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THE OREGON , DAILY JOURNAU V PORTLAND., FRIDAY . , EVENING, ?. MARClt . 20. 1003. H'.J 9i , 12 CASES BEFORE H JISSOCIJTlOII i Sensation Promised During This Afternoon. '' . . . nf them promt I -- k. ..imrlr sensational In thell t .111 k. i.k.n ud br th gi.vanc commute. of th Oregon Rut I Bar association, which convener i .1.1. .t.mnnn. Oning to the , otciui: -..-- i .i h. - it a prob f iwS th.ttonrin ti held tonight 5 UK all dsy tomorrow. Williamson land-fraud case by the su preme court may wilt In 'bedlaml-i-al of the dlshsrment Proou n5r.ia witl Marlon R. HIkkh. who m '"d'rt,riV Williamson and agaf t 'horn d'""" I?'" ... re vrri.il of the Willlninson rase. BieK attorney. claim .11. li- ... i. l.o reversed In the crt. and that therefor iw.'w-5. should be dismissed. Mr. Klggs wu "rtCrwI.! be recomnymded for dismissal i f Prosecuting Attorney Ralph Flaher IS that against K. W. Bartlett. an attorney or u ,r""Tj Vnlon county, who waa Indicted with 8. A. Grdlnlr for attempted extortion, ..ii.f urvi lila aentenre when tn i two were found guilty, but Bartlett ap pealed to trie supreme roun. . i 1h fe wa a i-laired. The I disbarment proceedings were Instituted F k rirst cnn-li'tlon. but were held up pwmn int ipp, prem court. ow mr. i that the chareea be dismissed and the prosecutor will recommend mat till) e dCary J.'Martln of flal-'m ha asked that the charge against him be dia mlaaed on somewhat similar grounds. He waa Indicted for subornation of perjury, but It was shown In courtthat ha had had the witness swear a, form of oath which prevented any charge of perjury, and the case waa thrown out of Th. rrlavanpe committee has t been aaked to hav th proceeding in I this case dlamlsaed. J Among the other caaes are those of ' J. H. Hitching of Portland, against i whom proceedings hare boon pending i for som time, and Attorney Wyatt of Albany, whoa f&xe naa never ueeu cou aldered. . . , The members of th grievance com mlttee are A. F. Flagel, chairman, Frank 8. ttrant. Laurence A. jacixarj, m. ju. Pogue and & O. Bach. BREWERS WILL AID fj LAW T y Th BUte Brewers' association has decided to regulate th saloon business of th tate In. auch a way as to xaae off th curse of continual vlolatlona of th law. A was predicted In The Jour nal som months ago the association Via iinrfar rnnaliteratlon a Dlan of rtgu- k latlon by which all ealoon men In the state Would beasknd to cooperate in ralBlng th standard of the business, t Those places which had been and con $ tlnued to be disorderly plftces were to i be put under the ban by the brewera ! themselves and forced out of business. I . Accordlna- to the plan it Is now being f Announced by the Brewers" association that . th organisation will cooperat t with the authorities In enforcing the ; laws. The orcantcatlon will institute reform In th retail trade. No person ? wh continue to-rlolate the laws, will M allowed to noia a license, oaioon f men will be ordered not to sell liquor to minor or drunken person, rxo gam bling will be allowed In saloons. Dry precincts will be protected by the Brew era' association and all saloonmcn who persist In violation of the law will have their supplies of liquor cut off by the Brewer' association. EDITOR ON TBIAL . OX IIBEL CHARGE J ' (Spedil PUpatcb to The Joarnal.) Hoquiam. Waah., March 10. The trial of Otla M. Moore, editor and proprietor of the IaiJy Washlngtonlan of this place, on a charge of criminal libel. Is now in progress at Montesano, the winnlv a on t . . The trial promises to be a sensational one, . as Mr. Moore has summoned a number of Hoqulam's 400 as witnesses on hi side. State Senator Poison will be one of the witnesses for the prose cution.' . Prosecuting Attorney Boner and Thomas C. Vance of Olympla will con duct th prosecution, and V. H. Abol of Montesano and Morgan A Brewer of Hoquiam have been retained by Moore. That an attempt will be made to make a political fight out of the case la foreshadowed by the question that is asked of witnesses: "Are you acquaint ed with Senator Poison, Ed Benn or any other leading politicians of the Har bor T". ' DURYEA ON CR0SS- , EXAMINATION TODAY (United Pre Led Wire.) 4 San Francisco, March 20. Engineer Edward Duryea Jr., formerly employed f by the Bay -Ci tie Water company, was r under cross-examination in the Tevls- . n,ii.iin libel suit today. ' In cross-examining the witness At torney Sullivan for the, defense made 1 etrenuoua eirons to snane uuryw. tlmony of yesterday to the effect that i the Hetch-Hetchy Water system could ' not supply San Francisco with water without embarrassing the irrigation In the Tuolumne dlsti-ict Duryea denied that he made apeehe against the Tuo lumne system and In Xavoa of the Bay Cities Water system. TO BOOST HOME TOWN. James -D, Zurcher r of EoBeburx Lfis been employed by the commer cial club of that city. He Is aa O. JL C. graduate, & printer and publisher, and ' has been ; connected with the ' I hind . department Of the O. & C.I ENFORCETiiEN NOTE III SHOE US HH Crust v Old Bachelor; Sue5H Bootmakers for Injury ' by Girl's Loveletter. Harkettatown. N. March SO. Thomas Stubha ha brought suit against a Hhoo jsiana sno factory ror damagea, aileglnc that by reason of corns contracted from a pair of shoes his feelings hav been liuri to tnat ex tent. A Knt internal younr woman, em nlnvort in th factory, broucht about the trouble. Several of the girls in th factory had acquired husbands Dy niac in trailer mecaarea in shoes, and this employe tried tn same mtunoa. Mr. Btubbs purchased a ilr of shoes ofintalnlna one of the notes, lis says that when he triea tne snoes on na im an obatruotlon In the left boot, but paid no attention to it. ...... ktimr a month Or SO Mr. hlUODS Of- veloped a generous corn, wnicn caused him no much trouble that he got his trusty rasor and did a little amputating. Then blood poisoning came along in th course of events, and It was several weeks be for th unfortunate man got well. Whlla In th sickroom he examined th alma n-hlrh caused the unpleasant ness, and he fished out a tightly rolled bit of rsper, the note rrom in gin in th a ho factory. , t t Being a crusty ana coonrraea oaenn- lor. th sentiments did not appeal to Mr. Btubbs; he resolved to hold the maker responsible for th "tomfool ery, ana instructor uis aiiorney m or gin action. . ' , JAPAN'S NAYY TWICE AS LARGE AS IN WAR Dattlrablp Btmtgth Ha Ilefm Iou- blrd Since Connict With Rami. Toklo, March It. Japan' navy today la almost twlc aa great In tonnage a th time of the war with Russia. Bh baa twlc aa many battleship as at any time before or during th con fllct. , , Reliable figure now at hand show the Island power . before the war had 167 ....! nf a tntal tonnaee of 173.742, and now haa 10 veasels of 616,0851 tons. Beside the enormous increase In bat tleships, ane now oas a miru na man armored cruisers, three more other cruisers.' nearly three times an my destroyers, but three lewer torpeao boats. . . Th net gain ounng tne war. mui off losses against captures from Russia. was B8.9Z4 tons. Critics or tne exDsnsion proinm why. In the face of tnese ngures, which indicate an advance of fully 0 per cnt. including new construction, th govern ment should still persist In making ap- proprlationa ior me unnj u more than 6 per cent of the total na tional expenditure ror tne ni ,"liadlng financier point out that long a th above disparity is main tained tne couniry iiiubi c-v ' ' foreign distrust. VANCOUVER BOOSTERS 3IAY TOUR STATE Itinerary "WU1 Probably Be First to Spokane, Then Homeward by Way of Round Cities. (SpM-lal Dlipttrh to To Joorn.l.) Vancouver, Waah., March 20. While no definite step In that direction have been taken, it Is probable a grand Van couver excursion over- th north bank line and around through the, atate will be pulled off within the next 60 days The plan Is being talked over by several prominent cltliens, who express them selves aa heartily In favor of such a trtft s planned to engage an entire train from the Portland & Seattle railway. From Vancouver the excursion train will run over the north bank line to Pasco, then over the Northern Pacific to Spokane. At least a day will be spent in the metropolis of the eastern part of the State. From Spokane the excursionists will proceed by easy stages, through the state to Seattle, stopping at all the more important cities. Vhe metropolis of the state will come In for a day'e stay, when the ex cursion will proceed to Tacoma, where at least several hoars will be spent The return will be made direct to Van couver over the Northern Pacific, with out leaving th state. " THREE LONG LEASES FOR WATER POWER Portland General Electric Lets Bights to Crown Columbia Co. for Manufacturing Furposcs. (Special Dlp.tcb to Tb Journal.) Oregon City, March 20. Three volum inous documents were filed for record with Becorder Ramsby yesterday, con taining 88,250 words, for, which the re cording fee of 166.60 was paid. One is a lease from the Portland Gen eral Klectrlc company to the Crown Columbia Pulp & Paper company, for 46 years and 9 months from April 1 next, pf a water right of 1,000 horse power of th water of the Willamette river near the falls, to operate the ma chinery of the paper company's plant on the west siae. . , .. Another document is a lease from tho Portland General Electric company to the Crown-Columbia company of a right to use 200,000 gallons of WiUam atnra for manufacturing purposes. to be taken from the electric company s basin on the east Bide of the river, the leas to exist until December 31, 1954. Th third la an option of a water rlaht to 100,000 cubic feet of the' same hntween.the same parties, to continue tp August 6, 1912. IDAHO LAND FRAUD "CASES TO BE REVIVED Coited Press leased Wire.) d.i.. Trta Momh 20. The federal rrand Jury today began an investigation of th land fraud caaes mat were thrown out ox couri imj f " Whltson on the - ground of misconduct by District Attorney Kulck The de partment of Justic ha ordered that the case b. presented to -another grand Jury, ana special ; ptobbcuiuh u ient totake charge of ith Investiga tion., h .. -;-" Chauffeurs Take) Exams. V Twenty chauffeurs are taking an ex amination at th city ball today to se cure license a chauffeurs, uui ox tne 61 applicants for licenses only ona nan have shown up but It is believed that ether will tak the examinations to morrow morning. ' Th written portion of . th - testa are bettur siren In the QOmmHtM VAntti. In tK. 1 V.-TT whll. tasts In th operation of the machines "TO MARRY OR MARRY?" III , J i j: " lis y ? " , -y j. ' v ii ii lit yV VfrA. .''.!! II m . ::mmm ill If (i r .h.'v-, i j "-i l - ''.iT . 1 J . , v - ...... V, ' " V VVt'Wt 7'' "si" rt1 rAJ Poor de Sagan! lie Is In a most delicate position. He does not know whether he Is to marry Mada me Anna Gould or whether he will have to be contented with the tiny 8t Ipend of his royal bouse for the rest of his years unless mayhap he ca n captivate another title-chasing dame. Madame Gould, divorced wifeof Count Bonl de Castellane, arrived in New York yesterday from Europe. She Bays that the De Sagan en gagement report is not true and she will not marry again. De Sagan la telling another story, however, that is neither here nor there: above Is the latest photo of the madame. HOLD PATIENTS CLOSE TO QUARANTINE RULE Health Board Adopts New Reflation Relative to Diphtheria Sufferers. At a meeting of the health board this morning a new rule was adopted in re gard to the taking of cultures in diph theria cases, and a form of letter to be addressed to all person afflicted with diphtheria was adopted. City Health Officer Enther C. Pohl told the members of the board that since the adoption of the rule requiring all diphtheria pa tients to remain in quarantine until a negative culture has been reported, the work of the office has been greatly in creased l r. Pohl explained that . this was largely due to the numerous requests made 'by patients asking that cultures be taken nearly every day. Dr. Pohl GLOVE COUNTER? Wm OVER THERE 5 rVrW. WISH 'TO MAKE ICOhWAAlNhOTT rt5rTlSQ5i5?l A DOItrt- NtVV NOT . TO ASKS DESAGAN accordingly drafted the form of th let ter adopted by the board thlsmorning wnicn provides mat alter ine pattern has been confined for two weeks, cul tures will be taken every four days un til a negative culture Is obtained. The letter explains that the diphtheria germs often linger in the throat of the patient long after he appears to be well, and for that reason no person can break the quarantine until a negative culture Is reported to the health office. Other business transacted by the board was approving the estimates of the department for the month. In cluded In the estimates was an Item for rent for the bacteriological laboratory, amounting to 50. It was understood that the laboratory would not be re quired to pay rent if Installed at the Dental college. The board recommend ed that it be paid, although It is doubt, ful If the council will appropriate the money. New Ferry at Frlnco. (Doited Freu Lened Wire.) Washington, March 20. The, house todav authorized the construction of a steel ferry1, costing $100,000, and a steel f utter worth 145,000. for Immigration servipe at San Francisco. The measure was proposed by Representative Hayes of California. The Whole Pee wee T00T&tETOOOONTiAVE TO AWHin.lHNOW., AH- MADAM r SATPOrTRUN lOUTANOfifTi LUkv u a w m w Lit v kw ksno aw Bai Tn a i wrm "nrni i m Limra a runn: ii l iur r i ar i imt hi .i it nru s as aai iv - i ii t i i m.ii 1 i r . -nr.'-'x i vt . ,r r a-v. -v f rT lj ; , - - - v. ; '1 ... . V" ' 'r'- '. , v 1 HEAVY PENALTY FOR HAVING NO LICENSE Dentist rracticinsr'Withou Termit Given $125 Fine and Imprisonment. A fine of $111 and imprisonment for a period of 10 day was th sentence Imposed by Judg Ctmeron In th mu nlclpal . court this 1 morning on" P.. U Austin, charged and convicted of prao' tlolng dentistry without a certificate from th slat board of dental exam1 inera Th sentence will not b effect iv until tomorrow morning, at which tlm application will b mad to th circuit court ior a writ or naoea corou for Austin's rieas. . Austin was one oeror nnea for th am onana cnargea against him in th present instance, . 11 appealed from th Judgment and th appeal 1 still pending. Ill object -In applying for a writ or habeas oorpua now la to brlna- th matter before th higher tribunal more speedily than could b don by mean of an appeal. Auatln claim h I being mada th subject for persecution by th atat board of dantal examiners for th aol reason that h elects to advertfa hi business, a practice held by som to b prejudicial to th ethics of the- pro fession, urn ha, applied for a tern porary permit to practlc pending th holding of th regular - xa'mlnatlona, but this' has been refused. H also claim that other hav been granted these temporary permit and also that there are over 60 dentist now practlc Ing their profession in th city who hav no stat license and who ar not molested by the lat official. NOT DROWNED. AND, A HERO BESIDES Herbert Furaey of Astoria Gives His Mother the Most Joyful Sur prine of Her Life. . (Special DUpittJi to Tb Journal.) Astoria, Or., March 20. It was re ported her last night that Herbert Fur- ney had been drowned while attempting to save th life of a little girl named NelmL Furney was not drowned. Ho had gone to Young river on the launch Swift and while lying at one of the landing aome children gathered on the deck. A littl girl stumbled snd fell Into the river. Furney. noticing the ac cident, jumped after her and was Just about to grasp her when a man In th boat reached her with a pike pole, aav. her Just In time. The fast ebbing e caught Furney and swept him un der the boat, lie came to the surface on the opposite slue and waa not seen aa he swam ashore. Furney'a mother heard the report that her son waa drowned and Father Watera went to her houae to console her. In. the midst of her first burst of grief the youth walked Into the house, en- L tlrely uninjured, and a hero besides, UNION REQUESTS ARE READ BEFORE SENATE (United Frew Leased Wlrs.) Wasklnaton. March 20. The petition of th delegates to thla week's big con gress or union lacor men presided over by President. Gompers, was read in the senate today. Statements and demands in- the petition occasioned I re quern buzzes of comment and so marked wan the confusion that the chair was fre quently forced to rap for order. It was Anally decided to truit the document as a public paper and 1.QQ0 copies were ordered printed. Bandits Wreck Train, ("pedal Dispatch to Th Journal.) Bt. Petersburg, MArch 20. From Tlf 11s cornea word that a train ha been de railed between Tlflls and Bastau, by a band of 60 foragers. The train carried a Urge amount of money. Th bandits removed 80 meter of the rails, so that the engine and cars left the track and became a heap of wreckage. The badlt cam from an ambush and began a fusillade on th military guard, who after an obstinate fight put them to flight, and In the pursuit captured sev eral and killed some. Camp at White Salmon. Last night th Woodmen of the World organized a camp with 40 charter mem ber at White Salmon. General Organ iser H. L. Day and Special Organizer B. N. Rounds of Portland Instructed the camp, assisted by the officers and team of Hood River camp. A special boat ar rived from Hood River at 7:30, loaded tn thA marda with ChoDDera. The offi cers were Installed by Organiser Day. A banquet was aorved by the wives of the members of outside camps, who are transferring to the baby camp. X npfEiini's tiiiw is CUT Frank H.'Hosford Mayllavo Been Murdered; by. Enc- ; mlcs at "Washington. ' (TJnIUd fne Lwato WM.) .Washington. March 1 10. With hi throat -cut front ear to ear and a -bloody knife lying under blm, th body of Frank H. Hoford. correspondent Of th iwiirnii Tlitiea and other naoara, was found thl fternoon In th vestlbul pf a hiilMlna at 109 K street. W'hll th cas appear to b on of suicide, th police ar investigating on the theory that th man may hav been murdered. - NORTH BANK TIED UP BY A SLIDE Impediment to Traffic Encountered at Carson Transit roaaible by Making Transfer Around Slide. (Special Plipitrh to Th looresl.) Vancouver, Wash., March 20. Att' other slide on th north bank lln near Carson has again Interrupted traffic, al though Irregular ervic'l being; kept un. Th train leaving Vancouver y- terday morning got through on schedule time, but the westbound train encoun- tarait AAnaMaratila trouble and did not reach here until 3 o clock tni morning. Thl mornlnr - train left crowded to It limit It" expected a transfer will be necassary at Carson. CUP OF CARBOLIC : ACID CAME FLYING Thl,; Sirs. Lilian Moeher Alleges, With Many -Other Things Hard to bear, In Her Petition.' (Special Dispatch to Th Joarail.) Oregon City, March 20. Mrs. Lilian Mosher want a dlvorc from Grant Mosher, on th ground of cruelty. They wer marrltd at Watklfl. New York, une 7, 1899, and ever since that time, she declares, she has been th victim a husband's cruelty. At various times, she alleges, he has told her that 11 VJ IJAU 11 Vr lino I V .t - a.w-v let an opportunity go by to wound her reiinr. nas triea to cnoae ner anu has attempted to disfigure her by throw' ing her, a teacup run and all this or carDono arra a time neglecting r her. and at 1 through fear of her life, she left him. NOBODY CAN TELL HOW FIRE STARTED Hut Ira Jones' House, on the West Side, Been Destroyed Origin of Fire Not Known.. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Oregon City, Mareh 20 The dwelling house of Ira Jones, on the west side, was burned to th ground at noon yes terday. There was nobody in the house when the fire broke out and the cauae of the fire Is unknown. The total loss is $2,000. about half of which is covered by insurance. ALBIXA ATHLETIC CLUB MEETS CHEMAWA .TEAM Alblna Athletic club basketball team play Chemawa Indian Saturday night March 21, at the Alblna hall. Beech and Kirby streets. Alblna defeated Chema wa early in the season by the close score of 18 to -11. Albina's next game will be with Dallas college second team for the state Junior championship. The line up for Saturday: Chemawa. . Alblna. Wilson Forward Sweeney Clark Forward linden Sortor' Center ...Phillips Goudv Guard Springer Wiggins Guard Franzke Fprmer Congressman Shallenberger has announced his eandidaey for the governorship of Nebraska on a platform ooDOslnar the state railway commission and favoring a depositors' guaranty law. , Family Copyright, TT Vfli MAfJAM OUH, In taw AtraA)lf V-Krr KiVi I .Hilar, l W, vff riT nt WAT' U Wi syjx (H OrSJILOOli STILL IN DOUBT A ' T ft n rW Aoout rroprietor or EricK-' , ' son's Place Fail An effort by Sheriff 8tvna to deler. m!n whether Hugo Frits or th Hugo Frits company, a corporation, Is th owner of the Krlckson saloon" at Second and Burnsld atreets, ended In fallur today when a Jury that th sheriff had ummoned failed to agre. . Th unusual method of a sharlfra Jury was resorted to because th Hugo rlt ctuupany laid claim to th stock of t-lgar and liquor attached by th sheriff to satisfy a Judgment given by th circuit eourt In favor of Frits' for nier wlf againt Frits, For la months or mor Frit haa advertised himself a the owner of the ealoon. and' llcunse hav all been Issued In hi name, but the Hugo Frits company then came for ward to demand th surrender of th goods, claiming that It I th owner. . Mearly all th evidence waa taken yesterday afternoon, and th attorneys argued the question before th Jury of Ix men this morning,- th sheriff pre siding. The attorney for Jars. Frltx, in -addition to claiming that th prop, rty I owned by Frit, assert that by th doctrine of estoppel th Frits cor poration 1 shut out. sine It ha allowed Frits to contract debts, to tak out th licenses, to advertise under his nam and to hav hi nam entered In th telephone book as th owner. Testimony yesterday showed that jonn P. Sharkey purchased th saloon rrom Kncason ior iio.ooo in nun. Bftnr key obtained 15.000 loan from- Bis- rnauer V Hoch and the Welnhard estate: and In return th ' Lemck company. with , which Sharkey and Frits wer connected, gav notes for $10,000, se cured by a mortgage. Sharkey la said to hav represented that h paid $S0. 000 for th property. H agreed that Frits should reoeive a half Interest In th business for 16.000 when the com pany wa organised. but It I alleged that -Frits 'never, paid over th money. nnaraey UDequenuy aoia ni lnisreii In the saloon to th Lemcke company's bookkeeper, C. E. West -. Sharkey" part -in concealing wher th real ownership of th business rest ed waa scored by th attorneys this morning. It 'Was asserted that by a Boeclea of frensied flnanoa Frits has been contracting debt and represent- in" nimseir a tn owner or th misl- ness. but now seek to defeat creditors by the corporation device. Th records or tne Hugo ftiis com pany show that Frits - formerly owned one half the stock of the company, and that on March 1) he resigned as orenl- dent and director, the corporation now holding an assignment of his stock. The attachment was levied under a fidgment for I2.95E damagea secured y Frits former wife, who claimed that she advanced thl amount of money to him. Frits ha since been married a second time. PHONE LINEMAN HAS PREMONITION OF END "Something Fearful Going to np pen, He Said Bead Next Instant. 1 Vlncennes, Ind.. March 20. "I fel something fearful is s-olng to happen to me," said William Dlggln of Plqua, Ohio, aa he was climbing a telephone pole here this afternoon. The next In stant DIgglns' hand came In contact with a live wire and he was killed. Dig gins was 21 years old and leaves a mother and sweetheart at Plqua. H was to have been married shortly. KEEPS A MENAGERIE IN FILTHY ROOM That a pig pen Is a cleaner place than a man's abode is this contention raised In the report Of Patrolman J. P. Fones Hfter a visit to the dwelling of Henry Pertleus, who eats and sleeps In a room with six dogs, ten cats and Innumerable ducks and chickens for room-mates at 1004 Milwaukle avenue. Fones says the bed In which Pertleus sleeps Is "corruption Itself." In commenting on the condi tions found at Tertleus' house. Officer Fones suggests that th health board "spray and fumi gate the room and make Per tleus sleep In the pig pen, where It Is cleaner and better air.". 19(71, by Araertoaa-JotarnsJ-SxatnlRsn 'V'-l OOM't LIKP TUP FARM (V ." ArirlAw ITR0NAQET0THE THE WAY' IT (OUdc ill .Mi WfrOw ! V'l