4r
iiLEl'IR
ON STAND
TorUind Notary Public Is
Called as Witness in Hyde
Behsou Case Denies Put-
. ting: Seal: on Blank Land
Applications,
'' , nlts Frw U1 Wire.)
' : -; Washington, April J 4. Dob Ale
mi.,. & notary oubllo of Portland. Or
.' gon, testified at ib Hyde-Benson Und
; fraud trial today that n piaceu "
' on school Und applications presented
'by 8chnelder, one Of th defendants,
upon tha payment of til but denied I that
Otn tha aaceptlon of one Instance , h
, t ut hie M4 m applications In blank.
. Vh-wltns aald under croM-axamlna-tion
that h did not eD r?I
these applications because ha depended
' ' solely uiKn Schneider to keep them. At
Hells A. Curtis, who waa amployed aa
' dark la Hyde's pfftc In .-
clsoo, aald lienson n"a ,r
sultatlon with Hyde relative to land
ru.nti Bha said thai
I Hyde often disposed of land at a profit
after purchasing tha Mme f or clients.
The witness denied that ne ha old
' the assistant dletrlot attorney that Hyde
bed used fictitious names la obtaining
fureat land rights. . . . f
; Pan rranolaco. April 14. Judge Bea
! well today ruled against Benson and
Hyde, defendant In the Und fraud
case now on hearing la Waahlngton, In
tlielr effort to prevent certain records
In land eases from belnr Introduoed In
evidence at the trial .
V1..1.1. nnharta at Sacramento, a
,. searcher In land record, sought an In
. Junction restraining tha government
1 from taking tha reoord to Waahlngton
on the ground that their immoral would
ruin her bulnea Attorney DevHn.
r representing the government declared
' thia waa not so, because tha raoorda ar
vied, n-...-i ' .,.., .,
AnniHGTOTALK
Oil CLOSING lAl'J
; District Attorney Will --Ex-plain
Position to Be-
tail Merchants '
Brought to book by tha Portland Re
tail Merchant Protective association.
, Ulstrlct Attorney John Manning has
' Indicated hi Intention of enforcing the
Sunday closing law for ail tnerohanta
! alike) without discriminate In favor
of anv class or Individual. Mr. Man
ning will appear before tha association
. at a meeting thia evening and declare
' ' Sixweoks ago the association, by It
assistant secretary, Frank F.' Freeman.
i pnt a communication to tha district
attorney, calling pis attention to the
'act that certain stores in. tha down
town district are being kept open, while
, the principal atorekeepera of tha city
.lay In conformity to the law. and give
all employes an opportunity to enjoy
'; & full day of rest -
a m w a I m . . ' i , f ,
The first letter contained a request
thmt thm district attorney should take
Immediate action to compel all of
1 fenders aealnst tha Sunday ;law to
close their storea Saturday night and
keep them closed until Monday morning.
merchants to permit Sunday" trading.
, iv,. i f j AiA ma m,lr. it ranlT nor
Action tO comply Wll nm itucu .
A few days age Assistant Secretary,
Freeman, acting; on a resolution passed
by the association, aent another letter
; to the district attorney, and urged him
to state his position. It was a atrong
letter, demanding that tha district, at
torney state whether ha intended to en
force the Uw. - A w?ly waaforthcom
lng. Mr.- Mannlnir Indicated that - he
Intended to close lha offending store,
-a rji nrlvdleca nf anoearinc
, before tha ' aaaoclation ; to , explain bis
position.
. . .. a Veraonftl TeeHna. - . f
Of fleers of the association atrongly
disclaim any feeling toward Mr, Man
ning personally In the matter.v 'They
ever simply that tha law should , be
enforced, or that there ahould b 4no
law to i compel any of tha atorea . to
cloea. or provide holiday for anyone.
. w. P. Old, presldeat of tha aaso-
The only trouble 1 that there are
a lot of places, of the, Claaa wa might
term tha offscourlnas, that persist In
vntn? oen all dayf Bundaya, and
of the better class oi stores owr v"
law and close,' while the open places do
... n.i. h...in.. aiivtrluva ; Wit aiitaolv
wish to-better condition, and do It In
a pleasant way.' There is no intention
nffftnd Mr. Manninsr nor to do any-
V ! 1 1 11 WMMWwa, ' . I , , . - .
. . . : . 1 m lnurlnxa tn BflVntlA
excelling to tmurc, wm v1" "
. ben passea w eivo vim i,iviiu, -'
munitv a rest Sundaya.", ; . . "
! Object of AaocUtton.
The association l composed .or aoout
40 leading mercnants, wno nave or
saniaed to take up matters of custom
Ta . notice that, deserve attention1 in
m,nm iinf. and to secure uniform-
lv In tese practices so far aa la pos
jible. They lav bandied auccesfuJ
ihe program-advertising graft, and
other question affecting their business
- Vhe'vil-e-president of the" association
K O. Buffum, .nd the secretary Is
'.'Vill A. Knight, Ben Selling is treas?
,-irer. , y ' : , . y: ''.'Y ';.
. :ULE3rS BO.UID OF
; ; nam: committees
1 ja,eriiil M)lr..c to sThe JtmrnVl
Falom, Or., April J4. A Bplendld
vr,!k Is being done by" th Salem board
;. nude and the recent-, 1 campaign
u vd by that body la .already. bear
' ''i )ie "'xerutive committee ' of tha re
r r tf rM b"d v held its first meet ng
' nd ng. ?m"T
3
tr W Mfvers. tr. w. owcro
I. II. Vi'ne'i. ".. - ... Ill 1. Cl.11.,
, .u.....r anr.rrninrae it v.
, v,,rv H tl. t 'linger, . r.- v.,
if Theodore Koth and Jacob TV enger;
la'ry- fatrF.- W. I'owera. (
f Kills Jlimself. - ' -t
Ct)tl Prwa ld Wire ) '
F-rramento. t.. April U.rry U
m,1 over 60. dt-sm'ndent from Hi
. i, iM a buSUt through his heart
t'lV A.m in this 'r, tJliMTiliel
..'"'.'.to over $9 ynrs end was
; t:l r.eaUh pieve'ited MitJ
. . , . :. -'-i .. .-...vTi.eiit. V- leavei
. 'j -..-.a li k,'laiur n- Uloa,
5- iiWI. H. Olinser, D. J. VverT
ishop, J. J. Roberts and f w, M?'
THibli'ttyF. N. Derby. C N. 'McNaryj
.i i at l.swrence; m
i
JOIIir DEBJlIt
AT I
U'Ben and Livinffstbri," Un
der Grange Auspices, Dis
ycuss Statement No.; 1. ' V.
.!;,. , ; 1'H
' ' . . .aMaaaMaa ; r . n ' ,
'a v - ..., ; ,
. lpetal bhpetck t Tb JesraaL)
Mood Hirer. Or April K.Th Wf-
geat polltlcAl beetlnr kt Woo4 River
this year waa held last night in .the
large ball owned by i'lne arange ana
under It" ausplcea. The meeting waa
for tha purpose -of bearing a defrat o-
w. ft U'Ran of Oreaooa City and
C. D. IJvlngatoa of i"ortland on Biaie-
ment No. 1. A peciai iwn ww in
over tha Mount Hood railroad from thia
olty and several tiunurea peopie- wer
the audience. ' ' : ',
In addition to tha debatera. N. J. Sln
nott of The Dalles, candidate for state
senator; a J. Cooper, T P. Velch of
The Dalles and J. 1 Carter of Hood
River, Republican candidates for rep
resentative, and L. K. Morse, alao of
Hood Hlver. Uemocrailo -candidate for
the same office, and A. J. Derby, Demo
cratic candidate for congressman, were
present and asked to tat their view
on tha question. Mr. Derby refused to
Slaee himself on record, but ;
innott, Welch, Cooper and Mors all
declared they would emphatically sup-
Sort the ' people's choice for United
tale senator. Mr. Carter ftated that
he would aupport that KepubUoan can
dldat for senator who received tb
hlgheat vote.
mKea for tat lUtainamt. ,
".In th debate tha speaker wara lim
ited to 10 minute each and Mr. ITKen
started the ball rolUn. He delivered
a broadside at every on who' waa not
in favor of Statement Wo. I, IrraspaoUve
of party.and atated that th day of
electing senator In Oregon by bribery,
boodle and boora were over. Ha wanted
it understood that wbiU be waa In fa
vor of Statement No. 1, be waa aa food
a Republican aa any one, but-that he
waa an American cltlsen firet and a lie
pub Hoan afterward. He all for Cak
For aenator becau he was aupportln
Statement No. 1 unqualifiedly, while
Fulton waa not. although the latter had
told him he wa in favor of an amend
ment to the eontttutlon of th United
Bute that would provide for th elec
tlon of senators by direct vote of th
people. He avowed that th primary
law waa the remedy for holding up th
election of United States senators and
doing away with th corruption of leg
islator. Hi remark wer treated
with considerable applause. : , ,. , .
. Uvtnfstone'a Seply. - '..
In aoswerlnr him Mr. Livingston di
rected hi argument along th line that
the present Uw In. Oregon waa not In
accord with tha 1 constitution of the
United States; that corruption In elect
ing senatora could be dona away wltn
by tb people If tbey would elect men
whom they knew to be honest, and be
wielded the muck rake In uncovering
the political paat. of Jonathan Bourne,
whom ha held up as a spectacle pf mis
guided Judgment on the part of tha up
porter of Statement No. 1. . -
It was evident thst Mr. Uvlntaton'a
sentiment waa strongly In favor of Sen
ator Fulton. Hearty applau erected
hi concludlnf word. ,
By consent of hi opponent Mr. ITRen
was allowed another opportunity -and
talked for t5 minutes. In this talk h
paid hi respect to Harvey Scott. H.
L Pittock and F. W. Leadbetter. In
tha course of hla remark he admitted
ha would not be avers to coins to tb
enata himself. , - .
Ijew wms
UPPER IV
Louis J. Wilde Will Spend
Nearly Fifty Thousand
' J.onthe Building:.. .
' Another handsome apartment house
on upper Washington street 1 tha lat
est anouneement in the building Una.
Louis J. Wilde baa purchased from M.
W. Hunt and associate a 101 ai me
corner of Washington atreet and the
extenalon north of King atreet for $16.
800, on which he propose to erect a
modern brick apartment house. Tha de
tailed plans of the Improvement have
not been worked .out. but It ia known
that Mr, Wilde contemplate an expen
diture of about $50,000.
Mrs. Rosa B. Eckenberger haa closed
a deal with A. L. Upaon for the purchase
of a I-acre,,tract near th Sandy road
and adjoining the Electric addition, at
a consideration of $7,760. -
J. Allen Gilbert baa purchased from
Oliver Matbiesen a lot on Fifth street
between Lincoln and Jackson streets
for 14.780. ;...-..-.- v
' k. ii u r, r rain has sold to Mrs.
Mary E. Crowder a house and lot at the
corner of East Salmon and East Thirty-
silth atreeta. sunnysiae, tno consuei
tlon was $8,400. ' . , ..
A house and lot In the same vicinity
has been . purchased by Joseph P. Des
Th nmnartv formerly belonKeo to
George A. Clegg and is located on East
Salmon atreet between . East Twenty-
seventh and Jasi xwemy-eigmn
T. wa. anM nr t 000. .
George ; C, Stone ha concluded the
ptirchaae of a houae and lot on ast
trio-hth atreet. between Lincoln and
Grant streets, which belonged to Edward
d s.viln anil waa aold for 13.000.
The unimproved lot on the southwest
comer of Spring and Twentieth treets,
Portland Height, baa been -sold by
r.ir . G. i Flander to Mra Hatti 12.
Kerrigan for $2,700. .
A. J. PiUon has purchased frorn X W.
Griffith a quarter block on ?a"2flnth
street ana we extension vi roiiww
boulevard in .wooaiawn iqt n.ouv-
nAILEY MEMORIAL ;
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
ductal rMiinatB to Th loftrnal.t
Pendleton. Or.. April 14 The Hallay
memorial exercises, originally set for
last evening, have been deferred and wlU
be held on the evening of the first day
of the May supreme court session. The
decision to postpone the memorUl ser
vice waa reacneo ny me locai Dar ye"'
i.rih This was done In order to per
i, ti,m attn1nne of the aunreme court
Judges, all of whom were friends of
tne tate juuge x iiuui vr. nurj.
Tha April Jury session of circuit
rnipt hB n vnsterda v. : . No criminal
canes are now ready for trial, and the
entire1 week will be devoted to civil
cases.' The April term promise to be a
long one. -
OBSERVE PASSOVER AT
SYNAGOGUE THIS WEEK
finiwlnl Pamrnvne -services will be held
at ' Novah-Zedeck Talmud Torah syna
gogue. Sixth and Han streets, t junto
day evenin. April 1 6, at 7:30' o'clock.
The mornina aervioes begin at o clock.
nLVl mm
Heller
fficlatlng.
On
-zrr-zA
Tnarsaay evening, Apnn 104 jr. vmn s
Ruben stein will give a short address
on "Clvilxatlon :and Oajf Redemption."
Strangers are welcome to all .aervioes.
. J Oil Driller Near Dufar. 1 ,
" (Special Otapatcb to The Jouraal.l '
- The Iallea, OrH April H. The B earls -May
Oil company, of Dufur, which was
recentlr ' Incorporated, haa commenced
the erection, of a derrick on the Annl
May ranch, - on- Ramsey creek. ' about
eleTit miles west of Dufur, preparatory
ta commencing- drilling for oil. Ther
era many Indications of oil around Du
fur and tQe ueavin-jviay people intend
'oitivfly to exploit hclr leases. v . .
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RIVER
ASIH6T0II
THE 'OREGON t)AILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY
Il'IO TO
TI'IEIIIMHREE
Conditions at Feeble-Minded
Horaesite Invite Con-
: - r ' Ticts'.'to Flee; :
(floedal Dbnetek U The JearsaL)
Salem, Or. April 14-Inyeatlgatlon
Into th condition sUrrdubdtng cn eon
vlot working on th sit of th inati
tution for the feeble-minded, three mile
amiita r,t hara from which four OOHVlct
escsped Sunday vning, snows verj
a la dim. ta nr.v.nl convicis trvra
walking away if they ao destra. At the
ima ? hia laat utiM 11 men war
employed on a knoll surrounded oa three
sides by -heavy brush andL only two
mania KL 1 I'larka and Charles Tar-
pley, wara employed to watcn tnese z
convict. ' . ' . , A
"It la lmpoIbl to prevent convicts
from . scaping," said Governor Cham
berlain yesterday. "If they are to, ba
employed aa theae man ar empioyea.
But ' tha legislatura baa directed that
they ba employed on thia Job, and wa
bay compiled' with InetrucUons.
Bad Cboioa of Two Trains.
The tretaway was ' mad about $.10
o'clock Sunday evening. There were
four. Boso Dopovlcb, Edward Boyd, Cas
par Clinton and Philip Lamont. all
vnunar man. Juat a week aso another
convict. Oj A. Gardlnar, made bla escape
in a similar manner, it is suppuu uw
men walked to th railroad, lea than a
quarter of a mile from, tha sit of tha
institution, and there caught a freight
train. Two tralna paased shortly after
the convicts wara missed, ona train each
r ma it la not known whether tha
Convicts went north or south. -
All thesa men. including Gardiner, who
escaped a week ago, were ehort-tl.
men. having been aent up for one yeur
pa charges of larceny, from Lnlon and
Umatilla counties, uoyq nan oeen wm
Ing on th lte about li day a Two of
the other wera put out Friday; and,
therefore, had worked but on day when
they made their escape.
wo Guard at Jtigav.
A larva number of convicts have bean
employed clearing th land in prepara
tion for tha building- for.the past month.
At no time have there been less than
$4 men working under tneso jwo guaras.
Th man llv in a large, deserted farm
house. - They are of tha most trusted
convicts In tha penitentiary. There are
no night guards and not even ordinary
precaution ar taken for preventing tha
em-ape of tha men during th night
Some of tb men at work at this place
have been sentenced to four years.
The men who escaped Sunday lived in
th same room on th second floor of
the farmhouse. Tbey made uo their
minds to leave and walked away with
out tha knowledge of the guards. A
half-hour later their departure was dis
covered and the dogs put on ths trail,
whfch waa followed to the railroad
track, and lost AH th town along tha
Una of tha railroad In both directions
were communicated with. Th state doe
not provide a very thorough system for
returning escaped convicts.. , '
TAFTCdflFESSES
TO
Declares ""Wanted Money
That Ruby Wilson's Child
Conld Be Restored to Her
Giving np in tha faea of evidence
gathered by Sheriff Stevens and Deputy
Sheriff Leonard, M. 1 Taft, "the dirty
faced kid," this morning confessed that
ths officers were right in arresting him
for the affal In Arleta. when he at
tempted to hold up Mrs, Anderson. Jack
Turpln, auspeotefl of a part In the same
affair, also confessed.
Taft has served two terms In the pen
itentiary, and waa chief actor in tha
hold up. He and Turpln took a Mount
Scott car to Laurelwood and selected
the Anderaon home In Arleta. for tb
job. Taft went Into the kitchen,
masked, while Turpln stood watch out
side. Taft was scared away by the
bravery of Mrs. Anderson, who called to
a friend in an adjoining room to bring
his gun, and Taft lost bis hat-In run
ning away. The men. walked down th
Powell Valley road to Creston, wher;
Taft stopped at th Grecnman home and
borrowed a slouch hat, explaining tbat
he had been riding a broneho and tha
animal bucked off nia bat in tba dark.
The loas of one hat and tha borrow
ing of tha other led to the detectloh
of the men. Taft burned the hat be
borrowed, but the officers learned of
the hat borrowing eplaode andlGreen
man Identified Taft aa tha man who
called at his house. -": . .
Taft told the officers today that na
attempted the burglary in order to get
money for the benefit of Ruby, Wilson.
He said be wanted to bo able to take
her- child from the home where It had
been placed because of " Its mother's
poverty, t Ruby Wilson was with Taft
when ba waa arrested and waa locked
up with him as a witness, as it waa
suspected that she knew more than ahe
would tell. Last Friday ahe obtained
a divorce from Ed Wilson, her corrob
orating witness being Taft, 1 who has
been much In her company of lata She
is now only XT years old. ;
Turpln was , first arrested on March
6. Taft was picked up three .days
later. Both arrests were madevbjt the
sheriff and Deputy Leonard. p .,
REFILLED BOTTLE OF?;
WORCESTERSHIRE
Warrants were
Issued this morning
, tha arrest of Thomas Poulson. '
Thomas Poulson. pro-
nrletor of aJ restaurant at 111 North
Sixth street, I and Frederick Siderlus.
proprietor or a restaurant i uj rionn
Third street on a oharge of violating
the pure food laws by refilling bottles
bearing th label of a fim engaged In
the manufactura of Worcsstershlra
sauce. Th complaints are sworn 4o by
Sarah A. Evans, city market Inspector.
It Is. a matter of common knowledge
that mafty resuorants indulge the prac
tice cf refilling the bottles of standard
condiment ttiakera with cheap Imitation
materials without removing the labels
that are placed on th original packages.
It is to put a stop to this practice that
tne present prosecutions, jihyb ueen iu'
augu rated. -'f f'".'; . ':-y-rC:':."fe
CONTRACTING AND
, LAND FIRMS FORMED
' Artiolos of incorporation bav been
rtiea ny tne racirto contracting oom-
Sany, formed by J. iP. O'Neill. Louis
alpti EUson and Ernest Brand Jr. The
capital stock is $28,000. . ' --
C. L. McKenna, Josephine L. McKen
na and Emma D. Tacharner have ln
cornorated the East Hood River Land
company, .having a capital .stock of
ARGENTINE WANTS ; -'
' MORE COLONISTS
Pontevedra. Spain. ADrtl v 14. Ten
steamship companies ' have agreed to
transport all the amlgrants who wish
to go to Argentina, - Many women have
prepared to eail, . generally going as
cooks. . At Biiboa rreat excitement has
been produced by tha- determination of
the fishermen ' to emigrate. In spite of
tne government oraer mat tney must
continue to fish and forbiddlnr the
Jstrike for better treatment and. wages.
GUARD
BURGLARY
1.001(1 lEDDIIiG .
: AT CASTLEROCK
Mr. and 'Mrs. ' Clarence C.
Brown Remembered by'
K ' ; Many FrIends: v'
j , i - .. "
. (Bpeelal'.DIvati ts .The 4earaal.)
Caetlerock. Wash, April 14-M and
Mrs. Clarence 3. Brown celebrated their
fifth wedding .anniversary . at . .their
boma hara Saturday evening. ; Vocal
Mr. and ''Mrs. Clarence C. Brown.
and Instrumental rousio occupied th
evening, About $6 guest wer preaent.
Many nanasom truciw m
ornament were presented to Mr. . and
Mrs. Brown by th gueata ;
T.nia xr TVnn, and Clarenc C
Brown were married in th First Math
odlat Episcopal church of Albany, New
Tork, by Rev. John M. Clark. They
came at one to Caetlerock, where they
have sine mad their noma, except ior
tmtA a-int.r iiuuit at Laos Anceles. Mr.
Brown is th local manager of tha fit
Helens Ore. Mill Power company.
THIEVES BUSY ALL
"OVER-THE CITY
. 1 . a i i -i ,
RerblTers or Wearing Ap
parel Are All sAlike
to Them.
Sunday evening thieves broks Into tb
off lea of tha Penc company, on tn
Linn ton road, and atol a auanUty of
wearing apparel and toilet article. En
trance to tba place waa offeoted by
breaking the lock on a basement door.
The inert waa reporwu w n i"..
u..MiM nrmA an ' ntranee to trie
tha Multnomah Mill A Con-
vaa.ww u - t ...
atnmtlnn COfflDUr. fcasi JUlgnin ana
East Madlaon streets,; last night The
nwtna linecr was broken open, but
as it contained nothing tb thieves want
away empty-handed. i .
a revolver and $20 1 In cash were
stolen by burglars last night from the
saloon at 6 Russei; street. The tbtoves
entered tha place by - th back door,
which had peen leu uniocaea.
Rurarlara entered th house of MrS.
M Dangolsse, (61 Sherlock avenue, last
night and stole a quantity of wearing
apparel. Th burglary was reported to
the police. ,- -,.' . ,
WOMAI. PASSES A
w
Told a Very Plausible Story
and Her Appearance Al-
layed All Suspicion.4 :
A female "W check artist Is tha lat
est novelty In police circles. It was ra-
Sorted to the pouce toaay tnst a wen
ressed woman, apparently about 40
years of age, yesterday passed a wortn
less check on the Prall Mercantile com
pany of St Johns. She represented her
self to be the wife or a bookkeeper ior
a commission merchant In tha Chamber
of Commerce building, but both her
story and the check she succeeded in
cashing proved to b without truth or
value., . . , l - - .
A young man who gave hla name aa
Fred H. Hoffman passed a - worthless
Check for $12.60 at Tuttle's Pharmacy,
859 MlsslsslDDi avenue, last evenlnc.
The check was drawn on the Goodyear
Rubber company, a description or the
man who passed the . worthless paper
aaa rurnianea tne ponce, 4 : t ,' .
'Northwestern Baying In Idaho.
"' (Soeclal DUixitcb to Toe Jooroal.)
' Boise, Ida., : April 14.-It la reported
here that the Chicago & Northwestern
has purchased 640 acres of land at St
Anthony. In eastern Idaho, and the Indi
cations are that the company Is getting
ready to -ao some rauroaa ouiiaing- in
this state. -Engineer Geisch, who made
the purchase, secured an -option on con
siderable1 property her recently, pre
sumably ior in same company. .
"SMOKY BELL" -
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i Old-time printer, whose real name
was J. is. 1 ueu, , ana . , wno was
one o the noted characters of his
class. He died last week at . Rose
bur;. , :
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EVENING. APRIL 14,
1003
pnEuras
FOR FOUR SHIPS
Roosevelt Sends Special Mes
sago to Congress Demand
ing: Larger Navy. y
.1
(ObIM rree Usatd Wire.)
Washington.. AprU XI-Ia a stirring
message sent to oongress today Pre.
dent Roosevelt aaraln strongly advocates
th construction of four new battie-
aklna , Tha dallVarV Dt lUm lmDOTiani
dooument was so timed that It reached
11.. kuaa tafnr a vnta couia De UMg
on th battleshlD provision la the naval
appropriation but "
''To provide but on or two battle
ships this year " says tha president in
the massage, meana in.m m.
.in -n KMnWward in naval rank and
relative rower among tha great nations
of tha world. . Sueh a course would ba
unwise If . w fronted only one ocean,
and doubly unwise when we front two
ocean. As. th chief executive of the
nation and commander-in-chief of the
navy, ther 1 Imposed upon m the
solemn responsibility of advising con
gress of measures vitally necessary to
Zaura naara and tha Welfare Of th TO-
publlo in the event of International com
plications woicb ar uu n 1 ,iu. r--sibl.
.. . . ..
i earnestly advlie rongraaa now to
provide ' for four battleship of tb
most advanced type.? t ' . ' ' ' -
"Tha nraaMant aallV that baf Or ' tb
meeting at Tha Hague he thought that
on ship would ba sufficient, but when
that tribunal refused to pU.ce an limit
on armament ba wa compelled td adopt
a mora vlgoroua policy. - '
'1 cannot too empnaticaiiy wi
this measure la on of peace and not
war,' contlnuea th messag. - "I can
conceive of . no clreamstancas under
whioh thia country would enter Into
aggressive warfare,, Tet our underena
ed wealth Invites aggresaion. It Is
mischievous for any statesman xo mw
sum that this world ta yet at tha right
tin when a nation can rely for peace
upon th forbearance of other persons."
GERMi&S CRITICISE '
THEIR GOVERXMEXT
(Onltsd fiass Lt Wua.) "; '
Raritn. ADrtl 14-In th Lantag. th
government has been aavagely Interpol
ated concerning the -bad condition of
the working and middle claase of tb
ernplre. ' . ' '..'
Daring th session, th Baron Von
thelmbaden. minister of tha treasury of
Prussia, called attention to the Prua
slan budget of 1908. He said the total
estimate la for 216,11S,00 and exhibits
an enormous deficit of II.7tI.600, which
must b raised by a loan; $1,600,000 by1
increase of taxes and the remainder in 1
the collection of overdue taxes. The
causes of the diminution of Income Is
In tha diminution of th rente. In-1
crease of disbursements on account of
rail road a and increase In salaries of
offtciala, ' - i '. i
SUMMERS' SENTENCE ,
IS WITHHELD
Roy Sumemra. convicted of larceny
f,m a As.llinr In Judre Bronaurh a
department of tha circuit court aeveral
weeks ago, was orougni in ior nnnnn
today. Motion ror new trial was wnn
drawn and tha district attorney agreed
to dismiss another Information pending
against tha prisoner ror a , similar. 01
fense. Summers' attorney made a plea
for narolino- his client, but Judge Bro-
naugn said he did not think It a proper
case for parole. After a long discus
sion wltn tne attorneys - tne court av
oided to withhold sentence until a fu
ture data. On to seven years In th
penitentiary I tb . punishment pre
scribed by law.
, MiMM.ssaTBa-a-aneaawn-aa-sania
INCENDIARY FIRES , V
BARN NEAR MILTON
' 1 (Bnadii Mmateli'to' Tbe Jsaraal.! i
? Pendleton, Or., April 14 Through, a
fire which was started In the barn "of
O E. Demaris near Milton yesierany
six fine horses, 15 tons of hay,. 160
sacks of barley, 10 seta of harness and
the handsome, barn ware totally , de
stroyed. Only, a few borses 1 and cattle
were saved. Th barn, which waa built
three years age. wa one of the finest
in this section and wa valued at $1,
800. Ita loss, together with tha borses
and 'th feed, amount to about $4,000.
of wntcK $1,000 la covered by insur
ance. It is supposed to b tba work
of some vindictive incendiary. ,
WHEAT AREA IS
GROWING SMALLER
7 (United Press tassel Wire.) ;
, t anrti ll A teleirram direct
ed to the secretary of state from India
by the viceroy declares that , in cons-'
quence of droughts the area eowed In
wheat is $4 per cent less tha In the
last year and that the area of flax and
othe crops will be $7 per cent less.
rr. atatlatina for India ShoW In
round numbers for- 1907 Inportations ot
tS 220.000.000; expormtions, x.iow.wuu,
000. "a notable fact Is tha Increase in
the Importations of - wheat - and ; other
INDECENT HCTURESB
IN SLOT MACHINES
r
District Attorney Mannlngttoday filed
Informations charging f red Frits and J.
J Ruff ul with exhibiting indecent pic
tures In the waiting room of the Ore
gon "Water Power company at First and
Alder streets.- Tha bonds -were fixed
at $600. Frits and Ruffel have the pic
ture concession from the Portland Rail
way. Light Power company and are
alleced to havs been xhlblting Inde
cent photographs In tb moving pjctur
machines installed in tha waiting
rOOntS. ( ' ' - :--.:;
ADMIRAL EVANS IS (
REGAINING HEALTH
(United Tremi Leased Wire.
1 Paso Robles, Cal.. April 14 Rsar
iimir.i Tvna rested well ' last nitrht
and when ba arose this morning he was
feeling exceptionally won, iCToroini w
the statement Of Surgeon MoDonnald. He
Is fully recovered from, the setback of
the past few days. It is expected that
he 1 will now go bock to his regular
treatment consisting of a sulphur bath
and two massages a day. During the
fast few days he had been taking only
ha massage treatments - ,
LUMBERMEN , PREPARE ;
; TO FILE GUARANTEE
Taeoma. Anril 14.-Lumber and shin
gle shippers of Pierce county met here
vaatardav afternoon and caned a gen
eral meeting of all minmen of tne coun
ty for the purpose of arranging for the
guarantee bond of $80,000 In the lumber
rate controversy in
accordance with the
decision tof Federal Judge Hanford in
floattle Saturday, nermlttlnav tha lum
ber and shingle men to file the, bond
in groups. Ai a small session of lum
berman organisation was perfected.
I . Emil Howard " ' Graduate, u?
Vonroa. Or..1 Acril ' 14.-Mrs. a. ,W,
Howsrd and daughter Goldie, have gone
to St Ixuia, where they will -attend
tha graduating exercises of the Physl
r.lana' , ami Suraeons' oolleee. Anrll 27.
At that time Mrs. HowarcTe son Emil,
will be granted a aipioma1 rrom tnat
institution,, after which he will return
west and probably locate In t tlnn
county, Oregon. ' .
DECIDE UPOH
TERM FOIL GOD
. - -
Chinese Missionaries of Dif
. ferent Denominations;
",-'.' Now United.
Miss Kate Ogburn, missionary to
China who la Just returning to her field
of 11 years' work after 1$ months'
leave of absence., ts tb central figure
at the semiannual . meeting ' of , . th
Columbia river branch of the Woman a'
Korelan ' Missionary -society of th
atathodlst plscoial church at Taylor
street cnurcn, in
brief talk this
morntnir she ga
ve soma , . Interestliia:
fact about China which show tba In-
fluent of spreading Christianity there.
'.The clianirea that have come shout."
ana said, "represent years or effort.
out tney ara tne nataraj outgrowth 01
publlo sentiment. . There Is now legis
lation against foot-blndlna and sgninst
gambling, which is severely punishable
by law. Opium araoklng la forbidden
and no afflclul can retain his plaoa if
he has th habit Girl slavery ia for
bidden and la rapidly disappearing. An
edict haa recently been issued recom
mending ths observance of tha Sabhath,
and while it is kept more as a holiday
than aa our Christian Sabbath it en'
forces a day of rest, every week and Is
good In. its effect , r
xne or iua greatest, sums ei tne
time is the unity, the .concentratea
energy that is being brought to bear
on China. After 40 years of struggle
and differences, all - th II mission-
arv societies met in the centennial con
rerenoe there a year ago., 'iney no
dded on a certain term for God which
by - the - different uenomlnatlon nan
been eexpressed in many . ways. They
arranged for a single interpretation of
100 of the most important christian
hymns, some of Wblcn had been aung
In 10 different ways. They met on a
ritual of prayer To show' how the
numbers are growing In China, at the
end of the first 90 years of missionary
work ther v were 40.000 . members of
Protestant churches. At the end of 100
yeara ther were 100.000. Infantloida
Is rapidly being abolished by jubllo
sentiment and tha warming Inflaence
nf Phrlatlanltv"
11 ins obsurn is a missionary sent oui
try tha Dea JJotnes branch, one of tha
11 branches of th work. The Colum
bia river branch .cdmprlses the state
of - Oregon, Washington. Idaho and
Montana. The treasurer's report showed
that $4,704.11 wer th receipts of tb
half year, - an Increase of $662.04 over
laat Tr'i first semester. The SDDro-
priations amount to $13,000 and the dif
ference must be met the second, half
year, which la always more active in
its receipts. -
Mrs. M. C Wire of Eugene, presl
dent waa In the chair. Reports wer
heard from the secretaries of tha Vari
ous departments and Mrs. A. N. Fisher
gave her annual report as correspond
ing secretary of tha missionary activi
ties aDroad. I ne totat nuraowimn m
th branch Is 4,088 At the last report
In 1 organlaationa " The mite box
secretary lias sent out 1,177 boxes, and
hopes to realise $1,000' rrom jtnem.
This afternoon Miss Ogburn wlu ad
dress th meeting.
TRACK TODAY
(United Prtal teased Wire.
San Francisoo, April 14. Emeryville
results: '. . - ' - ' -
First raca," six furlongs, ; selling,
1-11 l-K
Second race, four furlongs, purs,
j-year-oldswoodlander 99), II ,to 1,
to 1. to 6, won; Bill Eaton (91). 1$
to 6, 4 to 6, second; Workbox (109). 1
to 12, third. ..ime, 0:47 4-6. m
s Scratch Queen Alamo In th flftn raca
PORTLAND MAN'S .
)' " . STORY DOUBTED
(Ualtad Pre) Beaaed Wire.)
San Franoieco. April 1.--The police
are not quite eatiBfled that Frank Ku
blck, a wealthy Portland contractor,
who reported that be had been held up
and robbed of $7,500 last night is
.nin the truth and their suspicions
are strengthened 'by , the atatement
. a t.. .a. atiMniT' vha fleured in
Kubtck's - divorce suit. According to
r. .... , v-nhinir la Andeavorlng to
avoid paying nis aivortiea .
alimony ana i.vw
PARIS INTERNATIONAL .
S CLUB FOR SWIMMERS
:) ''' (United Preis teased Wire.) ' ' ,
Paris April 14. An 1 international
swlmmmg club has ' J1, hr8.
yesterday afternoon a, swimming race
of- twelv ntrles took Plac in . the
Seine in tba presence 0 thousands ot
spectators. ' The -measured Istanco,
m 11.. annaa tha -lvr near'the AI-
wander bridge was 18 meters 890 feet.
and waa done in 40 seconus OJ '"
"an, the second being a Belgian and th
third an Englishman, iv'1;'. 'r'M-v-M.;-;-
ROOSEVELT PROTECTS 1
GRE AT IHTS
Roosevelt in a special message yester
day vetoing a dam bilL- v?;nH ?an'
gress that his polloyOo th-future
would b to - prevent tne grabbing .by
n . valimhla water rixhts.
He said there) are now pending beforo
congress dius ' w aii w "
rights which will i develop 1,800,000
horsepower. '
INJURIES JNELICTED
'"' BY HORSE MP lM
' rSoeclal DUpiteb to The Jonrnal.) .'
U Rainlfe Or., AprU 14. While he was
attendlnof to his horse, tne animai .D
cam balky and B. McKee of thlB place,
was seriously injured by a .kick. His
wife was attracted by his moans and
found him aimosi uncwiwww.-w
The 6-year-old son of John vWIlson
was badly omen un r
rir no Sunday, The bite is. very
deep and Quite serious.
AT EMERYVILLE
t-year-old and up '. Governor Orman
(110). $ tol. to 8. I to 6, won; Thur
bet (97), 1 to 1. to 5. second; Arthur
Hvman . (100), I to ,, . third, , Time,
YOUTHFUL HUSBAND WAS SO
Bise3'he!was ''aBked to look after
the baoy for a few minute, Roscoa W.
CahUl pinched , his wif s until shs, cried
and then kicked her, according to the
statement made by: Mrs.-Anna CahlU in
her complaint for divorce, filed In the
circuit court s This Incident took place,
.t.a wMU thev were sitting In the
yard of her parents, home near w
berg, tbey having gon to -that town to
attend commencement exercises. --
Mrs. CahlU is 20 years old and her
husband is 1. Ha is studying medi
cine In the University of Oregon medi
cal department Because of th youth
of the husband, aura. Cahlll asks for th
CADGER GAME '
- EIIDS III JAIL
Elmer ,' Jcnning:3 Arretted ;.
Today, on the Complaint ;
of Contractor Beckett. "
A young man nmd Elmr Jennings
was arrested this morning by. patrol-.
man Craddock on a charg vt atUmptad . (
extortion. Th arrest Is the seauel pf
what appears to bav been an attempt
to work tb badger gam" on William '
Beckett, a contractor living at 174 East .
Nineteenth street ' .)'..' -: 7.
? Beckett says he recSntly became ao- ,
qualnted Witb a young woman aamed
Kmma Jennings, who is employed aa. a
waitress In toe Baltimore , restaurant f
Last evening he and th woman went to,,'
Oregon City, whera they registered at a: ,
hotel s man and wife. A few minutes ,.
later Jennings and another man ao
eosted tnemv Jennings produced ft f
volver and. pointing it at the I head of
Beckett, declared he would blow tb ,
latter brains out If he did not produce .
laiO as monetary recompense to blra
for th loss of tb affcUons of Mrs. -' '
Jennings. - - . '' ' .
' Believing his life to ba In Jeopardy
Beckett produced all of the money be
bad on bla person, about $10. and then
signed a paper promising to pmj ma ma-
dltional i00 to.Isy at a specified Plana
In this city. The paper also set forth
In detail Beckett's culpability la so far
as his alleged connection with th Jen
nings woman is concern ea. . . ,
After tti affair had been conoluded
n.ru.tt wall xeii that ha bad been made
the victim of a preconcerted aobem to
get him Into a compromising poaltlon
and then subject him to blackmail. ' He ,
returned torPortland and ttye morning
whan Jennings met him to oecura the
Ijov promised 'last night Beckett point
ed the man out to 1'atrolma.n Craddock
and asked that be be arretted. -
This afternoon the twliee arrested tha .
Jennings woman and Carl Jennings,, a
brother of Elmer, and detained them aa
accomplices of Elmer Jennings In th
scheme to extort money from Beckett
It was' also lesrned that Carl Jennings
had represented himself to be a Port
land detectlv 'Who bad been detailed
to trail Beckett and th woman to Or
gon City, . k v -V'-. v "
Two 'More of Fire Holdup
C Men Rounded Up -
- by Posse, ' .
(United Prtei leased Wlre.l ,
SeatUe,' Wash., AprU 14. After i a
chase . lasting sine last xnursaay
night two'mor of th fly holdup.
men ara now under" arreat. making' four
an tmr rantured. T. 8. BOrSVlch and
Nick Pettrloh wer captured this morn
ing in the Cascade mountains near the
In the fight on Saturday, Nllla AJ
aglch, one of the fugltlvea, was ahot
through th leg and captured and ona
deputy sheriff was siignuy injurea. -,
The men wer- wanted for the War
der of Marshal Frank, Millar of Kent,
who was r a taiiy anoi wnue Mwmiiuoi
ta arraat the five men tOT holding. W
a ranchman near Jtent - -
BLUE MOUNTAIN v
WOOD IS CHEAPER
. ...
' (Sptdd DUpatcfe'to Tb JoernaU
Pendleton. Or- AprU 14-WTxa wood
nrices In th cities of tba Inland era--
pir have been reduced but UtU dur
ing th i past two ; or three months,
prices on tha loading dumps In the Blu
mountains have lowered $1.80 to $1 per
cord. " Wood IS now eelllng at $4 on the
dumps, while last year th same wood
was selling for from $6 to $6 par oord,
and the market was extremely active.
Little Is moving this spring; va at
tb lower prices. . i , ... - . .
There is now about . LOOO ooras of
wood on the dumps at Kanela, Wltn
perhapa $.000 cords at Meachatn, and
smaller amwuuw . - : V " 1
points. It Is thought th high tide of
wood orlces ontne mountains o own
passedT In th wood of . .last year.
FINAL REPUBLICAN'
,f RALLY AT THEATRE
V;." 11 ' - '
At the Empire theatre tomorrow night
candidates for district attorney, Judges
of tha circuit court and congress will
have a lastVchanc to tall tbe-voters
why tbey should Individually be nomi
nated on the Republican ticket for the
different of flees. Through the oouftesy
of George I Baker the theatre haa been
thrown open to th candidates, and it
Is expected that th rally will be a big
one..' ,. j? -. ' '. i -:- " "'r'
George ' S.'J Shepherd, ' candidat for
oongress from the second district Is
expected to make the principal address.
He has a -number of views which he
will use, showing th condition of the j
Columbia river and the . needed work
there. It la expected that th full list .
of candidates will be present . - .
DOCTOR HOLT BACK
i FROM NEW YORK TRIP
Rev. W. B. Holt, IK !.. field secretary
of the Presbyterian Board of Home Mis
sions, arrived in Portland last niabt
after a visit to New' York, to attend a
meeting of the home mission board.-The'
board weut into aVgeneral ; discussion
of home missions throughout the united f
States, and mada arrangements for. car- ;
rylng on tha work for the year begin
ning .April 1 of this 'year. t . -i,
. Park System for. Boise. .
(Special Dispstch to The Journal. V
Bnlse, Ida., April1 14.A proposition
t6 bond the city for $100,000 to create
& park system will be submitted to the
voters , soon, i. Not long ago Boise- was ,
presented a - tract of ,40 acres on th
Boise river, near the city, for a publlo ,..
fiark, ana on tnis tract, ; it- is proposea
o do the first work.
BANDITS CAUGHT
Hi HITAIIIS
- ROUGH,. WIFE' DECLARES
appointment bt a guardian ad litem for
him, so that ho may defend the suit.
The wif alleses other acts of cruelty.
She says that on one occasion when she.
telephoned; to one of her' girt- friends,
telling her friend she; could not go to .
Some place she desired, because Rosco
would not go with her, he jumped to th
hone and humiliated, her by telling her
friend that wnat sne saia was a notAti
further charges ,that several timer her
husband planted his feet on her as she
lay on the floor and laugh ted in soorn "...
When she tried to escape from him.
. 'ih Cahlll marriage took place la '
Portland on October 21,-1906. In about
stx . montns, she alleges, be began the
cruel treatment on which her complaint "
U based. . ,'.
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