The Oregon daily journal., July 29, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 29. 1908.
BURN FACE
OF VICTIM
Unknown Fiends Sock to
.Disfigure. Dead (Jirl Be
yond Recognition, and to
Efface Crime Completely
by Cremation.
Body Found, With Throa
Cut, iii a Heap of Burning
..: Rubbish at Williamsburg:.
X. Y. Two Men Held on
Suspicion.
(United Preee Uiirf Wtre.i
' New York, July 29. With the face
eaten away by acids, the hands and feet
bound with ropes and a deep gash in
'her throat telling how she met ber
death, the body of a young woman was
found in a burning heap of trash In an
unfrequented part of Williamsburg to
day.
James Ruddlck. a watchman, who dis
covered the body, and nis son. josepn
; Ruddlck, a peddler, are under arrest in
i'uiinevuun wiui mo tiww.
The bodv was taken to the morgue,
where efforts are being made to Identi
fy it, though there is but little hope of
; iver learning wno sne was.
The a-lrl was about 20 years old and
evidently had been subjected to bar
barous mistreatment oerore ner a earn..
Ruddlck. told the following story to
the police:
"1 saw two in a wagon drive across
the commons and dump something out
on the ground, i aid not pay mucn at
tention to them, as thtt Is a commoi
ttisrht here.
..'Xater I saw. a fire at the spot and
supposed they had set a heap of rub-
tiisn on lire. wnne i was waicmng
It be fire, & stranger approached roe and
eatd:
"There is a fire over there and .If
you come here you can smell burning
i flesh. I wonder if a body can be burn
ing up in that flreT
i -TTha stranger and I then went over
i to the place and threw water on the
lire, thinking we had put it out. Later
'I saw fire there again and I went bftck
nd threw more water on it. Thnji I
tfound the body hidden under rubbish,
'lying on a mattress."
;' The police suspected the story and
.upon being croHS questioned, Ruddlck
admitted that the "stranger" to whom
lie had referred was his son Joseph.
This led to the arrest of father and
Bon on suspicion.
me police are convinced mat tne
OEfilOCRATS TO
fill BUTTLE
Executive Committee Will
Map Out Bryan's Oregon
Campaign Saturday Next
I.iemoeratle leaders of th" mate will
map out Die coming presidential cam
paign next Saturday a f lirnoon when
tho executive committee vt tlie Demo
cratic Stale Central commit Ice mill
meet In the "ffl e of Smt Chairman
.Swcck In tlie . ; lui m r of Commenc
building at 2 o'clock.
Chairman Swcck Ins called a meeting
of Ills executive, committee for Saturday
afternoon ajid at Unit lime tho political
situation In Oregon from a 1 lomocrat U
viewpoint will be cjlj.ciis.NCd and me
plans laid out for the Itrwin campaign
it In Iho Intention of the Itemocra.lc
committee to open the state campaign
In the near future and lo keep things
humming from that time on. Accord
ing to the Democratic leaders tho out
look for a Hrvan victory In Oregon Is
very bright ami a strong effort will be
made to overcome the Republican lead
In tho Mate and send PncK lour nemo
era tic electors to the electoral college.
The mrmbeis of Iho executive com
mlttep which will have the dliectlon c:
the Jlrvan campaign in Oregon are as
follows: John Mnntsg, of Portland; w
II. Wehrung, of Hilbiboro; will M. i-c.
n inii s M. (iarland. of Lebanon
Chairman Swcck la ex-offlclo a member
of the committee.
110 HIGH SCHOOL
LUG I
FIGHTING
iii nico
Engagement Between Revo
lutionists and Troops in
Which Two Americans
Are Beported to Have
Been Killed.
IIIIIITOU LAUD
NIKS HOIIEY
Bill
1
It is not the intention of the board
of education to build Immediately a
west side high school on the property
at Sixteenth and Couch streets, re
cently purchased by the board, accord
ing to Director Beach, who, when asked
thla mnrnlne- as to the probable action
of the lioanfT said that it would be two
or three vears before the board's plana
for a new high school for this side of
the river matured.
"W want to build the new high
school with money derived from the sule
n-f h Kloclf oeeiinleil hv the nisrn scllOOl
at Fourteenth nnd Aliier streets," said
Mr. Beach. "That block Is probably
worth $150,000 now. Two years from
now It Will bring much more. Then
the board will probably sell It and use
the money In erecting a modern flre-
wpr building on tne property at six-
eb3tn and coucn. inai is my iaea ui
what the board will do. nnd it is what
think ought to be done."
DETECTIVES NOW HAVE
OWN "SWEAT BOX"
The entire detective department of
the city Is today being moved Into two
rooms on the second floor of the Wor
cester building. Third and Oak streets,
adjoining the police station.
Both captain raiy ana turner uriis
macher desired the change so that a
susneet could be questioned by the de-
' girl's face was burned away in a fiend- tectives without the entire station force
isn errort to Drevent any dossiduiiv or learning or n. as is onen me case, une
her being identified. There is no doubt of the new ftoma, which are directly a start yet and that all the "fool or
sine was murdered ana it is expected I over tne western inion oiuces. win ue Ujers" obtained during his absence
inai Bensaiionw uevriuunipiin win rami, puunc oiin ip. mum uic uuroi win uo .u,! Snnhia Seln nnrt tho other Ml
to light before many Sours of investl- I private . devotfd ! to the administering of fe "uS??s" will be swept to on,
(United Press Leased Wirt.)
FA Paso, Texas, July 2'J. A special
dispatch received in this city today
brings news of an engagement which
has Just been fought between Mexican
revolutionists and soldiers and citizens
In Mexico, Just across the border from
Comstock. Texas, in which It Is report
ed that two Americans have been killed.
It is not known at this time whether
there were any other casualties, but It
Is believed several of the combatants on
both sides were killed or wounded.
News from tho scene of the reported
Battle Is meager, but according to the
dispatches reaching this city the en
gagement was fiercely contested.
A troop or United States cavalry lert
Del Hlo this morning to patrol the bor
der in the vicinity or the battle and pre
serve the neutrality laws.
The recrudescence of the revolution,
which It was thought had died out, has
given new impetus to the Insurrection
ary movement all along the Mexican
border, and further fighting is ex
pected. ,
L. W. Walts Sells 100 Acres
of Biver Front Property
to Company.
The (lien Harbor Realty company
closed a deal yesterday for the purchaso
of a 106-ucre tract of river front and
hill land nur I.lnntou. The property
Is k part of the George J. Watts dona
tion land ( 'latin and w.is sold by I- W.
Watts lor jmi(hii) The tract lias n
river frontage of l.SOn feet and extends
well back Into the hills that skirt tb
west hank of the Willamette liver. Roll,
tho Northern Pacific road and the pro
posed line of Hie 1'nlted Railways run
through the property.
It Is understood that the purchasing
company will put the hill property on
tlie market In residence lots and the
river frontage and lower ground will
be reserved for factory sites. .
B. M. Lombard purchased yesterday
from I. .11. drove 44 acres on the Can
yon road near Sylvan for $!i,RO0. The
property is In the new district south
went of the city that Is undergoing
rapid development on account of its
being within reach of the new Suleni
electric line.
WITH IMPS
18-Year-Old Mary Bell Buns
Away From Home am
Joins Hobo Crowd Ar
rested in Boxcar at Ta-
coma With Three Willies
JUDGE LEARY OF
SPIRIT'STROUBLES
Circuit Judge O'Day took another
whirl at the troubles In Portland spir
itualist circles this morning. Judge
O'Day thought he had retired from the
bench on July IS. when he finished his
work as presiding Judge, but R. G.
Morrow has not yet qualified, and when
Judge Bronaugh decided to begin his
vacation today he asked Judge O Day
to take the re'1? for the remainder of
the week.
Judge O'Day had been on tho bench
only a few minutes when the spirits
began to stir. V. S. Duniway, repre
senting the Sophia Selp side of the con
troversy, had been out of town for a
few days and had Just secured a con
tinuance of the Spiritualist association
troubles until next Thursday, when the
attorney on the other side arrived,
breathless and armed with an armload
of authorities. When he recovered his
breath he opened tire, announcing that
the time had arrived for Mrs. Lou Kllen
Cornell, secretary of the association, to
show cause why the books shall not
be turned into court.
Then Duniway got into action again.
He said he had been trying to get a va
cation, and all the time while he was
gone he heard of motions, orders and
defaults being entered. He asserted
tlint the other side has not even made
LAWYERS WIT
SPECIAL TRAM
DIEBLER'S ARREST CLEARS
MYSTERY OF STOLEN AUTO
Arrested after a series of adventures
and complications which brought a Chi
cago detective to the coast, caused the
arrest of C. A. Dunn of Portland by
; mistake and finally resulted in the re-7'Ove"ry-6f"
a stolen" a ulomobTTey the in
carceration of Ernest Diebler at Che
. halls, Washington, yesterday, as told In
The Journal dispntches. has finally'
cleared the mystery surrounding a
; week's exciting episodes.
The arrest came about because the
constable at Tenlno, Wash., recognized
, the machine as the one described in the
circulars sent broadcast by the Ilaynes
Automobile company, from whom Dieb
ler took the machine, it is alleged.
In the auto was C. A. Dunn, 48 East
Eighth street, North, Portland, who had
"cone to Seattle to get Diebler. whom he
had aided io many ..ways, Be
cause the young man came to
him with letters of introduction
from a prominent employe of the Seat
tle Electric company with whom Mr.
Zunn is well acquainted.
Officer XTaba Dtuin.
When the auto was in Tenlno yes
terday on Us way back to Portland the
constable recognized it Mr. Dunn told
him he had gone to Seattle In pursuance
of the advice of the Portland police, and
that he was bringing Diebler Into cus
tody. The constable! however, wired
the Haynes company at Chicago as soon
as Mr. Dunn was out of sight and re
ceiving a reply from the auto company
to hold both Diebler and Dunn, who was
unknown to them, took the next train
and awaited the auto at Chehalls.
The fact that J100 reward had been
offered for the auto inspired the Tenlno
constable to immediate action and ho
Invoked the aid of the sheriff at Che
halls in seizing Diebler and the motor
car. Mr. Dunn wouia also have been
arrested bad he not called up Ch!-f
Oritzmacher on the telephone. The ex-
Sheriff and the Portland chief meant
that Mr. Dunn was released and allowed
to come home last evening.
Brother Demented, He Bays.
The brother of Ernest Diebler reached
the city today. Ho told Chief Grltz
Tnacher this morning that his brother
Is demented, having lieen Injured while
a Boldler in the Philippines. "There is
no doutit about his having stolen the
auto," said he, "and we are just as anx
ious to fijid him as you are."
This afternoon Mr. Dunn is trying to
find this brother, who. It is supposed,
will go to Chehalls to see his incarcer
ated brother. Ernest Diebler Is L's years
old and was formerly a passenger con
ductor In the east. The brother Is en
gaged In tlie automobile business In Chi
cago. Diebler was welcomed at the home of
Mr. Dunn after he had presented his
letters of Introduction. Mr. Dunn ar
ranged for a loan from a local bank on
the automobile, which Diebler said was
all he owned.
Takes Girl on Wild Bide.
Mr. Dunn took him to his father's
farm near Dallas, and then after re
turning to Portland went on a fishing
trip. Diebler, before Mr. Dunn ief:, had
taken the auto, which he hail no right
to move, and returned to Polk county.
At Independence he was Arrested for
having no license. Then he abducted the
big auto, and bringing along the daugh
ter of the hotel proprietor al Monmouth,
came to Portland for a s;,ln. He also
fiassed a forged check to aid in ills re
ease. JU turning to Monmouth, lie slept in
tne hotel quite ominous of the fact
once the thing
one
comes to
side when
focus.
Spirits Sidetracked.
Judge O'Day listened to the warring
attorneys for a time and then an
nounced that he does not feel in a po
sition to take up the case. He said
the matter should be taken in charge
by some Judge who can see It through.
"I want Judge Morrow to qualify by
Saturday, if I can find him," said the
court, "for I have some matters 1 wish
to attend to In this court and I cannot
appear while i am still a Judge. But I
will not be here next week, judge Cle-
land will be presiding Judge then, and
this mutter hud better be continued
urrtil then."
Judge O'Day accordingly sent all of
the spirit jangle over until next Thurs
day, w lien it w ill be taken up by Judge
Cleland. The spirits have been buffeted
from court to court, starting with
Judge O'Day, then to Judge Bronaugh.
back to Judge O'Day and next to Judge
Cleland. When the matter comes up
nexi. Thursday an effort will be made
to sweep the whole controversy out of
court.
The raging warfare of the spiritual
ists appears to be centered on the mas
tery of the slate association at the
time of the state meeting in Keptem-
uei . nullum n' ill iinu pciriai ,ti nei I r,,.,,! ti,,,,,..
A committee of the State Bar as
sociation appointed to arrange for
members of the Oregon Bar Associa
tion to attend the meeting of the Amer
ican Bar association In Seattle next
month Is expected to meet tomorrow to
set under way the plans for a special
train, or at least special rates. It is
thought thnt enough may go to war
rant the engagement of a special train,
one of the most Important features
from the Portland point of view being
tne ract tnat a large numoer of the in
fluential men attending the meeting
may be induced" to visit Portland and
be entertained here by the Commercial
club.
The State Bar association of Wash
ington will hold its annual session on
Monday, August 2 4. The following day
the American Bar association will be
gin Its sessions, lasting through Frt
day of the same week. The annual din
ner will take place Friday evening and
on Saturday the lawyers will be taken
by steamer on an excursion to V-tetoria,
B. C, where another banquet will await
them. After that the delegates will
scatter for their homes.
Three delegates will ho named to rep
resent Oregon by President R. W. Mon
tague of the State Bar association. He
is awaiting a reoommendaflon from a
committee that is scanning the list of
available names.
Among the noted men who are on the
list for addresses during the sessions
are Jacob M. Dickinson of Chicago, pres
ident of the association and United
States counsel in the Bering sea arbi
tration matter; Judge Alton B. Parker
of New York. Democratic nominee for
E resident in 1904; Senator Chauncey M.
'epew of New York; former Senator
George Turner of Spokane, Judge C. H.
Han ford of Seatttle, Edgar 11 Farrar
of New Orleans, Frederick Bauseman of
Seattle, William Schofleld of Boston.
Karl Von Dewlnskl of Berlin, President
David Starr Jordan of Stanford univer
sity, Andrew A. Bruce of the University
of North Dakota, Robert S. Tavlor of
Fort Wayne. Ind .: Georee w. Ki
of the Columbia law school; Simeon E.
Baldwin of New Haven. Conn., nnd Sam
uel Williston of tho Harvard law school.
Tired of n hjimdrum life at home re
ceiving young men as callers and Just
wearing ordinary girl's dresses and
merry widow hats, pretty Mary Bel!,
18 years old, ran uwny .from her
mother's home at 171 East Eighth stre
Sunday night and was arrested this
morning by the Tucomii police traveling
as a hobo In a boxcar with threu
tramps.
Although only 18
11H
and an unusually
nre'ttv blond. Miss Bell hasn't been sat
isfied with her life at home for some
time, It Is said. Over a ween ago snj
asked Mrs. M. Gray, a friend of her
mother's living at 44 East Yamhill
street, to let her come to board with
her. Mrs. (Irav saw Mrs. Bell and se
cured her consent. The girl, who has
been working in the 1'nlted states
laundry for some time, left her posi
tion there Friday night, with some
money still owing her. Saturday she
was away most of the day, ostensibly
with some Klrl friend, but It 1b bc
llpvpri hv her mother and Mrs. Gray,
really making plans for her trip as a
hobo.
Sunday nljcht she lert tne nouse
wearing a dark skirt, white waist and
merry widow hat wim wnne nuwem,
which hud boen loaned her by Mrs.
Gray's daughter. She didn t show up
again, and. Mrs. Gray roported her ab
sence to the police.
l m - sure or one rning. rain mm.
Gray today, "and that is that aiary
never Went off alone. Someone helped
ber nnH went with her. She has been
telephoning to some of the men in the
O H. & N. shops a oozerr times a uji.v
since she came to live with me, and I
believe they saw her safely In the box
cur
It lsnosslblettKit the irlrl went to
Washington to avoid being Bent back
to the state school for girls, where she
had formerly snent some time. When
arrested In Tacoma she and her com
panlons were concealed in a box car
fving In the freight yards there. One
of the men said that he had come with
the 2 rl from Portland. The two no
lines had be?n picked up on the wav to
Tacoma. The girl hiid no money when
she-left Portland, and all her own
clothing was left with her mother or
with Mrs. Gray.
Chief Oritzmacher will have her re
turned to Portland, and she w ill prob
ably be returned to'the school which
she tried to escape by leaving tho
state.
FIRE HYDRANTS
TOO FAR APART
Need of Engine House in
Xorth End Also Demon
strated hy Fire.
That more fire hydrants and plenty
of them are needed by the fire depart
ment was shown at yesterday's flru
when an lnspuctlon of the district re
vealed the fact that there was not t
fire hydrant in the block which was to
tallv destroyed; one In tho block Just
to tho FOuth on which was located the
Harr hotel; none on the block bounded
by Fourth, Fifth. Flanders and Ullsan
which was partially destroyed, and two
on the block to the north or the latter.
Three l:drants for four blocks and of
these only two could be usea oecaus
tlie heat trew so Intense that the one
across the utrcet from tne uvcriiin.i
Transfer company had to be abandoned.
In tho 16 blocks surrounding and In
cluding the four blocks burned ovor
there are oniv seven nvurams.
Furthermore the Northern Taclflo
Terminal comnanv cave the city a lot
several years ago at Third and Gllsun
street to ho used as a site for an en
glno bouse, Despite the fact that an
rnuliw was nurchased for the proposed
engine house and that the plans wero
drawn the city council stoppea ine worn
nnd refused to build the engine house
on the ground that the title to the prop
erty was defective.
Stored Engine in Barn.
Before the counellmen learned this.
however, they expended $5,600 of tha
taxDavers money for an engine snM
then had to store the entrine In a barn
on the east side until It could be used
36,587 CHILDREN I
CITY OF SCHOOL AGE
6EHLIN6ER ROAD IS
TO BE CONSTRUCTED
Louis Gerlinger, president of the Sa
lem, Falls City & Western railroad, to
day officially announced that his road
will be extended within the next year
to Salem. A contract has been let for
part of the construction nnd a force -of,
men win oh put to worK dv tne -company
In addition to the contracture
men. I he extension will be 14 miles ; ' .TTi'
.-nut tlio rnurl n lll l, n i... ' mateu
..... ...uu ..... .... i UllllJJ J1IIVJ
West Salem by October, 190!i.
"We have decided to extend the line
from Dallas to 8alm at once." Mr Ger
linger said. 'While w will not'h.ive
mucn more tnan no days
County Superintendent of Schools R.
tj. Robinson filed his annual report
with tho state superintendent of In.
structlon yesterday showing that the
total enrollment for the year ending
June 15, was 24.996. with a total school
census of persons between 4 and 20
years of 36,587. There were 708 teach
ers employed In the year.
An interesting feature of the report
Is that 1,026 eighth-grade diplomas were
issued. This entitles the holder to ad
mission to the high schools, and a large
swelling In the rolls Is looked forward
to when the September term opens.
There are 54 school districts in tlie
county, according to the report, with
104 schoolhouses. Superintendent Rob
inson vi-dted each of the schools and
traveled 2,200 miles In doing so, spend
ing one hour at each school.
The financial statement of the report
Is a good one, In that the receipts ex
ceeded the disbursements by $200,191.12.
The total receipts were $1,222,660.73 and
the disbursements were $1,022,469.61.
The following shows the value of prop
erty nnd other statistics of Interesting
nature: Estimated value of school-
houses and grounds. $2,203,865.50; estl-
value of school furniture and
apparatus. $.(i29.riM;.0; amount of In
surance' on scherdhotises and other
property, $1,254,1 30.95; average month
ly salary of male teachers for time ac
tually employed, 12.2:; average
In an engine house built later In an
other part of tho city.
That the water department nas plenty
of mains running through the district
Is shown by an inspection of the maps.
On Flanders Htreet from Third to Sev
enth is a 10-inch main but there aro
only two hydrants in the four blocks.
On Glisan street there 1.4" a six-inch
main from Third to Seventh, but there
aro but three hydrants In the four
docks. On lloyt street from urtn to
Seventh there is a 10-lnch main with
out a hydrant.
On Third street there is a 10-Inch
main from Everett to Hoyt with one
hydrant connecting. There is no main
on Fourth street from Everett to Hoyt.
On Fifth street there is a six-Inch main
from Everett to Hoyt with two hy
drants. Of these but one could be used
because of the heat. On Sixth street
there Is a four-inch main from Everett
to Glisan with no hydrants.
Long Zilnea of Hose.
A peculiar condition existed at :J s
terday's fire in that there are five uy
drants on Seventh street between Ev
erett and Irving streets supplied by a
10-inch main. The department was
forced tQ pxtend lines of hose several
blocks ,to these hydrants before water
could be secured. This took time and
time was the chief element in checking
yesterday's conflagration. Tlie build
ings were as dry as tinder and a min
ute's delay meant everything to the
firemerjt.
Had tne council erected tno engine
house at Third and Glisan on the lor
given to tho city by the terminal com I
pany it is probable that the fire would
have been quenched bffore it had ib
tained such a start in the barns. As It
was. the fire gained headway before tho
department could arrive and the high
wind blowing simply carried It through
the four blocks so rapidly that the fire
men had no chance to check the flames.
When the: firemen connected with the
hydrants in the surrounding' blocks
they did effectual work in stopping
Aa ends
LIFE OF
CORNISH
Murder Mystery Opens in
identification, of Floater
as Body of Noted Cluhinan
Who Figured in Molin
eaux Case.
Police Believe Cornish Was
Murdered While Yachting
and Body Tossed Over
hoard Likely to Eclipse
the Adams Case.
New York, July 29. Detectives today
are hunting for the murderers of Har
ry 8. Cornish, a prominent clubman,
whoso body was found In Oravesetid
bay.
Cornish was one of the central fig
ures In the trial of Roland B. Molln
eiiux. who was tried and acquitted on
the charge of murderlnir Mrs. 4,inrr,
Cornish's aunt. '
The body of Cornish, which was
found in the bay 8uturdny night, ha
Just been Identified ati,i n.o rniin i,s.
lleve they are able to create a sensa
tion which will ecllnse th Pi Ariami mnr.
der.
They profess to have 'learned that
Cornish was murdered while yachting
on the bay, but say they have been un
able to learn the names of the other
members of the party. His death was
caused by a blow on the head with on
ax. ,
Mrs. Adams was killed by a poisoned
bromo-seltzer, which hud evidently
been intended for her nephew.
She was feeling Indisposed one day
and Cornish offered her some of the
bromo. which had been Rent to him.
She drank a small amount of the mix
ture and died within a few hours.
Melineuux wan arrested for the mur
der, but acquitted on his trial.
lOfnTTFIAS
IS VESr CLOSE
(T'nlted Prww leased tVlrc.l
Fort Worth, Texas,. July 29. Texas
is still uncertain whether it is to be
fire and soon had it under control butl"' WPl HS lno resun or ine primer
it Is contended that It the hydrants ies of Monday night
had been located in. tne ourneci area
much could have been saved in the way
of property loss.
HALF SPLICED;
ENTER ffl:
23
work this season, a imml start will kp ! mommy salary o. lemaie rescuers ror
mane, and next spring we will push the
associates on the board of directors
have refused to be shaken loose, while
Rev. Green C. Dove Is trying to en
force a ruling of the national associa
tion president by ousting tlie present
officers.
MTLXER FOB GETS LAW
IX HAXDLIXG FIXES
Believing that the municipal court
was officially a Justice court. John T.
MUner. clerk of the court, has not
turned In a cent of the money deposited
with him as bpil money and from fines
since July 8.
Citv Auditor Barbur yesterday In
formed Milner that hereafter these re
mittances must be made every 4u hours.
This has been the custom In the mo
nlcliml court, as the charter orovfrtes
that In the next room whs the detective , iwlc for such remittances, oiice eivlna
seni rrom nicago ny ine iiaynes com- 4 hours and elsewhere 48 bours.
change of a few words between the 'company
pany to find him.
Flashing back to Portland he lost no
time in making for Seattle. Here he hid
the auto In a brush pile three miles
from town, but it was discovered by Mr.
Dunn. j
Mr Dunn wants the monev h loaned I
to Diebler. but 6' rlons charge will
probably be pressed by the Haynes :
Mr. Milner declares it was his Inten
tion to remit to the citv tieasurer at
It will be a Kood line
and will give us an outlet at the Wil
lamette river. The route will give us
one tangent seyen miles long. The surV
v-ey comes into West Salem via Da
Creole creek."
The Salem, Falls Cty & Western
taps one of the best portions of west
ern Oregon and has developed a largo
lumliar munnfntiipint, I . I . .. 1.. .1. .
Falls City region. The heavy timber ,lir first-class (yearly), $4,000.
belt on tlie Ducklamute has no other
outlet. The soil and topography Is also
favorable to farming, dairying and fruit
raising, and with the extension of the
railroad to a point of connection with
other competitive railroads and with
water transportation it Is expected tha;
a great movement will be started tor
the development of the Interior coun
try. The road Is also surveyed over
the Coat raimand down the Siletz
river to the I'acTNc ocean I'lttmatelv
It will become iljruiKh line from tin
Willamette river tJ tidewater at Sibtz
bay. J
Mr. Gerlinger hss Just completed a
modern office bulioing In Portland, nnl
after a year's close attention to busl-
(t'nlted Prt-M laie! Wire.)
Stockton, Cal., July 29. "If any can
show Just cause or complaint why these
wo shall not be lawfully Joined togeth
er let him now speak or hereafter for
ever hold his peace."
Just as Rev. W. I. Grant, pastor of
the l.odl Methodist Kplscopal chur?'i
of Dodi, had reached tlie above critical
point of a marriage ceremony at l.odl
last night, the doors of his parsonage
ere burst open and an irate mother
rushed upon the scene. She warned
the man of cloth not to say the words
that would pronounce Joseph A. Phil
lips and her daughter, Minnie O. Flor
ence, man and wife, declaring that Min
nie was not yet of legal age and that
the marriage license had been fraudu-
At noon today
the result had changed since yesterdnv
and the drys were about l.OoO nliemj.
This was a great siiock to the liquor in
terests, who were celebrating their vic
tory last night, believing they had won
be) ond a doubt.
The returns are slow from tho outly
ing districts and even now enough have
not been heard from to change the re
sult. The wets still claim the victory,
but this is the dry's day for celebration.
The agony of waiting is wearing up ui
many of tlie men who have big iiiteie.s.3
at slake.
time actually employed, $,3: average
numlr ,,t mllla HIKttct lav loi'lil
tlllJ- oni !,lnrv of tnrlirs In on'o lentl.V Obtained.
room' buildings for time actually em- A lively scene ensued The young (
ploved. .ri0; average salary or assistant V . ' . . """unis. "ipni
teacher in schools having more than one lntu a buggy and started down the road,
room, for time actually emploved. 7r. ; i P0"4 h1a.stel',' mother engaged two
overage salary of principals of build- mPn, wlttl bicycles to give chase, but the
inus of more than one room for time
actually employed. $140; average salary
of city superintendents of districts of
PRIVATE CARS BRING
PEOPLE TO PORTLAND
WIFE SAYS SHE HAD $300 A MONTH
COMiNGBUTNOWSEES $3,000 GOING
t tie end of the mourn at me time or nis , ness he is preparing to take a trip
monthly report, hut the citv auditor has . nbntad. He will leave for Kurope tiet
called for a slrlct compliance with the i week.
law. I .
The charter demands thr.t remittances i r T, -p, . vnurn i
h mi.to rrnmntlv. u it nil desired to SI - I I K 1 K I 1 K A I r K S
prevent monev 'belonging to tin- citv ' "
Ui., l Mnl, o.l I.I.,.., , ll'Il 1 I'K'irn TIP 1 Ml clfit
which under such circumstances the Mllili 'inll lr.l II
citv could not properly claim 1
At 2 o'clock tnis arternoon Mr Milner;
had not completed l is nr. mini of thei
amount of monev thii" f.ir thi month
received by the murb-ipal court
Sensational rhorge of cruelty ami
misconduct with other women are made
gainst Thomas M. Stevens, exporter
mnd broker, in a complaint filed in the
" circuit court by his wife. Ixmie J.
Btevens. Tbe suit discloses the fact
that Steven and bis wife set a rated b
-etuut ou year ago and that he then
gave her M.. a note ecu r"d by
m or trace for .fll.iO ni agreed to rv
- tw ittiH t tajotitb for t It rmatn4et
of hr lifetime.
Mr. Pven Is suing rhesus the
$f payments bae not ben regularly
ma . Kb rnsys that Btevers is now
$!.' la arrears, and she asks judir
mnt for that sum The tnonj- ti
1. id In Angaat and dTtember. she says,
ut nothing since that date.
A e.py of the f on I ract, attached to
the - j ', in t. ahowa that it was mode
In i-or i.'rt ion f aa agrmrt to live
nnrt. It Ixnr flate ef July IT. 107.
silt was b ywterdaf. a year
.n day aftf-r the contract an
t It til Wl ennrtrare turned
iwr i a Mr. itrna la a gilt edW
i.r'rv ri a.i g" ll.ee In Caen.
, it t irn!i wrm t t Bade on
l; - f :,S oo'r Of mor th. '
i ; a. i nir la fcer oumpialnt iy
that Stevns signed the contract1 after
she had discovered that he wap guilty
of disgraceful conduct with Mrs ijus
Kuhn She iyr that Stevens was fond
of other women, unearned, end that his
conduct has not Improver! since the sep
aration She also charges him with
cruelty inrf with having- made life a
iuri"i! for her.
She w. e about to beeln null fr di
vorce, she say. when hr Interdod ac
tion na iif-id-;! off by t h contract.
REV. KM IN PLKASI-S
LAMlE A I'D I i:CE
A large excursion from eastern Ore
eon to North Ilen h will be run hv the
O. R & S. company August ?1 It will
include people from Baker City Friday
ecening at 6 o'clock, and make connec
tion with the steamer Potter, leaving
Numerous Fpeclal car parties ate now
making tours of the Pacific coast, and
in most instates contain capitalists
from eastern financial centers, combin
ing pleasure trips w itTi Investigations
that will mean business later.
Hiram V. Sibley of Rochester. N. Y..
accompanied by a party of four eastern
men arrived In Portland lost night In
rlvate car, over tlie Northern Pa-
and will spend several days time
her. Next Monday they will leave
over the O. R. N for central Idaho
to look "over irrigation projects
Ovet the Southern Pacific this morn
Inn thf-re arrived n private ear of the
Cumberland Valley railroad, carrying W
II Kennedy. general superintendent
and vh e-president of that road. Rwom
panted bv a party of eight people. In
cyclists were soon outwitted and tlie
elopers escaped.
The mother. Mrs. Minnie Florence, Is
continuing the search but to noon to
day no news had been received of tlie
elopers. As the young people were In
possession of the license which given
the young man's jige as 21 and the
young woman's as 18. It Is believed that
they have been Wedded at come country
parsonage.
HErslDHMGE TO
PREVENT STABLE FIRE
Portland next day for Meglers. Tne rdln members of his family.
P'.s-rnger department estimates that party were M. C. Knne.iv afld wife
there will be 500 excursionists, an Thomas Ft- Kennedy. Mooreliead Cowell
that a train of 1 cars will be require,) i.mP, r.ivles I)r Chsrleii K Pnlmor
City Inspector of Plumbing William
Hey has drafted an ordinance which he
believes would have prevented many of
the large fires this month had it be"n
In force. The measure relates to the
construction of stables and provides
regulations that will revolutionize the
present method nnd will aJso put an
end to the reeking structures thBt are
now used.
The ordinance provides that the
stables erected in the future shall com
nlv with the bulling laws nnd that
i ' .t. i the present stables shall also be re
i" we, . . , ,
GOVEIH UI
BE IN WRECK
(Prilled rre I.fased Wlre.l
St. John, N. F.. July 2. 1 1 Is believed
here that tlie vessel bearing Governor
McGregor of Newfoundland Is among
several lost during fierce storms that
have swept the Newfoundland coast for
the pust few days. Governor Mc
Gregor whs on an official tour of Labra
dor and nothing has been heard of his
vessel for four days.
The storm that has been raging hero
broke Sunday night and has raged with
such fury tiat no word had come in
from the fleet at sea.
Cod Ushers have been compelled to put
Into sheltered coves for safety nnd sev
eral vessels are reported lost. Watchers
on the Labrador coast have reported
locket signals of distress but the sea Is
running so lilgn that no lifesavlng boat
has dared venture to their rescue.
Governor McGregor's vessel was on
the coast of Labrador In comparative
security but the storm swept the chan
nel with almost as much fury as It did
the open sea.
CAPTAIX MTREA'S
SOX FOUND DEAD
Rev A Kahn, now visiting Portland,
entertained a large audlenc at 1 1- j
Neighborhood House Fir.t street, j ' YMIRE C VSE
last niKni i 'i i" imi .-'ifi''u o)
The train will Include standard .ml -ih., .n .-If, .rt Ml,. lrt;i i ' .l"..'.t"' " considered a good on 3
tourist sleepers. ; , Tk i. tnr. .ni.riirmH 1 anl wl11 come up Deiore me neann inn
modeled to comply with certain provis
ions of the ordinance Hey has drafted.
The ordinance, while sweeping In some
of Its terms, la considered a good on 3
(t'nlteil lrei tinned Wt-O
rittsburg, July :. The body of II.
I. McCrea. Von of the late Captain Mc
Crea, of the battleship Georgia, who
died on n train near here last night,
probably will be sent to Washington
for burial tills afternoon. Young Mc
Crea formerly was paymaster of the
I'nited States navy on tlie Pacific con it
and was well known In navy circles.
He was a nephew of President James
McCrea of the Pennsylvania railroad.
He was on his way to visit his moth
er at Log.mstiort. Ind., and Intended ti
ston at Pittsburg to deliver a package
to one of his cousins. When the por
ter tried to awaken him be found nl.il
dead Valvular heart disease Is sup
posed to have been the cauee of his
death.
Captain Mci'rea died two weeks ago
In a Brooklyn hospital.
A POPED TODAY
I Kiddle. The visitors were entertained
I during the day by William McMurray,
. general passenger agent Harriman
! lines. They will leave tonight over the
Northern Taclflc for the east.
police committee of the council at its
next meeting.
Ftt of ("or T. Ryan.
Rflchael Rnnett has arnlied to th
Salem. Or. July J Argument In th : countv court for letters of amwilntment
X0X-rXION LOADS
TO IJE HANDLED HERE
it'rltfd IT Le1 Wlr i
S.attle. July 2. Officers of
the
, Mrs Kahn Thy gave readings of
, classical selections on the loiln. pleno
i and singing.
A f aluii- of the f rorram if the Kol ,
I NldriT from the H"hrl- servic.
; played on the violin. nd a compost 1 n a y ml re rase occupied ! thsn an hour a executrix of the estate of her ais'er.
n" "-- J.'Wed th contract in J,e of rfl- " "'-"' ,-;.' '.- - ' V,.' : v. ri7v Zi i. "Jr ' .... J.w . , n.Vl ? I lonhoremen a and also of the Steve
TMed"" PeVrld n,StoV', comp.n,'men an et, to the' IntVoUoVVf irjll Si 'eoua! I , y among' .breechi,! ! f , ...Vl
KIXG ALFONSO IN
A VAPHTflACE
fun Rcbaatlon. Spatn. July I. King
Alfonso has a boat entlred It the yacht
rar- of th Spanish feneration of i-aclt
clubs whlrh stsrted here todav. jr.
Lewis Clark, the Americas yarn lama a.
has effer4 a snrrtflcr,t trophy c-
to the wianor of the analn"" v"-tt M l
tb yftanf king thin he has a cfaoc
t via. -
Ohavl Sholom. corner t Pirx an! City tr,e -xpens of the mavor IMMrlct At-
street H" has tx-n urtl to stay ,n torney Cameron appeared for the state
Portland Instead of cn:inulrc to Pan ""
Krandsc wa his orisln.l Inteat. mlt Orrr I .and Dcatl.
aiwi miT later decide to remain with a.
congregation. , A l!r 1r thrt J"hn t fnok ,, nmm ,n nituaj drunkard after mar- brought against
i : ...-w.. ... i-uvj win rtare. tnat Be rmviio ror r.r poorly
, 1 1 in h.nnlit I ha Mrfn Tha
Beat He With Fist. . fit earner Eva Is due there now to com-
Alleging -that he beat her with his ! plete loading for north China- She will
fists and nailed her t.alr. that he be-I be the first boat that pressure win b
xt-rrl.mutm flank ftnen ! , I . . . . LI. .1" t l rinaiiy naming Ustwl Uen-
.McrrriaJita liana iMie. , ud d,, or , J,tora le that he ccTeT..adnt. Mrs. Claire. M
The Merchants National bask has be- i paid them s part of the purchase pr!e Je-nkln has brrua snilt in the circuit
gun suit la the circuit courT to collect I Richard mimn has ho suit In the court for divorce f-m H. C. Jenktna.
oa two notes from M. J. KJnaey. They ' etrcott court for $. dim.fi. H fhe says she bought t1 home where
were lea l 1 - ana it ia alleged tbatiraya tte agreement was made Arril Le live, hr her n efforts and a-ka
ine imrri umm i u im "i ll, nnr vrinar ' la Home t UTI IM title
t foe IX, m an4 U oUer fori Valley. imii1 eoyrty, aah. Me was anarrae te J
only
fHt
8rrex1 to ber. Fhe
1 te pay !!.. aytrg lt dewa. 0Terater, itbij
Old Mm It Inuuie.
Affrd Iloe. t" years of age, who has
been living in a shack near the river,
baa been order! sent to the asylum far
the insane from the county Jail. He
thought three men were following Mm
Jenkins la Oregoa X-iiy i and -arrtM a revolver ta, protect hi ta
il , - self from tbenu
3IITKRAKE1. SAYS
NO SQUAKE DEAL
t'ntlJ Pre beaaed Wire
Los Angeles. July 2H. Implying thn:
be did not get a oquare deaj from tl "
committee wlych inveatigated the af
fairs of the Whlttler state reform
school. Trustee I lenroonii. who was cen
sured In tlve comniittee's report, said
today:
"I was convinced before that the)
cards ere slat k-d K3inst me and I
realise now that 1 had too much faith
that I would be trted fairly. I ha,t
not counted upon my witnesses belrnr
absent when they were needed. I won t
say they were aert away, but it looks
that way to me I still tx-lleve the In
vestigation will do (food for the school
and will benefit the children thera.
That was my primary object."
Awtocd Ip ttw Ooaat.
tCale lre Leaae4 War- i
fieattle. Wash.. Joly I. After an au
tomobile trip ef approximately I M
ml)e wlthoit accident, n. C UrCor
meck and party arrived rrom Lo An
rejoa at o clock last nl t They are
stopping at the Washlngiow AmM atlkt
report a r'easant trip.