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VOL. VII, NO. 25.
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GIFTS FROCl A PUBLIC
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Vetoes Lighting Contract Because City
; ; ; Is Not Getting Rebates'That Would
' ctMean Thousands a Year to Taxpayers
Corners Oskar Huber in (Office and
' Swears -Him - V ... -
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Mayor-Lane, applied ' the lash to
the city council today in ' manner
that 'carrled more than a sting with
It. . tJ.:-V- t-: ;.-';?
That the city is entitled to rebates
from the Portland Railway, Light A
Power company on'Jts lighting bill
Is the contention of Mayor Lane, who
did some investigating of his own
this morning, when be ' pat Oskar
Huber, consulting engineer -of the
company,, under oath and . examined
him in regard to the light 'the com
- pany, is furnishing the city.: ' After
the examination Mayor. Lane retoed
the ordinance passed y the council
at its last meeting authorizing the
city executive board to enter into ft
contract for the city lighting for
period of either three or five yeas.
Myor Lane tried to Mag out lit his
examination ct Huber that th company
lias txjen saving about 15 vr on
llg-hU since It lnatIl4 Wf kW of
larno moro than a year a:o. Mayor
Imd said .that Ilubar admitted to him
that the aavlng 'In current wa about
IS per cent, but whoa Huberwas 4tl
t ylnr under oath he refused : to ,sUte
the amount. . . .
Za Ms Tto meaeare Hayo Zas
coreft the . oouaoUmoa ; tor . aoceptlaf
passes frona the laflway oompaay. He
aid la this rerardi :' ' ' "
"It teems s plttaUy small and kelp
leas podtloa (o a city to oooupy and
attempt to do Us pubUo koslnoss when
the overwhelming majority of Its rep
resentative ; bo far lose their self -respect
and - fc animate - thenuelvea y
regularly applying for petty stipends:
granted from the profit and lose ao-
, :.., '. . , i , ' ' -'
oonnt of a eorporaUoa, whlofe is the
largest dealer tm, and the only possible
bidder for the supply of Its moot Impor
tant tttilrty, and It la to be hoped that
at Some time and aomo day la" the' fa
tore It may be freed from snch mis
fortune,1
atayot Xno said that all bnt throe of
the oennollmen aooept passoo from the
oompany, "and X do not know what
elee," ho added 'slgnlfleantly,
. Huber testified that the company In
stalled a different ype- of lamp- since
the city and the company entered Into
Ita contract of 10S, more than a year
ago, ana tnat inese lampa do not re
quire as much current a those for
iipil
: nV. Illlttf!
Ul lUUIHLII
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EV..W. N. Coffee of Port
land Accuses : Mrs. Nettle
Rhodes and - Miss ; Lulu
Goode of Salem of Apply
Ins: Horsewhip.,;
Jaspar Goode, Eoyr Phillips
i and Mrs.- Mina i Phillips
' Charged With ? Assisting
Relatives Break Up Relig
ious Meeting,! 7
(UalUd rress Leasd Wire.)
Salem, Or., April 6.' Mrs. Nettle
Rhodes and Miss Lulu Goode were
which the city contracted for at the rate I arrest a!. this mnrnlnr and hrnurht
of 16. SO a month. Just what ' amount I . . . .
of current .Is saved to the oompany byl Deiore juage weoster on n.cnnrge vi
ino cninn iiuDer rerusea to say. ciaim-1 Horsewhipping Rer. W. N. conee of
Ins- that he did not know. , l 1J, .i v,.
Mayor Lane eontenda that the com-! uruauu. presiuia iur,wr;iuu
pany aavea about 25 per cent. If this district of the Free Methodist ehurcb.
is true and Huber admitted it when he I r-aiaA ,nr
was not under oath accordin to Mnvor I Warrants wer also sworn out , tor
Lane, the city la paying about 4.4 cents Jaflpar Goode, Hoy Phillips and Mrt.
a kilowatt hour for its current. This ,f,- pt,nnn nn th . rhirn b
is considered a hUfc rate for a, pur- MInh PhllUps OB the , cnarge 01
ehaser that buys so much current a breakln'; up a '-religious meeting.
Sr&f&SfrE' run ct not guilty were entered by
city are retting the current at a less I the defendants;
ran wnue u is a weu-Known ract tnati ; i trhn m iMnalA At
in hicssa ant othm esjitrn ritil - The women wno are accused oi
where Ube current is aenerated bv I horaewhtanlnff the minister declare
Sr!toff- ?,KS!!. Coffee had slandered them time after
sold to purchasers buylnc less amounts I time, both in th pulpit and outside
S$FiJ-&m.tf the church, because they, were not In
Lane contends that the city ia at least I atword with his ideas Of church da
enuuea 10 re Dates ror tno eurrenr the .it - y,a WnmMrnnMmArf In
the chanare In lamns. waa made. . Inaa-'J th affair nro well known here and
roucn ao tne our paya annually sout I m-vi, rMnnrtAd f
10.000 for its llahts. the city Is en- r highly respecteo. .. f
titled to between $26,000 . and 135.000 1 The minister accused tho i young
In rebates i.aorordlnjr to ; Mayor Lanea WOmen of lying in wait for hlnl at tlje
liBuisa, siuivuan itj iiiiiibhii huh iiiil I . . . m ...ui. wi
stated the amount His veto messace aoor ot n'" cnurcn H"U1"""
"I herewith rtam ordlnuo Vol ITVI
"" myyvw. . .... in mu viuinjii-q th mtlnw TT A Wal.
tor aworo out the warrants.
(Continued on Pare Three.)
Erroneous -Statements Made by t California Senator? Re
garding Portland Harbor Brings Out Fact That Xav-.
igable Channel Is Deep Enough for Squadron.
. Erroneous statements mr by Sen
ator George C. Perkins of llfornl In
the United States-senate, in connection
:t with the Pacific coas,t orulse of the Pa
cific squadron, have resulted In bring
ing out some highly' favorable news of
the navigable depth of the ship channel
. from Portland to the sea. It is shown
"by official ' reports of the war depart-
- .ment that the engineers' survey .; last
made' gave a minimum depth or 26 H
feet at low water,' and that ocean-going
vessels drawing 25 feet are going in and
out of the Port of Portland every day.,
Senator Perkins' assertions made, be
fore tho United States senate were in a
subsequent letter written by him to the
- Portland Commercial . club admitted to
. have been carelessly1 made, and erron
eous as to the alleged depth of water.
' Whrn the reDort of the senator's orhr-
. inal remarks reached the officials? of
the Portland Commercial club Manager
J. P. HORGAIJ
Tom Richardson .wrote
to hlni. asking that a complete eorrec
tion be made in such a manner as would
place the Port of Portland right in the
estimation 01 atr wno naa been misled
by his "statement. v-v;--.--'
At tne same time a request was made
. Rev. Mr. Coffey haa prepared a atato-
Iment for the press which, la as follows:
"This ' trouble grows out or the
charges having been preferred against
J. F. Goode. upon which he waa expelled
from the church At the - meeting Hat-
Uirday night, which was a quarterly ton-
lerence, uooce naa ciaimea nis seat as
a member, but as presiding elder. I had
decided that he could not be seated, as
he had no membership. With no other
provocation I was assaulted aa I left
the church.r Thev . broke my glasses.
hurt one of my eyes-and beat me over
the bead.' I made no offensive resist
ance,' but merely fenced against my as
sailants. The same parties also assault
ed; Rev. Mr. Cook and Frank Schuta, and
struck Mrs. Rone r. wife of the castor I
of th church. In tho face. We sent for
th. ' nf fipsrs Attn .th, mmmmliltintr VMrrv
a strong letter I left. This Is the fourth assault they
have attempted since November."
j. f . uooae, ratner oi me tnree young
women.: accused or tne -minister, is a
prominent man and until -recently was
VANDERBILT RECONCILIATION. NOT
YET ACCOMPLISHED, SAYS REPORT
WIFE; ILL FROM
PROSTRATIOn
Neither Side. Will Give In-
i formation Eegarding Ru-i
v j mors of Peacemaking.
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New Tork, ApHl? (.-Another effort
was, made today by 'the Vanderbllta to
bring about a reconciliation ' between
AlfrediVanderbllt and, his wife. There
were several early conferences of the
attorneys of the contestants, but lust
wnat waa accomplished in tno name or
peace cannot be forecasted, as neither
side will give any .Information to . the
press, j '
y Mrs. Alfred Vanderbllt Is reported to
bo suffering from nervous ' prostration
f iL'- ' ". "1XT . I 'tax t i'i f-i
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BREAK ALL
RECORDS
X..
Expected Eegistration rWill
: Total 30;90Q 3Vhen Books
Close 'Tomorrow 'Xight
4 Approxiniaitely 20,000 Now
- on Qerk's Books; U I
'
Two Years Afco Total Regis
tration at This Time AVas
ISjOSOrHundreds Crowd
Into Line at the Last Minute.,,-,'"-,
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a member of tho city council. Mlsa Lulu
Goode is cashier of the Grand opera'
J.Co,lon.el a Y-' Roesslsr, , of 4he j house, of which her brother-in-law, Roy
United States engineers, for an exact 1 Phiiiins. is atr mnr. v.
statement of - the facts concerning the
snip cnannei irom i-ortiana to tne sea.
response, from Colonel Roessler
TTour Inquiry of the 7th Instant re
chanhel between Portland and the sea
were surveyed arter tne freshet of 107
and before the fall dredging of- that
ear. no surveys nave been made since
redglng' and 'I . cannot, - therefore, give
The Commercial, club has the foUowing NINE LIVES LOST IN
;london EXPLOSION
SIC!
( JIT'ROfilE
formal Denial Given Out at
; ; Office to Prevent, tock
. - Market Panic -,
(PntUd Preis' Leased Wire.)
, London, April . Advices from Roma
today sUte that J. Pierpont Morgan,
who la visiting there with hia daughter,
Mrs. Satterlee, has been taken suddenly
ill there and that pr. said win, ni Am
erican physician haa been summoned.
No details of the nature of his illness
are given.
, New York, April I. Cable dispatches
stating ' that J. Pierpont Morgan haa
been taken seriously ill In Rome, ere-
: ated quite s flurry In tho financial dis
trict . this ' morning and great anxiety
was manifest
Shortly before noony-the ; rumor had
become so- general that a formal denial
that Mr. Morgan waa 111 was given out
at his office and waa put out on all 'the
ticker tapes. . , . - . - I
you precise figures regarding the depth.
This, ..however. Is certain thRt pilots
have no difficulty In takina: out Vpei
' Aa regards the depth ' of the bar. T
nave no data since June or 1807 when
tne survey waa made. This - survey
showed a depth of 25tt feet at low
water. There la no reason to beltv
that there has been any change In this
depth except for the better since the
completion of the survey. ; The next
survey win do maae in June, isos.
. "Very respect fully, -
"B. W. ROESSLER.
"Lieutenant-Colonel Corps ; of.. En
gineers," U.- S. A." -
- (United Frew tessed Wire.)
London, April t. Nine per
sona were killed today, five were
probably fatally Injured and SO
were burled : under, ruins when
an explosion occurred In the
Tork hotel annex, which waa
an old structure. The; building
completely collapsed. Of the SO
guests who were burled nine
were killed outright Quick
e work' on the part of tho rescuers i
d saved the others from a similar
fate. .
J
GOWFESSON CLEARS
WOMAN OF SUSPCION
BURNING HOUSE
I V (United Frees Lsssed Wirt.) ' ;
- San Francisco; April 6. After- three
years of suffering, during which time
the1: finger Of - unjust suspicion drove
her to an invalid'a bed and closed' tho
homes of her friends to her;. Miss Helen
Clou gh of Berkeley, haa been vindicated
on an uclr charts of arson hv the
deathbed - confession of a ' man whoso
name la unknown. to hen ", f . .
Miss ' Cloueh. who was a nroteM of
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, was prominent in
SettlSmnnt Wtorlr inil hiil' lint lnni1
from a trio to, Europe for study, when
she was given a: position as teacher In
domestic science at the New Oenturv
club. - When tho club closed "for the
summer vacation la 1905 Miss dough
volunteered to remain and cars for the
clubhouse. ,
While she was out walking on May
11 of that year tho clubhouse was
burned. Mlsa Clough'a Jewelry waa de
stroyed. She collected insurance money
on it and after It waa discovered that
tho - fire was of Incendiary origin - a
vague rumor that Miss C lough had fired
the building to getMhls Insurance was
started.: Detectives hounded her, until
she waa driven to an Invalid's bed.
' In the meanwhile her old frlenda be-
bgan to paBs her by. But yesterday - the
cioud or suspicion was lined rrom nr
by a letter written by a woman in the
bouse of a priest in Alameda, aaylng
her husband had confessed on . his
deathbed that he stole tho Jewelry, and
aet flro to the house, k , . .
CONNECTICUT MAKES
RECORD RUN: ON TRIP
FROM MAGDALEN A BAY
By
H. L.' Clotworthy United States
: representative ;'With the ' fleet. .
Magdalena iBay, ! April 6. The mag
nificent .condition of the ships of the
Alfred Owynne Vanderbllt and his
wife have separated, owing to domes
tic differences of lone standing. Iu
the picture Mr. Vanderbilt is shown
in coaching costarho,. The picture of
Mrs. Vanderbllt is from a recent pho
tograph of that lady. Below Is a
photograph showing the .entrance to
training ring rat Oakland farm, AI
fred G. Vanderbilt's home at New'
port.- ,,' . '
and appears to feel the humiliation of
the divorce suit more keenly-than her
mends supposed she would.
It-Is thought that the efforts to
smooth over the family troubles of the
pair have again failed. "- -
s. p. mlor
BE
PUNISHED
Atlantic fleet is shown bv the flaashi
Connecticut, which -broke her trial speet
record in the run to rejoin the fleet
from San Diego to Magdalena' Bay. On
the long-' sustained run she made' an
average of 18.86 -knots an hour. Taken
In connection with the- 16,000-mile voy
age through tropical waters , and with
her bottom' foul, the speed1 la considered
remarkable. , .. ,
The - torpedo boat flotilla' arrived In
the harbor last night after a speedy run
from Acapulco, -one day ahead of sched
ule. -. .- ... .-, ... ' .
The big ships of the fleet are putting
on their snow white dress, for the pa
rade up the coast The -prospective re
ceptions at coast cities and a view of
"God's country" is the sole topic of con
versation among officers and men.;
Chicago, April . I,--'H is always
ready for sea duty, but he la afraid of
social festivities." i . . ,
That, waa th little character sketch
of Admiral Robley JX Evans, given to-
gay oy tne person wno knows nun nest
nis wire. ...
Mrs. Evans was in Chicago four hours
on her way. to Join the admiral in Call,
fornla. She was accompanied by her
aaugnter. t
"You-see.'''contlnued Mrs. Evans, "my
nosDand always responds witn alacrity
to the' demands of duty which call him
to the bridge, but he is far less en thus,
lastic In answering the demands of, that
otner uuty, wnicn cans mm to tne uan
quel nan, or tne Dan room.
"He finds dinners. and dances and re
cnntlnna verv trvlnff after a hard period
of duty on the, bridge. He has been
subject to these rheumatic attacks for
many years, and so I am not so anxious
about him as though they were some
thing new. - ; - I "
"l have had recent word from him
and Isam thankful, indeed, to be able
to say that he now is. reeling a greas
deal better. The rheumatism is rapidly
disappearing, and he is generally In
much better condition than, he waa
short time ago."
should be Punished with at least a din
cipunarv, ri
two colleagues, president Alexander Ir-
fine. : He is opposed by his
win and - Theodore Summerland, , who
hold, according to report, that the road
should be -leniently dealt with. - Love
land has Insisted, from the start that.
because former 'commissions have beeu
lax in enforcing the law and establish
ing rates the railroad should not be ex
cuaod - for its ' universal practice of
favoring special shippers at the expense
of the smaller natrons .of the mad.
it ia luiiner reiHinea uai n torn,
mlsslonera Summerland and Jrwln hold
to their position In the mattet Commls
mlNslnnf-r L.oveland will submit a mi
norlty report insisting that aflno be
imposed. ,. ' v ;
Officers of Apple Show, .
Spokane, Wash.; April Temnorary
officers for the national apple, show
have been elected. , aa follows :iL. p,
Williams president andjW,. D. Vincent
secretary and treasurer. E. K. Ooodalli
I. MacLean and Floyd L. Daggett were
made a- committee to draw un bv-lawa
ror tne, corporaiioo. ri- -,..;...
Two California .Railroad
; Commissioners Oppose
: ' Kebatins: Fines.1 :
(Called Pre tested Wire.)' ' ''
San ; Francisco, April" A apllt be
tween members of .- the, state hoard of
railroad commissioners, -which recently
heard charges of rebating In Sanv Fran
cisco against, the Southern' Pacific., rail
road, has occurred "'on the aueatlon of a
verdict In the case.
Commissioner H, D. Loveland declares
that' the 'road-has violated' the law and
v "to Dign 1 his fledge ti:-:mm
' , Do youJ believe' that the people of Oregon Vare intelligent
enough toelecta -United States senator?; Do you. wish to-
have a vote yourself in .the election of the,senatot?If so, do
not votea?for;any legislative candidate-who has not subscribed
.to Statement mo. 1"-' " '- t-C'i' Sk
This is the pledge .which ensures to the people :the ; right f
to elect the 'Senator,:, '; -,.... ..,, a , , ,
71 further state' to the people of Oregon,? as iweil' as to i the
people of Tny: legislative district; thaturing my term of office 4
rwill always rote. for. that candidate 'for6United States senator
: in corigreisrwho hastreceiyed yie highest numberof the peo- :
, plewotes Jot that; position lat-tjie generarelection next pre-
.ceding the election of a senatorfin congress, without regard to
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All registration records In Multnomah
county will have been broken when the
books are close by County Clerk Fields
tomorrow afternoon at. a o'clock. This
morning 18,891 : votera had." complied
with the registration law and through
out the day- a long line of men stooj
waiting for a chance to get tbele names
on the hooka- before they were dosed.
By tomorrow night It ia expected there
will be more than 10,000 names on the
book '.'- v-.5;-., . ' v . -
Already there have been 4,000 and
more ; Republlcana registered with the
county; clerk than there were votera of
Oil political faltha together in 1908,
This morning when thej books were
nnnl thrra were ZI.577 KapUDllcan,
4.S60 Democratic and 1.4 other voters
rmrimiti - that binK the totals figured
as a result of the registration up to the
time the books cloned Saturday night.
a thi. iim.4n 111K th total reeistra-
tlon of all parties and belief a totaled
Today, and' tomorrow the registration
clerks in 'the county clerks office will
have a strenuous time. All that usual
larva niimhr of nrocrastlnstors who
have put off their registration until the
last minute are now beginning toclamor
for places In the line. This afternoon
there -was a long line Of men waiting
their turn. - ''''. v. '
XMt Xay Heavy Oae ;
rnnntv Clark Fields, however, says he
ia able to handle all the votera who de
sire to. register. 'On March 15, 1904. he
registered l.sse men ana ne is now
able to handle ' even a larger number
than that. -.- " ' '-- " ' '
- The clerk's office will be kept open to
night Just as long as any one is there
to be registered.' Past experience has
shown, eoya Mr. Fields, that the last
of the applicants show up by o'clock.
Mis clerks have- Instructions to register
every one who comes this ovening' and
to keep going as long as there Is a man
in the office who desires to put bis name
in the voting list., . .. , - . ' ...
Tomorrow afternoon the books will
be closed, at ( o'clock and will not bo
opened again , until after the primary
election. It ia eatlmated by Mr. Fields
that there will be upward of 1.000 regls
tratlona before the books are closed, for
last year there were 2.09 registrations
In- the last two daya before the prima
ries and at that time there was not the
great interest taken by the mass of the
voter that Is being .manifested .St the
present time..: ;.sw. - .;.....
A11 those whoiall to (register by to
morrow afternoon win ne practically
shut out of tho primaries, ; for the
method of swearing in votes la tedious.
cumbersome and productive of much de
lay. Under the law it will be necessary
for all those swearing in. their votes to
secure six 'freeholders known to them
and take the - nix-- men to the ; voting
booth, where they may make their af
fidavlta before the Judges of election.
7?. 7(-'r Hold' Kook Sleotlon.
There will be little disposition on the
art of the Judges and clerks at the dlf- .
erent voting Dlaces to delay the regis
tered votera while the aftidavlts of those
(Continued on Page Three.)
THIIIII OlIEIi
THREJHOIIfESr
Soeiety Sports Dubious of
Amateur Boxiiig" Jf a t ch
i7i With Biddle. ,
'il&(lJnltd PMi'Le4 W'r- ' '
Philadelphia. Pa., April . In t
prominent Clubs of this tlty today, t',
one; topio : or,, conver.fiinuti "
fight"? Saturday . nis'it oeiwetn jm r-
CBrlen.f professional, sncf Anthony j.
Orexel Bid'lle, society lender una ann-
teur boxer or note.
TO call the affiiir a fight -would
dignifying the ridiculous.
Tt ni tha most ftwi-'Bl boxfnsf - ' I
bltton ever held la a ropn.l amm if, i ,
City. O'Brlfn Old not a'i-r n n . i
the.. leaet effort to-land u i ' Ic i
tho aeneral opinion thai ..! 1 f
fesslonal fotiKht ln lis
ipd and civarnri,
aid Cliliile cold In tne Hrt. i, :;
tha first rtuitKi.
The 700 t r,iy-nir.r ji.- -
r and r" ' '' v ' "
a exliifi!i ,i I,'." " 1 '.is-