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, .... i( . v '''(,' OREGON DAILY JOURNAi; PQRTtAND MONDAY EVEmNO. JANUARY 13,' "IS 3. vim POAic Sto'17 in Sunday Journal of $149 Hotel Robbery Re- Retail Harness and Saddlery Association of Northwest i Members Begin , Second' ' Conyention Probably Re- ii Elect Did Officers. U ; Attorney Asks Judge Hunt Motions to Quash. ; Indict ments 'Brought r Against Officials of Wrecked Bank Attack'on Informations Is lWhnic;:l"'v I to Order famous x raua suits in Arrest of Burglar Prosecutor to Appear ; as - Witness in His Case When . It ShowB Upv.'':; as He Attempts to Change ,100 Bill. , .. -' - . ; : : : rinn Vllirr I m Vlim , vy... I'KUll LORD F UIS ;rSPliil liJl il - ' i .'Ml ..a .( aaaaaaaaaaaaBaaBaiaaa . . . bBS 1 i a - 1 .- ' - . II I A tchniU attack; on th informa tion, filed against th acu.d Official, of th Till Guarantee Trust com rany tu begun by ttorny for t,. it.rimdtnta this morning., when mo tion, to quash and dlamls. th Information- war fM l a circuit court- Th presenc of Martin L. Plpee dur Inn tha examination of wltneaae. by tha district attorney U ona of tha thing, objected to. PJpaa wa. .amployad by District Attorney M.nnlng to aaalat lo tha prosecution of tha Title Guarantee company, but it In charged that he waa not a legally appointed deputy and not entitled to ta present. s ' f. . - Another objection made la that BUU TrVs.urer Bliel. M. B. Rk;n.Ani" rloue clerks and employee of the PJV ent and past receiver- of tha ban . examined by the dlatrlct attorney In hie Invest ietlon, sitting aa a J"?; but that the namee of tbeae wltneaeee have not been Indorsed at tha bottom the tnformatlona. ' , x . -Kaaty of Objaotloaa. ," A third ground on which the li ejsked to throw the caeee out of court la that the dlatrlct attorney a nn.ined the wttnaeea during the raca. tlon of court and while the legal boll da va were In force. A rourth ground U 5the claim that tha Inrormatlona ara void because they were not filed on or before the flret day of the of ourt after the defendant were ad mitted to bull. ( "JJ-A mnA A motion covering tha aeoond and third grounda above named waa J" by Attorney Wallace McCammaht 1; behalf of J. Thorburn. Rosa the four cane. In which he atanda ao cu'ed. A aimilar motion, Including the firm and fourth grounda, waa made by JJarrlHon Allen, acting for John K. Altchiaon and T. T. Builthart who are lointlr accused. By an agreement or ?",e attoFney. all of tha d laputod I po Inte will be : threh.-d outon tha mot'0.?, filed thla morning, and Oeorge H- H1U, the remaining defendant. will not be 'mm on to plead -t ttoe tione have been ruled upon by Judge Irtattiet Attorney Manrtlng stated to the court that he will file counter af fidavite aa aoon aa they N JJ pared, and the matter will be called For hearing ne.t Friday morning. In the affadlvlt of Rosa on i hlA the moUon - to quash in Ms case la made, he states on Inforraatlon and ba ft that George A. Steel and flMf other witnesses were before tha dla trlct attorney and examined or njm In addition ti Black and Ferguaon tha wltnessea named In tha 'Information. Ross eays he baaea thla rgAs on newspaper statements which I belleva to be the result of Intervlewa given by the district attorney," - , r yjulles on Hawapap Baporta. ,! V Rosa also rellea on tha aawspapere for hla Information regarding tha time the formal charge against him waa pre pared. He eaya It waa reported in the iu. ...MAt-aa war VMrlv lonf presa i nai r - - - - i.,PE ;rlor o januBijr - - hev were- filed.. v K , Identical arriuavus w Altchlson and Biirkhart In tha four cases pending against them, and It la hv them that tha-presence of Judjfe I'ipes during the eaamlnation of the witneswa la brought Into question. They IlsV allege 4hat Rankin and employes of Reccivera Hall and - Mearawere called-in by the district . attorney and told what they knew, but that he dU-, .,nrnv . failed- to name thorn , as witnesses upon whose testimony tha Informations were baaed. . ' ! The district attorney this morning declared that he had o fear that the Information will be knocked o.it th, motlona made by the defendant a at torneys. AU th legal turns , will l, taken up la th argument . Friday. r $ GAVE NO WHITEWASH : TO LEABO, THEY SAY Portland, Or Jan. il-To the Editor ftf Tha Journal We, tha undersigned. emphatically deny: th published otate menta to th effect that th xecutiv board of the Oregon Btata .fri1.' of Labor did In any manner "whitewash JLrVtary T. M. Leaba In exoneraUng Mm from Ae stigma ct pon him by the report of the committee on- office l??0 BUU Fedefatloof La- bor. The iaci is, iu iidijt ecuMve board, through their secretary, v-ll V! i j Jr johji that Ihd hooka. iccount d report , of -ex-Secretary Le bo be" completely uui.:ii board and If found S board present acquiesced In the propo sltioii and voluntarily signed the state ment that the books, accounts and Dort are correct ana ii crnivmuj President Gram waa not present at the auditing of tha books and accounts, but signed tha statement on th author ity 01 ms eircuuvo mwu. . . ,v & H. GRAM, President. - ''''! .' J. F. CASS1DY, Secretary. LABOR ORGANIZATIONS ; DEALT SEVERE BLOW . ' Ulted Pre teases Wlre.J ' Washington, D. C, Jan. 13.--Labor rganlzAtlona of the Pacific coast wera dealt ' aevere blow today when tha Ignited States supreme court refused to review the Judgment of - the federal court of California, which Issued an in junction against .the striker of , th coastwise " . steamers. ; Labor union wanted? th restraining order et aside. COMPLEXIONIWORTH IF IT DID Three ' charming .young women tpo advantage of the beautiful weathef yea terday . and .walked avef the hills and far awgjv .The direction,; was westerly jwlth northern tendency and, idreased In their prettiest furbelow, and gowns, the maidens sought the driest paths nhere the ground was firm and a sura footing assured to the daintily clad feet. Onward and ever onward climbed th young women," happy as larks In ; th tlorkms sunshine and crisp, bracing n I r Th trees and bushes, th blooms M.ialng the way In myriad colors, were COME OUT OF the menus ana nvmiiwiiirai m ,. iw riewtrians as they chattered t; merrily along the path. ; 1 . . . -v--, 1-reaently their path Jed them to a dark snot In the woody portion of the MIL wher no footmarks wer to ' be mn. One of th young women waa to advanco of th party. jr -.i'iUul And do ou know," said on of th trve in dest'liblng the excitement that fallowed, "she stepped into a bed: Of ri flay and sank in clear up to her 'Tut that is not aiL fTbe other girl tr.M ' who secured th . T' '. Al.Yiim V Lord for ha- Ing nter . Into conspiracy t .t?uct th adrnmiatratlon lwttej bow want. Henay cited by Judga Hunt t be preaent in Portland aa a wltn.s. for him ,wnn nis w v . . trial. If U ' -r. dot.,, ; , Lord ha pattlionea - - set down for . IH.V 1 coma to tne cu.. w ".-" --"- .h, S:-'l!f tj-nS-when ntSrly thre yrs i and 1 'y,ftull2 ,t.X my behalf when th c... doee com tior - - - th this tlm to ask for an order of Vtha court directing thla man to appear aa i nlas whanav" th eaa do, com UP." . ..h In hiro'-m - TlK- JudgVHun. Thyon'ryoa h.r. . ra.b; ...d end aerved upon th msnr asked. ' . t-AMtiniim rt , "Becaus tna iim .ponded Lord. "I o not now thl Tact data and I " want th court to l"tr him to PP whenerar tb ca.a 'who two ir -Tou ar tne man ed Lord, pointing a long rn2bUnf finger at th government attorney. . 1 thought so," said Heney, hla grin nerer diminishing. ,; And you ar th man I am after, and I hope I will get ?u Tbefor I gt through with you." Tou .wlirT.ava to go some." Lord threw back at him. but Mr. Heney atll) A har ion aome in my, tlm,- b "lir. Lord." aald th Judg. 1 o not know the custom of thla court but If you will mibmit your thorltlea of law on th question wJ barthm. . AH rtgn V aio r. i. . , - V brlng them. They ar In th cod. It I. presumed that h will b on hand in ihe morning with hi. clUtlon. Q WVmm Ulal (lUIUI vvaw ( RUEF EXPECTS TO ESCAPE JAIL (United Press Leased Wife.) o". vrannlsoo. f?al.. Jan. ' II. That Abe Ruef will refus to give on word or ;Uamony against th hlghr ' opa. n tha nromlsa of complete Im munity, was the report In circulation thla morning, ana mo -j the report is none other than on of Ruefs most lntimata friends. - Since tha appellate court .at- aside thf Schmit. conviction in th. French restaurant cases Ruef ?f,den1"out Sf troubli, but to aava tha bigger fish bounda, and when the fallen bos ap- an. air of supreme aatlsf action and cock- '"rTiatrict Attorney Lsingdon was late In arriving trom aioaesiu, u w.... Ruef learried that a conference with Langdon coma ' no oe afternoon h began to chafe under the delay? evidently beln anxious to have tn Tih.,MPn& 1! nal"d! Sas beYen dvlsed not only, by his own attorneya. out py ouwr bhu' v . a. ' that his conviction . on any one of the 117 indictments penuiiiB -v""" la Impossible, aud it haa further been Intimated to the poisoner that It is only a matter of a short time when he will be released on ball, f not by Judge Dunne, which Is-not likely, by the su ' " T' l Tne la anttinv store bv ?h7.madvlce. djt b greatly incr.a.ed the conliaence lnapiryu uj court', decision. r - - SEPARATE TRIALS ASKED IN LANE CASE Thl. 1. peculiar case, your honor." said Attorney Seneca, Fout. befor Judge rt.i. in the circuit court thla morning, in pleading for eparate trials for K. E. Raddlng and Mrs. Bell Waymlre. who irT charged with a, conspiracy to dls- XSS- htobWTrndthat ithl. Is a mlsaemeanor. n ""j """T- seoarat triais -anwuiu Kw M3rnaFo5fs.who"aoted trdlviduayy "as attorney for Mrs. . wayiniro " Secured th Consent of W. R. McGarry. who rVpwsenU Ra ddlng. The case was tnen Set lor n mi y "'j 1 HO 1 . - . m prominent partjn bt case or th pleas worn cuv, I trial on tnai uniucny u.m. EVEN ; -' MUDHOLE went to her assistance and -went in still -deeper'--"'- '-- "- - "What,, not deeper?" "Inquired tha young man who was -inclined to be spe cific in gathering facts. . . i yes," unconaciously went on the young maid 'as the youth drew out hi. hand kerchief, i "and then I had to help them. Well, ' you never saw such a time in your life . Th first girl', fac aimply ?ot black black, mind you; she was so Tightened." : v : ; "Dreadful," faintly murmured the young man in sympathy. "And Anally we got out," aald th girl eyeing, the youth, auspiciously. "But we were awful looking sights. , Mud! I never saw so much mud on humaq be ings In my life. We had to stay In tha woods until dark and then made our way horn across back lot. so nobody could see as. All my clothes went to the cleaner's today and as for my shoes, well her they are." t,. . And they wer muddy. Tram the sole, t th very tip-top of the uppers . they were coated - with mud. But th young woman had a glow to her -cheeks that other young -women who. stayed induors all day did npt fcava, , ; v ' ... HAVING TArnVnd bora sav aa exhibi tion of "wlrola. telegraphy at th Ball- paadtnar room of tha Portland pub- Ho library : which provd on , of . th most IntrUng t eatur. vet atUmpted befor an! audlenc in th library, reading Tooma. Wireless messages wr sent and received, whU in worxing nf tha wonderful mechanism wag ex plained by on .of th young men. Charlea Fln. - - - , " lroe mora than an hour th antertain- mi was nh 1 and tha Interest waa un abated throughout Tha dellcat Jn- struments, mosr or wmon r- " ventlon of tha Toung men, responded JnsUnUy in perfect working order to tha demands placed upon , them by .th youthful electrician.. - ' . After th wonder, of th wlreles. in- 4- -i,vn tha Hl (rata ml- crophon wa. brought Into play and tne memoers oi aw uuicni.. lowed to Itoten to th -ound of their own breath, th footbeata of file, and Insects as they passed acroa. tha ur fac. - and - other sound. 'Which th human ear in all it. wonderful power, of detection could not dlecover. , . Tha nui( . men who conducted - tnt entertainment were .Charles Austin, R rlland Bavag. vnanes xm uu land James. The officer, of th clu are: Donald McBlalr. prealdent; Miss WHILE EAST PORTLAND Blizzards Sweep Oyer Atlantic airi Middle West States --liocal Weather Conditions Are Like Those of " Early Spring:. vriand is eniovlnr balmy weathr Of spring ln tlr midst of winter whfl ih. aaat ami middle state, are Buffer ing death-dealing bllxxard.. T.trday was .n ideal day her and. thousand, took advantage of the clear atmosphere to vlw th onowy mountain peaks that form the background to th eastern rang of mounUin-. 'r-.Vr No ono appeared to .uf far from cold and moat walked about without wrap, or ovrcoat. Nor did ' ltj g fowma tertsiiy cwiuor ." " P" . th fact that for a few hours the wind swept In from tne east, ai no uui during h day did -the temperature fall below 1 - degrees,, w hub noura wiuui . "' . z Un reached the forty-ninth degree. Chil dren were-aooui in-tne luetw l"J " aa in the good old aummer dave and in .r' rv.i. .Mmrallra .were blockaded with baby-bugglea a goodly portion -or tne aivcrnuuii. - c i. a-n anlritait tinmen, and sutomabiles crowded the boulevards and streetdara did not go begging for bualr ness. council t;rest arew a, -jr tendance and thos who went there were well rewarded, for tiever did old Mount ,t a ,. n tuittar srivai.ta.s-e. SL nUWl 1VUUI K . m 1 Helena ppeared to be enwrapp ed in a anow storm ana contrast to the glittering slopes of Hood upon which the Betting aun re- TASTES PRETTY GOOD The new tlm schedule on th Mount Scott lin went into effect thla morn ihg and the arrangement is aald to meet with th approval of the customers, of the line. Thei. cars are run in multiple unit under the control Of one motorman. All of , the cars are of th new style which recently began to arrive from the factory. There are two conductor, on each train. - - ; - - J, Under ; the . new arrangement Jn ef fect todav there will be 12 cars an hour during th rush hours. At other times when the travel la much lighter there is to be six cars an hour. Befor tha chan ge there ; were but four car. an hour. --j- Large car. are also being run on the Montgomery line, which ha. been con solidated -with the Mount Tabor sys tem. This will do away with the .mall car. which have been used -on the line for several yearn,:; .:-v-,;v ;:' THIEF OPERATES - DUBING SERVICES Oiiatav Pleoa-er, a traveling man for the Hpneyman Hardware company at tended service, yesterday at th Chris tian Selene church,. Thirteenth and Morrison Btreela. When h went Jn he hi Mt hane-lnsr in the vestibule. When h came out it was gone. Mr.. Pleoger waited, thinking perhap. some one had bi. coat by mfsuke. There wa nothing doing. : No other coat wa. left. It Is assumed that some miscre ant from the outside took the coat while th service, wer going on. 7 ARREST TEN; FOR DOMINO GAMBLINCr 11 S o'clock this morning Patrol men Johnson and Phillip, mad a raid . rklfi... ramhllna arme at fiS Rw.. .ond atreet and j arrested 10 men who were playing dominoes for money. All of those arrested deposited ISO cash ball and wer rlea penaing a near- tng of tne cnargs ai nKuiei7, j SYRUP FOR PASSENGERS i : v V Jesal EC Millard, Tic-prsldnt; Jo J fVm. BUU.deUrSecret.rr. Similar; x- hlbltlon. will U given by th club at I SHIVERS FEELS WARM flected it. last ray. even after dark ness had begun to spread over th city. Th mild weather 1. causing pop to wonder if winter 1. really going to roll around without a trace of .now or a tiny .heet of Ice. So far 'tha record, at th weather bureau fall to show either alnc th opening of th winter season. - ' ' :,-.- .- - - "t.--"'' Th weather meet, with th approba tldn of all excepting th coal man and slumber, and they ar hopeful that their reward will yet com.. Th coal man,' however, has little hop of piling .up th profit. h estimated - early in th fall when everything appeared in hi. favor, becaus the mild weather naB saved many a ton of coal from going up in amoke. , ' ; - ; . -. t . ' ' i ' Chicago, i Jan. IS. Chicago and all Cities and town, within a, radlua of 80 to J100 miles or JrtJhe; clutches of tha fiercest blixsard of th aeason, which began Saturday 'night and bM raged ever alnce, with slowly diminishing fury, i All' telegraph line, are lthr crippled or paralyzed. Th Postal Tele graph companyhas no Unas out of Chi cago, but th Western Union-ha. - blfwlra Into New Tork by a circuitou. rout. -v v :w - t. Milwaukee ' and other V cltle. .1 report flooded conduit, and DaBmnta, treet car. .tailed and much suffering. , Th nolice fear there have been death. AU train, ar delayed and many ar aban doned. s ,; .-;::,;-' v-: ': .. GOES DACKTO ANSWER : CHARGE. OF I.1URDER cit jr Detective..: R. 1 Shannon and George Chase; of Salt Ike City - ar rived in Portland today to secure t Jot Sullivan, arrested her under the. nam of Hqward,. td tako; him : back to Salt Lake, to answer to th cliarge of mur dering Pollc Officer Charts. Ford In the Utah city Deoember-14. -: :it Howard answer, to th de.orlption of . - MnH - o,.ll.av. whri la wnntd tap the murder, and hi. photograph an lden till-, cation -marx. taiiy. hmuj wm ww Of the Utah murderer. - , robbing a saloon in Salt Lake with an ex-convict sameo job uiui uu an other man. George Owens. . In getting away the robbers killed Policeman Ford. Owens wa caught the day after, plead ed guilty and -in three day. , . started serving 20 year, for th crime.; Garcia has not-been, caught , , - i , Detective Shannon : 1. , a ) brother of Mr.. Saralt Evans, city market inspec tor,' and U enjoying a visit - with hi. Ister for the first time in four years. Th men will remain in Portland -several days before returning to Salt Lake with their prisoner, - . - - - j, ? ; ROGUE RIVER VALLEY : RESTS ON EASY STREET ;Mayor' J. F. Reddy of Medford, rwho Is threatened with a national reputation by reason of having been attacked by a railroad pre.ldeftt with ? an ax. i la In Portland today on business. - He assert, that the Bogue river ' valley no-longer ha. knowledge of any financial strln- "The last season', success In produc tion and th excellent price, command ed by Rogue river valley product, have placed aouthern' Oregon In good condi tion financially, notwlth.tandlng finan cial stringencies elsewhere." he said, "With our people the financial situa tion 1. reasonably easy and prospects for-the new year ar aplendld." - Development of poal Jn Bear Creek dlatrlct proceeds' with good success and railroad Is to be built by the coal mine owners, a. goon aa spring weather come.. , . , I ' ' ID -IIIIIfj-aI----If-Bag---iaI)-BBa-f---- ? v- th Penln.ula ''fjf,.Ml? 10, and at th Eat Sid High ocnool. January ti. ' CONFESSES TO E ' ', (United Preai Ceattd TFlre.) ' 1 Belllngham, Waah Jan. .H.Smltten hr eonsciance. Charlea Weatherford, in Clearbrook, yesterday confessed that-he muraerea r reaeric u. umura, m Vuv.u r. In this city In AprU, 1905. . v . Mrs. Nettl Jones saw Weatherford at Eureka Station at o'clock on the morning the body of Dames. was found. The man waa a total .-Btranger. He asked her if ah bad beard that Dames, tha , butcher, had been murdered. He described the manner In which the old man had .been killed, saying an ax had been used, and that a screwdriver had been driven into hla head. The dij eovery of the murder wag not mad until 7:30 a. m. , - i .- ; Yesterday Weatherford' wa. brought before a Justice of th peace and con fessed that he .lew , the butcher with an ax.'- , -; ., ., ' .. ' .- : - ;;- Although burglar chasing is not Quit in their line the men of engine ,cpm tany . .0. 4 did yeoman work laat Bight chasing over the roof, in the vi cinity, of the confectionery store of C. W. Jensen at 282 Fourth street When Jensen went upstairs to go to bed at 10 o'clock last night he was ter rified to see burglar, sticking hi. head through th bedroom window,-Running downstair, he alarmed hla wife and then ran over to the nearest fire engine house where he called out th men to' his asslstanc. They- hurried over, every man in th company, and a merry chase began over the housetops after - the frightened thief, t It lasted about 20 minutes and ended in the agile porch-climber eluding his pursuer, and getting safely away. , j WILL NOT TELL AGE; ' DENIED REGISTRATION . . (---i'. .' : .Y . - ..) - ''."'V.;-V.V-. .. 'i -.i-i ;S 1 w - jW. Donaldson of ; 810 Fremont 4 '.treet think, it i. none of the 4 4 sUte of Oregon's business how 4 old he t.-; On' thi. ground he 4 4 thla morning refused to tell his , e v: age to one of ,'tha registration clerks 1 in' the offic of .County s 3 Clerk Fields. Mr. Field, directed - 4 : that he be not registered unless 4 a' h mi his aae. Mr. Donaldson g gave another emphatic negative 4 and walked out, declaring mat 4 . he would vote when the , time came, and would not disclose his . 4 'age, either. " ' 4.. Donaldson 1. a man of, middle ... tta told the clerk: thkt It v 4 ' was evident that h was. over ' ' 21, and he'thooght that wa. an 4 'that was - necessary. But the a law aavs that the voter- .hall 4 : himself make affidavit to certain.: 4 thing., and among the thing. -. enumerated ' 1. hi. age. -! Mr. ' 4 Donaldson was told that it wa. - 0 up to him, and no Towed tnat 41 bla ' length of year, must j re- main a secret. . ,'.' ' ' : . PERSONAL.. , Potter Palmer Jr.. Is at the Portland. He haa been at Vartfeouver, British Co lumbia for the last 10 days. He i. now on hi. way to Eugene,- wher he 1 Jn th lumber business, . . 2' William Hanley of Burns, one of Ore gon's biggest stock" raisers, is at the PorUand, accompanied by hl. -wlf. -. A telegram received yesterday from Byron Hot Spring., California, an nounced that Drake O'Reilly of Port land, who ha. been ill with pneumonia there fbr a week pa.t, I eomewbat Im proved, although the-dangef Is not yet over." Mr. O'Reilly', father i. .till with him, and will remain until h ha. ImproveM In health. , r BRUTAL URDER BRAVE FIREMEN CHASE -The thief who robbed T. X Horn of 1141 at th lRoy rooming-house. Fifth and Burnelde atreaU. wa. arrested thl. morning by Detectlveg Jone. and Tlche nor at the Merchant' National bank a. he wa. 1a the act of changing a $100 which formed part of the loot. The man arrested U Frank Lamb, an old offender who' ha. served Umo at Kelly' Butt and 'who. only a few day. ago wa. befor Judge Craeron In th pollc court on a charg J vagrancy.- Alt of th money .tolen, from Horn waa found on Lamb1, person with the exception of $8. ' , ' tt. Early last Friday morning Horn wat. awakened by hearing a nol.e Jo Ui room and -upon making an investiga tion found lhat g, thief bad entered whU b ept ' and made ajrar wltb hi trouaer-, th pockt. of which con tained 14,th total amount, of hi savins, of ' many months. Th gum waa mada up of W gold Mlt, J l j gold piece, two 110 gold places and l rn .liver. Th theft wa reported to th pollc and a f ull acoount of th clrcUmBtance wa.teatabllshd In th Sunday Journal -It waa du to this fict that th thif wag apprbndd thUvenployd;.t National bank, read th account In Th Journal and wr on th lookout, for anyone of a auspicious character hav ing a $100 bill in hla possession, when Lamb entered th bank oon "" door opned for business .this morn ing and aaked for chang for a jl" Kid note, ha wa. at one .uapwsted of lng the thief wanted for robbing Horn. Lamb waa acoordingly deulned until Jone. and Tlchenor could b .urn- "'The'detective. immediately recognlied aertoua trouble In inducing him to con fess to the theft committed at the l Roy. A sea re n 01 m v '""""l' V . . ..... Ki.n. . tha 120 arold veaiea ma iiiuiub " , - piece and th two $10 pleoea taken froai Horn., ID! money waa "s wi- a- ?r' 5S!"ia. t .K -a. arrested . soma weea for vagranoy andr sentenced xo aerva i A. rlrnlla at Kellv'. Butt. After being taken to .th plac of d . 7. w . (kitirM sesrehed rnd mor."thaV$200-Tn;V0 gold Piece. a t ak ssalsitnarlil ftr wa. louna in r . hi. trousers. Thl. money be gave to a lawyer - who aucceeded in having the man discharged before senteno expired. A few day. ago Lamb wa. again ar A ! 7 ,'...... k,i nut un au':n a. pitiful-plea of poverty that he uc cWded l to getting off with a "uaPended charge of theft he wlU b sent to th perltentlary. " '' JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DISTRICTS ARE MADE Hereafter there will be only two jus tie of th peac dlatfict. in Multnomah county - Th county comml..loner. thl. morning fixed - th boundaries, tinder which the Portland dl.trlct win include the city, ; all of th territory west of th Wlilamett river, and the precinct, of Bt. John., Columbia, Bussellvllle, Ienta. South Mount Tabor, Anabel, Ar leta and Woodstock. Th remainder of th county will comprls , th Multno mah district . , . Th division mad place, the city and all territory reached by -nt car far in one dlatrlct. Under the law passed by the last legislature thl. dis trict will have ,two Justlc. . Th plan of establishing - new dlittrlcts for St Johns, ArieU and Other places wa. T r" 1 Zrn a11 Jl.nnaalnn it hatnar decided that the public interest would a a . A k. .aaH.a J la a kaWlttBl Aft Mr V WA D Dciicr bwtww ujr . YheaauVli - dlatrlcV comprlaed-of Columbia, Russellville and Len ta, M will have only one Justice, and he will be located wherever the man choeen at th coming election choose, to esUb Ush his offic. ' DAVENPORT TO SPEAK , AT : WHITE TiailPLE '--.; : m i. u ' On of th 'most lnt.re.Ung event. Of th winter , will be the lecture, of Homer Davenport, th dlatlngulshed cartoonist traveler and lecturer, at ; .th White Temple under the auspice. of the White Templecongregation on Wed nesday night. January 16, ." ..... -. Nobody in America i. a more thor ough nature-lover than Mr. Davenport, and his experience with , men and af fair, during the 15 year, he ha. been prominently before the public 'have been year, of remarkable Interest He has enjoyed the personal friendship of the greatest men of the time, both In this country and Europe. He was long since reco-nlzed as the greatest of American black and white artists, and his pictures have done a great deal to mould publio opinion. One of the" interesting feature, of his. lecture Wednesday- night will be the Illustration, h will make in tha presence of the audience, , 5 i- ' The larger part of the lecture will be devoted to a description of hla recunt expedition into the heart of the Arabian desert for the purpose of buying and bringing to hie country the pure-blooded Arabian horses. In the breeding of which he stands alon among Anglo-Saxons. , . . DRANK, GAMBLED AND DESERTED MIS WIFE :clrfA;i':n-.f -... . ' ..M.X Alleging that' her husband drank and gambled away hi. earning, and finally deserted her. Bessl M.: Welch ha. be gun''' eult for. divoroe from Elnathari Welch, whom she married in Prosser, Washington, in 1897, Sh say. her hus band left her in a destitute condition at'Verndale, Minnesota, in August, 1006, and her children- are being cared for by tha ' Oregon and Idaho , Children's Home Finding association, v - v , Nelson Q. Freeman haa sued for sep aration from Nelll Freeman, whom he married at Saratoga Spring., New York, in 18D1. He .ay. he was deserted in 1906, ' hi. , wlfe being now,, in -New York. . ---K H'' yti:$.:; ARGUMENT IN HILL ; ; HARRDIAN' SUITS ' Argument' of the HlU-Harrimaa suit, regarding the condemnation of property by the Portland fc Seattle Hallway com pany haa been . set - for bearing before Judge Cleland, April 14. The first case. In which the Northern Pacific Tesmlnal company Is defendaht, has been fixed for that date -and another involving the same, issues, ! with the- O. Jt. A- N. aa defendant, will be heard two days later. These sre the case in which the Har rlman lines have invoked the aid of the Sherman anti-trust law to defeat th In trusion of th Hill lln from Seattle. ." Th second annual convention of tha Northwest BeUll Harness and Saddlery . association met in the Ablngton build-', ing at 10 o'clock this morning. Between 60 and 70 members, representing dealer . from Oregon, Washington and Idaho, wer present. v -V ; ' : ."''' M. V., Mills, from Lewlston, Idaho, . prealdent of th association, opened th. convention . with a short addresg. la which be explained th object and alma of, th organtaatlon and felicitated th member. Upon what had been accoto- -pushed for the good of th trad, during ' th paat year. ' Following the, reading of th annual report - of Secretary . and Treasurer O. ' R. Nestoa. ' a yeoe.. wtiiS taken to allow th . member, to pay tbelr due.. - . ; - ' " One of th important thing, to com befor th convention I. th report of th executive committee on th 'rela tion between ' th retailer and whole saler." Secretary O. K. Nestoa ha. prepared th following program of subjects for. discussion, which will engage the at tentlon of the convention during, tn ,. two day aeeslons: .. ( ; ('';,-- , - - ., Snbject of Xakenrt. Bu.tne.a . -Department Method In- , ventory, L, Walters: insurance, O. K. Nestos; banking. P.- B. Stravena. Stock Department General d I sous si on: does It pay to carry a side Un ia th hardwar business, J. llamby. -., Advertising Department Newspapers, . and how to use the space. W. O. Staceyi cafendara, Preston Hales; hand bill and bltlboarda, B. W. Prl.m . Purchaaing Department What oona tltute a good buyer, B. S. Lampert; bow to meet and handle a traveling salesman, C. E. Ny; season to buy and dating, C. A. Beck. ' . ; Collection Department Limit of cred it, tlm and amount F. E Shafer; col-j lection of account and how, E. J. Keller.-r - Manufacturing 1 DepartmeiftW. La iNew'? and Useful Machinery J Reoort and Method, for Changing Sam Con rad Stark. - - - .'. '..- Trlcka in th Trade A. F. Ho.ka,, Exchange of Ides. Not Patented Og in General Use General discussion. .? ' Xlaot Old Offloona, Th last thing on th program will: bo the election of 'officer, to serya during thepresnt year. A practically unanimous desire has sprung up emorc the members for th reelection of M. D. Mills of Lewlston, Idaho, the present president.- and of O. R. Neatoa of Spo fcane seoretary and treaaurer. . ; , Th association waa formed at a con-; ventlon of harness dealera in Spokane last January, with membership .of about 60. In June the association met again In Walla Walla, when the mem- . bersbtp had grown to nearly 70. A number of harness dealer from th three northwestern states, who are not members of the organisation, are in Portland for the purpose of Joining, and it i. expected that th membership will be increased to 100, which will Include practically every retail har ness dealer In Oregon, Washington and Idaho..--". ,-...,--).--' -',-''''! THREE WATCHES (Special Dlapatck to The Jonraal.) ' Merlin, Ori,' Jan. II. The aaf of. tho Merlin Mercantile company was blown open by burglar, last night. Th thieve. I secured about tilOO ; in cash, and two ! certificate, of " the Olendale Lumber; company for $10 each, numbered .1.: and 18, and also took one gent's Walt hum and two ladle.' Elgin gold watches. The work appeara to - have- been - don by professionals. . . -. , . SCHUEBEL BLOCKED " 4 FOR TIME BY FULTON. v - ; (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Jan.-' 11 Con- alders tlon of the nomination of HUNDRED IfJ CASH; unristian acnueoei as , oistrioi. wlj a attorney of Oregon . wa. ' po.t- Til poned today by the aenat com-. a ... mutes on juuicmry at tna .. r-w ; bluest of Senator Fulton, who is - opposing - th appointment Th 41 senator declared ; that - he ha. v- ' 0 - letter, .from Oregon protesting 4 against the nomination and that ' be wants to be heard on 'th matter before It 1. finally, .et- 4 Med. Schuebel wa. riomlnated 0 on the recommendation of Sena- g- tor Bourne, .Fulton', colleague, s - CALIFORNIA UNION , ' MEN. HOLD SESSION (United PreM LmmI Wire.) ' r : Santa Crui.- CaL .Jan.": II. Th gev- enth annual" state convention of - th J State Building' ; and Trade. Council opened here till, morning In Odd Fel-. lows' hall, with r President . -vMcCarthy presiding. ' 1 . , The scores of delegate, were wel comed by John Gerow and J. B, Braxel-. ton on behalf of the local council. Mayor S. A. Palmer,' C. H. Mclsaac. sec retary of the board of trade, and the Rev.. E. C. PhllllFi fraternal delegat . front the Minlstera' unionwer among? those : who - addressed the gathering. Tha vara fniinwed . hv - President Mc Carthy, who discussed the growth- of 8anta Rosa haa already put In a bid. for the next convention. An executive ,' session, will be held thla evening, ,-sj. LEAVITT SAYS THERE A IS W FAMILY ROW & band of -Mrs. Ruth Leavitt, daugnter ; tftt1la Tatinlnaval uwnn rnnaw A aa. . OX Will lat ill f IIIlal0 '4 . 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