THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, AtrtJST 29. 180T.
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CAUSED
DOWNFALL
Filing of Suit for Kon-Sup-port
by'MrsDe Divers
f" Sates Husband From Mar-
G. E. Slater Arrested Here
for Passing Worthless '
Checks in Coast Cities.
Race horses and whiskey, a combtna
tlon that has been tbe ruination of
many men, are primarily responsible.
i t A 1 A 1- oownrau or a. E. B later or
nmj; Aam UUU iWlHJlU- Indianapolis. Indiana, who was arrested
' in ft ft ; Prtlrffntnlat yesterday In the Elks" club. Seventh and
. .XOaJgailllSU BUrk ,trMt by ' ruteotlvee Price.
Alden and Maioney, on a warrant charg
ing him -with obtaining money under
imjmm pmanees.'
Slater Is now locked up In the city
Dnnon in aeraiut rr 11 haa iuitiiii irni 11
. . , i i m ii -- ' . - . :
ucms- nroaecuiea or nis wu lor iiinii not yet been determined whether
tng to support her haa probably saved Jo try Mm In this city or turn him over
V: n.IHr. from nroeacutlon for V'w. Du ". V"'"?. - 'ur"'"."i
- -- ' I "no nave requested mat ne ne neia
bigamy, for he bad procured a license I pending the arrival of an officer with
to marry. Mrs. Minnie John eon. but waa requisition papers.
..... k- tv...... ftH.rtef I IT PIM Pnni in ui iwu cao
! f -- 1 ciyqe- m. Bins, secretary or the fort-
en the charre of nonaupport of Ma Wtfe land lodge of Elks. Bills alleges that
before the marriage ceremony waa per, Slater passed a worthless check for l0
" . , Ion blm and the prisoner does not deny
formed. .... I the aecueation. In addition to this
The prisoner's wife. Mrs. Nellie De-1 charge several other persons have com-
ttvers. did not know of bar husband's ; H1U,-1 .it0-r"'
to the county clerk's office yesterday
afternoon to swear to the complaint
charring that DeDivers had failed to
support her.
Then Mrs. DeDivers waa informed
that on Tuesday evening DeDivers had
procured a marriage license for him
self. :, While Mrs. DeDivers was discus
in the affair In the county clerk's
office, a brother of Mrs. Johnson, wnora
.DeDivers was to marry, came Into the
PUT BLANKET ON
INDECENT
CARDS
Authorities Take Solid Stand
on Sale of Coarse
Pictures.
"The authorities have wisely started
a crussde sgalnst the exhibition and
sale of Immoral or suggestive post
cards and I want to give notice at this
time that any one else brought before
me on this charge will be severely dealt
with," said Acting Police Judge Strode
this morning In pasting sentence on A.
A. Wise, a cigar dealer at Sixth and
Stark streets, who waa arrested yes-
r,iv hv Patrolman Wellbrook for
selling and exposing for sale lewd pic
Whlight Prevents Council
From Revoking General
Electric Heating Fran
cjilse Asks for Forfeiture
of Uond for $50,000. J
After adopting, a recommendation of
the council street committee to forfeit
waa shown to the court that the Portland General Electrlo company's
POLICE REPORT HAD
WRONG MAN 111 JAIL
office looking for Ma prospective broth- T T TTpllv PnTTPffQ Rtfltfnn
ew-ln-law. He had heard that DeDivers JVCU IjUITCIAS OlKMUIl
Record, Which Gave Ac
count of His Arrest.
wee already a married man and left the
impression among me aepuiy county
clerks that he had turned out to get
DeDivers' scalp.
Deputy Sheriff Bird learned from Mrs.
Johnson's brother that the marriage had
been planned for t o'clock yesterdir
venlns. but for some reason- It was
nnatnoned. DeDivers waa arrested at
about lo:lv o'clock and placed In the
county Jail In default or leoo nail.
Mr a. L Divers wss formerly Miss Jfel
lie McDonald and lives now with her
parents at lit Spring street. She mar
rled DeDivers December 24, 10. the
Through blunder by the police de
partment It was Inadvertently pub
lished In the Issue of The Journal last
evening that J. J. Kelly of the Kelly
Paint company, 412 East Washington
street, who allegea that he was held
ceremony being performed by Rev. H. up and robbed by Lem Wtlllama, a no
J. Talbot. The couple afterward lived torious negro ex -convict, was lnear-
one child, Clarence, aged 1 years. . . ' , ,. ! .
DeDivers when seen at the county I of drunkennesa Mr. Kelly was not
fall this morning said that he had be-1 under the Influence of liquor at the
lieved hla wife had secured a divorce, time of visiting the station when his
Hm aaM thr ana rated several months I alla-d aaaailant wna hrnuaht to head-
bko and he went to Seattle and at the J quarters, and was pot locked up.
time Mrs. Deutvers toia mm mam in-1 i ne pumtcation or Keny a erresi ror
lAnilMt In iwura a divorce. He had I drunkenness in connection with the
not been notified that she was divorced, I article dealing with his strenuous ex
he said, - but presumed that she had prience at the hands of the footpad,
sone ahead and obtained a legal sep-Was due to a mistake of Captain O. H.
aratlon. . I Bailey of the second night relief. In
When DeDivers secured the marriage the hustle and bustle at police head
license he gave hla address as 801 Cor-1 quarters Captain Bailey in making out
tures.
Wlae had all of his wealth, amounting
in tina nn rinnoslt in the Oregon Trust
St, Savings bank at tne time iqai insti
tution failed, and the fact that the de
fendant voluntarily removed all or the
offensive carda from In front of hla
shop, Judge Strode tempered Justice
with mercy by Imposing the small fine
of no. under ordinance itvi maw
could have been fined from $10 to $100
( to 90 days, or punished by both One
and imprisonment. ..mm
Acting under orders of the chief of
nollce. several plam-ciotnes men are
now making a inorougn lnyaaHgauon
of the reporta that stores throughout
the city are selling and offering for sale
lewd and vulgar pictures ana posicaras.
As the result of the visit of the officers
to several establishments dealing in
theee artlclea other arrests are expected
to result
BRIDE OF FIVE DAYS
COURT'S
CUSTODY
bett street. Mra Johnson Is a widow
of tbe came age as DeDlver, 21 yeara
Th affidavit on which the license was
Issued was sworn to or Jonu oraano. i
!I0 RECEIVER FOR
i rmnir nniinmi
atiiiuitbuii
Judge Gantenbein Finds Re
j sources More Than Ample
to Meet Obligations.
J Judge Gantenbein ln the circuit court
. yesterday afternoon denied the appllc.
tlon of J, A. Currey for he appoint
ment of a recelyer for the H. W,
lmcke company holding that Currey
tiai fallrd to Drove either that the com
i pany was Insolvent or that there was
any Immediate danger of Insolvency.
The Judge held that though there are
. lara-e obligations for the company to
- meet, the resources are more than suf
flrient to meet them. One tract pur
"'- Chased for $150,000 appeared from tes
. timonv to be worth $300,000. In an-
nouncinar his decision the judge eald:
"I do not wish to be understood as
Indorsing the management of the cor
poration. 1 think that some of these
. officials have, to say the least, been
extremely thrifty. There Is no doubt
whatever that misleading represent!'
tions of material facta were made by
some 01 tne aeienaams o Surrey ana
that he acted upon these representations
i - to his Injury.
"As a condition precedent to denying
the recelverahlp, all the offers made
" by some of the defendants ln their af-
fldavlts must be made good. They
must refund the money taken by H. W.
Lracke and John P. Sharkey with
which to pay their club bills. They
were not Justified In charging these
hills to the corporation. A strip of
land held in the name of O. C. Lemcke
. must be reconveyed to tne corporation.
1 and U tbe other offera must be made
good."
The club dues paid by Sharkey and
v Lemcke, out of corporation funds,
amounted to less than $60. Mr. Lemcke
". said today that the corporation la ln
. a very healthy condition and has over
' $3217,000 of net assets, over and abovo
- all liabilities.
PLENTY OF WATER
. HERE FOR WARSHIPS
his reoort to Chief Oritxmaoher unln
tentlonally wrote "Kelly waa drunk
nen Droucnt in ana was Dooxea on
that charge," when he ahould have writ
ten "Williams," etc
The journals representative at tne
station in uslna the report for refer-
1 ence in writing the story of the crime
naturally accepted Captain Bailey's re
port as authentic and the Injustice to
Mr. Kelly resulted. Kelly haa sub
mitted the following statement to this
paper:
"ine statement DUDiisnea in xn
Journal of my having been robbed by
the negro Lem Williams and his subse
quent arrest la substantially correct,
xcept that part or It which saya that
Bailey locked me up on
drunkenness.
was
the
not
Captain P. J. Werlich, lighthouse In
spector of this district, stated this
morning that, ln his opinion. It would
be perfectly safe to bring the fleet of
warships, soon to visit tnis coast, to
Portland. He said the fact that the
-CAarteston was here some time ago and
found any amount of water, demon
strates the safety of bringing the ves
sels up ijthe river.
R00KEY INQUEST IS
STILL UNDETERMINED
V No decision has been reached by act
ing Coroner Arthur L. Finley whether
to hold an Inquest over the body of
Fre J. Hooney, the Spanish-American
war veteran who was killed by a noth
bound "8" car at Third and Main
;r streets, Tuesday night.
According to wltnegFe interviewed by
Finley, Rooney was greatly under the
influence of liquor at the time of the
accident and stepped directly in front of
the car. The , coroner learned from
Motorman Shlvely that the car waa
running between 12 and 15 miles an
hour which Is greatly In excess of the
speed provided by law.
. Kooney is to be buried by the Port-
land Camp of the Spanish-American
. war veteran The members of this
organisation are a unit ln declaring
t hat Kooney did not -unse intoxicating
liquor and therefore sould not hava
lfen drunk when he met his horrible
fate., Deceaaed had a brilliant record
in tha Philippines.
KILLS HIMSELF AFTER
. SLAYING HIS SISTER
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(Amrael frl! ServVe.) - '
' Maheney City, Pa.. Aug. I J. Thomas
I.oveil, proprietor or a hotel In Orand-
ii la, toaay shot an1 killed bis sister,
then coroinitteJ suiclda, j. j. ...
nor was such' a thlnar sua
ed eftei'
lap tain
charge of
locked up.
geated. I waa very much excite
my enoounler with the negro, but waa
not at all under the influence of whis
key, nor was any auch intimation made
by captain Bailey, nor anyone elae at
the police station. My reason for sign
ing the check aa I did waa because of
the fact that the negro waa looking at
several pads of letterheads which were
lying on the table and which contained
the name of the Arm that I bought out.
and 1 was arraid that ir I signed my
own name to the check the negro would
suspect me of trying to deceive him and
W MIC vruij IUi
Officers Will Probably Send
Young Woman to Good
Shepherd Home.
Though George H. Sanda was married
last Saturday, and had the conaent of
his baide's father to the marriage, hs
la not lord and master of his wife to
day. The Juvenile court haa her and
mav sand her to the Home of the Oood
.Shepherd for a time, whether Sands
wants her to so or nor,
Sands' bride was Miss Emma Toole,
who became a ward Of the Juvenile court
aome time ago. Last Saturday they
were married. Laat night at 11:20
o'clock, at the corner of First and
Alder streets, Mrs. Sands and Joe
Dosher were taken Into cuetody by De
tectives Kay and Mcculloch
Dosher waa cnargeawitn contrinui-
heat franchise, the council was blocked
In passing aa ordinance revoking the
franchise yesterday afternoon by Rush
light, who refused, to give his consent
to , suspension of . the rules until he
could learn whether tha $ $0,000 bond of
the company could be forfaited. Rush
light, wants, ln addition to the revoca
tion of the franchise, the forfeiture of
the company's bond.- Other members of
the council held . that It was a matter
for the courts to decide.
Eleven or the la member a of the coun
cil yesterday voted to annul the heat
ing franchise, the affirmative being An
nand. Baker, Balding, Cellars, Conten
tion, Cottel, Drlscoll. Dunning, Kella-
her. Menefee and Vaushn. The four
opposed to revoking the franchlae were
Hennett, Rushlight. Wallace and Wills.
Kushllcht voted arainst tha adootlon
ot the committee because he wanted the
franchlae discussion deferred until next
Tuesday afternoon, when a rceclal meet-.
Ing will be held to consWer the Ore-
tohise, the
franchlae.
the garbage crematorium, the city Jail
and emergency hospital site and the
Shepherd building ordlnanca
There waa a heated dlacuaalon ever
tbe heatlna franchlae matter with some
personalities on the part of Wills, who
made a epeeoh for tha measure. Wllla
aald he waa thinking about the Inter
ests of the people who were deoendlns-
on heat this winter Instead of the com
pany and thought they ought to be
given some consideration.
One thousand dollars was nut un bv
tbe company and la now In the hands of
tne city treasurer. The company also
executed a $50,000 surety bond. It la
believed that the $1,000 can be con
fiscated for failure to comply with the
terms of the franchise, while the for
feiture of tha larger aum la a matter
for the courts to determine.
FIRST
TO TEETH ONLY CLUE .'SUIT 111
ir- nrnnnTlrn nnniifiirn nnnw wvi i w w 11.L.
IntfL ULUIIIJ I I I II 1 1 UN I'lM LI I III III V
llflftL ntrUlll MUUAUMIILUUUUI
Salem, Falls City & Western Mrs. Nusbaum Claims Re-
Files Its Official
Figures.
mains Found-at Seaside
asChose of Husband.
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ClEtllTIM
.(Special Dlapateb to Tbe Journal)
Salem. Or., Aug. 9. The first annual
report that haa been made to the stats
railway oommtaalon waa received from
the Salem, Falls City and Western Rail
way company today. The following Is
a brief summary:
uroas earnings from opera
tion $ UJti.1t
Operating expenses . . .
Income from operating
Interest on funded debt accrued
Interest on Interest-bearlng-
current liabilities
Taxes
Total deductlona from income
Net lnoome
Surnlua
Capital stock issued and out
standing Funded indebtedneaa
Coat, construction and equip
ment to aaie
Another claimant for the dead body
washed ashore at Ilawco haa arisen' ln
the person of Mra J. C Nusbaum of
the Kellog apartment house. Grant and
Front streets, who declares that the
description of the teeth of Dr. James
M. Smith, given In The Journal yester
day corresponds exactly with the teeth
and dental work of her husband,- who
was drowned at Long Beach, July IT.
80 certain Is Mrs. Nusbaum that the
$.800.00 body a that of her husband that she
has Instructed Coroner J. C. Finley to
have the body sent on from Ilwaco.
Ths body was expressed from there to
day ana will reach Portland tomorrow
mornlna.
it la said tnat there is absolutely no
Cloud Over Holdings in Feck.
Addition to Be Threshed
Out in Court Five Hun
dred People Own Property
in Suburb. V
47. $11.14
26,171.11
244.IT
8K.S(
7.633.81
l.23t.0$
19.23I.0I
100.000.00
117,000.00
$06,808.00
aookmsa Complain.
A complaint waa todav received from
Phtlllpe brothers, the Tacoma Meat
company, O. D. Jonas, It F, Putnam, W.
B. Winy and Q. D. Burdlck concerning
the contracts used br the Southern Pa
cific, the O. R. 4V N. and ths Northern
Paclflo for the ahloment of livestock.
They claim that the values placed on
livestock are arbitrary and unreason
ably low and that ahlppera are forced to
release companies from all liability for
Injury to themselves or to stock even
when the Injury Is the direct result of
unserviceable equipment. It Is also
msde a matter of complaint that live
stock shipments are reauirsd to be ac
companied ny an attendant and that one
ear ahlppera are discriminated agalnat
ln the matter of return paaaage.
Ml TAH PLAYERS
PLEAD GUILTY
way of Identifying ths Corpse excepting
bv the teeth. With both Mrs. Smith
and Mra Nusbaum furnishing descrip
tions of their husbands' teetn wnicn sp-
At last litigation Is brought about
by which It Is hoped to clear title to
lots. In Peck's addition to East Port
land. Action was brought In circuit
court this morning by Mra M. L. Peck,
wife of C W. Peck, deceased, who plat
ted the addition years ago. The prop
erty ln question is 10 acres, one-quarter
of a mile east of the city limits, on
ths Mount Scott car Una When origin
parently exaotly coincide the only re-1 ally laid out It waa valued at $1,000 an
course the two women will have to see
which shall be awarded the recovered
body will be expert examination on the
part of the dentlats who performed tne
work.
Dr. D. Howard Miller, the dentist who
did mOst of Dr. Smith's dental work Is
positive that he can Identify his work
if any question arlaea. But Mrs. Nus
baum will alao have her huaband's den
tist make an examination of the body
In protecting what aba bellevea to be
her right to It
There la a strong possibility, how
ever, of the body not being that of
acre, but alnce then many Improsjunents
have been added and the holding
todsy easily worth between $20,000 an
$25,000.
The suit filed Is aareinat 8. B. Cobh.
president of the Standard Box A Lum
ber com Dan V. who owns one lot In tha
addition and the action la a teat upon
which hanga the fate of litigation in
future involving no lees than S00 In
dividuals who are holders of deeds to
which titles are clouded."
Mra Peck and her 'minor sons claim
aver, ui in uwjjt nui wing tu.i ui i , M , . . . .
either man and of . both widow, being. VAc.r"Jn
disappointed when It does arrive. For
the undertaker at Ilwaco who haa pre-
referred to besldea considerable other
valuable property adjoining and now
nmnrn
ImADlL
Tfl
lliUIIILIl UIIHULL IU
WIRE FOR SON'S BODY
Ing to the delinquency of Mra. Sands IfiHs lff)nrP PrfiStrntPlI OvPr
and waa locked up in ths city Jail. Mra i,Ala XIUSUHIWI UVL17
Inability to Telegraph Re
garding Son's Remains.
Sands was held by the police until she
could be turned over to the Juvenile
court.
DANISH HIGH SCHOOL
IS INCORPORATED
PENDLETON'S BONDS
GOOD IN PENDLETON
(Special DUiii ti ll to Tb JonrsaLI
Pendleton, or., Aug. 29. That
Pendleton and Umatilla county are not
dependent upon the oaetern money mar
kets has been shown by the course of
affairs ln connection with the sale of
the new city bonds. Thoutrh the east
ern money-lenders have not been able
to take the $147,000 :ond issue offered
them by this city, the banks of Pendle
ton, unaffected by the financial embar
rassment, have been found ln better con
dition.
Compared with the $4,000,000 that la
beinar received rrom this yeara wheat
crop, this bond Issue Is a trifle, and the
willingness of the local banks to take
at leaai a part or them was welcome
news to the city council.
VIOLATORS OF SALOON
CLOSING GET FINED
Louis Trummer. nronrletor of a m.
loon on Washington near sixth street,
who was arrested last Monday morning
for keeping; his place of business onen
after houra appeared in the police court'
today and was fined $25 by acting
Judge Stroda
Chris Kalmbach, a saloonkeeper at
795 Thurman street was assessed $20
for falling to obey the Sunday closina:
law. Kalmbach waa detected ln the act
of dispensing liquor to several custo
mers by Detective Pat Maher of the
district attorney's office but was not
taken Into custody until yesterday.
(Special Dlapatch to Tba Joarnal.
Salem, Or.. Aug. 29. Three companies
filed articles of Incorporation with the
secretary of state yeaterday. These
were the Pacific Danske Halskole, the
St John Light & Heating company and
the Hermiston Loan at Improvement
company. Ths first Is a corpora t.lon
established for the purpose of founu.ng
a Danish high school at Junction City.
Lane county. In this school will be
taught panish culture, American and
Danish hiatory, Bible hiatory. bookkeep
ing, physiology, physics, botany and
other subjects which it is customary to
teach ln Daniah high schools. The In
corporators are Soren L. Jensen, A. C.
Nellson, C. Sand, Trolea Kllng and Jena
Larson. The capital stock Is $6,000.
The St John Gas Light & Heating
company la Incorporated, with a capital
tock of $100,000. The incorporators
are Samuel D. Davidson. W. B. Streeter
and A. C. Emmona Aa the name Im
plies, the main object Is the establish
ment of a gaa plant at St. John, Multno
mah county.
The Hermiston Loan A Investment
company waa Incorporated by Francis
H. Bartlett, W. H- Skinner and F. B
Swayae, with a capital stock of $10,000,
STREET MEETINGS ARE
CALLED DISTURBANCE
(Boeclal Dlioateh to Tbe Journal.)
Reno. Aug. 29. Rev. Leslie M. Bur-
H. 6. Hall, after spending the night In
Jail, appeared before Judge Bell and
Because of the telegraphers' atrlke
Mrs. Sadie EL Moore has received no
message as to the disposition of the
body of her eon, Guy E. Moore, who
died from over-exertion lnTesculng two
Five Chinese entered pless of guilty
of gambling today and escaped with
small lines. Jus Sue, one of the well
known boss gamblers, and five patrona
of hla place at $5 Second atreet, who
were taken Into custody by Detectlvea
Kay and Klenlln In a raid on the place
laat Saturday afternoon, were thoae be
fore Acting Judge Stroda Jue Sua was
fined $15 and ths others escaped with
$10 flnea spleca
The Chinatown squad apparently can
not be active for any length of time as
no raids have been made alnce laat Sat
urday, although illegal gamins- and lot
tery drawings are. known to be taking
uini-v uaiiy. rrom an oinciaj source it
haa been learned that at no time aince
mey nave been assigned ror duty ln
the Chinese quarter have Kay and Klen
lln ever raided 128, 12SH. 110 and 96H
Second atreet. although gambling la aald
o do in progresa in these places.
youna men who were helnleaalv drift
Lke Michigan while a
ing.
wired to Chicago asking
ins about In Lake
gale was blowln
Mra Moore
were found guilt
peace by holding
disturbing the
They
lltv of
atreet meetings,
were sentenced to pay $10 apiece as u
fine. Thev will appeal their case to the
district court.
CHEHALIS BURGLARS
SERVE REFRESHMENTS
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Chohalla Wash., Aug. 29. The Hart-
man ft Nathan department store was
entered last night by burglars, who
loaded themselves up with cutlery.
Jewelry and clothing and made their
escape without leaving any clues. Evi
dences of a feast ln tne grocery depart
ment were plentiful in the shape of
melon rinds, empty sardine cans and
other debria
w' v I , V j
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v.1,l,frr-rnrftt..T.r.arlT)afttlfrt.rit
H.
Guy
Moore.
SMALL BOY'S STUMP SPEECH
LANDS HIM IN OFFICER'S HANDS
that her son's body be forwarded to
Portland for burial, but no word has
been received ln reply, and she fears
her message may not have reached Chi
cago and that her son's body haa been
buried tnere.
young -Moore waa Z3 years or are
anrt a etuaent or tne .National Medical
university. He was on a vacation at
Muskegon, Michigan, where he rescued
ths young men aeveral days ago. Moore
suffered with hemorrhages after his
battle with the wavea and waa removed
to Chicago, where he died Tuesday.
Mrs. Moore resides at 294 Eugene
street and was nearly distracted this
morning when two daya had passed
without word from Chicago as to the
disposition of her son's body. She Is
afraid that her telegram haa not been
received at Chicago and she has been
unable to get into communication with
the authorities there.
LUKE WRIGHT SAYS
pared it for shipment to Portland de- '- 1 cl1' Jf. hJn.V,m vlu'.a
Clares that there la but one gold tooth. M" mor.n,n wa." brought through at-
and that on the uppsr right aide ol 'the "TO A n'af,u'
mourn, ii mis is rouna to db correct "
the body will be without a claimant ,lr.m ntlrs difficulty over the prop-
when tt reaches Portland and will prob- ningea on . ine closing out or ar
sbly either be burled In the potter's mortgage during the Ufa of Mr. Peck,
field here or returned to the county " t"1 Pr'r to the latter's
authorities at Ilwaco for Interment. 1 death three sums, or money were bor-
Mr. Nusbaum was drowned In much I ruwea si auiereni times on tne scre-
um. mniiw that rr flmith mt aae. namely is.voo. I z. ooo and it. too.
hla death, and ln the aame apot at Long In final adjustment of claims for seme
Beach. There la a very dangerous un- aower ngms or aira t-eca
dnrtnw In soma nlacea alnnar tha bearh and the children 8 rlahts Were not nron-
and both Dr. Smith an Nusbaum were erly taken care of, so the claim is mado
caught by it and carried beyond their end It la upon thoae grounds that the
present sun is oegun.
The mortaace arransementa were all
taken care of by former President Bow
man, of a failed eaat aide bank. In
fact the latter still holds five acres of
the property under a cloud and he is
unable to dispose of it with deeds that
Intending Investors will accept
ah tne property in dispute la rapidly
enhancing in value as the city is
spreading auburbanward and the Im-
rovementa added from time to tlmo
y auch people aa were willing to take
chances on clouded titles only helps to
make the land well worth a legal battle.
Attorneys for Mrs. Peck seem dobI-
tlve that their position In court la a
Eood one and they claim that In tha end
Irs. Peck will renin possession f
every acre of the ground both In her
own and her children's right.
Home or tne property Is held by the
Mount Scott Railway company and the
latter corporation Is payina- no email
ahare of taxes on holdings adjacent u
Its tracks.
depth before help could reach them.
Nothing has been seen of either body
since the day of their drowning unless
that thrown up by the surf at Ilwaco
should. prove to he one or the other.
SEVEN DEATHS FROM
PLAGUE AT BAY CITY
Conditions in San Francisco
Are Not So Bad as They
Have Been Pictured.
rlv.
(Joeraal Speda! Bervlee.)
San Franclaco, Aug. 2$. Ths local
JAPS HANDS ARE TIFJ) truth of certain aenaational stories
ptfnted ln the eaat regarding tbe num
ber of bubonic plague cases In Ssn Fran
cisco. Since June II, when the first
case was discovered, there have been
In this nit- vaa,.., " J I out nine cases, m wmun area wars
(Special Dispatch to The Joeraal.)
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 29. Luke
Wright, ex-ambassador to Japan.
K.
ar-
wi.j rciisraar nn rn ..... m. . . m -1
Jmit? hom. 5nf .tThk,hama,K en Every precaution has bee- taken to pre
Lui 1,2 ? i!.?r,.n0t,be,Lev'.J.there vent Ifs epread. All casting vessels
will be any serious result ahnuM th I i . -
- T , I , J U m MM MA.. , . , -"-'I HIS WIU VBIl.tlU VJ (jUHl IlltllV VA-
.v. icuno iiiv uemandi OI I f leers.
pu mi inurinuiijf iar Killing jap-
iiuainwi in um triioyion. islands
in ivub. ine Japanese are not looking
for war, aa their finances will not per-
' DlflAIJ HAS MAGAZINE
ACCUSED OF BEING
MUNDSHANKS' PARD
WRITER
IMPRISONED
ASK THIRD TERM
FORJOpiT
Politicians Say the People
Would Consider No One
Else If He Were in Race.
(Jooroal Special Serrlea)
Washington. Aug. 29. Pollticlana
Pcndietnn Or inr r who are drlftina into Washington after
JaiaitSv!!7;Vd, Chief Of POllCe Of hav,n taken their summer vacation
ta now In the countv lall with mnv
accusatlona against him, one of which
Is that he la Implicated with Jake Mund
shanka, the alleged horaethlef, who re
cently escaped from the officers at
Echo.
San Francisco Accuses
Kennan of Libel.
in various sections of the United States
give the - Impression that the people
generally refuse to abandon the idea of
having President
himself.
Roosevelt succeed
Miners Sue for Their Pay.
(Soedal Disoatca to. Vb Jooraal.t
Baker City. Or.. Aur. 29. L. Rmv..
acting in behalf of aeveral mlnera em-
loyed at the Midway mine, near Bump
er, has broue-ht suit throua-h Attnrnev.
Hart 4 Nichols against the New Mid
way Gold Mining company for $2,122.64,
which he alleges la due for aervna ran.
dered. The sum of $750 la asked for
attorneys' fees.
Palmer Mill's Fire Department.
(Special Dispatch to Ths Journal.)
La Grande. Or.. Aur. 29. One nf tha
nigni wiiier uuiks in eastern Oregon
(Joarnal Special Bervlee.)
San Francisco, Aug. 29. Kx-Chlef
of Police Dlnan haa secured a warrant
for the arrest of George Kennan, a
writer for McClure's Magazine, on the
charge of criminal libel.
Kennan wrote an article in tne Ben-
temoer Mcuiure s in wnicn ne accuaea
Dinan of taking certain graft money.
Dlnan states he will also attempt to
nave a. a. aieuiure orougnt to , Han
Francisco to stand trial with Kennan.
Stump speeches on ths Inefficiency of
the police department, when mads ln
the hearing of a member of the depart-
ent by a small boy, are unwise and
lead to the Juvenile court, as Philip
Polaakv. aaed 14. who lives at 208 Cfe-
ruthers atreet, can testify.
Young Polasky Is a newsboy. ' Pa
trolman Wanless passed the corner at
Fifth and Washington streets yeater
day afternoon to discover that ths Po
lasky boy had grown cheaty over some
thing, and waa kicking the shins of
several smaller newsboys. '
Officer Wanless reprimanded Polasky
for hla abuse of the smaller boys,
whereupon the boy addressed the news
boys and began a speech in which he
accused the police force of several va
rieties Of incom Detente. OfTlrer Wan.
less took him Into custody and turned
mm over 10 tne juvenile court.
Now the bov will have to naJI ram,
larly on Chief Probation Officer HadTey
and tell him that he Is being good, and
ff he does not be good and make the
calla, then the calling will he done by
rnricer naoiey or some or his assist
ants, who will go to see young Polasky,
DEATH DROPS CURTAIN ON 14
YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE
...mJC.
Fourteen yeara of faithful service
in- the employ of one firm was ended
thia morning by the death of John Dor
ney, head bookkeeper and cashier for
the westers Union Telegraph company.
Mr. Dorney began work with the com
pany aa a messenger when IS years old
and had bees with the Portland office
continuously ainoe then.
"It was before the days of bicycles
for messenger boys," said Manager Pu-
mars of the Western Union offices this
morning, ""and Jack attracted our at
tention Immediately because he didn't
walk as ths rest of the boys did, but
ran with his messalrea. Aa fast as we
could we promoted him. He was one of
the kindliest and most faithful men
that I ever worked with."
Mr. Dorney had been 111 for several
years and a cent some time in Arlsona
with the boos of recovering his health.
He died at his home, 14 Esst Davis
street. . . .-. .j-..v - ; :- , ,
UMATILLA INDIANS
TO GET RENT MONEY
(Special Dispatch to The Tonriial.)
Pendleton, Or.. Aug. 29. In the vi
cinity of $SO,000 Is to be paid to the
Umatilla Indians of the reservation by
Agent A. e. Mctratrtdge, beginning Mon
day. Paymenta will be by check. The
money to be paid the Indiana is that
which haa been paid in at the agency
office by the white renters of Indian
lands. Much of it haa been collected
eince Agent McFatrldge haa been here.
Altogether it la estimated there la about
S&6.U00 oz xnoian money unoer nia con
trot - , " '
FORMER PORTLANDER
CHARGED WITH CRIME
(Joeraal Special ServW.t
Seattle. Aug. 29. W. H. Wyman,
local manager of the California Saw
worka, waa arreeted last night on the
charge of embessllng $20,000 from his
firm. He refused to make a statement
Wyman was with the same' concern in
Portland for several yeara
Printer Accused of Forgery,
Pendleton, Or., Aug. 29. W. B. At-
bin si An at rtrlnrair wn at hrnn cfVi 4) As.mn
Is SOOn to b erected near the naor. I tmm WeewAter mmt Avnnlnr hv .TeiA
Palmer mill at Oro Dell. Many details LAvelle.. a deputy appointed for the
far to rtfO aMttlAai hut U. - I A tlrU.n. . Jk. t .
tank of 60,000 gallons capacity will be with forgery and waa bound over to
erected on an 82-foot tower and will be the circuit court by Justice Pearson at
used as a reserve for the fire system Freewater. He Is charged with having
" "' KumpioiBu in au Duuamgs 1 passed a nogus cneca ror 111 on his
owned by the company. employers.
LAND FRAUD CASES OBJECT
OP ANOTHER ATTORNEY'S VISIT
Governor at Corvallls.
SDcrial DMoateb to The' Joarnal.)
berlaln left thia morning ror corvaiiia
where he will atUnd a meeting of ths
board of regents of the State Agricul
tural college and Incidentally attend the
Benton county school fair. , , v
'-it" A ?.y.:y, ,j ;-. V;. s-V' V,' A- ".; tMi;:.
Another assistant United States at
torney general is about to descend upon
Portland to Investigate the land fraud
situation. United States Attorney Wil
liam C. Bristol has received notice that
Alford W. Cooley. aaslatant attorney
general, will be ln Portland some time
between September 6 and 10.
Just what Mr. Codley Is comma for
or who he Is coming after is a matter
of speculation. His visit Is believed.
vestlgating further along the linea atart
ed by Secretary of Interior Oarfield
and Commissioner of the Oeneral Land
Office Bellinger, who made aearchlng
Inquiries into the land fraud conditions
in Oregon while on a tour of the west
several weeks ago.
Since the officials of the Interior de
partment were In Portland little has
been done in regard to the land fraud
situation save to prepare the evidence
and papers In the various cases for
trial, to be ready when the department
of Justice decldea to start prosecuting.
No definite time has been set for the
resumption of the trials and it Is gen
erally believed that nothing will be done
until word haa been received from Fran
cis J. Heney as to the date he can
come to Portland to try the Blnger Her
mann, R. A. Booth and John H. Hall
cases. '
Mr. Cooler's visit Is expected to hur
ry matters along because of the belief
that he will find conditions in such j
nana s to warrant ma aenartmant
B.11UW mr. oriaioi o pusn tne remain
Sible.
In sections like California and Colo
rado, where the president's stand on the
Japanese or public lands question has
caused the people to "get their backs
up." they are ao pleased with the main
policies of the administration that they
would like to forgive and forget.
Warren of Wyoming saya that the
president Is strong, In bis state. He
aald:
"If the prealdent would Intimate that
he would accept the nomination for a
third term from the convention hall, 60
per cent of the voters of Wyoming
would refuse to consider any other can
didate until they were certain they
could not get Roosevelt."
S0DAVILLE HOTEL
NOT HALF INSURED
through as rapidly aa pos
LABOR DAY PARADE WILL BE
GALA ARRAY OF COSTLY FLOATS
Features ot the big Labor day parade
are rapidly being gathered Into shapo
by the executive committee Of the
unions and the promise was. made-this
morning that there would bs 5.000 men
In line when the procession leaves the
starting point at Seventh and Burnslde
atreeta. . . .- ;'.
' Every -union In the city la to be rep
resented and most Of rhem will have all
their members march in,. a body and Jn
smart-looking unuorma. w.een intereat
la betns taken In the competition for
the prUe offered for ths best represent
ative turnout ln uniform and many of
the unions have planned original meth
ods of capturing the priaa
Many floats have alao been prepared
and elaboratexdestgns are being carried
out to maka them especially fantastic
One union the teamsters have aoent
over $100 on decorations for their floats
alone. The bartenders are plannlne- to
make a hit by riding in three big tally
hos and their cortege will Include
mounted marshall. jL.
Complete plans for ths parade .writ
bs concluded ln time to announce the
routs of march Sunday morning.
(Special DUpatcb to Tba Journal '
Lebanon, Or., Aug. 29. ThfHotel
Sodaville, at the Mineral aprings of
Sodaville, destroyed by Are yesterday
with nearly all Ita contents, was valuej
at about $1,800, with 1700 Insurance.
The' contents were valued at $700, with
2400 lnaurance. The Are la sunnoaed to
have started from u spark falling on
the roof. For a time It looked as if the
little town of Sodaville would all go up
ln smoke, as a larae two-storv frame)
building stood only about 25 feet away,
but the people of the town, including
men, women and -children, turned out
In a body and formed a bucket brisade.
By hard work the flames were confined
to tne notei buildtng.
About 10 yeara a so a lare-a hotel was
burned down at the aame place.
PILLSBURY AIDED IN
ORGANIZING FACERS
(Journal Special Berries.)
San Francisco, Aug. 29. The Glass
trial today developed the fact that the
Pacific Telephone company framed up
articles of incorporation of a fake Home
Telephone company, applying- for s
franchise ln Oakland ln the Office of
Evans S. Pillsbury, the company's at
torney, who recently testified he al
ways opposed the fictitious company.
William Beasly of San Jose testified
he waa hired by Halsey to back the
fake Home company as president at a
salary of 1100 a month. Scott and Sher
wln were also recalled. - Tha state will
probably close this afternoon. It Is ru
mored that Glass may take tha stand
In his own defense. -
CROSSED WIRES CAUSE
COMMERCIAL CLUB FIRE
A roof blaze waa aulcklv
bv ths timely arrival of the fin
ment at the Commercial club
thia mornlna-. ' Anbout 10:30 o'
amoke bea-an alf tins through the" Yar
ous vents fed by a fan generator located
on the roof of rhe building. The bil
liard room attendant soundedthe alarm.
then . nurriea to ine rooi. 'ine nntent
air ventilator waa totally 'Destroyed, and
tne dynamo was aamagea. . cross wiret
caused the fire, which was quickly ex
tinguished "With the aid of a chemical
hose. Total damage-1 100. ,
Quenched -1 I
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