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.ITCIIISOII SAYS SKIRTS ALL CLEAR Maintains Work 'at State Jjcglslature Was Open and Above Board. ... ' Clyds B. Altchlson. present i comtnlsston.rof tb. UU end ! attorney tor in. trust department of the ...... . J Tltl. Guarantee Trust on,J-" .L i contends that what ha did waa open i , above board and mat : ogles to maae. result I , This statement -Is ft.Vf fact that of atorles circulated to tha.afract tnaj : - iVgielaUon favorabl. fco the tuww"--I ; antes Trust company and Ita plana. ' . .. explains Oonneotloa. i ' t waa employed aa an attorney tor th. TR oTrantea ,Tru.t mpany ; ffi or he ar.t. i c3mmUlon for U T,y. and assisted In shaping up the lacoda presented to th. . laglawtura mi ih. latrialature . and aesston. so I weat to Salem upon the ln "taUoa of Senator Bingham, chairman of the Joint committee on assessment and taxation, to explain th tax bins i which had been prepared hy the com nlselon. vicious tendency of houae bill ."V'ntrodu, tllA at anf tlma Wit f houa bill introduced iUla or within i review uuuiu fw . --- f 10 years after tha date -or ; rnontTr recognised that thla bill was "aimed at tha -Marquam jwyerw suit. - which had been detarmlned ijjw" j a.. ti.M.i.m hv th ii ud rem A court. -".owi"; thit 'thi- Title Ouarnte. company waa Interested In "'tha matter - 1 wire to President V of ploy, of the institution, tailing him of - fha hosUM legislation . I - aome onaie aent to inveatlfate It- Th. bill paaaM the hou.a. but waa ttbW ia t : the Senate, and I am glad to av i a hand In killing- aucn h ura, for It would have n"tuthJ?D" J tlra leol machinery of the f der It no action brought In tne oourta would hare been aettled Until 10 year hkd aUpaad after tha data of Anal Judg- , I Appaa. ta Opafc . ' '"In regard to tha banking bill. I P- paared openly before tha Joint commlt J vSTon baikfag. It waa no aecret and . i " .ir nrmmA atronalv both in committee and to Individual nembera of f - the commltta. that In the caaeof trxiit .companlee provlaiona ahould be that propertiea held In trust ahould be ! kept aeparata from tha general depoalta i rr An rot Vnnw anTthlnK about the . terms of tha depository law. I waa not familiar with tha terms of tha law and only knew that a number of prominent attorneya and bankera throughout tha J atate had been asked to make auggea- ' tlona on tne dul BAM EMPHASIZES -; COLE'S ENDORSEMENT Secretary of Association De nies Bumor Pnt Out to ; ; Injure Candidate. - John Bain, secretary of the Municipal association, denies tha rumor that the association haa not Indorsed Jamea Cola for the' hfflca of district attorney In a perfectly parliamentary and legal manner. It haa been rumored alnca . tha announcement that tha meeting at which the Indorsement was given was ' not attended by a quorum of tha ex . ecutlve board, and that it la therefore not legal. Mr. Bain In discussing the matter thla morning aaid: "Tbera la no truth In the rumor that the association has not indorsed Mr. Cole in a perfectly regular manner, or in tha atory that there Is dissension be cause of tha Indorsement- Th. meeting of Tuesday following which th. an- nonncement waa made of the associa tion's Jndbraeraent, waa not called for the purpose of considering the lndorse ment but of making it public at that time. The Indorsement had been given by the executive board at a previous . meeting and waa unanimous." CHABLIE MAY KNOW ; " . ABOUT MISSING KING Rachel Bhanedllng, who resides a,t Ail Tenth atreat, reporta to the police that there, waa atolen-from -her house yesterday afternoon, a diamond -; ring valued at' (7S. She accuses a window waeher- known as J,Charlie" with the commission of the theft- The man waa employed at the house yesterday after- noon and the ring waa not missed until after he had gone away Charlie did. not return to the place wher. he has been sleeping laat night and the police .have ,- today ' been unable to locate him. . ; YOUNG -MAN TRIES TO :BBEAK INTO PRISON ' . ' ' . mnlhl Pna . Leased V7!rt.) " Oakland, Cel.. March 18. Th. unusual ; apectacl. of a young ' man ' trying - to break into prison was presented In i Judge Samuel's court today when George Quino, & young- Hawaiian,1 admitted a at tare in th. robbery of the Clinton xtatlon of tha Southern Paclflc on Sun jav evening, asked to toe ' allowed to waive examination and be sent to the penitentiary aa soon as possiDi ana get fils term over, . . - BEXTEE, PAY ,Y0UR TAXES AND SAVE M0XEY , Nearly $2,500,000 In taxes have now .been collected by-Deputy 4! Sheriff Martin and his asslstanta. Complete figurea of laat Saturday e and Monday show that $766,000 ' was .received on those- two days.' a .The ; total '; paid,;, tip to , Tuesday, V when J per . cent discount, could no longer ba accepted, was $2, 402.7J. Th. total tax roll la JS,I2.54. leaving $823,891 to be , collected. , All who have a not yet paid a should osa no mora time in ask- lng for their autements. This Particularly 4ru. t St those who have personal, assessment. but no real estate, aa it la lm- ' a) possible to send out statements w except upon request. April ( all a ' ; taxes unpaid will be delinquent a and subject to a penalty of io 4 per cent, with 1 per cent added ) each month fs thereafter -onta a . rata. -.; Vfci. 'V'? 4 e w 4 ' THE GRANT LAUDS HAVE BEEN SOLD Government Believes Harri man? lias Transferred Oregon Holdings! j '-. ' r f (Waahlagtoa Baraaa of Tae Joral.) Washington, March It. Tha govern- ment haa Information, convlnolng it that th. Harrlman ; railroad company ha transferred all. or most, of tba reraain Inr arant lands to another company: probably in which weyftaeuser is in terested. It holds that if tha Fulton resolution la amended to validate titles of any subsequent purchasers it would validate all aalea or fnortrarea by the original - company. - The government Insists that all actual Settlers or purchnere of email tracts cannot be disturbed even when more than 12.60 an acre waa paid. Th. only thing that' could be don. would b. to collect from th. railroad company the amount received in eicess or iz.ee. FIIIDS DKIUTE School Bov Discovers Strange Stick and Shows It to His Teacher. (Special Dispatch to Tbe JsoraaL) Rainier, Or, March 19. Finding a Strang. lookTnf stick lying In tha road near the achoolhouso, - Martin Both, a 14-year-old boy, , displayed It td his teacher and discovered that ha had. been playing with dynamite. No ' explanation ' of . tha manner In which -the' explosive waa placed In the road ran he made. Many Uvea must have been endaflgared while th. dyna mite lay in the road, for teams and pe destrians pasa that place constantly. CAlISliflllll BY PROFESSIOIj" Mrs. Casey Says There Are Such Men, and Meyer Is One, for He Winked . New York. March ll-'Tra sure he la a professional flirt," Indignantly cried Mrs. Mary Caaey, pointing at Gustavus Meyer In the Long Island city police court ' "Profeastonal flirt, madam. What ds you meanf asked Magistrate Smith wonderlngly ' , "Oh, yes; there are auch men. If they aeserve to oe canea men. reiortea Mra. Casey, ' 30 years old, most comely and well dressed. "They try to flirt with every female they see, be aha eight or eighty, black, whit, or yellow, a duchess or a ragpicker. "I live on Washington avenue, Ber genfleld, New Jersey Mra Casey con tinued when aha grew calmer. . I waa going to aee aiV" mother. Mrs. Laf fey, who .Uvea at No.il 11 Fourth street Long Island city. 'When I got off the car at the ferry bouse in New Jork this prisoner deliberately winked at me. Of course I paid no attention to him. He followed me Into the women's cabin of the ferry boat, seated himself near me and tried In every way to attract my attention, but I would not look at him." "How do you know he waa trying to attract your attention if you did not look at him?" asked tha puxzled magis trate. ' . s "Any woman can tell you that." an swered Mra Casey, tartly. "Finally, when I ignored him, ha became even more insulting. He spat toward me and went so far aa to make a face at me and stick out his tongue. Several Feraons In the cabin saw his behavior, waa never ao embarrassed in my Ufa When w. reached Long Island city I had him arrested? . "The lady makes serloua mistake,? earnestly declared Meyer, who aald ha waa SB years eld and lived on Went One Hundred and Fifth street. In this city. "I never saw tha lady On the boat or anywhere else until aha had me arrested. I go to Jamaica on busl nesa every week, and I was going there today." Meyer haa blue eyes and a dark mus tache and was well dressed. Despite his protestations Magistrate Smith held him in 1500 bail on a charge of dis orderly ' conduct i IN JAIt; KEEP& SECRET FROM PARENTS; DIES betters Sent ' From, Boarding , .Place Body Shipped in Same Way. Trenton, March 18. Death in state prison today ended the woes of Russell E. Neall, aged It years, who since last June, when he was sent here from Cam den, to serve a sentence of two and a half years for aasult and battery, haa managed to keep his disgrace from his parents in Missouri. He " has ' written regularly to them from. the prison and sent the letter to a rhum In Camden who readdressed . it. Letters from hla parenta have come to the Camden nouse. prison officials respected Neall's wishes after his death. His body has been turned over to Frederick R. grace of ' this city and today it was sent to Missouri as though from the boarding house in Camden. . - ... . , j. The style of a diary .which he .leftMs quite literary.- He frequently Quotes the Bible. ' v BALTIMORE BUILDING : DESTROYED BY FIRE ' rnnlted Press teased Wlre.l Baltimore. Md.; March 1. Six alarma of fire were . turned in today for a blaze which originated on the fifth floor of the Keldel building In the heart of tha wholesale district- The building waa occupied by a wnoiesaie naraware, min and ammunition company. For an hour tha flames raged fiercely and it seemed as though the entire wholesale district might b. endangered. Sensa tional work by . the department, How- averi kept tbe riamea conrinea.io -tne one building. It la lmpoAstble to esti mate tha loss yet - . K:r:-' fii'., totueU'EcUtv-i Anna Latourell, widow of the- late Richard Latourall, who died' on March 10, has aecured the appointment of X S. Wilson aa administrator. Tho prop erty is valued at ft.auu ana .tne wiaow is tne only. heir. Tomorrowii Wrlday, will positively he the last day for discount on esst aid. III RAIHIER : ROAD 0 gas nui. jft'ortiana uas company. OREGON DAILY . JOtJRNAU . PORTLAND, ' THURSDAY lilOIIKEYS CAUGHT SHOOIIIIG" DICE Evil Habit Was Acquired on ; "Good" Ship Montrose, , , A simian sat on th. atarnoara qsca. And shouted wltn nendisn giee; "Vpu had eleven, another seven, ' 2 But th. point la mine up iimn It boots not 'whether see gulla can sing, elephants ply th. trombone or th Statu, of Liberty do a akirt danc. Ail these things have been branded by King Kagood aa nature fakes, says th. New York American. But here's a woner that tha moat captious naturalist must kow-kow to: Proorr All right. Ask th. crew of tha good ship Montrose, a freighter which looked Into Tompklnsvill. yester d after a hard voyaa. from Blnga pore, 'itie Montrose had cockatoos, par- rota monaeys, orang-ouin w j had all aorta of creatures on board. But to tha monkeys instead oftmuttona Fifty festive monkeys on the long voyage had watched the Chinese, Jap anese, American ana ;ngusn shooting the elusive dice, and, after their habit decided to Imltata First Officer Human and Third Offloer Manor, who own the monks, decided to Initiate them Into the mysteries of th. Ivory cubea Die. were doled out to 'in. monkeys, and many of them, tame and young, were permitted on deck. They rolled the "bonea" about. Jabbered over them and incidentally, threw them so furiously that the vlalble supply of dice waa exnaustea. . In th. emergency, the officers made a raid on the sugar department and got some of those cute little mocks or saccharin material. They marked them with nsnnll from th. ac. to th. Six and nanaea mem io m imm, . dlately the dice-throwing was continued. But lo and behold! after a few hours the llttl. fellows wjio are the tjap hangera of the forests discovered that augar-dice were good for monkeys, and In a few days th. managing editor of mitnr rienaftment called hla atafl and announced that dice-throwing must cess.. . , , But wh.n the ship reached Tompklns vllla the officers, feeling sympathy for the monkeys, bought real dice, and if Bingham had been around there would have been a grand, gallery-play, 14 karat, warranted-not-to-fade raid. Tha "cob" on the pier heard the roll ing of th. "bonea" and drew bis club heroically. The captain of the "aMl however, jointed to the Union Jack and declared tile ship waa under the protec tion of Great Britain, and therefore the deck of th. ahlp waa really British soil. The blueooat Jammed his fingers In his eyea a few mtnut.s, and aftr-a good run ana a ion a imna. m uw thought the captain was. right So the monkaya are still gambling and gam boling, while the parrots and the ouier creatures on toard look on with interest at the festivities on the floating Monte Carlo, COLOR OF BADGE TELLS WHAT Only One Prospective Chauf ' feur Says He Manages Ail Sorts of . Automobiles Out of 62 applicants for chauffeurs' licenses only one man carea to take out a general license permitting him to run all kinds of automobllea When th. chauffeurs apply at the city hall for licenses they are required to speciry un una iuvi"u " wish to be examined on. If they qualify for the machine wnicn tney elected they are given a certain colored badge which is prima facie evidence to tne ponce tnai me ciwuiwm to drive only a certain kind of an auto mobile. - . -"" , , . Here la the way the men have classi fied themselves by their applications. One man says he can drive any old kind of a machine and is ready to prove it by examination; 40 want permission to drive gasoline buggies, and 16 say they can drive either gasoline or steam cara - Another maa failed to.apeclfy the kind of a machine he can drive and Deputy City Auditor Joe Hutchinson has written him a letter telling the man to qualify his capabilities in driving "buax" wagona. BELLINOIIAM MAN IS THREATENED BY 0KDER (United Press Leased Wire.), Belllngham, Wash., March 19. A "black hand" letter, or one purporting to have been -written by a member of this secret organisation of Southern Europe, waa received this morning by James Muldowney, president of the Ex celsior Carbide Gas Machine company, demanding that Muldowney deposit $5,000 on tne steps 01 ducov Catholic church within five days, or .,,f iith The letter is written in a crude hand with lead pencil anq accom- n.nvin. it la a flrawina 01 a. oiaci. imiiu. rfi letter has- worried the capltaMat end he haa been snowing 11 to irienas. Thi. la tv.o KAcnnd black hand communi cation received by Belllngham men in the lust week ana otnera are uuuy pected. BLOCKED TRAINS STACK UP MAIL Portland postofflce employes experi enced a rush of mail yesterday and this morning which somewhat resembled the business which Invariably precedes tha Christmas holidays. The rush was caused by arrival of eastern mall which has been delayed on the O. R. & N. ow ing to the land slides near Pendleton. , The bulk of the mall which accumu lated on the other side of the slides ar rived yesterday afternoon and by work ing over time the clerks and carriera were enabled to deliver most of the first-class matter. Last night and this morning the forces were put to work on the second-class- mail and thia after noon the rush was practically at an end. WIFE OBJECTS TO BEING SOLD FOR FIVE Is a man cruel and inhuman if he tries unsuccessfully to sell his wife for the small sum of $6? Mrs. Sarah Sher man believes that sucby a husband should live -alone,- therefore, she has brought suit against Jouie Sherman. She alleges that Louie was and la In human and cites as a specific Instance the fact that he tried to sell her to another man for $5. Because of this and other things she asks th. court for a divorce and the right to resume the use of her maiden name, Sarah Rosen- bloom. Mr. and Mrs. unerman were married in St Paul, Minnesota, August 1 2, 10. - LIKELY TO GET TDIE FOB STEALING TIMER ' Burglars broke into tha house of Mra A. Maxwell, mtt North Sixth street last night and stole a clock valued at $12. ' The- clock was . the- only article of value taken, though it waa apparent a search had been made for money or other valuable,". The matter waa report SORT OF DRIVER ed tt W a" fJica. STATE HEALTH BOARD HELD, SESSION TODAY liep6rt;Made oh Sanitary : Conditions 'in state 7 Ihstitutions jJ i - Th. semi-annual meeting of th. trtat. board of health waa held tbii'afcernoon In the offices 'of Its aeeretary, . C Ttnney." Sanitary conditions aa they exist at th. various atate Institutions have bean investigated recently and re ports pertaining to th. examination war. read. mos. or mem were nuuKwr. Dr.: Alfred Klntey, The conditiona at th. penitentiary, the asylum for the Insane, the reform school, Oregon Agricultural college, the tat untvaraltv. tha three normals, al Drain, Weston and Monmouth, and th. soldiers' home were eovered In the re port. Another matter that was discussed waa tha condition of tha water supply around Bend, Oregon, and th. purity of the water conducted into the Irrigation canals oX the Deschutes Irrigation pro ject. Precautions will be taken also against the spread of smallpox from he railroad camps along the north bank road. . Th. advisability of establishing a quarantine againat Vancouver waa dis cussed, if th. Washington authorities do not ahow more energy In preventing the spread of tha diaeaae In Vancouver and In tha railroad campa. Another aesslon may be held later In the afternoon aa there Is much business of a routine character to be diapansed with at this meeting. All members of the board were pres ent including. Dr. Alfred Kinney of As toria, president; Dr. K. B. Pickle of Medford, Dr. W. -B. 'Morse of Salem. Dr. Andrew Smith, Dr.'E. A. Pierce and Dr. R. C Tenney of Portland. . PUT LINKS CLOSER Joint Boosting Meeting o Jeffersonian Clubs' to Be Held Tonight. - To boost the registration of Demo crats and consider methods for stirring up Interest and bringing out the party vote , on election day, a joint meeting of the Multnomah .Democratic club, the Bryan club and tho Toung Men's Demo cratic club haa been called at Allsky hall, corner of Third and Morrison streets, tonight E. S. J. McAllister Will be the chief speaker. The club .leaders feel that It Is high time to arouse th. Democrats , to regis ter, and to plan concerted action in that direction. Tbe Democratic strength has not shown up in the registration as the leadera had hoped, and - It la believed that something can be dona to make che ratio grow in the few weeks. that remain berore the primaries. LASSO TIMBER AND ESCAPE FROM JAIL Youthful Robbers Captured at Ridge field and Will Serve Sen tences. . (Epeclsl Dlsoateh to Tbe leans'.) Vancouver, Wash., March 1J. Mak ing a lasso out of their bed clothes and lassoing a two hy four timber with which an Iron bat1 waa pried from the Jail window, Harry and Edward Grind rod escaped, from tha county jail laat night. This morning they were located at Rldgefield by. a clerk In the store of E. A. Blackmore, and will be re turned to thia citv. 'Harrv. who la aged It years. Is un der sentence, of from One to 14 years in the atate . penitentiary lor roDbery, and Edward, aged H years, haa been ordered nlaced in the reform school. vnr anvar&L months these bors. with others have committed a series of rob beries. The eountv tail here has been over crowded for several days, and the two boys were placed in the women s sec tion. tf -' .X , , CROUCH IS ANOTHER VOTERS CHOICE MAN U B. Crouch Is the latest addition to the ranks of those who seek to go to tho legislature by , the "Republican voters' choice" route. Republican can didates for precinct committee places, Just announced, are 3. J. Noonan in 82, T. H. Compton in 45, Jamea Kepcha in 61 and J. F. Kertchem In 43. New Democratic aspirants for Ilk. places are Charles H. Stovall In 85, J. G. Nichols in 33, W. P. Snook in 65 and A. Stark in z. . -- ' t HAVE TO BE LATE A TO GIVE VARIATION If trains were always on time 4 railroading wouldn't ha Interest- 4 lng. . -, Northern Pacific No. 1, due at 4 7 o'clock, arrived on time. Southern Fseifle Nei It-, due at 7;55, arrived 25 minutes lata 4 Southern Pacific No. 18, due at 11:$0, arrived on time. . O. B. N. No. S, due at o'clock, arrived on- tlma ;v a R. ft N. No. 5, due at ;45, arrived at 11- o'plock. , .. , , t Astoria 5 ft. Columbia No. 21, due at 13:15, arrived on tlma 4, '. ; ' ,".." ' y . I. .- ' 4 . - :' ...v'l ' : : -.. ' , 11, , , J AROUND DEMOCRATS EVENING.. MARCH ' 19. PANIC PLAUNED BT "INTERESTS Senator la Folletie Proves That Wall Street Forced u ? HardTimes. ; (Catted rress Leased Wire,) , Washington, March 19. -When Sena tor La Follett. resumed His speech . at tacking tha Aldrlch bill today he pre sented evidence which ha 'contended proved conclusively that the centralised powers of Wol street, "the Interests," Including th. heads of th. Industrial, banking and transportation trusts, had deliberately t planned the. recent' panic and sought to wreck th. prosperity of tne country, - . ..,.- Th. senator read a ropy of a letter which he stated waa from the president of the Waahington Life Insurance com pany and addressod to E. A. Whlttler, its Newark, New Jersey, manager, under dat. of June, , 1907, directing him to cut his bank balance and . .end ..the money direct to. New Tork..-i - , La Follette - declared that this waa only an. of the -many methods resorted to by the "high financiers' in their ef forts to produce a money stringency. Th. senator explained that Ee would not refer to tne matter or' railroad bonda aa security, as th. feature "had been dexteriously , whlak.d out -of the bill" but declared - tnat tomorrow ne would have a few things to say- apro pos of th. resolution to dlscharg. the ommltte. on interstate commerce from further consideration of a bill he had Introduced providing -for a proper and authoritative valuation of all railroad property. PAHTAGES WILL BE IMDELED BssBaaSasssaBSBwaBajaaasajsaasiBak Vaudeville House to Be Im- proyed by Expenditure of $15,000. As soon as Manager Johnson of Paa- tages theatre can securS another house for th. summer, work will be begun re modeling the Pantages theatre at Fourth and Stark streets. Mr. John son said this morning that everything but the four walls of the building would ba torn out and that between 111.000 and $15,000 would be spent in remodel ing the vaudeville house ao as to make It the finest In the city. All of th. present seats downstairs will be sold to th. nickelodeon theatres and new seats will be installed. In stead of th. three galleries, the top one will be torn out and one large gallery will replace it The houae, which now seats 1,100 people, win d. maa. 10 ac commodate 1,400. The atage will be mad. three feet six Inches deeper, and will be large enough to handle any act New scenery is being painted for the Improved house. When the stock theatres close for the summer the theatre will be moved, and in case one of them cannot be secured the performance will be held in a tent. The remodeled houae will open Septem ber 1. NEW YORKERS TAKE RAP AT BRYANITES malted Press Leased Wire.) New York. March 1. The state com mittee today called for a Democratic state convention on April 14, to select delegates at large for the Denver -convention. Provision was made for the selection of a new state committee and a resolution was passed , favoring an untnstructed delegation. - - The decision to send an -un Instructed delegation was a distinct rap at the Bryan! tea, who. had made desperate ef forts to have the ' committee pass a resolution favoring an instructed Bryan delegation. Bo also waa th. decision to hold the convention so early -in the month. , Bryan win mane a tour or new York in April, and It Is believed that he will be much stronger there later In the month. The convention will be held in Carnegie hall In New York City. BEVANS IS TAKEN TO KENTUCKY FOR TRIAL Vancouver, Wash., March 19.- Attor ney Scott Whltt, who yesterday took, charge of Hi Bevans. wanted for mur der at Plkeville, Kentucky, left this morning for the east with his prisoner. Mrs.Bevans and her children will fol low ner husband east. Both ahe and , Bevans are confident that Bevans', trial will result in acquittal, on the ground that he acted in sell oetense. BOURNE'S SUPPORT; PROMISED DEPARTMENT Waahinsrton. March 18. Senator Bourne has written a letter to Attorney General Bonaparte stating that, he- in- An-rmtLm t Hnnnrtnutnt of lustlce In .KB position In resisting the proposed. Ful ton amendment. He promises the de partment his support In forcing the rail roads to comply with tbe -terms of the grants. '' Rabbi Wise to Speak, o.hki inn.ii Tt wIm will sneak-to- tiii otTomnln Rfith Israel. Twelfth and Main, on the subject "Mordecai in the Gateway." The theme will concern itself wltn some moaern itow .prob lems. The services begin at o'clock. Strangers are welcome. Officers After Boeck. ' Kw fork. March 19. Two officers left New York today for, San Francisco tn at T Edward Boeck. who Is under arrest, there charged with stealing Jew elry varued at bu,ouu irom a jeweier, his employer. , Won. Jefferson Mvers and Mrs. Myers leave on the Elder for San Francisco tonight. They , will remain aoout tore, or four weeka SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY GIVES THE HEAD JANITOR A HARD JOLT Head Janitor C. S. Slnimonds of the city hall was considerably surprised this morning when he found a letter in his mall calling upon him to pay his dues amounting to $2 to a well-known society of science, v. ' 5 -- :? Now Mr. Simmonds knows the society well, has for aeveral . years,; but. never theless he was somewhat surpassed at the request for dues. Furthermore his surprise was not diminished because of the fact that for th. past several veara ha haa been cominsr down .to the city hall on. night each month and open ing, up tne nan mat me society, migm have a place to meet. t - In addition to leaving his cosy home at night that the society members .might nave a meeting pi ace-to aiscuas suir- ects from th. dealing with the Darwin an theorv to the practice of 'amateur photography, upon the susceptihUltles of 1808. BOILERS DID HOT M CAUSE WRECK Chief Engineer iof rdmona Denies Charges Made by . " fiiisfnviis Jnsner. , . , V eK v w w--vr- - m ,r ' - - - i t :;.,': ,: (Cntted rraas Leasee Wire.) fian Francisco, March !. Tha boll- rs on th. wrecked iteamer Pomona were in excellent shap. and should in - ,- hiimii for th. - disaster which overtook th . eraft 0 . from this city to Eureka, is tha claim .Am hv John' P. Clements, the chief engineer of th. Ill-fated vessel. J n n affidavit filed today with . the tJnlted States Inspectors of hulls and nollera Engineer Clements reached Ban rran- engineer v, learning of . llikJ&fSSlm aent tff by un I.UU.I.U.!, or the fiu,"t!:rV." ?PS-'runaP hastened o HUmbolt Beacon Fortuna,.haatenea to deu?ii. ?i r.tum nf Caotaln Swanson ViJ.ti 5hlna Ld T other ol 'Arws no 2J Vl?r,PRS22 .InweVtors BoUes and SlJJffilZZk?? I" vaaflaaUon Into Tth cauaes of t ie wreck. vtiunuun " t -Will BE FIRED . . - m Ron ' "PriinrKP.O AlUnUli 01 Stanford May ask ;ne nioval of President ' (CniUd Press teased Wire.) ei...j TTnlaraltv. f!al March It. ' ., .,- .-tinn of tha students Fpllowlng th., action of th. "a"" affairs committee mis uw - i h..r aenaratelv the story of each one of the 100 students who admitted tha nartlclDated In Thursday nignt demonstration in front or . - - . . . . Clark's home, a rumor was circuiaieu on tha euiDui that th. Ban rranowco alumni of th. oo liege has prepared petition asking for h. moval of Pres ident Jordan of Stanford. The "port nraated a big stir, but all efforts to confirm it were frultlesa - ..wk thla afternoon the stu dents affairs committee, of which -Pro- feasor Clark Is the "B who ZgSSr .oSStta thV tW"wwVVTS the demonstration. The committee re- ,,mA n hallova that all Of them Par- tlclpated and dj'"'? he ter by. giving each ?n. a prtta hear- lng. It is Preaica in , aoneres 10 uis y --Tj- ta dismissed. The first of th. prlvat. neanna-i "?..tz. i VU niTi ii .uttn pt. a student of th. pnysi- ology, department of th. uiilvsrslty was expelled from that branch today ba- cause of the manner In which he x- pressed, hla views concerning ine uem- onsirauon. wu J'" .rJU t ai.ni.v iu-ieeiin. . "i"''. r:jT",', id he would hav. participated m It himself If he had not oeen engagea in ...t.inir.r Dr. Rlua. tha federal in aer spector, that nignt. as mi. result 01 tha action tanen rn nim yie aiur i to btvtl lcat m the plgbt of ths.roh denta hav. raised the war cry of Free- I btry. t V . t gum ayvcu. ZIMMERMAN IN KACE FOE COUNTY BOARD Prominent Farmer and Stockman Will Ron for Commis sioner. (Special Dispatch to The Jooraal.) Oregon City, March 19 J. A. Zim merman of Parkplace filed his petition for nomination from tha Democratlo party for county commissioner yester- day, standing on a platform - for an honest, economical administration, good roads. low taxes ana aowg rigm to tne people. Mr. Zimmerman la a farmer and stockman, ovnlng considerable property accumulated by honest toil and good management He worked In the Wil lamette -paper mill for many years, and win rocafv heart v - auDoort from -the TY.noutrati mill bova oa nrlmurr elra- Hnn Aatr ..... At -the solicitation of rAmerous friends Koswoll 1 Holman, the pres- lantio fleet at ban Franisco ar. out ent coroner, has consented to become a I lined In a letter received today by ..nriidata fnr reelection, an win in a Mayor Taylor from Captain R. R. In- few days file his petition for the Re- publican nomination for that off lea t. iiAin.n.ia v,a l..Hin. nn.irf.ir.f of 'this county, and has satisfactorily filled the oitice or coroner, zor 'many years. " C0NGBEGATI0NALISTS (Special DisDstch to The Journal. 1 I v.nmiiwr Wmh Vwnh . .in.. I iv :aq o cioca.- it a paraae is coniem vancpuver, wasn, juarcn i. - inei , t . fc ianin n bi Congregational society of this city hopes In tha.nAnr furflra to erect-a aubatantial Church on ? lts property at Fourteenth and Main streets. General " Organiser W. W. -Schudder was recently in the citv ana wa.j. rviura HnurLir 1.0 com-1 nlitft arrangements. rAMr&nn orete blocks will probably be used. ' The local society has confined Its means of raising money ror tnis project-to its pers and fairs. In April the society w IS hold a combined fair and supper, the proceeds from which will he added to the church fund. . , - Sent , on Commission. Judge O'Day and a Jury in the circuit court are today hearing evidence in the case of Patrick Holland against Jan. rp.,n.falt Tha nlnlntlfP pl.lma IS1B commission as Agent on the sale of Jour lots to Charles Hail lor 120,000.-. Jt- plant life in relation to tho homogeneous substance of the decadent era, Mr. Sim monds .has been particular to sea that the room In which the society met was Swept free from dust and debris and that -tha proper number of chairs and tables with a pitcher of water for th. speaker were prepared. :-"- --,' - Mr. Simmonds was not only surprised but considerably worried. He did sot know but that he might be called upon to deliver a speech upon various strata formations of th. paleosoio period. H. therefore called upon th. president for an ' explanation and was Informed that the secretary had doubtless made a mis take in considering.- Mr. - Simmonds a member of the society, Mr. .Simmonds wss not angry but the society saved it self a return bill for about 115 worth of Janitor service that th. genial city hall Janitor has given In the past by tha ex- planatloa. . " , " ! GIRL GEIS HER FATHER'S HILL In Business Fight With T;vH rent She Beats Him and Is i ; Now Boss of 150 Hands. , Forest, Ohio, March 1. Boss of 119 mill hands and sol. chief of a $175,000 company Is the height to which Miss iteia-n vwwi ; dj besting her own father In a business S&Bt? h0eVhf?.nrioo."?on, th- .mpyea burned the father, onco their meaident Mn effigy when they bought h had. won the t-attle a.aln.t out of an tt"umi?t to make th. company mora of 4 family af. rair man it naa oe.n tor soma years through .the young woman's associa- her father. JBhe had .arned a nan interest in tne iws.uoo ficaeimun Roofing company, both by eipert Enow,ed.d 0f tha mm"etMl of to bu;,. ness and by sales ability" For several Y under her guidance a profit of 148,000 a year had been- earned, it is aa- fwted.- Then th. father. ,Jo.eph h. Dicaeiman. tnongnc to give a anar. in I the business to his son Lawrence and to W O.-Purdy, hi. son-in-law. - Miss Dlckelman objected that her brother and brotner-in-iaw. nari . no . axnerienca. and were not'entltled to reap a share of the profits she had aided In earning, l.rv abl. to settle th. difference on : this point, father and daughter agreed to throw the company Into a receivership. When It was offered for sal. by ta receiver the vouna- woman startled town by bidding ud to.tllO.OOO against bar rather. They viu the only blddera and tha parent Won ift the auction, top- I ping ms aaugnier i inu oinr vj vu. But he could not raise the 1180,600 to siso.vuu. tine naa nersen eisciea 10 the highest office In the new 8170.000 paid in capital stock company aha. or ganised, and now. is In a position to give ner ratner a joo unaer ner. iie haa accented -defeat aracefully. and hla I home contlnuea the shelter of hla. en- I terprisln daughter, whose ability per- m,tted her to wre.t bis : business f?om inim., - , ' - ; ..!-. . v , , . . i . ! JURY FIIIDS; i III 1 1 II I - I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '1' GIBSON GUILTY After deliberating but 10 minutes the) Jury In th. trial of W. Q, Gibson, charad with holding np and robbing O. H. Kelser, u-eturned a verdict of guilty thla n.rnnnn Tk tlnu f unlmu ha not been set, tha ludg. allowing wjjich def endanfa oounsel may move for a new trial. ' At noon th. arguments were closed, Ju1r( aantenbeln "than delivered hla in- structions to th. jury. Qibaon waa4nc. I . ... , w . , . gpon.u,,. poaltlons, and the defense me much of thu fact extoi,,nr hln bualneas man of fine Intellect Kei.ar identified Gibson aa on ot I three men who held him up at the point i or a gun in a saloon at xwentyrirst ana I rpi., ....... n. e Thurman streets. He said 'Attorney Swope tried to indue, him to drop th. case by offering to return his watch. This Swope denied. Kaiser also claims TRACK TODAY (United Press leased Wire.) Ban Francisco, March 19 Today's Emeryville scratches: ' Third race Huerfano. Fifth race 0rtCfc MarJfc g,xtn Yada, Hero, dotus. Brian Bora, First race, six furlongs selling; threo Zr o ?-iRri .l? I 8 to V gecond: Sea Sick, 106.' I to & intra. j.ime, z-o. FURTHER PLANS FOR BATTLESHIP FLEET I (United Fiesa Leassd Wire.) i Ban - tsdcibco. iuarcn li. s urinflr plans regarding the reception of th. At- gersoll of the Connecticut at Magdalena pay, in wnicn tne latter raid Admiral Evina la . dealrloua fir mentlnB' . tha I wishes of the citizens of San FranciacMK i wmcermm ujo yiaus, vapuun ingaraou i mrnna. - - , ., .11. A.wi. rr viiivi U.J .u mil gle column ana win take a course that will enable the people living In all the square. The fleet will be Illuminated on the night of its arrival from 8 to 0r .20 battalions., about 6.000 men, wlU parade. It is suggested that the parade ffi,5fneM' ,0B t.daJr 'ollowing th. Captain Insersoll says the people will b welcomed aboard the ships from, 11 v vws. vandals desecrate CSVT T WAAlS fTrTTTriTl! . OfiljL VVUUJLJ . LxlUllUll! fJlAf ""Sf'HSS JJhF&JS" iJ:1,- BESJffi: & Methodlst church in Sell wood and com mitted acts of vandalism. Stones were thrown at the piano,, marring the pol ished case of th a Instrument, and mud and dirt .was - scattered about tha . in terior, of the building. .Police officers wboso tour of duty lies in the neighbor hood of 'the church have been instructed .Wef of Police Grltamacher to mak. a special effort to catch and . punlsa the offenders. SMALL TERRIER HAS : h TERRIBLE FRIGHT A.' small 'fox terrier fell from the second story window of a '. building at the corner of Third e t and Burnslde streets today. In- s ', stead of cQpapaing In a heap on th. sidewalk tha dog struck S an awning over th. cigar store ; rf below and stuck to it ilka glue. e a The owner of the dog saw hirn S a take the tumble and hurried e downstairs to pick up the rem- e i hanta ; Hs was surprised not toito 4 find -anything of him and hunted ; r for; aulta a while ; fieiors th. 4 thought struck: mm tnat pos- e slbly tha fall had . been broken s by the awning. A, ladder - was S brought Into play and there, 4 . wlth. hla -claws fast In -the. can- 4 vaa, was the terrier, trembling a with fright. . - a V re ATElRiVlLE M;i'3-tjVjf f-