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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. ,
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I'KUll LORD F UIS ;rSPliil liJl il
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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
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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 '
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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
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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.. , . ,
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ID
-IIIIIfj-aI----If-Bag---iaI)-BBa-f----
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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
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''."'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.
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: . 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 . ""'1
Tiled lllf reponw umv tire in nnj uiv
ferencea Dtwcen mm na nm wu,-,
.TTTRSET?AND MAY COME
K ; TO WELCOME FLEET
WaBIII"Rl-"N acii. ,r a aiiu ' an j
baBador Juerand fltnnounced today ij
.. a a 1ft . ..Vaa.a. s .
i Illl L II W WVUtH "' I ' " ' ' va, M
pate in tha reception to be given Ad
a1 rwani Anal thai flWHtM i.'ii . f
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