The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 15, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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    THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, . JULY 15. 1008.
DREAM OF IB IS
ROES DIES HOT GUILTY
THIRTY-TWO CARS FILLED WITH HAPPY GROCERS
if
'A i,
JL E. Cooke, New Broker,
Arrested in Baker City on
Fraud Charges on Way to
Portland With Marshal
for Ilea ring.
(Tutted r-reaa Iii.xl Wirt.)
Grand Junction. Col., Juljl 15. Stave
Adams was found not guilty thla after
noon of the murder of Arthur Collins,
the Tellurlde mine superintendent, who
was snot rrom arnoiisri while in his or
floe nt night at the Smuggler-Union
ininu in isui.
mm die in
COLLIERY FIRE
Henry E. G. Cooke of New York. gen
eral good fellow, n high liver and let
ter known perhaps because lie promised
to make a larke number or r.imirn.
New York, persons wealth und who
brought them to Oregon in a private
car to carry out his promises, is on his
way to Portland traveling In an ordi
nary day coach and In th custody of a
deputy United States marshal.
Cooke doesn't like the come-down. He
1 , u i . i , . .1 I,nr1 in eat nil the
.u me uni . ... company
? L:0 "fr- .' n7h' ,l,lm hav rescued, suf-
Cioke wss arrested in Baker City Sat- faring from horrible burns, which prot.
..-Vr?.?w. e i-T,itH States I ably will prove fatal in some cases.
M-riLr aVX inhn McCourt who More men remain In the mine, where
had heen informed by wire of on In they were trapped by the explosion, and
dfctment ffb h been returned U is feared the death list will grow.
against Cooke In r.ew xora.
(fJulteflTreer Letted Wirt.)
Pottsvllle. Pa, July 15. Twelve men
were killed today In an explosion In
shaft No. 1 of the Williamsburg col
liery, operated by the Susquehanna Coal
Every effort is being made to reach
the Imprisoned men, but the flames
make It difficult.
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(I'olted Press Uul Wire.)
Marygville. Cal., July 16. Sheriff
Chubbuck and three posses are today
scouring the woods in an effort to lo-
Promlaea Easy Money.
Cooke promised to pay "twenty to
one- on every dollar Invested No
doubt he would have paid it if Uncle
Bam hadn t taKen a nana in me uc.u.
The government officials assert that
Cooke a scheme was a get-rieh-quick
; one entirely arrd that his operatlonc
, were In violation of the law In more
way than one. ' ,
But Cooke didn't thhik so. or at least
he pretended that he didn't, and he
worked his scheme so successfully for
several months that he Induced about
40 New York high nyers io accompany
htm on a nice summer vacation trip out
to the wilds of Oregon.
After an uneventful trip across the
nnntlnent and seeing tne signis irom
the windows of a private car the party
ffIvaiI in Raker Citv. Everything Just
went along lovely for awhile Nothing cate Gus Adolph, an Italian, who last
was too scrunipiuous ii.r v uu oi iht murciered two men and tried to
of hla 40 guests. Finally the big blow " nl muruerea iwo men ana iriea io
fell The big blow was the strong arm kill three others In a Western Pacific
- of the law Clyde Nicholson of Port- camp In the hills 25 miles east of Oro-
ta&,S.U was 'Taken 'united vHI.. A hard fight Is expected before
States commissioner In Baker City, and the murderer is captured. Adolph was
waived examination.! Upon the advice run out of the Western Pacific camp
of Mr. McCourt tb amount of bail was last March by the other men In the
placed at $4,000. camp, who objected to him because he
This amount or oaii was a nun too was quarrelsome. The Italian left vow
j much for the New York broker and lng vengeance on the whole camp, and
high fiver, and to iatl he went. It Is nothing more was seen of lilm until
eald that he wanted to put up his pri- last night.
vatecar, but theear.lt seems, wasn't his Adolph was familiar with the camp,
iri the first place. And besides. Uncle and watched his opportunity to get
Cam won't take anything but the ready some of the men while they were corn
cash pure, unadulterated gold. paratlvely isolated from their fellow
When Cooke arrives he will have a workmen. He slipped upon a party of
heating before Judge Wolverton In the five men and surprised them.
United States court. District Attorney The crazed Italian shot two of the
? McCourt will request that an order of men before thev could defend them-
removal to New York for trial be is- selves, and he then turned on the rest
sued. Mr. McCourt Is now awaiting the of the party. The three, having no
arrival of the copies -of the New York weapons, fled to the woods for their
Indictment. - lives, spread In a- the alarm as thev ran.
In.- the meanw&Ile Cooke will spend Adolph ran into the woods in another
his tlniVin'the Multnomah county Jail, direction, followed by men froin the
That is, unless he gets the desired bail, carnp. as soon as they saw it would
Mr. Nicholson and his traveling com- be Impossible to overtake him on foot
panion, Mr. Cooke, are expected to ar- they returned to the camp,
rive here this evening or tomorrow A messenger was Bent to Oroville to
These Are Not Ticket Scalpers, Merely Grocers Selling Tickets to the Dig Excursion.
Thirty-two carloads of picnic baskets I
and grocers went to Bonneville this
morning and are spending the day on
the banks of the Columbia. The gro
cers are trying their own medicine and
from the expectant looks on the coun
tenances of the 2,000 happy people who
made It impossible to get through the
union depot this morning without shov
ing and pushing and looking happy, too,
it will be a fine treat.
Evidently every store in the city will
open up tomorrow with a vastlv de
pleted stock of goods. Baskets the
biggest the railroad officials said they
had ever seen with bottles of pre
serves and fruit and boxes of sand
wiches and cake and fruit bristling out
an over, were in evidence everywhere.
The excursion tickets read, "No baggage
checked," so the excursionists took
everything they could without fear of
paying excess rates.
This year's annual plcnlo of the Gro
cers' association is bigger than last
year's and the crowd turned loose upon
Superintendent Lyons of the union de
pot Is the biggest he has ever had to
handle for excursions. There were two
trains of 16 cars each, and all well
filled. As soon as you got off your car
at the depot you were surrounded bv
members of the ticket .committee and
you bought your ticket" then, so that
there vraa nit I.Ibv o iwi .lttno a. ka I
train gates. Plenty of Lunch for the Picnic at Bonneville.
I ! I
morning.
SEATTLE CIIOSEfi FOR
next mmmi m
report the murders to the sheriff and
posses were organized immediately to,
search for Adolph.
Adolph undoubtedly came to the camp
prepared for a desperate encounter, and
it
The third and last day's session of
the United Grand Lodge of Negro Ma
sons of Washington and Jurisdiction
wet at" 10 o'clock this morning in the
Caledonian hall, Second and Yamhill
streets. The forenoon session was de
voted to transacting routine and legis
lative business. At this afternoon's
. session, Seattle was selected as the
place for holding the grand lodge In
' l08. Grand officers will be elected to
serve during the coming year just prior
to final adjournment thla afternoon. J.
E. Hawkins of Seattle, deputy grand
master, is slated for election as grand
master to succeed John C. Logan of
Portland, who has served In that ca-
gaclty for the past five years. Charles
. Parker of Spokane, grand secretary,
will be reelected.
A reception will be tendered the dele
t Is believed that he Is heavily armed
and well supplied with ammunition.
Workmen who have known him a long
o say he Is a man of most desperate
racter. and It is believed he will
fight as long as possible. Many even
say he will never be taken alive. If Is
supposed he planned his flight before
he made the attack on the camD. and
pursuers have found great difficulty In
tracing him.
HEAR JOHN
SHARP HUMS
HIIER'S ERROR
LETS FIEHD GO
Clerk's Assumption Respon
sible for Escape of In
human Brute.
(Special Dispatch to The Jonrail.)
Ashland, Or., July 16. Hon. John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi and Al
fred Montgomery appeared on the Chau
tauqua platform Monday. The attend-
I ence was heavier than at any time dur-
C;.."o""" P'""Jf ""1.,. r"resl:r8ilng the present session.
t r h. ,r v h i ' 1 5 The distinguished minority leader's
2SLt0n h . t" .n' -,H,.'me8 ,f tslk w "f" political one. but "A
Spokane, grand orator, will deliver the Talk About Talking." The lecture was
annual address. ap,ly handled and full of wisdom. The
The convention, ,whlch opened Mon- listeners were deeply impressed -by the
day, has six delegates and grand offi- earnestness and foreefulness of the
cers present, representing eight subor
dlnate lodges, seven of which are in the
state of Washington, and one, Enter
prise lodge, of this city is the only ne
gro lasonic lodge In Oregon.
speaker. John Sharp Williams has ex
ceptlonal aolllty.
Owing to a thunder shower the round
table was held in the tabernacle, where
a large crowd liBtened to President
Campbell discuss the High school ques
tion. Alfred Montgomery arrived Rundoy
and on Monday put 190,000 worth of
paintings on exhibition. The paintings
are me anmiration and wonder of all.
The painter Ir a most Interesting char
acter. In the evtnlnir he addressed a
crowded house on " I ndlifenoua Ameri
can Art." He was introduced by Hlshop
Robert Mclntyre.
Tuesday there will be three lectures
Instead of two. Alfred Montgomery at
10 o'clock a. m, "IHlletantelsm InA'rt";
Dr. Ira Landrith of Nashville, Tenn
"Level Best Living"; at 8 o'clock. Bish
op Mclntyre, "Involution of Abraham
Lincoln."
Caroline Glrard, one of the victims of
Don Hoaglin, will die. Ever since last
December Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin of the
women's police auxiliary has been car
ing for the unfortunate girl, and today
she announced that there is practically
no cnance or her recovery, as tne end
is not rar aistant.
Hoaglin in the meantime has made
good nis escape, though three times ar
rested on heinous charges. By careless
ness In the municipal court Hoaglin
was released on $100 bonds, Clerk Mll
ner setting the amount. So serious was
the charge against Hoaglin that the
bond stopped him not one moment, and
It is doubtful if he will ever come with
in reach of the Portland police again.
The bond was forfeited today.
"I'm through with the Hoaglin case."
said Mrs. Baldwin today. "I've had
him arrested three times, and every
time by some chicanery he has escaDod
punishment. The girl will die, I am
sorry to say." The details of the Girard
case and the part Hoaglin took are In
descrlbable. The Inhuman fiend owes
his freedom to Milners assumption in
tne matter.
HOTELIU
THEIR FREEDOM
Judge Dismisses Charges
Against Them Owing to
Lack of Evidence.
HUNT CLUB PLANS
L HORSE
Here are top-notchers
for your top-knot.
The rakish soft hat in
various shades of pearl
gray, brown and green.
Milans, Mackinaw and
.... Senette Straws, with
fancy or plain bands.
Derbies in feather
weight and various new
colorings.
No face slighted that
r comes here.
Summer Hats are now
- on sl at greatly re
duced prices.
$3 Soft Hats at. . . $2.35
. $3 Straw Hats at 91.85
' J7J0 Panamas at $3.45
KIM'S STOMACH
TREE FROM POISON
The second annual horse show of the
Portland Hunt club will be held In Octo
ber this year, and although the date of
the exhibition is three months distant
the members of the Hnt club are
busily engaged with advance prepare
tloni. The great success of last sea
sons Initial event has inSDlred Presl
dent T. S. McGrath and his able club
committees to aim at the very highest
In the line of eouine exhibitions, and
ulans to that end have accordingly been
formulated. It is their aim to eclipse
any event of the kind ever held outside
Madison Square, and if the plans in
question are fullv carried out the Port
land how will in nil probability equal
the celebrated affairs of New York.
Judging from the applications and in
quiries which are already pouring In,
the entries this reason will be very
classy and there will be many surprises
for the horae lovers of the northwest.
This ear there will be no question of
whether the show will be a success or
nit from the entrv standpoint for
that was conclusively settled last fall.
The fine showing made then has stimu
lated majiy local people and there will
be some very line turnouts ui-i-rcunea m
The Oriental building in the exposi
tion grounds, which was fitted up at
great expense, for last season's show
will again be utlllicd for this big event.;
additional touches being given for the
comfort of the Immense crowds wnicn
attend.
(S.neclil Dlpteb to Th Journal.)
Castlerock, Wash., July 15. Dr.
Ralph Matron of Portland, who made
the tests on the stomach of Godfrey
Kunert. reports no poisons were found.
The body was exhumod Monday and I
Drought to this place for an Inquest.
The Jury was composed of H. Richard
son. H. Alger, James Alger, R Brewer.
r. tiamaway ana i. Mitchell. They
concluded deceased had met hit death' , M , , .
by unnatural causes. County Coroner i . . fruited Pr " lrr'
Rlrd sn.l Prosecuting Attorney Hubbel I London. July IS. The new British
of K'elao iiw rr T c r.nrV.n ........ cruiser Indomitable, with the Prtnc or
nrum .1 ih. innn.ii Th. .nn.k Wales on board, collided with a bsr
Willis S. Horton and Will Coffer,
night clerk and dishwasher of the
Merchants hotel. North Third street,
were dismissed by Municipal Judge Van
Ztinte this morning.
The reason given was that the only
evidence against them was that given
by Lloyd C. Ross and his wife", who con-
icsseu io Deing accomplices In the sys
tem of wholesale robberv alleirer: tn
carried on in the Merchants hotel. This
was unsuostantlated bv anv other wit
nesses and for that reason Tn, -! Van
.oine ireea mo noieimen, much to th(
disgust of the nollce rierr(-r fv K
Ueved thev had arranged a Mtrnno. fna
n . . , , n -w
aRni,i-,i ngriun ana correr.
District Attorney Cameron Immsitl
ately after the decision mag innnnn..
declared it probable that he would bring
allegations against the hotel employes
to the attention of the grand Jury whon
ii n-xi meets. ir is n fccd tnnt nrun.
tlcally every employe of the Merchant's
noiei is interested in the robbery syn
dicate there carried on almost dally.
Uetectlve Captain Batv openly de
clares his suspicions of the place, but as
me case asanas now nothing further can
oe done oy ine police until a new com
plaint Is made.
MILNER REQUESTED
TO SHOW DECENCY
JESSIE TURNER
TORUS DUFFLES
Just Couldn't Help Robbing
and Trying to Kill
Mrs. Seale,
Laying Hose Above Tanks
and Their Support Is
ilurncd Away.
(United Pirn Leu Win.)
Bants P.arbara, Cat. July 18. Two
men were killed and KO.poo barrels of
oil were destroyed with a loss sggre.
mtlnr 12UO.OO0. as result of a fire
which Is still raging fiercely at the lit
tla oil town of Orcutt. in tne Hants
Maria oil fields, today.
At noon desperate efforts " were be
ns made by the inhabitants of the town
to check the flames, which threatened
two tanks runtalntns 26.000 barrels of
oil each, and It is believed these will be
burned. Through the hard work of vol
unteer firemen the fire so far has been
Went ewav from the houses of the vil
lage, but these tou In all probability
will be destroyed.
The fire was started by crossed
electric light wires, which set fire to
a building nearby and soon communi
cated the flames to the oil tanks.
Many cars loaded with oil and con
struction material belonging to the new
railroad that Is being extended into the
oil fields have been burned.
The two men who were killed lost
their lives In a horrible manner. Both
were working on a runway above a
huge oil tnnk which was in fire, en
deavoring to (stay the progress of the
flames with a elne of hose, when the
planks on which they stood became ig
nited and collapsed. The men were pre
cipitated Into the burning oil and per-
isnea Derore tney couio oe rescued by
GOLD
Multnomah Finances Are
Shown to Be in a Very
Healthy Condition by
Semi-Annual Report of
County Auditor Brandes.
their comrades. The body of one of the
unfortunates, whose name is Stevens.
was recovered, but nothing was ever
seen of the other victim after he
plunged Into the tank.
Orcutt is an nil distributing town and
has a population of between 000 and
700.
SWEDE CAPTURES
JiSVELIfl THROW
CRUISER WITH WALES
ABOARD SIXKS BARGE
CLOTffifRS
m m xxuu truix,
ge
and contents were forwarded to fr. today Just outside of portamoutn in;
Mstson for chemical snalysis for ar-1 damage to tne cruiser was siigni. ana
senlc, nrusslc arid strychnine antimony t proceeded on nr way after a brief
or corrosive sublimate i delay. The barge was Irreparably dm-
The finding of Lr. Matsoo exonerates aged. No cssualties are reported The
Mrs,-' Kunert and Rudolph Greenwold. I Indomitable Is du ' f rnra Portsmouth e
the lstte a roomer at Kunert's wbo . morrow, bearing the Prince of Wslea to
ine uueoec i ercenxenary ceieorenon. Mi"
rovsl highness Is accompanied by a
large and brilliant staff. ' The party is
due to reach Quebee July 22. end. ac
cording -to preeent arrangements, will
remain in Canada one week.
rrested Rundav on susDlcion of
having poisoned Kunert.
The deceased died last Friday after a
prolonged attack of hiccoughs.
IMiind With AllmoBT. .
John J O'Connor Is two years behind
m the alimony he was directed to
pay Harriett M. O'Connor when they
were divorced In January, accord -
lr to an affidavit filed Is tbe circuit
court todav. Mrs. O'Connor does not
stk to catch up on the alimony, bow
mounting ( tmt-4ee ak t be
allowed to take be-e tnrv children
here b rdeea, Hh9 says her for
Ber husband frequently annoys ana es
u?T her and Is unfit to associate
wth tbe children, so she wants te
Portland a ad take the) children
Uh -r. She warts the Civ ores decree
aoilfcM te thU sHect, . r .
SECOND ACCIDENT TO
ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP
fTtt
Priederlchawew, Juiw 1 1 An ccidt
tday p rar en ted the night
Zeppelin's airship.
of Count
Jnat as the big bal
loon was ebowt te set under way a smst
of wind dheJ It sgainat the rrof cf
the shed, enouejy daanaglns; It.
It will
take s we to repair tbe damage, and
the flight Las bees postponed mUl that
time.
: - .
When John T. Mllner assumed 4
the duties of clerk of the mu-
nlclpal court he startled every- 4
body by appealing in court 4
minus his coat. As a conse-
quence the representatives of the
district attorney's and city at- 4
torney's offices have complained, 4
and evefy other lawyer who at- 4
tends the police court has Oe-
manded that Miincr be made to 4
keep on his coat while In court.
Nobody has ever been allowed to 4
wear his hat or to appear with- 4
out a coat tn the courtroom, and 4
Mllner Is the first to break the 4
rule guarding the respect of the 4
court. 4
Mllner was forcedtoday to re- 4
Ilnqulsh a prerogative he took 4
to himself, that of questioning 4
the prisoner as soon as he came 4
to the bar. This Is entirely out- 4
side the duties of the clerk and 4
today when court began Deputy 4
District Attorney Page and 4
Dep'uty City Attorney Sullivan 4
let It be known that Mllner was 4
to attend to his own work and 4
let theirs alone. Consequently 4
Mllner was today forced Into 4
silence. 4
4
(United Press Letted Wire.)
San Jose, Cal.. July 15. Suffering
from a nervous breakdown and on the
verge of collapse, Miss Jessie Turner,
a pretty young stenographer of Palo
Alto, who last night robbed the hone
of Mrs. Slabel Seale at Ualo Alto and
later tried to kill her victim, told her
story to Sheriff Langford today. She
declared she was an orphan and be
lieved she inherited a mania for robbery.
"I was driving past the house of
Mrs. beale last night," she said, and
I noticed the blinds puUed down. The
thought flashed through my mind thftt
this would be a good opportunity, to
enter tne piace. i round the Key in
tne floor, ana. led on by impulse.
entered the house and took everything
in signt. i cannot ten wny l am it.
Miss Turner, who lives at the home
of Arthur Crane, a San Francisco bua
lness man, was driving In a closed car
riage and had with her the little 13-
year-old Crane boy. She had the boy
open the house and then she ransacked
it. taking away a sackful of date and
valuables. Mrs. Seale returned Just In
time to see the carriage drive away
and she followed the burglar to her
home.
There she tried to telephone for the
police. Miss Turner sprang upon her
and cut her with a large Japanese
Knira, wounding ner seriously. She
then compelled her victim to write
note promising not to prosecute her.
tne woman nas a sister. May Turner,
who committed a similar crime a few
months ago. She was emdoved as
domestic In the family of Mrs. Wing
in this city, and stole all the valuable
clothing in the house and left town.
The authorities here are inclined to
be lenient, as they believe the sisters
to do tne victims or a peculiar mania.
Miss Turner was this morning at
tended by ur. Simmons and Dr. Harris,
t is reared tnat sne may not be able
to lace a trial lor months.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
London, July 16. E. V. Lemlng of
Sweden won tho final Javelin-throw at
the Olympic games today. Ills mark
was 178 feet 714 Inches. In the Jave
lin-throwing the second place was given
to Bonltza of Greece, who threw 168
feet and 6 Inches. Halse of Norway
was given third placo with 163 feet and
1 Inches.
In tne final heat of the three-mile
team run. M, W. Deakln of En aland was
first, the American team second and
France third. The Enirllsh team, head
ed by Deakin, made the winning three
mllo run in 14 minutes 89 3-5 seconds.
In the three-mile run the English
team was composed of H. A. Wilson, A.
J. Robertson. J. E. Deakln. N. P. Hal-
Jlows and W. Coates. The American
team was composed of George V. Bon
hag. G. A. Dull, J. L. Elsie. II. L. Trube
and Harvey W. Cohn-
Belgium heat Hollund todav at water
polo bv 8 to 1. This does not count in
the scoring of the games.
Svaksergs of Sweden Won the first
heat of the five-mile 'race on the flat
track. In JI5 minutes. 46 1-5 seconds.
This establishes a new record.
The Frer.ch team composed of Schtllei
and Autfray won the final in the 2, 000
meter tandem bicycle race in S.fi7 8-5.
In the final contest in the 660-yard
bicycle race. Johnson of England was
first, Dembagel of Ffrlnce was second
and Numar of Germany wns third.
Johnson's time In winning the 660-yard
bicycle race was 61 1-5 seconds.
IfiSIGHTLY
HAVE
SHACKS
BEEN SCORCHED
DECLARE EVIDENCE
IS NOT SUFFICIENT
44444f 44444 444444
Notaries Commissioned.
(Salem Bnreaa of Tb Jonrnal )
Salem. Or.. July 15. Commissions as
notaries have been Issued to W. M. Hll
leary. Turner: J. B. Bell. Springfield ; A.
J. Sherwood. Cooullle: L. Couch. Wallo
ws; Charles P. Nelson. Cloverdale: P. L.
Fountain. Klamath Falls: N. L. Butler.
lallaa: A. Mclean. Astoria; E. M. Run
van. M. F Culver. II. McConaugh. J. C.
Mu!ln and Charles U. Carey. Portland,
and C. F. Barrows. Baker City.
Hair on Face,
Nock and Arms
P ky tks Jiew JTrisMrfsO
t riaB tm sitaaei set at fl It 0 aaty aataaev
ft aa pimfUmi ar to Stitfy Kair. iMt vaeat
feat tffinMtttf vck u mrr. Inr tea a.
tUatanaa Taaat aea HMt raa aa aa R r.ajt
af taa aaai aa4 aaiiar alarm. I Htrarai M
aa. hkuaMTM'Matil4taa.
Judge Webster, counsel for former
tate Senator R. A. Booth, James U.
Booth and T. E. Singleton, indicted on
charge of conspiring to defraud the
United States, is arguing a demurrer to
he complaint before Judge Wolverton
In the federal court this afternoon.
The demurrer was filed some time ago
and sets forth that there Is an Insuf
ficiency of evidence In the indictments
and brings out other legal technicali
ties. Tracy C Becker, special assistant
to the attorney-general, represents the
government.
The trial of the trio begins tomorrow
afternoon In the United States court.
This morning Mr. Becker and Judge
Webster conferred with Judge Wolver
ton Snd decided to take up the demurrer
arguments this afternoon In order that
they could be disposed of before the
tsskt or selecting s jury was oegun.
A venire of -75 men. drawn seversl
weeks sgo, will report to the court to
morrow afternoon.
Fire, apparently started by defective
wiring at 2:30 this morning, destroyed
James W. Applcgate's photographic
studio at 2 North Sixth. L. D. Carter's
steam bath establishment at No. and
seriously damaged the offices of R. M.
Alrstrop, lawyer, and F. W. Berry, real
estate, at jno. ivorm Bixtn.
Tho two buildings are two of the old
est shacks in the business part of the
city, belonging to the row of old struc
tures, opposite the Commonwealth build
ing, iney are owned Dy L&ua et ni
ton. The total loss was close to $2,000.
most of which Is covered by insurants
A telephone alarm was turned In and
then an alarm from box 17 at 2:30, but
by the time the firemen arrived the
tpplegate studio was a mass of flames
and lllttle could be done except to
drench the adjoining building- with water.
WAGNER, TO SUCCEED
JUDSON C. BRUSIE
Multnomah county has $461,814.37 tn
Its strong box in excess of all liabili
ties. These are the figures shown by
ths semi-annual report of county
finances compiled by County Auditor
Brandc-s and made public today, exhibit
ing In detail the rise and fall pf county
cash In the period from January 1 to
June 80.
The county owes the stats treasury
about 1160,000, on state taxes, how
ever, leaving approximately 1290,000 on
which to run the business of the county
until taxes begin to flow In from thla
year's assessment. This is a better
showing than for several years, and in
dicates that with good management
there may be a snug surplus to carry
over for next year.
Cash available for redemption of gen
eral fund warrants amounts to 31S,
460.27 and for redemption of road war
rants IUU. 667.34, a total of I4&H.017.61.
General fund warrants outstanding at
the first of the year or drawn since that
date amount to ,301, 246. 40, of whlc.i
14.484.94 is outstanding. Road .fund
warrants redeemed total 867,108.90. wltu
$1,713.30 outstanding. This makes the
total liabilities $6,168.24, and an excess
or resources over liabilities of $451,
819.87 .Taxes for 1907 collected since Janu
ary 1 amount to $(0,092 and $411 has
been collected on penalties. There Is a
chance for $229. 000 more if the "couuty
succeeds in collecting the tax on tho
$16,000,000 surplus of the O. R. & N.t
which the railroad has refused to pay
and is expected to fight through to the
supreme court.
Among the receipts of the last six
months wore $1,931 from sheriff's fee.
132. 13ft from the office of the county
clerk, $956 from the east side Justice
court, $1,779 from the Portland district
Justice court, $3,260 in tolls from the
Burnslde bridge. $600 from the Madi
son bridge, $949 from the city for
boarding city prisoners at Kelly's Butte.
$1,000 from liquor licenses, $182 from
pay patients at the county farm, and
$118.68 interest paid by the Portland
Trust Company on county funds depos
ited with it. The county deposits Its
funds with several banking institutions,
the Portland Trust being the only one
that pays interest.
There has been paid out on warrants
$296,760, and $200,000 has gone to the
state treasurer, with about $160,000 still
due the state. There has been received
from taxes for the use Of the Port of
Portland $225,907.
In the road fund there was a balance
of $32,277 on January 1, the sum re
ceived for the benefit of that fund Is
$206,150, the amount of warrants re
deemed la $67,108, and the balance Is
$139,041. In the school fund, starting
with a balance of $2,771. $579,481 has
been received and $576,130 paid out,
leaving a Daiance or 3,aoi.
For the city of Portland there has
been collected $819,861, and for the li
brary fund $21,368. For the city of St
Johns the collections amount to $9,787,
and for Uresham $64t.
Three lamg ducks In the list are the
park, scalp bounty and Institute funds.
At the first of the year there was 4
cents in the park fund and 8 cents In
the scalp bounty fund, but they are now
wholly invisible. In the Institute fund
there is J1.45. The postage account for
the various offices shows that $915.62
was paid to Uncle Sum for stamps.
WIFE-BEATER GETS
OFF ON SMALL FINE
Though complaint had been made to
"Dolice headquarters that Frederick
Woodhouse had beaten Ms wife and that
she would make formal complaint of his
treatment, he was fined $5 today for
being drunk and turned loose to do
what he would.
Patrolman Qulnton took Woodhouse
from a scow at the foot of Jefferson
street. He was unmistakably drunk,
but the neighbors brought word from
Mrs. Woodhouse that she had been
beaten and would appear against' him.
Clerk Mllner of the municipal court
took no notice of the report on file
against Woodhouse, so the charge of
drunkenness was all that Woodhouse
had to answer, and he lost no time la
paying his fine.
DILATORY AUTO
OWNERS SOON TO
SUFFER ARREST
(United Preu Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, July 16. Walter D,
Wagner, until yesterday auditor of San
Bernardino county, today succeeded the
late Judson C. Brusle, author and poli
tician, as secretary of the state board
of railroad commissioners. The board
has adopted appropriate resolutions, of
sympathy In connection with the death
of Brusle. who died of a broken heart
at Los Angeles after being arrested and
thrown Into Jail on the charge of em
bezzling a small sum of money from a
surety company, which he represented
on the coast.
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LIP2IAN, WOLFE . & CO.
When A. R. Myers appears In the mu
nicipal court tomorrow to answer a
charge of abusive snd profane language
he will offer for defense the asserfloa
that he bad provocation. Francis L
McKenna made tbe complaint against
Myers.
McKenna. Myers declares, moved ths
Northern Hill station., on ths t Johns
line, a r joe a 44 seres of ground so It
would be nearer tbe McKenna property.
Myers says the depot building was
erected ty tbe residents of tbe neigh
borhood for their own uaa years ago.
and that McKenna, had ne right what
ever to move It.
Symphony Concerts at th Oaks.
The sfternoon concerts by the band
of white and gold under the leadership
of Horr Waldemar Llnd at tbe Oaks
very afternoon have won a place for
themselves with music lovers. It Is
seldom that so talented an organization
can be heard so easily. The evening
comedy productions by the Allen Curtis
company are filling the big air dome
with enthusiastic auditors every night
"The Tide of Life" Tonight.
The most elaborate of ail the Blun-kall-Atwood
company's offerings slno
the season opened is "The Tide of Life."
that .thrilling melodrama which hj
drawn tboussnds of delighted patrons
to the Lyric this week. If you haven't
4- There are about 100 auto- 4
4 mobile owners in Portland who 4
4 have failed to take out a license 4
4 to operate in the city and the 4
4 members of the board of reg- 4
4 Istry are wondgrlng why the po- 4
4 lice do not arrest the owners 4
4 and compel them to take out 4
4 licenses. The lists have been 4
4 submitted to the police from 4
4 time to time and the board has 4
4 exercised great patience In deal- 4
4 lng with the owners who have 4
4 neglected to comply with the 4
4 provisions of the ordinance. The 4
4 time allowed the owners in 4
4 which to take out their licenses 4
4 was extended to a great length 4
4 in order that no hardship would 4
4 be worked on anyone, but there 4
4 are a number who have proven 4
4 refractory and the members be- 4
4 Ileve the police should see thst 4
they sre arrested ,and forced to 4
4 take out their licenses-, .4
4 4
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL
Inexpensive Bnt Good Komi Preparation
for ths Complexion.
Tw: ounces of Rose Wster, one ounce
of Cologne Pplrlta and four ounces of
Eppotone (skin food) will make a faoe
wssn tnat wnnens. softens snd bean-
so at once. Tonight will be especially
cool and delightful.
At the Ljric.
In the production of "The Tide of
Life now being given at the Lyric this
"reek the suthor has riven us s stage
story at once strikingly original "snd
to the manrer born." Fine sentiments
sweeten and make strong tbe whole
story.
Geo Bin ViHdevfUe.
From top to bottom the bill at ths
HMRil tkfa ttMk la a mrlmm it K i t -
"I told hint -Just What I thought Of Therar ara sernKata alnaera and mm.
him for moving ntt depot." said Mrersj0ian, and the program has seldom been
Anna Htnamam. a
arrartss wllh bar
tllsff acW
yet seen It you shhuld oae no time but'lfl the-complexion and yet does not
cause a pariicie or Barm ir useu aaliy
him for moving owr depot, said Mrars4ians and the proi
today. His explanation of the sffsir I eurraed. Miss
arill be given a t court tomorrow hyi Portland frL is
his attorney. JL .Walter Woifa. premier Ustllsf
for years Any druggist will sell you
the articles needed in making this fine
preparation. Put the Eppotone In a
pint of hot wster (not boiling) snd after
it hss dissolved strain and let cool,
then add the. Rose Water and Cologne
Spirits. Women who use this face wash
- they would not think of buvtna-
artlflclal coloring, rouges tt cosmetics.
The Eppotone tones upthe skin snd
gentle masaaglng brings out the natural
color of youth. This preparation pre
vents or removes freckles, tan snd sua.
burn. It repads soot dust and dirt
and eliminates everv bit of the shins
or float of perspiration. This fsce
wash "will not rub off or -show snd Its
use cannoU be detected. While this "
recipe is simple. It Is better t cut It
out and f.ie it far future refsranoe rath
er than trust to naaery, ,