10"
'' THE " OREGON"" DAILY ' "JOURNAL, PORTLAND WEDNESDAY ' EVENING MAY 6, 1808.
ASK FOR
DEFENSES
Need for Better Protection
for Pacific Coast Is Sub
ject of Discussion at Met-
mlf Breakfast at ban
. Francisco.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Fan Francisco. May S. The strategic
aspect of Hawaii, the Philippine
Island and the Pacific coast. Its de
f enables condition, and the need for
fortifications and naval protection, were
topics discussed at tne P"1' '"'"
" ' . . ' ... i IT . .
Vif thii mnrnlna- at the St Francis
hotel under the auspices of the Call-
fnM.1, ,i mmn1nn . emnmittaa.
A monster memorial petition signed
by the various officials of commercial
organisations In Washington, Oregon,
Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arlaona, Califor
nia, Hawaii, Alaska and the Philippines,
reciting the needs of the coast for pro
tection, was presented to Secretary Met
calf, who in turn promised to present
the memorial to the president. Jt Is
couched in the" strongest terms, de
. mantling defenses for the defenseless
Pacific coasw ' . . .
The breakfast opened with an intro
duction by Toastmaater Rufus P. Jen
nings of Mayor Taylor, who enlarged
upon the need- of defenses in Hawaii
and the Philippines and their strategi
cal value In case of war.
Secretary .Hetcalf briefly responded
bv declaring that he would present tho
memorial to the president, and declined
to further discuss ; the affairs of r the
nation, saying: ' ;
"What Is going to be done by the
United States are matters that cannot
be made public at this time."
" Congressman Richmond Pearson Hob-
eon, who was to nave attenaea tne oan
quet, and who was expected to make an
address on , the subject of a greater
navy, did not appear. -
OAVIDOR Ai CLERK
ES
S. B. Davldor, promoter, was the
principal in a double assault' and bat
tery case this morning in Judge Camer
on's court Tuesday afternoon W. O.
"8 lenee, bookkeeper for the 6 1. Johns
ias company,-of which Davldor la pres
ident, had an argument ending in "blows,
in which the bookkeeper was the stronger-
debater. Spenee testified ; that hie
salary as bookkeeper was a month over
due nd that on his making a demand
Davidor grewi abusive. He allearea that
Davldor called him a vile name and
struck blm in the forehead "with a pa
perweight - Davldor, in his charge
against Bpence, stated that the latter
" " .i5i!wr ana uiai ne lusviaori
did not call htm a vile name or use a
paperweight Judge Cameron ruled that,
as both seemed . equally in tho wrong.
me respective- cases would - be dis
missed, A" sensational turn was given
the case when pence's attorney asked
Davldor, while the latter' was on the
cumir, ii ne was not convicted
. "b unaer ine name or I-rfve. The
witness answered in the negative.
Spence swore that ha was under the
Impression that Davldor was makins?
rreparatlons to flee the country And that
that wu tha yaaana hi. "
In going after the back salary. Dav
Cor denied that he intended to leave.
LITTLE TDTE LEFT '
; FOB REGISTRATION
, At the rate rotors are regis-
4 taring it seems unlikely that
more than IJ.OOCV names will ap-
pear on the rolls when they are
made up for tbe Jfuns election,
A and .tin I Ma fhm uT;V"..i.'
during the Ust few days there
' Willie several hundred less than
that number. This mornlna; tb
. total stood at ai,847. of whom
- r wm t uaii
24.884 are Republicans. 8.828 are
w -iuuviw mm .a.,oe are mem-
bers of minor parties or lnde-
', peadanU.-;.io'ii',;.-: ; j'V :'
v Only eight more days art left
for registration. '- Seventy men
registered yesterday, a gain of
-J0 orer the day before, i. Within
. this time, also, must be made
all transfers of those who have
changed their places of resi-
dence from one precinct to an-
other since the primaries.
t Spectacles 11.00 at Me tiger a.
"There are many- things n :. the
month of May for the mind of man
beside work and play." - . ..
.Yes, and one of the Important
. thing is Dress. - " V . :
I f you want big aasortinent
come here. " - -If
you want tiew Ideas come
- here. .-"-' r-V v . -cc -'4- - .t .., :
;If yott want good qualitycome
."here. -;. ,.;-.v
If you want the price right come
here. " . . - - - - - : ' : ' '-, ?
Good Suits, $10 to $30.
Clothing bought here pressed and
kept in repair without charge.
C3-OTKrHG CO
KiC2 ST. '
A
PUIiCII
CROOK COUNTY ARSON
CASE OPENS iFOMORROW
Non-Arrim of Witnesses Causa of Delay, Which Will
Be Improred by Attorneys in, Strengthening the i
1 CasesDefense Prepares on Many Lines.
(Special Dispatch to The JuarsaLt
Prlnevllle. Or May . .The . case of
the state against C. Sam Smith, charged
with arson, alleged to hare been com
mitted during the last days of March,
was continued today to 9 o'clock tomor
row morning, when it will be taken up
ror trial.
Some of the witnesses for the de
fense have not had time to appear as
yet and will not arrive until sometime
tonight. '
Seventeen additional witnesses were
subpoenaed yesterday for the defense
and others may be called todav. Among
tnose subpoenaed are J. H. Gray, Roy
Gray, Dick Moopman, R. Poor, Dick Mil
ler, Ike Blevlns. Andrew Morrow, George
-.I'll n Tl ,T ,1 T . . V. n M.
wa-
j lace Post. William Stanton. C. 8. Smith,
Douglas Lawson, Gilbert Lawaon, George
button, jp . A. Kice ana cnaries u. jveuy.
One Witness Takes to Flight
Many of these were called by tele-
honej direct from tne snerirr s omce.
lick Uwr was called in this manner.
and rumor has it that he mounted a
horse and went in the opposite direc
tion. When seen last evening by an
other witness who had been called Mil
ler was near Post, Oregon, more than
20 miles from town, whereupon a deputy
sheriff was started in pursuit at once.
The witness will be overtaken tonight
and when the fact that he is wanted on
subpoena Instead of a warrant is ex
plained to nim he will no doubt return
without resistance.
J. K. Weatherford, one of the attor
neys for the defense, says preparations
are rapidly being made -by the attor
Woman Llying Near Walla
Walla Last Seen Friday
Three Men Arrested.
(Special Dlapateh te The loaraaL)
Walla Walla. Wash., May The mys
terious disappearance of Mrs. Anna Aid
rich, a wealthy widow,' from her ranch
near. Dixie, eight mUes east of .Walla
Walla, has led to the arrest of George,
John-. And -W. H. . Barnes, - three young
farmers of that neighborhood, on sus
picion that they have made away with
the woman' in order to gain possession
of her -property. Officers are making
diligent search for Mrs. Aldrlch, who
has not been seen since last Friday,
w Dr. John- Nose, a son-in-law of Mrs.
Aldrlch, notified the sheriff yesterday
of her disappearance. Officers went to
the ranch and found one of the Barnes
boys in possession. Barnes said he had
leased the farm and bought all 'the per
sonal property. . . t ' -
w nen Jars. Atancn was laai eeen r ri-
day, she was
ossein through
Dixie
with W. H. Barnea Barnes says, he
drove Mrs. Aldrlch to Waitabur. where
the leas and. a bill of sale .of tbe perf
sonal property were drawn up by Attor
ney K. tl. urmsDee, ana tnai laier Airs.
Aldrtch boarded a train for Walla
Walla. ' ; -"..m
Ormsbee denies- that they ever called
at his office and the conductor says
Mrs. Aldrlch did not ride on his train.
The Barnes boys, -it is said, cannot
show any lease of the ranch or bill of
sale of the -personal property.
Sheriff Haviland and his deputies are
in the Dixie neighborhood this after-
noon making -a search for the woman.
LABORERS LOSE LEGS
BY DITCH CAVE-IH
Domlnlck Fllppo and'.. Sara , Gulllo,
Italian laborers, employed by the Port
land Gas company In digging gas main
ditches, were Injured by -a cave-in at
II o'clock this morning on Moore street
In Piedmont Each sustained a broken
ler. They were immediately removed
to St Vincent's hospital, where their
Injuries were attended to.. The acci
dent was' caused by a passing car jar
ring Jooeo tne nank of tbe auca.
Perfect fitting glasses fl atMetzgera
SPECIAL CLAIM OF
ELGIN'S BOOSTERS
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal)
Elgin, Or., May 6-At the last neet
lng of the Elgin Commercial club much
important work connected with the
building up of this section was done.
A uamphlet is now in press that will
contain a good description of the ad
vantages of Elrin and the Trfdian vaJlev
This will be circulated all through the
mmaio west ana eastern states and good
results are expected, for this part of the
state offers advantages to the land
seeker and new comer that are not
excelled in any other part of the state
"r on the- :oast. No Irrigation irf needed
her to make all kinds of crops grow,
and fruits are abundant. No other sec
tion, it is claimed, offers such Induce
ments to the man of moderate means
as mis section. There is everything
here umber, grain and all kinds of
rruit The com In- year will be a ban
ner year for Elgin and this section of
union county.
WANTS COMMISSION
; TO MAKE REPORT
' . (United prtaa Leuea wire.)
Washington, May On motion of
rBafoe.jifun a Fnof Ohio thi
senate today adpoted a resolution Taking
the interstate commerce eommiMkm tl
"report forthwith" whether or not the
railroads had complied with the rro
visions of the commodity clause ofP&
rat. tew since it .tVt.
Dr. Mann Moves to Portland.
(Special Dlipatefa to The j-..i
North Powder, Or. . May V2!r ur
,,adlnf Physician and 1 Bura-eon
at this place, founder of the .lEt0.?
and Merchants State bank, of which he
was caehler until recently In!
North Powder's moil respected elt?n.f
has, gone to his futurfCm
;VteT"heVe! grVS.R" Jtf ?
Si! :WelllnA,'- hVch,e3
;itience mainly for the
z$&.9i pyr
t Tiu'ITlepnoircaa DcWatos.
1 I- - jjfcaa T4 a -a.
La Grande, Or, May -The Henubll-
ed the following delegates to the state
"::n"TwF; B- Pram well. J. H
nian-wi unnirn ta v-sat Tm.i -
11 . V.; 7 ""onsraxs, lvi Orande
A. Bamea. Elglnt U. a. ivh.h i
t'- A. riayla, Alice!; J: D. fa'ey. Itif-
, vvuas, aieaical (springs.
WEALTHY VilDOW
u HAS VANISHED
neys and that they will be prepared to
enter the contest at the opening of court
tomorrow;
Defense Xs Kept Ones slur-
"The most confusing; thing that has
been done to the defense," said Mr.
Weatherford. "is the dismissal of the
original indictment and the substitu
tion In its place of another that flies
the date at March 27, instead of March
21. as the time the Williamson shearing
plant was destroyed."
The nrosecution was aaked concern
ing the date that will be fixed upon
and said that matter had not been
definitely decided upon as yet. and it
might be changed, but that It would
he fixed unon examination of witnesses
todav, and will be set about the last of
March.
The defense Is preparing to meet any
one of several possible lines of pro
cedure and this accounts for the number
of witnesses that are being called.
Additional Jurors Called.
There Is considerable feelinc here to
day among the friends and political sunt
Dorter of each of the DrinciDals in this
case and crowds of men are congregated
in the courtnouse ana - aoout tne
srrounds speculating; on the probable out
come of the case. Because of the fact
hat the regular list of jurors has been
compelled to stay in Prlnevllle since
Monday, they were thought to be dis
qualified to art on a Jury in this esse
ano tne snerur nas Deen dusv toaay
calling 20 men In addition from the
eastern and northern parts of the county,-
who will answer at the opening of
court tomorrow morning and will no
doubt be used as Jurors.
DEVILISH DEVICE
- - it...
Congressman Bartholdt So
Declares in Speech Before
House Committee.
Washington. May . A spirited , at
tack on prohibition was made today by
Kepresentative Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri before he house committee on
the District of Columbia, which has un
der consideration the Sims bill provid
ing - for . prohibition in the district,' -
"Prohibition is a devilish device to
nail the human family more securely
to the cross of King Alcohol,'.' he de
clared.. He also declared the profes
sional 1 prohibitionists had "corralled
women and children," and that they had
."cracked the whip" over state legisla
tors. "Now," he continued, "they are trying
to crack the whip over the congress of
the r United States. But thla attempt
we must regard not as a command, but
as a danger signal. , Above all things
we must remember . ' that prohibition
does not succeed In Its purpose and that
it does nothing but promote . lawless
arunKenness.
'If ithis thing ffoes on. If these Tiro-
hlbltlonlsts open the Pandora box of
government inquiry, and prohibition we
may go sun partner man even tnev in-
tended. We may investigate whether or
not many American tomes are deserted
because the wives and mothers spend
their time on the streets' and on the
hustings agitating for prohibition. We
may try tp . ascertain whether or not
many of the so-called 'temperance
annas wnicn are consumed oy Amer
ican women in sickening quantities are
aiconono and ar endless harm. '
CHILD FALLS FROM
Mother in the City WMle
Searching for Her Miss
ing Husband.
Nine-year-old Haxel Suckow was
drowned yesterday .afternoon when while
playing on the back porch of the Mont
gomery house at 461 East Morrison
street she fell -from the porch into
eight feet of water in the slough 16
feet below. The body was found this
morning at 6 o'clock, by Officers Bailey
and Keith, who were detailed On the
case when tbe mother notified the no
tice that ber daughter had been missing
sine t o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Kuoy-Buckow came to Portland
about three weeks ago in search of her
husband, who left her in Milwaukee.
She bad located him. but he left her
a few days berore yesterday's drowning.
It is believed that he Is In British Co
lumbia. ..
Metsger. jeweler, optician, til Wash:
RECRUITING FOREST
MEN IN JOSEPHINE
7 (Special Dispatch to The Jooraal.li
Grants pass, Or.; May I. Supervisor
M. J. Anderson, assisted by other offi
cers of the ' United States forest ser
vice. Is holding civil service examina
tions at the headquarters of the Siski
you and southern Oregon reserves In
this city. There are over 20 applicants,
ranging from patrolman to lumberman.
Besides the written examinations, - tne
ranger applicants are taken to the woods
and given practical lessons in-packing
horses, bulldog campfires, and doing
other forest work required of men on
guard.
. Later on this month examinations
will be held for scaler and lumberman.
The position of lumberman pays 11,800
rer rear and ' expenses. Scalers get
1,400 and expenses. : This will be the
first examination of this kind In Ore
gon, as these higher positions are usual-
r riuea oy examination at Washington,
ut the locsf" reserve headauartera Is
now one of tjie motimportant 4a too
United States because of Its area of
valuable timber. The total payroll of
tbe service in JOsepnlne county alene
Is over l.000 Her month." Half a. hun
dred men are employed during the sum
mer ana irom xo 10 s outing the win
ter. -The past year - the service ap
propriated over 1 10.000 for Improve
ments in the reserves in this county
and even larger appropriations will be
mads this year. Most of the expenditure
has been upon trails, roads and tele
phone Unes. . . . , ,
Perfect fitting glasses $1 at MeUger's.
NEW-REVENUE CUTTER ,
FOR COLUMBIA RIVER
';' ' -"saseaaBBss y. a v "5;
" (United Preaa Leased Wire. '
Washlna-ton. D. C. Mav . FYnie et4l
tlonal -revenue cutlers, to cost 1925.000.
are authorised by a bill Introduced lrt-i
the houoe today.. One of the . ships '
will be stationed on the Pacific coast.
PROHIBITION
PORCH
DROWNED
8100,000 FIliE:
?; AT BAY CITY
. ; fcV Nsi " i- li SH- A rJt , .f, - ...
aassassassjsssssasssBSSsssssasjssSB, ,
Burglar Sets Firb to J ewelry
store ana xiestroys Many ;
yBuildingsl" -p
.' (TAdted Press Iaased Wire.) f
Ban Francisco, ' My 6. Only tho
prompt arrival of the fire department
prevented loss of life when a. flr broke
out In ' UtUe tailor shop at 8481 Mis
sion street this morning and did dam
age to stores on both sides to the ex
tent of $100,000 before it was'extln-
sruisnea. lni nre was nrat fllannv.
ered by Policeman O.- F. Ewing and
was replete with Incidents. ' ,
EWing Was iniarlnr a o1t nr im
niKoa tng in passing . the shop
discovered the flames. He Immediate
ly turned In an alarm and then pro
ceeded to the point of call. (
BIsootszw Bobbs. ' .
Returning to the scene .of lha .fire
he discovered a .man in the act of
taking an armful of silverware and
cut glass from the front of a jewelry
store next to the tailor shop. Failing
to surrender at his command And as the
man took to his heels, the officer drew
his revolver and fired. This was. fol
lowed by screams of pain as the man
dlaappeared In the-darkness. . .. , .
Seeing that tbe , fire- was ' gaining
headway, Ewlng turned .his attention
to the oooupants of the adjoining apart
men houses. Unooneclous of their dan-
f;er. four families might' have perished
f it were not for Swing's prompt ac
tion in pounding on their doors with
his night stick. Failing to. arouse one
i tunny ny - mis means, ne . was forced
to break down the door. "
Such headway did the fire make that
the police . ordered , all anartmnnt
nouses on DOtn sides . or the street
.within the Clock, emptied people in
many cases fleeing from the houses
in mgnt garments.
Thieves took advantage- of this and
several houses in tho block were robbed.
X-osi In , Stores.
The loss In the Stores Is estimated
as follows: Joseph Johnson JewelrY,.
t;,w, n.. Ji, iuryer. pnoto supplies,
5,000; Thomas O'Keefe, hay and grain
store, 150,000: ' H. Tamony, bakery,
8,000; F. Chrtstianson, restaurant,
(4.000: loss On bulldlnaa. arinroximale.
ly $100,000. : !v. .. -
l-unng tne course or the fire de
fective light wires In the restaurant
of Martin Dabovlch at 2S02 Mission
street, three - blocks away, started a
second flra. which destroyed the fol
lowing stores: Martin Dabovlch, res-
avm. . TTT 1 ,
store; C-Westminster, saloon.
i nese places were practically gutted,
tho total loss being $50,000. i.
PAVING PROJECT IN
ASHLAND SLUMBERS
v - -
'(Special Dispatch to The JonrsaU
'vA.shla.nd, Or., May 6 Bids wer opened
by the city council last night for the
bftulitblc paving Improvement in Jtsh
land involving a cost of about 155,000.
Bids were received from the Warren
Construction company and the Pacific
Bridge company of Portland. 'All bids
were rejected. While the lowest in
cluded subdralns, etc., it was a little
higher than some citisens had expected,
owing to a misunderstanding orwhat
could ;h included In the cost price.
The presentation of a numerously signed
remonstrance to the effect that the
council should . advertise for all kinds
of hard surface pavements was the main
eaO.se of the rejection and was accepted
as a method of killing the project In
directly. . and was successful. It ap
pears the counclltnen have now no idea
of making any further ef fort for pav
ing lmproemeBtfr thlS year. . f
Metsger fits glasses for $1.00."
CI? OWN PRINCE BHL RECK.
VP f fti. .A ( ffXa A a a A ass eaa.a . ' aaa. .
YBtL0RlOU5 rON? KAZOOK5 AHp vfstv7Krrt -aLJ iSl'Ow--akT - 1 Wi
fAWTlr4t5. YE SAlP PAINTINGS MAlfR YB PRINtt. : " Will it
IS.kJNCrTtrepAK TAH. , c gg VIII"
A.7 . . ) l JiSTery- . ' A-A HlSTORCAU ' A klTU P07 I
IIIU1II0 EIJPIRE
IS
Tom Richardson ' Tells
Trip to , Lewiston
Country: r
.Tom,: Richardson, manager of the
Portland Commercial club, returned thla
morning from an extended trip through
eastern Washington and Idaho, lnclud
Ina Lewiston and ' Snokana ' He at
tended the celebration, at tha opening
of the ' RIparla-Lewlston - line of the
Ol ft. A N. (wmmnT.
"The Inland emolre Is . looking well
and there Is an excellent prospect for
all nroduct and for business in com-
morolal lines tms year." ne saia. in
comoany with a party of friends
-looked over the .country around Spo
kane, and we found conditions . good
everywhere. The inland empire is grow
ing repicny ana it 'it.su irwuiary to
Portland trade. The opening or tne
RiDarla-Lewtston road as well as the
north 'bank line mean great things in
tne. development or commercial rela
tions between. Portland and , the in
terior, - - . : :i
10
IIILUI 10
' " V"'
CLOSING CASE
IsBssaasssaBBBsBsBssMsssassssssBasB !''
- . , . k,. " . ,. - '
Nearly AH Testimony Is in
for Prosecution iriHyde-
; Benson Trial.
TUTnshUwtAM Uaw At Yv 1Sa ' Oan.AH.
v v saaiti nsjk vvUi asao j v. a, s wio wucvu-
Hyde trial today Walker K. Slack, for
merly employed in lienson s oiiice, loan
ttfied a number of letters forwarded -to
Uenrv Dimond while the former was
acting as their representative in Wash
ington. The letters related to the prog
ress of the land patents pending in the
general land offices and the negotia
tions with land owners in the west from
whom purchases were 'contemplated.
Most of the letters related to lands
in the San Francisco mountain reserve
In Arixona, and limond was instructed
to particularly watch Secretary Oar-
field regarding them.
Correspondence Is thought by the
trosecutfon to establish the contention
hat Hyde And Benson were jointly in
terested in these operations.
Practically all of the government
evidence Is In and it hopes to close
its direot case next Wednesday.
Attorney iiirney. appearing in tne
court of appeals today, made argument
on nis application lor a writ or Ha
beas corpus by which he seeks to se
cure the discharge of Benson by rea
son of the decision of Judge LaCombe
Of New York, who held in extradition
proceedings that the offense with which
Benson is charged Is not a violation of
the law.
Pythian Meeting at Pullmans
Pullman. Wash.. May . The district
convention of, the Knights of Pythias
held' here Mdnday night was - attended
by 173 visitors from the various lodges
in the county. Twenty-seven candi
dates were initiated into the third rank,
Coeur d' Alene. lodge of Colfax putting
on the work. The lodge from St John
was swarded a beautiful pair of altar
swords, having furnished the createst
number of candidates In proportion to
membership. The convention voted to
meet next at uoirax, some time next
fall, and elected F. T, Abbott of Colfax
E resident, - Harry Love of Colfax secre
iry and J, F. Tif f t of Colfax: treasurer.
At the close of the ceremonies a ban
quet was served.
PROSPEROUS
PflULDflMtHT
UUiLllMI
KING KAZOOKS
FROM J)C
VXlmM fYITATItL TP.VlRWA COilCCTlOM OF HISTORICAL htlKTit, flVVW
ovyyaKeNCP. FEgHTW WfcTUB
.':.--'-....
M '". VSBaBBBBBBBBJBBJSBJSBaBBBBBBBBBSBBBB
eLASS.OROIIEII
: Ai FACE CUT
Jlrs. ' Paulus . Sues " Phone
; Company, ; Owner ! of
Shaky Ladder." 77
For Injuries caused by the fall of
glass when the window of her restaur
ant was broken In by a stepladder, Mrs.
M. 'A. Paulus is trying to collect $10,095
In damages from tha Par.lflo Telenhona
x i eiegrapn company. The case went
to trial before a jury in Judge Bro
naugh's department of the circuit oourt
inn morning. .
Mrs. Paulus testified that the sect
dent -took place on the morning of May
20, 1907. She was sitting in the front
part of the restaurant at S8B East Mor
rison street, talking with her daughter,
when a shower of glass cams down
upon her. - tihe had - previously seen a
wagon driven by repair men of the tel
ephone company halt: in front of the
place, but she had not watch their
movements, and the entry of tha laddr
inruuan uie wmaow was unexnacten.
8he was. severely cut and her face
somewhat disfigured. -
THREE:
KILLS HIF.1SELF
Bert Deraiieylof "Washington
Court House.Runs Amuck
With Pistol. '
(Vaited Press leased Wire.)
Washington." Courthouse, Ohio, May
.Running amuck with a big revolver,
Bert Devaney, a horseman, last night
shot and killed Llda Bird, a young; e
gress, probably fatally wounded her
mother, and after taking refuge la a
barn to avoid capture by a company of
militia, called out to canture htm. he
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head, but not until he had shot
and killed Silas Shackelford, the owner
of the barn, who bad gone' in to bring
Devaney out.
ievaney is believed to nave been in
sane. Two years ago, while marshal of
uaroyvuie, waere nis wue still lives,
Devaney shot and killed Washington
uarimgion. wno was resisting arrest.
For this killing Devaney served a short
term in the penitentiary.
PARADE Ft)R II0ESES
AKD CARRIAGES
Chairman W. H. Davis of the com
mittee on the horse and carriage parade
for the Rose Festival, has called a
meeting of the committee for 8 o'clock
tomorrow evenins at the Portland hotel.
The general arrangement of the parade
and decorations will tva dlriiMrf and
arrangements talked over for the esoort
of the king of the carnival.
BOMB EXPLODED -
UNDER RESIDENCE
ftTnlted Press Leaeed Wire.)
Chicago. May . A mysterious at.
plosion last night tore out the front of
Charles W. Klrschener's residence and
broke all the windows In adjoining
houses. All the members of tha Kirch
ener family were hurled out of bed, but
none was injured.
a IsMXlTEy
SHOTS
RATTlAtP A HP ACtCPTttX YE I NVfTATl OH wnrTwOYTULOil TS
M - ri .
BGOODE:
UNDER GOi
Attorneys Agree to Dismiss
Charges Against Girl Who
Horsewhipped Parson If
, She Posts iloney to Guar-'
antee Peace. : . . . -.
.(United Press Laaaed Wire.) ,
Baletn, May When the re-trial of
Lulu Ooode was called this morning
before Justice of the Peace Daniel Web
ster. . Deputy District Attorney Charles
McNary announced that a compromise
had been srrammi hutvun tha at.tn
and the defendants by which the de
fendants, Miss Lulu Ooode and Jasper
Ooode, .charged with assault and perj
pry, were to be released under a pond
to keep the peace. . '
Lulu Ooode was tried ' -veataeAav nw
assault onMrs. Leona Roper, wife of
RYl eJ)m p Hop', pastor of the Free
Methodist church in Salem, but the Jury
couldn't find a verdict. The other
trials were to have been taken up in
order, but the arranaramant annnuneail
by the district attorney this morning
puts an end to the Goods trials that
grew out of the horse-whipping of the
parson. ..
JI'GARRY MAY ACT AS
ATTORNEY FOR MARTIN
W. R. McGerry may represent Edward
It Martin, accused of the murder of
Nathan Wolff Friday evening last. Mo-
Garry visited Martin in his cell tbl" ...
morning and had a short conference
with him. After his Interview he. an
nounced that he had been asked to rep
resent Martin by a New Tork firm of
lawyers, acting for Martin's father whov
Is at present traveling in India,
' "I received a teles-ram from tha elder
Martin's New Tork agents asking me to
take the case," said McQarry, "and I
am now investigating it I saw Martin
for a short while this morning and
tola him that I would secure medical
attention for him and have a long talk
thla aftkMMM . T ..lr-il k. I IJ 1 k..
anything at all to do with the Wolff
case and he said he did not. I had no
time i to go Into details, however, and
cannot decide whether or not I shall
take the case until this afternoon."
Mr. McOarry said that the elder Ma A
tin is now believed to be In Bombay
and has been cabled to. He wouldn't
divulge the name of the New Tork
firm that he says has employed him.
ARTILLERY OFFICERS
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
(tJalted Press Leased Wtae.l
oaik -1 iv4kwi uaj Dr irsi lieu
tenant Cheater H. Loop of tbe Twenty
fifth company of coast artillery is ly
ing at the Presidio general hospital
lnfully wounded, having been acci
entally shot in the left arm at tha el
bow. The condition of the officer is
serious.
Monday Loop was the officer of the
dav at
Fort Mlley. Returning to his
home at t o'clock Tuesday morning he
tried to throw out the cartridges from
his pistol and In some manner one of
them was discharged. The bullet struck
ixmp's arm, scattered tne bone and
nowea its way completely through, the
lesh.
0a-THBRkttr
v: