewer con
tractors discussed the granting of ex
tensions of time to complete street and
sewer work at the meeting yesterday
' fl afternoon. As a result of the meeting
the committee gained an insight Into
the 'cause of the holding up of work and
' were disposed to be lenient with those
' who asked for these extensions.
J, "i A-number of the larger contractors
' ' were present, and the meeting continued
un'tll 7 o'clock, being one of the most
; r protracted sessions for months. As a
result of the conference between the
' ' city officials and the contractors a
number of extensions of time were
- granted on different streets.
Contractors report labor to be unuau
V "ally scarce at this time of the year, ex-.-
plaining that it la duo to the larger
number of men engaged in gathering
. . the aumnier grain yield. They also con
v ' tend that It Is extremely hard to "et
material to carry on improvement work
of any kind, and this is particularly ao
of street work. The contractors ear
they would be glad to have the work
finished as soon aa possible, so that they
can take more contracts, some of them
showinr a hesitancy to bid when they
have so much uncompleted work on
hand.
ELECTRIC ROAD ASKS
, CHANGE IN FRANCHISE
.
Application was made to the street
. committee mis anemoon oy i a. jhc
Nary, attorney for the Oregon Electric
Railway company, for the segregation
of Its franchises now pending before the
committee into two classes. The peti
tion asked that the company be granted
one franchise to cover all streets on
which the company would not come into
conflict or conjunction with any other
company. It also asked that a separate
' franchise be granted to cover the lines
where the company was in conjunction
with or subsidiary to the lines of the
' Oregon Traction or the Oregon Railway
company. t
Upon the request of Mr. McNary the
consideration of the petition was de
layed until the next meeting of the
committee two weeks hence In order
that reoresentatives of the financing
syndicate could reach Portland from the
east to De present at me meeting ana
discuss tne matter.
A lara-e crowd of teopW attended th
meeting of the committee this after
noon, drawn by the various street lm
provement project under consideration
TEACHERS' TROUBLES
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
ANDERSON MUST TELL j
ABOUT HIS DEPOSIT!
Will Be Subpoenaed to Un
ravel Tangle Into Which
He-Placed Himself.
Patrolman Jamea Anderson will be
asked by the district attorney to appear
before him and explain the story con
cerning the $7,000 legacy left his wife
and deposited In the Oregon Trust at
Savings bank. According to the story
first told by Anderson he had deposited
the money in the bank a short time ago
at the solicitation of 'Mr. Morris, the
cashier. When the bank failed he went
to Mrs. Morris, according to his first
story, and after some discussion she
gave htm a certificate of deposit on
the First National bank for the amount
of his claim, taking in exchange for the
certificate the bank book showing An
derson's deposit with the Oregon Trust
sc Savings bank.
Mra. Morris denied this story upon
Its being printed and Anderson then
said "Jf Mra Morris says she did not
give me the certificate then ahe did not
do It I will stand by her."
The district attorney's office believes
that the tangle should be straightened
and has cited Anderson to appear and
tell the story to Mr. Manning.
GIRL WINS FORTUNE
BY TWO MINUTES
two minor children.
Wpy can't Freeman be on handf
demanded tha court of the young man
representing him. "He has been noti
fied and the time of the court la Just
aa valuable aa hia."
All the pusxled atudent of Blackstone
could say waa that hia employer waa
about to depart for Seaside on a vaca
tion trio.
"Well." remarked the court, "the de
fense in this case has been notified
and the prosecution la here ready for
trial. A continuance ia hardly in order;
for, from what I glean, it appears to me
that there haa been little or no attempt
on the part of client or counsel to get
together."
i'artin was arrested at noseourg on
complaint of his wife, Nellie, who al
leged that for two years past a sister
of the defendant has cared for two chil
dren for them, aged 10 and IS years.
During that time the claim was made
that the father had not contributed any
thing to their support. Husband and
wife have been separated for over two
years.
Finally a limited continuance was
granted In the case and today Partln
agreed to give bor.d In the sum of $300
to provide lift montniy ior tne support
of tils children.
Judge Webster would not consent to
this arrangement, however, until $100 In
advance was paid Into court to apply on
back payments. Partln was arrested
outside the county and he Is tacitly
still under arrest and In the care of a
deputy sheriff until his bond Is prop
erly fixed up. This was arranged for
over "the long distance telephone this
morning.
Partln works a poultry ranch near
Rosebufg.
NO STATE FINDS
IN DRAINAGE BONDS
(Special Dispatch te Tee Journal.)
Grants Pass, Or, Aug. II. With a
desire to prove his innocence and hon
esty to the people' of tjie eommunlty.
Jasper Jennings, who waa tried and con
ylcted of the murder of bis father, but
whose case was subsequently remanded
from the supreme court and . will very
Mrs. Philip N. Moore 'of St.
Louis Is On Visit to '.'
Portland.
DECEPTIONS TO BE
GIVEN NOTED WORKER
Organizations j,, Missouri Have Ac
coniplished Passage of Laws Great
ly Benefiting Women and Chil
dren Goes to California Sunday.
Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St. Louis,
Vice-president of the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs who is ona
vacation trip to the west will be In
Portland for a few days and will bs
the honored guest at receptions given
by the Women's Club snd by the As-
.h.w. K. i ,.,. . . . ' i aoclatlon of Collegiate Alumnae.
a a w vsaasBj sv VI a as m a net vvi m fc liiap urVVVUIUOl 1 m , . , m
term of circuit mrt. will remain in Mra Moore speaks with enthusiasm
Grants Pass and Josephine county. He
aays ha has no Intention of leaving the
country, a the absolute knowledge of
his Innocence gives blm a clear con
science and perfect assurance and cour
age to face tue world. I
"I am going to Stay right here where
I was tried and convicted of a crime
I never committed and In which I took
no part, and live tha whole thing down,"
Jasper stated, while at work In the Jo
sephine county courthouse yard. "If I
should go away and attempt to get work
among atrangers the thing would be
aure to follow me and I would be brand
of the Canadian trip, and is much dis
appointed at not being able to see the
mountains here, a feature of the trip
which ahe bad anticipated with pleas
ure. She will probably leave over the
Southern Paclflo for California next
Sunday.
"The growth of the club movement
has been almost unbelievable," aald
Mrs. Moore, "a most conservative ee
tlmate would place the membership at
600.000, and the power which that
means is certainly something to be de
sired. I tell our legislators, saia
Mrs. Moore, with a bright laugh, "that
we are working solely ior women ana
B .UU X WUU1U LM Ur.HU. . - a
ed a murderer. I know it would be lm- children and tney neea nave no iear oi
"possible for me to succeed at anything ua.
In a countrv where I waa not acoualnt
ed. I have a few friends left here, and
with tnese to help me and with my own
efforts I am sure I can win out. It
may take a long time, but I am going
to stay."
Will JTot Discuss Crime.
Jasper's mother, brother and sisters
still live In Grants Pass and will remain
here. Since the death of Dora they
have moved into town and the older
boya have sought employment as labor
ers in the city.
While in the penitentiary awaiting
the decision of the supreme court Jss
per learned the plumbing trade. He is
also a first-class bridge carpenter and
a very fair landscape rardener. He ex
pects to have no difficulty In getting
employment here.
while at the penitentiary he proved
himself a model prisoner and was al
lowed almost entire liberty. Since his
confinement here he has been given the
liberty of the courtyard grounds every
day.
Jasper has won many sympathisers,
and will have no trouble getting work
once ne is at UDerty.
When asked If he had any idea aa to
how the crime was committed, Jasper
would say only that both himself and
hia sister Dora were Innocent. He salt!
(Special Dispatch to Tb. Journal.
Olympla, Wash., Aug. 2S. In re-
t-kstnaaa tn m j inniilrv in th aiihlArt mm
th? state board of finance, the attorney- t,fle.d hat. th woJ?r of her
general today rendered an opinion to the wo .tr f la a.ndK tn" S',e confinement in
effect that atate funds cainot be in- he J ce'l brought on the incurable
vested in drainage dlatrlct bonds. Such .H" "J?It.erd i"hd'
bonds, saya tha attorney-general, are t.ffirl'cK"iEAmt
such municipal corporation bonds as are 1 ,..tl n mtd th.n,te
contemplated for the investment of ""i1" 1"c?e th" A0."1!?
public funds, as contemplated by section
b of article le oi tne state constitution.
DAYTIME BURGLAR
AT THE DALLES
woman on whom Jasper called the night
of the murder, lives with her parents
on a farm near Grants Pass. Miss
Roberts haa been true to Jasper all
through the three years' ordeal. She
calls on him now and then and the two
have a quiet chat over the courtyard
hedge.
What have we doneT Well. In our
own atate we have obtained the com
pulsory educational law and have then
bettered it; we have stood by the pure
food law; we have obtained the library
commission, the child labor law and
that Includes a great deal limiting tne
hours of labor for women aa well aa
protecting the child. We do not stand
by the New Tork legislator who aald
that a woman has a right to work all
night If she wants to, but we have It
arranged so that she Is not obliged to
work all night in order to live.
"An interesting meeting of the gen
eral federation la to be held In Boston,
with such arrangements as only Boston
knows how to make. In 1908. Another
Interesting meeting which is planned is
that of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae, wr.lnh will hold its quarter
centennial In Boston. One line of work
undertaken bv the collegiate association
is unique. This Is the European fel
lowships for original research. No as
sociation of men extenda such privi
leges. About ISO women have taken
advantage of these fellowships, and it
Is most Interesting to hear them tell of
the work that they have accomplished."
Mrs. Moore is president of the Asso
ciation of Collegiate Alumnae and will
be tendered a reception this afternoon
at five o'clock at the home of Mrs
Ralph Wilbur. On behalf of the Wom
en's Club, . Mrs. P. J. Mann will give
a reception in her honor tomorrow af
ternoon.
Besides possessing a fine presence
and a cordial sympathetic manner, Mrs.
Moore Is a woman of wtde culture and
has been actively associated with ed
ucational movements and club work for
women for many years, wielding a large
Influence for all womanly culture and
progress.
Labor Men Cite Him to His
Three Anti-Injunction
f y ' - Campaigns.
THROW TELEPHONES
? OUT OF STATEH0USE
President Fairgrleve Bid Members
of Montana) Federation of Labor
.Respect Injunction, But Tells
What an Injunction Can't Do.
The regular examination of Portland
public school teachers will be held in
room i at the city hall commencing
Wednesday, August 28, and continuing
for three days. The first day the exam
inations tn arithmetic and readinz will
be held in the forenoon and examina
tions In grammar in the afternoon.
Thursday morning the subjects will be
geography ana writing ana in tne arter
noon physiology. Friday morning the
' ' subjects will be teaching and spelling,
wh lo the series will close In tne after
' noon with an examination In United
ft States history. This is the first exami
V nation to be held where mental arithme
tic was not one of the testa.
J
PLEADS GUILTY TO 1
HARBORING GIRL
To the aurnrlae of nrniitlnn nnrl th
officials or Judge Fraier s court this
morning, uorotny Darlington pleaded
fruilty to a charge of contributing to
uvenile delinquency and was remanded
for sentence. Mrs. Darlington was
charged with harboring Alice Francis.
i a .16-vear-old fflrl. in hep ...nrt v,
three other women of her class are be-
,- Sieved by the police to be concerned
" with Mrs. Darlington in her mlsde-
5, meanor. When arrested the defendant
, mum sentence that can be given In such
a case is one year In the county Jail
and a line of $1,000.
' GRAND AVENUE BRIDGE
NOW Rky)Y FOR USE
1 J The new Grand avenue street bridge
across Sullivan's gulch was completed
yecrerday - when the last of the hard
.surfacw pavement was laid on the road
way anu the structure will be thrown
npen to the public some time next week.
" Clt v Engineer Taylor will Inspect the
' bridre tomorrow or Monday so that he
ran file his report before the meeting
of the executive board next .Friday.
The executive board has to accept tha
bridge before It can be turned ever to
MllS p uWlO, . , tiy
(Special DUpatch to The Journal.)
Lewlston, Ida, Aug. 23. The use ot
the long-distance telephone and a race
In a buggy from the Northern Paclflo
depot to the United States land office
in this city won for Miss Madge Murch
a valuable homestead. Miss Murch is
a resident of the Pierce City country
and after securing the numbers on a
heavily timbered tract, learned that
other parties were ready to make filing
on the same land. Friends of the young
woman telephoned to Mrs. J. B. West of
Lewlston at an early hour and when
the Stltes train drew into the depot Mra
West and the buggy were at a con
venient point near the platform. As
Miss Murch leaped Into the carriage,
the horse was whipped into a mad gal
lop and on arriving at her destination
the young woman rushed Into tha land
office. She had been at the filing
counter less than two minutes when a
man much out of breath from strenuous
walking appeared and asked to file on
the same land.
(Special Dispatch te The Journal.)
The Dalles. Or.. Aug. 23. The rest
dence of R. !. Toung of this city was l
burglarised this morning ana aoout z
taken. Young left his purse In a pocket
and a few dollars In the drawer of a
bureau. The burglar took the purse
and the money In the bureau but left
two watches hanging in the room.
Toung waa in nia garden at the time
and had: put on an old pair of trousers.
Evidently the burglar was well ac
quainted with the premises and knew
Young's habit of being in his garden
early In the morning.
WORKMEN RUSHED TO
SNAKE RIVER LINE
LEWIS HUNTER OF
PENDLETON DEAD
(Special Dlapttch to Tha Jog mai.)
Pendleton, Or., Aug. 23. Lewis Hun
ter, a well-known business man of this
city, died last evening, after a lingering
Illness, of appendicitis.-
He was a native of Canada and had
lived in Idaho for many years before
coming to this city. Three years ago
he came to Pendleton and bought tha
furniture business of Joseph Bassler,
He leaves a wife, one son and several
brothers. He was a member of the Ma
sonic order and the Knlgiits of Pythias.
The body will be shipped to Lewlston.
Idaho, for interment.
THREE UMATILLA
MEN TO THE PEN
(Snerlu) Dispatch to Tha Joaraatt
Pendleton. Or.. Aug. 23. Circuit
Judge Bean has Just sentenced C. B.
Rogers to 18 months in the penitentiary
for passing a bogus check for $19 on
Jesse Shull of the Exchange saloon.
James Hyman was sentenced to two
years for having stolen a gun from the
Goodman Hardware company. He was
arrested while in the act or trying to
perform another shoplifting stunt,
wa-chl-no, an Indian, was found guilty
nf stealing and selling a horse. He was
given two years. " 5
LIST OF STATIONS
ON NORTH BANK
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Lewlston. Ida.. Aug. 23. Large num
bers of laborers are being secured by
Harrlman agents and rushed to the con
struction camps along the Snake river
and from now on work on the water
grade road from Huntington to Lewlston
will progress aa it has never before. In
Spokane alone nearly 600 men have been
secured. It is expected that within a
few days the big rail-laying machine
will be manned and work by hand
stopped.
WOOLEN MILL FOR
UNION, PERHAPS
(Special Dispatch to Tb JoorniL)
Union. Or.. Aug. 23. Union is excited
over the prospects of securing a modern
woolen mill. Messrs. Stoddard A Nlbley,
both well known in Grand Ronde valley,
are negotiating for the mill and state
they will make some very material
Improvements. The Industry will mean
much to Union, and the city and Com
mercial club will offer every inducement
fIBII II .
FOR CREMATORY
Council Side Steps Issue by
Referring Matter to
Joint Committee.
DRUNKEN SOLDIER
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
(Journal Special Service.)
New York Aug. 23, Crazed by drink
uernara ueianey, nrst sergeant or com
pany F, of the sixty-ninth regiment.
snot nis wire at tneir apartments and
then killed himself today. The woman
will live.
Bumping and sliding along with here
and there a biff on the solar plexus or
a short-arm Jolt to the nose, with never
a chance to land a good, winding body
blow on side-stepping committees, the
garbage crematory proposition was
jammed Into a corner by the council
health and police committee this morn
ing when it was referred1 to a Joint
meeting of the ways and means and
health and police committees. Just
when this Joint meeting will be held by
the committees was not designated in
the meeting this morning.
Members of the board of health who
are especially anxious that some action
be taken toward getting a new crema
torium do not relish the way in which
the council passes up the crematory.
Some members of the board have nub-
llcly expressed their opinion of the
council for Its neglect of what is
termed their duty.
Just when the garbage matter will
be resurrected from the pigeon hole by
the Joint committees is not definite, but
members of the health board are trust
ing that it will not be delayed much
into September. It was hoped that the
council would have selected a site and
created a fund to carry on the work
during the last few months and the
reeling entertained by the board toward
the council is not the friendliest in the
world.
ASHLAND IS QUIET
TELEGRAPHICALLY
(Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.)
Ashland, Or., Aug. 23. Since the
strike began the telegraph offices In
Ashland nave been very quiet, doing
practically no business. The offlcea at
Ashland are relay points for the lines
of both companies, and the principal
batteries to work between Portland and
San Francisco are located here. AH
the operators here left the keys except
Georgo F. Wilson, in charge of the
Western Union, who does not belong to
the telegraphers' union.
The Postal men have gone to the
mountains for an outing. They say the
lines are being operated now In h" lim
ited way by keeping such operators as
the comnanles can get on the double
shifts and paying high wages, and that
this condition can not last, especially aa
some of these men will fall to make
good.
They claim the operators have only
to persist in the strike to win, though
it may last for some time; but if tne
men hold out lone the companies must
fail to maintain the telegraph service.
SUES BECAUSE HE
WAS CALLED GRAFTER
(Special Dispatch te The" Josrssl)
Helena, Mont,' Aug. Z!.--Ths Montana
Federation of Labor Is meeting here In
fourteenth annual convention, with the
largest attendance la the history bf the
organisation. The feature of the meet
ing has been the reading Of the annual
reports of President Alexander Fair
grieve and Secretary H. O. Smith.
The federation Is Involved in only
two strikes those of the telephone line
men and telephone Operators. With ref
erence to the Injunctions Issued by Fed
eral Judge Hunt to restrain Interference
with the Rocky Mountain Bell Tele
phone company's bustnsss. President
Fairgrleve in his annual message said:
Tatars Xnjoaotloa Oaat Do.
This injunction has now been In
supposed effect for two weeks. 81nce
that time United States deputy mar
shals havs been busy serving papers
nnnn tha individual members through
out ths state, citing them to appear Sep
tember 2 to make anawer to a bill of
complaint filed against , them by the
Rrx-kv Mountain company. The orders
of the court should bs respected, but no
court, no state nor national govern
ment can compel any Individual to
patronise any specified company, cor
poration or Individual person engaged
either as a public service corporation or
as an Individual engaged In the distri
bution of commodities.
"There are certain Inalienable rights
guaranteed us snd among them is the
right to lite, liberty and happiness the
liberty of patronising friends; the hap
piness we receive from tha conscious
ness of knowing that wo are engaged In
the laudable occupation of aiding and
bringing happiness to those of our fellow-workmen
and women who are un
able to help themselves. The mission
I now charre you with, as union men
is to remember those who havs proven
friendly to' you and your cause and at
no tlma to forget those who are endeav
oring to destroy ths effectiveness of
your organisation by eourt Injunctions
and writs of mandate.
Tha renort of Secretary Smith showed
that there had been a large gala In the
number of both chartered and affiliated
unions, and a substantial cash balance
In the treasury
Appeal to OOTsno Tool.
A resolution has been Introduced stat
ing that Governor Toole has made three
campaigns in this stats opposing gov
ernment by Injunction and declaring
that the Kocxy Mountain reiepnona
company is striving to do business un
der that method. It therefore requests
the governor to show his -ood faith by
ordering ail leiepnonea nmimq xroiu
the capitol building and adds that he
will be Judged by the stand he takes.
now that the teei nas come, line reso
lution is In the hands of a committee.
tim will ha no nnnoaltlon. It is more
than probable, to ths reelection of
President Fairgrleve and Secretary
Smith. '
In another resolution the sympathy
of the organisation was tendered the
striking teiegranners.
Pacific 1 Mutual Insn
Company Files Com
Against H. T. Booth.
piaini
tuTTyr rmrrk-rrci t vnrv rn '
jtLj xnvvo&nu 10 ,
THE SUM INVOLVED
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MAN SINKS IN MUD
AND RESCUED BY BABES
Children Sea Head Projecting From
Mire and Secure Assistance.
HIRED MAN MURDERS
HIS EMPLOYER'S GIRL
(Special DlKpaich te The Joproal.)
t.n4lBAH n. Ann, 1 J 1 at A
ported there wili be 43 stations on the
ortn DanK roaa Detween vancoover anq
'asco. Commencing at Vancouver and
Kolng east the stations are named
Image, Fisher. Bourne, Seal, Crusatt,
Butler, Cascades, Stevenson, Ash, Col
lins. Oooks. Hood, Blngen, Villa, Lyle,
Bkadat, Grandalles, Spedls, Avery,
Tlmms. Columbus. Cliffs. Towall. Har
bin, Fountain, Sanda, Roosevelt, Moonax,
ftlctredie, cariey, L,uon, sage, patter-
won, ooiiaKe, uravei, nymouin, voiDia,
Mettlnger, Tomar, Yelleplt, Hoover and
Flnley.
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. Divorce Suits In Union County. ,
La Grande, Or.. Aug. 22. The follow
ing actions for divorce have been filed
in the union county court: Pearl Mur
ray ya.. George Murray, desertion and
non-support alleged; Ora' Clay vs. Mil
ton Clay, desertion, drunkenness snd
non-support; Rebecca Fairer vs. T. W.
Farrer, desertion. ..
(Joan.il Special Service.)
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 23. Miss
Malett, a young woman of Tashua, was
murdered today by a hired man, who
assaulted her first and burned tha hnnu
to hide his crime.
Sheriffs in Session.
Twenty-five of the 33 sheriffs of Ore-
fron are in session at the sheriff's office
n the courthouse today, and are dis
cussing matters of general Interest to
the sheriffs In the line of furthering the
detention of prisoners for one another
and the serving of writs and official
papers. Sheriff H. C. McCIeJlan of
Douglas county is president of the or
ganisation. Tomorrow the sheriffs will
hold a Joint session with the sheriffs of
Washington in the district courtroom.
DUTHIE'S BLINDNESS
DECLARED INCURABLE
(Special Dispatch to Tha Journal.)
Lewlston, Idaho, Aug. 23. Ora L. Du
thie, son of former Mayor W. M. Duthle,
who while handling fruit boxes at his
father's warehouse at Troy, Idaho, was
suddenly stricken with blindness, can
never recover, it la said. Thinking the
attack was temporary and probably
caused by over exertion, the young man
was taken at once to Spokane to a spe
cialist, who pronounced the case incur
able. Dr. C. P. Thomas of Spokane
says the case Is a rare one, deep-seated
and arising from no apparent cause.
Young uutnie can only distinguish large
objects and can barely see bis own Way I
along the sidewalk. Though the spe-I
ciansts can give tne Doy no nope t,r
recovering his lost sight, they believe
tney can save mm irom total blind
ness.
NEW COMPANIES
FILE INCORPORATION
Articles of Incorporation were filed
by three Portland concerns In county
Union s Irrigation Men. pany will engage in business here, with.
Union, or., Aug. 2S. The mayor of ' S,r 'ZinV t nirrfaeif t Tnn VnVT
Union has appointed representative, to j tof? vecfure aUof tKucUv
. tha fifteenth Nation. I l-.i I MCClUre, ail or WIS City. .
sttend ths fifteenth National Irrigation
congress at Sacramento in September,
as iouiiwb, tt . jo. uuiey, ueorge A.
Bcibird, W. P. McMillan, Robert Wlthy
eomtMTand A. B. Hempe. The Commer
cial club will also appoint a delegation.
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Journal Readers
The,Joumal's friends, when patron
ising ffourasi advertisers. will confer
a favor by mentioning that they saw
ths ad la Ths Journal,,
Ths Black Diamond Painted Shinrli
company is inoorporatea oy ij. tr.
rill and E. Carles of Portland ami
odore Buckraan of Vancouver. Washlua-.
ton. The capital stock is 120,000, of
which $18,000 has been fully subscribed.
A supplementary petition has been
filed by the Pacific Electric company of
this city, changing ths name to the Pa
cific Electric Engineering company and
Increasing the capital stock from 110,000
to $20,000. R. H. Tata ts president and
S. V. Est? secretary.- .
(Special DUpatch to Tha Journal,)
Echo, Or.. Aug. 23. There is soms
excitement at Echo regarding the case
of Fred Kine vs. the city or Echo where
in Klne asks for damages in the sum
of $1,000. According to the allegations
Klne was hired by the city of Echo to
work at tne pumping station lasi
winter for a period of several weeks.
He presented a bill for $300 to the city
lor wages, wnicn tne council consiaereu
far too high for the work done. Klne,
it Is understood, offered to compromise
for $200 but the city would not agree
to pay over $160.
A heated discussion between Klne and
the council took place a short time ago
and Klne la now bringing suit against
the city for slander, alleging that he
was called a grafter and was charged
with various things injurious to his
character. The case Is expected to come
up at any time.
WIFE TO ADMINISTER
MICHAEL SINS'- ESTATE
Application was made and granted In
county court today to appoint Louise
Sins executrix of ths estate of the late
Michael. tns. Mrs. Sins as wlfa of
deceased was appointed administratrix
of the estate after death on April 13
last. At that time It was thought there
was no will. ...
It now develops that a will was made
on April 25, 1893. and the order of the
court today simply makes the wife ex
ecutrix Instead of administratrix.
DEATH OF RESPECTED
TILLAMOOK FARMER
(Journal Special Service.)
Tillamook, Or.. Aug. 23. S. W. Ayres,
aged 65, a widower, , died suddenly at
1 o'clock today frdm heart disease, at
Forest Hill. He leaves two sons. He
waa a well known and respected farmer.
' Civil Service Examination.
An examination for i the position ' of
electrician, elevator conaucior win
be held at the poetoffice in this city
on September .35, 1907. For applica
tion blanks and full information rela
tive - to the,; examination, quajincauons,
duties, salaries, etc., . address Z. A.
(Journal Special Bervtee.)
Paris. Aug. 21. Two children accom
pushed sn amasing rescue of a man at
Lille yesterday.
The little ones were claying near a
mnat when thev saw a man s neaa pro
jecting out of the mud.
i ni man criea iivvit w iu.w v.
hain an tha children at one ran away.
and Informed some men near at hand.
They 'hurried to the spot, and after
considerable difficulty succeeded In dig'
glng the man out or me mua.
He was In a terribly exhausted condi
tion, and explained that he had been
stuck fast In the mud up to his neck
fi. 5 A tinura.
While walking on the fortifications
hs had fallen Into the mud at the edge
of the moat, and could make no one
hear his cries for help until the chil
dren saw him.
UNHAPPY COUPLES
SEEK DIVORCES
F. J. Koerner seeks freedom from Lil
lian B. Koerner. In his petition filed to
day in circuit court he alleges that Lil
lian Is cruel and Inhuman to him. Her
principal offense, he alleges, ia to ab
sent herself from home days at a time
during which she. frequents what he
terms "the bad lands" of Portland,
drinking and carousing with low and
degraded people.
Frequently Koerner asserts hs has
awaited his wife's return late at night
on streetcars and conducted her home
from a nearby corner.
The couple married In Portland Oc
tober 11, 1899. About .two months ago
Mrs. Koertker began suit for divorce.
alleging cruelty and non-support.
HELD TO GRAND JURY
FOR USING BAD CHECK
Defendant Maintains He Took Noth.
log But Commission Allowed Ilia
on New Policies and Renewals-
Former Manager Under Bonds. .
H. T. Booth, former general agent ot
ths Paoifio Mutual Life Insurance com
pany for Oregon,' Is defendant in. a
couple of sensational suits brought by.
the. company against him alleging em-
besslsment of approximately $J,000"of
ths company's funds.
Testerday afternoon an Information
was filed In ths state circuit court by,
ths district attornev's offlc
Booth with having smbeiale
of tha eomnany's funds. This
a suit was nieo-in tne united bi
district court for the recovery or si
proximately $4,000, which it la alleged
Booth collected and failed to aooount
for.
BOth actions havs been brought on
the complaint of W. H. Davis, general
manager for ths company, with head
now la the city looking after ths case.
Beleassa to Ceours XtadV.
Caotain of Detectives Bruin waa un
able to find Booth yesterday afternoon
or this morning, but Booth appeared at
the office of the district attorney and
was allowed to go with his attorney, A.
King Wilson, to procure bonds for his
release. This bond was fixed bv tha
municipal court at $2,000. Booth, It ia
understood, will surrender himself to
the authorities Immediately upon com
Dieting arrangements for his bonda aa.
cording to tha agreement made with tha
offloers, and will parhapa then be al
lowed to go until his ease Is called for
trial.
According to ths story told bv Devi a
Booth was general aarent for the coin
pany from Jawuery last until ths first
of tha present month and as such had
charge and' control of ths company's
business In ths state. He had offices
In ths Fen ton building and It is chars-ed
by Mr. Davis and In ths com plaint
against the defendant that be oojleotad
large sums of money from policies and
retained the amounts nslng them for
nis own personal expenses.
Booth on the other hand admits that
hs retained money but states that his
contract with ths company allowed him
a commission on all renewals as well as
upon new policies. What money he re
tained, the defendant states, was due'
him from ths company for renewala He
denies therefore that he la guilty of
embesslement or of having appropriated
any funds to Ms own use not belonging
to him by right
Booth Well Known Hers.
Booth Is well known in the city and
throughout ths state. He has been In
the Insurance business tn different
sections of Oregon for a number of
years and has always been considered
to bs a most trustworthy and capabls
man. -
For a' lone- time he was at ths heal
of the eastern Oregon district and
made his headquarters w Baker City,
though his territory extended over a
large section of the state. Recently,
however - be was trsnsferred to Port
land and given charge of the entire
work in. - the,, state. He is a man of
family.,, and ' contends that he has
nothing to fear from the present actions
brought against him.
The Information from the office of
the dlatrlct sttornsy charging embessle
ment was Issued by Deny Adams upon
the affidavit Of Mr. Davis. Several
days ago a mass of documentary evi
dence was submitted to the district at
torney's office, but It was so volumi
nous and complicated In detail that ths
complaining witness was told to make
affidavit to the fact of the embesslement.
CONRAD TO SELL OUT
HHP REST 111 CHINA
Proprietor of Pullman Cafe
Will Mingle With Rice
Eaters in Orient j
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Mer-i Leigh, secretary board . of ctvll service
The- examiners, postomce, city. ;
j, Gambling Cases at. Umatilla.
: special Dispatch to Tfce Jonrsat)
" Umatyia. - Or-i- Aug. - S3. William
Meredith and F. W. Cline, both of Uma
tilla, 'are under charge- preferred by
District Attorney' Phelps of having" al
lowed gambling games to be played lo
tbslr saloona . , , i
John TT. Elliott arrested last night
by Detectives Jones and Tichenor on a
charge of, obtaining $20 from the Moyer
Clothing company by means of a bogus
check, waived a preliminary hearing in
toe police court, mis morning ana was
bound over to the grand jury in the sum
of $760. The detectives believe that El
liott has disposed or considerable worth
less naner and are now making an in
vestlgatlon in an endeavor to connect
him witn ptner crimes.
Queen of Slam's Jewels.
From Tlt-Blts.
The Queen of Slam possesses ths
finest collection ot jewels In the world.
The walla of her bed ehamber are lit.
erally ablase with precious stones, while
In a safe in her majesty's apartments
are diamonds, rubles, pearls and emer
ald h fashioned into quaint, necklaces of
fabulous value. ; One little article alone.
Intended to serve as a thimble, is In the
shape of a lotus flower and Is valued at
flMOO.," . .
The king, too. possesses a wonderful
stock Of Jewels,, and not only Is his
throne, which Is made of pure gold,
thickly encrusted with diamonds, nearta
and rubles, but his majesty's wtnte man
tle i covered with jewels. In fact this
cloak is the most wonderful sarment in
the world. In spite of his enormous col
lection of- jewels, however, the king of
Blam is constantly adding to them and
spends something like 120,000 per an
num la purchasing new stones ;
Dismayed at the vigilance of the au
thorities snd the publicity given his no
torious dive, John Conrad, proprietor of
the Pullman cafe at Alder street and)
husband of Essie Wat kins, keeper of a
north end resort has deolded to dis
pose of his saloon and sidestep trouble
n tne wilds ox umna. .
Amid the waving, scarlet poppy fields
ona the Tang Tse Kiang. the saloon
keeper, who has been the central fia
in Innumerable police court proceed
for 'various offenses, will seel
get Portland and initiate thesWne rlcs
gatherers in ths vices of the Occident.
After several weeks of delay, upon
the reauest of Attorney Henry McGinn.
Judge Cameron this morning fined Con
rad $25 for keeping his saloon open
arter hours. Mcuinn is said to have in
formed Cameron yesterday that his cli
ent Intends to sell his dive and depart
for the orient about September 8.
Conrad's reported Intention of leav
ing Oregon at this time Is most signifi
cant. His trial on the charge of allow
ing his wife to conduct and remain in
a disorderly house haa been set for
next month In the circuit court His
spouse will also have to answer for
keeping a 17-year-old girl in her den
of Infamy for 11 weeks.
The woman is now out on $500 bonds,
snd It Is supposed that when the at
tention of Judge Fraser is called to
Conrad's Intention of leaving Portland
she will be required to deposit an addi
tional sum to guarantee her appearance
in court
Perhaps in the years to come the
thirsty Celestial wayfarer along the -great
highway to the "forbidden city"
will pause In open-eyed wonder at ths
sign emblaxoned In letters of irold,
"Pullman Cafe," and from the hands of
ths "white devil" In silken robes will
quaff the seductive "yen shee" highball.
SECRETARY 8TRUAS IS
FINED BY OWN MEN
(Jearsal Special gartlea.)
San Francisco, Aug. 28. A fins of
$1,000 has been sssessed Sgainst ths
steamship Asia 'for violating the law
which prohibits foreign vessels carrying
passengers from one American port to
another. The Asia brought Secretary ,
Straus and party to this port from
Honolulu. Secretary Straus must pay
tha fine for the cantain of the Asia or
order, his department to remit it.
ARMY IN CUBA IS
EXPENSIVE LUX
(Journal Special- Service.)
Washington Auk. 23. A renort of ths '
auartermaster-general shows tha cost
of maintenance of the Cuban army of .
pacification during' the fiscal year ot
1807 was over $$,000,000. , ; -
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