THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY ' EVENING,' FEBRUARY : 12, i 1008.
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BANK BEGINS TO
PAY OFF OLD ACCOUNTS
0PBJ
; ," Ths doors of the Oermsn-Amerlean
bank swung open at 10 o clock today at
ths corner of Washington and Sixth
streets, and within an hour the bank
i began paying depositors' claim of ths
- . old Oregon Trait Raving bank. Con
trary to expectations, thera waa no dls
rsltlon shown by tha depositors to
- rush la for their money, and tha bank
management Immediately determined
" upon Its action In paying clalma. From
" '' thla date forward depositors' clalma un
' der 25 will be paid every day durrhf
banking hours until aU ar settled.
The clalma under $50 will then i be
taken up. The bank has made arrange-
. .V. n.ni ii.- business can be
handled expeditiously and accounta
readily verifled on the booka.
Another important conclon n-
nounWd by the bank management today
Is that those depositors who aubacrlbd
for upwarda of $$00,000 f Horn Tsls
- phone bonda willjlve lr let "J
( coupons dating front last "
lut umUmiutl Intert day. Thla
mean a clear gala of about 120,001 to
the depoaltora,
"The bonda subscribed for will be
distributed aa aoon aa we can prepare
the necessary trustees certificates to
enable ..hose havtns small claims tn re
oelTe their bonda." said President Reed
of trie Uerman-Amsrican bank.
"Tha attoroeya are now working apon
the form of certificate and aa aoon ae
11 is completed and lithographed we will
be ready to distribute tha hnn.la Dm
nonce win oe given through tha press "
I'i'i nay 01 me new nana s open
In a was moat auanlcinua Th.
are well pleased with the disposition
shown by the public toward the merger
bank. Hundreds of people came In to
iiukb nanas witn the new offlcere, and
iu Lungraiuisie mem upon the bright
future for Portland's nt.nHM .......
panning institution. There were a
large number of deposits made. The
winjrison net ween deposits and with
rawals up to the hour of I o'clock p.
m. showed a little more than three to
Jvn in isvor or deposits. There were
J new accounta opened. The bank paid
l claims of depositors of th Oregon
Truat A Savings bank.
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LED BY GIERKE
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Music Lovers Give Enough
Honey to Assure Success
of Concerts This Season.
Mniirviir
fUlfEF nc
r Portland wlU havs a series of oym
,h... Mnoarta after ail thla season.
Cbarlea Dierke, founder and manager of
tha lerks Musical institute, ana a
pianist of note, will wield tha baton.
Monef bu been donated by publlc
afil riled muslo-lovera to losurs flnanolal
success and the orchestra will be com
posed of professional musicians In Its
'"ThTorchestra will be sompossd of 4
members and enough rehearsals will be
held to make tha initial oncert a reat
Irtistic success. To bring 46 form
ers Into perfect harmony la no small
undertaking, but Mr Dierke Jtends to
put In enough tlm to bring out perfec
tion In very little detail In thla In
stance. The performers have already
been consulted and it la understood that
the first rehearaal will ba held nsatSun-
first concert will be hold during ;
the early part of next month. Tha date
will bo fixed ao aa not to conflict with
other attractiona and It will be an
afternoon affair. Th intention la to
trive four concerto thla season and build
up a solid foundation for work of a
atlll greater scope In tha future.
EUGENE AS HOST TO
iimiTP
if fluid If.
LEWIHISFflTHER
Son Says Sums Were Never
Repaid and Contests
Parent's Will. '
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Oregon Delegation at Wash
ington Claims to Believe
.District Attorneyship Set
tled and Doesn't Know
Judge Is in the Race.
OVERTURNED FOREST GROVE TRAIN. PHOTO BT JOURNAL STUT PHOTOGRAPHER.
Hole B. r. Tattle, widow of WillUm
C. Tuttle. la the sols heir in h.r h.,.
band'a property under the wllL which
waa admitted to probata today. Tuttla
died January H and left two lota In
Belle Crest, valued at Rn ..
drug ator atock and fixtures at 863
ississippi avenue, worth about SS.000.
Judge Webster In the count v m.w
yesterday afternoon llirior1 tn .
of evidence In the contest begun by
Peter Tlmm to break the will of hla
father. Henry Tlmm. He clalma that
he loaned auma to hla father during
hla lifetime that were ntr r.n.1,1
Th value of tha estate la a little mora
than 11,000. Judge Webster took the
matter under advisement until next
Monday.
Tha will of Thomas Greene of Monta
villa, filed todar. names Damnli Ruin.
van as executor of th will and pro
vide that tha latter select a Cathollo
priest to say masses for himself and
nis aeparlea wire. tu oeing provided
for thla purpose. He also bequeathes
IS to the same priest for the masses of
poor aoula. and S6 more to the Hlstera
of Precloua Blood of Montavilla. Two
aona are given 11 each and the remain
der of the property Is to be divided
between two surviving daughters. The
total vaiue oi me estate la I7&0.
TIIEEE TOWNS MONDAY NO MORE WIRE TALKS
P0R ESPEE EMPLOYES
. (Special tUsitcb to The Jonrasl.)
Euiene. Or.. Feb. II. Th Eugene
..if 1iiH la nrenarlnc to en-1 (Lulled Trass Leased Wire.)
WUiimivw r " I D C.K 1 rr-v,. ....
"WH', " I telephones m Southern Pacific office
for personal bualness by employee Is
at an end. The management has ls-
ued an edict to tnat effect ana It
DETECTIVES' HEARING
Mil POSTPOIiED
Error in Transmitting Rec
ords Delays Discharged
Sleuths' Appeal.
Because of an error In transmitting
th records, report and exhibit Jn th
cases aaainst Detectives Snow, Car-
HEOn BETTER AI TRIED TOB RING DIVORCE
N017 KNOWS HE KIIEl1 SUIT AGIST HERSELF
A warrant has been Issued from the
municipal court for th arrest of H.
Calar on a charge of obtaining money
by fals pretenaea. Th complaint on
which th warrant was issued is sworn
to br Phllln Neu. who alleaes that
Caler obtained from him $76 on a bogus
contract to furnlah a gravestone.
Caler obtained the eontraot and the
Singular Charge Brought by
Defendant in Suit for
Alimony.
That Mrs. Fannie Wachendorf triad to
syJw Hw,t:n"Tey to.br,if ,u,t
MarkU wnrka rfaxiaraa tHat h baa I agalnat herself for divorce ia tha un-
penter, Day and Kerrigan, who war ,inCa learned that Caler haa no author- J usual charge made by H. Wachendorf
rilamiaaaA hv tha executive Doara aev-iiir oi inr Kin a rrom ui maroie com-1 1. .eei.i. na w n
eral month ago. th hearing of the W. WJ4 fm V'fhl ppoln, a motion by his wif for all
appeal before the civil .ervlc. commia- oi'alnt "' XmHDllX!? th5 h? TV .Stf
.ion this morning was po.tponI in- Cai'er 1. Htid to r.id. at Park Place. totM?tg?UV&itti
definitely until to record, could be near Oregon City. Th. warrant ha. f,"'. "55' "J VJWl '5.3 'r!
found. I oeen placed In the band or sneriri
Before the hearing la taken up Law- Htevena for service..
ver RalDh Moody.-representing the de- . -
Fank6rand wffPconf erCon AumbM CHARLES ANSON DIES
of dftmurrer which Mr. Moody tiaa
kAii hr v Vila. fManta wall m In
ra"tA"'tha" aVrVutio7 at WrtIil . ' I uik nig wire at one time made for
ovTdmcW It 1. exDWted T in th I T way ML-V1?,- J Dulctlr
that th lawyer, may be abl to tattle Charles Anson, traffio chief of tha 0WTn it him th- Hn h.l'.i .aea
many legal polnta without taking up Weatern Union Telegraph company In her He ny. ahe llo lotm ?haf .h.
n'ta0' th commiBalon Portland, died suddenly at 1 o'clock thl. wlli afnd him" t'o ,th. rtckX VheVoe.
. mornma in mt vinoanr a nnaniiai xrom i no rnmn r wun n.r wiahA f. . v. . . .
what waa at first believed to have been I ter of alimony.
apoplexy, but may have been caused by I The hearing on the question of "par
ptomaine poisoning. or not pay" waa to have taken place
u uua
tlm beoauaa he lacked tha funria Ma
nnany aid Dring suit, but adds that hla
anorney i. yet unpaid nd he la out
of work, ao he pleads Inability to sup
ply alimony.
nraviiviiBQrE iaai aevarai mam
mrilVIII,SI(S rn,rl" nia previoug allegations, say.
lAJA U-LiOIUlXO hng that hla wife at one time made foi
REPUBLICANS IN RACE
FOR UMATILLA JOBS
Orov Commarclal club and the busl
na man of Junction City and Spring'
eiM n Rmrene next Monday. A large
number or memocra oi ins locat uuuinas been approved by E. H. Harrlman.
vi.ltaH tha Cottaere Grove club several
While general in Its application, the
weeka ago, going on a special train, and I prohibition ia particularly aimed at
the affair her will be a return visit. I employes in the large offices of th
ine ouainesa men oi wia in. uur uiy
lea named have been invited to partici
na
the club, troi'ey rldea and drive, about
th city hav been planned for the vla-
company in thl. city, Oakland, Sacra
mento ana ixs Angeles.
Two reasons are given for this new
order. They are set forth aa follows:
The privilege of using phones by em-
Itora. Dr. D. A. Paine, O. W. Griffin I cloves for nersonal matters has been
and R. R. Knox consUtute the commit- greatly abused, thus needlessly swelling
tee on arrangements. the annual telephone bill, of the com-
"i na memDer. or me local ciud ereinanv
planning an excursion to Springfield The abuse of the privilege, especially
by women employes, takes their time
away from their work during tha hour,
they owe to th company.
J. L. Stockman Dead.
(Special Dlnpatcb to The Journal.)
Pendleton, Or.. Feb. 12. J. L. Stock
man, one of the prominent and well-to-
do ranchers of Umatilla county, died
yesterday In Los Angeles, where he had
gone to spend the winter. Death re
sulted from a severe cold, which he had
contracted, causing the formation of
(Siwrlal Dlfnatrb to The Jooroal.)
Pendleton. Or.. Feb. 11 A number of
county candidate, have filed their cer-
tincatea or canaiaacy lor tne primary
election, the following being among tha
county commissioner, Republican; G. W.
Bradley, ror treasurer, Republican; J.
W. Klmbrell, for surveyor. Republican;
Frank K. Welles, for school suoerln-
tendent, Republican: Fred W. Hendley,
ror recorder, republican; Charles A.
Barrett, for representative. Republican.
C. P. Strain, Democrat, who has
served two terms aa assessor and who
la one or the leading assessors and tag
students in tne state, Is being urged to
run again, out nai not yet rued ma pe-
ution.
Friday night to meet the club there.
special train will be cnarterea.
FREE CAR RIDES FOR
EUGENE OFFICIALS
(Special DIsDateh to The looraal.)
EUgene, Of., Feb. 12. The Eugene
city council yesterday afternoon passed
an amendment to the franchise held by
the E?ugene & Eastern Railway com- an abcess' in the ear.
paJ:yl. ranun Bn, eension or ume in Tne deceased waa born In Ohio 66
which to complete the street railway years ago last October. He was a mem
Jtne to the city limits A. clause re- ber 0f the local G. 4. R.. having served
quire, that all city officiate ahall ride au through the war? He came to Call
free on the streetcars while going from fornia at an early date and after a few
one place to another on their official yearB tn that state came to Oregon 31
duiJ5? , er Anr 1 .V 1'09" . t y" f and had since resided in this
j.uia viauB. was iu. uuta ui iwu ur i county
three weeks' delay on the matter of
c . B w i wmwuuu vi juouise ieir in tnio nve years ago last
th line, as a number of councilmen op- October. They have lived In Pendleton
since. His wife and a brother, W. J.
Stockman, are the only living relatives.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
ON THE INCREASE
A comparison of the attendance In tha
Portland city schools the first three
day of the present spring term with
tne rirst tnree or last years correspond
ing term .how. a large Increaae in the
total attendance.
In 1907 the attendance on the first
day was 1M24: the second day, 17,004;
me tniru day, 17,110.
In 1908 the attendance on the first
day was 18,324: the second day. 18.654
the third day 18,742. The attendance
the first three day. of the term at th
Htfst side High school was 897. At th
West Side High school the first day
Mr. Anson waa taken suddenly 111 I before Judsa Clnianil tni. n.nrnin. k...
while St work In his offlo last evening. - th case was continued until next Mon
He was found At o'clock by one of tha I day for argument.
WHITMAN SELECTS
DEBATE CHAMPIONS
(Special Dispatch to Tb feonial.)
Whitman College. Walla Walla. Wash..
eb. 12 Walter Eel Is, Roy Perlnger and
Clarenco Morrow were selected last
night a. Whitman's debating team
against Washington State college. The
debate Is to taite place rn Walla Walla
in March on tha adnntinn at th r.n-
adlan banking system in the United
i tates. It will be the ninth annual con
toot between th two Institutions.
All three men eknaen hava hat
' iwmmn in acDaung ana snouia
proV a strong team. All have been In
tha tntersocietv debates aa wpii aa i.i...
collegiate. Morrow, a sophomore, was
ii ma uewm ihsi year against W. B. C.
Perlnger, a senior, debated against
ldano three years ago and W. fi. C. two
. mu. jveuo, aiso a senior, was a
member of the team against Pacific
university three years ago. leader of th
teams asralnst w. a. c i.n
intercollaglate orator last year and thla
Parlflo University next vk at TPn.-..
Orovs n tlio Japanese Immigration
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if fr. . J
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' (Wssatngtoa Bureaa of Tb JoarasL)
Washington. Feb. It (Latest) Both
Fulton and Bourne seemed to be sur
prised when advised that Heney and
U'Ren wer urging Judge Bumttfor
aonolntment as district attorney. I
don't know anything about It," .said
rulton. T hd presumed th matUr
was settled finally."
"I nvr heard of It before," said
Bourn. "If they ar running It out
ther I hav nothing more to say."
It la elsewher learned that aa In
timation has boen received her that an
Inquiry at Portland by representatives
01 lieney aisoiosea an uov"
uatlon with rafarenca to Cleeton. al
though confirmation of such report Is
impossible to obtain. . .
From talk with members of th pre-
fon delegation th impression Is gained
hat they regarded th attorneyship a
settieo. , ,
Ellis said ha supposed when he Joined
In recommending Cleeton that the mat
tar waa finally aettled as a satisfactory
compromise. He had heard this morn
ing tnat Burnett waa oeing menimuou
for the position but knew nothing fur-
ihM . U v. .M tj 11 mot 1 waa an
. , I IIU U H II, ..v " . v. , . - - . .
excellent man and his experience as a
practitioner had been sufficient to qual
ify hlfn, on that score, tor tn position.
COItVALLIS WILL
HAVE A CANNERY
Plnmbers Agree for Present;
to Work Beside Non-Union?
Men Wage Scale Cut to
$5 for Eight-Hour Day;
No Danger of Strike, .
At the First Solicitation $3,500 Is
Subscribed -Plant to Be Read
for Summer's Crops.
Charles Anson.
25?W65I7fiil!f. "cond 11:ntheith.lr'i 0Pcrat n the Worcester building
posed the clause. Yesterday there was
s tie vote, and Mayor Matlock cast the
deciding oauot.
'
CARUSO'S ACCUSER
Wisconsin Clay Workers.
M H -a ulraA THri. FoK 10 fha aIWi
1 xa unaun.V ass. 1 aV -. a m. 111c vri a 1 1 1 11
TlTVT'TV "rrT TknTATTTT-am "nnual meeting 01 ine Wisconsin ciaT
h INM) VOR DKlNKTlVlr Workers' association besan In Mll-
wauKee toaay, wun neaaquariers at tne
Vlntpl Rlnta Tha nrlnpfnol fpahirA. nf
(United Press teased Wlre. the 1av's nroarram wer tha arfriraaa nt
new. xora. : reo. it. mrs. mniu resmenr A. w HiiKpr or Rar iu a nrt
Stanhope. whOL brought Enrico Caruso, the annual reports of Secretarv Wilson
the Italian singer, mucn unpleasant no- or Menomonie and Treasurer zimbal
torlety a year ago by accusing him of of Sheboygan. Thursday and Fridav
annoy m her-while she was standliur will be given over to the discussion of
f near tne monKey-nouse in central iark, numerous questions or importance to
was yesteraay nnea cent ror Deing in- ine industry.
toxicatea.' rs. uranam, ner nau-sis-ter.
was fined the Sam amount on a
Similar .charge.
827. The Increase in school population
shows the continuous Increase in the
city s population.
M'MINNVILLE VICTIMS
RECOVERING RAPIDLY
(Special Dlspatcb to Tb Journal.)
McMinnvllle, Or., Feb. 12 All those
Injured in last night's accident are do
ing as well as could be expected. None
of the lnjuriesof those here will prove 1
latHi unless otner complications set in.
The most seriously Injured are M. U.
uortner and Mrs. David Stout.
ROSE PLANTS COME
IN BY THE HUNDRED
CITY CAN HAVE NO
POLICE SERGEANTS
City Attorney Kavanaugh this after
. noon advised the council that it would
not be legal for that body to create the
v. office of police sergeant, a matter over
looked in the city's charter. Mr. Kav
;. snaugh recommended in lieu thereof
that the council appoint additional de
:: tectives for service in the police depart
ment and they could be assigned to du
1 tie odrinarlly covered by regularly
1 ordained police aergeants.
To Improve Cemetery.
,j ' (Soeelal Dltpatrh to The Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., Feb. 1 2. A concerted
movement among Pendleton secret or
2"r.na5 been started for the lmprove
, men f Olney cemetery, the buryinic
ground used by the city and surrorfnd
- fefS?!?'4-: USW metery was
fmnJSli X.r ago' but h been
improved In kvnv wav mwni
SJ- V " UWII ILa
Indians to Be Arrested.
Informations were filed In the United
States court this morntne. chararinr
Simon Whitney and Joe Hayes of the
Umatilla reservation with having taken
whiskey onto the reservation to the In
dians there, contrary to the law. The
two men will be arrested and brought
to Portland to stand trial before Judge
Wolverton. Both are well-known In
dians of the Umatilla reservation.
headquarters of th Western Union in
an almost unconscious condition. An I Donations for the rose nlantinr dav
ambulance was called, and under the I which- has been set fo- -tv.hintJ?
care of Dr. D. H. Rand he was removed I birthday, February 2t are ramini im
n at Vlnr.nl'1 .h ha ahnrtltf I o-ii .---....V "..r"..COni?ns7. IntO
.. a r, i-Ja rcjuvui association in large
after, In convulsUms numbers and it Is evident hat thous-
Owlng to the luddenness of the at-1 ands of rosea win ha i.n5l i,
tack it was thought by the phyalcian association in the public narlra inA
that Mr. Anson was surrering rrom apo- squares as well as on private grounds
plexy. Later developments showed 1 0n that day. srounua
mat ne nua oeen eaiing canneu iuina- 1 nairman E. VV. Rowe Of the rose,
toes and the convulsions which followed I nlantiivar commltta v..ii,.t J.-JZ
i,. u.. ,, k rim.i4 :i f . ; '" ..... i.c uOUa
majr nan not vouocu v i auvuk n,vvw i-vcar-oia rose bushes In
"i, I'... . i..ki- ,-1- I oruer 10 maice tne right kind of
ni . AiiBUU sv aa m vni w t m uuLia s.Da-3- 1 Hnnwinir nn rnsa rtiamtfm-i 4aa
ank .or. arA Uim lrtnir anorlon.a In I m tv 1 1.) ' 12tZ - V 2 U'
Portland will cause him to be greatlv bu,he, wtr, reported to Mr Row ml
missed hers. He was well-liked- by all morning: Wiliiam Pangl" Helllg thea
his fellow operators. Mr. Anson for- tr., j.00". Gu. c. Moser.o h w iVaI
8peclal credit Is due C. M. Perrine.
or North Yakima, for the wav he min- Ui. n. ; iu.a Vnvar ! wnrM in I t-!ir SfTrr .Vt ""
aged the work of rescue. P." M. Rldg- n,. ,7th in Minnfeanol U T before comln5 JT".l?,.?' .L
w.a.y:, BPn-.?iay coraPy- to Portland In 1890 ' He had been with I DlnV" 100: ti iL Malarkav sa hilaKaa
l uiLiniin, ia me lujurtju man on re-1 tha Waatam iTnmn ever since then a.nd - - " "
poriea tnis morning. 1 or four years was The Journal special I
ODerator. He leaves a widow in 1 1 '1 1 1 1 H l Til TUSTIITV
TT-- 1 -XT A lmnpiTHTrt-nT I d.,i..j Anna Inmn a Hinah. I Wia.a-ii.l v IJJUXU A-
an .v xii. ijKt.jijJ. f I ter of Mr. and Mrs. w, t. uiggies;
vATiT nTTTiTjTTTmmTTnTm aaughter, Mlsa Jiva rortmnier, and a
1UV OLrrjlUi i JDlJJJEilNT brother, Frank Robert Anson, of New
xom
IN ROBBERY CASE
V., Tt. Manderson. who is chararad with
the theft of 11.200 wbrth of Jewelry
irom me store or mr. Henrietta iron
j n t a n.i v
, v. .j 1 1 rvj I 1 1 i. bRUi nin,i . . ...... . . a
Vannnnvor R n TTah 19 Allan V,,r. I UaDaTUt HIM Uie UOOOS,
vis, one of tho most valued, employes I George Frank and Antone Shufes wsre mart in tne Portland hotel on the night
of the C3nndian Pacific and former arrested last evening by Detectives or October 17, went to trial before a
chief clerk of F. F. Busteed, general Smith and Howell and booked at the Jury in Judge oantenbein s department
annprlntonflonl' nf tha wAitArn Hlvlalnn I nltw nH anM nn a pharrA nf lflrnenv. A I OI the ClrOUit OOUtt thlS mOmlnff. Only
has been appointed superintendent, with" I suitcase and other articles stolen from about j worth of the Jewelry was re-
neanquarters at eotiris, uamtODa. Mr. i the apartments or v. J. ocnmiai on tne cuyeru, una ima i uw .muuui i-uverea
Purvis entered the service 19 years ago I afternoon or February were round in or tne lnrormauon. a young man
as a messenger at Vancouver and is I the room occupied by tne two men. namea wonen, wno nas coniessoa tnat
the oungest official of his rank in They will be given preliminary hearing he was a- accomplice, is the chief wit
Canada.
I in tho municipal court tomorrow.
I ness for tha prosecution.
(Special Dlapeteh to Tbe JoernaM
Corvallls, Or.. Feb. 12. Corvallls is
to havs a fruit cannery. A committee
has been at work this week and 13,(00
has already been subscribed by the fol
lowing substantial citlsens of the city:
Punderson Avery. $600; W. K. Taylor,
B00; W. F. Hamlin, $500: John Ingle.
1600: V. P. Moses, iiou; J. m. aoian,
1100; A. P.Johnson. $100; V. 8. Walters.
loo: John wyati, iiiib; umri wij ,
100: Frank. $100: W. C. Metcalf, $10J;
Clyde Beach, $100: R. I Glass, $100; E.
B. Horning, $100; F. U Miller, $100; O.
L. Davis. $100.
The cost of the plant compieie win
be $11,000, which Includes the site ana
operating capital. The shares are $t00
each. Thoae who art looking after de
tails feel certain of success.
A oommlttee from the eorvallla Com
mercial club Is doing the hustling.
The nlan is to have the plant In
operation tn time to cars for next sea
son's fruit crop. The committee has
visited the Brownsville and other can
narlaa anil feels certain that no better
or more profitable enterprise could pos
siblv be launched In Corvallls than a
cannery, which would furnish a market
for tne small rruns ana vegeuioies
grown by neighboring farmers, would
encourage diversified and intensive
farming and besides add to the payroll
of the city.
SNOW IN PALOUSE
MAKES WHEAT SAFE
(Special Dtapatek to Tb Journal.)
Garfield. Wash.. Feb. 12 The most
severe snow storm of the season has
been raping throughout the Palouse
country the past 44 hours. The Palouse
has experienced mors winter the past
10 days than In all the season previous
ly from December 1. The heavy snows
Will be the means of keeping the winter
wheat from freeslng out and will soak
UP tho soil and Insure an abundant
crop of wheat. The farmers are much
pleased with the splendid prospects for
next year. There is a large acreage of
winter wheat.
ALLEGED DEFAULTER
NOT TO BE TRIED
Portland is an open shop town, so far'
as Journeymen plumbers are concerned.
Any good workman, whether a member
of Plumbers local No. II or not, may
b employed by ths master plumbers'
and put to work alongaide of a union
plumber without causing a strike,
walkout or even a protest-
"Buah Is said to have been tbe de
cision of both tho Master Plumbers' as.
soplstlon and Plumbers' local No. Si,;
muiiuning a controversy wnicu nas Deen
on for the past three months. The Jour,
neymen plumbers have also agreed to
the $6 wage scale, which la now the
wages paid for an alsht.hnur da k all
ths leading plumbing establishments la
ths elty.
The master plumber Issued an edlot
three weeks ago that Monday, February.
10, wagss would be cut from $5.60 to
$S a day and that tha Hht miM t
Pi any man on the Job
they saw fit to amnlnv tiaaltain li
scarcity of. work and the large number
of unemployed plumbers Irt Portland,
the Journeymen decided that It waa use
less tO SUt UD a fta-ht fn a i.Anlllii.
ante of ths old wags scale and for a
unionised shop, end agreed to accept
for the present ths conditions Imposed
by ths master bl umbers.
However, It Is not to be understood
that ths Journeymen plumbers will sub
mit to these conditions hivnnil tha
period of a scarcity ef work. In fact. It
Is said, that ths maatsr plumbers have
agreed to return to the closed shop
policy and ths higher wars aeala aa
oon as there Is a marked increase in
building activity.
SPRI Ml STUNT
IH fMjPl FIGHT
The contest over the ownership ot
the Marquam building cams before
Presiding Judgs Cleland In new form
this afternoon when argument was be
gun on the application by attorneys
for the officials and ex-offlclals of the
Title Guarantee A Trust company to
prevent me attorneys ror l. A. Mar.
quam from taking their depositions.
Marquam's attorneys claim the right
t re-open me case to ins extent or tak
ing depositions of J. Thorburn Ross T.
T. Burkhart, George H. Hill, E. C.
Mears, W. M. Iadd. E. B. Beabrook, W.
A. Munly and W. M. Gregory regarding
tne aiiegea violation or tnelr trust In
falling to protect the Interests of Mar
quam when the mortgage on ths build
ing was loreciosea and the ownership
passed to the Title Guarantee and Trust.
Judge Cleland several days ago Issued
a temporary injunction restraining ths
inning oi me depositions, ana me Hear
ing today Is on the question of making
the Injunction permanent. It Is claimed
by the attorneya for ths bank that there)
is no necessity for taking the deposi
tions, as all the persona named live
nere and can be called when wanted, and
for the further reason that it is im
proper to take any svldsnos regarding
the foreclosure, that feature of the case
being closed by ths previous decision of
me court.
' (Mparts Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Garfield, Wash., Feb. It Williams,
ths secretary of the I. O. O. F. lodge
at this place, who was in the Colfax
jail 10 days, has paid the amount of
the discrepancy to the lodge and has
been released. The prosecuting attorney
withdrew tho charges and dismissed
the case, stating that the lodge had not
made proper demand upon Williams for
the money and for that reason It would
be impossible to secure conviction if
the case went to trial.
VANCOUVER OFFICER
SHOT BY CHINAMAN
(United Press Leaned Wire.)
Vanpnnver B. C. Feb. 12. Officer
McLeod' of the Vancouver police force-
waa ahot down Dy a cninaman eariy
thla morning. The officer noticed twu
Chinaman going along a dark alley
carrying two boys. He Jumped for them,
but managed to get only one. This one
ha tnnk in charae. but had proceeded
only a few feet when the oriental drew
a gun and shot the officer through the
neck. The Chinaman then escaped.
McLeod la now lying In a hospital in
a precarious condition. The officers are
now searching Chinatown 'and every
building will be ransacked in the search
for the Chinaman.
NOBODY W4NTS TO BE
JUDGE OF ELECTION
The county commissioners and County
Clerk Fields are working dally on the
list or judges and clerics lor ths com
ing primaries and election. These Jobs
are worth $3 per day, but thsy ars not
in aemana. wniio mere are plenty or
men willing to serve, it Is not easy to
secure the required quota of ths kind
of men (demanded for such appoint
ments, and fully half of those wno are
chosen refuse to serve ss soon as thsy
hear about It. The list will be com
pleted and announced as soon as pos
sible, but this will not be for several
days.
TRIED TO BUTT OUT
J5RAINS AGAINST WALL
J. Redmond, who is serving a 19
day sentence at the city prison, at
tempted to commit suicide at 1:44.
ociock this morning by striking h"S
head against the brick wall of his cell.
He was taken In charge byl the Jailers
Derore ne naa inriictea serious injury
to himself. After City Physician Zelg
ler had dressed several contusions and
aorasions on tne man s scalp it was
decided to send the prisoner to the
county Jail for safe keeping. He waa
taken to ths jail in the patrol wagon
and la now under the authority and
cars of Sheriff Stevens.
ATTORNEY ARGUES
HIS OWN CASE
under
consideration lM,,.
n.cr u7 curcinc power t0 irrigate the
- cemetery and to plant severalliundred
trees upon ths ground. Mrs. fiarah FlsS
Thompson, a pioneer - woman who died
recently, .bequeathed 2f,000 for wne.
? tery Improvement, and it is thought ths
nmount can be raised to $10,000 by pub-
lie subscriptions and appropriations by
the city council.
'I ToBtijr Robber Arraigned.
K. Hank. M. West and Dsll Haywood,
the young men accused of robbing the
Hillsdale porfncs and also with com
mitting several hlghsray robberies, were
arraigned in the municipal -court this
morning on a ch ergs of robbery, '. They
dived examination ana were neid to I it Mir- r--j - -...,",,,
an.w? to the errand iur,; Bonda wars I Ui Wf , Gordon.lMcMintMlle. llKbt-
t,1 ( fl.fiuS each..-: ." ' - c 0, i. v ;,!. iltitnrei :-.,.
(Hk'U" ' twwa a iiiumi n mm- r v yt-- r?a fxreyirv"Vysr y,yx warn'1 awypyyr't
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J. Couoh Flanders, attorney and Capi
talist, was before Judge Cameron In the
municipal court this morning on a
pharfA nf rnn rl 11 fit I n tr a wharAnirAr'a
business without a liconso. He was ar-B
rested on complaint of License Jn-jj
spector Mcli&chern. it appears tnat;
Flanders had neglected to pay city
licenses on some of the wharves over
which he has control, and the complaint
and arrest followed.
Upon the statement that he would at
once pay Into the city treasury the
necessary fees, the charge against
Flanders was continued Indefinitely.
PERSONAL
i
Urn rt.S
Conductor S. ThQmpioa.
L.' Hembree, McMinnvllle,' LegR Q.'" Dexter of Sheridan,; Injured
, Injured. , ,ia Head and Side, '
St E. Brown of - Sheridan, Injufed
About Neck and Shoulders, .
W. B. Chase, former city engineer,
who was suddenlv stricken with paraly
sis whila at McMinnvllle the other day.
is improving. It was at first thought!
that Mr. Chase's chances of recovery
were few but now his family expects
to move him home the latter part of
the week. He haa been at the xamniii
hotel In WcMlnnville attended by his
daughter, wno is a tramea nurse.
Juris ThnmA (l Haiiev. who under
went an abdominal operation at St Vln-;
cent's hnsnltal tnriav. is reported this;
afternoon to be In etcellent condition,;
with no prospect of aiajming compn
catlnns. A enmnlete recoveW "11" lookedi
for within three or four weeks. Dr. KJ
A. J. Mackensls performed tne opera
tion. t
G. E. Caukln, a'promlnent member of
the O. A. R and district agent of tho
Travelers' Insurance company, is at the1
Good Samaritan hospital and will be
operated on this af ternoon . f or a catar-j
act of the eye. Mr. Caukln is an old
time resident of Portland and hi;
largo circle of friends who wish him
a speedy recovery. .'-;
L J jg T j-a
Local Optiott Meeting.
Bherwood. Or., Feb. 11. RevVB. Ti
Zimmerman, field secreUry of ths Ore-,
gon Anti-Saloon league, addressed an
enthusiastic meting at Bherwood laif
night In the Interest of local option'
ini mveiing was iivm in n vilj ubuji
woicn was pacaea to tne ooora. - 7