THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. " JUNE 13, 1008.
EGAff J LOST
ROAD PISSES
Purpose of Convention of
Men of Isolated Communi
ties "Who Wish Control of
Eights of Way Through
Mountains. , ; ; : . ; . ,
Harriman and his railroad companies
are to be forced to take hands oft the
available passes through the mountain
of Oregon, how held but unused. If
the effort of the people living In the
railroad-neglected section! of the state
can be of any avail. Plana have been
perfected for holding a big convention
at Cooa Bay, made up of men and or
ganisations whose residences and head
quarters are more than iO miles from a
railway station, which convention will
take up the consideration of legislation
to force Harriman to relinquish hla
grasp of the Inlets and outlet to the
bottled-up sections of Oregon, -
r, h .. . Wffl Prepare Bill. ' : . r:;
D. iVT. Toder of Harney county and
Walter Lyon, secretary of the Cham
ber of commerce of Marahfleld, are per
fecting; the preparation for the conven
tion. X)ates have not yet been set but
the general arrangements for the meet
ing have been perfected. Tne convention
will be called at Coos Bay some time
during the summer for the purpose of
Jireparing a bill for submission to the
egixlature which will force Harriman
to either' relinquish the passes held by
him or to utilise them.
The plan for the meeting wai dis
cussed last winter and since that time
correspondence has been carried on be
tween men of the bottled-up districts of
eastern and western- Oregon with the
result that every detail of the conven
tion except the date has been arranged
for.- It was at first planned to hold the
convention on New Year's day, but the
r!an had to be dropped because of the
mpasMble condition of the roads.
The purpose of the convention, la to
formulate a comprehensive bill regu
lating fares and freight rates and the
folding down of paases and rights of
.wy. - ......
"Every pass, so far as known, has
been seised by the Harriman road in
eastern Oregon," said Mr. Yoder In dls
cusslnig the plan, 'and the sole pur
pose seem to be to keep any, other
road out. m '
''Harriman absolutely own every leg;
lslature. apparently, and some means
should be provided whereby the people
can get at the question free from rail
road Influence. Everyone else is using
the Initiative. Why not the bottled-up
interests of the state in effecting a so
ution of the transportation problem t"'
At the Coos Bay convention will be
representatives from Harney and Mai
Jieur counties and invitations wlll be
sent- to the commercial bodies of Tilla
mook and to Individuals in . Lake and
Klamath counties. .... -r-
The promoters claim that if the rights
' of way that have been grabbed in the
railroad neglected area of Oregon, cot-.
ring the available passes and water
level routes are to be recovered, local
people combined with other road build
ers should get active at once. It la
the purpose to prepare a bill that while
conservative enough will be effective
and pass it up to the , legislature. If
that body does not eee fit to. enact It
Into law the convention of Isolates pro
poses to go befor the people with it as
' an initiative measure.
EMI :SII ,
EIIDS SESSIOtiS
Grand Chapter Officers Are
Installed With . Due
c Ceremony Today.
The annual meeting of the grand
chapter, Order of the ' Eastern Star,
came to a close at noon today with-the
ceremony of installing the grand ff
cere, who were elected at the Thursday
afternoon session. Grand officers were
Installed as follows: Mrs. Jennie K.
Reames, W. G. M.. . Klamath Falls;
Qeorge W. Stapleton. W. G. P., Port-
Flit PLEA FOR
LIFE OF BUS
' f I A
JELLS m-
IIMSSHOT
Patrolman Nelson on. the
Stand Identifies Walton
as the Masked Highway
man Who Tried to Hold
Up Streetcar.
LOSE DIRT BV
THUG OLD JOBS
Defectives Must Then Give
All Made in Interim to
, Police Eelief Fund.
MIDDIES OF TWO PORTLANDS
, TAKE HONORS AT ANNAPOLIS
1 tV.'v'.t '-s-
Mrs. Jennie E. Reams, Worthy Grand
Matron, O, E. ; 8. 4
Attorney Garrecht, for De
fense, Puts on the Ora
torical Pressure.
(SpecUl Dispatch to The JoomaLV ,
"v7alla.; Walla, Wash.; June H. -The
Barnes murder case la being argued
by attorneys today and will go to the
Jury ; some time late this , afternoon.
Prosecuting Attorney Bupp spoke first
and made a strong argument, summing
tin the evidence. Cain .fur th.
followed, dwelling on the Insanity con-
xijiuuu. uaxrecui, ior ine derenso,
xnade a strong emotional plea, the sen
sational and oratorical effort of the
dav and one whlnh. it .n.,ti
predicted, will result in a verdict Jt
insanity. Rupp spoke again after the
Judge BrenU Instructed the jury at
. Barnes chatted with his wife all
the morning during the arguments, ex-
iT "",r.reJnl e, wnen lie would not
" ww to comrort his wife,
!r.Sh! wJrtng this speech. Barnes
!5e,rd like a drunk man when taken
from the courtroom.
PtOSE FESTIVAL BIG
THIXG FOE CAE COMPANY
land: Mrs. A. Antonette Stiloa, A. O. M.,
Portland; II. T. Botts, A. if. P.. Tilla
mook; fc..ss Illle McKinley,, O. S., Port
land; Mrs.- Clara T. Lyle, O. T., La
Grande; Mrs. Jennie Rinehart, O. C
Sommerriiie; Ms. Pauline Reiley, a. A.
Ct, Baker Clty, Mrs. Mary Scott Myers,
frrand chaplain. The Dalles; George Hy
and O. U. Portland; Mra. Helen L.
utmbert, grand marshal, Stayton.
The reception which was planned In
honor of the national grand offlcera,
who were expected to arrive In Port-
tana yesterday, out were detained in
Montana on account of the floods, was
held notwithstanding, and an entertain
ing musical program waa rendered. Dr.
James Francis Drake presented the
grand chapter with a beautiful silk flag.
Following the flag presentation.! the
following program was rendered: Vocal
solo, Mlsa Harwaa; address of welcome,
Frederick Stanley Dunn, worthy grand
Satron; violin solo, Miss Barker; .vocal
uet, Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and Mrs. A.
a Riddell. '
The ritual work done by Naomi chap
ter of Dallas was an excellent exempli
fication and waa highly praised by all
who saw it.
"The Myatio Tie." by Myrtle Chapter
Of Portland, was a pleasing feature of
last niant s program.
Following the installation of the
newlv elected rrand officers, the a-rand
lodge of Oregon, A. F. & A. M., came
to a ciose. l ne loiiowmg .grand orn
cers, who were elected Wednesday after
noon, were installed: -
Orand master, Edward E. Riddle, Isl
and City; deputy grand master, Norrls
R. Cox, of Portland;' senior grand war
den. Charles E. Wolverton. of Portland;
Junior grand warden. T. M. Baldwin, of
Klamath Falls; grand treasurer. W. A.
Patrolman Olsus Kelson on the stand
in Judge Cleland's department of the
circuit court" thla morning retold the
story , of hla shooting by Charlea W.
Walton on a, Willamette heights car
on the night of September X. 1904. Wal
ton was given an "aggregate sentence
of 25 years in the penitentiary tttt as
sault on Nelson and for holding up
the car, but the cases were reversed
Dy , tne supreme court ana new irm
ordered, alter Walton had served over
three) years of his term.
The only other Important witness for
the state, was O. A. Bingman, the
motorman on the car that was held up.
Both , he and Nelson positively Jden
tlfied Walton as the man who boarded
the car with a-mask and shot Nelson
when the officer interfered with the
highwayman while - he waa engaged in
holding up the conductor, a man named
Angelea to teatlfy. i ,
Bingman. In telling hla story of the
affair, said that when he ran to the
assistance of the officer, who waa
struggling with the holdup man at the,
rear of the car,' he recognised Walton,
"because he waa the man who had
previously held me" up on Portland
heights." This brought forth-strenuous
abjection from the attorney for the de
fendant, and Judge Cleland instructed
tne jury to disregard inn ninm,
so far a It. related to a prevloua
holdup.
Two Witnesses) Missing.
With the testimony of Nelson and
Bingman and of L E Isaacs, who drove
the patrol wagon that took Walton to
jail after the fracas on the car, the tes
timony of the state was closed. Con
ductor Johnson left Portland some time
ago and was laat heard of In 'New York
City. Dr. George 8. Wilson, who treat
ed Nelson for his wounds, waa to have
been called, but was not present when
the time arrived for him to teatlfy and
the case was not delayed.
Walton took the stand in his own be
half before the morning session closed
and denied that he was the man who
committed the holdup. He asserted that
tv la a case of mistaken Identity, the
highwayman jumping off juat as he
boarded the car, leading the officer and
motorman to believe that he waa the
guilty man. They pounced upon him
and beat him, he aaid, thinking he was
the highwayman.
Nelson exhtblted to the Jury the
scars of the bullet that struck him in
the left hip and came out at the right
hip. and placed in evidence a watch
that deflected the course of the first
bullet fired from the highwayman's gun.
He identified a hat. coat and revolver
as the ones that , belonged to Walton
when Jbe made the attack.
Masked Van With Gun.
The witness said that ' he was riding
down town on the front end of the car,
conversing with the motorman, when
he saw a man run from one of the
cross streets to board the -car. The car
slowed down to permit the supposed
passenger to get on board and the wit
ness looked out the side of the car.
He told the motorman the man was
aboard, and a little later, hearing' a
noise inside, he lifted the curtain on
the car door and saw a masked man
holding up the conductor at the other
end of the car. He ran through the
car and struck; the man. knocking him
onto the rear platform. He jumped on
top or tne man, wnom ne identified us
Walton, and a mbment later waa shot.
as they Were struggling on the' platform.
Motorman Bingman ran through the
car alter snutting on tne current ana
Detectives , Snow, Day, Reslng '.' and
Carpenter again appeared at the police
miawuu iun iiiuming ana lenatrea tneir i i
services to the city, but were not- aa-J
signed to duty, by Chief Grltxmacher. .
Chief GriUmacner says that he does
not know. what will be done with the!
detectives who were reinstated bv the ,
civil service commission, and inasmuch
as tne ponce committee of the executive
board does not meet in regular session
until a week from Thursday, no action
will be taken until that time unless
Thomas O. Greene, chairman, calls a
special meeting. , ,
A point that has not been published
up to the present time is that the de
tectives, if permanently reinstated and
paid salaries for the time they did not
work, will be compelled to pay Into the
fire and police relief fund all the money
they have made while outof the serv
ice.. f ::-:! - .;::.;-
Inasmuch. as several of the detectives
are known to have made much, more
money than they would have made in
the city's employ, they will lose money
by going back to work. However, the
police committee, of which , Oreene is
the dominating power, has not yet
taken action in the matter, and when It
does will probably produce new charges
against the -detectives and have them
discharged again. J
To allow the detectives to go back to
work for the city would be a complete
defeat for the committee and It is not
expected by thoae who have watched
the fight that Greene will submit with
out another effort. Greene refuses to
discuss the case for publication.
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George W, Struble. - JaWs Dennis Moore.
A copy of the "Lucky Bag" ' the an
nual magasine gotten out by the grad
uating; elass at the United States Naval
academy shows the pictures of two of the
clasa of '08 from Oregon, - They are
George Wallace Struble of Portland and
James Dennis Moore of Ashland. Both
young - men graduated last week and
were high in claas standings. .Midship-
special honors
man Struble 'conferred
on the Beaver' state for he stood 'aeo
ond in the Hat of "stars,'' men, who at
tain an average of inure than 86. per
cent for the four, years' course. A
strange coincidence Is that the honor
man or trie class, me oniy one wnose
standings excelled ' the- Oregon boy's,
waa from Portland also but Portland,
mains, not uregon.
.The receipts of the Portland
Railway. Light A Power com
pany for last week the six,
days of the Rose . Festival
ahow an Increase of 18 f-lO.per
cent over the same . week last
year during a similar celebra
tion.? v : .-.
This Is a particularly credit
able showing as an Indication of
the growing attendance, of the
week festivities in two years
time. The figures of the week's
receipts will be used, by those
who favor an annual celebration
; w iivo an uiea ot tne wonderful )
growth ef travel at the second
event of the kind given by the 4
citizens of Portland. 1 i
James F. -Robinson, of Portland; senior
grand deacon, George H. Burnett, of
Salem; junior grand deacon, 8. 8. Spen
cjr. of Eugene: senior grand steward,
H. L. Pittock, of Portland; junior grand
steward, A. Kuna, of Portland; grand
orator, J. H. Ackerman, of Portland:
grand standard-bearer, E. A. Holmes;
Irand marahal J 3 ' MHi.nJ-ii 'PnaT " top of the two men ln.or
fv? n n t..i;i l r nd fran1 der to wrest the revolver from Walton's
tyter, U. U. XOmaSlnl. I orvr. H In ir,l(ln. Ih, rn.
volver, and then all three men slid down
the steps of the car onto the crossing
at Twenty-eighth and Thurman streets.
Then . the conductor took a hand and
held -Walton, inquiring of the witness
whether he should kill the highway
man. Nelson said that soon after this
he lost consciousness.
Bingman corroborated the story of
the policeman In essential points. He
said he knocked Walton into uncon
sciousness after they fell from the
platform and he left Johnson to watch
Walton and prevent escape while ho
Called the patrol wagon. He said Wal
ton's mask had slipped down from the
face and around the neck, and he
could not be mistaken In his identifi
cation. The defense claims that the story
of Nelson and Bingman is in many
respects inconsistent with the circum
stances and that Walton Is tfnly the
victim of their desire to convict the
culprit, who escaped at the moment
Walton boarded tne car as a passen
ger. The case will be given to the
Jury this evening.'
Will TIE IIP
LUMBER TRADE
Steam Schooner Owners As
sociation Decides to Cut
Employes' Wages.
(United Press Letted Wire.)
San Francisco, June' '18. Because
they say the price of lumber will, not
warrant the running of the vessels, the
steam schooner owners' association. 1H
is said today, will tie up the lumber
trade In this and all other, coast ports
by announcing a general reduction in
wage to all classes of laborers from
sailors to stevedores.
The lumbermen here own the steam
schooners in the lumber carrying trade
and but recently won a strike of the
marine engineers, the engineers going
back to work at less pay than they
were receiving before the lockout. The
demoralised condition of the lumber
market is responsible for new agi
tation among the steam schooner own
ers. '
If the shipments of . lumber to this
and other coast ports from the mills
can be stopped it Is thought that the
price or jumoer wui go up. eevera
mills in the Coos Bay region were
closed recently as the result of a strike
or Bievcuurea inens. nicy nrs uwuou
by A. B. Hammond, the redwood king,
who owns some of the largest steam
schooners on the coast and who is
radically opposed to unionism. Ham
mond has said that he will kill union
ism on this coast when times get hard
enough.
3IKS. WILLIAM GLEASON
TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL
BRAVE GIRL SELLS PAPERS TO
BRING BROTHER TO PORTLAND
Eleven-year-old Rosy Miller Is a hero
ine a self-sacrificing, interpid little
soldier. . How she has turned news-girl
on the Portland streets in order to raise
funds to bring her little brother to
this city was .discovered Jay accident
yesterday, when the child's honesty led
her to return to Officer J. J. Murphy a
watch which she had found, and which
had been reported, at the police station
as lost. . . .
Rosys mother Is sick. Her 'step-father.
Archie Powell, secures work when
he is able at his trade of carpentering.
Of late money has been a scarcity in
the Powell household, the little that
has come in being diverted to medical
attention for the sick mother.
Back in Grand Rapids, Mich.,' the Mil-
'I
lers ' old home, 'is . Rosv's brother. In
care of friends 1 there until money, is
sent for his Dassace to Portland. H
is homesick for his mother and alster,
and the mother and sister long tor the
little boy; Rosy made -up her Tnlnd
to raise the necessary money, SIS.
For four days now she has been sell
Ipg papers. - Yesterday when" she re
ceived 15 for returning the watch to
its owner she smiled nappily as she
said to Officer Murphy: I only need
i now and .then he can come to Port
land." ...V -
Manv nersona have noticed the child
the past week. She has been working
on Morrison between Fifth and Sixth
streets. Her innocent young face and
winning manners nave caused, mucn
comment.
ANTI-ANIMAL CRUSADER, EMPLOYS
POISON AND ALSO A REVOLVER
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
SUFFRAGETTES PARADE
(Special Dlipatch to The Journal.)
London, June IS. Fifteen , thousand
suffragettes paraded along the Victoria
embankment today ta Albert hall to
listen to addresses. Although the big
demonstration attracted much atten
tion, there was ho disorder and no ar-
seLs , wero in a a e. .
WEEPS OVER GRAVE , :
OF MAN HE FOUGHT
. V:. ' 1.1 -?y; i.y-... .
, Great bouquets of flowers of various
kinds and hues were heaped on a little
grave la Mount Calvary cemetery yes
terday afternoon without any ceremony
whatever, and while two' big, strong
men one- of them particularly stood 1
about with tears in -their eyes and
thought of the daya and of the friends
which were gone forever,.
The men were Robert Fltsslmmona,
former champion priseflghter of the
world, and former City .Councilman
F hat key. Mrs. Fltsslmmona also ac
companied the party.
And the grave was ' that of Jack
luipey. who died In 1S7. in -life
lwrn'ey and Fitxaimmons were creat
f rl-nds. . Since the . firmer lightweight
champion's death Fltssimmons ha
rver missed an opportunity to pay his
Korcts to the man, who In life -be
jwtKht for honors, ; whom he always
ad- ired. t -;
j-H;msions and Dempsev had their
1-it, l Little tw OrR-ans in 11,
DISAGREEING JIJR0RS
END KUNZ TRIAL
Reporting after an all night session
that It waa unable to agree, the Jury
that heard testimony In the case of
Martha M. Kuna a administrator of
the estate of David H. Runs, against
the O. R. 4 N. for $21,000 damages waa
discharged this morning by Judge
Bronaugh In the circuit court. This
is the second time the caxe has been
tried. Several years ago the company
won a non-suit before Judge Cleland,
but the case was reversed and sent
back for another trial.
KUns was a farmer and lna hla Ufa
at the Sandy road crossing of the O. R.1
ec n. in novemner, iu. tie was driv
ing into town with a load of pumpkins
and his wagon was struck, broadside,
the horses alao belnar killed. HI m-irinar
claimed that the accident was due to
tne negligence or the railroad, while
the defense asserted that Kuns failed
to adODt the renulred nrncnutinna haw.
fore he drove upon the track.
FIVE THOUSAND FOR
MRS. HELEN STROESSEL
(Special Dlapatch to The Jonraal.)
Pendleton, Or, June 13. Mrs. Helen
Stroessel, widow of the late Dr. Emll
Btroessel, formerly of Portland, has se
cured the 15,000 insurance money from
the New - York - Life for which she
brought ault several months ago. The
suit was filed In the circuit court for
this, county, but upon petition of the
insurance company It waa transferred
to the federal court at Portland. - It
did not come to trial, as the company
aecioea to pay the amount. Dr Emll
Stroessel was well known in the city
and : made PendletorT his headquarters
for some months. He died as the re
sult of Injuries sustained in a runaway
accident, , while he was driving front
a.Ug,wu w arum, rvwc iai Depiember.
ENGINEERS xCL0SE
. CALIFORNIA SESSION
fUnlted PreM Leased WlrO
Stockton. Cal, June IS. The filth
annual-convention of the California as
sociation Of National StatlonAy En
gineers, closed Its three days' labors
and adjourned today noon. State offi
cer mere, elected a a follows:
President, H. V. Saville, of San Fran
cisco; vice president,-George C Tur
nerr of Stockton: secretary, W. T. W.
SuVi.. Angeles; treasurer, Charles
Knight, -of San Francisco. , ,
The next convention will meet In Ban
Francisco In 1803. , .
SILVERTON WETS
GIVE UP FIGHT
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Sllverton, Or.. June 13. The action
commenced a few days ago by Attor
neys George O. Bingham of Salem and
L. J. Adams, of thla city to enjoin
County Judge John H.J?cott from pro
claiming prohibition ' effective in Sll
verton as provided bv the local option
law, has been abandoned and the ltd
Is strictly on until November, 1910. The
hearing was to be held in Salem today,
but since the - saloon men - have given
up the fight they will not appear be
fore the county court The contention
arose over the fact that the ballots
contained no place to vote on the question-
of local' option independent of the
county, but this seems to have been in
compliance .with the law. t .
TALK MACHINE GONE
AND HUgBAND ALSO
With two little children on her' hands
and no means of support Mrs. J. w.
Kilgour, Twentieth, and Wilson streets,
this morning reported to Chief Grits
machor that sHa feared her husband
had deserted her. Two daya ago, she
says, he slipped out of the house tak
ing with him -a graphophone and sev
eral records, which they were paying
for on the installment plan.
Her entire attention la required in the
care of the children and .she Is now
without funds to buy the necessities of
life. aVIer missing husband's character
istic marks are a scar on the forehead
and a wart on the right ear. - .v
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COURT ROBIN HOOD
AT ST. PAUL'S
Oregon City, -June IS. Court Robin
Hood, Foresters of America, will attend
St. Paul's Episcopal church In a body,
tomorrow evening and. listen to an ap
propriate sermon by Pastor Bowen. A
vesaed choir of S5 voices will render
sacred -songs on 'the occasion.
listed and assigned from Jefferson bar
racks. The company left, at once for
Vancouver barracks. ri
Both Mrs. William Gleason and Mrs.
James Gleasort of the Baker stock company-are
seriously HI at their home at
Elton Court Mrs. Gleason was tak
en 111 very suddenly yesterday after
noon with symptoms resembling pto
maine poisoning and her place In the
production of "Lovers' Lane,", which tha
company Is producing was taken on
short notice by her daughter-in-law, Lu
etic Webster, who Is the wife of James
Gleason.
The strain of taking the new and
rather difficult part proved too much
for the younger Mrs. Gleason also and
ha waa- taken with acute Indigestion
and nervous breakdown..
James Gleason said at noon today
that he waa greatly . worried over nis
mother because it is the first sickness
she has had for several yeara and
has weakened her considerably. She is
68 years old 1 and is one of the best
known and most popular players on the
pacific coast - -
a matinee performance was given this
A thai nlaees of the two
Mrs. Gleasons were iiuea? oy unuor-
studles. - . .. ' '-. , -:
GETS DAMAGES BUT- .
T0T THROUGH COURT
sV aAtnftmrri lu was reached 'his
in ha rnae nf Iornts E. Haave
against the Portland- Gas company, the
trial of which was begun before a Jury
in Judge O'Day's department -of the cir
cuit court yesterday. Haave asked for
$20,300 for injuries he sustained from
being burned by the escape of steam in
m nit nhara he was i emoloved. - He
claimed that the defective condition of
the pump ana pipe was responaioie, an
explosion following his effort to drain
off the water In the pipes. Before the
testimony for the plaintiff was closed
the attorney began to talk , compro
mise, and an agreement was reached
this morning, the case to be dismissed
when the money la paid.-,, , '
CHINESE MERCHANT
SUES FOR DAMAGES
-i : . . . .... ..
(United Press Leased Wtra.)
1 San Francisco, June IS. Tang- Chak,
a Chinese who claims to be an Ameri
can citlsen, has brought suit against
the Pacific Mall Steamship company
for (5,000 damages for treatment which
tie says he suffered while a passenger
on the steamer City of Para. .
Chak, who is a wealthy merchant of
Hawaii, recently went to Panama on
business but ort arriving at Ancon the
United States inspectors refused to let
him land and the officers of the Para,
he says, then put him in the steerage
and carried him back to his home port
without giving him an opportunity to
prove his citizenship. . t
PENDLETON CATCHES ,
.DRIFT FROM FLOOD
i.'"-V . ''SSiasSiaBtaaiaalBSSBBBaiSaai ?. U "- -
(gpeelal Dlapatch to The Jmrnal. '
Pendleton. Or., June- IS. It is esti
mated that 1,000 extra passengers have
passed through Pendleton the past
week, east and west on account of the
tieup of the Northern Pacific lines In
Montana, The tieup is still on and
will probably. last another week or ten
daya- .-." -i. .;.- -'--- -V--:-
On the east side there is trepidation
The "Black Hand" has appeared. Dogs,
cats, domesticated birds, . In , fact all
family pets are apparently the object
a relentless, mysterious vendetta,
which Is now agitating domestic tran
quility. , Some of the latest casualties
to dato iare: 1 - n
H. Esehner, 41( Bell wood street, one
small calf, two dogs; Mrs. J. Murray,
400 Sellwood street, one cat one dog,
several pigeons. Poison seems to be
the . instrument which the anti-animal
band is using to achieve its ends. It
has been scattered promiscuously about
the neighborhood of late and residents
are beginning to fear for the safety of
little children.
In one Instance the would-be "animal
exterminators deviated from the poison
route- and used a revolver. One shot
was fired at Mrs. Murray's pigeon
house, the bullet going wild and lodg
ing in the sitting-room of a neighbors
house, missing a young woman in the
room by about a foot '
Officer M. E. LI Ills has notified Chief
Grltsmacher and the police will take a
hand in the extermination game.
STONE;
BREAKS A BECK
Aleck Dalrymple Kills Lee
Putman in a Fight at , :
The Dalles. v
-. ' V Recruits Arrive.
Three, coaches containing 10 recruits
for the United States army came Into
Portland todav over the O. R. A V
line, frcm St. Louts. They were eo-j opportunity to visit their homes. Many
; Grand Jory Takes Recess..
The federal grand Jury now In session
nnd which haa already returned IS in
dictments adjourned yesterday after
i.oon until Tuesday. This will give the
jurors ana many or the witnesses an
, (Speelal Dispatch to The Journal.) -,
The -Dalles, Or.,' June IS. Lee Put
man of High Prairie, Wash., was killed
in front of a shooting gallery her last
night about 10 o'clock la a fight by
Aleck Dalrymple, about 24 years of
age.. Putman was 28. ; Both bad been
drinking. . - ... '-
Putman claimed he was out SO cents
in the shooting gallery in -some way,
either by not receiving back enough
change or by dropping It on the floor,
and was quarreling with the proprietor
or tne snooting gauery. wnen uairym
ple, who works in the shooting gallery,
came up. -Putman and Dalrymple began
to fight. Dalrymple knocked Putman
down, putman gov up avna tney scut
tled again in the street. A dog mixed
up in the fight and bit Putman, who
undertook to kick him away. Dalrym
ple picked up a stone the size of his
fist and threw it at Putman, who was
about 10 feet away. The atone struck
Putman on the neck, breaking the- spinal
column at the second vertebra, Dal
rymple Is In jail. The coroner's Jury Is
now noiaing an inquest..
ELECTRIC LU
AT FOREST
LABOR COUNCIL
of the Witnesses are from eastern Ore
gon, having been summoned on the
Umatilla -land fraud cases.
People Welcome Proposition
and Are Boosting for .
Right of Way.
(Special Dlsnateli ta The Journal. 1 .
Forest Grove, Or., June lS.--A repre
sentative of the, Oregon Electrtb Hall
way eompany"was in this city 'yester
day to see what action ' the cltisens
would take toward securing the, right-of-way-
for an electric line.,
The board of trade met last night and
selected a committee to Interview the
owners of property along the route
which has already been mapped out, and
it Is thought no difficulty will be ex
perienced In securing a right-of-way,
as the people here are very enthusiastic
over the project and hope-to see the
line in operation before the end of the
year. . . , -. . - . .
ALBERT T. PATRICK !
, MAKES ANOTHER TRY
' rrfnlted Press Leased Wire.)
i New York. June 13 Albert T.. Pat
rick, New York's most famous'' prls-
onrk who is now -serving a-lire sen
tence for the murder of Millionaire Rice,
after the -case had been tried - many
time and his sentence or death rin
allv commuted to . life - imprisonment
made another attempt yesterday to have
bis case again considered by the courts.
An application for a writ of habeas
corpus was made to Judge Lacombe In
the United States court to secure his
appearance. Patrick, whoi planned tho'
line of his- defense in all of the other
trials has also prepared the papers i in
this new application for a retrial -
TALKS POLITICS
Reforms to Be Incorporated
in Republican Platform
Are Decided Upon, v
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, June IS. The executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor was in sesslonhere all day to
day but the proceedings ..were, kept
absolutely secret. That the council
discussed material that ' they wish in
corporated in the Republican platform
Is admitted by Samuel Gompers, who
gave out the following statement this
afternoon: -;' ..-...-..
"The meeting was the regular quar
terly meeting of - the council and was
held In Chicago because the Republican
national committee) Is meetlna- In Chi
cago ana Decause we wisned to present
for its consideration such measures as
the council thinks ought to be consid
ered oy tne convention or its commit
teen and incorporated in the platform.'
Gompers spent The entire morning
presenting the subject to be discussed
in tne council ana tne matter was lis
tened to in executive session. - s '
After the meeting Gompers stated
that in addition to a plank favoring an
antl-lnjunctlon law, the council would
ask that the convention declare in
favor of amending the Sherman law, the
direct election of Judges and the em
ployment of Idle men on government
works. During the morning session, a
doctor was called in to treat Gompers'
ankle, which Is the result obi fall in
his office 10 days ago. 'J
mm :
FOR IIS
Anti-Saloon Districts to Be
. Flooded by Decoction That
It Is Said Will IsTot Iutoxi.
cate No , Alcohol t to ; Be '
- Used in It.
,"Near beer." is to be the nextMnno-"
vatlon 'to which thepeople of Oregon
are , to be introduced. ' The people Of
tne state have seen many new - thlnca
during the past few rears.: The initla-
tlve, and referendum,' the primary law.
Statement No. 1. tha.reoall and l
corrupt practic act have ; all 'been
evolved and have come . to and '
apparently, to stay. The AnfrMalooBj "
league has also made Its appearanca
and as a result the prohibition blank,
has been stretched farther and farthtr
over the state. "Near beer" Is the re-
suit of the last.
With a large number of the counties
of the state wholly dry, with dry pre
cincts in every one of the total nurn-. 1
herewith the prohibition movement '
on the upward trend It la beginning to
lbok dark and shady for the 'brewing -interests
of the state. Already beer
la a tabooed, article in 'much of tha
state and it looks as though it would -fall
still further under the ban before
many other elections writ hold. 1'hn
drying up of the state means the dry-'
nK -up ui me oreweries ana ror tnst
reason the owners of the properties '
are planning , to - manufacture "near
beer," Juat aa soon as the dry wave
bealns to eat into tha Profit, nf tk
businesa
; acuraa ths AioohoL .
Near beer is a neculiar stuff. It haa
the hops, the malt ant all thr,
of common garden variety beer -with
the exception of the alcohol. Common
beer has about S per cent of alcohol.
Near- beer has none of the inebriating v
ingredient, according to those who con-
tend that they know how to make it
and will do so just as soon as the real
article becomes bottled up. by the law.
Near beer haa no alcohol, according to
thoae who say they know, and foa that
reason will not come under the shadow
of the local ontion law.
- It is not intoxicating, and therefore
its sale can not be prevented. Accord
ing to the men who say the brewers are
about to plunge Into Its manufacture
near beer is made up of everything
found in common beer exceot the aU
cohol. It is carbonised, lust as common
beer is, snd when served will foam and
froth Juat as ordinary beer will do. '
The only difference to be detected is
that one will Intoxicate and the other
will not
-preparing to Make Drink.
'According to the plan, so it is said,
radically all of the brewers In the
state are preparing to manufacture the
THUG LEAVES VICTIM
' 0N STBEET TO DIE
, - - . (Doited Press Uuied TOm. ; " v
. San Francisco, June 18. An unknown
man, believed to be John Hill, was
picked up early today bx policemen on
the Barbary coast unconscious and
bleeding from Injuries that may prove
fatal. The name Jofn Hill, found on
the inside of his coat is the only mark
of identification that was about his
person. . .-. ... v
The police believe he was robbed and
beaten in some of the resorts of the
tenderloin. -j and "dragged, out on the
street and left to die. He was badly
beaten up about the head and his pock
ets were rifled. - -
BOOST MONEY COMES
EASYIFU3IATILLA
' " 1 " ' V :JJi't
(Special Plapateb ta The Jonrnnl.)
Pendleton, Or., June IS. With f 8,600
being secured each day, prospects for
the advertising bureau are' rood. That
a fund of a least $4,000 can be secured
Is now believed by the committee, and
tne memoers are worming nard to raise
that amount. . All towns In the coun
ty are subscribing liberally.-' Umatilla
county will be advertised extensively
In a popular coast magazine through
this fund. .
' Newspaper Consolidation. '
- (8fectal Dlapateh to Tbe Journal.!
Canyon -City. June 13 P.- F. Chandler.
tho veteran editor of the Grant County
News, and C P. Halght, formerly of the
PiMlrla nity Mlnu trmA a no...
rherahip to engage in the nrlntlng and
publishing business. The new firm has
purchased the Blue Mountain v Eagle
plant, at this place and Mr. Halght has
taken over the Interest of C. J. Mcin
tosh In the Grant County News.
new product. To do so will renulre spe
cial machinery, for the-process of ,ex-
tracting the alcohol la an intricate one.
The task of getting in shape to pro
duce the new drink has already been .
begun in soma of the breweries, and
will be taken up by .the others In a
Short time. -
According to the contention of the
brewers it will be Impossible to stop
the sale of the new drink. As it will
have the -general appearance and taste,
of common beer. It Is expected that It :
will be "consumed in practically the
same quantities as now. so that, tha
brewery owners of the state will still
have the great bulk of their property
and business, while the consumer can
drink the new drink and know no after
math of headache or debility. Near beer.
win taxe me piaoe oi tne real article,
unless the anti-saloon league Spicks a
flaw in the reasoning of the brewers
nd puts the new imitation drink on
the shelf, with the other relics of the
sapoon's prosperity.
M'MINNVILLE HIGH
YIELDS LARGE CLASS
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) .
McMlnnvllle, Or., June IS. The grad
uating exercises : of the McMlnnvllle
High school, were held in the Imperial'
theatre There were tl In the clasa
Parke. fSckman was valedictorian and
secured the scholarship from McMlnn
vllle. college. Miss Eva Ladd was
awarded the gold medal.
The members of the class are as fol
lows: Parke Eckman. Eva Ladd, Essie
Baker, Esther Grlessen. Walter Gaunt,
Earle Wardle, Margaret KliuJerman.
Clara Grlffltn, Leta Stewartson,'v Grace
Farnham, Fred Little, Alma 8 to we. Net
tle V. Scott. Mabel M. Crawford. Edith
A. Malone, viva Lucile Watts, Burr E.
Tatro, Lottie L. Leach, Roy Johnson,
Archie Boyes and Laneta Dennlston. .
' Tne roiiowmg corps or teacners -wm .
serve In McMlnnvllle'e - public schools
next year: :
Columbia School Principal, H. F.
Wilson; assistants, Miss Bessie Linden,
Miss Agnes Vaughn, Miss Bess Gordon,
Miss Elsie Slmoneon, Miss Rhoda New-'
kirk and Miss Ruby Reese.
Cook School- Vice-prlnelpal, . F.- J.
Deach; assistants, Mlas Nettle Dickin
son, Mrs. H. H. Belt, Mrs. T. H. Rogers,
Miss Zalda Linden and Miss Ida' M.
Smith. . . 'y .' . t '
F6UR FROM TWELFTH v
GRADE ATflfflTON
(Special Dispatch to The jMirnal.) .', 5 i
Dayton, Or., June IS. Commencement ;
exercises were held here .'yesterday, fill
ing the day. n the morning the chll- .
aren nfarched from , the -school .to the
city park, gave the flag, salute and then
listened to a program given "from "the
platform In the park, the principal feat
ure of which' was an address by Pro
fessor Varney of McMlnnvllle. A plcnla
dinner was served in the park. .' -
-In the afternoon a game of baseball
was played between the team a of the
McMlnnvllle and Dayton High schools, ,
resulting in a score of 8 to 2 In favor
of Dayton. . .
The graduating exercises were held In .
the Evangelical church In the evening. ,
The class' address waa given by State .
Superintendent Ackerman. D, E. Wheel-
er of McMlnnvllle sang two solos. '
r- The members of the graduating class ,
are George Gabriel, Petty Doner, George
S termer and Teressa Watson. A targe .
-clasa also passed from-the eighth grade.
Tnis is tne nrsi ciass to graauate
from the twelfth grade. Dayton has one '
of the two twelfth grade schools, in -Tamhlll
county.
- Professor Dodson, Miss Gussie Up
degraff, Miss Flora Bertram, Miss Fan
nie Rlppey and Mrs. Ella, Harris, the
present corps of teachers, have been raw .
elected. . ?" ; --- i
GIVEN TEN THOUSAND
; : DpUxiBS' DA.MAGES
. (United Press Leased Wire.)
Tacoma, Wash., June IS. What is re
garded to be the heaviest damages ever
awarded In a personal Injury ease In the
district court of Tacoma, or at -least - ,
the largest in 1( yeara, was returned .
against the Griffin Wheel company Frl- '
day afternoon. After four hours ef de
liberation, tho Jury brought In a verdict
of $10,000 for John Smith, who was
ruing the company for $20,000 for per
sonar Injuries sustained while. In its em
ploy. While a verdict in the plaintiff's
favor was expected. the amount of dam
age proved rather a surprise to the
legal- fraternity In the case. .. . ,
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