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.i vv-:--.-.-,: J V-V, :i.-:.V.-,U-' ..v-T ;vvv. ;-.-T.-: . V.'.i-', v. .V i'. -.- -. :. . : . wir-( ... v; THE "OREGON pAILY JOURNAi; PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1807. ; ..Latest Harriman Ruling Closes Ogtlen Gateway Lum jfeirfber Tliat Was Formerly Shipped Est ria Sacramen ' V to 3Iust Now Come North at an Increased Cost. tinder tha operation of ths Hrrl- man nils closing, ths Ogden gnteway, lumbermen of the Willamette valley, as WU aa hopmen, coma In for further ( discriminatory abuses In the matter of . rates and ears. ' The ralley lumberman who formerly could ehlp hla lumber .east via Sacramento, la now ahut off -from that outlet and must route hla shipments Via Portland and the Union Pacific , route, and pay additional . '. charges. If ha gets any cara In which to Ship hie product at any rata, he la exceptionally fortunate. Valley lumbermen complain bitterly '.. ever a newly discovered differential In . the railroad tariff on lumber product ratea east-bound on lumber shipment from Oregon to the middle west, but that It Increases their rate t centa per thousand to Salt I-ake territory, which region they were led to believe would be left open to them. In effect It la the reault of the clos ing of the Ogden gateway and the charring- of a local rate from valley points to Portland for transcontinental shipment east. The differential amounts to a cenia per mousana on bbii ijuks shipments, and 10 cents on ahlpments farther east. The discrimination will alao apply to Portland mills not located on O. ft. N. trackage. All mills on the Southern Pacific will. It la alleged, suffer alike, and the differential will be charged against the Portland sawmills that are located along the Southern Pacific road on the west bank or tne Willamette IS Longshoremen Granted In crease in Wages They De manded and Impending Tie Up of Steamers' Car goes Is Called Oft. REVIIOLDS IS PUT TRIAL FOR LIFE Emotional Insanity Is to Be the Main Plea of the 1 Defense. just filed br the railroads at Washing- river In Southern Portland, while the ton. District of Columbia. They allege J Inman-Poulaen mill directly across the that tne naw tariff not only raises toe l river win not oa ei tec tea. R. CAMERON SANCTIONS SALE OF SUNDAY GOODS Police Judge Suspends Sentence on Grocer-r-States If Authorities Allow Stores to Be Open on Sabbath no Reason Why All Edibles Should Not Be Sold. 'olicl Tudg Cameron mrs pmced hlm- self on record as being opposed to the policy of the district attorney and chief of police In allowing grocery stores to remain opa Sundays for the sale of ( certain articles of food while the ban la placed on others. I In disposing of the case against T. C Paebler, a Holladay avenue grocer, who was arrested upon complaint of Patrol man'; Crozford for keeping bis estab llahment open a week ago yesterday, Cameron took occasion to' state that Inasmuch- as the authorities gave the de fendant permission to keep his estab lishment ooen for the aale of certain goods he should be allowed to dispose of anything on nia aneivea. It waa shown to the court that Peeb- lera offenae consisted of Belling a cou d14 of slices ot ham. a dosen eggs and some . potatoes to one of his customers wno was late in reaenmg nome irom tils work on Saturday night. '-..''; Sola Vsosssltlsa of Ufa. n Those articles were certainly neces saries of life, and ,1 do not believe the defendant should 'be punished." said Cameron. "If the dlatrlct attorney and chief of police permit grocera to remain . open In direct violation of the law, then they should be allowed to sell anything they hava in their stores." - Feebler entered a plea of guilty - through bis attorney and the court ln- definitely suspended, sentence. From tha tenor of Cameron's comments from tha bench tnere Is but little doubt that - any arocer brought before him on the charge of keeping open on the Sabbath will -escape punisnment. At the time District Attorney Man ning issued his order relative to the Sunday closing of rrocery stores, he stated that he had taken tne action at ' the direct request of tha Retail Grocers' association. It is freely Intimated that the order waa a blow aimed directly at the amall dealers througnout the city, to force their patrons to purchase Sun day supplies In tha down-town district on Saturday night. . ,: i - Wader the Ue aee4 ay OWef UUa- macher to patrolmen, fresh fruit can. be gurchaaed In grocery atorea on Sunday, ut canned irults are barred. Milk and bread can also be dispensed, but tha aale of butter and eggs Is a heinous of fense. According to Peebler, not over 60 per cent of .the retail grocera In the city belong to tha association and be believes that nis arrest was Instigated by the "grocers' trust." as he refused to Join the organisation. Attorney Joe Long. who has been consulted by a number of grocera rela tive to attacking the Sunday closing in the courta, gives It aa hla opinion that there is a grave question Involved aa to the constitutionality of the statute. Although no definite action haa been taken aa yet, it Is rumored that the Independent arocers Intend to take legal steps to close all lines of busi ness not specifically exempted from the execution of the law. This would put the lid on cigar stores, les cream par lors, fruit stores, billiard halls, etc.. which are at present allowed to run In violation of the atatue by the district attorney's orders. Chief Oritzmacher's celebrated "gro cery store" order. Issued July It, la as follows: "In regard to the closing of grocery stores on Sundays. Instruct the offi cers that under the law all grocery storea must be closed on Sundays, but atorea of this kind having bakeries con nected therewith are permitted to keep that part open and sell breadstuffs, etc., therefrom, but they must shut off from sale anything In the grocery line, and since so far the sale of fruit and confectionery 1s permitted on Sunday, grooery stores making a specialty of such goods are permitted to keep open for the sale of such goods, but must keep their groceries shut off from sale. The sale of clgnrs and tobacco Is also permitted on Sundays In stores having other commodities for sale permitted on eunaays, except groceries. AH canned goods should be classed as gro- P. Schwerln, manager of Harrl- inan'a steamers on Ihe Paulflo, author ised J. H. Dewson, hla agent here, this morning to grant tha request of long shoremen's union No. 264 for an In creasa in wages, and aa a reault the strike which waa to oommence today will not materialise- A letter from Mr. Dewson to Secretary J. L Johnston of the. union conveyed the good newa shortly before noon today. A strike waa threatened this morning had the -company asked the longshore men to handle the cargo of the steam schooner Aurella which arrived from San Francisco Saturday night with freight for Harriman line shippers at the rate that has been In vogue for sev eral years. This breach waa luckily averted when Captain Bowdlch of tha steamer decided to look after the cargo himself, and accordingly sent to the union headquartera for atevedores with the understanding that thev would be paid the regular steam schooner rate of 66 centa an hour and 82 H rente for overtime, or more than that asked by members of local No. 264. This proved agreeable to the union. Henceforth, however, now that the dispute haa been Fettleif. thero steam srhwiner earguss will be handled as if they were regular liners. ins granting or tne request meana a vlctorv for the l(innhftr.mn hrmi they will get 50 cents an hour Instead or 40 rer straight time, and 75 cents an hour Instead of 60 for overtime, thla being the rate paid on other Har riman steamers on the Coast.' The steamers of the North Pacific Steam ship company, aa well as ateam schoon ers carrying general cargo and lumber outside of the Harriman line, engage men from local No. 265 of tne Long shoremen's union and pay 66 and 82 cents an hour. The new wage scale will become ef fective at once, so that those who ao to work on the oriental liner Arabia to morrow morning will be benefited. The British steamer Kalomo, which Is In the harhor to load flour for the orient I in the Portland A Aalatic line, has been ! turned over to Brown McCabe, nte,ve dores, and will therefore be loaded by membera of local No. 265. CHILDREN SIT BY SIDE OF TII SLAYER Wife Sits Apart Heavily Veiled and Weeps While thgJurors Are lie ing CTioaen The Story of the Shooting. RUINED LIFE SHERMAN LAW JUST BUT LANE Philip Francis Swears to Put Mrs. Rowlee Behind Bars 'Where 'She Cannot Wreck HAS DEFECTS, SAYS vi s wu w n t n vii a vw m -Jiiiiiiii uu 1 1111 nv iuh u mm r i u JJUlliOlUlC; lyUlUIUCXU?., VJiAlUllOOlWllVA iyVVAUXVQ VVAI.llJ.il. Amendments Could Be Made More Clearly Denning; Its Purppses Railroads Slow to Better Service. , J- "If Commlsloner Knapp la quoted corectly. and ha haa meant to aay that Other Homes as She Has 1 not just n- i Wrecked His. Sitting between hla young eon an daughter. Charlea H. Reynolds, In Judge Qantenbetn'a department of the circuit court thla morning, listened calmly to the questioning of tha Jurors who are to determine whether he Is guilty or In nocent of the crime of murdering George H. Hibbtns at the Reynolds home on Fourteenth street, between Taylor, and Yamhill streets, June IS. Weeping uehlnd a heavy veil, Mra. Lulu Reynolda, wife of the accused man.' sat apart from her husband and hla children. She waa subooenaed by the defenae. and It la, expected that aha CLUB FAVORS. WATERJOWER Commercial Body Drafts Res olution Asking Council to Purchase Apparatus. "k iy-'i ? . ' Charles H. Reynolds. "I'll never give up until that, woman to Jail where do not agree .with him," said Franklin K. Lane, Interstate commerce commit sloner, at tha Portland hotel thla morn ing, discussing a reported utterance of one of hla colleagues bearing upon the trust prosecutions. "The quoted re- I have, aent marks ssould not b taken aa an expres- he will be slon from the whole commission. "If Commissioner Knapp tneant to say that safe from breaking up other homes as ""'"""'""' ,, . , - . , , I tha Sherman law la not all that It might she did mine." said big Philip Francia be made and that certain amendments The board of governors of the Port land Commercial club at their meetlncr cerlen and not permitted to be sold on j today expressed themselves as heartily Sundays.' SCHOOL BOOKS MUST BE IN V GOOD SHAPE TO BE EXCHANGED AU leaves . must be Intact and the backs on old school books In order to a exchange them for new books, la vthe dctum of the school book dealers. Thousands of school children are crowd ing the book atorea today exchanging book 'of the old series for those of the new and buying new school outfits. The crash will continue throughout the i- week,- as the work of effecting the ex changes ia necessarily very alow, and . there -are 15,000 little people whose . wants are to. be attended to. Some misunderstanding has coma up over the question of exchanging the old series for the new. It was gener ally understood that In taking the old books up the dealers would be liberal in passing upon the condition of the second-hand book.' It is - alleged by some parents that. they are unusually exacting, requiring that a book be good enough for further use before agreeing to exchange It The exchange rule was not so strict several years ago when .the present series was aaopiea. Tnen -any old dook waa good enough to exchange In part payment for a new one. in favor pf the purchase by the city of a water tower for the fire department, as a protection to the blah buildings of the city, and drafted a strong letter to the.! while four were rejected. 1116 HEAD OF THEATRE TRUST Local Manager Back in Port land After Successful California Tour. t, , Tou can Just say for mo that 1 was .'mighty glad to see It rain once more," Is the way Calvin Heilig, president of the Norhwestern Theatrical association, put Jt when he reached his office this morning. 'Tes I arrived home yesterday and nothing that I encountered in all my , travels pleased me so much e yester ' ' day when I saw and felt the good old s Portland rain. I tell you what, give ma Portland and Us climate every time as . . tlons of the country. r'Don t , misunderstand me, however. I do JKt wish to knock the climate of southern California from where I re turned.: I think the climatic conditions of Lios Angeles and Kan Diego are about as Ideal as one would wish to encounter ; ' taken year ,ln and year out. Those that live, there like the conditions, but any ' person raised in a strictly temperate . part or tne country would, l think, pre , fer Portland weather all year' round. Mr. HeUig considers Los Angeles one Of the best show towns on the Paclfio - coast, and Jttwvas with that end In view that several months ago he negotiated for and closed a lease on the fork prop, f. erty on Spring street In that city, In the heart of the downtown district. The property was known as the old "' Hotchklas theatre, or, better still, as tha. "Hoodoo theatro." The amuse ment place was so styled because every manager before sMr. Hellig lost money In operating It" However Mr. Heiiig thoroughly renovated tha place, changed wr the entrance-and exits and spent In the neighborhood of 120,000 - in Improre- m.tua. ;irr- weeiia - were aevotert to changing the . entire I theaft an4 tht J name was changed.' -.. -- :. ..i.js., 'Tha place Is now known as the Lk Angeiea t neat re and ror tne present ea- . son It will be the only place of amuse ment In the city of Los Angeles that will play light opera attractions. The theatre was opened to capacity house one week ago tonight., ilreryr night since the place has been crowded, said Mr. Hellig. The San Francisco Opera company opened the theatre and will play a aix weeks' engagement there, coming di rectly to Portland after the close thera to begin another season here at the Marquam. The Callfornlans will follow the Kan Francisco company at the Los Angeles theatre. Mr. Hellig will remain in Portland until about the last of September, when he returns to California to seqaire other theatres to add to the already long list controlled by the company of which he Is president. One among the number Is contemplated at Ban Dieao. another: at Santa Barbara, still another at Ban Bernardino and one each at Paaadena. I San Jose and two other California cities yet undecided upon. It will be the future doIIcv of the Hellig management to Dlav all dollar attractions at the Marquam theatre. which is now under its guidance. The higher priced attractions will continue to play at the Hellig. we now own the American theatre in San Frajieisco," said Mr. Hellig, "and we may secure another amusement Place . there. We have four offers to erect theatres in Lob Angeles; that is, l mean rour aurerent parties will build us theatres in that city if we aive the work. In all probability I shall ar range to control another new house in that city. A new theatre would pay J here, but we have been unable as yet to make a satisfactory deal alor- those lines." Mr. Hellig explained that bv con-1 trolling the smaller theatres In the smaller clues along the Pacific coast nis company took two months individual members of the city coun cil urging them to vote for the purchase of the necessary apparatus Immediately. The following resolution relating to the Oregon state fair was unanimously passed. "Whereas. The Oregon state fair Is In session at Salem this week, and Thurs day, September 1, will be known as 'Portland flay,' and a rate of tl for the round trip from Portland has been made for that occasion. "Besolved, That every member of the Portland Commercial club and everv citisen of Portland, accompanied by his family and friends, be urged to be pres ent at 8alem on Portland day, thereby snowing appreciation or the state fair and the great work it is doing toward the development of Oregon. "Resolved. That a slip giving the rate and time of trains be circulated'1 upon the tables of the club throughout the dining-room tomorrow (Tuesday), Sep tember 17, aa a further reminder." will hp nne nf the. wllnMflM for her. husband. The two children Etta, aged ' Darlington and I 13. and Harry, aged 12 will also tes- Pleaded guilty and tiry on tneir ratner s nenair. liy tne testimony of the children It Is expected Hibblns' visits to Mrs. Reynolds and the fact that the children told their father Of them will he proved. Defenae Is Bmotlonal Insanity. The defense will be emotional Insan ity in part. So much"iAttornev John P. IMS an, who appears for the defense, said to the lury at the outset when he began questioning them. There are other grounds of defenae, said Logan, but he did not say what they will be. It Is believed, however, that they will rely o some extent on the plea of justifica tion under the Oregon law. This opinion arose from the fact that L,ogan read to the jury the Oregon statute which declares killing in justi fiable if done to prevent ,tlie commis sion of a felony In his home, and asked a juror lr ne believed in such a law. The first Juror on the list this morn ing was aoucpted by tha dvfonse and by the state, though during the fore noon only three Jurors were accepted W. C. Chrls- wlth tears in his eyes as he talked of his little girl this- morning and the woman whom he accuses Of betraying and ruining the child. Francis haa but ons resolve that hs wishes to carry out on earth and that Is to place Mrs. Noma Rowlee behind the bars, where she will be unable to hurt others aa she hurt him. 'His child an Inmate of the Home of the Qnnd Shep nerd, his wife suing lilm for divorce because he Insisted on rescuing their lt-year-old girl from her terrible posi tion as an Inmate of the north end resorts conducted by Dorothy - lMrllns ton and Esale Watklna. he has little else to live .for. . Mrs. Bowles Brought Child. "My little slrl was 16 years old on June II." said Francis this morning, 'and she had no idea what she was going Into. She haa always been head strong and when Mrs. Rowlee, our neighbor at Bend and my wife's close friend, gave her a position aa nurse girl aid not want ner to go. "My wife, however, Inslted on it; she VQl(LJhat.sle -knew Mra. Rowlee would ihk aner (ne gin ami mai sue wduhi come to no harm. Then Mrs. Kowies bronjrbt the girl to Portland. As soon as I found out what had really been the f'Oor L'hlld's fate I hurried to Portland o see that she was cared for and that the , women responsible for her treat ment were sent to Jail. On tne very day that I was in court as a witness against Mrs. Darlington my wife, who had objected to my Inter fering in the matter at all and who said that Mrs. Rowlee knew more than did about such things. Died suit for divorce against me. Boms Zs Broken Up. Of course-my home Is broken up be cause my wife and I have been parted opelessly by Mrs. Kowlee. But what hope to do is to see that she is kept from ruining other lives as she has ruined ours. If she munageato get way on one charge I will prefer an other against her Immediately. I'm sure that I have evidence enough to convict her of luring away young girls." Mrs. Kowlee Is at present in Jail waltina trial for her part In the al- eged kidnaping of the child, while Mrs. Evsle Watklns have are awaiting sen tence. Francis said that he was very grate ful to the police department of Port land for the part It had taken in hejp ing him to locate his daughter, and Es pecially to Chief Orllimacher. De tective Bruin and the juvenile court of ficers. He left for his home at Bend today, but will return as soon as the case against Mrs. Rowlee Is called. defining more clearly Its purposes could be added, such an opinion will meet with considerable support. Mr. Lane aald tha president flad never, so far 'as he knows, criticised the Sherman law; that It Is a good and just law, and that much wholesome ef fect is being secured to the people through lta enforcement Nie appeared much Interested In ascertaining wheth er the proposed' increase of rates on eastbound Oregon lumber, and other acts of the t raff 10 departmenta of the coast roada, were In the nature of re prisals. , ' Kistsxt or Kauroaas., The railroads, aald the commissioner. would make a great mistake If they assumed a retaliatory attitude against the public In revenge for railroad regu lation legislation. Railroad men had always opposed any legislation that might affeot- railroad management or Interests, and It waa well known that they had fought legislation which sub- seauently Droved to be salutary, not only to the public, but to the railroads themselves. Commissioner I.ane, discussing the ra something that will require a long time to bring about namely, to compel tne railroad companies to get '' adequats equipment , Ho far aa he knows, the Texas law was not an entire success. Any law that requires ths railroad oom- fianlea to supply cars should have with t a law to enable the railroad company to secure a return of lta cars when they have passed to other lines. ; redsrsl law on hortage. There Is a federal statute, said ths commissioned, passed March I, iti, by which railroads can bo compelled to furnish cars. . It Is aimed at discrimina tion by railroads sa against localities. Tha United States court Is required, on proper showing, to Issue a peremptory order directing the carrier to abollab the alleged Inequality of discrimination of the cars of ths railroafl company. Hearings wars held last week by Com miasioner Lane at Puget sound cities. The matter of routing passengers and baggage from ths cast and southwest via Portland to Tacoma and Seattle will be taken up by. the railway commission. Baadllng of Barrage. Under' certain traffic rules of tha Northern Pacific Railroad comnanv. a, passenger desiring to travel, for exanw pie, from Kansas City tft Taeoma, oan- not cnecg nis oaggage inrougn ana travel by the Union Paclfio route, be cause the Northern Pacific refuses to handls ths bagsaga between Portland and Puget sound unless tha passenger rechecks It st this point Ths rule is said to De-'a measure or the northern roads to Induce passen gers In the central west to travel to ths coast exclusively vis nortnern roaas. Repeatedly the O. R. A N. officials hava endeavored to secure a modification of the rule, but without success. A large number of passengers who travel from ths middle . west to Alaska or other north coast points, would. It 1s believed. r shortage and reciprocal demurrage. I come via Portland, with stop-over prlv- Id that the demurrage law seeks waOTllegrrni gr"s.nd"-see -tms-rrtr.--tfhsr enls- check their baggage through to tha aound. mi miii nnimnniv UIL ilflll OUII WANTS DAMAGES - i Alleges Business Was Ruin ed by Acts of the Fur niture Association. WHAT THE PULLMAN MAKES IX OREGON tensen, a dealer In wall paper, was the xirst juror wno was caned. He was on the jury that tried the Hallowe'en mur der case. The other Jurors accepted were Rob ert Schulze and Frank P. Walker. Charles W. Pallet was excused per emptorily by the defense after he had said he was suspicious of the defense of emotional Insanity. Vtory of ths Shooting. Reynolds was the proprietor of the baths at Second and Washington streets. Hibblns, the . dead' man, who was jren- erally known as Herbert, was a munl cia'n of Walla Walla. Hibblns was shot In the ball of the Reynolds home, where Reynolds had found Mrs. Reynolds and Hibblns leaving together for the city park. The prosecution -is being conducted by Deputy District Attorney H. B. AdamB. Attorneys John F. Logan and r. J. Sehnabcl are defending Reynolds. The accused man sat back of the bar. nut msiae tne railing, witn nis children leaving the matter of selecting the Jytiry entirely to nis attorneys. WOMEN SEEK RELIEF FROM CRUEL SPOUSES Four Divorce Suits Against Brutal Husbands Filed in Circuit Court. off the worrlment of the big trust book ing first-class attractions in the east. The trust books the big cities and the compan- which Mr. HelHe controls books the smaller cities to fill in what would otherwise be wasted or conflict ing time. (8pclal Dlipatch to Tba Journal.) Salem, Or., Sept. 1. The state rail way commission this morning issued an order extending the time given the transportation companies of the state to file their annual reports to October 10. Only six companies sent reports, ths Wella-Fargo, the Denver & Rio Grande, the Salem, Falls City A West ern, the Pullman, the Central Railway union and the Oregon & Sunset Log ging company of Clatskanle. Letters have been received from tha Portland Railway, Light & Power company and the Rogue River Valley Railroad com pany saying reports had been sent, but so rar they have not been received. The Swift Refrigerator Transporta tion company filed its report under protest, as not being a common car rier. The Sunset Logging company reports earnings or iu,au.(it, operating ex penses 164.810.88. a deficit of t63.898.83 The Pullman company gives its gross earnings in operating cars wholly in Oregon at x57.479.O8, gross earning on all lines entering Oregon 11,378,640.04, uregon s proportion 01 tne latter 8323 z.4, receipts rrom car mileage on lines entering Oregon $711.74, Oregon's proportional anare j.no.34; total ex penses of operation $859,356, Oregon's share $197,037.26: property owned bv time I l"e company in uregon used in the op COAL OIL WILL 3IAKE MEN BALD eration or cars fu 2,L'61.75. The cost of the cars could not be stated. A letter has been received by the commission from Dan J. Malarkey, at torney of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, asking that the hear ing of the Mllwaukie cases be changed from September 24 to September 26 or 27. No action has been taken on the matter yet. CARRIED REVOLVER AND GOT HEAVY FINE night Dick (Pnclfle Coast Pre Leaaed Win-,) San Francisco, Sept 16. "I will bet this Professor Gilllhan $500, who Is tell ing the Berkeley students all he doesn't know about the care of the hair, that I can make-12 men bald in two months by shampooing them with coal oil twioe a day," declared Dan Tattenham, treas urer or tne journeymen Barbers' union IaJ, r . . v . .. ... . . . . .1, v.-v. ; prisoner aeciaron ne would slay T. BeBt-inan who gave the Information to the i i:f . i,,,,J "sr's me views patrolman that ne was carrying a. ro ot Professor Gilllhan, who In a recent j vol ver. Judge Cameron evidently be lecture .to the Berkeley students de- 1 lieved thht the only way to break Carlos clsre'i that te use of coal oil would lm- of the habit of going armed was to Im prove the hMn Stephen Reynolds, an- ! pose a severe fine, so assessed him $100. other tornjoi wi artist, says -that be was , The defendant was unable to pay the Informed by Boston physlciana that coal Lfine and will have to serve out the oil will sof ten bone and brain. amount on the rock pile. .-.4'-'.-....i'.-i-- .- w . . ' J RAT FENDERS 1ST BE PUTOfj VESSELS INPORT Order Issued by Harbormas ter Speier in Effort to Keep Out the Plagtfe. Every vessel that lands at a Portland dock from San Francisco or the orient will be compelled to attach rat fenders to every shore line at a distance of 10 feet from the wharf. ? This was the order Issued from Har bormaster Speler's office this morning, and it will be observed to the letter. The fight agalnat the Introduction of bubonic plague la being waged In earnest and no venturesome rats will be permit ted to explore the Portland waterfront if they can be kept aboard. The city health board will also Insist that upon fumigation all dead rats be Immediately thrown into the furnace or Immersed in grease, so that the fleas can be prevented rrom hopping upon the sailors and therebv toe carried into the city. Four women sought the divorce court this morning for freedom from hus bands who are alleged to have broken their marriage vows by desertion, cru elty and drunkenness. In her suit, Mrs. Margaret Nost al leges that for the past year . Nost haa become intoxicated almost dailv. and has failed to support her. -They were married In July. 1906. at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Mrs. Nost asks that her maiden name. Ludeman. be re stored to her. Mrs. Bertha Hawkins filed suit for divorce from William O. Hawkins, charging that she waa cursed, falsely accused of Infidelity and beaten re peatedly, until finally she had Hawkins arrested on September 3, charged with assault and battery. Thev were mar ried at Albany, Oregon, In Janoary, 1894. Mrs. Hawkins asks for her maiden name, Wallace, and $26 a month ali mony. Charging that Arthur B. Shaw de serted her in May, 1906, Eva B. Shaw filed suit for divorce and her maiden name. Knebel. They were married in January, 1906. Mrs. Nora Egan pleads cruelty and dounkenness aa grounds for divorce from Charles W. Egan, to whom she wag married at Auburn, California, In August, 1902. ene also desires -to re sume her maiden name, which is Price. Alleging that lta business was ruined by the furniture association, the Oilman Auction & Commission company haa filed suit In the United Ststes circuit court against 20 of the leading mem bers of the association asking for dam ages sccordlng to the provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law In the sum of $150,000, placing the actual damages suffered at the hsnds of the combina tion at $50,000. The Oilman company1 Is located at 411 Washington atreet and alleges that It was forced into the Northwest Retail Furniture Dealers' Protective associa tion, one of the retail associations of the general organization, but afterwards withdrew. The persons and pirms named In the complaint are nearly all of -Portland. a follows: F. S. Harmon & Co., V. N. and E. Walter & Co. of San Francisco. Hay wood Bros. & Wakefield, Doernbecher Manufacturing company, W. and J. Sloan of San Francisco. Meier & Frank, LIptnan, Wolfs St Co., Tull Olbbs, Olds, Wortman St King, Taubenhelmer & Scftmeer. Powers Furniture company, I Oevurti A Sons, Eastern Outfitting company, Oregon Furniture company, Edwards company, E. A. Covell, J. Q. Mack and Herman A. Calef. Is Association Dissolved Aside from the claim for damages the most important charge in the complaint la that the furniture association, which was supposed to have been dissolved when the members pleaded guilty in the United States district court this sum mer, la still active and. -according to the complaint filed today, carrying out its operations more actively than before the members were rineu. BIG HIS ATTACKED Investigation Shows City Water Supply Is Threat ened by Electrolysis Street Car -Company Must Keep Juice Under Control. In order to determine whether tha electric currents which are creating so much damage to water mains are being; caught up again after they leave tha pipes and returned by the distributing systenf to the power plant, the wster board will make a number of tests near the power plant this week. If it Is found that the pipes sre being given a double doae of "Juice" both In carrying It away and bringing it -back, the Portland Hallway, Light Power company will be compelled under char ter provision to take Immediate steps to protect the city water pipes. Qr- C. H. Raffety. who. with En glneer Clark of the water department was sppolnted a special committee to make an Investigation of the ravages of electrolysis, found last week that tha Bull Run water mains were suffering from the Jumping current. Together with ths city electrician and the street car company's electrician two tests were conducted. Currant Jumps rrom Bails, The first wss near the point where the Mount Scott carline crosses the big water main. A volt meter Indicated that InUhe complaint It Is alleged that the 1 a current waa Jumping from the street- Oilman, company was enjoying a ousi- car rails by Induction to the water main. a year prior ; uoing rartner up the main, the or- ...rill .1 1 ill. . , 1 1 , i . .. .... . . . . . w nui ..in, . . c , ... vilinm from which It derived a net profit of a half mile beyond Gresham. Here they ness amounting to $60,000 to the formation of the found the current Jumping into a damp deposit of clay and electrolysis waa eyl dent in an advanced stage. A large excavation was made around the pipe and copper bands placed- around It. A copper wire was then attached which led to a copper plate covering a l person or corporation can recover : laver of charcoal. Thla made an ef- three times the actual damace suffered 1 fentnai rrmmH mH tha r.i motor to. from a combination in-the restraint of. termlned that a large amount of current f trade. If the Jury finds the damage in was naaslna Into the arround $10,000. It is alleged that the combi nation, because of Its restrictions and system of fines, ruined the business of the Oilman company, which claims to have suffered actual damage in the sum of $50,000. Acocrdlng to tke Sherman antt-trust Jaw, a person or corporation can recover BOGUS INSPECTOR MAKtfS CONFESSION OUT OF HOSPITAL - AND INTO JAIL J. T. Layne, the bogus Inspector of the National Automatic Fire Alarm company, who under the pretense of examining the alarm wires in the es tablishment of M. Seller & Co., Fifth and Pine streets, stole several -hundred djollars' worth of goods on different oc casions, has made a partial confession to Detectives Jones and Tichenor of his misdeeds. As the result of the disclosures made by the prisoner, a tool box containing a large amount of plunder was recovered at the Baker theatre, where Layne had been employed at odd jobs, uver 60 razors carried away from M. Sellers & Co. have been recovered from various barber shops where they had been sold b.v the accused man. The detectives are still "sweating" Layne and. expect to force him to reveal ths hidinar nlaca of all of his booty. Felix Carlos was arrested last , In South Portland by Patrolman Stuart on a charge of currying a con cealed weapon. According to the of ficer, about a year ago Carlos shot an , other Italian at Fifth and Sheridan J streets. When taken into custody the i tiflaOBer aeelnrwt h tvniitrf atov th. Released from a hospital, where he had been confined for over two months since having been shot In a battle with a poftse of police, only to be taken into custody on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, was the experience oi reter uison yesterday. Olson Is the man who barricaded him self in a room in a north end lodging hotise and when the door was iroken In by a squad of bluecoats under command of Captain Bruin fired several shots at the orricers. He was wounded in the Jaw liy a bullet irom isns pftpe. patrol men s revolvers and for a time his re covery seemed doubtfuL Since leaving the hospital Olson has been seeking work and declared he would never carry a pistol again. It was reported that he Intended commencing suit against the police for damages for his Injuries, and this may have had something to do with the arrest. The case has been continued until Wednesday. j STATE FAIR OPENS BUT (Special Dlspateb to Tba Journal.) Salem, Sept. 16. The state fair opened this morning with as - large a crowd of visitors as could be expected. There were heavy rains all last night out tne weatner tnis morning is ideal. Much new stock was unloaded last night. The racetrack was bad on ac count of. last night's rains, but it Is drying fast Large crowds are expected tomorrow rrom an points in Oregon. APPEAt FOR AID OF . , STRIKING OPERATORS (United Preas Leaaed Wire.) Washington,- Sept 18. President Oompers of the American Federation of Labor announced today that the federa tion would appeal to 2.000,000 members of organised labor tomorrow to aid the striking telegraphers financially. . the Oilman case to have been $50,000 the court will assess a Judgment for $150,000. Attorney fees are also al lowed by the law, which in the present case are asked for in the sum of $3,000. Array of Xgal Talent. The attorneys fori the Oilman com pany are James Cole, assistant United ,i-MMi States attorney, who successfully prose- (hronih cutea tne rurniture comoination in tne United States district court this 'sum mer; the 1 law firm of Chamberlain. Thomas & Halley, and William McGarry and A. E. Clark. The complaint alleges that the per sons and firms named as defendants ware members of the Northwest Furni ture exchange, the Northwest Retail Furniture Dealers' Protective associa tion, Oregon Retail Furniture Dealera' association and the Portland Retail Furniture Dealers' association. All of these associations were part of the combination ordered dissolved by Judge -.u i c vvuivciiuu 1HHL a Ulie, inQ Northwest Furniture exchange being the association for wholesalera, and the others for the retail dealers. Effect of Combination. According to the complaint, and as was -shown in the federal court last summer, members of the Northwest Furniturei exchange refused to sell goods to retailers unless they were members of the various associations formed along the coast, Including the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. In turn the retailers pledged themselves not to buy furniture from any wholesaler not a i member of the exchange. Tba plaintiff alleges that, in accord ance with tne rules or the comblna tion, a schedule of non-comnetitive prices, terms of sale and discounts was maintained which throttled . the trade, It Is also claimed that a system of spy ing was maintained whereby would-be purchasers were sent to the Gilman store to attempt to purchase goods at less .than the. schedule price. If successful they would make a re port to the association, which in turn would fine the offender. Because -v cf these fines and -other restrictions tha plaintiff alleges It was forced to dis continue its relations with the associa tion, thereby placing itself in a position where it could not buy furniture. Because of this . fact, tha complaint alleges, the Gilman comnanv- was un-1 able to supply its trade, Which rapidly fell away and caused tha damage -to the Arm's business in ths sum named In the complaint. . - .- " An Emj One. . : A cucumber. . sava Wiahlnrtnn ex change, is 98 per cent "water. Conun drum; Whv la a' encumber Ilka anmn railroad securities? . - - - . Trouble at Kelly Oreek. Farther on at Kelly creek another test was made and electricity was found to be escaping Into the moist clay. Thla is the worst place for electrolysis on the entire system, but the amount of elec tricity escaping had noticeably de- The same courae waa arone through as at Pedemoske and ths offi cials now believe there will be little more trouble on this portion of th water system from the insidious elec trolysis. The expense of this work of controlling the current was only nomi nal but within the city limits the street car company will be made to pay the expense, whatever It may be. Protection for tba City. An old ordinance signed by former Mayor Rowe September 20, 1900, gives the city cower to assess the cost to the company. Furthermore, it Is speci fically stated that the company must make quarterly inspections of the pipes to see If they are suffering from In ducted electricity. These tests must be made in the presence of the city officials and reports of them filed with tne water board. This has not been done by the street car company of late. The penalty pro vided for refusing to make tests Is $100 for each separate offense. In order to secure a conviction it Is not necessary to show that the electricity comes from the power-house, but proof -that the company falls to restrain lta currents Is sufficient for conviction. GIVEN A YEAR FOR . STEALING CLOTHES J. A. Overman, arrested several days ago by Patrolman Oolta on a charge of larceny, was sentenced to one year on the rockpe today by Judge Cameron. Overman entered - two rooms In the Termlnus-fcotel, . securing v suits from . both apartments. .He disposed of his plunder to a second-hand dealer- and was apprehended several .days later. In the pockets ' of one of the Ira rm An t a, . stolen by Overman was $lJ2r but aa -. there was no direct evidence tnin.t the prisoner, in this case, a felony charge was not placed against him. i 1 - 1 V ROGERS SUSTAINED, . SHOCK OF APOPLEXY (United Press Leased Wire.) J 'Boston, Mass., Sept 16. H. H. Rogers. It wss learned this afternoon, sustsined a slight shock f apoplexy July it. This clears the mystery of his Inability to appear at hla of flea sines spring pis: