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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. JUNE IOCS. ll'IllEfllS HOLD Oil LID Answers Citation for. Con tempt but Refuses to. Move From Property, Answering the citation for contempt Issued in. the, circuit court. as to why she aha sliould not be punished for hold ing possession ,-of property adjacent to Council Crest after Judge Gantenbeln hsd Riven Judgment against her. Ella Talbot declares that she believes she lias title to the ground, and will appeal to the state supreme court. Notice of appeal was filed Under to dsv's data The property la question Is 100x65 feet comprising a part of Tal- tiot Heights.' Suit was brought. by Ella Talbot to quiet the title against W. K. Smith, the Security Savings & Trust company, Walter V. Smith and Susan W. Smith, but Judge Gantenbeln de cided against her last January. - Shs claimed that she Inherited the property from, her mother, s Sarah Ann Talbot who died in 1900. - She has- continued to live on the place, and it Is alleged that she has granted concessions C3 con fectionery stands that compete with ether, concessions granted by tha Smiths. .'.:;"".'-.-':';' k. Application is made for dismissal of the contempt proceedings on the ground that Ella Talbot has a right to remain in- possession pending the appeal, and tecause the property is not being in jured in any way. . , . .... WATER BOARD HAS IL1P0RTANT f.lEETING V - Plans to Give Mt. Hood Bail way Use of Bull Bun Water Power. One of the" most Important meetings the water board - ever held occurred this morning when the members dis cussed the franchise ordinance granting . the Mount Hood Hallway & Power com pany permission to , use ; the surplus water of Bull Run river below the city's intake and the right of way across the city's lands on the river. Tha board meeting was attended by City Attorney Kavanaugh and R- )V. Montague, special counsel, both men assisting tha board in arriving at an understanding of the ordinance. City Attorney Kavanaugh presented an ordinance as did Montague and both measures were taken up section by sec tion. Both ordinances were similar la the main and also showed great sim ilarity In detail. Both eliminated tha features objected to by the members of the judiciary committee of the council and when the board decides upon an ordinance It will be Again -submitted to the judiciary -committee. "After the committeemen ga over tha ordinance again a joint meeting -of the commit tee and .water board will ba held and their recommendation. . will go to the council. v, .iV-;v..i-:,,,.. y i 'This procedure-has "been adopted ba--cause of the desire of the-councilman and the water board to protect the city la full In its rights on Bull Run n ver. Great care )s been taken ..to eliminate all phrases -that might in an: . . . ft V.. ' , . ..-. with' this end in view it is probable that the water Doara win iioia another meet. Ing before . finishing . its , part of tha work.,- i'. ' A-.; 1 -fit' i - ' The ' company claims certain '.. water rights on the river- which -It is willing to give to tha city so- long as it can nave the use or tne surplus water In , the river. Before this -supply is ex hausted the company expects to secure its water supply from the Big Sandy river. As soon as this occurs the com pany will turn over to the city all the rights It claims. to the water In Bull Run. ..... ... . .:, 'r MRS. WU. DISAPPOINTS THE CHINESE COLONY (t?nlta Press UsMd Wire. I San Francisco, June 22. -The local Chinese colony la disappointed today heoauee of the sudden departure of Mrs, Wu Ting Fang, wife of the Chinese min ister to the united States, and her son. The two were to have been the guests of honor at a big banquet tonight and were to have ''-been '-especially- honored by a reception In Chinatown tomorrow, but Mrs. Wu suddenly discovered that : she had loet a day crossing the Pacific uoean. She suddenly found that she had lo hnry on to Washington to be In time for the celebration of her husband's birthday. , To have been lata on that occasion would have been a disgrace according to the tenets of her people.. ' American Handicap at Columbus. . troltttl ITmi LmmO Wtr ! "Columbus, Ohio. June 22. Tha Grand ; American handicap. - the blue - ribbon event of the trap shooting world, takes place here this week under the auspices of the Columbus Gun- club. Beginning 1 wun preliminary practice events toaa . the tournament will be continued untl near the end of the week. Scores of the foremost gun experts of the country, - . com amateur and proiessionau. nave ar ; rived to take part in the big shoot. ; Th joy o! tneetinf her dependi - a good deal on the man 'a dreaa. Here arc tht new summer gulti, ;;, correct and comfortable in every , . detail, and for voung men we ; have special patterna and " de-' sign that are an Innovation,' from' . the mouse color" to the elephant .-.tone. . . , - - . . Special reductiom on men'a and boy a' wear while store enlarge ment alterations are goi?g on. See the window displays. - 165-170 Third St. QOTMRS :iOF:C,E. of y.t Movement Started at Annual Convention Held at Ore . gonCity. fSrdl Dlsmteh te The Journal.! Oregon City, June S2. At the first annual convention of the United Breth ren Christian Endeavor societies of the Oregon conference, which .met at' the United Brethren church here last week. m. A. craii or rnuomatn presiding, del egates wars present representing tha Portland, Otterberg, Philomath, Plain- view and Oregon City societies and a movement was started for organisation into a state union. Rev. W. Reynolds was elected chair man or tne business session and a com mittee consisting of H. P.-Cooper, Mrs. Faith K. PuKsley and 14. A. Crall was appointed to draft a constitution for tne government of tne new state union. Tha constitution that was reported was. alter soma cuacussion, unanimously adopted. . : The folio wine . officers were elected by tha convention: President, O. - A. Martin, Portland; 1st - vice-president. Professor L. B. Baldwin, Philomath; 2d vice-president, Mrs. C P. Blanchard. Lents; fd vice-president, A. H. Mellien, Oregon City; secretary, M. A. Crall, Cor vaius; treasurer. T. I Burns, Philo math. . , Tha Philomath eooiety presented to the convention for ratification a new constitution for the government . ( Christian Endeavor societies in the United Brethren church, to be sent as a petition to the general conference of the church. Tha constitution met the unqualified approval of the convention and was heartily - approved by Bishop Berkley. . - j:. -i . - At an evennlg session tha Oregon City endeavorers rendered a aoclftty aong, 8ome of the numbers : on - the grogram were: "Tha Pastor and the ooiety," Isaac Whaldon; "Social Work," Frances Kellogg: "The C. E. Society in Missionary Work, Faith Pugsley; "C EL Work In the Temperance Move ment," T. 1L 3urns. ' . The muslo was excellent and was ren dered hv tha Portland and Oregon City Endeavorers and the Aldredge quartet of Oregon city, a soio Dy rank ai dredse received special praise. Tha program "was rendered to a full house ana was neariuy appreciaica oy u present ' - i The executive committee of tha un ion, consisting of Its officers, the bish op of the district ana tne eiars or tne Oregon conference, will have cnarsre of the convention next year and hope to make it even more Interesting and helpful than the one this year. E HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS Large Class of Young People Qualify to Begin Higher. Course of Study. , ' - When tha high schools open next year there will ba 670 members in tha first year class who graduated from the grade schools this year. The com plete returns have been received from the 22 schools and show that more than tha average number graduated. They were as-follows : ' Thomnaon school IB. Woodstock 12. Arleta l7, Llewellyn Highland 42, Atkinson - 24. Clinton Keny i, Haw thorne 22, Woodlawn' 15, Chapman 34, Couch 18. Holman 17,. Williams 21, Sun -nyside 27, North Central 31, Stephens 19, Sellwood 26,' Mount Tabor 27, Brook lyn 19, Alnsworth 12. Bhattnck 22, Portsmouth 13, Montaviila 23, Lents 13. Ladd 18. Holladay 14. Iavls 13, Ockley Green 18. ToUl t70. . , WASHINGTON TOW .HOLDS MULE SHOWS , .. i '; v' i . . (United Frew Lsssed Wlre-1 " "' '" Spokane. Wash., June 22. The coun try is alive with stock shows, fairs and exhibits of all sorts, but It is seldom that one hears of a mule show. The oltliens of the little town or Keardon, Wash., and those living In that vicinity, have Just closed - their fourth annual mule snow, wnicn was me moat suc cessful of the four. But there wera well bred - horses' and mules on exhi bition, and for tha site of the ahow none better has ever been seen In this part of the country, declares Professor w. A. Llnklater of the state college at Pullman. People cams from all parte of the inland empire. Some- features of the show were very interesting. Be sides 'the usual races there was a slow mule race, about the funniest event of the show. Hiding bucking horses was another Interesting exhibition and the driving of a twenty-mule .team by. ose man uiomunu miu--. v - COLTS VANQUISH THE 0. K. N. TEAM ; (Special Dispatch to The JonrnsL) V Forest Grove, Or.,-June 22 In the most Interesting; game of ball ' played here this season tha Forest Grove Colts defeated tha O. R. A N. team of Port land yesterday by the score of S to 8. Up to the fifth Inning tha gam be longed to the railroad men, but by a series of fumbles and wild throws t In that Inning they allowed the colts to run in three scores, and during the rest of the game were unable to overcome the Colts' lead. For the O. It. & N., 8 oder, the ehortston, played star ball," and for tha Colts Cop pel was the best man In tha game. Griffith, second baseman for the O. R. & N., had a fin ger broken during the game. The batteries were: Colt. Alexan der and Getter; O. R. A N., Sullivan and Halderman. . STRANGE SUICIDE , ; ON .WEDDING EVE CTnitsd Press Leased Wire.) 8pokan,' Wash., June 22. Having been granted his request to be permitted to retire Into an' adjoining room for the purpose of writing a letter, A. J. Mur phy of Almlra, wash., instead of pen ning bJs epistle, draw a slxshooter from his pocket and blew his brains out No reason . is known for his rash act for it was supposed he was the happiest of men; He was .to be married i)n the following day to miss winnio casaiday, a belle of the town. He secured the llcenee Saturday. On- his way home, arriving at the residence of a neighbor, Mr. Wiseman, he stopped , to write a letter, which he declared he Wanted sent back to town by tha mall carrier. Noth ing was suspected until tne report was heard in the adjoining room and he waa iouna lying on tne noor aeaa. STATE HORTICULTURAL , SOCIETY'S MEETING t (Bpedil Dispatch to The JosrnaL) The Dalies, Or, June 22. The mlfli summer meeting of tha State Horticul tural society will be held here June 30 and July, 1 and l: An excellent pro gram has been prepared and ample ar rangements for entertainment are being made.. The railroads promise the usual rate of one ami tone third on the cer tiorate plan. The attendance of fruit growers is urged by those in charge of tha society's affaira, ... ..,.. . , CHURCH AD SCHOOLS GIVE I1IFT ffili : HEGfiO VOTES Secretary's Campaign Man agers Preparing Litera-; ture to Appease, , (United Press lisawd Wlre.l Washington, June 22. It la stated on good authority today that Secretary Taf fa campaign- managers are busy get ting out literature designed to cap ture . tha negro vote for tha - Repub lican 'nominee next fait The secretary fears tha vote of the negro' more than he does the votei of organised labor. according to those who are in a posi tion to know, and the campaign mill Is already busy grinding out - literature calculated to appeaae the colored voi re -of die country. . ... . Tha appointment of a negro to pre de over the great convention at Chi- cago while Senator todgs waa pre senting the name of Governor Guild of Massachusetts for' the vice-presidential nomination, was but the first step, say tba ttolltlcians. in a campaign that is calculated to outdo the .efforts Of Sen ator Foraker to gather all 4he colored votes into his camp before tha Chicago convention. - .-- . '- - . The literature contains extracts from Taf t'a speeches favorable to the negro ana clippings from .newspapers that have - defended Taft'a course. The Brownsville incident will be touched upon in tha literature, whloh will be mauen to every colored voter in tne United States,. ... KILLS 'OTINITY," LETS SPOUSE GO Kentucky Mountaineer's Wife Then Surrenders to Uncle of Girl. V V. She Killed. ' Laxlngtoa, Kfn iune U. -Tlia crude Justice': of the mountains, which has made notorious tha name of Breathitt county, has dealt with men and their feuds, not with husbands and their af finities -until now. Here la how it J operates on this aoclal canker: Thomas MurrlU recently became en amored of Mary TerryMrav Murrill la Id. muscular ana anirepia, as oecomes tha lfe of a mountaineer. Shs waa onoa pretty, too, as comely aa the plump Mary Terry, with her 19 yeara, the last two of : which have been spent in. col lege In Lexington. But toll and mater nity have made the wife less attractive, and MurrlU tired of her. Ha spent so much of his time visiting the daughter Of his widowed neighbor, Mrs. Terry, that Mrs. MurrlU and the children were left to do all the work about the farm. Mrs. MurrlU called on the - girl and warned her to leave her husband alone, Misa Terry told tha wife to mind her own business. This state of affaira reached a climax last week, when Mrs. MurrlU took, her huaoand to task and be left home., The deserted wire lookea everywhere for her recreant ' 'husband, but saw nothing of him untU yesterday, when k. Ia vial KU fflnltv" 1U ,1V TT I. Ik , VV . ... . ...... , U.. W. MurrlU saw him 'enter. She' took her husband's rifle, saw that It waa wall loaded and hurried to tne Tarry noma Bha -walked- in on ' Murrm ana miss Terry ( shot the girl three times, killing her. and without appearing perturbed went noma. - Murnn, expecting to get a shot himself. Jumped through a wii now ana una. . .. . After replacing tne rme in tne gun rack at home, Mrs. .MurrlU walked to tha home ox Magistrate JU Li Terry, an uncle of tha girl she had killed, and surrendered. Bha - said she Had been compelled to hill Mis Terry to protect her home,' She was placed In Jail at Jackson today. PEASANT GIRL . BEATS ARCHDUKE Officer Suffering Physical Punish : toent Liable to Dismissal ': v.; From Arm. . . - Budapest, June t2,-Archduke Joseph, aa Brigadier, is accused of having al lowed himself to ba beaten, and If Em peror Francis Joseph wasn'l an emi nently sana and kindly-man. the marti nets of tha war office might give his imperial highness ,all sorts of trouble by trying to enforce against him tha letter of tha military law, that any army officer suffering physical punish ment must resign.' .- - The awful affront happened at tha archduke's summer home, tha estate of Klstapolcsany. It seems that the arch duke, his wife. Archduohesa Augusta, and a courtier ' were walking in the castle park, when they suddenly heard the swish of a rod behind. At the same moment the archduke got a cut across tne nacg ana snouiaers. Turning, he saw, a pretty young girl, dressed up In peasant's finery. She held a willow switch In her hand and was about to apply it again and again, when an exclamation from the archduke stopped her. 'TJon't be angry, your highness," she said, "but unless you acoept 15 strokes from this switch, I will not gat married during the year, and besides you will have sickness In the House."' Tha courtier, who Is a Hungarian by birth, explained that Whitsuntide must see tha master beaten by his female vassals, or they and the master himself are nouna to surier. un mis tne arch duke laughingly consented to be birched, and allowed his wife to give him a few additional strokes for good measure. CASTORIA Tot Infants and CMldrea. . The Kind Yea Hara Always BougM Sears the Signature of a1limk..i.. n. .... .. Tti i ! .lit" bte! forew war rrv Wat all bf an nmoMl. . , . . . Taos.OUlara.XlgIa.IU, vs ' - The Dowels ' -4 pi J'.ia 1a bulk. Th gnnln. tmpt 0 I) 0. lioaitiUl to cur or oar iuuur fcck. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. toy nrjaSJiLE.TEJir.IUCriCDXES I SfVASH DISPENSER OF , RED-EYE III JAIL Umatilla Brare Goes Back to Cell fori Repeating Offence. 'John Mitchell, a full-blood Umatilla Indian and victim of civilisation. woVa a sorrowful faca when he was brought Into tha county Jail yesterday morning. cnargea wun taking liquor Into a gov emmant reservation. As he was taken inside the Jail, Jailer Hunter was in tha act ;, of releasing threa other braves, comrades of John, who had been ar rested and sentenced with him three months ago. At that time he was given only 60 day. behind the bars. bSt the leniency shown by Judge Wolvirton 88 THIRD STREET Opposite CHAUCER OF COiUIERCE Mflli-Cute .-. w .t-.i ... ' . :1 n.All mm Aii .1 iiLIJj ,V0J wwlWrii''UjruJ& appears to only, have Increased his troubles. - ' Isadora White Bull, Wild BUI and Joe Hayes are tha Indians released yes terday, having served out 90 days' for their indiscretion In taking red-eye across the reservation, line. ' Thirty days ago John Mitchell, who had been convicted at tha same time, bade them goodbye and went back to the land of his fathera Yesterday the three con doled with John, who must again face Judge Wolverton, with a probability that his early appearanoe after being re leased will not dispose the court to such leniency aa was granted before. TWO OF UNCLE SAM'S x : WASPS IN COLUMBIA The torpedo boat destroyers Goldes borough and Rowan entered Columbia river this morning. Possibly they will come here but It is believed that they put in j tor coal on their way from Bremerton to Mara Island. The Golds borough waa built in Portland aome years ago after tha completion of the torpedo boats Fox and Davis which are now at anchor off tha foot of East Washington, street. i Stores Overstocked ! . Backward Season! TMEREPORB OUR Cm $3.00 Shoes Reduced to $3.50 Shoes Reduced to All $4.00 Shoes Reduced to a i -, . i m !. . , r i s All $5.00 Shoes Reduced to mi loggieg SEE OUR WINDOWS LOVE SPANKED TO . V DEATH J BRIDE SUES Sixteen-Year-Old Mrs. Kaat Wants . ;to Be Parted From IIus- ' band. Aged 19. , New York, June 22. That a spanking. If property administered, may cure even love, was shown yesterday In tha su preme courr' when suit was brought on behalf of 18-year-old i Carrie : Wagner Kast against her 19-year-old husband, George Kast Jr. - Young Mrs. Kast had been spanked by her parents when they learned that she had run away with the boy. And immediately she decided she didn't love him so much, after alL "And, anyway, I wouldn't live with him now if papa and mamma would let mi," she explained. "He has been un true to me. Why, he went to a ball and danced with three other girls!" According to the papers filed In the cane, the two youngsters were married in December last by the Rev. James H. ! A . fc to AT BOTD STORES Lockwood of the Cornell Memorial church. In East Slxty-flghth street. Car rie lived at No. 432 Eaet Seventy-sixth street George lived at 401 on the same block.' - a "I didn't -want-to mftrry him, though?, I liked him pretty .wU. Carrie eald, "but he pestered me till I did." George told his parents' about It, but Carrie didn't. George s . mother told Carrie's mother and the spanking: fol lowed. Then came the suit. . Justice Guy yesterday appointed At tornev Irving Kats as the girl s legal guardian. Young Kast says hs is earn- . Inr mouh monev to support a wife and feels sure his bride will be returned to him. .v. . - COFFEE It is a mistake on the part of a housewife to buy poor coffee; it isn't good for any body. - ' .Your grooer returns your money If you don't Uke Schilling's Best; we pay him. CORNER FOURTH AND YUIIilLL : Y.U.C.A. ' DU1LD1NG ProprJion if . f-!--f ? BBSBBBSBBkl " - :'.(. ' V A V1
