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Newspaper Page Text' : . -V.. -t i --'THE' .OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; , PORTLAND,- THURSDAY EVENING.- MARCH-. Ba W05. - .''.'' i ' 't, m. ' W -u. : 't Vi,-- .-,. 't ' UAnn chd ; IIHIU OLHI Chamber of Commerce Wires Land Grant Committee Resolution Favored if In- nfwnt Purchasers Are I Protected. Btrong opposiion to the present fdrm of the Hawley-Fulton resolution for fnrfeltura of the Southern Pacific grant ' lands hu developed In the Portland chamber of commerce. A oaiiea mwi lor of the trusteea held today at Jl o'clock, and a telegram wi wni to Congressman Prank W. Mondeii, cnair man of the committee having- charge of the matter in me nouao. In thla telegram the chamber voices Its oppoaltlon to the resolution, ajia gives ita reason. It also makes .clear i hat the sentiment of the public favor forfeiture proceedings against intcom- pmrs remaining ana unsoia gram lands. The chamber' telegram . fol lows: - - i - j . ' ... "Prank W. MondelL Houso of -Repre- sentatlves, Washington, D. c. xne ami ton lolnt resolution directing attorney- general to commence suit to annul title oregon-caurornia iana irni ' provision Is made that innocent pur chasers be excluded from the scope of this section would result in me most widespread disaster to western Oregon. Hundreds of settlers, farmers fruit growers and even townsltes have been located Ca these railroad lands and the chamber- of commerce -f Portland most urgency asks that you specifically eliminate any danger of bringing these Innocent purchasers Into any legal com plications endangering titles to their properties. Public opinion heartily fa vors resolution with above exceptions. . - -PORTLAND CHAMBER i OF CQM . MERCK, "By C. T. SWIGERT. .President C.. GILTNER. Secretary." ; , Consolidate Two Journals. Tho first step has been taken toward closer harmony of action between tho Portland chamber of commerce and. the Portland board of trade. Beginning with tho April number tho two monthly publications of these bodies will bo con solidated, under the head of Chamber of Commerce Bulletin and Board of Trade Journal. ' '-' : ' The consolidated magaaine will be . published by David N. Mosessohn. In It the board of trade will bo given space for all Its reports snf announcements -whenever desired, and will publish such data regularly as Is needed In Its work. Tho realisation of the tiecesslty - of a closer cooperation of the commercial bodies of tho city of Portland, and the need for concerted action In order that the commercial Interests of the city may' receive all of the benefits of the unprecedented development and expan sion of the confmerelal prosperity of this section, ha brought about several meetings of tho secretaries of both the chamber, of commerce and board of trade, and plans have been discussed by 'which such a desire ot harmony could best be secured. It is anticipated that the proper di vision of work as will . naturally be brought about, by this understanding will redound greatly to the benefit of both Institutions and will Incline the commercial Interests of the city to rally to' their support mora, liberally than In the past ADAMS SAYS MINING ' ' MEN SWINDLED HIM (TJnlted Preai teased Wire.) " Belllngham, March a.- Charging that the 'officers of the First Chance Mln-Ina- comD&ny. through fraud and mis representation, ' Induced -him to Invest . . . . 14,000 in, tock-which. 4ike tb mli, ha says. Is valueless, James W. Adams has brought stilt to recover this amount. v (AcMM'S 1 ft y aMUf" 4wd -m,sV"HMHltt ' facturer of Tacoma.. .He claims the . :; company " officers represented to him ' thai the mine Is valuable, that claims , OKainst tho Belllngham Bay & British Columbia railroad were In the posses v nlon of tho company In the sum of $80,- - ov for. trespass,, that he was. being given a special price on tne stock pur . chased and that he-would be given, the rlcnt to erect a reduction plant, which : would make thousands of dollars fon . ' him. All of. these statements, he says, ere false and he wants the court to allow him ;4.ooo with interest since .December 8. 1905. FLAGSHIP WILL 00 TO MAKE ISLAND YARD . ' ' - (United Press Leased Wlre.1 vVallelo. Cal.. March '5. It is learned - here that the Connecticut, Hear Admiral ' Kvans' flagship, and seven other battle ships will come to Mare island upon ar rival at San Francisco. These battle ships will be docked at San Francisco and will corns to the navy yard for i-e-' pairs, which will be extensive after the Jong cruise, ah tne auxiliaries except the torpedo flotilla will be docked and repaired at Mare island. The remaining e.lght battleships and one' auxiliary will s go to iiremerion lor aocatng ana re t Committee on Franchises. - 'Mayor Lane this morning announced the artDOlntment' of Councilmen Kella- , Iter, Menefee an'd 'Vaughn on the'tiew : council committee on rrancnises wmcn vas recently authorized by the council. This- will be a. permanent committee rlid the members will hold a meeting . soon to set a aay lor meetings. , l 1 , . Momo. Woman - Gives Fbrlune To Help Women , Who Suffer, in the past . few years Mrs. Cora B. .Miller has spent 1125,000.00 in giving medical treatment to afflicted women. . Sometime ago we announced in the columns oi tins paper that she woul.l Bia iree treatment to every woman suiierea rrom female diseases or piles. . jnurv limn a mniion women nave ac cepted this generous offer, and as Mrs! Miller Is still receiving requests from .thousands of women from all parts of 5orlat who hav not yet weed tho . r,,,,, m naH aeciaea ia continue tho - tki-1?! .Vmr 'onPeri at least, .? e Imple. mild and harmless preparation that has cured so many wo r,2.,nth l;rtvcy of their own home after doctors and other remedies failed. It is especially prepared for the speedy i.TmPrm.an2nt cnr ,of leucorrhoea .br ; whitish discharges, ulceration, displace mentf or falling of the womb, profuse.' scanty or painful periods, uterine or ?vriBtumoru" S growths; also pains In tha jhead. back and bowels, bearing down .feelings, nervousness, ' creeping feeling up the spine, melancholy, desire to cry. hot flashes, wesrmefce aiU t,n.. from any cause, or o .matter, of how Ion a; standing, 'i'-s - . ,:vi'r-5Lwom,1! uffrer,- unable to. find relief, who will write Mrs. Miller now - without delay.'Wlll receive by mall . free of charge, a 60-cent box of this clmple liome remedy, also a book with explana tory illustrations showing-why women suffer an! how they can .easily cure themselves at homo without the aid, of a lbvlolar. .. - . - . . . :. i)cn' t ,suff e another day, but write at , i .. ... ROAD Laborers Kef use to. Work for Foreman ; and Lose : Their. J6W.- ' (Uslted Preat Leased Wire.) Colton, Cal., March 6. Thro hundred and twenty Mexican' laborers, who have been in the employ of. the Santa Fe rail way for the past few weeks, were dis charged last night for Insubordination. They refused: to .work .under, the fore man sent out. front ' LOs Angeles ' last Friday. Thirty- carloads of the men were taken to Sun Rernarrilnn after a demonstration with firearms and a gen eral aenunce. Officers were caned ana finally succeeded In nutating the crowd oi excited foreigners. portWdIm SAILOR TEAM TODAY j .. ... Walsh and Mallory Arrive at Bearer Training at Santa Barbara, (Rpeelal Diapatcb to The Journal) Santa Barbara. Cal., March 6. The baseball game which was to have been played yesterday afternoon between the Portland team of the Coast league and the nine from the cruiser Tennessee, was postponed until today on acoount of the delay In the maneuvers of the warship. The game will bo played hero this afternoon and Pernoll will pitch for the northerners. Catcher Walsh and Outfielder Mallov arrived here' last night on the "White Unw Biufil.in . t..nl. . mam. .......ft . uv ii. ii .ft iu uiQ ncn r dju Chicago with the Comlskey bunch. .They say - tney are -In good condition and will work out with the Beavers In tho game this afternoon. With the arrival of Malloy and Walsh. Manager McCredle now has al most a full team. - In the a-ame- this afternoon Casey will play second, base: nenneay, nrst- ' oase; . ancureaie, tniru base: Walsh, catcher: Malloy. short stop; Basaey, West and a Banta Bar bara, recruit In-the outfield: This' wilt give the Portland bunch a fairly strong lineup against -the-sailors -for the game. It 4a also likely that Manager McCre dle , will shift tho-men around during the game, so that they will not injur themselves. " ADS WILL BE READ BY Within, the next week advertisements will appear for the Oregon Development league In all leading agricultural. Jour nals of the east and middle west, ag gregating a - weekly circulation among 20,000,000 readers. These advertise ments are written with a view of at tracting the attention of the eastern homeseeker and securing his presence In Oregon. The lea-rue Is following out a special line of effort to stimulate the coming spring immigration movement on colonist rates granted by the trans continental railroads. A-valuable advertisement of Oregon and the whole Pacific northwest will appear In the next edition of the Tarr physical geography. Professor R. 8. Tarr, who occupies the chair of physi cal geography in Cornell university, has recently written several letters to the Portland Commercial club, first asking for. facta and Illustrations . regarding the development of this region, and later writing tot more aetauea information and. additional- pioturea. ... Ue has - feeea supplied liberally, including photographs of Portland harbor and of the city of Portland, with Mount Hood in the dis tance. He made special request for the two pictures named. In a letter Professor Tarr said the next geographies would necessarily have to be greatly revised so far as they concern tho Pacific northwest. He said developments in this part of the globe are bringing about great changes in the world s commercial movements, ana that the geographies must recognize these ohanges. - Trying .for Battalion Chief. Six members of the fire department are taking the city civil service com mission examination ror the position of battalion chief, made vacant by the resignation of Lee Holden. They are captains uoweu, u. r: jveaie, j. w. Stevens, E. V. Hals, James Dlllane and W. R. Kerrigan. ' For Selling Boy Liquor. H. A. Cllne came up for trial this afternoon before. Judge Bronaugh in the circuit court on the charge of selling liquor to E. M. Helller, a 17-year-old boy. Cllne pleaded guilty. The prose cution is In charge of Deputy District Attorney Stevenson, this being his first case in the upper court. Read Sharkey's Saturday ad- Ay. '-' Hat:- 20,000,000 READERS' PREFER STAGE TO PBESEIII SERVICE : , i Wasco .County. " Residents 'Make . Vigorous Protest Against Mail Delivery. Residents of Wasco county tributary to the Great Southern railroad are be Ing deprived of Portland mall from 34 to .St hours by a-regulation of the local postal authorities holding mall for Du- fur. Waplnltla and Tygh valley points in The Dalles until 6 o'clock In the af ternoon, -r . ' For soma reason, which the postal au thorities have' not explained to the satisfaction of the Wasco people, the old system of delivering mall by tsage, ao that the Tyah Valley residents se cured mall the day after It was sent from Portland, was riven up end In stead It is allowed to wait In The Dalles all day long, and usually lies In Dufur iha ajuvirwl nlrht ' It ! alntnat aa MA V to get mall from Chicago to Waplnltla aa from Portland. no aiosaiiaiiea are i rin niifr real- denla with (h.-nr.nl i.rvlr. that tliev are circulating a petition asking that the mail again be carried by etage, wmi.il wuuiu MVS irum tm m n uuuia for peopla living near Kingsley. Two veara aao the mall left The Dalles at. a. m. by stage, and reached vvapimua. laie inn aame mani. in time for delivery that night or early the next morning, unuer mat system tne rori- land evening papers of this afternoon wouia be received tomorrow nignt in Waplnltla. . When the Great Southern was com pleted the government awarded the con tract lor carrying the mall to tho rail' road and It was arranged that the trains should not leave The Dalles until 6 o'clock tn the afternoon when all -the trains from the east had passed through. mis train reached uuiur at niant ana the mall waited there until the next day when It was carried on to Tygh Valley KnS 'ihIhfJ?nZJZtu 1tTVtinf0rtt; wininiti nBmnR.nt,,S.'l - I? Waplnltla until Saturday afternoon at leaVl. , This stuold arranrement discommodes the people of - that section of Wasco county greatly, and they are anxious, to see it improveo. Tney say mat as it la now the only - saving Is In eastern mall, that amounts to nothing as the great majority of tho business done by waaco county . people is with Portland ana fa cine coast points. THERE IS HO TRUST, SAY FURNITURE When the sneclal trust Investigating I committee of the city council mot thlsl , , ., . I """"'" i ana notn denied that anv agreement. I compact or association exists either be-1 ween the retail or wholesale furniture aeaiers. William uaasoy ana w. jh. tie-I harrell were the witnesses, and both wers very emohaUc in their statement that the councilmen were on the wrong track in trying to find the existence of trust among the furniture men of Port land. Mr. Beharrell criticised the council man for giving mo much notoriety to the proceedings, saying that Its only purpose so far had been to tnlure the furniture uuBincna anu inm uochubq mere is uu i trust, nothing would come of the lnves- iiKaiiun. rar. uhubut went a iiuw further and said that since the dissolu tion of the various furniture associa tions following - -the investigation by the federal government, the furniture business has been practically ruined. The only point made today was wnen Mr. Gadsby was questioned as to a statement made previously by Mr. Be harrell to the effect that he refuses to sell to Independent Furniture company because he would lose Mr. Gadsby s trade.- Mr.' Gadsby said that he had not made such a statement and added that be would not withdraw his patronage from Mr. Beharrell, who is manager of Hsywooa i.irotnsrs &. . waxaxiabi -aom.-pany. if he sold to the Independent com pany. Both Gadsby and Beharrelll stated that If thav wished to refuae tn sell to any man that it was their personal right to ao so, ana tola tne committeemen that they would do so. They claimed they have the right to refuse to buy or sen any person or rirm and said they did not think the city or anybody else could tell them they could not so Ions as tney aid not comDine to restrict sales or fix prices, which they claimed they were not engaged lp doing. After hearing the testimony of the witnesses the committee adjourned-to meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock, when other furniture men will be called upon to testify. SUITTER GIVEN TILL TUESDAY TO PLEAD Nathan Sultter. ' the patrolman, under Indictment for murder In the second de gree for having shot Henry Shaffer Sun day night was arraigned in the clm-nit court this -afternoon. The court niinwnH the prisoner until Tuesday next In which to enter nis pies, tnis.aeiay being grant ed because of the absence of his attor ney.. ..(.-. Sultter was unconcerned and dbes not seem to be worrying about the outenma of the ease against him. 4 J ...... .-j- ewaaawaBa IN .tnm,ig .mi i EL REAIIRAID! Detectives Price; and; Cole man llhd Gaines, in Ful Swing Close to the 'Police Station" "and' Arrest Dozen Gamblers. ' Within 100 feet of the. police station where gambling - has1 been In fulltsway for months, a raid-was made by, Detec tives Price and Colemap this afternoon and 10 Chinamen and a Japanese gam bier caught In the dragnet of tho au I thoritles. ,yi.- - , . ' m , I 1 " -apsnee is m wru-nwn uuar j and will not only be dealt with severely I hy the polled fcut win probably, be heav- finmit i .itrllttnn nminm tn the fact "y " . aaaition,4owing to tne ract I that only a short time ago all Japanese were warned by the officials of the Jap- i ansae Hurnrm aaaociation aa-ainst asso- elating themselves with the Chinese In I tnelr lottery ana Other gamoung games. The place raided this afternoon was in tne basement of Bow Wo company, 82 Second street This store building Is in plain view of the police station and every person who enters the doors can be seen from tlie headauarters of I the city's men In blue. Bow Wo corn- pany are suppose to be the financial backers of li .lotteries, which have been running at full blast In Chinatown ior znonins. - wnen tne ponce swooped down on the gamblers . this- afternoon they were fronted by, lookout at every utZ Then th7 encountered heavy, wooden aoor , fch- badbeen fortified to such Ian : avlanf tKsk a. ksaalr k Jt without bar and hammer- was an abso lute impossibility one inside and-the. II ramblers un der arrest, tbeidetectiyes found numer ous getaways ana secret entrances and exits where -the players came and went. At the time of the raid the officers figure that there must have been sev. eral dosen Chinamen In the rooms, but that they made -their escapes owing to the conveniences which had been built ror - the DUTtose. Ten Chinese anA -tha Japanese, -however,- were .not so tfortu- UK IB. . . When the officers finally rained an entrance ana maae , an investigation they round indications that several lot teries' had been in full operation and that - more- than one fan 'tan- game had imv.i.,,. 11 -', UT1II, rlU. Bow Wo Comnahv'B niacin has )upma notorious .In Chinatown for tha nm. K'". ?'.; fhl9 have bfeen conducted there regularly. In last Friday's Jour- nai a picture or the front of the build- ina- was snown ana accnmninlml Im, .a ?.rJ.?IVj?r. Ha1 .PW 'oprtii?,lL5lt Uess of the police whose- headauarters are icas man auu reel away. , . . ,JJlV5lnibleri.wJn "'s-ned .bo t" I"'"". .' "" municipal court tomorrow morning. i. ue ponce are engaged tnis arter noon in demolishing the-interior fur nishings of the Bow Wo company base ment and In their work they will clean out the place and remove all - evidence of gambling games or of a den and Its iMiriuuvivs. - n . TTTy A trmrmT i -ktw l'AAJEi A ilLliMJll AJN1J! TURN OFF THE STEAM "Go slow" is the Injunction that the county commissioners desire to have impressed . upon steamboat - navigators In going through the draw of the Burn- siae street Driage wnne repairs are In progress on the upper draw rest. New timbers are being nut in above the water line and repairs will require some uun, xi BicHinrra go tnrougn tne a raw at full speed the swish of the water considerably Interferes with the work in progress. BKAND NEW EPIGRAMS FROM OFFICE . CUTUP When late never offer an ex- d cuse. Most excuses are. Ilea Railroad companies' never have to explain when their trains ara e) late. 4 Northern Pacific No. 1, due at t O'Clocll. Arrived oh time. ' a Southern Pacific No. 16, due at 7:55. arrived at 8:20. 4 Southern Pacific No. IS, dua at 4 11:30, arrived on time. 4 O. R. Sc. N. No. S, due at 8 o'clock, arrived on time. O. R. Sc N. No. 6, due at 9:45, 4 arrived on time. . Astoria Sc Columbia No. 21, d due at 12:16, arrived on time. 4 Read Sharkey's Saturday ad. ' Former Governor S. H. Elrod of South Dakota has declined to accede to, the wish of his friends to become a candi date for governor, again this year-- - i ' ' ' i. A'- j ' , ' S ( t J, J. 0 GAS LEAKED OUT OF PAY-ROLL 'f . . '. .' 11 . " . 11 i .. ... ... Insurance mpany; Claims Gas Company Misrenrcsent ed SuihTaid Employes, r ' The Frankfort v Marina, Aocldeat A Plate. Glass insurance company has be gun suit against -the Portland Gas com pany 'to recover (,r4I.S, alleged to be due as premium on policies issued. from year to yar to assure the gas company from liability for accident to ita em- filoyea The complaint charges - that he gas company has fraudulently mis represented the amount of Its payroll each year, the amount of the, premium being based on the payroll.' . The policies ran from November t.ln each year until the contract was termi nated by the gas company last Septem ber. The amount of ah lOremiura was computed on the payroll -figures fur nished by tne gaa company, .wun tne provision that the amount of the prem ium should be increased or decreased as the payroll rose or fell. It Is stated that the misrepresentation of the gas company was discovered whan t ha in surance company demanded, an Investt- Ration or the books ana aiscoverea mat irge sums -were due each year by reason of the Increasing- pay roll. Twelve 'policies, are-subd on. two con current policies being Issued each year. The largest sum uedfor on -any ona policy la $70l.$ from November I, 104. to November 1. 1805.1, Tt is de clared that the payroll reported-to the Insurance company was 112,900, and the actual, pay roll, on which premium should have been paid was $6.716.S0, an excesa.of 168,71 6.J0. In tho year l06-07, it is alleged tne gas company represented that Its payroll -was f 20,000. when In fact payment should have been mada on tho basis of 104.4S0.65. WIFE STEALS ' FOR HUMID Girl Takes; Bing to Provide Jiioney ior. spouse, vno Deserted From Navy. - (United Press Leased Wire.) ' Vancouver, B. C. March 5. Beatiuse her husband 'was without money, Mrs. X. Kerr, alias Waldvager, ' stole a dia mond and ruby, ring from Henry Blrka Sons' lewelrv shorj and sold it. The husband -is -a 'deserter from the United States navy,, having escaped from the battleship Nebraaka at Seattle several weeks ago. ' Sine his escape from the navy. Kerr has - been living In - Van couver. - With - him has been his young wife.- a mere girl of 17' years, and ex tremely- pretty. The two have recently been rooming in - a house on Seymour street and succeeded in evading Ameri can .officers - who have been hunting Kerr. . Finally Kerr became pressed for funds. He was out of work, and with little prospect ahead, It was -finally resolved that the girl ' should secure the ring and sell It in order to raise M.,.A, ci,. .,. . . n. . . , , I S?fy:J T .-uYi? L k-?-?i k" j3ewe,lrJr R.fe?i 1 .wim . n- J.ewJlry-1 Selecting one she left an order to have , the setting enlarged. wnne tne Clerk S , back was turned she' lifted the other ring, worth about SS0. Kerr and M wife are being held by the police. GOLD COUNTERFEITER ARRESTED AT SEATTLE Seattle. Wash.. March 5. David Rob inson, alias Edward Burdick and Gus tav P. Wagner, have been arrested by Thomas B. Foster, in charge of the united States secret . service, an ,i assistant, W. A. Glover. - Burdrck-nmd- JZ8 in counterfeit gold coins In a belt concealed beneath hl clothing and one SS 'spurious gold coin In his pocket Both men confessed to the detectives that thev twA .m.i counterfeit coins in Seattle and Taco ma. aunng tne last two or three weeks. WISCONSIN WILL BE PUT IN COMMISSION f (Unltad. Praia tMd Wlra, Bremerton. Wash.. March K Tha h.f- tleshlp Wisconsin, which has been un dergoing extensive repairs here, will go into commission on April 1. An order waa received from Washington last eve ning by navy-yard officiala to assem ble a crew at once to man the vessel. PERSONAL. Tha report comes from the sick room of Judge Thomas G. Hailey at SL Vin cent's hospital that he Is making fair Progress toward recovery. Dr. K. A. J iuacitensie siaiea toaay mat he con sidered Judge Halley's condition en tirely satisfactory. E. D. McKee, clerk of the United States district court for Oregon, who is ui at urn outKi eamaruan nospltal la still very sick, although ha ha. im. proved, somewhat, in the past day. or two. r., :,, i s ill 5 -J1P? sent by lav of he" mons ing 4 --a filAKOOllED Oil u L .. ....... , ... , . ,., . V Si '! FLOATING ICE X Alaska Hunters 'May ; Swept Out' to 'Sea on - MoTinff Floer Be i (United , Press teased Wire.) - Saint Michael. Alaska. . March 6. LWhlle ona white man and five natives were far out on the tea yesterday hunt ing seals, the ' high wind which was blowing carried the Ice far out to sea on the rlae of tho tide. The men' were about r five miles out when the ice parted, leaving a great wide gap of water between them and the shore Ice. There la no way by which -ikey can be reached. The open sea .(between the shore lea and where they are Is very rough. Unless the wind changes the unfortunates win be swept out to sea. Materials Taken From Lang Summer Home Identi fied by Owner. Deputy Sheriffs Leonard and Beatty last night recovered nearly 1100 worth of stolen property . frqro tha scow of II. E. Roberts, who was arrested by Beatty a few days ago on the Wash ington side of the Columbia, and is suspected of having blown up the Irons houseboat with dynamite. - The property recovered consists of FIND STOLEN GOODS ON ROBERTS' SCOW ?h.ViilIaTomn pacwnrplant X &g on (h7l ?l& Wtcl1' "ch 't was broken Jnto about two months aao I rir e.n.!nir ' - ft!Sy tabSSTKS, ml,eIfnf;omWh?Se & jSSut ii VrJr??. fft Roberts ,scow. . Lang was at the jail this morning and hae Identified the property. Roberta will be arraigned In court next Friday, and the officers feel that they now have sufficient evidence to fix the dynamiting of tha Irons house boat upon him. . W. H. Beharrell, manager of Hey wood Brothers aV Wakefield company, appeared before the special investigat ing committee of the city council thla morning and told the members that he had gained the Idea that graft existed In the council from remarks made by the councilman and Mayor Lane ..and from reading The Journal accounts of the council proceedings. Mr. Beharrell admitted that he thought hia recent criticism of the coun ii, in wijii;! ii v rcivrivu mv iiuiiiiib ' palm," was Ul-advlaed. but added quite , as emphatically that ha had not ap- neared before the committee for tha cil, in which he referred to the "Itching nurnose of anoloarlzlnv. - . An effort was made to pin Mr. Beharrell down to giving speclfio in- ctdents showing personal knowledge of , ?:raft among the councilmen. He told I he members that- ha had never ap-I preached any of tha councilmen for the ' purpose or securing special privileges out wnen asxea wnetner any or tne , any councilmen had ever approached him he declined to answer. Councilman Baker, who Is not a mem ber of the committee but who waa res ent, asked, inasmuch as Mr. Beharrell stated at the outset that Mr. Baker waa the only councilman he personally knew, to bo .given a chance to clear himself, He then asked Mr. Beharrell whether he had ever approached the furniture man ana jar. venarreu saia mat no naa not. Taking ud this line. Chairman Vaughn asked Mr. Beharrell whether he had been approached by Mr. Vaughn. Mr. Beharrell again reel led in tha negative, as he did In. the case of Councilman Concannon, the remaining member of the committee. When called upon to explain more fully as to the facts upon which he based his opinion, Mr. Beharrell said Mtivcu iiio v- u i v,n, w. w.... . v. . j tht from reading The Journal and from noticing the 'vartooa of the council which mniMr.il in the Sundav Issue of February 83. he had drawn his infer- encea. He referred to tne article in xne Journal .of December 31. which was I headed "Councilmen Call Each utner Liars and Thieves," and to tha message n -Mavor Lane in which the mayor ac cused city officials of being guilty of graft for accepting rree ucaeia irom uie treat raltwav eomDanv. "if the councilmen would take tha CVhrm&. 80me1 Mr. Beharrell explained that he had referred : only to the city council and not tha mayor or the city attorney's of fice in his criticism, ue again reierrea to the article, in The Journal of De cember 81 In which' Councilman Drlscoll accused Councilman Vaughn of working in the interest or a brewery in tne famous Conboy liquor license case. TO GET SER FLEET HERE At a meeting of the board of trustees of "the chamber, of commerce" haid this morning, it was decided to instruct Sec retary Glltner to send a telegram to 'the COUUEfi QUICK TO RESENT GRAFT CHARGE IRK CI HARD T"Oregon congressmen and senators and to the neadS or me navy aeyunmeni, bsk- ine- them to use their influence towards securing tne , cruiser ' auq torpeqo-Doat rieet ror jrortiana.. i I.ast night the board of trade, through Secretary Muller. sent telegrams to the congressmen ana navat orriciais asking for the presence or -tne cruiser squaarqn hero during festival week in June, and the Manufacturers' association has also a-telegram to that effect. All the commercial bodies of the city have taken up Tha Journal's suggestion, excepting the Commercial club, which is delayed the absence rrom tne city of Manager xpm Kipnaraspn. . . - There- seems to be ho doubt but that secretary, uetcaire win willingly assign the lighter draught vessels ot the fleet tn the Columbia river during tha flrat week In June, aa the Oregon representa tives are' anxious to push the matter along- and aecure me-prise- for the list festival week attractions. - - ABPLANALP IS 4 VISITING TIIE ALPS atandard remedy for female ilk and Mike Alolanaln of -Lenta ia In thai Vuiwt, hivt. "SdgS displacements, inflammation, ulcera-1 uieiand - in .tne circuit, court ror con tempt ; in failing . to respond to - sum to serve as a juror during the March term, of court. The: summons Ing waa returned by a deputy sheriff as hav- oeen served.- nut it anoears that a brother f Abplanatp took the- paper from the .officer, and neglected torstate that bis brother -Is making a visit in ... J(r Swift Company Forms, Land jsyndicaterPossibUity , 61 Plans Being, Altered -and Packing Houses Built on Higher Ground.- A syndicate headed by Louis F. Swift has been formed to buy and sell lands on the peninsula and elsewhere In tha, vicinity of Portland a,nd in view of tha Swift company's already enormous our. chase of lands on the peninsula 'it -Is believed some important .changes ara about to go Into effect in relation to tha Swift 4k Co. packing plant looation. , It said tha company may modify ita plans and' locate tha packing plant two mtiH wy trom th present site. Tha syndicate Is to be known aa tha Kenwood Land company, and Is apltal Ised at 1800,000. It la composed of huX ? JgwUOeorga F..Heusner, J. O. Good. C!. . P r-nlt i -h.l. u Judge Carev la tha - f -company in Portland, and has been closely conoerned in all Its Important ntirrhaa. J rl tcxnA mr,A C- - - . v. . Wl IV . C Colt are the personal representa- tlv--ne Vf y O.I,t ikl. Z . . have the management f Nvirt jl rn -a ;ffalrs during the absence of Louis F DWIIl. ' i The present site of tha stockyard sn Oregon slough will. It is said, remain unchanged. Tha Swift company will organlce and operate Its own switching tracks and terminal facllltiea in and about the yards, and Is In a position to Or7gonW..Xh. .1 S- I tar.M. rea by filling to a level afova high water mark, has staggered oven v" vvuipBii;, ,i saiu nicy mtm seriously contemplating the alteration of their plana to provide for a site high er up along the first bench of tha penin sula. No confirmation of this plan can le secured. The O. R. A N. railroad com-, pany Is going forward with ita atock yards spur, leading to the present site of the packing plant and on to tha Ore gon entrance of the Columbia river bridge of the Spokane, Portland & Se attle railroad. There Is apparently no change being made In the construction plans for this track. But it is said tha track would In any case serve as tho connecting link between the Union Pa cific system and the proposed Harrlman line to the sound, which will be op-, erated over the Columbia river bridge of tha Hill companies. CHESTER TH03IPS0x MAY BE LIBERATED United Press Leased Wirt.) Tacoma, Wash., March 6. Holding that tha - motion for the release of Chester - Thompson from the Insane ward of the state penitentiary should be handled by the King couti Judge Snell today refused t the netltion nreaented ver nty courts. to consider Judm Thnmnaon. father of ffhaater Thompson, aaklng for a hearing to de termlne his son's sanity. Judge Snell holds that the question of releasing young Thompson la a case separate f rom his trial for the .murder of Judge Emory in Seattle and therefore It legal- jy belongs to King county. Tha orig- inal case waa brought to Pierce county on a change of venue, but according to Judge Snell that does not hold now. Inasmuch aa the motion to release is a new action and not a development of the former case. The decision, given verbally-by Judge Snell, Is an entirely new development in tha case. MAIL ORDERS FOR MADAME BLAUVELT Mall order are now being received from both In and out of town for tho coming song recital of - the celebrated lyric soprano. Madame Lillian Blauvelt. which will be given at the Hell I g thea tre An HVM. v Avenlnv M.rnh lb Thla - - " -- . . . . ..... famous singer will be assisted by the (well known violtncelllst, Albert Rosen' thai and tho noted Dlanist. Miss Edith Kellogg. 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