THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL' 18, 1803.
ELLIS FAR
fit
ricpublican Nominated to
; Succeed Himself for 31 em-
:: ber ; of Congress Hawley
Has No ' Opposition-Jef-:;
frey iProbable Democrat
? W. IL E1H. present congressmen
rm I hi. rend district, la the Republl
can nomine ror that offlo to succeed
.' himself with George B. Shepherd second
' ' and T. T. Qear third. ' ' i
',' Incomplete return from the state
give Ellis ft aafe ld with, hla plurality
piling up, aa the reports conUnua to
coma In. ' Shepherd ran ahead of E11U
In Multnomah county but lost nis iea
outside of the county Una.
The rota ao far aa It ha been ra-cl-ed
glvea KUla .! In tha state out-
siri Multnomaa couniy, w ,-
iiniinnntah munii. fiheDherd received
k7 outside of the county and 8.497 in-
aide. Ur rtrwwa .
, the county and t.to inside. The totala
J so far riven Jor me tnree rnoiutc
I-m. fata uh.nhtrd 4. J 71 and Gear
'i.74. Ellis 'has a lead over Shepherd of
VlV' tha first district W. C Hwey
without opposition, received the full
party vote, while the Democrat nomi
nated J. J. Whitney of Albany oy writ
ing hla name in on ue oavno.
. TumMMfUi return from tha second
district have oome In In auch an In
complete manner -tnai it u innnmin
whether Andrew Jackson Derby or-Jphn
A. Jeffrey haa received tna nomination.
Jeffrey haa the lead In Multnomah coun
ty, and will perhaps be tha nominee of
the Democratic . party for the Second
dlatrlct
GETTlflfi READY FOR
TRIP TO LEWISTOH
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Portland Business Men Are
k 'Eapidly SlgningTJp -f
- .for the Excursion.
FAMOUS LETTERS
' III HYDE TRIAL
"Elizabeth" Diamond Fie-
titious rerson According
to the Prosecution.
' Rapid progress la being mad with
arrangement for tha Portland business
men's excursion to XawUtoa celebrat
ing tha openly; of the a B. & N.
Ca' new Una. from Rlparia to Lewla
ton. The business nen of Portland are
enthusiastic over tha prospect for a
fileaaant trip and tha excursion prom
sea to ba tha largest and moat success
f ul ever given by tha city" commercial
, bodies. -' , . - . -
Those who have thus far signed for
the trip are. Richard , W. Montague,
Jnhn n. Oriniv. W. . V. BurrelL C K.
;r-n TVUItun L. Brewster. Dr. Otis
B. Wight, George McMillan, John Ste
wart, Oregon journal, Aom .nicnarason,
W. A, Montgomery, R. W. Lewis, Mo
Cargar. Bate & Lively, Dr. B. J. Labba,
William Warren, cnariea K. Davis,
B... B. i Piper, J. K Carroll, I Allen
Lewis.' H. L. Power. John a Beall
j. H. UoClunr. C F. Wright. A. M.
AVrlght. H. C. Campbell, J. P. O'Brien,
II. , p. Holmes, (. juang, v. u. Burrum,
Joseph N. TeaL W. L. Benham, O. A.
llarmon, T. B. Wilcox, P. C. Kelsey,
B. Lombard. W. C. Bristol. usKar hu
ber, George Brown, H. , W. Monaate.
w. L. Boise. Oar Lombard. H. A. Bar
rent, Goodyear Rubber -Co., Marshall
Wells Hardware Co Neustadter Bros.,
w. F. Fuller ft Co., BiaKe, McFau a
Co., Charles L. Mastlck, A. McCalman,
I. Low en part, racirio j'aper cvw. it.
Qlafke Page a8on, Flher, Thorsen
A Co., Portland Seed Co., Poison Ini-
element-Co., C C Chapman, Henry Al
ters. Blsslnger A Co., C F. Adam,
A. 8. Btelnbaeh, Hon. T. W. Mulkey,
Hon.-A. L, Mills, Edward Cooktngham.
F, Walton, W. J. Burns, F; H, Fogarty,
J. C. Ainsworth, M. Flelschner William
McMurrey, a F. Swlgert. W. D. Wheel
wright, W. W. Cotton. Sidney B. Loew
enberg, George P. Lent, J. W. Vogan. Ed
Khrman, .Fred H. Strong, F. W. Cook-
. man,'6Aniuel Connell, Guy Talbot, D.
C. Lewi. Tlil. Story, II. D. Kllham.1
A. E. BueaL George Taylor Jr., B, F.
' PraeL H. W. Mitchell, W. D. Coleman,
A. A. Mall, Otto Breyman, Oregon City
Pa per 'Co.i
3IRS. MAETIN FREED
. BUT ARRESTED AGAIN
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; Oakland Cal., April 18. Tha Indict
ment agalnat Mrs. Isabella Martin,
charging her with Inducing "Baby John"
Martin, her putative son. to dynamite
the home of Judge Ogden, was quashed
(Pelted Pre Leased Wire.)
Washington, April 18. The Interest
ing feature of the Benson-Hyde land
fraud trial today waa the Introduction
of tha so-called "Elisabeth Diamond" let-
tere written to E. P. McCornaek, for
mer Drenldent cr the in ml jsationai
bans; of Salem, Oregon, by Frederick A.
lyae, who (sought to convey ine im-
rtston, it is aia. tnai -biisaDetn
referred to ml real person, wlwi In re-
alltv It was a fictitious name according
10 tha proeerutlon.
The' arovemment maintains that the
land for which application were made
under that name wea later found to be
in Hyde's possession. Oswald West,
formerly state land agent of Oregon,
testified that all applications filed by
Oeorge W. Davla were regular but that
the applications made oy Donald Alex
ander oontalned names that were fie
titious so far as hla Investigations de
veloped, except In four caaea.
Growth 'of Industry in the
United States to Signifi
cant Contrast to General
Conditions Providing: for
Development.
(Special Correspondence to Tha Journal)
Chicago, April 18. -Inquiry Into tha
business revival, which is slowly set
ting In, shows a latent prosperity and
power of expanalon In the bualneas
world which surface conditions have not
Indicated. Reports of commercial
agencies and wholesale houses record
Under I almost no advance In moat lines of
cross-examination Weat admitted that) trade and Industry. But underneath
he onty wveaugaiea oonaiuona in fori- th,. foe. workln- tha. ,videnoe
land.
BABE DIES OF THIRST
HUNTING PET RABBIT
fCntted Prase Leased Wire.)
Carson, Ner., April 18. Tha
ad story of a 8-year-old boy
who tramped 11 miles through
tha bills In searck of a pet rab
bit and than fell dead from
. thirst and .hunger la unfolded
through tba discovery today of
the lifeless body of Donald
Peckham oa tba summit xf
Mount Davidson.
DonaldV who was tha aon of
Jamas Peckham, employed In the
of flea of tha attorney-general at
Reno, wandered from his home
Thursday sight hunting for a
rabbit that bad disappeared
.among tha hllle near Virginia
City. Searching parties were
organised, bnt no trace of tba
boy was found until f o'clock
this morning, when his body was
found on Mount. Davidson. 18
mllea from here.
U. OF 0. STUDENTS' '
VACATION STUNTS
Unlveralty of Oregon. Eugene, Anrll
18 The majority of tba students from
out of town hara taken advantage of
tha apring vacation, which will last all
of next week, and have already de
parted, leaving th campus pracucaiiy
deserted, . A party Of seven Instructors
and students or we mining uu
try departments under the supervision
pf Professor Stafford and Engineer
Walter M. Baton will leava Cottage
Oroya Monday to Inspect the quicksil
ver mine and smelter at Black Butte.
By this meana they will get practical
experience which it la Impossible to ob
tain at tha university.
Th Beaver quartet, composed of four
freshman, Fame, ugaen. jLaviaon nu
Angell, will make a tour of the little
towns arouna tuftnu, ginus "w,it
They have already given a ooupla with
flattering success. ....
A party that had planned to take a
trin tn fUlem In canoes, and another
Intending to rid to Portland on bicy
cles, were compelled to give up their
trips on socount oi me wnimr,
A
the soundness of tha nation's prosperity
and point to a future that la at marked
variance with tha Immediate outlook.
Tba growth In the telephone Industry
la a good example of this strong under
current. Since the first of the year
engineers of this city, whose duty It is
to forecast tha future, have had to radi
cally revise their estimates of the
amount of telephone service which the
country will ultimately require.
Ten years ago It would have seemed
chimerical to euggest that there would
ever be .OOU.OOtf telephones In the
United States, yet that is the total In
operation at tha first of this year. This
mesne an average of one lusrument to
every 14 persons. This is a wonaer-
ful advance when one remembers ths
tha first commercial circuit waa estab
lished barely 80 years ago. To tele
phone engineers, however, this is not
an end but the beginning of achieve
ment and the real aoal of their effort
la an era of universal telephony In
which there shall be a telephone for
every five peraona !n tha United Statea
That muni a taleohone for every fam
ily, or perhaps better atated, a tele
phone for every other family, and aa
many mora In places of business. But
that la not all. Todav the Bell engl
neers are revising their estimates be
cause they find that Z0 per cent devel
opment will ba reached a dosen years or
more earlier than they bad expected.
The story of tha unforeseen factore
which upset their calculations Is tha
atory of tha natlon'a prosperity for tba
intervening years.
steaded, Mora Phosea.
PRINCIPLE WON, NOT
MAN, SAYS H. M. CAKE
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Successful Candidate for Nomination as United' States
"Senator Declares Sentiment for Statement No. 1: . .
' ; Kept ; IIim Ahea of Fulton.
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One of tha cleanest political earn
palgns ever conducted la thla state was
that of Mr. Cake, tha successful candl
date for. Republican nomination for
United Statea senator. From Mr. Cake'
headquarters tha campaign has been
eonduoted along absolutely Impereonal
lines, the Issue at stake being tbe causa
of Statement No. L
Mr. Cake for mora than two rears
as been recognised as tha Renubllcan
advooate of the popular election of
United States senatora. Ha attributes
hla nomination absolutely to the cause
of the popular election of United Statea
aenatora
"I attribute tha victory absolutely to
the determination of tha people to hold
fast to the rights which they have la
bored ao bard to gain. My firm convic
tion with reference to tha popular elec
tion of United States aenatora and
Statement No. 1 and my earnest advo
cacy of that cause la without doubt tha
cause of my selection by .tha Republi
can of this state. e
"The defeat of Senator Fulton , was
dua In no sense to bis personality, to
his record, or to anything that he has
ever done. In my estimation it la due
simply, as I said before, to tha fact that
the people demanded that their senators
uouia d eiaoiea d; m DODUiar vota. an
that Mr. Fulton's position was not auf
flclently positive on thla to carry tha
people with him.- . -
"A powerful causa of yesterday's vie
tory, together with tha sentiment In
favor of Statement No. i, waa the
newspapera throughout ths atata of
Oregon. There could ba no mora etrlk
Ing Illustration of their power. There
are ruiiy to per cent of tna newspapers
of the state which ara ardent advocates
of the popular election of senators and
Statement No. 1. As exponents of that
eause they aupporetd me not person
ally, but aa the one who waa advocating
me peopte s rignis.-
CAKE FAR IN LEAD IN
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
LOVE TRAGEDIES
; SHOCK EUROPE
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Three Bemarkablo : Cases
Brought to ; Light in
Faris and , London. ;
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almllar love tragedies ara reported from ; Written On COngTrCSSmaU'S
thraa European cltlee. In Parla Henri -ir.-i.r m i " ' m. '
jiucuuie -rjiuiograiuis,. u
Deval brought his bride of a few1 hours
In a flower laden esrrlaaa to thai.
'ina eoupie were singing aa they
entered the house arm In arm.. Uit t.
eaniy a cry or pain waa heard and the
nnxi moment the orldegroom fell dead
in tha passage with a knife atlcklng la
hla back.' In tha darknasa -a vnunif
woman, wno maaa ue ratal tnruat. a
oaped. ' but aubeeouently she waa ar
rested. She turned out to be a former
sweetneart or the bridegroom
Prove Charge.
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When the country began to look up
nnexneotad demand for teleohone sarv
Ice began to be noted. Long before tha
end of tha last decade of the nineteenth
century it waa evident that the original
estimates of an ultimate ratio of three
telephones to every 100 persons were
nopeiessiy lnsuiuciani, tinu uuui
vlneara heran to assure doubting flnan
clers of the likelihood that they might
henceforth safely count upon future 10
per cent development mis waa
rarriiui as tha absolute limit. )
would only bo approached gradually as
tha national wealth accumulated and
more people were In a position to ai
tnrA tha luxuries of Ufa.
Again, however, tha Impossible hap
pened. Tear after year of proeperity
after the lean years following 18t, an
In the superior court thla morn In it.
Wra. Martin's liberty and victory, how
aver, were - merely technical, for she
- was Immediately tak In In charge. She
. will he arraigned today mi tne same
charge before Police Judge Samuels.
. The ground for quashing the indict
ment was bias on the part of -a grand
luror. i The prosecution contended that
lias on tne nan joi one juror wouia noi
' Invalidate the proceedings If 11 of the
numW required to return an Indictment
were unbiased. - This stand, it was de
cided after investigation of the authori
ties, was untenable, and as nothing is
really gained by the defense so far as
tne prosecution or mrs. mamn is con-
- cerned, tha quashing of the indictment
- was not strongly opposed - In court to
day.
GREAT CE0WD SEES
. : : 3IEET AT STANFORD
(Cnited Press teased Wire.)
Stanford University, Cal., April 18.
One of tha greatest crowds ever gath
ered to .witness the lnter-colleglate
struggles between . Stanford and ' Cali
fornia waa on the new athletic fields
In the university grounds this after
noon, when the first event in the track
meet was ealled. Barring a light wind
waatber conditions were Ideal. The sun
ahone warm and bright, the track was
in grand shape and the breaking of
turns recoraa wu luoitea ror.
fter vacation there will be only six
weeks of school until commencement
ALLEGED P0ST0FFICE
THIEVES ARE HELD
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Klamath Pall. Or.. April 18. Bert
Ragan and hla wife of Koyston post-
office, who were arrested on a charge
of stealing from the malls while Ragan
was deputy postmaster, were brought
before Commissioner Martin at Merrill.
They waived examination and were
bound over to the grand Jury In the
aum of 11.000 each. Postofflce Inspec
tors O. C. Riches and R. J. 8tockmeyer
have lust returned from Royston. where
they have been collecting evidence in
the case.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
PIONEER IS DEAD
(Special Dispatch to Tba Journal.)
Forest Grove, Or., April 18. Alverlus
Matteson. an Oregon pioneer of 1854,
died at his home near Gaston Wednes
day at the age of 83.
He crossed the plains by oxteam and
took up a donation claim in Washing
ton county. The following children
survive him: Rodell, Herbert, Ernest,
Elba. Mrs. A. A. Russell and Mrs. A.
3. Hamlrlch. The funeral will be held
at the Hill cemetery, near Gaston, tomorrow.
Sut tne country into oeuer snaps to
evelop. Us Industries. New uses for
the telephone were discovered, while In
the conduct of every-day business It
became Indispensable. With each year
th network of local, toll and long-dis
tance lines spread more widely over the
surface of the country.
The engineers
watched the growing lines on the map
and saw that the old estimates were in
sufficient. By 1806 they had basarded
the prediction that 80 per cent develop
ment might be expected, or one tele-
hone to every five persons, caicuiat-
tha probable growth in population
and the rate or growm in me leiepnons
business, they fixed upon 1930 or 1936
as the probable data when thla develop
ment would be reacnea.
Then pame more years of nrosnertty,
of cltv avstems extending, of farmers
building neighborhood exchanges and of
ACCUSED OF FISH
LAW VIOLATION
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Astoria, Or., April 18. Water Bail
iff W. D. Mack has filed complaints In
justice court against IX Falangus and
Knute Nelson, charging them with vlo-
latlns- the state risntng laws. Tne
former is accused of having salmon in
California sent a great delegation of
Dl
The championship in the tennis
admirers down, the
on of tha
In evidence.
lue and colli enl
ore of tha atata university being well
Pintles was won by Melville Long of
California defeating H. Mann of Stan
ford In two straight seta , Score, 8-8,
Damage at Columbia's Mouth.
- - (RpeehU- Wpatdt t Tb i.xiratf.
Astoria, Or- April 18. Th storm
crested ha yoo around Sand Island. A
, rumber of fishing - boats broke from
their moorings, as well as several scows
nil net racks.' The amount of damage
will amount to between- 82.000 and
J; 1.0 00. So far as learned no fishermen
wvre drowned or Injured. , ...
Officer la lino. -
(t'liited Press Wire.)
Washington, April 1. A letter of
yomtnen.liitlon Waa today sent by Secre
tary ef the Navy Metcalf to Lieutenant
i ' nrls S. Freeman, of the battleship
; ..n!M-tiut. who on April I rescued a
.,-, from drowning at Magdalena
his possession on April 8, during the
closed season. Nelson Is charged with
nnerar Ins- his ' trsn near Snag Island
early in tha morning of April IS, before
the season openea,
Killed In Subway.
(tTnlted Press Leased Wire.)
New York. Anrll 18. D. C. Sullivan
of Montreal, from papers found on his
v Kollave1 in. h advlRorv counsel
tnr the Orand Trunk, railway, was in
stantly killed In the subway between
Flftv-nfnth and Si.ftieth streets. He
was a-round to pieces. A postal card
found in his -pocket bora the request
from Miss Sadie Randall of Brooklyn
that be spend Easter with her. Other
missives Indicated that . the man waa
Miss Randall's fiance.
Candidate Seriously HI. ' .
(Special Dtapatcb to Tha Journal.)
Klamath Falls, Or., April 18, Vr.
George H. Merryman, 1 Republican can
didate for Joint, senator . from Crook,
Klamath and Lake counties, is seriously
ill. He is threatened with typhoid
f neumonla and la under tbe care of a
rained nurse. His illness Is the result
of overwork. In connection with bis
regular practice and, tha arduous work
Of bis campaign.'' '
' i Taf t Favors : Waterways.
(Cnltad Press Ln.ea Wire.)
Washington, April 'It. Secretary of
war -i an loaay placed nimseir on rec
ord a favoring the appointment of a
permanent Inland waterways commis
sion and the 'creation of a special fund
of , 150,000.008 for their Improvement
and, development. .. . -..
toll lines being strung between towns
which had never before bad communica
tion. Each year showed an increase
over the former ones, until last year
showed auch a phenomenal growth in
the number or instruments tnai tne ex-
lerta had to begin figuring afresh. This
Ime thev estimate that 20 Per cent sat
uratlon will b reached some time be
tween 1915 and 1920, and even thla esti
mate may have to be revised. ine
country would then have a total of over
20,000,000 telephones.
Bpell rrosperlty.
The significance of these figures Is
reater than appears at the first glance.
"hey spell not only prosperity for
the TTnltnil States in every line of bus I
ness and every Industry but stand as a
monument to the raitn or American in
vestors and the energy of American en
glneera The investment represented
by the various telephone systems of the
country Is enormous. The last annual
report of the American Telephone &
reiegrapn company snows mai aurmi
the bast elsrht year over S360.000.00
has been expended In new construction
by the Bell companies alone. The ex-
cenditures hv the Independent comet
nles, if they could be ascertained, would
still further Increase this total
The total Investment In telephone
plant In the country today cannot bo
figured, but a rough estimate of it can
now for the first time be made. The
report of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company, referred to before,
gives the appraised value on January 1,
1908, of all the Bell properties In tha
TTnlted States, and thla fiarures un to
the enormous total of $488,296,000, or
In round flan res half a billion dollars.
To this should be added another 1200,
000,000 or more for the plants of the
various "independents," maging tne
final figures for the country approxi
mately three quarters of a billion dol-
The same report contains other fig
ures of Interest, showing the vast
strides which the telephone art has
taken in the past decade. During 1907
alone, enough miles of wire were added
bv the Bell companies to extend around
the earth 45 times and still leave some
over. The total mileage of wire In use
at the beginning of this year for ex
change and toll service was 8,610,592
miles. Nearly six billion messages
passed over the Bell wires last year,
making an average of nearly 19,000,000
mensages a day. To maintain and re
construct the plant to take care of these
messages required an outlay during the
past five years of 1147,000,000.
aigastlo Growth.
Mere flaures alone, however, can give
no idea of the work Involved In thla gl-s
gantic growtn. une oi tne most roman
tic chapters in the history of the coun
try's progress is the story of the hard
ships encountered and tha obstacles
Complete returns from TT precincts
In Multnomah county give tha standing
of Cake and Pulton for tha senatorial
nomination aa follows: Caka 16,7(0,
Fulton 14.148.
For congress tha vota for Ellis Is
l.
1.118, for Shepherd IIS and for Gear
1.951.
For railroad commlssoner the vota for
Altchlaon la 4.407. for Hurlburt 1.977.
For district attorney, Cameron 1,474,
Moaer 1,687. Cole 1.496.
GERMAN LUTHERAN COLLEGE IN
PORTLAND GROWS STEADILY
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German Lutheran Concordia College of Portland.
One of the 14 colleges of the German
Lutheran church .In the United States
has been established on a five-acre tract
of land at Heidelberg, on tbe Alberta
street carline, and is known as the Ger
man Lutheran Concordia college of
Portland. The only other Lutheran in
stitution of tbe kind on the Paclfln
coast. Is located In East Oakland. Call
fornla. Tha local college was estab
lished three years ago on a small ara 1
and haa grown steadily. In addition to
these 14 colleges the church has estab
lished; three business colleges, one deaf
mute institution, one home ror the
feeble-minded, eiaht Lutheran hos
pltals, ten orphans' homes, two homes
for old people and one sanitarium.
station or the vessel at tha dock. And
the story Is not yet done.
What the future will bring forth In
the way of telephone expansion is hard
to estimate. The record of - the past
and Its Insufficient forecasts shows the
folly of predictions In an Industry
which seems to nave sucn a marvelous
power of growth. Enough has been said,
however, to ahow that the "era of uni
versal telephony" foreseen by the early
engineers Is no longer a theoretical
dream, but a speedily approaching fact.
and the next ten years will undoubtedly
set a record for development beside
whlo.h the achievements or todav will
sink Into Insignificance.
AT I V
LIONS BREAK OUT
DURING TEXAS STORM
(United PrM Loased Wire.)
Fort Worth, Tex., April 18. A heavy
wind and rain storm swept Over north
ern Texas last night and for several
hours telephone, telegraph and railroad
service was almost completely sus
pended. Tracks were washed out and
bridges were swept away, isvery tele
phone wire out of Fort Worth was out
of commission and the telegraph com
panies were not in much better shape.
Cleburne, 20 miles south of here,
was visited by a cloudburst, between
BOO and 600 houses being flooded by
two bayous running out or their banks.
A circus witn tents pitcned on the
west side of Cleburne was wrecked.
Two lions made their escape and
orowied about tne city ror two hours
creating a reign of terror. A canvas-
man was caught under the wreckage of
the tent ana rataiiy injured.
TRACK TODAY
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, April 18. Emeryville
results:
First race, six furlongs, selling, 4-year-olds
arid UP J. W. O'Nell (108), 4
to 1, 8 to 6. T to 10t won; Hector (101),
5 to 1, 6 to 2, second; Elmdale (109), 2
to 3, third. Time, 1:14. Scratch Golden
Wine in tba fifth race.
Second race, four furlongs, purse,
2-year-olds Tom Hayward (109), 8 to
2, 1 to 2, won; Alice George (100), 7 to
10, 1 to 4, second; Woodlander (112). 1
to 2, third. . Time. 47 4-5.
PASSENGERS HURT IN
LOS ANGELES WRECK
ANDIDATES HAVE
JimjP AT MYRTLE
(Soectal Dlipatcb to Tb Journal.)
Mvrtle Creek. Or.. April 18. During a
political argument here C. O. White was
assaulted by O. P. Wlxon. Both were
arrested. TVixon was fined 15. White
was found, not guilty. Both, are candi
dates for representative in the Fifth
district. Both were badly bruised about
the face. Wlxon, Republican, waa de
feated in bis precinct by 11 votes.
Oregon, 5; Whitman, 1.
aneelal Dlsiiateh to Tha Jonrnai.l
TCusnne. Or.. Aorll 18. University of
Oregon won the baseball game from
alt
overcome in the extension of the tele
phone service. The pole lines that have
sprung up like magic across the western
prairies and over the highest mountains
have- cost as much in human enterprise
and perseverance as they have in dol
lars. In the Rocky mountains In Colo
rado and Wyoming, lines - have been
strung up cliffs so steep that every
pole has had to be strapped to a mule
snd then the mule dragged un tha alone
-from ledge to ledge.
v At one point in Colorado many thou
sand feet above the sea level It .was
found Impossible to keep poles stand
ing on account of avalanches, so a sub-:
am m (B h 1 A WAS rUTl AVJt th. l.M. !
sheathed with armor-plating and held
In place by rocks. Other lines Were
aiink in cables under the beds of rivers
or swung across from bank to bank In
giant spans nunarens or xeet long. No
nuinh.was too far for the wires to run.
no mine too deep for tha telephone to
penetrate. ' Train' and even sea-going
Vessels have been equipped with appar
atus . which Is connected with regular
city system. While tha train is in tba
Whitman college yeaterday afternoon 5
to 1. The Oregon team leaves Monday
on a trip througn tne vaiiey. xne state
"U" has a good chance of winning tha
northwest championship.
Fulton Leads lit Crook.
Prinevllle, Or., April l8.-r-Crook coun
ty returns, uncomplete, are as roiiows:
Caka 248. Fulton 291; Ellis 892, Geer
121, Shepperd 47; Bean 456; Bally 864,
Reld 142; Aucnison lfs, uasion ion,
Hamilton 83, Hurlburt 68, Loucks 62,
Whiting 89j .Myers 267, Wilson 828,
Folgate 204, Merryman 251, Willlts 186,
Belknap 871. Brlttala 219, Marks 180.
. : Grant Carried by Fulton,
rinvm mtv. Or.. Anrll 18. Results
In Grant: county, .uncomplete. Fulton
n Cake 182: Ellis 808. Geer 88. Shec-
pard 88; Auonison uuion is, Ham
ilton tl, Hurlburt 62; Loucks 85, Whit
ing 7; Perrlsh 88 W Sits 99; Belknap 286,
Bratton 187. Marks 287.-, ,
Taft got two or three delegates from
Illinois, after all. showing that soma
Republicans of tha Sucker atata have
aised up Unci Joe correctly. -
(Halted Pre Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal, April 18 The
buckling up of a motor car which pre
vented a quick stop, was responsible
for a crash of street oars at Sixth
and. Alvarado Streets today; which
hurled one of he cars over en its aid
and more or less seriously injured sev
eral of tbe passengers. The accident
happened at a crossng while both cars
were traveling at good speed.'
Grand Lodge Delegates.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Freewater, Or., April 18. Freewater
lodge, No. 202, t O. O. F, has elected
T. C. Bottomarf and L. B. Mitchell aa
their delegates to the grand lodge at
Salem 'in June..,
. (Ult4 Prut Ltd Wire.)
Washington, April " II. Sensational
testimony regarding tha authorahlr) of
At - Ivanlca. Marvia. . tha waliMna nt I tha a nn hj- sr.-.'
M , .. .. .. w " V I - ."wimv,. III WlllkU V-VIi
Cana Kerotl vltoh. a peasant girl, tolraaBm.n ,. . um...
Hajln Kojopelltch ended In a legible V " ! ..T V Michigan wag
tragedy. Tha bride became engaged aenrte1 wto misconduct In his deal-
ar ago to tne onaagroom s brother inge witn the Electric. Bost company
afore We left home to do his military I-.. .
servloe duty. Uurlng hla absence she 1 ' wiieynsarin, u.,
transferred her affections to JUajln and UM- N. Carvalbo. Ue New york
finally agreed to marry him. The ab- expert on tha Identification of typewrit-
f7P,hih; d.hy,,b.f,oT,orh.i &ls!-!!w. ...w2
wedding deserted his regiment. Ha ar- "written oi "th. game typrlter is
Erl"v.7,?u,t!?1If Sd.fh1t i!,"n "VI? Lllley denied that the documenta aub
waa killed and tha brida badly wounded. I mil t.H h kin. i ki.
The mlnlater escaped. - . flee, claiming that they were handed to
At Lisbon a tragedy occurred in coo- him by represents Uvea of tha Lake Tor-
sequence of two sisters being In love tedo company. .He also denied tha au-
with the aaroa man. Anna Conoelco thorehlp of the letters Representative
recently became engaged to a young In- Boutell, explaining th calling Into tba
fantryman and her slater Maria, who case of Carvalho, said:
formerly bad been courted by him. "Aa no una hmri th 'miihm a n
Planned a terrible revenge. In honorl knowlarfa-a writing 1 tha mii
of Anna's birthday she made a pudding, tempts to blacken tha character of Con-
adding to tha other Ingredients a largs greasman Loud and defeat him for re-
quaatlty of araenlo with tha reault that nomination, tba committee haa taken
Anna and a girl friend, who partook what steps It could to establish their
freely of tbe pudding, became seriously lauthorshlo."
ill. Maria waa arrested and a few mln-1 Carvalho exhibited nine photogra:
how bis i
rta waa arrested and a few min
utes after being locked up banged her- negative -and a chart to aho
elf.
phlo
con-
ANARCHISTS Hi OUT
BY ITALIAN GITIZENSL
cluaiona Th chart consisted of Ilk
word from varloua documents occur
ring in the anonymoua letters.
SIGLER DEFEATS
A. G. RUSHLIGHT
(United Press Leasea Wlra.)
Roma, April 18. Anarchists from all
oyer Italy desperately resisted an at
tempt by th townspeople today to drlva
tbam from Rapallo, one of the ooun-
try'a leading watering place and win
ter raaorta A tierce fight anaued. In
which many were hurt on both sldea
Tha police eama to tha people's aid In
suppressing the riot, and tha "reds"
were finally routed and fled In every di
rection. The anarchists had called a
convention In the town to protest
against the hospitality which the in
habitants nave recently extenaea to vis
iting royalties, chiefly of minor Euro
pean ststes, but .the attack on them oc
curred before much progress bad been
made with tbe speeches or adoption of
resolutions.
B. D. Slgler haa eeoured tha
nomination for aaaassor over A..
G. Rnahltgbt by 878 votee, ac
cording to tha returns ao far
received from tba county, Tha
fight between tha two tnea haa
been a bard one. The returns
from 42 preolncte complete gtv
4 .tha nomination to Slgler by tba
4 following vota: Slgler. 5,271;
Rushlight, 4,802.
WASHINGTON COUNTY" ;
CLAIMED FOR CAKE
CIPOLLA SENTENCED
: TO PAY WITH LIFE
(Usltad Press Leased Wire.
Sacramento, April 18. AHonlo Cl-
polla, convicted of th murder of Jo
aeph Pi ratio, was today sentenced by
Superior Judge Hughes to bang at Fol
som penitentiary. The prisoner re
ceived the sentence calmly, declaring
nis innocence or tne crime.
Plarano was set upon by three of his
countrymen. horribly slashed. and
thrown Into the river for dead. He
managed to crawl ashore and waa res
cued by a river ateamer. Before he died
two days later he Identified Clpolla aa
one of hla assailants. Clpolla was
caught In a lodging-house, his clothes
covered with blood. He had Just shaved
off bis mustache. Other witnesses tes
tified to seeing Clpolla in company with
Plarano on the afternoon of the murder
and he was speedily convicted on the
first ballot, wnue strongly asserting
nis innocence.
FARMERS VOLUNTEER
TO MAKE GOOD ROADS
Weston. Or.. April 18. The farmers
have begun a campaign for good roads
in tnis vicinity, oouin or town bud-
scrlbtlons for more than 200 days' work
with teams have been secured. One
farmer, W. H. Booher. gives 20 days'
wora ana tne tree use or nis roca
quarry. The county, wnicn sgrees to
pay the expense of crushing the rock
of the city, will donate the use of Its
rock crusher, and the farmers will haul
and spread the material. It is proposed
to spread tne roca i reet wiae.
THREE STATEMENT
. MEN IN MARION
v.
(Special DlaoatcB to The Joe real. I
Salem. Anrll 18. Incomplete returns
from Marlon county show .that Hal D,
Patton. O. D. Hatterbersr and A. C
LIbby have received the. nomination for
representatives, - These three candidates
were pledged td Statement No U Marion
county will elect five representatives,
and the 'returns so far completed show
that three of the number will ba State
ment No. 1 men. ;
' Knight at Baater Service
(Special DlKpatCB to Tb Journal.)
Pendleton,' Or., April 18. Pendleton
eommandery No. 7 and the Baker City
commanderjr of Knights Templars will
Join with the Church of the Redeemer
In the' celebration of Easter tomorrow.
Elaborate programs have been arranged
for tha day and a large number of
visiting knights ara expected. Tbe
eommandery service will, take place ' at
2:80 .in the afternoon. 1
(Special DIMtch te The Joornal.)
TYM-t .... . 1 Inall 1a ImuimftlM
returns from Washington county, give
Cake 894, Fulton 426, but it la certain
that Cake will have a majority In tha
county.
For food commissioner Bailey .4 09,.
Reld 24L . . - . ...
Railroad commissioner campDeu- Z3V,
Carter 218. Robertson 85. .
For joint senator Barrett-oi vvasn
Inrton county will ha- e a large major
ity.
For atate senator Dr. Woods funs
away ahead of his ticket; Haines (ex
sens tor badly beaten. -
For representatives Oreer, Hlnes and
Meek elected.
Sheriff Hancock elected by large
majority.
Clerk Bailey beata Oodman by small
majority Smith got good vote at borne,
but small vote outside.
Treasurer Jackson elected over King
by large majority.
For assessor -Max Crandsll defeats
Wilcox, who has held the office for a
doten or more years, by very large ma
jority.
TRACTION FRANCHISE
GRANTED BY WESTON
(Special Dlapatcb to Tb Journal.)
Weston, Or., April 18. The Walla Walla
Traction company, which Is n6w oper
ating an electric line between Walla
Walla and Milton, has Just been grant
ed a franchise by the Weston city coun
cil to operate a line through tbe main
street of Weston. The traction com-
Sany agrees to build a substantial
rldga across pine creek on Water
street, with passageways for teams and
pedestrians, and to keep the super
structure in' repair. The city receives
the nominal sum of ft annually for the
use of Ita street. Construction must
be begun by the company within 18
month and completed within two years
or it franchise becomes void. Rights
of way have been deeded by the farm
ers for nearly the entire way from Mil
ton to Weston, and In almost every In
stance no compensation waa asked of
tha company.
MARKET DAYS IN
EASTERN OREGON
(Hpecial Diapsteb to The Joan.)
La Grande. Or.. April 18. A monster
stock ahow snd market day are, being
held in La Orande today. Farmera from
all parts of Union county are here. A
parade Is to be an afternoon feature.
Over 100 fine horses hav been listed
and there are buyers hare from all
parts of tha northwest.
Athena. Or- Aoril lL-Athena la ar
ranging for a sales day. These sales
days are becoming very popular through
out eastern' Oregon, and are very suc
cessful. Over 8100 baa Just been raised
by a committee inaugurating a sales
day in the near future. The first sales
day will be held May 2.
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