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t s ' V ... . 0 THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL'. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENINO, . MARCH ; 28. 1908. DROWSY DEMOCRATS EAST UK DOVE HOVERS O'ER ROUSED TO ACTION 1 ' RUN CONTROVERSY 500 KILLED IS PEACE nil GO A fn pull Chilpancingo and Chilapa v Are Completely Destroyed " ' and Txlilla, Concepcion and Coatepec Badly Dam aged by Disaster. Chairman Siveek Plans 3Ieetin at Salem to Select Can didate for Congress in the First District Only One Wav Out of Dilemma. Pom oo rat of the First congresalonal district, roused to udJen action by the Impending official suspended animation of the party In tha state, for two years to coma, are planning to meet In 8alm, perhapa next Saturday, to provlda a candidate for congressman. Yosterdny afternoon tha nomination for congressmen under the direct prl TfAAne nnrl Prnvie Inn a A pa ; -Being Bushed From Capi- 7i tal to Aid of Suffering Refugees People Fear Active Volcano. 1 (Unite Prcw Imh4 Wire.) 7 Mexico City. March 28 Fire bund red persons were killed by the mart iiurh a rrenomsnal campaign agAlnat W. C. Ilawley and failed of tha election by only a relatively narrow mar- Even with the candidate written Into the orimarv ballot In April, however. there la danger that the party will have a nara time to Keep nn me use in mi drat district. That there la no Intereit being taken In the congressional fight In that district la evidenced by tha luck or candidates fori me nomination, juag- mary law closed without the entrance ' by the buxli of the laat election Of any 'candidate for the Democratic nomination In the Flrat district. With out a candidate In that district for whom the Democrat could cast their votea the party would pass out of ex istence as a recognized or ran gallon under the primary law for at least two ana pernapa Hire year. This would be because It 1 required by the primary law that a party must raat as ner ennt 01 me iouu voia cast lor congressmen in ine aiaie election in order to he n abled to participate la tha primary ale tlona. Chaaoe for Beaona. There la but one wav left bv which tha Dartv mi be rescued from its uniau position and Alex 8 weak chair man of tha atate central committee la taxing ateDS to accomplish the task He la now preparing to Bend out Invitations i(i a numDer or me prominent iMmocriii or tn f irst district to meet with him In Salem, on aome day during- tha com ing weea, pernapa eaturaay. At mat time tha nomination of a congressman earthQaake and fires In southeastern Ufff SST'Sr id JorS.CorwiTK iMexlco early yesterday morning, ac 'cording- to latest reports received here. ' Chllpanelngo and Chilapa hare I 'been completely destroyed. The til lages of Txlilla. Concepcion and selected to make tha raoe for tha po sition. In this eonnectlon Judge J. J. Whit ney of Albany, and Cbarlea V. Gallows y, now atate land agent at Salem, are men tioned aa possibilities. Judge Whitney Is one of the old-time and well-known cltlaena of Aalbany and It la expected would make a food showing ahould he enter tha race. Mr. Galloway waa the CITY LOSES 01! ITS PRIHTIH6 Auditor Finds $100 Per Month Paid for Work Not Performed. , Coatepec hare been badly damaged. Democratlo caadldat two years ago who The combined population of toe towns destroyed Is 20,000. 4 j Troops and provisions are being ''rushed from here to the scene of the , catastrophe. - ' Communication by telegraph and ': telephone still Is Interrupted and little bows regarding the situation ' in ' the shaken area has been re- .celved. u. I Tha greatest eoneern Is being manl- test In tha welfare of tha people of tha stricken city.. Without food sad shl- ter.; their plight la a desperate one, -made worse by, tha fact that Chilapa Is X miles from a railroad and approach- -able only through mountain traua. im- C!ty Auditor A. L. Barbur has dlscor tmadlately upon recalpt of tha news of era( that the city la paying for printing tha catastrophe relief parties ware sent tnmt tt doM B0t gat to the amount of out from neighboring towns, du wnem- about 1100 a month and ha haa referred jar they hare reached their destination th auoton to City Attorney John P. iliaiot ,n ,r.-,. ,, Kavanaugh for an opinion aa to what &SE4fi2l2l anhd to Purau City Attorney Kava- wlth little water,. they ware compelled naugh stated today that he would give to remain -to tha open oa tha fllaidt 5 rti.tthHf.n", bUt throughout the night, watching the dM t intimate what It would be. i,Ll"5 4v,.V.mr..n. !!. According to the present contract 1 iIZm 7 . I with Roger a and Dunham, proprietors Fes are felt here' that there will be M f ,Ahtract. tha cftjr is aup- uthrn MS STSR Viu of VoM final By Vaaa i.re'parlnf for. blast The peak o hS-tfT-SS2U, 'T-t SV'i! tjolima IS ia,nuo reel nign ana ror years r j- - ; " i... Zln vomitina- fire, aahaa and Mr haa discovered that the advertiso- .n,nv. . u... Monla beiieva that the run about IS line to the Inch. shocks were due to a audden inrush of Tn ctts monthly bill for this kind ol " '.?EJ ,uj?z printing amounta to about 1700 or 1800 7i:.uMVTnVth.bTwe7f tVlcV. There are many legal point. Involved no, forcing tha heated crater to nd t.. .. !.. , aliw.vir .rth .hfw-k. 'unwritten printer's law." which haa . Prom an unofficial source comas the figured prominently in law aulta over report that fully 100 lirea ware onurrea wuitu mvum iwn nimur out In Chilapa, but that the actual num- f h,on" discovered by Mr. Barbur Aber of deaths win never . ce Known, wvn ui mo cur auveruse manv hnHl.a hitvlns- been rnniumul. I ments. Tha greater part ol Chilapa haa been Inasmuch as the contract haa been "burned and not a building Is standing running about nine montha and tha die when the total vote wns 93,41, It will require 23.S6S votea for both districts to ke?p the ticket on the primary a)st. Tot Will Be Larger. It Is probablo that there will be a larger total vote cant because of the frowth of tha atate during the past wo years, but it la doubtful if the ratio has been changnd In the favor of tha Liamocratlo party. If tha candl' date In tha Second district makea the That tha differences between the city and tha Mount Hood Railway A Powar company may be amicably settled at the nest council to sating U believed by city officials, it la aald that assurances have been made that tha fcmnnv will Blocks Below Steel Bridge com ,nt0 tbt nd ak overr "iraraj me ciiy wiu gam ail me water rights to Bull Run river and grant tha company the right of way aakad for over the city property near the Junction of tha Little Bandy and Bull Run rivers about five milea below the Intake of ui city a water auppiy. ji is aaia inai aucn ay proposition Win turiiuiuiuiiii pj iug gunumT ina 11 explanation of the action of C. W. Mil ler, another representative of tha com- Options Taken on Four ' Start Rumor That 0. R. & N. Will Use Tract in Con nection With Tunnel. Options taken on four blocks aame run. approximately, that waa made ham two yeara ago ne win It will be by Mr. Graham two yeara a receive about 12.000 votea. necessary therefore for the candidate in the Flrat district to pou approxi mately the aame number of votes to keep the party on the official list, as suming that the total vote for congress man Is no rreater than In 190. nallowav two veara aao made a' one nomenal campaign and Plied up a phe votes In his favor. At that time W. C. Hawley waa looked upon aa a school teacher and not as exceptionally strong concessional timber. Since then, how ever, he haa gained strength throughout tne district. Whether Or not thero la a candidate In the Flmt district It will be a ques tion concerning the fate of the Demo cratic party until after the laat ' votes have been counted. The party leaders admit the seriousness of the situation and admit aln that.lt la an uphill fight. They have hopea however that by prompt and continued vigorous action nrougnout tne First district it win be possible to pull through with the cov et ea so per cent or tne total vote. , pany. In throwing down tha gtuntlet to OI I the councilman Thurarfav imimm mHj ground lying along the eaat bank of neceasary to protect tha, company In the Willamette river, .below tho steel c""? no amicable agreement could bo brldae have atart. . .tr. th.t h. r " " company atiayea tiling - us condemnation sun anotnar week it U. & N. company will use this property I would have bean unable to secure s the construction of a curve to give hearing until next faiL It was In order eaav ancaaa Wwin th. hHH.. IV. . u . win pa nr. .against mis , - -e- na iv i na r in iiiv vse ri aui railroad comnanv is In no way connected I n tha fih latino Kt.n Ik. ..i. with tha ODtiona taken, and haa no in mmniM ti. h. V, . . . want in water rignta out lor rear The four blocka optioned contain ras- I no agreement could be made outside of ivjoitwcsj aun u i uvt r uuiiuiumb. miiu mti rmi rr tha trmrm t simnitf riieki itas owned by various people. Borne of the I suit in order to protect itself should no areemem pe raacnaa with the ooun- This man disclaimed any intent ef TEACHER SMS Huddles Children Just as Gale Uproots Tree, Crush ing: House. 3,ln Chllpanclngo. IREV. ELY WILL ACCEPT CEDAR RAPIDS CALL erepancy haa been In existence during that time, the city will' have a bill of about 1800 to collect should City Au aitor tsarours contenuon prove cor rect. An interesting feature of tho dlscav ery ia that the same form of contract waa used in the year previous to the present one and tha aame dlacreDanclea existed. Whether the same contract waa used nrevloua to 1908-7 la not known. If an attemnt Is made to col lect the money thus bald bv the city Portland Pastor to (kmwt mipii oi vveswiunsier Presbyterian Church. MAKE MOTION FOR NEW ANDERSON TRIAL Ill'- A. M " ," -1 . - . tj.v..i.- .!.... .,!. il iuuiiuu iur new iriai lor JOSepn ATI T . 'v" v ' derson, convicted of the murder of En- hes decided to accept the call to West- a-ineer Harry M. Loiran laat Ontoher. minster Presbyterian church at Cedar haa been filed in the circuit court. Tha uiuuun reciiea a aiiegea errors or tne court in admission of testimony and in me instructions, aaseria mat tne ver Rapids, Iowa. The matter has not yet "been presented to tha congregation, but neTteTk C;nYwil7 then com. before i S'tSS?0 Zr ,h Prrabvterv an clalma that new facts have been J)rPrElyyha,ybeen In. the city a little "1 tflTrli. "'"ll . .I i n b ihan wmrts vao r a r a m u rrvim I ' Hockford, Illinois, where ha had a large . J, and prosperous congregation. HiB re i 'feTOOval from the city will be much re- ..rettari hv manv rrlenns. to whom hi : t jin BironiiT aiiacnca nimaeii. ' Mrs. Ely and the family are still in the east, where they went with Dr.' Ely t when he waa asked to dedicate the hand I. some church of his former pariah at Kockford. Lr. Ely win be in tils pul- pit tomorrow morning and evening. I DEATH AT VERB00RT ::, OF A. VANDERVELDEN 4- . ' (Special Dlipatrta to The Toornsl.) ; Forest Grove, Or., March 28. Adrt- anus Vandervelden, for S3 years a res- Sldent of Verhoort, two and a half miles northeast of this plnre, died at his t homa Thursday and was buried in the I Catholic cemetery at Verboort today. Mr. Vwidcryelden was bom in Bradant, Holland, J years ago. At the age of ix yeara the family came to the United , J states and dived at De Pere, Wisconsin, aMintll coming to Washington county. . His was one of a party of five families who, founded the settlement of Ver I boort, which, with its tributary farming J community, now haa a population of , upwards of J.000 persona. ? Mr. Yandervelden had. always been a' moving force in the affaira of his i (ommunity, loved and respected by all. : 1I Is survived by his wife and the fol lowing children: Mrs. William A. Her 1 mans. Sublimity, Oregon; Mrs. T. M. 3 Hcrmana, William A. Vanderveiden. m. r, r, vanaerveiaen. Hiater Mary Venevive, 8t, Mary's Academy. Beaver f " Oreeon:-Ipra, Jennie, Minnie and , r.uni v -vuuerveiaen. ALBERT B; MASON ; . LEAVES SNUG ESTATE . B.-ftly, Mason A Co.,- grocers and wina irifirchanta, left an estate worth 176,000 -i nccording to the estimate placed by his ' i utivea In an application for letters 1 iled In the county court today. Flor- ence.-Alice Mason, the Widow, la the only . Iteir and deviaea of the will. Tha estate Ini ludca property in Klamath and Co- inmbia ountlea,' a half -interest In is , Ioi in Fulton Park, one third Interest in' i ii? firm of which the deceased waa a i:.. iri.r. real estate in Massachusetts sua sfno pcxsoniu property by Jacob Hilt, star witness against the defendant It Is charged that HUt Is an ex-oonvict and a former inmate of the Oregon insane asvlum Owing to the absence Of Deputy Dis trict Attorney Aaams me time lor uir ?ument of the motion has not yet been ixed by Judge Bronaugh, before whom tne case was tried. GRIFFITH VIOLATES BUILDING ORDINANCE W. R. Griffith, tha contractor in charge of the construction of the five story frame building at Fourteenth and Salmon streets, was arrested yesterday afternoon on complaint of Building In spector O. E. Dobsoh. who accuses him of violating the building regulations. Orlffith was given a permit to con struct a five story frame building, but it was later ascertained that the city ordinances limit the helsht of buildings constructed or wood to four stories. uobson notified the contractor that a mistake had been made in issuing the permit, ana warned mm not to build above four stories. This warning, Dob- auii says, was ignored. Tne case has been set down for hearing in the police i-vui i un April i. (Sprclil Dlipttca to Tb Joarntl) Klamath Falls. Or., March 28. This section experienced Tuesday one of th moat severe gales ever recorded here. The wind blew all day from the south west. Very little damage waa done, however. A new house on Keno Dolnt. a hill overlooking Klamath Falls on tha weat, wa leveled to the ground on ac count of Improper supports. While the gaia was at ita ncignt, an alarm or lire waa turned in. Tlje barn of Mark. L. Burns In the eastern part of town was on nre. only the quick work of the firemen saved that section of town. The public school is directly across the street and the pupila were marched out In perfect order, according to the fire drilL The school house in 8 wan Lake val ley waa also wrecked by the storm. The school ia on the west side of the val ley and thus felt the full force of the wind. A large pine tree overshadows the building, which was a substantial frame one. The teacher. Miss Bussy, fearing that the tree would fall In the fale, directed the pupils to gather in he front of the building, which they did. She stepped outside to look at the tree, and Just at that moment it crashed down on the building, but not a child was riuru ay tier action in assembling her DUDlls in tha front of the school house, Miss Bussy saved their lives, as tney wouta nave neen cruaned under Tne Tn ! I on vnmhara nnrt tha tra. , r, ,1 they remained In their regular peaces. No other damage is reported over tha country, although the high gala was general over tbia section. CABLE FOR MINES AT RIVER'S MOUTH (Special Dispatch to Tb Joaniil.) Astoria. Or.. March 28. A laro-a ahln. ment of submarine mlnlna- cahl la h. Ing received by the district artillery en gineer at Fort Stevens for use in con nection with the laying of mines. As there might be circumstances which would reaulre tha nromnf arAitntr of tha waters of the lower Columbia, ail thA necessary artlclea far such a procedure nre iteui constantly on nana and are regularly inspected and tested to ascer tain tholr efficiency. A searchlight brigade, composed of seven portable searchlights. Is expected to arrive In this artillery district some time in May for the purpose of determining hv artiioi experiment the proper number of and most suitable location for searchlights. houaas are rented and the tenants today are aiscussing tne probable date whan they will be reaulred to vacate. The supposition has been that the O. K. Ik N. company would soon re quire the ground, as it Is expected orders will be received to proceed with the boring of the Denlnsula tunnel. The strong aeniai maae oy railroad ornciais puta a new face on the situation, and opens a wld field for surmise as to the probable object and identity of par tlaa who have originated the ontlons. It is not believed auy other railroad company now operating In Portland could use tba ground to advantage. May Bract JTw Bridge. The Mount Hood Electric railway Is tha only company that la headed for the vicinity of the eaat end of th ateel bridge. The charter of this company deacribed Its route aa being from a point near the Northern Pacific Termi nal company's station in Portland to th southerly, base of Mount Hood. This would necessitate the operation of the line over the steel bridge or over a bridge to be erected In the im mediate vicinity. River frontage at the plac where the options are taken is valuable, and would be much more so after docks were built and the river dredged at thla point. The total conalderation named in tne options taken is aaid to be 1380,000. The prop erties tie between the river and Crosby street, and extend from Holladay ave nue to a point four blocka aouth of the ateel bridge. a year ago tne u. k. a in. company designed a plan of improving ita method of reaching the steel bridge from Al- blna and BL Johns, but the plan was de cided to be impracticable and waa per manently abandoned. At tne present time cars from Alblna are switched under the east end of the steel bridge and som distance to the south, then a connection is made with the main line from Sullivan a gulch and the trafflo is sent over the bridge. The use of the four blocks to the north of the bridge waa contemplated for the purpose of making an easy curve to and from the east end of the bridge. Options were taken on the property, but aa the plan waa abandoned the options ran out. It is thought that speculators may now be operating with the expectation that the company will need the property In connection with the line between the bridge and th proposed peninsula tun nel, bad faith on the part of either Sillier or any other representative of th com-' pany, but the council men ' and -Mayor Lane bad Millers assurance that tho company would give up all claim . to water In Bull Run river save that wblon the city could not use, - It was the understanding that tb company waa to vest whatever rights It holds through individual members of the corporation in the city's name In return for the rights or way wtucn the company : la seeking. When the matter earn - up before the council , Thursday . the ordinances which Miller had - nreoared did not cover tha points as .thoroughly as Mayor Lane and the oounollmen thought they should be snd In fact did not relinquish the water rights claimed by the company to the . ir.. " city. .' , . HI All Differences. , This In Itself was taken as sn evi dence of bad faith on Miller's part Had Trafic Chiefs of mil and ( Harriman Lines Consider ing Terms Upon Whicli ' Old Arrangement May Bo Resumed. " Conferences will be held between J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Union his ordinance bean accompanied by Pa-I Pacific anl Rnnih.,. vtrtn r w it. pers safeguarding the city's rights to -fo d . . W.A-,,.' .'.. all the water In Bull Run river the B"ra J"? J- 3 Woodworth. traffic company would have been givn the i ma iuu lines, ror tne purpose rights of way naked for and the use of of considering terms on which the Port w,iXJL A1.'. lh! gateway and ethsr gateways may wr not protected by Miller wss taken opened to Joint routing by these Jlnea to mean bv the city, officials that he I on transcontinental huaineaa. waa attempting to keep something back. . The opening of tha Portland If the matter is brought up before the "Z 7 !" ror"nI nxt council meeting it is safe to as- L- "Xr, queauon, out involves the VOTERS NEGLECTING DUTY With only two days more than one week left in which to register for the primaries, not counting today, thsre are 14,111 nam a on the registration books. For 10 days the figures have been dis couraging to thoae who hoped to see Portland register more than Seattle, for the dallv average. or eome unaccount able reason, fu off. Just at the time it anouid nave gained momentum Every week dsy night until o clock the books of the county clerk are open to the voters, so for It hours esoh day there la opportunity to register. The bus iness .man, the laboring man, the clerk and the farmer alike, owe it to the coun ty and th atate to place their names on the registration lists, and the houra are auch that there Is no excuse left for any one on the score of time. If the dilatory onea come forward as they ahould in council meeting makes certain that no S1".?"' V"?.?rth"rn lines and the other proposition wlli be considered by SCT S-VUSffi "These mattera will b. settled by the heads of the trafflo de- vaw wnonia. saia a. jj, Charlton, assist' nt general passenger agent of the iiurmsrn racilio, WDM aakeO for the version of the northern lines ss to the closing or opening of the Portland gate way. Portland Is today in the Same tha tint faw tha tntal would annn I POaltlOn it always waa aa tn tmiH.t leap to 10,000 and then to B,000 before pualnesa,' and that everybody who wants Ute work is closed. lu cum to x-oruana can come at the Of those who registered yesterday, same expense as formerly. There Is no 28 were Republicans, 68 ware Demo- bar to their visiting Portland, and th crate snd 14 ware independents or mem- only reason that aa large a number ie bars of the minor parties. In the grand not coming here thla month as were In total the majority party has 19.601, the evidence laat March la that the travel is Democrats 4,181 and all others 1.236. much lighter this spring. This gives the Republicans over three 'The travel does not exist, and of and one half to one the advantage aa curs It does not come to Portland, as-alnat tha enmblnnd vota at all who This rear's colonist movwmant la not have registered under other party names, starting as early as it did last year. " To register requires only a rew min- vr expect tne business to move later ntea and there are thousands of men on, but It is not moving now on any of who nave not taken those rew minutes, tne rauroaaa, ana ibis is tne reason The greatest shortage 1 wards on the weet side, employes of some of tlona. have been particularly careless about registering. The east side has over 1,000 lead over the warda on the weat side of the river. nose rew minutes, tne rauroaaa, ana ibis is tne reason is In the milling that Portland is not getting as much le. indicating that travel as It got laat spring." the big instltu- Statement of O. R. as N. and Union CALL POLICE FOR NOTHING AND NOTHING IS RESULT SPEEDY PHYSICIAN LANDS IN COURT Dr. W. EL Armstrong was before Municipal Judge Cameron this morning on a charge of driving over the steel bridge at a speed faster than is per mitted by the regulations. He explained to the court that he was on his wav to visit a patient at the time he was stopped by the policeman and that aa he waa In a hurry to get to the bedside of the sufferer he might have over stepped the speed limit On thla show ing the case against' him was contin ued indefinitely. Patrolman Leavens, who made the ar rest, says he haa freauently warned the1 aoctor, but has invariably been given the explanation that the man of medi cine was on his way to visit a very sick patient. Considerable excitement was created In East Ankeny street shortly after o'clock last evening by tha advent of the police patrol wagon driven at a gal lop ana ruiea wun piain cioinea men, The was-on nulled UP in front of No. 760. the detectives piled out, surrounded tha hnuaa and things began to happen. A window was raised in tha second story of the house next door and a wo man peered down into the darkness where Detective Price was standing guard at th back door. Thinking to re assure her Price flashed hia electric Limn on his nollce badge and announced his occupation aa that of an officer of the law. For reply a woman'a scream split the air, the window slammed down and all was still. The situation was becoming strained when an upper window of the house at No. 769 waa raised and a woman's voice was heard inquiring the cause of the commotion. "We are police officers." replied Ser geant Duty, acting as spokesman for the squad, "and we have been Informed that there la a burglar In this house." "Well, if there la a burglar here the fact la news to me. Who told you such a ridiculous fib?" was the answer. "I believe the report was telephoned to the police atatton by a lady who said aha lived next door," explained the ser geant "Well, all I've got to say is that if i some people would attend to tneir own Pacific officials are to the effeot that tne travel la being kept away from Portland by the refusal of the Northern Pacific to permit tha O. R. A N. com pany to absorb the local fares between Portland and the sound on ticketa sold from Union Paclflo territory to the Pa cific northwest aa was done last year. Aa a consequence ' westbound travel through the Huntington gateway on col onist ticketa ia diverted to Matern Washington points on the O. R. A N. company's lines, or to Spokane where the tickets permit of a connection with the Oreat Northern, that company hav ing concurred in the old arrangement The result la to give eastern Washing ton and Puget sound the advantage of securing homeseekers and tourists. General Passenger Agent Mc Murray has received from Trafflo Director Stubbs a telegram Indicating that a way will be found to reissue the passenger tariffs of the Union Paclfio system to conform with the requirements of the interstate commerce commission and compel the Northern Pacific to accept passengers ticketed through to the sound. Mr. McMurray does not under stand the full Import of the telegram. Good night!" Bang! There was a slam a"1 '8 awaiting further explanation. Xia and the window and th incident wero Subsequent investigation showed that a neignDor naa seen a ngnt in tne nouse at No. 769. and supposing the house to be vacant. Jumped at the conclusion that a Durgiar waa ransacxjng ine premises. Word to this effect was telephoned to ollce headquarters and the wild run y the patrol wagon waa the result. HOT POTATOES USED AS WEAPON HELPS WIFE TO GET DIVORCE RABBI NIETO SILENT ON RUEF CONTRACT COUNTY HAS THREE SCREAMS COMING (Sprclil DUpeeb to Tb Journal.) rOrest Crova fir Mnrnh 00 Tk. celebration of Independence dav in wasmngion county has for savoml years past been what may be called a wiree-vurnerea arrair. Korest jUrova ROOMING HOUSE SUIT SETTLED IN COURT Judge Bronaugh in the circuit nu.t today gave Judgment for the defendant jn tne equity proceeding Drought by Mrs. J. S. Corcoran against Frances V. foweu. jvirs. rowtii sola a roomlng house to Mrs. Corcoran for Ift&n irm Corcoran claimed that fraudulent repre sentations had been made regarding the rent, tne lurniture ana xixea cnarges. New Commandery at Astoria. (Sreclsl Dfspatcb to Tb' Journal.) Astoria. -Or.. March 28. St Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar, has been organised in this city. The serv ices were conducted oy the grand com mandery officers of the State, Includ ing Grand Commander Frank J. Miller of Albany and . Grand Secretary J. F. Robinson of ::iwna Tha i knights are .the nucleus of the organiza tion but in addition there are sufficient applications of eligible to Increase th number to M. 'The meeting, was neld in the old JK. of P. ball that will be known tn the future as Commandery hall, Hlllsboro and Cornelius being the cele bration center In turn. 1 While in the retrnlar nrilar nf fhln. It is the turn of Cornelius this year many of tho citizens of thla nltv r that the county has now an mwn i- population that each of the three towns may profitably have a celebration of Its wri. If the present enthusiasm in tho project continues Forest Grove will wit ness the greatest and beat celebration next Fourth of July In her history. TRACTION NETWORK IN SOUTH IDAHO (Bpeelal Dlsnatcb to The Journal.) -Boise. Ida.. March 28. W. R Vnhn the Pittsburg' capitalist, who has been here in connection with the Twin Falls enterprises in wnicn ne ana other cap italists are interested, gays that in all probability the Goodlng-Mllner eleotrio line which his company , proposes to build will be extended to Rnl. u b mi ou vijni iiib company ia planning to build- a network of lines in 'rouiflerh Idaho, and that it was possible the sya- ut vui ud uiwuea into ivevada. MILITIAMEN WORK FOR PENDLETON ARMORY (SdocUI D!oatfh ta Tha Innr.l Pendleton. Or.. March 28.Th. iiitil v iu vi ly is woraing stren uously for the $100,000 armory appro priation in view of the June election; in hopea that ' Pendleton mar armory building costing from 125.000 to 130.000. The local comnan. u Im posed of active young men who have the hearty support of tha and the city will assist in every way In securing a site for an armory building if tha appropriation ia auatatnoH Ko .k ywvm iu Mi tvicrvuuuov: vote. "I have been advised to say nothing In connection with the Immunity eon- tract between Abe Ruef and the prose cution to which I waa a witness, aaid Rabbi Jacob Nieto of San Francisco this morning. "One of these statements wss in the form of an affidavit and has been pub- n.ined in most or tne papers. 1 ao not care to discuss the case In any way. Rabbi Nieto will remain in Portland until Wednesday. He is here to en courage contributions from the Jewish congregation toward the rebuilding of synagogues and aohools which were de Itroyed by the San Francisco fire of Dearly two years ago. . INDIANS SUBPENAED IN MURDER CASE One of the first cases to be taken up by the United States court grand jury next Monday morning is to be an inves tigation of the murder of Willie Gar n ler on the Sllets Indian reservation. Lar kay Logan, another Indian, who has Been charged with the murder, was brought to Portland last night and la now In the Multnomah county Jail. Several Indian witnesses are also In Portland and will probably be examined by tha grand jurors during the week. Lognn after he had been taken into Mio custody of the authorities, waa shot "t by a brother of Willie Gamier, but escaped. As the shooting took place In Toledo the federal authorities have nothing to do In the case. "This case looks like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out," said Judge Bronaugh in the circuit eourt this morning in entering Judgment for divorce In the case of Ilattle Kuble agalnat Frank Kublc, a prominent local contractor. The court's obaervatlon was due to the fact that although Kubts fought his wife's suit and mace numeroua charges against her, he did itot appear at the trial. Kubio ia said to be in California. His attorneys excused his absence on the Frround that he haa important business n the south. Judge Bronaugh observed that lie could not conceive of business of greater importance to a man than the breaking up of his home. The court .Ian tnriloaTerl that Kuhlo had Placed himself In an unfavorable light by re fusing in a previous proceeding before Judge Cleland to submit to an exam ination concerning the amount of prop erty he owned. judge Bronaugh held that Mrs. Ru ble's charges of cruelty were sustained. Among other things she said her hus band threw a hot potato at her. spat tering the wall and. curtains, and that he cuffed her because she wanted to re main at the wedding supper one night when they went to his sinter's marriage. For the support and education of tnn two Kubio children, 13 and 16 years of age, Judge Bronaugh awarded the lump sum of 13,000. For the wife's share he set aslda S4.000. this being about half of all the defendant's property after pro viding for the children. The amount set aside for the children was made a lien on Kublc s real property. CHEHALIS CENTER OF A PHONE WAR (Special I)Iptch to Th Journal.) Chehalls, Wash.. March Z A lively telephone war is in prospect in Chehalls. Some time ago B. E. Clement repre senting the Washington Home Tele phone company, was granted a fran chise by the city council. This week B. A. Marsh made application to the council for a franchise for a local sys tam n nlalma he is under contract with the Northwestern Long Distance company to connect wun tneir line, which la now under construction, Mr, flament'a rnmnanv likewise claims to be tied un with the Northwestern, al thouah the two are aeparate concerns. Mr. Clements' company began construc tion work in unenaiis mis wee, .mean Uma tha Vfarah franchise is now Bend ing before the council: Agents of the Washington Home have been in cne halls seeking a contract for permanent quarters ror tneir company. THROUGH RATES SOON - TO KLAMATH FALLS YANKED FOR KEEPING OPEN AFTER HOURS A. W. Bahlke. proprietor of a saloon at 291 'A Burnslde street was arrested by Patrolmen Tennant and Hunter last night on a charge of keeping his place of business open after hours. Bahlke and two companions were found In the Slace at 1;80 o'clock, sitting at a table rlnklng. All of the men were under the influence of the liquor they had im bibed and the saloon proprietor became abusive when told he was under arrest He deposited 1100 ball to Insure his ap pearance in court next Thursday morn ing, at which time he will be tried for the offense charged against him. . RADICAL ORDER FOR CANADIAN LUMBERMEN (Spoeltl Dltpatcb to Tb Jonrnil.) Klamath Falls, Or., March 38. John S. Ross traveling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, is- Investigating trafflo matters from the railroad to this city. A through rate from points on the Southern .Taenia xo Kiamatn Falls via the Bray route has never been established, and it is for this reason that Mr. Ross Is Investigating condi tions. He will report conditions ana it is expected that in a few weeks through tickets will be obtainable over tna ijrnv route to Kiamatn vsaia irora any point on tna jracmo coast. LEAP YEAR BALL AT FOREST GROVE (United Press teased Wire.) 1 i Xf ...1. ao TT - . I k - 1 . . ,T I I . .. . . owner ui lunuer lu-iiua n .criiisn uoium. bla, whether the holdings be provincial or Anmlnlnn '1a intereated tn th n,1.. Just -issued 'by - Ottawa, that forthwith tne lessees oz dominion trmoerlands must .start logging off each leasahnM and must also bulla and operate a saw mill.' The order practically amounts'-to confiscation. ' according1 t to Vancouver iBBjwrnwo woo com acromion leases. (BiMdal DUoateb to Tba Journal.) Forest GrOve. Or., March 28. Tha Gfrls' club of this city has sent out In vitations to a leap year ball to be given oy mem in Masonic nan tnis evening. From the interest being taken .Jn tha coming affair this will be the most en joyable dance of this year. - The com mittee ia composed Of the following: Mlsaee Maud Shannon, Alyce Cronin, Ivy Smith, Manche Langley, Edna Ham ilton, Josephine Baber Katheryne Shan non and Theresia Strlbicb. The patron esses will be: Mesdarqes 3. T, Shannon, W. M.i Langley. E. E. Williams and C SILVER WEDDING OF CASTLER0CK COUPLE (Special Dif patch to Tb Journal.) Caatlerock, Wash., March 28. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Brewer of this place ceieoraiea tneir silver weaaing anni versary Wednesday evening. They were married at McPheraon, Kansas, and ' came to Castlerock In January, 1889; and have resided here ever since. More than 100 guests responded to the invitation; three of these were pres ent at the ceremony ze years ago. 'I'he Brewef1 hall was transformed by tastefully arranged furniture and floral decorations till it presented the ap pearance of an elegant drawing-room. Many- beautiful gifts were bestowed on Mr. and Mrs. Brewer. BOURKE COCKRAN NOT SURE HE IS DEMOCRAT (United Press Ld Wirt.) Washington. D. C. March 28. "It'a a case for smiles rather than for com. ment, saia wepresentative Hourka Cock ran today when successfully cornered for the first time and pressed for a statement appropoa of Boss Murphy's declaration iniu ne (iouiirnn) naa oeen relegated to the. "down and outs." "Are you a Democrat todav?" Mr Cockran was asked. "I don't know what the definition is today," replied Mr. Cockran, "and so I can't tell." wired Mr. Stubbs today for more light ine tatter replied tnat tne question was being investigated, and that further ad vices would be sent the Portland office within a few days. MUCH TREE PLANTING ABOUT THE DALLES (Special DUpatcb to Tb Journal.) The Dalles. Or.. March 28. More or chard planting Is being done this spring in Wasco county near The Dalles than ever before. John Pashek. an expert or- chardlst, has planted about 11,000 cherry and peach trees, and he says he. has about 6.000 more to plant. He has had to double hie force to finish the work of tree planting in time. He la now employing about half a dozen men. he is planting in the Mill Creek district and says the orchards there are all set out in tne triangular system to raout tate cultivation. The fences between the orchards ar being torn down and the scene gives am idea that over tha valley and nil la. spreads one continuous orchard. B. A. Glfford has planted 1.S0O peach and cherry trees- M. Z. Donnell 1,000, O. Krier 1.000, Ed Williams L000, George Johnston 1,000 and Gfeorge Blakeley (00. "The side hills along Mill creek are being rapidly cleared and put In shape to receive fruit trees," said Mr. PaShek. "I saw 26 men, two stump pulling ma chines and eight teama at work at one time clearing up land. Prospects for a bumper fruit crop were never better, and tnis nas tne exrect or stimulating th lariiiera to tna .increased acreage. ALFONSO'S HEIRS WANT SHARE OF FORTUNE (United Press Leased Wire.) Madrid, 4arch 28. The queen mother has resolved to do her utmost to fight the Elena Sans claim against the estate of the late King1 Alfonso XII. The Claim is brought bv two von no- men who. profess to be sons born out of wedlock to Alfonso and Elena Sanz, an actress. They are suing the late king's heirs for an annuity they gay he left to Elena and Intended should gd to them when she died. . The aueen mother han riinnaat that the first claim waa made a few riava- after Alfonso died. It was represented, sh;- ays. that Elena had letters from Ah on so, the publication of which would create a shocking scandal. She swears she paid $16,000 for the letters and 000 to the negotiating agent and was assured the letters had been destroyed. The present claim is based upon the same letters. Klamath Freighting Rates. '(Sreclal Dlsostch to The Journal.) Klamath Falls. Or.. March 9a ti, Mclntyre Transportation com nan v atlng a .freight Una from Pnir.,.. ivuunm nuum, uu reduced freight rates' The winter ra.te, 11.26 to 12 Fer hundred, are reduced to 76 cents to 1 and later will be 45 to 7s m. mh. . ., W - w A 11 myw uwen Tory good ana enabled teamsters to haul summer loads on uuijjjbi ,uiua. - Snow in Straits. Panama, March? 21 After a vovare Of 8Qava the auction drd fcLTO? rived at La Boca matn "... of the ordinary save i oo.t pf .now six oCMageUan.'0ni'n,r- tht0?gh th 8tralt .,a ! -.. ., , ... .'.;:; Married at JaJl. ,.'.. Police afatrAn fllmMM,. . r. , T -j----- -..mvu. ,iu municipal cmfr0, wert the witnesses at a wedding solemnized this morning In tht city prison bv Father O'Hart The bride- and groom were Miss TUlie John son and Frank Fecley. , j " " .7 " COURT CUTS DOWN EXORBITANT FEE, (Special Dispatch to Tba Joarnal.) Olympla, Wash., March 28. The su preme court haa reduced a fee allowed attorneys Nuaum A Nusum of Spokane in a suit to enjoin the dismantling of the Northoort smelter from 13.600 to $1,000. Wlille tne property involved In the litigation was worth $276,000. the . work performed bv the attorneys Con sisted principally of drawing a elx-page complaint appearing at several contin uances and finally entering a motion- to u is miss, tne trouDios among tne scock holders meanwhue having been adjusted. The attorneys - aaked $10,000 and both sides appealed from the order as to fees. ' rtTTTTiPPAT ATP Ti A TXTCQ X WRITE BOOST LETTERS (Special Dlsnatcb to Tba Joarasl.t ' : ' ' The Dalles, Or.. March 28. The. pu pils of the public echoola here , have written about 200 lettera to nennlA In ' the east telling of the resources of The Dalles. Secretary Patterson of the bust nesa men's association mailed them this week ta eastern people who ar inter. . ested in this part tf the west s . The letters are original and tell of Cat climate, soil, etc.; of this locality. Manv v of the envelopes were, decorated witn cherries done in water, colors and with f legends signifying that they, comb from -v .t