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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.
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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-
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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.
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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: